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THE STAE OF FREEDOM. SATURDAY, JUJLY J$i, i85a. ¦¦
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MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION. Legally Established 1849.
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Head Office , London , Lincoln ' s Inn Field Chambers , and 2 , Portsmouth-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . —Branch Offices , Liverpool , Manchester , Bristol , York , and Aberdeen . Confidential Referee R . Warwick , Esq . ¦\/ f ATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIAJ-TJ . TION , conducted on the system as so successfully adopted on the Continent , legally established as a medium for the introduction of both sexes unknown to each other , who are desirous of entering into matrimony , and who may rely on strict honour and secrecy . None but respectable parties negotiated with . Applicants may sign by initial or otherwise . Fall particulars , with printed firms of application . lists of agents , and instructions , sent free , on receipt , of six post stamps by Hdgo Beresfobd , Esq ., Secretary . Registrar's Offices , Lincoln ' s Inn Field Chambers , aud 2 , Portsmouth-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London . Note . —Commnnications from the continentand abi oad promptly answered . Unpaid letters refused .
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« OL 2 >! GOLD ! GOLD ! NATIONAL GIFT EMIGRATION SOCIETY . TO AUSTRALIA , OR , ANY OTHER PART OF TUB WORLD . Uany can help one , where one cannot help many . ' Office , 13 , Tottenham-court ( thirteen doors from Tottenham-courtroad ) , New-road , St . Vancras , London . Tbe late gold discoveries in Australia , and the great want of labour experienced in both the agricultural and commercial districts consequent on that fact , calling loudly for an extension of the means of emigration , it is proposed that a number of working men should assooiate together , and by the gifts of ONE SHILLING EACH , A certain number should be enabled without expense to themselves to receive a FREE PASSAGE TO AUSTRALIA , AMERICA , NEW ZEALAND , Or any other part of the World , at the option of the receiver , wh ° will be allowed to expend £ 2 G , without deduction , for the purpos of Emigration outfit , &n . The Society will be divided into Sections , anfl immediately on the completion of a Section of 1 , 200 at Is . each , a Free Pass ge to be decided by a Public Ballot at some public place of Meeting , shall be given to a certain number of the members , the holders of the numbers declared gifts to be entitled to a Free Passage as above stated . TRANSFERABLE AT THE OPTION OF THE RECEIVER . The whole of the money received will be expended in procuring passages at the currentch -rge , outfit , &c ., wUh the exception of a deduction on the gross amount received , for the payment of expenses of Management , Advertising , < fcc . The books will be open for general inspection at the weekly meetings erery Monday evening till ten o'clock at MR . COLLEN'S , 'WHITE HORSE TAVERN' 100 , HIGH HOLBORN . A ll communications , enclosing fourteen postage stamps for Return Ticket , to be addressed to Mr . RnSy , at the Office , 13 , Tottenham-court , New road , St . Pancras . London . > " >»» u Money Orders to be made payable at Tottenham-court-road . FEMALES AND CHILDREN ARE ELIGIBLE . On the completion of each Section the Ballot will be advertised in Reynolds' Weekly Newspaper , ' 'Star of Freedom , ' The Times ' or 'Morning Advertiser , ' one week previous . ^ iimes , N . B .-The names and residences of the parties who obtain the Gift will be given on application at the Office . A deductionaUowed to Agents in Town and Country
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LETTERS FOR WORKING MEN . No . XV . —COBDEN AND DlSKAEU . 10 THE SDHOB OF THE STAIt OF FREEDOM . Sib ,- —In a couple of empty , bragging , impudent speeches , at "Wakefield , on the 17 th inst ., Richard Cobden fell foal of Benjamin Disraeli , and tried to persuade all England that Benjamin is an incarnation of the worst possible humbug , and that he , the aforesaid poor Richard , is the one heaven missioned champion who can free us from tbia plague of Jewry For tny part , looking closely at both Cobden and ¦ •*¦ AJMAViJ X WAV
Disraeli , I come to the conclusion , that as regards the humbug , there is just six to one and half a dozen to the other . And if I must needs draw a general comparison , it will hardly he in favour of the member for the West Riding . Let ns look at these two heroes , and conBider ^ what they are made of , now while they eland watching each other , impatient for the fray . DiBraelHs an adventurer . So is Cobden . Disraeli made his mone y by a lucky marriage with a rich widow . Cobden more nncleaulily has made his by trade ; not to speak of the additional £ 70 . 000
subscribed to him to pay him for his disinterested advocacy of the Repeal of the Corn Laws . If Disraeli is to be called mercenary for marrying riches to his aeedj what is Cobden , who , not needing , appropriated Ihe reward which was due , not to him , but to others ? Cobden had the hard cash and Feel the statues , for | rork done by Colonel Thompson and Ebenezer Elliott . Disraeli has changed his principles . Cobden has none to change . ' Disraeli has been inconsistent in his political conduct—unscrupulous / says Cobden . Cobden has been consistent , but it has been the
consistency of a man troubled with no scruples , but careful of bis game . Ask even his colleagues in the Corn Agife ition . Disraeli is not honest , for he asserts principles which he does not mean to carry out . Cobden is at the least as dishonest . Disraeli recants his old narrowness of Protection . Cobden does not recant the worse narrownesses of his one-sided and partial and dishonest * Free' Trade . Disraeli cares onl y for the ' landed interest . ' Cobden cares only for the * monied interest . ' He calls it the manufacturing interest : a lie—for he cares nothing for the workman . If the twain are well matched for impudence , Disraeli has the advantage of wit . In genius , in natural ability , there is no comparison between the gifted author and the shallow ' Manchester mannfao . tnrpr '
