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A LAY OF LABOUR . ' Bi 'The Belfast Maj ? . ' I love the springs jour shuttle sings , As o ' er the polished raee it reels ; God bless the hand that doES command That song of labour from its wheels . Each tread , each shot , unties a knot By misery ' s fr < tz-. ag fingers drawn ; On every thread that hope would spread Before n > y toiling artiesn . In dewy grey the morning ray Is fluttering round jour window-pane , And love , I know , an hour or so Will bring us broad and bright again , TThat lack of gold cannot withhold—That light which Htaven the humblest man As freely gave as to the knave Wao spiras my toil-paled artisan . Tit tnie that rest , ray goal ' s request ,
Were more than even life to 50 a ; Butlsugb . or weep , or toil or sleep , The man ef rents must have his due . Kor shoald we mourn , there ' s many a turn Before wo reach , the bourne of blUs—And if < sa start with soul tad heart T&e path cannot be all like this . But human toil ' i a sterile soil " If all the spirit be- not there—The path we'd walk the sohI must chalk , And memory guard the line with cara ; And while we strain , with care and pain , Remember , lore , each worldly view , When sought aright , reveals a light That leads nf . safely Heavenward too . For stations ) high not ours to « igh , Or seek then o ' er unhallowed earth—A gickly flower is wealth or power
If reared upon one ruined hearth ; And crowns of kings ( oft bleaching things ) May leave the wearers' cheeks as wan As even thiHe , whose dewy shine Proclaims the night-worn artiian . Be Mary ' s throne yonr heart alone . Let lore nnd labour bring the rest , And power shall to the &&me to me Ai to this babe upon my breast ; And wealth—this store I value mere Than garden-worldi of deathless blooml £ j toiling one , my infant son , Mj wheel and your good harness loom . 'Tis thought your brow is paler now , Than when you won my girlish heart ; So let it be , its hue to me Was never , lave , its better part ; The sallow stain is not the brtin
Where angel thought matures the plan , Por bird or flower , or town or tower , To swell beneath the artisan . Bat , see . the sky grows blue and high , And flashing is each window-pane ; 'Son , thank you , Heaven , at last you ' ve given The blessed light of day agaia . And to each glaam your tlripping-htam Reveals tbe rosy thrum . y&rd keel—God bless the hand that can command The . fc mttsie from the shuttle ' s whsel . Banner of UltUr .
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MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN . By Alexander Dnmas . London : Simms and M'Intjre , 13 , Paternoster-row , and 26 , Donegal-Btreet , Belfast . Every one has heard of the ' author of Monte Christo , the gentleman who makes books by steamand books , too , that are more widely read thsn the productions of any other author of the present day , EOt excepting even Eugene Sue . We are but little acquainted with this author ' s works ; indeed Tie have not time to waste np ^> n the reading of novels and romances ; bavins , however , looked into these volumes we have been sufficiently fascinated to ba induced to read on : and having read two volumes we feel bound to recommend this work to our reader .
These two vols . form Noa . 2 and 10 of The Par-Tour library , & series not more commendable for extraordinary cheapness than for tbe excellence of the Beveral works which have Hp to to this time been issued . We trust th&t the efforts of Messrs Simms aad M'Intjre find , and wHl | continae to find , that suppor t from the public which will warrant a perseverance in their present conrse of publicnsefnlnesB . These volumes are so cheap that it is almost an injustice to the publisher to do more than recommend them . We shall , therefore , not attempt any outline of the story , but merely give a few extracts .
"Wemnst , however , state that tbe timp of Parti of the story is laid in the reign of Louis XV ., some twenty years before the breaking out of the great Revolution , but even at that period the signs of the times were ominous of the coming hurricane . The story has a greater and a lesser hero ; the former , Joseph Balsanmjthe sorcerer ; thelatter , Gilbert , an orphan , friendless and uneducated , but formed of the stuff of which Nature makes her heroes . These two meet rinrinjr a thnnder-storm . Gilbert has been reading Zc Conirat Social by Rousseau . Being asked by Bakamo what he has learned from that book ? Gilbert
answers—* Things that I hare gucsied . How ? o !¦ * YThj that men nre brothers—that societies in which there are serfs or glares , are ill-conEtituted—that one day we shall all ie equal . ' c , ho ! ' Eaid the traveller . Balsamo having : taken refuge from the storm at the B ? nn de Taverney ' s , is enlightened by that specimen of the' old school' on his views of THE SEW PHILOSOPHY . ' The philosopher * are wretches as miscbievons as they are Hglv—the monarchy will be mined by their opinions
—no one langhs novr—they read!—they r « adl—and what , I pray you ? Sentiments Hfee this : — ' Under a monarctnal government it is difficult for s people to be virtuous . ' Or this : — 'Monarchy is an institution invented f r the corruption of the morals of men , and the purpose of enslaving them . ' Or else this : — ' If the cower of &icz 6 cooks from God , it comeB as diseases and other Ecourges of the hnman race come from him . ' You call vhat improving , I hope ! A virtuous people ! Kotr , I ask yon , of wfeat use would thej bet Every . thing has sons wrong since the king spoke to Voltaire , and rtad Diderot !'
The baron h ? . d the misfortune to have a gon infected with the new ideas , whom he thus speaks
A 1 X MEK iBK BBOTHEH 3-* Ob , yes ! another philosopher , sir ! Upon the honour of a gentleman , it is sickening ! Uli he not speak to me the otter daj about giving the negroes their fretdora ! ' And what about sugar , ' aOted I , ' for I like my coffie very sweet , aisd so does Louis XV- ' * Sir , ' replied he , ' is it not better to go without sugar than to make e whole race EufferV A race of monkeys , ' said I , and I think It was sayiag a great deal in their praise . Well ! What do you think he said nest tnafoi : — there mu > t be something in the air to turn people ' s heads ! He replied to me , ' that all men were brothers ; ' I , the bro ther of a Hottentot !'
The chateau of the Baron de Taverney is honoured with a visit by Marie Antoinette , on her way from Austria to Paris to be married to the Dauphin , afterwards Louis XVI—that fatal marriage which the axe severed—severing at the same time the heads of both the rvysl unfortunates- The princess encounters the sorcerer and tauntB hinVto foretell Ler fate . At last he consents :
THE MAGIC HIRKOE . ' I wouM brg your royal highness not to irritate me ! ' rtpUtd Balsarao ; 'I am but an instrument oi Pro-• ridence to enlighten you on those sorrows which await yon . Insult fortune , if joo sill— she can revenge herself ; bat for me , I am but the gloomy herald of the misfertuncg sbe has is store for you . ' ^ ' Tben it appears tbet mirfsrtuncs await me I said the < 3 aui > h-: ncss , mildly , touched by Bakamo ' s respectful manner . Yes—terrible misfortunes - ' ' First—vrill my family be happy !' That whicli Ton have lelt , or that to which yon
ara Being I ' 1 , my » wa family my mother , my brother Joseph lay sister Caroline ?' Your misfortunes sill notrecch tkem . ' They are mine alaee , then V 1 R : ey are jours and these of yosr cew family . '
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1 royal family of Franc * includes three pr inces , tho Duke de Berry , the Caunt de Provence , and the Count D'Artois ; what will be their fete V ' They will allrugn . ' Then I ? hall hare no children V ' You will have children , ' Xot sons . ' S ;> meof them sons . ' Mv sorrows , then , will be caused by their death ?' ' Tou will grieve that » ne is dead , but mest Rill you grieve that the other lives ' ' Will my husbaud love me V 1 , too well . ' ' Shall I nut , then , be able to bear my grief , snpported by my husbind and my family ?'
