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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1S16.
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" ' Kowreaaj, PriceOneShilling. THK SECOND EDITION •* -MY LIFE, OR OUR SOCIAL STATE, Part I.
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a Poem , "byEKNEST JOXES , Barrister at . Law . Fall < -f v . iul dreams , strange fancies and graceful images , interspersed with many bright and beautiful ftaagfcs , ftschittf defect is its lircYity . The author ' s ill-SiiiraiioassecMitosfiislifresli an' ^ sparkling from Hipiwerenc . Ik will want neither readers nor admirers . — Jtfcriu ing 1 ' oSU It contains more pregnant thoujhts , more hursts of lyric jtower , mure , in nn « :, of the truly grand and bcauti < ft ] , tltau any poetical work , which has made its appearance for years . We know of tfcw things more dramatically intense than the scenes betweer Philipp , Vf arren and Clare —yew Quarterly Itevir-a . Published uy Mr . X ^ wfay , 72 , Mo . taner-street , Caven-« isi :. E (| u : ire . Orders receired by all boolcsellers . By the same Author TllE WOOD SPIRIT ; An liJst « rit-jil Romance , in Two Vols . - In reading " The "Wood Spirit , " we would , were it pos Bible , " glndlv seize the author ' s i « n to paint its merits and shadow forth its excellences in his own poetie langnas < -. We turn to such a work as "the Wo . id Spirit " " with sensations somewhat similar to those of the w ^ arv ! Mrfcll « s " in lliedesert , when they approach those springs from which , they draw teiiuvated life and vigour to continue t-ieir course . —Burg «»« t Suffolk Herald . i - An uncijuivofaihr strasjreand eveatfulhistory— Ossiiimc in its qualit } . —Meriting Btrald , - Iu every jKige liefore us m .-iy be discovered sonic fresh . * r " -o .- < iu- " : m J ii i-tic ; il emieejitiir . i . The fearful breaking dmvii i . f- | Ue dykes is b .-autifully brought iuto the mint ' s ' iye . f-A ' <> 5 "p >^ . ^ £ t " ' ¦ ¦^¦ J ^ S-iBt ^ ttTIST POEM S . - iC-i C- By ernest J 0 XES ' . ' : >;{ r ^ S ^' . ^ Prix Three Pence . - * g-T&q ^ phihlrSiug . bMn expressed in several quart-.-rs for the -autijirjS' publjsh ; in a collected form his Poems thatb * TP « i > piared i ' n the Xorthern Star , he begs to an-* nonjioetet a revised a ' ud corrected selection under the aliovc . tiOe is bow on . sale . - Agents : irc requested to send their orders to the author or to Mr . Wheeler , at the office of the N . O . A ., 83 , Dean Street , Soho , " London , or to M'Gowan . & Co ., Printers , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London , where « ipics may be procured .
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"VALUABLE FREEIIOLD PROPERTY AT BERKELEY , GLOUCESTERSHIRE . TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , BY MR . JOSEPH POPE , Jit the Berkeley Arms Inn , in Berkeley , in the County of Gloucester , Oh Wedsesdat , the 4 th day ef Novehbee , 1846 , At Three o ' clock in ihe Afternoon , THE FEE SIMPLE AND INHERITAI > , CE OFHOCSES . L&SDS , BRICK TAUT ) . TIMBERYARB , BOATYARP . AND OTHER ! HERIDITAMESTS , SITUATE SEAR TIIE TOWN OF BERKELEY , : - - . - ' >• " ¦ AFORESAID , - -Either together . " pr in the following or such Lots , as may Jt * " be agreed upon at the time of Sale . LoT . l ' -mjl ttat . Dwellins House , { now in the possession - ;> . of ; WiUianv > -Tajlor ) Garden , Brickyard , Brick Kiln , Drying- She ^ g , aad every other convenience for cairy-- ing ob the Brick and Tile Making , and where "ill be - found almost "inexhaustible beds of Clay for the purpose . Tut upwards of fifty yearv an extensive business - lias been carried on to tliv profitable advantage of the Proprietor ^" - And also all that Ciose of excellent Arable LsrtfcJ . co * ni"nly called or known by the name of Flatin » a < l or Piatmore , containing by admeasurement 8 a . Or . lip ., ( more or less ) . And likewise all that Divilliiig II-. < Ure , Workshops , Boatyards , and Ground , ( ao « in tl-. e possession of Mr . Charles Caoper ) on -nhtch tie B . ^ at-Bnildin ? business has for many years teen carried on , and there is every requisite convenience fnr Lan-ling Timber or any other article upon the said CUiec ; or the Land may be appropriated