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; thO The silvery snow 1—the silvery mow !—lose a glory it fells en theiields below ; ; - And the trees with their diamond branch . es appear Joke the fairy growth of some magical sphere ; ^ While soft as music , and wild and white , It glitters and floats in the pale moonlight , . And spangles the river and fount as they flow ; Oh ! who nas not loved the brig ht * beautiful snow ! 2 he silTepy snow , and the crinkling frost—Mow merry We go when the earth seems Ipsfc ;^ , like spirits that rise from the dost of time ., To lire in a purer and . holier clime!—JL new creation without a stain— _ lovely as heaven ' s own pure domain ! . But , ah I like the many fair hopes of oar yeari , It glitters awhile—and then melts into tears !
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
The poet ' s poet ! Sh ___ sy , great ' s thy fame ; . And while the English language shall endure , . And men have lore for ought that ' s great and pure , .. ¦ . ;' . - Immortal glorjr Trill enwreath thy name . Priend of all kindness , wisdom , psace , and lore , - Sighing to see the nation ' s great and free , ^ Asp iring high for holy Liberty , Thou seem'd an envoy from the god » abore , Sent for the solace of mankind below . Thr nervous Terse can make the heart to glow "With that warm fervour only patriot ' s feel ; A flame divine , which no base tyrant ' s steel , _ Jor terror of his dungeons dark and cold , Can e ' er destroy . 'or in abeyance hold . - Mddleshro ' -on-Tees . Geobob Tweddeix .
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Tie Reasoner . Edited by Gr . J . HoiTOAKE . PartXLIV . London : J . Watson . It was recently announced that the present Part -would terminate the existence of the Seasoner ; ve are glad , however , to find that such is not the case . Often dissenting from Mr . Holyoake , we not the less respect him for iiis fair and fearless advocacy of Freedom of ! Ehought and Expression . We are glad to -observe that the Seasoner will be continued , and will be henceforth published at a lower price . Prom the contents of the present part \ re select
A WORD IS BEFB 5 CE OF CUFEAY . Some fourteen months ago a band of poor men were brought to the bar of the Old Bailey , charged trith feloniously uttering seditious language , among the rest one John Cuffay . To this man I desire to Awaken your serious attention . He was tried , found guilty , and sentenced to the all but severest sentence the law allows . I shall not here discuss iiis trial . I am aware it would be necessary to do ao at great lengths , or otherwise to lay myself open 'to the charge of garbling portions for particular 'ends . I -wifl allow that ne uttered the language imputed to him . I will be content to credit the evidence of the spy-witnesses . To disnnte evidence
^ brought forward at the trial , or to find fault with 'the manner in which the trial was conducted , is not ~ my object in addressing you . Be it as the jury declared : the man Cuffay was guilty of an enfrin"e--xnent of the law . Thus far , then , the matter ^ dear . It is of the feelings manifested on that occasion by you with which I am dissatisfied—dis satisfied on the broad principle , that those feelings werennsuiied to the spirit of enlightenment which is the pride and the boast of Englishmen—dissatis fied , for that they were not founded on truth and justice , as I am prepared to show . CuftaywagaYery poor man , who had seen no to * of misfortune himself , while at the same , time , *^ nm a certain position he had ocenmed . connected
with those of his own class , he had been a constant eye-witness of the terrible privations to which they are almost permanently subjected . For many years fie had rendered himself eminently useful , endea-* ° OMng ; with the most steadfast devotion , to alle-Tr 5 » ° y all means within his power , necessities ' **™*> unheeded , would have "known no law . " ~ 2 ° : "erefore , whatever might have been your WOns , whatever might have been your feelings « the ofiencefor which he wasconvicted , itbehoves ««™ i consi « lerate , humane , and , above all , BOTupulous of saying or doing aught repugnant to good taste and discreditable & y « r owSpecta-SKiZ ! - ^ « w jealous and bo fearful of mL ^ S ^ " oSe | y » " * »" impoTerished men , utterly recourselesg , could arouse you to the
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Reynolds's Political Instructor . Edited by Gr . W . M . Ebtwolds . Part II . London : J . Dicks , 7 » Wellington-street North , Strand . Thoroughly democratic , and displaying great talent and energy , the articles of the editor and Ms assistants ,, contained in this Fart , ably maintain the reputation won for the Instructor by its very first number . From one of Mr , Keynolds ' s own contributions , we give the following extract : — POLITICAL VICTIMS .
The mere fact-of the existence of political victims in any country , is a proof of bad government , vitiated institutions ) and tyrannical rulers . For it is only because there is something to amend or something to eradicate , that political agitators spring tip ;—and when the Government becomes frightened , it pounces upon half-a-dozen of those plain-speakers and thrusts them into gaol . The laws of treason and sedition have all been framed for the purpose of surrounding vicious and oppressive institutions with as many defences as possible : they are the necessary and invariable meaDS by which tyranny , monopoly , and injustice protect themselves .
If physical force be an alternative not to receive our countenance save under exceptional circumstances , the strength of moral suasion and oral or written argument may fairly , properly ^ and righteously be brought to bear upon our institutions . Every man , as a member of the community , has rights to defend and interests to proclaim ; and it is an atrocious tryanny to deprive him of the power of expressing his wants and opinions by means of a representative in Parliament , —a foul wrong also to attempt to gag him when he speaks
out for himself on account of not being suffered to have such a representative , —but a more diabolical outrage still , to tear that man away from his family and plunge him into gaol because he will not allow himself to be so gagged when proclaiming his wrongs and demanding redress . Granting that his language is violent and that he even fulminates menaces , —granting , too , that his conduct as well as bis speech is calculated to excite the inflammable mind and terrify the weak one , —still , before this man is punished , the question should be asked—Whether he had any provocation ?
