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" ~ ~ Zr indvle& , the apathetic , and the selfish <* 3 S 3 & people " into acceptiag his cruel "" JSmwsdess despotism . * Rnt he i > now too well known ; lie standa revealed . l £ P w }; ole world , a perjurer , an assassin , a robber 5 $ Belgians must indeed be mad to desire to be . t * bvtheElysian ' saviour of society '—the . fH . ^ y ' stv Decembrist tyrant' . They tiave no suca J ? * Confident in their integrity and in the justice t ; their cause , they refuse to bend before this enemy % human freedom ; and treating his threats and his f ^ Ies w th the contempt they merit , calmly await the lamin g struggle , conscious that if they fall , they will have done their duty towards their country , and tow ards humanity . -- ¦"' ' . _ . « _ _ * " !_ _ j !_ _ MJ 4-liA 0 alfi : > l *
^ Such is the attitude of the Belgian people , whatever may have been the course pursued by the government . All honour to the true-heaited jury who h ave baffled Boxaparte ; and who have kept unstained that national honour , which the cowardly and servile Government were so willing to drag in the mire . There is something the more base , the more ungrateful and cowardly , in the readiness of the Belgian Government to crush 'La Nation , ' inasmuch as thai j ournal had , after the coup d ' etat in December , forgotten all minor considerations in presence of the danger which threatened the national independence cf Belgium . It had always been hostile to the Government till then : hut when Cossack BoXArARTE
succeeded in overthrowing the French Republic and nsnrping tie Supreme Power , « La Nation , ' feeling how fatal would be internal disunion , was content to make every possible sacrifice to support the existing Government , since it was—whatever might be its faults—a Government chosen by the Belgians , and which conld not possibly defend from foreign foes the country that had been entrusted to its charge , if it was weakened by the attacks of iaternal enemiesenemies who would not work with it , even in defence of the fatherland , and whose aid could not he counted apon in the day of danger . ' La Nation' was sensi-We of all thii . It felt the truth of the Belgian
motto— L"unimfait la force ;* and determined to labour to secure for the cation that which was most important and valuable to the whole people—National liberty and National Independence . Surely , then , this patriotic journal did not merit the treatment which it has received at the hands of the present Government . Shame upon its members !—they who ought to be the upholders of the national banner and the national name , and to keep both pure and unsullied ; thus to become the hase panderers to the vengeance of that blood-stained tyrant , who is the determined enemy of their country , and of their country * ! liberties .
Again we say , all honour to the true-hearted Belgians who have preserved the honour of their country , and protected the Freedom of the Press , by acquitting 'La Nation . ' And all honour to our brave co-workers of that journal ; may they undauntedly pursue the path they have chosen , and continue to assail the already tottering iniquity which is torturing unhappy Franca !
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MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Mr . O'Connor ' s unaccountable visit to the United States , and his extraordinary conduct last week in the Law Courts , must , in some measure , have prepared the readers of the Star of Freedom , ' for the still more painful statements which , this week , have appeared in the daily journals . Not to dwell upon a melancholy theme , it is sufficient to observe , that Mr . O'CoxsoR ' s rencontres with a number of members of the House of Commons , have led to his arrest by order of the House , and his detention in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Anna .
Whatever be the cause , we cannot doubt the insanity of Mr . O'Conxok . The argument of the AtsoRHfeY-GioJEKAL that Mr . O'Connor must be sane , since he could desist from his actions upon being warned , was but poor reasoning , as it is well known that persons labouring under mental derangement , are often aware . that an act is criminal or improper , although they have not the self-control necessary to enable them to abstain from performing it . Mr . 0 Coxson ' s unfortunate condition has naturally excited the lively sympathy of all parties . We cannot , however , refrain from exDressine our dissust
ai me couduct of certain persons who have attempted to trade in that sympathy . Refusing to imitate their example , we have nevertheless not been inattentive spectators of the melancholy state into which Mr . O'Connor has fallen ; hut we have been silent on the subject , on account of our inability to advise his friends in the matter . We shall be glad , however , to co-operate irith them in taking all possible steps to ensure that he is treated with justice and tenderness . It is necessary that his relatives and friends should now come forward and take the measures requisite to attain that result
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XAZZIXI A 5 D " THE FRESCH SOCIALISTS . " TO THS EDITOR 0 ? THE 8 IAB OF FREEDOM . Sir , —I was at first disposed to accede to your entreaties . m not further notice the " vexed question" between the Honian Triumvir and tome French Socialist !; but observing tow unanswered assertions are believed by one-sided reswners , and reflectins also that the duty of a Republican ii bkm much to make thingg pleasurtto his friends as to promote the truth in all matters of public interest , I feel ODEcd to give your readers soch information as I am able ! 2-t ^ -tiM rosh »* nappens to be in direct contradiction to w-t afforded them m tt » letter which appeared in your cotomns some weeks back , with the signature of M . Xadaud . . ine « istof that letter was to nrnv * tha << n « mnnn , ...... at
oS ' r ^ ^' ^ ' fr * quotation of the special mm of aieapohtaniefu « ee , M . G . Ricciardi , whose known fOtagomsm renders his opinion about as good authoritv gmtPierw Leronx or Louis Blanc . M . Ricciardi ' i opi . E ^ ' ^ v hT ^ ' thafcthe Roman B « PW » - L ruined " chiefly " by Maztini ' s refusing" to carry J » war into Naples before Piedmont was overamS Sf "' u ? \? t has a r ' 8 ht t 0 his ° P « " < m : tot as an W f' « ? - ld know Bom ( an » 'e of facts . He Aould « "o » that Maumi wag not elected Triumvir until the 29 th »«^! k ' alx days «/<«• the fall of Piedmont , at Norata ; mo that before the end of April the quadruple intervention ** s at work , lie should know that when , daring that month , delegates from Saples asked for troops and arms , Jkziiai was so far from being even unwilling to carry tho *» to Ssplea , that he promised them a third portion of ~ 3 rms lie wa 9 tfaen n 0 P ing to procure ( not having then jnScient for Home ) , and gave orders to Garibaldi to enter tae Neapolitan territory . The advance of the French armv
