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50 THE XBIIOB © F _ , . THB . HORTHXBS STAB * sta-Tbe accompanying . papers were sent to the anus ' s Je « "Krf f a publication . That journal dewto « uWi * ten ** &e- « roonds ef "tireir being JlTjf ^ tisemtBfciaBd as awfe-they * ouM be published , * rt * taS ^^ KU by «» Editor , thattbe address J » tits Irish Board of Trade to the Very Ber . Dr . S ^ .-yjpn . tu rjobliahad-as an advartiaMnent .. Bat I ^^ MB jereal . addresses to Lord Nonaaaby ,. * n 4 hit ^ I ^^ j * sus « Bn . FBbliaha ( liiiaw Freoam , not as ^ fCowthlt iti » ii « S « T . Mr . B 7 » B ' iwiali th * tthose ^^ j diMild be pwW'tW , and , therefore , sead them J ^ jsc Qjat pB qx » e ^_ ;; ... ;•' . ; , " . " - ¦ . * " IWB , - - . t , ' : - Y « urob 9 disni servant ,. , Patrick . oHigoiks . po -bEn , Oci . lSOi , 18 * 1 . - ¦ ¦ '
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Trusting / iBvaredSIr , that Almighty God ; who JiM hitherto supported you in thia world of . affliction , will give yon ' stxtsgtfe to orerearne all your aoenriesj aud to -support the - « nse , of - the oppressed mUtionnti ! We xem&in , vith teapeet . aad ^ TeacHttoB , r . i ^ u - Y &u-hauMb ' -- ' ¦ - : - - ' - •'• ¦ •'¦ -:- ' ' < " ' -: Catholic Cha » m 8 T 5 . o * Bakksmt . ; David Pllmore JohiilSfepfi ^/ " ' * JohaLeiay .. Joseph Awon . '"' John Elliott ¦" , Denis Retto ! . ' ! ; CornelhuTBolbind D « # l Cwwatiu . '; , Jeremiah O'Leary P » W « l" Corrigaa : JohnCrdwiey PatrJ& Cerwy / _ - . ;
JobnCapnm Titrlfck Bradley James Ragen . Kirta T > aty Jeremiah firagen . Andrew Coyle William AJhfon . " P ^ er JJwjrfgan Thomas br ^ Jgan J * fla Sbeay James Dooly . - -,- ' June * Hurry Patrick Mtfrrj Andrew Keith Ren . Vu Joynes Thomas R » gen Timdthy Ragen Mioh& 6 ll-aijjr » T James Waters . " . Patrick prawfbrd Joseph Crawford Timoth / 'Marphy Dennis'Mabony Patrick Mr ^ a William Waters' Meier Rodea
JohnM'Hugh . John Biggs "Wat M'Canhaughty Peter Rodger * Patrick ( Hharn , . . John Cahaon John Jiahpay ¦ ' " Thomas Cahann JosephrHurpiy ' Peter Fitepatrick Patrie * ^ Donald John M'l ^ Qft Thomas BoHaad Dimlific Branigan Patrick Kyle / Richard ft'Donald Daniel Rogers William Carrol Patrick Carrol Peter Carrol , Sen . William Bonnalfy Patrick O'Brien Daniel Christy - Edward MiJdoom Patrick Magroaft * John Markey John Irvolhe Andrew Mooney John Anderson Patrick Casey Francis Mountain Jote M'Hoey Patrick Mould ! Patrick Daisy James Cahill Henry Casey Robert Ragen Denis Hennagsn
Michael Deane Timothy Crawiey Thomas Sramyan Jeha Ba&rty Joha OonneU Richard Markey Patrick Fox - . Andrew Keith Thomas Marry James Collins James Hoey Thomas Mooney Laughta Water * Patrick Kivit ¦ William SwaSney John Kenitey John Dana Patrick . ScaMiiU Paul Cayne Peter Hoey John Cannuf Jamei Fluddy Thomas Gtaharn Michael Marky Nicholas M'Carty James Waters JohaFlaalgan Edward King James . Hcwy - - . Arthur Collins John Carrol Henry Hunt Csllins Michael Colligaa Davit Cowen Thomas Tobln Edward Commerf ord . Peter Carrel , Jan .
N . B . —All ths foregoing names are them of Irish Catholic Chartists . This address was unanimously concurred in by the English Chartists of Barn&ley , Ja public meeting assembled ; Signed , on behalf of the meeting , DiTIB PILMOE . B , Chairman , , New Street , Banuley , Yorkshire . ANSWER . The Tery kind and patriotic address of my Catholic brethren resident in Barcaley , should hare had an earlier acknowledgment from me , had it reached my hands in due coarse , bat it was delayed at the post office in consequence of the nearest post town ( Swords ) having been omitted on the superscription .
Believe me , my friends , that no lapse of time shall erase from my memory the grateful recollection of the truly Christian piety and devoted attachment and strict attention to the duties of their religion which pervaded my little flock at Barn&ley ; and the only drawback to that consolation which your exemplary conduct afforded me was , that I had neither the power nor the talent to better your political condition ; nor to render you that assistance which my heart wished , and my conscience dictated , to recorer those rights which hare been filched from yon , and for Um reeorery of which you arestnig * gttng with % steadiness of purpose and adherence to principle which does benoor to human nature . It rejoices me exceedingly to see , as I do , by your address , that that spirit of peace and amity between my Catholic countrymen resident in Bamsley and oar ProtesUat brethren , which was then beginning to derelop its benign infioeoee , has grown into a cordial , and , I tnut , permanent union .
It has bees said of you , and I am sorry , for It , that 70 a are Orangemen , but those who say so do not know yon , a&d j-oa most therefore forgire them . God bless you . Patrick Rtan . Donabate , October 12 tb , 2811 .
