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THE N0ETHEUN STAE. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1841.
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZJETTE OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT . BY THE QTJEEN . A PROCLAMATION , "Pot DiaolTing the present Parliament , and Declaring the Calling of another . VlCTOBJA , R . Wbereu we hare thought fit , by « " * with the advice of our Privy Council , to dissolve this present P * r-Uameat , which atM ^ s prorogued to Taesday , the 29 th 4 ay of this instant Jane ; We do for that end publish this our Rcyal Proclamation , and do hereby'dissolve fb > jJiiriiiiniwi trrwrfinirTr' and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , aad the Knights , Citizens , aad Burfor
ceeee * , and thft Commissi ^ ftn shire * and Imrgns , of the Houeof CommiJns are discharged from their meeting and attendance on the said Tuesday , tke twenty-ninth day of this instant Jane : and We , being desirous and resefoed , as soon as may be , to meet oar people , aad to have their advie * is Parliament , do hereby sake knewn to all our lo-ring subjects our Boyal will aad pleasure to call a aew Parliament : and do hereby fartber declare , that , with the advice of our PriTy GoBcdl , we hare giTen order that our Chancellor < rf that part of our United Kingdom called Great
Britain , and -ear Chancellor of Ireland , do , respectively , vpoa notice thereof , forthwith issue out writs in doe form , aad according to law , for calling a new Parliament ; and we do hereby also , by this nr Royal Proclamation , under our Great Seal at our United Kingdom , require writs forthwith to be isseed accordingly by oar said Chanoellon respectively , for tanning the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons , who are to serve in the said Parfiamest , to be duly returned to , and give their attendance in , our said Parliament ; which writs are to be returnable on Thursday the nineteenth day of August
GiTen at our Court at Buckingham Palace , this Twenty-third day of June , in the year of our Lord One Thousand . Eight Hundred aad Forty-one , and in the Fifth yaar of our reign . GOD SATE THE QUEEN ..
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THE ELECTION , PLAIN AND SIMPLE RULES FOR CONDUCTING AN ELECTION . DUTT OP SOX-BLECTOBS . EvsfiT Chartist in the neighbourhood of an election shoald consider it his duty to attend the hustings where a Chartist candidate is to be proposed , whether he intends to go to the poll or set . He should be up betimes , and Bay to himself , " the battle to-day depends entirely upon me ; if I am absent , my cause is injured , and I am the willing eause of the injury—the guilty enemy of my country sad her liberty . " Every male inhabitant of the locality should meet at a place to be previously agreed mpon , haying , in the first instance received the blessing of his wife and family .
The body , when assembled , should then go towards tbe hustings , &s lirge a nnmber as " is prndent getting in front , with a good reserve in the rear , and well flanked . They should not " ¦ wear any colours , and for this reason , they will be just as well known by the want of them ; and bhould a row take place , every bird that is plucked of his plumage will , of necessity , bs compelled to fall into the Chartist ranks , and fight against hi 3 feathered brethren in self-defence . When the time of nomination omes , they should understand their duty . I will point out the order in which candidates are in general nominated .
They are Dominated according to the date of their addresses , if they are all new candidates , and if new aad old , that is , old Members , they , the old , are nominated first , according to the place they occupied ¦ pon the last poll , the highest being first put . I mention this , for fear of a trick , very frequently practised , in taking a show of hands twice for the same candidate , some friend telling the returning officer that the people did not understand ; thus it not unfrequently happens that "the hands are held up in mistake .
What I recommend is this . The Chartist candidate or candidates should hare & Ehort Etiak with & flag , and a man with some distinguishing mark , sach as a handkerchief round his head , should stand behind the candidate or candidates ; and when the Chartists see their candidates and fuglemen hold op their flags , then they should hold up both hands ; jnind , both hands , and then you cannot be outjockied , for the others will hold up both . It is a thing of ¦ frequent occurrence for soz . e old stager to keep the returning officer ' s attention fixed , for a long time , upon thehands , while such a conversation as the following is going on : —
*• 0 , Mr . Sheriff , look at that quarter ; very slack , and there , and there—not near as large as Lord Mospeth ' s show . " Now , all this time the hands of those at a distance are being lowered-, while the practised fellews are well tntored . Now , to obviate any trick of this kind , I recom-Bend that all hands be kept up till the candidate and fugleman shall lower their flags ; that dose , ¦ lap all hands three times , then setup a groan , dismal , loud , and l » ng for the Whigs , and . a funny deriaiTe laugh for the Tories , and three rousing cheers for the members ; for mind , they are members for all that day and the next , till the doBe of the
poll . ' Then give nine cheers for the Charter , and as many more for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and tell the two usurpers , who appeal to the ten pound votes against your election , that you will hare them back That done get your men and chair them all over the town ; and when they are elected , get them to sign an agreement to restore their trust whenever called upon by a committee to attend a public meeting of the non-electors , with sufficient notice , provided that nesting shall call upon them to do so . Above all things don't lose sight of this , for , believe me , the time is coming when your representatives will have sore power than the representatives of walls .
Trast no man too far . Make no disturbance upon any account ; but if you are attacked , you must fight like devilB . In the evening get up cheap tea parties and dancing , and be jolly , and go to bed happy in the thought that you have done your duty .
