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THE HORTHESN STAR. SATDRDAV, NOVEJIB E It 0, 1850. .
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NATIONAL CHARTER . ASSOCIA TION . Office , 14 , SouthamptoM' ^ i' ^ ^ — - ^ = ¦ FT -HE - EXECUTIVE ; "COMMITTEE 1 : herebyannounce ^^" fo ^ i hfMe - tropoUtan bde ^ tott ! ^ it * ssr t « r aSj ^^ . v ^ sass ssfasfsssA ff Bock Lisson-ero ? e-St . Pancras Locality , Bricklayer ' s Arms , TonbriOse-street , Ncw-road-Finsbury Locality , Old Dolphin . Old-street—St . Marylebone . Locality , Circusstreet . New-road—and Whittington and Cat Locality , Church-row , Btthnalereen . : ' •• ' On Monday evening , November 11 th , Mr . Bcierwill lecture at the Brunswick ' Hall , Ropemakers ' -fields , ' Limehouse . Subject : ' The Land , the people ' s inheritance . ' On the same evening the Cripplegate locality meet at the City Hall , 2 G , Golden-lane . . , : ' ¦ ... .. On Wednesday evening , November 13 th ( in consequenco ofthe non-attendance on Thursday last ) , the Committee appointed by the Democratic Conference to draw up an address to the country , will be held at the above office . Chsdr to be taken at nine o'clock . ; Signed on behalf of the Committee , , ¦ John Abnott , General Secretary .
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WHLTTINGTON AND CAT , Church TI Row , Bethnal Green . —A general njeehng of all members belonging to the Tower Hamlets will be held at the above house on Sunday , the 10 th . inst , to hear the reports ofthe delegates relative to the Wmding-up of the National Land Company . ' , - ¦
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TO THE TRADES OF LONDON AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL . ; . A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE A held at the FRATERNAL HOME AND LECTDBE HALL , 41 , Turnmill Street , Clerkenwell Green , on Monday evening next , November ud ^ to receive tho report of the Provisional Committee , and to elect a permanent Committee ; also to receive Uie . subscriptipns . in . their behalf , and to carry out tlieir views with ' ' respect to the Hungarian and Polish ReAtgees who are now in this country , residing at the Fraternal Home , as above . ' Chair taken at eight , o ' clock . — -Admission Free . . '
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T HE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORES are nowopened at ,.. . 76 , Charlotte Stbegt , Fitzbot Swabe , In connexion with ths Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations . . , . . . . 1 . —Object of the Stores . . . _ :. To enable members of the above-named Association , and other persons who may desire it ; " to obtain articles , of daily use perfectly free from adulteration , of the best qualitv , and the lowest charge , after defraying the necessary expense of management , distribution , and providing for a reserve fund . Co-operative stores have been established with much success in different parts of the kingdom . The benefit to the subscribers may be judged of fromthe fact that the subscribers to the Pioneer Store in Rochdale , divided in the last year JESOl ) after payment of all expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the . ordmary price . "¦ ¦'¦ ¦' „ ¦• ¦¦'¦ ¦¦ 2 . — Opebatioxs of the Stokes .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majestu , Queen Victoria , and H . R . 11 . Prince Albert , XOW READY , rpHE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS JL for ADTUSIN and WINTER 1850-1 , the most splendid and superbly-coloured PRINT ever before published by Messrs . Benjamin READ and Co .. 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and by G . BERGER , Holywell-street , Strand . This exquisitely engraved Print will be accompanied with Riding , Dress , Frock and Shooting Coat Patterns , all of the newest and most fashionable style , and every part fully illustrated both for Cutting and Making-up . Also the registered Cape and Cloak Paletot for persons of all nations , the most convenient garment ever before introduced , and will admit of great variety in cutting and
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"DLAIR ' S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC -D PILLS . —The following testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy of this Medicine : — 107 , New Bond-street , London ; , October "li ! tli . 1850 . Sir , —In acquainting you with tho great benefit which I have experienced by taking BIiAIR' 5 GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS , I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly afflicted . About twenty years since I was first attacked by Kheumatic Gout in my lianas ana feet . I hacl previously been subjected to every variety of climate , having served in Canada in the 19 th Dragoons , and in Spain , under Sir John Moore , in the 18 thHussar 3 . I always procured the best medical aid , but without obtaining any essential relief , and my sufferings can be appreciated onlyby those who know-: ometliing of this disease . It was during one of those
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. . ; .. Just Published , . " ¦ . : ¦ . NO . II . Of ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ 1 /! - : ^ ROBERT OWEN'S JOUKNIL A Weekly . Periodical explanatory of the means to woll-placo , well-employ , and well-educato , : the whole population . '¦' . " . '' ¦ ' Price One Penny ; by post , Twopence . " .,. ' .. ; No . III . will he ready with the other Weekly ! j Periodicals . ; . '"' Unpublished by Clayton and Son , 263 , Strand , London
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MR . OWEN'S RECENT WORKS , THE REVOLUTION IN MIND AND PRACTICE ; Is . LETTERS TO THE HUMAN RACE . Is . . CATECHISM OF THE RATIONAL SYSTEM . , Id .: FAREWELL ADDRESS . Id . ' . Aro published by Effingham Wilson , Watson , and Tickers , London .
