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THE KORTHERK: STAB SATURDAY, JUNE 15, IH50.
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TJNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS BENEFIT SOCIETY ^ . EnroUedpursaanttol 0 GeaIV . cv 56 . 4 & 5 Wia . lV . c . 4 G , & 9 & 10 Vic . c . 27 .-Instituted 7 thFeh 18 « i ' atroiw . -T . S . DoscoiBE . Eso ,. M . P . T . Wakiet , Esq .. 1 LP . B . Cabbeh , Eso m P ' _ F . O'Cossos , Es * , M . P . LraEjjotEsIUH 8 iw > , EsQ . ' ' ' - The Sooetyis divided into six sections , to meetthe necessities and requirements of all classes of mechanics and lal'ourers , from fifteen years oface to forty-five . This & > cjety consists : of above two thousand memlKK and has a Kf ^ ff &Si ^^ : 'io ^ T | o ft SfSffi «?^ on Kur 7 thsection . v aI "" 0 1 1 f "'"^ fi I " n f- * '" . * 3 s . 8 < L .... £ 0 3 s . 2 d £ 0 2 s . 2 d . ~ l ~ "" 0 10 1 "" Sal * " n I I "" ° ° —• not admitted — 36—w .... u 10 I .... 0 3 8 .... O 9 2 .... 0 8 R n « 2 over - 40-45 .... 1 I 2 .... 1 0 2 .... 019 8 .... 019 2 "" 0 18 2 "" tweatyjears ^ Section 18 s . Od . 6 s . Od . First Section 71 . . i 20 O O .... £ 10 O O ,. SSSS-Sf ?? ? 6 ° SecoDdditto ... ie o o .... 3 0 0 PE&J ^ Sl " 2 * ° Third ditto :. 12 o e .... fi o o Sf ° ? 2 * ° Fourthditto 10 0 0 .... 5 0 0 'SS 58 S 2 ° * ° Fifthditto 6 0 0 .... 3 0 0 Mxthdrtto , 0 none . Sixtnditto .... 210 0 .... none LOSS BY FIRE . — In all the DividoHS ( with the exception of the Sixth ) £ 16 . * t j « n . MontMy contributions to ensure Oie above benefits . Und « 30 yearsofage . Under 40 . Under 45 . F ^ tDrnsion .. 3 s . 7 id . Tim , 4 s . 3 Jd . ' becoadditto .... 3 0 GeneralExpenses 3 . 24 j Insnrancein caseoffire , 3 7 « . amonttfor nnrdditto .... 2 4 . including 2 6 ! canbe raised to 151 ., 2 10 1 Medical ± ;« mh ditto .. 2 0 f Postace , &c ., 2 2 f l * d . a month extra , 2 : 5 J Attendance and ijfth ditto .... l 8 ljd . Monthly . 1 10 or 20 L Sd . a month . 2 1 Medicine . . Mxtliditto .... 1 3 J " . J __— ' . . Youtliful , Gift , Widow and Orphans'Fnnds extra , for which , see the rules , ¦ fluencies are established in many of tiie principal Towns throughout the Kingdom , and agents are required in all partf-towhom a liberal allowance is made . Every information can be obtained , by application to the Secretary at the O&ce of the Society , 13 , Tottenham-court , Xew-road ( thirteen doors from the top of Tottenhara-court-road ) St Pantras , London . . . . . . Persons in theCountry applying for Rules can have them forwarded , by enclosing twelve postage stamps , and if for orm of application , or information , three stamps must be enclosed . Samel Wiluah Bum , General Secretary .
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TO THE EMBARRASSED . 'I'llERE are thousands of persons who have J- long stru-gled against the force of misfoi tuiie , but SS "l JI arethat l l ) ^ 3 recent Ac ^ ? Ina 11 traders « wins debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and professional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount ( the latter without any publicity ) , can bu entirely raised trom their difficulties at small expense , ana without imprisonment or bankruptcy . Allsucullr . Westos begs will apply to him at G , Essex-streeL Strand , l , y letter , or personally . ' xt * _ , P ffi <» noT » sfronil 0 tul 2 , andfitms . - c £ rt 7 a \?* A ^ - stay * " Palacc Coart . Cou ^ Court , andodierproceedings . Clergymen need not submit to sequestrations .