XULES ? 0 B THE CHAiUST CANDIDATES . The first rule which I shall lay down will be for the conduct of the Chartist candidate who goes to the poll upon a coalition with either a Whig or a Tory . In his situation of candidate , he must have no fear of wonnding feelings where no offence is intended ; and in his desire to avoid the thing , he must take care that his party ' s cause is not'
sacrificed to his timidity or oTer delicacy . The coalition being agreed upon , he must instantly say to- his adopted colleague , " Now , you and I are the only parties who can give the stamp of real value to what , from profession , appears to be our mutual object , namely , a coalition to serve our cause , as we both best caa ; and for the purpose of giving full effect to the agreement we must sign the following undertaking : —
" I , A . B-, Whig caartirtatfi" ( or Tory , as the case auy fce ) , "do hereby pledge myself te vacate ay seat , by accepting the Gbiltsm Hundred ! , within ten days after Parliament xball be next assembled , in the event at twenty voters , who vote far me , set giving their aeeoad vote to a D ., th » Chartist adidate . " L « t tfee exeeution of thk dmmni b * witnessed by twelve Whig lectors vpaa tat Whig committee , aad by twelve non-electors upoa tke Caartista' torn-¦ ittoe , aad let it be that mtUrilci . — "We , the twaoty-fovr ¦!!¦«¦« who ** name * appear teBBoto annexed , do pledge ovraelves te the performance of tie above agreeaeat , according to the simple awning , upon the put of out respective principals . "
Now , if yon do not do this , you do nothing , and tor tais reason , when all the Chartist force shall be toed up according to good faith , the Whigs will . split with the Tories , to keep oat the Chartist , and the Whig candidate , in the most honourable and indefatigaUt scanner , will have used all his exertions , in Tain , to induce hu supporters to split ; b&t what coxnsi hs do ! he oould Burely do no
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mere than beseech and implore , bat then the prejudice was so strong against the Chartist principles that he , poor fellow , found it impossible te overcome that prejudice ! Now just make his seat depend upon his overcoming it , and you'll very soon find that ihe mere announcement of the terms of agreement will , pro tanto , enlighten the ignorant aad explain away the prejudice . Mind , and mind well , that no contract can be made with a whole body of electors .
Well , this done , let every Chartist Elector , and every elector pledged to support a Chartist Candidate , assemble in a place agreed upon before the polling begins , on the day of election . Let the whole non-electors' committee remain with them , and let the polling committee have two in each booth , that is , one to relieve the other , and , every hour , let the members of the polling committee meet and compare notes as to the manner in which the terms of agreement are kept , and in the event of all being right and
proper , let the members of the polling committee come up at a quarter to three to the place where the Chartist reserve is kept , and let them go to their respective booths and perform their part of the covenant j but if two Tories be in the field , which is most likely , there being no likelihood of catching split votes , and in the ereni of the terms of the contract being broken , then let the Chartist voters vote for the two Tories , if the contract has been made with , and violated fey , a Whig—and for the two Whigs , if made with a Tory , and viol ated by him .
Now , I ask , can any one suggest any more simple plan than that ! and let me advise every Chartist to insist upon his man insisting upon , the agreement before the day comes , else , believe me , they will fling you ! I tell you that men , otherwise kind-hearted , lose their nature , and become very savages in the heat ef an election . Father , eon , uncle , nephew , friend , relation , and all ties of affection , merge into the one endeariDg term—partisan ^ Trust no man ' s word , if you can faster bind him . Even Dr . Philpotts would tell a lie to ensure the return ef a Tory ; and , surely , what would be pardonable in a Right Reverend Father in God , would be doubly pardonable in a limb of the Devil , as we poor Chartists are called .
Some one once charged me with having said that I would tell a lie to carry the Charter . I never said such a thing in my life . But now I tell yon what Bishop PmLPorrs would do to get one Tory ; and , believe me that I would " go the whole hog " to get one Chartist . I would not say so immoral a thing , as that I would or cotdd even bring my mouth to tell a lie for the Charter . However , if I
wa ? to swear myself black in the face , Bishop Philpotts would not believe me ; 89 , therefore , I wish they would jaBt TRY ME , and see whether or no I could beat the fellow that said he drove a nail through the moon . Just let the holding of office and the consequent distribution of the sweets depend upon the respective parties pledging themselves to tell lies , and you would hare truth proclaimed as a crime , and lying as a virtue J
Well , all the above arrangements , or rather preliminaries , being arranged , the Chartist candidate should then meet his Committee the last thing on the aight before the nomination , and , of all things , make their arrangements perfect . They Ehould Lave two committees , one working the electors , the other the non-electors . The non-electors' committee should never stir from the spot where they shall be posted , after they have assisted in forming the procession to escort the candidates to the hustings .
If any row is got up by the fastions , the nonelectors committee should instantly go for their candidate , and placing him st their head , rally round him , and when excitement is ence got up , neTer try to allay it , as such a practice has lost more elections than any other folly . I have been knocked down . I have had two bayonet stabs upon the same day . I have been trampled upon by dragoon horses , I have been knocked
down in the gutter with au elector on my back . I have stood for hours opposite the 4 th Dragoon Gnards , and other regiments , with their drawn sabres within a yard of my face . I have been assailed with porter poiB in a room with closed doors . I have been nearly stripped in the street ; and I have invariably found that when the factions are gelling the worst of it , they resort to physical force , and then if the popular candidate gets frightened , the electors get frightened also .
