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manifesto to the nations , * were then aBanJmnn . vi adopted . The sitting then fcn&U M ? pS had * long conference with Mr Oehaenbei ^ L «?» mowing of tbe 4 ib , » % which it wmS ^ w jsssr ^ ' -fcfcBatta fe- ^ Mtt ^ fc ontonte , w which Ue of the officer * of Uri « ra manifesto the nation ? . * wr * flu . * - TT
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ITALY J ? Wi . 2 ii ^ reth « d froa ° ffice - He " auccesded by Cardinal Atnat . Instead of ewuwiting terrara the Auatrians are making preparatioM for ist permanent occupation . ' If a letter from Rome H i to be believed , ' says the ( Wfcatwnnel , tfee Duke of Lncca being exceedingly short of money , faas not only disposed of his duchy , but sold his gallery of pictures to a rich Englishman . Unfortunately , the duke a agent , it is said , after having touched the price , has fled to America . '
Some few reforms' granted fcy the King of Sardinia . haTeexcitedgreatrejoicings at Turin . The festivities began with a general illumination , followed the next evenin * by a torch-lieat procession . Onthe 3 rdinBt . the Kins : left for Ge HO * , accompanied out of the city by thousands of peepleshoutine Longlive Charles Albert , long live the Kin" of Italy : long live reform asd Pius K . * The police had their arms reversed , and very few gendarmes were seen in the streets . In the evening tne theatre was illuminated , and songs in honour of the King were sang by the actors and the audience . Festivals and rejoieings have taken plaee at Novara . Alba ,
Carmagnola , Mondovi , Pineralo , Cine , and other places of the Piedmontese dominions . In the letters from Naples there is nothing to qualify the information already received . The same pieture q f unmitigated despotism , military tribunal ? , arbitrary taxation , and a despairing and impoverished people continues to be presented . Several yauths have been barbarously shot by General Nunzlacte . The execution took place at Gerace on the 2 nd of October , the anniversary of the day on which Nunziante ' s father had Murat shot . This coincidence winds a blood ? wreath round the temples of the present geseral .
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. * - — - —" WEST INDIES . * . Aterable discontent prevails throughout the 'Hffi lsluids . MeetingsaretakingpUcewUh tf ^ -eof bring ing the depressed oonditien of these ^^ oder a frse -trade system before the Bri-^ rlg e . and laying before parliament the neeest ^ finmo immediate snedificafioa of the present P ^ V iaties , in order to save the West India f 8 £ *\ .. A « m ruin . ( $ < & * " caPE OF GOOD UOPE . *« « 5 to the 1 st of September has been received taxations for an inroad upon the Kaffirs have ^ SunSy but steadily going forward , but actual fe ^ -iiriH bad not commenced , jollities a *» FRANCE . of
- ^ Chdlhu!— Three eases decided Asiatic } rL are said to have shown themselves on Sunrtathe Faubourg St Germain , in Paris . ^ Ue B ^ ban 1 aets continue , greatly to the aui « ce of the Government . S ^ e Count Mortier , French ambMsador at Turin . vn has been of late in Paris , on leave of absence SUis p ^ tj ha ? beea detected hi an attempt to Agnate his children . He has been arrested , and * rS in a lunatic asylum . j P ^ odb eF Cockt Brksos !— The Journal < fcs j ^ ts of Tuesday , contains the following annoance-** 'Coufct Bresson , Ambassador from the ^ fFranceto the King of theTwo Sicilie 3 , has & Naples . He was found in hia bed at six « S « ki n the morning of the 2 nd inst ., bathed in
jjj blood , wiwawrge wound 10 his throat , eoppesed jd tjvc been inflicted with a ranr . ' It appears that fle Count committed suicide on the morning of the Sad inst- He was walking about his apartaent ^ g the night until four o ' clock , when . lall at once . ihe tall of a heavy body was heard . The Countess 8 ff tS ^' ff f 5 ? ° Wea from afr « l » tfnWonnd inthethroat , effected by a razor , which was fonnd jjosetohim . Instant alarm wa « given , and almost joncdi ately the surgeon of the British Legation arpved , but the Count was alread y dead . Count Bres-^ ra the notorious agent of Louis Philippe and Christina , at the tune ] the Spanish marriages were antrseted .
BELGIUM . On Tuesday afternoon the ordinary gesfum of the Bdgian Chambers was opened by Kine Leopold in person .
cpi | n Ministerial intrigues , police-concocted conspirasesi and courtl y mummeries , form the news of the ! S - f c 3 * Er ^ ntty ' E **** ° received erfers forbidding his return to Spain . So endsthe liberal * faree recently wrformed ,. ¦ « ,. SWITZERLAKD . M » f ? ***? canncU of 8 tat « of Lucerne se : e- ^ m l ' . lta | y tribunal was established in the town , thei ordinary administration of justice being appended . __
The Catholic college , Corpus CathoKcnm , of the Orisons has sent a petition to the Pope , to pray him jar call the Jesmte from Lucerne . Two federal military tribunals hava been estafc&bd to sit , one at Berne , and the other at Zurich , foe Burgomaster Furrer , deputy of'Zurich , with ( he rank of Colonel , was appointed erand judge at Berne ; and M . Casimir Pfjffer , of Lucerne , wa » to £ } l a like office in the tribunal at Zurich . On the 1 st instant further reinforcements of the Jroop 3 ofthe Sonderbund had arrived at Lucerne . Two battalions of infantry had marched from Lerme , Unterwald . and TJri : a battery of six pieces of heavy artillery , and two companies of carbiniers had also arrived . Three powerful steamboats have been
established on the lake of the four cantons , far the expeditions transport of the troops between canton and canton , to such points as may require their pi sssnee . The cantonal government of Te * sino bad suspended its functions temporarily , flavin ? estabSshed a council of war invested with the most extensive powers , with a military tribnnal , of which the chief seat was to be Lajtno , but which had powers to delegate commissioners to all districts of the canton , as circumstances might require . A letter jramBiteof the 4 th says that the Austriar . s had dosed the passage of the Splugen , which forms the thief communication between the canton of the GriamsandLombardy . The people of Zurich are animated with the greatest enthusiasm . They have tome forward spontaneously with offers to provide for the families of those who are gammoned to the field .
