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TEE WEST RIDING ELECTION . TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE
WEST HIDING OF YORKSHIRE . Brother Chartists , I have often told you that for seme things a short preparation is the best , inasmuch as long discussion and preparation makea the mind dull , and excitement vanish . For these reasons I have abstained from urging you to your duty on Monday next , and the more especiall y because no great preparation is needed for a few miles walk . I find that , seduced by the middle classes , many good Chartists are again prepared to act e
upon the old Whig-destroying policy of selecting a choice of evils . Now this policy , more than any other , has damaged the Chartist cause , inasmuch as the ieal grounds for selection are never divulged , while it is set down , not to a choice of evUs , but to a popular acceptation . No circumstances that jhe mind could devise could afford you a better , a more legal , and fitting , opportunity to meet in your thousands and hundreds of thousands , than the farce of nomination which is to take place in 'Wakefield , on Monday next , when you will be addressed as " Friends and Countrymen / ' ticfled
with plausible blarney , and have a momentary importance attached to the blistered hands of Labour ; which , however , will be of brief duration , as the decision , by your hands on Monday , may be reversed by privileged tongues on Thursday and Friday . You have marched to Peep Green and to Kersall Moor in the dead of winter , with your mottoes upon your unfurled banners ; you have done this , and I have done it , in defiance of proclamations prohibiting those meetings , in our groping infancy—and are you afraid now , when not thus fettered , but invited on
the gala day , to go in your manhood s strength , to proclaim , upon the first opportunity afforded you , your horror and detestation of the execrable tyranny of last Session , and still wielded by the dominant faction . I will answer for it , that the men of Bamsley , of Dewsbury , of Heigfaley , and Huddersfield , will be at their post , and if the Chartists generally lose so legitimate an opportunity of proclaiming their resurrection in the face ef gaunt Tyranny , let the Executive be dissolved—let the Organisation be destroyed , and let us hear no more mockery about Chartist resurrection .
Can you doubt , for a single moment , that Lord John RusseU and his Press will resound with the triumph over Toryism , mainly owing to the amalgamation of Wiuggery aad Chartism ? Would it not afford them an opportunity to taunt the Irish people with English Chartist satisfaction ? Would it not enable them to tell their foreign allies that the Chartists have abandoned their mad career , ' and adopted the policy of selecting the best man , and he , being a Whig , his election would be urged as proof of Chartist adoption of "Whig principles . It will not be stated that the selection was
a meie choice of tvils , but that it was a choice of the best man that could be had . Did you read the Whigling ' s answer to Firth ? Have you reflected upon his childish , his ignorant , and evasive answers ? And have you thought that , under the rule of the party to which he belongs , scores of your countrymen—of your honest countrymen—your industrious and intelligent countrymen—will be tried , perhaps , upta the very day of polling , by jarors purposely selected from the very class who submit their candidate for your approval ?
When the Whig Attorney-General of old boasted that he had killed Chartism , Chartism revived on Peep Green . They sprung up like mushrooms in a single night . You have two nights to prepare for its resurrection , and when I tell you that all that the best organisation could do for the resuscitation of Chartism would not have so powerful an effect as your presence in countless thousands on
Monday , will you lose the opportunity i Never mind their quadruped—their Church Endowments—their Political Economy—Municipal Franchise—the Ballot—the safe and progressive changes—and . all the long catalogue of humbug—march under the old flag of Chartism , with your principles and your mottoes emblazoned on them , and let your watchword
be"HE WHO IS NOT FOR US IS AGAINST US . " Never mind being called Tory Chartists . O'Connell and the League hoped to frighten us by that nickname ; but in God ' s name , of all things , let us never be called Whig ChartiBts . As the actions of all men are liable to be misrepresented , and as heretofore most men have regulated their conduct by the hope of reward , I again pledge myself that I will never accept of place , pension , or emolument from any Government that rules your destinies ; and if youhadjthe Charter to-morrow . I would not sit as representative in the House of Commons , or accept of any office save that of UNPAID
BAILIFF TO THE LAND COMPANY . I don ' t care , therefore , about being called a Tory tool , and especially if I earn the name by defeating the Whig enemy . What will the Irish say—and they will shortly constitute the main staff of Chartismif you strengthen the hands of the enemies of their country ? And what will the Old Guards say if you lose such an opportunity—the only opportunity of manifesting your disapproval of and contempt for the treacherous Whigs .
- " ONE THING AT A TIME , " say the League ; so say I , and let that one thing now be to give Whiggery a taste of Chartist feeling . Oh ! how it would revive the drooping spirits of those at large and those in the Whig dungeon ? , to hear thatpn Monday next was the day of retribution . Chartists , think of your families— think of your wives , and think of your friend ' s families and their wives , who are victims to Whig treachery , and then will you withhold on Monday the poor , the only consolation you can offer them ?
Believe me , that both you and they have more ( to expect from Whig fear than from Whig justice , and nothing would so far tend to paralyse the faction as the defeat of their ally upon the hustings . MY MYRMIDONS may , perhaps , give Cobden ' s Myrmidons an insight into the future , by the occurrences ef Monday ; and whether jouare called Whig Chartists orTory Chartists , not a man of you hold up your hand for the
Whig candidate . Be properly marshalled , and hare fuglemen of your own , who will communicate to the most distant the time for Labour to show its blistered bands ; and if you have to choose between the terms Whig and Tory Chartists , laugh at the scoffer , and tell him that he is a Whig tool , whereas your business is to destroy the tyrants that have destroyed the Constitution .