"What is it , then , that makes political victims ? A vitiated condition of society . And what makes a vitiated condition of society ? Unjust , oppressive , and partial institutions . And what makes these inappropriate and pernicious institutions ? Bad government . Ah ! now then , we are tracing things back to their real sources and giving them their proper names : and therefore we will at once leap to a climax by asking once more— What makes political victims ! And the response is—Bad government , . Then this bad government makes its own victims and punishes them : its influence turns men . into certain channels where pit-falls are already digged to receive them . A most merciful—humane—and paternal government is this ! 'Tis the case of a
man setting up for a school-master , but refusing to teach his pupils anything , and then scourging murderously because they are ignorant . 'Tiathe case of a parent who sternly refuses his children all the rights and kindnesses-to ! which they are entitled , but nevertheless exacts from them a blind obedience , and cruelly maltreats them when they do not pay it cheerfully . 'Tis the case of an employer who agrees to supply his apprentice with food only in proportion to the amount ef work done—but who will not give that apprentice the slightest work to do , and then treats nim brutally because he complains that he is starved , kept in ignorance of Ms trade , and reduced to the condition of a beggarly outcast . , For if in all the iascs which I have just named , there is a special compact
made or understood , —as between the schoolmaster and his pupil , the father and his child , the employer and his apprentice , —so likewise i 3 there a compact , either made or understood , between the governing and the governed , —a compact which , binds the former to administer the laws with impartiality and distribute the fruits of the national industry with fairness—to avoid all favouritism and treat one member of the community as well as another , —so that in return the governed may have reason to ex ^ press their gratitude , their confidence , and their approval in respectto the governing . ' . ; Andspeaking of Victims , who that reads this article will not be reminded of the awful fate of Joseph ¦ Williams and Alexander Sharp ? Sentenced by the judge to two years imprisonment , they were doomed > y our gaol discipline to death I The tribunal dared
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The Operatives ' Free Press . Conducted by Working Men . New Series . No . - 1 . Cambridge : J . ' Nicholls , Pitzroy-streot ; London : Watson . Another " newaeries , " bearing on the face thereof marks of considerable improvement , at least as regards the " outward man . " . The articles also exhibit an advance on those of preceding numbers . Ably-written essays oh " Priestcraft , " " The Labour Question , " "Church and State , " &c , makeup a capital pennyworth . We give the following extract :
IGNORANCE Is the greatest curse that can rest on a people ; for it is the primary cause of all , or most of , the ills that , beset the human family . It is the spot on which temporal and spiritual despots , in all ages , have rested the lever with . which they lifted the world from its centre It is , and ever was , the draffchain on the car of Progress , impeding its advance ; and till it be removed , what guarantee have Reformers that their zeal and energy , in the cause of freedom , will avail ? None . " Knowledge is power" in this as in all past ages ; and when
knowledge is possessed by the tew only , the many must look to it , or oppression will - . follo w- ; - -, Perfect equality is the law of our being , but the law of society says " not so . The strong ones of the earth shall possess it , and their weaker brethren shall be to them as servants . Kings , who have established their thrones , in blood and violence , may call on Heaven to witness that they rule , by right divine ; and people , who are so blasphemous ana infidel as to question their right to the ruling power , must be put down . '" And thus it must be till theend of time , if the light of intelligence does not shine into the understandings - and the hearts ! of the
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SUNSHINE AND SR'AD&W ; A TALE OP THE NINETEEN T . CENTURY . BI IHOMAS MABX tV WHKMBty - late Seoretary to the Nation . il Charter Association and National Land Company .
jCiupibr XXXVI 1 .- By Mary ' s side , her hand in his ; Her . Husband kneelotb ) - . . s And . from that hand his heartfelt k'iss * Stilj tohei ' ripecheek ' . a'ealeth :: ; ' . ... ,-But Sorrow pales its wonted hue—She feels not now 4 he thrill , The Glow—that roused and yet subdue ? . Her heart lies mute arid chill . And he—ev ' n he—the while he sought Her grief to comfort or to : chide , ¦ ¦¦ '" ¦ Ev ' n he felt one o ' er powering thought Of anguish ; stifle all beside . - ; : ; V- Be soothed '' , he said , -V we part , but yet one Hope our severed souls will cheer ,
Ana au me past we most , regret , ; Shall chase away the ' futu ' re'Tear . ' " Oh ! while in distant lands I toil ,. -... -.. ..- ¦ An Exile breathing Freedom's sigh , ¦ Thy thoughts , like dew , shallbless the soft , Thy lovo ,. like . stars , smilefrom the sky , ; - And never love , beKeve me , never Did thoseiwh ' o through ' all ohanges bore - The heart unchanging—fate so sever But that they met—we'Hmeefc—once more ! "I do not say , 'Be true to me , '; . . ' " I know that deep ' and tendei ' heart ! "Ionly tellth ' ee—VLiyetbseei . ; .-,,.- ¦ : ! , " How lov'd—how truly lov'd—thouart !' " Oh J what are years to those whose thought Can bear them . o ' er thGgulpH ' of space ; By griefitsolf niysbul hath Iboiight J . '' The right to fly to this embrace !
Methinks , if when , once more we meet * The form be bowed , the . locks be thin ; 'Tis but thy welcome eyes to greet , To light Youth ' s camp once more within ! Age . is not made for us ! . No ! alls :, Tno Past defies its withering breath ! The snows of Time on Love may fall , And only warm tjije soil ; beneath . ¦ Well weep—weep on ! : for hearts like ours , Me thinks , 'tis sometimes wise to weep ! For if our love had flowed o ' er flowers , ; It ne ' er bad been a stream so deep ! If Joy the Fancy most beguiles , , Tis . •¦; Qrief that tothe hearts endures t Oh ! slight the love , which springs from smiles , To" that which has been nurBt in tears . ' !" He ceased—for ¦ inauy feelings pushed Upon him , and . all language hushed ; , , . .. ZyttphBulwer .
