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MASTCHESTEB . ^ SEBOTSSISN BETWEEN THE REV . J . B STEPHENS AND ROBERT BUCHANAN , SOCIAL MISSIONARY . ~^ Ebe ~ faII « f Seieoo * -was attended on Xfotwlay evening 'S ^^ ca sisoasand respectable audienee to hear adis-^ jKsatKCflB between ttie above gentlemen , which had been r-sseafisg far many week * . " ~ atfetie after the time * ppoint * d , the two disputant * _ -c ~) crrtcrf &e platform aad were reeai—sd . by the cheer * -sstTsSagJsople , . " _
Mt . WiSD was called to the chair . He aid that & £ _ & £ & feeeo called -opon ratber unexpectedly to take < £ 3 afrsJtt * r 6 a that occasion . The Gentleman who was n -TT-jnrUri to officiate as Chairman that evening' ( Sir . « F 3 ^ 3 v « o-i } fcid baen compelled to leaTe the town , on s ^ acaoB .: be hoped that the apology which be bad s . ac's&e — oald fee sufficient . He then read the ' placard t ^ £ Ssg the meeting , which stated that the subject for ^ jgksateen was the troth and practicability of Socialism , Z £ &aJBiepbeaa to take the negative , and Mr . Buchanan -c £ s— -jffixmitive . The overplus of the receipts to be ^ sgo—j- divided , rud one portion , that belonging to ;_ £ _ Staplieaa , to be given to Mr . O _ ttler , and that * ~ jf £ magiag to Mr . Bach . vi . iTi , to be givea to eotue ether --ak- *** aVie purposa . _ fUr a few farther renuris , he rTftM& ^ Mr . Bachnoan .
Jfe . Sccnis ax rose and said , the * ra > yect ¦ whi ch the c £ * £ 3 &fles b _ d met to discuss , and which they had met a& fame , was one of great importance ; one which in-- ¦ = r < d » j £ . -tke temporal happiness * or misery of the human gar * -fie hoped that the present discussion , like a- ^ ss—f <« tbera which bad been held of late , would be . ^ . reaSxflted in a proper and becoming sp irit ; that they ^¦ aawAt « chitrit in aU their proceedings a sincere desire to - ^ arw ^ t a knowledge « f the truth , and loave the people cS * - ~ a 5 « pt that system which to them appeared best t = a 3 aE 2 t&ed to remove the evils which afflict , the human s-3 s * s . He had no sinister object to serve , his wool * ¦« c « 5 §_* en that occasion , as well as on every other in cad—' sfc-bs had been engaged , was to arrire at truth , and ^ ¦ i ^ -M ^ . vr . g he hid been actuated by a desire of
stccom--ASaiua ? , as faraa his ability ¦—ouH permit , the greatest z tsExzxt of good for hts starring fellow-men . He ton .- ^ Cered tha * the views hs entertained were true , an < i sasTzsited to accomplish a great amount of good . He " rSa ^ -ad that they " would pay every attention to what ¦ = —*« e *^ iaaitted to them , and tiros be enabled to come to t _ s £ —« tconclusions respecting tbe merits or demerits & ; & ?_ ba social system . Before going into their prin-^ st % iss £ t would be nectssary for him to point oat •^ JwT ^ see extent the condition of the people , after ^ . ari&cii be traalJ endeavonr to shew a remedy . 73 f _ afc * id tiie working classes want ? They wanted ?^ &x * fciun , food , clothing , emplojment , and a proper -saexBtaootionfoT their labour . Under the present system —! & «¦ « e * enot enabled to secure these , hence the
neces-_« .: ^* p- - _ T a great radioed change , before the peeple couid ~ jgs&B . ^ aesession of the foregoing requisites . As an ^ 5 * £ 2 « aea of the corrupt state of soci ety , they would fiuu -2 ^ tsj—f 3 ed in governm ent doeumrnts , that in the county .. •* £ ¦ ffii ^ acesWr there was only one in every- thirteen ¦^ i- yV " ' ; in Birmingham , one in thirty-two ; in Man-^ alaasier , -the great emporium of couimvree , one in thirty-£ fyt ^ in Leed s , one in forty-one ; and other manuli : er ^ icrat ; towns in the saiae proportiun . The tables of -ssnatSTD-w that in Ea ? l * sd ind Wales , in 1805 , there -- —SHtt . £ . . 64 ) 0 eomEULtcJ : in 1815 . 7 800 ; in 1 S 31 iSf . SrS ¦ ia 1838 , 22 , 0 i . 0 ; an . ' , fi-om the following c— saranfc it would seem that not on " . y had crime increased $ 5 g& toe population had also greatly increased . The -SvS 3 S * es * a thsn of the pvpslation from . 1505 to 1838 ~
jUS ^ ac cent ., while the increase of ciime in tne tame -sSaasg -saa S 78 per cent From a return of persons - » ho * % ks £ been in L ^ eda Borouzh Giol , from the _ jaar 1 S 16 to the year 1837 , there were ths ^ cfeTiag facts : —In IS 1 G , St'i ; in 1821 . 1 , 681 ; / -ISfcSaSfi , 1 . 9 S 3 ; in lSil , 2 , 42 a ; in 183 S ; 2 , 202 ; ' - 'j fr ir ' j ^ an increase of " 79 per csn u in twenty years . In £ a £ * 9 rpool . cut of a populaiion of nearly 3 uO , OOO thers « a » 2 re "S , 000 who iiTed ia cellars and conrts , disgust-- ^« 5 if- -Sltby . In Manchester and Sa ^ ford ; 2 u , 000 liTc . 1 - « aa oeiiirs ; snd oilier 1-irge tu-w-. s were in a similar cunir-J-f . i-y . The sssater then wtnt on to slow the raiis of ¦ easasstsiky . In Glasgow , tbe nus of mortality was one S £ «* ery fotty-four ; and , in 16 S 7 , it - was . % s high as one * £ SE » erery twenty-four and a half . Ha then went into
• sSusibject of employment and rate of wages . A family I of&s persons , three of whom were weavers , in 1814 -dS-acid « % rn £ 135 a-year , which , after paying for food , ¦ eaB ^ fe , 'f « el , &c , left £ 37 for clothing , whiie at tbe prejjfcst tune , the same p&rtVcs would sot earn more than ! - ^ 3 £ . whi ch ltft nothing for clothing . There were i ^ 3 S ** , ed « hind-loom w » -aTers , who only earn from" is . 6 d- J a £ fe * e < Si per w « ek , the rate of -wages in c-jtton factories ! - ^ y } -yycag from as low as 2 s . 3 L . ptr We-k for children , i ^ jt ^^ sas higH as 20 s for mule spinnen ; and among -e 2 s 9 ! n 5 es , from 2 s . 3 d . to as high as 9 a . per week . In ' ¦ rf ^ af .-pc trade it was much lower , running from 3 * . for i ¦^* r&sa % persons , up to only 8 * . The numbers employed . -iirfee power-loom were 230 . 000 , of which , at the end s 3 < r . gwwy two and a half years , 25 000 were cast off ; a :
