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^ fs . E ~ ofcBJIw . "r * 2 Sus is not tlie moment for ance aUng w $ & opinion , nor for the exliibi-Ln of sensitiVcness a $ what is expressed . Ip L plain speaker is a friend to the apprecia-4 ? n of the trath . Then , I : say , Chartism is taB unparalleled" quotation ; ~ and its adopted ns jeem disposed tt > deny Us maternal author ; jj-. ; Latter-day iriovements , supposed to be j ^ pectaWe because adYocated in public by a j ^ jght and parHamBhtary gentlemen , are s iSt enclosing them in their meshes of
compromise . Principle is daily fceing sacrificed on the jjuine of Bnobbism . Our six-point orators sOff ape the practice * of the bourgeoisie , and pretend to Lave discovered that bricks and ja ortar rating is a fair teat for basing popular poorer on . The fact is , Chartism is clothed in rags ; and bonoe is all but friendless . Its jrsasury ia worse than bankrupt ; its Execute 1 b clean gone ont of favour . When its ^ ce is heard , in the verbosity of alengihened appeal , its notes of greeting are listleBBly received . ' - Organisation there is none ; but of ^ itisions there are many . If a meeting ba
called of ihe \ friends of the Charter , cot ivrelpe person ^ respond to the notice . And vheri ofie ^ D ' egui 8 to question the cause for bo 5 BUcU inexj > licable indifference , so man can g iro £ s ^ sfactb ry answer . Thi s speake r says jf ia-6 win ^^ o , i the activity of the labourjnatket , "wfii ^^ jf trae , is a contradiction in itself ; for as tbe' ^ HAKXER is not yet enacted , they "who are forjytts speedy recognition , are in a much suwgjj ^ r state to enforce its claims , ^ lue ^ tkjrtStoeir pecaniary condition hu j ^ en ^ b ^ vaslly ttpmx& ; My friend on my light , -who says bnt little , yet thinks the more , Attributes the declension to the
circumstancethat the Chartist leaders of 1851 are uni nown to the great body of Chartists of many years' conviction . This blusterer says , it is all to be laid at the doors of the present Executive ; though when pressed for a reason for such a , conclusion , something about the discourteous reception of a , Victim Society is stammered out , which none but himself can understand , and that is all . So proceed the excuses , for they are nothing more , which are offered as answers why the Charter is so sickly and pale thathei Iricuds of 1837 really know her not .
For my own part , I think there is a Jeetle that is worth noticing in all these opinions , even in the latter , for a disaffected patriot is core to be a destructive , so long as he remains within the camp . Of the three , however , I think tho first is the most correct , notwithstanding the disgrace attendant npon such an admission . "Where has lived , and where should live , fte Coaster ? Upon the lips , or in the hearts of men ? Give me a solution of this
question , and I will trace the cause of the diminution of its followers . Say in the heart , and the conduct and number of its disciples fhow the weakness of the impression ; admit it to rest upon the lip , -which a platform and an applauding audience can evoke , and the cause of its attenuated form becomes apparent . Honesty , integrity , and fixednesB of purpose ; all these have been absent ; and as they , and Ench as they , alone could nourish it within , and sustain it from violence withoufe , so , as a Fjstem , Chartism has degenerated , its ranks hare been disbanded , and the principles are cast npon the wide world for every would-bestatesman , to mock and sneer at
This is the PnESENl of Chartism . For all moral effects it is virtually deceased . Its carcase ' stinks in the nostrils of men , * Ton may scent it wherever you go . Consign it to the earth at once ; for pollution Is its name . Where is the Spirit of the Charter , e ' en though the frame of Chartism , which encompassed it , do serve to stop a bunghole ? Whence has it fled ? Has it fallen into the grasp of the Aristo , or does it lie encaged in the hold of some "Household Suffragist ? Answer , every man who knows anything of lhe various clauses of the Charier ! Have you
but an atom of that energetic impulse left within , you , which eays the Charter is true , and that you love it because it is true % Da you feel , as a sober and thinking man , that your country would be benefited by its adoption , and believing so , respect it accordingly ? Say it is so with you , and be assured " the Charier yet lives fortheFuiCRE . The spirit of ' The People ' s Charter ' Etill haunts Great Britain . Like Achilles , it is vulnerable but at one part , and that is , its admission to be more than spirit in the English Btatute'book . How long it is destined to wander ' o ' er hill and clain , and house and
field , ' the working men of England alone can answer . I know that its presence is a reality ; and go where I may , I will always proclaim it to be such . But it is not the declaration of one man , nor a hundred men , that will carry conviction to the throne of power j it is the manly voices and stern resolves of the tens of thousands only , that will bring the bough of political power within the reach of the workingclasses .
What , then , Bhall I say of the Future , more than that the Ciukter has an immater ial existence 1 In what way do I propose to make it wear the figure and shape of a healthy vitality ? To convinced and thinking Chartists I address these concluding sentences , as the men who must move in the van of the future movement " : — First , There must be a decision , which shall say the CHARTER is v ? hat is sought for , not less than it , nor more , by the present organisation .
Secondly , —There must be a fund subscribed , by every man who is in receipt of 12 s . or more per wesk paying one halfpenny for every 5 a . earned . This would produce , in a few weeks , a sufficient sum to commence the movement with . Thirdly , —There Bhould be an Executive , composed of five energetic and well-meaning men , who should be paid for their services . Two of . these could be employed in travelling chiefly , leaving two others and a Secretary to conduct the organisation in the metropolis , and direct the movement generally . This being done , the rest isdetail , which the Executive could well supply .