• Neither will support you . ' ' The love of my people will still be mine »' 'The people ' . —the ocean in a calm 1—have you seen the ocean in a storm , madam !' By doing good I shall prevent the storm ; or , if it rise , I shall rise above it !' The higher the wave the deeper the abyss . ' God will defend me . ' Alas ! there are heads which he himself foredooms !' 1 What mean you , sir ; shall I not , tben , be queen ?' ' Yes . madam , but would to H- aven that you were not to be !' She smiled disdainfully . Did you remark , ' he continued , ' the tapestry of the first room in which you slept after having entered
Fraace V ' Yes , sir . ' TVhstdid it represent ?' The slaughter of the innocents . ' ' Have not the grim facet of the murderers haunted your memory 5 ' ' I confess that they have . ' ' Had you not a Ftorm on the way hither !' Ye *; a thunderbolt fell , and nearly on mj carriage . ' Were not thoea omens ?' 1 Fatal omenB !' ' It would be difficult to interpret them as happy ones !
The D . iuphlness let her bead fall on her boiem , and raising it after a minute's silence , ' speak ! ' said she ; 4 In what jsanner shall I die !' He shosk hie head . 'Speak !' I dare not . ' It is my will that you shonld . ' ihe said , Imperiously . Have mercy—have mercy on yoHrself !' Speafc , sir , or I shall say that all this is bat an absurd fable . Take care!—the daoghter of Maria Theresa 1 b not to be jested with!—the woman who holds in her hand the destiny of thirty millions of men is not to be trifled with !'
He continued silent . You know no more , ' she said , contemptuoBsly ; ' your imagination is exhausted . ' 'ily knowledge of the future Is not exhausted , madam ; and if jon will force rso—• • Y « s , I will hear all . ' Ho seized the caraffe on the golden saucer , placed it in a dark hollow , where some rocks formed a Bort of grotte ; then he took the hani of the Archduchess , and drew her under the vault .. ' Are joh ready ? ' he asked thu prineoss , alarmed by his rapid movements . Yes . ' Oayourkaee * , then!—en your kneee ! and pray Jo God to spare you the dreadful end of all your greatneie , which you are noir to witness 1 ' She obeyed mechanically , and fell on both liBeei ,
Ha pointed with a wand to the glass globe , in the centre of which must have appeared some dark and terrible form , for the Oauphiness , in trying to rise , trembled and sank again to the ground with a shriek of horror—she had fainted . The baron battesed to her assistance , and in a few minutes she came to herself . She put her hand to her forehead , ae if to recall her thoughts , then suddenly exclaimed , ' ThecaraSe!—the caraffe !' The baron presented it to her , The water Wig per . fectly limpid—not a stain mingled with it , BalBamo TF 88 gOBe .
The infamous courl of Louis XV ., at the head of which ( 17 / 0 ) was the notorious courtezan , Countefa Dubarry , is admirably pictured . From the lips of his eldest daughter , the Princess Louise , who is abeufc to retire from the court to the convent of the Carmelites at St Danis , the king hears some "tartling troths of the present , and Btill more startling warninga of the future .
THE COHIXG COSVUISIOS . ' Sire , that throne , of which jou but now so proudly spoke as lending- r protecting shade to yonr childrenthat throne totters . You fetl not the blows which are de< at its foundations , but I have seen them . Silently a deep aby « Is preparing , which will engulf tho mo . narchy ! Sire , has any one ever told you the truth ? The princesB looked around to discover whether the attendants were far enough to he out of hearing of her words—then she resumed—1 Well , Sire , I know tbe truth ! Too often have I heard the groans which the wretched send forth , when , as a Sister ef Mercy , I visited tbe dark narrow street ! , filthy lane ? , the dismal garrets of tbe poor . In those street * , those Isnes , those garrets , I hare seen hamtm
beings dying of cold and hunger in winter , of heat and thirst in summer . Ton see not , Sir ? , what the country 15—joa who go merely from Versailles to Marly , and frora Jfarlj to Versailles . But in tho country there is not- grain—I do not say to feed the people , but erea to sow for a new harveBt—far the land , cursed by some adverse power , bai received , but has given nothing back . The people , wanting bread , are filled with discontent . The air ie filled in tbe twilight and at sight , with voices teliingthem of weapons , of chsini , of prisons , oftyranny ; and at these voices they awake , cease to complain , and commence to threaten . The parliament * demand the right of remonstmnee—thntis , the right to say to you openly trbnt they Tsbisptr In private— ' King , you are ruinlnc the kingdom—save it!—or we shall save it
ourselves . ' The soldiers , with their idle swords , furrow the land , in which the philosophers have scattered the seeds of liberty . Jf ^ i now see things which they formerly saw not , for onr writers have laid all open to them—they know all that we do , and frown whenever their masters pass by . Your Msjestj ' g successor is toon to be married . When Anne of Austria's son was married , the city of Paris made presents to the new queen ; now , it ia not only silent , and offers nothing but yon nave been obliged to use force to calleet tbe tares , to pay the expense of bringing the daughter of Csssar to tbe palace of tbe eon of St Loais . Tbe clergy had long ceased to pray to Gofl ; bnt seeing the lands given stray , privileges exhausted , coffers empty , they have begun again to pray for what they eall the hnppinsis of Ike people .
