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ST . STEPHENS, BT EBHE8T JONES,
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Sufferers ana toilers , Mighty and meet ^ obeaa ^ spiaers - --e strongto the weak ! Start ¦ from your slumbers Your wrongs to redress , Union and numbers Pledge your success . In his Parliament-palace The oligarch sits , Self-interest and malice Dictating by fits , Hate of some . faction , Or longing for gold , Nerving to action
The listless , and cold . But the ? cop \ e , f OTgotttB , Are sapping his strength , A fabric so rotten Must crumble at length . Not one heart hut fires At the triumph of knaves ! Sons of free sires Shall sever be slaves ! In times of enthralling , 2 Jo shrinking was there , 'When Hampden was calling To do and to dare . But more peaceful your field , And more easy your task ; Thosefoes bore the shield .
Yours wear but the mask ! Then hither your voices ! . _ And hither jour men ! ' _ . Till England rejoices - In freedom again . In the halls of St . Stephen Tour battle to fight , Send the champions of free men , Apostles of right . Till , conquering faction , Ton rally a band And cheer them to action For Charter and Land .
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DUNCOMBE AND HIS STAFF . TO THE INDUSTRIOUS OF ALL CLASSES . 34 t Friends , —I do not now address you sectionally—making a distinction between that class of labourite most oppressed and that class least oppressed : I embody all who work for a living , whether with head or hand , in one general list ; and my object is , to convince all of that order of the indispensable necessity of forming a NATIONAL UNION for the protection of NATIVE INDUSTRY ; as , believe me , that no party belonging to any other class will extend other protection to lahour than will secure to its own class the largest proportion of its profits .
In the mad zeal evinced by the shopkeepers for FREE TRADE , that class showed great ignorance . How often have I told them and you , that the most natural antagonism was the opposition of the shopkeepers to a system which substituted non-consuming machinery for consuming labour ; and yet an ¦ unmanly hankering after a bit of social distinction blinded them to their real interest . The Free Traders ,
with the Dissenting Ministers as a recruiting staff , cunningly enlisted female sympathy in behalf of the suffering poor ; and while the husband struggled for anticipated profit , the wife , under spiritual influence , at once gratified her social taste and proclaimed her charity , her generosity , and her love of religionas those under whose influence women acted as FREE TRADERS , made it a religious question , quoting Scripture as the devil does to serve his
purpose . I mention this fact io show yon that the TEAPOT and the DISSENTING PULPIT were the most powerful . weapons of FREE TRADE . However , the measure has been carried ; and we learn from the fact of the Revising Barristers' Courts being attended by Tory Lawyers , Whig lawyers , and FREE TRADE lawyers , that the FREE TRADERS see the indispensable necessity of securing such a House of Commons as will insure the legal application of the principle to the interests of all who speculate upon CHEAP PRODUCTION . Now , keep that " bird ' s eye" view of the ultimate intention of FREE TRADERS before yon . The position is only taken ; the forces have yet to be recruited ; the battle has yet to be fought ; the
HOUSE OF COMMONS IS SELECTED AS THE BATTLE FIELD : and my object in writing this address is to induce yon , the INDUSTRIOUS OF ALL CLASSES , to be prepared for the coming straggle- —a straggle upon the result of -which the fate of the LABOUR CAUSE—nay , of society , must depend . I do not ask you to perform an impossibility , nor do I set you a very diffienlt task I do not ask yon to return a majority of the House of Commons ; what I ask you is , io secure the one FIFTY-FIFTH part of the representation by which your country is governed , and to whose LAWS your lives , your liberties , and your properties are subjected .
I ask but for a junction of both ends of labour : the trades , or aristocracy , led on by Buncombe ; and theFUSTIAN JACKETS , BLISTERED HANDS , and UNSHORN CHINS , led on by me ; with the co-operation of those who live by mental exertion , and who render a due share of intellectual profit in return for their just proportion of the produce . If the nation sets itself this task , and resolves upon ks accomplishment , THE DEED IS DONE . If it rejects the opportunity and the service , labour will have no just cause of complaint against the worst tyranny of its TOLERATED , ACCEPTED oppressors , but must for ever assume the ignominious title of WILLING SLAVERY .
Duncombe ' has struggled long and struggled nobly to sustain a position for awakened industry to rally round ; he has kept your claims alive and has just kept you within the statute of limitation , for , believe me , if circumstances should curse the nation with a purely FREE TRADE Parliament , capital will imperceptibly , thou gh conclusively , narrow labour ' s chance of success until every avenue of representation shall be closed against the friends of a FAIR DAY'S WAGE FOR A FAIR DAY'S WORK , which , aft er all , is our sole—out only object .
