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    • FO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
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      j rinal sourc 3 of all wealth—ia search of food , ? o be raised on uncultivated soils in foreign lands , while the great proportion of our own jands are most wretchedly and imperfectl y culti vated , for want of that very Lahnur and « hile 15 , 000 , 000 acres of cultivatable wastes Tet remain , on which capital , skill , and Labour , Visely directed , would produce a certain and a fair return of real wealth . The " do nothing" and "let alone" system approaches its termination . In spite of plausible theories—in spite of systematic selfishness , hiding itself under the guise of a learned Mi rinal sourc 3 ofHllwea ! th-iusearch « ffood ,

      jargon , dignified with the name of " philosophy , " and taught at Universities as such—in spite " of an organised Government machinery to enforce these principles—in practice it is impossible , much longer to maintain it . All the great inflaences of the age—the mighty principle of moral justice and equity inwoven in the universe , and the sentiments implanted in our own nature , which may be perverted , but cannot be destroyed—all these offer an everlasting csunter-action to the perishable momentum of the present system , and must , in due time , bring it to a stand-still .

      Political Economists , acting as the mout hpieces of a selfish aristocracy ., and a still more selfish moneyocracy , may proclaim as loudly as they please that there is neither the right to Labour nor to subsistence in society . The contrary is written in man ' s wants , and the capacity of Nature to supply them . If these classes will insanely stand in the way , and prevent these two things from being most naturally and fruitfully united , on their heads be the consequences . ' We cai understand how a Lord Tom Noddy , or a Sir Jabesh Windbag , may talk such nonsense , having learned no tetter . We can imagine that such nonentities may like the present , which gives them in return for nothing , power , wealth , and luxury . Buttlsey should recollect the world was not exclHsivelv

      made for them ; that , in fact , it is getting every day less and less fit for them to rule in , and that in proportion as books , leading articles , and lectures grow more accessible , and machines more deadly in their war against mere flesh , blood , and labour , so will it become every day a world in which such useless and mischievous animals willbeas much out of place asthegeologicalmegatheriums or iguanadonsin the British Museum , would be in the present day .

      Wiser will it be for these classes to betake themselves in time to the study of those principles which will enable them " to constitute a well-ordered and prosperous community , in which the welfare of each class will spring out of , and depend upon , the prosperity of all other classes . As a foundation for this really free condition of man , the political franchises which are the

      natural right of all , must be first frankly conceded or extended b y sach means as the Constitution affords ; and concurrently with the extension of these rights , the power of obtaining subsistence in return for willing labour , must be guaranteed to every citizen . These are the only true principles of really civilised society , and wherever they are denied or not operative , the nation , whatever it may call itself , is as yet savage , and under feudal domination .

      We are glad to observe that Mr O ' Connor has given notice of a motion for next Session , which , in effect , w : ll moot the whole of the important questions at which we have hastily glanced . The proposition that each union workhouse should have land attached to it , whereon the able-bodied i oor , for whom the present system finds neither work nor wages , should be employed for the benefit of the community , is one which must commend itself to the judgment of all impartial and enlightened

      men . It has , indeed , always appeared to us one of the strangest solecismsin the English character , that a people proverbial for their acuteness in commercial and money matter ? , should have been induced to throw away , year by year , not less than six or seven millions sterling , to keep injforced idleness a number of people whose labour , if set to work by that capital , might have been reproductive !} " emjiloj'ed for the benefit of all classes of the community .

      Mr O'Connor ' s motionyif adapted and carried into operation on the scale , and under the arrangements it ought to be , would strike at ence a deadly blow against our gigantic pauper system , and our increasing poor rates . It would guarantee to every able-bodied willing labourer , the right to labour at a minimum price , and having thus properly tested destitution , it would amply justify us in sending to undergo primitive discipline in penal workhouses , the lazy and idle vagrants who wished to live on the labour of

      others-It was the disgrace of the late Session of Parliament that the rights , claims , and position of Labour found no voice , elicited no consider , atior . Shoals of class measures-, and pettyfogging bills intended to promote snug little jobs , found their way through Parliament , but the rocst useful and most numerous had , as usual , no representative there . It is time that this were changed . Successful or not , the interests and the rights of industry should he perseveringly and boldly urged upon public attention . We believe it would not he so in vain , if done in a proper spirit , and we hail Mr O'Connor ' s motion as a hopeful com mencement of a new system of legislation .

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      Mr O'Cossos begs to state , in reply to a Lndlow correspondent , and others who make similar applieationsthat he will use hi * influence with the govern cent to secure places for ind-vidusl *—that it is no ^ art of his duty : that be bat ntver been applied to by big own coostiimntJ fur sach a purpose ; an 4 be begs to inform tome who write pressing letter ? , and then impertinent ones when the ; are not answered , that he has neither time nor inclination to derate to their lervxe . A Woikikc JU . K . —1 eclined . Exclusive Dealihg—Mr Edward Phillips has written ns a long article , in which he strongly urges upon the Chartists the advantage * to be derived from exclusive dealing ; the question , however , has been toably dis cussed and advecated in the columns of the No&thekh Stab , that we cannot ficd roomfor the addresses on the subject at present . Bobfoso , near Banbury . —A few poor labourers at this place hare subscribed 6 § 9 d , for the d . fence of Mr Cuffay , and the London Chartists . Mr Fitzmtoce . —We hare no room for jour commoni .

      mentions . 3 . Lawsb , Salisbury , will find his question answered , by referringto a paragraph headed Mr O'Connor ' s Propositions . ' Alpsed Cuyestey recommends the formation of mutual improvement classes , for the education of the people . Wif Ribbey , Tiverton . —Received . Mr H . will write shortlv . Has H'DouAix . —itr Aitken has received a letter from Mrs M'Dotull , in which ibe states , if a sum of money could be raised for ter to commence a small shop , she wou'd be less dependent , and might ensure , at least ; bread fur her children , during her husband ' s long confinement Mr Haxek . Oldham . —if repeated , the advertisement

      will be charged it . fa . each insertion . Mr W . Pichtasce , Boltoa , had better correspond with the Barj friend * . Mr Eni , CConnorriUe . —Your advertisement was in accordance with tte copy forwarded by Mr Stallwood . " Ellis Sampsok , Manchester . —We know hut one society of the description you have named , and that is of a de . cid-. dy disreputable character . J . Sbikbos , Aberdeen . —We have already refused to give publicity to statements ( in addition to those which Save alreidy appeared in oar columns ) hostile to Mr Shirroo ; iti « , therefore , unreasonable for him to expect us to re- 'ipen £ < e controversy . We must abide by the decision annon ; ced in last Saturdey'tSTAK . Setou . Commohicatioss will be noticed in our next .