Return wo to the fctome of Arthur Morton ; the language even of the poet fails , to describe the parting scenO r -when forced by impei-ious necessity he bade along , yet hurried adieu , to the wife of his bosom ; he had loved her with a love which was the only outlet for the hoarded and passionate musings of his romantic life ; upon her he had lavished all the tenderness of a heart , overflowing with love towards all mankind ; but which mankind rejecting with scorn , the torrent flowed with the greater force towards the only being who appreciated ic ; and now she is left in sorrow and loneliness , to brood over his fato and mourn his absence , all the ties of meigory , all the consecrations of regret , ' wind themselves round her heart , and issue forth after
the companionless Exile . Her only , consolation is her child—her Husband ' s child , the little Fanny how turned four years' old , inheriting all her Mother's beauty ; and her Father ' s talents , she is , indeed , a treasure to her Mother ' s widowed heart ; and while gazing on her speaking countenance , and listening to the prattle of her soft melodious voice , shewipes away the tear of misery from her eye , and owns she is not all desolate . Child as she is , she is loved , yea almost worshipped , by her Mother ; for the tones of her voice vibrate on her heart , and remind her of him who is absent ; they have the samejow deep tone , and yet sound so cheerfully on her oar that hope unconsciously mingles with the image , and she rejoices in the hope of yet
presenting the child to the Father . And the little Fanny , with an intellect far beyond her years , will sit for hours by her Mother ' s side , listening to the recital of her hopes and fears for . her Father ' s welfare . She is thoughtful and serious beyond her years , yet at times the joyousness of childhood will burst forth ; and the youth ; of the mother beams forth from the laughter of the Child ; and months have glided on ; yea , Season has followed Season—two Autumns have fallen with their sear leaves upon Mary's heart , yet she despairs not , her Husband is still a , Wanderer , but she hears of his welfare , though at distant intervals ; and the knowledge that he is free , cheers her in her loneliness . Respected by a numerous circle of Democratic
acquaintance , their kindness in procuring her employment , protects her from actual wants , and she haa been too much inured' to the common hardships of the poor to repine needlessly at her lot ; the enthusiastic visions of her youth are not all fled ; she still rejoices in the name of a Chartist , and reflects with pride upon the devdtediiess of her husband's attachment to a cause which is hallowed in her memory , by the sufferings of its martyrs . From her lips we have gained much information relative to the earlier career of her husband , and have listened with no common feelings to her lifelike description of the dark hours of their period of adversity , and have left her humble abode with higher notions of woman's fortitude , and woman's
devotion , than we had hitherto imbibed . Oh , how much of the glory of humanity is hid from the observation of the world ; scenes are every day being enacted which j ; were they recorded , would reflect credit upon our common nature ; victories are every day being achieved over evil—triumphs over temptation—which have no pen to record the results , no sympathies aroused to cheer or support the victors ; and though their space is but the small arena ot a human heart , yet all in nature that is great or good beats in unison with them , and the vast future depends on their results . Compared to these victories those of the warrior-conqueror are indeed worthless ; his privations are cheered by the hope of fame , his sacrifices are accompanied by national
gratitude ; his triumphs bring to him wealth and power , but the triumphs in the battle of life , though chronicled too often "by inoreased misery and wretchedness to the victors , are more glorious for humanity , are productive of more real good to the community , than all the hollow victories which have ever desolated the world's wide plains . If we survey mankind—if we look with a calm and a stoical eyo upon the scenes and actors by which we are surrounded—wo see everywhere what would appear to be the great law of nature , all preying upon each other . We find ft so in nature , in commerce , in religion , andin politics—all prosper is proportion to the downfall they occasion others . The spider lives by entrapping the fly . the
manufacturer thrives by impoverishing the artisan , the Protestant flourishes upon the deoay of ; the Catholic , and . politics have hitherto been only an engine by which the few have bebn enabled , to enrich themselves at the expense of the many . Whien you meet with a solitary exception'to''tnis great rule , you meet with a man whom- the rest agree to trample under their feet , as an alien to the creed , professed by themselves . No talent , no morality , no virtue can enable him to evade this fate , thoy . the rather hasten him towards it . Is it not enongh to make man doubt the existence of virtue / and drive him , even - for self-preservation , into the common vortex ? Arthur Morton and . his wife , from their youth , upwards , had devoted their
best , their freshest feelings , to the dream of serving their country—to this great end all minor attractions , had been made subservient in pleasure and in popularity ; in the intoxication of , love , and in . the depths of despair , this oneobjeot had never been forgotten ; in the lowest abyss of squalid misery into which they had been dragged , this hope had never deserted them , for their prayers for other ' s welfare had ever mingled with those for their own , in sickness and in want ; its practice had ever been continued , for they had shared their last cup ,: and broken their last crust , with : those who , perhaps ; needed it ! far less than . themselves ; and if , in the dark hour of temptation , when nature itself played them false , when atemporary madness
usurped the place of reason , if in'this perilous hour Arthur . proved false to . the ereedoi his life , and sank , however , gently into the great gulph of vice , by which he was surrounded—let . us not dwell too harshly on the fault j if fault it be , for a desperation too powerful for humanity to cope with , impelled him onward , and . years of remorse have wiped away the crime . Surely , . there must be something in virtue more , potent than our moralists have yet discovered—something in patriotism more powerfwl than hath yet been developed , or its votaries could never stand firm in their faith , whilst all around them , and even their own feeble frames , are reeling and rocking in the shock of that earthquake which threatens to swallow up all that is pure , generous arid noble in humanity . . If it is a phantom of which they are in pursuit , it is a glorious deception , outvieing in power the noblest conceptions of reality ;
There is a majesty in extreme rinserv , when the mind foils not with the fortune , which cannot bo looked upon without emotion ; and it was a glorious sight'to see that youthful couple battling with misfortune , and proving victorious , even in defeat , for while the heart bled at the sight , it could not withhold its admiration ; want never debased them t poverty never . rendered Ijhem selfish ; though existence was stript of its evevy charm , they still clung to their faith m the goodness of humanity ; though all the poetry of life , had vanished , yet * their affection to each other was as puro and undimned as in the hour of its creation—the depths of misery had but . served to render still : more strong : the ties which hound them to eaoh other . Looking in vain for support from the world , they flun g ^ . themselves mbro" devotedly into" the arms' of eacn- other , and ( when the storm beat loudest , they drew close together , until their hearts tooam » one , Then come
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the shock which rent them asunder , and it needs no dohneation to picture its force ; but the same hope and the ' same devotion , which had hitherto supported them , failed them not even in this dread trial ; and they havo yet confidence that they shall again meet in happiness , and share in that national jubilee , which shall commemorrte the downfall of oppression , and the annihilation of those social conTentionalities which have bowed thejust'to the unjusty ' ahdthc ^ irfcuous to theadepts in vice—which have caused man to doubt the ¦ supremacy of goodness , and shaken his faith in the glorious doctrine of progressiMi , forgetting the great fact that though virtue cannot shield us from the iils-of fale , that its power can , support as nnder them , and softenltneir roughestaspersitiesF , ; : . ; . ^ : ;; y ^ - i l
Gentle raadeiy our tale is ended . For rifm long months we lave ; held ! weekly communSlgs- with you , arid haVe e ^ eavoured ^ though fee ^ y-- 'to . 'depict one of yourseftres- striiggdari ^ against . ( he : powey of adverse circur aBi / ances- ; . his fate is still enveloped' in 1 darkness ,, what the mi g hty womb of timffmay biting forth we know 8 of .- , The-spirit of despoSismis » tpl ) in the ascendant ,. and ! . w « stiii bow beneatSritsr influence ; but all hope-is-iiot lost ; , the earth stSiaiibours ' inthppangs oftravaitjandiwiil : ere longg ^ rebipth ^ toa new and bettesfera ; : the- s-pirit of freedom ^ i » again taking wing . Men' waJk wistfully abroad ; . and hold their '" , breat | K in the- deep pondering * " of 8 U 8 peH 8 e . .. These are- not the-Jvours to waste- in Idle dalliance ; we most be up- aad doing , or when the time comes / we shall again- be found unare ^ pared . In quiring our simple'taile , we 8 eemliKe parting with friends , an * T ? fth these reflections detov the . minute of . final separations Ws have endear
ypured to prove that Chartism . i » not allied with base and vicious feelings . Aut that it fe- the bngprins of high and generous inspirations—tha / i it looks not to self but to mankind ; that whilst weoking for the Present , it holds the future in its-graspV that it is founded upon justice and tru&tgjJature , and , therefore , must , ultimately prevail . Wehiiijfefr havo made our tale more interesting to many , b-yarawing more largely from the regions of romance , hut © ur object was to combine a History of : Chartism , with the details of our story . We might have made it more piquant , by delineating the portraits of the active minds in the movement , but for this the time has not yet arrived ; written under unfavourable circumstances , its failings must be forgiven ; it hath wiled away many an hour thai might have been occupied with . unpleasant : retrospections , and if it hath . amused or instructed' any , itsipurposo i 3 fulfilled , its obj . eetaccomplished .