necessitated tbe recall of Garibaldi , and the French intercepted tho expected supply of arms . These things were well enough known to reach even the unwilling ears of M . R : cciardi . And he cannot be i gnorant that M . Sdiceti lono of M . Blanc ' s anti-Mazzinist heroes ) was in power at Rome tip to the 29 th of March : to that , could the reproach w neglecting Xaptei be justly levelled against Mazzini , it * oula apply even more to the Neapolitan Saliceti , who Lad l | * tie latier difficulties to encounter . Of course , I do * ot blame M . Xadaud—who gets his history second-hand—« r such mistakes as these . I am only sorry he should ha *» misled . ' So much , for the "proof" kindly supplied by M . j toeiadi . As to M . Kadaud and his colleagues , I am Pwed even the easj ta 3 k of quoting from the abundant J'Mnce which exists in confutation of the absurd chnrge sw hich their an S er had betrayed tbcm : srece , actwith-« an , g c . We cmi p B 0 Ti ! K iat tvg said the •! pompons Wf * " tas been c nsiderately suppressed iu the « acu re-issne of the animadTersions ofM . Lonis Blanc . I am , Sir , youre faithfull y , n ^ , , W . J . Lixrox ( Spavtacus . ) ^ iTffitwcod , June 7 th . v r '
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THE GENERAL ELECTION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Sir , —AGeneral Election is an event of the greatest importance to therespectivepoliticalfactions , who hold in their hands the political government of this country . Narrowed as the issue of a General Election is by the noa-ropresentation of the interests of the producing classes , it is still a great national event , and must demand a lesser or greater share of the attention of every active mind . 'PUT ? /^ ITS ftT Y ^ Tfe a -W -ri ^ * - ¦ > mM *« - ««« T
The leading heads of the Free Trade party have made the forthcoming election a test—not of the truth of free action ( or , as it is called , Free Trade ) as a principle ; for , notwithstanding all that has been said about the power of majorities , it is known to every thinking man that the truth or falsehood of a principle does not depend upon the counting of heads . The leaders of the Free Trade party are active , energetic , practical men ; and having money , and the . will to spend it , they have necessarily commanded much influence , and forced their chief opponents , the Protectionists , to take sides . The Protectionists , with few exceptions , have ranged themselves under the leadership of the Earl of Derby ; and the noble earl , with considerable tact , has endeavoured to widen the issue between
himself and the parties to whom he is opposed , by calling upon the country to try the Derby Administration , not on Protection against Free Trade , but upon its merits considered in relation to questions generally . The ' 'design was excellent , and might , for the Premier ' s own purposes , have told with effect ; but his followers have not adhered to it with closeness and perseverance , and their opponents , who are wellskilled in political jockeyism , saw the object aimed at instantly , and pertinaciously adhered to their original intention of making the election turn on the question of Free Trade . The effect has been , that some of thefollowers of Earl Derby have declared themselves unwilling to reverse the Free Trade policy of the late Sir Robert Peel , and others ^ have told their election committees to do as they may think best . A convenient , but not an honourable , way of escaping a difficulty ,
The Whigs and the Liberals have entered into a compact to act together ; Russell , Graham , Cobden , and Wood , are leagued in one bond for the purposes of attack and defence . The Whig faction were beggared in reputation and bankrupt in hope . For twenty years , with but slight interruptions , they had enjoyed the sweets of office ; and with that amount of family affection which has distinguished them ever since they adopted the advice of Fox—to govern the country through family alliances—they parcelled out lucrative and important offices for their own gain , and their country's loss . As a party , they were fast falling to decay—scorned by every man of honour for
their falsehood—hated by every intelligent working man , for their hypocrisy—the Whigs were forced into a coalition with the Liberals—not because they desired the company of their new associates , hut because they were powerless ; and for that reason accepted of a union without friendship , in hopes of securing to themselves a release of power . All such coalitions are neither more nor less than organised hypocrisies , conceived in falsehood , born in treachery , sustained by fraud , and destined to produce infinite mischief . It is impossible that Russell , Graham , Wood , and Cobden , can act together without the weaker yielding to the stronger power . If Russell
and Wood govern , we shall have Whiggery—more Whiggery—if Graham and Cobden ( or either of them ) be predominant , the growing interest of the country will be made subservient to one dogma , and one dogma only—Free Trade , or unlimited competition internally and internationally . There is an old saying , known to every schoolboy — 'Evil communications corrupt good manners ?' Can the men of Sheffield call to recollection a Mr . Ward , who , when he first wooed their confidence , was a thorough-going Radical Reformer , and an ultra Free Trader ; he became allied with the Whigs , retained his economical doctrines in their entireness
but was changed into Governor Ward . His attachment to his long-avowed political principles was conveniently , and to him profitably , laid aside , and the emoluments of office greedily grasped . The citizens of Edinburgh cannot have forgotten their reasons for rejecting Macaulay—the moat brilliant writer of the day—an accomplished orator—but destroyed for 9 U useful purpose * , because of hie alliance with Whiggery . The electors of Manchester obliged Milner Gibson , the colleague of John Bright , to resign his appointment in the Ministry , so jealous were they of their independence , and so wisely afraid of Whig influence . By some hidden processonly
, known to Whig chemists , the whole dye and colour of their party is changed—the faded yellow of the Whig flag is changed—a calico printer has undertaken to impress it with a new pattern . The ' Cheshamplace Compact' is the great renovator ; and , forthwith , the Whigs and the Manchester Radicals , though varying slightly in theory , are essentially one in practice . Will any good come out of such an union ? None ; a clean thing cannot come out of an unclean ; and it would be as reasonable to sow tares , and hope to reap wheat , as to expect good fruit from so unprincipled a coalition .