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A PUBLIC MEETING- . WILL BE XX held in the John Street Institution , Tottenhamcourt-road , on Tuesday next , November 12 th , for the purpose of aiding the member * of the VVat Tyler Locality , Greenwich , to resist a gross aud unjustifiable wrong upon that body . ' . ' Twenty of the Polish and Hungarian Refugees will ; be present on the occasion , and sing some of their patriotic songs previous to their departure for Schleswig-Holstein . P . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., < J . W . M . Reynolds , Esq ; , and several other friends , arc expected to address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . . ; Admission . Id . and 2 d . each .
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Nottingham . —Mr . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) ,, viz .: —Fob tub Refugee Fond . —Mr . J . Gillott 3 d—A Friend 3 d—Fox and Hounds Gs 7 d—Lord Holland 2 s 6 d—Eaglp Tavern 7 s 6 d—Mr . Glover Is—From New Radford 8 s Gd . . . , Mr . J . Roxbt , Murton Colliery . —Mr . G . A . Fleming . Mr . K . Brook , Todmorden . —A lttter addressed , to tlio care of Mr . B . Banks , Union-street , Wednesbury , would reach her grandfather . , - Mr . Frost , Nether ILiugh . —We cannot supply German papers , or give any information relative to the Prussian Lottery . '"" . ' . James Moonet , Todmorden . —A satisfactory answer depends so much upon a knowledge of local affairs , with which we are unacquninted , that we cannot reply to
yeur question : . ' . ¦ :. ^ - -. : i ' , ¦ ffituM Waltos , Staleybridge , having read , that ill . Ernest Jones , at a meeting at Manchester ,, said , : ' the Charter was not to be found at the bottom of a glas 6 of water , ' asks that gentleman' if it is to be found in a glass of ale , or any other intoxicating drink ? W . —There would be no difficulty : the fees are , comparatively small ; the expense of living would be uuder your own control , and cheaper on the continent than here . The Peoposed Conference . —Mr . George Brown , WakefieH , thinks that in the present undivided opinion as to when and where the Conference should bo held , that the Chartist localities should be formed into districts , and that a meeting should be holden . on a given day named by the Executive , and a delegate from each district appointed to arrange the time and place for holding the Conference . The members of the Executive to be the judges , but that they should publish in the Stvr of the week following , the majority and minority of each district , and thut the majority be binding on the
minority . . Northampton . —Mr . John Starmer hogs to acknowledge the receipt of the folloning sums for the Refugees : —John M'Gar , Is . ; James Kay , Applehy , Is . ; R . I ) . If ., Is . ; Mr . lerbt , Is . ; J . Starmtr , Cd . ; J . Mehew , Gd . ; Mr . Gibson , Cd . ; Mrs Jones , Gd . ; Old Guard , 3 d . ; A i ' riond , 2 d . ; Mr . Clark , Gd . ; T . Pack , 3 d . ; Mr . Tyler , 3 d . ; Mr . Cai'by , 3 d . Pensby , 3 d . ; T . Barke' -, 3 d . ; G . Starmer , 3 d . ; — , 3 d .: Mr . King , 6 d ; A Friend , Cd . ; Mr . Johnson , Sd . ; D . IL , 3 d . ; Chloe , Id .- Total , 10 s . Mr . Geo . Holloway , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the followingsums for the Refugees . Geo . Holloway 1 . ; John Eve sen . Is , ; John Eve jun . Is . ; Benjamin Eve Cd . ; John B , Leary Gd , ; W . Phipps Cd . ; W . Peters Cd , ; Thomas Peters Cd . ; John Davis 3 d . ; James Potter 3 d . ; W . Balden 3 d- ; John Gardner 3 d . ; Geo . Jones 9 d-Polish Refdgees . —McLeven Is . —Mr . Smith ' s ' workmen 4 s . Cd . —Mr . Joues Is . —Edwards 3 d . —Welchman 6—