The candidate should inform his committee of all his arrangements and plans , and hold no secrets . He should be very alert upon the following day , and for some time after the election , till exoitement Bubsides , and he should take c&re that none of his voters are bullied or intimidated ; this is , firstly , right ; and , secondly , will insure success another time .
TTTC EX ? WCES 0 ? IS ELKCT 10 H . If a candidate does not go to the poll , be is not liable to any expence . I have noticed this before , and again I notice it now . Lord Abimgeb , in the case of the Returning Officer of Birmingham against Stubge , has decided the point . The legal expences of taking the poll are defined ; and in justice to the reformed Parliament , I must say , that the only department in which they have made any retrenchment is ia that alone where they were most interested . They have considerably reduced the expenoe of taking the poll , and they have relieved themselves of all those annoying fees paid by members to officers of the House of Commons , by transferring the obligation to the country .
I stood for the County of Meath in 1831 , to assist Grattan ; for Mallow , in 1832 , to assist Daunt ; for Duagarvan , in 183 i , to aasiBt Jacob ; for Youghal , in 1835 , to assist John O'Connell . 1 stood for Preston in 1837 ; and for Glasgow in 1 S 39 ; and not going to the poll , I never paid any thing . In 1837 the Boroughreeve of Manchester refused to allow O'Beiew to be put in nomination , without fira giving security for the hustings' expences . I wrote a protest for him against the election , but I rather think it was not served , nor would there have been mach use in it , as it would not hare attained our object in time , which was to let PouLxrr Thomson and Phillips see the blistered hands .
I have never lost an election that I conducted for a friend * , and I attribute success to my resolution never to think enough was done , or that the battle was orer till the time for polling had expired . If my man was 400 at the head © f tbe poll two hours before the close , I would gallop fire miles for one voter . Above a ll , mind that ! never think you tan do enough , and never rest while tcc > k it to be done . It is most fortunate that I am here now , for , if at
large , I should positively kill myself this election . I work like a horse , and when the blood is op I am as Btrong as any dozen men . You should have seen me flooring two gentlemen right and left in the streets of Dungarvan , who wanted to steal an elector from me , because he was tenant to one of them . I assure you I made them fpin right and left like two tops ; and before they were well upoa their legs , I had my , mas polled aad another upoa my back . Believe me that that' s tke way U jo to work .
Having said so nueh spaa arrangement , let me bow advert for oae mement to thow particular elections in which we have any interest , while I classify the interest according to value . I begin with
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE . To the result of this election I attach the very greatest importance , and for this reason , because it will , Firstly , ( should O'B&iss be returned ) work into practice one of our most beautiful maxims , " The labourer is worthy of his hire . " Secondly , it will strongly establish the claim of the brave and virtuous working men of England to the title for gratitude .
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Thirdly , it will give to the ignorant Irish revilers the best possible denial of the charge thai the English people are opposed to Irish interests aad to the Catholio religion , and a Repeal of the Union . O'B&ibh ia an Irishman , a Catholio , and a Repealer . Fourthly , it will prove the spread among our own party of O'Bjuen ' s principles , and the principles ^ Chartism . Fifthly , it will prove that absence of a friend does not insure forgetfulness of him . Sixthly , it will be a powerful incentive to other teachers , orators , and leaders , to go and do as O'Brien has done .
Seventhly , it will , above all other circumstances , prevent the enemy from again resoiting to torture and persecution , from a hope , or expectation , that they will destroy the influence , character , and prospects of the leaders and supporters ot democracy . Eighthly , it must not be lost sight of that Mr . O'Connell made a great handle , in 1835 , of tbe people of Newcastle having returned an enemy to Ireland ; and though he always oonfounds the people and their oppressors , and talks and writes more nonsense than any other living man , let us , nevertheless , knock the leg from under his lies and nonsense , as we have from under his blarney .
I could go onto one thousandthly , shewing stronger and stronger reasons why O'Brien ' s return is to us of paramount importance ; but with you must rest the means of making the experiment as successful as possible . Let a general four counties' subscription be instantly entered into by Northumberland , Cumberland , Durham , and Westmoreland : and this night *
that is the night on which you read this , let every man who spends a shilling with a shopkeeper say " I'll thank you for a trifle to give moral effect to my principles , as I am not represented in the House of Commons . " Also , let a general subscription be entered upon ; and , if you can get a coalition , ask the friends and supporters of the colleague of O'Brien for their mite . Believe me , they will mow give it . Lose no chance .
Meet every evening after work , and parade the streets , peaceably and orderly , in your tens of thousands , cheering at the door of every friend , and not noticing the foe . My principle , you Bee , is to Bare you from trouble . The affirmative , that is , supporting and applauding your friends , confers a negative upon your
enemies . Let all my instructions be read over and over again , and improved and corrected where found faulty ; but have a plan and act upon it . In short , to insure his return , you must werk like madmen with method , and like wild men with discretion . Of all things avoid tumult—keep you the peace , but to preserve it , let the officers of war know and understand that you will stand NO NONSENSE , Then , Hurrah , for O'Brien and Newcastle ; For O'Brien and Newcastle , hurrah !