The conversation we next extract from , is between Louis XV . an ! Sartises the head of the police , and introduces a notice of
BOZJSSEAU AND VOWATBE , ' Have yoa anythisg for me to do thii morning , Sartines ?' . 'Ob , your Majesty , only three papers to sign ; ' aad the minister of police drew oat the first from his portfolio . ' Oh !' gaid the king , ' a ledrt-de-iai ^ t . ' Yes , 6 ire . ' ' And against whom ?' ' Your majesty may see . ' ' Ob , Bgsinst the Sieur Rousseau ? What Rousseau U that , Sartiaes , and what has he done !' Done , sire!—written 'Le Contrat Social . " ' Ob , tben , it ie Jean . Jacques whom you wish to shut ap in the BaRtile ! ' ¦ ' Sire , be disturbs the public peace . ' ' And what the deuce did you expect he would do V
Besides , 1 don ' t propose to shut him up . 'Of what use is this letter , tbeB ?' ' Sire , merely to have a weapon ready . ' '—Sot that I am at all fond of your philoiopherB , mark ye . ' Your majesty has good cause not to love them . ' 'But people will exclaim against us . Besides , I thick we authorised him to come to Paris !' ' No , siro ; we said we should tolerate him on con . dition that he did not appear in public ?' ' And does heappearin public V ' Ho is always to be seen . ' ' In his Armenian dre 6 s % ' 1 no , sire . We ordered him to lay it aside . ' And he obeyed V 1 , but complaining loudly all the time of our persecution . ' ' And how does he dres » now '
• Oh , like other p-oplt , sire . ' Then he cannot be so much remarked ?' ' What , sire ! a man who has been forbidden to appear in public n- " > tremnrked ! And then , only gue 6 s wherehe goen every day !' ' To the Maruhal de Luxembourg's , to Monsieur d'Alembert ' j , to Madame d'Epinay ' s ?' ' To the ( Me de la Regence , elre ! He plays chess there erery evening . He must bemad Upon that point , for he always loses J and it requires every evening a compiny of Eoliiiere to keep order among the crowds arouud the house . ' ' Wtll , ' said the king , ' the Parisians are even greater fooU than I thought them , Let tliem go on amusing themselves in that nay , Snrtines ; while they do so they ¦ Kill not shout Btsrvatiun 1 '
The minuter saw tfeat thekinp did not wish the arrest of B . mss ' csa to rest on the royal responsibility , so he did Hot press ibe matter fartfcrr . ' But , fire , ' said he , ' there is another philosopher , ' 'Another , ' replied the king , languidly , 'shall we never have done with them ?' 'Ah , sire , it is they who have never done with us . !' ' Acd who is this one !' ' Monsieur de Voltaire ' ' Has he also returned to France !' ' No , sire ; it would be murfe better , perhaps , that he had , for then we could watch him . ' 'What lias tie been doing !'
Ic ie Rot be wbo has been doing anything , it is his par : i « nc « ; thty ars actually going to have a statue erected in fcis honour ! ' ' Subscriptions are pouring in ; aD < i observe , tire , it is only authors who are periaitted to subscribe , AU cemo with their offerings ; they mite quite a procession every day . Sven Rousseau brought his two louw dVra . ' Will , ' eaid the king , ' wiaat can I do in the matter ! I am not tin author , it does not concern me . ' 'Sire , I thou ^ fct o : proposing to your majesty to put an end , by royn ' - vcminnnd , to this demonstration , '
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1 1 shall take good caro not to do any F » ch tiiinp , Sartines , Instead of decreeing liim a bronze statue , they would then decree him ono of gold . Lst them alono . Mon J > iea ! he will look even ug lier in brouza than in flesh and Wood V 'Then jour majesty desires that the matter should take its own ceurse ?' ' Let us understand one another , Sarlines ! Desiro is not the word . I should be very glad to put an end to these thins ;* , certainly ; but how can IS—it is impossible . Thetimo i * past when royalty could Buy to the spirit of philosophy , ac . God Bays to tho ocean , ' Thus far shalt thou go nnd no farther ! ' To blame loudly but uselessly ; to aim a blow , but strike short of our aim ; that would only servo to show our own weakneso . Ltt ub turn away our eyes , Sartines , and pretend not to see . ' The minister tighed .
' At least , sire , ' said he , ' if we do not pnnisb the men , let ub suppress their wotks . Hore is a Hat of books , whieh , In my opinion , should instantly be proscribed ; some attack the throne , some tbe altar ; some teach rebellion , others sacrilege . ' The king took the lint , and read in a languid voice—1 The Sacred Contagion ; or , tbe Natural Historj ef Superstition , ' 1 The System of Nature ; or , LaW 9 of the Physical and Moral World . ' ' Instructions of tha Capuchin at Ragusa , to Brother Fedieuleio , on bis setting out for the Holy Lund . ' He had not read one-fourth of the list , when he let it fall ; whilst an ( xpreision of sadness and dejection overspread his usually unmoved countenance . He remained tkoughtful , and for somo minuteB , seemed quite overcome . ' Sartines , ' said he at last , ' one might as well undertake to move the world . Let others try It . '
The minister looked at him with that perfect understanding of his wishes , wbich the king loved in those who approached him , as it served Jbim the trouble of thinking and acting . ' A tranquil life , Blre , ' Baid he— ' a tranquil life—is not that what your majesty rushes ?' The bin ? nodded . ' 0 yea ! ' said ho . I ask for nothing else from your philosophers , encyclopedists , thaumaturgi , illuminati , poets , economists , journalists—tribes that come one knows not whence—that are always bustling , writing , croaking , calumniating , calculating , preaching , complaining . Let them be crowned—let BtatueB lie raised to them—let temples be built to them—but let them leave me in peace . ' We shall continue these extracts in our next .
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The Masque of Anarchy . By Percy Bysshe Shelley , The Right of Free Discussion . By Thomas Cooper , M . D . Msdtrn Slavery . By the Abbs de Lamennais . London ; J . . Watson , Queen ' sHead . pa 33 age , Pate rnoster-row . These are three of the publications which , advertised in the Northern Star , have frightened the celebrated Dr Cantwell from his propriety ; three publications which , though very small in size , contain ' a vast deal more of common sense than has yet appeared , or ib likely to appear , in the British Banner ; aad as to CfariBtianity—if that is to be measured by ' brotherly love , ' then would it be well if the intolerant priest of the Tabernacle could lay his hand on his heart , and declare ' I am as good a Christian as Shelley , Cooper , and LamenBaia ' . ' ' The Masque of Anarchy' ( to which is added 'Queen Liberty , ' and Lines 'To the Men of England , ' ) was written by Shelley on reading the account of the horrible massacre ai Manchester on the 18 th of August , 1819 . We quote some of the opening stanzss : — As I lay asleep In Italy , There came a voice from over the sea . And with great power it forth led me To vralk in tbe visions of Poesy , I met Murder on the way—He had a mask like Gastlereago—Very smooth he look'd , yet Rrim ; Ssven bloodhounds followed him ¦
- * r 9 Next came Fraud , and he bad on , Like Lord Eldon , an ermined gown ; His big tears , for he wept well , Tnrned to mill . stones as they fell ; * * *
Clothed with tbe Bible as with light , And the shadows of the night , Liise SWmoath next , Hypocrisy , On a crocodile rode by , Aud man ; more Destructions played In this ghastly masquerade , All disguised , even to tbe eyes , Like biBDopB , lawyers , pocrg , or spies . In the following stanzas , the poet faithfully and fearfully paints the slavery of the English people : — 'Tis to work and have such pay As just &eepi life from day to day In your limbs , as in a cell For tbe tyrants' use to dwell : So tbat ye for them are made , Loom , and plough , and sword , and spade ; With or without yoar own will , bent To their defence and nourishment . 'Tis to see your children weak With their mothers piae aud peak , When the winter wiads are bleak : — They are dying whilst I epeak . 'Tis to hunger for auch diet . As the rich man in bis riot Casts to tbe fat dogs that lie Surfeiting beneath bis eye , 'Tis to let the Ghost of Gold Take from toil a thousand fold , More than e ' er its substance could Ia tbe tyrannies of old : Paper coin—that forgery Of tbe title deeds , which ye Hold to something of the worth Of the inheritance of E » rth . 'Tia to be a slave in * onl , And to hold no strong controul Over your own wills , but be All thjt others make of ye .
