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THE STAR OF FREEDOM. SATURDAY, JUNE 36, 1852.
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LETTERS FOB WORKING MEN , No . X . —Lettixg va a Toby . TO 1 HE EDITOB OF THE STAB OF TBEEDOM . gjn — . Can yon tell me where is the old heartiness of our working men ? Look around me where I will , in place of that manly straightforwardness , which , notwith standing its occasional rudeness , its prejudice , and its ignorance , was still a proof that the ; were toiest and sound at core . I find an endeavour at
• polky' which shows them to he tainted with ' LW Derh y ' s Whig Spirit of Compromise . ' From our friend ' Ion , ' who writes amiable twaddle in the ' Loader , ' that leads no whither , who has accepted office as touter in ordinary to the ' Walmsicy Incapablrs . ' = md who serves them from time to time with his m . st careful emasculations , —from the 'freetbinkii . g' and once free-speaking « Ion ' to the foolish 83 t tired Chartist , who means only to take what he c in get , ' on Ion's' recommendation . I see nothing but a cowardl y unprinci pled stooping to the Bin of tt
higgery , the abandoning right , the birthright of man . for any mess of political pottage which the many cooks whom the devil sends to spoil our broth may tb < nk fit to set before ns . One can understand it in some men . They who of old opposed anything like c ncesson , not from faith in principle , but merely from hot Wood or bull-headedness , having lost all their wind by bawling for ' the whole hog , ' may well now do cenance for their extravagance in the shabbiest of tamenesses . It was empty noise before , it is hollow ' propriety' now . But one would fain think this is not the case with all those who are now either
quietly submitting to things a 3 they are so blindl y lending themselves for the purposes of "Whig Candidates . Any sophism 6 eives them for justification , and the old cry of * letting in a Tory , ' huddleH them into the Whig traps as fast as if those traps were baited with the best salvation . Here is a sample of the bait , and a ' Chartist' working man has manufactured it . ' Young Stodge , * Bays he * would have * choked himself by cramming his whole dinner down his throat at once , if his good mother had not patted * his back and brought his victuals up , and compelled
* him to take a small instalment at a time . Not * overlooking the striking resemblance between the ' physical and the political digestion , let uscontri' Iratei somewhat to amend this state of things , by ' looking out at the next election for a set of old wives ' or mothers to pat us on the back and prevent our ' choking . ' & it not enticing ? Beautiful recom * mentation of expediency ! Only the people must be considered as so many million Stodges , instead of only one Stod ge ; and what becomes then of the physical and political resemblance ? "Will the leaving out a million from the franchisepreventthe choking of those admitted ? - _ or are those « to be left out , any morn
likely to choke than those who aTe come in ? But then , between the Tory hi the white-choker , and the Whig-Radical , who would save us from chocking what choice have we ? None , perhaps . But is that any excuse for talking your Stodge-nonsenae ? But am I not bound to take one side or the other \ Not always : especiall y when the 'two sides' are really both on one side . If yon see two rogues quarrelUnff together as to how they shall rob a house or divide the « swag , do you feel called upon then to ' take » des ? ' If two known rogues waylay you , and while the bolder one says— Your money or Your life , ' the other shams a sudden regard for you in * order , as you are well aware , that he may nick Your Docket
without having to share with his fellow , do you think it your duty to take sides then ? If you do , it is but on the princi ple of dividing them , to conqner both in torn . Bat they are not such fools as that . I find no reason to alter the opinion I expressed in my friend Hethenngton ' s ' Odd Fellow , ' ten years ago , when the Whigs were to be supported as the friends of Free irade , and a dead set was made against the Tories asthe only enemies of freedom . Free Trade ! the Tories may sha-e thefamn fat a Whiff m place of each Tory name , leu d find the effect wouia b- ju « t the same !
« men nobody can deny . Oire the Whir as well as the devil his due ' He may certainly bra ? of-i healthier line ; for the Tory lacquer is all worn through ! ¦ Whichnobod y can deny . Tory ana VThis—yon may lake your oath—Axe brothers in mischief and malice both fhe same in everything but tiiefmfh ! Which nobodv can deny .
TOng and Tory are , in truth , but variations of Itespotism . We should hare no faith in either of fao ^ r - ZJ FOih al ™ P sinks as soon as Selection to thlnn I "" WbiS 0 U the stings is * Tory oeonfe Tn UP Z T ? UC 8 tion thatconcernS the Bftn BY *" ' mensayto «* , ^ et the ftnJf £ «» ? T * f ? M ° S them the same , is No L S , rawe 6 < I < K *» Medespot ?' ate ££ * P T - 8 h ° ^ oaraelres aIso stable . Better the Tones in power , and we honest S ¦ Jby * ° f ° Wfal ' gS a * «* of 2 0 ™* vote for Tory why ? he is
^ J ^ T ^ J" r a . Beea ^ ; W ? ™ j-J- y opposes your pmc , ple 8 . S «» does the TVhig . And ir ^ l ? art ! caIa r amo ^ of concesEion which approaches , but never reaches vour principles , should J ? tt lS v ? ° ° nent - In ^ " poor emulation only ohS fn v ^ ' for S alto S ether «* »«? JW Wkch the pe ° Ple shonld ^ ork ,-not SSfSLTTn ° S ^^ o ^ ment from the Cf 7 of Commons , but the absolute overthrow of the existing system of nrivilPrr « w ; n » L th
^ ey wiS 1 ' 1 « Whig « help you to that until SPS sssy-RcarS Saftffiaasitva u » g ,- —unies 3 , indeed , they are so shortsiehted that it glfpSHSfi