We know that we are treading on dangerous ground . In some places , the cry is already raised Don'tdivide the Liberal interest ! ' which , practically interpreted , means : 'Don ' t divide the Whi g interest ! ' We would delight in such a division ; and why ?—because , so long as the Whigs can muster majorities in the House of Commons , every question of social and political importance is shelved . Once scatter the people ' s enemies—the Whigs ; let them feel themselves weak , the old men of their party will make common cause with the Conservatives . The young men look for fame and success in the advocacy of doctrines more'Radical in their nature , and more
advanced in their aims . Many men have given in their adhesion to this Whig and Radical coalition , under the impression that what they call v , strong government is an absolute [ necessity for the good of the country , and that such government can only be established through the agency of the Ohesham place Compact . ' We own at once that we have no desire to eee a strong "Whi « Administration—we prefer a strong public opinion and a weak Whig Government , to a strong Whig Government and a weak public opinion . In fact , experieuco shows that strong governments are generally despotisms—powerful for evil , powerless for
good . A strong Government , not made so from its reliance on the intelligence and suffrages of the whole people , fully represented in Parliament , is a consummation of political power not to be desired , but , on the contrary , to be deprecated , and , if possible , avoided . Ono result arising from the' Chesbom-place Compact , ' ia to all the contending parties extremely agreeable . The questions of the Suffrage , the Poor Laws , the use and abuse of machinery , the Laws of Partnership , the Rights of Labour , are all laid aside to the very great convenience of as piring statesmen , and to the very great loss of the best interests of our country . It is a much easier matter to raise a shout for Free Trade or Financial Reform , than to explain
to the working mou how the improvements in machinery , every day brought into competi tion with their labour , may be made advantageous ' for their interests —it is much easier to speak elegies over the grave o f Peel , th : ; a to effect a beneficial change iu our system of Poor Laws—it is more expedient to raufc about Ci 7 il aivl llelbioxis Liberty' than to venture a solitary word on tho Suffrage—it is safer to talk of the extension of trade , than to express a deliberate convicticu on what are , or wlut are not , the rightful claims of Labour , Whigs aud Radicals on all these pohiis have resolved to bo silent , and the voice ofLabauris to be hushed , whiles baukrupt Whiggery claims a first class certificate- at the \ mvh of the
worklug men . It i 3 wsih regret that , vtg write a gre . it slwre of I he evils enumerated r ? 5 is witfi . the working m ; n--tli « y have too often w .. st 2 sl their e ^ cr-rus iu a ^ u ,-. in » each otber—they Lave burned their lamps dry in useless strikes , aintyitiable exhibitions of personal spleen . And now , when light is wanted , allis :: i darkness—^ iieii ac tion 13 inquired , there is no strength , ;¦ . > defined purpose , no understood plan of attack or defence , Jboir opponents have coalesced , and they look on in apathy , in anger , and in feebieness . Uotv long it shall remain so , it is for the working men themselves to say . —Ht ) v lo :: g a genor . il election shall be an event of national importance , aad thciv voice not beard therein , it is fo ? tluMn to answer . What , the future may be it is for them , and them mainly , to pronounce . Gbacchus .
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Edinburgh Cium of Moeal PnitosopHT . —Mr . Mae « dougall and Mr . Ferrier were the candidates for the vacant Professorship , which has been decided iu favour of tne former by twenty votes against thirteen .
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US- Our Friends ' will oblige by forwarding reports of Chartist meetings , and other Democratic proceedings . THE SOCIALIST UNION .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM , London , June 3 rd , 1852 . Sir , —Representatives of tbe French Press , at this moment reduced to silence , vre address ourselves , to aid our cause , to the Free Press of England . By giving the publicity of your columns to the document which we have the honour to forward to you , you will add to tbe material hospitality with which we have been received in this country , another species of hospitality , the noblest of all—hospitality , intellectual and moral . Receive , sir , our cordial salutations . In the name of all those whose signatures are attached to the enclosed , Louis Blanc .
L'UNION S 0 CIAL 1 STE . " It is not true that the usurpation of Louis Bonaparte has been absolved , in fact , by Universal Suffrage . As regards Europe , it is an imposture ; as regards France , it is a calumny . At all events , France would never have desired , tiirough Universal Suffraje , to give herself a tyrant . For any man to believe that , would be to suppose a people of madmen , as Jean Jacques Rousseau ha B said in the Contract Social ; and , as he has also said , Madness does not make a right , '" To replace , by an Independent Press , the journals auppreased by the 2 nd of December ; a 3 many as despotism condemns to silence , or their own cowardice to falsehood . To light up on the land of exile a beacon that our br ' othera of France may perceive from afar , from out the midst of the darkness in whieh they are plunged . To facilitate the search after means of employment for our brethren in proscription .
fo provide » u organ for all truo ideas—an echo for all legitimate complaints—a refuge for intelligence oppressed by force . To record the union of spirit and the convergence of ideas in the Socialist democracy . To create , in a word , a centre to fix many an errant purpose—to rally dispersed efforts—and to receive , as in a depot , the Cahiers of another ' 89 , those of the nineteenth century . Such is our aim .. How shall we attain it ? First , it was important to form a group of men endowed with
different organisations , but animated with the same faith , having different aptitudes , but 30 > lected as at once to combine with and to counterpoise eaoh other . This group we have had no . difficulty in forming : for a lon » time past our spirits appealed to each other , and a leoret sympathy united our hearts . The difficulty was , how to come together : This difficulty , by a kind of providential law , proscription has solved ; for almost allthe undersigned are proscribed , and among them there are eight who , having been named representatives of the peopk , do but pursue under the only form now possible , the accomplish , ment of their mandate . v
The spirit of exclusiveness and of pride is , we know well fib only to create misfortune : it engenders hate , it results m impotence . We invite all Republican Democratic Socialists to join in our work . If others besides us unite m a purpose similar to our own—the search after truth , the triumph of justice , the enfranchisement of the people—far from fearing our antagonism , let them reckon upou our fraternal welcome . r It ia penetrated with this spirit that we have agreed to work together in tho service of the people , hand in hand under tne auspices of friendship . It remained for us to establish the material means of action ; it remained to givo to our moral and political association , in order to put it in relation with the world around us , the oharaoter of an industrial association .