Weedon C—Sinks Gd—Nobbs Gd . —Allnutt Gd . —1 ' eacock Gd—T . Allen Cd . —Roo Cd—Butler ' Od—Compositor ' s 5 s . Id . —Collected 2 s . 8 Jd . —Collected at John-street for sending fire men : to Schleswig Holsteiri , 19 s . 4 d—Received of Sir . Wrights book 10 s . " f Potisn and Hungaman Refdgee Fond ; — Mr . King s Friends , per Mr . Currie 3 s 8 d—per Mr . Rider 4 / ls 4 s—Mr . Towers 2 s—Mr . Blight Is—Mr . Ilutchings Is—Proceeds of Concert and Lecture at the Coopers Arms , Waterloo Town II 5 s—Collected after Mr . Bezer ' s second . Lecture at the Brunswick-hall , Liinehouse 12 s 2 Jd—A German , per Bezer Is—by a few Friends , at the PnottnX Tavern , Ratcliffe-cross . per Bezer Gs 8 d—per Julian Harnej 11 is Cd . The Committee , meet at 20 , Golden , lane , till further notice , on Wednesday evenings at eight o ' clock , ' £ u& Sundays at seven o ' clock . —Thomas . Ferguson , Secretary , 3 , Gaj ' s-buildeiigs , Elizabetn-SlVeGt , Hackney-road .
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MIDDLE CLASS CHARTISM . ; It is difficult to perceive any satisfactory or tangible reason for the adherence of the National Reform Association to a Rating instead of a Manhood Suffrage . There is not one man of any mark or influence , connected with it , who has not distinctly admitted that the preference is indefensible in argument , and that if ho was to consult his own feelings he would prefer the Suffrage , which the Association , in its collective capacity , will not ask for . ... " . ' .. ' . ' ¦
This discrepancy between the individual convictions of : the members , and the aggregate action of the body , is not calculated to secure for the Association any very hearty or enthusiastic support . It is , we believe ,, the main reason why the movement is characterised by so much lukewarmness , languor , and apathy , at a : time , when the minds of the whole of the industrious classes , and a very large proportion of the middle classes , are made up as to the indispensable and pressing neceessity of great organic political reforms . The English people are naturally a straightforward , truth loving race . They detest double dealing , finesse , and trickery . They prefer sincerity , even where you totally differ from them , and have a far greater
respect for the bold avowa of the opinions ol an honest and sincere opponent , than the hesitating and temporising concurrence of men who have not the same confident faith iu the opinions they profess . Now , it cannot be denied , that the National Association has placed itself , to a great extent , in this unfortunate position . Associative action ought to spring directly and logically from the individual cbnviotions of the persons associated . Tried by this test the Association falls below the Btandard set up by its own leaders . We have never been present at a single meeting , whether large or small , a * which some one or other of the speakers did not avow Ms approval of the great princip le of the People ' s Charter—Universal Suffrage . We have never been present at a
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SSHn fhJchyucbi , asOTaY . oj ^ l ; 1 . did H 6 f-- € » 5 iT " enthusiastic and general ^ ap ; plause . ' T-woCre&ent * instances , - however , deserve special notice : ^ The / Soiithwark' branch of ; the ' Association recently held its ' / . first soiree -at ^ the'London ^ Bridge-house Hotel . It wa s ^ an aniraated aiid interesting ; assembly , not less than five or six hundred , persons of both aexes being present ; whose'dress , manners , and general appearance proclaimed them to belong to what is ' called the" respectable classes . " There were ' no members of parliament , nor professional agitators , to get up a factitious excitement ; ' . The peop le of Southwark were : as the Chairman saidj driven to rel y on ^ T ^ I I - Tin " h ? - * 1 - ...