< 3 » a pears , 50 , 000 , ot one-fif i ; and Ttry few weiefem . jgafleyei in mills of any description after th * y were forty 3 jp » raaB ^ f age . In tl » e fiT trade , in 1 S 35 , there were -3 a- « a « employed in the factories ; of thwe ? 3 . 000 were ^ 3 ssaies ; number discarded eTery fi-ve years . 815 . In r ^ fe « iik trade , in 1 S ? . 5 , there were 30 , 000 person * -sess ^ flfed , of whom 20 , 008 were females under eighteen T ^ sex- « f age In the woollen tra-. le t&ere -were 71 , 000 - ^^ 3 t < sy operatiTf s , of whom one-balf -were femalei / and - c 2 fes « s 5 -rity yonths . Toe trade of this country had Qsees ., onring tbe last twenty years . Tastly increasing irati » aachuiery to a Tast extent . Ha > ing , be thought . = t 9 E » iis * at & strong case , he would proceed to describe •^ a s ^ iuis for meeting those eriis . He then proceeded - >^ cetd from documents an txplanation as to the - - ^ -ftsailfits' Tiews on education . He likewise read the
•^ Eaxai ^ les , respecting husran character , from a book .- —gt » T "declaration of principle * , " and also the rules of nS >* a 9 ciety . He was proud to hare an opporuuiit ? of * £ & $£ 2 iaing those principles , because be was aware that rtSasee were many in the numsruus assembly who might c-aysser fcave had tbe " chasce olbearine them explained . He - - ^ irj > 9 Ped to carry ont this great llodical change by pur--iSbaeJag lan-J xipcm which , by united labour , they would S « t tSo to support fs . eh otter , and prereat one frcm - * jg 5 ¥ M 5 irg ths other . Mr . Buchanan then went on to -assp 5 sia the infiassce of good or bad circumstances in ^ 3 « ieag the character ; reasoning tbat by surround-¦* Ze £ an in ^ iTidaal by g-wd cirenm-tances , he : 3 fi ^ reasonably be niaile a superior character , zzmsA K-ict rf-rsa . In ITInstrstion of this portion of bis
-E ^ gsnBent . he referred to Mr . Owen , at Ntw L ^ nirk , ? s 5 fes&ad so surrounded his work-people with faToarable ^ aesKKJdtaiices , as to lead to no inducements to commit ¦ iis&ax , and who continued in that way for thirty years , ^ ak ^ isg 'Wiivc h time there -w- ^ b no necassiiy for cito er the sOi ^ rpe * «? tbe magistrates . He r * ad some txtracts from iSSSes MsrUseau . rtspecting the Rdppitesand Shakers of r&st ^ rtci , which sp ' . ke of thfm as a moral , Tirtuous , 2 Liagpy , and contented people ; likewise tx ' racts from •^ sSaTtrarellers , all of whom tpoke ia themosifiTonrable sS ^ ti-cC the people ' s conduct -vrhtu placed in good cir-- - rsQKttsnces , and when they bad plenty to eat , to drink , ,-5 Ead-t « wetr . The economical p-irt of their priuciples ¦ tm . fe work out a change in tbe production and distri-^^ yr'ifj ef weal ' -h , and to carry out which they wonid
. -rfflcitfye land on which thpy wou ' . d erect ¦ workshops , - ^^ Ad « rery caa would be enaVj ul to produce for himself , .. -. assd te barter the oTtrp ' . us " . vben all tbe wants cf the «* r = «* 33 i 2 ity were amply supplied . Mr . Buchanan tbtn - ^ jZ > K 4 & the number of people "who live merely by the t ^ tass ^ ar of property , —that is , "srho live by tin ; profits , -js 3 £ L <( S'hiah ¦ woul i be ewed nn < i « r a system cf co-operaiS « , * bj ! pltced the rules and plans by which thty in-- r £ & £ to go \ trn tLeir ? 7 bUus of ci-nimunity . He codsi « KSe 4 ttat under their system ttty would prevent disyi « E , and thus saTe-a greai aisoant which is spent in < 3 f- £ jsi ' i bills , and by preTsr . ting dime they ¦ would save rr £ e Is-srytr ' a bills . Indeed , it was tie vrjjrct of the Sijcs ^ ers t-3 set oce tradesman against the other , for the r < r « 3 f aee of getting the fefs . ilr . Buchanan proceeded of in
.- ^ is sis time allowsd an mancer . Slr . "STEiPHE > "s vrzk then introduced by tne Chairman . -T 3 E * acid-that he stood bef' ^ re them that night unwil-¦ . ' = £ 2 ^ 7 . Sj far &s he knew anything of his own mind , Ir&s felt li : iuseir unfitted for a great debate . Hi ; herto r 4 s liSsi fctood up before the public , from time to time , -seSc 'Bzplain bis Tiews broadly , boldy , and fsarl&ssiy , . < -tasi $ ¦ - > giTe his unq ^ a ^; Sed diss * nt to the princip : es of i'&s . fiee ' aV . eta . This he bad done without any ill --, S * d £ a £ ajiirit any indiTi ^ ual wko might hoM such prinsxfizsi he WiS proud thst night to stat « puMicly tbat S-au- ^ fl the hoconr to be psrtieularty atqosisted with 'Sir . O s-ea , Mr . Buc-V . inan , and many oth rs , vth >< - ~ 3 e * js > s : o \ he Social body . He w : l ? h-sppy to say , jadgi £ jE £ "fr « ja their c-mdnci towards him , that they r ^ eardeJ
¦ gw- .-j with ib . e siaia f-selings of resp . 'ct and erteem a > z * kx « cga *>; e < i theiL They nerer £ hon ! d hear a word ¦ i &zssx . fciii ! that wonld go to iiuj-x ^ n the motiTe , or dis-^ - ^ sn . ^ the charact er or intentions of any isdiridnsl £ ^ 6 £ &U « t . He believed in his heart , sj far as he knew Si !* i 2 a men . that they were as sincere , as disinterested , ¦^ sA %% dsTutsd in their endeavours to improTe the . s-Sss ^ aeier ar . d condition of the human race , as he -. Mr . - = 5 BartjfRs . or aay other body of men had a rigbt to c's-im . j ^« c , "wou'd he take any adTautajf of any hasty assertion ^ -= & Kr . Bnchinan , or Mr . Owen ' s premeditated state-^ i £ sen 3 on the question . of marriage , o » any other * 5 tai ! oii which might hr . Te betn moct-d by them , > r ^ icia * a t heir opinion ? hare been lai d fully before tbe jSP ^ tic ef this cuuetry . He should consider him 3 d ; •_ s : ses » ersaliy disgraced in the estimation of his own chatj ^ a , Trrre he to do anything of the klsd , as ihey havo aBacscw " ' . rigbt to hare their opinions as those of the « 3 ES * rch of England , or of nny of those of dissent , or wiio take their fro
raes ^^ arty profe 3 s to opinions m the - ssnsszi of -God . Neither he nor any other man , or party - -fft ^ , had any right to £ x any man to his . or their , y ^ fsSx ^\ t brfief . He Trould , there . ' ore , oa that oc-< e-s £ cs come to tKf cons jlidatod standard , and take th " ^ ihar ssihey Lad giren it . He wished to be perfectly T . ^ B 3 C ? rstood by btstt mm who had come to bear him , ^ Sa ! h ? would not in that discussion adopt tie . line of < nx = yi tct which othf r raicisters hare in thtir discussisns ^ = « = 3 e ; he social missionaries . The impression in his mssoc i xrzs , that they bid not acitd fair , bot , on the sr- ^ ai-sry , that they have acted towards the Socialists ^* 3 K f saifair , by , dragging extraneous matter into the -= * sfe * 53 ts , whish they ought not to hare done . To s ^¦ •• K ^ a extent , they have rather tecded to excite the >!^ B 5 £ i px s ons of « ar nature than to bring the mind to rrG& ~* ni& ) differ , and inculcate ^ the principles of lofing ¦ s ^ fee sc ae ghbocj- % = themselTea . Tae present duenssion i 3 iJd ^ ri ^ i uaUd t > y his sajicj , while preacbisf at