«• * # BirtJt find rest in narrow ncet , ¦ When wsai-y of the winged quest ; Beasts find fare in n oody lair , When storm and snow are in the air . Asses , swine , have litter spread , And with fitting food are fed ; AU things have a home but one : Thon , oh Englishman , hast none ! This is Slavery—savage men , Or wild beasts within a den , WouU endure not as ye do : Bnt such ills they never knew .
Equally powefful is the description of the realities of freedom . There are ninety-one stanzas in this poem , the last of which shall conclude ou ? extracts : — Rise like lionB after sluinber In unvanquishable hdmbeb . \ Shake your cbalns to earth like dew Which in eleep bad fall'n on you : Yfl ABE HANI—THE * ABE FEW J 'The Right ef Free Discussion , ' is a pamphlet we earnestly recommend to the readers of the British Baknbk . We should like to see Dr Canlwell attempt to confute the arguments of this essay , the purport and merits of which our readers may form some idea of from the following extract : —
JTBEE BISCDSSION—PEBSECPTIOH . It is a prevailing opinion , that some doctrines are so important in politics , and others bo sacred in religion , that ne public discussion of them onght to bo allowed . If this opinion were well founded , then would all the persecution that has ever been practised in the world bo justified . For , If it be part of the duty of civil ma . gistratei' to prevent tho discussion of such doctrines , they must in so doing , act ou their own judgments , as to the Jiatuve and lenient )) of sueh doctrines . Consequently , they must have n right to pravent the discussion of all doctrines which thoy deem improper for discussion . This right they must exercise in the only way in which civil power is capable of exercising it ; that is , by inflicting pains and penalties on all who oppose what main
our governors , deem sacred doctrines ; or who - tain what they are pleased to call pernicious opinions . So that the opinions of our political rulers ' become ? he established test of truth . In Mflhommedan countries , therefore , magistrates would have a tight , and it would be their bonnden duty , to silence and punish all who opposa the divine mission of Mabomet , or the inspired character of the Koran . The like U true of the doctrines of tran 6 ub 3 tantlntion , the real presence , the worship of tu-, Virgin Mary , &c , in popish countries ; and the doctrines of tbe Trinity , the Atonement , unconditional election , and reprobation in Protestant countries . All such prohibitory and penal laws are right , if the provailing opinion , wbich I now controvert , is right ; and Papists and Protestants very properly burned
each other of the stake , alternately , and may justly continuuto Co so when they Bappen to have the powor . This is the necessary , undeniable consequence of the doctrine that we , or the governors of a country , wherever that may be , have a right to punish in any manner those who maintain what may be considered as pernicious oplnionBin religion erjijovernmenr , Ho > v many peop le will agree In theory , that the prevailing notion is a mistaken one , and yet make an excrption in practice , in f . ivour of their own opinions ! Ib this mutual conflict of hatred and revenge , which for so many centuries has disgraced the population of Bnrope , what has become of truth ; irhilo each of the contending parties have indulged their rancour under her sanction , end pretended to fig iit under her banners !
For its truth , eloquence , and practical good sense , the pamphlet entitled ' Modern Slavery' deserves the warmest commen < lation . Would that every working man could hear this voice of the high-priest of Democracy appealing to him to burst tlie fetters which , otherwise , will impose as vile slavery upon his children as himself groang under , The Abbe de La * mennaia writes of the wronis of the psor with a
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p en of dro . His exhibition of modern slavery , showmsri Jink by lin . l < , that the chain is the sarao in rei'My , thou :. ' ! i differing inform from that which bound the helots of Sparta and the bontimen of Home , is a masterly exposition of the enormities oi our social system . It i 3 almost impossible to qunte trom taia pamphlet ; if we quoted at all , we ou » ht to . giye , not extracts , but tho whole : nevertheless , we wi . l give a specimen : —
EHVEIlllY Of THE TH . OLT . TAUli . tt . In fnct it must be owned , that ilu p .-olotsHan is ono who li ves b j uia labour , and whocoulu notliv > unless be did labour . Thus tho proletarian has wages so long as he works—the requital given by the capitalitt ia exchange for his labour . Tbe necessity of living renders , then , tho labourw dfpeudDat upon tlie' capitalist , irremediabl y tha subject : because , in the purse of the one is tho other ' s life . When the purse is closed , when the labourer ' s wages fail , he must die , or , at least beg—a Slavery yet harder and more humiliating , to which , besides , the law has attaehed the punishment of crime . Can any dependtnee be imagined comparable to thiscomparable to a dependence based on the absolute power of dispensing lifo and deftth .
In tbe second placo the proletaries depends upoa th » capitalist for the amount of his wages . It is not thtt ho may notdinpute the point ; but , on the one hand , thslaw —to much of it , at least , as is interpret » d and administered in coarlB of justice—comtantljr favours capital at the expense of labour ; and , on the other hand , the capitalist , bving always able to bide his titna , whilat the labourer is not , can thus dictate the conditions of their mutual contract , and himaelf really fixes—save bo far as he needs the concurrence of hto follow capltnHfltfl- ~ tb . e wnges or price of labour . Between the capitalist and the proletarian , then , the same actual relations subsist as were between the master and tho slave of old . The very name remains : we say , the master and tha workman ; we speak but tao exactly .
What was the slave in relation to bis master ? A tool , a part , and the moat valuable part of hUproperty . The received law originally branded tho slave with his character of property , or thing possessed ; and brute farce compelled bis obedience . Cbains and rods were the sanctions of this monBtrous ri g ht of man overWsfeHowman . And now what is the prolotarlan in relation to the capitalist ? A tool . Freed by the recognition of his tight , personally Irefc \> y law , ho la not , It Is true , tbe purchasable add saleable property of his employer . But tbi « liberty is a fiction . His body U not enslaved , but his will ia . Has he inrfeod a will , who can only choose between inevitable , frightful death and acceptance of an imposed law ? The chain , the rod of tho modern slave is hunger .
The eloquent author briefly , but forcibly , depicts the entire wrongs of tho people , social and political , His remedy is Chartism , i . e ., political equality as the means to tho establishment of social justice . Hear him ! how , like a second Peter the Hermit , he cries to the millions to awake , arise , and march in the ranks of the great Crusade fer the recovery of Equality and Liberty ;—PEOPLE , PEOPLE , OH ! AWAM AT LA . 0 T 1 Rise , shvos , and rend yonr irona ; no longer suffer them to degrade in you the name of man ! Would you that one day , braised bj the fotters "f your bequeathing , your children should say—our fathers were more cowardly than the Roman slaves . Among them we have found no Spartacos , One will be found—and more than one ; doubt It Dot ; other wise , what would be left but to throw a little duBt over this accursed and putrid ganeratlon .