The Heltetit of the oih states that two Bernese citizens iaFriboure had been fonni hung ' and disembivelled . The following are the details given by Urat jonrnal : — An act bi the most atrocious barbarity which has just been committed at Dirlaret , a Tillage well known ftfits fanaticism and its mendicant b , has excited the E 3 ? t hear tfelt indignattan throughout the whole com . sanity . Two yonn < nativts of Berne , Scheidigger and ZKsdrr , tilers , by profession , in the canton of Nenf . 6 Mel , were called to arms , and left here immediately , is their uniform , to answer the appeal of their country In pusing through the villi-je of Dirlaret they were per
carei by some of the inhabiUnta , who 'immediately tSrocged ronnd them , erring , ' Dowa with the Bernese . ' The unfortunate youths were immediately seized , con . flasted before tUe pr « sbjtery , hanged . ' aaajaisembawelled . TTs have no words to express the indignatioa excited by siisatrocioasaet , committed on two youths who were passing inoffensively , and who could at most have been rrested as prisoners of war . We are teld the troops of Serae are so exasperated that they can with difficalty be fept in order . In any other drcumstaBce wa ibonld bsTe recommenced forbearance , but in presence of such sa infamous , dastardly murder , we can but say : — 'Soldiers of Btrne , rereose your brethren J '
The Grand Council of Bale came to a resolution , ps the 6 th , to * furnish the contingent against the Stmderband called for by the Diet . The Safe Csrctte of the 6 th announce the deparhne from Zurich of the Russian Ambassador , Ihrnn dc Krudener . He called on tke Bnrgomaater , M . Zehnder , to inform him that , as civil war was on lie point of breaking out , he quitted the Swiss territory by order of the Emperor . Bebse , Nov . 4 . —The Diet held an extraordinary Siting to-day . It met at four o ' eloclc . The object of tie sitting was to consider the propriety of passing JTctefor the carrvine into effect the decrees of the
lost against the Sonderbnnd by force of arm ? , the isslng of a proclamation to the army , and of a manifesto for the purpose of showing to Europe the bgality of the part taken bj the majority of the Diet against the minority . The following are the resolutions proposed by the committee , and were adopted by the usual majority . ' The Federal Diet—1 Considering that , by the resolution of the 20 th of July of the present year , the separate alliance ef fie seven cantons of Lucerne , TJri , S « hwytz . TJnterttl&n , Zag , Frihonrg , and Valais , was declared incompatible with the provisions of the Federal eompJrt . and was consequently dissolved , that the above filmed cantons had been rendered responsible for the cfeemtion of that decision , and that the Diet reared to itself thepower , if the circumstance should Rqaire it . of taking ulterior measures :
' wnsldering that the deputies of the Cantons ¦ iieh eompose the Sonderbnnd hare allready de-^ ared . in the Bi tting of the 22 ud of July , that they tonotrtcignise that decision ; ' Considering that the above mentioned cantons as * 2 ! l before the 20 : h ot July as after that date , have fia ^ s extraordinary military preparations , raised fcld fortifications , procured anna and ammunition from foreign countries , evidently with the object of fcaKng opposition , even by the force of arms , to the aeration of the decisions taken by the Diet ; 'Considering besides , thatthe game cantons have Plidno attention ti the decision of the 11 th of Aipst , by which they were seriously warned to ab-R frem all that might trouble the public peace ; rat th » t after , as before that resolution , they have * ctea contrary to the decisions of the Diet , by con-^ actin ; redoubts and continuing their extraor-« J > My miliurypreparations ;
... 'Considering that access to the * authorities Raised with the giving of instructions , and to the "t ofo smMc , of the cantons in question , has been * ? f"Hedto the federal representatives named bj the "Kt ; that the propagation of the conciliatory proclamation—a proclamation dictated in a spirit of GSif deral friendship—has been forbidden almost ^ erjwhere , and that in the canton of Lucerne that ^ ha 3 been evea assimilated to a crime with comminatory penalties ; 1 Considering that the propositions of conciliation fc&Se since that time have been Tepuised by the same ^ sa state ? , and that all the efforts made for the $ &P&se of bringing them by pacific means to the refegnit ' on and the accomplishment of the federal foie 3 which they have sworn to fulfil , have re-Jasined fruitless :
. ... ' Considering thatthe deputies of these cantons fitted , onthe 29 thof October , the Diet , as well as ^ capitalof the confederation , and that by that ^ . il declarations made at the same time , and the Jflitiry dispositions which have been taken since tbt time , be added to it , they have placed them-* wes in a Btate of open war agaiBSt the confedera-Uan ; 'Malting application ofthe articles , 1 , 6 , and 8 , of ^ Fed eral Pact , resolve as follows ; 5 'Art . l . The resolution of the Diet , dated the * 7 » of July of the present year , with respect to the ui oi its
.- ~»« un me separate league uc » . » . « — - - — ?? of Lucerne . Uri . Sihwyte , Unterwalden , Zug , ^ wnrg , and Valais , shall bepnt in execution by ^ o ' . arms , * - ' M 2 . Tte general fn-chlef of iheFeaeral troop * ^ fasrged with the execution of this resolution . j Art . 3 . The Diet reeenes to iteelf the powerto ^ e the ulterior and necessary measures . Art -i The Federal Directory isre ^ uired to eom-S NacMe without delay , thenresent reselation . to Sege teral in ^ ef of the Federal wrmy . to the « Uta i ? mdlofWar » andto *** ttogovernmeats ^ PreclamaticQ totieSwia a d a leogfty
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¦ - ^ a * - - ^—THE MANIFESTO OF M . DE LAMARTINE . ( From our Paris Correspondtnt . ) Yrh recently published this curious p ' eee of workmanship . It consists of two very distinct parts : poUtieal measures and social measures . Now the po-Utical measures are , one and all , taken from the constitution of 1791 , with almost no alteration ; that is , they are the return to the demands of the middle classes in the beginning of the revolution . At that time tho whole of the middle classes , including even the smaller tradesmen , were invested with political power , while at present the participation in it is restrained to the large capitalists . What , then , is the meaning of the political measures proposed by M . de Lamartine ? To give the government into the hands ofthe inferior bourgeoisie , but under the semblance
of giving it to the whole people ( this , and nothing else , is the moaning of his universal suffrage , with his double system of elections ) . And his social measures ? Why they are either things which presuppose that a successful revolution has already given the politica' power to the people—such as gratuitous education for all ; or measures of pure eharity , that is measures to soften down the r e ^ olntionar / energies of the proletarians ; or mere high-soundin ? words without any practical meaning , such as extinction of mendicity by order in council , abolition of public distress by law , a ministry of the people ' s life , & :. They are , therefore , either totally useless to the people , or calcnlated to benefit them in such a degree only as will assure some sort of public tranquillity , or
they are mere empty promises , which no man can keep—and in these two last cases they are worse than useless . In short , M . de Lamartine proves himself , both under a social and a political point of view , the faithful representative ofthe small tradesman , the inferior bourgeoisie , and who shares in the illusion particular to this class : that he represents the working people . And , in the end he is foolish enough to address himself to the government with the demand of their support for his measures . Why , the present government of the ereat capitalists will do anything but that . The Xeforme , therefore , is perfectly right in attacking , though with a deal of good will , and recognising his good intentions , the practicability both of his measures , and his mode of
setting abont having them carried . ' Certainly , " says the Rtforme , ' these are high words , revealing a mighty heart , a spirit sympathising with the cause of right . * The fraternal feeling is panting visibly under the cloak of words and our poets and philosophers will be excited by them into enthusiasm similar to that produced upon Ferielean Greece by the sentence of Plato . But we have not now anything to do with Pericles , we live under the reign of Messrs Rothschild , Fulchiron and Duchatel , that is under the triple incarnation of Money , blockheadedFear , and Police ; we have for a govern , ment , profits , privilege , and the municipal guard . Now , hopes M . de Lamartine that the league of
consolidated interests , that the Sonderbnnd of dollars , place and monopoly , will surrender and lay down arms at his appeal to natienal soverei gnty and social fraternity ? Why . for good as for evil , all things in this world are connected—one keeps up the other , nothing is isolated—and that is the reason why the mostgenerou 3 programme of the deputy for . Mac . sn will pass like perfumed zephyrs of summer , will die like empty trumpet sounds , as leng as they shall bear the raotner-Btain of all monopoly—feudal violation of Right and of Equality . And this league of the privileged classes Is particularly clo-ely united at this very moment , when the governmental system is the prey of convulsive fear .
