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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1841.
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SOUTH LAHCASHXRE . — Delegate Mkehsg . —Tl is meetiMg was held in the Chartist room , Browntcrnt , But Manchester , which had been called for the exi . eas purpose of taking into consideration the rete- ' e of the Chartist priwnew , and to adopt means wL : ch to theai might sewn best to get np a demonstration for their reception into Manchester . It -was agreed that the committee , which had already been formed to : that purpose in Manchester , should have a voice in tfcr delegate mp »» t '" g Present—Mr . John Cartledge ,. Bro-wn-street , Manchester ; Mr . Jonah Schofleld , Dmyisden ; Mr . Richard F" ¦ J (*" Oldham ; Mr . James B ^ vers , Stalybridge ,- Mr . Roger Green , MiddJetOD ; Hr . Jamei Barlow , Stockport ; Mr . Wood , Maneheiter ; Mr . Darid Booth , Kewten-Heath ; Mr . John
To ; , n » on , Hardman-street , Manchester ; Mr . William P ; str . Salter-street , Manchester ; Mr . John H < nrarth , IU-e-iffe Bridge ; Mr . John Bailey , Oldbam-road , Manet ir- ' -er ; Mr . Gabriel Hargraves , Manchester ; Mr . Pe ^ r Shorroek * . and Mr . Wm . Griffin . Mr . Peter Shorrt > Lis was called to the chair , and commenced , bnsl-D € S 5 "by explaining to them tiae reasons why tiey had h ^ r . called together a week earlier than tbeir usual tin : ? of meeting , and then proceeded to read three letters which he bad received ; the first from Feargns O'Connor , Esq . ; the second from Mrs . O'Brien , and vhe third from Mr . Wm . Benbow ; after which a lor . e discussion commenced amongst the delegates a * t © :. ~ a day on wcjch the above patriots should be requested to arrriTt at Manchester . One party conteDdea for Saturday , whilst the other party wished for Jl nday , which terminated in a resolution to the follow , a ? effect : — "That the Committee at Manchester si-ili again discuss tie sabjeet relative to the day on
Wi ich the demonstration shall take place , and that ea _ b delegate lay ' . he same before his constituents , who ab- * A decide which day they wish , and to meet again In the same room to-morrow ( Sunday ) , and when as-• eabied , that day on which the majority of delegates eon . c prepared to state woal > i best suit their constituents , the demonstration will be held whether it -be il ^ nJiy n Saturday . " 2 nd . "That three persons be ap ' jointed to dra-w np aa address to the prisoners . " Mr . Jcim Bailey , ^ lr . Richard Haslem , aad Mr . William GriSn were chosen lor thst pnrpoae . They were reqnt-ned to retire into the Committee-room while the othtis discussed other business which would be brought bei ' m * them . But as nothing definite had been received from either Peargus O'Connor er the rest of the prisoners upon the subject of their release , no resolution was passed . Shortly , the Committee entered with th = following address , which was read and carried with acclamation : —
TO FEARGFS O'CONNOR , E 8 < ± , MR . BROXTERRE OBR 1 EX , A . ND MB . WILLIAM BENBOW , F vtsioiic Sirs , —We , the delegates assembled in Br .. wn-street , East Manchester , on Sunday , July 4 th , 18 * 1 . haring heard that you are shortly to be released from yonr dungeons , beg most respectfully to irifnrm yo :., both on behalf of ourselves and our constiluents , thai it ia with joy inexpressible , that we receive such gla-i tiding * . bire , we hail with delight , mingled with anxious execution , thu approach of the time when we shall ouoe mare have the pleasure and opportnnity of seeing you . and to enjoy your company ; and when your traascendant talents shall be called into action ,
unfettered and free , both with your tongues and ptns . When you . &s you are ever -welooiae , shall take youi proper stand amongst and assist those who have fought the baitte in your absence . Without flattery on our part , we ashore you we haye many times had to lament the loss vf such men as you in one of the most glorious , gigantic , aod enterprising struggles , that has ever occupies ! * he minds and attention of the working millions , n&w-Aj to burst the fetters of slaTery , and s&ad up in the dignity of freemen , to gain those rights , liberties , ana privileges which of right belongs to universal man . IJeepiy haTe we grieved that tyrants at heart should be allowed to torture and insult you , and injure you both bodiiy and mentally , especially when we are conscious that the Terr extent of yonr crime , hvi been
because you possessed feelings of gympathy , generosity and affection for , and manfnlly and indefati ' g&biy laboured to better the condition of what has been tenue-j , by those who lire upon the fruits of our industry , " tke oWinish multitude ";—feeling , as we do , eonv . ueed Uuu if yon had considered your own indi-Tidnai interest to the exclusion of ours , and had . taken an opposite course , you could and wonld have been bltssed with every privilege—had you consented to go hand and glove with those who are now your and our oppressors , you might , instead of being where you now are , fcave occupied the highest seats in the senate House , extolled and rewarded for your abilities by those Who , through the medium of an hireling press , brand you witn the epithets uf fire-brands , rebellious , disxffccUous , &c
Sns , —Wo tha working classes , judging from your it&tiou in society , axe sufficiently atrare that yon have been actuated by tire pureBl of motives ; and seeing the poverty , misery , tyranny , and oppression , the effects of dass- ] - _ £ ! slation , everywhere abounding amongst the enslaved millions « f your Mlow-creatures—a love for them , yourself , p > 8 terity , and your country combined , propped and stimulated you to exertion in the great ¦ Work uf universal redemption , liberty , and happiness to ali . We bare come t- > this conclusion from an impresy . nn wrought upon our minds by watching your conduct for years ,- and , from the bold and di sinterested manner you have proceeded when all the power and influence of tyrants wa ^ arraigned against you ; from the manner in "which . ycrahaTe braved tlie storm , b © thin danger