Oh ! what joy it would spread throughout the land if we could communicate the glad tidings on Saturday next , that reviled Chartism mustered in its revived strength on the preceding Monday . And what pleasure I should have in awaiting the return of the Dewsbury troop , and to hear from them that Monday was a day of some satisfaction .
"UP THEN , CHARTISTS , AND AT THEM !" Not with pike and bludgeon , but with a forest of blistered aands , that will carry more dread into the enemy ' s camp . TO YOUR TENTS , PH ] CHARTISTS . You have Saturday Bi & ht , Sunday and Sunday night , to prepare , and &y 19 au who are not prepared to devote one day to £ be cause , that they are not prepared for the exercise of those privileges which theyseek . Gladly would I tP ^ one ° ^ *^ e number , but , as I hav e eften tdd J on a victory gained by yourselves has ^ nfold effect . The "ZW has ironical told its readers
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that Feargus O'Connor will be there to propose Julian Hamey . Feargus O'Connor will not be there , as , not being an elector , he could not propose J ulian Harney . I am sorry to add that Julian Harney cannot be there ««? ** & $ * the sneering paragraph in the Times" I at once determined that Julian Harney ought to be your candidate ., I find , however , that it is impossible for him to leave hia home at present , otherwise I have no doubt he would have repeated , in 1848 / the good work he performed in 1841 , whenheraetantt thrashed Morpeth and Milton , Wortlev and w , that Feargus O'Connor will be the ™ tn nm .
Demson , on the hustings at Wakefield . But , failing Julian Harney , your friend and talented advocate , Samuel Kydd , will meet the enemy . The Executive Committee have resolved that Mr K ydd shall represent Chartism at Wakefield on Monday next . Kydd will makea glorious speech , boldly developing your principles—and , while the two dogs are fighting for the bone , perhaps Kydd will run away with the blister . I trust , therefore , that proper Chartist electors will be selected to propose and second our man , that we will turn the laugh againstthe " Ttmes , " and teach
it , in future , to havens proper res&ct for thepo ^ er it mocks at . ' K ydd will also beat Dewsbury on Monday night , and let the Chairman have the pride and the honour ofkttro ^ during Mm as the Honourable Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire , which he will be until the result of the poll is declared on Monday week . Chartists , be in time . If you are not prepared for a short march and a good position I on the ground , change your name . Fill the place in the front of the hustings . Flank the
space on each side—have a good reserve in the rear—keep your proud banners unfurled and flying , and hold up both hands for Kydd . And beliere me , that such a triumph at Wakefield would do more to resuscitate Chartism , than if I wrote letters to you for a twelvemonth . The moment you read this , let a Committee be formed , and application be made to the sub-sheriff for hustings tickets for thelChartist candidate , and my life for it the short hour of preparation will tend to augment the numbers , and insure the better management of the business .
Now , then , we will risk our fate upon the cast—it is between the Times , Eardfey , aad Whiggery ; the Stan Kydd , and Chartism . Every man that can walk , and is not at Wakefield on that day , is a traitor to the cause .
Oaitard and we conquer , BukicMd an& we fall ! THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , AND NO SURRENDER ! March I March J Bradford aad H « Hf « Why , my lads , don't yon march forward in order , March ! March ! Kelghtey and Btrniley , AU the breve ChartUti are over the border , Many a banner spread flatters around your head , Many a enst that is famous ia story , March and mike read ; then , teas of the MOUN TAIN HEM , ffgbt fcr jonr oavte , and the old CkaxM glory . { Your faithful friend , f Feargus O'Connor .
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ADDRESS OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN .
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDINO OF YORKSHIRE . Gentxemen , —We rejoice to observe the marked spirit of independence displayed by you in the present political crisis . Your manly and straightforward examinations of the gentlemen who have offered themselves as fit and proper persons to represent jou in parliament , hate won for you the respect and honour of every active and intelligent citizen of the state . Ton have—because of
unforseen circumstances—been called upon to exercise the most sacred duties of citizenship , at , perhaps , the most eventful period of European history . Tour character as the most independent and enlightened constituency in England , has been hitheito honourably sustained , and we feel that on your choice of a representative at this time , rests much of the national fame of Great Britain , as the leader of peaceful and progressive freedom . Therefore it is , that we address you on behalf of your unenfranchised brethren , in hopes that their chums as citizens , will meet from yon a calm and judicious consideration .
We submit that you shonld elect no man to be your representative , who doe 3 not at once , and without doubt or hesitation , express his convictions on all the important political topics oi the day . Tou are the electors who delegate power to your representative ; his votes in the House of Commons must either be in accordance with or opposed to your will . If in accordance with your expressed wishes—you are represented ; if opposed to your express wishes—yon are misrepresented . The ancient lineage of noble houses or the doubtful candour of unpledged candidates , are apart from the question . The candidate who solicits your suffrage , not
having made up his mind as to how he ought jo vote , on questions that have commanded the attention of the people for y « ar 8 , is mentally disqualified to represent you in parliament : he who has- given to such questions his mature consideration , and refuses to be pledged to a defined policy , leaves you in doubt upon the most vital of all interests , to wit—the peace and security of society , the protection of your lives and properties , and may at any time exchange popular Bupportfor ministerial favour , pension , or emolument , without being tor some years amenable to your control . Such men cannot be elected for the West Riding .