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DRURY-LANE . The performance of the Hood to Ruin at this theatre , on Monday evening , showed considerable capabilities on the part of Mr . Anderson ' s company for the representation of light comedy ; How far they are qualified to encounter works of a higher class , yet remains to be seen . It would be superfluous at this time of . day to criticise Holcroft ' s wellknown and once celebrated piece . In spite of the exaggeration of its characters , the improbability of its pjot , and the false tone of its morality , it is a play which rarely fails to tell on the siage . Its rapid succession of incidents , effective situations , and dialogue which ' , spite of its sentimentalisms , has many strokes of genuine comedy , keep alive the attention
from tne first scene to the last , and we feel an interest for the roue Harry Dornton , against our better judgment .: It is easily acted , besides ; requiring little ^ more than yivacity ~" and a moderate share of intelligence . The character of the Widow , Warrenby far the best dramatic creation In the play—was admirably acted by Mrs . Winstanley , a lady who , in this line of comedy , promises to be a very great acquisition to the theatre . Her figure , large and full , must-have been uncommonly handsome ; and the absurd costume and manners of the character were not able to conceal the ease and grace of the actress . The scenes of flirtation between the Widow and Goldfinch ( capitally acted by Mr . F . Vining ) , were the best things in the performance . Mr . Anderson's
Harry Dornton was very good : bat the part ( one of the merest common-places of the stage ) , gives little room for dramatic talent . Mr . Basil Baker , as Old Dornton , exaggerated the imbecility of a feeble character—he was . too whining and lachrymose . Sulky was acted with proper gruffness by Mr . Davidge : and we have scarcely seen a better Silky than Mr . Emery . : Sophia , a character perfectly absurd in reality , but pleasant enough on the stage , was agreeably performed by Miss Baker , a young lady , seemingly from whom much may be expected ; and Miss Lonsdale enacted tbe intriguing sovbrette to admiration . Altogether the performance deserved the very great applause it received , not only during the play , but at the fall of the curtain . The house was well filled .
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FEMALE EMIGRANT SHIPS . TO TUB EDITOR OF THE HUES . , Sir , —Perceiving from your paper that a large sum has been lately raised in aid of female emigration , applicable in the first instance to the removal to Australia of the distressed needlewomen of London , I take it for granted that any information tending * to throw light on their future destiny will be valued by those , on whom the moral and general superintendence of this emigration will devolve . I hope , therefore , that you will giro publicity to the enclosed extract from a letter recently received from Mr . Brookes King , a graduate of Cambridge , who was appointed in February last , on the recommendation of the Colonisation Society , to the office of religious teacher on board the James Gibb emigrant snip , bound for New South Wales : — ] Off Sydiaey , June 11 , 1819 .
There were shocking scenes on board ; continued attempts at mutiny , only put down by the ' strong arm , and threats of the pistol ; while the coarse indecency of the women was most reTolting . My . idea of an emigrant ship , from what I have seen ' and heard since our arrival , ( our own is a favourable ^ instance , from the strict discipline maintained , ) is that it is the hotbed of vice and brutality . The lowest prostitutes from the streets of London ,-with others of doubtful character , are found mixed with a few poor innocent girls , who find themselves pent up with such characters aa these ; the men , poor broken-down mechanics , ' or Chartists who have been once in York Castle ;
while young men and women just married are going out on a pure speculation , unable to do anything in particular , though they have passed themselves off for agriculturisti . We are the latest of the arrivals .: In some ships the scenes that have taken place are not to be told for depravity ! The crew of the—— have been , i mprisoned on arrival here , it being found . that they had paired off with the single women , each taking his mate for the voyage , and the captain and officers the same . I know from my own eyesight that such was very : nearly . the case hi the— . Gambling goes on to a great extent even with us , but we have at least kept up the appearance of good conduct on boards .
The trustworthy testimony of this gentleman so entirely corroborates the reports which I have repeatedly . receivedfrom other quarters as to leave no doubt on my mind that female emigration , as at present conducted , is a very hazardous experiment . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , London . A . 11 .
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EMIGRATION . TO THE EnilOR OF THE NORTHERN , STAR . Sin , —As there are bo many inducements held out to the working men of England to emigrate to our Colonies , I have thought it my duty to respectfully requeBt you to insert , in an early copy of your paper , some extracts from a letter which I received on Monday , December 31 st , from Mr . Hawksley , a native of Nottingham , but for several years past a resident of Sydney , New South Wales , and the proprietor of Tht People ' s Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator . His letter is dated July 23 rd , 1849 , and the extracts to which I have referred are as follows : —
The way in which the poor people in England are deluded by false representations about this country is most shameful . When they come here there is nothing : for them to turn their hands to , 'and I can assure you at the present time there are hundreds of men walking about here totally unable to obtain employment . That . thisis anno country , — that provisions are che ^ p , —and that we have plenty of land is quite true : but what signifies these things if men canaot obtain work , or if the country is compelled to gvoan under the base government of Downing-street I wish you would make these things known , as the people ar « under the greatest delusion with respect to things here . . , J Suchi any is the statement made by my ; friend , and I have no doubt as to its truth . I am , quite favourable to emigration , providing the right persona were sent : and if it fell to my lot to make * the
selection , it would be made after the following form , viz .: —all the Parsons , because they are not only useless ,. but very mischievous . All the Lawyers , because their trade is to mystify that which ought to be clear and indisputable . Threefourths of the Doctors might accompany them , as a very few only would bo required when the people were taught to live in accordance with natural laws . And as for the Aristocracy , with very few exceptions , their services could bo easily dispensed with . But for Working Men to leave tho land of their birth , and tear asunder all early associations , is what I cannot agree with , until some neoessity is shown for such : a procedure ; but while . wo have thousands of acres of land lying waste that cannot be . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , - James Sweet .
