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THE NttRTHEIH 1T4E SATURDAY. * BTCHMT 31, IS5O.
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AISO THE BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY On an Advance your Bent is Saved—you become your own Land and Householder . of , cms . —T . S . Dcscoube , Esq ., U . P . T . Waelet , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cibbeu .. Esq ., M . I ' . L . J . Hansasd , Esq . Bankers . —The Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) 6 , Henrietta Street . Cuvent Garden , Chairman of Directors . —Seoege W . M . Rbisolds , Esq . 'in Office . —So . 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St . Pancras , London . —Damq . WnviiiH Rdfft , Secretary . i .: Abeakged ih Thbee Sections . —Value of Shares and Paymentfor Investors . Full Share .. .. £ 120—payment ot 2 s . 5 d . per We « k , or 10 s . ( id . per Month . IlalfShare .. .. 60 1 2 J 5 3 Quarter Share .. .. 30 0 7 J 2 8 Applicants are requested to state in their form the Sectiom they desire to be a Member of . No Scsveyo&s , SoucrroEs ' , ok Redemptioh Fees . —Tin present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , < tc , ib 4 s . per Share , and 2 s . 60 . for any part of a - > hare . Price of Rules , including Postage , Is . OBJECTS . 1 st . —To enable members to build Dwelling Houses . 5 th . —To give to Depositing Members a higher rate of infcd .-Toafibrdthe means ot purchasing both Freehold terest than is yielded by ordinary modes of investment tnd Leasehold Properdes or land , ' 6 fl « .-To enable Parent * to make Endovvinents for their Sri-To advance Mortgages on Property held by g ^^ IIusbandS f ° ^^ Wl « 8 - or forllarnago members . 7 th . —To pnrchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient 4 th . —To enable Mortgagers being members to redeem value to gire a legal title to a County Vote for Members oi their Morisages . Parliament Sectigs L—By joining thi s section erery person in town or country can become the pron < ietor of a House and Land in trie own neighbourhood , without being removed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself and family Biay have uf saining a livelihood . Section- 1 ] —To raise a capital b ^ shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into allotjoen is * rr-ni halt-an-acrp upwards , in or near the towns of the various branches of the society . Tliu property to be -he lonafide ireehold of the member after a term of seven years , from the date of location , according to his subscriptions . Section' 111 —Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabed t < i invest small sums , receiving interest at tlie rate of fire percent per annum , on erery sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . K . B . — £ 50 u wili be advanced to the members of the first Section in November next , when all persons who have and nay broouie members for shares , or parts of shares , on or before the 4 tu of November next , and who jay six months ' absenpdons in advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance . -
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WORKS IN PREPARATION , By ERNEST JONES , . Of the Mddle Temple , Barristir-at-Law . THE NEW WORLD , A Political P <« -m . dedicated to the people of THE UNITED QUEESDOM , ASO OF THE UNITED STATES , tilth copious notes , addressed especially to the Working Classes . BE L B A G O ~ N ~ CHURCH , A Religious Poem , dedicated to
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DEAFNESS AXD SIXGIXG IN THE EARS IKSTASTLY CURED WITHOUT PAIN OR OPERATION . q ^ HE APPLICATIONS OF DR . PEARX SOS'S wondesful discovered remedy in all cases of Deafaess enables sufferers of eithtr sex , even an infant or most aged persons , to h 6 ^ a watch lick at arms leugth and general conversation , although having been ufilictcd wish deaibess for thirty or forty years , without the US 2 < jfany instrument , or possibility of causing pain or daiijer toaciiililnjany . of . whom boru leaf , witli persons of all ages whose casesliad betn , by the old treatment , pronounced incurable , after Use use of this new discovery have had their bearing perfectly restored . Dr . Charles Pearson , Consulting Surgeon of the Ear In . finnarv- for the cire of Beafccss , begs to offer tliis va ! uable remidy to the pubic from beuevoltnecrather than gam . : mu will forward it to any jiart rarE < m receipt of a letter enclosing Sve sailliugs and sixpsiicc in postage stauiiw or ^ njpny . prder , ip Charles Pearson , il . D ., 41 , Sand Pitts , liii--f nudgteaa . * I ) i £ iPe : irson daily applies his new remedy , aud -. has cured thcnfeand 3 of mostinveteratc cases at theEai- Iu-* . firmar ^ aiiaTia . Private pracace , in the presence of the inoste mineritcfthe Faculty who have been utterly astoutfhed atthecirae&cted .