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Ash ten , that th » flT * fandamantal fact * propoonded by tk 9 Socialist were " fuilge . " He entertained strong feelings against ttw Tiews taken by tbe Socialists . We live in times of turmoiL and tumult , and when things seem to be crumbling , tottering , and tumbling to pieces The easy maa will go oa so long u be , lives , embracing the religion -which baa grown with his growth . t baa stood still against the storm , and be satisfies himself with the idea tbat as it has stood so long against the diversities of opinions , &c . that the pelting storm of the present day is not able to plough it down . He looks upon Socialism , Chartism , or any other ism , and all those arho advocate a change in the political world , with a cool smile . After going fully and Tery eloquently into this part of his subject , be said every man had an
interest in promoting that which appeared to him to be good and hindering that which was evil . He ( Mr . S . ) was not the challenger but the challenged . He should not have been brought to discussion had such not been the case , because hefe ' t incapable for the task ; he conceived that men who took such important subjects should be msn of superior fitness . Mr . Stephens informed his hearers tbat he bad no sinister motive in Tiew ; he was agreeable tbat tbe overplus afeoald be given to some charitable institution ; but his friends , the Socialists , had told him that when they bad taken gams to various institutions , they had not treated them courteously , which they ought ti . have done , but had In many instanes grossly insulted them . Mr . Stephens denounced the conduct of such men as Brindley , who
goaoout the country stating that tbe principles were atbe stical , raising large meetings , dec . for the purpose of filling their own pockets . He next touched upon the conduct of the Bishop of Exeter in the Housa of Lords , and stated , that till be made such a noise about it , there were tens of thousands in the couutry who bad no idea that such a thing was in existence , and thousands m're , who had not the least idea that it existed to the same extent as it did . His belief was , that Socialism ¦ would prevail and occupy a much more substantial position than it did at that time . He bad been looking at the word of God , and from what he eould gather from his views of the matter , from his experience , and from his study , he came to the conclusion that tbe whole sum and substance w&s
embodied in the following words , whicu he found recorded in one portion of the word of God— " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , with ail thy mind , with all thy * -oul , and with all thy strength , and thy neighbour as thyself , " Mr . Stephens then put tbe following questions to persons of every denomination . Did they ever hear their ministers blow one single blast against the rich oppressor and in favour of the poor oppressed ? How do such Ministers then ehotr that they love their neighbours as themselves ? Mr . S . said they , as Ministers , might as well give np their principles to Mr . Owen ; they might as well give that book to Mr . 0 * en for him to burn ¦ t , if they could not shew something more than mere words , if they could cot show by their actions that they
had a practical love for the orphan , the widow , the iame , the blind , ice , and that they truly and faithfully loved their neighbours as themselves . Mr . Stephens then went Tery elaborate iy into the subject of lbs miseries of tha poor and showed uptheincoiuistenciesof the minister * to which he attributed more than any thing else the rise aud progress of socialism . Tlie time allotted to JJ :. Sirphe&s having expired , Mr . Buclianan siid tbat Mr . Stephens had said nothing to which he had to rt-ply . He would ju ? t explain one part of Mr . Stepliers ' a statement , which wa 3 in reference to th « monies which have been devoted to the funds at various times . He then related several
instances -where the money had been given by the mutual consent of both parties to the infirmary . Mr . Stephens siid that the sum and substance of religion consisted in loving Gad and their neighbours as themselves . He " -hen read from one of their official documents , which enjoiced a duty upon every Socialist , to entie 3 vour to make his fellow creatures happy up to the point of temperance . Mr . Stephens during his last ten minutes , expressed his intention of fully going into the subject on Tuesday night , "lie -wuuld therefore call upon Mr . Buchanan to explain the first fact so that both he and tbe meeting might properly understand and c -m prehend -what was meant by it T .: e discasjijii then terminated , and the meeting broke up .
Tlie second night ' s discu&sioa on this su'ject reached us on Thursday morning ; wo could not by any possibility find room for it , and hare therefore reserved it entire four our ntxt .
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THE LIBERATION OF O'CONNOR . O . \ ' Monday next , the bonds of the captive will be unloosed—the entombed O'Connor will break ti . e cerements of his grave—tbe " C 3 &ed Lion"' will again come forth to the terror of the snarling cur » who already tremble at the prospect of encountering ihe frown benca ' -h which they have go often qu-tiled . Yes , on Monday , fell-tyranny reliunu ^ hes its hold of an uncompromising foe , who , with renewed energy , will acain enter ibe field arainsfc ihe
confederated hosts of corruption , who have in times past writhed beneath his c&siigating rod and must again submit themselves to the scorpion whip of him whom they cannot cotquer— and for why ? because he is supported by an invincible army of well disciplined blistered hands and fuHtian jackets—an invulnerable phalanx whose bosem 3 are fired with the unquenchable spirit of patriotism ; and because his scourge is made up of things twisted from their own villanies .
