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THE STAR OF FREEDOM SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1858.
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TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTOES OF THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM.
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LBTTERS FOR "WORKING MEN . Ko . Yllfc—The Lbtebk Opbkeb at Carlisle . TO THE EDUOB OF THE STAR Of FREEDOM . Sib , —The ordinary absurdities of British ' representation' ace oad enough , but here is an anomal y lisyond the usual run . Sir James Graham , of unhappy poit-offica notoriety , is a candidate for the representation of 'Merry Carlisle . ' This is one of £ hose matter * of more than local interest , on which _ •«•«**«*«¦»» tt »/\ T » T ^ ATHTTtJft ArETT-
some words need be aaid . If Calcraffc the hangman should put up for some horongh or county , I think it would be right for ns to separate the man from his office , to consider whether he might not be a very estimable politician—very fit to represent many lovers of justice , in spite of his unpleasant vocation . After all , he is but an officer of the law , taking rank below a judge—the honestest not always having precedence If one of ( Jalcraft ' s condemned should by some favour get reprieved and offer himself at the hustings , ¦ we might not he altogether disgusted at his assurance . The convict is not always the worst member of society . There are robbers , aye , and wilful menalayers , too , who never had a chance of the gallows neighbourhood , and the escaped convict might find at least some whom he could fitly represent . 2 fay ,
even if a Marquis of Lansdowne could become a commoner , and he candidate for the Lower House , on the strength of the murder of his poor Irish tenant Denis Shea , the other day , certain landlords , certain ogrisb millowners too , for that matter , might very consistently vote for him . But if a Burke or a Hare should put up for Parliament , I take it the true answer to their impudence—if any answer beyond execration oi > nld he given , —the true reason for rejecting then * services would be that really , with all our vices , there teas nothing for them to represent . So , when a Border Thug , with no fanatical excuse of faith , offers himself for our suffrages , the ostracism of contempt should be as universal . Sir James Graham , of Netherby , formerly Home Secretary , stands before Carlisle in the position of a Burke or a Hare . He
and Aberdeen may settle between them which . He ataads before Carlisle unblushing , but red with a blojxPstain , fouler than that even of the Edinburgh murderers . He stands indelibly marked as the spy , the common informer , who led on Neapolitan assassins to the murder of the noble brothers Bandiera . Like Burke and Hare , he cannot represent any English constituency . Some select Neapolitan constituency might fit him , if his friend King Bomba has a pocket borough , hi which the voters were all slurri or assassins , but he can represent nothing English . Many of his forbears may have been hanged at Carlisle , in old Moss ' s trooping days
, for , doubfless , many an old-fashioned thief of those ' good old times' has helped to fashion the glory which culmniated in our Home Secretary ' s Office in 1844 ; but never a receiver among them but would have held it foul shame to become a sneaking letteropener at the bidding of a foreign bravo . Men of Carlisle ! ca 3 t thxB unclean thing ont from among you . It is needed that -we tell our Government , both for its own behoof and for that of its friends , the continental despots , what we English people think of foreign aflairs ; but with what face should we rebuke the visits ^ of a Malmesbury or a Normanby , at the Tuileries , or the receptions of a Nicholas , a Haynan ,
or a Sosas at St . James ' s , if they could point at this creature of the Austrian and Neapolitan police as one of our representatives ? I have been told that the working men of Carlisle will vote for him . For him ! the men of that class who spoke England's hatred of infamy in the ears of Haynan ; for him , the men of that class for which the Bandieras bled beneath his nrife—for the Republic that the Bandieras sought *« s not a class Kepublic for ' all but about a million » -that class for \ which Mazzini is still an eale ^ and vaUtUd by the police ; for him , the men of that class which he and all his party would keep down as helots . Can the working men of Carlisle be so besotted ? I
srill not believe it . I care not to notice his political qualifications : for the real question is not there . If fie could be the professed friend , instead of the proved enemy , of the people—if his political conduct had been as consistent as an honest man ' s should be—if his ability was really equal to the composition of those first pamphlets issued in his name , —still the man remains foul—un-English—unfit to represent an English constituency . The dirt y tool of Austrian and Neapolitan villainy is not Jit for any English w > rk , however hard we might be put to it . It was an old superstition that the blood would rush out from the wounds of the murdered when the murderer
dared confront his crime . Let the blood of the Bandieras choke this Graham on the hustings ; let the execrations of the honest men of Carlisle hoot him from that scaffolding which his presence must make a pillory . This may be « scandalous . ' Be it so ! Itisime . I shall offend the mealy-mouthed and smooth-mannered . Be it so ! Nevertheless , when the public hangman forgets , or is forbidden , his duty of branding the greater malefactors , the public writer must do his work , however distasteful . I have not sought him in any obscurity . He comes in my way He is thrust offensively forward by the 'Times' as one of a new triumvirate , to succeed the Derbies Russell , Graham , and Cobden . Belial , Moloch , and