As to the institutions he proposes , the official country and its leaders call such things the sweetmeats of philosophy : Messrs Ducbatel and Guizot will laugh at them , and if the deputy for Ma $ on does not Joak out elsewhere for arms and soldiers to defend his ideas , he will pass all his life at making fine words and no progress ! And if he addresses himself te the million instead of the government , we tell him that he follows a false route , and never will win over to his system of graduated election , poor rate , and philanthropic charity , neither the Revolution , nor thinking men , nor the people . The principles ,
indeed , of social and political regeneration have been found fifty years aj ; o . Universal snffragp , direct election , paid representation—these are the essential conditions of political sovereignty . Equality , liberty , fraternity—these are the principles which ought to rule all social institutions . Now , the poor rate is far from being based upon fraternity , whilst at the same time it is an insolent and very impotent denial of equality ^ What we want , is not English middle class expediency , but quite a new system of social economy , to realise the right aad satisfy the wants of all .
A few days after appeared the secsnd manifesto of M . de Lamartine upon the forei gn policy of France . In this he maintains that the peace system followed by the Fresch government after 1830 . was the only convenient mode of action , lie covers by pompous sentences the infamous manner in which the French government first excited Italy and othercountries to rebellion , and afterwards abandoned them to their fate . Here is the forcible reply of the Reforms to this buttermilk manifesto : — 'M . de Lamartine sacrifices the legitimate and only instrument of freeing ns—the holy war of principle—to a theory of peace which will be a mere weakness , a lie , and even an act of treason , as long as the relations from people to peop ' e are based npon the policy ef diplomatists , and the
egotism of governments . No doubt , peace is the ultimate necessity of civilisation ; but what is peace with Nicholas of Russia ? the disemboweller of whole nations , the hangman who nails infants to the gallows , who carries on a deadly war against even hope and reeollection , who drowns in her tears and her blood a great , a glorious country ! For mankind , for civilisation , for France herself , peace with this madman of a Jack Ketch is cowardice ; for justice , for right , for the revolution , it is a crime ! What is peace with Metternich , who hire 3 hosts of assasins , who confiscates for the benefit of crowned epilepsy , the liberties—nations ? What is peaca * ith al those little Camra of Europe , rained debauchees , or ( vilIanouB bigots who reign , to-day for the Jesuits ,
to-morrow for the courtezan ? What is peace ! with the aristocratic and meney-mongering English government , which tyrannises the sea ? , which kills liberty in Portugal , which squeezes money even out of the rags of itspeople ? Peace with theBe Jews , these poison-mongers , we repeat it , is , fora country in revolution , cowardice , shame , crime , moral desertion , bankruptcy not onl y of interest but of right and honoHr . ' The other Paris papers have equally expressed their dissent from M . de Lamattine ' a programme in different respects . He continues , however , illustrating its principles in his paper , the Bien Public of Mac , ) n . We shall in ' a few months , be enabled to judge what effest his new move will make upon the Chamber of Deputies .
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Death of Mb George Wiblakd . —This wellknowo dramatic artist , who for so many years held first rank in bis profession at the Theatres Royal Drurv Lane and Covent Garden , expired at his house , the White Hart Tavern . Oxford Market , on Saturday , the 6 th instant . The immediate cause of his death was a rapid consumption , acting on a constitution enfeebled by the exercise of Ms profession . . . They are shipping potatoes on the banks of the Trent , in Liaeelasbire , for Manchester . ,
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THE RABID DISPATCH . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHRBN STAB . Sir , —By a reference to a late number of yonr journal , I perceive that a gentleman of Edinburgh professcB to be willing to give a premium of £ 50 , for the best essay on 'Hydrophobia , as it attests the human Bubject . ' I conceive , sir , that had the gentleman offered a premium for the discovery of hnmnn subjects infected with this dreadful disease , I would very soon be in pos . session of hU money , by simply pointing his attention to the rabid sditors of certain newspapers , who for some time past have been frothing and spitting their envenomed saliva at the fair fame of a man who is invulnerable to their attacks , and against certain prlncipl « B advocated by him , which they themselves admit
would be beneficial to the people , if carried into eft" ct , They differ , it would seem only with the man , and not , as they pretend , with his tneaoure ; ana , from a careful invegtication of the predominant ejmptoms of ( heir disease , I may be permitted to conclude , th » t these poor infuriates are either very envious or very dishonest' . Amongst this' bedlam' of ' mad caps' I may be justified in specially noticing the editor of tho Wttkly Dispatch ! There can be no doubt , sir , that this animal—this specinvn of the germ homo , U in a rabid state ! 'Stark , staring mad '—he would sting like a ' Tarantula , ' could big fangs but reach his Intended victims ; he ought certainly to be placed under restraint , and th » ' strait waistcoat * of public censure be laced about him ; for , although his venom is innoxious to those who possess
the antidote of truth , still , for bis own sake , he ought to be prevented laying violent hands on his own existence as it is certain that death—eternal and political death , mait soon put an end to bis furore and his sufferings ; and when that hour shall come , I will begnilty of an act of charity towards his remains , for I will write his epitaph ; and marble as bnrd as his own adamantine heart , which bents not responsive te the sufferings of the poor , shall record Mb fame , which may , if he Ao not repent , be somewhat in the style of the following!— Here lies the old and mad Dispatch , In Tariarns he ' s met Ms match ; Whilst on earth Ms course was evil , He hated good , and strv'd the D—1 .
' Jfemento mori . ' I nave , sir , for some yean , strongly inspected toe sanity of the Ditpaleh , I thought go at a time when I
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2 ™?< i « ? J ? cenBnre U P « Ms eonduct towards Ae SIh , \ the * **»"" <* Parliament , and ^ n ? uK ? . M that ' ? ' ^ J * large meeting ofthe in . SS 5 nnB WhenIhewd «™ Enounce Chartlsm , beoaHse forhU ; ah ' ™\* Chartlst ' aad { or ««* * «*» fiitcV tShUBmr " rrat ' » ^ ocrat ., ond their StaLand Si * ' ° UIitry ; fMhi 8 iwm stacks upon of in ? snbS ? Vi WpolUM * f his ««« 'prance frfcndtfZ' f" hVUpU « ifyin Ptetendiogto be the India ! iTS ?* ? hU acta P ™ ^ e contrary ; of morSn fct ^ ° PP ° 8 iti on to theCEtablishmeni of ThTn ^ S ™? Wh ° n tb 6 J m »«* e « ga lnst ** Merest noo ?^ nl ? , a 88 eB > " dare lntenaea t 0 be « tfit t ^ ? i !'* nd 1 ? st » w » ttoa . lUta all other rabid ntata ft — .