Through the person of O'CosxoK our enemieBthe enemies of Unitc ^ a ! right , essayed to extinguish the faired flame of libsny which pervades the breasts of the millions ; but how futile the attempt a _? well mig-i the pigmies attempt to wiak croa ; ion into its original nouentity , as to stay the rapidly increasing torrent of democracy which , in its course , will inevitably sweep dowu the strongholds of our oppressors" And leave net a wr-ck behind . "
The bloody-minded monsteTs who " lord it over us , " senteucf . d O'Connor to tighteen menvh ' s incarceration , but Le will emerge from his prir&a-house ere that pero ; d his expired . And why comes he forth before the expiration of his full lime of doom ? Shall we say that mtrcy has found a seat \\\ the callous hearts of tho £ e who usurp seats in high places ! No , their hear ts are impervious to every fccliiij ; that ought to adorn human nature . We canuot talk here o . ' mercy er clemency . Fear aud craft have dictated : he order for O'Coxsor ' s liberation , and had it not been so , ho would have continued cell-bound to the last moment of the specified term .
" The powers that be" stand in a very awkward position—their tenure « f vJE-. e hasgs upon a very slender thread—they staad upon the brink of th'J prec i pice and a single gust of popular indignation would hurl them from their eminence and enguii them in irretrievable rain . Tills , ihe / well kaow , having so re : eir . ly experienced the effects of an appeal to the popular voice . Agaiu , the ruiiDg fac :. ' on know that O'Cox . voa is
beloved by the people—that they look up to him as their chief , and that they lock upon every injury done to him 03 being iufi c : ed upon them . It is known tbat the cff . cts produced upou the constitution of O'Connor , by a Ion ,- ; period of confinement in a felou ' i cdl , are- of a Suriuus nature * and that his life is ik jeopardy . And should tia lift be thus sacrificed , the tyrauts know that popular indignation will seal their do ^ m , aud that speedily this the ? fear , tcereflire they order his liberation .
Tne crafty scoundrels are also a . wa . re that the people are preparing to receive their advocate in a aaaner that will be rather annoying to themselves , arid which will not quadrate with party designs . They must TRCsiaiii tub intended demonstrations to avoid aa export of iheir viliany , and as gagging bills , and proclamations would be ineffective for the accomplishment of this design , they hit upon the expedient of unchaiaing their victim before the arrangements of his frieuds are complete . Bat will this craft achieve the ** consummation" devoutly wuhed by our task-masters ! No ; in this they will be foiled , and the result "will b » the reverse of their expectation .
Now , then , a word abuut Monday next . The Chartists of York will be at their post , and will prove to faatioa that t / itir ii ^ teatioua are not frustrated by the crafty , tremllkg , tnock-mercifal Wnigs ; ud , & 8 we doubt flot that other parts f
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the country will Tie with the citizens of York on that day , we would impressupon themtbeneeessHy of Attending to the plan laid down by the Delegates at Hebden Bridge—let each delegate appointed to attend in York have his flag , describing the place he is deputed to represent ; and we would also say let as many fustian jackets and blistered hands as possible march to York , en masse , to give the welcome to the uq- caged lion , " and another stab ut expiring despotism .
Meantime we advise the people through the whole country to go just quietly and peacefully on with the perfecting of their arrangements for receiving " the man whom they delight to honour" in the beginning of November , at the expiration of his legal doom ; just as though his new-shot germ of Whig mock-mercy had not been . Let not the cunning foxes thwart you ; but rather turn the scales upon them . O'Conwob is sick now and ill able to
bear the fatigues of such welcome as you will give him ; thanks to the rile wretches who now turn him out to save their own bacon from the legal guilt of murder ;— not legally guilty ' pon honor . " Let him have time to rest awhile ; to recruit his strength —to recover his voioe and his sight and get rid of the swellings in his legs and feet ; let him become u himself again" and then let the baae wretches see ( hat their fear-prompted quirk is lost upon you because seen through .
We have not communicated with Mr . O Connor personally on this matter , and therefore know not what his feelings may be s but this is otm opinion and advice , ws say let York be filled on Monday with delegates from all parts of England , bearing the banners of their respective localities , and let as many of the honest-hearted people as can go there en masse—so will the first dorapnstration
be a little forestalled—but let the rest go on jast as if he had remained in his tomb tilll the appointed day . to * Since the above was in t >• pe our Publishtr has returned from York , where ho has learned that it is Mr . O'Connor ' s intention , at the close of the- York Meeting , to repair , for three weeks or a month , to the sea-coast , to recruit his health and energies . The people will therefore see what they havo to do in the meantime .
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THE ACCURSED SILENT SYSTEM , Wo again call tho attention of our readers to this most infernal of all the systems of human torture which has been invented by the Sends of hell for the pro&tratioK of all that is noble and generous in the nature of man . In another part of our paper will be found the petition now in course of adoption ou this all-important subject , which appeared iu only a part of our impression of last week , and which we hopo will meet with a cheerful reception by the wholu kingdom-But let it be done at onco , let all our frieuds recollect that while we delay , the blasting , damning system
is not only continued , but is increasing in its horrors . We deemed that it had already reached the cli : nax , but the letter of Walkku , which will be found in cur 7 ih page , proves that wo were mistaken . Let that letter , in connection with the one which was previously published , be read at every public ineetin ^ . We shal l next woek give a letter of like character , or worse , from another of the Hells—Northullerton . Let meetings be held without a moment ' s delay . We leavo the letter of Walker co speak for itself , only Hiking our friends to nota well the condition to which their fellow
men most be reduced by continued bad food , and a reduction in the miserable pittance of bread which ha 3 been hitherto allowed . We call upon the West Riding to do its duty . Thanks , eternal thanks , to Dewsbury , for the bold manner in wiv . oh it has opened firo upon Ihe thrice damned system of Whig experiments . Thanks to Biretil and to Birnsley . Let Huddorsfield , Halifax , Bradford , Keighley , Knarcsborough , with all the surrounding districts , folluw in the noble contest . Hauney will rouse Sheffield , and Wakefield must speak out , eo that the " Gentle Shepherd "
may \> z under no mistake . Bat this demaud for inquiry iuto the secrets of the prison-house , must not be confined to the West Riding . All Yorkshire must be up to the mark . Laucashire must lend its aid . Birmingham and London must respond to the calls ot humanity , and we pledge ourselres that Scotland and Wales will not be bihiud hand with their £ ii fc ii ;! i brethren . We adrise , that in every place a deputation wait upon the ministers of all denominations , asking their concurrence in this advocacy of the causo of humanity . It would be of much use , as they must either Bay yes or no , and thus they would be subjected to a test of principle , from which , if they shrink , their base hypocrisy
and practical infidelity will be apparent to the whole world . There is a cireumstaitae connected with tha letter of Walker , -which ought to nerve every advocate of right with ten-fold energy and resolution . For writiug this letter to his wife he has been depri \ ed of the food , which , in cousequence cf his illness , he was allowed instead of the usual prisou diet , and he has beeu again placed on the mill . We ask the peoplo of Great Britain , wiihout resp ; -ct to sect or party , shall these things be ! Ws reply , tiiet must not ; they ought not ; AND TUF . Y SHALL NOT CONTINUE . The hellish mi 8-creams shall be deprived of their power to torment men , who , if they : ir 3 the very worst of felons , are still Kuperior to the Ministers , Magistrates , and ' - Skiais , who contrived , sanctioned , and carry iiuo execution tnis atrocious
system oi siow osiioerate murder . We know tho cause , tho motive , of tho incarnate fiends in all their hellish barbarity . They se-o that vhe peace snd order of th « poopio are the death of iXctioR ; and all means will be resorted to to raise their indignant feeling and drive them into outrage .