Universal Suffrage , or the right of every man of twenty-ene yean of age , of fixed residence and tnconvicted of crime , to have a voice in the election of a member to serve in parliament , we conceive to he unobjectionable , and as ' { tre-sixths of the male adult population of Great Britain are unenfranchised as the law now exists—we would remind you that you vote not for yourselves alone , but also for yonr unenfranchised brethren , holding their interests in trust—and that you . are justly responsible to them for your votes , also for the protection of their lives and property , in so far as the laws of a state nay affect the condition of the citizens .
We therefore solicit you neither to vote for nor in any way countenance any candidate who is not distinctly pledged to advocate the justice of Uni . versal Suffrage , in and out of parliament , and use every legitimate . means in bis power to ensure a speedy enactment of the People ' s Charter , as the basis of the representative portion of the British constitution . Taxation . —Increased national and local taxation has been long and justly complained of , not . withstanding the increasing poverty of the working classes and consequent bankruptcy and ruin of the
middle classes . The present Ministry have mani feated no desire to lighten the burdens that press so heavily on industry or to reduce fte general expenditure , and it is with regret that we have witnessed the support they have , on all occasions , received from a majority of the members constituting the House of Commons , and by whose consent and support a most pernicious system of wasteful extravagance has been continued . The voice of the people has been heard on ' this question , again and again—they have spoken out in unmistakable Ianguage , and their prayers and requests have been unheeded and mocked .
We confidently call upon you to be true to the interests of the majority of your fellow citizens , throughout the empire , and support no candidate who is not prepared to vote for every possible reduction of our national expenditure , and such economical reform as may , in your judgment , be conducive to the permanent interests of all . The Connexion betwben Church and Statjs , Poor Laws , and the Employment of tht Unwilling Idlers ; are subjectswhich inevitabl y press themselves on your attention , tad will receive-from yon that
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mature and deliberate consideration whicW their importance deserve . We are Dissenters in , principle , and cannot conscientiously" support Church Establishments under any circumstance . We are industrial reformers , and consider the present system of Poor Laws to be profitless , and desire their revision and amendment . In the election of a Member of Parliament , we trust that no party prejudice or local influence will bias your judgment , but that your decision will rest upon a just appreciation of sound principles , such as if understood and practised by the Commons of England , we sincerely believe would increase intelligence , reduce taxation , remove grievous burdens , develope the national resources , and secure the preservation of the true interests of the Commonwealth . matnre anA < i « i ; i . aV . » . - «« . m . ^ . i : ., c *! ..:- „
Signed on behalf of the Executive Council ot the National Charter Association , Thohas Clabk Philip M'Grath " WiiluuDixoh Ebudnd Stailwood Hsnbt Rosa Saudel Kydd , Secretary .
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THE RATIONAL MODE OF PERMANENTLY AND PEACEABLY . ADJUSTING THE PRESENT DISORDERED STATE OF EUROPE . In the last week ' s number but onr of the " Northern Star , " the irrational princi ple has been fully explained on which , from * ohe beginning , all Governments , religion ? , , Codes of Laws , and institutions have been based , and from which all the evil passior . s , vices , and crimes of men have necessarily emanated , and the human character been misformed , and society itself made wretchedly inconsistent and absurd .
Another Government , Constitution , and Code of Laws have been also given , based on an unchanging law of nature , and , in consequence , of universal application to humanity under every diversity of clime and colour . A . law , the source of all justice , charity , and love —a law which will supersede all speculation on what is now termed natural right , which means only the right of the strongest . According to promise , the reasons in detail for each law ef the new Constitution are now
given . REASONS FOR THE LAWS OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE UNIVERSAL RATIONAL CONSTI TTJTION FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HUMAN RACE COLLECTIVELY . OR FOR ANY DISTRICT SEPARATELY . Lawi . " Every one shall be equally provided through life with the best of everything for human nature , by public arrangements , which arrangements shall give the best known direction to the industry and talents of every individual .
REASONS FOR THIS LAW . Under this new Constitution , based upon , and constructed in unison with the laws of God , each township becomes the parent of all within its jurisdiction , and the immediate agent of God , to carry the laws of the universal creating power iato execution , in order to bring and keep human society in harmony with all nature . The parent , knowing that union is strength and wisdom , uaiteg the children in one inte rest , upon a just and full principle of equality ,
knowing that without an honest and perfect equality there can be no permanent , heartfelt union ; and that , by uniting the faculties , feelings , and interests of a family averaging about two thousand in number , the advantages to each one may be increased , with reference to superiority of character , and permanent and substantial happiness , not less than two thousand to one , compared with the present individual system .