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Education for the Millions . THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , Xo . XV . op " THE KATMa ^ MMCTOi " PRICE ONE FENNY . The object of tltc Pn . iprieior , FEAnens O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., is to place within die reach of tho poorest classes thai Political and Sojial Information of which iliey are at presHiit dej'rivcd by ihe , GoverninKiit " Taxes on Knowled « i ' . " | Iu addition to a serial history » f the " Life and I Adventures of Fkahgus O'CoJf . voit from his Boy-I hood , " it will coiiiaiii Essays ! iy t » e best writers on | all the leading Questions of the * < l : iy , written in an 'ctruest , honest , and impartial spirit ; Tales and Sketches , Hlastiativ-.- of the workiiij ; of our pre ^ .-nt Socialan . l Politicr . ! System : Revii-wsandahatrata > of New Books ot ' . i u ^ 'i ' iil mid ittsiruutivc charncu'r , and Mi e-.-ihiiiouus liiiciiiiatiou , suited alike for tin * ainuse-.-t .-iit and iii-iii-uc ' . hin of the fireside . As "TilE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR" is designed to improve unit elevate the Political and Social Condition of the Working Classes , its columns will be opened for fair aud temperate discussion upon . ill the questions affecting their welfare and it will thus become a truthful and living exponent ot" public opinion .
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SIXTEEH LAKGE OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . * CONTENTS OP No . XV . The Right Use of the Soil . , The Secret . A Royal E ^ itupii . ' Life and Adventures of Feargus O'Connor . ] The Revolution iu Vienna , and tbe Death of < Robert Bium . ] California . ( Gleanings .
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. , Now Ready , 1 THE FOURTH MONTHLY PART , Stitched into *• Wrapper . Price Fourpence . CONTENTS OF PART IV . Political Slavery in England . A Sketch . The Secret . ( Continued . ) Life aud Adventures of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., XI . P . ( Continued . ) Woman : in the past , the present , and the future . Power and Gentleness . Gleanings . The Iaiiivi'Uinl System . The Serfs Revenge Historical K | i * odes . > The Gerniiin Newspaper Press . Sale of Encumbered Estates in Ireland . The Right . Use of the Soil . A Royal Epitaph . The Revolution ia Vienna , and the Death of , Robert Blum . California . e _ ' .
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NtiffCASTLE-ON-TYNE . IV j OTICE IS HEREBY GJVEN that the . i" quarterly niecung of this brauch of the National I-ana Company will beheld on Sunday , the 8 th of September , at two o ' clock , p . m ., wlien all members are requested to attend , as business of importance mil be brought before them , relative to the winding up of the Umipanj- ' s affairs , audofascertainiug to whom dividends are due . Thomas Fobbest , Sub-Secretary .
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Edocatws in thk Abut . —An officer of a crack cavalry regmwHt . in writing to tho Duke of Wel-) > v . p « . na < i ; lreSS ed his Grace "FeeldMam ' al the ¦ Duke of Wellington . " The Duke was disgusted , and immediately issued the educational order .-l :. uud Service Gazette . ; , . ; IJinii-sEmbqttle-nose whalea were captured in t he Forth , afew mUes above ^ AUoa , on Sundfty last
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The readers of the " , Northeni Star ^ ' and the Democratic party generally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue of the various Steel engravings lately''distributed with the " Northern Star . " They consist of KoSSBTH , , ' . MeAQHKB , ' -, \ Louis Blanc , Miiohbl , Ernest Jowbs , Smith O'Brien , Richard Oabiibr , John Frost . These Engravings have excited the admiration of every oue who has Been them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Fourperice . eacti .
There has also been a reprint of the undermentioned portraits , which have . been given away at different time ' s with the' "Northern Star , " and which are striking likenesses , and executed iri the most brilliant manner— . '" . Andrew Marvel , William Cobbett , Arthur O'Connor , Henr y ont , - Patrick O ' Hiooins , P . O'C nnor , Brontburk O'Brien , W . P . . Roberts . J . It . Stephens , There is also a re-issue of the two large prints , " THE NATIONAL , CONVENTION OF 1839 . " " THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION , by Mtti DUHCOMBB , in 1842 . " To be had of J . Patey , Holy well-street .