for Building , and it not sold in one lot , the same will bs off . red iu suitable lots for that purpose , either for a sum certain or for Ground Rents , to meet the convenience of those who have < mall capital . Clay for making Bricks and Tiles may bs taken from this lot witiiout « -e least injury to the cultivated parts thereof , because the . tide which ebbs and flows can be let in by * . . . eouvcfli « it aqueduct ' , made Tor that purpose , to fill up the pits , to as to form in dae time the surface it was originally . Tins lot Is bounded on the south and west sides by a navigable river , called Berkeley Pill , issuing from the Severn : and for the purposes of Building on , and for carrying on the businesses of Brickmaking and Uoat-nuildiaf , a more convenient place cannot be found , as evrry facility is afforded forimportinp Coals , Timber , < tc , and for exporting Bricks , Tiles , Timber , &c . Ba-Jdjnj Stones are very scarce in the neighbourhood , and therefore Bricks and Tiles are in great requisition . Lot 2 . All that plot of Gat den Ground , beiDg an allotment or part of OakuaTiger Field , otherwise Oakymore Field , c » ntainin . < by aflmeafurement 38 perches , ( more or less . ) now in possession of Mr . John Baker , as te-. nant thereof . This lotis a very desirable spot for Building on , and neatan < 5 convenient Houses may be erected at a small expense . Lot 3 . All that Close of excellent Pasture Ground called - Bearer ' s Hill , containing by estimation 3 a . 2 b . 23 p . ( more or less ) adjoining the road called the Lynch lane , and vritiiin five minutes walk of the town of Berkeley , ana now in the possession of Mr . John Cook , as tenant thereof from year to year . Thelon-errartofthis Close abounds with Clay for mating Bricks , ir ., and may be used for that purpose . The whole of the Close may be -Hrided into convenient parcels for Building , and will be so offered for Sale in like mannor as the before-mentioned property ; or it may be appropriated for t ! ie building of a residence of a gentleman who is fond of sporting . The northern part commands delightful views of "Wood , Hill , and Bile . There is a BuiMing near the lower part of the Close , which may be easily converted into a" Coach , house . Stable . Yard . &c , and Pleasure and Kitchen Gardens may oe conveniently made at a trifling expense . Ther ^ is a never-failing -well of very good "Water in the Close . Lot 4 . All . that Allotment in Berkeley Heath , awarded tinier the late Berkeley Inclosure Act , containing by admeasurement 27 pi-rches , ( more or less ) now in the possession o ! Mr . James Fudge- as tenant thereof . This lot i =: conveniently situated for building on , and is a short distance f r-m the town of Berkeley . The above is most desirable property , and always command gooa' tenants at high rents . It bc-inir snrronadcd . iry . tbe property of Earl Fitzliardinge . Game of every description i « to be found in abundance on the property notv offered for sale , and therefore it is well wort- ' iy the attention of gentlemen fond of sporting . Harriers and Fov Hounds are kept in the neighbour-- horjd . ' The property lies at an easy distance from Bristol , Gloucester , Siroud , Dursley , and Newport , ami is aboat 2 § miles from the Berkeley and Dursley Station on the Birmingham a < id Gloucester Railway . Xot 5 . All that Swelling Honse , Shop , and Garden , situate in Can « inbury Street , in the town of Berkeley aforesaid , and now in the possession of Miss Golding , as tenant thereof . Xot 6 . All that Dwelling House , Cooper ' s Shop , and Gardfn , which adjoin the last-mentioned lot , now in the possession of Mr . J . Sbeppard , as tenant thereof . The Premises comprising Lot « 5 and 6 are held for a term of 99 years , detcrminable on lives ; viz ., Lot 5 on the decease of a person now aged 63 years or thereabouts , and Lot 6 on the decease of a person now aged C 2 Years or thereabouts ; aud each lot is subject to a Lord ' s Rent of 10 s . a year . 5 jgJ ~ The respective Tenants will show the . Premises ; and further Particulars may be obtained on application to Ifeasrs . J . ! - ' . HIKTON and SOX , Solicitors , Exchange Buildings , Bristol . 'Where a plan of Lots 1 , 2 , and 3 , may be seen .