NORTHAMPTON . Here we have M'Douall , and lest I might , in my classification , be supposed , by placing him before Vincent , to hint at a distinction in point of public interest and Chartist importance , I beg to eay that one must come first , and M'Douall being first in the field , I observe the rule which I have before observed , when setting forth the nomination of candidates according to the dates of their respective addresses .
M'Douall is as fine a little gentleman and Chartist as ever lived ; he is very young , but not indiscreet ; he is very brave , but not imprudent ; he did us much , ' very much service , by his vigorous , manly , noble , and talented defence . He bore his incarceration like a Chartist , and came panned from the Whig furnace : he has since preserved a most manly , consi stent , and straight forward course . He is a good reaeoaer , a good writer , and a good speaker . He is a man in every way trustworthy .
and who can say that too much can be done for such a friend to the glorious cause t Then , in point of general importance , he introduces the practical illustration of Northern Union and civilization into the great agricultural county of Northampton , under the very nose of Earl Spknoeh and the high Whigs . They never read of us , but what is written in derision ; but having M'Douall before them , as a living proof of our policy and line of action , will open their blinded eyes and expand their contracted brains .
Here you moat make a tremendous muster upon the day of nomination , as the feudal system still lives in Northamptonshire , and the vassals will follow the Lord to the hustings , leading their will and commanding their support . Here , also , let subscriptions be entered into at once—and , above all , make sure of the show of hands , and reaa all mj instructions over and over again , Then hurrah for Northampton and McDouall—For McDouall and Northampton , hurrah . '
BANBURY . Here we have the Benjamin Franklin of Chartism . Here we have the brave and gallant Vincent . Here we have the Chartist General Gaol Inspector , sent , like a felon , through the gauntlet of Whig improved cruelty , and impervious to the oppressor ' s lash and the proud man ' s scorn . Here we have the only man honoured with a private visit from the
Gaoler-General , ( Lord Norkanby , ) paid , no doubt , for a certain purpose , which , however , failed . Here we have one of the most exciting and animating speakers belonging to our ranks . Here we have the establiBher of the Vindicator , and its resusoitator , in donble size , transformed from a mere local sheet to a national organ , the first number of which , for twopence , of immense size , appeared on Saturday last .
Now then , men of Glonoest ershire , march , every man within twenty miles , in good order , and mark the difference between the knowledge of a non-elector and a qualified representative ; mark it well . This is what I have long laboured to effect—to bring unrepresented knowledge and representative ignoranoe cheek by jowl upon the same stage , 0 , what fun ! 0 what a glorious day for the werld here 1 Let every town meet and send in its mite , and think if we can get O'Brien , M'Douall , Vincent , Sahket , Moia , and Dukcan into the House . If we can smuggle the contraband goods in , who will dare to seize the cargo , and send them back for an excise informality in the permit ! I hope Lord Normanby saw the first number of the National Vindicator , and that he admires Yincent ' s " IMPROVED STYLE . " Then hurrah for Banbury and Tiucent For Banbury aad Vincent , hurrah ! MARY-LE-BONE . Here we have the noble Sankst , another Irishman , son of one of the gallant Irish members who refused to commit suicide by voting for a legislative Union with England . Here the electors are at ssa , having , as the first fruits of the ballot , been experimentally handed over , in a flock , from the advocacy of a candidate with one set of principles , to the advocacy of a gallant candidate with another set of principles .
Now , what say you to the ballet , iwn-eleetors 1 Will this prrre to you that , under its provisions , you eoald not have any opposition ; that the Minority shoaM , for the personal and interested object * of individuals , merge in the majority , ant ! thaa appear to mix elements , discordant elements , in close fraternity , leaving the minority no organ —buried , all buried in the silent tomb of expediency , in the dark recesses of the ballot-box ! However , to the poll Sankbt goes ! and you , electors of Marylebone , take care and make your triumph as complete as possible , while the nonelectors , I pledge myself , will do their duty nobly .
Sanket is a Master of Arts , that is , A . M ., of Cambridge , and O'Brijen is A . M . of Trinity College , Dublin ; therefore , let the rotten colleges of
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England and Ireland be fairly represented , by sending the scienoe of Chartism into the olassic edifice aboat to be built for the expression of public opinion . Men of London , will you not subscribe 1 will you , in the midst of surrounding misery , be backward ! No , I don't believe it . Whatever is Sankbt ' s fate , let him be assured
that according to his coaduot will be bis future position in Marylebone ; and that that conduot will be open , frank , straightforward , and honourable , no man can doubt ; he will put no one feature of oar lovely Charter upon his banner ; the full face of the Charter must there be presented in all its splendour to the naval hero and his rivals . Then hurrah for Sankey and Marylebone i For Marylebone and Sankey hurrah >
ROCHDALE . Next cornea more of a legitimatist , but not less of a Chartist , another Irishman , the bold and manly Crawford—the only man who has had honesty enough to prefer retirement to prostitution . The value of such a return must also speak in the voice of thunder to the closed ears of Ireland , and prove that Newcastle and Rochdale know no distinction in the Irishman ' s creed .