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TO THX SDITOS 07 THE K 0 BTHE&K STAR . Beau Sib , —The following letter has been handed to me by the prisoners confined Tor debt in Scotlandstreet Gaol , with a aeqaest that I would ofctayi Its Insertion in your Talnable paper . A copy was transmitted to Hugh Parker , Esq . on the 27 th of Soptember , whkh has , as yet , been treated -with total silence . Esteemed as you are , Sir , for yoor unflinching ad-Tocaey of the cause of the poor and the oppressed , you will , I . trust , gire the following your kind consideration . I am , Sir , yours truly , Qeobge Julian Haslet . Sheffield , Oct . 19 , IS 11 . Sheffield , 27 th September , ISil . Scotland-street GaoL
Sib , —At the request of the prisoners confined for debt in this gaol , and on behalf of them and myself , I beg fb hj before yon a few facts relative to the cruel treatment to which we are exposed , and the miseries we fader . I am the more emboldened t » this , concurring , as I do is the belief ef my fellow prisoners , that from your known and upright conduct on the Bench , and your impartial desire , as a magistrate , to do justice , possessing , as in this instance jcra do , full power , you only require to be made acquainted with the hardships to which we are subjected to remove , or , at least , alleviate them . All who know Sheffield will know the long depression of trade and its fatal consequences to the werking classes , who , though ever so well inclined , cannot , under existing circumstances , avoid getting into debt ; they cannot see their wives and children 8 \ arre ; and therefore , the poor man obtains , through the means of credit , subsistence for himself and family .
Trade , . instead of im ¦ prating , stilJ continues bad , if not growing worse ; he finds he is nnsble to meet the claims of his creditors , who , as a matter ef course , haTing every facility to persecute him , sues him in the Court of Bequests , and an order is made against him topay from 3 s . to 5 s or upwards per Court day . This being often repeated seven or eight times by thj different creditors prior te fall payment of the first order , he has consequently to pay every three weefcs seven or eight times 3 s . or more . What position is the unfortunate debtor In then . ' . Trade bad , family starring , no means of complying with the ssveral orders of the Court against him , his- inexorable creditora , reckless of the
consequence , order out warrants of arrest , adding icore expaces , * hieh it is impossible for the miserable man to pay , and cast him into gaol , or , what makes the case a greater hardship still , the ararlcioaa collector , who in the first instance was employed to collect those debts the best way he could , proceeds , lost to every feeling of humanity , determined only on securing Ms commission and expences , 'which , in any event , ia Bure to be paid him ; for if the debtor goes to gaol , the plaintiff pays , and the poor wretch is placed between the creditor and eolle : tor in an irretrievable predicament , from which long imprisonment and hunger , if not death , alone can reiease him .
After a day of toil ( if he should be fortunate enough to obtain employ , ) to procure bread for his almost desstiiute family , he baa just retired to rest to endeavour , if possible , to bury in sleep the care and torture of bis distracted mind ; the bailiff enters % the poor man must get cut of bed , leave his despairing family ; hail , rain , ot snow , go he must ; even old age is not exempt ; and instead of a bed , which was to bring repose and rest to his wearied limbs and aching heart , he must lay upon a prison floor , where he may continue to lie till tte periods of hia aeveral warrants hav i expired ; then , and not till then , is he set at liberty , wasted , sickly , and unable to work even should it offer ; while in turn , his wife and family are starving on parish allowance Such appalling suffering as this human nature would shudder to behold , but where unknown , of course , it cant be felt
Under these circumstances , I beg leave respectfully -to call your attention to the undermentioned cases , which will clearly exemplify the foregoing statements : — George Rowbotham has a wife and seven children ( six under seven years of age ); his earnings for a considerable time previously to his imprisonment , did not exceed lQs . or 12 s . per week , out of which be had to pay 2 i 6 d . for bouse rent , and Sa . 3 d . for wheel ditto , leaving only 6 s . 3 d . out of 12 a . to support himself and family , as well as having to pay for grinding stones used is his trade . Being unable to procure the common necessaries of life , rather than * pply to the parish , be pledged bis furniture , then his own wearing apparel ,
and lastly , his wife and children ' s . "He was sued six times "in . the Sheffield Court , and ordered to pay 3 s on Court day in each ease , or 6 s . & week ; ultimately he was obliged to apply to the parish , and was allowed 10 s . a week te Bupport himself , wife , and seven children . New , how was it possible to pay 6 s . a week into Court out of this allowance ? In default , he was east into gaol , where he has been confined 231 days , and baa to remain 70 mere , to complete the period of his imprisonment . His gaol allowance , and his wife and family ' s pariah pay , will amount to nearly £ 20 , and he will only hare paid by serving the gaol £ 14 3 s . and go out is debt at last
1 leave it to you , Sir , whether or not this is a exse worthy the notice and commissmtion of the bnmsns and charitable .
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Out of . the weekly , average-nuiahee ^ tprfsoners ^ carodrated , in this gfoUj ^ , ca » hundred , ^ ^ # en might beiound sixty or » jt 7 fflt ^ BX » jnpjf » almoat , M lad as this , but , te avoid trespassing , too inuc& on jroor time , I . shaU merely , # ** . , & > dr tai ^ . a Jew ' wufe '« ases which : ** ald , | am ; aacry . to say , prefenl ' as lamentable % pie--tar * ttf ^ fctarbiya * ,, „/ / . v , :.. " .,. . ,.,.. .. „ , ; .. / , James Watson , soed tern times ; order * ot Court xn < rw ± fcoyfa . per . weejti Watafe earjrfngs ' pet nwek , i : W ;^> e ^^» ntoadd 7 S , to t j"p *^ ffopw ^ ffift term ojf ni < . hnr ^ ffp ^ Fn < wt- , , T ^ s ^ Ha ^ ley ^ irjaiide-tenitoe * I ^|> erCfl « rt day ; a la . per week ; a wife « d ixccildwuijthree i » nd « r . nine years of age ); has been confir ^ 20 fr , and ^ nst remain tft JA / 1 * YmV « 4 j * iWVniMTaiA ft I a *¦ - ¦ > - * . T * - * - /— aliMWilfl
m&& * ptiagi ; iM * '' . . . ... 'V .,. ¦ ¦/ ,. '¦ - ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ; ' .,: " ... ; ' . " ,. ¦ ; . . ibijuiaB Wifi ^ owson , tst . nA ei |^ V | Unestl Wi P « , Conrt d » y , or ^ s : a . waii ; ; a wjVe and ^ fiVeicfcadren living ( fijftr under . » iae , year * r ofr ^; : * ver * 4 ft tunings , ll * " fw . week , ; h » . waa . twsnty-foni wi » eks ^ b parish allowance ' preyiotti to the day of his impr 5 rcmm * nt ; Ju $ % ^ already confined sixty days , andmu » t renudn S ^ anidre to complete his term of imj ^ souTaant ' , - ' . ' / Wm . Parkin , sodd eleven tfinesj' 33 s ,, jper Court day , or lls . per weeki arers ^ e earnings , , ^ 0 s . per week ,, > nd seven months oa the parish prpriooi ' to commitineni has bean confined 245 days * and muit remain 3 i ^ Jiore to complete the term of his imprisonment ' . . As ta lay own , case , I have * wife and s ! x children ( feir ' pnder nine , years of age ); my average eamiugs were from J 2 i to 15 s . » er week ; 1 have been au 8 dfqw
ttmes , mod was ordered to p * y 15 « . per , Covut day , « 5 s . a wack , M :. I h * v » been confined lSadaya , and most reaalo ' nl ^* i » . two ; tejwe to cc ^ mpJebs my term of . imprisonmani ... , 6 > . <^ - . " ';> . ^> vy '¦ ¦" ¦ • I beg , in xon ^ uslor % to call your attentlpn to the tre » tm « at of those pisoaeaj who are here ' for , ttig parpose of taking , tb * tesfiSt o £ . the lus ^ vwt Itebtora ' Act , which i » still mote oppressive , ! for , oh , a prfipuer . ' s giving theaeoessarynotice , to the . gadferVof hisIntention to schedule , his prison allowance of 2 s . per week is immediately stopped , and his wife and children , are driven to tb » parish , where no relief whatever ,,, Js allowed beyoad what is given to them ; he is ,. conse quently left entirely without the smallest moans , of existence , although it Is manifest , from the necessity « f scheduling , that he is quite as bad off as any other prisoner in the gaol , as his friends are disinclined to assist him farther than paying or gnaranteeiag his attorney ' s fees . .
