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THE NORTHERN STAR SATUKDAY, JUNE 31, 1831
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THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
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eminent French-physician , who , after devoting many years to this particular complaint , has , at length , discovered a certain and . effectual cure , which , in no case , has failed ; and , it is , alone , by the pressing solicitation of those who have been entirely relieved of this disfigurment , that has induced her to advertise it , for the benefit of others . The receipe will be forwarded , free , to any address , on receipt of 3- \ 6 d . in Postage Stamps , or postoffice order , payable at the General Post Office . Bewaee of Spowods Imitations . —The only genuine article bears the name of Ei . uk Dawson , on the wranner or label . l * Address Miss ellen DAWSOX . Post Office , Grav ' s . ln-Hoad . London . " » ¦ J ; ' [ '
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CURES FOR THE UNCURED ! TTOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . J An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , or King ' s Evil . Extract of aletter from Mr . J . H . Alliday , 209 High-atreet . Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 1850 . h 8 m , —My eldest son , - when about three years of ace was aflltcted with a glandular swelling in the neck , which after a short time broke out into an ulcer . An eminent medical man pronounced it as a very bad case of scrofula , and prescribed for a considerable time without effect - The disease then for years went oa gradually increasing in virulence , when besides the ulcer in the neck , another formed below the left knee , and a third under the eye besides seven others on the left arm , with a tumour between the eyes which was expected to break . During the whole of the time my suffering boy had received the constant advice of the most celebrated medical gentlemen at Cheltenham besides being for several months at the General Hnsnitai
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i Just Published , IN NOS . AT ONE _ PENNY EACH , J THE EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN UNO ; fi n A LI F ¦ ¦ 6 ' r ' n ' i A , w \ J ITS PAST HISXOUY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION i ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : wrrn a minute and authentic account of THE DISCOVERY OP THE GOLD REGION T ANPV ' ' A THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . In the course of the work will be given PLAIN DI&ECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS T ¦ TO '"• ¦ ;¦ C CALIFORNIA , OR THE UNITED STATES , oa io CANADA ; AUSTRALIA ; HEW ZEALAND , z OB ANT OTHEtt BRITISH SETTLEMENT . . f SUEWINO TIIEH !' WHEN TO GO . WHEREJTO GO . HOW JO GO ] No . 1 , and No . 3 , will be Illustrated with RICHLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS . 1 And numerous Engravings , all executed in the most finished style , will illustrate subsequent Numbers . j A
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In Nos . at One Penny each , splendidl y Illustrated , ' ' A HIST 0 BY OP THE DIF | EUENT EXPEDITIONS THE SEARCH FOR SIR J , FRANKLIN ! CONTAINING Alt TUg RECEST VOYAGES TO _ THE POLAR REGIONS . ' Including in particular Hie Expedition sent out under the command OF SIR JAMES BOSS TO DAVIS STRAITS : Of Commander Moore and Captain Keilott . to Behring ' s Straits . With an authentic copy of the dispatches received from SIR GEORGE SIMPSON , OF THE HUDSON'S BAY GOMPAH With other important and hi Khly interesting inform * turn relative to the Expedition under SIB JOHN FRANKLIN . Compiled from various OJjkial Documents and Private Communications , Bt the Late ROBERT HUISH , Esq .