. . , » om bi ?^ i' ! l ^ 1 Ktoo ' - mdro P « fwa ' « . * wM ^ i Mftrsjt ^ -s Tree , befoahvnjs mouthing about kingcraftsnd priest £ 1 b ^^ " "SO * m ™ men wh 0 *? » 2 et EIrX T £ Wi 8 er forbim t 0 "etaboutpulling down the rotun edifice ttum to be eternally TalkiB w w « n J 7 " ™ i " fi » tI , e people , a « d he knows thatbyrach a lever onl y waicorruptlon be removed , not by words can , t be , eff . cted ; therefore , if th « DiepaU ever a « t « nds to ba honest , it i 8 time for him to lay by his follies , » nd learn to be * i « e . * y i , , , i , , '
I w < rald just observe , that for several ysars of my you * , I was residents the neighbourhood of Mr O'Con . nor s « stnte In Ireland , and from my knowledge of that gen tleman , and from all I « v « r could learn of his cha . racter the statements of the ' Whistler' are contempt , ibl * falsehoods . I have angle 1 many a time clo < by his mansion , have been in conversation with the peaeantry and the inhabitants of Enniskilim , BalUnur , andDunmsnway , and I Hevtr yet beard Mr O'Connor ' s name mentioned save with respect ; and I can testify to the general good opinion of those who haro the best right to . be acquainted with bis character . I sny this much bocause . I know the 'Whistlw and othws . SPEAK FALSELY ; and . howover humble my testimony to Mr O'itonnQr ^ . virtue may be , I trust all parties will believe my asiertlon , when-I Inform ' them I do so from a feeling of jutfice only ; bHt I would beg to assure the ^ Ditpatch , that this is not the testimony of a hired spy , neitbtr am I a ' paid agent , ' but simply a lover of justice , who would sooner have the pleasure of shaving the Dispatch ' s head , and appl ying a blister to U to restore him to reason : and to honesty , than the plewure of scalping him to diecover th » morbid influences of his brain . I am , sir , your most obtdisnt servant , Bristol . Hov . , 1847 . \ 7 . " H , ClIFTON .
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THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL ORGANISATION . TO THE WORKING MEN OF SCOTLAND 1 ETTEB II . Brethren , —I am not ono of thon who are continually talking about tbe great advantages to be dertvad from a union of the working and middle elasses of society , because I hare ever been convinced—1 Who would be free , themstlvas must strike the blow . ' It must not be imagin-d , however , that any true refenner can repudiate such a union , when It oan be ef . fcoted' in sincerity and In truth . ' But it dots not neces-Barlly follow that the workingclasses are to stand stiV until
such a thing shall occur , or that the people eau by themselves do nothing to advance the progress of Democrat ? I ever held th . opinion that if the people themselves—* e unrepresented msssss—werti fully alive to the taut im . portance ofitrue liberty , and ware firmly united in a na . tioaal confederacy to obtain their just rights , no power on earth could long withstand the energetic demands of a really and truly united people . I have not , therefore , Indulged in useless lamentations about tbe backwardness ofthe middla classes , but I have oftsn lamented , and do still regr t , that the people tbemstlves have hitherto been so indifferent to their own best Interests , so callous and apatbrtio in thtir own cau . Be , thatnot one tithe havoevcr done their duty to the movement
For this apathy and indifference , the local assBocia . tions—though th . y hav « done much , ygry much , to advance the movement-have been , in many cases , somewhat to blame . The committees have nover attached that importance to our local associations , which alone can command suscesB . We have often been quits c » ntcnt If we could Induce a pretty large number of working men to connect thomielvis nominall y with ns , by simply taking a card of membershi p . We have been quite sa . tisfi » d if we could obtain as much oash—and very often too , by forced subscription , from the p . cketn of a few—aB would just defray curr . ntlocal expcBBes . We have never
iBtuleated the imperative necessity of having a reserve fund , of regular payments , and regular attendance at our local gwieral meetings . We harenwer laid it down as a fundamental rule , that our income must always be above our expenditure . 1 'ha cause of much local contention , I believe , has been the indiscriminate admission ofall parties into our business meetings , and to all the privileges of membership . It has often happen . d that the fund * of the association have been voted away by men who never contributed a , U gle shilling . Oae great error inttwhieh we hare often fallen , has been tae transacting of purely business matters at the general meetings of the association .
I have known aa association meet week after waek to transact matters of business . sounlmportaHt and comparatively insignificant , that I would scarcely have troubled even the c -mmittee with them , they might safely have been left tc-the judgment ofthe secretary . We hare n . verrsflected that the great bulk of our members are very often but the temporary converts of agitation and excitement and that they rtqnire other matters than mere unimportant business transactions to induce them to attend our meetings . Tfeere must be food for tho mind . All matters of a purely business caBt should be left eaiirdv to the committee . This committee sheuld be elected by regular paying members alone . Men should be chosen in whom tbe roembors have full confidence .
The business meetings ofthe association should be once a quarter , and not oftener , except oh very important matters r < quiring the sanction of a general mesting , which should be specially called for the purpose . The associations should also , as a very important auxiliary to the movement , have either weekly or monthly meetings according to the rebouroes of the locality—for the delivery and discussion of lectures , essays , Ac ; for reading and discussing the aews of the weojt , and any local , occurrences of sufficient importance should alto be commented on To these mectiBgs—at which no association business whatever should-lje transacted—the public should he in . vited . Thero they would have the principles of the Chartists fairly eiplained , and have full liberty to state any objections .
The lectures aDd essays on moral , physical , and political science , would have the never failing tendency to command a good attendance ; and suppose this did not at Once hol 4 geod , by conducting these meetings as they ought to be managed , we would remove the comphints which are justly made in many cases—that tbe members can be better employed at homo in private Btudy and self-culture , thaH by attending for hours transacting business which ou ^ ht to bo left entirely to the committee . If men attend our meetings solely under tbe influence of excitement , it Is plain that they will abandon them when this temporary excitement subsides ; but If wo can draw men together to partake of' The feast of reason and the flow of soul , ' this intellectual stlmulm will be a permanent attraction , an invariable source of pure delight . Tho discussions—properl y conducted—would be the means of improving many ; and would be tho means also , of making men moro ready to express their opinions on public occasions when necessary .
The intellectual condition of tbe people is susceptible of much improvement , aad now is the time to commence the good work , when there is evidently a thirst for know . ledge , a longing for intellectual acquirements throughout the countrj . I would also recommend the establishment of libraries in connexion with these meetings , so tliat our members after hearing and discussing a lecture or essay , might have a book along with them as employment for other spare hours , I would also reeommfnd the establishment of a monthly manuscript magazine in each locality , to Which every member would be at liberty to contribute . I am conviaced that these auxiliaries are almoBt indispensably requisite in a movement such as tho Chartist anitation , the object of whieh is to obtain the political rights of the people , by their own combined moral power .