BQd out of danger , through evil as well as through food report , bidding defiance to police magistrates , mtterary-general . judges , and juries , because you were anned and fortified w « . th truth and justice , and engaged in a righteous and glorious cause . They , poor short aigMe-l , empty-headed fools , fancied that "whe « youand tht rest of Ike good and true , who haTe nobly sufferer i like yourselves , -were taken from us , that the cry against oppression wonld cease , and that it would abate ti * e thirst for liberty in those ¦ who trere left behind ; but , alas : tb&nk God , they never made a greater mistafce ; for , in the first place , they have not , by their dungeons , erased the love of liberty from the breasts of those v bom they have had under their iron grasp ; but , on the contrary , they , the patriots , have come out of
tlie foriiaee purineJ , and as giants refreshed with new wine , Si . ed with zjal and determination , hare entered the fled with more vigour , and are going forward , advocating the principlea of liberty through the length and breadth of the land . This ought , above all , to convince the despots , that neither the dungeon , the word , nor the tcaffjid , will be sufficient to uphold oppression , or stifls toe cry fur liberty . In the second place , tboss who have been left behind , these whom the bliKxl bounds of the law have n » t thought sufficient game , ruve takeu the place of yourselves and others , and nave supplied them to the best of their ability —the iii-ased -sTorking classes lQcewise began to read Vhmk . judge , and act far themsehres , and thus it Was that tiie f U 3 tian jackets , the unshcrn chins , and ih--,
ilistered hanSs have met the tyrants upon the same stage ; stood forward in the majesty of their caus ; , anl in thousands of instances havejbeat them in open and fair discussion , until at length , though we as Chsrt-sts have suffered more persecution , met with more opposition bvth from the law , the Gj return en t , the miu ile and higher classes , and all those who wish for things to remain as they are , and have had our ranks broken into , and out of them 450 of our best men imprijosed ; in a word , history does not record a society so much persecuted and prosecuted as ours has been , from the commencement of our agitation fur the Charter . Yet , notwithstanding all this jou have never flinched , yon hare n ^ t bended beneath your sufferings , and it is with exultation that we can without fear of contradiction , say , nsy we rejoice ; and exclaim in a Toice of thunder , that we are in a better position than we were when you left us . That we are now
better organised ; a better understanding exists with each oiiusr , and by tte circulatiea of information thruttjli the Hiedicsa the Star , and the CtiaitLt pre&s , tfae ^ working classes in every part of England and Scotland , and many parts of Ireland , have been enabled to read our principles , which cannot help bat produce conviction in every honest and candid mind oi their carrectness and pnrity ; and thus have they become more intelligent . And , again , many who once looked upon us with , scorn and contempt , have been led , for the take of the novelty of the thing , to examine and give those principles a proper investigntion ; and as many have acknowledged , "with a prejudiced wind , who after have come honestly forward , joined our Association , and have allowed themselves to be pnt upon the p ! an of lecturers , to expound those principles which they at one time presuratil that they Were justified in treating with contempt .
Tflen , honoured Sirs , if such has been our progress vilhoul men like yourselves to advise with and direct Bs—if this has b ^ a and is now our position—if tre could meet the factions when we had or . ly & fuiti&n Jacket , and amid all tb « conflicting aDd numberless difficulties , and when even be ran the risk of losing his employment—if we could make afcead against such odds , what might we now anticipate when you once mere take your post—whea your presence shall gladden , and when your tongues , as if broken loose from
bondage , shall excite our countrymen , and stimulate them so that thousands will step out of the routine of their former snergies and be alive to their own interest in poshing forward our glorious and immutable Charter . ' Tea , noble O'Connor , we , judging bum the elements of which yon are composed , expect great tiling * from jou in addition to what you have done , in rousing the whole nation by your eloquence , determination , perseverance , and generalship , cutting right and left at those faction ! who dread your approach .
And you noble O'Brien , termed as yon have been by your oompinion Feargus , the schoolmaster of England , vejudgB you likewise from your former conduct ; we have a pledge from you written in almost every page of Mm Poor Mans Guardian , and from your eight years democratic writings -we feel confident that you are up te the mark—thit yoar mi ^ faty fingers and yonr pen ^ fll again bs brought to bear » -sinst the citadel of cornptkn , an i that jou win hold up the present corrnpt jrtem to ttie blase of open day , shewing its foul and demora li sing character ; that you will shew the absurdity aad imbecility of our rulers , whether Whig or
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Tory , in their trying to pa > p up a faliisg nationiby art ! - flciaJmeaas , aad abew the remedy for mriag » sinking witxJc » Noble and well tried and aever-foand-w * ntiiiy , undaunted Benbow , yon will give no quarter to the enemy . If £ very one had taken yonr advice , they would all have been clammed to death long since . Judging from yonr defence , from the fortitude which yon show tmder your sufferings , and from long duty performed with honour to yourself and satisfaction to your ftPow-craaturta , as recorded and registered in the democratic pre « for the last twenty yean . We wish to convey to yen , boaoarad Sir , that we do not despair in yon , but , on the contrary , you live in our breasts , and , like the aforesaid nobles of nature , possess oar confidence and esteem ; and that we hope and trust we shall be able to convince you that we appreciate your exertions on your and oer behalf .