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; , - ; , - - , - - . , - Now Publislung in No ' at One Penny each . . By the Authoress of' The Gif 6 et Gat ,, " Each Pessi . Number of this Novel will contain Sixteen Pages of solid print . ; TlHE TRIALS ' OF LOVE-•* . OB , WOMAN'S REWARD : BY Mrs . H . M . LOWNDES , ( Late HANNAH MARIA JONES , ) Authoress of 'Emily Moveland , ' Rosalino 1 Voodbr ! d Re ' G W Mother , ' Scottish Chieftains , '' Forged Note , ' - Wedding King , '' Strangers of the Glen ,. 'Victim of Fashion , ' Child of Mystery , ' etc . , . OPINIONS ON THIS WORK . After a long tilence we again welcome—most hcartilv - welcome-this delightful Authoress , who comes before m with one of those heart-stimng , soul-exciting Tales that 1 none but herself can produce . When we say that the - Tbials of Love equals anything that this fascinating writer I 5 n liegh ' en " ' " " * ""'"^ thelli S llest P r"ise that 'We rise from the perusal of this aolightful narrative ,. with feelings of mingled pleasure and pain . Tho early part i of the volume , which details the sad history of W Mo " - timer , excites the sympathy of the reader to a painful t degree . Ine Uapkss girl , friendless and oathuifaistie forms an imprudent union , from which springs a chain of v sorrows which tho Authoress works into a narrative of surpassing pathos . Happily as all ultimately ends we must confm that nnetfor the fate of the unhappy Ann Mortimer h the predominant feeling in our mind at the " . close ofthismost interesting tale . ' » 'Welcomeas the flowers in spring is a new work bv Hannaii Maku Jwes -There is no living aTCcss to J whom the pub he is indebted for so large a share of inno . ; cent and moral rending as to Hannah Maria Jones . Finelv as her plot is woven , exquisitely as her olmractera are d ' lmeated , this Authoress never loses eight of the moral [ winch lt is her object to inculcate . The steps of Amy Mortimer-surrounded as she is by temptations and diffi . culties , and great as are some of the errors into which her youth and inexperience lead her-never once depart from * ' 'S l't Pf i of duty , and she makes her election to 'do that which 18 right , ' although her so doing causesthe ' destruction of her own future comfort ' « a Atar . the deluge of trash—the out pourings of diseased and prui ^ nUmagmations-thatlms flooded the literature oftheselatter times . it is truly refreshing to meet with another of those simple , pathetic , and interesting tiles 5 M , ^ e' aWOrW TJi dereputationto the name 5 Hannah Maria Jones . After a loni ? silence she c . imp ^ i ^ apssp . srssrBS ^ i fcttsaasasatssarffa taT ^ i 0110 Wh 0 S , " ^ ... Producaon is replete with truth , gentleness , and sensibility . ' s S . Y . COLLINS , us , FLEET STREET , AND All BOOKSELHHB .
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CRUEL TREATMENT OF POLITICAL PRI . SOBERS IN TOTHILL-FIELDS PRISON A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE & WAir A held in the ' NATIONAL HALL , HIGH H 0 LB 0 RN , ( O pposite Day and Martins , ) On Wednesday Evening , June 25 th , 1851 . For the purpose of adopting a petition to the House of & * £ ? f **?* P ^ - | nquiry int 0 ^ inhumdn ^ illegal treatment inflicted on Ernest Jones in the above named prisen . t 4 ^" , ? WiK 1 Er - Es « m M . P ., in the chair . M . P . ; T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P . ; Milner Gibson , F £ q . M . P . ; and several other Rcntlemen are invited and ex ! Sfn . a ta-i al ? nf Ernest Jone 6 will alao attend , and fully detail the treatment to which he has been sub-Chair to be taken at half-past Seven , for Eight precisely . Admission free .
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. ____ J fi w T T C PUBLISHING EVERY SATURDAY , NO TES TO THE PEOPLE . A new Periodical , to reflect the advanced mind of the nge , and prepare' the people for the advent of popular power , containing forty columns of close print ( besides wrapper ) sob . iwopekcs . : By ERNEST . JONES , Of the Middle Temple , Barrister at Law . . The following articles have appeared already : — Tiie Poems composed by Ebnest Jones in prison . A Letter on Co-opebation , showing the fatal errors of the present movement , and the remedy . Letters on the Chartist Programme , giving the reasons for each clause , and answering the Times , etc . The Midpie Class Franchise Measure—why will it injure the People . Oub Land—its Lords and Serfs—A tract for Laheurers and Farmers—and other matter .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE X hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday next , at three o ' eloek in the afternoon , the Lambeth locality will meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , will be in attendance to enrol members . On Sunday evening next at the Crewn and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town . On the same evening , at the Bricklayers'Arms , Tonbrldge-street , New-road , a lecture will be delivered . On the same evening , at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Mr . G . J . Holyoake will lecture Subject : 'The Art of Organisation . ' To commenco at half pnst seven . On the same evening , at the Literary and SclentiBcIn ' . stitution ; Leicester . place , St . Veter ' s-terrace . Hattongarden , Mr . J . J . Bezer will lecture . Subject- ' The Exhibition—wkat will bo exposed , and what will be hidden ' On the same evening at the Woodman Tavern , Whitestreet , Waterloo Town ; at six o'clock the members of the locality will meet ; and at eight o ' clock a lecture will he delivered .