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IMPORTANT TO PHOTOGRAPHISTS . AN application was made on tho 22 nd September , to the Vicc-Chanrellor of England , by Mr . Beard ( who , acting under : i mostextraoi'duiy delusion , considers himseif tlie sole jmtentec of the Photographic process . ' ) to restrain MR . E $ EKTO > , of 1 , Temple-street , and US , Fleet-street , f rom taking Photographic Portraits , which he docs by a process entirely different from and very superior to itr . Beard's , and at one-half the eliarge . His Honour refused the application in Mo . ~ So license required tw practice this process , IVllicll IS taught by Mr . Egerton iu a few lessons at a moderate eharge . All tlie Apparatus , Chemicals , ice , to be had as usual at his Deput , 1 , Temple-street , Wliitel'r iar . s
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r . ........ . LITHOGRAPHIC ENGRAVINGS OF THE DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . MAY still be had at the Office of Messrs . M ' Gowan and Ce ., 1 G , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London ; through any respectable bookseller iu town or country ! ; or at any of the agents of the Northern Star , The engraving is on a large scale , is executed in the most finished style , is finely printed on tinted , paper , and ; ircs n miuutc description of the Testimonial , and hai the Inscription , &c ., &i :, engraved up . mi it . PRICE FOI 7 RPENCE .
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PATENT OFFICE . Warwick Court Chambers , Gray ' s Inn , London * NOTICE TO INVENTORS . Tlie printed Instructions and every information as to protection by Letters Patent or the Acts for Registrations of Bcsisns , as also the list of reduced charges for British and Foreign Patents may be obtained gratis , on application by letter l ' re Paid to COOKE 6 c Co . at the above office . "
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CRIMES AND CONTRADICTIONS OF DANIEL O'CONNELL ESQ ., M . P ., In a scries of letters , addressed to the Irish residing in Great Britaiu , by Patrick O'IIiggins , Esq . Printed and published by W . II . Dyott , No . 24 , North Kin ^> 8 treet , corner of Linen Hall'Str « et , Dublin . Price one penny each . Also the Rer . John Kenyon's letters : and Mr . 0 'ITiggins ' s letters to Lord Elliot , Kight Rer . Dr . Blake , Most Rev . Dr . M'Hale , &c , &c , < fcc .
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PURCHASE OF 160 ACRES OF LAND IN WORCEvSTERSHIRE , Price &Q 1 OO .
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For particulars see Mr . O'Connor ' s Letter .
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A correct engraving copied from tlie Map of the above Estate will appear in the Northern Star of Saturday , November the 14 lh . - ~~~~ ' - ^»
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Provisional Registration of the Chartiftt Co-operative Land Company . For particulars also see Mr . O'Gonnor ' s Letter . - -i ^ M ^_^^_ r ^ -r-S ^ -t-r ^ j ^ J *** ¦
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. _ . _ ... ~ r ** -- " - ' - ' — - '" ^ m BALLOT FOR LAND . On Friday , tlie 11 th December , a ballot will take place at Birmingham , during the sitting ofthe Land Conferance for occupants from the 2 nd section , for about 30 acres ofthe estate recently purchased , there being abuut that amount over after locating those already balloted lor , and upon the same day a ballot will take place for the next 30 to be located of the 1 st section : and on the 18 th January , a ballot will take placn for the next 30 to be located of the 2 nd section .
The Northern Star. Saturday, October 31, 1s16.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 31 , 1 S 16 .
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CHARTISM versus REPEAL , PHYSICAL FORCE . It is a curious fact , but not the less true , that all political parties anxious to preserve their popularity with the people , and at the same time their influence with the middle classes , have been compelled to adopt not only as much of our principles as may serve this double purpose , but from time to time they have likewise been driven to the adoption of our tactic ? . Upon the other hand , the wily have been compelled
to seek the course which led to disunion in our ranks , in order to accomplish the same object in their own , when disunion was desirable or required . Long before Mr . O'Conuell threw the apple of discord among Hie repealers , we announced to our readers that his then mission to Ireland was upon the understanding with the Whig Government that he was to break up and destroy the Repeal movement . We further stated that his measures would
he cunningly devised , that he would be able to throw all the odium consequent upon such a calamity upon those who would be forced into unavoidable opposition , and then denounced as traitors ; but little did we then think that the rock placed in the Chartist course would be the one relied upon by him for a split . We mean PHYSICAL FORCE . We ,- the Chartists , were represented by Mr . O'Connell not only as an impracticable , but a disunited body . Surely , the greatest proof of disunion is to be found in the facility with which a party may be broken up ; and now we shall proceed to contrast the mode resorted to by our moral force accusers , for the purpose of disuniting us and their success , with Mr . O'Connell ' s resort to the same bugaboo to break up the Repeal ranks and his success .