By this Constitution , it is intended that each township should generally form one agricultural , manufacturing , commercial , and educational family , la mining or fishing districts , this order will be varied in accordance with those circumstances . But in every case , the township will form those general arrangements that will supply all equally , according to age , with the best of everything for human nature , at each divisional period of life , and apply the faculties and powers of each , without exception , for the benefit of the individuals of the township , and of the extended circle of
these federative unions . By the laws of God , every member of this family has received a different compound of the general qualities of humanity , and received them without their consent , or even knowledge . No one , therefore , can rationall y claim merit , if he possess what may be considered a superior compound of these qualities ; nor can demerit be attributed to any one , for having what may be now deemed an inferior combination of them . Tte great Creating Power of the Universe alone creates these varied natural characters ; and it is most probable that , as these families
gradually acquire full rationality , it will be dis . covered that these differing compounds are necessary , most useful in the order of . nature , and without which , society would be incomplete , and the happiness of the whole imperfect . Each one , therefore , is ; justly entitled to an equality with every other member of the famil y , according to age . No partiality or distinction , except that of age , should ever be introduced into any township . This law states that the best of everything for human nature should be provided for every one . Experience has ascertained that the highest economy is attained only by using
the best of everything that can be procured , or created upon a scale sufficient for the supply of all ; and that the township would greatly gain by abandoning all that is intrinsically inferior , and adopting the use of everything superior , to the utmost extent practicable . This arrangement fully folllowed out , with the subsequent laws to be explained , will , of necessity , make every one happy , so far as his natural qualities will enable him to extend his enjoyment , under the most favsurable combination of circumstances within the knowledge and power of humanity yet to create or
conceive . Law 2 . "AH shall-be educated from infancy to maturity , in the best mancer known at the time . " REASONS FOR THIS LAW , The importance ef this law has never yet been fully appreciated by any nation , people , or individual , in any period of man ' s history , except Lycurgus , that to educate man is to manufacture a character for him ; and that , that character will be well or ill-manufactured , and the individual will' of necessity become inferior , mixed , or superior in his qualities , This principle being known , it becomes as easy
to manufacture the Spartan character , to-day as when Lycurgus lived , if there would be now utility in forming a character of high | military spirit , and with great personal prowess and self denial . But the time is passing to require any more sectional character , which has been now , or previously , manufac tured in any latitude or longitude . The period has arrived when the progress of knowledge demands a character , physical , mental , and moral , of full-formed rational men and women ; and the machinery is now . required to manufac ture from human nature this superior fabric , for the benefit of all who live , and for future
generations . . To know how to manufacture the human character is , to know how to remove the chief causes of the miseries of the world ; to terminate the necessity for her laws ; to withdraw
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the principle of repulsion between individuals , nations , and colours ; to insure ' universal peace and good government ; to p-jt into . active progress an ever increasing Advance in knowledge and prosperity ; to . uproot the cause lirl ineno , r and in J urious Passions , totXT ? * l 0 ne r : 6 w raainta 5 n « in t ^ of X ,- ° ? - £ ^ -dermine the foundation £ ^ C / - ^ eal , ldln ? ' orityof conduct ; torenis uiS UlPUn ) Uhment as accessary as it de 31 ? ¦ ' **• dividual reward on . dSkiv tp E'oducea useful , good , and dehatl f " ^ menlal > morai > and practical character for aJ / , without theimm-ions ™™*™ 5 n the . . , '
, the ??! nS . ^ 'H ? ? ^ poundof dSi . 5 avidual pities , ^ t , on the contrary , than g a much greater variety of character inan now ex g t 8 ) th < J variety ari . ^ en « ess combination of excellencies-in short , io know ' scientificall y how to manufacture the rnaterial of human nature , the most ductile of all materials , in its endless capacity forvaried knowled ge , goodness , and happiness , is to know how to change the present universal disorder , consternation and
confu-<* & "» y ^ e , crime , arid misery into a terrestrial paradise , in which the onward spirit of each inhabitant will be to prevent the existence of any ^ cause of evil , and to promote , cordially and actively , the weU-doing , the well-being , and the permanent happiness of every other individual ; andjthen , without the necessity of wishing , of himself , to create selfish feelings , his own best interests and highest rational enjoyments will be secured to the greatest practical extent . - ¦ . r
Law 3 . "Allshall pass through the same general routine of education , domestic teaching and employment /'
REASONS FOR THIS LAW . "Without a full and complete equality there can be no general permanent happiness , in fact no justice among men . It is the pure principle of democracy , carried out to its full extent in practice , that can alone carry the human race onward toward the highest degree of perfection . When all shall be well trained , educated , and employed , under arrangements and amidst external circumstances formed and united to
be congenial to human nature , then , and then alone , will it be possible to form a correct idea of the excellence , prosperity , and joyous happiness , to the attainment of which the human race sooner or later is destined . All the great national changes now in progress over the world are evident signs that this change is fast approaching . Especially are the excitements existing at this period in the two most energetu ? and advanced nations upon the globe unmistakeable indications that the old errors
in principle and practice are to be speedily abandoned by the authorities of the world , that they may be superseded by the laws of nature and of God , preparatory to man being new moulded from his birth to become , for the first time , a peaceable , intelligent , and highlv culi * j . J 11 lit " * D » tivated rational being , But this glorious change for humanity can never be effected by class , sect , or party , by sections or districts , b y any favoured nations orjindividuals . The Almighty decree has gone forth from the commencement of time , " that
all of the human racesMl be happy ornone . " It is an all-merciful , wise , and benevolent decree , worthy of all reverence and admiration ; it is the everlasting charter of human progress and happiness , of more extended , substantial , and abiding future progress in one year , than under the errors in principle and practice of the present irrational system of the world , can be effected in a century , or indeed , to speak correctly , in any given period ; for error in principle , while continued , must'lead of necessity
to greater and deeper evils in practice . Hence , the present extending crimes , individual mental contests and increase of insanities over the world . No ! It is . only by a just and pure equality , gradually extending over the human race , under a refined parental democracy , that goodness , excellence , progress , and joyous happiness , can never be given and secured to humanity . All or none will ere long become the watchword of democracy first , and then the universal motto of men of every country and clime .
