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THE jN t OETHEEN STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1841.
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F. O'CONNOR TO MR. HENRY HETHERIN& TON, ONE OF THE SHOPOCRACY.
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TOTAL OVERTHRO W OF THE MINISTERIAL MINIONS AT NEWCASTLE-TJPON-TYNE . T I was informed by as agent of the Whig * that they intended to try tha Mayor to eonveae a public meeting c * tiie iahaWtaata to adopt the Anti-Corn Law Petition , at Beren o ' clock , FiL , to give the working classes an opportunity of attending , and if he acceded , that they Would not placard the town until after tiro o'clock of the same day , that all the working men might be gone from dinner . Bat bis worship would Dot grant them that boon , but called the meeting for Friday , one O'clock p . m .. 28 th . May , » day of the weak of all others
the u . ost inconvenient for men that had work to attend , pnA at an hoar that none ooold come without Tn » ying a great sacrifice . Soon after twelve o ' clock , the Guildball was densely crowded by tbe working classes and Other * , the bench waa occupied by tnch person * as intended to Uke a part in the proceedings . Soon after one o'clock , tbe chief acton in the play , such as Mr . Xockey Harie , Mr . Alderman Loan , Mr . Justice PhUh ' p-« an , Mr . Greenham , Mr . Allhusen , Mr . Charles Rayne , Mr . Charnly . &c surrounded the bench ; they looked bhie when they saw such a number of " workies" arnyed before them .
Mr . Harle said he hoped the working classes would , sot attribute the meeting being at this hour of the day to the persons who got np the meeting , for he eould aware them that tbe whole fanlt lay with the Mayor , Who would not call the meeting at any other hour ., and as the Mayor could not attend himself , he wonld move fijat Mr . John RayDe should be called to the chair , Which was allowed to pass without opposition . Mr . Rat > 'E read the bill calling the meeting , and Bid be hoped every gentleman that addressed the meeting would have a patient hearing , and that they would be unanimous in their desire to repeal the Corn and Provision Tax .
ilr . Alderman Loss moved the first resolution , which was in effect , " That the Corn Laws were injurious to the working millions and prejudicial to the interests of coaim » rce , and ought to be abolished . " He mads the BM " . unconnected and confused speech ever uttered by a Councillor . He wished to tell us that the tax upon tread amounted to fifty millions anaually , and was wrung from the people to enrich the landlords . Mr . Christian Allhcskk seconded Mr . L / s resolution , whose remarks generally , as -well as Mr . L 's , wer * priacipally directed to conciliate the industrious classes , and to tndeavour to dope them into a general support of the ministry in tbe deplorable predicament in wiiieh they are placed .
Mr . SiASojf ( Chartist ) roae to more an amendment to tbe resolution , which went to show that a full and fair representation in the state to the working classes was the only effective remedy for the great evils occasioned by the Corn Laws , and for the redrew of the manifold grievances under which the industrious classes laboured . He entered into a long argument which showed that the repeal of the Corn Laws alone would not benefit the labouring classes , but the great capitalists ; that it would not ip . ducethe continental countries to discourage ttteir own manufactures for the aake of encouraging the British manufacturer ; that it would seriously injure tbe landed proprietor and agricultural labourers , and reduce all whe depended upon agricultural prosperity to the worst condition of pauperism , for which tbe infamous Whigs had prepared already splendid bastilei all over the land . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . M . concluded an energetic speech by exposing tLe true character
of the present Corn Law agitation , and expressed bis decided opinion that it was got up for the * ole purpose of keeping the worthless ministry in office , and that their only object inbringing forward their resolutions on the sugar duties and Corn Laws was to deceive the people , as they had hitherto always done , and that he would not now trust them again , nor would he consent that they should make their clapbrp measures the means of deceiving the people as to their real principles . He also adverted to Lord Melbourne ' s memorable declaration , that the men wonld "be mad who attempted to repeal the Corn Laws , and rridicaled the idea that they should now be called on to belp Melbourne in his official difficulties , by entering npon the mad eareer of agitation , which the ministry were now endeavouring to get up throughout tbe country . Mr . M . was loudly cheered throughout bis address .
Mr . Sixclaib seconded Mr . Mason ' s amendment . Mr . Hab . lk replied to Mr . Mason , or rather Tended -a tirade of abuse in which there was neither argument -or reason , after which he requested of Mr . Mason to let his amendment go as a separate resolution , but as Mr . Mason would not accede , the Chairman-tried to put the original motion first , when Mr . Mason contended -that the amendment should be put on the motion , and if negatived , the original motion should then be put - A jfcow » f hands being taken , tbe amendment appeared to have the majority , but as the Chairman seined unwilling to decide which party had the majority , it was proposed that they should all go down to the body of the hall and range themselves on each side . I after-Wards learnt , from good authority , that at the time
the arrangements were rnxUng for the division , that Harrison ( the Whig man of all work ) and several others , had gone among the shops , warehouses , dec , canvassing for men to come to vote for them . Allbusen and several other marten , paid their men a days wages Tor attending to vote when the signal was given , and to hig » when a certain gentleman in black who officiated in the capacity of fugleman , cut a certain caper with his hand . The Quaker of Friar ' s Goose had bis men there , so properly trained and drilled , they Went and told the Quayside labourers , that if they came and Toted on their side , that they wonld remunerate them for loss of time . Several pieces of silver were given to induce men to come to their side of the loom .
After the Whigs got all settled , at about a quarter to three o ' clock , whan the most of the working men that had work to go to , had to be at work , the Chairman , from an eminence , viewed both parties , and declared the majority , although small , to be in favour I the original motion ; and I believe that one third of tbe ministerial side did not know what they were Toiinc for , having been in their stalls until summoned by the Whig heralds ; but this they knew , they were paid for their services . A result so unexpectedly fortunate to the Whig Corn clique , was received _ with several rounds of cheering . They became less timid in expressing their ideas in ths presence of the hunest working men , and chuckled heartily at their late triumph , but a haughty look often precedes a fall , as the sequel will shrw was the case with them .