Disraeli has courage . Of Cobden even his own fr iends say that he was always wanting in emergencies . In every period of the Corn Agitation , while John Bright was bold Cobden was poor spirited and timid . He had to be carried into the field ; could never fight without strong backers . He is one of those fortunate impostors upon whom circumstances or Other men ' s conveniences thrust a sort of greatness . He has not acbieved greatness . Disraeli has . As the nominal leader of the Anti-Corn Law Movement , suffered to stand on the shoulders of far abler men , Cobden makes a great figure for a little while ; but the moment he attempts to act for himself he
shows himself to be an incapable . Think of his peace-follies . He has plenty of face ; he can reason correctly npon certain premises ; he can call names ; he can recollet figures , and speak by the hour . The amount of his attainment lies there . He has not shown in one instance any indication of knowledge of principle , breadth of thought , largeness of heart , statesman-like capacity or apitude . As a writer , as a speaker , as a thinker , as an actor , he stands many grades below Disraeli . In political honesty there is not a pin ' s choice between them . And for their goodwill toward the people , when their own private ends may be served , the matter stands thus : —Disraeli is
a tyrant , one of their side at least ; Cobden is a political economist . Disraeli would not care to enfranchise the people unless perhaps he should find it to file interest of Mb party ; Cobden would go to the extent of a £ 5 rental as a freeman ' s qualification . Disraeli would give privileges to the landlords ; Cobden insolently refuses Protection to the slaves of the capitalists . One would take the tax off tea and the other off malt . One would have a * happy peasantry ' under the squire ' s thumb ; the other would ' garrison our present institutions , ' and preserve that contentment , that comfort , that peace , which has been eminently the fruit of the commercial legislation of
the last ten years . ' The comfort and contentment of stocking-weavers with nine shillings a week , and the peace of trade strikes at home , and complicity with infamy abroad . 1 am anxious that working men should draw such comparisons as these ; that they may learn before it is too late , that they have little to gain in going off the old despotic line to travel only on some new parallel . I want no one to join our new Jew Statesman , though he should change once more and play Penitent Thief in future . He is not to be trusted . But let no sensible working man lend any support to the Independent Thief of Free Trade—the man of peace with Foreign Tyranny , who wants a
garrison to keep down the poor at home , —the economic tyrant , who thinks * the labourers were never so well off . We don't want to do any more for them . Take off the tax on tea , for the sake of larger exports of our slave-made cotton ; keep on the small tax , and not take off wine . I am obliged to drink it , for I have a gorged liver . ' Leave the two denominations of tyrant to fight out their battle by themselves . Watch only your opportunity to strike the victor . let them only round each other . What if the genius of Disraeli should be found to be greater than the incapacity and pretence of Cobden ; what if Disraeli should set Toryism up again ? Our fear lies not
there . Manchester will not talk of garrisons if Disraeli should interfere with labour . Manchester "will then talk more mildly , seeking to circumvent us ; to get those very sensible fellows who believe in Hume ' s honesty , in Peel ' s patrioism , orCobden ' s statesmanship , to be on their side again . Let us hold off altogether till one or other of the factions , despairing to succeed without us , shall be compelled to enfranchise the whole people . Again , and again , I say , oar only chance lies in that . Our only chance of freedomin any nearness of time . Refuse to play this game , and give our services to either party for some sop , for anything short of our freedom ; and Universal Suffrage , that first step towards real national
redemption , shall only be peacefully obtained in some far future for our children ' s children , or won by ourselves by the sword or torch : a price not too high for freedom but a price which nothing but our own felly can compel ns to pay . Toryism is in its deaththroes . The genius of one man may save it for a time ; may at least give it strength to grapple so doBBly with the young giant of Trade-monopoly , that tiie casting-throw of success shall be in the hands of the working-man . Let them not miss their opportunity . Let them ase it honestly . Let them not use it foolishlj . We have but to stand by not careless of the political warfare , but intently watching the combatants till the undermost for the moment shall
require our help . Then take no price short of absolute freedom . Wetheu shall be able to enter the arena to cope on equal ground with the partyvictor . It matters not which . Either ia our enemy . Let all those old treacherous words of Whig , Radical , Free-trader , Liberal , &c . &c , be consigned to oblivion . Let us recognize that the real contest is between the People and whosoever usurps the right of the People —the nght to freedom . Let us care to get that . Care for nothing else before that . And when got , do not lose it as they lost it in France . SPAETACOT ,
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OBIZfT BY OF A SlEDFASr DEMOCRAT Died , after a ihort illness , at Bucton-street , Newcastle-on-Tyne , George Grant , ag -d forty-four years , Treasurer to the Democratic Society , which office he discharged with honour anl fidelity . By his noble connnot he endeared himself to all who had the pleasure of hi * acquaintance . Mr . Grant was a native of the pariah of Golspy , Sutherlandshire . At as early age , along with many him dreds besides , he was expelled from t * e land of his birtii , by the merciless craeltv of the Sutherland fam ^ y , to give pV : e to sheep . war * ago he and thefrest of the famiiy uibraced the holy cause ef ~ - 5 5 ryi « uich has lost an earnest friend , glowing with an ardent eesu-e to see the glorious principles of Liberty , Equality . S-a * ** catried into practical operation . He died at he Zi ,. ??^ consistent democrat , worthy of the brave de-S * $ ? S f the '" en whofoughtand bled under the banner of the ¦ Set a ? Uace a -a the chivalrous Bruce . As a last tribute of re . U « . of afJI S 2 f ^ D < aaocratic Society , alongwith the reir . th *( &n fe efe ' J «^ i «» procession onf Sunday afternoea to 4 ^ wTs ^ ZS * ? J £ ' Grant as tb 3 t of a friend and ^ ddts « ^ . S ^ f ™* ^ aYed wife * t > a Menis ; and —a sssrrasftKE ! 2 sa a staunch