Mammon . God deliver us ! So if he will expoEe himself , like Barnard Gregory , before us , it becomes aurbonnden duty « to whi p the rascal naked through the world . ' But to turn from him to the question of the elections involved in his address to the electors of Carlisle . We are told ( I care not to repeat the wretch ' s name again ) that the only question for candidates at the hustings should he—Ire you against ZordDerby f If so , then you must be eligible . No other qualification is needed . I say this is not enough . It u very far from enough . Against Lord Derby . What is that to ns ? Keep jour factious squabbles to yourselves . What is it to the people that the 'Free' Traders are disappointed at the Ministry having given up Protection ? Of course not
disappointed at Protection being surely given up ; but disappointed at the prospect of the people , seeing that too soon—seeing it before them , the 'Free ' Traders , have used a sham-fear of Protection to get themselves brought into power . Nay , let in not play eatspaw quite so « o % . The woolsack must be a cotton-bag yet , before the People ' s Cromwell shall kick ont the Manchester Bump ; but let us mi help Manchester to the place of power . Answer , all you ar&ans who know what reduced wage 3 mean , why should you choose the millowners even in preference to the landlords ? Oh but vote for a Tory—let a Tory in ! ' Do not vote for him ; and do not vote either for his fellow , the Whig , of whatever
denomination . Vote for neither ; let them fight their own battles . Do you treat them both as enemies ; and gather your power against the day , when feudalism being laid with its fetters , 'Free' Trade , the new monopolist , shall be your master . You will need strength then . Now , every blow you strike for the jade faction is welding the iron for your own fetters . And you will find the new tyrants with their stronger garrison more intolerable than the old . There * re some , I know , who wm saY f that this is inexplicably playing-the game of the enemy . The more iortsighted they . It is no longer a question , as in years far back , of co mbinations of anything thai bears he name of'Liberals , ' against a ramnant Torvism .
Wlf i 5 m f -t , Ia «*» l " . ( I beg pardon ) , iha Moderate Liberals , have left us ; they have ioalesced with tyranny . It is now simply two sorts of tyrants—Tory or Whig—Ei ght Divine or Rule of Thumb—contending which shall devour the nation ' s carcase . As before , as ever , there must be two sunps ; but woe to us , if we chcose our leaders from roluuteers of the other side . A test indeed for the ' je ople—Lord Derby ' s friend ? « 2 sV Whose then 1
Sir , ' My Lord John Sneak ' s . * It is the same thing . Or * Mr . Richard Deeildust ' s . ' What is he touB ? Ground between two millstones , it is not enough to 'aid fiult with / one . No ! no J Let us , who are of iho People ' s party , of the National Party , wear no factious badges , utter no party-cry , cast far from us Ul the discreditable policies and catchwords of these ^ anoauvn * , keeping strai ght to our home question-« ayoufor or ngainst the Peon ] . ? Wh » t mean voubv
¦ "ffi C 7 I J ° F « b your fidelity ? ftt us , t actim '; - w \ upon ' "tfwto go back to Protection s . a : deuy * « w "J ? . " ^ * s regatda Lord Derby , and v **« v « iffi 3 E ™» h ! ^ eminent ; let us I 4 > u » uon , c . f iieiiBWM # J ! S ina 7 have formed ooncamuig fc . *« g » which ara not ^ u ^ S ? 1 or Pa P -Aggression ( two } . . »> » l » o wnldflogi ^ g ** «»?) ; let m econt : the fc ^ a who would l £ ve w J ^* " ™* and the cppoiite no ? onriearfiest toa 3 iJte 2 5 ?! mar / et « aw * «» Malmeaburji , liha
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make our n « oe a shame and reproach in Europe ; but let us not forget that the moat important , the first question for us is the franchise , —our right to freedom , as the sole ground upon which we can fulfil our duties to each other , ensure just rule , and again become honourable and honoured by the world . I come back always to my firat point : whatever else you do , count the names of those who are with you for the right—tha birthright jof a freeman . There is talk of here and there a People's Candidate . Well , if we can find and elect one or two , or more ; but , whatever votes we may number for the few who will be oar own representatives , let us not fail to vote against Jail those who do not represent us on this vital question of freedom . And let us fling our protest , from every corner of the land , into the face of the usurping parliament . It will not be thrown away . Bpartaccs , tnsfra . -. _ -i « _^ ^_ _ -. . tMii . i
Errata in letter 7 : —For * kill a son' read' kill a cow ;' for ' thus all matters' read this all matters ; ' for ' a full conscience' read ' all conscience ; ' for ' let from God ' read ' lit from God ; ' for ' become a duty' read ' because a duty ; ' for « rights evil' read ' rights civil . '
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roTaBD 2 a 0 caiTicP 0 BUC . -Br 0 therDem 0 crats .-In again al . lu&og to the Manchester'Conference' allow me to recapitulats a few of the leading points in my last letter . I showed that the leading object Mr . Jones had in view had been to make the entire Chartist organisation suhEerrieut to his interest ; that he had In the most underhand way . been using hiaina < ience to tmaermine anadestroy the character of every man who was likely to prove anobstad » to ms ambitious designs } that he endeavoured when Mr . O'Connor wag at the head of the movement / toSoyuS character and influence in an underhand manner hutassoonas he found that gentleman fallen he commenced bedaubing him with his praise , fa order to gam the support of Mr . O'Connor ' s admirers , and that having , by the most barefaced system of false , hood , succeeded ; as hethonght , in destroying the character of every public man m the movement , he proceeded to set aside all will and aU law , ana , « a violation of every principle of Democracy and good faith , proceeded to call upon a few misled men in Man-Chester to asswt in carrying out bis base designs .