'lo attain this high elevation of equality , the children of the Federative township " must pass through the same general routine of education , domestic teaching , and employment ;" and then the government of each township and of the most extended federation of these townships , will become so simple and plain , that every young person will readily be trained to comprehend them , and at the required age have sufficient knowledge and experience ) to take full share in assisting to govern thenii
This part ef the subject involves so many important considerations , that it might be extended to a large volume ; but that which has now been stated , may be sufficient for the present purpose , merely adding , that the education , domestic teaching , and employment are described in outline and detail to a considerable extent in a lecture on the new classification of Society , and which will form part of this appendix . -, _ .,. , ' Robert Owen . [ This letter will be concluded in next Saturday ' s "Star . " ^
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The Exbcutivb . — The Executive Committee met at the rooms of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn , oh Friday evening , December 1 st . Present—Messrs Dixon , Stailwood , Kydd , Clark , and M'Grath . An apology was made for Mr Hamey , on the ground of domestic affliction . Mr T . Clark in the chair . On the motion of Messrs Kydd and M'Grath , it was resolved : — ' That Messrs Dixon and Clark do wait on T . Dnncombe , Esq ., M . F ., to request bis patronage and support to the Association . ' On the motion of Messrs Stailwood and Dixon , one thousand copies of the rules of the
Association were ordered to be printed . Mr Kydd then gave an account of his recent lecturing tour in Northamptonshire , which was received with much satisfaction—after which a discussion arose as to the sum that should be paid to the secretary when tfaVcHvpjg , v The several members having stated their experience 'rihiithe matter , Mr M'Grath moved , and Mr Dixou seconded t— that the sum allowed to the secretary when travelling should be three pounds per week . ' Mr Stailwood inovea , as an amendment : — ' That the sum be two pounds ten shillings . ' Mr Kydd seconded the amendment . Mr Dixon , with the consent of the Committee , withdrew his motion , and moved : —' That the ^ ecretary , when
travelling , do receive , over and above his usual wages , the sum of two shillings and sixpence per day , to defray incidental expenses . ' Mr M ' Grath seconded the motion . Mr Dixon ' B motion was ulti . rnately adopted by a majority of three to one . The motion on the commemoration of Thomas Paine ' s natal day was postponed for one week . Mr Clark submitted the proposition , of which he had given notice , viz .: ' That metropolitan public meetings be held weekly in support of the People ' s Charter . ' Mr Kydd moved a resolution in accordance therewith , which was seconded by Mr Dixon , and carried unanimously . A deputation , consisting of Messrs Kydd , M'Grath , and Clark , was then appointed to look out
for a suitable place for such meeting to be held , and report at the next meeting , in order that those meetings may commence on an early day . On the motion of Messrs Stailwood and Bison , it was unanimously resolved : — - 'That the secretary do issue , on behalf of the Committee , an address to the electors of the West Riding of Yotk , complimenting them on their rejection of the candidate who repudiated ' organic changes , ' and calling on them to press forward in the onward march of progress by placing in nomination a man who is ready and will .
ing to carry out the representative principles to their fullest extent . The secretary was ordered to communicate with Councillor Brook on the subject immediately . On the motion of Messrs Kydd and M'Grath , it was resolved : — 'That , in the event of Mr . Roebuck not being placed in nomination for the West Riding , a Chartist candidate shall be started . ' On the motion of Messrs M'Grath and Dixon , it was resolved : — 'That Samuel Kydd is a fit and proper person for that purpose . ' The Committee then ad journed ,
New Babfokb . —A meeting of the National Land and Chartist members was held on Sunday evening , Dec . 3 , at the Friendly Tavern , when a lecture was given by Messrs Sweet and Roberts , showing the necessity of the Land members paying up their shares in the Land Company , and also the necessity of re-organising the Chartist body in this locality . It was resolved—• That the Charter Association meet every Saturday evening at eight o ' clock , at the above house . ' A council and secretary was elected , and the following resolution ' carried unanimously : — ' That this meeting ,-while it recognises the right of every man to a free expression of opinion , cannot
allow the present opportunity to pass without entering their decided protest against the columns of the people's paper—the Northern Star—being used for the purpose of gratifying the Bpleen of individuals , who , whatever their professions may be to the contrary , show by their acts that they are not the friends of Democrat ; and , further , this meeting has the greatest confidence in the honour and integrity of F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and pledges itself never to relax in its exertions to assist him in causing the People ' s Charter to become the law of the ltmd . ' A vote of thanks was given to the lecturers for their able services . 1 1 1 ;
The Charter . —To the Inhabitants of LEICESTBK . —We , the Council of the National Charter Association , request your earnest attention to the following appeal . A iew months since we were the most powerful party in the state—our numbers were overwhelming , and onr finances abundant . We had only to announce the time of our meetings ' , and it was responded to by thousands . We met and discussed our grievances , and resolved never to desist until the People ' s Charter should become the law of the
land . But what a ' change has come over the spirit of our dream ! ' Have the things of which we then complained been in any measure altered ? Do we feel better able now to bear the yoke of political and social slavery than we did then ? or are we resolved , in the midst of misery and destitution to sit down calmly and quietly ? Our tradesmen on the verge of bankruptcy—our bastile filled with paupers—our gaols with criminals—and all this the result of a vicioub and unrighteons system of class legislation .