Mr . Green HA . X rose and moved the second resolution , -which said something about the merciful intentions of Providence being impeded oy the Com Laws , bat there was Each a noise that I could not hear the whole contents . Mr . G . extravagantly praised liberal' men and liberal measures , eulogised the ministry for their great boons to the people , and smacking his lips , talked energetically of the advantages of receiving French Wines in exchange for the manufactures . of this country . So mneb . was he transported with the quality of the Wine , that he handed his spectacles to the Chairman , instead of the resolutions , and lifting the resolution , whieh at a distance appeared rolled in a triangular shape , to his head , went through the manoeuvres of drinking a glass of wine to the great amusement of all who observed him . Mr . Pollard seconded the resolntion , bnt very pruriently did not enter into any of the intoxicating qualities of the ilinistry .
Mr . Mason denounced the allusions to the merciful intentions of Providence as a gross blasphemy , and protested against the general tenor of the resolution , bnt suggested no amendment . The motion was put from the chair and carried . Jlr . Lockey Harle proposed the petition , for the adoption of the meeting . As Mr . H . was going to read the petition , the Rev . fugleman seeing the agitated state Mr . H . was in , plucked the petition out of his baad , and was going to read it , whea Mr . H . retook it , amidst the convulsing laughter ot all present ; even tb"i * that were paid for hissing for them all day , joined in the laugh . Mr . H . would wish to make the people believe that the Whigs were their best friends , acd had always stood forward aa the friends of liberty .
when several voices asked at once if there was any friendship in incarcerating hundreds of the honestestj men in England , for no other reason than wishing to j be free , and wishing the accursed Whigs to do some- j filing in the shape of justice to the starring millions , i Where is Frost , Williams , and Jones ? Where is j O'Connor , O'Brien , ic Are there any signs of friends of liberty in their conduct to them t Wh « re is Clayton , Whom they murdered , < fcc . it ? Where are the knights of the pestle , Sir J . Fife and Dr . Headlam ? are they friends of liberty ? Where is Charley Larkin ? where is the her * of the Forth' ? Where is the knight ? Sir John is a knight ! where is the shabby turn-coat ? The people became indignant at Mr . H . ' s presumption , » nd would hear no more from him .
Mr . Phillipson seconded the adoption cf the petition , which the Chairman was about to put to the meeting , when a scene of confusion ersutd which bafies all description . Stveral working men , in fustian tlreaes , denounced the base Ministry for prosecuting < Jhartista for political agitation , which th » Whigs themselves first taught them , and were now attempting to revive , bo as to enable them to delude the people , and cheat them ont of their just rights . They had •(¦ aid Mr . Fainlough ) only on Tuesday night last , on Mr . Buncombe ' s motion for an address to the Queen to pardon political prisoner * , stepped in to stay the prerogative of mercy , and their pauper Whig Speaker , a man named Lefevre , gave his casting vote against the motion . . '
The Chaibkait made another attempt to submit the petition to the meeting . Mr . COOK ( Chartist ) rose , and in a very eloquent speech , in which he recapitulated many of the infamies cfthTMiniJtry , moved that the following resolution be incorporated with the petition , vix : — •< That whilst this meeting ia of opinion that the Cora Law is bad in principle , and unjuit in practice , atill it hai no confidence in the sincerity of her Majesty ' s Minister * , it would , therefore , humbly implore your honourable House to exercise your power in causing the SoTertign to drive her present ad risers from her councils , and make a selection of honeet men tot her Ministers , who * ill not only repeal the Corn Laws , but will also Uke into consideration the propriety of reducing tbe debt calkd nsioBaL ' Mr . Mason , in a very able and appropriate speech , ¦ eooniiori the rwaluttos ,
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The Chairman said that it could not be Incorpo rated with the petition , signifying that it was inconsistent with the resolution that wu adopted . The poor well thrashed Whig * became again as chopfallen as they were at the unexpected array ef the industrious classes . At one o ' clock , coaxing and blarney were then resorted to , to induce Mr . Cook to relinquish bis addenda being incerporated with the petition . The trick however failed , notwithstanding ths earnest estreatles of Messrs . Lockey Harle , Greenham , Charles Raynt , Lash , tbe Chairman , fee . Mr . CeoK ( till retained his integrity , and insisted that his resolution should be incorporated with the petition . . The Chairman still continued to refuse to put the amendment in connection with the petition , declaring it irrelevant , and inconsistent with the object of the meeting .
Mr . Byrne then rose , and , in a very able speech , proved that it was qnite relevant to tbe principle * of tbe petition . He contended that if the object of the projectors of this meetiDg was honestly to petition for a repeal of tbe Com Laws , it was quite consistent to adopt the addenda of Mr . Cook , in connection with the petition . He came not there to screen Ministers in their villany , but to expose fraud in whatever quarter he believed it to exist . He owed much to the Whigs .-he owed them three months' lodgings , and he waa determined that they should be at no loss by him , for as soon as he had it in his power he would pay them with interest
The Whigs were confounded ; they had sent their voters on the former division away . The Chartists were apprised of the roguery used on that occasion , and were determined to force the Whigs to be honest for onoe in their lives : the heralds were arrested in their attempts to summon their minions . They had no alternative ; the Chartists wonld not more a peg from the position they had taken , and the Whigs , with the tear in their eye , consented . The Chairxan submitted Mr . Cook ' s addenda to the meeting , and four-fifths of the hands then were held np for it The Whigs made a grand retreat , and in the confusion they lost the petition and all the resolutions , whieh accounts forme not giving a verbatim copy of the resolutions and petition , with the exception of Mr . Cook *
We are determined to watch then , and to protest against any other petition being imposed on the Commons as gni « TvntiTig from the inhabitants of Newcaatle upon-Tyne . —Correspondent .