Three numbers ef Dr Gampbelra 'bane , ' brim full of sectarian bigotry and priestly iatolev&nce , coat one shilling ; the above three tracts—Mr Watson's 1 antidote '—teaching the great principle , do unto thy brother man as thou wouldest be Bhould do unto thee , cost tonpence ! A word to the wise sufSoeth .
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Man ' s Irrationalities : a series of Letter addressed to the British Government , showing how much tho people of England , ' Scotland , and Ireland , have gained by being civilised . By C . J . Haslam . Manchester : A . Heyweod , Oldham-street . We have been asked whether the circulation of this tract will do good or harm ? We aaswer good . If it'obtains a circulation equal to its worth , it will have a sale of thousands of copies . Of course we speak , of what is before « g—Letter I . ; whether letters subsequent to this , which bears date January 14 , have yet been published we do not know . No . I . we unhesitatiEgly recommend as one of the beat and mo < jfc truth-telling compositions we ever read .
The tract costs but a penny , and , therefore , we shall not be expected to quete from it . The author averts that tbe working classes of England , Scotland , and Ireland , are worse off than ravages ; and that for them civilisation' has done nothing but make their condition worse than it could have been had they remained in the savage state ; and he makes good his assertion by arguments perfectly unanswerable . Could the people universally read thia tract , their eyes would be so opened to their own felly , and the wickedness of their rulers , that they would at once determine to uproot the present system . Mr Haslam talks of effecting a reformation by * the forco of reason ;' would that the p eople shared his knowledge , they would go a shorter way to work . The forco of reason , indeed ' . There is another sort of force which to us appears exceedingly reasonable , and rrhich wo are only sorry we are not in a position to employ to bring our devila of rulera to their 8 cnae 3 ,
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EXTRACTS FROM THE EDINBURGH WEEKLY EXl'RESS . ' EDIJTBCRGIT BRANCH OF TKE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The adjourned meeting was held on Thursday eveninc , in the large room of the 'Weekly Express ' offiue , Mr Alexander M Donald in tho <; hair . From tha treasurer ' s repnrt it was Bhown that a ( jreaf , man v of tho members were in arrears with their local lovies , and , in consequenco tha following resolution was moved by Mr Archibald Walker , seconded by Mr Cunningham M'Farlane , 'That tho secretarr nnd treasurer be empowered , on and alter the 29 th inst ., to write to all such membera in arrears with their local expense ? , tho extr ; i expense incurred to bffad < led to their account . ' The resolution was unanimously agreed to .
The next business taken up was the district delegate meeting lately held in Edinfiargfii . Mr dimming , district secretary , reported that a great deal of tbe expenses incurred by said meeting were unpaid , owinj ; to several of the districts not having paid their share of expenses Incurred . It ; was tben agreed that Mr Gumming should write to all the secretaries of the different branches of the Edinburgh district concerning the delegate meeting , and the expenses incurred thereby , and that they charge the sum of 3 d . from alt who were raemnars at the time said delegate meeting was held , for the purpose of defraying expenses . Mr James Gumming then read a petition drawn up by Feargus O'Connor , M P ., in behaif of the National Land Company , contained iuthe Northers Star , of 25 th Dee .
Considerable discussion ensued , when Mr A . Walkcr moved— ' That the members ef this branch feel confident that Feargus O'Connor , E ? q ., M . P ., will not introduce into ParliAment any bill which will injure thejntereBta of the Land Company ., or compromise principles of democracy , ' The resolution not being seconded , Mr John Cockburn , seconded by Mr Francis Mwfiirlnne , moved-- ' That that part of the petition proposing to hand over to trustees appointee by government the affairs of the company be expunged from said petition before presenting it to the Commons' House of Parliament , ' which was ultimately agreed to .
Mr Archibald Walker , aeconded by Mr Cuaning . bam Maofarline , moved , — That this branch of the National Land Company hails with pleasure and B&tUfactioa tlie announcement the directors have reeently given , namely—that of opening a new Company , and we respectfully requcet them to carry into execution the glorious idea as soon as possible ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to render them all assistance in our power . ' After a great deal of discus-Bion , tbe motion was agreed td . It w& 9 then moved by Mr James Cumming , aesonded by Mr Cunningham Macfarlane— ' That it is
the opinion of the members of this branch of tke National Land Company , that were the proprietor and manager of the Land and Labour Bank appointing Mr Archibald Walker , of the Wekklt EiPiim office , to act as agent for the purpose of receiving and transmitting monies intended to be deposited in that establishment , the appointment would give the public a daily opportunity of transmitting , and , in fact , give a prominency and publicity to the bank which it could not , under present circumstances , obtain in Edinburgh . —Agreed to . After a voteot'tbankB to the chairman , the meeting dissolved .
CHARTISM AT ABERDEEN .-GRAND SOIREE . On the evening of Monday , the 7 th instant , a grand soiree was held in the Union Hall , Blackfriara-street—a large building belonging to the working classes of Aberdeen—to celebrate the revival of Chartism , and the establishment of tbe Edinburgh Wbkklt Express as a Democratic paper , advocating tbe principles of tbe People ' s Charter and the Rights of Labour . After tea had been served to the hundreds present , Jumea M'Pherson , the real M . P . for the city , who occupied the chair , opened the proceediags by explaining the cause of the absence of Messrs F . O'Connor and E . Jones , and expressing his pleasure at the numerous attendance which fee cow
gaw before him . He then read the first sentiment , ' The people , tho legitimate source of all power , may they soon enjoy their just political rights ; ' and called npon the veteran Chartist , Mr Archibald M'DoBald , to respond . Mr M'Donald said that tbh was an old sentiment , but it was nevertheless a true one . It had been said that Chartism was dead , but surely thfcre must ba some mistake , for it never was so life-like as at present . ' To prove that it was not so bad as bad been represented , he said it was not yet given up by the medical gestlemcn ( pointing to Dr Hunter on the platferm ) In the midst of all tbe misery , all the degradation , and the want that existed amoag the industrious millions , they are beginning to speak of our national defences . Bit , ble 3 s me , what have working-men to defend ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) After all the toiling and sweating , the ; had nothing to defend but their own misery .