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; nuuuuu OUUrao-p ? A « J - »«* wu «» u * e rejected ^ l ^^ F *^™* ?** »*>** * in , would not that vl ™ „ ^ ?* a Tor 7 com 5 n g forgetall JtoS ^ Jg ! « our determination t ? great principle , tell mtj e on , ? ^ ° jot ° f fte than all our chatter of ? \ J e honoorable house , indignation agaSTLe ^ S nif " -thaU a " ™ gains with the WhierSSTnr ^ Our B ^ Pid » ar-Ifraid , and ourSffiS taS U ^ W ? But We « Our masters W that , S & ^ STST ? - make us as unprincipled ^ yPa at lastto cowardly taan , themselves Y ^ Qt JJ » »« own party do their stupid best tJ' ^ thm % msss& « 2 ? lCS ; mak f P ? ^ ameretramc ; be Rnssell hS ^ Sdl tnck ^ » "" Principled / as a game hasSaS " ™?' 161 " 118 ^ that *« ' viler' than wS 1 yVthatyourslaveryisonly 8 >« ger . WiuStw * y ? ' fewwai' much awectioa r Z 2 i ? att 0 ob 8 '»« teP ^ the right | ° " ^ IftiSriS *? 1811 ' Prevent | onrchoking ? '^ S | . s : t : ^ oa yoaropponents ? Would
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J 5- All communications for the Editor most be addressed to No . I , Brunsmck-row , Qaeen ' s-square , Bloomsbary , Londen . t&- Orders , applications for placards , &c , &C . must be addressed to John Bezer , 'Star of Freedom' Offics , 183 , Fleet-street , tondon . All money orders to be made payable to John Bezer , at the Money Order Office , Strand . Newsagents and Mends deBirous of exhibiting Bills of Contents will have them sent post-free on forwarding their address to the pub-Usher . Lvfb 0 ; g ehent of Pcbiic LiBESTT . —We understand that a pubHc meeting , relative to the prohibition of working-class discussions in Bonner ' s fields , will be held in those fields on Monday afternoon , June 28 th , 1852 , at five o'clock . It willbe seen that we have taken this
up question in another column . RcaAt . Excursion to Eppisg Fobest . — *(? e hope onr friends , Deinoeratique el Sotiale , will rally to support the Committee of the John-street Institution by swelling the numhers of the excursionists on Sunday next . It promises to be a delightful expedition . flS * Itis utterl y impossible to print in full all the matter we receive . We are compelled , therefore , to abridge many communications whose ¦ worth might well entitle them to appear at length . The i , ate ' West Hiding Delegate Meeting . — An eye-witness sends a length y Utter confirming the truth of the report supplied to this paper . We give the following extract : — ' On removing to the hack room , at the request of the landlord , on account of the uproar created by a gang of ruffians from Halifax , who openly declared they had come on purpose to breakup the proceedings , and whose conduce all the remonstrances of the chairman failed even to abate , and some of whom made several attempts to strike at the Halifax delegates averse to Jones ' s clique , the chairman again attempted several times to put the question
la a rote , but it was impossible to proceed . The elique saw that they were in a wretched minority , and moved adjournment after adjournment , lest the country shonld see the real opinion of the Chartists of the "Vfest Hiding . The roughs rushed in and mixed themselves up with the delegates , rendering a vote by show of hands an impossibility . The chairman then recommended that each , delegate should sign his name for or against Mr . Hanson's amendment , and the turmoil grew so fierce that he declared the meeting dissolved , and added , " That if the disgraceful conduct exhibited that day was intended to serve Mr . Jones , or the 'Peo . pie ' s paper , ' he could tell them that they could do nothing more calculated to de&troyboth , and he was forry to find a man like Mr . Jones encourage sach proceedings . He ( the chairman ) had attended many Chartist meetings , but had never , in the whole course ofhn life , been so insulted . " The chairman ( Mr . Broi > k ) , of Leeds , acquitted himself throughout with that gentlemanly suavity anil mildness of manner which at all times characterise his conduct ; and the Democrats of England will form their iudgment oi the little faction from whom he has received such brutal treatment . '
The Jsmlehako ! of FicTios .-At a recent meeting of a few Charfasts at Cheltenham , at which it was resolved by six against three to ratify the proceedings of the late sham 'Conference , ' the speakers , on the side of the majority , denounced the Chartist Executnre as made np of' Republicans and Socialists , who only taM- """ ' ^^ ' bee tosa y that we are both Republican and socialist , as well as Chartist ; and so we believe are all the best men in the movement The intolerance of the CheUcnhamsiajwouldex citetbeinaigna-ionoftverr true man , but tnatmey have claims ^ upon our pity as theduDes of falsehood and imposture . We should add that Messrs . Ileminin , Adams , and Glover , to their credit , aWydeicndad the principles of Democracy , vve are sorry we have not had room to report the speeches c " n both sides of the question . A " ? f - * . Cumberland , writes to express his pleasure on reading the account of the so ' ru in honour nf this nengp : > per , and adds — 'It is unquestionably the dutv of the "Old Guards" of Chartism to wwk witb energyfor the establishment of the "Star of Freedom . "
G . DE aM * . —} vot haying room to publish our correspondent ' s letter iw * Tf . ™ 11 0 " 1 * w < Mwte its spirit He protesta against the Charter bewsset up as a kind of Athanasian creed , concerning whirhamsD must believe neither mere nor less , on pain of political perdition . There are evUs which the Charter will not touch : for instance , the i gnorant snperstition by which multitoaesarementally enslaved , and rendered utterly unfit to acquire political rights , or to make good use of them , when once conferred upon them It is not Democracy hut despotism , for one man to S ^ f **! " 2 s sul'reme , law- Democracy means freedom of thought andacbon , so as all the human faculties may be fulh ana naturally developed . Tho * e who deny others this fresaom are enemies to the democratic cause , no matter what may be their W 5 ^ i ? w ? 8 ter ^ Ues :- ' It TOS with feel 5 ncs of e 3 rtrerae &-light that I read the announcement of the " Star" passing into your hands . I little thought it would be the signal for a base a ™ tack pponyou-yon who have laboured bo perseverinirlv . « bIo .