In this struggle you-will have much to contend for , and much / to contend against . It was well enough , in our weakness , to have frightened the enemy , even rath the ghost of Chartism . It was a tr iumph to compel candidates that hated the principle to adopt it as the only means of securing popular support ; it -was a confession of popular power , but we have passed that stage , we must now have the substance . Gisborne might have been a better STRAW than young Walter to mark the political current—Sturge might be a better member than young Scholefield—or Parson Miall than
Molesworth—but none of them are comparable to an unmixed , unequivocal , undisguised , unsuspected Chartist . I would rather , much rather , see AY . P . Roberts , T . Allsop , Douglas Jerrold , Patrick O'Higgins , Ernest Jones , Dr . M'Douall , James Moir , Jas . Holliday , W . Wilkinson ( Exeter ) , Titus Brooke , James M'Pherson , O'Gpnuan Mahon , Win . Londsdale , W . Hewitt ( of Manchester ) , and , though last not least , our noble President M'Grath , ( and many more whom I could name if the people were prepared ) , in the house , liian six score trlio swallowed the nauseous pill in the hope of gilding jt with the gold of patronage ,
the profits of speculation , or the reward of treachery . The democratic party must now assume a distinct and unmistakeable position , it must secure co-operation from an exhibition of its own strength aud not seek toleration by a dangerous and suicidal prostration of its power at the sbrine of hypocritical courtship , wooed by the lustful siniJeSj and won by the foul embraces , of its old seducer aud beiraver . While some of the foolish of your order were speculating upon the prospect of a proud aristocracy—in the death-throes—resisting Free Trade for lahourV sake , you must have smiled at their amiable sim-
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plicity , and laughed at their childish credulity . I feel assured that all my words and afl my writings upon the question of Free Trade for twelve years past , will have convinced you that I made the subject , and the character and intentions of those who agitated it , no idle study ; I told you a thousand times that we would be highly criminal it we joined for iU accomplishment , while , if we were in a state of preparedness to take advantage of the change , we might lessen its evO . I told you that you would be the greatest sufferers in the adjustment , and that , ultimately , the manufacturers would discover that
THEY had CAUGHT A TARTAR . If , however , you allow them to break their fall with a FREE TRADE PARLIAMENT , they will take care that the whole weight of disappointment shall fall upon you . For I tell you that UNREPRESENTED labour has no chance against REPRESENTED capital . But let labour have twelve CHAMPIONS in the FIGHT , regardless of Ministerial convenience , landlords' sufferings , and cotton-lords ' speculation—twelve men who [ mil each take part in every Labour question , unravelling what class interest has entangled into mystery ; and whose every assertion will be confirmed by five millions of competent witnesses before hasty faction is allowed
to close the debate , and then farewell to the sophistry of Peel , to the finality of Russell , to the logic of Cobden , the ignorance of Hume , the arrogance of Roebuck , and the fabrications of Bright ; then , fresh and vigorous , truth will come with racing speed and electrifying influence from the lips of Labour ' s self upon the deaf ear of heartless capital . These twelve guardians would meet together , studying every Labour question , arranging and agree , ing among themselves as to the tactics and form of battle , every roan assigned his post according to his ability , aud all led on by our indomitable leader and unconquerable chief . The people's right to the land could then be forcibly advocated , and all Europe
and the world would learn that England lived and had been foremost in the march of mind , although a hireling press had so cautiously withheld the fact And , again , what inducement to the now apathetic to struggle for a whole House of Duncombes I As my countryman said , when he liked the smack ot the quince in the apple-pie , " If one quince makes an apple-pie so good , what the devil would an APPLE PIE be if it was all quinces ! " I now
declare that the Charter thus gained would be immeasurably better for the labouring classes than if its first working was left to the mercy of a parliament hastily elected in the midst of a reason-destroying , thoughtless excitement . The people would be then led by a continuous succession of triumphs for THEMSELVES to a knowledge of the value of the full measure of justice , while faction would be compelled to surrender to the OBSTRUCTIVE
INFLUENCE OF TWELVE AND THE NATION . Then there is another strong fact which you must bear in mind . Twelve of the RIGHT SORT elected by you , would win many of the imbecile waverers over to a cause that MEANT TO "WIN . Twelve Char tist members means at least FIFTY OBSTRUCTIVES . Twelve Chartist members would soon unmask Old Ireland ' s face , and teach the Irish people that justice to England meant justice to Ireland , and that every one of them would vote for a total abolition of tithes and a REPEAL OF THE
LEGISLATIVE UNION . Every village , every town , every borough , every city , every county , every house , every cellar , and every 'flag-stone' upon which the creature' without God and without hope' rests his weary head , has an interest in this great national movement ; Barnsley as well as York , Middleton as well as Manchester , Kensington as well as London . Let the people only insure twelve Chartist representatives , and their voice will arrest the law ' s vengeance , bind the hauas of corruption , and gag tlie tongue of slander ; while , upon the other hand , if they suffer the present opportunity to pass , and a