In 1838 , when Tom Attwood , Douglas , Muntz , Salt , and HONEST JOHN COLLINS , had made a complete physical force tour of Scotland , recommending the establishment of rifle clubs , and offering old muskets for sale , and when , upon Attwood ' s return to Birmingham , he told two hundred men in our presence , that if the first appeal from one . million was unheeded , he would stamp , and three million voices , backed by as many stout English arms , would respond and compel obedience . When honest John recommended the arrest of all the magistrates and aristocracy as hostages ; when Lovett told us that the only way to insure good laws was by breaking bad ones ; when Henry Vincent was convicted of the most inflammatory physical force language ;
when the enthusiastic Beaumont and Dr . Taylor reviled us for declaring at Glasgow and Edinburgh that we would rather bear any load of suffering than be the cause of one drop of blood being shed , and when the wild enthusiasm of Chartism had induced many of its ardent young advocates , in the midst of oppression and heat of discussion , which in their own cooler moments they would have regretted , then it was that parson Brewster , John Eraser and Abraham Duncan proposed the celebrated Carlton Hill moral force resolutions—resolutions by which they hoped to sever the philosophical from the wild , reserving for the trickster and truckling all the force and power which the destruction of a bugaboo could secure for them .
Fortunately , however , for the English Chartists , honest ardour and enthusiasm triumphed over cunning philosophy , and the rock intended as our destruction proved a fatal barrier iu their course . The very most inflammatory and violent , glad of an opportunity to skulk from the danger that they had created , abandoned the cause that they had dishonoured , and dung , with the hope of forgiveness , to the new idol created by the philosophers . The effect of such a schism threatened danger for a season , until the veiled purposes of hypocrisy were seen by all . No sooner had they achieved their first triumph , than the few promoters themselves were split into sections , stoutly contending for an ascendancy less galling than that which they presumed thev had destroyed . This wicked course failed in
England , and , notwithstanding the enthroned powet of the Liberator , it will fail in Ireland . No one section of the Chartist body cyer proclaimed physical force as a weapon to be used offensively . Many attempts were made to provoke us into an unqualified denunciation of the principle ; but while we repudiated violence as a means of achieving power , which but required the concentration of all our moral energies to accomplish , we never did , and we never shall , confess ourselves slaves , by denying the right of the oppressed to shake oft" their fetters , by the same means by which they have fa en imposed upon them .
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While the tempest raged we held to this principle , and encountered no small amount of odium . Daniel O'Connell was the loudest in his denunciation of the physieial force Chartists ; and now we proceed to show the striking analogy that exists betwee n him and his policy , and the moral philosophers and their scheme . We have shown that they were the first to propound and circulate the physical force principles
in England and Scotland , while in 1843 every post teemed with the valiant effusions of the physical force Liberator . When surrounded by his battalions of infantry and cavalry , upon the hill of Tara of the Kings , after boasting of the amount of physical force at his command , he proclaimed the Union a nullity , a parchment fiction , and , amidst national applause exclaimed
" Morally , if we can , physically , if we must . ' Such an announcement from such a quarter must have inspired the young and enthusiastic with increased ardour and zeal ; their country had been proclaimed as a wilderness , made desolate l > y the tyranny of the Saxon oppressor ; her seven centuries' grievances were burnt upon the warm hearts of those who panted for liberty , and , as a natural
consequence , new and ardent disciples were roused to new and ardent inspirations . In the midst of war proclamations he invoked that tranquillity which he declared was essential to his purpose , hut the prospect of which he had destroyed . This was the origin of the mere notion of the resort to physical force being justified under anycircumstances , and the national valour soon rallied round the
newly-erected standard . Thus we prove beyond controversy , that the Liberator was the originator and propounder of physical-force doctrines , while , like our moral philosophers , he uses the enthusiasm of his young disciples as a justification for the desertion of his principles . ' We may be told that he has not deserted those principles , because he still bellows " Repeal ! " as lustily as ever ; but we cannot recognise ( he distinction between the general who deserts his army and he who surrenders his position to the intrigue
of an enemy . The latter is 0 Connell ' s case . He has weakened his position for the purpose of strengthening the Whigs , and his next move will be to abandon the cause upon the pretext of the weakness which lie himself has produced . What has been the incessant declaration of the Liberator ? Has it not been that ENGLAND'S WEAKNESS IS IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY ; and do we not find him fostering that very weakness as the instruments of Ireland ' s oppression . The quondam liberal press of Ireland , without an exception , teems with abuse of Whiggery and Russell , while the very mountains reecho the denunciation ; and yet the Liberator would cunningly draw the distinction between officials
acting under Whig orders , and the Whigs who give the orders . The Irish were promised Ireland , and are starving and in sorrow ; while we read the damning , galling , bitter fact , that the Liberator ' s second son , Morgan O ' Connell , who . sold the representation of Meath for £ 800 i-year , has been this week promoted to an office with a salary of £ 1500 a-year as the purchase-money of his father's sale of that country that has so confided , so supported , so bled , and so paid for his promised devotion . Will this act open the eyes of the yet sceptical ? Will this convince the nice and scrupulous about the Liberator ' s honour ? that England ' s weakness is Ireland ' s increased oppression and her Liberator ' s increased peculation .
