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" Bristol , August 2 tttvlWl . » DEa 3 Sib , —You will pleas * to excuse the liberty jiich a stranger takes in ibag addressing & letter , to yon , Bui I am encouraged in doing so by-rss ^ ing . the CDbIe stand which ' you and . y » or little iand « f real patriots laTe made against the base , bloody , and festal factions , botfc . Whig , and Tory , alike the foes of gberty . 0 ! it does iy ' oiae me to my veryheart ' g gere when the thought strikes me that the Rngi « h ; josh , Scotch , and Welsh shall one day be united in om noly bond of brotherhood , agitating for one
com-So 3 object , political liberty and equality . Then I . say jie people must triumph otei theii political oppressors . iuether thing I hare long wished to see , and , thani god , tis coming fast , -when religious animosities matt { ill to th « ground , and brotherly love , and Chifetian badness , one to another , start up in its stead , Bat , naii , this is ¦ what oar enemies dread ; they vast to tee ? np religions hatred , fro keep us asunder , lest by j oining in Ie-ve and friendshipi their crimes * "d tyranny Tould be exposed to the scorn of a united people . In ej boyhood I was tengkt to believe that the Catholics rere & blood-thirsty lot of men seeking for an opporjmty to embrue their hands in the blood of their Protestant felloe subjects , but it is long since » y eyes Tere opened ; tis long since I . signed petitions for
Catholic emancipation ; tis long since I sair that the Tery men "who , in my youth , taught me to hate my Catholic neighbour "were the blood-thirsty oppressors of jsy poor Protestant fellow countrymen , as - » ell as of ihehard fated Catholics of Ireland , I recollect the £ me ¦ when your enemies and mine had nothing to do bit say to the people here in Bristol that the Pope iras frming . -when men , and myself amongst tho rest , felt more lske Bav&ges * + **¦* Christians . We "were sarage at the mere name of the Pope . But now , thank God , I see Catholic and Protestant geing hand in hand for liberty . Xoir , I can hear Protestant England crying oci justice for Catholic Ireland . Can the Toices of tw # Billions one hundred thousand men , all , all shouting fct liberty , be kept much longer in slavery ? No , they
isD be heard ; their grievances must be redressed ; they ire heard in Heaten . I " am a Protestant , yet I vtmld unfetter mj Catholic fellow subjects as soon and ¦ willing as I would -unfetter myself . I say , then , go x , my frisndi , my brothers , and G « d Almighty bless pi and crown your efforts for political liberty with Bsoass . Be not daunted at the proceedings of the icpporters of the base Whigs ; their eyes will soon be cpeaed to the treachery of the perfidious men who bribe patriots with fat places ; men who hare spent Sfcosands of pounds to destroy the popularity of th » lash leaders . But they cannot crush two mighty naisa trying for liberty in reality , and no mistake . I bt agkin go on with courage , and may the great God Hm your society , and your excellent Christian pastor , n&ez Ryan , and I remain
•• Tour fellow Advocate for the " Bights of the Working Classes , " the Peopled Charter , "JOH ? f Copy 'To Patrick O'Higgiot , >" o . 14 , " Sorth Anne-street , Dublin . "
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TO TSS SBITOB OP THB M 3 BTHKRJJ STAi . Sis , —If you have no objections to publish this intelttfsace , it may afford some gratification to many of your ra&srstohearthatDr . Greed , of this city , in his lectures tiroagh the country on the principles of Teetotalism ¦ si Hjgenism , is strenuously urging and advocating ihf euse of the people ' s Charter . With no small degree of pleasure I hare heard Mra fij th&t the crying sin of all ages was oppression ; and « bi &ospcl of Christ was given as a directory how to
E 2 the oppressed from under the oppressor ; nor could thii GoEpel injunction be obeyed , until the Charter was \ b * law of the land ; therefore , I > r . Greed denounces rrery man as a mock Christian or a counterfeit of seeding brass and tinkling cymbol , who will not come fanrsrd faithfully to the battle of the Lord , and assist iu £ veak against the mighty . I have heard that gentle-Em declare these very words in the Chartist ' s Halls of Pu . 'ley , Grsenock , and Ayr , and I have heard he is yrsaching the same doctrine in otbor towns of the Kcntry . 1 will conclude by praying may God prosper £ j efforts , and may others go and do like-wise .
I am yours , most respectfully , A CHAB . TIS " Glasgow , 4 th Ssptember , Is 41 .
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10 722 iDITOS OT THE 50 BTHEB > ' STAB . Dear Sir , —It is with regret that I write against any as who calls himself a Chartist , but at the same time Then that man puts forth -wrong statements , I feel it to be & duty to contradict them . Arthur O' ^ eil , in his speech at Manchester , says , " That certain parties in -Ermingham had used means to force Mm to join the Sidonal Charter Association , which was one reason Tty be had not . He would not join the Chartists of Sc ^ ringhKn so long as the present men in that town tack the lead of the management . " To the first assertba , " That parties had used means to force him to } xn , " ' I gire upon good authority a stout denial , and » £ to the second part of his objection , it is altogether a foiling excuse . The men that he objects to are not on tir Council , and have not been for months . They left tie Council to try if Mr . O"Neil and others were true s = n , and if their presence on the Council did really ps-ren : these parties from joining , but the result has
JKVrd that it was only a Ehufiing excuse , made on purpose to blind the eyes of honest men who would have cidsnmed them long ago had they known the real fcti . He says again , " That tns Chartists of Binnirgfcsa eonid rot let their fellow men hold different opieLjls £ 1-0 : 11 themselves without denouncing them as ixiurs . " I think Mr . 0 " >~ eil for the moment forgot £ k scriptural passage which says , " Let him tb . 3 t 33 * i ± oa ; fault throw the first stone , " because it is well fcc-wa to macy parties in Birmingham , that he has de-23 tsc » d &ecree White and others as spies , and that too Tith ^ t any cause . 2 s ow the Chartists of Birmingham -id Terr gsod cause to denounce Arthur O'Neil and ~ n Collins as traitors , when they saw them make ar > Ctrpt to destroy the National Charter Association , feci tiey h 3 Te done more than once , as can be proved . I : « iia fcrjig ms-T charges of falseness against Arthur cj his cor . e&gae , but I do not -wish to throw any impe-~—t in the -s-ay of a reconciliation- Hoping that *^ t I hare said will not be laid to 3 factious spirit ,
""»^ ereiy a derlre that truth should known . 1 remain , dear Sir , Yours , respectfully , Jon > - Wilkinson , Sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association . ¦ : > C ? iz : ~ -terrace , Bell Bsrn-road , B ^ ainsi-m , Srpt . 1 st , ISil .