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      WiBinicR-STKKET . —On Sunday night at eight o ' clock an tier fire , attended with a serious destruc lion oi ix ptrty , broke out up&n the tpacions pile of pietaiees , known ss the Ship Tavern , eitaate in Wardour street , Soho , tin property of Mr Robt . John Pearee . There was an immedUt 9 supply of water obtained , snd several engin :-s Laving been set to work , theflimea wereby sine o ' clock extinguished . The damage done , however , to the premise * and their oont nts . is very considerable . Mr Pearce was insured to Jbepx ! i > ntnf . £ l f . 00

      Fikx in Clihsjit ' s-Ihs . —On Taesdsy afternoon , b twet n the boars of twelve and one . flamie were ob served issuing from the windows of No . 12 , Clement ' sinn : an ahrm of fre was ins ' antly raited , and on some men proceeding tkithcr , it was found that the « hole of ^ e uprer part of the passage and staircases was on fire . With great exertions , however , the flames were kipt under until the arrival of the enpin ^ oi ( be London Fire Brigade and others , which succeeded in preventing thesprtsdof the damage , and ultimate' ? ia extic £ ulfbjrg the fire .

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      A p ' ain aiatene ct of facts te always the best gua rastse fora continued friendship , and I beg of jou to attend to the following : -Sine ? , the incarceration ( . f Mr Jones I have paid to Mr * Jones , on bebalf of her hnsbsnd , far some time , £ 2 per wetk , and up to Ssturda- , the Shh , j £ l ; the reduction being caused b ? the want of fusd 3 . I have paid to Mrs M'Donall , since the irapri ? osm ? Et of her husband , in all £ 2 . Dorics nearly the whe la of this period I have received no salary , although employed almost day and night in discharge tf the duties of the office to which you elected me . I therefore aik of you to adopt some practical steps io suprori the wives and children

      of those teen you have so oi ten professed to honour . I am nat disposed tr > write appeals to you every week like s me vagrant be ? ear " craving for a crust . I faUb / ul : y prsmisfd Mr Jomaacd Dr M'Doaal ! tint I wcuid veiny influence on behalf of their fcruilirs It was the ve : y least I could (" o for men whose ptin cipl » 3 I honour and whose sugaring I deglore . The lest remains with you . I may also add . that I can not muc ^ longer continue to serve yea unpaid . My attachment to Chariism does not depend on any pecuniary qualification , and I feel it as a humiliation to have to write to you on such a subject , and if the ewe were exclusively my owa ' . l would not have written the above sentiments . I am , aa ever , you-s faithfnlly , « P . 21 st . Samcei , Ktbd .

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      DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . Received by Wm . Ridzr . £ s . d . Barrhead Caartiets . per J . Howie ... 0 16 0 B-ighton , pir W . Fiower ... ... 0 16 e Winter'i , near Hebden Bridge , per J . Ifann 0 18 AToll CoHtctor ... Mt # <_ o 1 0 Birminghim . perH . Radhall ... . " , 0 2 0 Rippinden , p r J Wrigky 6 4 4 Rsdstock , A Brothtr Snip , ' for Coffcj ' g defence 0 0 10 Horfhatn , X ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Nuneaton , a few friends , per Mr Sbaw ... 12 6

      J . P « ktr , Csmbtrwell 0 10 Tintwltil , per J . Wooohouse ... ... 0 19 J . Heaton , 6 : ggleiwiek ... ... 0 10 ChsnUts of Newport , Isle of Wight , per T . Self 9 5 0 LUe-pool , p * r H Smith ... ... 0 3 6 Plymouth , per J . Rogers 0 15 5 Coventry , per W . Hosier 0 12 6 liitasbary , p « r S . Hudson ... ... 0 4 9 Cadtenham , per J . Hen-. min ... ... 0 3 0 Ditto Ditto ( for Caffay ' s Defence ) ... 0 7 6 Llenelly , per W . Arthur ... ... 0 5 8 H » n ' et and Shel ' . on lEutwoai Vale ) per

      MrDeakin 0 10 0 Brig ? , Two Fritads . per H . Barton ... 0 10 Scarborough , per L Sanderson ( Coffdj ' a D knee 0 3 0 Birmingham , per H . Radhall ... ... 0 2 0 Derby , per W . Short 0 10 0 Lsedi , per H . SumtaersgtH ... ... 0 3 0 Eccle » , per W . 6 reg « ry ( Cnffay ' s Defence ) 0 4 9 6 . Babb , Ca&rUrrile ( ,, ) 0 5 0 £ 8 5 6 DR M'DOTJALL'S DEFENCE FUND . FremJfo . S Branch . Leicester ... ... 0 17 0 Mr W . Rider , Stas Office ... ... 1 15 8 K aderminster , G . Holloway ... ... 10 0 £ 3 12 1 W . AlIKlN .