Is this not some substitute for the graceless rejection of a tribute which poverty marred . It is but the second windfall , and before ahother harvest will glad the eyes of the starving , his flesh not will be filled with the wages of corruption . Well may he renounce the title of 'Liberator' at Fermoy , and , rathe r than he should go nameless , we would recommend him to assume in its stead that of' Patricide . 'He is
a bad old man , and notwithstanding the power of his charmed name , the very same cause which led to the destruction of moral force treachery in England , will lead to the destruction of the same bugaboo in Ireland . This consoles us , for it is a consolation to think that those who have been dragooned into the justification of a denounced principle , are daily gaining strength , while its propounder is daily becoming weaker and more exposed .
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THE PRESS . From the establishment of the Northern Start which is within a fortnight of nine years , down to the present time , we have ever opened its columns to fair strictures upon our policy , our conduct , and our actions . There are some who have felt aggrieved that we have not surrendered them to abuse of ourselves without provocation . We always have , and we trust we always shall , make a proper distinction between those acts of public men in which the success or injury of our principles may be
involved , and those of individuals acting a mere capricious part upon their own responsibility or whim . With these feelings we cheerfully give insertion to a remonstrance of our Soruers Town friends against that portion of one of our articles of last week , in which we stated our grief and sorrow at the appointment of Mr . Wairstaffe , as one of the Local Registration Committee of St . Paiicras . Our friends very fairly srt forth the qualifications and pretensions of Mr . Wagstaffe , by which they would establish his fitness for that office . We ask our friends , whether or no they are amongst those who think that such pretensions and qualifications
constitute a Chartist . We know of but three political names , namely , that of Chartist , Whig and Tory . Our friends ask us , if such and such declarations as those made by Mr . Wagstaffe , can justify us in designating him as a Whig ? We ask , in return , whether such declarations arc sufficient to constitute him a Chartist ? We are rrady to admit that the Convention from which the public meeting derived the power of electing its own officers was supreme in the delegation of such power , while we are not prepared to surrender our right of canvassing the acts of those who exercise the delegated power or even of those who delegate it .
When the Convention delegated the power , it naturally did so with the impression , and upon the understanding , that it would be used conformably to Chartist rules , and advantageously for the Chartist cause ; and hence the question , the sole question , for our consideration is , whether or no that Convention for a moment antici pated that any other than professed , unquestionable and avowed Chartists would be elected to an office so important
as that of the arraugement of the machinery by which we hoped to ensure an unequivocal representation Of the principles of Chartism . We would asli our friends , whether or no the election of a comruitteeraan should not , as far as principle goes , he received by the country at large as a test of his qualification to represent a Chartist constituency according to the terms and principles we have lait ! down . We would ask them , whether the kindliest
acts of Mr . Wagstaffe , which we never intended to dispute or deny , and his equivocal professions of » desire to extend the suffrage , would be such a declaration of principles as would recommend him to a Chartist constituency ? Our friends arc not to presume that we entertain any , the slightest , personal hostility to Mr . W . igstaffe , for , on the contrary , their character of him inclines us to esteem him beyond others of his class ; but there are other
qualifications necessary to constitute his fitness as a manager of our most important airiairs . If uoon the other hand we are fold that his neighbours arc aware that he is not a Chartist but hope to use him for Chartist purposes , we answer , such course would be unworthy towards Mr . Wagstaff and disgrace-
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ful upon the Chartist body on the one hand , while we assure them , upon the other hand , that Mr . Wagstaffe would be much more likely to use them . We have heard many good Chartist sayings , such as « God helps them that help themselves "— " He who is not for us is against us "— " If our work is to be done we must do it ourselves , " and so forth . Again , we will take the liberty of canvassing this delegated power from the source from Whence it was received , namely , from the Convention . We ask , then , would Mr . Wagstaffe , upon the qualification set forth for him , have been a fit delegate to elect upon that Convention ? Would he be considered a
fit person to act upon the Central Committee ? Would he be considered a candidate sufficiently qualified to command the support of a Chartist constituency ? And if he would not be qualified for any of these offices , then we ask , is the delegated power of Chartism to be frittered away in its transfer ? Because we contend for it , that a person who is not qualified to serve in any of those capacities , is insulted by being nominated to serve for any inferior purpose . So far from objecting to Mr . Wagstaffe personally , we should be rejoiced to hoar that he had fully quallified himself by an unequivocal declaration of Chartist principles . The duty which we have now set Chartists is the highest and most important they have ever been engaged in , and consequently