Now , Sir , these are the ways wbereby I Would attempt the resurrection of the entombed Chartist body . Adopt them , and I believe the stone could be moved from the sepulchre ; but , I feel satisfied , if some such proposals be not approved of , there will be no Ascension Day for Chartism . More , however , upon this subject in my next . Censor .
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The Bombat Tariff . — Mr . IT . Fleming , the secretary of the Commercial Association , has received a letter from the East India House , stating that the Court of Directors have transmitted to the government of Bombay , for their consideration , a letter which had been sent by Mr . John Peel and 2 tfr . Thomas Cardwell , on behalf of the association , representing that on the recent revision of the Bombay tariff , ihe valuations put upon grey piece £ oods and twist are . likely to act prejudicially on tbe trade of Manchester .
Elecii-j . vGossif . —The " Morning Ilearld' announces with great pomp a candidate , on proteslant and protectionist principles , for the county of Cavan , in opposition to . Sir John Yeung , bu forgets to communicate his name . It Is intimated iliat Lord Farnham will give his support to tbe new man without a name . —The " 3 To £ iingIiani Journal '' says that a requisition is in couf-e of signature in Leicester to Sir Joshua Walrcslov and Richard Gardner , Esq ., inviting those gentlemen to become candidates at the next parliamentary election for Leicester . —The " Sheffield Tree Press" announces a probable contest for Nottingham at the nest election , and names Ur . Pridham as the rir : il candidate to Mr . Walter . The Dnke of Xortiiumberland has given ordere for the construction of no less than a thousand sxw aud comfortable dwellings for labourers .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—Ii , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Gommittee ^ of tliiB Myheld theiruBualweefeJ yin ^ eting aB kbove on Wednesday evening last . ' Present « - Messra Arnott , Grassby , Hunt , Jonee , andMilne . G- J , Harneji being in . tbe . country *^ a ^ cent , sb were also Messrs . Holyoake ^ Ee Blond , and O'Connor . James GraasbWaa called to the chair . The correspondence received , was read . . ''" - . '
-The Secretary called the- attention- of the Committee to the meeting o £ thfrMetropolitiin Chartists , to be held intbeLfterary Institution , ; LBJ (^ ter-place ,: LUtif ! Sa ^ Ei ^ i ; : B , ay ^ street ^ / Clerkenwell ,- on ' Sunday *' j ^ naiicfo j November ? 3 rd . The ' busmess ^^ e laid b , e * foxb'the said meeting was disgusBed , ' . and the * members present expressed ^ fieir iaterition , fo attend . r , si Kto . ai ^ adopted ( Ernest Jones dissenting from one portion thereof ) as the
ADDRESS OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE HAT 103 AL CHARTER ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTISTS . Brother Democrats , —The time has now arrived when it is our duty to return to you the tru 3 t whioh you have placed in our kinds ; and in so doing we consider it necessary to render you a brief account of our stewardship . On accepting the duties imposed on us , Tre found the movement surrounded by difficulties , which we at ouce did our utmost to remove by calling a general Convention ; wkere differences of opinion might be discussed , aud an unity of action effected . The Convention mefc—men of intelligence
and business habits from all parts of the country assembled—great social truths were ably debated ; and the result was the adoption of a programme , which was admitted ( even by many opponents ) to be of such a temperate and practical character , that its equal had never before emanated from any Chartist Convention . Relative to the many thousand copies of that programme which were printed , and tbe excitement caused in the daily , weekly , and foreign press , you are already cognizant ; therefore we shall only add , that no document ( the Charter itself excepted , ) issued ivy tbe Chartist body ever created so much public attention as the programme in question .
What the Convention agreed to , we have , to the best of our ability , endeavoured to cany out . Fran its resolves we flare never swerved . While som « of us may hold different opinions relative to other * advocating & lesser measure of reform , still we emphatically assert , ( though averments to the con < trary bare been published ) that never , in our collective or official capacity , has the most distant desire been expressed of commuting you to any other course than that for which wo were elected . We have kept the organisation intact . We have not , nor would , mislead or deceive you .
During this year 6 , 000 cards of membership hare been issued—many new localities have been formed —lectures have been delivered—public meetin-s held—and thousands of addresses , tracts , and circulars have been distributed . To those who ask , "What have you done ? " ( it is a general rule that those who are the lout to give are the first to agk this question ) we candidly reply , that we have done all that tou have enabled us to do . In fact , taking into consideration the unusual political apathy—the all absorbing influence of the " Great National Holiday "—and many other obstacles which we have had to struggle against , we feel a conscious satisfaction thai we have not damaged the cause entrusted to our care , but , on the contrary , that we have devoted the means at our disposal to place the movement on a healthy , Bound , and intellectual
basis . Although the present aspect of Chartism is very far from being what we . would desire , ( because petty jealousies and personal ambition still throw their withering influencies around it , ) yet we feel assured that the mind of the people is rapidly tending towards democracy—that intelligence is progressing—and that prejudice to our principles is fast dying away . We are confident that the elements exist for a great and mighty movement , and that the only requisite for its success is a wise , united , and energetic action .