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A Protectionist Meeting-was held on . Monday at Thorpe-le-Soken , Essex , Sir John Tyrrell , Barfc ., M . P . was present , but Major Beresford , M . P ., was unable to attend , on account of serious indisposition . Mr . Thomas Nunn , of Manningtree , was called to the chair , and strong anti-free-trade reso » lutions were adopted . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ A Spesdt and Effectual Cube of a Severely Bruised Ankle bi Hollowjw ' s Ointment . —Extract of » letter from Mr . H . WatWnson , of the Spaldihg ' Free lPres » , ' dated Feb . 19 th , 1848 , to Professor Holloway ;—Sir , a youth in our employment , knocked his ankle tW the most dangerous symptoms were brought on thereby , rendering him totally unakle to walk or attend to his duties . Many preparation * were applied , but all to no effect ; at lait he had recourse to your invaluable Ointment , when by the use or a single pot , his ankle was perfectly cured / and the hoy became as attive in walking and working as he was before Uw disaster , ° ( Sijn § a ) II , Wathnsos .
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Thu Chemist , ' M > October , in an article on the Metropolitan Hospitals , says : — « That in a pieoeof ground in the rear of the London Hospital is dug a large hole , and when as many bodies hayo bpen dissected as will fill coffins enough to lay within two or three feet of the surface , a clergyman comes at about nine o ' clock in the morning—somewhat ashamed , doubtless , to meet the numbers which at a larger hour might-congVegate-and performs * ne peremony ; but whether he is committing ' doar brothers or sisters , ' or a " duo- admixture of both , ^ to the ground / we leave to those who have the job of making uptnew packing oases , of humaa flesh .
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DANOEROliS POWBR OV EStttlSH JuDOBS . —As tO judicial corruption , all great placemen being not only $ ch man a judge in his own cause , but knit by community of sinister interest , in a league with the mnjority of the others , impunity , universal impmdty has been the constant and notorious result ; Among ^ . m ® mh . ersof ; thjs ( JeaguoyaTethe highestjud gees . » O ; illU 8 ion , therefore , was ever more complete , than tD » fi which ; trumpets forth = the purity of English judses-v No set of , ^^ men i » there / whose ; interest , as f » as depends upon law , has been rendered ^ mor « hostifetothen-duty . Iropwoitry coupled tfith au « penor ji > ofit , are the principal features by which they are- distinguished from the most cbrrupfi that can be fownedany where else . ; , TbeVohly obstacle mat aiamjiisn fn
preven ^* judge m y being : as corrupti asa 3 paniBh , a Russian , or at Tarkishjudge , is the liberty of the press rand as far . jjjewd taw calledrawmoR ^ , is any tbmg ; there . is no ; libertyof the-presfsbot what is oontsary to law . and without ViolsKion of Jaw may . be csus ^ ed ' ai any jfcime . —JeremyrSentHam . '"' ¦ ' ' ' . ; ::, ' s € The MATORafan'EQglish city put forth an iitlver * tnsenwnt previous-. to tharraces , " thadno'gentleman iwilli be allowed . Io / tWj . ch the comso ,. except tU Jioms that are to'iiuh ! '"' , . . . v ; ^ BStrTuMKDAE 8 :--Nbtwithstandinr all the pre « ' cautions of the police ; . "'Kossuth medajs *"' ' / have ; bee » introducsdintO'Hungary . Theyare-oonsidercd ibythe-Magyar patriots as-o # inestimable valiio . On
ionosida'rsalikenes ^ ofEbssuth , with tbis ^ inscrip * jtionli- ^ LoiisKossatbj . bora 27 th April , 180 S "~ - ion thoreveree are seentherepubli « Sin arms of Hungary .. Tiler modal isfellled w » in apaper cofltaiBidff a ahortrbHjgraphy of tbeoelebsated dictator .- " Nbw- Ybak ' s PuDpiN » i— . © over tlie bottom 1 of a baking : dish'with thin slioe ^ of ' stale bread buttered , wifchtfte cruet cut off : strow it over thickly , with minoe meat ,, tihen put anotller- layer of bread ) sad butter ,, coverthb again -witfe mince meat , and- so on fall youMiBh is ; ' fiHed ? V <* ar , » good thicteun * koiled . oustatdi © ver all , and bake it for an hour » . or m 6 re ,. accopdinffito si « e . Ei » p—viiiT&-A certain fcshionable , but ve * y penurious physician , at BristolLbeinfr roused from
nis slumber one celd and storray night , went , afte ? some hesaation to the window ivnd asked , " "Who's there ? " "A feknd , "; was the answer . « Wha « do you want * " "Want to st » y hero all niaht . ^ " Stay there , then I" was the benevolent doctor ' * reply .- / . " - . .. ; ... -. . - .,. . . . » CATHB&RAts AS& Bishops . —Ifc is useless | nay mischievous , to- disguise what all tae world knowsthat cathedrals , with- their richly-endowed canonries , are mainly subservient not to the godliness of the dioceses , but totheworldlinessof tho diocesans - that in them bishops rais od to tho bench "' thrbuzhfamily connexion or political interest , find" the means of providing for their famiJIes and hangoieonr-of securi nif to them : the continued- enjoyment of that luxurious and wordly style of livink to
which they have become mured under the roof of the episcopal palace . —John Bull { Church paper . ) Irish Pens .-Ah Irish / ustico , in 1661 , having occasion to write the word " usage , " contrived to spell it without using a single letter of the original word ; his improved orthography was " yowzitch . T When some remarks were made on similar feats , he said that " nobody could spell who pens made from Irish geese . " . Two old gentlemen were complimenting each other on their habits of temperance . "Didyou ever see me with more than I could carry 1 " "No , indeed , " was the reply , "but I ' ve seen you when I thought you had better have gone twice after it . " State op Dublin . —Day after day property is depreciating in Dublin . Houses that formerly were considered cheap at ten years' Bnrchase . are now
willingly leased without a premium to any tenant that can be found to pay the ground rent and taxes . Other houses that used to let at £ 80 and £ 100 % yoar . 'with fines of £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 , are now let for the rent . A few days since a house , which cosfc £ 2 , 000 , in a fashionable locality , wa 3 sold for £ 1 , 600 . A barrister , a few years ago , purchased several houses in the neighbourhood of SummerhilJj with tho idea that they would produce a hand * some income . He sank all his ready cash in the purchase . What was the consequence ? - Tho houses , in a short time , became so valueless that they did not pay the taxes ; he lost his purchase money , and was compelled to take the benefit of ^ he Inso l vent Acfc . The stately mansions in Mountjoy-square ,. Merrion-square , and Gardiner-street , have met almost the same fate . Dublin is , in fact , likely to become one big mendicity house .