Requesting your kind and early consideration , of our deplorable condition , .. ' , ' .. . ... Irem *> O j Tour Tery obedleat tenant , GBOBGE Settle , Garnish Master , To Hugh Parker , Esq .. Woodthorpe , Steward of the Court of Requests for the Manor of Sheffield . , . i .
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TO IHJS B&II 6 B OF THB NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —At a public meeting held at Shutford , October l ° tb , 1841 , the following resolution was saanimoosly agreed to : — « ' That the following letter be sent to th « Rev . Mr Morrill , and that the Editor of the Northern Star be respectfully requested to insert it in that paper : — David Kemp , Chairman .
TO TBS HEV . MB . MOBBELU Ksvebemd Si& , —We , the inhabitants of Shutford , in public meeting assembled , understanding that you In the sermon yon preached in this place , October 16 , 1811 , uttered what we deem to be a false and calumnious charge against the People ' s Charter , you having denounced it a Charter ef iniquities . We beg leave respectfully to request you to substantiate the charge ... And as we hold a meeting every Mooday evening , to disseminate the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , we should feel very happy to see you there . And If you can clearly prove to us , that vhe People ' s Char ter is a Charter of Iniquities , we will at once , give it up ; or , if you do not choose to attend oar meeting , we shall feel great pleasure in attending to hear you anywhere else in Shutford you think proper , providing , we are allowed to reply to the arguments you may advance .
Again Sir , you charged us with the enormous crime of endeavouring to bring the church and royalty into contempt We respectfully reply , we are trying to obtain our just righto as Englishmen ; nay , what , as human beings living in privileged society , we are folly entitled to ; namely , that every man twenty-one years of age , unconvicted of crime , and of sound mind , shall have a vote , to vote for Members of the Commons House of Parliament That be may help to make the laws he is called on to obey ; and in disposing of the taxes his labour supports .
Is this trying to bring royalty and the ' church into contempt r is it not rather the callous hearted selfishness of the clergy , in Imprisoning vat ix men as Thotogood and Bsines for " church rates ,, and the blasphemous dectrine many of you preach ; that God has placed us . in the miserable situation in which we an now In ? Why it is your class , and the aristocracy , thai rob us of the fruits of our labour and then charge it' upon God But , say you : *« Submit yourselves to the' powers that be . ¦¦' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ Why Sir , the clergy tell us sometimes , that " the devil rates in the lower world . " And , Indeed , when we" look at the fruits produced by the powers that be ; when we see her Majesty receiving for her private use
the sum of £ l « 17 s . led . daily , and her royal consort £ 104 2 s ., whilst many thousands of her fellow-creatures receiveonly 3 d ; when we consider thatthat very reverend father in God the Archbishop of Canterbury , receives the enormous sum of £ 52 10 s . a day ! wbjle many of hU flock receive only the miserable pittance of 2 d . a day ; when we consider this Sir , we assure you , we are inclined to believe their assertion : " that the devil does rule in this lower world . " However , we are not altogether satisfied with hissatanic majesty's relations ; consequently , we are determined to resist the devil and all his works , till we are convinced it is wrong to do so . Signed in behalf of the meeting ^ David Kemp , Chairman .
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na * THE PATRIOT HOLBERRY . TO THE SYMPATHISING CHaBTISTS OP GEEAT BBITAIN . Fbiends and Fellow-Couktbymen , —Influenced only by an earnest desire to ba of servico to my fellowman , to give assistance to the dungeon-bound friend , and consolation to the tyrant-made widow , do I at this time appeal to you , in the hope of gaining your sympathy and awistanca Holberry has been removed , through severe , indisposition , from that den of torture , Northallerton House of Correction , to the Castle of York . Immediately on his arrival here , I considered it mr boonden duty to write to him , offering my
services to him in any possible way I could to add to hia comforts . Since then , I have forwarded him some books which he haa received . I have also had a letter from him stating that the Chaplain has given him liberty to tak 8 Chambers ' s Edinbro' Journal , and several other cheap works and publications . I was proad to hear it , and the next thought that came to my mind was , how was he to get them . My friends , they are not to be had without money , and money it cannot be expected for him to have ; I , therefore , reaolved upon this step , in the hope that I may be of that service to him , which is the innate desire of my heart .