Here an unforeseen difficulty presented itself . The English laws render very hazardous , in an industrial sense associations composed of a great number of persons , by the threat of a mutual responsibility , confused in its limitations , and impossible to regulate beforehand . Wo have , therefore , felt ourselves compelled to separate our moral aad political association from an industrial association ; and threa amongst us , who form our committee—Citizens Louis Blanc , Etienne Cabet , Pierre Leroux—have undertaken the exclusive direction of all that concerns tbe management of tbe Journal and the Review . It need not be added that all who thus remain unconnected with tho industrial enterprise desire its success as ardently as the three who are charged with the responsible agency . The latter have decided , on tho strength of our unanimnua adhesion— *
1 . That the Journal and the Review shall be edited in the three languages most gent-rally known—in French , Gernlaii , and English—bo as to constitute as much S 3 possible the intellectual unity of the nations , 2 . That the Review shall bear the name of the association itself—* L ' Union Socialists —( Thb Socialist Union ) . ' 3 . That the title of tho Journal shall be * L'Europe Libre —( Fbeb Europb ) . ' Europe first ! beoause the true Republican pvinoiple , that of the solidarity and fraternity tof nations : because the definite triumph of justice can only now spring from a vast concurrence of efforts : beoause , when France is struck , all Europe is menaced or suffering . Europe Febe ! because the firat right to be reconquered at the present moment is liberty , j
If the enterprise succeed , the People ' s cause will be found to have at its service a grand and fruitful power . If the imraanse and exceptional difficulties of our position prevent our raising tha necessary sum , we shall have accomplished an imperious duty , and the moral and political association vre have formed will still survive to prepare for better days . r r Profoundly convinced that the victories of evil are but transient—that only truth ib really invincible—that to the scandalous orgies of despotism which now afflict France
will succeed a disgust that should render their return for ever impossible : that the 2 nd of December was the mad . dened agony of a departing world ,, as the Pagan world was departing under the infamous reigns of Caracalla and Heuogabalui , immediately before the triumph of Chru tianity , we are full of faith , courage , and hope . We appeal once more to all whopartake our convictions and are animated with our sentiment ? . And even thoso who , without sharing all our persuasions , know us to be honest men determined to fulfil loyally what we deem to be a useful work , we invite to aid U 3 .
Akinbtra of the Committee . Louis Blanc , Ex-Alembre du Gouvernement Provi
sionaire . Cabet , Ex-Depute ( C 6 te d'Or ) . Pierre Leboux , Representant du Peuple ( Paris ) . Members of the Council . Bandsepi , Representant du Peuple ( Strasbourg ) J . Pn . Bhrjeav , Journnliste ( Paris ) . Boura , Negotiant ( Vendee ) . Augustb Desuodmks , Typographe ( Paris ) , Clesiexi Duwo , Proprietaire , Agrioulteur , Representant du Peuple ( Dordogne ) . Philippe Favrb , Journaliste ( Sarthe ) . Ebnest Lebloyb , Journaliste ( Limoges ) . Jclbs Leboux , Typograpbe , Representant du Peuple ( Creuse ) . " l Maurdieb , Institutour , Representant du Peuple ( Nievre ) . HalkRmsi , Monteur en Bronze ( Haute-Saone ) . Kadacd , ilajfou ,. Representant du Peuple ( Creuse ) .
Louis Nbirb , Typographo ( Paris ) . < Pblibiirb , Repreaentant du Peuple ( Lyon ) . . ; Roubt , Preprietaire , Caltivateur , Representant du Peuplu ( Niovre ) . Sabatibr , Ancien : Eleve de l'Ec ' ole Polytechnique ( Uerault . ) . * Alfred Talandier , Avocat ( Haute-Vienne ) . Thibkrv , Marchand Bottier ( Cote d'Or \ T . Thorb , Journaliste ( Paris ) . In our next number we shall , gite the articles of the " Actede Soeietfe —( Deed of Association ) " by which it is p roposed to conduct the commercial enterprise . The subjoined letter will be a sufficient testimony to the character and purpose of tbe proposed " Union , " „ _ London , . 10 th May , 1852 .
To MM . Louis Bl anc , Cabet , Pikrws Leroux . Gentlemen , — We accept the office of Truiteet of tbe " Union Socialisle" proposed by you , under the understanding that wo are not thereby considered to indicate any concurrence in your views , further than the desire that you should ha 76 the opportunity of making your ideas known , and should succeed in assisting your fellow-countrymen to support themselves in exile by their own exertions . Wo are , Gentlemen , yours faithfull y , f Si ^ npd ^ i Edward Vaksittart Nbalb , l 6 lgned 'i William Comsohau . The Socialist Union have established their offices at a , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , where any information may be sought and obtained , personally or by letter .