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Putsziar is earnestly requested to forward his address immediately to Fcargus O'Connor , Esq ., 24 , Nottmg IlUl-torraee , Hotting Hill , London . Ebnkt JoNE 8 . -We cannot publish your communicationit is an advertisement . Hungarian Refugees . -TIic following sums have been re . ceiyed by , Mr . T . Brown : —Mrs . Sturgeon . 2 s .: Mr . Uvra , 2 s . < Kl . - , Wilson ' s , TVaraour-street , Solio , Is Cd . Society of Irish Democrats , por Mr . Reynolds , 4 : Alia-: , per ditto , Is .: Mr . Collins . 8 s . Gd . '
A , h . OfiMFoBCE , —Your report came too late on Friday morning . We have noticed the meeting . fo the Editor op the ' Norther Star . '—Dear sir—I have enclosed postage stamps amounting to 4 s . Cd ., from five friends , to bo applied as follows :-Honesty Fund : John Douglass Gd . ; James Blake , la . ; A . «„ Is . ; John Nobes , « d . ; John To . lfrce , 6 d . ; AYiading : up of Land Company : J . Douglass , Gd . ; James Blake , Cd . lam eorry that I am not eHabled ' to send more , but every lit . tie is a help . —John Douglas , Gosport .- [\ Ve are sorry we t ? i avenloora for thBIetter accompanying this notice
xrS WJ J » T * p i , - - nvvyiuf wujiuj , lUiQ ilUimtJ , G . CAviwi ' - ^ Ybur communication arrived too late . We have no room at disposal on Friday moraine . It shall appear next week . > ' ' ' ¦ uimub ' > 8 nmi X . Y . K .-The Koythtrn . Slar is supplied with' punctaalitv
The Northern Star Satukday, June 31, 1831
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CONSPIRACY AGAINST LABOUR . In the course of a few -weeks a trial -will take place at Stafford , in which the whole of the working classes of the . empire are deeply interested . The defendants in the cause are , virtually , the representatives of all who live by their labour ; and the question at issue is no less than thia : Shall working men , in future , be permitted to exercise any power whatever . in the fixing of their own wagesor shall they , at the risk of fine or imprisonment , ' accept whatever the employers choose to offer them ?
God knows , the unseen , but potent and insidious power of capital leaves them but little real power in the decision of these questions ; but Btill the law , in words , recognises their right to exercise it . By the provisions of the Act 6 Geo . IV ., cap . 129 , Trades ' Unions are legalised under certain conditions and the right is expressly recognised of combining for the purpose of " fixing and determining flu rate of wages , and the hours or
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time for which they shall work for any manufacturer . " It seems , indeed , strange that , in a land of so-called liberty , such a specific enactment should hare been necessary . The right of a free man to dispose of his person and his services as he pleases , constitutes the essential difference between him and the slave , who is treated as the property of 'Us owner , condemned to labour according to his will , and remunerated according to his pleasure .