One great advantage of Crawford ' s return would be this—that ho would give an impetus and spur to the drowsy balance of power , or such of it as may be again returned in the event of a Whig majority . Dpngombb , WakleYj Leader , Hume , and Warburton will be made more forward when pushed behind by Buoh a man as Crawford . Mind that ; for we must attach the distinct and proper value to every one of our acts , and assign a good and satisfactory reason , for each . So hurrah for Crawford and Rochdale , For Rochdale and Crawford hurrah t
HULL . Here we have the great gun of Chartism , the physical-force gallant Colonel . Of him you will not require me to say a word more than I have often repeated , namely , that he is the best Radical of his class to be found ; he too will act as a rowel in the spur to prod the sleepy energies of the slothful . But mind , men of Hull ; mind Chartists of Hull ; read last week ' s Leeds Mercury , and mind , or else . Don't poll till the last moment 1 and on the first trick , give them two thumping Tories . I would strongly advise you to insist upon Mr . Clat signing the conditions . But be watohfal ; And hurrah for Thompson and Hull I For Thompson and Hull hurrah t
HALIFAX . Here we have a man with whom I have had the honour of sitting and voting for three years in the House of Commons . A more amiable , upright , honourable , intelligent man breathes not , than Mr . Gullt . No power on earth would induce him to violate a single pledge , or held your trust far a moment after yon required its resignation into your hands .
Read yon also what the rascally Mereury dares to say of one of nature ' s gentlemen ; and , when you see Mr . Gully , as working men and Chartists , feast your eyes by looking upon one who has raised himself to be a protector of the poor by his own merit . Upon the other hand , look at the protegees of the Mercury , Wood and Protberob ; the one who has voted for the incarceration of your friends , and who has been a crutch for his brother-in-law , Lord HowicK , in their hobbling to power ; while Protheroe has disappointed your every hope .
Don't you mind Attorney-coroner-brewer-coalmerohant Stocks . Rely upon it , you have nothing to expect from that quarter . Tote for Gully , every man of you ! he is for the five points of the Charter and will be another rowel in the spur . So , Hurrah , for Gully and Halifax , For Halifax and Gully , hurrah I
TOWER HAMLETS . Here we have an hereditary patriot in the person of Col . Thompson ' s son , and we learn that the people are doing their duty , while the leaders are hanging back ; and all I have to say is—to the devil with the leaders ! cut the traces and let them tumble over . while tbe shaft-horses drag the Chartist waggon up the hill in fustian 1 I knew it would come to that , in rotten London . But , fustians , down with the leaders ! down , down , down , down with the leaders ! they will be good company for the bloody Whigs . 1 know nothing of young Thompson beyond the character which the fustians give him—it is enough . So , Hurrah for young Thompson and the fustians , For the fustians and young Thompson , hurrah ! BATH . Some of my readers may suppose ft strange that I ehould attach any importaneo to the return of John Arthur Roebuck but I do , and very great importance . In my comment upon Roebuck , I shall speak of him as' a whole , and not in his character of a political economist and supporter of the Poor Law Amendment Act . If the question the only question to be decided in this next Parliament was Poor Law or no Poor Law , I should , at once , select the only foul blot in
Roebuck ' s escutcheon for exposure ; but , inasmuch , as I never have used the measure as a clap-trap to give the Tories support or preference which they do not deserve , neither shall I now allow myself to place mole-hills between the people and mountains . The Whigs are the fathers of the monster ; the Tories are god-fathers—sponsors , and pledged to its training , and for which they have promised and vowed three things in its name . Firstly , that it shall renounce the people , and all that can get work . Secondly , that it shall renounce all claims
to their estates . And , thirdly , it Bhall walk in the same all the days of their political existence . Now , that ' s the plain and simple way of puttingit ; andifto-morrow , wehad to choose bet ween Walter and Roebuck , the Poor Law being the question at issue , I would at ones , and without hesitation , vote for Walter—not supposing that the repeal of one bad measure would be any guarantee against the enactment ' of as bad a one by the same parties , but merely to show popular hatred to it
when that hatred could be effectually directed to hit tho mark . But I look more extensively into the whole political mirror , and I ask which , in the present state of opinion and parties , is the most likely to forward the cause of democracy , Walter or Roebuck 1 and who , for a moment can hesitate in coming to a conclusion 1 The repeal of the Poor Law Bill would not advance the cause of democracy by a hair ' s breadth , while every step in advanee by democracy , puts a nail in the devil ' s coffin .
I served for two years with Robbuck , ( and always barring the damning spot , ) he was the . moat efficient democrat in the House ; he has since served , and he alone stood up against all the crotchet mongers and sliding balance power , and by hiB democratic principles lost all hold of the time-serving electors , I owe Roebuck no great compliment—he has tried to injure me ; but I owe the public and the cause a duty which no personal motive on earth shall induce me to swerve from , and especially just
now . I am not one of those puliag sycophants who wculd lose snob , a glorious opportunity as the present , for the mereparpose of gratifying personal feelings , or injuring a foe by iBJwing mj cause . No , no ; when it comes to that I shall retire . Now , if the contest was between Walter and Hobhousb , I should , upon the other hand , have as little hesitation in voting for Walter ; because here I test the whole question at issue , and all the little good being on Walter ' s side , I vote for the one fair spot , and against the mass of putrid corruption . Hobhousb is a rotten thing , neither good for man or beast ; and , therefore , I would vote for Walter ; and the same holds good in all instances , For these reasons , do I most unhesitatingly
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declare , that Roebuck would be the very sharpest rowel in the democratic spur . He is naturally a democrat , and the more so , from vanity ; and , as I before said , if he would bind himself for six months to a Scotch farmer , and then for six months to a Manchester cotton lord , he would speedily discover , whether population presses upon the means of production , or the landlord ' s condition of non-production annexed to leases , presses hardly upon population .