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him , if he continues preaching . Those friends who can give money assistance are requested to send to 2 , Suffolk street , Birmingham , where is given away our " Proerammo of Principles for tho People . "—Corresposdejct
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CHARTISM . NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . We , the Executive Committee , have been taunted with inaction—that we " were traitors "—that wo " must be upset "—that we " must be ouBted , " < fco ., &c . We ask why have we been thua taunted and denounced ? Is it because i * o are less sincere , or that we have swerved from principle ? Is it beoause we have not deviated from the policy wo enunciated when we took office , that we were determined to do our utmost to pay the debt , whioh was left us aa a logacy , and which , by strictly adhering to , it was well known that our handa were tied , and our energies fettered ? We emphatically answer—NO . But it was be « oause those who denounced us wore determined to found thereon a pretext to upset all legitimato Democratic authority , and pursue a reckless and obstructive course , which policy has , and will , tend to place Chartism in such a position that we feel convinced every true Democrat must doplore .
In view of events which have recently transpired , and feeling a desire to relieve ourselves of the remaining portion of the debt , we resolved to invite several well-known and sterling friends to meet us on Sunday evening last , when—we have much pleasure in _ stating —a most energetic and determined spirit was evinced by those assembled . It was first resolved to finally wipe off the debt , which was at once accomplished , as tb » subjoined list will prove . The next question which arose , was the necessity of foreshatl owing a wise and energetic plan for future action ; and it was agreed to request the Executive to draw up an address to the country ; bud as it was considered that a document of such importance would require mature deliberation , ifc was deemed advisable to defer tho discussion thereon until Sunday evening next , to which time the meeting adjourned . I . ISI OF SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 COMPLETE THE PATMBNT OP TUB
DEBT . . £ s . d . & 8 . d . James Grassby ... 0 2 6 John Bezer 0 2 6 John Shaw 0 10 ' Thornton Hunt ... 0 5 0 G . J . Holyoake ... 0 5 0 Robert Le Blond ... 0 5 0 JohnArnott 10 0 Charles Murray ... 0 10 John Buckley ... 0 1 0 William Dexter ... 0 2 6 Frederick Farrah 0 2 C R . Levy 0 10 A . Delaforce 0 10 J . S . Clark ... ... 0 2 6 G . Farrah 0 10 Win . Milford ... 0 10 "W . Bi-afield 0 2 B Julian Hatney ... 0 5 0 Gerald Massey ... 0 2 6 A . Bell 0 2 0 D . W . Ruffy 0 2 6 R . Isham 0 10 J . B . Leno 0 10 H . Rawlins ... ... 0 10 0 J . Washington ... 0 1 0 A Friend 0 8 0 Total & 110 s . 6 d . James Grassby , Secretary .
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° . a strong vindictive feeling , which blinda their perception so strongly , that they oannot perceive tha extremely ridiculous figure they exhibit , and the contempt they ara oringing to bear against men calling themselves Chartists . " '< ? 'Rentable that men should allow a feoling of vanity tn 2 ! j iv heoomo the Meeting principle or thoir actions , aa onnn . ;? . 0 de 8 P ise and condemn all who venture to « ppoie tne , rpresumed " perfection" of polcy . Adictuto . nfnnK T $° of aotion win not b ° submitted to by tha wiXm ? 1 ° , untry « unless > it proceeds from a mim whosa Sofsof du f h 8 hed J by tborou S practical and numerou » h So ! s of ni erest ^ . , action - flnd an absence in a » sacrifice ? , « P vmdi "tivene 8 S of feeling , for personal oUoveto hi « f n waya tra «* Me . to an instinctive foeling unoon 5 uerabetfc ? , f ~ -8 ometimc 8 ifc P roceeds froma ^ tagooualy P oSSm ' £ reVCn S . *> ich must end
disadvanotaii / iot ^ 'SBSSffE " ?"" ^ e middle know that this claas is continual v / em °° ! i at , ' aSth ? ranks of workinjr men aho * w y r rulted from tho i f i i t i 53 r d f USBamong 8 fc thepeopleth 0 kn ° * 5 whS ; would generate a power to remove at their wi 1 overv pi ' m moren ^^ T , Th , f opiniona of tho men of iffiaro Knf f , Prf v , ° , aracter than forraerly : they are de . termmed to take all they can et . and labour fo .-mnr « _ culpaniun si
E * , = ? s ?* - - > UQio " - ^ fr&nf L n ' D 0 N Dbmocbatic Association . -A few dw . &T ^ H T n Sunday ] a ^ and formed ineraselves into tho West London Domooratio Associan » iS ? appOi ^ , d chaiman ' when th 6 fol 1 ™ - \ f ° J , . ° ! . utl 0 n 9 were carried unanimously . Moved by oumJS - ^ MCOn ded by Mr < HutohinB- " That we form SZ ! ! ? t 0 be entitled '"' o WestLondoc SZ Aasoci ^ on . ' Messrs . Ryland , Hunniball and nigmey wero appointed a committee to draw up rules for ev nl ? i ° S ; The ™ et }»? then foamed to Sunday evening 13 th at seven o ' olook in the evening . o » FmJZ 2 * % !™"" % * ° A SI : SATU « D " '« "Stab * Star " of 4 , r , ? ) , EDIWR- » 8 arSir ,-Isaw in the to SL 2 i ? f , n « J A »<* of resolutions purporting rom theOhS tb Chartists of Bradford , or at least the casi C < 5 ar ' cm" 1011- Allow me to state the truth of * ie case . On tha firstmeatmw . * ftm . « ™» . „„ ,... _ j . t 0
•¦» , « S » nd » , May 30 th . tlK . bS » , S . S iSw . SEN ? T ^""? ¥ *»• & M ** SSS S ^ -wssA-Si z saw is Sr ^^ saf t . 'Sffi S ^ J SlW ^ ajKirta'j rSr "« -: tW of truth y ° * nnoi ) ? le 3 ' T ««« in the causo
adonS Vn ^ rt ' Unde ; Pr ^ ent circumstances , could be adopted for the resuscitation of the Chartist Movement ; ™ t * ie ; lectlon . of ^ 8 Executive b y the Conference was an act of necessity , * and , therefore , perfectly legnl . to render r , lftff ° ^ > o s » PP « t the Executive and Mr rt lift i Sl " ce ln our Powcr . " -Seconded by « rS 1 , . lark . -M r . Hart proposed an amendment : I arlS . * ' * he - Chartla ts of Bristol , repudiate the late Manchester Conference , and all its proceedings . " -Mr . W SUeehan , seconded the amendment . Lon a division there appeared :-For the amendment . 3 : aeainst . including ¦ th «
onurman , « ; majority for the resolution , 5 ; several members not voting-Messrs . Sheehan , Hart , and White then STithe F 4 nTial S , - cretary t 0 ««• * 8 J name ? from the book 8 .-Meeting adjourned . [« Necessity , " aocordw" ! , ^ Bon - apa » rtethe ? eoon < 1 ' J u 8 tified hi execrable coup detal , and ifc was , therefore , perfectly kqal ! ' Ourfiva friends may profit by the comparison . lED . ] " m t ^ ZTt' fJ . sniRE - -A meeting of th ' e Democrats of f W ? k i m heId on TueBday wning , June 8 th , 1852 , at Mitohell ' ii Temperance Hotel , TJnion-Btreet . for the purpose of duotuaing the late doings of the Manoheatet Conference . " At hall-past eight o ' oloek there was a good number in attendance . Mr . Abraham Sharp was called to the chair .-Mr . Thomas Wilcock having addressed the meeting , the following resolutions wei-A rurr ^ A k « ...