The next act of the body , which was thus clandestinely called together , which I shall notice , is the resolution making Joneis's paper the sole and only organ of the Democratic movement I loolt upon this as the mam object for which the Conference wai called together . The executive which were appointed are " merely Hie instruments by which that object is to be accomplished . This question is one which must be met and exposed , as there is a vast amount of delusion abroad concerning it . Though nominally be . longing to Jones the paperis supposed to be virtually the property of thepeople oratleast . the Chartist body . It is aesnmed that tnat paper will speedily release the membew of the CfaartUtAa . Bociation from all pecuniary burdens , by pavine into the chnrtfet exch ^ uera fond amply sufficient to c wTOK&TgJ these are fallacies which should , nay must , be met and exposed US ? - ' treat upou to * * "B 1 st—Ii it the people ' s paper , or does it belong to the Chartist ¦ body ?
£ j ^ WS 2 S 5 reB » SSK 3 ^ SL > aK £ SSiiWMS 5 = f ^ J 5 St 5 Safc % BS& , iS ranced money towards starting it . have donTso nnder th ° iuea that they will receive four per cent , interest for their cash ? Hr . Jones has haa more to g against profitmoneerinjr than perhaps , any other man . But of all the Spts at profit mongenng on record , this is the fflaiteRjtoe . aSiSwJffii the entire and absolute monopoly of the Lm ^ ii ^ S «^
pose that the shareholders of some ^ opiraiive Store had nii they get tip , to eeU aijyUung to tha -working classes on the ground claimed by Jones and his aupporters-namel y , that th « r object was to emancipate the people ; and therefore , whether the people believed in their power to do so or not , they mu 3 tj on pain of being denounced ag rogueB and fools , bring all the griet ; to the mill ' . If such a thing bad been done , there would hnve been no end to the virtuous indignation which Mr . Jones would have hurled against tha unprincipled monopolists ; jet it is demanded of n » , on pun of political damnation , that we shall go to his shop for our mental f * od , and to his only .
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The idea , that by supporthtt his papir it will support us , « verj captivating to some , especially those who want to get tha Charter , but who are toolaw to labour for It , as they will . have to do before they Eet It . it was one of the principal objections which I had against the scheme when » was first announced . That objection wa » not kept to myself , I toMMr . Jonee per . soHally at Halifax , that the man who thus paid the officers ana advocates of a movement would alwa ys be tha masters of that movement , and wonld always take care that It should be carried on for his personal advantage , and tbat the offloers in the society would dwindle down to the position tf being the mere agents of tha man who paid them their wages . Instead of devoting their time to spTeafling-he principles of Democracy , they would be a mere canvassing and advertising body ; in fact , a mere puffing machine , and their waees would be paid on the same principle .. »_ .... .. . , ,, _ ... - *„• . * n
that the vendors of 'Holloway ' g Ointment , ' ana row g nils , ' pay their advertisement fees . Does any one doubt this ? Lot him Observe the care with which Jones is rooting out and destroying all ana every one opposed to his ambitious designs , and with which , likewise , he is trying to fill every post in the ranks of Chartism with his own tools . Some of his followers talk of not hating the Charter from the middle classes ; but , I must confess , that I haras , very great repugnance to . having It if it could be got by such leader * , and such followers aa Jones and hia diaciples , for it is such followers and leaders that have built up every despotism in tjie world . A man who can claim to govern an flsso . ciatioa by dictation , would , had he the power , do the snme by a nation . The talk about the salvation of the movement is so much ofljfc , to blind and deceive the people . Does not Louis Xapoleon cover all his black and damnable deeds with the cry of' the snlva tion of France !'