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* Brt ?« < ff "" k ^ * "" for *« Editor must be aSdressed to No . 4 , unswick-row , ° - ueeu ' s-s < iuare , Bloomsbury , Londen . Newspapeks in the United SiATEs—The statistics of the newBSEraa tetetSWESSSS total number of newspapers and periodicals in the United States m Jane > h amounted to 2 , 801 ) , thus divided- . ^ No Circulation . Printed Annually . Daily - .. aai 7 T 0 OOO .... 235 . 0 .. 0 . 000 Tri-WeeMy , 150 "" 75 000 .... 11 . 700 . 000 Semi Weekly J 25 " •¦ 80000 ... 8 320 , 600 Weekly .. J 2000 "" 2 875 000 .... 149500 , 000 Semi-Monthl y 'H "" 300000 ... 7 , 200 , 000 Monthly " - , $ — fSJX 10 , 300 . 000 Quarterl y " ™ "" 8 27 ooo .... 80 , 000
fi papers are iss Jd ' huhe New Enciand States , 876 in ' the Mid-^ State | - W ™ fte Southern ' A , and 7 M in the W « teni states . The averaee circulation of papers in the United States is taat if - " * - SpubSn for e ' 7 , 161 free inhabit *^ . TH = ^ Z ^^^ i ^ U ^ the coalition of J ^^ fcdicaK whk . with thePeeli . es , together w . h all the accessories of cheerine , groaning , and intimidation , fc . Cardwell . the Free Trade candidate , has been defeated by Colonel Blajr . tue Derbyite . by a majority < -flO 2 . lam truly sorry-not atthei result of this " contest , for 1 believe the Peelites to be the deadliest enemies of working men with regard to the rights of labour-but I am sorrv for the conduct of ce . tain men , who Have called themselves Chartists in their day , and whoalmos make me despair of seeing them anything else than what they are , willingl * --Wages' Slaves Ai . m ? with a few stern , unjield ng spirits , I
felt bound ts be neutral i a contest in which no principle « as invohyd , but , that of the m <> neygru ' 'beis fear of Protection in the shape of Derby and Co ' and not the anti-Democratic tendencies of his government , ' which we all ciutd have honestlyoppo ^ d , jet we are called Tories (!) by the so called Liberal party , of which Workingmen and Chartists (!) are , for the present , the tools and slave " . This is truly the age of' re-action !'—J . JCkawbobd , Curanock , July 22 nd . Let ' s Emigrate . '— We have received the following from one of the nmst faithful Chartists to be found in the north of England : — Dear Sir . —I have just been reading , in last Saturday ' s " Star , " the article " Let ' s Emigrate . " At the end of that article you strike a chord in my heart You say you will revert to the sub . ject again : I trust you will do so . I would be m st happy to join any society which you might be instrumental in forming , as also assisting to manage , for carrying out the object you indicate . Jlyself and family would be among the first members . I do not know anvthine I shouldlike better than to see a sufficient number
' of good-hearted men and their families going out in a ship of their own charteri-. g I do beseech you to return to the subject . ' 'The Rabble . ' to the editor of the times , —Sir , —As the unro . - represented ' rabble' seem to be sending in their claims to the source whence they are most likely to obtain redress— ' the Times '—allow me to do the s ; ime . At the ReBeral election in 1817 I was a householder in one of the metropolitan boroughs , and did exercise my votes ; since then I have obtained a superior office in the same company , and now reside within the city . I am called upon to serve « n juries as the representative of the company—I am not omitted in the collection of Income Tax—but , because the house I reside in is rated in the name of the company . I am not on the Parliamentary register o- ' votes . Thus , when I held an inferior situation and paid less taxes , I was a voter ; now my position is unproved and my taxes increased I am not a voter . It is somewhat remarkable 1 hat although the secretary of the company is not a voter , the messenger , who resides in a borough , is . —I am . Sir , your obedient servantOne mobe of ' the Ramie , ' July
, 23 rd . A Word to the Mes of Oldiiam . — The 'Peoples Candidate' for the Tower Hamlets is not yet in his proper sphere of usefulness , viz ., the House of Commons ; but an excellent opportunity offers itself of sending him thereby the patriotic spirits of Oldham , and one which I trust the men of that borough will not lose sight of . In csnstquence of the death of Mr . Duncnft a vacancy occurs which I trust the electors and non electors , who have returned a Cobbett and a Fielding , will immediately avail themselves of , in order to be represented by that talented son of Labour , Mr . William Newton . The election of such a man would be one of the greatest triumphs the industrious classes of this country could possibly achirve ; and one which would reflect the highest honour on the men of Oldham . Let , then , the friends of Labour bestir themselves in time , and unite for so desirable an object . Everyone
who kn » ws Mr . Newton can entertain no doubt as to his ability , or integrity . An indomitable champion of the working man-an uncompromising politician—and a social reformer of the first order . Rally ! to your duty men of Oldham ! return William Newton , free of expense , and show an example worthy ot imitation hy the rest of the industrial constituency of the kingdom . —Yours fraternall y , J . Shaw , 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road , East , London . Boston , United States . — Thanks to our unknown friend for the 'Commonwealth . ' Glory toTownshend and Giddings ! Hurrah for Human Freedom ! R . S ., Cardiff . —We are seeking among tie Refugees for one qualified to undertake the employment . G . F . C , Norwich . —Next week . O . Witug , Manchester . —Received . Q 3 * Several communications are unavoidably postponed .