You are now called on to nominate and eleebnine fit and proper persons to direct your movement through the ensuing year—a period which probably will be the most ^ eventful in the history of the world . Your Executive may be a mere shadow or nonentity to-day , but circumstances of such a momentous character may ere long arise that would place it in a highly nromingnt and responsible position * , therefore it is of the greatest importance that yeu elect" good , true , and tried men . " Before you proceed to exercise your suffrage 3 , we beg of you to consider seriously what you are about , and if you are not prepared to
support an Executive not ; to elect one . But , though we have thought it our duty thus to advise you , we , however , trust that you will at onco resolve to layasidPall personal feeling , and enter into this mportant work with all the energy you can comimand—that an Executive will be elected ( by many thousands ) on whom you may rely , and that you will determine to support it , as you must be equally aware with ourselves that for the organisation to be now broken up would be the mostdiBastrious event that could possibly happen to the cause of democracy . Signed on behalf of the Committee , J . Arnoit , Gen . Sec .
The Secretary having been desired to issue the following instructions , the Committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , Nov . 26 th . Instructions . —Notice is hereby given ( in accordance with , the Hales ) that all localities are requested to nominate nine persons , to act as an unpaid ( Secretary excepted ) Executive Committee , for the ensuing year ; euch persons having been lona Jlde members of the Association for at least six months . The nominations to be forwarded to tUe General Secretary , on or before "Wednesday , December 3 rd , for publication in the democratic journals of December the ( Jib . and tth , when further instructions vili be given as to the mode of election ; and it is especially requested that no votes be forwarded until the nominations have been duly published . All nominations rprMvpA after tbe time stated will be null and
Toidi Signed , on behalf of the Committee , John Aknoit , General Secretary
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Manchester . —At a special meeting of tbe members of this locality , held in the People's lnstitnte , Heyrod-Btreet , on Sunday afternoon last—Mr . "VV . Grocott in the chair—it was unanimonsly agreed , after some little discussion , ' That the business transacted at the last delegate meeting , held at AslltOD , meets with our entire approbation . That Edward Hooson , and John Smith , represent
Manchester at tho next delegate meeting , to be held at Stockport , on Sunday , November 30 th . ' In the evening , a very eloquent lecture was delivered by Mr . Samuel M . K ydd to a large audience ; after which the following resolution was proposed byJVlr . George Chambers aud seconded by Mr . J . G , Clark , ' That \ re , the Chartists of Manchester , feel ourselves called UDon to declare our utter abhorrence and
disgust at the conduct of Mr . Thornton Hunt towards F . O'Connor , Esq ., at Copenhagen House , and we hereby tender him the censure of this meeting , with a particular request that he will immediately retire from the Executive Committee , and that the best thanks of this meeting bo given to Mr . G . TV . M . Keynolds , for tbe manly conduct displayed by him on tbat occasion . ' An amendment was moved -. ffainst that part of the resolution which called upon Mr . Hunt to retire from the Executive , but there being no seconder , the resolution was carried unanimously . \ 5 HTOS-o * DER-LyxE , —The weekly meetino- of the Democratic Association was held oniSunday last , in their Meeting-room , Water-
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Btreet , Charlestown—R . Scott in the chairwhen the following resolutions were passed * That Daniel Morgan and Thomas Clayton , act ; as delegates at the Stockporfc Delegate Mating . ' * That lhe Meeting-room be propiked for the Christmas Tea Party ; after thfe \ transacting of other business , and the enrolment of some new members , the meeting separated . ' . SyALYBBiDGB . —The members met in their metying room , Quarry-street , High-street , back of the Preemasons' Arms , on Sunday last , when tbe following * resolutions were agreed to : — " Tbat the discussion on the letter of Mr . Ernest Jones , which
appeared , in the 'Star' of November 15 th , be adjourned ; to Tuesday evening , November ] 8 th , " M Tbat 3 Ir . William Hill be appointed by tbe memrbersj to ' jreptesenl them in the forthcoming delegate fmeeting ' to be beldat Stockport , on Sunday , November 30 ( h . ? - ;"' That a tea-party and ball be held in the . Chartist Meeting-room on Friday , January 2 nd , 1853 , "' ^ ircqmtuunieationB for the Sia ) ybr « J . ge r CoMtiBt 8 tu bejanressed to William Hill , 8 , Win . ^ elrb ^ ttom ^ 8 "House 8 ,, Crpssleecb . street . ^ roftB ^ g | Sri 5 i " e : Chartists , of this locality held Tneir uanal members' meetinff in the large room of the Association , on Sunday last , Mr . M'Kinley in the Chair . The meeting was well attended . After
financial and other matter had been disposed of , the members proceeded to elect two delegates to attend the delegate meeting , to be holden in tho Chartist-room of this Town , on Sunday the 30 th inst ., at half-past ten in the morning . Thomas Clews and JOBeph Hougbton vrere appointed delegates . Thomas Clews , Seo . N . C . A . Sheffield . —At a meeting , held on Tuesday erening in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-Btreel—Mr . Allinson in the chair—the purport of Mr . Ernest Jones letter was considered , and after several careful readings , there seemed to be but one opinion respecting it , viz ., that it was replete with trueisms , and that the Executive have been too piebald to effect any permanent good . The following address was read and adopted : —
• ' TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE EMPIRE . "Dear Friends and Brothers , —During the past few weeks we have witnessed a magnanimous feeling prevail on the occasion of that great spirit of Liberty , M . Kossuth , visiting our shores ; we think we yet hear the sound of the loud huzzas thundering in our ears , echoing from a million voices . We shall never forget the saying of the great Magyar respecting the solidarity of nations , which means one organisation for one common purpose , the up-lifting of the oppressed of evory clime . We , therefore , express a hope soon to hear the cry of millions exclaiming— ' Organisation ) Organisation ! Organisation ! 2 'fte People ' s Charter at all hazrarfo . ' " On behalf of the Association , * ' Johh Allinson , Chairman , "
rJHHHAM . —On Sunday laet a meeting of the members of ibia locality was held , when the secretary reported that the committees appointed to make arrangements for tbe public discussion on the present co-operative movement between Mr . Lloyd Jones and Wr . Ernest Jones , had finally settled that the discussion should take place on Friday and Saturday , the 28 th and 29 th ; and , that in oonsequenca of the Odd Fellow ' s Hall not being considered sufficiently large to hold the people anxious to hear the discussion , the committee had taken the lurge room of the Co-operative Factory for that purpose . After the transaction of financial and other business , the meeting adjourned . B . 1 ' itwNG , Secretary .