Think for one moment how powerful oro our , foes , how well organised , and honr determined in >« Ir purpose . Considw that they have tbe whole wealth of this mighty empire , and tho proB ! almost of the ontlr * world , in their service ; and they say , "Will a disunited people , who refuse to subscribe one single penny each a week—who distrust or hate each other—who are drawn together at intervals by mere temporary exclttmeat—will they bo able to overthrow tbe power of combined tyraimy , with the world ' s wealth and power on their side ? That man must be mad who would venture theassertlon '
We mustnot be s itieficd with generating a spurious and fleeting public opinion—th e minds ofthe masses must be enlightened—the lovo of liberty mu 9 t lie strong within them—the principles of Dimocracy must be Indelibly engraven on tbeir very hearts—they must not only talk and promise , but they must promise and perform ; they must bo ev # r watchful-ever ready . No man who refuses to subseribe one penny a week to support the came , can really be sincere . I am aware that tbere are some , perhaps too many , who can but ill-afford even so small a sum , but there
are a great many more who oan grudge that sum to our association , ev . n for such an important purpose as the political emancipation of their country , but who do ne . vertheless quite chuerfull ) spend every w « tk , perhaps , ten times the amount in useless and pernicious indulgences . We mntt endeavour to save suoa men , to enlig hten their mindB , to make them think , to make them act for themselves , in their own cause . We must draw them to our lectures , and snatch their hard-earned money from the destructive , the debasing pet . houee and ttsch them to do justice to their own cause , to their families , and to themselves .
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Each member , then , who joins the association , should be obli ged to contribute at the rate of one penny per week . I am aware that where this has been tried already , it has generall y failed , but as I believe that this has been principally owing to the want efan intellectual stimulus to attend our meetings , and thoftct that those wko did not pay , wern also , admitted to tlie meetings of bur loeal associations , nnd that proper steps were never taken to get up members' subscriptions ; when th « causeB are removed , the result will bo more favourable . All members who are able , should be called on to pay for one quarter in advanee , when th * y Join the association .
: Ail who agree to pay up weekly , Bhould never be allowed to run in arrears more than one quarter , and » b en a notice should be sent invariabl y at the end of everj quwter to all in arrears , to pay up by next meeting , or their names should be erased from the books . A number of printed notices of this description should be kept en hand by the secretary . In associations where a large number of mtmberB were entered , district -wardens might be appointed , at whese houses , on certain lntimat » d days , every week , tbe members might pay their contributions without putting themselves to any inconvenience . These district wardens might call on all in arrears , aad thus preserve regularity of payments .
Another great eviiinto which we have often fallen , has be « nthe want of punctuality in commencing our meet-Inge , and the late hours to which they are almost invariably protracted . I hav * known men excuse themselves for non-attendance , thus— Who would go there and stop till eleven or twelvo o ' clock at Bight , when we must beat work by six o ' clock in tho morning ! ' Now , to me who f < : el the very great advantage gained by going early to rest , this wag unanswerable . This must also be remedied ; all our meetings on ordinary occasions , must close soon after ten o ' clock ph If animated
an discussion should arise after any pnrticular lecture , and if time i , exhausttd , the discussion should be adjourned till next night of meeting Ibavo also often Been a set of excellent rules adopted , both for regulatrng the proceedings of committee aud general Z ?^\ an eT 6 ry -M " a th ««'" o' Posing theserules , If a , 1 > ¦» " *»• O » t there was a necessity for abiding by them ; but , in a 8 boit time these laws were ontirely forgotten , and never acted on . To remedj this , I , would supgest that a printed copy of the ruleB ehouM invariabl y b » handed , to the chair , man of all meetings connected with the asiooiation , with instructions to him to see that the rules were duly enforced . Our meetings should be conducted with regularity ; and therefore , previous to all business meetings of local associations , the committee should draw out a programme of business , and then , after the whole ofthe
busuiess on the cord had been dul y disposed of , any member should be at liberty to m&ke any proposition ho thought necessary . I have oftf n seen that men have been prcBsed to aeeept office , after they had repeatedly stated their unwilling , ness to act , and tbe result has bucn that these individuals have seldom , if over , attended meetings of committee , and the whole business , and trouble connected with it , has been borne and managed by a few individuals barely competent for tbe undertaking . The electing of large committees I also consider to be a great evil , because many abeent themselves from com . mittee meetings under the impression that there will bo a sufficient number present , ! suppose they are absent , seeing that there is cuch a large committee , Thus . it will somstimBS happen that out of a committee of twenty , there are not more than six or eight present . Thua , the proceedings of one half of the eommlttee are not agreed to by the other , and have sometimes to be discussed over again , and other resolutions agreed to .
This might easily bo arolded b y choosing a small number of men In whom all the members had full confidence ; mm who knew the duties they undertook , and ngreedjto fulfil them willingly—energetically . All bwlness matters should then be left to them , and they might be limited to the expending of one half or ono fourth part of the funds , on their- own responsibility ; and only call special meetings , When business of great moment required the sanction of tbe general body . The weekly meetings should then be devoted to lectures , < fco ., as already suggested ,
With tho reserve funas ofthe local associations , when nothing of more importance presented itself , the associations might procure some hundreds of tracts on subjects calculated to explain our principles , and Improve the moral , soeial , and political cendition of the operative classes . They might also endeavour to purchase , or erect places of meeting with a portion of tho reserve fund , Every local association should also become subscribers to the Nobthebx Stab , a file of which should be nvnriably kept , for future reference . Othtr publications of a similar nature should also be procured and preserved . Of course the extent to which these suggestions might be acted on , would entirely depend on the number of regular paying members in tho district ; but with a very small number much good could be dons .
I have no doubt but that if our local meetings were conducted with punctuality , regularity , and energy , there is such a charm about Intellectual enjoyments , our members would increase every week . I would have you'bear in mind that one man who comes up regularly , attracted by . the love of principle alone , and the third for knowledge , is worth a hundred who only attend through temporary causes , on tfiose energetic co-operation we cannot depend . Above all things avoid personal quarrels , contentions , on private character and matters of a personal nature . II it should ever happen that you are bound to investigate matters of tliia description—a charge ol one member against another , which only tbe most serious importance can warrant the bringing up—this should ba Invariably
inttied by private arbitration ; a special committee ohosen equally by the accuser and the accused , aHd in no case Bhould sueh matters be brought bkfore the general meetings of our local associations . Matters of this kind have done more harm to our local bodies than all the open attakes of Whig 9 and Tories together . If a brother have erred , it is tbe duty of Chartists in particular , and all men , to stretch a poinfto forgive him , Observe the law of kindness , and not the law of Us talionis . Kindness will disarm the most ignorant man in existence , but revenge only begets hatecd and retaliation . 'A 80 ft answer turneth away wrath , but grievous words stirreth up anger . ' These are a few of the most prominent causes of the failnre of our late national organisation , and if these are avoided , we will be sure of success .