Fellow townsmen , does not our country present one of the most glaring anomalies in the world ? We are the most ingenious and industrious people upon the face of the earth , and yet , we assert , there is no country with similar advantages , oppressed like us . And why is this ? simply because we are beyond the pale of political power . It is true we have a thing called a House of Commons , and professingto represent the . common people . But do they do it ? We answer , no . In that house we find the ' Interests , ' as it is called , of Colonists , Church , Law , [ Land , Railway , Canal , Shipping , Banking , Commercial , and last , Free Trade ; but not a word about the Labour Interest . And marvellous as it
is , that though every other interest depends npon the labour interest , yet this is not eared for , —no , not legislated forj but robbed and plundered of its legitimate rights , that every other class in the state may fatten upon its misery , and riot on its destitution . We ask , shall these things be longer tolerated without an eawt uu uur par * io remedy tliem f Do you ask us what i 3 your duty ? We answer , be sober , reform yourselves , enrol yonr names in the National Charter Association—subscribe your pence—stand firm by your order—give no heed to mere politicians —help no party whose object is the destruction of onedasB and the elevation of anbther-in fine , give no heed to quack or political economists .
Do you ask a reason for enrolment ? We answer , United we stand , divided we fall . ' As for subscribing your pence . —this surely is known to all . Scores of our frienda are now suffering incarceration , and others will shortly be expatriated to a foreign land , whose wives and children—humanity—our sacred cause—demand all the pecuniary help we can give . Shall it be said that the families of the victims of a Whig spy system shall suffer , pine , and want , while we can lend a helping hand ? Doubtless , your response is , No t a thousand times , No !!'
What we mean by standing by your order , is , that you should not entrust or delegate your power to aay other than yourselves . You want no leaders Lead yourselves , and you are invincible . Let France be a beacon in this respect ; had she confided her destinies to Labour's sons , instead of the moneymongers , she would , ere this , have been a model for the world . ¦ Give no heed to mere politician ! . That is , pay no deference to any man whose object is to patch and parley with the cursed system . The whok question shovld be , Labour's wrongs and Labours remedies *
Help no party who seek the aggrandisement of one class to the destruction of another . Depend on it , friends , it must be ' one for all , and all for each . ' In fine , give no heed to quacks of any description ; for nothing short of a full and entire enfranchisement of the people , together with the ability to understand and carry out the great question of free . labour , will ever benefit this country . We call upon you , then , to rally round the old . standard of Chartism , and by all legal and peaceable means to s ' . rive fonts success . We are happy , to inform you that at a meeting of delegates from « u parts of England , ScotUnd , u 4
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'Wales , held in Birmingham , it wm unanimously I resolved to fall back upon the original plan of or . ) ganisation ; and the opinion of that meeting wa ¦ ' that a National Victim Fund should be formed t aid those who are now undergoing the penalty of ^ the law ; and in order to carry out this plan , an ^ Executive committee was appointed ! consisting of i jL forty persons , representing the large towns through- N ^ out the kingdom ; ^ A ( Signed , ) H . Gbmm , W . Bawaaw , Ota J . Johnsow , J . Pabkkb , H I : > W . H . Bubton , 0 . What , ., . A 11 W . Richmond , J . Likhby , J * I
G . GODFBBT . v J I The Council have appointed the following per- \ T sons to receive subscriptions to aid the National ISL ' Victim Fund , -Messn Green , Rutland street ; KV Burton , London Road : Richmond , HarcourJ Street ; % ^ Cully , Sanvygate ; Astill , Church Gate ; Wray , Black Friars Street ; and Parker , Wilton Street . \ W ^ _ At a Meeting of the Chartist members res'ding ^^ J ^ W the borough of Finabury , on Sunday eyepiag * V ** l \ December 3 rd , at Hudson ' s Academy , Cross Street , ^^ r \ Hatton Garden , the plan of new organisation ^\ was taken into consideration , when a long discussion kf \ took place on the word president , and it was moved ! ^ and seconded : — ' That the word chairman be adopted , ' which was carried by a majority of one . \ . All the other rules being passed , the meeting adjourned to next Sunday evenine , Dec . 10 th .