But it will not succeed : tho people are wide awake ; and much as they di .-Lk- ) paying a set of idle fellows for doing nothing , they aro resolved to do so ra : hcr than give the red-coated aud blue-bottled cutthroats they are couap .-lled to pay , a chance of exercising their respectable vocations . Act within the law ; and let , at least , 500 petitions on the subject be in Mr . Du . ncomcc ' s hands by tho ljih oi September . THE DHTESTAELE AND INHUMAN SYSTEM MOST BE ABOUSJIr-D , AND SHALL BE .
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> DAN AND HIS DOINGS . We are sorry that the large influx » f important news by the last post , mnch of which we ought to have had sooner , prevents the possibility of onr inserting an article which we had prepared on the brutal and rillanoua personal persecution of the Dublin Chartists , especially Bropht and O'Higgins , by the rampant old knave , Dan , who , feeling his day to be come , is absolutely frantic . This article will keep , and will appear , along with the letters of Mr . BftOPHir » ud Mr . O'Higgins in our next number .
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THE MANCHESTER "CONFERENCE . " Well , the much-talked of " Conference" has completed its onerous duties , so far as regards its sittings in Manchester , and wo are now at liberty to (¦ peak of it as a thing that has been—the remembrance of it may be but ephemeral ; however , we cannot avoid giving it a brief notice . First then let us look to its origiu . It was , indubitably tho spawn of the ' Plague , " and , liko every thing elso emanating from that monster , it was doomed to bo short-lived and to die unr < erettcd .
The " Fiaque" was on the briak of . annihilationits suicidal career had brought it to the point of dissolution ; and disgrace , instead of laurel ? , enwrapped its hideous head . " What must be done in this emor ^ e :: cy I ' was th j cry of every fool aud tool touched with tho " Plague . " At last the plan was hit upou , as a dernier retort , to call in the aid of the " Messengers of peace , The ltfg > iU ) s of the skies , With office sacred , And credentials clear : "
In the hope that this would resuscitate the dying " Plague , " and enable it to leave the world , at least , with a semblance of decency . Well , those iunoculated with the " Plauub ' cast aside their sacerdotal robes for the time being , and entered the arena of politics , though they would rather have the affair baptised by the uame of " a doing good for the poor . " However , the large fry , the small fry , and the odd fish wvro drawn together , and it was dubbed a " Conference . "
Now then what did tha " Conference" do ! Lay do > vn plaus to bring to pass that wished-tbr era when " every man should sit under his own vine aud hie own fig tree ? " Alas ! they were unacqua nted with tho disease , and like all ignorant empirics , they talked about anything save the remedy for the restoration of the body politic . Being ignorant , did they seek information from those conversant with the origin of the evil and the means of effectuating its removal ? ' Did they evince a desire to be made acquainted with the cause and tffect , in order that by removing the former they might counteract the latter 1 No such thing , they were preud of their blindness , elated at the thoughts of their assinine character , and delighted with their happy state of ignorance .
These meu sought not information—they had no desire to probe the wounds therefore tho course they pursued has proved the ruin of the " Plague , " instead of its restoration . Had they desired to promote tho well-being of the mass , they would have courted information from men daily made familiar with the state of aifaird . This they did not do ; but ou thu contrary , they turned a deaf oar to their superiors in information , and closed their doors against
experimental knowledge—else should not we havo been refused a hearing , who are the receptacles of intelligence , derived from almost every sourco , and r aoro particularly are we the ro 3 er 7 oir into which the operatives of every description pour thoir information . We say this wiihput tho least fear of being charged with " "gotism , aa , wo confess , our knowledge to bo , in a groat measure , derived from our numerous correspondent ? , who are iu situations to furnish sound data , and form correct conclusions .
If tho stupids desired to do good , why did they not admit tho Chartist and Social proachors to thoir deliberations?—ihcao nion wore deputed -by their various congregations , and were familiar with the subjects which the "Conference" were ostensibly convened to discuss . But their presence was not congenial to the ignoramuses , because tho paucity of intelligence possessed by the 709 would have been exhibited aud subjects mooted not palatablo oither to the managers behind tho scenes or tbe puppets on the stage .
Why was Dr . Sleigh refused ingress to the assembly and hid letter burked ? Because they wished not to have the scales removed from their eyes . He was deputed by the " Society established in . London for the protection of Agriculture in Great Britain aud Ireland , " aud being the accredited servant of suoh society , ho communioa-tcd with the Chairman , ao ' . u ' ying his dosiro to arguo tho subj-jct with the " Conference , " however , his letter was kept from tho body of Ministers , and his application unnoticed .
" O I but ho was not a Minister of Religion . " Vary well , wa . 3 Cobds . v , of Sievensoa-square notoriety , a minister ? Certainly not , yet he was admitted and allowed to take a most prominout part in tb . 3 proceedings . Waa Mr . Curtis a minister ? Why was this pjlpable and barefaced distinction ma . de if not because tha parties managing the " Conference" knew that their cause was bid , and were therefore determined to be Jirsl therein , and to prevent their " neighbour coming to search them J "
We Bpeak thus of " the Conference" as represented by its ac ' . iug guiding clique : the mas 3 of the persons constituting it , ' we believe to be simple well-meaning men , who . utterly ignorant of the matter on which they wore to confer but earnestly desiring to do anything which might tend to good for the poor gave up theaiselves to the guidiuce of the leading few , who , as tools of the Plague , pulled tho puppet wires on the stage .