FREE TRADE Parliament should be the result , farewell even to the chance of another struggle , I beliere this to be the age of practice . I feel convinced that we have succeeded in completing the two first processes of agitation , the creation and organization of public opinion , and I also believe that the country is now prepared for the last stage—its proper direction ; and further , that it will have but little doubt that representation is that proper direction . If the people succeed in getting twelve REAL MEMBERS , the BIGGEST HALF of
the House no longer constitutes a majority , and for this simple reason , because a minority AND THE NATION wonld be greater and more powerful . Suppose , for instance , a bad measure proposed by the government—a measure injurious to the rights of labour—an address instantly appears from Buncombe and his dozen ; five million voices speak to the house at once , and should their prayer be resisted , then a national demonstration takes place throughout the country , to meet the third reading with a remonstrance so strong that it cannot be mistaken . Four hundred Free Traders
dare not make laws to carry their principle into practice , if the people had twelve members in the house to aid Duncombe . When these simple truths strike upon the ear , and speak to common sense , what a huge criminal , what an immense traitor Daniel O'Connell must appear ; who for 14 sessions has had at bis back , and under his controul , from 45 to 70 tools to be used for any job , and who have been used to strengthen the bands of corruption . Is it not almost more than mortal man can bear , to reflect that this UNCLEAN BEAST has received from his countrymen ten times as much as the Whig
government insolently doles out as alms to a nation upon whose plunder it has lived ? while the plundering Liberator tells the slavish recipients to receive it thankfully , and beg humbly for more from the SAXON OPPRESSOR , when the step mother ' s scanty bit is gone . 0 ! Mercy , Justice , and Pity , what this cold-blooded bad old man might have done for poor Irelaud ! 1 ! While , after 17 years of EMANCIPATION , and 14 of REFORM , which placed a majority of the representativon in his hands , bis country is a paltry beggar for alms at the oppressor's door : while he lolls in idle luxury , bartering
snbmissive poverty for Saxon patronage . Not all the Arch-Bishops , Bishops , Priests , and petty-fogging place hunters on the face of the earth , can much longer screen such open infamy from open exposure and punishment . You , Englishmen , have not yet reflected on the fact that he signed the Charter to deceive you , and has made a voluntary tender of his physical force to crush you in the field j while lie lias cheerfully prostituted his parliamentary strength to the unscrupulous sunport of your bitterest enemies ,
and aided in swelling the statute book with laws for your coercion , prostration , and degradation ; while after so long a possession of so much power , I defy mortal man to point me out one clause in one statute of his framing or suggestion , calculated to serve the cause of civil or religious liberty . NO , NOT ONE . The nation ' s task is now set , it is to secure twelve CHARTIST MEMBERS at the next general election , and the way to perform it is , to sink all distinctions between Whigs and Tories , to resolve that the battle must be between FREE TRADE , WHICH ME IK *
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CHEAP SPECULATION , and the Chatter , which means A FAIR DAY'S WAGES FOR A FAIR DAY'S
WORK . Let us concentrate our force wherever we have the balance of power , in a borough or town . Let us divide England , Scotland , and Wales into twelve electoral districts selecting in each as our battle ground , that ,-where we possesstnost electoral strength andNON ELECTIVE INFLUENCE . Let us then say to eitherparty , here we take our stand give us one Chartist member HERE , and you shall have every particle of Chartist support in the remainder of this electoral district ; but OUR BALANCE OF POWER shall be retained as the RESERVE to insure fair play . Let
then , the remainder of that electoral district pour in its whole strength to the one place we mean to contest . Let that district have its local committee and machinery , and let the BATTLE GROUND have its Central Committee , acting with the National Committee sitting in London ; and even with the present registration we will shake the old bones of corruption . The Executive have provided a good and eligible room in an elig ible situation , and the sittings of the National Committee should be for the present one night in the week at least ; and , as the day of battle approaches , should be SEVEN nights in the week . Tracts should be printed , lecturers should be
employed , candidates should be selected ; but the first step is to divide the empire into twelve electoral districts , selecting in each ONE SECURE SEAT for a TRUE MAN . We will not dictate to the enemy with whom we may coalesce , nor shall the enemy dictate to us in the choice of CANDIDATES . Let the universal shout throughout the land then be—Hurrah !! for Duncombe And the Twelve , For Duncombe And the Twelve—Hurrah I !! Your faithful friend and servant , Feargus O'Connor .
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MITER TT . TO THE IRISH RESIDING IN GREAT BRITAIN . ; Fbixow-Countrvmbn , —You have seen by my last letter , which should have been No . S . instead of Ne . 7 , that the end and object of the Repeal movement was the restoration of the Whigs to power ; and that the claims of their friends , the Repeal agitators , on the Government should not be disparaged .