more circumspection and jealousy is required in its discharge . Let us suppose , then , that Manchester had established a central committee for Chartist purposes , and that the several towns in Lancashire had appointed local committees to act in concert with the central committee , would , any town in Lancashire elect other than an unequivocal Chartist to serve as a committeeman , or would the central committee act in concert with any town that had done so ? We confidently say , No . And what Chartism looks for is a defined , clear , unequivocal representation of its own principles through its own avowed members . Where principle is concerned there should be no nice delicacy as to individuals . Chartism has suffered much already for its punctilious deference to middle class bashfulness . We have
been too fond of hugging a bit of respectability , while in no one instance have we ever derived a particle of benefit from its co-operation . We are pleased to find that our friends approve of the article ^ which was damned by the selvage , while it appears strange that they should have approved its tenor , which went to establish what struck us as the error of their course , and still defend the error itself . However , as good feeling is actually indispensable to the success of our cause , we can point out the most simple remedy by which the error of the offending party may be established . Upon our part we protest against the qualification set forth in the
remonstrance of our friends being received as the Chartist test . We protest for ourselves against the election of any save Chartists to serve upon Chartist Committees . Upon the other hand , our friends declare that Mr . Wagstaffe is not a Whig , we are iure he is not a Tory ; and therefore , a natural conclusion is , that he must be a Chartist . Well then , what could be more consolatory to the whole Chartist body than such an announcement , and thus our friends have a pleasing duty to perform in receiving and communicating the intelligence that Mr . Wagstaffe is a Chartist . None will more cheerfully hail the announcement than ourselves , and none will more
respectfully apologise for the high offence offered to to Mr . Wagstaffe in designating him a Whig . This remedy , this easy remedy , is in the hands of our friends—they may avail themsevles of it , by putting the simple question to Mr . Wagstaffe , " ARE YOU A CHARTIST ? If you are , YOU AKE FOR US , if you are not , you are against us . If you are for us , we hail your co-operation ; if you are against us , you must see and confess the impropriety of relying upon your services , as men do not usually rely upon the co-operation of their foes . " While the men of St . Pancras exercise their legitimate right of canvassing our acts , they must never attempt to deprive us of the right to canvase theirs .
TO TBE ED 1 T 0 E OF ME KOETBEBJI STAR . Dear Sir , —The leading article in your journal of Saturday last , having been read at the usual meeting of the Sumurs-totvn Locality , on Sunday evening , October 25 tli , it was unuiiitiwusly agreed thut the suid article be rcftrwd to the Local Election and Registration Committee for their consideriitiou , We the said Committee , having met and duly considered the subject , hereby express our unanimous opinions thereon . Of the greater portion of the fcaill article , the verdict of nil must be that it is indeed 6 uper-< xctll"nt , but with the concluding part thereof . we consider that we have just cause to complain . You state
"that jouwasjijreat : y grieved and mortified , in finding that the men of St . 1 ' uiicrns should fall into the error of nominating a mt-re Whig on one of their local Committees . " That wo ( the nun of St . Paueras ) have invariably been the unflinching and uncompromising Bdvc-Catus of , and zealous and indefatigable workers in , the cause of universal right as laid ilowu in the Peoph ' s Charter , we flatter ourselves that you will reaflily admit , and that we we now prepared with a firm determination to join in a renewed effort to make those principles pre-< loin . inu . tit , wu can » tt ! vra , but ihat we have on the oucnsiouto which you allude , fallen into error , or in any way acted so us to cause grief or mortification to the most fastidious disciplinarian , we emphatically deny . In order t <> prove' this assertion ( assertions without proof
«• = deprecate ) we will briefly state the reason why tile geiitlimrm you are pleased to designate a mere Whig , was placed on this Committee . The persons constituting thtt said Committee ( with the exception of Mi-. Wagtail' ) verc nominated , by die Somers Town Locality , and their names appended to the resolution which w ; is placed in . Mr . Stallwood ' s hands to move at the p ' u ' . lic meeting , Mr . Stallwood having obtained Mr . \ v agst : ifi ' s consent , prefixed his name to the others ami put them to the meeting , therefore if any error was coiniuittod , Mr . Stallwood was the originator thereof , and not the meu of St . Pancras , we however consider that Mr . Stallwood vraa perfeotly justified ( bein * apublic meeting ) in pursuing the course that he did , mid we likewise think that he vras thereby rendering service to the cause .