Of the speeches of these " reverend" political debaters , it would beworsa than folly to waste time and spaoain attempting adesoriptioa . The most rabid of the plague-spot press have not ventured to lay them before thoir readers . And well they mi ^ jht not There was one argument however , used by the single solitary Episcopal State Priest , who presented himself at this reverend prayerles ? conclave , deserving eomo attention . He said , that while it was common to bandy words about the relative ' 'advantages of a repeal of the Cora Laws to the agricultural aud commercial classes , there was one class seldom thought of , but whom he must not forget , —persons with small fixed incomes , poor widows , &e . Ah . t ah . I Panoa
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SpjificEB , th » t was an incautious popping ont of the cloven hoof . How many poor parsons have fixed incomes ? and what wonder , that the poor parsons with fixed incomes should be so easily induced to joia in ' -t h * ' "Plague" etj of cheap bread and cheap clothing through the medium of cheap labour ! 1 'What wonder that their well ceared eyes could see no politics in snch a cry as this ! 1 How happy would it have been if the "bag " could have been filled for the use of "the poor , " without tho cry of " thief" being raised after them What stupid bunglers were these political pseudo uhilanthropio priests not to throw a thicker cover
over their holy purposes of plunder ! Go , parsons , go ; ye wolves' in sheep ' s clothing ! It is well that you have cut you own throats . Ye have too barefacedly exhibited tho cloven-foot . Ye are bunglers , and have excited the risibility of every thinking man in the empire . Meddle not with matters you understand not ; but as you have broken tbe back of tbe " Plague ' s" hobbyhorse by your fantastic tricks , we can only advise you to stay at home and sin no more . Don't fly out of your element again , if you do your craft may be ruined as completely as you have ruined the " Plague . " Go , Parsons , go , and take care you burn not your fingers again I
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Plymouth . —If Mr . Philp intends visiting Plymouth in his tour through Devon and . Cornwall , will he da kind enough to open a communication with the friends there , through Air . Samuel Thomas , 10 , Adelaide-street , Slonehouse , in order to be prepared for his reception . Ma . Woutiungton , the chairman nf the Middlesex delegate meeting on Sunday lust , will oblige its ij he will favour us with his address by an early pott . A Chartist , Southampton , would see , in last week ' s notices , the direction to an Engineer , at Bath , about sending Slavs to Ireland . They may be sent in any quantity through the po 4 , only leaving the ends open , and taking care that nothing be written on thtm save the address . The Patriot ' s Fakkwell , by a Juvenile Chartist
declined . D . Catob , London , will observe that we have abridged his communication : the whole of the information it contains might have besnfurnithed to its last week , and then it would have been of interest . Art Eli . ctoh , Plymouth , evidently writes in utter igmrance of the matter upon which he treats . Mr . " Vevees , Huddkrsvikld , is informed that the money intended for Peddie has been handed over by Mr . Hick to the proper quarter . M ., BiujnMJHAM . — " No . " John Condon has our thanks for his friendly and patriotic watchfulness : we shall be glad to fieur from him «»• may be necessary . Henry IIorabim . — We hive a great deal more poetry on hand than we know what to do with .
Several ' other poeis must take a like answer . Richard Spurr . — The organisation of the National Charter Association is compelled by law to require that the Executive Committee should be elected from the General Council : if they were not , ihe Society would be an illegal one . It is clear , thcrejore , that no persons but members of the General Council ought to have been ballotted for . This point was elaborately discussed at the meet ' ing of delegates , by whom the organisation was revised and amended . This effectually clears Mr . Campbell from the charge of " arbitrary conduct , " and renders , unnecessary the insertion of Air . Spurr ' s tetter .
J . Boylasd . — We apprehend that each petition will prolah'y cost £ 1 , 000 . J . Buttkry has sent us a letter cut from the Monmouthshire Beacon , in rep ' y to Mr . Edwards . We cannot insert it for three reasons : ' First—It is not our custom to copy letters from other papers—local organs are best adapted for the diS ' cussicn of individual and local differences . Sscond'y—Ii wou'd be unfair to Mr . Edwards , as that person ' s tetter d ' d not appear in the S . ar . Thirdly—We think that Edwards has had quite enough : his character is irretrievablyg&ne . The vote of the Committee of investigation cautioning the tvho ' e country agniritt him settles the matter . The Chautisks ok jjelby are desirous of a visit from Dr . M'Doualt or Mr . James Leech , and would tie glad if they could make it convenient to call when they are in Yorkshire . TheSecre-r
tary states that he wrote to Mr . Campbell a month ago , and his letter was returned . His address is "Mr . Sutherby , shoemaker , Gowthorp , Selby . " Perhaps Mr . Campbell will write to Mr . S . It is quite necessary . Joseph Lawton . — You may get the Dublin World by applying to any news agent in Liverpool , and giving a . proper order far . it . Edinburgh Chartists . —Their delegate meeting , and the address which emanated ' therefrom , only reached us on Thursday—Ico late far insertion this week . A Constant Reader , Ayrshire . — Will he favour u $ U'ith his proper address , and give vs the names of the parties he alludes to , and some particulars of their proceedings ? We shall keep a sharp look out . U A Voice from Nortiullerton Hsu , " next week .
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W . R . ¦ Psutsir , —The n&eaHlgfor his addreu " he will find , on reference <» our columns , iolSne been superseded . ' ... -. ¦' :. ¦ ¦; ¦ - - Joseph Broo £ k / Bradford , intends to visit M . ' brother httforthalterton . Gfenf en rr about thefi / h cf September , if the ChitrthtsofNorthallerh n or any other place in hit route , will get i » * : public meeting , he will address them oft thepJi pie's Charter and politics generally ; or he tein have no objection to spend a feradayt ' tnuji luring . . ' w All Applications /*• # » Armagh for Stars mutt be . made by letter addressed to Peter ffeaney to a o Whims-street , Mafidhester , * . *"• A Shareholder ik THB Leeds Zoological g « . dens . — We are sorry M * letter cannot appear m our present number , but hope to givt it in o » ' next . ¦'¦ "¦ ¦ - . ¦ ' ¦ .. ' - ' .
J . -W ., Salisbury . —We do not reserve ihe copies of rejected addresses . We do not remember hd nor the reason why it teas omitted . It would now ' be stale . The Communications of "A 'Lougtirea Chartitf * John A . Hogg , Thomas Davies , J . Law g M Carlney , and many others , were received J Thursday evening , too late for notice . By some strangs Accidkht we have only receive d the reply of the Manchester Committee to &f r R . J . Richardson on Friday morning . It cannot appear this week .
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A Chartist , Southampton , will ensure his Porfrnj / by paying as heproposes . The agents have ien supp ' ied with ihe Portrait he mentions four months ago-D . T . S . received . Do not know the address . Send to him , news agent t Barnsley , and he triilu found , w J . Russell , Southampton . —Apply to the agent . G .. P . —Sixpence-halfpenny . F ., Grey . —Yates is correct . B . Nkwlay , London , can have the Piste of Arthur ~ O'Connor same price as the Paper , Mr . Williams , Sunderland . —His letter posted et Sunderland on the 18 . 'Aj arrived at Leeds on & » 21 s * . - ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ . "" A CharTkST , Wisbeach . —His letter has been for warded to Mr . Cleave .