their own <¦ native talent " for the interest and speeches of the the evening . ' What was ; the . re , suit ? The first speaker avowed his adherence to the great principle of Manhood Suffrage , as the only just andsound foundation of arepresentative system ; and declared'that he would never be content until it was embodied , in' our constitution ; - ' ¦ That declaration , and similar avowals in the course of the evening , by other speakers , "were hailed by prolonged and general app lause . - Why should Mr . Thvaites , and the -National Reformers of Southwark , therefore , any longer stultify themselves _ by a course of policy at open war with their own honeBt convictions ? Who are the " tiniid
people , " of whose defection they are afraid , if they act honestly and openly up to them ? Purely the assembly at the London-bridge Hotel might be taken as a fair' sample of the middle class Reformers- of Sbuthwark . y All who take any active or influential part in the electioneering ; municipal , or parochial politics of the borough , : were present . ' What vaHd . or substantial reason can they ' offer for persisting in a policy which can bring them no greater support from their own class , while it keeps aloof from them tens of thousands 6 f tlie w 6 rking ! classes , who . would contribute numbers , strength , and enthusiasm to the movement ? .
Again , at the annual commemoration on Tuesday last , of the acquittal of Haiidy , Horne Tooke , arid others ; raemHers of the Corf responding Society , on the charge of constructive treason at the outbreak of the first French Revolution , we had a similar , and , ' perhaps , ' more powerful , demonstration of middle class opinion in favour of Universal Suffrage ' . ¦ For some years past ; symptoms of " .
apathy have been observable at the Trial by Jury dinnen ' ¦ This year there was a decided and gratifying improvement perceptible . Newblood has been infused into the body of those who have for fifty-six years kept alive the memory of one of the greatest triumphs of the popular cause over the arbitrary tyranny and persecution of the monarchy under the guise of law . The result was seen in the crowded
appearance of Radley's large room , and in the character and position of those so as ^ sembled . The meeting was exclusively composed of that portion of the middle-class who exercise the most direct influence on society . Professional and literary men , merchants and traders , manufacturers and tradesmen , , in the full possession , of mental and physical strength and activity . No better . opportunity could liave been selected to test the' feeling of the class they represented , as to the question of Property or Manhood Suffrage . There was no direct necessity for . their being , tested , but Mr . Fox did so in the most direct manner , and with a most unequivocal response in favour of the latter .
In proposing the toast , which at these meetings has always the precedence , namely , — "The sovereignty of the people , the only legitimate source of political po wer , ' '—the hon . member for Oldham eloquently expressed his conviction that the sovereignty , of the people could only become a reality . through the universality of the Suffrage . The repeated and protracted cheers which followed that announcement could not have been excelled in
any meeting of professed and devoted Chartists . Schemes short -of that , ( added the Chairman ) , might bo proppsed , and even deserve support for the moment , but therecould bo no real exercise of the sovereignty of the people until every man had the power and the right of the Suffrage . "Mr . Parry , . and other speakers , were equally distinct and emphatic in their recognition and support of the great princip le of Manhood Suffrage , and the tone of the whole proceedings throughout , was , in this respect , thoroughly and enthusiasticall y Chartist . .. ' . ' ., ' ¦ ¦ Now , we put it calmly and respectfully to Sir Joshua Walmsley , to Mr . Fox , and to the other leaders of the National Reform
movement , " Why should you continue longer to occupy your present anomalous position ?" You evidently gain nothing whatever by it . while you must certainly lose a great deal . Lord John Russell , and the opponents of further representative reform , have plainly told you , that in principle Universal Suffrago is preferable to Household , and , as far as they aro concerned , they would sooner concede the one than tho other . The middlo classes have