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IMMIGRATION TO GEORGIA JU IRWK COTOTT , UNTIED STATES . COTTON ' . COTTON !! COTTON !!! Independence!—Self Government in Factories!—with Rrity of Woridng Hours ! TLa attention of Manufacturers and Operatives in Cotton Of small capital is called to an extract from the . Vew York Correspondent ofthe Time * , dated 17 thJuly . IS 4 * . which ays , relative to the State of Georgia— ' Advantage has been taken of its extensive water power to establish cotton manufactories ! A fact not only true , but also that the returns making upon the capital invested in those factories average at the present time from twenty-fiv . to thirty per cent Why , therefore , do not the small Manufacturers and Operatives < if Manchester and its vicinity , who now only obtain a precarious livelihood , club together their funds , while they have any . and proceed in a body to Irwin Oounty , Georgia , where , if a number—say from 150 to 200 femiues , with capital sufficient to erect a mill—will proceed by the vessels of the advertiser * in addition to the advantages be offers to the general emigrant , he will allow them to choose in the vicinity of their town allotmeuts free from all charge , "
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen . Kcforia , an * U . R . H . Prince Men . NOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SUMMER FASHIONS for 1850 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ m ^ J& » . Hart-8 treet » Bloomsbury . square , London ; an * } J GEORGE BERGER , Holywell-sSeeti Strand ; a splendid PRINT , exquisitely engraved , and very richly coloured . This beautiful Print will be accompanied with very extra fitting , and most fashionable style Riding , Frock and Dress ^ at Patterns ; a Paletot , or Spring Over , Coat of the present fashion for the season ; a Youth ' s Jacket , and the most novel and elegant style Ladies ' Riding Habit , with illustration of every particular part . Method of Cutting and . Making-up fully . explained . Also everything respectin g Style and Fashion for the present season , and much , other useful information . This mairaificent Print IS exhibited in the Rojal Exchange , London , and maybe seen there at any time during the season . ' trice complete , with all the Patterns and information , 10 s . Sold by Reap and Co ., 12 , Hart street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; G . Beiigeb , Holywell-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers in the United Kingdom .
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AGRICULTURE , MANUFACTURES , TEETOTALISM , The beat' of tsadss-dnions , ( A holy TBunrr-m-UKiTX . ) [ AND , MOST FERTILE , £ 2 per acre , JU Cottages ( two small rooms ) . £ 4 ; Double ditto , £ 8 . One of the latter , - which can be divided into tW 9 ( W 0-roonied ones ( with lar ^ e gardens each ) , and three acres of laad , is all that remains in . hand ( with immediate possession , ) for the accommodation of one or two - more families . There is nothing to take to , and no payment in' advance will be required from handicraftsmen of good character , w ho are pledged XEETOTAiiEM . . The real blessings resulting from uniting Agriculture , Teetotalisni , and Manufactures , are exhibited by the splendid crops raised by shoemakers , and other teetotallers , fromiorthampton , now to be seen on this estate , the proof
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EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA WT APSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigratien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships- ^ To NEW YORK-every Five Days . ' To SEW ORLEANS—every Ten Bays . To BOSTON and PIIILADELPfllA-evtry Fifteen Days . And occasknally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . .. Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable ia any part ofthe United States . Tapscotfs "Bmigranffl . Guide" sent free , on receipt of Four Postage Stamps ; ' , ' : "' ¦ ' ... „ . '' < ra- Abauttwerity-eight thousand persons sailed for jhe few World , inTapwott ' alineof American Packet * , in 1819 .