nousiv tor the oppressed people ! Attacked bv those who oiieht to have beenforemost in rallying to support you ! But you Will scorn these base intriguants , for your mission is great andelorious ' Our friendadds- ' Around , about , farand near , will be found fte uumistakeab ' econsetiuences of thesystem of Free Trade . SouUndbody-crusbing competition , inaugurated by CobdenandCo con secrated by Prince Albert with ihe Exhibition , is eltbgoutX heart of Englishmen , scarcity of labour , low wages dull shon keepers . anxiety on their countenances . "Ican't thtofe » he reason on their foolish tongues , ashamed to attribute it to the rieht cause ; all betraysith dregful evtts of cold-blooded dass-legis labon . My blood boils with indignation , when I reflect that this 18 caused in a great measure through credulously listening to rights : that , first of all the lana qnestiou shonldhave beenad . jnstea ; that instead of its being parcelled out in thousands of acres for the aristocracy to ^ vaste ana revel on . the riehtral v * 7 w S ~? e MOJIE-sI | onld possess it We should not then have beheld villaces depopulating and towns being crammed , but a healthy dispersion of theptople over the face of the land which God gave them . '
JAME 3 Beoadbekt—We fear we cannot procure you the report , but ¦ willmake inquiry amongst friends . R . BnHH . _ We have forwarded your letter to the writer of the paragraph , who , wedoubtnot , will communicate with you . National Iasp CoMPAst . -Ia answer idseveral correspondents the latest information tn respect to the Windiog-np of theConiTOnvis as follows : _ On the lOrtiinst ., in theTice-ChaneelloHa CkTurt \ hl case of Oooachap e . Weaver came before Sir G . Turner- -Sir W P WooS ( with whom was Mr . Hoxburchi annmraa t ^ . lC ' « rasa £ as . 'ffiS « 'v or any portion of it , should nimhi , ™! if " W ? , ! " ' ' « Mfgd 5 att £ i ^^^^^ ui ™ iihiuid
me parussirom the land , and wliinli ti « j 7 - «( S . contained attypower of sale anKnnrtB ^^ t 8 denied ) , thai - power was ^ trJ ^^ i ^ SSX ^^ T the defendants Weavi ng and Pid ^ oefesih ^ i hadbee n taken by ^ S ^ Xsstis ^^^ r ^^ whether any and what parts ofSntl ^ l ^ in 9 uIro whether at ( be best pricei The decree SP ^ , ? ^ ^^^ L ^ BB SP-r ^ - Iheiandshould toatotfrti JfifflS" ** thes " toPf nAUFAx-Received from Uriah Hinchcliffe ten shnih ,.. t ^ Chartist Executive . The monevhasbeenhaadpSf iP if ? at the Post Office . Every copy Twill costwfJ ^ f * " / leaV 8 i posted within a week f publicAtion . ^ y > Sai mustbe Bbetboot SrGAK . —Canauyofovurreaflerii infnrm wir « vr l of Birmingham , where . ? . nd at what Drice h ^ Vr' 1 . ? Norton . Somerville ' s work on Thc a ^ XSSrt ^ uga ? from S MB . BBooM , locturer at . the Hall of Fw ^ fE ^ Sf ^ i outicai
cenuypuoiisiiea and Social Riehts » l » in » VT > ' of Politics for the Veople , and 'ManKind a fcSJSI ^ f *™?" Politics , Pnetry . TLaoloR . MediSform CriS . ifSj * 4 t 0 and Literature . These publications may ™ ' hadNrf ^ S" ^ 7 * ' t » rwick , newsagents , of Birmingham -and in r £ a t > * 1 ? , V ^ Science Ot ^^^^ ^ g ^ j ^^ g ^ fixed , doubtless the date o ^ ppearance ^ f " \ b ? , lieve - 3 6 t information will be published in gXmB P ' *** Kquisite Homo , Archer-street , Haymarlcet . —Rpcrirt '; ,,, «» . in your letter we have no tnowledCeThi 8 S ,. Pe /? mwi we agree with jou , if he works for fl « . 1 ans of livinR '• markable instance of disinterested ^ S ? l ° raiU < U is a n ' habits of life , we could hardly rive him ^ i 1 ? ' consi ^ ring his T « 'IteH-Bom Maoazke' is thS ? f- «!? - ,, published at Belfast . Tlie article * hrSrti * d > m ?? tbly Periodical andgeaeral good-wiU . vSt ^ S ^^ * 'siat I 1 lib « ality bestinoicate the objects of the rnn / T ® ma on the wrapper dical . —The unity 4 Mfk is that of f ~ l ° " . £ this little P " ioindependentmen , brought * « itt ™ to ^ V ofthe " « 1 «* t » " tro « pective boud of sec- or ian Sn i « f E t 0 Eether > not by a rethe proactive bond of a * cST , im " ? leiiei 8 Of « P lllt ' and Dawsos . ' Let us have a CbSS W S . " £ , P - ' -G £ ^« the mind ; ; : ood works for the S « ° in ? }? ' trutI ' the soul that aspiring after perS . 1 ftr the 0 Bart '< »***<>* God , which , HkeHittning L the l " th l - unfa ! teriD 5 «* hta elsewhereitismost dark /_ THLO 8 ? ft , *" * 8 h ^ t «*** J . Pikcet , HothethUhe , writes to con ^ J ^ " Mr : Stratton at acting of tuXl * "L « atementmad 6 b ?
on the 6 th or June , respecting r "" -- *??* * egate LouncU locality , of which Mr . Pierce " ifaa * « Wi / , of thB Bennond « ey said , 'heattendedthelocaKeefc J i egate > Mr - « M ™ one in the chair , one d ? 55 KS ^ L * 2 tS P re 5 fe ! lt 5 asleep . They had raised mushroom Meg "gS ? " deaf a , would wither them up . ' &c , &c . In nt h & P Ut a 8 un ^ ? That the manner i / which the * S £ ^ i 23 « fiS&
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FRENCH GENTLEMAN , graduate of the mMstm rotl London ! " * " at MiS " Kaaon ' * ' «««*« b- «« Pi «« , Hackney
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; s ^^ spsr ^ sfss . MNTLEMEN ,-As a Eeforraer and on ' e of tnerce . andformanyyearsTesSin tnetoSlZh ^ T I beg respectfully to acquaint yOU that . LcSLlw wavk < SlSaS— " Extension of the Suffrage . Equitable Arrangement of Electoral Districts . f ^ awSS asttaaa-1 > O Property Qualification . Freedom of the Press , Cheap Law , and Speedj Justice ot&ropeny leSaCyDUt f tOb 6 A- ^ SSSa nm n ns infeySlu ^ c ^ W ProfeRsion . Trado , or fixed income numl ) cr of W ™ vurehase . of Customs Keform .