The Jn T Oetheen Star. Saturday, June 5, 1841.
THE jN t OETHEEN STAR . SATURDAY , JUNE 5 , 1841 .
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WE ARE TWO MILLIONS .
AND SOBSETHIKG BCO&E . The observations which we purposed making upon the all-imporfcant National Petition presented to the House of Commons on the 25 th of May , and conveyed to the bar of tbe House npon the abonlders of working men , have been in a great measure forestalled by the letter of Mr . O'Conno * . which we this daj publish upon tbe subject . Nevertheless , there are reflections other than those contained in that letter , to which the whole proceedings must give rise .
This document , the most numerously signed ever jet presented to the House ot Commons , is laughed at . scoffed at , ridiculed and derided ; and after being made tbe sometime butt for aristocratic Peer and speculator , the merits of its doubted prayer are discussed in double quick time , while the presentation of such an array is not considered worthy a single line of comment in one newspaper throughout the land . In fact , a stranger to oar mode of conducting proceedings in the " Honourable House , " would be led , by a perusal of the English press , to suppose that snch a petition constituted a
necessary portion of each day ' s debate . That it was a common thing , a usual thing , a necessary bat unimportant thing . While this mighty " silent monitor , " the reflex of Chartist moral force , ib thus unceremonious ) ? treated , we find doable the space devoted to the duousnon upon it , bestowed upon a clap-trap motion of Mr . Easthope ' s , which immediately succeeded it , for leave to bring in a bill to humbug the Dissenters and assist in his ( Mr . Easthope ' s ) return for Leicester . Whatever the Parliamentary title of the Bill may be , the return of Mr . Easthopb is the grand object
. Bat what of the serpent appears most conspicuous in the whole proceeding connected with this most mysterious affair ? This . While we find the proprietors o ! the two M leading journals" " pairing " on , in order to avoid the damage which neutrality would inflict either personally er on their respective parties , we recognise the real motive for the act of eaeh in the silence of their journals .
Yes , yes , the country is wide awake now , and knows enough to be assured that if service to the prisoners had been the object of either Walter or Easthope , their columns would have supplied aid to their vote , but inasmuck as the whole was a forced bid for popularity , eur good friends the " fustians" still remain of the opinion that Walter or Easthope , having the casting vote in case of the life or death of every prisoner for whom they felt so mnch sympathy , would , without hesitation , vote for the hanging of all those in custody , and for otherwise disposing of all those Chartists at large . Of this no man in England of common sease entertains a moment ' s doubt .
But let us ask if it was right or jast , or , what is just now far more important , was it expedient , thus to treat the moral exertions of a very powerful , a very outraged , and insulted party ! Is it prudent to add derision to insult and oppression ! Let those who speak so much about the torch and dagger take neediest they really provoke their use . Again , is it prudent just now , or expedient , to laugh at the
petitions of the people at the very moment when the Noble Leader of the House of Commons sets a time specially apart for the mere purpose of speaking the national will through the medium of petitions ? Bat mayhap , the tone of the petition was not to the tune prayed for by the Noble Lord . Not one paper but the Star published the petition , while we find every scrap from hole and corner meetings , and Common Council meetings upon the question of
" COMMERCIAL REFORMS " Pompously paraded in every paper , and their petitions set forth at full length . Now , we ask , was this treatment fair or prudent ? Or was the most made of such an opportunity afforded to the Whigs for the expression of contrition , sorrow , and repentance , for having abandoned such support for the excruciating and murdering caresses of Tory perfidy \ Aye , aye , courtship of perfidious friends and neglect of real ones has been the " Alpha and Omega" of Whig folly , and even now being determined to " die game" in the
language of Lord Palmkrstow , which we take to mean tnaithey are resolved to commit snioidewitha blunt Tory instrument , they and their journals are even now in the last hour of the last day , madly admitting the fact , that they are fearful of being guilty ef an act of retribution to men tchom they confers , have already suffered too ¦ much , lest th * act should iubj ? ct them to Tory taunt , and Tory suspicion of courting popular favour I Poor fools ! had they courted popular favour instead of Tory suppon , they would not now have been in a glorious minority in their own packed Parliament . The
Whigs hare lost th \ s opportunity , which fickle fortune in a fit of kindness , threw in their way as a last resource . Much might have been made of the monster petition . If England had an Alfred , he would order the Petitions ot 1 & 39 and 1841 to be made the supporters of his Throne , and Bitting between them , and with an arm reding upon each , he would receive the Ministers and Ambassadors of all threatening Monarchs , and say , " Behold , go tell your master that you saw the King of England sitting
upon his Throne surrouDdi-d by his people . Tell him that in his dominions you saw no barrack " , but many sentry-boxes , that in the streets of his metropolis you saw no regimental soldiers , but many -detachments of the great national army , of which behold ihe ** muster roll f say that when he ballots , ic is not for martial service , but for domestic duty—net to see who shall fight as an unwilling serf , but who shall remain &t borne to keep watch and ward—and thai go great is the en-
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thusiasm of his people , the man on whom' fortune ' s lot lights as the peaceful ccntineL / esteems himself insulted by fate , as all burn to flock to the standard of their chief , when summoned to the defence of his people ' s liberty , their country , their families , and their homes . " Such is the use which a constitutional monarch would make of the " muster roll" of a nation ' s strength ; that in our day , and with our legislators , one Honourable and Gallant Gentleman " splits hairs" about ita legitimacy , and the House splits factions about its constitutionality , while the hostages are still in dungeons . But , treat it as they will , we are
TWO MILLIONS , AMD SOMETHING MORE t and death alone can strike a single name from the regimental roll of the noble army of Chartists . The following is a list of petitions , with the amount of signatures attached to them , presented to the " House , " from the commencement of the Session to the 20 th of May ; andwhioh we extend to the 25 th , that we may adorn tbe rude file of" broad cloth" with TWO MILLIONS AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FUSTIANS .