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TREATMENT OF MR . O'CONNOR AT THE KOSSUTH METROPOLITAN DEMONSTRATION . Nottingham . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this locality , held at tbe Seven Stars , Barker-gate , it was unanimously resolved '•— " That this meeting have heard with regret tbe base treatment to which their old and tried friend , Mr . O'Connor , has been subjected at the dictum of Mr , Thornton Hunt , at the demonstration held in honour of Kossuth by the working men of London , and feel mobt indignant thereat . Such conduct is unpardonable in . airman proteasing to be a democrat ; and more particularly when practised on a gentleman , who we consider highly deserving tbe sympathy and gratitude of the toiling millions , for ibe many years gratuitous services , sacrifices , and persecutions he has endured in their behalf . Mr . Hunt is evidently a tool in the hands of a clique of individuals , as unworthy of cosoirlprntinn fla himse !/ . "
Norwich . —At a meeting of members , held in their room , St . Mary ' s , on Sunday last , tbe following resolution was agreed to : — That ibis meeting considers tbe conduct of the committee who got up the demonstration for Kossuth disgraceful and antidemocratic , in not allowing Mr . O'Connor into the commiUee room . We have tbe greatest confidence in the honesty and integrity of that gentleman , and to insult a man who has sacrificed his health , time , and fortune in behalf of the people , is an insult to
democracy . We are of opinion tbat the sooner those parties retire from the movement and join the free traders , the better it will be for the cause of Chartism . We are also of opinion that Mr . O'Connor is deserving tbe sympathy and gratitude of the working classes of this country , for his many years gratuitous services , as well as Kossuth himself . We also return our Bincere tbanks to Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , for his gentlemanly conduct towards the champion of democracy on that occasion . "—CSfkingall .
Finsbory Democratic Association . —A meeting was beld on Tuesday night , when tbe following address was moved and seconded by Messrs . Wright and Wycomhe , and supported by Messrs , P . Johnson , \ V . H . Hockley , I ) . Carter , James Newman , J . James and otfeevs , and unanimously carried : — "To Feargus O'Connor Esq ., M . P . "Dear and much-beloved friend , We , the members of tbe Finsbury Democratic Association , deeply rearet tbat you are so frequently and unjustly insulted by ibe base aristocracy and Euam middle , class reformers , through your honest and unexampled perseverance in advancing the sacred cause of emancipating the starving , toiling millions from
the bonds of slavery , forged by class-made laws . But , dear friend , it is with feelings of profound pity and heart-felt sorrow that you now experience , in your advanced years , tbat there still remains bad characters in our ranks , who are actuated by envy , hatred , jealousy , and ingratitude to hasten you with a broken heart into your tilenk tomb ; but we tru « t , dear friend , that you know you life in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of sincere admirers , that you are one o the greatest patriots of our age , and tbat tbat conviction will inspire you with renewed strength to withstand the pun ;
efforts of your and our enemies , and ultimately annihilate tbeir demoniac intentione . Fervently hoping you may live to a good old age , and rejoicing that you have not lived in vain , by experiencing the consummation of those mi g hty principles which bare caused you bo much toil and pecuniary aacri fices to obtain for the human family , " We remain , dear friend , in the bonds of Fraternity , on behalf of the Association , " Philip Johnson , Treasurer ; David Cater , Secretary . Council—W . H . Hockley , D Hockley , ' J . Taylor , \ V . Jones , W . Bool , S Jackson , and T . Jones . "
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ASSOCIATION . Gkktjlemex , —A meeting of tne members ol Sunderland locality was held on Sunday evening last , in the house of Mr . Irving , for the purpose of taking into consideration ihe indignant treatment towards Mr . O'Connor . The following resolution was proposed by Mr . Moore , seconded by Mr . Akin , and unanimously agreed to : — " That a vote of censure lie passed on Thornton Hunt , for attempting to exclude our brave and tried patriot , of twenty-nine
years' standing , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., fr " the Working Men ' s Demonstration to Kossuth , in London . " We are of opinion that the name of O'Connor will be a lasting monument when the name of Hunt will have descended into oblivion , ^ e will not tolerate such conduct as that o { Sir . Hunt , neither will we recognise him as one of the Chartist Executive . We likewise authorise our treasurer , Joseph Maxwell Hetherington , to withhold from the National Charter Fund the monies already subscribed for tbe said Fund until Mr . Hunt be ex-
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cluded , as a representative , from the above Executive . If Mr . Hunt can prove himself to be misrepresented by us , and that he was not the cause of the ill-treatment spoken of , we will than uke great pleasure in retracting the above resolution . Yours respectfully , J . M . Hkthkrington , Treasurer . SHBF * n : ij ) , _ At a special meeting held on Tuesday evening , m the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Qaeen-Btreet-Mr . John Almson in the chairthe brat question which was discussed was the shabby demeanour shown to Mr . O'Connor by tho Demonstration Committee ; whereupon , on the mo-; ion of Mr . Lye , seconded by Mr . Whaley , the following resolution was unanimously adorned : —