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      Accurst ai Saw Mills—Oa Wednesday after , noan , a most Eevere , and probably fatal , accident oeeurrcd at the North Green Saw Mills , situate in North-street , City-ioad . A boy named George Casttes , about fourteen yeara of age , who wa 3 employed there , by some means got entangled in the machinery attached to one of the saws , and was slightly cut in the hand , and while endeavouring to disengage himself , he unfortunately fell with one of biilegs against thssaw , which cut instantly through the centre of tfee thigh , completely Eevering the limb from the body . Such surgical assistance as conld te had on the spot having been obtained to stop the tffu-Bionef blood , he was conveytd to St Bartholomew ' * Hospital . Tot SBBPWitiHE .-It will be gratifying to those interested in the salubrity of the air of Hyde Park l - and who of the inhabitants of the metropolis are sot so interested ?—to know that Sir John Rennie com .

      menced his survey of the Serpentine on Monday morning lut The first step having at length thus been taken , there is now hope that ere lone the bed of that river will bs cleared of Us pestiferous filth and its waters restored to their wonted state of sightliness snd purity . This is the more desirable , threattned as we are by the approach of cholera , and stagnant water being invariably mentioned by all medical au'honties au evil to be epscially avoided aa an evil m the case of thafc frightful disease . A . CoireciEsnoos Muhdsber . —The Illinois papers bring aa account of a deliberate murder in that stale , of DrJ . Dullenger , by Edwin H . Herreil . a lawyer . Cause : slander of Uerrell ' 8 wife . The murderer was too conscientious to kill his victim on Sunday , having met him on that day and told hie that ifit was not Sunday he would kill him then , but he would do it the first opportunity after ! JESSES ;/ wwrt the wxt ffiwning

      -• Oub Ows Cobbbeposdestb '—On Tuesday two suspicioos-lcokin g characters were captured bj the police it Balm-. nl . They were fonnd ensconced on the branches of a high tree in the grounoVof the Z ± > JtfiP ° ** « imination 7 bas not transpired , but it is supposed that they were there merely to gratify their curiouty about the Qaeenand irnnce Albert .

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      fO THE WORKING CLASSES , m , „„_ , , vm , ™ Tr , ^ r ket e , nn

      1 Wora » ore things , ana a smill drop of ink Palling—like dew—upoE athought , produces That which makes thousand * , perhaps millions tWnk . Bijwn .

      THE FRENCH 'REPUBLIC Broihbk Pboleiabians , ' The work goes bravely oh . ' Next to having ttie veritable Republio—• democratic and aochF—which the brave people of , Paris imagined they had achieved by their immortal victory on the 24 . h o February . —next , I gay , to the possession of that great and glorious priz ? , the bes * thing thafc can happen for France and the world is , that there should be no Republic at all . That consummation ha 3 io reality come to psss ; for the thing called a Republic is no more so than is the system which in Russia permi s Nicholis to * ay , ( after Lobis XIV ., ) ' I am the state I' Indeed the Russians have this advantage J ] ' i , I

      over our French brethren , that they arc not hum bugged by names . With them the rule of a tyrant 19 acknowledged despotism . Nicholas does not slay and exile his miserable subjects in the name of ' Fraternity , ' —nor plunder them in the namo of ' Equality , '— nor deny them the ri « hts of free speech and free writine in the name of Liberty . ' Happily the despottem of the French bourgeoisie is fast becoming as transparent as that of the RaseiaK autocrat . Flushed with their triumph over the heroes of Jane , the intriguers and traiters are throwing rff the dis ? uhes they have hitherto worn , and are openly drnying and scoffing at the phrases under colour ot which they have waged a too successful war against the veritable ' Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity ' foueht for by the victors of February . (

      'Whatis a Republic ? ' asked RouGtriEnwE , and the Roland , and her word-moogering faction were struck dumb . Is was not , as has been fakely ar-6 erted , became RoBEtriBRRE was hostile to a Republic that he put Chat question to the GiroidH ? mouthers ; but beciuee he knew that those vain and hollow pretenders desired , under the guiae of a Republic , a mere change of men and mnies , but not ? . change of « ystem and prinoiplei . What does it matter to the working men whether they are p ' uadered and oppressed in tho came of a King or a Preaiden ;—whether they ate enslaved by one despot called an Emperor , or by some hundreds of g& undrels calling themselves a 'National Assembly ? ' The mere political Republicans are the greatest fools o-

      rasc&ta under ths sun . They have either ne ? er thought on the phra « e 'Republic , ' or if they have thought , they wilfully lend theimelves to a juggle for the psrpo-se of miBtifying the multitude . The Weekly Dispatch admiribly represents these Republicans . It used to astonish SGme innocent people how to reconcile that paper ' s advocacy of Republicanism with it 3 bitter hostility to Chartism ; Buch seeming inconsistency never puzz ' ei thinking men . The Dispatch used to object to the Chartists , that they went' too far' in demand' ng Uni versil Suflrige , at the same time it objected te them , that because they did not avow themselves Republicans , they ' did not go far antHigh . In spite of this seeming inconsistency the Dispatch was quite

      consistent . ' Publicola , ' and the other writers in that journal , dete ? tinc 'kines , priestp , and lords , wanted a Repnblie— but a bourgeois Republic . They deo . aim d against Universal Suffrage , because the ; wjuld hive preferred the rule of the devil himself to ths establishment of a ' democratic and social Republic' It is true that the present Natioaal Assembly was e ' ected by Universal Suffrage ; but , thanks to the ignorance of the French peasantry , the conspiracy of the bourgeoisie , and the multifarious intrigues , frauds , ahd lies of the political ichemers , the Republic , which for a moment promised to he a verily , has become a despotism of the mn » t hateful character . _ Neither kins > , nor ptieMs , nor lord ? , divide rule with the bourgeoisie . Middle

      c ' ass terrorism is triumphant , and the Dispatch Republicans are satisfied . How often the Dispatch has thundered against the laws of September ; but not one word has it uttered against the thousand-fold more in amcrus laws against the press and public meetings passed by the present ABEeaib ' y . The Dispatch was never weary of denouncing the despotism ef Lcuh Philippe , yet it now defends and extols the far more monstrous tyranuy of dictator Cavaigsac . The reaBpn is obvious—tbe rascally system at , pre . ent existing in Franco is precisely the sorb of Republic the Dispatch men would like to see established in this country . ' ' Thank you for nothin ? , ' j-entlemen . From such a Republic tbe Lord deliver the working men of France , and save the working ; nen of England .