shown no desire whatever for any tampering or temporizing with the cardinal truth which lies at the core of genuine and effective Parliamentary Reform .. The working classes , as a body , hold aloof from your movement . What compensation have you for placing it in this position ? Whom do you conciliate ? What do you gain ? Would it not be far better to imitate the example of the Anti Corn-law League , —abandon expediency , and throw yourself with undoubting faith , and irreproachable consistency , on the broad and firm ground of principle ? " ,- \ , We trust the Council of the Association will
dispassionately review tho whole of this question ; whatever may have been the motives which originally induced them 'to prefer the united suffrage , the meetings we have alluded to , taken in connexion with other signs of the times , are well calculated to make them consider whether the time for a temporising , or timed policy has not passed away , and whether they will not place the Association more in harmony with tho actual state of public opinion , by declaring at once for a Manhood Suffrage ? :
The Premier , , it is said , intends to proposo a 'now Whig Reform Bill , comprising the repeal of tho ratcpaying clauses , and the extension of the suffrage to £ 10 householders in bounties . Thore ought to be a vigorous : and a united Reform party in Parliament ; backed b y a powerful and well organised movement out of doors , to prove to Lord John , that ho has mistaken not only the wants of the nation but tlio temper of the people , and that something very different from such beggarly measures must be conceded by the Government and the Legislature . If the National Reform Association chooses to take a bold and firm stand , it will . effect both theso objects . If not , it will merely play the part of marplot in the great national movement .
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THE " HOLY WAR . " ; Div Wiseman has set Guy Fawkes on his legs again . For many years tho annual exhibitions of his effigies have been falling into disrepute . What was once a hearty ' commemoration of one of the most striking events in our national history , by people of all classes and of all ages , was left entirely to little bovs
and girls , not overprovided with food , clothing , and shelter , who paraded their scarecrow representation of Guy as a means of collecting a few stray coppers ; The vitality had departed from the custom , and it bore as much resemblance to tho real old Fifth of November aathe " Jack in the Green" of the First of May , carried about by bands of professional mummers , whose means of living are more than doubtful , does the genuine May Festival of " merry old England . " Religious toleration and equality had quietly gained possession of the public mind . The
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echoes ofjExeter ., Hall . were , ^ t o . be , sure ,, annu > ally awakened , by ., thejjenjjnciatidns , of such " sturdy PJricitestant worthies as . MK ;; PluWTiliE , Dr .- M ^ NEiiiE , . Mr . Hugh Stowell , and their cin / rerc ^ but ' they- died ' there . . • The : Press : ' nd the great mass of the people gave no . Bign ' of-sympathy wi ^ h the angry , zealots ; It was a' factitious excitement , kept alive by factitious means , ; in exceedingly . limited circles , and was treated by those outside either with ridicule or contempt .. The nation wasi generally , subsiding into . the belief—arid acting upon it aUo —• that Roman Catholica have as good a right to hold their religious opinions as any other of the numerous denominations into which those professing Christianity are split . They were * ' "_ p Tn x- — tt _ ii j _ t __ -. —_— . » mvhi
content that , in all the political , social , educational , : and ciyil privileges possessed by other citizens , the Roman Catholic should equally , freely ; ; and fully partake . Feelings of mutual respect , and a . good understanding , were growing ; up . among thosewhom sectarian differences and controversial disputation , had previously prevented from knowing each other .-.. There was every probability , that , in : the course of a fewyiears , the sensitive prejudices which had kept them apart would have ; entirely yielded to extended and friendly intercourse ,, and that the great bulk of the population would , have seen ,.-that the profession of any particular creed . need be no bar to . the most perfect amity among citizens owning the same temporal allegiance / and living under the same laws .