It is scarcely possible that any man can be so stu pid , so completely dcetitute of sense and understanding as not to see , NOW , what the Irish Universal Suffrage Association pointed out to them so far back as 1841 . Every one sees , NOW , that the Liberator of the brave Forty-shilling Freeholders ; the destroyer of two million and a half of his countrymen , never , for one aingle moment , entertained the slightest notion of repealing the Union . No , no , my friends ; that was the very last thing to be thought of ; It was plainly stated , and deliberately resolved , that the Repeal was to be left an open question , to be
agitated for . by the people of Ireland ; well knowing that if they would agitate tor it to the day of judgment they would not be one bit nearer to it than they were the day they commenced . But then , agitation brought in the sum of £ 128 , 621 to the coffers of Conciliation Hall . Agitation brought in about £ 30 , 000 a * year to the O'Connell Tribute :: and , therefore , agitation was to be kept up at all hazards . The ejected tenantry—the poor dupes- ^ -are the unoffending sufferere ; they , poor creatures , are the victims of one of the most heartless knaves that ever disgraced human nature .
The only excuse that can be mnde for the Catholic clergy—the natural and chosen protectors of the helpless , the widow , and the orphan—is , that they are not politicians ; they have been deceived and cheated themselves : or else they would be highly culpable in wilfully joining , aiding , and abetting , this mad career of wickedness , cupidity , and Whiggism . Politics are completely excluded from the College of Maynooth ; so much so , that if a student gets a newspaper the mere fact is a sufficient ground for
expulsion . Besides , all priests tcack what they believe , and what I believe , to be infallible truth ; they have , therefore , no idea of the tortuous course of a wily , eloquent politician , who has spent a long life in making the worse appear the better cause . The palpable sophistry of the deceitful orator is completely lost sight ot in the eloquent and impassioned appeals to their patriotism . It is , therefore , to them , in common justice , to say , that few , rery few indeed , have joined the agitation from corrupt motives .
I shall , for the present , postpone my intended remarks upon the second letter of Dr . M'llale to Lord John Russell upon the conduct pursued by the Rev . Mr . Ilearne , towards the Chartists of Manchester ; and upon the political sermon preached by the Rev . Mr . Miley in Marlborough-street Church , on the occasion of Mr . O'Connell becoming Lord Mayor of Dublin . It can be demonstrated that this sermon contains rank blasphemy , disgusting adulation , and Abject slavery ; and k a disgrace to the clergyman who preached it , and an insult to the understanding of those who had the patience to listen to it .
You have Been that tho Catholic Bishops and Catholic Clergy who joined the repeal agitation , were all enrolled members of the UNARMED VOLUNTEERS . Now , I ask you , does it not follow , as a natural inference , that , as the Bishops and Clergy were duly enrolled members of the unarmed volunteers , there must have been armed volunteers ? Unless tins were the case why was the distinction made 1 Why should there be unarmed volunteers ? Where " fore , then , this ridiculous fuss about moral force NOW , when the scheme of physical force failed ? " Is it eneugh , or shall ho , while a thrill Lires in your sapient bosoms , cheat you still ?"
There is not a man amongst you , lay or clerical , that tlid not . expect , that , in lSi 3 , there would be some fighting for repeal . Disowning it NOW , places you in a very unenviable position . Neither Priest nor Bishop should ever place himself in a position to have his veracity called in question . Following a false guide lias not only placed some ot them in that awkward position , but hns made them convict themselves . What is the meaning of time noble expression of the Bishop of Ardagh , which shook tho House of Lords , from centre to surface ; and made every Peer tremble , both in and out of Parliament ?