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^ VILE DOINGS IN'NEW ^ A-TI ' / 1 ' " ' ' . MR . BEZER ( Lately liberated from the Gaol of Newgate for so-called seditious speaking ) , i ¦¦ : 'Will deliver a course of v , ' THEE E ,- L E GT U R E S ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ON ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ,. NEWGATE FAVOURITISM ! ' . At the Hall of Science Cur Road , neah Old Street Being extracts from his journal , impounded by the mairistrates as unfit to meet the public eye . ¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ . _ ? STLLABDS .. . . ¦ Lecture 2 nd , Monday , June 17 th . Illness—narrow escape from death in the night Dr Wright , tooho—the privileges—the , crucifixion—lying rc . ports of the pressr-Treatment of Monroo , Wynn , Morris < fec ., and the Lecturer—Comparisons are odious—Cone's kindness again—the Ghosts . ' ¦ . .- , *" ¦
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JUST PUBLISHED , PRICE TWO-PENCE . IThirtfsut Pages of Small Type ) ¦ A LETTES ADDRESSED TO . G . W . M . REYNOLDS , ' : \ ' . ' . Reviewing his conduct as a professed Chartist , ahd ' also explaining who Keit - and what he is , with , copious extracts frqm Ms most indecent writings , with lengthened quotation ! from his own examination before the Court of Bankruptcy ; and an address to the Electors of Finsbury , i i ;¦ :. : ; , - Br . Thomas Clark , Secretary to the National Charter League . To be had of all Booksellers .
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RUPTURES PERMANENTLY -AND EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !!! ' DR . HENRY CrUTHRET'S ejttrao ^ , , dinary success'in the ; treatment of all Varieties of Single and DotiWeRMptnreis WthOUt " a ] parallel'in ' th ' e nlStOTy of medicine . In every case , however bad brlonir standing , a cure is guaranteed . The remRdy i 3 'quite eaty , and perfectly painless in application , causing no inconvenience orconfinement whatever : is free from danger , Sent ( posttfree ) foall p ; . rts of the world , ' with full' in : steYKtaans renuering faWnre imposeible , on' receipt of fis ., by Post-office order or postage stamps , byDr . BENRY GUTHREY , 6 , Amptou « treet ; Gray ' s-inn-roaa ,, London . ' Hundreds of testimonials and trusses-, have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies ofthe success of this remedy , which Dr . GUTHREY will wHIuieIv aive tn'tlinafi
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HEALTH WHERE'TIS SOUGHT ! OOLLO WAY'S PILLS . ¦•¦¦¦• Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach , '; when in a most hopeless state . % ' Extract of a Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , dated the lath of January , 1850 . Sin , —Your valuable pills have been the means , with God's blessing , of restoring me to a state of perfect health and at a time when I thought I was on the brink of the ijrave . 1 had consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for me , ' stated thatthev considered
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;\ JULIAN HA ' RNBy ^ S NEW PUBLICATION . ' .. On Saturday , June 22 nd , will , be published ; PRICE ONE ¦ ' PENNY ) No / I . of " THE R E p . v . R ; E : E U B LIC A N ; Edited by G . JULIAN . HARNEY ,,.. . . , ' Assisted by several able and popular'writers . This periodical , which is to be published : weekly , will prove a staunch champion and a faithful * rgan of true democratic progress , and ivill fearle 8 sly advocate the interests ,, and assert , the rights of the , Proletarians . " Translations from the Democratic . Sociali » t Literature of Continental Europe , will constitute a leading feature of the "REDREPUBLICAH . " In No . I . will bo commenced a new series ofthe LETTERS OF L'AMI DU PEUPLE ; V Will bB ready for th « Trade on Wednesday next . London : Published by S . 'Y . Collins , 113 , Fleet-streot . To bo had ' oii order of att Booitieller * and NewB- ' . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ Agents in Town and Country . ¦ :. : ¦¦ PRICB OHK PKMSY . '
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filTY CHARTIST HALL , V . ' : AND ATHEN ^ iUM , ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ' : 26 , GOEKEN LiHE , BAWncAK . . The Committee respectfully announce that . .. MR . EDMUND STALLWOOD has kinly consented to deliver a Lecture in aid of the funds of the Institution , on the LIFE , CHARACTER AND WRITINGS OF . THOMAS PAINE , :,- . "' , . T . ; . To-morrow , ( Sunday Evenino . vJdne 16 th The Ladies and Gentlemen forming the Choir of the institution , have also obligingly volunteered to sine several appropriate pieces of muBic between tho Parts of the Lecture . > . (• . • • • . " - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' " •
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j NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . OFFICES , It ,, SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND ,. ¦ , . " . : LONDON ; , .. ; . •" ,. ( ' Tlie ' Executive Committee . of , ' the NATIONAL ' CHARTER ASSOCIATION hereby give ' notice , That those friends who' two deaivous t > f forming localities can be supplied with Cards of Membership and Rules ; by applying to the General Secretaryj-John' Arnott . as above , from nine till two o ' clock , daily ( Sundays excepted )/ and oh Monday eveningsfrora seven to nine o ' clock * , if by letter , pvepald . ' All applications by letter will receive the most prompt attention . ' •» - ' . . ¦ On Tuesday . Evening ; June 18 th , a public Hieetinfe wfllbe held ktthe LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUT 15 . JOHN-STEEET , TOTTENHAM ^ COURT-ROAD , ' for the purpose of Reviewing the , recent Pbocebpinos inParlu-MENT . ' • ¦ ¦ ' . ... - ¦ , . .. . G . . W . M . Reynolds ; 'J . B . O'Brien , and other friends to Demboratic and Social Reform , will attend and address thetneeting ¦•; - > ' " .-.-. ¦ ,: •• .. < V , ' Chair to-be taken at eight o ' clock ; i : ' ' : ADMISSION FREE . . ' Signed on behalf 6 f the Committee , ; -.-. ' John Abnoit . General Secretary .