Let us notdelay another week , then , to organise . Oh ! is it not a stain upon Sootland—that land which boasts of Wallacs , ef Muir , of Palmer , of Balrd , of Bardy , and her patriot marl jr bard ; of Bums , and of Nicol , the poets of tho peopli—that thoy ore still enslaved , still apathetic , still unorganised ? Some will say that thiy are afraid of persecution , —that they despair of doing any good . But I would ask such men , have you suffered one tithe of thepersecutioa " suffered by your forefathers ? Men who were driven from house and home , —men who had their beloved wives , and dear innocent children , butoherad in their very sight , while their homesteads were in flamed — men who were hunted over the wilds ,
the hills , a&d glens of Scotland , like beasts of prey , — men who assembled in caves and valleys , under nrms , to worship God acctrdin ' g to the dictate af consciencemen who never did despair , —who endurtd hunger , thirst , nakedness , and all the pangs which men could poniibly conceive—men who still persevered , men who ultimately triumphed ! Are we so degenerate now , that there are men araoag us who grudge a single penny a week , 4 s . . a year ; who ' qmil under the petty persecation of being called destructives , levellers , < bc ., nndof losing the favour of 9 ome paltry orersuor , 'dres'tup In a little brief authority , ' whose power for evil is limited indeed ?
Where men are aotually liable to real persecution I would not have them sacrificed by making a public show of their principles , but even these oould contrive to lend us their aid . But with many this is but en in . vented'excuse ; with many it is more the fear of losing their so-oalled respectability , the dread of being called Chartists , than any other p » Mecution that keeps them back . Let us show them by the orderly manner in which our business is conducted , by tho justice of our Cause , that this is a false fear—that Chartists are honest and honourable men , and that an honest man is the noblest flork of God , I would recommend the working men ol Scotland to take advantage of tbe approathing visit of F . O'Connor and Jone 3 , to re-organise their associations . Let public meetings be called cither imme ^ i . ately before , or after their visit to each locality , for that purpose , throughout the nation ,
Let tbe movement be simultaneous ; and let the people understand well what is exported of them aB members of the Chartist body . Use no clap-trap to catch men ; 6 trive to convince them that they must persevere in the causo , and pay to support it , because it is their duty . Send special invlUtloas to all trades and organised bodies ofv-workingmfn , to join your New Confederacy . The members of tbe National Land Company should move in this matter they should belong to Charter Associations ftbove &U others . They owe a debt of gratitude to Mr O'Connor for all he has done on their behalf , and I am certain that he would consider bimEelf amply paid , by seeing his children doing their duty to the cause .
In town « where no association of ChartittB now exists , the Land Company should recommend their members to set about the formation of such without delay ; and in other towns the members of tho Land Company should strengthen the hands of their Chartist brethron , by be . coming members of their association . lam sure if the Land Company were in danger , the Chartists would soon fly to the rescue . Let them both unite , let all tho good and the true unite In the hol y cause of universal libertv and human progression . ' All men ore brethre n ' The people are new read y to aid the a as nun grow intelligent , so does their desire for libertv increase . I cannot hel p concluding with an extract from fa favourite author , baeause I think there Is Lor reason now than ever to exclaim'God me the King and Kings , »! ° F ! fhe A > t V ^ ifmenWiHl 0
. _ . ' . ngor . Methinks I hear a little birovthat sin r _ The people by and by *« ibe the stronger !' Hoping that you will calmly consider these few sog gesuons , and molve to act forthwith , 1 remain , brethren , firm and faithful , Pao Fiiui . N . vember 1 st , 1847 ,
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A SLICE FOR LLOYD AND OTHERS . ie IBB BB 1 T 0 R OF TOE WOBTHKBK STAB , Sib , — ' There is an act In the Laird o' Grant ' s Ootirt that no aboon eleven speak at once . '— Scotch Froverb . Nine of the press-gang' have , with leprous venom , ebot thtir shafts ef envy , hatred , and malice , against the bold and unoonquerahle—tho nobled-mlnded O'Connor . Nine weekly ' Bpeakat once' their calumEles and abuse of him , through the columns of a eorrupt , veaal , and time-serving press-but their poisoned arrows of abuse , their elandvr and misrepresentation falls karm ^ Bj .. at his feet . : . They attsck him with falsshood and cq * rfAr 3 ly fnsfn « tftions—they heap nil manner of tVucharitableness on his head , and would gladly crush and destroy him , if they knew how—tbe will is evidently not wanting . But he is nmred and braced for the whole ofthe icrib-softhu
press ; he is prepared for the conflict , and courts not . their favour , nor fears their frownB . Ho needs not , nor is be overawed by their wrathful fuhalnations . The rancorous vcageanoo of his enemies he has boldly met , and rcpeiud with the only weapon an honest man has need of—the bare and naked truth . Every means , that bascneis could suggest has htfea employed to injure tho character of Mr O'Connor . Nothing has been omitted whereby hie enemies might abuse and vilify him . Foul calumnies and misrepresentations have been resorted to-and one individual , who has more than once degraded himself , has been em-P loyed to visit Mr O'C . ' . native country , and ferret out
r . f " " "meeting bis character ; bat he has S * , « * ° learn an J tblB l ? ° f him but what is worthy of a gent eman and a man of honour . Lies have supplied him with what he could not otherwise obtain . Im , idT' ? ? -, ? have been U 8 ea that ^ A ^ y could devise , or fal . ehood frame . And in defiance of all thisoppoMtlon-in defiance ofthe power of a prostU SShTV ^ , 0 ° 8 h «» eir artillery and battering-rams mbh Z 1 d f EalD 8 t him ' rJseB sti » * Jwter . Slto ^ lrV f 0 p 0 rli 0 B a 8 llei 8 Calumn ia ^ and dSL m y 0 ! kil » ot . felled ^ i . honeora Zli ™ " t h < m a trae * enius a PP " i" » e world , you may know him by this sign : thai all the dunces are in confederacy against him ' lBalB » « " >
What are the characters of the men , the dunces , who now stand foremost In the abuse of Mr O'Connor wbt te defame his character , and destroy the well-merited reputation he nowjenjoys ? merited . LI ? ? f V , rul 8 > nece 68 Myto fce ob 3 «« ° . * at « nS 7 h- . 'A v impugn 8 the chmcter another , ought himself to be free from guilt and unimpeachable-£ iTo : ? r ; i ; iB h , who live in giM 8 h ™> ^ Hl f ^ " ^^ ' «*«• Tkmpmy Trash ' oi
z ' . Sunday last , and as I have seen for weeks past , slander and abuse dealt out pretty freely to Mr O ' Connor , through the columns of this paper , attacking hi * honesty with unmerited severity and rancour , I just venture a few words b y way of a gentle reminder of 'days gone by . ' « All are not thieves that dogs bark at / liif Me a ° * l ° lear ° f crime wb 0 char Se othe » witt sinn ng as th * y should be . Of all that I have an opportunity of knowing a little about , none ought to remain so quiet as the proprietor of the above worthless paper
I have selected this man for the first exposure . Week aft « r week this paper teens with . budve and unfounded language against Mr O'Connor-a man whose character wui bear the strictest scrutiny and closest investigation . ¦ ^* Edward Lloyd , ' come forth thou slanderer , ana let me see thy face , ' thoa hast much to answer for-lmmaculate Edward . 'By their fruit ye ahall know them . ' ; , I havo now lying by me a weekly newspaper called the SaUioas Ml ( now iSr *]] ? * ' ^ "to "" ° at <» of December 28 th , 18 i 4 , and I beg , for the Information of the readers of the Stab , to state , that In the above-named paper there is a caBeofseduotion-Mullet e . Lloyd-and that a certain
Mr Muliett wasplaintifif , and a certain Mr Lloyd was de . feedant , and that the plaintiff said to the aefonaairt these severe words :- ' Teu black-hoarted villain , what have you done with my wife ? ' To which the defendant made answer— ' How do you like it ? I have your youBg wife . You can have my old one in exchange . ' And that a certain MrE . Llojdhad HviDg with him at his house at Forest Hill , a certain Mrs M , and was seen at Epsom races , arm 'in-arm together there . And that a certain Mr Coctburn addressed the jury in an eloquent speech for the defendant , and that the judge summed up , and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff-. damages £ 750 . ( hid at £ 2 080 ) .