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~ 0 7 H £ I 3 IT 0 S O ? THS NORTHERN ETAU . London , August 30 , 1541 . S : ? .,- _ If that you imagine the following extract , T ~ ci : 1 : a £ e from & letter I received from an old ] r in Ireland , to be of any service in forvrarding « ciue of Chartism in that country it is at your dis-J -Sil : if 7011 think it not worthy of a place in your ? ??«> be sg kind as to forward U ba . ck to John Hints , Si , John-nreet , Borough . It is as follows : — a " t ^ - , , - Hi . ves , — I have received your letter of * -= j--i , acc-: nipiaied with the SoriAern Star of last *^* ' ^ f -- ^ d feel gratified by perceiving the manly t ^ s ^ aigtj fc-rwird manner which our nerer-c ^ asing —— - ^ s , Messrs . Brophy and O'Higgins , have judiciously ettoori the v-llanous conduct " of Ireland ' s mortal ^^ 7 , O-Connell . __'' f' - J' "Ss ? Hii : e =, since you first commenced to send
vL _ T P ^ P-6 ' 5 pap * r , the SorJ-. ern Star , or the Poor rr ~ ^ -s Gaard I have watched with a careful eye i ; l : ^ - ' --ct of & 1 ' 1 parties connected with that glorious n ^ r ^*! . ^^ positively do declare , that amongst all ^ , ^ 5 journals of England and Ireland which I tvtV ' ' ? * ^ Kide ^ least attempt to expose ^ i raua -which is daily practised by the oppressor * &—* * .. is oppressed , ic " , with the exception of the C ^ fr , r f > ' ^ Xorihem Star , and the glorious v Jir . en ' s OperTiivt— the latter to ' my sorrow has be-^ t ' -. ^ ti nci Bat £ re io -g j E ope to read of O'Brien _ Cc' ^ nor , the two champions of liberty , once more ?^* * - hearts of despotic rulers to shake within their ^ j 1 ' ^ = if by & stroke of electricity .
¦ B-- C ^ - " ' ihe nevrs , the glori ' ous news , which c ^ ave received as it respects the Rev . Father Ryan r ^^ S a member of the Dublin rniversal Suffiage ^¦^ ciitisa has induced many a Koman Catholic in this £ ^ 2 to look out for the leading journal of the Chartist - ~ J ; and , I may mention here , that many who now f ~ = to hear the Star read , have been , about five weeks K ?;/* 7 * Srtatest enemies of the Chirtirt body ; but vT . ^ " T taTe kear < i ° * 0 Ee of tieil P ^ ' 013 joining 1 d " * ^ f ^ ' ~ £ y S 37 ' snTe ]^ ^^ society must be good , or ^ tte jnest -wotf d have nothing to do with it , ic ^ r ; £ D ^ ai Hi nes , the persons I mentioned in my ? vj ?^ tetters are as much reconciled now on hearin g » - ^ ' 2 ^ rsa < * ^ ^ heyhave been enemi es previous to the ^ gabo ra cast upon O'ConneU ' s conduct by the mem-^ < J * t ne DuViin rniversal Saflrage AEsodation i ^ r ^ t-s II . P . Brophy and O'Hifjins , There never ^ tee ^ . talf w many enquiries made about the Char-« j until the great national bellman commenced Mb « 7 oa the public stsge and through the public press « s ? e is at preset ; and depend upon i $ , that instead
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of O'CoBnell and ids mercenary crew , endeavouring to prevent . the progress of Chartism in ireland ; by their lying oratoti « Ll coiuJact , tiwy have ^ ufe * peoj » le of ^ Il deaKMnin&aona to pry more than erer into tb « ptifadpiBi of dartism .. - ; " My Dear Hines , I have managed to organise atlaa , at last ana at long run , consisting of between thirteen anaTtixteen , Catholics and Protestants , intelligent , deoent , honest ¦ worJcmsn . We keep , as they say in lielaad , ouraelTea to ounelres ; in meet twice » ireek at G- — 3—— , there to read the Slew , and dfscuw many matters pertaining to the attainment of the Charter . ' v ' ^ - ¦¦ i - ' - Dear Hlnes , y otcr old friend , Lawreirc ^ K- ^— - visits us once a week . He is as full of Irish blood as everstill panting for uniYersai liberty . . I have seen Mr . O- —m , otMurbocongh , he Is well : also
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and Mr . W . E ., or Ballycamey , they are both well . I have aent ttxem ten numbers QTZhe'P'tnSttttor , one each week , al < o two Stan weeWy , They are highly d « Jight « with ihe demooratte papers . . Our recruits are . going through a regular course of discipline , and ere long Will be qualified to stand or fall beneath the banner of freedom . ,. ¦ . , . " We are going on in our infant state as majestic and sweet as the blooming lakes of . Kiilarney , We have learned to know our friends , from our enemies , and treat them according to their deserrednesa . " In conclusion , I beg to remind you never to forget sending the Star , the Star , the Star , " I remain , yours respectfully , " 0 RN CO . NROT . " Mountmellick , Queen ' s County , , " Ireland . "
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TO THE EDITOB OF THB KOSTHESH SIAB .-DEiR 81 B , —1 have jast received the following letter from our much-injured friend Iftiffy , along with the certificate of the physician , who gives his advice gratuitously at ^ arrogate . If you wiil have the kindness to publish them , it is more than probable the amount required to rear thii Chartist patient will be forthcoming before' your next . I am sue it will : our friends need only be told to prcvide the needful . I leave it with them , And subscribe myself , Dear Sir , Yours , affectionately , William Hick . : ' ¦ Earrogate , Sept 6 th , 1841 .
" M ? deas Fbibsd , —I have been to Dr . Kennion this morning , and told him that I should not be able to stop longer than a few days . His answer was , ' If you leave now , when you are recovering so fast , you may be thrown still further back . My advice is , for you to write to your friends , and tell them . ' The advice he gave me in the enclosed note , which I thought proper to send you , my dear Hick , so that if my friends could only help nre through for the next fortnight , I could then be enabled to battle with our enemies manfully . " If I am to be left destitute , and neglected sow , after they have dose so nsnch tor ma , I shall bow with submission . If I- had the sum of £ 1 I could call my life young , and myself rich , as it would suffice me while here ; for I assure you that I am not extravagant in my diet , nor have I been able to get any wine ( as recommended ! sine * I came here .
" I thank you most kindly for your kind exertions on my behalf , " And believe mo to be , ' My dear Hick , " Tour obliged friend and brother Chartist , " James Dcjft . " P . S . Write me a few lines , if yon can spare time , to the Post- » face . "
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TO THB EDITOa OV THB KORTHBiK STAB . Sis , —The Great Creater has , in the arrangements of his wisdom and goodness , bo constituted the human mind as to be capable , in our relative condition , of loving , pitying , and grieving on each other ' s account Xjw , ~ Sir , I must tell you , that my sister , Charlotte Lowks , who was the subject of mental derangement , had to be confined in Wakefield Asylum . Her parents bein * poer , yet honest , had to spply to the overseers of the parish to which she belonged , and , by their instructions , my sister vraa confined in the above Asylum At different times I made it a rule to go from Nottingham to see her . In accordance with that rule , I left Nottingham , where her father and mother are still living , en August the 29 th , thinking to see my sister .