Scottish Pronounciation . —It is painful to hear how , in Scotch churches , the clergymen , almost without exception , spoil the beauty of the Scriptures by contracting all words ending in " ed "suoh as " blessed / ' "loved , ' ^ " drowned , " < fec . Let any one read the Song of Moses in the Book of Exodus , and he will see how / beautiful it is whenpronounced full . English clergymen never ; contract such words in reading Scriptures . —Scotch Reformers' Gazette . Absurd Reverence of Rank Passixo AwAT . —It is true that in countries where . the . mass of . thepeople are ignorant and servile , tho existence : of ahigher and worshipped rank tends to keep them from outrage . It infuses a sentiment of awe , whioh
prevents , more or less , the neod of force and punishment ; But it is worthy of remark , that the means of keeping order iii one atate of society , may become the chief excitement of discontent and disorder in another , and this is peculiarly true of afistooracy and high rank . In rude ages , thi 3 beeps the people down ; but when the people , by degrees , have risen to some consciousness of their rights and essential equality with the rest of the race , the awe of rank naturally subsides , and passes into , suspicion , jealousy , and senseof injury , and a disposition to resist . The very institution whioh once restrained , now provokes . Through this process the world is now passing . The strange illusion that a man , because he wears a garter or a ribbon ; or was born . to a title , belongs to another race , is fading away : and-society must pass through a scries of
revolutions , silent or bloody , until a niora natural order take * place of distinctions which grew originally out of force . . Thus aristocracy , instead of giving order to society , now convulses its . So impossible 13 it for arbitrary human ordinations permanently to degrade human nature , or subvert the principles of justice and freedom . —Chdiming ' s lectures on the' Elevation of the Labouring portion of the community . ' ¦¦ - . ,, . , T . he Marylisboke baths . and vrashhauses on the site of the Yorkshire Stingo tea-gardens , contain 107 separate baths , besides shower and' vapour , and two capacious swimming-baths . The washing department has eighty-four pairs of tabs , with * separate drying-closet for each , and a . largo ironingroom . .. .- - '
The Quaker and thh OFfficBBj . —Mr . Gurney ( Mrs . Fry ' s father ) was a strict preserver of hi * game . Upon , one occasion , when : walking in his park ; he heard a shot fired in . a neighbouringwood ; he hurried to the spot ,, and his naturally placid temper was considerably r-uffled on seeing a young officer , with a pheasant at hi 3 feet , delibep * ately reloading his gun . : At th ^ young man , however , replied to his rather warm expressions by . a polite apology , Mr . Gurney's waamth was somewhat allayed ; but he could not ^ offain from asking the intruder what he would do ifr ha- caught a man tsespassing on his premises , "ifwould ask hira / to luncheqn , " " waa thiereplyi . The serenity of this impudence . was not to bo- resisted . —Memoirsog Sir T . F . lBuxton . : . ' ; -
ASunderlajid captain ,, who was lately in Hxissin , received there a ^ copy of the- Swiderland Heraliby buc all the articles relating to Hungary , Austins , . or Russia , were cut out by tho authorities , awi the amount of postage was 3 s . 6 dj . ? MormoniteMiraci . es . —If some ingenious , medicine vendor would prepare a . dose under bhanarae of " Oil of Mormon , "' and procure the writer , of the following letter to concoot the necessary •* testimonials , " his fortune would he made .. The- letter , which was written in Leicestershire , and ' . boars date November 14 th ,, 1849 , we copy frora- the- lekcster Mercury : —" DearBrotlier George iiwassglad to ear that you was all well i write a few . lineMo inform you what i did by th » pour of god ; November &
Sister Bage « ly cametomoe about ele . vcn-0 clock at night and sed her boy-was Bad oftthecolere uperds anddownads for 2 hoisrs i gavfrinvaiaj ? ofoileand anointed , him and pvaid over hfru and hec was instantly made well ; Br Goldar , caino to mee on Tusday night hee worked at the . coal pit he drppt about a nunderd of cole on- his instept and was very Jame i anointed it and iaten minits he cud walk as weel as ever- and he gavo ; god the prais astu the Prjsfcame pnttbivsday ni ^ ht he ad a gathirn m hi © ear and it g ' afcherd and bvoke evoigr day for this last twenty yeans- i dropt aSttle oil in and pmd ^ eis now well another case- on wensaay a girl thirteea had a bad ! harm the doctor said she wood get no better this winter » eo and Eider claten was seat to hir i anpintod hjfc havm asd now it is bettcs- i Baptfeed Seven last-Sunday aad confirmed too we avo going on welVear we . have took Saintj ans chaw » l and ara swing to open it on Sunday brother
Rowben brinkwartb . of wale 3 Avilladdress thameetin « him tha $ was deof and dum now he san ear anu talk v&ave hwd ' . im at ison greeen a tusday nMit . r ^ t hisover at your meeting and ) Spray ^ to go ^ to Siesa all the Saints at Longwattos and elsewear i remain your loving brother ia the ; . ,. . ¦¦ gospef Elder . Nswiiolo . " , The Church op ENaiAm-Why is the Church of Englandto be nothing but a collection of beggars and bishops ?—The Right Rev . Dives in the palace , and Laiu ' rus in orders at the gate , doctored by dogs , and comforted by crumbs ? - ^ w Sydney Simth . A BBiiRiNOER in Norwich < Jua suocccded to property to an amount entitling him -to ^ be cons de ed one of the wealthiest commoners of Great ^ Britain a chancery suit having terminated m his fayaur at lengtti , notwithstanding all "th « ^ s delays . A ww said thatcoW cheoBe IB tetter ^ ban COW steel—^ feeoauso it i » wj / ifl ' w ttou m 8 V « m ,.
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"THE DEMOCRATIC KEYIEW OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , AND LITERATURE . Edited by G . Juins Haksey . Noi VHL January . London : Pablished by J . Watson , S , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster How . V £ ey superior to the preceding issues , this number must increase the popularity and circulation of the Democratic Remevt . We give the following extract from the first of Louis Blanc ' s admirable lectures :-
—X SOCIAL CHARGE . Is it forbidden to civilisation , -which has conquered slavery , to combat and conquer misery ? Are servitude , inequality , hatred , preferable to liberty , equality , fraternity ? and if only to ask it , is the height of insolence ; by what means shall we realise that formula -which tcuj the glory of our ¦ sires , and which the most valient among them have bequeated to ns as an immortal heritage , from the 3 op of that scaffold upon -which they carried their ieads in testimony of the sincerity of their hearts ? These , citizens , are questions ¦ which forcibly chum _ n answer . The nineteenth century requires and expects it : inquietude creeps around more and more , Proletariat gets impatient , tune is pressing , the least hesitation is a danger , each delay conceals -a storm . * ¦ ¦ ¦
And lei no one come and say : Behold abuses , behold injustice : let us make a revolution and then ve shall see ! What ! we should engage ourselves in this career , so fraught-with perils , and leading to new things , without having previously asked of -ourselves -what we want , and determined the point which we must attain . "When we have to astonish so many misled consciences , to agitate so many minds , to alarm so many interests , we should neglect -satisfying our own mind as to the final result , and we should play that great game without ascertaining whether the gain is worth the chance ; Kb , no : facial change is not so small a matter that it saould be pursued as an adventure . ~ We have had commotions enough , if they are to be characterised in history only by the ruins they heap , and the tyranny they only displace . To him -who dares to -cry to the people , Follow me ! the people have a right to reply , 'Where are we going : and . woe to him ifhefail !