      I grant that th 9 working men of France , up to this moment , do poasess one advantage over tho working men of England—the Suffrage . An inestimable possession , if tbey but knew how to make use of it . But it will be seen , that if in the elections which have juatfaUea place in Paris , ( the returns of which are tot known to me at tho time I write)—if th ? working men hive shown tho go ; : d sengo to elect the ' R ^ d'candidates , is willbascec , I say , that Univerfal Suff .-age will be attacked by all the organs of the bourgeoisie both in tho Assembly and the Prees ; and toe Dispatch will join chorus with tho Timss and the Journal des Debits , in denundins a cur tailraent of the Suffrage , to' save the Republic' If

      tbe enemies of Ch&rlism believed that the suffrage would be , at the present time , sod henoefortb , as badly uaed bb it was in France in April last , they would ( ffer no opposition to the Charter ; ard as lung as the bourgeoisie have confidence in the igco ranee of the French working men , they may allow the continuance of ntominal political equality in the shapeof Universal Suffrage . But if once tho bourgtoisie have cause to apprehend that the working men are likely to elect a majority , or even any considerable number of veritable Republicans—men determined to make the Republio * democratic and social , ' they ( the bourgeoisie ) will at onca proclaim war to the knife against Universal Suffrage .

      The sooner that war is proclaimed the better , for when things como to the worst , a radical change is comparatively easy . Another revolution in France is inevitable—a social revolution . My earnest prayer is , that that rovalution may be accomplished bv peaceful means—through the ballot box , net the barricade . But by some means or other come it must . The triumph ot the workmen may be near or may be remote- may be the conclusion of a war of words or a war ef swordE—but ' come it slow , or come it fast '—come it by peaceable or forcible meana . ccme

      it muBt . The author of the ' Cchpabativk Sketches of Fbance and England . ' writiog in March kat , remarked , that' If the bourgeois ie persist in occult or in open resistance to the revolution , they raust gh&retho fate of aristocracy and monarchy . Even another June massacre would not prevent the victory of the workmen , it would but embitter the Btrife . The days of mere political revolntionaare numbered ' The Republic—but Uhe Republic democratic and social , ' is the prize for which the masses ef Franceand more countries than France—will henceforth contend , and contend until victorious .

      If this view of the future be correct—and time will tell—the working men of Europe generally , who have so great an interest in the progress of their French brethren , need not despair because of the infamous proceedings of the National Assembly . It was not enough tbat that Assembly had proscribed its most htnest members ; extinguished the liberty of the press ; crashed the popular associations ; excited civil war ; substituted trial by court-martial for tri * l by jury ; decreed the transportation of thousands ef unhappy workmen ; re-imposed odieus and grinding ttxes ; repealed ths revolutionary decree fovihecnr .

      tiilment ef the hoars of labour ; abandoned Poland ; betrayed Italy , and degraded France in the eyes of all the nations ef Eurepe—all these acts of treason to the Republic , were aeemingly thought not enough to render the counter-revolution sufficiently marked and offensive . Another' step into the wrong' was deemed necessary to make the deceived workmen more keenly feel their humiliation , and , at the tame time , gratify the insolence of the bourgeoisie ; that step has been taken , in the insulting erasure from the new Constitution of the declaration of the droit du travail—the ' right to labour . '

      Th 9 Revolution tf February was effected for the avowed purpose of obtaining social regeneration . The Provisional Government—as I have sfcown ia former letters : —declared that' the Revolution , having been accomplished by the people , ought to be accomplished for the people . ' That government aiBO ' guaranteed an existence to every one through labour—work to trery citizen . ' Upon theEe principles , the Revolution of February was based ; upon opposite prinoiplea the A ° 8 smbly has voted the erasure of the droit du travail from the preamble of the Constitution . The counter-revolution is complete !

      In the debates on this queetion , the man who cut the most ' contemptible figure was decidedly Lauabtine . If he baa not succeeded in rendering himself acceptable to the esemif s of the Republio , hie failure has nut been caused by want cf effjrt en his part to juggle away the principles of the February revolution . Under the pretence of attacking' Communism , ' Lauartinb contrived to unsay all tbe pledges given by the ProYisioaal Government te the workmen . In his first ppeeob en this subject , this weli-ftd ar . stocrat charged on the advocates of the rights of labour , that ' they abandoned the spiritualising tendency of the Revolution , to pursue miserable question ! of eating and

      drinking , of capital and of nett revenue . ' M . Mathieu , in develo , ing his amendment in favour of tho right to labour , well said that these ' miserable qusgtionsof eating and drinking were the greaticauses of revolutions . One of the majority exclaimed , ' that is the doctrine of savages . ' Yon see how refined these men ot property are when the question ia debate is the workman ' s stomach ; but touch their means of ' eating and drinking , ' you would see how soon they would become ' savages . ' The character of Lamartink's speech will be fully understood , when it is added , that on descending from the tribune , the majority hailed him with loud acclamations , and 'Odillon Barrot made himself conspicuous by the

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      warmth of his admuatijn . ' This was a very proper r turn for thedeolara tion that he ( Lamariinb ) adored property / More than one correspondent of tho London papers has asserted that in the elections which nave jut taken place , Lamautinb has given hia bu .-porc to Marahal Bvguxjd ? Bmuw , wtawe hands are red with the blood of Ddl . nq-Ddposi dk i . &mre s adopted son ! BoasAtiD , the hero butcher ot tua Hue Transnonain massacre ! Bugeaud , wnase Algerian cruelties have excited the disgust and udiKnation of evory people on tho face of the eartn . This fellow , lately Louis Philippe ' s bravo , and nnw told to the Legitimists , has tbe support of Lamartise ! Can it be true ? Is Lamartinr determined to win tor himself the reputation of being Jhe great traitor ef 1848 ? 'How are the mighty fallen !'