All this , Mr Editor , is on record ; all this has passed through a court of law . At present I'll not inflict more on your patience , but subscribe myself . A friend to the cause and a Chartist , J . Monk Ambrose , One who has whistled at the plough , but not with the flogged soldier . P . S . —1 have sent a copy of this to Lloyd ' s office , but don-1 expect it to be noticed .
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. — " ^— - m Stafford . —Frib Pardon Granted . —At the assizes , held in March last , a respectably connected person , named Thomas Walley , was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation for an alleged violent assault upon the person of a woman named Rochell . Since Mr Walley ' a conviction , his friends have btea exerting themselves to obtain her Majesty ' 8 pardon . Mr Hunt , solicitor , ef Stafford , laid a statement ot the whole case before Sir George Grey , and requested further inquiries to bemadoastotho guilt or innocence of the prisoner . A re-investi gation of tho tacts was made , and the following letter has been re-?« ^ u . ^ r IIunfe , from th 6 Secretary of State :-• Whitehal l , November 2 , 1847—Sir-Secrctarv Sir Ge ?? eG l av n carefu " y considered your
appli-- xr ; ^ , _ cation in behalf ef Thomas Walley , I have the satisfaction to acquaint you that , under all the circumstances of the case he has felt warranted in advising her Majesty to grant the prisoner a free pardon . I . am , sir , your most obedient humble servant S . M . Phillipps . —Charles Hunt , Esq ., Stafford ' Supbrstitioh in 1847 .-On the day of the adjourned inquest at Coseley , on the body of James Cooper , who was supposed to have died from tho effects of poison administered by a young woman , the brother of the deceased stated that the deceased , before his death , imagining he waa bewitched bv the female in question , desired his brother to ' steal bilently and alone , at midnight , into a churchyard , and take a haadkerchieffull of clay from a
young maiden ' s grave , to place under his head , to break the spell of witchcraft that the young woman had . cast over him . Accordingly the brother of the deceased went to a maiden ' s grave in a churchyard , at twelve o ' clwk at night , and . removed the clay in a handkerchief , keeping his gaze during the whole of the tirse metted upon the sky , according to tho orders of the sick man , under whose head he placed the consecrated earth , and who confidently expected from this mummery that he should speedily recover . Unfortunatelv , hoffever , for tho credulity of the poor fellow , it did not break tne spell of death which was upon him , for , in the words ofthe brother ofthe deceased , ' It dain't do hisa no good , for soon after he died . '
Cruwts MoRcnARD . —Alleged Case op Poisoning ,. —The County Magistrates have been again occupied with a lengthened investigation connected with the sudden death of Richard Fisher , at Cruwys Morchard Our readers will recollect that a few weeks since Ann Fisher , wile of the deceased , was committed for trial on a oharge of causing his death by poison . On Wednesday week , at the office of Mr A . C . Sharland clerk to the magistrates , at Tiverton . Thomas Leach , her reputed paramour , and Mary Hodee her sister , were examined on a charge of being accessory to the murder . The examination lasted from ten in the morning until eight at night , when both were committed for trial , and taken on the following morning to the county gael at Exeter , in the cus tody ot Superintendent Ilarford , whose vigilance andac tivity m this case have been unceasing . Mr Tanner * the attorney for tho prisoners , beine absent in U * .
don , his olerk attended on their behalf , but was excluded by tho magistrates-with such strict privacy was thelnquiry conducted , The men employed in digging the foundatioa of the JNew Church at Jerusalem have had to make their way through forty feet of remains of ancient buildings , before they came to the solid ground . The number of unemployed at Blackburn continues undimimshed . WORSH 1 P-STREET . -0 HS 1 BUS Condcciobs -Mr E . Garden was charged with asBaulting G . Hackman The complainant , the conductor of a Camberwell omni !
bus , stated that he was hailed near tho London Tavern on the 8 » th ult . b , tho defendant and anothw JSE man , but upon stoppmg the vehicle tho , passed on and mounted the roof of another omnibus ) on irWeh the , rode as far as shoreditoh church , where the defendant got down , nnd , without the slightest provocation struck him a violent blow , and knocked himdown KS afterward , kicked him , o severel y that he was st " ftrlnjr from the effects of his violence , ne called a po . hc * man , but the charge was refused . —The defendant , in reply , stated that hia friend and himself , instead of yielding to the complainant ' s endeavour to proenrc them
aa passengers , got upon a rival omnibus , and they were immediately assailed with the foulest invectives from the complainant , who cautioned the other passengers to take care ef their pockets , as ho knew them to he notorious members of the swell mob . Tbe complainant ' s omnibus kept pace with that npon which he was riding for upwards of a mile , during the whole of which tima he continued the snmo coune of annoyance . On reaching Shorcditch Church his vehicle stopped , and com . plainant having ngain pointed them out to the foot pas . sengers as thieves , defendant got down and struok him , though not so violently as had been represented , and he denUd having kicked him nt all . —Mr n . Pearoe , who w < s In tbe dsfendsmt'n company on the occasion , and the driver ofthe omnibus upon which they rode , wen thtn called , and confirmed defendant ' s account of the ttantaotion Intvery particular . —Mr HammiU said that
althongb , strictly speaking , the defendant was not jueti . fled in taking the law into his own hands , he con . sldered , as the complainant had offered inch gross and eeandaloUB provocation iu this instance , thatthe charga had been fully wuww « d , and he ihould dismiss the com . plaint !