Host probably , Sir , you are better acquainted with the political character of Mr , Wagstaff than we are , as you positively assert that he "is a mere Whig , " that he "is no Chartist , " and that he " is not for us , " ergo , that he Is against us . You would much oblige bj proving these Hsstrtiuns , as we repudiate the idea of acting iu coliusion with Wliiggery . We think it our duty now to state , as concisely as possible , what we know of Mr . WagsUff , considering that justice to ourselves and to Mr , Wagstaff demands it Mr , Wagstaffi is a man of unblemished and irreproachable character . In hjs official capacity , both as churchwarden mid its a director of the poor , he is held in the
highest estimation . We have heard those that have acted with him on the parochial committee , cay that they believed there was not a better man in existence ' . We hsard him at n public meeting ( when a question was put to him as chairman , on the anomaly of allowing a compound householder to vote for a member of Parliament , and disallowing that right for parochial officers ) say that he hoped to set- the day nhen all such anomalies would he abolished , and that every man would have the light of voting , not only for local officers , but for those who made the laws they were bouud to obey , Is ViiB WlllJTgery ? When the deputation waited on the vestry witli the requisition soliciting Hie use of the rooms to adopt the National Petition , Mr . Wagstaff was in the chair ; and , alter a sturmy and protracted discussion , the ves .. trymen were leaving -the room , when the riquisit on
was put into his hands . He hastily glanced over it , and called the attention of the restry thereto , and having read it ( the requisition fully stated the object for whii'h the rooms were wanted ) said , " Of Bourse , gemlemeu , there will not be any objection ! " Is this being agains : us ! And when the deputation waited on him to ask his consent to take the chair , he inquired the object f « r which the meeting was called , and asked if it was net for an extension of the Suffrage ? and when informed that it was , to the fullest possible extent , he suit ! "Then 1 nnt with you . " Ie this Chartism or Wb > if , ' »\ \ And yet , Sir , this is the man that you solemnly f . iot ^ t against his acting on our committee ; and tfjfit he is sucii an allythatMie Central Committee would notrrfvoVtO carry out their recommendation . \\\ ave of 0 " , , inj on that the committee would feel thankful for s' > ia « tlica ' sands of such allies .
1 rusting , Sir . that what we have written tvSHI- received in that spirit of brotherl y election which acti v es those train whom it emanates , and that you uiil u ^ i , that publicity which the article that wo coa ^ Hm of received , We . ire , dear Sir , -m . ir v . „ , Youi'sinthe wise of Democracy , The Members of the St . Pancras Election and Kciistr * . tion Committee . ( Signed ) William Fasris , Chairman , John Aknott , Secretarv . S
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WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH IRELAND ? The calamity by which the sister island is at pre . sent afflicted , has , as we have before observed , not been unaccompanied by beneficial .. results .-Among others , we are inclined to reckon the exposure of the hollow and empty quack who has so long lived on the wretchedness of his fellow conntrymen . Had O'Connell possessed any practical knowledge , or any real interest in their welfare , this would have been the time for the exhibition of both . From the vantace ground he occupies , he might have
dictated terms to both the Government and the landlords , and , " out of the nettle danger have plucked thelflower safely . " But , instead of calmly and practically setting himself to work to meet the crisis with appropriate measuers , he is found writing empty and inflated epistles in laudation of the Whigs , abuse of the officials who , at the present trying moment , have the practical administration of relief , and keeping up the old quarrel with " Young Ireland" on the hypocritical pretext of " physical force . " In the speech which he delivered at Fermov , there is not a single idea or proposition worth
the paper it was printed . on . Nothing but the old , hacknied themes , the old , worn-out proposals and machinery , deputations , committees , debates , " words , words , words . " Ireland has been crammed with such windy food too long , she needs , and must have , clear-headed men and practical measures ; which will relieve her population from dependence on the potato , which will give her peasantry possession of the soil on just and equitable terms , and which ' will , by the introduction of a better tenure , remove the standing disgraceful anomaly , of a people starving in a land capable of supplying food
to four times its present population . Such salvation as this , however , is not likely to come from the mouthing mountebanks at Conciliation Hall , whose only oliject seems to be the puffing of themselves into a factitious political importance ) in order that they may afterwards make merchandize of it , and hoist themselves into well-paid places . O'Connell , like Louis Philippe , is particularly affectionate to his sons , and is making good use of his influence with the Whigs in their behalf . His son , Morgan , has just jumped into an office of £ 1 , 500 a-vear , and , in short , the Irish people are
converted into political capital by a grasping , rapacious set of adventurers , who thrive upon the miseries grow and fat on the famine of the very people ihey pretend to befriend . This , however , is now becoming plain , even to the Irish themselves . The buffoonery and trash of the " Liberator" no longer draws the cash it used to do . The rent " grows small by degrees and beautifully less , " and though this may in part , at least , be attributed to the poverty of the people , it is also , no doubt , very much caused by their eyes being opened to the real cha . racrer of the man who has so lone misled them .