      ihe ' great gun' of the debate on the Labour Question , was the notorious TniERS . who gave utterance to a string of fa'heies respecting proce . ty competition , civilisation , &j ., which—tbanka to the political eponomista—we , in this country , are too we ' a-quainted wifi . Iwouldj-ngageto findinevery mill in Manchester , and every weavej ' a shop in Ma : cl ? 8 field , men who , though they have never « # W ut * V Blenin K wnatea , would , nev-rriheles , astonish Monsieur Thiers by utterly confuting all hw w onderful facts . ' To say nothing of ofchera . I fair ' \ V ~ « J *»« S LWani tho / actory-wortcr , or Samuel Ktdo , the shoemaker , h * d Wouldll dr Ubbln , M . ThibM ; I rum-, ' they econom ? everlaBtiog smash' ef hia political

      mirk ? ¦ Paco . Wn which I must limit these remarks , , M not ^ fw m ( j f j Setent & fa ' mialim - l miwt ' for th tattlf rf «« 'ticeof his oration to a point or whereve ?^ nn ? -H UARI 1 ! iE ' TfllKRa as 8 ert 8 « tha * W ^ M P 0 tty " bE 8 t P ^ cted , there tho people A ^ mm'T ^ P r ° P Mo « 8 . and happy . If these rfflf ^ t m *> that in a 11 countries th « se ?«« on / h 0 Se pr ° P ' * y was Pro' -eoied , were moat tree and prnaooroua , I could admit thn truth of their vsartion . Font is true that—in this country for 1 nst . 111 oe-. tho man win > possesses property , is both pohtwally and socially free ; and the very possession of property implies prosperity . But tho ' . e who have no property but their labour , and which property is not protected , ho * do they fare ? Are they free and prosperous ? If

      * ny oneasaertsso I deny the truth of that assertion . The entire political ojslem of this country , national and municipal , is baaed upon property qualification * . Ihe masses ara politically outlawed . Socially th * slavery of the people is still more intolerable . Tho w f ° ^ ma , ? dePendant . week by week , for the bread » f his children , H ; , on tbe ? coil-wi ! l or caprice of hia e-nployer . To want work is to die-ar at least to s . tfer the degradation of seeking , bat not a ' . ways fiading , barely asffiaent at the workhouse to keep body snd gouI toother . The blsck slavo laboura for tie profit of another under the fear o ? the socuKe the white slave performs the behests of bis master under ter . or of atamlion . I hope to have other opportunities of going fully into this auction . I

      n ) peto provo t&e veritable slavery of tbe masses aider the present aystem . and to be able to make ti-j meanslof their emucipaticn ' char as the wn at noon-day . ' It 1 * not against the protection of property I contend , but aeainst its unequal protec ten . Unlerthe JaTs ofErglasd a wo rkman wfeo may steal a pennyworth oi greasy rags from tho fao tory oi a millocrat may be sent to prison aa a felon ; but the law has no punishment for the employer who , p . t his own caprice , and for his own profif . reduces ihe wages of a thousand hands' sixpence or one

      Bhilling weekly , thu 3 pocketing twenty-five or fifty pounds weekly , over and above regular profits . Manufacturers could be named , who having contributed a kindred panndi to the League Fund to promote 1 ree Trade , ' took the means jusi stated to re lmbnrae themseWen , which they did , according' to the number o . the hands they employed , in two . or three , or four ¦ weeks' time ; and even when they had made sood their outlay , in the cause of ' no monopoly , ' they did not raise wages again . Tli 3 plunder was sweet and they stuck' to it ; indsmnilying their 'hands' with the promised' ckcap bread '

      Ij 3 d and Society told man '' work , work , and you will receive tho lewanl of your labour . " Tuo producs of your toil shall ba your patrimony and that of your children . '" Thus said Tnrsu " . But tha reverse is mtorionaly th ? case . Th ( j men who do work have no patrimony . The Ech ^ mei-8 and id lers of society divide arnongat themselves the patrimony created by , and which of right belongs te , the labourers . rBiERawaa singularly unfortunate in or . o of bio illustrations of the blessings of competition He showed that , owing to the introduction of machinery , the cotton fabrics cf India were no longer required by Europe ; on the contrary , the cottons manufactured in Europe bad destroyed the India manufacture . This he professed to regard as a great triumph for humanity . He forgot to tell nig aDplaudin ? auditors , that ace { -reat result of that triumph had been the literal extermination of the Indian workers . But this is not ail ; notwithstanding

      tust articles of oatton manufacture can now be produced so cheap , that even tho rice-fed Indian cannot , compete with tho English manufacturer , still thousends of Englishmen have no sufficient supply of these wonderful cheap cottons . The same ia true of France . It is in vain that Teieri gabble 3 over his oiisningly arranged statistics to prove tho cheapness of rnacuiactures , the neirninally higher wages of a few particular trade ? , and the greater amount ofartioeacf use and luxury consumed by the nation in the aggregate ; his figures cannot coafuta the appalling iact , that along wi ; h tha growth of what is called ' national greatness , ' there continually marches the misery of the masses . To fu lly show this iBbould need columns , but one fact—well known to Monaieut TniERS— will suffice to answer hia fallacies . The barricades of June were manned by tbe v ' cVims of the system he so much admires , and on their banners ran the

      inscription'Le Travail ott la Mori !' Here is a second fact , as reported by the Timhs correspondent in that paper of this day , Sept . 21 st : — In aid of political discontent very serious reflections are snggcitcd by the situation of the poorer and work-Ing ol 86 « ee . Misery txists to a greater extent than ia g-Heially bmwn , and the want of employra ni throne on the streets thomends of athletic and destitute men . It Is trul y melancholy to witness wkatpasaea every da ; at four or fiv « o ' clock on tho Pitca du Carrousel . In tho part of tfee building formerly occupied by the

      Eta ! Major of tha National Guards is B . atloned & battslion of a ngiment of thj linn . They dine at fire o ' clock . Long before that hour may be seen congregated round the iteps leading to the barrack , thirty or fortj aea and youtln , waiting to rcctive a portion of their rations , which the poor soldlerB generously divided with them , and it is painful to witness the nvidity with which their doBatioBS are swallowed . Thie ob 7 ious misery ana want of employment must ba attended to and relieved or 6 bviatcd tome way or other , or we Bhall have a vert u ^ plessant winter of it .