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% 8 ~ To me Skcretaribs ofthk Various Branches o p TtiE Land Society , and op the-Chartist Association ' . —We cannot in future announce any forthcoming meeting * , or events to titlee place , although embodied m resolutions ,- unless the advertisement dutyfh . fid . J it sent with such communications . The evasion is detected at the Stamp Office , and th $ proprietor is compelled to pay it . The Land and Chartist members will , henceforth , understand the reason tvlty future meetings are not announced in eur columns . ¦¦ ¦ ..- . ,, ¦ , <• . , ... ¦ .,. G . Juuan IIabnei requests that all private letters for him may be addressed to his residence 4 , Brunswick-row , Queen square , BloomS'iury , London * - : u- ' v . ••¦¦/• Lacbt Fund . —Notting-hill and Kensington Subscription Fund , pep Mr . Brown—Mr . Wood 6 d—F . Lone Gd—T .
Jasper 4 d—T . Essex Jd —!; . P . HrownCd-J . Perry 2 d-C . Williams 6 d-Mr . Dunford Gd-J . W . Lesingham Is . —G . A . 4 d—T . Cripps Gd—G . GooriucreGd—S . Gifford Gil . — Per Air . Hanson—J . Sausom Is—W . Arkold 2 d—Mr . Guairs 6 d-Mr . Cook 4 d—s Dawes Gd—Mr ., Bass Gd—Mr . Johnson 3 d—J F . 3 d—a Friend Is—a Friend Gd—J . Davicsfid—Mr Hain . 's Gd—Mr . Vessel Gil—Mr . ibbwiiodfid-TGoildurdls—W . Gowing 6 d-Mr . Win 6 d-H . Bi-nen Gd-fi . L . ivetttid—C . Lewis 6 d—H . Jelley 6 d . Nottingham . — . Mr . J . Sweet bers to acknowledge . the receipt of the following sums ( sent ¦ herewith ) viz . : — WisDiNG-tipFond—Mr . Hoflgltinson Gd- ^ Mtssrs .. Lewis s Is— Jos . Scoihern Cd—Jas . Scothern Gd ^ -J . Pnrr " Gil—J . Fletcher ( id—J . Sheppo-d Gd-J . Barley fid—J . Sylvester Gd—S . Widilowum Gd—S . . Tudson 3 d—W . T . Gil—T . Skeidon Cd—T . Rar : ram 3 d—M . A . Cos 3 d . " Polish Refugee Fond—A Few Irish Deiancrat . * ,. per Mr . Clancy Us ; II . B . ami Friends 3 s ; . Concert at the ' Ship and Mermaid , per Mr . Miles lfis : China , lier Mr . Milne
Is Calendar-yard . ' per Claxtori-lg 7 d ; Mi \ Buddie Is ; Mr . Thompson ' s Bonk Is ; J « lden . lane , per J . Muring 2 s « d ; Collected at the Funeral of Waddington , per T . Brown 9 s ; Mr . Taylor , per T . Brown Gd ; Concert at the Marquis of Hastings , per ditto I ; Mr . Martin , per ditto , 4 d ; Hock Tavern , per ditto 6 d : Lecture at I'hilpot-street , per ditto 3 s ( id ; H . CUv , Ashford Is . —W . Davis , Secretary . Licet Fund . —II . Wilks acknowledges the receipt of the following su-ns . —Folkstcne , per Messrs . Wright and Tanner ill Is ; Collected at a Meeting of Chartists and others friendly to the cause , at the Jenny Linil , Coffeehouse . Greemvicli-m : u-feet 15 s Gd ; Firai Division of City Sliot ' tnakfrs , per Messrs' Kochford and Wilson !)>• ( i $ rt Mr . laom Is : . 1 . Clarke ' s Book 2 s lod ; W W . 5 s ; Mr . Han-is ( second subscription ) is Gd : Mr . Argue Is ; II . B . 6 d : Yarmouth , per'Mr . ltoyall : js ; Mr . Lewis ' s Book Is lid : Monks , per Mr . Arnott 19 s "id ; S . JL , Woortstreet . ChoapsMe , ner C Young 10 s : W . 0 ., George-yard , Itow-chureh-lano 5 r .
T M .. Northampton . —On the 25 th of June , 1816 , immediately after the passing of ili « Com Law Uepp ; il act , Lord J Russell and the I'rotcctinnists , defeated Sir Hubert Peel by a majority of seventy three .. Sir Robert formerly resigned office on the 2 ! kh , having held , the seals merely to a low arrangements to be made for his successorsthe whigs—who have , therefore now been in power four jears and a month . The ¦ last dissolution was in June * 1847 . The general election took place in July , and the new parlianv nt assembled for the first time on the iSth of NoT .-mber , 1817 . Lord John llussoil wab Prime Minister , ¦ it the time of the election . Mr . A . Walker , llamUtmi They will be ready for issue in three or four weeks . Mr Howe , Banbury . —They shall be sent when ready . U D . Griffiths . —Read the first notice to correspondents .