Sin , we look forward to all three of you to join the ranks of the rest who have left their dungeons to assist in opening the eyes of the millions to their true interests , to organise them , and raise such a phalanx as will , before no very distant period , wring from a worthless , despotic , and tyrannical GoT © rnm « it those rights and immunities which the l&wi of the omnipotent Ruler of tbe universe , and the laws of nature entitle us to . Honoured Sirs , there are th « nsands whose hearts pant with anxiety for the day on which they can pay a
debt of gratitude for yow past services j only a hint that you are about to be released , has put fresh life into the whole country ; and the question universally asking is , how can we sufficiently repay you f How can we de to get up such a demonstration as England never saw , and to carry out which , money has been called for , which comes in beyond our expectation . Fiags and banners of the most cortly aad splendid description are being provided ; and with everlasting credit to the females , we are compelled to tay that they bid fair to be foremest in the field . MJCJ SVAU tau W I / V iv ^ LuaiAiv ui iihw - »— .
In conclusion , we , in behalf of our constituents , * of ourselves , of our wives and children , return you our sincere thanks for the past , and place unbounded confidence in you for the future , and remain yours truly and affectionately in the cause of democracy , Universal Suffrage , and no surrender . Signed , By order of the delegates , Peter Shorrocks , Chairman . Chartist-rooms , Brown-street , July 4 th , 1841 . After the reading of the address , it was resolved , " That the Editor of the Ktrihern Star be requested to insert the above address in the next publication . vote of thanks was given to the three individuals who drew up the address , and also to the Chairman , and thus ended a pleasing and animating meeting . [ This report was received for our last , but was acci dentally omitted . —Ed . 1
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THE MONSTER . Aftke nine years of lingering hope between life and death , the monster Toryism , refreshed by Whig delinquency , strengthened by Whig treachery , and emboldened by popular hatred of Whiggery , has been resuscitated ; and in the plenitude of its reformed power , will no doubt vainly hope to hold the reins of Government and to rule British slaves according to olden custom and constitutional prerogative . Silly thought ! They most learn , and that at once , that tie people rejoice in their newly acquired strength only as indicative of their approaching and instant and irrevocable destruction .
trhiggery , which for nine yean acted as a foil to Toryism , was not the great opponent of Tories during the past struggle for pre-eminence . No ; tfeose sections of the people who brought Tory strength in advance , in order to have a fair shot at the enemy , whom , for nine years , the Whig ranks had covered , were the real enemies of Toryism , and the real friends of constitutional liberty . The cry of " give us a fair trial" will not for a
moment be listened to . They have had too many a fair trials ; " and in each and all the people have found them wanting ; and however the proud flesh of Whiggery may for a long time have covered aad partially obscured the deep and festering wound of Toryi sm , yet will the caustic of public opinion very speedily remove the outward skin , and expose the running sore of constitutional disorder" The KihG ' s Evil "—to the naked eye .
Give them a " fair trial , " indeed 1 Have not our fathers and our grandfathers , our children and ourselves , given them a " fair trial" ! And what has been the resnlts 1 la power , they have been rampant devils ; in opposition , ihey have been panting bloodhounds ; cautious in every step , lest in a moment of over-zeal to a ; uin office , they should , by a lipcoffering to liberty , liberality , or justice , establish a precedent dangerous to the tyrant ' s rule .
To us the plea of Whiggery—thai the Tories made them villains , is not goc d ; to it , therefore , we demur , and reply Not so ; for had you relied upon popular support , yon would have been independent of Tory moderation , and guiltless of the villany . " But let not the Whigs suppose , meantime , that they can in turn play the part of negative tyrants , in the hope of again resuscitating Whiggery upon Tory hatred . Let them not imagine that Tory oppression ,
unopposed by them , will of itself replace Whiggery in the ascendant . No , it will not . We have now created the monster ; it is for them in opposition to deal with it inside ; while for ourselves we are nothing daunted by its electoral strength , bo long as the people havs tha command of the electrifying machine which is now charged , and ready to c » mmnnicate a shock to tyranny , in whatsoever form it presents itself , whether abroad or at home .
What then have we to fear i We are aware that the bold Chartist stands in much greater daDger than the boldest Whig ; we are conscious that ihe Whig jnry-clas 3 wi ) l applaud as patriotic all Whig attacks npon Toryism , so long as they , the jurors , look eq-ially to Whig and Tory rule as sufficient protection or class legislation , by which the jnryclass thrive ; while the same " sworn jurors of our Sovereign Lady the Queen" will have no difficulty in seeing a gross vielation of law , acd practices requiring immediate correction , in ihe case of a honesi Chartist .
What , in such case , then , becomes the bounden duty of the veri' . aBle Chartist ? We have over and over again shown that law is a farce ; and that , as Mr . O'Conkob has well observed : There is more danger to the peasant who shoots at the squire ' s hare , than to the fquire who shoots at the peasant ' s head . " This is true ; most true ; but , then , mi ' opposed tyranny acquires the stamp of custom ; and usage and cuitom are most ea&ily transferred to the country ' s records as common law ; whereas vigorous
opposition to the infant abuse wonld have prevented the monster ' s strength . Hence have the people been most culpable in olden times . Indeed we have no right to lay eqnal stress upon popalar acquiescence at present , inasmuch as the storm of popnlar indignation so successfully kept np against the New Poor Law BUI and the Rural Police Bill , is likely , if not to crush those monstrous iniquities to the earth per se , indirectly to annihilate , not only them , but the power of their framers .
What then , we say , becomes the people ' s duty ! They must create a power stronger than oppression % a national feeling stronger than party or class prejudice ; a sense of justice greater than the laws' persecution ; and if attacked unconstitotiomally behind such a rampart of moral Btrength by physical orce , then necessity , which is the mother of invention , will of itself , and upon the moment , create a force stronger than gunpowder . The voice of knowledge has almost silenced the cannon ' s roar , and nature , ever ready to arm right against might , will be prompt in supplying her children with the means of self-defence against their enemies .