for the release of Chartist prisoners , the return of Fbost , Williams , and Jones , and for making the Charter the law of the land !! It will be seen by this return that the "Fustians '" Petition—got np in the teeth of all intimidationis nearly four times as numerously signed as all others put together : —
PUBLIC PETITIONS TO MAY 20 . Petitions . Signatures . For Proposed Sugar-dnties 22 ......... 1 , 718 Against ~ ~ . ~ -, 43 2 , 767 Against proposed Timber- ¦• ' , ; duties — ~ . — 12 inLiaLLL 562 For Repeal of the Corn Laws _ „ _ ^ , 3 , 066 «~~~ . 599 , 095 Against _ — — 63 ff 35 , 120 For proposed Measure on Corn Laws «~ ~ . 15 ~~~» 5 , 198 Against — ~ 136 ~~~~ 9 , 692 For Revision of Importduties __ ~ _ 104 39 , 368 For proposed Measures on Import-duties — ~ . 490 110 , 603 Against — -. a ^^ . 40 « Fob . Release of Poll tical Prisoners , the Recall op Fbost , Williams , and Jones , xvd tus enactment op the People's Charier ~ _ 1 a . lOO . OOO
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THE MOKNING CHRONICLE AHD THE " GREAT COM&KB&CXAXi&EFORMS >" We have before noticed that our friend the Chronicle invariably selects the last , or the seeoad last day of the week for the publication of a "lie with a circumstaaee , " in order tkat it may pass current with as poor country biuapkins , for at least ten days . We select the following passage from iht Chronicle of Friday last , ( we write on Thursday , ) fe * present comment , and as illustrative of Chronicle practice . The Chronic /*
says" Tbe inanafsctorers do mt wish or expect to lower wages by lowering the price of corn ; but , on the contrary , they expect that wages will rise , because employment will be increased—and that , in pofa » t of fact , the Corn Laws Inflict a doable injury on the working man , by diminishing the demand for labowr at the very same time that they add to-the eost » f living . " In addition to these facts , it would be shown that the Corn Laws have already driven us from some of our best markets ; that they cannot be continued without losing those which we at present possess , and sacrificing our foreign export trade of £ 36 , 000 , M * a year , which gives employment to upwards of two millions of our population ; that they are no less injurious te
tbe home trade and to the revenue , by obliging the labouring classes to spend more of their wages in food , and less in clothing and other comforts—that they arc tbe occasion of the ruinous fluetuatlens in tbs money market , which have occurred regularly for the last ten or fifteen years , whenever we have had a bad harvest —and finally , that we have come to the point when we have no longer any choice but to break through our restrictive system , and adopt a sounder policy , or to sea the manufacturing and commercial greatness of Britain pass from her hands into those of rival nations , who do not tax tit * necessaries v / ti / t tn dm *»« - *» protect dust interests , and to strengthen an aristocraii faction .
" These are facts which the Tories can neither deny nor explain away . Can we wander that they shrink from a discussion on the Corn Laws as they would from a pestilence ?" After having perused the above , let the operative reader take the following bold assertion from the leading " anti-Monopolist , " for dissection : —He says , " The manufacturers do not wish or expect to lower wages by lowering the price of corn , but on the contrary , they expect they will rise . " Now here is a positive , not a relative position . The Chronicle does not say , that under the contemplated scale of duty
the value of wages relatively to the consequent price of corn might be increased . No such thing ; but he says at onoe boldly , presumptuously , and foolishly , not only that wages will not fall , but that wages will rise ! If , then , wages do rise , we ask our friend what is to become of the £ 35 , 000 , 000 now derived from our foreign export trade ? Will high wages create lower prices for the produce of the operative ! or will the increased price brought about by a rise in wages induce our cheap producing neighbours and customers to buy our produce at a fancy price to square with a popular " tariff 1 "
But we like figures . The Chronicle estimates the numbers to be directly benefitted by a " Great Commercial Reform " at 2 , 000 , 000 . We take the cenEua as correct ; and will admit , for argument ' s sake , the propriety of sacrificing every thing to the most convenient method of making 2 , 000 , 000 slaves work from morning to night for the benefit of some few purseproud slave masters . Well , then , suppose the object to be to give , not to sell , but to give , corn to those 2 , 000 , 000 . How much does the Chronicle suppose that they the 2 , 000 , 000 would consume in a year 1 Let us allow five to a family , or any number , it matters not , as we make our calculations by the
single mouth . But suppose five ; 2 , 000 , 000 quarters of wheat per annum , would allow nearly five stone of flour per week to each family of five i and which at forty shillings per quarter would cost £ 4 , 000 , 000 sterling annually ; to ihat amount then , even if gratuitously presented , would the actual slave pro . ducer require the staff of life . " Yes , yes ; " say the monopolists , "but then see the vast quantify which all other persons would consume . " They would so ; and for the purpose of giving it to them , ( who are the rich classes , ) cheaper , the 2 , 000 , 000 must work cheaper in order to undersell all their rivals , elsemust the whole export trade be stopped .
Let us follow this portion of the question up a little . One would really suppose that the operatives were to be eternally swallowing bread and evacuating bales of cloth , or that the foreigner would kindly take more of our produce than he required , iu order that we may have as much of his bread as we wished for ; and that all Europe weuld forthwith be devoted to producing corn for the purpose of purchasing coats , breeches , shirts , waistcoats , and other comparative luxuries , at a higher price than they could get the same articles at home .