The famine lias put other pretenders to the character of popular and practical statesmen to the test , besides O'Connell . The Whigs have certainly not been lucky in their government of Ireland , what little has been done of a judicious and decided character is more owing to the decision and promptitude of the Lord Lieutenant than to the Cabinet . So far as its measures are concerned , tbev were and ,
are ludicrously inadequate to the occasion . It is their ill fortune to have their heads bewildered with the mischievous crotchets of Political Economy ; and in the very midst of the awful distress which prevails , they are found gravely debating whether it should be relieved by the most obvious and ready means for fear that these means are not in accordance with the dogmas of a nonsensical and pernicious theorv .
The obligations of the Irish people to the Whig government , very forcibly remind us of the Irish squire's obligation to his farrier , and of which he was thus reminded— " To curing your honour's horse till he died . " Such appears to be the general view of their conduct entertained in Ireland . The press and the people call loudly for the restoration of Sir Robert Peel to power . They have had enoush of
Whig imbecility , and arc for the return to office of a statesman , who showed by his measures last year , and his speech on resigning office , that he understands the nature of Ireland ' s malady , and ha ? courage enough to apply radical remedies . In the event of his again taking office , he will find the way to the application of such remedies , has been much smoothed by the occurrence of this severe and affective calamity . It has driven writers and thinkers back
on first principles . The horrible spectacle which the unhappy sister country presents , compels a dissection of the causes by which it lias been produced . Such a state of society—if society it can be called—cannot longer be permitted to exist ; no matter who or what I he classes may be , whose supposed interests it subserves . This conviction is so strong that , as we remarked last week , the leading Journals have come out on the subject of the land , with article ? , which a short time ago would have been denounced as revolutionary . The Chronicle , iu reply to the proposition of extensive emigration put forward by the Marquis of Westmcath and other landlords , reiterates its proposal to give " Ireland to the Irish" in
reality . It urges all those objections to compulsory and extensive emigration , which have so often been stateil in this paper . To make the Irish ( says our contemporary ) work , they must have what makes their Celtic brethren , the French peasantry , work , and those of Tuscany , of the self-indulgent and luxurious south . They must work , not for employers , but for themselves . Their labour must not be for wages only , it must be a labour of love—the love which the peasant feels for the spot of land from which no man ' s pleasure can expel him , which makes him a free and independent citizen of ihe world , and in which every improvement which his labour can effect belongs to Ins family , as their permaucnt inheritance .
Here is the true lever by which to raise , not only the population of Ireland , but of all others , in the scale of existence . " They must work , not for employers , but for themselves . " " We thank thec , Jew , for teaching us that word . " It is , to be sure , a little opposed to the " political economy " of which the Chronicle has been a long and consistent exponent . But it is never too late to mend or learn , and seeing how aptly our new pupil is taking lessons from the Star and the Chartists , we cannot but pat him kindly on the head . We have also to enrol the Times in the list of disciples of the philosophy and political economy of the Star . It says
Before we can take the Irish landowner ' s riew of "giving encouragement to emigration to people who " are too'closely paeked at home for their own cojn-• " fort and convenience , " we must first be satisned as to the facts . Is there a larger population in Ireland than the land , if properly dealt with , could support ? All evidence i > to the contrary . Where the land is properly cultivated , are the labourers "too closely packed , " or do thev complain of want
of "comfort and convenience ? " All evidence says no . ——— We protest « i < : ainst the consequences of the land of Ireland not having been properly dealt with being borne wholly by the poorest of the Iri ? h people . —To compel the peasantry to crowd into i lie holds of emigration tOiips , and submit to an unsivavoidablc exile , woukl , in effect , " create a "new felony for the benefit of Lord Westmcatii ' s " order . "
The discussion on this subject is now fairly raised , never to be stilled again until the land of Ireland is devoted to the support of its people , free from the rapacious grasp of a band of monopolists , whose fancied individual interest now dooms it to an arhtkial slcvilily , and keeps extensive tracts lying In primeval waste . This , we repeat , is the true way to give IRELAND TO TEE IRISH .
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR ,. October 31 1846 .
" ' Kowreaaj, Priceoneshilling. Thk Second Edition •* -My Life, Or Our Social State, Part I.
" ' Kowreaaj , PriceOneShilling . THK SECOND EDITION •* -MY LIFE , OR OUR SOCIAL STATE , Part I .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 31, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1390/page/4/
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