The mode of accomplishing all these desirable objects is by a disseminatioa of cheap political tracts—the support of that pre 38 which flomes np to the Chartist principle , not only the support of those principles , but the establishment of a principle ; that is the EngRsfi Chartist Circular , for -id . ; the Scotch Ckartut Circular , Ad . ; H'Douall ' s cheap publication , which we are extremely sorry to learn is not Euppported as it ought to be ; the Odd Fclloic - . Vincent ' * Xaiionai Vindicator , and ail the oilier ; aod though last , not least , the glorious
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Cooper's little Leopard , which though compelled often to change its skin , yet never changes its flesh ; to meet in downs , in sooree , in hundreds to talk about the Charter and its blessings ; to hold public meetings now and then , to prove the advance of pnblio opinion ; to insist upon & perfect union between all parties struggling for the same end ; to look apon every man ' s brain as having something which nay be beneficially extracted from it ; to
make every mas who is for the principle agree with bis brother ; to live soberly ; never to give the enemy a handle over as by any infraction of the peace , bat always to be in a state to defend ourselves against aggression : this wholesome precaution kept the peace at tha West Biding nomination , whereas , all moral appeals to physical ruffianism would have been disregarded . So much for the organisation of a proper publio opinion .
Let as now see bow snch a force—presuming npon its completion—could be beneficially applied . For argument ' s sake , we Bhall for the moment suppose a possible evil , namely , that the Whigs , who for nine yean have played mostfantastio pranks before high heaven for the mere possession of office , should now constitutionally deliver power into Tory hands without a just and constitutional struggle in which the people could and would take part ; we mean without another dissolution and an appeal to the peoplr , of which moreanon . Suppose , then , that we have such a force , our duty iB to skirmish with the enemy according to our means during the short
supply campaign , which is to commence on the 19 th of next month . We could not be prepared to meet them efficiently at that time , and defeat would be disastrous . We could not get our forces together so soon ; therefore tha country should petition for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones in the first instance , to try the mettle of the new Houbo . We say for Fbost , Williams , and Jones , because we must keep their case alive ; we never can forget them ; we never will abandon them : moreover , whoever signs for such a petition , would cheerfully sign for the Charter ; and this both parties will understand .
Now , although it is highly important that euch petitions should be numerously signed , yet as Mr . Duscombs only moved on one of the prayers of our former petition , and as the restoration of Fbost , Williams , and Jokes was another of our prayers , he c&n constitutionally call the 2 , 000 , d 0 f spiritB from the dusty archives , or rather from the burying ground for popular , opinion , and make them plead for his clients .
Should the Tories not commence the " shooting season" in Ireland before February , when the House will meet again , and should they allow us to live in peace in England during that period , ( which is very doubtful , ) we must meet them in full Convention on the 4 th of February , the usual day for Parliament , assembling . We have already more than two-thirds of our 49 representatives ; we say 43 , for still will we remain within the laws' sanctuary . We have
O'Beien , M'Douall , Sankkt , Vincent , Hanson , PlTKKTHLT , HaRNET , LEECH , WlLLIAMS , BlNKS , Loweby , Col . Thompson , Coopeb , Richajidson , Johs Duncan , Abraham Duncan , Thomasson Mills . Mom , M'Crak , Mabtik , young Thompson , and many others ; in fact , Sootland the land of martyrs , and consequently of patriots , has nearly filled up the list ; however the deficiency will be easily made good .
If these forty-nine representatives are baoked by the country , and supported by 4 , 000 , 000 f signatures , which they will have and more , it will then become the duty of the people of London , headed by every member of the Convention , to go in procession to the Home Office with an address to the Queen ; and to the House of Commons with a petition to the House , of such nature and quality , as the country shall decide upon . Meantime , as full notice of the day of presentation will be given , it will become the easy , the pleasing , aad the imperative duty of the people of every town throughout the empire to set
one Monday apart , supposing the petition to be presented . on a Friday , —( thus giving ample time for the knowledge of the treatment which it and the procession shall have experienced , to travel to the most distant part of the country)—we say , it will then become the people ' s duty to set that day apart , as the Chartist jubilee ; and , without any nonsense of declaring their determination t © have recourse to physical force , it becomes their duty to meet and eay what next ! and it becomes the duty of the delegates to remain in London to receive the decision .
Let these things be done ; and let no funds , not a farthing , be placed in the hands of the Convention , beyond the mere necessary supply for advertising , stationery , and rent of meeting place . Let each delegate receive full and ample wages from hi ? own local treasurer ; and iet him receive it , like other honest workmen , on every Saturday night , and none in advance ; and let a detailed account of the proceedings be printed at the close of each week , a few
copies of which should be sent to each town , to be read in different places upon a given day ; and let a Committee be chosen to draw up such report ; and let it , when drawn up , and before publication , be submitted to the whole body , and its truth and correctness be thus authenticated ; and then the country will have an unstamped national weekly organ , divested of falsehood and party spirit , and bearing the sterling stamp of truth .
Such are the weaponB with which the country should be armed to resist Tory domination ; while the Whig alternative should be to transfer all the combustible elements of popular discontent into the House of Commons , as a national safety valve . To talk now of longer holding power by majorities and gunpowder , is child ' s play—a farce ! We are told that the government of a country is , in general , a correct miniature of popular opinion . In this folly the Leeds Mercury joined during the days of Whig ascendancy ; but what
will the Mercury say now f We say now , as we before said in reply : " that such was only a political truism , when the existing government did actually represent a majority of the nation . " Will the Mercury now say that the Tory Government represents a majority of the nation ? and if not , will it E&y that the government is a constitutional govemm « nt ! and , if he admits that such is not the case , is it not our bounden duty , and the bounden duty of every good man to arrive at the means of attaining an object upon which all appear to be agreed .