Alilitia Bill Rescindment . * 3 ^ & £ ssffiflB £ that e cifur f r t oence « mmmi SW « ftaBSS 5 aBaM £ . * s--naa siigssas : ^ ssfessss
- ftXK ^ WS ^ frcr lareely the re r » e CoaUof hevHouseholders andXnu ? . , ense - l onsumpt 5 onof a lair return fromSS ^ Citv funds " iwh ™" ' "l ^ Mcdvln » Roads or Streets , nor for Sanatorr ' w e constr » ciion of New troduction into the vS £ b * % ^ a ^« Ttfi nor f <> r the incipal rights of selt-government to £ X \ v \ n (^ ena «* raunileisure for the execution of so rsiSu ^ and r ^ ' ? ? may rest assured that neither zeal intPn . ^ Cred a - tr « 8 t , you wanting to merit your approbation BelSf ^? 01 " fT" sha 11 b ! witb . your Local interests , and the pSSfo ^ on ? nV ^ t > ac , 3 » ainted and believing it to he the delta of th » ™ 9 ? P' ? ion , <>« the Uoroug i , give the preference to Residential cSSi ? ? ^ - rf the Electors to the distinguished ho ^ Oi ^^^ : } ' ! T ^ soIicit tives to Sib Comtnon . House of ^ on ? tbe Repmenta-Independent Borough of s 0 Krk eUt for the * & «*« & Ihave the honour to remain , your most obedient Servant , Holland-street , Southwark , M » y Nth . 1852 Af 6 UT Jwuxtl
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THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE . -i- A few complete sets of the Jmensj of tbe People of 1852 . etilched In a wrapper , are on sale , Price One Shillme and Sixnenco each set . Odd numbers to complete sets to be hud of the publisher . THE RED REPUBLICAN AND FRIEND OP THE PEOPLE . , ( First Series . ) A very few sets of the Red Repdbucan and Fbiend of the People , 1851 , neatly bound in cloth , one vol ., price 6 s . 6 d ., may be had ot the publisher . London : James Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster , row .
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NOTICE ! TO NEWSAGENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS . It will be fresh in the recollection of our readers that the 'Star of Freedom' was commenced by au amalgamation of the 'Friend of the People' with the 'Star' ( or 'Northern Star ') . The business of the Northern Star' had ever been conducted on a system totally at variance with the general rule of newspaper business . Long-standing credits were given , and so general was this system that it must be a matter for wonder how the < Northern Star' maintained its ground under such , disadvantageous circumstances . It enjoyed for many years however , a most extensive circulation , and conse ' quently a considerable weekl y income resulted despite the credit that was given . At last , however , it was found that for tbe 'Northern Star' to maintain its position ready money should be the only system henceforth to be
adopted . Attempts were made to abolish the credit system , which seems to have failed , and , thus , from week to week , under the baneful influence of that system , the 'Northern Star' declined , The 'Starof Freedom' was commenced with a determination to do business onl y for ready money . To some extent this was carried out , but at last we find that we have suftered by not adhering more strictly to the terms of our first circular , announcing the advent of this journal . readers and
Our Agents must see the necessity , not to say justice of immediate payments , when we say that the Stamp Office people will not let us owe them a penny , indeed , we have to pay for stamps in advance . The cost of printing paper , wresponflence , wages , and expenses of all kinds have to be , and are , met by us weekly . We are determined to avoid incurring debts , and , therefore , we have decided upon maintaining our honour b y at once ending a system which is productive of great inconvenience / a * d
E ? TW ? TV ° de 8 fcr ° y P * P ' ™ the rimes / with its immense capital and enormous circulation , could not exist were its proprietors to dotoaineM on the credit system . We wish our Agents and Subscribers to understand that it is our firm , though respectful , determination not to forward copies of the 'Star of Freedom , ' after this week , unless payment accompanies each order . We feel Ss ^^ Jr ltaiKa to do thesame . By thus acting our Mai . 35 HE
« Z ° l 7 ' wil 1 ' " »»« K £ - X ? Si if they will communicate with us , we will inutanUv ^ asrjis sF Strand . ' * payabIe afc the Post ° & **>
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AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENCE . The factions never "Team anything . The essa&fc&ss ComtonTfpeSn S ST ^ «* ° of New South Wale ? Thff «« XL Slslative °° ancil of for the ina ^ JiaSanL 0 W" \ ^^^ 'much spirit t ^^ w for thif . I- !! - ?^ have to ° is an evidence tS the Inelo £ " ** ^ ^ naturally abhors Z ^ u ^ ™» *** courage to resist eZl ?' J ! $ J ? * ? re ? uisite escapes from the Wf ,. M ? fl yrantf when U aorernment , poij ^ , ^ " ¦ - - tocratio tha tTfs tS ^ 7 . Petiti — * own Legislature £ . „ ^ V ^ sts , through their in what : u ? anneuhev rt ? Bha 11 betheil > ^ s and «\ . _ * . _ ~? UCl lhe y Shall be annlwl rnUn ^ „ ericans