When we consider the system on which our Bonaparte claims the right to found his paper , theforeo of the above observations will become more apparent . It is to be as free from tito controul of the Chartist body as possible , and vet is to act as consor over the Executive . By what principle of Democracy any man can claim the right to be independant and above the contvoul of the movement , and yet , at the same time , claim the right to act as rensor over the officers of the Society , I nm at a loss to conceive . Now what is censorship but dictatorship ?—and does any one suppose that under such outrages and unjust powers it would be possible for any Executive to live , except as the mere tools and sycophants of his inordinate ambition ; make his paper the sole organ of Democracy , declare him to be independent and above the controul of the Society ,-and , in addition to this , make him censor over your officers ; and what have you but one of the most odious despotisms that ever disgraced humanity . Nicholas of Russia , or the Pope of Rome , claim no more power than tli » , I fearlessly assert that it U utterly impossible for such a desir «
to spring up in a Democratic mind . It is the very essence of despotism : and he who claims such powers ia a despot in his heart . Coder such a sjstem none but the most arrant Bkve in mind would be left in the movement . Its influence and rpspect would be gone , and its means for good utterly destroyed . There can be no freedom or liberty where there is inequality of condition , or power ; and if one man is to be set up over the heads of every other man , no man of talent or influence will stay in our ranks—for Democracy and Despotism cannot live on the same soil . Had the men who aro now exerting themselves to raise up a king in the Chartist ranks , been born in Russia , or France , or Rome , they would probably have been engaged in defend * ing tho tj » ant 8 who rule over those afflicted countrea . Before concluding this letter , there is one more point to which I wish to allude , —and that is the case of Frost , Williams , and Jones . If some enemy to those men had racked hia brain to devise a plan to perpetuate their exile , he could not nave hit upon anything more effectual than that proposed by
Mr . Finlen . which was to get up an agitation , ' and to use the name * of these men for that purpose . Now , every man who knows anything of the history of the attempts which have beea made to ofctain the release of the above patriots , knows that at the last great attempt that was made for their liberation , the three following reasons were urged why the government would not release them at that time -. —Firstly , Because their term of exile haa not been sufficiently long . Secondly , That the country was in an ogitatea state , ana they must sot n lease them in a tune of political excitement . And thirdly , Because they were coupled along-with John Ellis , and as the cases were different , thev could not ponsider them t-gcther . Now , even a Tory ministry may admit that their term of exi ' e has bem ' suffi . ciently Ions . ' The country is in a state of calm inertness on political subjeets , and all that is wanted is the proper machinery , and the proper men and means , and the liberation of these men may be calculated on as certain . But if we are to wait until Mr . Finlen &c . have raised an agitation on the strength of the names
of these suffeumc inoividuals , and then to present a memsrial from the said Finlen and Co ., in which is to be included all the political prisoners , both Finnish and Irish , which he propotes to do . they must drag their chains to the end of their dnys . Such are the business notions of the man who is to tramp through the county for the purpose of popularising Democracy ! Mr . Jones tells us we do not want men of thought and reflection at the'head or the movement , but men of energy and action . Energy and action are well enough when under the control of thought and re . flection , but witneut these last they run wild , and do an incalculable amount of harm . If ever there wna a time when wise , discreet , and experienced men were wanted Rt ouroouneiis , tbat time w the present . Let » he old and tried friends of the cause seetothu , and do their duty . C Sdackmtok . Monies Received job the ItorGEEs . —A few Friend ? , Grimiibey 2 s . 6 d . j Dalkeith , Robert ll'Arthur , 2 s . Sd . : James Thomspn l « . 6 d . ; ThemasAncrutn , ls . 3 Gloves , Cheltenham . —We hare no room for the iti * porttbis
week . William Hatwood , Norwood . —Tf your news agent obtains the town edition of any of the leading papers , he will have no difficulty in obtaining the town edition of the ' Star , ' which is pub . lished every Saturday afternoon at thtee o ' clock .
The Star Of Freedom Saturday, June 13, 1858.
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THE 'STAR OF FREEDOM' SOIREE . It was a glorious gathering ! the elite of the Democracy of London—ay , and of the world , toowas there . Our hearts beat high with hope for the future , as we looked upon that proud re-union , and grasped the hands of pldirjepds , who had heen somewhat estranged . The' real , representatives of the European nations came to meet us heart to heart , and bind up the peoples in the holy bond of brotherhood , and nurse up that mutuality between them , without which they cannot hope ib conquer the combined forces of Despotism . Like , the Magi of old , who came to worship at the cradle of infant Liberty , some
of the world ' s bravest and wisest men , had gathered there to hail the rising of the young Star of Freedom , amidst the surrounding darkness of the political firmament . In good sooth , it was a glorious gathering , and a noble earnest ' that the good wo-k of assisting our suffering brethren , the Refugees , is in the right hands , and that such a worthy beginning must bring a fitting consummation . That proud hope of Democracy , and the Christ of Labour ' s Redemption , Louis Blanc , was there , and would that our readers throughout the country could have heard his thrilling speech—spoken in our own mother-tongue too—which he has learned to wield with marvellous power . How his eloquence can rouse the soul to arms , or melt tho heart in tears !