Our oppressors had formerly denounced the Chartists as fierce , fighting , and destructive men , and now they complain that they won't fi ^ lit at all . ( Laughter , ) And we won't fight ; let th n se wh » have anything to fight for , do it themselves , fer we have had enoueh of it . We have a great national debt to pay , and that is tbe fruits of war . ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Donald then proceeded to argue that : he people were the only legitimate source of pr . wer . Mr M'Donald retired amidst the cheers of the meeting . The Chairman said the next sentiment on the list is ' The People ' s Charter , the only just means to secure the full , fair , and freeTepresentation of the people in the CoramonR * House of Parliament . Mr Smart responded . The Chairman then eaid the next senti " ment was one of some importance . It was ' The National Land Company , aid the moral , social , and intellectual improvement of the people . ( Cheers . ) Mr David Wright responded .
The Chairman then introduced Dr Hunter , F . R . C . S . E ., to respond to the sentiment , 'The Northern Stak , the Weekly Express , and the democratic press throughout the world . ' He spoke upwards of an hour and a half , frequently interrupted by the loud applause of the meeting . We cannot even attempt an outline of his eoul-8 tirrin < r address . His presence will do much good in Aberdeen . After Dr Hunter , Mr Alex . B . Henry responded to ' The Fraternity of Nations , ' in a mo 9 t eloquent speech . A vote oi thanks wss proposed to Dr Hunter , and responded te most enthusiastically . Three cheers were given for Feargus O'Connor , the Northern Stab , Weekly Express , and forDr Hunter . A vote of thaRka was passed to the chairman and after 'tripping on the light fantastic toe' for an hour or two . the hall waa cleared , and all retired highly satisBed with the proceedings . It was , indeed , a true revival of Chartism in the North .
Glasgow . —Reorganisation . —The first general meeting of tbe membera of the National Charter Association , since its reorganisation in this district , was held in tbe Univcrsalist Chapel , Charlotte-lane , on Tuesday evening , when from eighty to one hundred of the sterling friends of democracy wave present . Mr Duncan Sherrington being unanimously called to the chair , introduced the business of the laieting in a sh 6 rt but impressive speech , and called on his hearers to rally once more round those principles they had struggled so long and so ardently to
defend . He believed if ever there was a time whoa unanimity amongst the friendB of liberty was required , it was the present ; and he was proud to say they were now in a better position for having their principles fairly and honestly laid before the country than ever they had hitherto been . They had now sot Mr O'Connor , their tried friend , in the House of Commons , to promulgate , and defend them , backed as be was by a few chosen spirits . They had tbe Star of England to spread and defend them ; they had the United Irishman of Dublin to defend them :
and last , though not least , they had the Edinburgh Wkeklt Exphess to defend them . Here was a glorious union of the three capitals of this great empire , tkrough which he hoped soon to see the people united in one grand phalanx ; and much as he was in favour of Repeal , he hsped the union of the people of the three countries in the cause of liberty would never be severed . ( Cheers . ) Messrs J . S . Adams , J . S . Mann , Andrew Harley , William Doeheriy , and James Latiman , were nominated as councilmen ; Mr John Bryan , treasurer ; and Mr J . S . Smith , secretary .
Mr A , Harley proposed tbat all persons be admitted members on payment of Is . a-year , and thatextra lovies be put upon the members to defray any other expenses that sum may not cover . Agreed to . It stub then agreed that the secretary be instructed to send the result of the nomination to the Executive for their approval , and a report of the proceedings to the Nouthkrn Star and the Wkeklt Express , After transacting some local business , ami colleotipg subscriptions to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , the meeting broke upi
FALKIRK . —CffMiTlST DEMOKSTKATIOy . —A public meeting of tho Democrats oi' Falkirk was held in one of the large chapels on Friday evening , when the principles ef the Charter were clearly explained by several speakers , and ably and fully expounded by Dr M'Douall , of London , that talented and devoted advocate of the rights of the people , and by Dr Alex . Hunter , of Edinburgh , who is so devoted in his advocacy of the rights of labour . Both these gentlemen spoke at gr « at length , and with great force and eloquence , on the various points they handled , and were frequently and loudly applauded by the attentive audience . Meetings ot this kind will tend greatly
in lever forward the great cause of human progression . The chapel contained a poodly audience . Three cheers were given for the Charter and Feargus O'Connov , aud idsofov Ds M'DMallatul Dr Hwnier ; and so , after a good number joining the association , tho meeting separated in quiet and order , and highly pleased with the evening ' s proceedings . PncGRESS IN DuMPMia . —The Dumfries and Maxwelltown Workin « -nien ' s Association ¦ ( that out-post of Chartism ia the south of Scotland ) still maintains its reputation as a maiden fortress , having for ten or eleven year ? , —and although neglected in n f ll'Oat measure by relieving paylies who from tijne to time enter Scotland on agitating missions—gloriously
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foiled til" ni'tst ( k'tert- 'iitil nnsV . ugiiis nt hr .- ; irjra without , iw . ' . l ni several periods in i ^ history ,, tho more < I : i'i :: ci-f'U 3 e'f ' iirts of traitors within the » :: ur . p . Situated in ' -be heart of an agricultural district , vith no concentrated nif-riufacturin" population , nnd standing lite a solitary stronghold farinfoancnsmx ' a country , s » ch « icces 3 h something to bras * of . Nevertheless , ; its members fu-ilifc on no account to rest satisfied wi'h what th ey have alread y accomplished . Ti'cir nivhtlvrf inion in tJie reaoinsf-j-ocm of the association has been the source of many excellent individual efforte towards ibe emancipation o { their order ; but they oug ht to remember that the duties ¦ [ membership in such " society consia . not solelin planning movements to be carried out by
y the members in their capacity of citizens , but maiaJy in directing these to a successful issue witb the concontra ' . ed power and prestige of their association . And in thus g . viniac the sympathy , confidence , ana respect of tlie public , depends in a great measure the continued welfare , financial and otherwise , oi the Working-men's Association . A fitter time fo- stepping out , then , could not be than the present ; nor a better object than tbe National Petition . \ o he presented in May next . With this matter there i 3 no time to lose . Emanating , if not from this kssociation , at least from men trained in its ranks' and assisted by ha energies , is tbe Dumfries and Maxwelltown co-oporative society , numbering abouf 509 members . This society h-is had a provision-store opened tor some months in Dumfriep , which has
succeeded so well , tbat the managers have taken a shop-in the sister burgh of Maxwelltown , which will ba similarly stocked , and opened immediately . _ To conclude , we ought to contend with the politicians of the faotions on the platform and the ^ hustings , with , the profit-mongers in the cooperative store , the joint-stock workshop , the labour bank , and the land company , witb Justice Shallow and the jackasses in office in the local committees ; and , keepinu up a constant intercourse with the democrats of o her countries through suph societies as the Fraternal Democrats , confounding the enemy by moving our masHea on all points Biraultaneously , without tbe shedding of a single drop of human blond , we shall speedily plant the flag- of liberty , equality and iuBtice , on the citadel of tyranny .