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gave something of polish and lustre to a propaganda which otherwise would have heen chiefly remarkable for the unadorned prose of Cobden , and the clever bullying of Bright . In the full flush of victory over the bread-taxers , the Leaguera were bound in honour to countenance the man w ho had so well served them , and the eloquent essayist had the aid of their influence in 1847 . But his support of the Ten Hours Bill alienated the affections of his factory friends . The Matnmonites could not forgive the anti- protectionist who voted for the protection of their workers from excessive and cruel toil , — the Free Trader who dared to question their prerogative to freely use up the soula and bodies of women and children without flfAVA flntTIP . fnino f \ f nnliaf * n * % A 1 .. n * . * 4-n . n nrnnnnon < 1 a
check or hindrance . Harsh is the service of Mammon . Mr , Fox tried to reconcile justice , or rather something like mercy to labour , with the unfettered supremacy of capital . Impossible task ! Without winning the confidence of the workers he lost the patronage of their task-masters . On their part the supporters of Duncuft who , had coalesced with the supporters of Fox in 1847 i were exasperated against him frr his strenuous attempts to establish popular education independent of State-Church craft . Lastly , a large number of the working voters , and the workins men generally , were hostile to Mr . Fox for his alleged supDort of the Master Engineers , rendered through the columns of the " Weekly Dispatch , " in
which paper , as is weH known , he pens the articles still signed " Publicola , " notwithstanding that some years ago the real ' Publicola " was gathered to his fathers . Questioned upon this matter , challenged with acting the part of a masked and paid assailant of the Operative Engineers , wh » had merely desired to carry out the principle on which is based the Ten Hours Bill , he failed to justify himself , or to make any satisfactory defence . Opposed by the Tories , deserted b y the Leaguers , and unsupported by the people , W . J . Fox , in spite of his eloquence , naturally found his way to the bo'tto'u of the poll . In view of the circumstances attendant upon Mr . Fox ' s rejection , it can hardly be anticipated that he
will again come forward . The question then arises who shall be the popular candidate—a question which peculiar circumstances combine to render of national , rather than mere local importance . There is one candidate who has been recently before the country , who might well be selected as not unworthy to represent the borough that in other days did itself tho honour to elect William Cobbetx and John Fielden . It is impossible for us to estimate what chances of success a man will have who may engage in the contest unpatronised by local influence ; but , certainly , if there is any prospect ot success , the man whom the people of Oldham would do well to select is the late candidato for the representation of the Tower Hamlets , William Newton .
We anticipate objection on the part of our Tower Hamlets friends , who will , remind us that William Newton is the man of tkeir choice , and that he is bound not to desert them . That he will not do . We know his determination to fight the battle of Labour upon the hustings and at the polling-booth , until victoriously he takes his seat as Labour ' s representative in the House of Commons ; therein to fight a still more arduous battle . But we put it to the men of the Tower Hamlets , is it not desirable that Mr . Newton should at once , if possible , become the elected of the people , the legislatorial champion of the rights of Industry ? We are confident their answer will bo in tho affirmative ' , and that they will concur with us , that if thero is any fair chance of victory at Oldham , Mr . Newton Bhould claim the suffrages of that constituency .
To the Electors and Non-Electors of Oldham we take leave to say that William Newton is preeminently the man worthy of their votes , their voices , and every essential support . The advocate of Freedom in the largest meaning of the term—Freedom , Political , Commercial , and Religious , he has the best possible claims to the suffrages of those Electors who recently elected Mr . J . M . Cobbett , and the best of those who voted for Mr . Fox . Tho working Electors ,
the Non-Electors , and the Wealth-Producers of Oldham tfenera ' . ly , need not be told that the name of NEWTON is inseparably connected with the great cause of Justice to Labour . Tho Factory Workers and Co-operators will find in him an unflinching champion ; and in the all-important work of Poor Law Eeform—the work of abolishing pauperism , and the slave-market supplied by surplus labour—he is already pledged to take the initiative if elected to the Legislature .