Now , we beg to assure the Chronicle that a very small portion of Normandy , on the banks of the Seine , lying between Havre and Rouen , would produce more than all the operatives in England could consume ; and let us even go further , and argue from precedent . It never strikes the " anti-moaopolistB " that auy great advantage contemplated by England , from free intercourse with other nations , must be sanctioned by those other nations : and while our
rulers are speaking of destroying monopoly at home , they are actually laying the foundation for an extensive and uuiversal monopoly abroad . They may require a precedent ; and we furnish it in order to show how the rulers of every country will either by " ad valorem " duty , prohibition , or fixed duty , make the most of their staple commodities , dead or alive . Thus . The emigration of mechanics » nd artisans from England was formerly prohibited ,
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The exportation of their tools was prohibited ; th « exportation of machinery was subjected to a heavy tax , and much of our produce to heavy duties . Why waa this 1 Because they were articles in which we had an advantage over our neighbours , and for which we consequently made them pay . " Well , then , let the monopolists onoe bring Britain to that position when she will bo wholly dependent upon her foreign customers not only as consumers , but as producers , and foreign rulers will say , according to precedent , I must levy a tax open that article of food which I find you require from us .
Now , suppose a ease . Suppose the Corn Laws were repealed to-morrow , and suppose America , Rusfcia , Prussia , Poland , Germany , Holland , Belgium , Turkey and France , all sot out upon the speculation of supplying the increased demand . Would not , insuoh case , the farmers on the banks of the Seine , who could shoot their produce from the barn Into a steamer within » twelve hours passage of oar ports , undersell those at a greater distance , paying heavier freightage and insurance , by at least 7 s . per quarter ! and we ask would those who could supply us cheapest and with
all that we required , take our goods in return for their produce f What would Mr . Eaothope say to the manufacturer who attended the arrival of a French vessel from Havre , Dieppe , Calais , or any otheroftheoontiguousFrenchports . laden with wheat , for tbe purpose of purchasing the cargo , who should say to the French merchant , " you mutt take goods in return , or else I won't purchase your corn ; the Americans , the Turks , the Russians , and others take goods in exchange . " Would not the Frenchman say , " we ll , if you don't , here comes a speculator who without reference to the two commodities , will
buy as obeap as he can , and will yet make a profit bj retailing the cargo at prices lower than those at a distance can sell ; and he will pay in cash ; and let me see whether your two million operatives will take so many yards of their manufacture , to exchange with the Turk for dear corn , or so much of their wages to exchange with , my customer for cheaper corn . " What in saeh an emergency wonld the Government of the nearest producing countries do t Why just this . Tbey would have their Corn-Law League ; and the Kingscf Franse , Holland , and Belginm would say , we musk have a fixed duty upon our exported eorn . France oaa export at so much
per quarter cheaper than such and such places , and can actually run across in three hows with a supply to- meet any demand . Holland , in twenty-four hours , can do the same ; tfcsrefore we must have our sliding Mtwle , and put in oar pockets the difference between the price at which » v land ean furnish it , and the- prices at which * the most distant can supply it . " Prussia and Ctoaany would have their sliding scale , and then would John Bull be compelled to par the very highest price air whieh the most distant of his growers could suppiy his breakf * at dinner and supper . In the midat of all this conflist , it would appear ac if England alone was to progress in manufactures , and all other countries
were to become " smashers , " and destroyers ef manufactured goods , f » r the mere purpose ef supplying 2 , 000 , 890 of English operatives whh cheap bread , while the fret is that England is at this moment exporting prodigious tpantities ef her most improved machinery , and , as soon- as England , with her drag-ehain of a gormandising oligarcfif , quits her hold of monopoly npen any o * e article her neighbour will embrace the earliest opportunity of grasping it . It is a contest ftetareen tie rival factions of the earth , the committee of moaarchs and their satellites , / or the subjugation of popular rights and liberty . ; and before anything , perm * -
nently kenefioial can be done , we must alt start equal under the law , and thea we shall hear off no anti-Monopolists , " as there will be no monopolies to oppesa . This subject has never been made familiar to those-for whose advantage it is boastiagjy offered ; and they have discovered that God only , helps these who help themselves ^ and that the masters having very abundantly helped themselves , appear hitherto to be the favoured of providence , but ia proportion as the people help themselves , in the same proportion will the Almighty smile upon them , and join them , in their righteous w ©* k . The Chronicle conalades thus : —
" These are facts whkfi tke Tories can neither deny no » explain away . Can we wonder that they shrink fron a discussion oa toe Corn Laws as tbe ; would from a pwtilence ?" We , as Chartists , have not oaly denied the Chronicle ' s facts ,, but we flatter ourselves that we have also explained away his fallacies . So much for cheap wages , by which the English slave is to undersell the foreign Slave in his own market In fact , the whole scheme is a pitting of the
working classes of one country against those of another country . We trust , however , as we have more than once said , that we are not far from the period when we shall see a congress of working men of all nations meeting annually , to devise means for the preservation of peace , law , and their ordera noble substitute for a congress of kingly tools , who have met for the purpose of shedding blood for the ascendancy of faction . The Charter is the only repealer .
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TREACHERY AND SUICIDE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL . "A long day , my Lord . " Our readers will now bear in mind our several hints about Pkel and Stanley , and the horror which the Right Honourable Baronet saw in being prematurely pushed forward by the hungry hounds of his own pack . In confirmation of all we have said , let his course be now watched , and who can , for a moment , doubt his object , and bis treachery to his party .
Unassisted by Sir Robkbt , the Whigs must inevitably have died a natural death ; but , well knowing his own dissolution would speedily follow , ho asauu . ed the bold and open man , ( which neither becomes him or sits comfortably on him , ) for the mere purpose of saving himself , by saving the Whigs for another season . The debate goes on , as the ministers are speaking against time and " quarter day ; " while we have very , little doubt that the artful opposition of the leader of as wily a conscience as ever haunted man ' s breast , will drag to their support all the old rotten fragments , ever ready to declare big upon abstract principles , but to fly to the cry of the Whige , ( id . est . j " our seats and our pockets are in danger . "
Peel has done this with his eyes open , and has thus put another prop under limping , hopping , hobbling Whiggery , that he may " rule in hell" with all the delights of forcing others to establish precedents for his future acts of tyranny , without being himself a responsible agent . There breathes not on earth a more wily , artful , sleek , oily , and cold-blooded politician than Peel—the Right Honourable Sir Robert , M . P . tor Tamworth . He would prefer a pound to commit an act of popular injustice , to a guinea to do an act . of substantial justice to the people .