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DU CAMPBELL'S NEWSPAPER , THE 'BANNER , ' AND THE CHARTISTS . We have b ? en favoured with a proof copy nf a reply to Dr "Campbell by the Rev . Joseph Barkerwhich reply will , we suppose , be published in some one of Mr Barker's publications . We give the followine extracts : — Dr Campbell , oneef th » leading preachers among the Independents , has commenced a new newspaper , called the British Banner . Ub object la to unfold and inculcate liberal principles in politico , in connexion with what tho Doctor supposfg to be true principles In theolopy ! The
Doctor ' s theolopy i » , in our judgment , bad ; vtl mean hla peculiar theological notions Dr Campbell is an orthodox man , of what Is called the modern Calyinistic goliool . Wo consider every form of ertcodoxy to be bad . Wo look upon CnltiBietlc ortbodrsy ai efperially bad . At the S 3 me time , we have no disposition to quarrel with the Doctor for differing from us ; nor have we any dUposition to quarrel with him for msWi ' . g U 9 a nf a newspaper in advooating his theological vitwg . Lfttevtvy manvis « hla liberty , ami follow hlaowucon . science . * * *"
In the Banneb fer January 19 tb , Dr Campb ( T l has an article on the People ' s Chaitee . 0 # * What he complains of most , { b , not the prinoh .-ies of tho People ' s Charter , but the conduct of the Chartists . The particular faults he finds with the Chartists are , first , tbelr adoption of the physical force principle . But thic , I believe , is now almost universally abandoned by the Chartists . He blames , th . m , ¦ aeondly , for severing themselves from the rank * of the middle classes , and constituting themselves into a distinct community . This , I think , waa Hot the fault of the Chartists . 16 was not the Chartists , I fancy , that severed themselves from the middle classes , hut the middle classes thatstood apart , or severed themselves from the CbartisSs .
He bUmfcR the Cbarhtta next \ or their raticoTons a » d Irrational abhorrence of the Whigs , and th&ir ' pr ' ? lf » 'n * ed preference of the TorieB , But hete , also , I think soma > thing may be said in oobalfof the Chartieta . Their opinioa was , tbat the Whi ^ s were , in general , no better than the Tories ; that the Whigs were as trury con 9 ervatlvoof abuses , and an heartily oppnsed to just and popular measuros , as the Torios were ; that the Whiijs were as strengly bent oti thn rnamtrnnnce of tbe English and Irish Church Establishments , of the law of EaUU and Primogeniture , of class legislation , and of unjust taxa * tion , as the Tories ; and that they were more dangerous than the Tories , on account of their profeesionB of
reform ; that the Tories , though worse in their showed yrlnciplea , might still he more easily coerced by public opinion to the adoption of liberal measures , than the Whigs themselves . In other words , the CiartiaU considered that fcoth tho Whigs and Tories were both of them enemies to tho popular cause , but tbat ' the Wbige were secret foes , nnd tVe Tories open ones ; and thst it was better to have to do with an open eoemy , than a secret , hypocritical , deceitful foe . An-5 in this I thinli they were ri i ; h 8 . Still I would not myself join with any one in attempting to 6 UpplaBt tbeWWgs by tbe Tcri . s , I would openly stow my hatred of the prinoiples nr . d proceedings of both , and declare my purpose to ro » k the utter aud eternal overthrow of both .
The Doctor blamei the Chartists , next , for { nieHbing the Charter with infidelity . He acknowledges that there are among the Chartists a multitude of pioux sohIs , of intelligent and talented men ; but he * ay 6 th" ruling 8 pl > il Of the » ySteffi , 98 an organisation , Is infidelity . On this point we think the Doctor in error . We not only d'ffer In opinion from the Doctor , as to what constitutes infidelity , but wo believe that the ruling spirit of the Chartist system , as an organisation , ' . is not it . fldelity , evan aeoordini ; to the Doctor ' s sense of the word . # . * * Dr . Campbell eays , ' Proofs tbat the ruling fpirit of Chartism is infidelity , miy be gathered in abundance from its lectures and literature . ' Here we- think the Doeter ngein fn error . No lectures or publications can fairly ho called ' the literature of Chartism , ' escept * aeh leGturts nnd publications as bear strictlj on the Five or Six Points of the Charter . The Doctor makes Chartism answerable for a number of works that jaever were written by Chartists , and that are not acknowlfdnuby Chartists at all as unfolding their principle .
The NoBTUXBH Star trauld advertise Dr Campbell ' s works , I Buppone , as readily as any other bonks . They would advertise the works of either Catholics < r Protestants , Church of England people or Dissenters , Radi . cals , Whigs or Tories , Galvinists or Baptists , Quakera or Mcthodieti , with equal readineas , if they v / tr ? equally well paid for the advertisements . Dr Campbell himself advertises things in his own paper for which he would not like to ba considered answerabl « . Dota tha DiCtot" consider himself answerable for ftll the Academies and situation seekers whoBe advertisements he publishes ? or for the musical instruments , the patent seaminss •* . eapots , the patent candle nnd camphine lamps , the rliaia spring lampi , nnd the universal metallic ehimnpy \> M& ; for the homeopathic cocoa and coffee for the million , and
all the kinds of tea * h \ ch he advertises 1 Do *» he conaider himself answerable for the 'Manchester Tracts for the Times , ' for the 'Drawing-room Table Book . ' for 1 The Naturs and Elements of the external World , or Universal Immatemlism fully fxplsined and duly de . monstratecl ; ' or for ' Tbe Ycstigeo of tbe Natural History of Creation , ' for ' Tho Pesny Polpit . 'for ' Van Buchel's Work on Fistula , ' ( or tho Four Sermons of J . Caughey , ' the great American Revivalist , as ho is called ; for the 'Digestive or Dinser Pills , 'for 'Bow / and's Macassar Oil , ' iSso . Two of the worlis advertised in Dr Campbell's newspaper would have been given by himself as specimens of Infidel literature , T imagine , if ho had totrnd thorn advertised by tfte Nokthkbn STiK . Wo refer first to the one entitled ' Too Nature and Elements of tbe external World , or Uuiversal . 'Iramaterialism fully
explninod a » d duly demonstrated . What has been considerod more ridiculous or infidel than the notion that there ia no luattrial world , tbat wen men's bodies are immaterial , that tho earth , the air , the sun and moen and stare , are all immaterial ! Yet a book professing not only to explain but to demonstrate this principle , the prin ' ciple of universal immuterinlism , is advertised by Dr Campbell without the slightest intimation that he considers tho doetriue it inculcates to be false or even doubtful . Then ' Tho Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' has been generally cried down as on infidel work by orthodox p ople , and even by aome heterodox peoi'le . This book sets aside the Scripture account of creation , and of the origin ofmnn , the account of the fall , of the origin of death nnd pain , and labour , of tbe flood , and the whole of primeval history as given In the Biblo
regarding tho whole ns fabulous . It teuchea that the world was cronted gradually , not suddenly ; that the work of creation took up thousands nnd hnndreds of thousands of years , not six days ; that man was the product or offspring of lower anioislfl , and that , in fact , nil the various trib < g of animals sprang originally from the very leirest forms of animal life ; that tbe yoljpus , ot shellfish , or something inferior to either , waa the Cr 6 t form of animal life ; that in process of time lower animals gave birth to higher animals ; thnt shellfish gave birth to fin fish , and fin M \ to flyins fish ; that norms gave birih 10 lizards , lizards to quadruped * , quadrup eds to monkeys , and that monkrys , In course of time , gave birth to nun ; that the first men that existed were the young of monkeys . These are some of the principles inculcated in the workentit ed ' Ve , tl eo of the Natural HWiW » f Creation . Yet this work Dr Campbell * Ivcrti . « inhl . new . pBper , without the sllglmet intimation tbat he considers the work to be Infidelunscriptura ! false or dangerous
, , the purpose of finding ftult wiJh them , We only refer to them for the purpose of showing , that the Doctor » not consistent- tbat he himself does the very thing whic , he considers ' in the A :. kthebh Stab , as a proof thnt the Editors of the Nohtukm Stab , and the readers of the Northern SWi HIld Chartist 3 f ? inerall / , are influenced by rnfidulity as tlicir Tilling spirit .