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HEAFNESS . —Important Notice ; -ii Mr . ¦ L / FRANCIS , the eminent aurist , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES ofthe EAR , continues to ettect themost astomshing cures in all those inveterate cases ) which have long been considered hopeless , and » f thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patieit to hear a . wfiisper , withpnt pain or operation , effectually removine deafness ; noises in the head , and all diseases of the aural canal . Mr . F .. attends daily from 10 until 6 , ' at his con : suiting rooms , fi , Beaufort : buUdings ; Strand ; Londbri .- ' Persons at a diBtance . can state their case by letter . ¦ Advice-to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday .-from 6 till 8 in the / evening . ' ¦¦¦¦¦¦ < ...
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A Constant REiiEB . Cragg , near Hailtfax . ' --Cernataly not . Tnos . Babbow .-W . P . Roberts , Bolicitor , PrinceBS-strcet , Manchester ; ¦ . ' ' " : i- ' - . ' Mr . Williams , Stockport .- ± We have- handed the letter to their brother , and he will deal with them for their con-• duet , as Dublioexpoanre they , would disregard ' } but they - oan , be reached by other means . < Errata . — In the Star of the ilthult . the sum of £ 14 s 9 d is stated to have been received at the Land-ofBce , for the ¦ Henesty Fund , froni Nottingham instead of from Not' tinq-hill , and the sum attached to Mr . Woods name is # - — — . __ va ^ www W Mfcfc * 1 wl >* W 4 UHAHV JO ¦¦ ¦
4 s instead of 5 s . ¦• . ;¦¦ •¦•• . -: ¦ ••¦ - ¦¦ ¦ : •¦ H . Smith , Rochdale . —You should hare sent the papers mentioned . We do not take them , arid the matter wil be too old next week . ; Mrs . Iaoet . —Our friend who inquires respecting Mrs . Lacey is informed that she lias not left England to join her 'husband , ' but we are informed that she intends going out to Australia , if means can be obtained to defray the cost of passage , tic , for herself and family . Several friends are exerting themselves on her behalf , and we hear they propose convening a meeting ' to-morrow even-¦ ing ( Sunday ) , ttt the Two Chairmen , Wardour-street , for furthering the object We think each locality ought to aid in this object . ¦¦ ...-. . J - e
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i MONIES RECEIVED ; For thk Webk Ending Thursday , .: : Junb 13 th , 1850 . THE HONUTY FUBD . Received by-W . Rider . —Carlislo Chambers' Warpers , perJ . Gilbertson lOs-B . Kirk , Leeds 3 s-Royton , per Mr . Cooper Ws-E . C . J . S . and It . S ., Exeter isGd . ' ^ Received by John Arnott—West Bromwich , per D . Bag' ' ' ' ' Jf o ' VI ' ' ' ' . Received by W . Rider .. .. 146 Received by John Arnott .. 0 2 0 Total ' .. .. .. £ 1 6 6 .
AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . R cei ? l by John Abnott—Greenwich ana Deptford , perG . T . Floyd 4 s Gd—Collected at John-street 1 / 9 ai lid-Cardsi at John . street -is-Robort Dennis ; Pickerisg Is-Stalybndge K-West Bromwicli , per-D . Bayley 6 s-Her-3 Uof 71 d " DS ls ~ Peterborou 8 > P ^ E . Scholey Ss .-Total , 1 . DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON . ' ¦ ^ Received by Jonn ABNOTr . -, From Ashton-under-Lyne-Mr . J . Taylor 6 d-Mr . Birtwistle 6 d-Mr . J . Thatches 4 d .
FOR MR . HOOPER . Received by W . Rideb—G . W ., per J . Warren 6 d . . . ; , FOR DR . M ' DOUALL . Received by W . Rum-A few friends , Bishop Wear , mouth , per W . Bobbie 5 s—Roytdn , per Mr Cooper 2 s 6 d—G . ; W . j per J . . . Warren 6 d-a few Friends , Artroath K-Rereived per Mr . Packer , from S . Guest , Marylebone 6 d , ' ¦ , ' ¦ ., ''¦ ' . FOR MRS- M'DO « ALL . : ' . Received by John ARNorr . -Leicester , per E . Thompson 10 s-Belper , per Jonn Dean 5 s-BraoTord ( Yorkshire ) per A . Fowler Is 8 d-U . B . Yates , near Halifax 2 s Gd-Henry Markhall , per J . Grassby 5 d-Mr . Sherman 3 d . . FOR MRS . JONES . Received by W . Rideb—J . Barrio , Ashford , Kent ls-a few Friends , Arbroath . Ms Id . —Ueceived by John Abnott . -Bradford ( Yorkshire ) , per A . Fowler la 8 d . ; ' FOR M'RS . FUSSELL .. - Received by Joas » ABNorr .-Mt \ John Farrow , Somert . town
is—. - TRACT FUND . i n ? ^ ^ » J ^ ° ?? Ab nott . —Leicester , perE . Thompson lOs-Collected by Mrs . Robert Ameryls . WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . ¦ Received by W . Rider . —Royton , per Mr . Cooper 7 s 6 d-Armitage Bridge , near Huddersfield , per J . Hirst 10 s . ' N A T I 0 N A L / V ICTfNI FUND . l _ Receceived by . JonN Arnott , Secretary . —Mr . Kendrick , lower Hamlets , per Wm . DavU 4 s-Loughborough , per i . 1-arrow 5 s ^ -a Friend , per J . Farrow Is—a few Democrats , per * J . Farrow Is 2 d-Mr . Rider , as per Star 17 s 6 d .
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THE " IRISHMAN" NEWSPAPER . . At a meeting of thefriends of tho Irishman , held m iDublm on the . 30 th ult . — Mr . James Murphy , chairman—- iUvaa proposed by Mr . ' John Norton ; seconded by Mr . Plunkett :- « That as the . ' existence of such tm organ as the Irishman is essentially necessary to the cause of Democracy in Ireland , it is with considerable regret we perceive the announcement of its suspension , we therefore pledge ourselves to use every exertion to place it in a secure position . " , Proposed by'Mr . ' Thomas Moffjbt seconded by
Mr . MICHAEL WALSH : — " That on a calm and dia " pasionnte corisidentfien of the charges lately preferred against Bornard Fulham , wo : view them as the fabrication of interested parties who desired to injure his property ; as suoh we regard the authors with distrust , and plaoe unbounded oonfidoncoin tho honour and integrity of the assailed " Proposed by Miv James M . Doylk ; seconded by Mr . DEiAMAnnB : — " That to enable the proprietor to cai ry on the \ Irishman in an effective manner , a subscription list be forthwith opened for its support ; ami that Mr . Michael Walsh , 33 , Francisstreet , and Mr . William Reany , 21 , Essex-quay , Dublin , be requested to act as treasurers . " .