      I Thiebs requires a third fact , he has it in the elections just terminated . Since the first part ef this letter was written , later intelligence leaves scarceh a doubt of the election of . at least one of . the Red Republic * , n candidates , and the very near election ot two more . And this in spite of the massacre , transportation , and imprisonment of thousands of the democratic workmen ; in spite of tbe lies of the press , and the intimidation exercised by the government and the bourgeoisie . If even only one ' Red' candidate is elected , I will make two predictions—1 st , a& lhaye above paid , that Universal Suffrage' will be assailed by the of the bourgeoisieand 2

      ndorgans ; , that the enemies of the prolitaitts will plot another inburrection , for the purpose of bringing about another massacre , and again ' striking terror' into the hearts of the ouvriers . I will add a third prediction , that if General Cayaiqnac hesitates at going ' the whole hog' with tbe bourgeoisie ho will be flung overboard , and Changarmbr , Bugeaud , or Louis Napoleon—whichever ot the three may be thought moat likely to act on the witches' advice to Macbetu— b 3 bloody , bold , and resolute , ' will be adopted as the defender of order , ' that is the nominai chief of the nation , but really the tool of tho bourgeoisie 1

      God save the wojking men of France from the machinations of their enemies . ' Vive la Republique democratique etsooiale !' L'Ami du Peuple . September 2 ht , 1848 .

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      LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF CLARENDON ON TOE PRESENT STATE OF IRELAND . By Robert Otten . ;^^ . » , _ ¦—

      MvLom , , ^*» i " ft Sept , 1848 . Permit me , " owing to the extraordinary crisis in which we live , to request your calm attention to the printed proof enclosed , being explanatory of part progress of measures intended to be submitted to the British Governmeat .

      To those who interest themselves in the improvement and safety of society , it is evident that Ireland , Great Britain , and Europe generally , are in a state of rapid revolution , and if a decisive , new direction , in principle and practice , cannot be given to it , endless disorder , with great and increasing loss of life and property , must ensue . If not from the statesmen of Great Britain , where is aid to be looked for , to find a practical remedy for evils which threaten to overwhelm the civilised world ? Surely , there will be found sufficient moral

      courage among our statesmen and men of business in the British isles , to probe the cause of the evil to its foundation , and to apply the only remedy which can effect a cure . At the commencement of your Lordship ' s Government of Ireland , I sent you , by Mr Pure , a work published twenty-five years since explanatory of the cause of the evils of Ireland , anda plain , straightforward , practical remedy , given in outRne , and most minute and accurate detail .

      The incessant business of this extraordinary crisis has , no doubt , in the fulness of daily pressing official duties , prevented your Lord ' - ship from reading , much less from maturely investigating , a work that requires much study and great investigation of the statements and calculations there made to give permanent and most beneficial employment to the Irish population . This , my Io . d , is what you must come to if Ireland is to b . valuable to Great Britain , or not a grievoa burden and dangerous enemy to every administration . And it had better come to that at once , for the longer the delay , the worse will be the effects produced .

      If the measures had been adopted which the work mentioned recommended in 1822-3 , how many millions of wealth would have been saved ? How many millions of new wealth would have been creiited ? How many millions of lives made valuable would have been saved from famine J How many millions of crimes prevented ? How much substantial power would have been added to the empire , and through the

      example of Ireland , in what different condition and position would Europe now be ? To that work , written twenty five years ago , and which is as correctly true to-day ' as when written , 1 again beg to refer your lordship for sound practical measures , based on true principles . That which has passed is unavoidable , but it is never too late to abandon false principles and injurious practices for those which are true and beneficial .

      Bad as the state of Ireland has been allowed to become , it is practicable even yet to raise it to a state of permanent prosperity . Cannot a Government be now formed by a fusion of parties with sufficient strength and moral courage to carry practical measures ot urgent necessity through both Houses of Parliament , when those measures shall be demonstrated to be equal to the task now required , not only for the good government of Ireland ; but for all Europe )

      The proceedings which occur daily in the National Assembly of France , and in the Germanic National Assembl y in Frankfort , are demonstrable proofs that the statesmen of Europe are unequal to the new position which society ia about to take from a necessity unavoidable ; and that France , Germany , Italy , and other parts of the Continent , are utterly at fault what measures to recommend , and they look to Great Britain for advice and aid to overcome their new and daily increasing difficulties .

      A party cannot longer govern Europe , or any one nation in it ; ^ there must be now national Governments , based on true principles , and the whole people must be governed for the benefit at least of the majority , even at the commencement of the change . Is it not practicable now to form a strong government for the British empire to be composed of the most efficient members of all parties , who could act together on neutral ground , as the old must De from necessity abandoned ? This neutral ground may be made easy of practice , and consistent for the cordial cooperation of all parties , without being chargeable with error for a coalition on such principlesfor such objects .

      All that would be required from such administration , would be to have sufficient moral courage to adopt principles of nature unassailable from any quarter , and practice in accordance with them that would be permanently beneficial and most profitable for all , from the highest to the lowest . Permit me , for the sake of humanity , suffer , ing most uselessly throughout Europe , to urge upon your lordship , in connexion with tbe most advanced of British statesmen , the necessity of leading and directing . the revolution from wrong to right , which is now unavoidable over the civilised world , and to effect the change in peace , and with wise foresight .

      It is now too evident that the National Assemblies of France and Germany have nothing but old exploded aristocratic or democratic measures to bring forward , all totally useless for the period which has arrived ; the last hope amidst the present anarchy of nations for the change to be effected wisely and in peace , is in a strong British national administration . I have the honour to remain , faithfully , the friend of humanity , and your lordship ' s servant , Robert Owjem .

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      false system from which so large a porlioa of the human race are at this hour cruelly and needlessly ^ suffering . The transition proposed is , to enable society to pass , peaceably and most advantageousl y , from a false and injurious , to a true and most beneficial , state of human existence ; y < : t to pass so gradually that no existing interests should suffer during the progress of change , but , on the contrary , every interest , arlificial a 3 they are , may thereby be made more prosperous , inconsequence of the manner in which the change is proposed to be effected . It will be asked how are these promises to be fulfilled ?

      This is an important question at this crisis of European affairs-Great Britain , Ireland , France , Germany , Italy ; in fact , all Europe as well as the United States of North America , are anxiously awaiting the solution of this problem . To understand the answer required , it is necessary to keep in mind what is to lie accomplished by passing through tbe transition state proposed .. » It is to attain anew creation of well-devised arrangements on new sites , properly chosen , for health . These new arrangements are to be so combined

      as—1 st—Io create the greatest amount of tbe most valuable wealth , in the shortest time , with the least capital and labour , and with the most pleasure to the producers and benefit tothe consumers , and creating wealth more than sufficient / or all . 2 nd . — -To distribute tbe wealth , so created , tbe most advantageousl y and economical ! y for till . 3 rd . —To form from birth a superior physical , mental , moral , and practical character / or all , according to their na ' . ural organisation . 4 th . —To govern beneficially for all , without tbe false stimuli of individual rewards and punishments , but through a new stimulus of a continued life of ex cellence and happiness for all .