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THE GREAT WANT OF THE AGE . Public order , progress and prosperity , can only be maintained by the removal of every just ground of dissatisfaction with the existing liiwu and institutions of the country . The stationary policy of the present . Government and Legislature is , therefore , iu itself calculated to , create that state of public feeling , and of public affairs , which is most inimical to peaceful and orderly progress ; When great * \ , . ' < ]
changes , founded in reason aud justice , are resisted uutil the public mind has become impatient , the period for calm discussion , and the reasonable adj ustment of our' institutions to the wants of the time passes away ; aud is succeeded by that of popular excitement , loading to revolutionary violence , caused by the pas sionate struggle of the organised , few ; and the undisciplined many , for the mastery . . ( 1 ¦
The hostile attitude assumed'by'Lord John Russell and his Cabinet , backed b y the aristocracy , towards the popular ? ihowment for political enfranchisement , is certain to eventuate in such a struggle , uuless the Whig Ministry are replaced in time by an administration , capable of comprehending the actual ' state of public feeling , and of adopting their measures to its requirements . The questions . which recent events have caused to engross' all men ' s minds are those of ciyil RICMTS—ri ghts recognised , by the theory of the'British Constitution , which provides that all men shall be
equal in the eye—rights not ; to be exchanged for charity .-: The determination to gain those rights is growing . strbnger among thewovking and middle classe . 8 every je&r , though ; as yet , it has not taken that angry " , ^ ajidj . threatening aspect which alone i arouses our aristocratic rulers into harsh repression , ; or fri ghtened and blunderous concessions . ' The / struggle to obtain them must , however , in tKo end ^ -dospite the resistance , of the oligarch y ^ llpad to the abolition of all imperfect foi'nis of social polity , which sacrifice the interests -of . tho . niany to the privileges of the few , and violate the eternal principles of truth and'justice . ;
This question has been long enough before the public to :.. warrant an immediate and a peaceable settlement . Petitions , wera first presented for a reform in Parliament towards the close of the last century , as a meaus of putting an end to the exclusivq . assumptio ' nby a privileged class of all ! - officers ' inthe Btate connected with legislative and admiuistrativo functions . Military events , and the subsequent triumph of despotism on the continent ,-de- ' feated that object for the' time ; but the Tietitions were renewed on the conclusion of the
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war with , Napoleon , ; during which ; a'profligate expenditure ¦ had entailed a burden ' of debfupon the national ' industry 'unparalleled inithe history of the world ^ a burden , which thjrty-five years of'peacje , under oligarchial rule , has done nothing , ' or riext' io- ' nothing ' , to diminish . In 1830 ; however , Boon ' a'fter the exclusion of the elder branch of the Bourbons from France , the necessity for an improvement of the representative system became bo urgent that the oligarchy were Qoerced into p » soing ^ the Reform Act , ' though , as usual , with that blind and bigotted section , the country was brought almost'to the brink of revoluton before they y ielded ;
The reform thus obtained eighteen _ years experience has proved to be illusory . The majority 6 £ the House of Commons continues : to be returned ; not by the peop le ; but by the nobility . Take up Dodd's Parliamentary CJonv panion , and the truth of this statement will be apparent at a glance . It is , composed mainly of marquisses , earls , viscounts , lords , right honourables , baronBts , knights , lord-lieutenaritsi deputy ' lord-lieutenants , admir alfl ; lieutenant-generals , major-generals , colonels ,
majors , captains of the army and rmvy ; placemen arid pensioners , and patrons of church livings . The result is , that the patronage of every office in the state , of high stationior emolument , is seized uporias before , as the birthrig ht of the ' same' privileged class . ' Public opinion is stifled in the House , and can only make itself felt by out-door agitation ; whereas , if the people were really ¦ represented , it would greatly and efficiently operate through the medium' of the machinery provided theoretically by the Constitution for that purpose .
To some extent the present system'is even worseihan the old , inasmuch' as new' constituencies have been created too narrow for independent action , and , therefore , ' open to . influences of ' corruption which were unknown to the nomination boroughs ; in which no constituencies existed . ' The long and scandalous list of Members unseated during the present Parliament , for bribery practised by * theni-8 elvesbr their election committees , is only the ' symptom of a social disease known to' exist' iii a far more extensive form , - but of which the legal evidence has not been sought . Enough is known , however , to prove that the system is rotten to the core . ¦ ¦ ' . -- : ; -
These defects early became apparent to the people at large , but the public desire that they should'be remedied Was hot met ! by the so- ' called Reform Goyerhment and Parliament in a frank and honest , spirit , to carry put the Reform Act according to the popular interpretation of its spirit and meaning : ' On the contrary , Lord John Russell and ' the Whigs ; took their stand upon a rigid adherence to its letter . They declared that while extending the suffrage they meant to perpetuate the predominancy of the landed interestj and , that whatever might be thci imperfections of the Act , it must be regarded as a final measure .