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THE MINERS' STRIKE . , A gonoral . mooting of the block-printers and cuttera of lvilmarnock Afas held in the Sun Inn Hall , on Tuesday ovpning . the 11 th inBt ., for the purpose of sympathising and supporting the miners'in and around Kilmarhook , in their present struggle ngninst tho proposod reduction of their wages . Whon tho meeting was unanimously of opinion , tliat it was their duty , and the duty of all workirie
men , to support right against might , and especially tho miuora , wlio at tlusdailj petifof their lives contnbutoso m « , ny oomfortstothepommunity , They f thereforQ , resolved that oaoU journeyman should oontributo oiio ' shilling , arid oaoh apprentice sisponoo , to bo continuod until tfvo termination of the airugjle . " , ' V ,. , " , ' " : Bt \ ° W , ! ? h < ! -ft S ° W rae « ting on the same sws ^ - ^^ ssatss
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Education for the -Millions ^ miS ^ AYIS . ppBLISHSD , " r ' . ¦ . ;; . ' Np .-iv . ' . or .. ¦; . ; : .: .::- ' : '' . ' " THE 9 ATI 0 NAL INSTEBCTOli
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SIXTEEN LARGE OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . CONTENTS OF No , 17 . 1 . Sketch of the History of Socialism . 2 . The Slave Ship ! ' 3 . Life and Adventures of Feargu * O'Connor . ! 4 . " The Tyraiiny of Competition . 5 . The Secret . ' . 6 . A Fact illustrative of the New Poor . Law . . 8 . Engl » nd' 8 TrueAristpcracy . 9 . Gleanings . ' ' ¦ Now Beady , : THE FIRST , MONTHLY PART , Stitched into a Wrapper . Price Threepence
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MODERN BUCCA 1 JEERS . . Wars for tto purposes of conquest and territorial aggrandisement ,, have , generally been supposed to be tie . peculiar and exclusive offspring of Kingly ambition . " If the people were wise , " runs an old political aphorism , " war is a game that Kings would not be
permitted to play at . " . It has been reserved for the last quarter of a centur y to prove that this , like many other bequests of " the wisdom of our ancestors , " is not to be implicitly believed . Unfortunately the most flagrant examples of unprovoked and unjustifiable aggression , have recently been set to the world by the most powerful and . perfect Republic ever yet known in history .
The two last American mails , closel y following each other , . bring intelligence of the organisation , departure , landing , and defeat of an expedition-for the purpose of seizing Cuba . It will be recollected that about twelve months ago , an army for the same purpose was openly recruited for in the Southern States , and , thai ; by , the interference of the Central Executive Government , a stop was put to the open organisation and collection of what ' was clearly a piratical force . It now seems , however , that the . design was only seemingly abandoned ; and . in ; the interval an
expedition—varioustyestimated at from ei ght to twelve thousand men , ' full y provided vith munitions of war--has beejn fitted out at various Southern , pprts , under , the , pretence that they . were emigrants for California , . and that , the vessels containing a portion , at least , of these modern Buccaneers , sailed ostensibly for Chagres en route to the Pacific State , but , in reality , to make , a descent on Cuba , for the . purpose , of wresting , it , from Spain . When the expedition had sailed , the Washing , ton . Government immediately dispatched ships
of war to intercept It / if possible ; and , if it had already . landed ,, to act in the friendly spirit required by the existing , treaties between the Governments of the two Countries . The first portion of the expedition had , in the mean time , been routed by the Cubans . General Lopez , a Venezulean adventurer , who was in command , made a hasty . retreat , after suffering considerable loss ; and for the present , at least , Cuba is saved to Spain . Whether the influence of the repulse will
be temporary , or permanent , remains to be seen . Our own opinion is , that the attempt will be renewed , as early as feasible Oppoi'tunitles for doing so preBent themselves . For the time being the almost ridiculous failure of an expedition which , was preceded , ' and accompanied by such magniloquent proclamations as those of General Lopez , may have a deterring effect ; but , there " are influences at work in the bosom of American society , which we fear will , for a considerable time , stamp its policy with a warlike and aggressive character .
In the first place , there exists a strong , and perhaps not unnatural desire , that the whole of the vast continent should become a Federated Republic . Schemes have been occasionally heard of among the old world monarchs , of , founding new kingdoms , under scions of the reigning dynasties , in order to counteract , or at all events to counterpoise the Republican principle . But if there be one political -idea more prevalent among the citizens of the United States than another , it ia that America shall not be subjected to monarchical , institutions , and that the whole of its enormous territories ; from the , Atlantic to the Pacific , shall be thoroughly Republican .