When I got to Wakefield , I inquired of the matron of the Asylum , if I could see Charlotte Lowks . The answer I received was she was dead , and has been dead four month * " Dead ? " I exclaimed . "Yes , " was the reply . Feelings of surprise , grief , and indignation , alternately distracted my brain . How was it , I demanded , you-did not let her friends know of her death ? The answer was , "If her friends had placed her here , we should have done so , but the overseers placing her here , we let them know immediately , and they ought to have let you know . " With this answer I was perfectly satisfied . I expressed my disapprobation of the inhmnun conduct of the overseer , and the clerk of the Asylum did the same , and said it was not
the flrsfc time that complaints of the erne kind had been madej and that the managers of Asylums were often blamed for the wilful neglect of overseers . I then went to Chorlton , near Barnsley , to the overseer , to inquire after mj sisu-r . He said she was dead . " Dead ? " I repeated . " Yes , " was the cold reply . " How long has she been dead ? " I demanded . " Four months , " the monster replied . " How was it you did not let her friends know » " I asked . " Because she was a pauper , " he replied , " and the law only allows one day between a pauper dying and being bnried , so I thought it wa ? not worth while to let you know , being , as she was a pauper . " This was all the sympathy the cold-blooded overseer manifested towards the feelings of surviving friends .
The insertion of ihe above in your valuable paper will much oblige Tour ' s , truly , Edwaed Lotvks . Cistlegate , Nottingham , Sept . 2 nd ,-lsii .
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COLONEL NAPIER AND THE " NATIONAL VINDICATOR . " Freshford , near Bath , Sept 3 d , 1 S 41 . Sir , —I have seen with surprise and regret an advertisement in your paper of the 2 slh uHitno , stating tbat the XotioTial Vindicator would contain an Essay upon the New Poor Law , written by me " expressly for that paper . " For this advertisement you are not responsible , but it involves a deception , and an invasion of the copyright 0 : the Editor of a Dublin periodical , called the Dublin Cuizen .
Th Essay wae vrritten by me for a law institution m Dublin , and the members of tin : institution , to whu ' . a it was addressed , did , with my consent , give it to the Editor of the Dublin Ciii-cn- It was published by him in his August number ; but he also struck off a number of separate copies , and from one of these copies , corrected and given by me to Mr . Philp , Co-Editor of the Xaiional rinciieuior , the Essay advertised by you has been printed . I cannst consent to h 3 ve my name mixed up with a deception , and 1 therefore rely upon your sense of propriety to give publicity to this my correction of the error which you have , unintentionally , been the meina of propagating . I remain , > : r , Yutir ofcedient Servant , ¦ yv . Napiek , Culunel . Editor of the Northern Star .
• 'We hold ourselves bound m fairre ? s to give this letter insertion . We have nodou > . t tha : : ! :-re is some mistake . At all events the " Es .- -. iy , " if n be the samr Essay , will not be a whit the le- s valuable to the readers of the Vindicator , for cot bavin * been wini ^ E purposely for that publication . —Ed . N . S . ~
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O'CONNOR'S BOTTTE IN SCOTLAND . London , Sept . 7 th . My dear Bho ^^ , —I conld not with any degree of certainty sooner reply to yours of the 23 rd of August I had intended to be with you on the 4 th of October . Monday , but as I mean to "Vballerige Dr . Cooke to a discussion on tbe Repeal , for six nights , at Belfast 1 have put off my visit to Glasgow till Monday , 11 th oJ October , when , with God ' B blessing , I shall be with you . Now , my good friend , it is my wish to do as much as I can , and my intention la to spend thirty
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daysln Scotland . ' F , ? n ae fl » t -week I shall devote to . Glasgow , GreenocK , Paisley , Hamilton , and DdmtyrtoD , "which I pzesome to mean the Tale of Leven , K > -which I am pledged . Second -week—Kilmarnook , Cumnock , Irvine , to aee John Brace , and any other two places , making Irre for tfcat week . Third week—Aloa , Perth , Aberdeen , and If ewburgh , on my way from Perth to Dundee . Dundee and' Cupar . Fourth w&ek—Edinburgh , - Dunfiormline , and any two places were the Athenians shall tend me , tad Dumfries in the same week , to return the tint of Andrew
Wardrope , and bear , another -astounding tpeech from him I then propose visiting Carlis ^ NawonUe , Sundwlaad , and" gouk Shields . Then toot days rest , -and com pleting Lancashire , and Yorkahire . Then M « rthyr Tydvil , where the rich repast of 20 , 0 » 0 signatures bate been promised . Then Bath , Bristol , Newport , Monmouth , and so on ; and then Ireland to see the ootpests there ; add IF that does not dory the Charter , some one eilm mostly his hand , Yob will see by tod arrangenwn * , that I shall harfc performed my whole work almost as aooaul should have commenced it , had I run my futttho « la York .
I had s $ tonou » warm bath last night at the Crown and Anchor , all done by the real chaps with the hard fist * . I never was so delighted ia my life . Eleven hours' notice and thousands went o £ The good men of themselves crushed all humbugism In London , and now we are all like one large and united family ; thank God for it Let union be our watch-ward , and let the first man who widens any breach , or ndbs any old sore , be drummed out of the ranks . I go to-night to act the part of mediator between the disputants , Watkinaand Watson , aad I hepe to be able to put a stop to a discussion , from any result of which our cause must suffer . God bless all Scotchmen till the 11 th of October . Let
proper arrangements be made , so that I shall not have to go as formerly , backwards and forwards . I should think that Aberdeen should be the first place in the third week , but the good men of those places will do for the best . Union , my friends , and the day Is our own . I am as strong as ten bulls , and able to beat the Peel administration single handed . 4 , 000 , 000 signatures , and Ireland with us and no disunion . The land at a fair rent our portion , and the Charter our shelter and sentry-box , and who can stop us ! Ever faithfully yours , Feabgus O'Connob . , _ _ —_ ^ a >
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TO THE MEN OF BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING TOWNS . THE O'CONNOR DEMONSTRATION . Friends , —The 20 th of September is fast approaching ; are you getting ready to do honour to your friend , and give the Birmingham Whigs the horrors , by shewing them you lore the man who serves you faithfully ; and that you hate the men who live by plunder and trickstering ? have you , that live by tolling late and early , got your mite ready for the Demonstration Committee ? If not , get it ready ; and give it at the newsvenders or the Committee . The collectors have books for the purpose . Have any go * d and true men got time on hand , why not join the Committee , come and welcome . Is every man getting flags rigged up;—has every town got its delegate elected to come to the demonstration ? if not , go to work , and do it . Has every town got its banners and flags collected ready to send to the Committee—good plain ones , mottos good , with substantial meanings , 4 c
Come in from all the different districts around , and show the wretches who roll in riches , you are men and you demand equal rights and equal laws ; and the Charter you will have . Let them not mistake you ; let your motto be : —No rent for the landlords—no taxes for the Government—no peace for the tyrants—until we are enfranchised . Give them to learn that neither their ignorance nor their cruelty will avail them . The time is come to show our principles . Let them , if they can , keep us from political power . We are now the third party in the Btate . The Government of Kings , Lords , and Priests must march out of the way . The multitude must on with us or stay behind and perish . I remain , Brother Democrat * , yours truly , T . P . GBEEN . Birmingham , Sept 6 , 1841 . ^ -
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION AND THE CHARTIST CHURCH RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM , Fbiends and Fellow-countrymen , —On Monday the 20 th of September , that noble of nature , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will enter the town of Birmingham , attended by the chosen servants of tke people , ( the National Executive , ) after a long and a trying absence of very nearly eighteen months . On that day you will be called upon to attend and do honour to the individuals who have passed the fiery ordeal of Whig persecution , for having the « ourage and the honesty to advocate yxmr just and natural rights .