. luat this meeting considers the conduct of the Demonstration Committee , in which one of the ? i * 5 , ^? tfre formed a part , both disgraceful and ludicrous , in expelling the above-named gentleman from the committee room ; and , further , that we tender our kindest ? . cknowledgments to Mr . Reynolds / for his conduct on thnt occasion . LouaHBORocaH .-Atthe usual weekly meeting of the uu&Hista of this locality , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — « . « That in the opinion of this meeting the conduct of the Kossuth Demonstration Committee , at Copenhagen House , towards Mr .-O'Connor , through the misrepresentation of Mr . T . Hunt , was highly discreditable to
all parties concerned ; and though this meeting does not agree with the policy of Mr . O'Connor as regards Chartism , yet they have the highest eataem for him as a well-wisber to the working classes . " " That this meeting considers that Mr . T . Hunt has forfeited all the confidence reposed in him by the Chartists , in thus acting towards Mr . O'Connor ; and they therefore request him to resign his seat in the Executive forthwith . " "That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Q . W . M . Reynolds , for his manly and straightforward conduet displayed on the part of Mr . O'Connor . " " That a copy of the above resolutions be sent to [* NoHb&rn Star" and" Keyaolda ' s Newspaper" for insertion therein .
We have received several communications with reference to the same subject . Thomas Woodhotjse of Park-lane , Stockport , writes as follows : — ' Having read in ' Reynolds ' s Newspaper' the treatment Mr . O'Connor received at Copenhagen House , at the hands of men professing to hold tbe same principles as himself , I hereby enter my protest agaimt all parties so concerned , and call upon them to resign tbe trust tbe people have reposed in them . ' He is not surprised at the Mayor of Southampton refusing to hear Mr . O'Connor : but after all he has done for the Uwcv
gamn exilea m London ^ attd Che many sacrifices 6 a has made ( or . the v » e \ M > eVng ot the working classes ot this country , that gentleman ( be considers ) is worthy . oJ receiving the same respect aud attention as M . Kossuth , or any other person who rosy -mil our shores . The resolution of the Demonstration ComwAUee ai \ deu \ nsuU to injury ; and the writer is instructed , by several subscribers of the ' Northern Star , ' to say , that they consider that proceeding an attempt to 6 nuff Mr . O'Connor out of the political world , in order to elevate themselves at the expense and sacrifices of others . The thanks of those subscribers ara tendered to Mr . Reynolds , for his gentlemanly conduct on tbat occasion .
H . D . Gbiffiths , of Chalk Farm , Hampstead , writes as follows : —At the Hanover-square , Rooms , as well as at Copenhagen House , 1 find that our friend , Peargus O'Connor , was insulted by Free Trade reformers . This insult was offered to our principles through tbe unwearied representative of them , and I hope it will convince Mr . O'Connor tbat it is not from the brawlers ( or competition that he can hope for political aid . J . B . Ford , of Penrose-square , Cork , informs ub tbat words are inadequate to express the confidence reposed by him in that disinterested philanthropist , whose devotednesa in the cause of suffering huma nity has brought upon him , instead of gratitude , the abuse of false friends and the calumny of avowed enemies . This writer states that he is acquainted with . majay persons in Cork , as well as in other parts of Iceland , who are of the same opinion as himself respecting Mr . O'Connor .
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Mrs . CARLILE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sia , ~ k few weeks ago I , in conjunction with many others , was infovraed tbat Mrs . Martinperhaps tbe boldest original thinker of her sex our country has , of late years , produced—bad paid the tribute of Nature , - and I now make it my painful ' : ) uty to inform the friends of free discussion , that Mrs . Carlile , the widow of Richard Carlile—once , more celebrated than even Mr 3 . Martin—is about to follow in the death . wake 05 her unfashionable eoter aporary ; but , under circumstances of pecuniary distress , which , it does not appear , pertained to the
latter , Mrs , Eliza Sharpies Cariile— despite her present state of sufferings , and death staring her hard in the face—still adheres most tenaciously to her principles ! Could she have abandoned these by ouly pretending to " see the error of her ways , " and disclaiming all connexion with the name of Carlile as the father of her children , she might now have been in a very different position—have been surrounded by a circle of friends , who , moving in the ranks of sainthood , would have been able to contribute largely to her comfert . I need not dilate on this , farther than to Bay , that it is a most positive fact , the mhmttce of which can be supplied , if required .
Presuming that this communication will prompt the liberal-minded to advance a ( title to smooth Mrs . Carlile ' s way to the grave , I have the aatiafaCr tion to subscribe myself , Ynurs , very obediently , Westminster . Nov . 19 . Hy . Scuithobp .
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£ 1 U 0 Subscriptions will he thankfully received by Mr . J . Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row ; or , Mr . Hattersley , piano-forte maker , near the Railwjy-Etation , Vauxhall .