Faithfully has Lord John Russell adhered in practice to this declaration of Finally , though he has sometimes attempted to deny \ t in words . To every proposal for an alteration of his handiwork , great or small , he has opposed a dogged and pertinacious resistance . Like Earl Guey , his former chief , Lord John has firml y made up his mind to "stand by his order . " Ho is the ' ehampion of aristocratic
domination . The legislative and administrative machinery of the country exist in his mind for- the sole purpose of maintaining the ascendancy of the privileged classes over the ether portions of the community ; and it is just as well that this fact should be thoroughly understood in the future agitation for Parliamentary Reform . Lord John , in 1850 , is to us what the Eldons and Wetiierklis were to t . hn
Reform party in 1830—the deadly and determined opponent of every change that threatens , however remotely ,, to trench on the power , emoluments , patronage , or domination of the oligarchy . Upon this fact the Parliamentary Reformers should , iu future , base the whole of their policy and agitation . Let the Premier and his Cabinet be recognised in their true characters as declared enemies to the enfranchisement
ot the people , and the demand that the House of Commons shall , in reality as in name , represent their opinions , their wants , and their interests . Let the section of that House , which now profess to sympathise with the movement for representative reform , forthwith formally separate themselves from the herd of blind supportersof the Government , and takeup anjndepeudent position as a party . They will hold the scales between the two factions , who merely
fight with each other for the privilege of plundering the people , and they will make it impossible for either of them to retain power without making large and substantial concessions to the popular will . A single Session of honest , uncompromising , and high-principled actionj on the part of one hundred members , would reduce both sections of the oligarchy to submission , and lay the foundation of a sound , efficient , and equitable representative system ,
This is the indispensable precursor of all other reforms—social , educational , or administrative .- Wo take our stand on the great principle of manhood suffrage as the only just and permanent basis on which such a reform can be placed . With less than that we shall never rest content , though we deprecate any obstruction 'beiug thrown in the way of those , who from policy ,, timidity , or honest conviction , arc not prepared to go that length . We do not pretend to deny , that differences of opinion still prevail among the most conscientious advocates of reform upon the best modes of suffrage . The way to reconcile those
differences appear to us to lie iu the conciliation , not the alieuation , of tho different sections of the reform party . For our own part , we believe that nothing is more easy than to demonstrate the superiority in principle of the People's Charter , to all other plans of Parliamentary Reform ever proposed . But that very sense of the demonstrable superiority of that document ought to make its advocates deairous of meeting the" supporters of less efficient measures in . kindly . and temperate discussion , with a view of inducing them to adopt what many already admit to be , in principle , a better basis than their own . '
There are , however , anomalies connected with the present system upon which no differences exist , and which arc condemned alike by all honest men , as rendering the existing representation a mockery of the name . Those are most marked in the inequality of the existing electoral small te ' wns , with a population scarcely greater than villages , are placed upon the footing as Manchester , Liverpool ! the Tower Hamlets , Marylebone , Finsbury or Lambeth . A similar disproportion is followed out oven in the counties ; and ' thus an irisiguificaut minority of only one sixth of the
electoral body is , enabled to return the , majority of the members of ; the House of Commons .. Sixteen small boroughs , the united population of which is ' only 76 , ' l 79 , ' 'ai e enabled , by this shameful and indefensible 'inequality , to send thirty-two members to' Parliament , and ' thus neutralise the votes .. 6 f .. tlurty 4 w 6 iriemb ^ rs ^ sent by fifteen of our :, wealthiest cities ^ whps p united population . amounts to 3 , 129 , 517-:, A re-arrangement of'the electoral districts 1 in connexion ; with a large . and honest ' extension
of , the . suffrage ,, so . that ; each . district' should contain a Parliamentary , ' constituency , of ' not less than 100 , 000 electors , ' would put an ; end for ever to the corrupting influences which now debase alike , thfe ; electoral "body , ' and those who are returned by them ' to Parliament . It would make them top large to be bribed , too powerful to . be : intimidated ; ' we may add as an almost inevitable sequence , too intelligent to be cajoled-b y political adventurers and peddlars .:,: < ..,. ,. ¦ , ..-., „ , ¦• ; .. „ ¦ ,.,. . . "
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thelcurse ' of oligarchial' ddmiriition , ' with all its ^ onseqWent extravagance , injustice ; oppresgipn , and discontent willcontinue to afflict the nation . j , A ^ h ' usbarids , - fathers , spnsj citizens , all honest iheh are bound , ~ by the highestties of duty , tho noblest aspirations of freeinerij to unite for the accomplisHmeht of this great arid paramount . reform , arid when so ; obtained , to apply its powers in the spirit of justice , to promote the welfare , of the whole body politic , witLbut distinction of class , piirty , or , sect . The leading measures which ought to be enacted by a People's Parliament , will form the subject of a separate article .