It is plain that the Whigs cut a stick in 1832 , with which the Tories have thrashed them soundly in 1841 . What , then , can the Whigs do ? Can they go to the shrubbery again and select another Whig switch ? No ; impossible ; they must go to the forest and cut a Tory wattle , of which they may bold one end and the people the other ; and then all may hope to annihilate the whole power of Toryism . The Whig 3 cannot regain power by the present constituencies of their own creation : th&t is
certain ; they have lost power by trafficking , experimentalising , and fencing with Tery opposition ; yielding to Tory prejudice , instead of bending to the national voice . They cannot toss up any other " hasty pudding" to catch the hungry electors ; they have gone further in their new cookery than they thought practicable or prudent ; and if reinstated by & majority , it was doubtless their intention to have still relied upon Tory opposition for the non-p » rformanco of clap-trap promises .
What , then , mast they do 1 They must , as they have tried juggling for nine years , now try a fair game . They must show the people every card in the pack , and tell the people , in the event of a fresh deal , how many trumps they , the people , shall hold to stop " a bad lead , " or change a dangerous game . They must DISSOLVE AGAIN ! aDd without appearing ridiculous to all the nations of the earth , by another " vision , '' or " night mare , " they need be at no trouble to £ 0 in search for the proper bait for the season . We will bait the hook , aud tic the tij , so as to catch the ifcl ) ; but the fiuh must be
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thirty Chartist Members , constituting the anti-Tory aod Chartist staff in the Htuse . At this notion , which we were the first to broach , and which we rqjota to find the Chronicle and the Sun support , the bloody old rim ** , and our Great Grandmother , are ontrageon ? . So much the better , If the Whig * allow the Tories once to get possession of the gunpowder and the treasury , then farewell all hope of suoh organic change , short of revolution , as will ever again transfer power from Tory to Whig hands .
Let ihe Whigs , upon the other hand , do that whioh the national voice will call most constitutional and loyal ; let them appeal to THE PEOPLE , and give to THE PEOPLE a fair representation ; and then let the Times and the Tories rave away till they are black in the face ; and we pledge our lives that the remit will be a wattle to crash Toryism , and for
ater . These are not times to stand » n nice prerogative . Society is divided into the landed class , represented by apolitical majority ; a money , commercial , and manufacturing elass , represented by a political minority ; and a people made paupers by both-rnot represented at all . Can the Whigs , then , so hope to deal with the latter class as to regain power by their exclusion ? and can they hope to persuade them that any act which denies them representation , can be for their benefit !
The Tories , it is true , have been much relieved by the rejeotion of Hebries , Sir George Murray , and Mr . FiTZROY . Kelly—all aspirants for office ; but then there are ample combustible materials left for a grand blow up . Peel and his old followers , Knatchb » u ., Goulbubn , Eoekton , Lord Mahom , Sir H , H&rdwge , Lord Ashley , and all the old constitutionalists , will not like to be removed by Lord Stanlet , Graham , Tennant , and their expectants ; while Sir Robert Inglis and his disciples will each press for a curacy , or perhaps a plurality of benefices ; as we are now essentially represented by the Protestant counties .
"A little leaven leaveueth the whole loaf . " Howick and Charley Wood kept continually poking and hiccupping at the Melbourne Cabinet , in spite , for breaking up his papa ' s family circle ; and when one Bcabby Bheep was able to infect the whole flock , what amount of M seab , " and "foot-rot , " and "blackleg , * and "liver-rot , " may that shepherd expect who has 69 many infected sheep on one confined pasture ! To hold office on Tory principles the whole flock must be kept together ; while to keep the whole flock together , abuse must be multiplied for the seduction of each Itt .
Now in this state of things the difficulty whioh stares all in the face dees not appear to have struck any of our contemporaries , who measure public opinion and prosperity by the stamp returns . The difficulty is this . All the meney has got into one hand , —the hand of steam ; and a preponderance of political power into another hand—the landed hand ; while , between both , the people are starving . It
has never struck our sapient rulers that the money has got into bands over which they have no controul , and therefore they can ( have no hope from any administrative change . They may marshal , organise , aud register , each according to their respective tactics ; but poverty , the Chartist drill sergeant and reoruiting offioer , will prove the better general , and turn out ia the long ran , tlie most efficient and best disciplined corps .
All legislation whioh does not regulate supply and demand , and give to labour its fair representation , placing its sterling stamp of value upon the fabrio , is moonshine 1 " Want teaches man remembrance what man Is ; The great man down , yon mark his favourite riles ; The poor advanced , makes friends of enemies . " Therefore DISSOLVE ; " advance the poor ; make friends of enemies ;'" give to labour thirty representatives , and you may defy the devil and all bis imps : on the other hand , turn sulky with the people , and farewell your power and for ever . Therefore , Whigs , DISSOLVE J Again we say , DISSOLVE > and , without a blow , the full bloom of Toryism vanishes , and for ever , before the sweet breath of a great nation .