Elland . — This branch of the National Land , Company held a meeting on Sunday last , at the house of D . Marsden , when the following officers were elected for the next six months , viz . ~ Daniel ^ Marsden , secretary ; Joseph Firth , treasurer John ^ Beaumont , William Whitley , and Thomas Taylor , ft scrutineers ; after which the following resolutions m were passed unanimously -. — . ' That the Chartists ofi ' W EUand consider the base and unwarravitea" aWacU 8 t V ^ made from time to time upon the character of F * O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., entirely uncalled for and unmerited on the part of that gentleman ; and that whilst we repudiate such a manifestation of ill will on their part , we are of opinion that their object is to divide the Chartist body into sections , and ultimately break up the movement ; we therefore ex . press our entire confidence in the above gentleman , and hope for the future , he will not lose his time , nor occupy the columns of the Star with the foul aspersions of such parties . ' 'That this branch meet every alternate Sunday , from the 3 rd o £ December . ' 'That Daniel Marsden be delegate to Dewsbury , on the 11 th inst ., in order to meet P .. O'Connor , Esq . ' - Brighton , —A general meeting of tho Chartists of ' thbtewn was held at the' Artichoke Inn , ' on Tuesday evening , December 6 th . Mr Thomas flamj , occupied the ohair . Tho following address waa pro * ; posed by Mr John Page , and ably seconded by Mr W , . Flower : —
WAR 8 DS O ' COWNOB , Bsq ., M . P . HoNotmin and Rebpeoibd Liadbr , ¦ It occasioned considerable pain to ua when wa read the attack * made upon your onaiactet in tha National Assembly , and we were constrained to ask ,. When will the snarlera cease 1 ' However , one consolation rested on this great / act , that jeu would , as on all former occasions , vanquish the conspirators , whilst you would remain unscathed . We have watohedyonrcoDdact for several yeara , and pronounce your every act conaiatent , honest , useful , and patriotic , while that of your calumniators would not stand the slightest investigation . We , therefore , tendee yon onr most heartfelt thanks for yeur past iuvaiu * able services , and we exclaim , with one heart and ona voice— ' We are not tired of you m a Inader : ' but , on the oontrary , we are fully convinced , if tvec your valuable services were required , they are more e * . peeiallv so at the present time , in order to reorganise the Chartists of this country , and repair the bre&chefl made in onr movement by government spies and . false friends . Sir . youimotttfiv The Charter and ! no surrender . ' We , too , have adopted the sama motto . Therefore we are more than ever determined , not to yield one iota , not even the name , either to false friends or open enemies , be they Wfligt , or Tories , government itself , or all combined . No , sir , we will still say , « Come one , come all , thia rook shall flee from its firm base aa goon as we . ' We entreat , you to oontinue your unpaid energies , until yon ¦ ball have seen the accomplishment of your glorioni mission—the emancipation of the working clisaesl "( of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . Ones more , we tender you our cordial thanks , and prc-misa you our renewed oo operation in furthering tha cauae of Labour . ' We remain , yours , fraternally , 1 CDABiisia of Brighton . ' Signed on behalf of the meeting , 'ThommHarvh , ohairman . ' The address having been put irom the chair , was carried unanimously , amidst the plaudits ef those aasembled . After some othw routine buBiness . a vote of tluraks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved . We understand a concert will be given in January . to commemorate the seventy-eighth anniversary of Mr Flower ' s birthday .
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MR GEORGE WHITE . SO IHB 8 DIT 0 R OF THE NORTHBBN STAR , Sib , —I should not have requested a space in your paper this week , were it not for a note which I rewiyed th « morning from W . P . Roberta , Esq ., and which was enclosed witk a copy of the Liverpool iniiotraent . It isno exaggeration to call it a ' monster indiotment , as it contains nine columns of closely printed matter , and must therefore have found abundant employment for the Crown Ecribblers . It is comprised in nine counts , and in addition to ouf names , which are repeated over and over in welUpproved law jargon , it charges us with 'ialsely , maliciously , seditiously , and unlawfully con-» pinng , combining , confederating , and agreeing
togainer , by divers illegal and seditious means and practices , to excite and persuade , and to endeavour to excite and persuade five thousand of her Majesty ' s liego subjects unlawfully to resist and obstruct the laws and government of this realm , and their due execution , and to wit , in and within her Mnjeatj ' a dommionB to mate , excite / and stir up divers , to wit-five hundred insurrections , riots , routs , and tumultueus and illegal aiuemblieB ; and ta arm themselves to wit—with pikes , aworde , fire-arms , and other weapons of offence , for the purpose of mora e-ffiaotuaUy , to wit-by auoh violent and illegal means as aforesaid , , obstructing and resisting the laws and government of this realm , and their due execution / Ihe above is repeated in various shapes throughout the long dooument , and is dexterously interwovea with our names from the first count to the last . Now , Mr Editor , one would supnose that it is nnifa