If I was not a good farmer , knowing the fall capabilities of mother earth , and if I bad not entered Lancashire College , at Oldham , six years ago this month , and , in the eourse of my education discovered agricultural neglect made manifest in every paleface , ! might also have been a " political economist , " which means nothing more or less than an ignorant booby , who , while he speaks of production , wouldn't know how to get any dinner but grass from the land , if he had it .
OLDHAM . Here we have John Fieldkh , the only master manufacturer in England in whose return the white slaves have any the slightest interest ; but , on the contrary , in the onsting of every other they have a great interest . A poor man being a Chartist , and a physical-force one , I can understand , without diffl " oulty ; but a man wallowing in wealth being even a moral-force Chartist , I cannot understand ,
otherwise than that he is the very best of men . In fact ' when the poor begin to think of Fielden ' s wealth , position , opposition to monopoly , and support of their order , they must look npon him as the rarest novelty of the age ; and so he is . There breathes not the breath of life in a more thorough philanthropist , kind-hearted , shrewd man , than Mr . John Fielden : personally I owe him no great compliment , but I do owe him a duty .
There can be no doubt bat that Fielden will be returned again , along with his excellent , and in every way fitting , colleague , General Johnson . Now , then , I have done so far , but I have not yet done half my work ; So for all , Hurrah , for our side , For our side , hurrah ! Now , then , EVERY WORKING MAN , WOMAN , AND CHILD IN ENGLAND . IRELAND , SCOTLAJCD , AND WALES .
Mi dear beloved Children , —Aye you are every ono of you , old and young , my children ; and never was fond father so doatingly fond ot an only child . Never did parent look with joy for the first fruits of his union , with more intense and heartfelt anxiety , than I now loek for an heir to our union . It is just twelve months since the Star warned faction of the approaching tempest which is now about to rage , — in these words : —
" BEHOLD THE STORM COMETH . " My children , for long before , and ever since , I have been on the watch tower to keep the ship " from foes or wreck , " ready to warn the crew ef approaching danger from whatever quarter it may threaten us . In that time , though apart , we have fought many battles together in spirit : and now I tell you the HOUR COMETH !
when the crew must remain on deck , and when " England will expect every man to do his duty !" I have done mine I This is the week before the battle ; the very eve of battle ; and I have given you all the instruction that I thought necessary for your guidance . This week the Star should be a chart to guide you in your perilous course . — Study it ; follow it ; and you are safe ! I have scarcely slept since Saturday last . My mind has been on the rack as to tbe best means of serving you .
In addition to what you will see from me this week in the Star , I have written an address ef sixteen large pages of M . S ., to the Frisze coat electors and non-electors of the County of Cork , bearing upon Irish affairs . I have had it published on a sheet by itself , and sent over to be distributed among the soldiers with whom I have fought and conquered , aad who still love me . I cannot forget Ireland 1 and in my dungeon I bave done my duty to all !
Tho result of the present contest will test the value of tyranny and tbe increase of Chartism since the general election V > f 1837 , and will inform the new Lord Chancellor of Ireland , our old persecutor-General , Sir John Campbell , that he was in a dose when he thought he had put Chartism to rest ! He is to be a Peer aad a Chancellor ! and thus have the Whigs rewarded one and all of our persecutors ! But no matter ! we will Boon be in a situation to right ourselves !
My children , the Chartist tree ? s growing rapidly , and spreading its luxuriant foliage ever the shoots that , daily and hourly spring from its fertile roota . It is deep sown , but nevertheHeea springs like good seed scattered in rich soil . O 1 how I long to walk among you , when we shall have killed tyranny ; and to see you what nature intended you to be , freemen 1 every man with the key of his own store house filled with the prtduce of his own labour , in his own pocket . These are my politics . I am for a return from an artificial , to a natural state of existence .
Mothers , for this make your sons work for the next week ! Wives , for this make your husbands work for the next week ! Sisters , for this make your brothers work for the next week ! Sweethearts , for this make your lovers work for the next week 1 All , all , work for this , next week ! I am now tired and weary , and leave you with my blessing , and the blessing of God implored in your behalf : and that you may overcome every foe to liberty , and every obstacle that stands between you and your just and righteous cause , is the sincere and the earnest , the devout and never oeasing prayer of Your fond and affectionate father , Feargub O'Connor . ¦ w-ur r- _ r .,-r ... J . ^^ -uu uuu yvu'J'JWUJW .
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MR . O'BRIEN , O'CONNOR , AND THE NORTHERN STAR . In our last number , we promised to reason with Mr . O'Brien on the subject of the policy which we have thought it our duty to recommend to the people at the coming elections . We felt sorry to lack , on any subject , the approbation of O'Brien , and were in hopes of being able to show him that his position on this matter , had been taken ap more hastily than is
usual with him . However , as O'Connor was equally concerned in the matter with tho Editor of the Northern Star , he has thought proper io take it up ; and on reading over his two letters to Mr . O'Brien , we at onoe laid aside an article which we had prepared upon the subject ; satisfied that it unnecessary to occupy space with more than he has said upon the matter . To those letters we refer Mr . O'Brien and the people , and rest contented to abide the issue .