Friends , should you ask what particular claim he haa to your notice , I would refer you to hia bold and persevering conduct in your cause—to the manly and uncompromising spirit he displayed on his arrest , trial , and during his painful suffering in prison ; think , my friends , at the mental agonies to the mind , caused by being dragged from the comfortable hearth of bis cot , to be immured for four years to the dungeons gloom , from the wife of his bosom , and the society of his friends , to the association of thieves of the worst description ; and think of the feeling of the parent at hearing of the death ot his only child , and be not there to press its infant lips , o ? shew his last regard as a parent ; those and those facts alone are sufficient grounds to lay claim to your sympathy and assistance . Consider , my friends .
the pecuniary sacrifice of 216 week ' s earnings , and then aay is he not worthy the favour I ask in bis behalf Holberry is now under the same authorities that O'Connor wai under for sixteen months . O'Connor was allowed the visit of friends—Holbery is not ; then let us show te those in authority that we did not visit and sympathise with O'Connor , but on account of the principles for vrhich he was Buffering , and that though we are not allowed to visit Holbery , yet , we will leave nothing undone to convince them that we respect him aUoon account of his principles—nothing will convince our enemies more of our union—nothing would delight them more than to see us neglect our own order when in trouble . To those leaders who have suffered
Imprisonment , I more particularly address myself ; it is they who having endured the dungeon ' s gleom , the rack of mind , at being denied those privileges which have been extended to oar friend at the present time , and who know the happy effects that would be produced in passing off the lonesome day , and removing the reflections to which the mind was subject ;—I say it is they that ought to exert themselves upon this occasion , in giving a helping hand and setting an example to others , and shew to our opponents that it is not for personal gain they advocate the cause of liberty , but that you are desirous to help those whom the grasping hand of tyranny , prevents from helping themselves . Hoping this will have the desired effect ,
I remain , In the cause of justice and humanity , Yours truly , Edwabd Bi / blet . 19 , Bllton-street , L » yertherpe , York . October 20 th , 1841 . P . S- All favours may be forwarded either to me or to the . Star , when they will be acknowledged weekly in the Northern Star , E . B .
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Amo 5 g the rumours current in the City isoae that the old system of lotteries is about to bo revived , and that a correspondence with the Treasury has already commenced on the subject . —Times .
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. HOLBEJ 1 RX ,, IHB , CHAI » y ^ 8 XyV * CTIM . *? ' H i ^^ H ^^^^ PfS ^ ' ^ particularly the ^ W&erfthat vrhTchTiot ^ ichwnlm . Buf |^ ea ' m 1 j - p ^ ina ^" ' ^ - ^ . ' ^ ' - ' ¦ \ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ \ , V ... ' . ' ,. ¦ . ¦ ¦" . "' ' ; '' ''' : ¦' ' - ' ¦' ; SHiiwip ' Ei . tei ^ : to tb « . Udlndi ^ . aoeiMea , ^*^^ }^ Xm » M 0 champion & O'Connor , Esfl .:.: ' 4 ^ Wt 4 mf ii ^» M " BbSSrSe ^ of ^ t& ^^^ pS ^^^ L my Friend . Samiirt Holhennr 6 who is » ow tamurwllu YorkCa ^^ lfr ^ Tio ^ vr ^ r Utv ^ Srted here for
$ * m wm , mmss ^ Mimm mf&t&Bi M ? WoPtW . tp toll , me , Oat Bplborry M ^ WwJedgedrecel Yln ^ it . ; # dw , ^^ di , l , r iH just lay the case before you , and leave you to judge who 1 « right and who is m * W Tbe / rimdf , liere ., who , sub ; scribed tlie mow !»» per * onally acqWntfed with Holberry ; not so with Booker It was thought advisable ai . only the two todi ^ ualii ( among the rest ) from Sheffield were te be tried for treason , ten shillings each tor tt ^ etn should be sent to the -Jiar office , towards their defence , and accordingly on the 14 th of March , 1840 , an order was sentlo the post office in Leeds for £ 1 5 s , * # » other fit » shillings being for Mrs . FroBt A short time afterwards , application was made by me to the Star office , to know what was done wttfc the mosey , and I reqehred a . note from Mr . Ardillsaying i $ went
, along with the restV the subscriptions for the defence f the Sheffield prisoners ; I immediately forwarded the note , under cover , to Mrs . Holberry , who , I deubt not , has it by her , and will let any one see it . I should not have taken anyjjoUce of tha matter , but I received a letter from Helberry , on the 14 th instant , and he informs me a ccllec ^ on . was being made in Sheffield ., and that Booker spoke in , the . meeting ( with what motae is best known to himself ) as to Holberry keeping the money . Now , Friends , I hope , the explanation given will set the matter at rest , and , teach Mr . Bodce * to Inquire into matters before he makes assertions to the public to the injury of a man ' s character , who at the present Urns cannot defend himself , j . WotOd . to & ° d all men professing Chartism were as ^ good Chartists as Holberry , we should nqt thea jtaT&h ^ d ao many traitors In the camp . Hoping these few lines will bavo the desired
I beg to subscribe myself , Yours , in tha bond * of tfnton , - W * . Mabt * . - - Sub-Secretory Brampton , near Chesterfield , '< Oct . 17 th , 1841 . . . ¦;¦ - ; . ¦• : ' - ¦ . ; ^ * .,-: ¦ :. : . . V P . S . I beg to acknowledge a post office order forpttn Holbeny , from bit friends in Sutton-in-Ashfleld , for sixteen shillings , which will . be forwarded in my next letter to York . W . M .
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^ i THE NATIONAL PETITION . TO THB EDITOR OV . THJS KOBTHERN STAB . Sib , —Having carefully perused a copy of the National Petition as just issued in a neat form by Mr . Joshua Hobson , pablisher of the Northern Star , I confess I never was better pleased in my life . I know of no plan better adapted to insure the signatures of five or six millions of people than by a liberal distribution of this copy of the Petition itself . A moie useful and instructive tract has not yet made its appearance , and if used as such it cannot fail to throw considerable light upoa the dark minds of those ill informed individuals who seem to take pleasure in opposing the onward spread of Chartism . The facts it contains are of the most startling nature , and afford the strongest evidence why every one ought immediately to petition for Universal Suffrage .
The lowness of the price puts it within the reach of all ; and , I trust , Sir . for the sake of the good cause , every Association in Great Britain will do its utmost to send forth the little messenger of truth and soberness among the habitations of our deluded , but perhaps , in many instances , well meaning countrymen . I am , Sir , Yours in the cause of freedom , A Chabtist . Hnnslet , Oct 24 , 1841 .