It is indicative , however , of the real slavery of the labour class , whether it is chattel or wages-slavery , to note how , in the Act referred to , the exercise of the right thus recognised , is hedged round with restrictions and conditions . The fact that it is the master legislating for the servant is stamped on every clause ; and conjoined with that fact another peeps out—namely , the innate con sciousness of the injustice perpetrated on the producing classes , and the fear lest they should become— -iu consequence of this grudging recognition of their rights—powerful enough to enforce thetn . Narrow , indeed , are the limits within which they are permitted to
actguarded the language whith allows them the liberty of setting a price on their own labour , in conjunction with their brother toilers . Capital is visibly uneasy lest the helot should , by these verbal concessions , be enabled to escape from thraldom . The monopoly of political power , combined with social and monetary predominance ; the possession of greater intellectual advantages ; and the exclusive command of all the legal , municipal , educational , and commercial machinery of society —are , by the owners of . capital , deemed scarcely enough to counterbalance theirresis tible claims of labour , or to justify their own fundamentally weak position with reference to it .
Trades Unions , however limited in thoir operation , however unequal to the task , of grappling with all the depressing and deteriorating agencies , which are constantly at work upon those engaged in manual labour , have yet been of immense practical service . They are not the best , but as yet they are the only effective means by which a barrier has been erected against the continuous aggressions of those who hire labour , and who give as little as they can in return for its products . Rapid as has been the downward tendency of wages in late years , caused by the ir ameuBo additions to machinery , the supercessiou of , skilled
manual labour by these machines ; tind the consequent increased competition in an exceedingly overcrowded labour market , the reductions would have been greater but for Trades' Unions . Had they not been in existence , there would have been no drag whatever on the car of the competitive Juggernaut . Masters have been compelled to pause , and count the cost of a protracted and expensive struggle with organised bodies , who not only knew their rights , but were resolved to maintain them . Having done so no doubt in many instances they "let I dare not wait upon I would ' . ' '
One of the great drawbacks to the extended power and greater usefulness of those societies la y in their isolation and localisation . This rendered it comparativel y easy for the employers to attack and subdue them in detail . The small , separate local societies were necessarily limited both in means , experience , and knowledge of the best mode of coping with their powerful and wil y antagonists . Hence , they soon exhausted their pecuniary resources , or were provoked jnto a course of action which unwittingl y brought them within reach of the fangs of the law . The Judge and the Gaoler were invoked in aid of tho long purse , and the local resistance to . the
tyranny of capital speedily quelled . To meet , this want a National Organisation of the Trades of the United Kingdom was formed in 1845 , of which Mr . T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., accepted the Presidency . The name of that gentleman was a guarantee to society at large that nothing illegal or unconstitutional would bo attempted , and to the working classes , on the other hand , that their interests would be promoted and protected in an intelligent , moderate , but uncompromising spirit . The whole of the machinery of the Association was constructed in
this spirit , and from the moment of its commencement has been directed with the view to protect the honest , fair-dealing employer , aswell as the honest labourer in the assertion of his just claims . The existing state of the law was carefully considered , and the course prescribed for the Association defined in strict accordance with it ; while the great lever by which it was proposed to obtain an equitable adjustment of disputes between employers and employed , was a friendly and impartial mediation and arbitration between the contending parties . .
That Association has not , unfortunately for the interests of the Trades themselves , received that universal support which its constitution and its objects so well entitled it to * but during the period of its existence it has amply demonstrated the superiority of the principles on which it is founded , and the mode of its procedure . Throug h the medium of arbitration and mediation alone , and at an inconsiderable expense , a greater number of victories have been gained for various sections of the industrious classes than by any Association of the kind ever before established in this country .
It is the existence of this Association , and , through it , of all other Trades' Associations which is now menaced by the prosecution institutedby one or two employers in Wolverhampton . The readers of the Star are ao tanuUar with the facts connected with the " turn out" of the Tin Plate Workers in that town , that it would be a waste , of time and space for us to restate them , were it ever bo briefly . Tho excellent weekly letters of Mr .