Dear friends , my object in addressing you is to call upon you to rally unitedly round the standard of democracy , and do justice to the men who have defended you and your cause . Act upon the following simple plan and you may not only be enabled to prudace such a display of popular feeling as will strike terror to our oppressors , but by prudence and calm deliberation heal the wound that amicts the Chartist body of Birmingham and restore it to that pure and pristine state which it ought to be in , and save the Executive the trouble of doing that which I feel assured you are competent of performing yourselves .
Let public meetings of both bodies be called , and appoint chosen and tried men to act as a demonstration and grievance committee , whose duty it shall be to superintend the demonstration that is to be given in honour of the brave patriots , and if possible , to unite all parties under one common banner , so that we may act unitedly and present an impenetrable phalanx to our precious Govemmtnt , that will compel them to give us that which i 3 our just and inn'ienable right . Hoping that these few words will be taken in the spirit of kindness with which they are given , and that they will be acted upon , I remain , faithfully yours , W . H . Cotton . September 6 th , lsil .
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ADDRESS FROM THE LONDON DELEGATE MEETING . Fellow-Beings , Men , and Women , of Britain , —We , the members of the London Delegate Council , have deemed it to be our duty to address you at this important juncture , opening a new session of the Parliament of the wurkingmen of London , we wish to lay before out constituents , and through them before the empire , our vitwa upon the prospects of the nation , our opinion as to the best means of promoting the welfare ef the empire . If we look around us at the present state of British society , what striking contrasts met ! our eyes , what direful admixtures of poverty and wealth , of luxury and indigence ; scarce can we turn our gaze from the gorgeous edifice ere we are met by the hut of misery- The single glance of an eye will show to us the garb of splendour and effeminacy , and the squalid naked wretchedness of abject poverty .
We have investigated the cause of this deplorable inequality—we haf c analysed the subject , and truced it to its first elements , to its primary sources , and we have found that the fountain head of this evil , the spring from whence flows the broad stream of wretchedness and miiery , which threatens to engulf and ofcr-whelm ihei . ; . vl , is bad government—is legislative inequality . We observe that poverty and distress are found in the abodes of the working classes—in the abodes of those who create , who produce all those necessaries , comforts , and luxuries , which minister so greatly to human comfort—we like-wise observe that splendour anrl , ' ranence are the lot of tuose -who labour not , who live in idientss , or at Lest in misapplied exertion ; we
find that the class who live in splendid idleness , are those ¦ who have be ^ n entrusted wiih the power of making the laws , -whiles the clr \ ss who are enduring misery and toil are those who have no share in the Government , but the penalty of obeying its laws . Here then is the seat of the disease ; here and here only can be applied a sure and certain remedy : this remedy is Universal Suffrage . The cure of thL- disease is the People ' s Charter . This is the banner under -which -we are fighting—this the cause for which we would enlist your sympathy , would claim your co-operation ; all are suffering from the same common cause—all should unite in effecting a Radical enre . We claim for the working classes of this country that political power—that share in the legislature , -which their position , as creators of wealth ,
their numbers and intelligence so justly entitle them to . Grant this our jast demand , and prosperity and comfort would speedily banish discontent and crime from the happy homes of our labouring population . Hitherto this mighty hive cf human industry—this gigantic concentration of the extremes of splendour and >> f misery has been apathetic in the glorious cause—has had no complete organization to draw forth its slumbering energies ; but we are prond to tell you that this is now remedied , * that London is awakened from its slumber like a " giant refreshed , " that its well-organized and powerful trades have come to the rescue , and with their co-operation and assistance , we shall speedily triumph—we shall be enabled to keep up such a welldirected and incessant fire at the bulwarks of corruption , that they -will speedily crumble and fall before our united efforts . Everything augnrs well lor the success
cf our cause ; the middle class of society broken into sections by the imbecility of the Whigs , disappointed in the result of the late miscalled " cheap bread" agitation , are already tempted to look deeper for their remedy , to consider the cause rather than fritter their energies upon palliating its efftcts . We have been accused of coalescing with the Tories , on the part of the men of London . We rebut this assertion—we detest the Whigs for their treachery to the eanee of the people , for their inhuman and unprincipled treatment of our incarcerated brethren ; ' bat we equally detest the Tories , and with both factions we will continue to wage unceasing warfare , using the one to crush and destroy the other ; but to all honest Reformers -we hold out the hand of fellowship , we invite their cooperation—we claim their assistance . Bo they fear the power of the Tories , let them unite with oa . Without
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pnWic opinion the Tories are powerless , and a union with w « iMM annihilate them as » party for erer . T&ia U their only , their tru « policy . T *» time for Judf S ? 2 S ? J" * ° ? j ^ we demand tbe whole . The Chartist » um stands fa , ^ 1 ^ ^ ptdud * position Wgli , ti » fan ground of right and , Justice , for the qafcksand « an «» hallowji of expediency ; We will combat tyranny ana oppression , under whatever name or whatever form It reawita Hydra bead . ' Womenj * Britain ,, yon have ejet U » foremost jb troTfooa , ^ Jsl every noble pause , we entreat your assistance . Tito is .. preeminently yonr < causa .. Tfou have to beat the greater > urdpn—the gi ^ ter ^ iSare of oar miaery an 4 dfctress . You bare to endure the insults and contumely of a class of avaricious , and unfeelinMhop . keepers , yrbo prey upon ^ yow Ind % en « aM ^* . V yon hate > bear ,, the thousand iSSof ^ nipc W £ ation 8 ,, * hUh to the ^ impaUtot « p iri £ . ot »> an . would "
he worse tnan tne actnal diafasera . y * m aWtfieneTen more interest ^ thanourseltt ^ in Marring a fair-day's wage for a Cab day ' s wbrit \ Xend n « then your powerful assistance ,, animate M in jo © glorious struggle , cheer u » by your approbation ; enliven oa jby youneresence and we cannet , -we will not fail of anewsi . Men and women of Britain , nobly have ye aoted in the past period of our atrnggle—bravely have ye borne persecution , privation , and distress . Patriot after patriot basbeen torn from your rants , but yet ye have not flinched from the cause . Ye have never deserted the principles of your Charter—no counter agitation has led yon astray—no false rriendshavebeenableto beguile ye into the enemies ranks ^ if yon have acted thus nobly ia the infancy of our cause , what may we not expect of you , now that it hath started into manhood—now £ that we have become an object of dread and dismay to our enemies ; we call upon yon in the words of the immortal
Homer—•« Be men , be what ye were before , Or vreigh the great occasionand fee more . " Now is the time for action—now is the period for increased and increasing exertion . Let ua shew to our noble champions , who will shortly be restored tons , that though a vile Government bad incarcerated their bodies , yet tfaelr spirit , the spirit of liberty has animated our bosems , and enable us to spread the cause throughout the length and breadth of the land . Onward then in tbe good cause—slacken not in your exertions—press forward unceasingly to the high prise we have in view , and in no part of the land will you meet with more zealous supporters , mote determined adherents than In the Chartista of London . J . Fpssell . G . Humphries . C P . GOODFBLLO-W , T . Mills .