overwhelming majority : - Proposed by Mr . George Demaine , seconded by Mr . William Stainsby :- " That we form ourselves into a branoh of the National Charter Association , which has for its Exeoutive Committee-John . James Bezer John Shaw , John Arnott , Thornton Hunt . Robert Le Blond , Q . J . Holyoake , James Grassby , and W . J . Lmton-the only legitimate head of the Chartist bodv , having been elected by the universal vote of the Chartist ?? 'ft « , , ed ™ - Mr Thomas Wilcock , seconded by Matthew Wade Browitt :- " That this meeting repudiate ? the doings at the late Conference" held in Manchester as
anti-Democratic , and calculated to disgrace the movement and retard the cause of progress . " Moved by Matthew Wade Browitt , seconded by John Marsden : — •« That two delegates attend the West Riding Delegate Meeting to ha held at Mitohell s Temperanoe Hotel , on Sunday next for the purpose of representing the opinions of the members of this society . Messrs . W . Stainsby and R . Ryder wera appointed delegates ; Mr . Thomas Wilcock was appointed toaotas secretary pro tern . After the appointment oi a Committee to draw up the following address , the mwting adjourned until Monday next —
TO TOT TO 1 T 0 X OF TBI STAB Or FREEDOM . Sib , —To ouv astonishment we hare heard that a ' Chartist Council , ' consistiDg of about four persona , hare passed rejolutious to the effect that the ChartiBts of firadford reorganised an Ekou ! tire « manating from a Conference of eight men in Manchester , ana also » aoptea a policy which , to say the least of it , will , if acted upon , prove tho most disastrous thing the mind of man could comceive . We are amazed that a mere handful of men would so far PnKh " . - m 0 T >? nt *? * ta , as to endeavour to make M ^ T that our democracy was centred in the brains of eight men in Manchester , and that we must all bow to their dicta , turn , lftheae four men are going to stultify themselves , so far as ^^ 1 ? " ?? ' ! 5 »« ictl ™ . « •« t& them that , m far « andal
we are qdtaceniod . -o as far as democracy g . neraJlyig con ! ofintelh entmen , to suit a miaerable and despotic clique . Wtell them , their conipiraej to undermine our movement by attack mr , n An ? / 80 f T * ? , " ? . * the people known to ' be sinceri » nd honest democrats , will ultimately fail . Thedaj lms conehT for four or eight men to command the willing obedience of .. nation and we are proud that such » the case ; because , if it were uot so hepeopewouldbethe slaves of any part , that cho » B to flatter them with high-sounding phrases , and witn mere talk of Dem " « aOy intmd of itmhng honest action . The policy adopted by the tour' u completely at variance with Democracy . Tfie-peSS * aspirations are for pure liberty—that liberty which cuarantew » tn all men the right to ipflak , the right to V * Xx $ S ? $ ffi& upon question * without engaging ^ a hostile ttoo £ te %£ t 2 other . If fairy and honestly the people had been asked if Z .