      5 th . —To effect these apparently wonderful results , by gradually superseding the present degrading , inferior , vicious , and criminalcreating circumstances —now everywhere abounding— by those only which are superior for creating and distributing wealth , forming character , and governing . ) Clh . —And to effect these changes without prematurely disturbing the existing order of society , or in any way interfering with existing private property , family arrangements , or any of tbe various contending religions of tbe world , and , in fact , without producing injury or evil to any one , from the highest to the lowest .

      To carry into execution the arrangements competent to effect these results , will be found , on reflection , to be the great business of life , and tbe fair and full investigation of thesn subjects to be the most important to which the British Parliament , the Congress of America , the National Assembly of France , and the Germanic National Assembly in Frankfort , can now direct their attention , " Hitherto , these Assemblies , to which the

      population of the civilised world is looking for sound knowledge , and for the adoption of means to prevent poverty , disunion , and crime , have occupied themselves in vainly attempting to effect an impossibility . They are , even now , wasting their efforts to produce a permanently happy and rational state of human existence , based on an eternal falsehood , which , while it shall be ignorantly maintained , will render every change they , make to effect their object fruitless and of no avail , While they shall blindly pursue this course , as well may they expect to gather grapes from thorn ? , ' as to succeed in producing true and good results in practice , from a false and vicious fundamental principle , on which all their laws and institutions are and have been based .

      Until society , acting through the authorities of the leading nations of the so-called civilised world—although it is yet not half civilisedshall openly abandon this now glaring falsehood—this demon of the human race—this father of all lies , and destroypr of the germs of . charity in " , all made to receive it—tho world must continue , through a glaring , and now palpable , everlasting falsehood , to be made one great lunatic asylum , in which all are always talking and acting in direct ; opposition to their own well-being and happiness , i while now , with the abundant power and materials at the control of society .

      were this falsehood abandoned , it would be most easy to adopt new measures , on the only true fundamental principle given by nature to man , that would ensure knowledge , union , wealth , goodness , and happiness to all . But the population of the world need not be over anxious or doubtful on this subject , for the time has arrived when no earthly power can much longer maintain this gross falsehood ; a falsehood -which makes the strong man the oppressor of the weak , and a monster of iniquity and hypocrisy , although by such conduct he destroys his own highesthappiness , as well as the progress and happiness of those he oppresses .

      Ihe transition from the false to the truefrom anarchy to order—from all that is inferior and evil—to all that is superior and good , has been made to be the object of terror to the authorities and rich men of the world . It is like the ghosts of old , or the Satan of the so long deluded mentally weak let moral courage be given to them to look the fancied phantom of transition ' , fairly in the face , and like the ghosts and Satan of the frightened and timid , this new-made bugbear will be discovered to be mere monsters of disordered imaginations , of minds trained to be afraid ta examine facts , and investigate truths , although to them and their children these facts and truths will prove to be of the highest importance to be known and ascertained .

      Let these poor deluded tinvd persons , now so numerous in every rank of life , be encouraged to look at this transition state of society without these ghost-like fears , and they will soon perceive that instead of its being a monster of error and wickedness—as their wronginformed instructors have made them believe —that it is true and good , and will ultimately prove to be the salvation of the population of the world , from its present overwhelminganarchy and confusion , and be the means of establishing order , wisdom , and permanent prosperity throughout all the nations of the earth . Robert Oven I -oxwinn . Sant . 20 . i ° *?'

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      COMPANY , FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY . SEPTBMBEa 21 . 1818 . ' PBS MB O'CONNOR . HAK 8 . £ 8 # d TorV m 4 il 6 Birmingham , Thrislington ~ 210 8 Goodwin .. o 10 o Market Lavington 0 10 Long Buckbj .. o 1 G Whittington and Knaresborongh son Cat .. 2 15 7 Crayford .. 2 o 0 Bermondeey .. 017 0 Hartlepool „ 113 r Rojstoo , Barrow 5 0 0 Nottingham , h Isham „ 5 0 0 Sweet „ 0 8 oU Manchester .. 1 10 6 Suuderland „ 1 ll 0 i Barnsiej , Lowe 2 5 6 J Griffiths .. 1 15 6 O . 'dham - „ 0 5 0 James Cuttris „ 0 5 0 Glasgow M HI g £ 38 15 3 | SIPENSS FGND . York „ 0 4 0 Barnsley , Lowe 0 4 6 Whittington and Xottiugham , Cat .. 0 6 0 Sweet .. 0 8 6 Market Lavington 0 1 6 J Griffiths .. 0 2 6 ' ——— £ 1 2 0 AID FUND ' Geo Allison .. „ ¦ 0 1 0 Land Fund 36 15 3 Expsnaa Fund ... ... ... 12 0 Aid Fund ... 0 10 j £ 37 ~ li ~ 3 Vfa . Dixos . CH 3 I 6 T 0 PBEB DolLr , Thoj . Cube , ( Cor-ee , Sec . ) Philip M'QmTs ^ Fin . Sea . ) THE LIBERTY FUND . HuJderefield , per Rochdale , Ltigh Enoch SjVes .. 0 S 0 Glcane .. 0 15 0 Hanlejr , ditto .. 0 5 0 Leeds , per H High Burton .. 0 2 2 | Suinmeregill 0 3 0 Alnwdbury „ 0 2 0 Brighton , per W Last-dies Hall ^ 0 2 0 Flower .. 0 5 10 District Fund .. 0 0 9 i Hastings , per J Findiay , Mason 0 1 B Edwin More .. 0 12 6 Greenwich , Mr Shinev Row . per Floyd , Baker 0 1 0 Thomas Blockey 0 7 11 £ 3 0 9 Jons M'Ceae , Secretary .

      Fo The Chartists Of England And Scotland.

      FO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND .

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      FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS .

      RECEIVED BY W . BIDES . Brighton , per W Alfreton , per W Flower .. 0 U 2 Williamson .. 0 4 0 W Webster , Mans- J Bryan , Alfreton 0 10 field .. 0 0 3 C Tiuley , Alfreton 6 0 6 T Bell , ditto ,. 0 0 0 Leicester , per H Barrow .. 0 5 4 £ 119 Leicester—The sum of 16 s . 4 d ., was received for tha Victim Fund from the female Chartists of Leicester , per Miss A . Smart , and ought to have been previously acknowledged . „ „ „ „ RECEIVED AT USD OFFICE . Hull , Mr Clark 0 7 0 FOR DR H'DOUALL'S DEFENCE . KECEIV £ D BY W . RIDER . Brishtos . perW J Parker , Camflower „ 0 8 0 berwell .. 0 16 £ 0 9 0 FOB TEE fiXECDTlVE . Hjson Green , Mr Clark ., .. „ 8 l 0 DEFENCE FUND . BECEIVED AT USD OFFICE . Mrlhrnes . Lynn ;¦¦ 1 6 Market Lavington Merthjr , J Barley 0 1 o ( Levy ) .. 0 4 0 Halifax , Mr Clark 12 0 £ 18 6

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      PRESENT AND FUTURE STATE OF JBUROPE . Pabt IV . No one who thoroughly understands society as it is—who fully comprehends the causes of its evils and the sufferings which they produce to humanity , can desire its longer continuance , or not wish , ardently , for a radical ^ change ; especially if it can be effected with order , in peace , and beneficially for all . This change would have been made long ago , had not the middle and upper classes been afraid that it would place them in a worse position than they now possess .

      This fear has arisen chiefly from two causesthe first is the very injudicious manner in which , through defective knowledge , the change has been advocated , and the want of experience in the attempts to force it into practice before the public were convinced of its advantages or before the parties were prepared with the requisite capital and means to ensure its success . The second is , the misapprehension of the upper and middle classes as to its principles and their results in practice , and especially of the truth and value of the new fundamental principle on which the proposed change is founded .

      These fears and this misapprehension and ignorance must be overcome and removed by those who advocate the change and are deeply impressed with the magnitude of its future advantages to the human race . The transition state must , therefore , *) be made easy of execution , and introduced without injury to existing interests ; interests which have been created , not by living individuals but through the ignorance of our inexperienced ancestors , who / misled by their imagination of first impressions , adopted the

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      — » Todmoedsn . —Tho Land members will meet in the Chartist-room , under Ilardacre Clever , tear te York TaTern , on Monday night , Sjpt . 2 C : h , ateight o ' olook . Ivbsion . —The members of this branoh are requested to attend the quarterly meeting in the school , room , on Monday ntxt , when business of great importance will be brought before them , and the looal expenaea will be due .

      Caiuislb . —The quarterly meeting of the Natioaal Charter AEBociation will bo held at No . 6 , Johnstreet , Caldewgate , on Monday eyeniDf , Sept 25-h , at eight , o ' clock . Mr Ktdd will lecture at 83 . Dean street , Solio , on Sunday , the 24 .-h instant , at half-past seven precisely ; Subject : — 'Tho Four Pi'Iars of the State , National Greatness , &a , ' ~ Mr Kjdd will also lecture in tho John-street Institution on Tuesday Evening ijfxf , at tight o'clock jrecisely . Subjeot : — ' England ' commercial and trading aristocracy ; wealth of nations inisery t , f people ; Free Trade-its principles and

      etteots ; oheapnets its tendoncy . ' A Ghahd Concert , ( the proceeds cf which wii ! be given to Mrs Bez t ) , is to be held in the Milton street Theatre on Tuesday evening next , at half . past seven 6 clock . The pro ^ rammn includes the names of sixteen distinguiehcd vocal snd instrumental perform , ers . ihe situation of Mrs Bnn ' t famiJj- is tecu-Imly distressing . It in therefore toped thac the tnartiits of London will rutiBter strong on this occa-Bion . The charges ef admission will be muoh b Jow the usual scale .

      LorjoHBOBouoH —The members of tbe Lsnd Ccm . pany will meot at the Wheat Sheaf , on Smiday eves-» n& , September 24 » b , at Bix o ' clock . —The Chartist Association , at the same plaoe , nn Monday even * » g , the 25 ; h inst ., at eight o ' clock .

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      The Fbbkoh HAnvm .-The harvest has been an excellent and a bountiful cne . The vintage will be inquahty superior to that of 1846 , and indeed to an \ known during many jcaw . In quantity it will not be more than an average one , but this is not re Rretled , as the superabundance of last year ' s vintage was astonishing , and even embarrassed the wine growers . r A " * cb ™ hed io Dmn .-On Wednesday Mr Baker held an inquest at the North Country Pink , KypeTnake ts ' -walk , Limehouse , en the body of Catherine Meaghan , aged three yearn . On Monday afternoon last the deceased was playing in Fjrestreet , Limehouse , a very narrow Btreet , allowing only one carriage to pass at a time , when a cart a . -, preached her , and the only way she had of saving herself was by eettine behind a nnnt . An * r . * ! .

      oTi A- } he ? heel 8 truck her he » d . a ^ completely smashed it against the post . The poor child was of SSSefitfffi «•*¦* *¦«« Despera tb Suicide from Losskb on the iatb Si LKGKB--Oa Wednesday morning , a young nan named Norman Howard , aged twenty-oce . lately re-MOingini oOhE-street , Tottenham Court-road , having been out during tbe night of Tuesday , visiting the aitterent saloons and other placet ) of nocturnal re 30 rt , got into a cab attae Regent ' s-circus , Piccadilly , and , placing the muzzle of a pistol in his mouth , blew out JH 8 BMUM . The deceased , who had h «! d a very lucrative situation in a large tailor ' s firm , had , du-ing the last few days , exhibited a great depression of spirit * , owmg to some heavy losses consrquent upon speculations on the recent St Leger , at Donwwter .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND : gwmtmt 23 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR SHIFTS OF THE NATIONAI . LAND . ~~ r 7 Z ~ rr ~ - ~^^~ , — •—™______ j J ~~^ m ^ > _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 23, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1489/page/5/