W . DRAKE . P . M'Ghath . E . PlCKEBSGILL . J . Smith . J . Knigut . , J . Watkins . J . W . Pahkeb . RUFFET RIDLET . G . Matthews . J . WOETHINGTON . A . Walton . A . Wilson . W . H . Wilkins . — SIHPSON . — NODDER . G . JOB . DON . A . Hogg . Thomas M , Wheelbb , sub-Secretary . * See No . 28 of the English Chartist Circular
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ADDRESS OP THE 'CONNOR AND O'BRIEN DEMONSTRATION COMMITTEE . To the Brave Men and Virtuous Women of Manehetter , and its surrounding Neighbourhood . FniENDs , Fbllow Townsmen and Towkswomen , —The Caged Lion and Chieftain of the brave and good , the champion of universal liberty , and determined enemy to tyranny and oppression , is again at liberty , breathing the free air of Heaven , more determined than ever to break down the unholy system
of class legislation , which is rapidly spreading ruin and devastation throughout the length and breadth of the land , and preparing England , ( once "the envy of surrounding nations , and admiration of the world "; for becoming a degraded province , or a desolate wilderness . Yes , the single-minded Feargus is again using his mighty personal exertions , for the purpose of overturning this monstrous system , and of establishing upon its ruins that perfect system of equality which can alone be obtained by the adoption of the People ' s Charter .
Also , the truly noble and uncompromising O'Brien , the schoolmaster of tbe age , and the dread of tyrants , will , on the 24 th inst , leave the dungeon ' s gloom , again to plead tbe cause of justice and humanity . We therefore call upon you , brave men and virtuous women of Manchester , immediately to prepare to receive them in Manchester , on Monday the 27 th inst ., in a manner that will convince them , that the more they are persecuted , the more you love and esteem them ; and show to the tyrants tbat the millions are coming forth determined to destroy the blasting , degrading , pauperising , and infamous system which has been brought forth in blood , cradled in corruption , and matured in a nation ' s misery .
Yes , come forward on Monday , the 27 th inat ., in your countless thousands , and demand in a voice of thunder , the total annihilation of class-legislation ; make it a day long to be remembered , a day to be recorded in the annals for the perusal of future generations , as reflecting honour upon you , aa being the day which shook tyranny to its fall , and sent it into the abyss of oblivion . The Committee beg to assure you that with your aid and assistance , no exertions upon their part shall be spared to make this town ' s demonstration such un one aa the people of Manchester never before witneu&ed . Signed on behalf the Committee , James Harrison , Chairman . James Wood , Secretary .
P . S . —The Cemmittee meet every evening at 0 , Whittle-street , Oldham-street , Manchester , where pecuniary assistance to carry out the above object will be gladly received and duly acknowledged , and every information given .
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SHEFFIELD . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Feargus O'Connor , Esq . —The Chartists of Sheffield have resolved to welcome O'Connor , tho friend of thi people , with a grand public entry and dinner , oe Wednesday , September 29 ch . An active committee has been appointed , and every arrangement will be made fitting for the reception of the man whom the people delight to honour . The Glorious Thirty-nine !—At a late meeting of the Sheffield Chartists tho following resolution , proposed by Mr . M'Ketterick , was passed unanimously : — "That the sincere thanks of this meeting are given to Sharman Crawford , Esq ., General Johnson ,, Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., and the other
memlars of the House of Commons who composed the glorious minority of thirty-nine , who supported the rights of the people . At the same time , this meetii : / feels bound to express its indication at the conduct of Messrs . Roebuck and Leader , who were returned to Parliament , pledged to the principles of Chartism ; and this meeting trusts that the Radical electors and non-electors of Bath and Westminster will not fail to call their misropresentatives to account for their treacherous conduct . Lastly , this meeting expresses its deep disgust at tho conduct of Mr . Ward , the Member for . this borough , promising that gentleman that when he shall a ^ ain appear before tho people of Sheffield , he will not escape that reception his deeds so well entitle him to . "
SuvD-iT Eve . vjng Lecture . —A numerous and respectable audience assembled in the Associationroom , on Sunday evening last . It had been announced that Mr . Barker was to lecture on " The necessity of an abolition of the House of Lords . " That gentleman , however , did not attend ; illness , we believe , was the cause of his absence . Mr . Clark apologised for the non-appearance of the lecturer , but hoped that Mr . Harney would favour the assembly with an address . Mr . Harney was not prepared to lecture , but would certainly have no objection to addres 3 those present . "Mr . H . then spoke for about an hour , showing the necessity of a Hadical Reform of the House of Commons , if the people wonld aooomplish any other real Reforms . Mr . H . triumphantly argued the right of the working
class to the franchise , and , in reference to the ignorance of the people , showed that where that ignorance existed , it was the work of the priesthood , who had , in all ages , and all climes , been ever the perpetrators of the ignorance and slavery of the many , and the apologists and upholders of the despotism of the few ; the inimitable manner in which Mr . Harney showed up the hypocrisy and knavery of the priesthood well nigh convulsed his hearers with laughter , and afforded the utmost gratification to all present . —Mr . Gill then addressed the meeting , taking for his text the golden , rule of " Do unto others as you would meh to be done b ^ " showing
that it was not those who had that rule upon their lips who Bhowed they had it in their hearts . Those who practised the rule were the scorned , afflicted , despisedv trampled-upon people . Mr . Gill next vindicated the claims of the female Bex to an equality of right ' s witit the male ^ and concluded a lengthy and excellent speech by earnestly appealing to his hearers to labour ta make known the glorious principles of Chartism among their kindred and kind . —Mr . Otley next addressed the meeting , calling their attention to the abominations of the accursed " silent system . " In tho course of his address he touched upon the hypocritical conduct of the humanity-mongers and autislavery-bawlera , and well exposed their raacalifcy .