Pierre Leroux , the Socialist chief , and the grand old veteran Cabet , were also there , in nn wiae discouraged by all past defeats . There is victory in their very sadness ! they spoke to us in their own language , and exchanged their greetings of fraternal sympathy with us . And Nadaxid , the working man and representative of woiking men , received such a demonstration of exulting welcome , that he could not fail to understand , even though he does not know our language . When heart speaks to heart and eyes to eyes , they generally communicate their meaning , even without words . It was also a proud and pleasant thin « for us to have been the meana of calling such men together-for us , the common soldiers in the ranks of Democracy , to speak words of comfort and cheer to Us glorious chiefs while they are
Buffering In exile . We take it as a propitious omen of success for the < Star of Freedom . There were some cheering announcements of contributions for the refugees from Mazzini and others ; notably one of ten pounds from Lord Godebich , which was worthy of a descendant from Hampden and Cromwell as he is . Altogether , it was a noble effort to serve a S 5 ' ? ? f ? but one disagreeable draw-S * , « fdl < a W tfle evening . It was the interruption of the person mentioned in our report of the proceedings . And we humbly submit to our readers , fr '» * f n ° nduct is calcul » ted to disgust all the fnends of Democracy , and might win the patronage i 4 £ T ' the pay of our ^ ^
, 2 I , rec ^ ived numerous letters of indignant ' £ hfS" !? , ? i r 1 S \ gentleman ' s proceedings . 52 Mrti s'ngfor years , and which he has at last perfected himself in . ' A aecond suggests , 'What jyM he be in a Revolution ? Vo would not postpone the triumph of Democracy to all XT l rath . ei * an 8 Ucn a man should reign * why , such aB he , with his pot-house blackguardism , blatant brutality , and sickening scurrility , would drive any nation toasek its safety in the arms of any Despotism , no matter how iron , cruel , or Woody , rather than hazard a change which might lead to such a t yranny as he would mutably inaugurate . ' < What can the man
meanwhat is he aiming at V was astounded Louis Blanc ' s Question to oursolves . While insufferable scorn and OisgUBt was depicted on the faces of the foreigners who could understand him . They were happy who cou d not . We would tell this obstructive th ^ Z trary to what he affirmed , we can do something to S e S £$ X 5 £ ? beforo we have accom ^ ZlSift . 5 !!* ™ TH ft ? time to fling in
wTntnW Zft v ° ^ Sub J of th * <* ntimenfc othtr tmtXv ? l ^ *!™* ^ gonism to all the evenL > wl h * f enunciated dui > ing * evening . We have ourselves said as much asainst « f tJ& J ? ^ " a * he can XnJ * W ft tlme t 0 inSUlfc ««* " ^ d make enemies . We had no quarrel with him We shall S&F if th p othe f 7 the ta ? tf *! £ tention . If the People do not choo 8 e to follow him
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and applaud him as an Apostle ~ anrMa 1 rt ^" w 7 ^ r 7 not to be held accountable ? no doubt * £ erl ia ZZ thmg wrong . Moreover , we protest , in the £ 5 Tof Democracy , against such language being used by her assumed Champions . Low , vulgar ciimah anA „„ ' ^^^^^ lA-SfSSSLSi it I do , ' --which that person distribute !* with all the fluency of an irate Billingsgate fish . fag , are not fitly associated with the holy principles which we cherish and seek to propagate . - Democracy is pure and en » nobling , and the lives and words of her disciples should be earnest , hallowed , and pure , We say with Brvtus—„ , . . No , not an oath ! What need we any spur but our own cause , To prick ns to redrem ? Let prieits and cowards swear , Old feeble carrions , and such Buffering souls , Tbat welcome wrongs . Uato had canseB iwear , Such creatures as men doubt , but do not Btain The eyen virtue of our enterprise To think our cause or our performance Did need an oath . &HQ ADDI&Uu fallU 88 AH AniVafi / v I ¦ ¦
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ENGLAND IS NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE BEACTION . The poverty ^ tricken mm * of the People ma y are little for Freedom ; for ignorance and misery have bo fatally done their damning work upon them as to crush all the better feelinga of human nature out of them . They are a dead mass which we are unable to move , and constitute the drag-chain on tho wheels of the chariot of Progreas . The spib .. iiT ' , ? ! luBt for *** i 8 faBt <^ roy . ng all the old heroic spirit of their Wathn-a