But William Newton may be more than member for Oldham . Too apathetic , too supine have the working men been during tho late Election . Should William Newton consent to stand for Oldham an opportunity will be afforded to the workers throughout the . country to redeem their reputation by a national demonstration in support of bis candidature . It is within our knowledge that Mr . Newton has made great sacrifices to fight the people ' s battle in the recent East London Electon . Those sacrifices he must not be allowed to repeat . If elected for Old ham it must be free of expense to himself . It would , however , be unjust to impose upon the men of Oldham the entire burden of that expense , to meet which the people generally may , and we trust will , contribute . William Newton has claims not
merely in on any one locality , but upon all localities , hecause the advocate of the rights of those who throughout the country suffer under the evils of class-legislation and social wrong . An ardent Reformer in the moat radieal sense juf the term , but untainted by the vice of political charlatanism ; a maa who has lived for , but not at the cost of , the people ; possessed of a generous heart , a cool head , extensive knowledge , and matured experience in the guidance of masses of his countrymen , he is precisely the man whom every true patriot , every well-wisher to his country , should unite with the Men of Oldham to place in the House of Commons .
To the Reformers and Working Men of that Borough we say , lose not a moment in forming a strong and influential Committee to canvass the electors and otherwise ascertain the prospects of success . If on due inquiry you conclude it would be imprudent to risk a contest-supposing a contest to be threatened—you will at least have the satisfaction of knowing you have done your duty . If , on the contrary you are satisfied that there are good grounds on which to risk a struggle , then do not hesitate , but gird up yourselves to ,-lay the part of men ; appeal to your countrymen for aid , and with their help—elect William Newton Member for Oldham , and Representative of the Rights of Labour .
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HOPE FOR AMERICA . It has ever been a sad sight for us , as it has been lor all the European Democracy , to see the stripe * of slavery intermingled with the stars of freedom , upon the banner of the American Republic . We have blushed at the thought of the profanation of the principles of liberty and republicanism , in suffering what her sons call tho land of freedom , ' to be polluted by the foul stain of human slavery . . Nor was it merel y from the fact of its existence that we grieved , but for the apparent apathy of the American people upon the subject for their carelessness or forgetfulness of the very first principles of republi canism , Equality and Liberty . America seemed to
have cast away uncared for all the many lessons of the past , teaching her by numerous examples , how nations decay and fall when they neglect to listen to tue dictates of justice and duty , and are led to plunge into a career of mad , gold-seeking , unfraternal selnshness . We saw tho primitive causes of all the worst evils of the old European societies busily at work , preparing the way for the ultimate decay and rum of the Republic of North America . We saw the people of that Republic bowing down - before the golden calf , worshipping tho almighty dollar , and expending tlieir energies in pursuit of enervating riches , and in the most emasculating and demoralising commerce . Wo saw them
raise interest in tho place of duty , self-agrandiscment in the 1 place of Humnity , and treat with scorn , as absurd and Quixotic every work which would fail to bring to them profit , in the most materialist sense of the term . Thus wo have seen them cling to the domestio institution' of slavery , and whilo they wrote m the fundamental pact of the nation that all men are free and equal , ' shamelessly claim a right to bind their fellow men in chains , and reduce them to tne degraded position of beasts of burden . Even that
portion of them who repudiate the iniquity for their part , we have seen submit to , an extension and . prolongation of slavery . We have seen them cdmproinise , - allow their territory . . to < be overrun with siayeuuntmg bloodhounds , and remain unmoved amidst
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the shrieks and groans of the manacled wretches driven back by the laBh to their former bondage . We say they quietly suffered all this without any determination to prevent it , for had they had any such determination , no such atrocities could posBibl y have been perpetrated . Forgetting eternal justice and the impre 8 criptable rights of man , they prated of ' state rights ; ' as if any state right could absolve the atrocious crime of men being bought and sold , like sheep and pigs , by their fellow men . When we saw all those things—all those crimes against humanity , we feared for America ; we anticipated that she was about to follow the footsteps of the nations of Europe and Asia , and enter upon a course of degradation and ruin . ilia oli * t ! n 1- » «• % *] MMnnHH ~ . C i . 1 .-. ~ |_ J _ .
Happily our fears have not been altogether justified . In another part of our columns will be found an eloquent speech of Mr . Giddings , of Ohio , in the American House of Representatives . Those fervent words of truth and justice , are for us like an oasis in the desert ; they inspire us with new hope and faith in the future destiny of the American people . We see how here the old political parties have withered and are virtually dead , so that the first breath of the gathering party of the future shall
sweep them for ever from the stage of public lift 1 . So is it with the ( treat parties in the United States ; they have lost all life and spirit , live only in the withered and dead opinions and ideas of times long gone by , and are altogether unfitted to be the leaders of the nation in the present days . Whig and Democrat alike ignore all principle , and seek to obtain power by the basest means—by expediency and compromises —and seek to slink along unopposed under cover of halt ideas and worn nut policies .