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To this man ' s power , and its abnae , we trace the weakness of Whiggery , the strength of Toryism , and the rise of Chartiam . The weakness of Whiggery ; because , as we have stated scorea of times , the Ministers relied for existence upon his profligate support , rather than upon popular favour gained by good deed * . The Btrength of Toryism ; because every Englishman , from the princely mansion to the poorest hovel , must have blushed to see roguery leading folly on to national destruction , at the beck of a tramping pauper and cameleottj prostitute politician . The rise of Chartism ;
because bis end , his aim , and object has been to remove , from the House of Commons , such men as Colonel Thompson , Roebuck , Sharman Cbawpobd , Whittle Habtjst , and Fkabws OIConnob , whose advocacy of popular rights might have held popular feeling for yet » little longer in abeyance , also have formed an incorruptible barrier between him and the people upon the one . hand , aud . between him and the Government npon the other ; thus rendering his corrupt support of less value by exposure . He well knew that to insure unopposed power , he must destroy in the House , and banish from the
House , all honest and independent opinion . He softened down Irish support to the place-and-title standard ; and then sold his country wholesale ! What I does he ( suppose that the far-seeing people are blind t Or does he imagine that drowsy lie ' and has not opened her eyes to the fact , that the men who were scouted from the hustings , for lacking liberality , in 1832 and 1834 , are now too liberal for the "Liberator" I Does he suppose that the invitation to the Marquia of Kildake , ( a Whig , and
Anti-Repealer ) to become his colleague for the representation of Dublin , passes without notice ! Does he imagine that the Repealers forget that "Ireland's only" —the Duke of Leinstkb , with the help of his tool , —Pierce Mahony , got up the memorable anti-Repeal Declaration ; and does he think that they , the Repealers , will hot recollect his , O'Connell ' s , recent declaration , that "the Marqnis of Kildare va * the ton of a man who , though he took but little part in politics , was , nevertheless , always ON THE BIOHT SJDK . "
Fat never had a patriot , Particularly good and wide . But fell upon St . Stephen ' sJioor , And always on the buttered SIDE . Again , does the " Liberator" suppose that the extinguishment of Repeal by the return of anti-Repealers , will not penetrate even into the dull minds of his nose-led followers \ Here we find a Royal navy Captain : hare a Royal army Captain , and there an
anti-Repeal banker , or trader , or barrister , all anti-Repealers ; but none of them pooh ones i Suoh men we find started , supported and returned for the Repeal county and btrough of Carlow , for New Ross , for Kinsale , Yough&L , and for many other places ; while the gallant General who was slandered end defamed AS BEING A REPEALER , notwithstanding the contradiction of the libel by the Newry Examiner Repeal print , is alone defeated .
Here then is a new Irish Bam for the solution of Irish Politicians . If it required 2 , 000 , 000 signatures and £ 100 , 000 to carry Repeal in the House of Commons , with 25 Repeal Members aud a Whig time-serving administration , how many signatures , and how much money will it require to carry it with Daniel and his three sons and a Tory House 1 Answer . —Signatures , now no object ; money is everything . But let us expose the greatest inconsistency of the " Liberator ; " if we are justified in using so mild a term to such a moving mound of rottenness .
Is it not strange that in his celebrated puffs and advertisements for the sale of himself , of Ireland , and of the Catholics of Ireland , addressed to Lord DutfCANNON , as Home Secretary , in 1836 , he should have stated the non-appointment of Irish Catholics to places of emolument ; as the great causes of Irish opposition ? Is it not strange that his son , Master John , —heir to the Irish potatoes , ( the skins being for the slaves , ) complains that the Irish bar have not their full share in colonial jobbery ;— -we say is it not strange that the " Liberator " , notwithstanding all this pleading
for IriBh Catholic place , pension , and emolument , should now turn upon the Repealers who have been sopped off , and declare them place-hunters and soldi Is it not strange that , in the face of Irish denunciation , the miller Baronet , Sir David Roche , and ihe Whig Baronet , Sir Denham Norreys , and the Whig Attorney-General , David Pioot , and the Trinity grub , old Dr . Stocks , and the Right Honourables Thomas WYSE , and Little Dick Shiel—is it notstrange , we say , in the midst of all this
denunciation , that the above title-hunters , place-hunters and sopped-off Repealers , should still be "My dear friend Roche , " " My dear friend Pigot , " "My dear friend the Docttr , " " My dear friend Shiel , " and so forth \ Ah S the denunciation is only intended for the poor place-hunter , who cannot " butter the bargain ; " and not for him who can " grease the fist" of the independent " Liberator , " who loves to have his itching palm tickled wit h the price of office , even at the expenco of an ardent Repealer .
Let us now distictly show why , even in his dying moments , the monster Chartism haunts the brain of " Old Mortality . " It must be matter notorious to the least observant , that Mr . O'Connell for many years has lived upon the very abuses which he professed to desire power to destroy . It must be equally notorious that every abuse complained of has , in turn , been placed uppermost in the showbox ; and that the juggler has invariably produced a new trick , or touched up the old one , for rent day . It must also be plain to the least observant , that the juggler has invariably by some shuffle or other changed the trump to suit his own hand .
Let his career ha followed , mor « especially for the last four years , and do we not find him just at rent time dealing in abuse the most violent of everything English , and trying to court Irish prejudice which he has endeavoured to foster by such abuse 1 Do we not find him stopping short , as though he were shot , the moment excitement has served his purpose ? and in the midst of all , do we not find every single abuse of which ho complained , and
whioh he promised to redress , still in existence , notwithstanding his mighty power ? Nay , more ! after so long a possession of power , do we not find that the Tories , upon their re-occupajjon of Government , have now all the machinery of police , and arms Bill , and mitigated coercion , all furnished by the u Liberator , " made to hand and ready for use ? And should the Tories now abuse that power , who is to blame—those who finding it , use it , or those who furnished it 1
Why , then , does " Old Mortality" now abuse Chartism ! Simply bacause in its establishment he sees the * ' finality" of humbug . So long as he could live upon the wages which Tory oppression would produce , he had no objection to relinquish Whig patronage for a season . To the system of turnabout he had no objection ; but to the complete transfer of all power to the people he is mortally opposed . He never was for any organio change ; he never affected any , the slightest , administrative change . Of what nse , then , was " Old Mortality i
Of great use . He has furnished a lesson of wisdom te all the nations of the earth ; he presents to the living the wreck of prejudice and old opinion , while his downfall will be a warning to all future politicians ; teaching them that the use of power , and not the means of possessing it , is the one thing to which the people look . The tortuous policy of this natural-born magician was tolerated as expediency ; and a blind following was a tribute paid to his better understanding , while in search of that power from the possession of which so much had been promised , and bo much was expected .