We this week give another letter from Mr . O'Brien , following up his former ones . To that letter then ' we now request the attention of our readers , in eon junction with bis former ones , and with tbe two letters of O'Cokror in reply . It is not our practice te treat the " reasoning" of any manvleaat of all that of Mr . O'Brien , with affected contempt ; we desire to give to it all the weight and influence te which the long labours of » u « h a man entitle him ; we would subtract nothing from it , by inuendo or otherwise ; and we beg to aanre him , that whatever may have been Ala impreuio * ,
nothing wai further front our purpose than , m the few remarks we last week appended to his letters , to place hit opinion ir on own in any undue position . We do not presume to " dogmatiia to our brother Chartists , " or to set up our opinion M as the established fa-th of the Chartist body . " But we do think ourselves bound in duty to place our opinions on all great matters of policy honestly and fearlessly before the people—to give our reasons for holding those opinions—and we think . we have a tight to ask the people not to make up their minds " beforehand" to pay no attention
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, ^^ to those reasons . Again , regretting that we can hare in this matter Mr . O'Brien ' s approval ty concurrence , we leave the whole matter with tii people , reiterating our deliberate opinion , that ' t they suffer the present opportunity of effectuj ]] overthrowing the " Bloodies" to pass by , they ^ m bitterly repent it .
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V ^ SIT THE WEST RIDING AND Btl ROUGH CANDIDATES TO LEEDS . On Tuesday morning last , this town at anetrf . hour , exhibited all the bustle and excitement of y electioneering contest , ^ having been announced th 2 the whole of the candidates for both the bornLk and the West Riding , would make their appear ^ and address the people in the yard of the Colonr 2 Cloth Hall . urw The factions were early on the alert . Bandar music , blue and yellow flags and ba nners , born , hi hired dupes , and small and large loaves of br « J decorated with blue and yellow ribbons »» marched in procession through the * 8 tn » t " making morn hideous , " and arousing Th lethargic from their heavy slumbers . But in the midst of all this , there was a »» rt » moving in aU the dignity of conscious superior ^ not aid ot
wno neeaea cne r pomp and ceremonv"XJ enforce their claims on the public attention Th Chartists , though not fearing a comparison , 7 < m contented themselves by appearing without eitW colours or music , conscious that they were not a wtu behind either of the factions in the ability of tbe can didates whom they had freely chosen , or in theing ^ of their cause which they espoused . * Mr . George Julian Harney and Mr . PitketW , were the Riding candidates , and Mr . James Willjani and Mr . James Leech the borough candidates of tbe ChartistB ; theHon . J . S . WortleyandMr . Beckett Denison the Riding , and Mr . William Beckett and Lord Jocelyn , the borough candidates of the Tories * and Lords Morpeth and Milton the Riding W Messrs . Hume and Aldam the borough candi ' data of the united corps of Foxes and Geese . Each party invited their candidates to a Dublf . breakfast . '
The Chartists had a numerous party to a good substantial repast , at their room , in the Fish Market The' Tories feasted their friends at the iUs u Hall , in Albion-street , where a large party assem bled under the presidency of Mr . Henry Hall . Of course the great and mighty of the land were there-. " where the carcase is , there will the vulture * U gathered together . " The WhigB occupied the large room of the Com * meroial Buildings , and if wo could believe the extraordinary liar , we might suppose that thevftr ** out-Heroded Herod" in numbers , respectability wealth , talent , grandeur , show , and ever ; thing else ! but we have learnt to place a proper value on Neddy ' s statements . The good things of this life having been done ample justioe to , some time was spent by each of the factions in raising their spirits , and-preparing them for what might cross their path in the course of the next few hours . Neddy ' s Extraordinary ^ ajg
the speeches of the " Bloodies , " after the gormandizing was over , were extraordinary" indeed , and " extraordinary . " must bave been the stomachs of the gulls who swallowed them . About half-past nine o ' clock , a move was made towards the Cloth Hall Yard . The Chartists , conscious of the purity of their principles , were the first who arrived , in procession . certainly , but unaided by decoration , or the le ast display . Their numbers were , as they always are , formidable ; and , though slighted and insulted bj the "Liar Extraordinary , " were strong enough to make him quail when he looked upon them . We ought to remark here that a commodious hustings , in two divisions , had been erected by the two ' great parties , without any seeming provision for the greatest party of all—the party of the people . The candidates and leaders , however , were supplied with tickets of admission to the hustings , and they took up their position in the centre .
The Blues arrived next , af ter parading the streetsin procession , with their bands and banners , and took up position at the far end of the yard , the candidate ! and their supporters occupying that end of the hustings . . These had no sooner taken their places , than the Whigs arrived and occupied the vacant part of the hustings allotted to them—their Bnpperters qpptrently filling the end of the yard from the steps it the gates . We say apparently , because we happen to know that it was not really so , notwithstanding certain extraordinary statements which have been since published . The fact is that in this , as in everything else , the Whigs mast have some trick ; they hu planned to have the entrance to the yard allotted to them , knowing that they would be sure of all ( he droppers-in , who would thus be made to swell their
numbers . And this was more easily effected , ud made more apparent , by the fact that the Chartists wore no colours , and that those Blues who armed late ^ and in strangling divisions , dispensed with their usual insignia also . But their veil was torn aeids during the addresses of the candidates , and to made particularly apparent even to the extrardinary optics of the " Queen-groaner , " when , during the spirited and effective addreuef Mr . J . G . Harney , the cheers of those who wen thought to be yellow told so effectually in favour of the candidate of the people ' s ohoice , and placed beyond all doubt the opinions of the great majority of those who occupied the first portion of the ; &ri the Mercury knows the fact ; "Let the galled jade wince . "
The number of persons assembled to listen to the proceedings could not be fewer than fifteen thousand ; we should say more . The greater part of the persons with orange cards in their hats consisted of mm hired for the occasion ; and of lads of from sixtea to eighteen ; the latter were , occasionally , ray fl »« 7 and unsteady ; but on the whole , the crowd bebaTH extremeiy well .