, L . 3- ? V Ia 8 ses ; their "infernal system of competition is fat trampling all the noble chivalry and fellow-feeling outof them . Our assumed aristocracy -who are not the nobles of the land , nor the nobles tasf r ° a wretched sha ™ »** *» p £ toi-s-they have little or no love of Freedom , little or SEffiS ? 11 th « fr r dsof ^ eedom . ' , in ESon % ? - > EnglaDd is not «» « " Bide of the ft 2 " ak ? nVoS , t l 8 eia tUeheartof her th »* is Dealing akin to the heart of France Hnn » arv _ Germany , and the other , oppressed naS . ShKi
bUBn ^ T ^ n There »« ome noble life in leilf wih V r Ou ta ^ nien and rulers may rulaLo ? om 0 C p marilla Of Aust ™ . the spiritual eanff of Bok ^ . Papa l and the blackguard bravo sfhe ^ xsrar ^ p 1 ? 4 togethei jand extincuishinn . n iv who Iove Freedom , and of SEEftLtSx tt fm > of Liberly , nation Tliov y ' but do not represent the them andfef *?™ ° '> ^ loathe and curse somXg We oldt aDd ^ . ^ thCre i 8 amongst us . Let It t fir « and * pHt smouldering Freedom ifhnf / ii , Wltnesa thali we still love : frr ? .. » " for tfl e boundless inv Wfi fi . it „„/« , «
woketheTwS : P . * ' wheQ «™ ° thriing words dead within us if but ? oJ / reed r is nOt alto S ether wnra hattii ™ e If y and Savant Italy , when they S for Hi ^ w ° vhich fetched out nJ riteXmS a 8918 t * <* . Proudly cheerful to iav ero S tf ° ? oth « rs * 4 k tbe " ™ d . Wo ISlSStv iiW ^ 1 their strugg les for life rTnt of thJ' S * v 1 ? been ^ presented : the sharp S naaS n ?*^ rlfle should ha ™ been heard iu tnei passes of Transylvania , nnrf t . h fl thnnAm of
Bh ed thT ° n ^ ° uld h ™ ^ Bounded in Rome . We S Z \ aS |) IratiQns ' we felttheir common wrongs , B ? , * g , we could not Btrik ° ° » for them > n ( * lit tlie strong arm for their rescue when luJ + rrQ ^ S iu battle , our hearts were TW ' and our sympathies fought for them . nTS ? ? "t > of Freedom in England still , or what should call forth auch a whirlwind of
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enthusiasm vhen Kobbtoh " piSft 5 ^ ^ P ^ ftxSS ?^ . and for which he had fonght an ? *> PrS ^ gKiasarSS&Ss ssas ? . * -. »»* . » «** ¦ tC ? 611 lvier
--.-U a muntea heart , and thST ea L T ^^ j ^ iSS ^ which the bLe and 7 he h "t l ** «* L& out m actual life , is livingTd lu 2 i hink ? S from he tyranny of circumstances W deli * C neously from miUions of li p ^ i * burst « p 2 ? down by ties and fears . There , ? Areno ^ b £ Englishmen who have notl ^ ^ 5 * 5 has had great and heroic timf ? 1 \ f En 4 were also great , heroic , and S ^ . haUer 7
forgotten that England has ta ^ ffS ** S S glonous lessons , and done eood « L • orl < l 3 oJ of Progression ^ vZS& $$ *» * 2 van of nations , and they would fS « ? ^ the foremost position Jg 2 Tfc ^ C remember that they are of t ? , VUi * 2 lineage of the men & the gLSi , ° ? ¦ that those defiers of Kinzcraft T " 6 a ! tl 1 . a Priestcraft , lefttors , asot SlS ^ ment of their grand purpose ^ whlh w fe « W Wood and tears . And if but for such as S ^ land is not on the side of the Reaction , ' % to the world that England is not at w ! W the old cruel and blood y Despotisms n , alllei * readiest means for doing so may be in » . . of ^ of the Refugees They Come I %£ * ** same cause , and brothers in the same W ?? of ^ tho mitanstci nf Tl « nn . i : t mi . . * Ulll > tannin
passport to our hearts and homes , and H «> thing for them to say of us , in tn ' fut ^ p ^ to them hungry , and they fed us- SZ * *** gave us drink ; naked , Jd they k 5 ^ % less , and they took us in . It will not kA' h , onie - The triumph of Democracy is but a Z ^ S -it is slow but certain . This is our sSt , ° ^ ilauawv
« O , auu me mirage or the Utouian i , \ earnest faith of every true child of Proi n } old powers of Wrong and Evil ma v « iZ \™* tide of Destruction for a time , bTtheT * R Uk the less inevitable . They may ape olml ln ! and cry to the rising waves / ' Go »*? && fade of Democracy has set in , its 4 s are 1 cending-always ascending-and ' they Bla ] a , i " engulfed m the flood . ' And when the Da 8 assemble together in the great day of the f £ f ? march , all for each and each for all , a 2 j common oppressors , would that England £ f ready to cast in her lot with them-rtem ff coming tide of Despotism-and woik o h ^ J yerance mutually , or fall together . May Bho LI ? Ts fr ° Univer 8 fll *«*»* » H the British bayonet , ( and its enemies < oo , / or « flZ of that , ) and prove , by the invincible l { l 3 S 5 and cannon , that she is noton the side of iSeReacfon