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Tracts for the Times . By the Rev . B . Parson ? , of Ebley . London : J . Sbow , Paternoater-row . Stroud i B . Bueknall . We have already noticed , and warmly recommended , Noe . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 5 , ef these excellent tracts . We have now hef » ve us Noa . 4 and 6 . The i 5 r . it of these is entitled " Goody , Goody ! ' or State Education , a National Insult . ' There is a great deal of wit and sound argument in this tract ; and the author ' s views are deserving of the most serious consideration on the part of the poeple and their real friends . No . 6 is entitled ' The Chief of tbe Slaughter-men , and our National Defences . ' This
tract is devoted to Bhowing that—in the words of one of the heroes in the late Indian war— ' The profession of arms is one of the most damnable occupations under heaven . ' ' A common slaughter-house , ' says Mr Parfiona , ' is ten thqufland times more glorious than the field of battle ; in the one you liave animate Bhin to feed mankind , but in the other you have the blood of your own brethren poured out like water ; and not merely rotHe ? cut down , blown and trampled to pieces , but you have souls , if the Bible is believed , sent unprepared to their eternal home . ' The letter of that old man-batcher , the' Ii' < m Duke . ' is beautifully shown rjp and answered . Addressing the Fustian Jackets and Smock Frocks , the author
says : — You roust meet and protest agalnBt this crafty stratagem to induce you and the French to tax yourselves and ¦ tied each others blood . Lit your brethren in Franco know thnt you possess a Christian spirit , and have na sympathy with the slaughtermen of another order . Train your sons and daughters to abominate war , ana if the clerRy will not do their duty then become preachers yoaraelvcB , and show the gentry and nob'Hty that , of nil occupations , bloodshed is the lowest , the most unmanly , dishonourable , and accursed . If they have pauper sons , let them BpiB , weave , and dig , collect old bottleB or old rags , become porters or scavengers , but never sink so low aB to ba slaughter-in' n or subsist on tnxp 3 wrung from the hard earnings of peasants and operatives . —Or if they will Bgbt , then lot them be manly enough to shoot ono anoltoef , but not be to base as to sacrifice useful artisane , to glut their vengeance , feed their avarice , or gratify the most execrable ambition .
Let me intreat the fustian jackets and smock frocks , as tho strength , the glory , and wealth , of the country—asjthe chief tax-payers—ae the roen whose blood is noon to be called for—as the women wbo aro to be made childless , brotherless , and widows—to Hit your voices against these abominations . Ambition , like a vampire , has for oges been fattening itself on your blood . It U now more thirsty tbnn ever , and , unless you arise , will bring your country to utter ruin . Make yourselves acquainted with these facts ; call public meetings ; expose the injustice , the oru- l » y , and the avarice of war , and let the government and the world know that you are tho aons and dnughterB of peace ; and that if tbe French or Datch arc to bo shot , tho workofplundor and blond shall be executed and paid for by tho gentry and arlsteeracy . These tracts merit , and we trust will meet with ' an enormous circulation ,
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Reduction in Wages : Us Cause nnd Effects . No III , By Robert Burrell , Grcenock . Every working man should read these admirable tracts , which do , indeed , unveil the cauaes of reductions in wages . Were tho Proletarians represented in the legislature by such men as Robert Burrell , there would bo no more ' mluetiona ; ' or . better 8 til ) , the slavery of wages would be altogether brought to an end . Why should an aristocratic ass , like Lord MelfiUBd , represent (?) Grconock , when an able , honest maD , like Robert Burre'l , exists , toils , suffers , and labourB for tho good of liia fellow creatures in that very town ? No disparagement to our friend , John M'Crae , thereof M . P . for Greenook ; but why nre not both these men in Parliament ? Working men , when will you take your affairs into your own hands ?
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What has Internal Dissension done for Ireland ? By R . R . Scott . Belfast : J . Henderson . This tract contains a report of a lecture delivered ( by the author ) at a meeting of the ' Curran Confederate Clab , ' Westminster , The ardent sincerity and eloquence of the author should ensure for hia little publication a large sale . Irishmen , especially , if theymW but 'read , mark , learn , and inwardly dirch' this address , way demo much profit therefronj .
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Mackenzie ' s Railway Monthly Time and Fare Tables . Londou : fc . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . The beat- ' nrraneed and most useful of all railway goide 3 , and the cheapest of all cheap pennyworths .
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A dog-fos . weighing eighteen pound ? , and mea surins from ths nosn to the end of the tail 47 i inches waa shot nfcklf Lanark , last wetk , whilst cmrstog a hare .
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February 19 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR .
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE .
Mi 3 ANlELL 0 ' 5 CALL TO THE NEAPOLITANS . Aie— ' The Queen , G * d blew her . ' To my light-toned guitar , ' aeath the sweet orange tree , I tang when my labour was done , Till the voice of my country call'd loudly oh me—• Awake frem thy slumber , my eon Y There ' s a spirit that liet , in the meanest disguise Tbat will burst Isto glory and power . When the time is at hand for that spirit to rise— - And now , brothers , now is the hour ! Ebtfor joys of ambition , or lust of tile gold , Bo I quit my rnde home by the « ea ; But to win back the ' charter' of freedom of old , ¦ When our sires were cbsinleES and free 5 We hsve borne mth our Trronf s till forbearance is Tain , Till our tyrants haie ttrexgthencd u » potcer . Bat tbe arm of the peasant thall Burst through the chain .
And how , brothers , now is the bOW I ¦ ffhUe bountiful Batnre fpre * d « plenty around , Shall the fraits of the earth be denied To the wants of the workm » n who tilleth the ground , By the rich , from his labour supplied i To my li ght-toHed guitar , ' neath the sweet orange tree , Ko more when the light shadows lower , "Will I sing my wild lay till my country is free—And now , brother . * now is the hsur !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1458/page/3/
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