"IF TnEY ATTACK US IN OUR PEACEFUL MEETINGS , IN THE OPEN AM , WE SHALL RETREAT TO OUR CHURCHES , AND TI 1 ERE , WITH OUR LIVES . BEQUEATI 1
OUR WRONGS TO OUR SUCCESSORS !" There is language befitting a bettor cause aud a better leader . Why do these Bishops and Clergy , who embarked honestly and sincerely in the repeal agitation , not come forward like men , and acknowledge ooidly and manfully that they were duped and cheated by the arch-deceiver ; and no longer run the risk of exposing themselves to the pity , and perhaps , ultimately , the contempt , of honest men , by following the
old cheat through all his crimes and contradictions . If their object be to secure for themselves % State provision , and thus become bound by a " GOLDEN LINK TO THE CROWN , " their support o ! O'Coiinell , through all his vugiU'ies , is Quito consistent . But there is a shameful want of morality in the pretence that the object of the repeal agitation is the repeal of the Act of Union , when , in reality , it is Uw restoration of Whiggery , and » State
Provision . The Catholic Hierarchy and Clergy who arc enrolled members of the " UNARMED VOLUNTEERS , " either know Mr . O'Connell ' s object , or they do not know it . If they do know it , they are guilty of aiding him to deceive and cheat their Hocks under the pretence of Repealing the Union . W they do not know his object ( which is tho only excuse that can be offered lor them ) they arc guilty ot de-
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ceiving and cheating their flocks , by pretending that they do know it . In eithur case they stand convicted , and arc morally bound to return to their confiding dupes every penny they wrung from them under the pretence of Repealing the Union . It is well known ( and I could name the parties ) that , even in tho Archdiocese of Dublin , the poor people gave butter and eggs to the Repeal Wardens when they had no money to give . How can any Clergyman , who , for the last six years has been guilty of calling upon the people , from tho steps of the Altar ,
to pay the repeal , rent , come forward , and from the same altar preach morality and honesty to the people until such time as he sets the example himself by paying back the money which he helped to get from the people under a false pretence ? It goes hard with a man who would have sacrificed his life for the priesthood to be forced to speak thus of them ; but the truth must and will be told ; and must and will prevail at last , though it wa 3 nipped in the bud , and the very confessional made use of to cru « h- ? it : " USE ALL THE
MEANS-WHICH YOUR SACRED OFFICE PLACES AT YOUR DISPOSAL to cram Chartism in the bud , " said ' Daniel O'Connell in an ad " dress to the Catholic clergy in September , 1841 , and again in January , 1813 . To which' the unarmed volunteers , that is to say . that portion of the Catholio elegy who joined the Repeal delusion , said— " We shall ! we shall ! " and sure enough they did . Ever / clergyman knew when he joined the " Loya ] National Repeal Association of Ireland , that it was composed of four distinct classes . " First . —The members who pay one pound annually .
Second .- —The volunteers who pay or collect ten pounds and pay it in a week . Third . —The ( inarmed volunteers , which is composed , exclusively , of such of the Catholic hierarchy and clergy as have been enrolled members . Fourth . —Associates , that is to say those who pay one shilling annually , but who have no right either to speak or to vote at any meeting . They may shout or cheer , but can neither speak nor vote . Here , now , we hare members , volunteers , unarmed volunteers and associates : and the bishops and clergy joined thi 3 unmeaning melange ! They havo
a great deal to atone for , and the sooner they make the Atonement the better . It is dangerous to forfeit the respect of even one man , no matter how humble he . may be . It is impossible to respect men , no matter how exalted their station , who force those who rely upon their wisdom and integrity to join such an infamous delusion . Have not those who have paid their money and taken out an associate's card iu a society in which they can neither speak nor rote , become voluntary slaves , and carry about them , on the face of their cards , the badge of their
own degradation ? And is it a part of the duty o I the bishops and clergy to degrade their flnck . Le * me not he told by some empty flippant knave that the associates can speak and vote ; because they may be permitted to speak and vote when such speaking and voting answers the purpose of the nefarious ganp of insolvents , bankrupts , swindling gamblers and forgers , who manage that greatest of all swindlesthe Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . But should they presume to rote in the opposition they would then discover that none but MEMBERS ,
VOLUNTEERS , and UNARMED VOLUNTEERS have right to vote . Now , my countrymen , why have you joined an association of this sort , and why do you continue members of it ? Have you not been long enough the dupes , of those who profit by your credulity ? Do you not see that your leaders hare always treated you as mere rubbish , and that the greatest political right they ever promised you was the mere hope of better and more steady employment from your taskmasters ? If those whom you trusted , and who have led you for the last forty-six years ever , promised you any other
right or privilege than tbat of working hard for them and their order , and shouting , at the heels of those who dragged you along through mud and mire , what is it ? nho proposed it ? where or at what time was it ever mentioned ? I never heard of it . Even the Repeal of the Unien , more properly the Restoration of WJiIggery , never contemplated any political right for you . Is it not time , then , that you should look for some political right for your own order . Trust no man , support no man or body of men , but that man or body of men whose object is to achicre UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . This is your
Charter . Without this you will be nothing but that which you have ever been since you were deprived ofit by the Disfranchising Statute , the 8 th of Henry 6 th . From that period to the present time you have been the spovt and spoil of every frothy , canting , speech , making professing patriot , every political knave ; men who have treated and will continue to treat you as their stock in trade ; men who have sold you and will sell you to any Minister for place and pension . How many hundreds of you have been turned out of the county of Dublin for voting ' against your landlords and in favour of Christopher Fitzsimon , the Libera
tor ' s son-in-law ? How many hundreds of you have been turned out of the county of Meath for voting against yonr landlords and for Mr . Morgan 0 " Connoll ? How many hundreds of you have been tuvned out of the county of Kerry for voting against your landlords and for Mr . Charles O'Connell , another sonin-law of Daniel O'Connell ? How many thousands of you have been turned out of the county of Oarlow for voting against your landlords , and for Raphael the Jew , who was not a Repealer—for Mr . Maule , now Baron Maulc , who was not a Repealer—for Mr . Ashton Yates , who was not a
Repealer—and for little Daniel O'ConneJl , Junior , who was not then a Repealer , but a supporter of a Whig Ministry , the pledged opponents of Repeal . Let it not be said that I censure any man for voting against his landlord ; far from it . Every man has not only a , right , sbut is morally bound to vote according to his conscience . I merely state the simple unimpeachable fact , to show you how you have been duped aud cheated—how you have been wheeled about and turned about by your unscrupulous Leader ; asd liow your condition lias becomo worse and worse at every turn .