rEBL , the Secretary of the Association , leave nothing to be added on this head , and they must , to all reflecting workmen , prove the necessity there , is -at the present moment for a vigorous and an earnest effort to support the Association against its powerful and unscrupulous opponents . If they have any doubt on the subject , let the facts we are about to narrate show how intimately their own interests are implicated in this struggle . A few weeks ago , a body of Silk Dressers formally gave in their adhesion to the Association of United Trades . At the same time they forwarded to us a printed copy of an address , in which they set forth
their reasons for that step , and their views as to the general position , and prospects of the labouring , classes in this country , with a request for its insertion . We complied with that request . The document will be in the recolleotion of our readers , and we may leave them to pronounce upon its character . To ourselves it aeemed a calm , impartial , and by no means exaggerated statement of the case on the partofLabouF against Capital . There was no violence , either in word or in spirit , mani fested m > ., That it exhibited an antagS between the two great primary d 2 SS ? r
oiTXZZ ' - toHhe Silk Dresse 7 sbu wwX 5 ? ; J ^^ organisation of society , which places these two powers in hostile pos * S ? vie ^ n ° »^ they considered a cor-What has been the consequence ? The emtSl- adar 68 S inthe St « r > cam ° tot ° !* Z . VT i t 0 discovei < tlle author » at once discharged nine of those whom he suspected of having taken an active part . We shall say nothing of our boasted freedom of opinion , nothing of the liberty of the Preen , and of free speech and writing , which can only be exercised in the , face of such arbitrary and
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senseless tyranny a 8 this . Ifiw 5 ^ claims supremacy over the mfot *^ H the persons , of . his workmen ¦ T '• "W to their being efficient ^ * ^ mauds that they shall ftW * N * ? P leases , and have no opinioV ? % that are satirfaotory to him , he ?* < present disorganised and HceuH « lS ' * £ aociety , a right to insist upon Su StaN Whatever may be thought of X C ° 11 ( l < or the justice of the demand " h * m «* l s r mf , such i « ? ** $ them degraded or h ypocritical 7 , le Ca * C senttothem . As fi as ?„ ? ^ 5 7 * 71 VHvrinua h * employs to ' S far below that of the slaves ona ? > ^^^» . ! fthe aCe >^
umj u » o uuauei" therioht t " ""tr < k , ms all events takes the 43 ^ ^ 1 clothing and housingh 4 faffil < i ness ; which is mow thant ! ' " » 4 fl white slave does . But 1 i Waster of { " 11 inthischaotic and s ^ of capital and labo « v , tho no , " ^ 5 M right to interfere ought T V " I W empbyer ' . own worksg p < " ! in g he should not be permitted to tf v « nnks the Leeds « marter . u ^ M M tho shop , a great rage , " on fi « , r !" ™ b P mea dared to think fc ? twT" ^ *« t i l | a newspaper printed what 1 ° ' , ud h ^ Simple discharge from hi * , * ' tll 0 lI glil ^ « sufficient foL SS ^ r' ^ E crime m this " freo wantrv ' 1 i atrociw » « ~ l names of the discharged mei' , ?* ' *«» I 8
«*«« ^ pioying them , becau ^ 7 i , "' " « < union men . " The consequence n > S y " ^ l several who had obtaiSSr T ' ^ t have been dischamed and , enipl <) >" » - bythishomblean ?^^ SOW ( ^ " starvation , as fanstC ? proscnini () « ti thatsenteiuS fc ^ ^^^^ « rSrrs £ -- ? i men against masters can ever Tip i ' p " and life are hedged rounded ; op » I with every imaginable security P , ^ | slightest violation of the law i , folio ve 1 I ami severe punishment . The master > ^ I
stocked labour market to fcfi ba * ni ^ the case of a dispute with ihrfr ^^ J howor . titcauonlybeaninconv ; et them , and the loss of profits which they " 2 otherwise have made . Very diffi » rn ,, f ;» with the working men hunted and " scribed as those sfk Dresserste . ' The £ spiracy agumst them touches thoir Wrr ! of exutenee , - and is calculated to dm ' e fi either into the workhouse or the gaol Clmit » or crime are the sole resources which such infamous ^ and disgraceful prosecution leave them . 1 et for this deadl y and vindictive conspiracy the law has no penalties . The master
. class may brand men with a mark which leaves them no alternative , save starvation , disgrace , with impunity , while for [ h labour-class , the assertion even o f their ad mitted and acknowledged rights in an op 5 D ' moderate , and stndiou 8 ly . paci . 6 c spirit , is W by such legal traps , pitfalls , and snares , as to give revengeful and malicious employers tto power of instituting prosecutions , " meant only to harass and to impoverish those op . posed to them !