enough for me to have to answer the above , and also another of a similar desoription at Warwick , without pemg subjeoted to the vile calumnies of some profess " » ng ChartiBts . I havo heard of various assertions and insinuationa against my character , emanating from tome paltry cowards who , I have reason to believe , reside in Manchester , but deoline to recoemse tiiem until I find good and undoubted proof . During the last week I was in the company ot Mr Geor &e Hamwa of Nottingham , whoinformed ma that when he was at Manchester , some of the parties to whom I allude , either asserted or insinuated that ! was a government spy ; and thia morning I reoeived a note from Mr Roberts , from whioh I extract tho following passage : — JI am very glad to see your handwriting , for there are unpleasant ruraoutB that you have turned against us . ' - . ftmO n 0 li th » I J nce of a oowardly conspiracy , ia some ^ qaMter , to damage my reputation \ rith th «
thi . k DM V X *\ g 90 d reasoa t" beltave that this base calumny has travelled throughout the country , from delegate meetings , Ac ; and I , there , fere , demnd . that thb reply behueried SUw . 35 orean through whioh I can obtain justioa . ™«?! H " & # . * hedan »« b ! e imputation of tha mo « S 4 £ 7 bltin ? ? M cale ffh 0 PnwP > ttd it ; and . S ^^* 1 ^^^^ 0 ^ «»> 8 foment , I culated te compromise him with the jfovernaent , rw * not awire of £ nytbia « connexion with the Chartist movement that ttm not open and fair , and might net be published to the world . But the i ! ri-ST f ^ H ' wake » » PPe « « aif I had been the depository of some secretThey thu It ? will
. are » HnSn ^ ~ . . * V . , ""»«»•• * ucy ma « ti m \ , W ? hl 0 h the * » 7 I am to do to others . My whole pohtioal career ought to be a sufficient answer to those evil-minded cowards . I have struggled hard to propagate and uphold Chart « m , even before the Charter waa drawn iup , whioh can be proved by Mr O'Connor aad tho editor of the Stab , and never neglected an opportunity of asserting my devotion to the cause of Damooracv no matter what might have been my occupation at the time . I have endured several impriaonmenta without flinching , and again resumed my place in the Chartist ranks on my liberation , and never de .
serted from my post , no mattw how dangerous , and I never mil . Let the httle intriguers dtf the lane , and then they will , perhaps , find better employment than calumny . Even were I in posaeasion ot intotmstion , I would suffer death in preference to beoom . ing a tool foe titaaU . Mr O'Connorhiti often aapealed to the people a « a jury , » nd I , therefore , & 9 notwe that I ihaU be on the platform , of the People ' s Imtitttte , Hoyrod Street , Manchester , on Sun * day evening aext , ' ftt which time and place I challenge the calumniators to meet me . I shall then Pr eH 88 lt a sterling anduncoapromisin ' g Chattfr , a Mr Editor , as bofoM . youM sincerely , Leeds , Deo . Qib , 1818 , . Gmrqb vt ma .
A Cba&Tist Candidate For Th£ West Siding.
A CBA&TIST CANDIDATE FOR TH £ WEST SIDING .
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Windsor CAsuB .-The state apartments in Windsor Castle are open gratuitousl y to the public on Mondays , Tuesdays , Thursdays , and Fridays . The Lord Chamberlain ' s tickets may be obtained in London , gratis , of Messrs Paul and Dominic Colnaghi . printsellers , No . 14 , Fall Mall East ; Mr Moon printseller , No . 20 , Threadneedle Street ; Mr Mirchel , bookseller , No . 33 , Old Bond Street ; Mesan Ackermann and Co ., printsellers , No . 96 , Strand ; Mr Wright , bookseller , No . 6 . 0 , Pall Mall ; of whom also guide books may be obtained for one penny each . The tickets are available ior one week from the day they are issued . They are not transferable , and it is contrary to her Majesty's command that payment for or in reference to them be made to any person whatever . The hours of admission to the state apartments are , from the 1 st of April to the 31 st of October , between eleven and four ; and from the 1 st of November to the 31 st of March , between eleven and three .
Croatia—This province , whioh , however , still beaw by courtesy the name of a kingdom , ia of considerable sue , numbering . between nine and ten thousand square miles , thinly peopled by about a msllion and a quarter of » als . it * western portion touones on the Adriatic , its northeastern borders on Hungary . The country is traversed by mountain chains ,-some porttoni of whioh are between four and five thousand feet above the level of the sea , bat the valleys are sheltered , and the plains are fertile . Ths mountains , too , though stern and barren , are full of all kinds ot fine marble and stone for . architecture .
AU the features of monntainous country ate here found ini picturesque abundance . The mountain chain ofthe Cafella is nearly % hundred miles Jong . Cataracts are seen everywhere . One river forms no less tban forty cascades . The mines produce copper , sulphur , lead , and salt , with silver in small portion * , bvengoidig found in some of the riven . Nd o ) imate in Europe varies more ; the districts bordering the Adriatic have almost the climate and the prcduots of the tropics . . The districts towards the north in winter might rival Siberia . But the Croatiana are poor , for they have but little commerce ; and commerce is the grand louroe of European wealth .
Tbb Georgian Women . —Tho women of Georgia are a credit to their state . Out of 1 , 091 convicts received into tha penitentiary since its organisation , only fifteen were females . , Pepper , the master of a Goole billy . boy , hai been committed for trial for the manslaughter ef Sarah Brown , an unfortunate girl of Boston , whose dretl he wantonly iet on fire while he wai drunk .
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LtBBRAKOM os J . R . Baxmr , EgQ .-Mr Baxter , tha proprietor of the Ddkdalk Patkiot , has been liberated from the county gaol ot Dundalk , where hi had been imprisoned , under the suspension of | b HftbMt Qcrptti Ait , for tbi but foot troths .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1500/page/1/
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