„ mu Am s aidbefoTft + Vio «„ i \ ~ } J" a tion without represent ^ folutlOD ' ' That taxa ' have no represe nSu ^ Z * ¥ " *!• ' , » d as they they will not allow W vJt Impenal ParUameat » Government it nTav 1 affient ' ° r tho Executive the head Jftfjg ft : allow to be placed , at proceeds of their 7 ndoU ?/> * T " 8 * propriate them belon ^ fi mso ta xes anda PLegislature , its membS beS , T' * ° the C ° lo . nial and chosen bv tho ini i ¦? g tnemselves Colonists , fiH of «»
petentaherefoV ^ ** " * colony , competent , therefore , to \ udZTiW T ^ W , thoge of whom thev wfi e wants and wlshes of They have never hJi ^ ^ f ^^ es . they allowed to do * alI ° r d to do 80 ' norare tution , ' with which flT' The P reciou 8 ' CoDBti " reserves to , the \ L ^ 5 < beea ^ ssed (?) still squander the jS f g ^ rnment the right to provision for ffi L ^ ° ° ^ ta » aktag hunters-loathU k D a 8 L . l »*!* , t % l
aTdeZ ? iferS WT ° ° ^ iruus - The Australians are s : ok of
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iuch . Over and over agdnlh ^ r ^^ 1552 ^ » Sth the insensate rulers at hoCe ^^ 5 » W * ata « yrtwof ^ n . dcea ^^ tjJ ! but all their remonstrances have been gt W seated with open ^ fmfr riRT *** ** taken place in the abominable syZm of ri ^ iniarule Feeling themselves rapiX So ? ^ 4 powerful people , they have aoTSKT ? m ° I Home Government a protest stronger 2 ll > dignant thao any of those irhwJ ^ R ^^ hl P ^ dedH dem anding immediate justL SjH teniug rebellion and separation , if thKsHn { ^ conceded . If we had a Q ^ ianSJS ^ ^ Parliament-inspired with the spiritToi ? , ^ and nationality , this demand and warninJi S 011 ^ been received with anxious atteSon a ! Uldllilv « Government and such a Parliament \> S ^ ll * themselves to the task of conserving ITu T ^ domunons by attention to their JZm t ** S ing their wrongs , and healing tEflfiJfc ^ - ton and hostility that have bL excited £$ ***> of the Colomsts . The petition of the LwS >*« New South Wales ^ received iu L g # *** „ manner Contumel y and insult marked l \ >' tion ; those members opposed to thn a ! ece Colonists aercely denoSSSg thL ^ p&J ° J f I those who pretend attachment to the cause of L " le meanly sought to deny or palliate the m au ments and language of the petitioners ' 5 eutil In claiming the revenues arising from th « . ludi at their property , and which they aW Ef right to expend , the Colonists spoke of theft ,, a the trustee of these lands . Mr " Di 8 RAEL 1 Sj ?? spittle sycophancy , protested against the ' bZj *' of terming the Queen the mire trustee 7 , ? le ^ do . nin . ons . ' Thus , to curry favour at C ? flattering insolent monarchy and its inseiu- ' 7 ltes Whom in his heart he despises , JJ ^•« tical mountebank would insult the Aus > f mes , mk the loss of one of our m ' 2 ?" dependencies , and raise a feeling of ho 5 lU , S mother country in the winds of those liardv IS who would otherwise be the most able to i ^ and strengthen the British empire . enric ! l Is it reall y decreed that Britain shall fhn > e , „ that mighty power , encircling the world , SuT been the work of many generations ofb t ? intelligent men , be undermined and df&JSV * pack of knaves and imbeciles , who seek to 1 I ' t ' fe . " A selfish ambition , their JLW 1
WIUU VB » Ky * utterly heedless of the fatal « ii quences of their conduct to the honour and ill \ f f Mtlfi > land ? If there be no d . ijfe , ' * but M , The cowards and self-seeking S £ who have obtained possession of the t&SfiS rial power , are constantly so acting , as ZS £ ' to accomplish the overthrow of British sSS the fall of British power , andftedSnSS rfS British empire . One thing alone can sa eu ^ j raise anew the glory and power of our nation ? S the interference of the people-a radical and J sparing : revolution , which would cast down the Z tempuble things who are destroying the n t £
greatness , and dishonouring the national name we had but such a storm to clear the political atmn ? phere from the impurities generated by a K " tmuance of oligarchical misrule , to sweep for S away all the tyrants and incapables , we Uld the commencement of a new and more glorious fov our country . J s era Then Australia , free as ourselves , would Tiave no desire to separate from us , nor would have anrreatnn or hostility to the country that formed $ 2 %
unKot tbe great federation of Anglo-Saxon wo * bhes . An equal not a slave , Australia wouid Z to liritain , and labour with her to develop the free " , dom , intelligence , and happiness of humanity . But if the spirit of our people has been so tram . ffrtv J , T Sery and ° Pl ' ressi ° n . ^ the desire for liberty and the energy necessary to obtain it have been extinguished within them , we cannot blame the Australians should they desire to acquire freedom for themselves and determine to sever the bonds which bind them to
the slave-peopled fatherland . Such a course they must and will take , ifwektooco * . ardly and degraded to overthrow the imperial tyranny . v The future Australian republic will be a refuge and a home for those of our workers in the cause of the people , whose souls shall continue to yearn for li . berty , should they ever be ( which God forbid !) rSn 10 / 118110 ? in des P the people of th Bntish Islands , as debased wretches , hopelessly sunk in slavish degeneracy .