CHAHIIST CONTESTED SEATS . £ . r . 1 From tbe Isle of Wight Working Men ' s Political Uuion ... — ... 1 I e „ Bin d ley , by a few friends , p © TWilliam Tippin ... ... 0 1 « $ „ afewTailors , 16 , West Register-street , Edinburgh ... ... ... ... 0 5 g „ Canterbury , by a few Chartist Friends 0 10 0
FOR MH . HOEY . From Canterbury , by a few Chartist Friends 0 i 0 FOR MR . DUFFY . From Mr . Slocombe , Lonion e 0 s
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. BRADFORD . —Oddfellowship . —On Sunday last , the members of Piiot Lodge , No . 110 , of tk Ancient Noble Order of United Oddfellows , Bolton Unity , with a few visitors from the neighbouring Lodges , assembled in the large room at the White Hart Inn , Thornton Road , for the purpose of attending the funera , l of their deceased brother , Join White , of Cannon-street . The procession , consisting of two hundred member ? , headed by the thre § district officei' 3 , moved from the Lodge at thiea o ' clock , to the house wh « re the corpse was laid , mi from thenca to Westgate chapel , where thj bodj was interred .
Bradford—Stealiso for Want . —On Fridjy nigliir , about eight o ' clock , a person w ^ nt into tha shop of Mr . Brooksbank , watchmaker , Market-street , and asked if some one had left a watch , and before an answer could be returned he snatched one from tho counter and made off with it . Mr . Brooksbank tbllowcvi him a-nd caught him in the Roeback bade yard , and brought him to hki shop . On the man giving the watch up he would havo let him go , bat he refused , and said that he wanted to be seat to prison , as he was starving . A constable was seat for . The man gave his name John Smith , aud stated that ho was a plumber and glaz : er from Sleaford , Essei i and could not find work . On Saturday he was com * mitted to take his trial .
Destitution . —On Monday last , at the Coorfc House , Bradford , Wm . Hoidsworth , an old man , sixty-six years of age , was charged with having stolen some pit rope . Moses Sugclen , constable of Bradford , stated that he met tho prisaner on the road with a bundle , and suspecting all was not right , ha examined it and found a largo quantity of pit rope , &c . Ho stated that ho asked him how he had got it , when ho oonfessed that he had stolon it . Magistrate—You hear what he charges you witL
Prisoner—All that he has stated is very true ; for I had nothing to eat and nothing to do , and I was never before a magistrate before , and I kaetr that if I stole something I should get to prison , aad then I should be sure of having something to eit . Magistrate—Did you not know that you waro doing wrong ? Prisoner—Yes , I knsw that I was doini } wrong , but what could I do when 1 had nothing to e-at . The magistrates , after consulting together for a short time , committed him for a mouth , u » vagrant ;
BUtiraiKTCrH AM .- ^ -Police . —The brutality and impudence of the Birmingham " Blue Bottler are creating a atroug feeling of disgust in the jnioda of ail classes . Scarcely a day pa > . ses that reports aro no } in circulation of their miscoaduct . lui week , a man named Henry Hill was taken into custody by policemen 443 and 485 , and on their arrival at the public office , instead of taking ti » inan ' d handcuffs off in a quiet manner , he waB thrown on his back with great violence . Of eoam he wa 3 nothing but a mere working man , or hB would have been treated diffjrently . It is worthj of remark that those" preservers of peacs" and " p «> - tectors of property" co 3 t this town £ 600 or £ 7 W weekly . It wfil , perhaps , be thought that they pay rather too dear for their whistle .
KEIGHI . S'sr . —Ou Sunday last , the Rer- * V . Jackson , 01 Manchester , preached tw _ o imprecate sermons in the Working Men ' s Hall , in'behalf of his new intended preaching place . TheH » 'J w « crowded on both occasions , aad the collecJioM amounted to £ 4 85 . THXBSK —A few parcels of corn we » « j Ia 3 t week , and this week harvest may be considers * o have fairly commenced in this neighbonrliooa \ "'Wheat looks well and promises to be fatty" « n average crop , especially on the l ghter soils , 11 from tho quantity of wet We have had , the eon strong lands is not quite so good ; other kindsol grain also look welL
B&R 3 TS 1 . B-2 . —State of TRADE . -Trade in Barusley never was so bad duriug the memtnj 01 the oldest man in town ; same of the iargo honstf have all but stopped . The greatest distress prov » u 3 in all . parts of tho town , and though this has been feast week , nothing bui famine has beea ioaad ia the land . BlRSTAIi—Thia spirited village has taken « P the subject of the silent system , and the > nh . ' {! f 1 ~ in public meeting assembled ou Saturday night , » M 2 Ut . inst ., resolved to petition parliament on : b » subject . Mr . T . B . Smith attended , aud g » w » soulstiring address , which was listened t 0 * '"?? deepest attention . On the following day Mr . md' ^
delivered two able and talented Chartist 6 « B ^ , " mo 3 t atteutivo audiences , in which ho exp lained uw practical nature and tendency of ohristianity iu wen a manner as appeared to carry couviction . »•»" mind 3 of hia hearers . As the weather was nw'a 7 <)? " We , the sermons weto preached in a Jarga se !»» room , which was most kindly offered on the ' wesson * Let every village go and do likewise . HUNSMST . —The Chartists of Hnnslet lj their usual weekly meeting on ' ' ^ J ^ , f f ^ when , after several new members boin * aaaea , »" other'important business settled , a coiigraM * 50 ^ address waa agreed upon to be presented % * T nobla aud aenoroua friend Fear 2 U 3 O'Connor , *»*»
on the day of his liberation at York . Mr . wuu «" Hick wa 3 appointed to act as delegate to present * address . Tho projects of the cause are excee « Wj promising , and nothing can exceed tha fintlu r" ^[ a . nu \ deliftht felt in anticipating the ' P ?®* ^ faff their great chieftain once more in the Held '« , » r . dom .. The Sunday School is also in a , flourI ? j « state , aad bidd fair to bscoma exceedingly us *'" the neighbourhood , as all sectarian nonsensa » . eluded , and only plain and useful truth ' . ^ cated . The friends around are desired to send w »* children . KIUKHEATON . -A poor w » doir tSj 5 named Sarah Copley , is at present iu gr < a » j ^ of mind , in consequence of her daughter Jane' " - ^ abfented herssif eighteen weeks ago , and never b * beea heard of since . She in nttier tail , D . a- * fl rather dark complexion , had on wheu shoJei * a printed bedgown , a brown shawl , ana a
bonnet . . BIIDPZ . ETON . —Mr . Hill preachedj Wj £ rellent sermons here ou Suuday last , *" ,- ^ # n * wi and evening , on his return from the Wane ^ Conference of M \ niaters . He selected as % ge of his discourse the popular Corn Law ^ vj- " that withholdeth corn , the people shall cursa ^ and , forcibly descanting on the t ^ -M ^ by which com may bo and « ^ . hjmoi * from the people , he showed the i « J »» ^ unfair , and almost blasphemous p «» W « " £# , this and other texts by the " Plagne JJ lay and clerical . The attendance was tf ^ Tr ^ Binding , principally by the choir of the ne" tf salem Temple , was such . a& wo bAYe seldom , « neard ' exceltad ,-
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THE "MUMMING" SPEECH . Elsewhere we have giren tbe piece of atrocious impudence which the national sheep-shearers have presumed to call the Queen ' s Speech . We have also given a condensed report of the sparring between the two bauds of public robbers orer this fence before the mess trough , so far as it reached us through the medium of the London press , at this present writing ( Thursday . )
The speech is remarkable as an exhibition of tho sly cunning of the Whigs . They want to throw the Tories into a false position . The old bloodhounds , however , refuse to take tho false scent offered to them , and return for answer the bay of " No confidence . " The Whigs are evidently determined te draw out a discussion on the Corn Laws in the debate on the Royal Speech , and the Tories are evidently equally determined tbat they shan't ; meantime both parties are most handsomely belaboured by the respective sides of the " Establishment . " The
Times declaims against the unconstitutional proceeding of the Whiga in putting the repeal of the Corn Laws into the Royal speech—and the Chronicle , of the new-figged Baronet , blows up the iaipudenco and disrespeotfulnesB of the Tories for telling the Queen in thoir amendment to the address , that neither they nor the country have any confidence in her ministers . The influx of much more valuable and important matter in the shape of reports of divers Chartist meetings , precludes us from devoting space to any lengthened comment on tho mummery .