It your condition his not becomo worse aud worse by every movement into which , you have been led by Mr . O'Connell , I call up ' . m you one and . all , collectively and individually , to let me know what . you have gained in any way by enabling your friend-Christopher Fitzsimon , Esq ., the Repeal Member for the county of Dublin , aud son-in-law to Daniel O'Comiell , Esq ., your Leader , to sell the electors of the county of Dublin to tho enemies of Repeal , and leave them to the tender mercies of their landlords for tho sum of £ 1 , 000 a year , as clerk of the ( lanapcr ?
What have you gained , in any way , by enabling youv friend Charles O'Connell , Esq ., M . P . for the county of Kevk-y , aud son-in-law of Daniel 0 Council , Esq ., your chosen Leader , to sell the . electors of that county to tho enemies ' if Repeal , fur £ he sum of . £ 900 ; i year , as a stipendiary Magistrate , including houso , coals , candles , and servants ? What have you gained , in any way , by enabling Mr . Morgan O'Connell , the second son oi' Daniel O'Connoil , Esq ., your chosen Leader , to sell the electors ol the county of Meath to tho sworn enemies of Repeal , for the sum of fSOO a year , as . Deputy Clerk in the Registry Office ?
What have you gained , in any way , by voting at the bidding of your " august Leader , " Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., fov Alexander Raphael , Baron Maule , Ashton
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» K and little Daniel O'Connell , who was not iett ago kicked out of a ball room "in'Florence for bad' ~ behaviour , and pitchforked into the representation of t ie rotten borough of Dundalk , fbr similar conduct ? . , Y » mv countrymen , as I am at a loss to know wait you have gained , or arc likely to gain , by this © " > and turnings , by which it appears io me , . a ? well a t 0 every ot [ mi m ^ ^ feels anxious [ y ... uesirous to secure the political rights of the working classes , and thus raise them , at once and for c * er , in t JO scale ot society , that your condition ii now twci . tyfold worse than it Wils thirty years ago , why is it
that you still follow a man who has deceived you so often , and who never yet proposed any one measure for your interest ? He has proposed none vftwtwer . No , not one single measure during his long lifc has lie ever proposed for your benefit : but on the contrary , has always made use ; of fyou to promote hi * own immediate interests . Society has become-so corrupted and contaminated by the vile teachings of this bad man , that not one of his followers , either lay or clerical , can endure the very sound of any political truth . Truth has become hateful in their ears . And that love of fair play , truth , and justice , for which my countrymen were so pre-eminently distinguished , are now banished from the land , and
low trick , falsehood , cunning , cant , deceit , and hypocrisy , substituted . It grieves me to see society reduced to this abject state of degradation . It rcatfl with you , in a great measure , to restore socieiy to what it once was , and what it ought to be . Withdraw your support at onco from every wan , set of men , society , or association , whose primary object will not be a Complete Radical Reform of the House of Commons , by the extension of the Electoral Franchise to every male inhabitant of this empire , ( infants , insane persons , and criminals only excepted . ) In my next letter you shall have the promised extracts from Mr . O'Connell ' s writings , evidence , acd speeches . r - ' - ' 1 Pathick O'lhaoisa . Dublin , September 20 th , 18 iO .