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THE BEIGN OF HYPOCRISY . These days are days of cant . Opinions are dying out , at least the old ones are , and the new have not yet sprung into life . Above all , our rulers are the veriest slaves of h ypocrisy and bigotry , We hava long ceased to look to them for principles-fa- political or religious opinions ; we have learned to look to them onl y for shufflings canting pretence . But tlie chivalrous Tory Government have turned the bigotry around them to account . They have seized upon the rampant hypocrisy of the day an a means of gratifying their hereditary passion for oDnre 88 in *
ttto people , and tho natural hatred they feel for every attribute of Freedom in man-liberty of speech , and of action , and liberty of thought they would if they could suppress , also 1 The Czar of the Home Office , Mr . Secretary Waipole , has issued an ukase , forbidding all public preaching and discussion in Bonner ' s-fiold . For a long time it has been customary for large numbers o { joriang-men , and others , to assemble in Bonnet ' snews , tor the purnoso of hnMimr iii ^ nmiom nn
politics and theology , and to hear addresses from ecturers . To do this was a sin-a very great rin in the eyes of the immaculate Tory Secretary of State . Why should v ? orVing men go to acquire knowledga for themse ves , and teach each other in Bonner ' anews , while empty pews awaited them in fto ; n"enw » and solemn clergymen wero willing andtf ? J ? their du « es towards Hearon and towards earth-love and obedience to Got- *™ sSLSSrs v ?* " * Wm u to be 8 uffered tha i tnoae noble British workmen , wii * > , R ™ « n lone and
gauantly supported our ' glorious institutions / * ho hare laboured ao industriously and contentedly to uphold on a pinacle of wealth and luxury that brilliant aristocracy , who have graciously condescended to charge themsekea with all the rights and liberties and honours of the country ; and who have generously encouraged industry , ' by ' spending their money amongst them ' were these men to be allowed to try mutual teaohing , whereby uewand heretical thoughts might he generated and developed in their minds , ana dangerous and subversive doctrines' destroy the blessed ignorance of the m&Ba of couteuted slaves ? ° A . l K - T P P ° f this land mu 8 t be kept in their old allegiance to that holy t rinity—Eespecta bihty , Cant , and Hypocrisy .
it remains to bo soen whether our people aro stm the abject slaves of this diety of tho past , or are hig h souled enough to sternl y stand by their rig hts a « Englishman , and as men , and claim to have liberty of public meeting—libert y of conscience and of speecu for all . Mr . Secretary Walpole dares to set np his op inioi as the standard of truth ; and not only denounces al who presume to differ from him as immoral and Wa * phernous , but actuall y claims the right to silence suet by force—b y the strong arm of the Governmenta power !
This Bonner ' s-fields affair is a matter of no sma ] consequence to one and all of the people of th' country . A Secretary of State presumes to mi * himsefa judge of opinion , and to deny the right o assemblage and free expression of their thoug hts t all those who do not implicitly believe what he he heves , or what he says he does believe , wltliou question or scruple . It i 8 an ineolent assumptw and , if submitted to , willfom a dangerous preceden Lae- P f ° 8 Slb L le that there is ^ ongst us any man s base as to submit to such an assumption ? C » n Eri 5 lishmen , who so much hnaat nf fhe . nPrBonal nS "
SI J ! " M that ^ ve been handed down to thei tip ™ ? ance 8 tor 8 > have so degenerated as to alto the most sacred of those rights to be tramp led X An I ™ , C £ ntemPtible Downing-street tyrint * ^ tfh J 1 fi T w « Relieve that » h « nW attei JZ \ l have been called to the real state of t ! R »{ , wiU loudly ex re 89 their iudiS natl ( r ™ , aQ abominable attempt at usurpation . f «? J 5 S 0 ) thev wiU be ut * erly unworthy to wSJ ^ wel 1 Reserving the most slavish yoke Walpolb could impose . hA ?/ n ° j ! y . and hl Soi * y do indeed rule , and i nave need > be | whft : hfvil ' » order to repel their cc
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I have you careleas of the factions ? Would I have you stickle for details ? None of these follies either . I would have you , after well weighing its meaning , hold fast to your great principle , and hold all lesser things as subservient to that , Make all your policy turn on that pivot . The rig ht of the Franchise , * the right to the opportunity of doing a freeman ' s ' duty , this is our want . No enacting of wider privileges , no allowance to this or that man ( one at a time , for fear of choking the other ) has enough to satisfy us . We want justice for the nation , not a privilege for you or me . Who will stand by us for justice ? We should know no other party . It is sad to see men refusing union on account of some matter of detail ; it is sad to see men intolerant of difference ; but it is far sadder to see men so careless or so ignorant of principle , as to traffic with it as if it was the merest matter of detail—as if tolerance meant shuffling or easy virtue—as if cowardice and compromise were pleasanter and more profitable than sturdy truth . And saddest of all is it to see those who ought to be the foremost in defence of principle sinking themselves to the level of the veriest charlatans of the political stage . To you , working men who yet have faith in the princip le of human freedom , and who would prove that faith by integrity of life , to you I say : —• Let Whigs , Radicals , and ' Tories fight out their factious battles without help ' from you . Know no enemies but the enemies of ' your faith , no allies but those who will honestly ' stand beside you on the ground of principle . And c whoso will do this , value not one rush what party * badge may hang upon him . If he dare trust the ' whole people with their birthright , if he will help * you to the conquest of that , then he is with you . * Welcome him ! For he is with you on the one es . 1 sential point . Let nothing less divide or join you !' Derby , Russell , Cobden , or Walmsley , these cannot be our watchwords . Be one word upon our banner ; that wordthe ^ PEoPLB I g Spartacus .