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HOPE FOR EUROPE . Disunion has been our weakness in the nntdisunion ba dogged the chariot wheels of proS kept us still n our misery and bondage , and n , ° deus ' an easy prey for the banded tyrants . This disunion too , is , in almost every instance , but the effect of ignorance , for throug h the igaorance of the people do the interested calumniators work ; falsehood and misrepresentation are had recourse to , in order to raise in the minds of the masses , prejudices arainst all and every idea tending to elevate the minds and better the material condition of the people , and , therefore , calculated to destroy the supremacy o selfish and hypocritical tyrants . ;
We will ever hail with pleasure any symptom of a better understanding amongst the people , and amongst the peoples . We will ever hail with horn anything tending to dispel the mists of ignorance and prejudice from the minds of men , enabling them to Lciieftuea , and by giving them a knowled ge of the opinions of all , allow them to see , that when men devote time and labour , and even life , to spread some principle which they believe to be true , they ought not to be sent away unheard ; for , if they be listened to , their doctrines will ever be found to contain truth , and those who cannot wholly accept them will yet be thankful to the workers for truth , and respect them and their conscientious opinions . ^ m ill ft — ^^ ^^ S ^ ^^
^^ . Nothing has ever been more misunderstood , and unjustly denounced in this country , than "Socialism . " It is with the greatest pleasure , therefore , that we see announced a Journal , having for its aim the dissemination of earnest knowled ge on that subject throughout Europe , and more particularly in this country . It will be conducted by Louis Busc , Ubet , Piekre Leroux , and other democratic Socialists , now exiles among us . It is a brave work , and we wish them success . Such a Journal , conducted by such men as Louis tJLANC and his colleagues will do much towards healing the dissen sions which now tear the European Democratic party , and which give so much joy to ' ^ ^ T ^^ ^ ^ erty and progrees . . Louis Bla has
NC been a gallant worker inlfte cauee of Humanit y ; he continues to bj so to-day . ' Free Europe' will give him an opportunity of spreading amon g the Peoples of Europe all hia great thoughts , and all the thoughts of such a master-mind must needs bo great . These , men , who have toiled and suffered in the cause of Humanit y—these men who have been soldiers "V I foreiDost ranks of the army of Freedom , »»<* who have sacrificed social station and material welfare , in order to work out a glorious destiny for man * kind in the future , and to accomplish the high W which animates all the enslaved peoples , come to us snd ask to be heard , and to bo allowed the mc » n 5 Of laying before us an exposition of their principle ' and their experiences—of their withes and their hopes .
Every Democrat , every lover of his kind , every toiler throughout the length and breadth of tho law should « id this noble undertaking , which tho leaders of European Freedom have begun . By doing so they will confer a benefit not upou the great-mitiuf and patriotic exiles , but upon themselves , upon tho people—the veritable people of Britain—and upon humanity at large . We daily see the necessity for social reform , for social organisation , to replace tho sickening anarch ?' which is now crushing so many noble heart s , m is trampling the weak beneath the feet of tho strong . as they press on unheeding in their selfish simSg ' for gold . In this country , more than perhaps in « n ) other , exists the need for the immediate solution oi
the social problem . It is in this ro : iiiufai'turj" 8 country tha t it will , as it ought to bo , wrought out . W « us clasp , therefore , the hands of our C ' oi < ti « emai brothers , who como in their intellectual t" ' 1 ' ^" 0 ^ " aid us in working out our freedom , social as «•« . » political . If we but do our duty , ' Pre oEoropa vw be the harbinger of a glorious day , w " l ^! Ta will indeed bo free—when all tho nations shall . W burst their chains , and shall know hunger , audig " " ranee , slavei-y ^ and misery , no more .