But these parties do not represent the real political life , the growing intellect of the American nation . There is arising a new order of politicians , who will take justice to all , duty from all as the rule of their conduct , and awnke the popular mind to a sense of the truths of Democratic freedom , which means freedom to all . Slavery is incompatible with Democracy . We believe that the day of compromise is gone by , and that now justice will be brought to bear upon the politics of the world . Whigs may try to let the
Slavery question rest in oblivion , and so-called ' Democrats ' may denounce free discussion—agitation on the evils and injustice they are desirous to uphold ; but God be thauked ! there are in the Union men like Townshend and G-iddings ready to cast a defiance at tyranny and injustice , and loudly declare that they will not be silent until they have overthrown the abominable system of Slavery ; that they will not remain at rest until they have made America really a Republic by establishing universal justice , freedom and happiness for all !
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THE CONSPIRACY OF DESPOTISM . We have this week reprinted from the ' Morning Chronicle / a secret treaty that has been concluded between Russia , Austria , and Prussia , with regard to the affairs of France . This document is very interesting , inasmuch as it precisely defines the position taken up by the northern despots in relation to France , and also in relation to any popular movement in any country in Europe . The ' Three Kings of Cologne , ' most unequivo cally declare that they have a perfect right to say by whom France shall be ruled . They are determined , moreover , to exercise this riyht , and to place that precious imbecile , M . de Ohambord , upon the throne
of France . Will they dare attempt to do so ? Certainly the last few years' successes have driven fear almost entirely from the minds of the despots- They believe that they have conquered the Revolution , that it is , in fact , dead and buried , and that they have now nothing more to do than to set up anew the legitimist images that have heen overturned in the storm . It is not a * all improbable , therefore , that the armies of the Hol y Alliance will actually invade France , for tho purpose of dethroning the Usurper , and restoring the ' rightful King . ' In all likelihood it would be in no ways a very difficult
undertaking . We are not credulous enough to believe that the French people would show any very great enthusiasm or devotion iu favour of Bonaparte , remembering as they do tho thousands he has slaughtered , transported , and exiled , since the 2 nd December . But Franco conquered , the Monarchy restored , what better would be the situation of European despotism ? What greater guarantee against the Revolution would exist ? It is impossible to extinguish the revolutionary traditions of France and of Europe—it is impossible again to make the French people the King-worshi pping slaves of tho days of Louis XIV . Auother revolution will follow as a
matter of course . Tho reaction ( ay , and the ' liberal' reaction also ) has long been preaching the ' futility' of revolutions , and tho propriety of seeking ' gradual progress' beneath the protection of ' firm and paternal governments . ' That is to say , under the protection (?) of such governments as those that burned Dolet for printing the works of Rabelais ; tiiat imprisoned and tortured Galileo , proscribed Voltaire , and persecuted Rousseau . We will not mention the « firm and paternal government which has shed the blood of Baudin and
Ciiaulet , and thousands of others , as it might be objected to on account of its bastardy . Do not make revolutions , ' say the sontimental peace-humbugs , ' they are so horrible , and no good comes from thorn . Bear patiently with Nicholas , Faancis Joseph , and Henri V . Convince them with argument that they are wrong , and that they ought to reform : Yes , Peace-croaking , patience-preaching knaves ! touters for the despots , and members of their conspiracy you very well know that there is no discussion possible with those who will reply to reasons and arguments only by cannon-balls and bayonets . The Northern Powers place M . de Chamboud on tho necks of the French people , to rulo them absolutely with the grace of God . But Franco desires liberty and progress , she wishes to govern herself , 60 that she may be able to fulfil her own wants . The
Kineby the grace of God' employs his hired assassins to prevent such a desiro being carried into execution . However , tho grace of God Canute can-no ; send back tho waves of popular progress ; he and his butchers aro swept away , and tho revolution is a fait accompli . This is what will assuredly occur in tho event of the northern powoi-3 carrying out tlieir present views , and thrusting the foolish de Ciiambord down tho throats of the French people .
It will be strange if it do not turn out that our government have had some hand in this conspiracy of European Kings . The signature of Derby , or of his queenly puppet would have most appropriatel y followed those of Niohola 8 and his chums , at the foot of this rascally treaty . Our reader will remember that some months ago , Derby said that for tho last sixty years the government of France had been possessed by one usurpation or another . It is not possible he has had no hand in the present plot for
putting an end to the usurpations . ' Our Premier is extremel y attached to tho continental despots . Witness his readiness to dismember Switzerland , for the gratification of his good friend Frederick William , of wine-drinking celebrity . No one can torget Ins tondernoss for the feelingsand the purses oU < rancis Joseph , and that dear soul , the Grand Dukeof ruscany , in tho Mather affair . Depend upon u , the English Tory government has a finger in this continental pie .
Although tho Cossacks may over-run France , although they may over-run Britain , [ and they loill yet do that , if the old English spirit of the nation does not revive ) , it will bo but a temporary triumph for Kingcraft . Democracy has taken too firm a hold of the mmds of the peoples of Europe , for the armies of the Holy Alliance ever to drag them back to the darkneBB and the slavery of Feudal barbarism .