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PROSPECTS OF INDUSTRY . According to the Daily News " . the management of the masses-will in future be something far more difficult than it has been hitherto . " In the tendency of modern industrial ., organisation , to " concentrate the scattered powers of labour , as well as of labouring energy and mind , " it sees " more formidable , " because " more intelligent masses to deal with , ' arid it begins to doubt whether the . much vaunted " principle of suppl y and demand" will help the Capitalist over the difficulties which loom in the future .
¦'; Every reader of the SStar knowsthe violent and , vituperative manner in which ' . the Daily News , and , all the smaller . organs , of the . • Manchester School ; " have constantly as- , sailed such measures as the Ten Hours Act ; They have always ,, pretended to appreciate all Government , or Legislative . interference between the owners of . capital and the owners of labour , as an infraction of all sound pr inciples of national economy , calculated to tend to the most , disastrous results in | practice .. The advocates , of such , measures .. hayft , been stigmatised as the worst possible enemies of the working classes . -i Laissez Faire was the only
saving principle ; Those , who interfered in any wayw ^ re . pursuing ^ . suicidalpolicy , and preventing that free , equitable and proper settlement .-. of . ^ he ; terma . betweenr capital and labour ^ which was most beneficial for both , and forthe | 3 ountrj , atlarge v . ,. , , , "Acharige has come , o ' er the spirit of the dream . ' , ' . It was all very well to preach this doctrine as / long as , the working ^ of " suppl y and demand '' was , in f avour of the ; employer . But the , reciprocity , of our . economical friends is truly Irish—rail on , ' one side .. ' No . sooner do they find . that , it is just possible the advantage may some time or otherbe in favour of the
employee , than , forthwith they call out lustil y for Goyernment interference . Nor are they so mdderate'in ' jkhei ' r ' demands-as the "intemperate arid violent demagogues , " who induce the ignorant . working ; classes to make such preposterous proposals for the regulation of ca pital and labour , as were embodied in the Ten Hours Act of 1847 . The penalties imposed by this act for the infraction of its provisions , were exclusivel y of a pecuniary character ; but the gentle and amiable political economists prescribe a more active treatment for the refractory workmen , who are beyond the control of " supply and demand . "
We shall not comment on the grace with which the following passage comes from the organ of those who opposed Legislative interference in behalf of the , factory children , women and young peraons , as an adoption of the worst theories of the Communists : — - If insubordination and turbulence display tliemseves in the ranks of railway employees government ' and the legislature must interfere , imd the result will be one of two things , either an especial and rigid code , like that of ihe merchant service , or an undertaking of tho management ot railways by the state as the only power capable of largely enforcing discipline . The chiefs of our armv and of
ouv navy declared that they cannot preserve discipline without the power of arrest , of the lash , and of courts martial , which consider disobedience to a superior » s an almost capital crime . Several of the continental powers have placed their railnajs under military jurisdiction , and an Austrian engineer who t-ndangers the lives of his passengers is forthwith subjected to military punishment Pleasant . prospect for the v / orking classes , when Manchester . shall rule Great Britain , as Cobden and Bright once declared they were determined it should . When ' supply and demand " fails to make them sufficiently subservient to the millocracyoand the plutocracy ,
" the power of arrest of the lash and of courts martial , which consider disobedience to superiors as almost a capital crime , " are to lie called in , to subdue the rebellious labourers who dare dispute the right divine of capital to treat them as it pleases . Really this is . a new revelation of the tendencies of our •? industrial developemunt" which deserves the gravest attention from the Proletarians of this country . It means neither more nor less than this : —When tho semblance of freedom , which , under the name of wages , perpetuates slavery , among the producing classes ,- fails to effect that object , the owners of capital will have no hesitation iu resorting to the more open form of chattel slavery . As to the idea of Industry having any hts
rig , that is Utopian , if not impious . " The labourer is not entitled to his . hire ; " he is not to be " first partaker of the fruits , " He is" to exist simply us a machine to produce wealth for the enjoyment of the privileged and wealthy classes . If he can be brought to do this by the apparently voluntary system of competition between himself and his brother helots , well and good . If not , then open , undisguised force , and compulsion must be resorted to The lash—the terrible discipline of courts martial , in which the mere fact of disobedience to superiors may be punished by death—are weapons to which capital is prepared to have recourse , for the purpose of forcing its victims to their bitter , unrewarded , aud oppressive toil .