wQuiaaaopttHewMgomBtic policy , and If the people had saneturned it , there might then have been some reason for recommending it . But when we see this policy the work of a mere handM It TR ^ ^ ' ? l " WeinanwlleUlersucn ft PropositlonI or rather actnt . on ,, a iu harmony with the princi ples of Democracy t Thoie prmcipes declare that nothing sb « ll be done , of a national character but through the assent of the whole people . We have SSi S 2 !« . ta V \ that our Prin « Ple 8 are violatedb , , uch con f « h f , d i he men wh ? wou ! d thu 8 di * S"M our morement ouBht to be treated as we would treat a known traitor , and that i » avlid his adv . ee , as we won Id avoid the sting of wasps or the Aon of adders . The antagonistic policy is condemned by the ejpeKe of l ?!» " ¦ <» a . rttot organisation is everywhere broken uTan " / wnlc
.. «« .- » i wn " > more rigorous in its demnnd for Demo , ewey in the memorable 1818 than any other town in Enriand £ Sr ssjEpjtwjitftsrss vwces to annihilate the conspiracy ' -ihall guod and true men who have laboured in calm and in storm , be sacrificed to suit a tvinnn more odious than tho worst ukase that evprX » i . »««/ i i ) tMI 1 ' crat ! Let the earnest and t ^^^ $ fiffi ^ Z % fr oui movement , and let » form an a-sociattodta Bradford that wS bg . 1 honour to ^ oc ^ y , ^^ ^ figg Ge ToKnL n ^ Wade Browltt , John Gill , lliohard Croft uW William Hodgson , John ^ S ^ SSt WUks H % Ksar- MichMl ** -rt . ™ u"ft JSft Sias
DBMocnAcy in jEnsBv . —To the Editor nF ff »> u o . Pwedom / ' -Citten Editor .-fio Socialht T ) . m Slar ° Refugoos of all countries , residing i « J r ey mXT * on Monday week , at a banquet held in SmmSS 1 g - etho ^ the victory of the Mountain * o 5 c ? the fiS ° 1793 . E « eh toast and eaoh Mn-Mf 2 ? 2 i S * May » enthusiastic patriotism . SeverM EnBHah il ^ , /^ m ? 8 t solicited to represent by their 2 ! « smo «» te having animate the n ^ w gonei-Jtion of St Br % I 8 * - wW dintely admitted to this social circle wftj " VT ^ thusiaam . all present , without dSmofZ r f ° . ubIed en " to drink from one and the in ^ e ini t » v " tIon 8 - ^ se lifv Fraternitv inH crj ¦ CU P > t ! ie Freedom , Equality , fraternity , and Solidarity ofull the PeonlL-i xi-Tw STSSr ^ aeSH SSKSiSESniP LQCiUTY . —J \ ino C — " Movpfl hv \ I « Tnlin Ql > nTOseconded by Mr . Hendm-eon . S"LSJtnl tif ™'
Tnnt m the opin on of this locality the assembling of the late Conference , Manchester was contrary to theK of Cuartttm , and calculated to injure the movement by creating two antagonistic parties of the people , when a real union was so essential to tho success of the princinlea we profess . ' Further « That tho appointment of Z & cutivc , during tho existence of ono chosen by tho cointrv " was au Mb subversive of nil the laws and regulatZ Jf tho association , and treason to tho masses . " " 5 SS no party possossod the power of calling together a National Convent on , unless the Executive refosld to do ? 0 K quested bj a majority of their constituents when £ » ? j oe competent for the people to lake SSriffin ! W ui weiate 1
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DEMOCRATIC REFUGEE COMMITTEE . Tho Committee hoi' their usual weekly meoting on Wednesday , Mr . Milford in the chair . Correspondence was read , including a lottor from the Rev * G , A . Sjmn , of Nottingham , announviug tho formation of a , Committee in that important town , to render aid to the Refugees . Several contributions wero received , including £ 10 from Viscount Goderich , and £ 1 from Mr . J . M . Ludlow . The Committee adjourned till Wednesday evening next . As special business will have to hi transacted , a full atkndemet of members is requested .
73- Persons willing to aid tho Committee , by taking subscription sheets , are requested to communicate with G . Julian lliirney , 4 , Brunswick-row , Queen ' n-squave , Bloomsbury , London , to whom all letters are to be addressed . jgr The Committee will meet every Wednesday evening , at eight o clock , in the coffeorootu of the Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road .
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Birmingham . —Hail of Progress . —Mr . Broom has lootured on the " Derby Government , " and " Hero Worship , " to attentive and well pleasod audiences . Wo have had an animated debate on " Atheism . " Next Sunday evening Afr . Broom will deliver a third discourse on " Theology ' s Influence . " On Tuesday next a lecture on Cnrl yle / s " Pig Philosophy . " On Thursday a debate on the question . " Would the World be better without Christianity . " Oh Sunday afternoon Mr . Broom will preach at Goster . green , at three o clock . He will do so to try the legality of tho proceedings of the authorities who threaten to prosecute
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METROPOLITAN DELEGATE COUNCIL . On Sunday , June 6 , the Council assembled , and another disgraceful uproar commenced . Mr . BVigh was called to the chair . An immense number of credentials were handed in from persons who were allowed to sit as delegates . Several delegates rose to state their objections to the new " delepates' " credentials , but were invariably put down by the Chairman , who declared that "he would hear no more . " Ho did not want speeches ; he wanted business . —Mr . Stratton stated that the manner in whioh the Bermondsey delegate was elected was disgraceful . He attended the " Locality" meeting , and he found five men there ; one in tho chair , one drunk and asleep , the other de&f and asleep . These were the locality meetings who sent delegates to support the " Conference . " They had raised mushroom
localities , but » sunny day would wither them up . —Mr . Bezer opposed the reception of auoh " delegates . " Here the intimidation exercised by n , number of persons who were not delegates became so violent , that even the Chairman affected to remonstrate , and said he would not allow any speotator to approach the delegates . —Mr . Murray thought that to preserve the dignity of debate , these intimidators should not be admitted . ( Groans and confusion . ) It was then announced that an aggregate meeting was to be held , aud that the " business" of the " delogates" would be suspended . —Mr . Stratton stated that this meeting was called by a juggle . He was a member of the Observation
Committee , and the Observation Committee had had a smuggled meeting , and agreed to call this meeting . He would protest against suoh mean aud petty tricks " . The Council cesolved themselves into a publio meeting . —Mr . Bligh was called to the chair—Mr . Haggis moved the first resolution , whioh was eulogiatio of the " Conference . " —Mr . Loomes , a very young man , seconded the motion . When Mr . Loomes had resumed his seat , many speakers began to question bis veracity , but the Chairman silenced them by announcing that he would hear no more questions . —Mr . Charles Murray ( a member of Mr . O'Brien ' s Reform League ) moved an amendment denouncing the usurpation of those who formed this so-oalled "Exeoutive . "