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Public'Meeting . —As announced in the last number of the Star , a public meeting was held In the Large Boom , Fig Tree Lane , on Monday evening , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for an enquiry into the working and abolition of tee infamous silent system , and also for the liberation of all political prisoners . At eight o ' o'ock . the room was well filled .. Mr . John Green was called to the chair . —Mr . Otley movedihe first resolution— " That this meeting having heard statements of oraelties the most revolting being perpetrated is several of her Majesty ' s Gaols and Housed of-Correction , is of opinion ( hat it is a duty they © we to their country and themselves to petition ~ Parliament for an enquiry into : the irnth of these statements . ;
that if found oorreot , the discipline under which these enormities have : beea tsommitted may be changed ,: and * k ° parties who have shown themselves monsters , rather than men wha have ordered or . dinttted . the barbarous treatment , complained of , may meet with that fust punishment their lnfamoua conduct bo loudly calls for . " Mr . Oxley spoke at considerable length in eupport of th * resolution , showing that misgovernment was the causa of poverty and ignorance , and these were the parents of vice and crime . " The nnfortunafe toiler ( said Mr . O . 7 denied the employment he sought , withheld the labour by which in the sweat of his brow he was willing to earn the bread of life , having no resource bni the hated workhouse , in which he
must be separated from his wife and babes ; shrinking from entering the accursed bastile he flies to the beer-shop , and there meets the poacher , who boasts of being able to make his pound or thirty shillings by a night or two ' s work ; the wretched man . hunger gaawing at his heart , and the cries of his children for bread ringing in his ears , consents to join the poachers' band ; ' tis not long ere h « is pounced upon by the satellites of aristocracy , he is dragged to a prison , and there on the tread-mill Buffers all the horrors familiar to the publio ear ; he leaves his dungeon a changed man—changed horribly for the worse ; the result is , he ends his career on the scaffold , or drags on a wretched existence on some penal shore . The . system drives the man to the commission of crime . '
and then punishes by torture and death the unhappy criminal . How different was the lot of the working man in free America ; there , there was little crime , beoause » just government secured to the working man the fruits of his labour . True > all was not perfection in the United States ; still things were widely different there and here . ' Mr , Buckingham , in describing in a late work of his , the condition of the farm labourers of America , tells us that the wages of a labourer ia a dollar a day , or something like twenty-four shillings a week , in addition they had three substantial meals a day , at least he should eall them substantial , when for breakfast besides tea ' and coffee , they could have cold roast meat or broiled ham . ' ( Cheers . ) In hay and harvest-time they had
four meals a day , with every variety at each . The people mere well fed , well dressed , and well educated ; there were no beer-shops , every man brewed his own ale . Living thus , and each saving a competence for old age , there was no crime—house breaking was an offence never heard of ; there was no prosecutions at the sessions , and hence no need of justices , magistrates , clerks , constables , police , informers , and all the rest of the endless tribe of useless and vicious beings that in England fattened upon the labouring classes . Such were the fruits cf good government , and if they would bring to an end the present crimes and miseries , they must struggle to Sut down the system that caused them- ( Cheers . )—Ir . M'Kettrick seconded the resolution in an able
speech , in which he showed the unjust difference made between the punishment of the wealthy and the poor , citing and commenting upon the notorious case of Medhurst , in support of his argument , and stating it as his firm opinion , that the present hellish prison discipline was part and parcel of the fiendish Malthusian system for driving out of existence the unfortunate poor . —The Chairman put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . —Mr . Gill moved the second resolution , " That while this meeting have resolved upon petitioning the Legislature for inquiry into , and amendment of , the present prison discipline , this meeting cannot separate without expressing its conviction that that system of Government is radically false and bad under which
the rich reap all the benefits , and the poor meet all the penalties , of the law . And thiifmeeting , having little hope of class legislators effectually reforming the wrongs and grievances of the toiling many , is of opinion that only will just laws be executed in righteousness and equity , when that the law-framers are responsible to , because elected by , the whole people . " In support of the resolution , Mr . Gill eulogised the patriots suffering in the dungeons of tyranny for that which was now held to be the greatest of crimes —that of thinking for themselves , and demanding those rights conferrred upon them by the Deity . Mr . Gill concluded an excellent speech by entreating his hearers to do their duty , and struggle until the vile system was brought to an end . —Mr . Buxton seconded the resolution . It had been often said
that in this country there waa one law for the rich and another for the poor ; of this he had witnessed the proof . He had seen , a man—a hard-working , honest man , dragged to the bar to answer for the crime of shooting a partridge . He bore an unexceptionable character , had never before been charged with any offence , yet did the Judge sentence him to seven years' transportation . ( Cries of Shame . ") The same day , before the same Judge , was tried a man charged with destroying the life of his own son . The youug man had been at a fair , and returned home at one ox two o ' clock in the morning : some quarrelling took place between the father and the son , when the former took down a loaded gun and
shot the latter . The young man died in a few minutes : but ere he expired , as he lay weltering in his blood , he stretched his hand to his father , begging his forgiveness : this the wretch refused to give . ( Expressions of horror . ) For this crime he was tried , and sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment . Why was this ? Because he was a rich farmer , and not a working man . ( Shame , shame . )—Mr . Parkes , Methodist preacher , supported the resolution in a speech of sterling eloquence . He denounced the devilish cruelties committed in the public gaols of this country , save it was that in savage New Zealand , or barbarous Hindostan . There was not more atrocious laws than those of the Christian land . He declared himself a Chartist who is not to
be humbugged by any half-and-half measure of Household Suffrage ; no , he was for the whole hog ; he was for the people ' s rights in full , and no compromise . ( Cheers . ) The hour was fast coming when tho people would no longer bear with these atrocities . O'Connor , on his liberation , had lighted that ihuie which would ere long set England in a blaze , bring despotism to the dust , and establish the rei . ^ n of universal liberty . Mr . Parkes resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering . The chairman put the resolution which was carried . —Mr . Julian
Haruey moved the adoption of the petition . He described the horrible sufferings of the unfortunate inmates of Wakefield Hell . Let them bear in mina that this treatment was not enforced only upon felons , the viotims of a liberal system . No , their brother patriots were sufferers too . William Ashton than whom a brighter , better man never trod English ground—( cheers)—was subjected to those fiendish tortures ; he would give them an instance of the tender mercies of tyranny ' s tools . On the day of the West Riding nomination , poor Ahhton , eluding the vigilance of the keepers , contrived to gain the upper part of the prison , where , from a window , he saw the Chartist candidates , with their gallant supporters , enter the town in procession .