Of this general feeling , intriguing , selfish , and interested parties avail themselves ) to promote schemes of personal or sectional aggrandisement . Some time since we showed at length , the nature of the . influence exerted by the slave-holding interest— . their desire to maintain an equality in the Legislature and Executive , and the means they have had recourse to for that purpose .. Seeing that the Free States . were naturall y .. outstripping them m , population ,, wealth ,, and real political power , they . attempted to counter-balance the rpwth of an influence ^ inimical to slavery , bv
wresting trom Mexico the large territory of lexas , out of which several Slave States may re m anufactured . , This wa » effected by a band of adventurers in thft , teeth . of all inter-W ^^ aw . andwithoutanysanctionfroiBthe * eaeral Government ; but as ' soon a&ibey succeeded , and applied to be admitted into the Northern Federation , the , illegality and unjus unable character of the means by \ yhich they had gained possession of the ierritory . of a neighbouring friendly power , formed no bar tier to . ; that admission . Success in their case , as in- many othevaj ' glided crime . The result is foroibly described by ' tha New . York Tjriimne , one of the . ableBt-. j ^ nd . I bj ghly principled jouirr naliiatUoTJmoi . , ;; ¦' ....
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^ We first recognised . theni as & ¦ ^^ nation-. , tw " ^ 55 ! them into our Confederacy ; then adopted ttd **» l « e 4 terous daim to be extended to the Bio rtn ? PfeDn . vaded territory still remaining In the 3 ' « ft " peaceable possession of Mexico ; made waS ff aid " beat her for resisting this new . aggression and nTt " « M slioe more of hertenritory . ( California andNew u ? ' 4 i theexpenieofsbflogglngher , cqinpellin ? her f w > a » and accept apecutuarj consideratien therefarp \^\ \ having been done , at first with the connivanw \\ 7 * U wnrds by the open exertions of our people andtn » afte r « Who believe that we can stop here ? Though th rP ^ t Instructions ' iftouWretora to plague the mvinv T ^ i are none less the instructions for that . The Uwr iT > l ^ J Wood , and no longer crouches a t the word of hio * ! " « 4 The ilUmnlbved . trecanouslVgubfllaUns . nnJi . il « ej « r .
owes , are eager for new' annexattohs , VeW ° ^ Their adventurous spirit molt at the idea of i £ quest » - delving for a few shilling per da ; when trePiciWf > 4 and luxurious provinces are to be had for « r « Ian They long for pfunder and renown , and are Zrt ?^* - prone to embark in the liberation of all ( whUeV ulatl J from every yoke but their own . They want i 0 ™ ankini spjedily a way to live fat all the remainder of & ° » without working , and of coum they have a deaduJ a * s of all aristocracies and , oppressive governmenu ror In' the name of freedom the slave-h old-r . want -to make Cuba a source of adding i strength to the slave-holding interest and ? means of perpetuating , that most accurspdlS human institutions . If the ' people of C » l ? wish to be released from Spanish . domination and either to govern themselves or to form part of the American Confederation , they hZ the means of showing that such is their desir ? When they have done that , aud amud f £
neip as Btrugglmg , oppressed , and sufferW nation , let them by all means have it If th Emperor of Austria , when beaten by , the sal lant Hungarians , had a right to call in the aid of his brother despot of Russia to heln k . restoring his . lost dominion-if the Republican arms of France were in'an y sense justified in being fratricidally used for the , suppression of the Frenqh Republic , and the restoration of Fapal oppression and tyranny—surely the same power , inheres , the same ri ght exists , on the side of nations
struggling to be free , and free nations ready to help them when required . p But the objection to this Cuban Expedition is first , that no such grouud for foreign interference has been laid ; that it is not intended to spread freedom , but perpetuate slavery , not only in Cuba but in the United States ; and that for such shameless , selfish , and abomina-We objects , the , dealers In human flesh , land like pirates upon the shores of a foreign country , for the purpose of subverting the existing Government . They invoke- the sacred names
or liberty and Humanity . to coyer their rapacity and their lust of Empire ; and whatever might be the ultimateresultofsucha struggle it could not fail , in the long run , to engender a world-wide war between Monarchical and Re . publican States . . , . The readiness with which the despots of Europe would avail themselves of any tangible excuse for precipitating such a struggle at the present moment , was shown by the bloodthirsty aud . truculent articles of the Times , as soon as it was known that the expedition had sailed . That journal is the undoubted . organ of the absolutists , and the money-mongers , not only of Europe , but the world ; and it is evident , from its tone on this
occasion , they wish for nothing more than a fair excuse for precipitating : a war , for the purpose of drowning Democracy in blood . They believe they have the means of doing that at present ; but , if the people are allowed to become more enlightened—to gradually possess themselves of more social and political influence , and to assert and exercise that influence through peaceable and constitutional channels , the days of absolutism—of the tyranny of the Few over the Many—are numbered . The genuine and permanent triumph of Democracy can only be obtained by its achieving a victory over the ignorance and prejudices of men , by its enlisting in its
service their passions , their intellects , and their energies . To . gain ascendancy by means of brute force , would debase , vitiate , and lower Democracy to the level of the old Despotisms . It would win its supremacy by force and fraud , and by the Bame means would have to sustain it . It is needless to add , that the world is not to be emancipated from poverty , ignorance , vice , and crime , by such agencies . Democracy must base its empire , upon the enlightened opinion and the general affections of the people who recognise , in just and equal laws and institutions , the direct and natural result of those great and benign principles of Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity ^ on whi ch alone society ; can be safely or securely founded .