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"NOT TO BE GRAHAMIZED !" Sir Calckaft—wo beg Mister Calcraft's pardon for our blunder— " Sir" James Graham , we mean , has been roystering at Carlisle to the great delight of some five or six hundred cormorants , lauded and commercial , gorged with the fat of tho land , wautoning in the very superfluity of luxury , and rioting in the excess of insolent power . The Knight of Netherby delivered himself of an oration in which he gavo full vent to his unbouuded joy at having succeeded in stamping with degradation the City which has proved itself worthy to share tho infamy that clings , and will for ever cling to liis foul name , He was : received with ' deafening applause / ' great cheering , ' &c , and his laborious efforts at wit , his
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juice of tho grape and the blood of tho poor > Sr ^ vSr ^ RS ^^ ^ gel ! boasted . ItaS ^ aSlJTJ ° n . iS that he owed ] lu election absolutely to ! l , Mt > and energy of the people of Carlisle . I enn 2 eul truth that this triumph has been achieved ? Wi , th combined efforts of the electors «» rf , by tIl » Carlisle . ( Cheers ) . &ifi ^ X ^ of far triumph , a pure popular triumph ; and ! d ?/ ° ^ enemy to contradict that triumpfc nZiL ^ We des . ee to bo counted among thHi ' L'W Graham , and consequentl y we are defied Sf 108 of diet the alleged fact that his election ft ucl
»„ ^ " work of the non-eloatora » . « f ti « -i ~ l as T > tho work of the non-electors as of the d ^™ 7 h cannot say but he may be correct . We know i ? ' ° that some time before his election there 1-2 ^ ' professed Chartists base enough to do Za - ^ u work of helping to return this brandedI Is ario eV ? we observed in tho -Times' of tho 5 th « 2 fc 5 ° ' on the occasion of addressing the inhabiS at days pfHTioiw to the Nomination , he m , wiV" " nderable opposition , and so much interrun , T ' he found it a difficult matter to pro JlV ^ ¦« : ™ 8 hould i •«• know W'S
. ^ pass that the storm of opposition was lulled ST to We should like to know if it really si ' , ** f » . non electors , as a body , assisted to promote rS at tho election ? Webavono doubt some of ? lemS ' oven who term themselves Chartista (?) tvi I ? uni ° they gained by their baseness ? 8 imiuV » i T ' . ' ^ aman (?) who has deserted in turK ° he has at any time advocated , and wWUci P party with whom he has ever acted alK \ every traitor ; a proud despher of 'the rLbble ' w " * withbut too wiui
, cunning to emnlov th * i * , ™'" K , out too cunning to cmnbv tin * 1 .. *""« Beresford . What Lo hi P Ci h 7 u ?? ' gained , we repeat ? His appreh nsiot S 9 " * !" democracy have been much JnilXTiST ? seen of the conduct of the nonelSXy ?* nevertheless he denounces « the eufraUiim 8 ' Labour' as being like unto tho wildeTSfST * * positions . He sneers at tho idea of givinVth ! 7
cmse to low wretches of militi a mon willing V 7 half-a-crown or a penny a day to subject ihmvT i to martial law !' Hehaugiitily £ \ . ^> never would be the tool of the will of h p oi ° There , you miserables , who gave votes or ch 2 ° Graham , how like you your bargain ? Fauch ' tl , U base business stinks in tho nostrils of Humanilv i Let us hope that the rest of Englaud i 9 not vet ^ fallen ; that at least all true men will combine to write on the nation ' s banner ( as on nearly enw letter that passed through the Post some few Tinr . since ) - ' Not to be Grahamisecl ! ' ) Oars
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THE FALL OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . By Xavieb Durrieu . ( Translated expressly for tbe Stab of Frbedom )
THE BROTHERS . The details of a hundred other scenes of carnace fill my memory , and my pen in writing them would begin tho most legitimate of vengeances . But no the mind is revolted by these debaucherios of blood . I love better to fiuish this description b y a trait which recalls tho most noble sentiment of patriotism and national honour . Two brothers , both officers , tho one in the artillery , the other in tho infantry , received orders to march against the defenders of the Constitution and tho law . The first iu indignation , broke his sword and
ho was immediatel y cast into the Abbnye . ' Tho other , the youngest , fearful that his refusal to oxecuto his odious mission might be ascribed to cowardice , executed it with curses against the perjurer . This was on the 4 th , at the last moment of resistance Two balls atrnck him at once ; ho fell in his blood ; both his logs wero fractured , and ho expired next morning , at tho military hospital . His death w ; iS preceded by a long fit of delirium , or rather of despair ; hia mind entirel y filled by one fixed idea , gvicf
and remorse , for having obeyed . His brother was at last permitted to gather his last wo ds , and waspresent when there was brought to the dying man ouo of those crosses which Louis Bonaparte has made a sign of infamous complicity . The unfortunate young mau repulsed it with horror . Ho convulsivel y attempled to fasten it on his brother ' s breast , Paying to him : — ' It is thou alono merits it for thy uoblo disobedience , and it ia rchabiliated France thafahall deaern it , aud appreciate it I '
THE PEOPLE S SOLDIERS . Without any doubt , even in the army of Paris , there were a great number of officers awl subaltern soldiers who had to submit to that horrible constraint . This has been affirmed to as in the casemMtesby fusiliers of the 43 rd regiment of the line , who , themselves at least , had courageousl y done their duty . Their devotion and patriotism was admirable , when they said to us , Wn prefer to dwell twenty years nud die , if we must , with you in Cayenne , rather than live some months longer with assassins !'