Poor Ashton saw the loved banners of gre ? n , and heard the cheering shouts of his compatriot ? , she noble men of Barnsley , what must have been his feelings ? Ho ( Mr . H . ) would leave the meeting to imagine ; but mark the sequel ; his tormentors came to know that poor Ashton had thus gratified his eyos and earB , and to glut their rage , they , pitifui , spiteful ruffians that they are , sent him to the solitary cell , with bread and water for his food . ( Shame . ) Peter Hoey , a man healthy and strong ere he had been consigned to that accursed place , was now , it was to be feared , a cripple for life . Penthorpo was lying in the Sheffield infirmary , a doemed man , speedy death , or a life of disease , it was feared , would be his lot . He should , at another time , call their attention to Holberry's case . ( Hear , hear . )
He ( Mr . H . ) knew a little of the silent system from personal sufferings . The meeting would remember that ere the Whigs took office , from which , in spite of all their craft and villany , they were now , thank God driven —( cheers)—that these same Whigs wero great sticklers for the liberty of the press . — "The liberty of the press , said they , is like the air we breathe , if we have it not wo politically die . " Mr . Deninan , now Lord Denman , declared when the infamous six acts wero passing through the legislature , that in vain might the Government try to put these laivs into execution unless they wero prepared to place a dagger at the throat of every man who could use a pen ; yo 6 so soon as these hypocrites were in power , did they
commence a crusade against the press ; they imprisoned Carlile for two years , they imprisoned Carpenter for six months , they twice for that term imprisoned Hefcherington , and in vainly labouring to put down one publication only , the Poor Man ' s Guardian , published in defiance of the law to try the power of right against might . They imprisoned upwards of five hundred persons ; he had the honour to bo one of the 3 e ; thrice ere he was twenty years of age they had dragged him to their vile dungeons , and in that den of darkness , Cold Bath-fields prison , he had tasted » little of tbe silent system . But horrible as that place is , it was paradise itself
compared with the London Bastile , the hell-hole bunding at Holloway , in which the unhappy inmates were never to see the human face , or hear the human voice , save that of their tormentors which Could hardly be called human , in which men totally secluded from each other , were to be masked and hooded , and there sent *' unwept , nnknown to their silent graves . At Dawtbury he had asked Lord Morpethfor what dark purposes waS" t&isitfeTRgfi place intended ? He got no answer , but as he told the noble lord at the timo standing side by side with him on the same hustings , he believed , in his soul he believed , that that accursed place waa in-
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tended for . a pojitical'inqnisition ~( crie 8 of hear)—if so , he laughed the tyrants to scorn , he defied them . { Cheers . ) frrtib * aristocracy * Whig and Tory , not dream thatt & ? such means they could stifle the voice of liberty , or atesa the on-flowing tideof de » mocracy , for if they 'did they wonld find themselves miserably deceived ; the > imbecile monarch ¦; and scoundrel aristooratsirf Franceboasted ittthestwwM of fcheir baatUe ^ btttthettornm ^ s snnt > f the Utn of July rose on a people determined to be fwe and ere night fell , ihe bastilfcTrascrambled into the dusk ( Great cheering . ) . rLet : » h& aristocracy remember that , and let them kaoair that the / leaders-of the Chartist movements : ar *> men ^ whahaviBg Bet their
hands to the plough , will not ^ an back ; and though their , doom may b&Jo jrot in ; model prisons , or drag on barbarous aborts the axUe ' ft chain , or it may be to lay down their lives on the scaffold , no matter , they , have sworn , —and well will they keep , their oaths—to make the : Charier the law of the land . ( Enthusiastic cheets ^ -JMr .: Harrison seoonded the adoption of the petition * which waa unanimously agreed to . —Mr . Harney moved "That the petition be signed b y the Chainnanin name of tie meeting , and that it be entrusted td Thomas DnnoojQbe , Esqfor presentation , and that Mr . Sharman Crawford and General Johnson be requested to support ite prayer . " Carried . The meeting dissolved .
11 Give ' em more Chuhch !"—A drcnlar , of which the following is a copy , was received through the post a few day's since by a Sheffield Chartist : — " Sib ., —I have ventured to enclose an envelope addressed to myself , presuming that you will kindly consent to forward a small donation , to assist in defraying the expense incurredin tbe erection of a church , in the township of Briercliflfe , within the Chapelry of Burnley * for which I am wholly responsible . " Tho need of it has been moat deeply felt , the town ship now containing above' two thousand people , who , with very few exceptions , are in the greatest poverty , being hand-loom weavers , and In a deplorable state of spiritual destitution . " The nearest point in which there ia any consider able nnmber of inhabitants is about three miles , and the farthest extremity not less than six miles distant from Burnley Church . ' ' ' •¦' . '
" The immense benefit likely to accrue from the accomplishment of bo desirable an objeat , will , I trust , be considered' a - sufficient apology for this in * truaion . " I have the honour to be , "Sir , " Your obedient and faithful Servant , " ROBBET MOSLBT MaSTEB , >« incumbent of Burnley , Lancashire . " Burnley , Aug . 35 , 1841 . " As stated in the foregoing , an envelope ( looJriog very much like a money hag , ) accompanied the same , in which the fortunate receiver was to en * close a money-order , or , if agreeable , a few loose bank-notes , to the "Rev . Robert Meslev Master .
Burnley , Lancashire . " The best of the joke is , that our friend happens to be a dissenter , and , as may be imagined , bears no great love to Old Mother Church . Really the presumption of the Burnley parson , in " presuming" to send all the way to the '' city oi soot" for the " siller" to help him to build his " gospel-shop , " is vastly , amusing . The person who received the circular knows no more about the Burnley parson than he does about the man in the moon . It may be asked , how is it , then , that hia " reverence" came to trouble our friend with " his envelope" 1 The probability is , that his Clericalshiphas got hold of a Sheffield Directory , and is , at random , inundating the town with his holy missives . 'Tis a pity his " reverence" is not more cautious , as if thus he bids " stand and deliver , " he may happen to burn his fingers , unless he knows his man . A word to the Burnley parson on the
" spiritual destitution" of the "Hiierolifie handloom weavers . " We have been at Burnley , and we , too , can vouch for the poverty of the Reverend Mosley Master ' s flock , and we would recommend to that Reverend Gentleman , thai instead of building more new churches , he directs his attention to the temporal wants , and the p hysical " destitution , " of his charge—what humbug to talk of filling . a hungry man ' s belly by ramming a church-steeple down his throat I Talk of " big loaves" indeed , that would be a " big loaf " and no mistake ! But this is the good old remedy for social ills—give ' em more churon—give ' em more parsons—more Bibles—and more bullets—they are the remedies , warranted , like Morison ' a Pills , to cure all popular diseases ! But it won't do ; the days of priestly humbug are numbered— " Othello ' s occupation ' s gone . "
Association Meeting . —The Association met on Tuesday evening , Mr . John Green presided . Moved by Mr . Harney , seconded by Mr . Weedham , that the price of tickets to the dinner to be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., on Wednesday , September 2 Sfch , be ladies tickets , Is . 6 d . ; gentlemen , 2 s ., agreed to unanimously . On the motion of Mr . Bucton , Messrs . Otley and Harrison were appointed a deputation to obtain a place of meeting for Dr . M'Douall , that talented patriot intending to lecture in Sheffield , on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday , September 14 ih and 15 th . Moved by Mr . Gill , seconded by Mr . Needham , that a letter be sent to Messrs . Ward and Parker , the members for the borough , requestiug their support to the petition adopted yesterday
evening , and thanking them for their past efforts in behalf of tbe Sheffield viotims , and soliciting their further help in behalf of the suffering patriots ; agreed to unanimously . Mr . Harney brought the case of Samuel Holberry before the meeting , and read the letter from that suffering patriot to William Martin , published in the Northern Star of Saturday last . Mr . Harney moved that , the following persons , with power to add to their number , be appointed a committee to take measures for obtaining the liberation , or , at least , the mitigation of the punishment of the Sheffield victims , viz . Messrs . Otley , M'Kettrick , Gill , Buxton , Harrison , and Gilby , seconded by Mr . Needham , carried . On the motion of Mr . M'Kettrick , Mr . Harney was added to the committee . The meeting adjourned .