It is just as well that we should be told this in time , in order that we may know what is before us , as the ultimate developement of our modern industrial system of concentration . There have not been wanting grave , thoughtful men , who , pondering deeply on its innate tendencies , have declared that its only permanent result would be the degradation and slavery of the masses ,, and the ascendancy of an all-powerful moneyocracy ; but they were decried as dreamy theorists , or denounced as seditious disturbers of our glorious commercial system . , Now ,, however , we have the avowal from the . daily organ of the . prompters of that system ; and though it specially . applies itself
to the case of . the Engine Drivers on the Eastern Counties Hue , there can be but little doubt ; but , worethe exigency to arise the capitalists would find plenty of reason for applying , the same kind of compulsion to workers of all descriptious . In fact , the inference is inevitable , from a system of production which in its very essence , estimates more highly the wealth created , than the man who' creates it ¦ Ut the laws which are passed , nearly nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand : have for their' object the protection of property . The physical , intellectual , or moral weltare of the producer of that property , obtains scarcel y the sli ghtest ' recognition as amon g the duties of the Legislature
. Mere strikes " against a system like this can have but a very temporary effect , oven when by a rare concurrence of favourable circum-Btaric ' . they happen to be' successful . The working' cla 8 ses ; can hold their own for a very short time in'the face of the hostile influences which ¦ arc constaritly and actively in operation against them . ' The natural increase of populatioH , and' the improvements in machinery
by which more work is done with fewer hands are two permanent influences by which the contest for work and Wage 3 must be made to grow yearly-more desperate . Wherever any occupation , appears to be understocked there will be a rush , of candidates for work with the usual result-namel y , the overstocking of that opening for labour in a very brief period ; : : ' ; ¦> : ' - - , ; . ¦ ; , J u
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and the rapid extension of . the raiJway 8 ys em within the last four or five years in con junction With , the peculiarl y ! ^ S ' and Z sponsible duties they have fa p J " might fairly have led to thl pe " 9 rnT ' Jon that / the supply , VjffS demand . We are sorry to sav « , * 7 ing by the reports this week , Vch 7 ^ case . The Directors of the South Eastern have apparently found little difficulty in filling the places of feheir late drirers . The Director
on the other lines have given them assistance in a way which should give a salutary lesson to the working classes , and teach them to make their Unions national instead of local However justifiable the strike was in its origin , we are afraid the drivers will be defeated and that the process of plundering the workmen to pay dividends on the South EasterS other lines besides , will henceforth meet with but slight check or hindrance .
The only way by which this state of thiugg can be effectually met , is not by Labour at tempting to . combat Capital , but by commanding capitalof its own to employ and reward itself ; and , by making a little capital go a great way , by means , of scientific combinations , direct exchanges and good management . If the Proletarian class are ever to render themselves independent of the capitalist class ,, it must be by means of mutual , industrial and commercial cooperation , unless the labourers can combine to work for
themselves , and to elevate , themselves oaf of the thraldom of the wages system ; then combinationsjno * to work for employers will exercise no enduring influence . The sole , simple and effective cure , is the pacific reconstruction and assimilation of tho interests of capital and labour upon equitable princi ples , for the general benefit . The la / our ^ classe hate all the materials for effecti ng this at their command . They want but ^ knowledge anj the will to apply them ri ghtly ; and in the Le of the industrial tyranny with which the Daily News threatens them , tho sooner they acquire Se ^
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LOUIS PHILIPPE .