But these exceptions , touching as they are , would augment , if that were possible , instead of attenuating the horror with which the army of Paris inspired every citizen who mourned tho ruin and dishonour of France . It is with tho army aa with the magistrature . France , when she Bhall have regained possession of herself will finish at one blow that anomal y of a country charging itself with taxes to support an instrument of terror and compression .
PARDON FOU THE REPENTANT . We had been at Bicotre nearly a month ; the Bcrtrand commission at last came to a decision . It pronounced a small number of acquittals , extractod by the solicitations of powerful families . Some , I must needs say , were bought by dishonourable concessions ; they were lawyers almost eclebratod , cluborators ,, beggars of popularity ; men whom tho elections of May would have glorified , had it mh national
been for the coup d ' etat , and borne into the representation , but who have given tho scandalous example of an adhesion signed in exchango for » pardon given by the great criminal of December . They did not feel all their shame in the first joys ot a liberty so dearly bought . Is it the same now , when their thoughts turn to tho many obscuro unfortunates delivered to tho tortures of Africa not certainlv for their ambition , but for their sole
disinterested devotion to the Republic ? AH the other prisoners were gradually taken to Ivry , where wero slowly formod the batches for Iran portation . Every day thero were taken away tniny or forty , who were placed in two rows in sight or casemates . The gendarmes and soldiers of the esco charged their arms before them with an aff ectat 10 !/ which , at last , excited only our pity . Ou tside , sF * pathy was less timid and more widely spread , a was testified to us on our passage . Some P " " wept ; notwithstanding tho menaces of the oflic » they stood and looked after us until the column na disappeared at tho turning of the road . THE DEPARTURE
, , . I myself made this melancholy journey on the W of January , 1852 . Wo had . transportation m PJ * spective—tho Bonapartist New Year's Gift . / not speak of theao new casemates ; I ha ™ sal . rf thing as to the interior regime of tho cuaoinatc » Bicotre , which will not apply in every point to tn of Ivry . We were allowed , however , a longer PJ ^ menado in tho court , and also some tables upon « ' ^ to write our letters . We were divided into three c > gories , tho more or less compromised ; but all t have auflfirwl t . hn s .-ivno nfiraecutions : they have b
at the same time to the pontons , and , defin am . ; _ they have , without distinction , furnished their coij ^ gent to the internement , tranportatiou aud exile . ^ surveillance was still moro active , and very » . more noisy than at Bicetre . Thero was not a si"b hour that wo were not awoko from our sleep , ; deafening cries of Garde a vous ! from lmjujeJ . Bentinels spread iu the courts and on the pl »" the casemates . . ^ The troop itself began to be mistrusted . " o ' | ba , . scenes consternated even the inhabitants or u ^ racks . A vounsr soldier on duty on the pw " ..
cognised his father in rags , and ghastly / ? :. arn * among a crowd of prisoners . He fell unde r w and was carried away in convulsions of < W 8 P '
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iv ^ v « NEWTON FOR OLDHAM ! We thank our correspondent , Mr . Shaw , for directing public attention to tho vacancy in the representation of Oldham , caused by the sudden death of the re-elected Tory member , Mr . Dcncbft . At tho recent election Mr . Duncuft was for the second time returned along with Mr . Cobbett , who succeeded in ousting Mr . W . J , Fox , the Liberal member elected in 1847 . We learn from our Lancashire correspondent , that Mr . Duncuft had gone to spend some days at his country house at Frodsham , Cheshire , where he was seized with English cholera , and died at 30 minutes past 12 on Tuesday , after only two days' iiluess . We presume that Mr . W . J . Fox will not again appear upon the Oldham hustings . It will be recollected that on the occasion of the election of the late Parliament , Mr . Fox , in conjunction with Mr . Duncuft , was elected to the exclusion of the late John Fielden , and Mr . John Cobbett , who , in his turn , has just succeeded in placing Mr . Fox third upon the list of candidates . In Parliament Mr . Fox failed to realise the sangume expectations of his friends . Although he had enjoyed the reputation of being the most able and eloquent " lecturer" in England , he was , comparatively speaking , a silent member of the House of Commons . Identified with the cause of Educational Progress , he delivered two or three valuable speeches on that important question . In presence of most other subjects , he was content to record his vote merel y ; his votes being generally , perhaps regularly , on the right side . In justice to Mr . Fox , it should not be forgotten that he gave his vote and support to the Ten Hours Bill , and to this fact must be partly attributed bits rejection at the late election . It will be remembered that Mr . Fox was one of the regularly appointed speakers of the Anti-Corn Law League at the Drury-Jane and other meetings of that body . As a man-of- ' all-work he was useful to the millocracy , and his brilliant talents as a speaker
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1689/page/4/
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