All this has been rudely and violently interrupted by the arrogant and offensive policy of the Papal Court . Were the priests afraid of the great object of Christ's religion being realised ? Did they fear if "Peace on earth and goodwill towards all . men ' prevailed , that their vocation as strife creators would cease ? Ifsdj they have succeeded . ; in setting people by the ears , and . fanning ^ into life again the all but extinct embers of religious' intolerance and : animosity . " The , -pulpit drum ecclesiastic" has not been beaten so vigorously in England for very many years as it was last Sunday . On . allrsides the din and fury of
controversy is heard . There is scarcely a meeting of any kind takes place at which the speakers dp not seize the ; occasion to express their determination to resist the aggressive policy of Rome , and hurl defiance at the foreign prelates , with Avhich it is proposed to garrison this , country . Tha laity enter into the contest with as much . eagerness as the ystablished clergy , who will find in their controversial campaign a public opinion prepared to back them in any ¦ suggestion they may make for repressing or punishing the
assumption of Pius , and the dignitaries he may create to govern England in things spiritual . The unwonted number , and costly nature of the . " Guys , " which perambulated the streets of London last Tuesday—the position and character of . 'those who took part in , and applauded the revival of , an almost absolute symbol of bitter hatred between the partisans of the two hostile -creeds , indicated the fact , that a spirit of persecution and retaliation has been excited ; ' which it will not be so easy to lay again , even if the attempt be made . But who is to make it ? Cardinal
Wiseman is not the man to drawback from his ambitious project . The epistle dated from within the Flaminian Gate of Rome , which was read last Sunday in all the Roman Catholic assemblies , was couched in a strain which proves that wily , zealous , and astute Priest knows the immensity of the stake he 5 s playing for , and has resolved to place his all upon the hazard of the die . Bishop Ullathorne wants to persuade us , that nothing whatever but the better organisation and management of the Roman Catholic chapels , is contemplated by the Papal Bull ; but " . Nicholas Saint Pudentiana' ' ¦ has-no
reservations or scruples about the matter , and openly avows his determination to assert , and fight for , temporal as well as spiritual supremacy , in this land of ours . In fact the latter includes the . former . - ¦ .,. .-. ' . Copying the example of the Bull , he ignores the existence of any Christian Church in England , arid speaks as if for centuries it had been sunk in the darkness of Paganism , or the cruel and cannibalistic superstitions of New Zealand . The bestowal on himself of the " Cardiualitialhat , " according to his view , completes the " great work '' which his metropolitan flock have " so long desired and prayed for . " By the merciful condescension of the Pope , he exclaims : —
Your beloved country has received a place among the fair churches which , normally constituted , form the splendid aggregate of Catholic communion : Catholic England has been restored to its orbit-in the ecclesiastical firmament , from ¦ which its light had long vanished ; and begins now anew its course of regularly-adjusted action round the centre of unity , the source of jurisdiction , of light , and of vigour . "AH the saints of our country , whether Roman or British , Saxon or Norman , " must , according to Dr . Wiseman , " look down from their seats of . bliss with beaming glance ;" and '
" All those blessed martyrs of those latter ages . Wio have ; fought the battles of the faith under such discouragement , who mourned , ; more than over their own fotters or their own pain , over the desolate ways of their own Sion , and the departure of England's glory—oh how must' they bless God , who hath again visited his people ! how take part in our joy , as they see the lamp of the tomple again enkindled and rebrightening—as they behold the silver links of that chain which has connected then- country with the see of St . Peter in its
vicarial government , changed into burnished gold ; not stronger nor more closely knit , but more beautifully wrought and more brightly arrayed ! And in nothing will it be fairer or brighter than in this , that the glow of more fervent lore will be upon it . Whatever our sincere attachment ' and nmflincldng devotion to the Holy See till now , there is a new ingredient cast into these feelings ; a warmtr gratitude , a tenderer affection , aprofounder admiration , a boundless and endless sense of obligation for so new , so great , so sullime a gift , will he added to past sentiments of loyalty andjidelitti to the Supreme See of Peter !