John Lawless , Purcell O'Gorman , Mr . Lambert , O'Gohman Hahoh , and all who honestly opposed , or exposed the "Liberator" were cheerfuly offered up as sacrifices to expediency : to this blindfold subserviency , and to the fact that Pan beic ^ j
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p » id before the job was completed , we attribute bit sale of Ireland , and nil self humiliation . Had O'Connell never touched eash till his client ' s oause was gained , we unhesitatingly declare , that if he had had courage , moral * ad persoiial , wbica he has not , he might have been » greater man than eithe * Napolbon , Alexandkb thb QxMATiir Cbohwsll . Before we notiee his abuse of O'Cohkob and Chartism at the late Dublin meeting , we may observe ,
that herein lies the great difference between O'Cojf nob and O'Cowneli . O'Connor haB ,, to our knowledge , taken an oath , a solemn oath , never to accept money , or value , to the amount of one i » nnywort& , till his client ' s success shall entitle him to a just reward for his advocacy of their cause . We know that very many persona , and bodies , have felt insulted by O'Connor ' s refusal ¦ ' of presents ; bat w « hold his determination to be wise . ~ There is little
difference between money and money ' s worth ; and if he commenced by accepting fustian , or any other money ' s worth , he would probably end in looking fox money . Had O'Conneu . made the resolution not to accept anything till his work was completed , and had he made his interest and the interest of ths people identical in the completion , it would have been done , and well done , long ' ago . We now proceed to lay before our readers the venom of the Charter draftsman , as lately spit upon his gaping swallowers in Dublin . After two columns of rank nonsense , and praise of Whiggery and ou * " lovely young Queen , " "Old Mortality" says : —
" A damp had Veen thrown on the cause of repeal in this country , by the foolish conduct of lord Ebringtonat the Castle . ( Groans . ) The © overnmeal lefused to countenance Repealers , feat did it DOW refuse the support pf these Repealers ? Were they not thankful for their votes tnat day ? ( Hear , hear . ) Then , there were the Chartists in England ; they did con-Biderable damage to the Radical cause ., ' A groan foi the Chartists . iThe call was responded to by a deafening burst of groaning , hissing , hooting , and every possible mark of disapprobation from the immense
multitude . ) Mr . O'Connell continued—I think it right to tell you , my friends , that Feargus O'Connor made a most deperate attempt to have me assassinated at Leeds ; and I am informed that there are a few of his vagabond Chartists at present in Dublin . Well , I wonld like ie see what colour these fellows are of . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) These rascally Chartists are onr enemies—they are the enemies of Ireland—they aw the enemies of the Queen , whom they have grossly libelled . One word mare , and that is a big word , BepeaL ( Cheering . ) Tea , Bepe * L It is for tbe great measure of Repeal th » t I am principally struggling . "
Of the Repeal question we have before disposed , in as far as it has been extinguished by the " Liberator . " The groan for the Chartists will be answered tenfold by the Killarney echo , whose response will be u ten groans for ' Old Mortality , ' and the putrid oaroase of Whiggery . " As to O'Cohnob , Old Mortality" knows full well that he told a lie , a wilful He . But why marvel t Could he speak truth ! He knows that Mr . O'Connor ' s only observation as to Dan s visit to Leeds was , " Let no man riot ; and , shwuld any attempt it , let him beinstantly ' restrained : our interest is to keep the peace : iheir ' sislobreakit . "
Now , what will the old grave-digger say ? Why just what we say—that a lie , to him , is much preferable to the truth ; for truth never serves the bad man ' s purpose . However , in the midst of all this hot contest , it is curious to see how the netted Chartists haunt toe Whig lion at large . Every opponent of the " Liberator ' s , " till he met with his over-match , either fell a prey to the " Liberator ' s" slander and abuse , or in disgust foolishly gave him a triumph by changing sides . But O'Coicwos oppoBed bint from the first , in 1833 , when he discovered his treachery upon the question of Repeal ; and , without turning a hair ' s breadth from his course , he has hunted , the "Liberator " into the arms of Ireland's ^ bitterest enemies , the
coercing , "the base , the brutal , and bloody Whigs . " O'Connob has never lost an opportunity of meeting Mm publicly , while at large ; and has more than once challenged him to discussion in Dublin . But no ; falsehood could not stand against truth . O'Connor alone , of all his marked victims , has battled him single-handed , for eight long years ; being in the Hist instance , compelled to answer his daily abuse by the slow , the heavy , and expensive mode which the publication of a pamphlet afforded . And let it be borne in mind , that O'Connell was the aggressor ; and that O'Connor wrote him two private letter ?) asking him for an explanation of bia calumny , which might have been erroneously published , thus giving him an opportunity of correcting any errors before he publicly defended himself .
What , then , some person may ask , is O'Connell ' s aim . and end 1 It is obvious ; it is to keep O'Connor out of Ireland , well knowing " that his presence there would be a signal for revolt from the crooked standard of the " Liberator ; " but in this he will fail , for O'Coknob will again go to Ireland , and dare him to discussion . While speaking of Irish afairs , we must lay what is positively flattering to our great cause before our readers .