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BONAPARTE BAFFLED . It will be ; seen by referenco to Ihe letter of out Belgian correspondent , that the ' Nation' Isas dw acquitted ; and that the manifesto of the ' '"' GlUNlEli has been utterly fruitless in the «» J » intended to be achieved by him , and by Ms in {; iU !" employer . That object w ;? a to convert Belgn " ' , , a province of the future Empire , without lhe ^ ronand the danger of a war ; to make Ihe Bel gians i slaves of the French brigand , althoug h alW them tO rntain fnr . n fimp tlio llisllOllOUreU ll »
. in independent nation . , ieU : Too cowardly to flinfr down the aainitlet <¦ ' » i war to the free men of Belgium , unless he i »« he support of the tyrant serfs of'Russia , an" ° ^ Autocrat himself , lie had recourse to ducaiirij ^ . ^ fraud to work out his abominable project of « ' = ^ the hated freedbm . o £ . the neighbouring peop ie ' has had recourse to ' that vile and iehnamg s J , Wc composed of threats ^ and of lies , by means of ' . ^ he conquered the straight-forward and unsuspo ^ defenders of the cause of liberty in France , to k "
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____ THE STAR , OF FREEDOM ., Aim imj ¦ '««/» ^^^^^^^ mmwi ^ n ^** JZ . 10 * ..
To The Independent Electoes Of The Borough Of Nottingham.
TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTOES OF THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM .
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THE STOLEN PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE . But little property exists other than that which has been stolen from the People . However , we now speak only of that particular species of property , the most important of all , whose possession alone can render the people free and independent , and the loss of which has been the main cause of the continued debasement , misery , and slavery of the People . "We allude to the land .
The late decision in the G-len Tilt cassis very im « portant , inasmuch as it shows that the idea of the age is worming itself into the minds of men , who , it might have been thought , were proof against all its attacks . It is significant of tho fate of landlordism , as it is significant of the spread of the holy principles of Democracy , which we advocate , that the insolent Athol should have been finally defeated—that & glimpse of truth should have penetrated the self , interest , the ignorance , and the prejudice of the lordly judges , and induced them to make a step in the right direction , by declaring that a man , whether or not a coronet cover his brainless pate , has not the right to do what he will with the land of the country . The long-pending dispute regarding tbe passage of Glen Tilt has been of use . It cannot be but that any matterhowever
, trivial in itself , relative to the great question of the rights of landlordism , the right of property in land , will have more and more the effect of bringing the attention of the People to the damnable Bystera of robbery of which they have so long been , and still continue to be , the unfortunate victims . We do not doubt that ultimately the cause of truth and justice shall triumph , as well in this matter of the material inheritance of the whole People as in every other . We cannot doubt for even those whoae interest it is to allow the origin of their wealth , and the rights by which they possess it , to remain in unassuming otatfmiy , muBt needs display their knavery and shame in open day , and loudly demand protection for the one , and reBpect for the other . Thus it was with tho Engineers . In their haughty insolence the Employers positively refused to concede
the just demand of the workers ; they determined to give up , not even the most trifling of the unjust advantages they have acquired , but to compel the men to sink at their feet , their miserable and undisguised slaves . They have achieved their object . The men are again subject to their inhuman will ; they are at least utterly baffled if they be not beaten , for they have owned their want of power to cope with the banded tyrants . But at what price has this victory been gained ? Confident in the protective power of their golden god , and gleeful in their success , the selfish Employers may not have perceived it ; bat we hopefull y saw , in their mad and rascally attack upon the Workmen , a blow struck at their own supremacy . Had they acted in another manner—had thev nWn
Borne imall amount of solicitude for the welfare of the men who have produced all the wealth they possesstheir benevolent rule might have long remained unquestioned . But they did not do so they treated their workmen as enemies as well as slaves , and raised , as a reasonable consequence , . in the minds of tne working men , an undying determination to labour to achieve their freedom , by the total annihilatiouof the Master class and their atrocious system . A similar effect , though , perhaps , in a lesser degree , has been produced by the dispute with the aristocrat bully , Axuol . We have heard Liberals' ( poor little souls ! how small a portion of truth ate they capable of grasping at a time !) with all the little enthusiasm
mey ever Knew , declaim against Athol , not merely as a discourteous savage—not merely as a stuck-up ' titled jackass—but aB an usurper—a shameful robber of the descendants of the kindred of his fathers . They ground their argument upon the fact , that in earlier times the land upon which the Highland L ana resided , was ever esteemed the property of the Uan , and never exclusivel y that of the Chief . Did these same Liberals possess less selfishness , less apathy , and more enthusiasm , to lend them energy enough to struggle in the cause of Bight , they would have taken steps to bring to an issue the question , as to whether these Highland Chiefs legally hold possession , as individual property , of the territories of the Clans .
May they do so ! We see with pleasure tbese men amve even at this half opinion . Once establish the right to inquire into the origin of private property in land in one case , and no man possessing a single gram of intelli gence could shut his eyes to the justice of a similar inquiry in every other . Truly , this principle is ono by far too true—by far too valuable and needful , to allow of its being confined to the mountains and glens of the Highlands . J ,. P " P le for universal application , and one w ™ ch a People ' s Government-when we shall have * -n ^ s , Government—will know the value of , and will know how to apply . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1682/page/4/
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