We never oau meet the Conservative army openly so long as it is commanded by its present ret * e »' . ing General , who only gives battle when he j ,, ay secure a personal triumph from his party ^ 'defeat * Victory was within the reach of-the- Tories' but Pekl has told them his pohoy is—by kr aping ' men in , you keep them eut ; just aa the l * d >_ say "j } y keeping men off , you keep them o » , " What are the odds in the even * of Pebl ' s motion being negatived .
" That Httle . W .-Horner Don't come Cior a the corner" , And speak as follows v ~ . "Sir , —The nation having , at this eventful crisis , again , through Us rep > exen ! atives in Parliament , registered iia oo ' jfidence in ! i . t Majesty ' s Ministers , we should , ur . on our part , but ill requito that eonfir denoe by a >" , andonin « the country , just as personal danger and responsibility threatens us . "' dude * 8 . cribp , ' ole cheering . ) .
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« , —I now etate that her Majesty ' s advisers vnJl not desert their Sovereign , her people , or their trust . ( Renewed cheera . ) "Bat , Sir , finding that we are in advance of the country , atfd that an immediate appeal upon the gigantio reforms which we have propounded would be taking the country by surprise , and that considering the many interests at stake in the proposed alterations , we have thought it our duty to continue in © nr very unenviable p osition until the full weight of national judgment shall have been thrown into the Ministerial seale . ( Tremendous applause , which lasted for many minutes . )
" Sir , —When " it is further comddered , that » n immediate appeal to the country would interfere with the approaching Assizes , and with the harvest , —( hear , hear , and cheers , )—I feel assured that our self'devotion , byremaining in office for twelve months longer , will be justly estimated by the country . ( Loud cheers . ) "Sir , —My Rt . Hon . Friend is now prepared to satisfy the House as to the manner in which he proposes to get over his present financial difficulties . " And then comes Baring , the Rt . Hon . Francis , Chancellor of the Exchequer , with the " old hai" lump of Exchequer Bills ) to stop the hole , to keep the Whigs in and the Tories out , and so may end the
farce , when " Imperial Robert , dead , and turn'd to elay , May stop Aw hole to keep the wind away . "
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" CORN LAWS AND COMMERCIAL REFORMS . " Thb following is a list of the most recent discoveries of Liberal Depots , by that praiseworthy » nd energetic antiquarian and navigator , Professor Easthope , who is now upon a voyage of discovery in quest of Whig Land , said to be seen by Captain Pabry , but of which very little information is contained , either in Mb or Captain Cook ' s voyages . . _ _ .
It will be seen from the Journal and LogBook of the gallant professor , from both of whioh we give copious extracts , that he has encountered heavy gales , and has had many ** hair-breadth scapes , " being more than once driven upon the Chartist rocks-by the prevailing winds , known in that latitude by the name of Ttrjf squalls , Mid which come on very suddenly , appearing as if they sprung fronthe depths of the ocean . Bnt to our extracts : we beer * them with : —
" Farringdon without St . Sepulchre ; [ m awful name , it should have been reserved for the last ;] Hackney ; Paddington ; Town Council of Liverpool ; Town Council of Hull ; » Cambridge Correspondeat ; A Huddersfield Correspondent ; a Hythe Correspondent ; Dover ; Faversham ; Newtastle-Emlyn j {[ not Newcastle-upon-Tyae—there the good ship struck upon a Chartisl rock and damaged its keel . J Lime Regis ; Aberchirder ; Peterhead ; Kelso ; Preston-pans ; . Woodside ; Leslie ; Girven ; Dunbar ; Ward of Portsokwx ; Wick ; m Matt ef Kent ; Civis , and a
bread-eater ; the Wilts Independent ; . Windsor Express ; North Wale * Independent ; a Bilston man ; Rugeley j Aylesbory ; . open air meeting , m a house without a roof , at Remford ; . Leamington , in Dr . Jefbsoh ^ medical laboratory ; Lewes ; Guild of Dundee ; the Anti-Bread Tax Circular , alias , the Young Lias of the North ; from the Scotsman ot the 26 th of May ; St . Asne , \ Limehouse ; St . Locb . ' ? ,. Middlesex . ; . Chelsea pensioners ; Liverpool , continued fora month ; [ Pot-house atlStroud ,
[ having ; been licked ia the open air ] , ; Pollokshaws ; Torquay ; Clay ton ; Northampton ; Town Counoil ; Wednesbury ; . DuaWaine ; Kinross ; Kincardine ; Mortlake ; . Liverpool * still sitting ; Portobello ; Haddiugton ; Markinch ; Galston ; Large ; a subeoriber to the Chronicle t Agricola ; Gat ton ; Old Sarum ; East Bedford ; Parish of St . Luke , Middlesex ; Parish of St . Botolph without , Aldersgate ; a Correspondent at Walsall ; a Correspondent at Sheffield ; Ditto at High Wycombe ; the Aberdeen Herald . "
" Ta be continued in our next ; " ad nterim , be assured , Mr . Professor , you mil fail in yoar object . You have Chartist rocks and Tory squalls to contend with , now , in every inch of your course . You are a good Whig , but a bad politician , and a worse navigator .
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IRISH " MORAL FORCE . " The Ihtbim Monitor gives the following cheering account of the characteristic mode of preserving peace and exhibiting " moral foroe" practices by the Corn Exchange patriots , at one of their recent meetings ; the Pacificator General in the chair : — " LOYAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION . " The usual weekly meeting of this association was held yesterday at the Corn Exchange . LTOLU JCBUCEUtiy tfcb WUd * JMIU . UA . VUBbU £ V .