THE WEST RIDING CANDIDATES Lord Viscount MORPETH addressed the multitnda at considerable length , in one of his usual carefully prepared and deliberately conned " themu , " on which we imagine that some boarding school miss bad tostowed no small amount of feminine taste and paiii taking , in the nicely stringing together of neat fitting representatives ef nothing . The Noble Lord ' s speech was a tolerably " correct composition , * ' by whom writ ten we , of course , know not ; but , as a literary tffoit , it might be considered passable from a fourth form boy in the Leeds Free Grammar School . His harangue , o course , gave much credit to the Government fur tbar
determined efforts against " monopoly , " and predict * sad things for the country if the said Governmeri should be " thrown on their own resources . " He beps by stating that the very echoes lingering in the Cloth Hall Yard were charged with the death-knell of nonpoly—that he had heard from that place in 1830 w » proclaimed against the monopoly of repreaentaiionthat he had afterwards heard condemned in that pUa the monopoly ef traffic in human flesh—that then monopolies were now at an end , and he oafideollj augured the same fact for the monopoly of corn , commerce , and trade . After some left-handed cospfr ments to his Tory opponents , which were toe
palpable to be well received , he went on to My ,-" 1 believe , Gentlemen , the Supreme Kul « r of era * has so formed this world , with all its divtrsitiee * land and of sea , separating land from land , and is !*™ from island , by waters , and rivers , and oceans , endowing one portion of the earth with exuberant richness <" soil , and with the genial influence of elimate ; » PP »* priating another portion to more hardy enterprise 07 giving to it stores of mineral wealth -, making tbe cotton plant , the tea plant , and coffee plant , thrire in another region , making iron harden , coal blacken , « diamonds blaze , in another region . ( Cheers . ) - » humbly conceive that in making these , the Supreme Architect of nature intended that man should enjoy , and that in order to enjoy , he should work , sbo ne should exchange . ( Loud applause . ) I need not aa yon whether you have not proved yourselves willing w been
work . ( Cries of ' we have . ' ) There ha * no failure with you in tbia respect . It cant be P ^ ^ tint you have not done your duty to the . ut » o «* , » working honestly for your livelihood , and for tbe comfort and maintenance of your families . " ( Hear , new , and cheers . " ) Then came a great lot of declanwoen about the scarcity of manufacturing employment "" the . driving of onr trade into foreign conntrieaVw naughty Corn Laws . The Noble Lord procesded uw » to argue that inasmuch as the public » yenue . ! %£ *» equal to the pnblic expenditure , the Tories , « «»» take office must increase the revenue by imposing nw taxes , whereas he and his friends were di » po « f « ° " " t by taking off taxes I Not a word about reducingw » public expenditure tome « t thexevenue : in U 11 ' P *!\ , the tune , the performers are fcwweli studied to «* ianW note h « heard . After advertinC to the a ^ B ^
ate circumstances ef his faction , which had *«« £ *" necessary for them to invoke the power of the ¦ ««" of , Wentworth . " the Ntrtfe Lord wound upbi »«» tatioa with tbe following pithy words which w « i »»*¦ he will find to be truer than he ever fot « ld « « r should be . " The word has gone f » rth against prw bitiona , against exclusion , and against undie P ""*~ : to favoanddauea . ( Cheer *) The haBd-wntinl »" tha wall—the cause of monopoly has had iti < W- _ , Lord MILTON , havi » jf been iatrodneed » TjAjy Bsovn , Ju ., Esq .. n « xt presented taiiaselt , »* pitiable exhibitioa it was . Tim » oor lad was «^^ J frightened at the unuwal positioa in . -whidi . Mr ^ himself . Some careful graadmother had pat at * him a string of ordinary msan-naughU about P ^ r ^ J , and free trade , which the luckless youth in ^» repeat from memory , stack repeatedly fast in , * ^^ referring to his prompt took , lost the line ot ^^ t and , reading wrong , made all sorts 0 / ***• tf blunders—talking about "driving the f *^ Aai tlemen from the field , " &&—uia frief . T jgnd arround him on the hustings , several *™ h i $ to keep the Noble Lordling right in /™ less ? ° j- tjaad no purpose . We suppose that eaA " » e ^ , eieJ impudent purss-calcuiating imbeo * " ^ ** 8 ^ T \ I mi before maie , aa that which g " **»* " « *" aaking of this unfortunate ? ** m * n *
The N0etheun Stae. Saturday, June 26, 1841.
THE N 0 ETHEUN STAE . SATURDAY , JUNE 26 , 1841 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct385/page/4/
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