thi ? iffo a Fagan , Franoe has de P arte <* this life . ¦ A career of unusual length and extraordmary vicissitude terminated quietly in a country to whose hospitality he was frequentl y indebted for shelter in the course of his chequered life . A few years ago , he was cried up as the great man of the age , vaunted as the Napoleon of Peace , who , by what was called liberal , conservative , and constitutional means , was to lay the foundati on of a new and lasting order of things in Europe . No terms ot laudation were thought too extravagant for the man whom his courtier denominated ultimately " Nestok , " and " Ulysses . " The politicians and journalists of thedav . with
whom success is synonymous with desert , echoed the adulation of his servile flatterers ; and a few years since , when he paid a royal visit to this country , the Press , almost without exception , joined in a chorus of compli . ment and eulogy absolutely stunning . The three days of February , 1848 , exposed the real nature of the idol which had tlmB been set up for public adoration , by those who lead the unthinking multitude . The splendid vestmunts in which they had robed it—the virtues they ascribed to it—were in a .
momem rudely stripped off , and the paltry character and dimensions of the cheat exposed to gaze of the world . For eighteen years he was at the head of affairs in France and , during that time , not one great or generous idea ever seems to have crossed his brain . His whole object was to . convert the mi ghty resources of the country he ruled over into a means of aggrandising his own family . In the pursuit of this all-absorbing object , all methods were alike to him . Nothing was too mean , false , or h ypocritical for adoption , so that it served the purpose of linking the
Orleans famil y imperishably with the reiquing dynasties of Europe , For this lie equivocated , manoeuvred , lied . At the very moment , when bis last intrigue in Spain seemed to have consummated his policy , the storm of retributiou burst forth and swept him from the throne , whose vast powers he had prostituted to tho most sordid and selfish ends . He had weighed upon the country like a nightmare . Absorbed in his own miserable self-seeking , he knew nothing of the real condition , or ot the wants and opinions of the people . Carefully shutting up every avenue by which that knowledge might have been
obtainedviolentl y repressing every upheaving ot tho fermenting elements of society—he and his servants imagined they had subdued the aspirations of a nation to their own base level . The constituency of the whole of France was a mercenary body of placemen , too few even for the places which a gigantic system of centralisation had placed at the disposal of the Court . Bribery , accompanied b y a shameless want of principle on the part of hi gh and low , connected with the state machinery , was the only motive power . Having no lofty priuciplo to guide him—jud ging of all other men by hit own staudiird—h e sought to govern purely by cunning and bribery , and to save himself as monarch by playing off one class ayaiust another .
The Revolution of 1848 was the only just and natural termination of such a monstrous Governmental abortion as this . Had it been otherwise , men might have doubted the existence of a Providence and an Avenger , and an encouragement to other tyrants arid tricksters on thrones , have been gathered from a triumphant career which violated every priuciple that
ought to guide those entrusted i tho m anagement of public affairs . The terror-stricken fl'ght of the disguised Mr . Smith , from the Tuileried , amidst the loathing contempt ot a people , who would not condescend even to pursue him , was the most condign and appropriate conclusion of a reign , marked throughout b y fraud , duplicity , n . cauness and selfishness .
The poor puppet who has just passed through a considerable portion of the country m the vain hope that he might create , or find' such an amount of popularity as to justif y him iu making a bold and forcible effort to destroy tho constitution he has sworn to uphold , ought to gather a lesson from the fate of his predecessor , If ei ghteen years quiet possession of power , aided by the immense revenues granted b y the nation , and the large private fortune possessed by Lows ¦ PuiLirPE , tailed tokeephim onthethroiie what chance is there for Louis Napoleon to overthrow the lxepublic , aud raise a new one that
shall last ? He ' is pursuing the same policv of repression unwarned by tho experience of " the pas . The Press is muzzled , the right of pubhc meeting ; and of association taken * „ ,, „ if ' ' gu , ised ,, brute force , under ™ n - v W ™^ m "order , " is the sole If , ?? i 1 > eliei ? Ul ) on b >' President . 0 ™ Mouia have imagined > that this foolish game ftiid been played so often , and always with tue same result in Prance , that no one would nave been stupid enoug h' to try it again . By tombl y putting do . wn the open expression of public opinion it is not destroyed . On tho Z ?? + ve yycom P 'essiou adds force an * ? 1 ! ^» blexplosion cauiuoiuu
^ r ^ . * o . mi ,- i . „ "'""» . tJ 5 e * take the trouble to peruso ot tie Special Constable , " will discern that fiance is at heart thoroughly republican . A » the tloral arches and tho mountebank buffooneries ot tho authorities fail to keep that fact out of sight . ' The would-be Emperor or Cousui / nnnself must havb returned to Paris ' v »* u conviction tha ^ the attempt to-carry his ob « ject by a coup demain will be an exceedingly na zardous ' one . "VYe will , add our own that even J if successful , it would be ao for a very short
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1589/page/4/
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