" Thomas Steele , Esq ., in the chair . " Mr . John O'Connell was about to address the meeting , when " Mr . Doheny claimedtheattentionof the chairman for a few minutes . He said an attack had been mads upon him in that room , and he wished to have an opportunity of refuting it " Mr . Doheny—If I come here solely for the purpose of vindicating myself and not to charge any other person whatsoever , I am sure the meeting will hear me , ( Hear , hear , order , order , and chair . ) "The Chairman intimated his intention sot to hear any discussion upon tbe subjeet introduced by the last speaker .
" Mr . Doheny—I merely want to vindicate myself against statements made here on the last day . of meeting , which are totally unfounded . ( Order , order , and great confusion . ) " Mr . Reynolds—In reply to that I saj you are a lir ] Those statements are true . ( Increased coafuaioa , an ( j loud cries of order . ' ) " Mr . John O'Connell—I rise to ord « r . " The Chairman—It ia moat unpleasant to m e to be obliged to listen to such language as . this . " Mr . Reynolds—I say he ( pointing to Mr . Doheny ) is a liar . ( Loud crits of ' hear the chairKtao' < order order' —and great tumult ) '
" Mr . Reynolds here sei « 3 d » piece of paper upon which he wrote his name and place of r asidence and having flung it across the table , towards' ihe place ' oc , a . pied by Mr . Doheny , addressed him I a the following terms : — « Here my good fellow , tak ' , a ^ t with you . — These are the civil geatlemen who prate abou t the violence of the " misoreant f hartists . "
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PUBLICOLA . AND T / je CHARTISTS . Publicola , who has ' recently become a pure Whig , and nothing mo r * m 08 t ludicrously informs us that he ia a Chart' lst anc « something more . " That oar ignorant re » j ers may ju < jge for themselves of " PublicolaV pr j acipie and Iog j cai powera at the same time , Vf d submit the following extract from his letter of j ^ t week , under the head "CHAJP . TISTS STAND BY YOUR
COUNTRY , " And intrV jucfid with the quotation from Nelson , " ^ nglond expects every man to do his duty . " Un ier these banners , " Publicola" writes thus : — " Ifa Whig will not pledge himself to all these , are " o Chaxtiats to fly to the Tories , that will pledge ' . hemselves to none ? Let them get the most that they can . With some of the six prints of Chartism I by no means agree . I am thoroughly disinterested in my dUaf reeraent I am enamoured of the Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , and Electoral Districts ; but because I like these , I dislike Universal Suffrage , on a conviction that it would destroy them all . As to tbe sixth point , the Payment of Members , I hold it absurd ; and it never deviates from absurdity , excepting into mischief . Do the Chartists mean to say ,
that a disinterested candidate , who went the four points , and gavo substantial reasons for not geing the other two , ought to be opposed , and this in favour of a Tory , who gave up no point at all , and whose principles and practices were diametrically opposed to all of them ? It is almost impossible to suppose any party bo infatuated as to pursue such a system . Such doctrines create a suspicion that the Chartista have enemies in their camp . Permit me , Mr . Editor , to say , that tbe Chartists' principles and doctrines do not go balf &r enough for me , and at any election I would vote for a Chartist candidate ; bnt I wonld not be so infatuated as to vttte for a Toiy , or Whig , or Radical candidate , beoaoae the Chartist did not go my length . " . Now , we have only to ask , waa there ever a load of rubbiah shot on Chalk Farm" equal to thw !
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H A € harflst , ind Bbmearingmore , » nd o pposed * firstly , to the whole spirit—indeed , the only spirf which the Charter breathes , Universal Suffrage I and , again , opposed to the only measure of detail , ¦ S the payment of Members , " by whioh a free choioa under " Universal Suffrage" could be secured ! But , " Pnblicola" is a Republican , and yet opp osed to Universal Suffrage ; and the Chartists don ' t m ==== ^
far enough forhim . Poor "Paradox" 1 Weh avelatelv mourned to find the principles of the" Great Dispatch " and of Publicola" to be guided by the princi plet of the Times . Whatever the Times is , " Publicola " is resolved not ( o be , and nothing more ; and if ths Time s came round to the thirty-nine paradoxical articles ef our friend to-morrow , he would , we f « ar put on new political spectacles , and see error ia every opinion that he now holds .
We have marked this governing power , over tae ruling passion , *• vanity , " ever since the rejectioB of Mr . Harmeb by the citizens of London ; and now , before it goes too far , we would merely say i— Turn again , Poblicola ; Lord Mayor of London . Turn again , Publieola ; - - Lord Mayor of London . Turn again , Publicola ; Lord Mayor of London .
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Sir , —I am honoured with another letter from yog f . type , ready for insertion in your own paper . InunedUtelv upon its receipt , I sent for every number of y < mr paper published from the commencement of the " new mV * e ° » I never saw one of them before ; and judge my honor my indignation and scorn for you , upon finding that you had not published my answer to yon * letter , » mu I published both . O , you immaculate lover ot { & play ! what will the country say to that ? Nay , mote , you sent slips to many journalists , wh * pabiisbed you letter , tat not one published my answer .
Now , I merely write these few lines to Mtan you , that as yon complain of ay last being pnblisbtd along . side of yonr first , I abstain from interfering w ^ j , yonr . second till next week . Tour poison stetl remain in the stomach of the country , and your trftmph in your brain , for that short period , when I will » ppi . the stomach pump to the former , and will give your head such a thump against the wall you have bnill is your , own path , as will addle your brains , K yon have any ; bat will , at all events , raise such » aamp in you forehead as will enable all young ptaenoto . gists , as they pass yon by , is pity to exclaim , Mr cie , what a fool I" Tea , Sir , I will rate tbt bum > of folly oa your front .