The National Association is now placed in the front of the battle for the labour-clasf . The violent and unjustifiable conduct of tk Master Silk Dressers , no less than the prosecution of the Wolverhampton Employe proves that its existence is considered in . compatible with the maintenance of irresponsible and unchecked tyranny . It is for the trades of thia country to say , if they ViW sufit ; such a conspiracy against thoir class , aud thcii
dearest interests , to succeed j or whether they will rall y round the standard thus uplifted , preserve the right of association , and all tk consequent influence and power which such associations confer upon their order . Every Trades' Society in the kingdom is directly i terested m the siruggle . If the United Trades Association is declared illegal , no other society of the Mra kind will be permitted long to exist . \ Vorkmg men of Great Britain ' . UP TO THE RESCUE ! : '
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ANTI-HUMBUG . Cant and Hypocrisy have suffered a defeat this week . Since the days of Saint Andrew Agnew there has been a succession of efforts to deprive the working classes of all power of locomotive recreation or enjoyment on a Sunday , Not content with immuring them in dose , unvent . ilated , unhealthy workshop ! , cellars , and garrets , six days in the week , they would
deprive them of a mouthful of fresh air and an hour or two of sorely needed relaxation on the seventh . Under pretence of promoting morality and the interests of religion , the grossest interference has been attempted with the domestic comfort and tho social freedom of the labouring classes . The various Sabbath bills brought forward have never interfered with the luxuries and enjoyments of fta rich . Their meddling has always been confined to the poor;—iii . that respect acting eo
doubt upon a scriptural maxim : "To him that hath much , shall be added , while from him that hath little shall bo taken away that which he hath . " The rich man may eujoy his luxurious club room , its largo assortment of newspapers and periodicals , and its veil appointed cuisine and wino cellar , without raising a frown on the sanctimonious visages of the Pharisees , who pretend to be auxioua about tho sanctitv of the Sabbath . They
see without any manifestation of horror superbly caparisoned carriages driven to church by jolly fat coachmen , -attended by footmen bedizened with tawdry finery , aid displaying wondrous exuberance of calf in tight fitting , white stockings . They have no compassion for the thousands of cooks ,. assistants , and scullions , who are
kept at work in the underground stories of cm ' great mansions , iu preparing the rechtrek feasts , which aro to greet those " miserable sinners , " their masters and mistresses on tlieir return from their devotions—neither care tbej for the precious souls of the butlers and the lacqueys who attend the well-spread board . No Act of Parliament is proposed to shut « P the Club . House , prohibit carriages , and
erescribe cold mutton , bread , and water , for the r ! 5 » 5 mnw iu the Palaces of the " West lind . Perhaps this may be all the result oi pure pity . It is said that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven ; and knowing that they are on the broad and straight road which leadeth to destruction , the Sabbatarians may , through a pardonable human weakness , wish to compensate for the eternal deprivation of happiueBS , by strewing a few additional flowers in the path of tt « unhappy people wh » are on the wrong way . It is
_ only with the poor , to whom an opp »' site destination is pointed out , that they t > come ferociously pious and self-denying . " b ecause they are virtuous , there shall be no more cakes and ale . " They demand thatthe c « m »<>» bakehouse shall be shut up—that the tap sba " be stopped-that the newsman shall cease from his labours—the oranges and apples bo secluded from sightand untouched—the steamer ! . railway trains , and all other kinds of locomotion be arrested , and all out of an overflow ^ solicitude for the moral and the spiritual *»• fare of those upon whom they inflict these deprivations . A < min fh <« r «< , f . ™ the £ criptur
maxim «« Thoug h much tribulation shal ] J » gain the Kingdom of Heaven . " The end » the journey is to , be a sufficient compensation [ or ail the miseries and privations by ^ tbe patfiistaiet ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 21, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1631/page/4/
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