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Political Victims' Association . —Not . lGth , 1851 , —Mr . Young in the chair The secretary read letters from Thomas Seal and Samuel Buckley , relative to Joseph Radcliff , at present confined in the Portland Prison . The latter , with whom Kadcliff served his apprenticeship , gives him a most exemplary character for industry and integrity , and the former , who has known him from his infancy , adds his testimony to Itadcliffe ' s moral worth . They both request the association to use their
influence in getting Radcliff restored to liis friends as soon as possible , —The secretary was ordered to write to Dr . M'Douall , or some of their brother members , in Ashton , to ascertain when Mr . Hindley , M . P ., intended to present the memorial of this case , and immediately on receiving this information , to communicate with Lord Dudley Stuart , Sir Joshua Walmsley , and other members of parliament , who are likely to take an interest in EadclilFs liberation . —J . M . Brvson , Sec .
Redemption Society . —The directors have takencomniodious premises in rinity-street , Leeds , where the business of tbe society will he transacted on and after the first week in December . The premises comprise a lecture ^ room , store-room , board-room , and a residence for the store-keeper , Monies received for the week : Leeds , £ 5 4 s . 2 d ; London , per M . Corfield , 10 s . ; Building Fund , J . T ., Leeds , 2 s . Gd . ; A . Christian Minister , 53 . ; Propagandist Fund , Ca . 8 d . J . Henderson , Secretary . 1 C 2 , Briggate , Leeds .
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ROBERT OWEN TO KOSSUTH . EXCELLENT SlR—Youi good Intentions , and extraordinary exertions and Bufferings for the cause of the oppressed and with the view to benefit all , no one who lias read your history aud studied your addresses delivered to various audiences in Great Britain can doubt . Your actions , and speech , and popularity , declare you to possess powers seldom giveu to one individual , and that these powers have been given to you by nature , to constitute you an important agent to aid in effecting great changes in tho condition of humanitv . per
In fact , you and Mazzini , ( another spirit with high aspirations , who has made him-Belf a Belfrdevoted victim to the cause of Italy , as you have to that of Hungary ) have been evidently destined by nature , with other pramu Menfc men now active in society , to effect , unknowingly , tho speedy destruction of the present wretchedly ignorant and most irrational system of society . ' Well calculated , as leading minds , for tlie fcasje . are yjpu and ^ Jtfazzini , and the Pope , aided materially by the Emperors of Russia and of Austria , to open the path to the speedy downfall of despotism , aristocracy , democracy , and superstition , over the world .
These parties are admirably gifted to bring prominently before the public tho evils inflicted upon the humanraceby despotism , aristocracy , and superstition , and , also , how utterl y incompetent democracy or republicanism are to remedy these evils without inflicting othera equally opposed to human nature and to common sense . Granted to yon and Mazzini , to their full extent , the erroneous and heart-rending afflic ' tions produced by tho governments of St . Petersburgh , Vienna , Berlin . Eome , and Naples , and by smaller despotic powers .
To produce this extent of misery these governments have been stimulated by befog ignorantly opposed by a crude growing knowledge of an ill-informed population , which has felt the evils and perceived the errors of despotism and aristocracy ; but a population which has not advanced so inx aa to become con * eaious of the errors and evils of democracy and republicanism , or to discover tlie permanent remedy . The aristocractic power , unconscious of the extent of its own despotic en'ora and evils , sees forcibly the errors and evils o £ devaocratfj and of republican governments .
Amtocracy and democracy are therefore natural antagonists—each opposes the errors of the other without being over ready to dis * cover its own . Both parties having had their characters formed for them on the same erroneous fundamental principle , and both being in consequeuce sudly mis-informed , they know of no other princi ple or practice by which mankind can be governed than by the despotism of aristocracy or by democracy . The aristocracy , therefore , for aid against the numbers that otherwise would be always opposed to it , calls to its Bupport BuperBtition , in the form of state religions , to enable it , by force and fraud , to keep the masses in ignorant subjection to its laws and rule .
Democracy and Republicanism must be supported by numbers , and they are governed , for tho objects of tho governors , through laws and institutions calculated to give wealth and power to the mentally strong and to deprivo the . weajf <> l their just rights ; aucl Dy tnis errofc $ under" continual irritation , by endless unjust and antagonistic proceedings , they prevent all obtaining the far greater advantages which , without contest , might be secured in peace and most beneficially for all through every succeeding generation ,
• Despotism , Aristocracy , and Democracy , are therefore maintained by force , fear , falsehood , and fraud—are based on principles of repulsion and individual contending interests . They are obliged , on account of their fundamental errors , to he supported by humaumade laws and institutions , directly opposed to live laws of humanity and of nature generally . These laws and institutions , owing to the ignorance of despotism , aristocracy , and
democracy , respecting the laws of nature , which never change , are always changing , because , as soon as they have been made and as their effectB have been experienced , they are always found to produce vice , crime , and misery ; to favour the rich and oppress the poor ; to enormously increase the expenditure of society , not only uselessly , but most mischievously ; and to perpetuate a syBtem of falsehood and deception through all the grades which this irrational system creates .