Tolerably plain that closing seutenco ! Queen Victoria is quite as much attacked by " St . Pudentiana , " as " Charles James , of London " Hearts so overflowing with " gratitude , " " admiration , " loyalty , and fidelity , to a foreign potentate , who avowedly is regarded by thorn as Lord Pakamount"King of Kings , and Lord of Lords '—cannot havo very much left for any other authority . We may form some idea of the machinery by which the new policy is to be carried into effect , by contrasting the different position of the Roman Catholic priests , under the old system of vicars , apostolic , and the new territorial episcopacy . Our authority is Dr . WiSEman himself . In the article on the Roman Catholic Church , written by him for the "Penny Encyclopoedia , " in 1843 , he says : —
Where the succession of the Catholic hierachy has been interrupted as in England , or never buon established , as iu Australasia or somo parts of India , tho bishops who superintend tho Catholic church , and represent tho papal authority , are known by the name of vicars apostolic . The vicar apostolic is not necessarily ft bishop . Generally , however , he receives episcopal consecration ; and as , from , local circumstances , it is not thought expedient that he should bear the title of the see which he administers , ho is appointed with the title of nn ancient bishopric now in the hands of infidels , and thus'is called a bishop . inpartibus rnfidclium , though tho last word is often omitted in ordinary language . A vicar apostolic , being generally situated where the provisions of the can on law cannot be
fully observed , is guided by particular instructions , by precedents and consuetude , to all which the uniformity of discipline through tho Catholic church gives stability and security . . . . The inferior clergy , considered in reference to tho government of the church , consists mainly of tho parochial clergy , or those who supply their place . In all countries possessing a hierarchy , the country is divided into parishes , each provided xvit 7 t , a parochua 0 ) ' curate , corresponding to the rector or vicar of the English established church . The appointment to a parish is vested in the bishop , who has no power to remove again at will , or for any cause except a canonical offence jxindieally proved ,. The rieht of Dreaentation by lay patrons , is , however , in particular instances , fully respected . . , UnSer an apostone vioamte , the clergy correspondiug to the
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. paroAhiaUlergy . wner ^ bBar . tho ' ; title ' o ' f « po «; 7 lfe missionaries , and : have missions ' or , " id ' eaT ' districta with variable limits placed I ' n'derhheir care J «» are , dependent upon the will -of their ecclesiastical superiors . . ? : ][¦< 7 / 0 . !¦ ¦ ( f \< 7 7 Z [ Cl \ " ' v » , England being now placed under a hierarchy the next Btep . of Archbishop Wiseman will be to dividei the ^ cpuritry / intoparishes , and pro . vide each with , a parochus or curate , corres ponding to the rector or vicar of the State Church . This body of parochiarblergy will no longer be dependent apon their' spiritual nnrnnhiiil nlanrv crAnofoiiir linn . ii , n a : i . i _ ^ # ""
superiors , or have the charge of districts with variable limits . They will be an independent bocly not removable at will , and capable of holding diocesan synods . Here is a powerful organisation in the hands , of . an aggressive church , to carry on the work of conversion in every parish ,-and to come into direct conflict with the Protestant clergymen ; in those cases where the new rectors and vicars are not covertly abetted by the sympathisers with Rome who have crept into the English fold . ; '
If we had an educated and intelli gent people , there would be no danger whatever in all this elaborately constructed and nicely fitting machinery j but , unfortunatel y , we havea dense mass of ignorance , and a half-developed superstitious tendency amoag the uninformed classes , upon which it is likelv tohavea most dangerous and wide spread influ . ence . It is as well to be aware of our weak side , aud to provide timely defences . The most imminent and threatening evil
arising out of the new movement of Rome is , that the people should be led astray by contending priests into a merelydogmatic and doctrinal controversy , which , however it may end for either of the clerical disputants , is certain to end in the spir itual subjugation of the laity . ' The Bishop of London , in his charga to hi * clergy , is evidently far more opposed to " Rationalism" than to Popery . His condemnation of the pr inciple of despotic authority over the minds and consciences of men claimed
by Roman Catholicism is meagre , faint , and measured , as compared with , his hearty denunciation of those who stand up for the right of private judgment in all its purity . "I cannot but think , " says this true priest—anxious to prop up his own order and influence—. I cannot but think that we have more to apprehend from the theology of Germany than from that of Rome ; from that which deifies human ]
reason , than that which seeks to blind or stifle it ; from a school which labours to reconoile Christianity with its own philosophy , by stripping the Gospel of all its characteristic features , and reducing it to the level of a human system , than from a church which rejects and condemns even the soundest conclusions of- ; true philosophy , when . they are at variance with the determinations of its own presumed infallibility . ....