Involutions besides are not improvised with impunity . They need a long gestation not to be mis--carried , especially not to become bloody . Every Idea which yesterday was accepted after a discus-« ion , -will to-morrow spare a blow from the axe . "Why was the Bevolution of * 93 so terrible , and what is the secret of its wild grandeur ? Why were they not more fruitful , those super-human efforts , those -delirious abnegations , those prodigies of audacity , that fury of genius , all annulled and swept away by the catastrophe of Thermidor ? "Why , citizens ? . ecause the democratic revolution of ' 93 had not been like the Revolution oourgeoise of' 89 prepared ¦ and ripened Ions : beforehand ; because there had
sot been a sufficient elaboration of those ideas of which Robespierre and St . Just , those disciples of Housseau , were less the representatives than the soldiers , because those dissensions which , in tunes of tranquillity , are spent in discussions , come , in times of crisis , to burst into violence ; because we agree more easily about the designation of the end to be attained when we seek it through a clear atmosphere , than-when we have to distinguish it through the smoke and dust of a combat . Let us march onwards , but with our eyes " open . Again we are told : Beware ! Beware ! By speaking to the people about their sufferings , by claiming lor them , before them , the suppression of misery ,
. you make an appeal to gross appetites , you replace -elevated aspiration by anxieties of an inferior order . "What is at the bottom of your studies is nothing -irat a thick materialism . Indeed , had this language been held to us by some ascetic philosophers , by austere contemners -of the pleasures and riches of this world , there would be no cause to get angry at the objection , to refute it would be sufficient . Bat consider a little 3 Ms strange anomaly ! It is at the exit of their anerry banquets , ifc is by the sound of the music of their fetes , it is from the bosom of sumptuous palaces , in which their meditations are sheltered , it
is with the golden pen of Seneca in their hauds that tbe happy ones ef the world are pressing us not to rescue from the joys of an exalted spiritualism , lomeless and breadless people ! Ah ! 1 own it , my fceart is indignant at so much hypocrisy . The abore extract will convey to the reader £ ome idea of the worth and beauty of the entire discourse . Reviews of books , Poetry , and articles on'the Press , Hungary , &c ., &c ,, will be found in this number . The Letters from France and Germany , constitute a new and Tamable feature of this publication ; and will < Io much towards promoting the good work of international fraternity . ' ¦ .
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, highest pitch of excitement by their threats—from you / at least , some honourable circumspection might havebeen expected . Yet this poor son of toil was scarcely lodged in gaol before one of the beet of rulers fell sacrliced to your pitiful indiscretion . That rule has long been professed which seoures the accused , rich or poor , once safely in the hands of justice ,-from the prejudice which the expression of vul gar passions might awaken to Jus injury . One of the most prominent features of your conduct towards your humble political adversary was the use you made of that misfortune over which he had no control . His deformed person but served to provoke your mirth ) his lowly birth but as an inducement to your contempt ! Who can forget that pestilence of sneers which came hissing from your ranks on all sidesat the mention of the poor
, tailor ' s name ? " Who can forgive that prostitution of talentexhibitedhyyour pet journalist ' s , in the assistance they afforded to your unmanly demonstration ? Even that paper which was wont to . be on the weaker aide—that paper hi which poor Hood first printed his "Song of the Shirt "—a paper whose magic page can make the cheek to blush with aobl * blood at will—that , too , miserable fact ! lent you its aid , anticipated the feelings of the jury in imaginary letters , which could only be aptly designated as brutal insults heaped upon a defenceleajunan . The old pilliory having Been pulled down and broken up , was it well ftr you te put up a more detestable gne in its plaoe ? And was it weU for the Fleet-street satirist to provide the dirt with which to pelt its earliest victim !
It would be-well if you improved and extended your powers of discernment . Be no longer the slaves of narrow prejudices . Look into this poor convict ' s case dispassionately . Seek for the facts which" apeak well for him—they abound and are not difficult to discover . If they bring you no flattery , they may , or at Iea 9 t should , prove instructive ; if they cause you some remorse , they will also do you much good—perhaps be a means for your guidance in such like matters for the future . J :
_ Cufiay ' s history is marked by much that is highly creditable to him , and deserving of remembrance . He , too , won the confidence of his class , but never betrayed it . He , tod , filled important offices in their affairs , but he filled them honourably and efficiently . The poor must confide in somebody . And when hundreds of working men elected this man to audit the accounts of their benefit society , they did so in the full belief of his tristworthiness , and he never gave them reason to repent of their choice .
There is no class suffers more distress than journeymen tailors—no class of such small means possess more independence of spirit . And in this « pirit they support their own sick , and bury their own dead ; in addition tothe usual money they pay into the ordinary benefit society , as disease and death Increase , additional demands are made upon their wages ; and , by a strict self-imposed law , not one of them can evade these demands—all must pay to keep up the sick fund , all must pay towards burying tbe dead . -.. _ .- ¦ Iu those momentous affairs , Cuffay's sobriety
and ever active spirit marked him for a very useful man ; _ e cheerfully filled the arduous duties which devolved upon him ; and what he did ,, be it said , he did so unostentatiously , that it might almost be doubted whether he ever took cognizance of the fact of his doing good himself . Be that as it may , there is no doubt that be rendered great service , that ho did much to avert anarchy , and that he paid something in addition to bis share in the general taxation of the country . What a contrast does this man ' s history present to that of your degraded brother !