You and Mawuu and your compeers are now endeavouring to move heaven and earth to assist you in destroying , root and branch , despotism and aristocracy , on account of their now glaring defects and absurdities ; that you may establish democracy , equally erroneous in principle and practice ; for , compared to the government of a well-intentioned despot with ability , democracy is an inferior mode o governing . But both ai' 6 now ascertained to be insane systerns for the government of mankind , The advancing' development of the human faculties , — -tho progress of science in chemistry , medianism , and the arts of life generally , have numbered the days of both .
Physical force , must now give place to mental energy ; the weapons of war and fraud , or force and sttpwafcition , by *> rJjJoH alone aristocracy and democracy know how to govern—no , not to govern , but to coerce mankind—are becoming powerless . Publio opinion , based on unchanging truths , and formtKi to bo consistent throughout its entire combinations , will soon baffle the old powers of fere © and fraud , of fear and falsehood . ' A knowledge of such truth aa will eternally benefit mankind is rapidly becoming public opinion , and henceforth , by the aid of the free press , of steam , and of electricity , publio opinion will govern the world .
You and MazzinJ , and your noble band of selfsaerifieers for the intended good of humanity , know not how better to govern the world than it has been governed , except by an European republic , to be attained through the Wood of thousands , perliapa millions , of the finest human beings now living . And for what will this sacrifice and universal demoralization be made ? . To substitute one insane systora of ignorant , selfishness , for another , less refii . ed generally , and equally selfish and antagonistic to human happiness .
But you and Mazzini and your followers say you do not know the new ideas—you do not understand unity of mind and action—you do not comprehend a solidarity of interests , founded on the laws of humanity , based on a profound knowledge of society through all its ramifications , and opening a new science to the world , through the aid of which mau shall be united to man , and nations with nations ; cordially united bj- a justly and well devised federation that trill give , for ever , one well deh ' iwd interest to man : and thenceforward tlieiewillbe
no contests , no peery interests , no aristocracy , no democracy , no superstition , no natioual armies , and , after ft short interval , ( to pass from a state of grogs irrationality , to one of order , peace , an < 3 happiness ) , there will bo no ignorance , poverty , disunion , crime , or misery . ' : And to attain these results will be a scientific process , plain for practice , easy to bo understood , and for which all tlio materials are now in groat snperfluity , Will youy republic , based on the old worn-out notions of ignorant selfishness , give these results to the human race ?
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^ o ; republ ics , aa well n 3 aristocracies and superstition .-, arc pest . » to socii-ly , oF repulsion , hypocrisy , and selfishness , based on i $ noranco of huinanity , nw \ ot tlie laws of nature or of God . \ ou , : « ., 1 . Mazzini , and your compeers . iU'O fill'tOO ! i « ii in your aspirations for tho happiness of your ii ., n "' ° , " ' bBt"omo Permanently advocates of icpublies bused on i tfauranco of the Jaws of nature , society ?' auy kuowlcd S & * 8 " » nco of Jri « n ! S " ° 1 (? ngor bo grovelling in tho dark , facuS ! , / 0 " ?; ?! ' " ™ t * S invaluable ta ^ i « f L / * » »« B ^ ianorant . selfish syscaffed , ! em n ™ ' fear ' and falsehood becauie it is caueu democracy or a republic . loil
muse now acquire tho newidoas , because they are everlasting troths-truth , ever consistent with themso ves and in accordance with alS 5-trathl which change not for mau , but which point to the direct path to high excelled and perpetual advance * and enjoyment . YOU WOl'O made ta be Iea < ler 3 of your fellows nature has thrown you upon the aurfacoand placed you on high , that you may learn her ways , and do her work , not according to your first mistaken taught notions , but in obedience t 6 her more matured teaching . Adopt tho new ideas , because they arefcrusand god-like . God-like , becaupo they will ensure the eternal pvogveas of msuikind in all excellence and perpetually inoi ea » ini' happiness .
Adopt theso divine truths ; ( for all truths aro di « vino ); and by your eloquence and influence oarry them through Europe , and . into tho new world , from which they willl soon naturally Bpread over the remainder of tho old world ; or you will sink into oblivion after having appeared like Will-o' -the Wisps . You cannot understand communism or socialism , because you have not 8 tudiod the true o * rational socialism . Rational Socialism is a system in perfect and un--deviating accordance with the laws of nature or of 3 tad .
. It directs to measures fn practice that will welltram welt-educate , woll-tmploy , well govern , unite and well-placo all of tho human race : will do strict usfcice to each , upon principles of enlightened equality , according tojrge ; and will fill all with the pure " spirit of charity and love , and with moral courage always to spoak the language of simple truth ; and will eanse all to have their character and cir « cumstances so scientifically formed , that no motive shall exist among men to express a falsehood iu look , word , or action . Tour friend , Robert Owes , London , Jermyn-street , November 10 , 1 S 51 .