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By extraordinary express letters and papers have been received front Calcutta to the 7 th ultimo bringing news from INDIA and China . Anarchy reigns throughout the Punjab . Gholab Singh is evidently meditating the seizure of tho sovereignty of Lahore . The Savall hill chief ' s are in a very discontented state . Letters from the north-west state the general belief that a large army will be collected upon the frontier immediately after the rains , and some do not hesitate tO express the opinion that another march to Labors will take place next Christmas . A serious riot had occurred at Canton , ( China . ) The natives having attacked some of the English and other foreign residents , the latter defended themselves with fire-arms , and in the conflict several of the natives were killed and wounded , ! News from
ADEN to September 1 st , announces the fbreak-up and dispersion of the large force of Arabs , which had invested that place for nearly three weeks . Their leader , a fanatic named Shaik Ismail , is now a pri-Bnner in the hands of one of the neighbouring tribes . , ° Letters and papers to July 12 th , have been re ceived from the
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . It appears that the marauding parties of Cadres , who for the fast two or three months have caused so much alarm , and done so much mischief in the frontier districts , were nearly , if not altogether , expelled , and that a sufficient number of men had arrived to prevent their return , if properly distributed and kept on the alert . The colonists were suffering severely from drought , diseases amongst the cattle , aud < i high price of provisions . As regards European affairs , we have but little communicate from
FRANCE . The Paris papers are mostly occupied with the Spanish question . Our readers will remember that two or three weeks ago , Guizot unblushinglv declared that the beauty of the present institutions " of France was that perfect free discussion was allowed , in fact France -was free , and the government tbe legitimate representative of a free people . Well , last Sunday Reform dinners were to have taken place at the different arrondissements of Paris , they were , however stopped by the Prefect of Police . VerilFrance is
y " free \ Contrast this unblushing tyranny with the " great fact" of the festival of the Fraternal Democrats in London , which took place on Monday last , and an ample report of which will be found in our seventh page . Jt is monstrous that after two revolutions , Frenchmen should be denied that liberty in their own country which they exercise in this , riieregis one conclusion tke yoke of themoneymonsers is too selling to be borne much ioncer by the French , people . From
GERMANY we hear that tho Diet has agreed to a resolution of compromise regarding the Holgtein-Schleaurg affair , to the effect , that the Diet is confident that the King of Denmark will respect the rights o £ the German confederation ; at the same time , siipressmg a hope that the several governments of Germany will take measures to the agitation and excitement which this question has caused . On this subject we direct the attention of our readers to an important " Address" in our seventh page , from the Uerman Democrats in London to the German people . This "Address , " was sent to the Times which has all along opposed the German nationality party , but that honest journal refused its insertion . The Address" tells too many truths for The Times , the very reason why it is inserted in the Northern Star . lhe Austrian Government is demanding more severe laws against the German presswhich the Diet will
, probably assent to . It is said that the Diet hag adopted a resolution , according to which the Communist association is declared as revolutionary , an * every one adhering to it to be prosecuted as for high ( treason ! The late Minister of the Prussian Finance office has laid down his office , because he declared himself incapable of defending these financial measures which , by the imperious command of the king , he was obliged to adopt during the tmor of his office . The Minister of War , General Boyer , is likewise about to lay down his office . This veteran , theugh a man of character and-energy , shrinks at the sight of the new spirit rising not only in the roRks t . f the Prussian militia , but even among the officers cf tha regular army . Revoluiionary tendencies , and even connexions with the Communists have been discovered among the officevs , especially of some » ar « nsons of Rhenish Prussia . Important news has been received from the
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . The steamer Arab arrived off Vera Cruz on tha 15 th August with Santa Anna on board , lie immediately placed himself at the head of the movement m that department . The departments of Pueba nnd Mexico have declared for Santa Anna , and Paredea has been taken prisoner . The revolt at the caoital was headed by General Salas . Before Santa Ann * left Ilavannah , he took letters from Gen . Campbell to Com . Connor , and avowed himself in reply to some inquiries as to his intentions , as follows : — " If the people of my country are for war , then I am with them , but I would prefer peace . " A letter dated at Vt-ra Cruz , August 16 , says that aiiviees have been received by express of tiie formal rmnexaljon of California to the United States—that is , the United States forces have taken possession of California . This news came to the British Consulate at Vera Cruz . : From
. THE RIVER PLATE , news has reached us of so recent a date as the 28 th of July . Matters still continued in an unsettled state , and there was little prospect entertained of a speedy adjustment of differences between the opposing parties who remained in the field without any decisive movement en either side .