Friends of order ! there is but one course left for you to pursue . Fetch the man back—let this be a moiety of your compensation ; petition your , rulers to restore the much-abused exile to his home , to his friends , and to that position in society in which he displayed s » much usefulness . Tell them that the unfortunate object of their ' vengeance and your hate was misunderstood , that he was a clever , industrious , honest , sober , and frugal man ; and you will but tell the truth . Do this , or depend upon it others will do it for you . The outcast has already won the sympathy of two great men , who have extended to you some saving grace , by remitting much of the degradation and torture to which he had been condemned . This looks hopeful . It Is right , it is vroDer . it is iust . that the poor , no matter how
fallen , should find champions to shield and protect them from the powerful , who , like you , possess so little of that magnanimity without which the powerful are no better than brutes . Christopher . A correspondent of the Beasoner asks : — " Were the Ohartist body ever made aware of the fact that their enthusiastic associate , Cuffay , became the subject of a mock-heroic poem , with six or eight coloured plates , and printed in 4 to ( some tune subsequent to the 10 th of Ap ril ) ? This book , I believe , was privately sold at a guinea a copy ; and I will not take upon me to say that a copy , handsomely got up , was not presented to an 'illustrious personage , for her entertainment . -Not more , I think , than a hundred copies were printed . —C . Dent . "
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not sentence them to the scaffold : but the prison system was allowed to make tho penalty capital . The government wa 8 not venturous enough to employ : Jaok Ketch : but the , cholera—another agent of the Destroying Angel—was permitted to do tho work that might not -be entrusted to Calcraft . ¦ - - . .-.. < , And those two men—those victims in more senses than one—wen they rather to bo blamed o * pitied Alas , !; poverty—desutution-ethe . BpectacIe ^ of a famine-stricken wife and' starving , children , ' drove them mad ; and' in " their madness they' spoke ' and acted mtemperately . -But ' mark this ' well , reader ! Though thU 5 goaded to desneratibnrthev used- not
a word more violent nor adopted an attitude more menacing than the Whigs themselves did in the year 1831 ... THrn to No . 2 ' of the InstructQr- ^ ieiii , in " the ; first column of the sixth page'thereof thV language enunciated by Mr . Edmonds , and approved by ; Lord John Russell . I declare solemnly that neither Williams nor Sharp Said any thing more threatening to the peace than . the language thus . alluded to . As for those poor victims marching through the streets with a few hundreds of unarmed men—why , what was this'peaceable demonstration in comparison with _ Mr . Att wood ' s assemblage of 150 , 000 men at Birmingham—an assemblage sanctioned by-Lord John Kussell , and gathered with the avowed
intention of marching : to London if necessary ? What , too , was the conduct of Williams and Sharp in comparison with the Whig letter written to a certain general-officerjdirectuig him to be in readiness"to head a rebellion in case of need ? i ; ' But Mr . Edmonds was not . pwseeuted : Lord John Russell did n <) t have proceedings instituted against hittuclf ; nor was the Treasury-hack who wrote the above-mentioned letter ever : put upon his trial . Yet the most milk-and-water language of such men as these ought to be held more blaineable 'than the hardest words which a starving , crushed , unenfranchised seqf of a working-man could possibly utter . ' ' ¦ ' ~ .- , ' ,.,.- '
_ It u well known thai ) Sharp and Williams perished of the cholera , brought on by starvation , an the gaol where they were confined . They have left widows and orphans behind them . But has the government given one shilling to succour these destitute families ?—have the authorities of the prison where Sliirp and Williams were starved into cholera , ana by cholera given unto death , —have these authorities , I say , shown any contrition for the lamentable fate , of those men , or any sympathy for the bereaved wiveU and little ones left behind ? The answer is a mournful negative . Yet why should these poor families be thus turned forth destitute upon the world ? Even if both Sharp and Williams wre as bad as Barabbas the robber , their wives
and children must not be crucified with them . The government permitted a certain system of gaol discipline tg be applied to Sharp and Williams ; and under this discipline the men - sank and perished . The government / then , cannot be exonerated from all blame relative to their deaths . . Surely au mcu , if not as Ministers , . Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey must feel for these destitute widowsthese fatherless children ? But no ; not a shilling from their purses , either public or private ! And yet thousands and hundreds of thousands of pounds
are annually lavished upon titled paupers and on foreign beggar-princes and ' mendicant-princesses . Yes — and enormous pensions are annually paid to the Rfchmond , the Grafton , and the St . Albnns families , because they happen to be descended from certain filthy strumpets who sold their persons to Charles the Second . Oh ! let the heirs of harlots and the titled progeny of beastly prostitutes fatten upon the luxuries of the land : but spare not a shilling to succour the innocent families of two poor English working men who were murdered . by the gaol-discipline of the country !
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The S pirit of Freedom . Conducted by "Working Men . New Series . No . 1 . London : "Watson . -..- . ' "We have here the first number of an enlarged series of the . Sjpirif' of Freedom . Having achieved more than a local name , the "Uibridge' * portion of the old title has been advisedly dropped . The enlargement without any addition of price , will , of course , help to increase the sale . The contents of the present number are of the usual fiery order , as will be seen by the following brief extract from an article entitled
BEIROSPECI ANn PROSPECT . Dear Reader , —When you iised to read of the American War , and the stormy days that cradled the young Republic of the West ; when , with strained eyes , and agonised heart , you pored over the records of the first French Revolution , and listened to the mighty speeches with which the great souls of ' 93 stirred the heart of the world as with the pulse of a cannon—have you not sometimes regretted that you lived in such quiet times ! We confess to have done
so many a time , and oft we have yearned to change our own smooth existence for the storm and strife of other days : and oh ! how the heart leaped within us , when February , 1848 , burst upon us , when those thrilling words trumpeted all democracy to the struggle : — "Paris is in revolution ! " " The throne is burning in the courtyard of the Tuiller ies ;! " " The Republic is proclaimed !" . Oh joy of joys—iriumph of triumphs ! we blessed God that we had lived to see the dawn of the day of freedom—
" Then , ui our eyes there stood a tear , And in our hearts we sang Mourir , Mourir pour la Patrie !" How was it with you , fellow-workers ? We 3 eemed for the first time to live , and , through tears , to catch big glimpBes of a true existence . Many a change has come over the world" since then ; bright stars have fallen from Liberty's firmament , and great hopes have gone down . By force and fraud , has tyranny again filched and wrested the
hardwon r ights from the hands of the forgiving people ; yet , nevermore can they totally undo the work of ' 48 . Tyranny cannot be based on its former foundation . They have shorn ' the people of strength ; but , like Sampson's hair , 'twill grow again , and , with its growth , will come the crowning catastrophe ! Eloquent and energetic articles on "Labour and the Poor , " " Liberty , " &c , together with two new poetical effusions of Mr . Masssey ' s—fiercely red £ -will bo found in this number .
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masses .. - . - ., v ¦ : ¦ .. - . -. - : ;¦¦; : ' ¦ The Champion , published at Ashtpn-under-Lyne , and by Hey wood , Manchester , continues its honest and earnest adyocacy of the rightB of the Working Classes generally , and of the Factory-workers in particular .
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Cooper ' s Journal Mr .. Thomas Cooper has commenced a new weekly periodical ; very neatly printed , and exceedingly cheap .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 5, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1555/page/3/
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