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THE POOR MANS CHURCH . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Allow rae , through your Journal , to make a lew remarka on the letter from oar friends lix Paisley , vrhich appeared in your last week ' s paper , and to state to them and others , the progress and rules of the Working Man ' s Church in London . A few individuals , about the middle of February , 1841 , hired r . chapel for the purpose of enabling the working classes , oa the Sunday , to meat together , being persuaded that until they camo together to seek their mutual and social good * they never would obtain it , and that all the congregated bodies , on the Sunday * are opposed to this system . . ,
Since we commenced , we have had a hard straggle and opposition , chiefly from priestcraft and the sectarian spirit of the people ; but we have been steadily progressing both in . numbers ,, and , I trust , in diffusing sound information , calculated to benefit the physical , mental , and moral state of the working classes . At first our members were from . twenty to thirty , now from two hundred to three hundred ; and , as a proof that our labour bath not been in vain , many of them are determined not to use the crotchets of proxy in mutters of religion , nor to take anything upon trust from these learned Rabbis , but have commenced in right earnest to learn the original for themselves , and , by a new method , they are making rapid progress in the Greek language ; so that many of them will be able ,
in a few weeks , to read the New Testament in Greek . Oar Chartist friend , Mr . Wild , in first in the class .. It may bo thought that this is a Utopian scheme ; whether it is or not , I shall not say ; but it has been produced by a desire to search the Scriptures for themselves , to see whether 1 those things , recorded in our translation , be so ; and partly by the teaching given at the Working Man ' s Church , that until men and women take God ' s way of instruction , viz . " to teach themseWea and then instruct one another , " they never will make much progress either in politics , in science , or la religion , and this agrees with the old proverb , God helps those who help themselves , " and , in order to move tha carriage , we must all put oar shoulders to tbewheeL Distribution by ail ia as necessary as production by all .
It gives us pleasure to hear of the progress of our friends in Paisley , and as we understand that there are many working men ' s churches in Scotland , we and many others would be gratified to hear , from time to time , through the Star , how they are doing in the good work of instructing each other on the day called Sunday . Allow me to say , that one of the rules of our Paisley friends , where the word atonement , in its fullest sense , is brought in , appears to me to breathe something like sectarianism , and they know that that monster had its beginning in making doctrinal points the ground of union , instead of brotherly love ; but where do they find , in the standard they have laid down , ( Scripture , ) these words used for the purpose they apply them , I should like much , if they would , in their next , define what they mean by the word " atonement in its fullest gensa . "
I am , Sir , A Member of the Working Man's Church , ¦ Dock Head , Bermondsey , London . P . S . The Rules we agreed to , at first , were as follows : — 1 st That all persons acknowledging the original Scriptures of divine authority , and agreeing to take them as their guide , shall be elligible to membership . 2 . That there be a committee chosen of twelve members , secretary , and treasurer . 3 rd . That a president be elected monthly .
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Mth ^ ^ . Ths&in ,. fjhe . dj ^ Mion of . any aubjec ^ fifteen minutesJ >« . allowed , to eamjBeB ^ J %$ iv $ fj $ f ^ " ttman ^; . . ; -.: ^ . :-:. . .. v . ;^ ' ^ . " . ^ ^ ,- ^^ i _> : „ '¦¦ : 1 5 th > nftat eaefaiiiBAmbet ^ de pay Id * per jwaek . i » pay rent , a ^ parchawS < Mia ;< lce . : ' ¦ ., ¦ : ; . . ^¦ . ¦ u- -, ¦> . Our ineetligrare conducted ftortto followinff way : — Sunday mbroln ^ for reading ; the SerfptBires , ' and tratual ^ instruction . ' Afternoon , in practising' sacred inusie , and faking 4 eM . - In the evening , leotarmg on a ^; r ^ igj ^ A » ih ^ ct ' ;; ¦ • ¦ - vt ' ¦ - ' " " - a » ' ; ¦ " ¦ : . : ¦¦ : ¦ ' ¦'• ' - ; '*¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ' ' - "'¦ ¦• " ¦• - — I . ii ' '' - ' ¦ " -. t- ¦;¦ ¦ .. .., -
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: y . : ^ TO ^ sj ^ m ^ ofT ^ iifi ^^ ¦ ¦ - Sib-F-I # & *• $ » * o iBformyoaot to * nrs « and . steady adirasoe Ofe fUnei |» l « i « f tt «< Jbarter an making ia this Wte * . 1 « nTa > l ^ pe ^ rt < i # tfaw meanj iiithitt ' iWw ^^ sWfleeiWTi fffosi ^^^ ar * ntakin'ir'iMi'iob ^ aBf tteir * ji * t ^ wKaWaual ^ right * , Ltughre * ' -Wd ^ Is'TWrJitjr lean wiw ^ tamiositaJfoodly number ¦ ' of' - ' fti ^' -geod ^ - 'ineil ^ and i- . tj ( nst . j JEvory attempt that has been made to put us down ba » been the ; means of'W gaHfing aeW Ooaveiti to the cause of freedom iill liberty ^ BntWtarre s 6 m » powerfal enemies - to © oMrtd against , and at the head of these I may place nis-Lordship ; Bishop Cowan , who has no less than twice pubrfely denoimoed me fram Ow altar , warning the people to have nothing whateTer todo with
me , and said I- wanted to stir thent up , so that they would be hung or transportedi air they were in the year ninety-eight , However r idicDlous the statement made may appear in the eyes of the enlightened , coming from the place It did , where notidng but the words of truth are expected , to be delivered , it has had t&e desired effect on the minds of the ignorant and lower class of the oommnnity , arid usl am entirely ^ ependlngori them for mine and my family ' s support , has been the aleans of making us suffer severe hardships , but am proud to say , the contrary > has been the case" with the more learned portion of the public * several -of the most respectable Inhabitants of the town have given me their
names , dedarmg , tbemterve * CharHste , who , if they were ° pefow , did n 6 t ; ptrt > licly avow themselves as auchs On'Monday week Isit , his Lordship sent for me to bis own house ;> hen > in » 1 » presence of two frknds , we had > dis « ufeion ' fo # nearly twb h » ur » on the Charter , when he saili he w < ould hwft ^ me hunted out of ttie towff , [ ot put intd gadl , if I dl * not give up all Chartiat prindp ' les . ' I toWFhlml would suffer transportation ; ot eten ; deat& ltof , Wfdr » I' resigned so good « caaae trumiig thai you vrtfl ^ itvthlfl plain statement offsets aplactjlBthefftaf , : ¦ . ; ¦ ; :, ; . ; . /¦;¦ ¦ lutnabt , . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ,.- ' ¦ . ' ; '" ' v /; * ., ^ t ^ 'ydursv ' '¦ ' ' ; ¦¦ '" - .: < BEBBAUD MCDQXALD . Longbrea / 22 fld October , 1841 .