Firstly , then , for negative proof of our strength . We find it in the fact of O'Connrll ' s weakness , aud shrinking from public opinion . No doubt it has struck all with astonishment , that the Cobourg Gardens , ( the Palace Yard , the Holloway-head of Dublin agitation , ) has not , during the whole campaign , been the , scene of action ; whereas of old , 200 , 000 Irishmen rushed to the spot , as if by impulse , without more than a whisper ' s notice , upon the announcement that the Whigs were in danger . Why is this I Because the " miscreant Chartists , " mayhap , would attend ; and , if not , police officers , attorney 8 , patriotic barristers , and the tribe of fatted tradesmen who never work , would , if left to themselves , cut but a sorry appearance in the vast space . 1
For ourpositive strength see our weekly notice of rising Chartism in Dublin ; and especially do we recommend that in bur last to the consideration of every English , Scotch , and Welsh workman in the cause . From it they will learn , that our Dublin friends have done just what O'Connob recommended two years ago in Convention—they have incorporated the Suffrage and Repeal Questions . Our gallant friends have united their question with our question ; that is , if Repeal can be considered more an Irish than an English question , which we utterly deny , inasmuch as both countries suffer immense damage from the incestuous union . But it is done ; and let " Repeal and the Charter" go hand in hand , as the united motto of united Englishmen , Scotchmen , Irishmen , and Welshmen .
We have before stated that the " Liberator" hates every man who strengthens his monster , which he never intended to have slippedfr omits leading-strings , but which , like Frankenstein ' s , has now become too powerful for him . L ? t "Repeal and our Charter" be now our watch-word and our cry . Let it be constantly and incessantly repeated ; aad before this day nine months , we shall be able to present the
compliments of four millions of Britons to " the House , " ( without the money-stamp of a shilling each being affixed to their names , demanding a Repeal of tbe Union , and our Charter . So for " Repeal and the Charter , " Hurrah . ' Hurrah for the Charter and Repeal ; and ten groans for "Old Mortality , " and the putrid carcase of Whiggery , is the responsive echo to the " groan for the Chartists . "
The Northern Star. Saturday, July 17, 1841.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 17 , 1841 .
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"OLD MORTALITY . " But for Mr . O'Connell ' s reoent and foulest attack npon the Chartists , it was not our intention to notice the acts of treason of " Old Mortality" ( Mr . Daniel O'Connell ) , except to warn him for the future by reminding him of the past . We have fellowed him through his abuse of every living patriot till his voraoious appetite was palled , and at length we have run him to the tombs of the great dead , for food whereon to feast .
We find him engaged in a vain endeavour to deface the epitaphs from the grave-stones of the immortal Emmett and Lord Edward , and trying to substitute the name of traitor for that of patriot , in the vain hope , not more of obliterating all trace of recollection of their noble deeds from the Irish mind , ( which he ha ? debased and brutaliacd , ) than of furnishing a justification for his own crooked , insignificant , and oowardly policy , made more glaring by contrast with the self-devotion of the patriots of 1798 .
He never dreams ( old dotard !) that if it be justifiable to resist Tory oppression with a million of Irish pikes , as threatened by his pacificator-general in 1841 , it was not less so in 1798 . He forgets that the perpetuation of the same rale ( which justified rebellion in 170 o ) , after nine years of Reform and thirteen of Emancipation , and during which time he has held the balance of power both in the House and out of the House , is wholly and entirely chargeable upon his treachery and treason . Of what use
was his power if , after receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds , and after the shedding of much blood in his moral and peaceful struggles , that power has not produced one single beneficial act , or one single beneficial clause in any act , for a period of thirteen year 3 , during the latter five of which he was all-powerful ? Of what use , we ask , is that power , when no man can lay his finger upon one legislative act , and say " this is O'Connell ' s , " and " this is good" ?
This rampant Proteus , now for ever dismissed from his position , is frantic ; and , in . his madness , he still , even in the heat of election contest , throws his venom at the only powerful party in the State—the Chartists . We thought he had been taught a lesson by the chastisement recently administered to him by the New York Repeal Association . Our readers are perhaps aware , that in a letter to "the real Old Goat , " ( Lord Chablemont , ) " Old Mortality" denounced the Irish patriots ot 1798 as traitors ; and that Robebt Emmett , the son of Thomas Addis Emmett , late Attorney General
of New York , who was expatriated in 1798 , and nephow to Robert Emmett , the patriot , who was butchered in 1803 ; that this young patriot was chairman of the Repeal Association of . New York ; and , upon reading the insult offered by the Liberator to his father and uncle , he instantly sent in his resignation , whereupon the Association met , approved of his conduct , deuouueed the '* Liberator" for his time-serving , expediency policy ; and , after passing a spirited resolution declaring that more self-devoted or braver patriots than those of 1798 never lived , requested Eumett to resume bis office , which however he declined .
Chablemont and the Whigs , the Duke of Leinstku , of Auti-Repeal notoriety , and Pierce Mahonst , his whipper-in , are now sought to be conciliated by O'Connell . As Mohammed would not come to the mountaiu , the mountain resolved upon going to Mohammed . If the cause of liberty derived no other benefit from the expulsion of the Whigs from office , than the destruction of Daniel O'Conkell ' b wholesale borough power , the victory would have been great . Talk of the rotten boroughs , indeed , while one Biles-master holds forty proxies ; the only difference between them and the hereditary legislators being that the puppets must be present to vote themaelvei ; lave » " in propria persona ' . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct388/page/4/
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