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^^ ar credltabletoallpartiesconcerned . Mr . Stratton MMg £ * ' the locality meeting . Fire persons was not be n ™^? - ^ No person Wa 8 either drunk or a . leep , " »'«^ . ^ one , tt ft one far from the Bexmondsey locality beios & 5 ^ SSj £ i « U » ow of the oHest , can now boast of more members , an h "one , than any other locality in London . ' M ^ jffiin name , of Messrs . Edwards ,- Mareh , Bab ^ gr , Ammgton g ™™ . Pike , aodRuMell , who underlain to afcrm ttietrutn n Itaum&i . Buoto 110 , Is ^ t . ce .-A ' ^ XohsemaS ^ A 2 s ?» rurHS Ployer , Mr . Harrison , cooper and ^ , ! X | rid-Tv jSne 11 th K » aa&a «« 3 Sjs ? ss&j& as itrf ^ Si s ^ rijaAws i ^ SwsS ? ^^^^ r ^^ SSS ^ y ^^ the maditrttM present , four in number , seemeo . u tW they hardly knew how to express their astonishment ; <«¦ of them , John Barrass , broke out vehemently . "An Atheist ! I would not keep such a dangerous character about my premises on any account , * , nd the sooner Mr . Harrison is clear «*«« *•> £ »•" They aaaed they could not take my evidence ; nfter which they hurried me from the wiuieaa box , and out of court as quick a « possible . I see by the policeT report in the "Gnteshcad Observer » of Saturday , June 12 th , that there being no other witness , the case broke down , and the piisoRer was acquitted . Mr . Editor and friends , I imagine you will think with me , that the magistrate was overstepping bis duty , when he was giving my employer the uncalled for advice , to periecuW m «; a man with a sickly wife and three children . What is to be the result , if this imperious magistrate ' s advice is to be carried out t why , another group of victims scouted by society , and driven to linger out our day 6 inaworkheuse , or perhaps something worse , and all for what « For being bold enough to be honest in avowing my conscien . ciousconvictions . But I think that after faithfully serving my present employer , for more than three years , he surely will not act the disgracefully inhuman uartns to heed such advice , -lourn respectfully , Jamis Hoggins , Hanorer-street , Newcastle . ' Truly a fine sample of stupidity , bigotry , and tyranny combined I This precious , Jaaiee Shallow , Barrass , would , it seems , prefer a Christian thief , to an honest man , if the latter could not bolt the oath-swallowing test of orthodoxy ; yet a thousand to one Mister Orthodox Barrass would lick the dust in presence of Chnst-deny . ing Rothschild . Hoggins would not be sworn upon the New Testament , neither would Rothschild . Wherein consists the difference ! In the all-important matter-money ! Rothschild is plethorically rich and schooling ; Hoggins is poor and honest . The one is patronised by lords and gentlemen , the other scouted »» a dangerous character , to be punished by persecution , starvation , and death . Let us hope that Sir . Harrison is too just and sensible a man to act upon the villanous suggestion of blustering Barrass . DsuocBior mans Dkpoiism . —Sir E . Lacon , candidate for the representation of Yarmouth , having in his address to the electors declared himself to be ' a resoluto foe to those dangerous tendencies , which begin in democracy and eud in despotism , ' the astociateii Democrats of that town issued a public cballentro to the silf-sufficient Baronet , to discuss with a working man the principles he had so strongly denounced . The spirited conduct of the Yarmouth Pemocrats is an exampls that should be universally imitated , Tasks on KsowLtooB . —We have received No . 5 of the'Stoke-upon Trent Monthly Narrative of Current Events , a monthly unstamped newspaper , published in the middle of each month , ' . to try the power of Right against Might . ' The ' Monthly Narrative , ' sold at the price of one penny , is published under the protection of the Association for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge . It is a complete journal of leading events , and well
No Bloom Backs—A Mr . Greene sitB in Parliament as mls-representative of the ancient Borough of Lancaster , and in tho recent debates on the Militia Bill , TOtedin favour of subjecting the militia to the military punishment of flogging . This has uot es . caped the notice of at least one of his constituents , who , under the signature of'One of the Crowd , ' has issued a placard , reminding the electors of their representative ' s (?) vote . This placard is cut out in the form of a tnau ' s back , and dashed with red streaVs and splashes strongly resembling human blood . After aescautiug on the abominable punishment of flogging the sons of the poor , but allowing the rich to escape , ho adds : — ' One ot Mr . Greene ' s sons is a captain in the 43 rd . As a commissioned officer , Captain Greene is legally exempt from being flogged . I don't know that he himself ever deserved a flogging ; ii he aid deserve it , he did not get it , because he is the son of a rich man . . Butif apoor man ' s son was forced into the militia against his will , he is liable to be flogged ; and this is what Mr . Greene has been voting for . Elector ! that smooth-tongued man will soon asktheein soft tones to vote for him again , as tby represontative in Parliament What should the answer be ? Ho Greene !
No Tories' No bloody backs ! ' ' ¦ S . Mosris , Secretary of the late Sowerby locality , desires to stnte , that James Mitchell , who attended the West Riding Delegate Meeting , was not the representative of any locality at Sowerby , as there has been no locality in existence since 1849 . New Ross Election —We have received a lengthy communication from the pen of Martin Fleming , Kilrush , County Clare , Ireland , which communication had been excluded from the ' Limerick Reporter . ' The letter is ably penned , but is inadmiESaUe , partly because of it * bulb , but principally because it is written in continuation of a discussion concerning which tlie readers of this journal have had no previous iniormation . AU we can do is to state , that Mr . Fleming , in answer to ananonjmous writer in the \ Limerick Reporter , ' manfully and eloquently vindicates the patriotism of Mr . Gavan Duffy , and his claims to the confidence of the electors and non-eleutors' of New Ross . We beg to Bay , that we heartily sympathise with Mr . Fleming , and earnestly hope to see Mo , Duffy one of a' Spartan bann elected to the New Par iament , to demand and compel justice—veritable ' Justice to Ireland . '