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, ., - , i . __ _ ~ ' v JUxIAN HARNBY ^^ -tO THE " CHARTISTS " OP " ^ V * DEW&BVRY , -&M > ' s V&B ° } frBa& . . BIDINff - uU -GENEBALLY .: ,,. ; , ; . ¦ .. ' -. .,. . . ; . , ; . . ^ -, ' BaoTHKBSi in » H ? CaCSE , —I some time back ' ti # Mffpii&i ^ ffcttd ^ teiaieifjaM , m * W £ Vfv £ - > I « sJeSi 6 feWi fleJtfag Torth tanong <* & ** & * & # * % fa' ™ tite ijrcaeoee of Messrs . Halth ' , Atklnsbni Wass > and ¦ : j : 1 ^ mpW Mr . Mark CralAree ^ arf ; s ^ rfed ; l ^^ > ' <> + * T'' ? JTfc > uLX ALtJLis . ' ± iilltftu £ i ' \ nw ^ - ' m- ^ '" ^ flW ^ WiMrt ; ¦ ^" ' 3 k WAS LrcUU Ilu « uHXv 7 •^ lT l " n P ** 4 ^ wn » w W ^** v * f JEdinar l&t £ re £ *' Wffflfcefyeffte-M ^ tlrt i 8 gt « f . ^« maWefetttbii ? lcS ? -mt ^ V ^^^ ^^ tm i ^ i ^ &aitoth * N } ntAern $ ( ar ; hi * hk * n * pp ^ O& M p IntheS ^ of'Saiuraaylartapr ^^^ ttofrom M * ^ CrAbtree , addressed to me , In which n * , ; *!**^ the- charge contained in Mr . 8 tott 1 t Wtter . : > W I 6 it " letter ^ ^ ttw : ; sayi , :- « i : thrbw"bsdt ' - - with sown 30 * 1 .-iM * : ' ' ... ti 7 / a /» upon fiafgh and Co ., with tha whtempt thejr ; il ^ feerve , and assert that the ? art bwa and , Infsraon » 103 liars ; wfien ttri » : « aUil' evr ftaentioSed'iffi ^' tiUl ^ aji ^ ac
fotty-flTesWilfaga' per , weelf during tte We 3 l'Riding : i ^ Iectioa I'iFd say-ttist tno ChaftW- tit BewAarjP ^ v ^^ Tneatt ^ aj iw' far' they t ^ tt ^ fetrtf ; !» VI ^" |> ot say i paid . you weekly such a sum . " I did say ; and «?* do still say / that dnrinittieeleefion ' 1 . idpoufiattmomK ^ . t ^ caow I foft that th »^ inan ll wh 6 . was doing the dirty ' vorkot '' migK % ndC ^ nnAai \ ismB ^ tbeiiiS ^ ' ^ upon the tive Points of tfie ^ Cnarter , wu » meaBljr , ' ° X shabbily , andrascaUy rjaid at thirty shillings per week . J ; What moneyyoU had frobi 'me 1 never cowitdered as '' V politically advanced ; but as a stir has . been made , jott 7 * will perhaps let these Chjitists know Hew much it was : r ° yourewivMiromine , Afe . ^ f c * : *> v , ovipi -.. : ¦ - : 'r- , bn& My friends , ton witfi ^ ember thsi tn the f Sbr ; ^ -Z October 2 nd I dutlnctlyand'Blarnly ^ led'the trn % o * , ; . Crabtree ' s as 8 ertlon ( as 8 uminghr ] n tohavemade it ? m ?''* ^ be paid me flvo arid lortj shilling ^ per week during ' th * ; . West Siding election ; ' In the passage I have " quoted f
from hi * letter , he indignantty denies that he ever mader ;™ such assertion . I presume , therefore , float open' tMr ' portion this letter , farther comment ia unnecessary on V my part' Hhe forfy-flve ahiUmgs ^ questlouiSa matte *? that lies between Mr . Crabtree and Messrs . HUglS , * " ^ Atkinson , Wass , and SimpMnu : ! . ' [ i * f ; ; " ¦¦¦ -osmi But , says Crabtree , I did »; , and- * o still aa ^^ that during the election / Ut you have' nonet ; s because , && * Farther on be saya , " ;*« raapa ; ^ ou ' wai " ^ ' ^ t thew Chartiflts know ho * hiuch ' it was you re ^ T CBived from ine . " Weli , It Is « nJte l ^; il »*» hi *? 113 money of Mr . Crabfroe ; it Ia my misfoTtons that > lrC ' ; . 0 T Crabtree ia not ^ U 6 only person from whom 1 have been ;/ compelled by sttm necessity to seek ;; c * caaioBally ; . thV-. loan of a . few Bhflllnga . I hats borrowed money ^ fMr / 10 . Cra 6 lreeij ti&tinow for the ataount * - The suaur ^ amK ^^ tber that I have borrowed at different tlmai atoisiu&w-ELEVEN SHrLLlNGS . . . . ' KrlE SJ 1
Is there any offence ia my borrowing ¦ eleven afilli 1077 lings of Mr . Crabtree ? Ah I but Ctabtree is > •' T 4 r $ 1 ** tool , " Whathe may be ia , iot himself to say . " 3 ^ Mk aball know the history of my acquaintance with Wp £ li > u * , Mark Crabtree was doorkeeper to the finit Coo ^ f , tion—appointed to that * fEce on the ' motion of Mr . t . O'Conner or Mr . Pitkethly ( I forget which , but rai ^ y pretty ' sure , It was one of thc » a gentlemen ) . My ao * . qoaintance with Mr . Crabtree was ve * y slight , o&lr ' " ^ knowing him in the discharge of his official dutfes , ' j which I believe he epSmtlf ptefdrBied ; , Atter ^ m ^ dissolution of the Convmrtion , I saw no more ofHMi-P fCi C . foe neatly two years ; but I remember seeir / g ; iri ^ ' t t ixd Northern Star , that with some other person ( whoibn name I forget ) he ( Crabtree ) was employed hjr Mfe ^* Fielden , M . P ., collecting evidence on the working ! Of , ° J tha New Poor Law . Shortly after eoming to YorkshfrW' ° ?