Against this fatal heresy I would earnestly caution my younger brethren , as being one from which , in . the present state . of the human mind , we have much more to fear than from the encroachments of Popery . Rationalism , as its uame implies , referring everything to man ' s . unaided reason , as the ultimate test of truth , flatters the pride of his nature , which is revolted by the humbling , though , consolatory doctrines of the gospel . Popery offends and disgusts the understanding by inventions , opposed alike to common sense and to the plain letter of Holy scripture . . The latter aims at the complete subjugation of the intellect to the authority of the self constituted Vicar of Christ ; the former asserts the supremacy and infallibility of reason . It is manifest that this is the most likely to find favour with a learned and scientific generation .
It is dear enough that the clergy , as a body , will fight this battle with a view to their own individual and class interest . They have no very strong , antipath y to the essential doctrines , or the ecclesiastical organisation ,, which gives them unchecked spiritual , and . therefore temporal power , over their fellowcountrymen . To secure that in a greater degree than heretofore , was the great object of all the intrigues of Puseyism . For this tracts were published , and . the whole policy of sapping and mining pursued . The only real difference between the
Roman and the English clergy is , as to who shall have the power , ; Oxford wanted spiritual dominion for itself . , The Pope has stepped in , and claims a monopoly in the article . It is exclusive , and will tolerate nopartners . The people ought to cry , "Apkgue on both your houses . " The agitation for Education must be vigorously and practically supported , as the only effectual safeguard of the religious , intellectual , and political liberty of the people . . We have no faith in the freedom which depends upon the good will and support of any priesthood whatever .
For once in his life , Lord John Russell has spoken out vigorously and frankly . In higletter to . the Bishop of Durham , published iu the Times of Thursday , while he intimates that the Government will take decided measures to resist the impudent assumption of authority within this realm , by a foreign potentate , he , at the same time , as decidedly condemns thecouduct of the clergymen of the Established Church , whose treachery has been the most powerful stimulus to Papal aggression . For years one University has been in their hands , and they have been allowed tp send forth a swarm of ordained clergymen . Papist in all but the names these parties have insidiously and gradually familiarised the people with tho
despotic doctrines , and the external mummeries of tho Romish Church , as the surest and safest way of securing the great object they had in view—that of creating an ecclesiastical despotism in this country . The course taken by the Pope has , we trust , nipped their conspiracy against religious liberty in the bud , by awnkeniug all classes to the dangerous character of Pii 8 eyism . ' Its disciples will either have to abandoii their plots , or at once go over to the Church with which they are identified , both in principlo and practice . Wo repeat , however , iu conclusion , that the only substantial barrier against all attacks from such quarters is to .. be found iu national unsectarian Education .
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AMERICAN MAN- STEALERS . We have , on several occasions , endeavoured to show how intimately the question of Slavery is mixed up with every phase of politics in the United States . The session of Congress , which has just closed , presents a forcible illustration of tho fact . It sat ton months , tho greater part of tho whole time being taken up with discussions arisiug out of the existence of slavery in a moiety of the StateSt Our own Parliament sat last session one hundred and fifty-three times ; the American Senate had no less than one hundred and sixty sittings in discussion on the Compromise Bill , which took up iu fact two-thirds of the whole session .
This protracted legislative struggle originated in tho desperation with which the representatives of the Slave States fought to maintain at least their equipoise in tho affairs of the Federation . The whole of the long dc » bates turned , in reality , on the question whether the Shareholders or the Free Soilers were to rule in California and New Mexico ; whether the South or the North was in future to sway the destinies of the Continent . The decision was ultimatel y against slavery as far as tha Now Pacific State and territory are concerned ; but their exemption from the foul blot of slavery wjis purchased by a concession to the slaveholdiug interest , which threatens the gravest and most momentous consequences
m the Old Atlantic States . Heretofore , when the slave escaped beyond the boundaries of a State in which tho " institution " is legalised into a free Stato , his owner had no power to demand the assistance of tho legally constituted authorities in recovering possession of the runaway . Tho slave owner s , unable to secure fresh territory , stipulated ^ for , and were successful in , obtaining a measure which largely increases their powers at home . The Congress passed a Fugitive Slave Bi » , under which the authorities of every J ^ ea State are bound to give all the aid m t heir
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1599/page/4/
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