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The Cortes was opened on Monday last . The Ministers notified to them the proposed marriage of the Queen , and that ' > t' the Infanta . Bv telegraphic despatch from Paris wo are infoi'mcd nf ' tha
ESCAPE OF DON CARLOS , llis Son ( the Count de Sjlontemolch ) , and Generai . Cakheiu . The General left Rouen ou Sunday evening , accompanied by a friend , and took a route towarils the : ; ea , where he , t \ o doubt had a boat waiting to take him to England , tor Spain . The civil war , therefore , may be expccted . ly to re-coumicnce immediately ; iudced the Hag of . 'insurrection has already lieeu unfurled by the Curliats , in Catalonia . A progresaisia revolt is hourly expected . On Wednesday , a man jumped off one of thecavrifcsjes . on thu Brighton and Chiehester Railway , while the train was proceeding at full speed , and h « d his skull so severely fractured as to leave no hopes of his recovery . He risked his life to avoid walking a mile . ^
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RALLY FOR THE CHAR . . ER ! — " , y . > - A PUBLIC MEETING - WILL BE HELD AT TIIE CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN , STRAM ) , OX MONDAY EVENING NEXT . SEPTEMBER . 28 th , 184 e , FOB ins PUBP 6 SB OF ADOPTING A NATIONAL PETITION TO PARLIAMENT , PRAYING * OR THE ENACTMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . The following eminent ! Reformers have been ' iny itedlandarc expected to be present and address the Meetin K :-F . O'CONNOR , Esq ., GEORGE THOMPSON , ; : Esq ., . JOSEPH STUBGE , Esq ., E . MIALL , Esq ., E . JONES , Esq ., L . HEYWORTH , Esq . Rev . Mr . BURNETT , Dr . M'DOUALL . Mr . JULIAN HARNEY , Mr , S . KYDD , and the Members . of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the National Chartke Abbociatiox . . . : jar Notes of invitation have also been addressed to several of the Democratic Members of the House of Commons , but , owing to their absence from town at the pwsent season , tho Committee , have not yet received answers , aud cannotitherefore , speak c onfideHtly of tteir attendance . THE CRAIB TO BE TAKEM AX JJK 3 HT O ' CIOOK P 8 BCI 8 ELTt ; .. > . ' . ADMISSION FBBE ,
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . My dear Friends , —We receive a few letters t » - pressing great anxiety for the purchase of more Land . You need be under no apprehension . I have visited six or seven estates since I last wrote to you upon the subject , but your anxiety shall not hurry me into a bad purchase . I will not buy anything the cultivation of which will not repay you for your labour , better than if you were working for tbe best wages . In a few hours , from this time , I shall be in the train for Birmingham , to visit an estate in Warwickshire , well situated , and if the land is good it
will he bought * , if it is not , it wont . Ana I may now tell you , to satisfy your curiosity , that we are about making a very extensive purchase , but recollect , that although there is plenty to be had , that land is not to be purchased like a hat , You are not half as anxious as I am to set to work again , although I think I have given you the full benefit of my leisure since the bulk of the work was over at Herringsgate , in tbe improvement of the Star and the circulation of our principles at public meetings . I assure you that the extension of the plan and the anticipations of its success surpass my most sanguine expectations , and the carrying of it out promises to occupy no small portion of my time . Now ,
turnabout is fair play , and if you are very anxious upon one point , I am equally anxious upon another—it is this , we have opened over twenty new branches within this week , and I wish this rule to be read at every meeting of the new and old branches . It is , that the secretaries shall transmit the money each week , without holding it until it is supposed to be of sufficient importance to send . This enables the secretary to keep his accounts more regular , and will he a better protection for the members . The members in each branch should ascertain the exact amount paid within each week , and then by reference to the Star of the following ^ week they can be satisfied as to its correctness .
I give this iujunction , because some persons , perhaps not members , hamper us with letters to know why a weekly return is not made , Nvhen no remittance has been sent . If , then , this simple rule is observed , there can be tio mistake or dissatisfaction . If the amount is not worth a post-office order , it can be sent in postage stamps ; but it should be sent each week . Another subject to which I draw your attention is this—you voted so much levy upon every member for the payment of the Directors , and you appointed me Treasurer of the Expense Fund . Now I believe that no men in this world ever earned their
wages more honestly or more hardly than the Directors ; hut it was a vote of the Conference that it should be paid out of a particular fund ; and upon that fund , and upon that fund only , can they rely . Therefore , if you are anxious for the purchase of land , I am anxious for the payment of your servants , without whose aid I could not carry ont your wish . Those who suppose they have paid in full , and who have not paid their Directors' Levy , may be disappointed upon the next ballot , as no name will be put into the ballot-box , unlcss the levy has been paid ; while it will be stopped from those who pav weekly ,
or by instalments . The sum voted is fully ample for the purpose ; and I think that the payment of the Company ' s servants is just as essential as the purchase of land . It may be , that much more has been paiil on account of this fund than we are aware of , as the generality of secretaries send their remittances in a bulk sum , without any instruction as to its application . Now , surely , these simple rules may be attended to , and will ensure the success and integrity of what all are now beginning io look upon as the most glorious project ever undertaken for the emancipation of the working classes .
In conclusion , you may rely upon a purchase not only of the 130 acres that have been ballotted for , but of a much larger quantity , being made forthwith ; but it is impossible for me to communicate to you every estate that I am going to purchase , or every one tbat I am going to inspect ; but this much
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I tell the .. p ^ jkaT ds--tbat eigb » estatesttatl-have visited have been brought to the hammer by the dissipation of the proprietors . Your faithful friend and bailiff , Feakgub O'Connor .
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AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL .
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VOL . U . SO . « 8- LOKPOB , SATURDAY , " SEPTEMBER 26 , 184 ( 1 . ^ . JSSJSSSSIT ^
St . Stephens, Bt Ebhe8t Jones,
ST STEPHENS , BT EBHE 8 T JONES ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 26, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1385/page/1/
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