They would be Bcouted by tho trades . They would disgrace Chartism aB much aa they had disgr&oed themselves . He knew packed meetings too well to take that meeting as an exposition of the will of Chartism . ( Groans . )—Mr . Farrah , in seconding the am # ndment , denounced " the smashing policy of the persons vho had elected themselves as an Executive . "—Messrs . Grant and Wood supported the motion . —Mr . Ernest Jones also-iupported the motion , nnd in the course of his speoob laid down this moral maxim , that no matter how great » rascal a man wai , he should not be repudiated so long as he spread their principles and pushed on tho movement . — Mr . Stratton stated that in a meeting paoked for party purposes it was of . no use for him to speak —( hisses and groans)—but , » a ho intended to epe&k the truth , ha did
not fear any noise that might be made by a sot of bullies . He was opposed to the Manchester Conference , seeing that the majority of Chartists were opposed to it . ( Dieses . ) The country were opposed to it they could see by the amount of money subscribed to tho new Executive . They oould not raise £ 3 to pay their expenses of £ 5 10 a , ; and thus while Mr . Jones was puffing off the enthusiasm that this " Conference " had caused , they had commenced in insolvency , and must end in bankruptoy . ( Cheers . ) Instead of paying off the debt they ( the Chartists ) had contracted through tho other Exeoutive , they were trying still more to briug Chartism into disgraoo by bringing it into fresh difficulties . They had elected an Exeoutive by Universal Suffrage , and at the dictation of one man they had destroyed their own work in a few months . It had been stated that we had a veritable People ' s papw ; but what did we find ?—we found that he ( Mr . Stratton ) had been
Blundered because he had dared to speak tne truth . The " People ' s Paper " had reported him us saying what he never had stated , nnd what he did state they suppressed , lie had a letter in his pocket whioh Mr . Jones had refused to insert . ( Mr . Jones here interrupted Mr . Stratton . ) Mr , Stratton then produced the letter , which was read . The letter was one which advocated tho cause of William Newton , tha working man ' s candidate for the Tower Hamlets . —Bronterre O'Brien supported the "Conference , " if they meant what they said ; but if not , he trusted the Chartists would down with them . The noise throughout had been so disgraceful , that the greater part of the meoting had by thia time left in disgust . The motion was carried . —> Mr . Finlen moved , andJMr . Wheeler seconded , a re * solution condemning the government for the attempt to suppress opou-air meetings . —Carried . —The meeting then tfroke up .
AxomBn Voick mom Halifax . —To the Editor . —Sir , — In your "Noticesto Correspondents , " of Saturday last I find several paragraphs repudiating the expressions made ueeof by Messrs . Jonea aud Cockroft at the Conference lately held at Msnqhoster . Ihave been informed that Cookroft has denied having spoke" thus , Being anxious to know the truth , I have had a long conversation with Mr . Shaokleton , your reporter at that Conference , and be assures me that Cookroft did speak as reported , Let that be as it may , I know that such language is in striot keeping with him , and I can see no reason why he should deny having given utterance to it when it ib strictl y in accordance with bis usual professions . There is a paragraph in Mr . Sweet ' s letter which requires notioe . "Did Mr . Cockroft really re « present the opinions of . the men of Halifax ? " I have no hesitation in saying that he did not represent the opinions
even of tho Demooraoy , much less tbe opinions of the men of Halifax . I do not dispute but that he represented a portion of the people of Halifax ; but I can assure you that it was only a very Bmatt portion , lf we consider the last public meeting that took place in Halifax on Parliamentary Reform , I am fully borne out in my assertions , for at that meeting the People ' s Charter was moved as an amendment to the Parliamentary Reforme s' resolution , but when put to the vote waB lost by a very considerable majority . I could not attribute the defeat of the amendment to any other source than tho reckless pqlioy whioh those men have been pursuing for some time , whioh policy"I have no hesitation in saying will have to be got rid of ) before even the principles of Democracy are again in the asoendantin Halifax—Yours fraternally , Uriah Hinciicuffb , South Darleystreet , Halifax , June 7 th .
ABHion-UKDSR-LTSB .-Tho weekly meeting of the members of the Ashton Democratic Association toek place on Sunday * List , in their meeting room , Water-street Charlestown . ¦> . !•• . Knott in tho chair . The Secretary , Mr . Morgan , reponec ! , that m consequence of thero being no funds in hand no delegato had gone to tho South . Lancashire Delegats Meeting at Manchester . Messrs Taylor 'ind Soottwero then appointed to inspect the condition of tho library previous to its being < re-opened to the mombers . Tho report was favourable to its being ro-opencd on an early day . In the meantime , it is hoped that the members will exert themselves in soliciting donations and present * from all friends of Democracy and Progress . Mr . William Ellison was elected Secretary in place of Mr . Morgan rev ? r " All communMBtiOM mnit be addressed to Mr . kllison , No . 20 , Go 3 ford-streef , Ashton-under-Lvne Ohabtisu ix ILa . FAx . -To tik EDiTOK .-Dear Sir , — In your "fcotoQes to Correspondents" is a n-n-airrachfrom
• tetter from Mr . J Sweet , Nottinghan , ' aTdressod to Messrs . Cockroft and Jones , m whioh he asks , "Did Mr . Oookroit really represent the opinions of too men of HaM « r referring to tho late Conference proceedings in ahncheBfcw . For tho satisfaction of Mi ' . Sweet and others , who may mentally ask the sams question , I have no hesitation in affirming , ou my own respdnsibiljty , that ho did not represent the opinions of the mon of Halifax He was tho representative and personification of a deeply disappointed party , powcrlcs 3 for good from the existence amongst them * Sunday week . This report came to hand on Saturday , June £ th ; of course too late for publication in that dav ' s ' Star . Out fri « nd » mutt send earlier—Berros
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