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We regret much that we cannot persuade onr friends practically to ^ observe the very clear and plain directions which -we have so often given and repeated about the sending of matter for tho Star . The extent of our circulation obliges us to go to press en Thursday afternoon ; and , therefore , out friends seem to think that if their communications re * ch ns by Thursday morning it ia quite soon enough . This is a great mistake . They should remember that every word of tho piper has to be put together by single letters , and the whole space filled before we can go to press , snd it is impossible to do this in one forenoon . Our men are busily employed in filling up the paper with matter which , from one source or other , -we must supply during the whole
week , and it seldom happens that more than one or two columns , besides the necessary space for editorial comment , remain to be filled on Thursday morning . This shews the importance and necessity of all matters of newa , occurrences of the movement , reports of meetings , &c , being dent to us at ouce , immediately they occur . Instead of which , it often happens , that on Monday and Tuesday we have scarcely any letters , and on Wednesday comparatively few till the night post arrives . The consequence is , that those letters which do arrive in tho eaily part of tbe week are carefully attended to and given generally at length ; ¦ whil e we are obliged to have recourse to the London papers , and various sources , for matter to fill the remaining portion
of se many columns of the paper as must be set up bofore Wednesday night Wednesday night and Thursday morning " s posts bring us a shoal of letters from all parts of tho country : these come opon ns just in the hurry of writing > vnd attending to what are called tho leading articles ; while in the e . wly part of the week we have more time to attend to correspondence . The consequence is that oiio half of thess letters are pasaed over entirely ; and the other half compressed into the smallt st possible amount of space—and the next consequence is , that in tha following week we have letters of complaint from various parties about their communications bain ? treated with neglect Some vhose letters or reports may have been omitted for
want of spaee , refer occasionally to the police irports—tbe column of " varieties , " or some other portion of the contents of the 2 nd , 3 rd , 6 th , or 7 th pages of the pnper , which are always set up first—and ask indignantly if their communication -was less important than such or such a thing which appeared in the sama paper from which it was excluded "for want of space "—others ai ' . cuso us of partiality and unfairness in cutting down their reports to a mere annoucement , while those of other towns aie given at greater length . Wo have hud many most angry letters of tbis description , tbe cause for which has rested entirely with the parties themselves . Now if our friends will bul bear in mind that we are filling up
the paper every day ; that the same column cannot be tilled twice over ; that we must give out stick matter as we have just when the men Want it , or there would be no Star on Saturday , and that therefore we cin't wait for the mx ' . post—we must go on ; if they would remember all thin , and send their communications promptly —in the early p irt of the week—all would stand & fair and a good chance ; and if they would also remember that we have only one weekly paper for all England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , and that , therefore , do one place can be allowed to monopolism an unreasonable portion of the papi . r , we should have no complaints of inattention to any patty—because we know thtre would be no
ground for them . Onr anxious desire is to make tbe Star a truly national organ , equally representing all ; but we cannot de this unless the country will aid us rightly in tho sending ot their matters of communication . We have this week received at least twice as many letters by Thursday ' s post , a 3 during the whole week besides . There will , therefore , be much disappointment , nnd probably much dissatisfaction , for which our friends have no one but themselves to thank . The above remarks apply , of * c » ur . ' © , to news , facts , meetings of the paople , Chartist intelligence , &c . Original papers , letters to the Editor , personal correspondence , poetry , &c , must be here at tho beginning of the week , or we shall not hold ourselves bound eveu to notice them .
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MEANS TO AN EXD . Nothing can be of more imrc :- ' . ance to tha success of the glorious cause of democracy thau the enrolment of the Chartists in every town and village of the einpiro in the grand focus of all cur energies , the National Charter Association of Great Britain . This is , in fact , essse ;; tial to the progress of our principles , both as forming a perpetual CommitE . ee to watch tho course of
events and to rally tbe people on every emergency , and as the most efficient means of raising those funds winch are so indbptnsible to the speedy and sacoccsful attainment of the objcct 3 of our holy union . We de 3 ire most especially the concurrence of the Lecturers employed in the various localises en this most important subject ; we think a moment ' s rcfLcion will convince them that their labour and exertions are more than half wasted if iho enrolment of members is not the result . We are sensible of the valuable aid which Lecturers do afford to the cause ; aad the reason why we wish them to make continuous efforts to add new thongs to the national band of contenders for the nations weal ,
is that we wisk to see their tff jrts crowned with the moat triumphant success , and productive of of the largest possible amount of good . We trust every lecturer , who explains our glorious priuciples iu a town or village whore tho National Charter Association baa no members , will deem ij his duty t « invite such persons aa approve the principles he hs »» boen expounding to enrol themselves immediately , and to meet him at the c'oso of the meeting far iliac purpose . Of caurso every frioud engaged ia this good work should have lawa and rules with 01 m on evtry occasion of his visiting a town so situated , in order that ho delay might occur ftr want cf the machinery necessary .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct394/page/4/
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