CABMSI . E EtECnox . —SlK JAMES GbaHAM AND ' SrABTACUS . '—A letter which vrould occupy nsavly a column , if prnrtea in full , m must dispose of iu a few lines . The letter is in defence of Sir James Graham , or rather an apology for those among the people of Carlisle who ( in our humble opinion ) neither wisely nor-vvejl . have come to the conclusion to give their aid to make the Knight of Netherby , the representative of the ancient Capital of Cumberland . The letter is signed ' A Chartist , ' and is avowedly a reply to the stat ments of' Spartacus . ' aad published in the ' Star of Freedom , ' of Juue 12 th . He complains of that wMch he alleges to be an unjust attack upon Sir James Graham and his supporters , and oljects to what he terms the stringent and most distasteful language , employed in the letter of ' Spartacus . ' Tho writer detests the letter opening as much , as any one , but thinlo that crime attoned for by Sir James Graham ' s exertions in tho cause of Free Trade , Reform , and Religious Liberty . The electors , he says , have but a choice of evils ; to reject Graham is to Hcccpt a worse . Sir James Graham opened the lettersbut -who
fur-, nished him vriththem ? Was it not the nolle Lord Lons'lale , then as now , Postmaster-General . And what is the opposition candidate to Sir James Graham ? ile is the nominee of this same Lonsdale . ' So the Chartists ar « d -working men of Carlisle will vote for the best of , the two . Chartist candidates would at present only more weaken and divide our weak and divided party . ' The above is the substance of the letter . To given in full would be unjust to our readers , as gross injustice as . it would be to occupy a column of our space with matter consisting of an apology for Judas Issariot , an eulogium on the base butcher Bonaparte . We mas : add , that we ondovse every sentiment of 'Spartacus , ' in relation to Graham , and we feel confident that nearly the whole of our readers will agree with hs , that the letter alluded to was the best Spartacus' has written in this journal ; indeed , a master-p ece of political writinff We feel bound to surprise and
express onr sorrow that there should be a solitary Chartist in Carlisle , so lost to all self respect and sense of moral and political duty , ae to range himself on the side of the denouncer of the Bandiera . Were we an elector ofCarhslef we would vote for the devil himself in preference to Sir James Graham . We would do better , we would rsusa our fellow-townsmen to bring forward 'Spartacus' ( W . J . Lintonlas the people's candidate , ' to confront on the hustings tbe blood-? o tal , LL etteiM ) I ) e T ? er > Where are the chivalrous ChortUta of ' 39 ? Where is Hanson , the wearer , ( a man who , fop intellectual power might we' . l claim to appear , uot onlv on the hust-« nes , but in the Legislature , as one of the representatives of labour ) ? Cannot he do something to save the workingmen of Carlisle from the iniaray of aiding the election of the English Fouche —the degraded tool of the Neapolitan . Vampire ? Chbistophee Thobh . —Received . Thanks .
W . Beown , Camelford . —Received . Thanks . U from G nS ^^^ ¦ West Riding Delegate Meetino . —We have received (»¦« „„„„ , ' nications-one . . rom David Bawon , andth ? other fr £ ? X ££ ! ^^^' " " eSoftr ^ a ^ L
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TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER ^ Gentlemen , HAVING- been assured that you are Dot prepared to allow your political riehts to 1 e disposed of , ' as by priVHto contract , I pledge myself that you shall havo an opportunity of re . cording your votes in favour of anindepeHdcntcimdidate . As time is prccjous , I proceed at once to lay before you a brief statement of my political opinions . A Radical Reformer on tho broad principles of religious , civil , and commercial freedom , I contend that the people ia ttlO only legitimate source of power , mid that , as all wealth is the produce of labour , the workman should partake of tbe fruit of Ms oa n industry . In Parliament I shall vote for Manhood Suffrage , the Ballot , Annual Elections , Equal Electoral Eistricts , and the Abolition of Absurd Property Qualifications . A Free Trader in the fullest acceptation of the t « rm , I hope to see a truly liberal policy adopted in . our telauoris wiih foreign coantrieB : for in the close and intimate alliance of the peoples will be found tho surest bond of universal peace . I am , gentlemen , your obedient servant , Reform Club , June 22 . William Cohinqham .
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TO' THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OP THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM . nENTLEMEN , —In soliciting the honour of your i U votes at the next Election , \ m omi to Rive „ i elaration of my political opinions j and , in so doing I shall endea ' vour to avoid that disgraceful gobbling ' and va £ w gLwrSki « bo < frequently vesovted to in Election Addresses . Such for ewmple , As I am for a liberal extension &c ., ' without saying how HbeXr how far ; ' I am for the gradual reform of abuses ' ^ ChutSwmd ] State , ' without sajing how srartiial ; or where the abuses are ' A friend to a sound and religions Education , ' meaning nothing nnd applying whatever you please to imagine . ° ' But with regard to myself , I frankly , and undifguisedly declaro that I am fer Manhood Suffrage , considering the maneven as a mero animal move wor thy to bo represented than even tho Ten-pouud House or tbe Forty-shilling Freehold . I am for the Ballot , as nn expedient to preserve Electors from the intimidation or undue influence of landlords , Cotton-lords , and Mane . y-mong « s . I am for the Abolition of all Property Qualifications , both in the Elector and the Elected—the former for the grounds already stated , ' the latter to permit Electors to return whom they please as their Representative . I am for the Payment of Members , so as to rescue the representation from the hands of the wealthy and privileged Order , and to afford the opportunity for Labour to he represeuted by honest and intelligent men belonging to its own Order . I am for tbe immediate repeal of the Whig Septennial Act , and an advocate for the Annual Election of the Peoples' Representatives , as the only means of enabliug constituents to exercise a legitimate controuV over the conduct of their Representatives . I am for Toleration in the most extensive acceptation of the term . I am for Free-Trade in all its ramifications ; and in the most comprehensive sense—not a bastard and one-sided Free Trade—but the universal application of the principle , bo as to ensure the greatest happiness of the greatest number . I am for the Reform of all abuses in Church and State , and a general System of State Education , secular , and to a certain extent compulsory . These are my views , which I submit to the members of a free and enlightened Constituency , who , 1 tru 9 t , are anxious with me for the reformation of the manifold abuses of our political and social systems , the destruction oi class privileges , and the establishment of the national hnppiness and prosperity upon a solid foundation . I remain , Gentlemen , your faithful servant , CnARLES SroBGEON , Barrhter-at-Law . 15 , AMngdoti-stvfcet , ¦ Westminster .
The Star Of Freedom. Saturday, June 36, 1852.
THE STAR OF FREEDOM . SATURDAY , JUNE 36 , 1852 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1684/page/4/
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