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EaKansHSBV «^ BK ! 3 sunsOTaaKfl NATIONAL REFOBM LEAGUE . The following is a copy of tho Address forwarded to M . Kossuth by the above-named associatioi ) , ' and \ vhictt was courteously acknowledged by his excellency iu au autograph letler , dated the 7 th instant : — Sin , —Founded as the League which now presumes to address your excellency is , not only to defend the equality of human rights , but to define and explain to the world the political and social laws which can alono secure them to universal man , wo truBt that wo shall bo admitted by your excellency to have at leapt an equal claim with any other Reform body \ nt \\\ a country toboaWowoi to offer you our 9 / ncero congratulations on your escape from tho vengeance of U \ e tyvantB you have so nobly dared to oppose , and on tbe favourable
auspices wader wea you are now a visitor to England , —even although our League cannot at present boast of tho support or countenance of the rich or tho influential classes of our countrymen . " \ No o \»\ m to aaarcSBytmr excellency as men erabued with tho samo dosiro as yourself to aid tha causo of Human Progress , however feeble may bo our means . We are impressed with , the conviction that society , in Europe , is about to enter upon a new phase of its career , in which those who have been hitborto systematically shut out from all go--vernmental and municipal power—tho working classes—tho proietaires—will insist on being recognised as a portion of the state ; and we are anxious that they should use their power wisely and justly by being well instructed in their political and ' social rights and duties , To give them that mstruo « ¦ tion , great teachers , endowed by Providence with extraordinary authority are required ; and we
consider that tho intense enthusiasm which the name Of Kossuth ha 9 evoked amongst reformers throughout Europe as a proof that your excellency is one of these great leaders of the people , and that not to Hungary alono will the influence ofyoui' name be confined . The unprecedented labours—thoself sacrifices—the heroic efforts—made by your excellency in your noble struggle for tho independence of Hungary , convince « 9 that the motives which actuated you ( fin that arduous encounter with tyranny and corruption , were not merely those Bpiinging from a love of country—from nationality—but proceeded from a more exalted principle—the love ol humanity at large ; not , ilS Some Of VOUr enCKlie 3 would insinuate , to prop up aristocratic or class privileges , or to perpetuate any system of government or social life , under which the niaBH of tbe people nmst remain , as heretofore , the slaves OF . tools of landlords and moneylords .
The admiration which your excellency bas expressed for the ( apparently ) happy condition of England , —of our municipal institutions , —of ouv re pra-e ' . rt . ativB system of government , —and of the absenoo of that powerful instrument of tyranny , the centralising policy which prevails on the Continent , S 6 GM 3 to require a few words from us , as lovers of the language of truth , rather than that of compliment . Of the constitutional privileges , and the advantages , which Englishmen possess , wo are not unmindful , because , through them , such changes in political or social life as hecomo requisite in the progress of time may be effected without sudden or violent revolutions . But , Sir , wo would respectfully warn your excellency that although lhe specious phrases , — " constitutional liberty , "— "
commercial prosperity and freedom , "— " a high state of morality and intelligence , "—and similar selflaudations , arc current in England among the upper and middle classes , there exists among what ara called the " lower classes " of our countrymen a a poverty more hopeless—an ignorance more crass , —a viciousness more degrading —( for all which tho governing classes aro mainly responsible )—than exists in any of tho avowed despotisms or autocracies of the world . The system of landed-tenures now prevailing , by which tho source of all wealth , tho soii ; of the earth , is inonopolised as private property ;—the usury-breeding monetary system consequent upon a currency injuriously restricted by A gold standard of value;—the vraut of an efficient and facile mode of exchanging wealth , which would
allow consumption to keep pace with production ;—tho rapid supercession of human labour by machinery , without compensation being given to the labourer ;—in . short , a system of political and economical polity which gives an undue amount of liberty and power to tho propertied classes , and leaves the unpropertied classes without any resource , but to let themselves out as tho wagesslaves of the former , —( a condition scarcely to bo p referred to the serfdom or chattel-slavery of either ancient or modern times)—is daily inflicting grievous wrong upon the mass of oui- people , and exciting the deep commiseration of the Christian Reformer and Philanthropist . From the conviction of theso evils sprang the society which now takes tho liberty of addressing you , and whose published
propositions are herewith respectfully submitted to your attention . Your excellency ' s intimate acquaintance witbour language willcnableyouveadily to perceive tho scope of these papers ; and we hope that your excellency may agree with us in the opinion , tliat until tho principles embodied in them ho made the baeia of political and social government no permanent tran * quillityor prosperity can bo eiijoyed in any country in Europe ^ even if the peoples succeed in snaking off the military dospotism under which , virtually , they are now groaning . And it is surely not too much to expect , that while science and art are making rapid strides towards perfectibility , while new powers of producing material wealth , are daily being discovered , no new political and sooial arrangements shall be adopted adequatoio regenerate society itself , and place man in that condition of mental , moral , and physical freedom of which hia nature is capable , and to which his noblest and
purest aspirations are directed . We believe , Sir , that the doctrines of this League must first be realised before man can cuter upon that regenerativa atiite—a state foretold hy the . profit , in which every man shall sit " under his -vino and under his figiree , and none shall make him afraid . " AVe believe , Sir , that tho fruition of the inalienable rights desiderated by us are capable of producing such a condition' of happiness ; and that , too , without ignoring the past , or abruptly severing ' the . present from the future ; without committing violent innovations upon existing interests , or permanently injuring any class of individuals . Finally , Sir , wo believe that the practice of these principles only can maKo the abstractions of Christianity harmonise with the realities of life , and produce that lonir-looked tor- consummation of religion —" Glory to God in the highest , on earth jcace , gwnUilUowai'dsrnen . '
On behalf of the Council and Members , J . B . O'BniKN , President . T . W . M'Xkili ,, Secretary , liokvlic Institute , Denmark street , October 31 st , 1 S 51 .
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Lisbon , Nov . y . —a melancholy circumstance oc « ourred at tlie Palace on Tmsrsday . A young man , of literary pretensions , pe-ented a petition to the ' Kin ? , ami immediately a ' terwards drew a pistol anxfshot himself .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1653/page/1/
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