KIDDERMINSTER . The Chartists of this town held a meeting at the White Horse Inn , on Thursday last , when a fresh Council was chosen , and the following resolution waa proposed by Mr . Holloway , and s"conded by Mr . Sharp , " That we , the Chartists of Kidderminster , do again join the National Charter Association , and nse every legal means in our power to support the same . " BURTON . —The Chartists of this place have opened a room at Mr . Tyzack ' s , High-street , for the purpose of lecturing . At the opening , a number of members sat down to an excellent supper prepared by the worthy landlord on the occasion , who is a strong Chartist , and independent of Whig or Tory . Several members were enrolled , and danoiug and singing were carritd on till a late hour , when the health of O'Connor was drunk with three timo three .
ACCRINGTON . —On Sunday last , a delegate meeting took p lacp in Blackburn , for the purpose of better organising ihe' Northern . Division of Lancashire , and to take into consideration the necessity of employing a lecturer to spread the principles of Ch-. misn ^ through every tows , hainlut , and village , in this division , when delegates from Accrington , Blackburn , Burnley , Colne , Chorley , Clithero , Preston , Lancaster , and Haslingden , were present ; Mr . Baines , delegate for Blackburn , was called to the chair , and Mr . Lund , of Lancaster , acted as secretary . The business of the meeting commenced by Mr . Beesley , of AccringtvLi , Stating to the meeting , ihe object for which i £ was called . He said he had ¦ ' one all he could to sprtad the principles of the
Charter , and arouse the people to a sense of thoir duty , and to effect a union amongst them ; but he fouud he could do little of himself , until the towns and villages could be brought to act in union together . Ho thought it indispensably necessary that a delegate meeting should be called to take into their consideration the propriety of calling out some able lecturer , to ' effect a better organization amongst them ; he , therefore , had taken tha responsibility , of calling that meeting , upon himself , and if the delegates thought he had been too presumptive in doing so , tbat they would bear with him , as he had done it in his opinion for the best . Each delegate expressed himself well satisfied withLis conduct , and % discussion enBued . Mr . Beesley moved ,
und Mr . Slater seconded . '' That it is the opinion oi this meeting , thatlecturers for the Northern Division of Lancashire , is much wanted , and that the delegates now assembled , do agree to engage one . " Moved by Mr . Humphrey Odlieum , and seconded by Mr . John Slater , " That Mr . Ilichard Marsden be engaged as tho lecturer , if he agree to the terina proposed by the delegates , and that he be engaged for six weeks . " Moved by Mr . Lund , and seconded by Mr . Slater , " That Mr . Robert Cunliff , of Blackburn , be appointed treasurer . " Moved by Mr . Holgate , seconded by Mr . Sumner , " That the subsecretaries of ( he different towns immediately inform the district secretary of the most convenient time for the lecturer to visit their respective places .
and also to send a dividend of the sum promised towards the support of the lecturer aud the addresses of the sub-secretaries . " Moved by Mr . Lund , and seconded by Mr . HoJgate , " That the secretary be empowered to draw up a list of the places , and the order in which they will be visited , and publish them in the Northern Star , also empowering the secretary to call out the leoturer as soon aa a sufficient sum of money has been received for the purpose . " The resolutions were all carried unanimously . After some business had been gone through , a discussion arose respecting the propriety of Chartist lecturers adopting the total absriuence pledge
when the following resolution was passed : — "That it is the opinion of the delegates here assembled , that while £ 50 , 600 , 000 sterling of the produce of tho labour of the industrious classes of this country is expended upon intoxicating driuks , ignorances slavery , misery , crime , poverty , and destitution will always , be prevalent " amongst us . " The Relegates request that those places ' who are desirous of forming * this district , and naming the visits of the lecturer , will immediately inform the secretary the sum they will subscribe towards his cxpeacea , and the time it will be most convenient for them to have him .
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PHTSICUN'S CERTIFICATE . " Dr . Kennion thinks tbat a residence at Harrogate for a fortnight longer will be of much service to James Dagj . " High Harrogate , Sept 6 th , 1841 . "
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TO TBZ XDirOB O ? THB KOBTHEBH STAB . Sis ., —A copy oi tbe enclosed admirable letter ma BLi to fc&e Fr&aan ' s Jeurnal for publication . The editor refused to publish it ; and stated aa bis reason to the refusal , thai . be did not think it right , or good to Ireland to publish any thing in faveor ot tbe English peop le : and &is ? uetnan and enlightened politicks jaded that aifrEnglisb van always opposed to Iri « h Mgreste , that they were a selfish people . Itwsjia ftisto fell him that there were mare English than Irish petition *!* In favour of Catholic Emancipation , maw gsglish th&n Irish petitioners against the Coercion Act , , id more ^ English than , IrUh petitioners in favosr of jjjjjce te Ireland . ' 1 also told him , but to- no purpose , jfcii I exyscted-more "English than Irish petiUoaew in &TOnr » f Mr . Shaman Crawford ' s Landlord anfl jjimt BHL ¦ ; ¦ . _ ' ¦ - ^
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2 A . fter the above was in tyve vre received the Sun of Tuesday , in which -we nnd the following letter , addressed to the editor of that paper . : Sib , —We find The Sun of Monday contains a complaint frem Colonel Kapier of onr having advertised the above Essay as vrritten for tbe Findicator . In explanation , permit us to state tkat , -whilst tbe Essay was in the possession of the Dublin Law Institntion , Col . >" apier promised us the publication of it in our paper ; and -when the copy -was brought to our office , we found in the Colonel ' s -writing , '' For the Vindicator" -written upon it This , we conceive , conveyed the Colonel's permission to us to announce it as " written for the P ~ indicator . ''
VTe much regret the misunderstanding upon the subject , and utterly disavow any intention to " deceive " the public Colonel >" apier having permitted us to publish the Essay in our paper , it was not a matter of great importance to us whether i : was vrritten for our paper or not We -would on no account -wilfully misuse the name of any gentleman so highly respected by us as Colonel Napier . We are , your ' s obediently , Yincem and Philp . 1 . Chandos-Buildings , Bath , Sept 7 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct396/page/7/
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