I met him a ^ Leeds , in tte Northern Star offlaei * W « . had some friendly talk on •» auld lang syne , " and % Vt& ' . coarse of conversation he stated he was in , the enipWit ^ of Mr . Fieldeu . Bifore patting ^ l > eing •« hard uplift ° * the time , I borrowed a shilling of him , ( I will'iot b 8 ' positive , bat am Hearly sure the sum was only * a '! iriQ- ; ' ^ ling ); subsequently I borrowed five shillings , auA ^ tt , * :- ^ later date another five shiUlngs . The one ahillinr-aM ^ the five shillings were borrowed not during , bat aojtar ;^ time prior to the election . ¦ > . w , vyii .-. Crabtree says truly that the money was not politically " ' advanced . Had it been so offered it would have ' been ;^ spurned . The money -was lent me viith the unoer- ' ^ standing that it should be repaid , Crabtree sayttg . it ' ' : ;' J the time , In answer to my profnises to pay , " Piq > iirf ' ! ? kIi 00
when convenient , Harney ,- pisy me ^ h ' ett ' ydu csai !; . I borrowed the money of cme wii ^ t bmvi « Wl * i 5 / : a friend ; but I must say that Mr . Crabtree Iiii ^( Jf ' J played the part of a friend in boastinki of tefffiilttrf " * have money—thus advertising my poVerty . y ttowiifr ? * the money shall be at once repaid , nx > matter al ^ wnw , ' ^ Inconvenience to myself . If Mr . Crabteee can ' . talF ^ , the Star office , Mr . Hobson win pay him the sutn"l&t £ f or if Mr . Crabtree is not In Leeds or ^ its ' nejghbOTO - , hood , and will send me his address / ths money ifiiAfl t « r '~\ forwarded to him .. -T-A « . "" ¦> " ' ¦ } Brother Chartists , if any suspicions have hten efc \ J cited by my enemies , tint in the late election I received ' \ pay from the Tory party , the foregoing plain : iinvari , ^ niahed statement of facts wiiLjT think , proTe ^ Mi ^* satisfaction the injustice of such suspicions . ^ ftftf ^ S *?* or no paydid I do anything te serve the Toties inibB
, late election f It may be said , " Yes , you opposed -t »^ Whigs . * ' Granted ; but did I not also cmios * ^ Tories 1 Turn ever the pages of the Northern ' $ iarf ' ' * it ( £ na say whether my printed adttresses asd speecnes- ^ o nbt 5 ' - ' 3 breathe one spirit of hatred and hostility tobofli fscf J ! : a tions alike ? While I denounced the treach « r * ; : rapa * ' city , and tyranny of the Whigs : I vhiraedWtiettbfiP 7 ' that tile * Tories w «* re not one whit better ; thatwfott' * before in office ; they had been a plundertog faderteJ , * faction , and would be so again if they had tiw-p ' ower ; that their pretended sympathy with th » ; 1 worlfimjf vT 1 classes ^ and enmity to the New Poor Law , the Rtrral ' j Police Act , * & , was anhjunbug , - ' ° i ^ ^ -- ' - " -a If the people would « e » an end -pat to trieir arftsv ? tions and mfaeries , they must look to neither WWjrii ^' Tory , but treating both factions as robbers inff ' tttkiim ' 1 ' ?
must look only to themselves for their town ! salva * tion > ¦¦ ¦•¦ .. : ¦ ¦ . ,. - . ¦ ; r ; - . j j ; :.. r ; .:: q . ' J'i 377 That such war the course I pursued , and'tablf fair J ^ advice I gave , you men of Dawsbury , together wrtfc 'th « ^ men of Leeds , Huddersfleld , Bradford ; and'Bar ^ Heyi ::: ( ' - 'l can bear witness . All who were within reafeh of my ' ^ voice at the nomination know well that'll ; '/ spJKrea ' " i not the Tories any more thatt-the Whlrf ^ fwyJ tf ^ ;\' Leeds Mercury—oerhiloly b . % friend of mine—dltfrietlwH justice of- eaymg—{ I' quote frem memOr ^ jU-Jt ^ at " ' ^ 0111 " ably dejendedihe principles o / Chartimt ^ iehilifiifiiHiitr ; ^ I did say of my opponents I shared my - aiUie-pretljf equal . . ¦ . ¦ ¦ / mid 31 i * :-: } : i id A few words nponmy political career , ' anil ! 4 iafirdone . At the age ( of sixteen I commenced ae'life of ' an active Badicat Before I vfas twenty ywrs of-age / l
I had three times suffered imprisonment toMato strugglf . ' '• i to free the press . At twenty ^ ofle I wai ejected lo- the-National Convention . At twenty-two , I ^ Ook' m ? seat '' : hi that assembly ; it was not long before I wV * denounced as a " Whig Spy , " for the honest an * WldaVowal ' of ^ myvie-vra and principles ; I challenged my etfemies to , ^ prove to the country the troth of their acco » - aations—they shrunk , and I triumphed . I was arrested ; - ^ and subsequently escaping the doom of 'my brotter : ° patriots , was again denounced by the Champtdn newsi paper as a . «• Whig-Spy . " Again I confronted'lhftilan . ' ' ' derer , and he quailed . Invited to Scotland , T traversed -1 - i
that land front end to end ; I roused the dfooplfif spirit ; ( of Chartism in the South , and carried th ^ prlnrfpJaj of rI our holy cause through the wild and % V >» tny North / - where never Chartist footsteps toed before ? tOf « a # : ¦ ' *> good I effected in Scotland I could call npotiffftyptoes 'a f to testify to—one shall' suffice , Dundee . 2 > Trie 1 mfei-of ^ Dundee can tell what I accomplished AOf * h 4 * tot * L !* W"ft thaok God , I have in Scotland secured thefriendshi ^« f > ' ^ hearts that time nor calumny can estrange frtfm 'rtfa .-Since my raturn to England , you men orDewstttryJeas ' . ' < a bear witness . to some porticn of my life—pubHqarid ! private—say , have I not shown myself in every respect true to the principles I profess ? ^ ;; ¦ .- ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : : - -