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10 THE VERITABLE CHARTIST S OP ORBxT " BRITAIN . Hereditary bondrowa ! know ye not . Who would be free , themselves mBst strike tbe Mow , ' Bketbreit , tJ !!™! \ ? u md ! ^* ntattempU of wrtainpurtion . of the press of Ihe profitocracy , to repress or damp the ardour of the people In their struggle to emancipate themselves from th . fang . of the vampires of capital , is asubJSrtof more tapwtanee ia a politic *! than social view , and demands the most serious and inmediate attention of all those who look for the amtUsratlonof the conditw&of the masses , to the enactment of just and
squal taws , and the establishment of insfttotions tetter adapted to the requirement * of society , and more in ac- cordan cewithtfoe progreKof civilization , ftis notin fee power « f all the printers' *» & io the kingdom , no , nor their fes « guilty contemporaries 1 m another place , to stop the onward marehof the Land movement aed It is at o * ce amusing and consolatory to know , that the only effect ef their puny aad futUe at- tacks is an increase of the funds , and an acceleration te- the speedoftho people ' s plough ! Sofar then we are ssfe , and am enemies n » y fret and fame their fill , they will sooaited that their occupation is gone , as regards the landi ; bat they will not rest here , their conduct in this matUris a sure indication of what we may expect in the way-of obstruction to our political emanci pation ; and I think it ii tine that we were buckling on our armour , 'to face the rude world , ' for deseed on it we
shall require all our strength to rapport oar champions in their hereuleam task . We mast not be mere idle : spectators in the combat ; the » hteld of honest consciousness , and the lance of truth , will not be sufficient te turn arid 9 tbe fiery darts of expiring faction , Eor the shafts of ridicule which will be burled on their devoted heads frem all sides of the arena . We must provide them with the armour ot public opinion , and surround them with a strong phalanx ofthe hardy sons of labour , whose freedom is the prize to be oohtended for , and whose especial duty it is to demand for hpmselves and their country , those rghts and itnmuni . ties of which they faava been so long and so unjustly deprived , and through the lack of which the country is re . daced to a state of languishment , which ill accords with ' ner vast resources—the prey of the monopolist , and the sport of faction .
| This state of things ought not to be , there it no nece * . sity for it , other than the apathy or cowardice of tho many , and the arrogant domination of the few ; and , therefore , it ought not lenger to be endured . We have waited toa lone . * nd too patiently , for relief through the nostrums of political quacks . We have heen electrifiel by one fet . tnftss-merised by a second , guS-vanised by a third , and to on , till we are completel y nauseated , and well nigh poisoned , and so it will be to the end of time , unless we at once put an end to the various juggles that are practised upon w , and tell them te ' Throw their phys c to the dogs , we'll have none on V
We have told the oppressor , and the state doctor , lone » go , that we know the nature and tho source of our affliotions ; and I bnt reiterate the ' oft asserted truth when I tell them now , that we also know the cure , and that is a very simple one . and though ! t may not be written in their pharmacopeia , we can and will g ' low It then , in a little treatise on domestic medicine , entitled 1 The People ' s Charter , ' and that we demand the right to apply it for our benefit , seeing that they are too ignorant , or too dishonest to adopt it . But whilst I tell the oppressor and his tools these truths , I must honestly cenfess , that we are highly culpa . Me , Inasmuch / as we have been for so long s time calling upon our Hercules , to help us out ofthe mire , wV-hout
recollecting that 'God helpB those that hel p themselves . ' An ! I now tell you . my brethren , that webught at once to put our [ shoulders to the wheel , and set about our work in good earnest . Let Dr Bowrintr spout Free Trade froth at BruisdB , and arrogantl y ascntne an honour to which he never was , and netw win ba entitled ; let Dr Epps rant about our dependence on the middle classes , and others preach education as a test of fitness for the exercise of the franchise—heed them n * tbnt let us unite as one man , and demand the restora ! tion ofthe right to a thare in making the laws by which we are governed , and which have such a direct Influence oa the well-being of ourselves and families , and over the arrangements of the social community by which wo are snrronnded
It is said , that « for a nation to be free , 'tis sufficient ftat she wills it . ' and I am often told by some of our best friends—that we do ' not deserve tho franchise , because we have neither the coarage to demand it , nor the energy and perseverance necessa ry to the prosecution of our claims . Let us then immediatel y rally and hoist the banner ofthe Charter , and proclaim to the world , that we do know our rights , and knowing dare maintain them . I have witnessed with some degree of anxiety , the praiseworthy efforts of our brethren in various parts of the -ountry , to resuscitate the dry bones of Chartism
an * I am glad to see that by the hearty response of several portions of the huge mass—there is evtry indi . cation of their speedily coming together , and I hope that as we have bad some repose , we shall recommence the good work like giants r . fresfced , and that we shall never cease oar exertions , till , we have obtained our freedom ; and thenmyfriends with Free Trade in legislation and agriculture , we 6 hall be able to avail ourselves of the advantages of a free csmmerco with the brethren of other lands ; to appreciate the blessings of rational education , and acknowled ge no class , but that of the human family .
But a serious question arises here , —how is this organisation to be eB < cte& ? We bare been of late so much occupied with the agitation of the Land movement , that we have sadly neglected our Chartist funds and without something being done in that respect , we can make but little progress in tbe ri ? ht direction . Let us then set abont remedyiag the evil at ' onoe , by every member ofthe National Charter Association subscriblnp one snUlingjto the general ' fand ; and let all wfco can pay it at once , as a year ' s subscription ia advance , and those who cannot do so may pay by a penny a week or m- > re if they think proper . Let the various sub-secretaries transmit the sum collected at the end Of this month , to our honorary secretary , Mr C . Doyle-, at the Land Office , until euch time as we can carry out the suggestion of Mr O'Connor , as to a convention to be held in London , when everything could be properl y arranged to secure an energetic and effective agitation .
Meantime , tho first instalment of our subscriptions would enable our excellent secretary to take such steps as may be necessary to the furtherance of our objects , and what with the ' Old Guards , ' and the great amount of young talent that has grown up amongst us , I do not despair of seeing , by next Christmas , such an array of strength as will not only silenre the lying scribes , and hypocritical pharisees , hut what is of infinitely more importance , convince tbe nostrum mongers of either faetion of our firm determination to be free . Up , then , my brethren , and to the work at onee , the timeisauspicioH ' , —nay , ' tis the very nick of time ; the disastrous state to which the country has been ndueed by class-made laws , demands the most serious consideration ofall ranks and degrees of men ; and it is our especial duty , who are so deeply involved in the question , to insist on the adoption of such measures as will have a beneficial effect on the condition and welfare of every portion of the community .
In conclusion , allow me to observe , that'in thus offer , ing my opinon , I have got no egotism to gratify ; nor any ambition beyond tbe public good ; and if my suggestions do riot meet with your approval , I can only add , that having offered them with the best intentions , I shall be ever ready to follow any plan that shall appear better calculated to work out those great principles , which we believe te be essential to tbe redemption of our country , the redemption of tbe world , I am , fellow labourers , Your brother Democrat . Nov . 2 nd . Hehby Ross .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1444/page/7/
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