We earnestly trust that the real Democrats in the United States will prove , in the case of any future attempts of this description , that they are adverse to such violations of the Law of Nations , and the dictates of Justice ; and that they will cause the shame and the disgrace to be fastened upon the true parties , who , under the guise of Democracy , in reality seek to perpetuate the worst forms of human slavery and oppression ; -
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THE PRICE OF A PERJURED PRINCE . Sir Robert Walpole and Napoleon ruled on the avowed principle that " every man has his . price . " They reduced corruption to a system , and , certainly , the , readiuess with which the bribes they offered were clutched at , was by no means calculated to disprove their theory of government . It has been reserved for the Nephew of the Emperor to give the most practical and unblushing illustration of the truth of his Uncle ' s maxim , to be found
m modern times . Scarcely was the Bill passed , which deprived several millions of Frenchmen of the franchise , than the Assembly was asked to . raise the salary of Louis Napoleon from £ 20 , 000 a-year to £ 120 , 000 . For betraying , insulting , and robbing of their constitutional rights , one half of those whose votes placed him in the Presidential chair , the miserable and despicable , huckster , asked that his pay should be increased five times over ! It is calculated that the Disfranchising Bill will take away the suffrage from at least 3000 , 000 of voters , whose rights were as
solemnly guaranteed to them by the Constitution as the right of " the seventeen conspirators" to set in the Assembly , or the President to exercise the executivo power attached to his oflice . For his consent aud complicity in this most monstrous and infamous transaction , he a 3 ks to have his salary increased from 1 , 200 , 000 to 3 , 000 , 000 francs a year , or , justat the rate of one franc per annum for every voter struck off the register , and driven without the pale of the Constitution , by himself and the perjured majority , whose tool he has become .
Some one has wittily , but truly described a knave to be a fool with circumbendibus . The truth of the description has been shown in the present instance . The President has performed his part of the compact first ; he has played into the hands of the Legitimists and Orieanists , whose object it is to get rid of him as soon as they can , and now they are either unable or unwilling to fulfil their share of the contract , and give him the price of his treachery to the Republic and the people . of France . -He has lost himseif irretrievably . The masses , whohave been so shamefully and unjustly deprived of their constitutional rights , wUl , no doubt , remember and revenge his desertion ,
and their betrayal to the reactionary party . From the combined or separate sections of the parties \ pk > are plotting for the restoration of the Bourbon or Orleaua dynasties ,, he can expect nothing . Even were the bill to be carried , it would be but a , -wretched compensation for ih& loss of such honours , such permanent influence ,. rank , and station aahe might have oopiipied in France , by the faithfhl observance of the Constitution , and by throwing his weight asdief&oial influence on the side of the people . If he | had rightly comprehended his own per * IBon ; &l interests , he would , tiaye $ lded , aU raeaaureB , which , without trenohing upon the ge « neral laws or the rights of others , promised « solution of- the social question , ^ vhich hare bo
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» 4 , . THE NORTHERN STAR . June 15 , 1850
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1578/page/4/
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