Till Saturday , 1 admit every werd you say , andeliia credit for each ; and then I stall show that ; m , a knowlege-monger , have fallen i » fc > trouble , simply front not mmderstandingthe difference •< meaning between the two words—cfcreumstances an * facts . Circumstajut is a s * bst&ntive , sail means sometkfag appeodsat , or relative to a £ mV ; accident , something adventttioni . Fact Beans a thing done , reality , action , deed . Sow , Sir , white Mr . Hill was merely speaking of dramstaneejt on the 16 tb , I was speaking of iacts en tt » 24 th .
As to Mr . Whittle , the new Edltei of a new p&pw , bis motives will be easily seen throagh ; bat I promi him a H « k also . 1 fight you all ; 1 will not present s dionifiei silence . F . O'GONNoa .
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POST-OFFICE ORBGRS . —All pecsons ) ¦ endt&g Htemy to this Office by Post »« ffice Ordtr , . are especially sequested t » make tatlr onaera payable to Mr . Jobs ArdiU , aa > by a recent alteration in the Foat-offlce ar * raagemen t * , any neglect of this wtuld cawie u » a great amount of trouble and annoyance . The Manchester Rawcals . —I feel some apdogr due to our hard-working friends ef Maaekester for the very onoeremonious art unoalbd-fot criticism on the phraseology of their lesoktien whioh v # » s most unwarrantably affixed daring my absenee from the office , and without i » v knowledge er authority . I am folly of opinion that the hateful Whigs richly merit a-lt the oppTobiaa that can be- heaped en them . I think no language too marked or too emphatic , for the ventiag of the good men's loathing of the " bloodies . ** I have , as I hope , taken meam to prevent the- recurrence of any sueh liberty . — W . Hill .
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To RoeHDAXB . Shareholder—Aftv € f Connor has directed that the four shareholders ofRocftdale who lost their serif > shall get new wtes , and shalG be allovcsi to receive their money whenever « - quired . Received bv Feargus O'Connob , from two friend at Sunderland , 2 s . 6 dL » Jbr the- persecuted Irak Chartists , Mb . O'Connor in accotuiM with the Convexlim Fundi— Mr . O'Connor , Dr . £ . s . i To amount received , as yobiished ... . 98 . T 3 To interest while placid in Bank to Mr . O'Connor ' s credit ... ... ... ft 3 I
£ 8 & 10 8 Mr . O'Connor , Cr . \ & . s . d . Paid Mr . Pit ' kethly as Treasurer to Convention ... 60 0 0 Paid Mr . Cleave , as Treasurer to Co nventiou 28 10 9 ; £ 88 10 » Balance due £ 00 °
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A "Chartist ' s Address to his Irish Bbethbs shall appear . Gr orge Walker — We received no letter ; nm him last week , and therefore know nothing of tnc case to which he refers . , Robert Gill , of Bilton-street , York , would be claa to hear from Mr . Charles Stuart , late ofm ¦ ' Chartist Association , York . Peteb Needful . —H e have no room . J . L . —His '"¦ Stanzas " shall appear . " Ode to Freedom , or Lines to Chabtisis , &f ¦ dined . . J . — We have no room . A Chartist— We have not room . . A London Working Man will see » n our prtsent paper that the fault was not ours . The JWch Republican ' s Song , and the Sennet
accompanying it , shall appear . A Newry Chartist . —His song shall appear . A Political Vision declined . _ , Stapleford Chartjsts— A t present we cannot ajfora the space ; but we do shortly purpose to me up the subject ourselves . P . V ., Chowbet . —We cannot read his poetry-J . S ., Alva— A Property Qualification u not required in the Scotch Representatives . „ J . SI Shith , Plymouth .- // ^ Devon and WJ ¦ wall friends will take the trouble to M us to ' ¦ notices of their meetings , and send tnem ™ early part of the week , they shall be notue" - R . G . Gammagr— We have not room . ^^ An Irish Chartist , at Pontypool , cannot ww »* that we should insert such a letter as hu upon
anonymous authority . p J . C ., o / Pottery Fields , Leeds , will be ' oblW d t 0 n < Steele and D . Black for a few lines . " The Corn Laws" shall appear . fthe T . M'Cartnet . —We do not know the address oj m correspondent referred to . J . K ., Camberwell . —We have not room . Mr . Charles Cross , of Gateshead , «** >^ , assistance in reference to the Gateshefr'W ' We will always give it cheerfuUff ^ J ^ L and we do , most effectually , in & » % «*" , following advice :-TheGatesheadChartxstt ^ we leam , on Sundays-let the report UohW posted the same night , so that ve con *** «< Monday morning to begin the week witn . _> The National Petition . —Some person h < g Jfcle the pains to cut out and post to us a ratna ^^
on this subject , containmg su J'J /^ r fya «» ¦ furious peeudo p hilippics agatns ^' fa [ ar . general , and Frost and O ^ J ^ o importance-We shall not nurte the" ty . 9 f ^ ounted , in tny As a composition , it ^ nWoAV « rfis ro « W to 5 Yorkshirehoarding Z ^/ J ^ e ^ otL ! #£ { . & ^ S 0 ^^ « " » ** ¦ *? r P ol f- w . did receive hit former letUr ;* j f John Jones . -T ^^ t 0 pri nt it , because vi ^ ¦ " ' " ** . ! &i % couldhavehadnogoodmol <* 1 <* opiny" * " ?' d that it was not calculated to pro-^ "Tanv good retuft . John Jones knew * If ititv veil that there is no such misrepresenUMn ¦ as that which he complains of—that itisdistM < 1 disavowed—and the whole thing explained tyM author in his preface . We do not chonse , t hfft m / ore , under these circumstances , to lend ourstlM * to the ereating » f a prejudice in unrefleSwjf minds against a worthy and talented Vhiirm without doing any good at all by it . SuchMf ' reason—which we should not have thus p& n expressed if the second letter of' Mr . JonfllP not made it necessary .
F. O'Connor To Mr. Henry Hetherin& Ton, One Of The Shopocracy.
F . O'CONNOR TO MR . HENRY HETHERIN& TON , ONE OF THE SHOPOCRACY .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct382/page/4/
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