I have walked thousands of miles through summers * ; - ' heat , and winters ' , storm ; I have Wasted my health ; 1 ^ have borne privations such , as I believe ; no other maa i in the movement has borna I have doneali—and en- dured all , to promote the cause of liberty : yet , it has ) - ' - ' beenmy lot to have , almost without ceasing , 1 to battle > -1 with slander , falsehood , and calumny . ^* . i F-iu ^ -. r j- ^ vh \^ Where are those who denounced na * at * traitor itt' 3 the Coavention ? Turned traitors UiemseivesygHtaiow ^ ut forgotten or execrated by the people ; while Itain : « tn # t : > q what I was ' ' them- Where is ^ ^ the ChantpfailwiOBaaitoiiii perdition , with the character of " coward wnA'HUk-f A derer" graven on its tomb . When are thaypif ' « ny ^ c u who will bow accuse me of being , or < t&ving . b « en , 0 " in the pay of the Tories" ? Let them meet me t «> th ; to teeth , and by the verdiet of th « people ; J « £ and or > falL . . '¦ " / - ' " - . - ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦ . ¦ ¦ .-u-M V'i - r . - i ' . -X- . - -. - ! :. - ;¦ ! J
When a traitor sells his country , ot his iaase ; bo ^ h does not do so for Eleven SHiLtiNos . " I eo « ld , » - tale unfold" of difficulties " during the leothai , " ; and : i difficulties In which I am involved at th « pneeotlkn « i ( partly the consequence of additional ) expeooes ^ the i election entailed on me , and which I never charged to ; the account of the Chartist body ) , which would but / too plainly attest my integrity . The : public will , I trust , pardon me , if I refrain front advertising : my ¦ private affairs , or publishing my povertyi ' to-tlie ^ world . / Men of Dewsbory , I Intend to be w 4 ta . ; jtenonxTaar » A day , November 2 nd , when I shall bevbipj ^ . to owet m any person who has ought to allege agalrat ^ or eught ' to put to me . t intend betofat Leeds onJWedoeBdajr' ft and Thursday ; at Bamsley : on Friday ^ iand afaaU . b * ;> ready after that to attend any plawjn the West- : Riding where there may be an accuser to om » W or * 4
foe to oppose . ' ::: ¦•'¦ ¦¦ : ' - ¦ a - ; : ' ¦ : ' :: ¦¦ ::: -j ; - „ v lam , B « jtterChartistsv ^ ; . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ¦> ! ' > Your faithful rWemii '" ' : wiJ ¦ ¦ - ; : Anddevo ^ servifai # ¦ > : >«* ' ** . : - . . ; . . v .: >^* - ^ W ! Mwt ? SS Sheffield , 48 , Nutsery-steeet , . ;; -- % r , \ r-jyn 2 S'ii -iiodj October 25 th , 1841 . . ¦ . ¦ :. < h ¦ ¦ ¦^ rA-. i % . i' : i , v A , . . - ¦ . ¦ . - ¦ _ L _ ¦' ¦ ' . :: ¦ a b : uv , ' ju- ^ a-j ^ as *~*~^ ? "r ^ iffi-via At " 10 jrisia
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ETBBT MiCBIB M 4 KE 8 A MuC * 16 ^^^ lfe ? T'idMp ing toa flood Ht tears , aid refle ^ aj ^ opMJWiiWf ^ happiness his envions disposition . Bad ptdv&iin ' ptfa , " \ him , Charles vrent to the vrindorfaWJlo ^ lieia ' ' into ; the garden , when he saw a b&rd ^ rolr&M st ^ imjdl ;] sUlk of hay in hia mouth , and fl /> Way wfttfl | Tlfc immediately struck him that the , Gwv ^ grwwKiri * gathering together materiaJa for a rJe « t . " Sm . if «* thought lie . H sd little s cratore , S / 1 ; aueh i iIi « r ' process , can build a nest , why wnQ < rt { buUdi ' \ m \» > -Parlc ? tPenny Ubraty , , JllJ i ; w TOialo
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TO ifiB BBTEBBND PAIBICK RYAN . P-P-, DONABATE . Baznatey , October 3 rd , 1841 . BjSTXiESD Sa , —As every | Bpitt » t tkat the English kujmage concainr , has bean spplisd to o « actions , irM ^ strogsliBg to obtain the franchise * by Mz . OToaKfl , aad he having anoegst other equally ufoBBied assertions stigmatised the Chartists of y ^ tmd as Qnptgcme * aad Toriet , we embrace ttiTcppoitunity of addressiBg you Sir , on the « tact ; feeling confident from you knowledge cf osTrehgion , that you will endeavour t » remov » the snfjroBrablfi nnpression which soch inpataMons are dlalated to make upon the minds of our uahappy ta ^ BBimIrelaBd .. .
_ _ _ , We address you , Sir , also to express thfi delight we » Shm experienced on hearing that you have joined qth nnks by be waning a member of the Irish Universal Suffrage Assodasiba Years , Bevered Sir , have rolled into eternity , and many who received conaolition from tobz instruction * and sympathy are mingled with the oesd siDce yon left this town . Yet a vivid recollection of your exalted piety and talents still lives in our jBgmory . Y « s , Sir-, many tim « s smce your depirtare , both ia private and in publie , have we prayed for the weHbeing of that beloved Pastor , who , whilst directingour ihogghts to the Throne of Grace , pitied and straggled to ameliorate our wretched condition in this world .
Revved Sir , when we reflect on toe almost universal eosrbination of power , rank , wealth , and mBue&ee , tfai are arrayed against ou ? efforts to protect industry ; jadthe calsmny , persecution , and undying malignity viULwhich we have been assailed on all sides , hy . those voo hre on long-standing abuses , the knowledge that yoBf Sir , approve of the great principles eon tained in the Charter , gives us infinite delight ; and the pleasing hope 9 excited in oa bosoms that many will follow your gaum example . Then may uahappy Ireland expect ta be free from her present load of affliction . Hitherto < ya giMfo ; and generous hearted brethren is Ireland htve been tossed about like a shuttle cock , for political cpedieney and individual aggrandizement Their « &ezgisi have been wasted in attempting to remove max wrongs , whilst the power that inflicts them jBBBBt in full vigour .
Thb of thousands bars gone down to premature pita , surrounded -with zniaery and *» - " »*» ft"y ramDHHl ; jet the same system , of class legjaistio * , ' tmp « Ueled \ tTttinn , ssd abject wretebednata eooUsuecf Hitherto , with fe » exeepaons , we hare been the dupes ai deaigo isg kcaves , and used as mere tools to answer the nnoos viewsof ambitious men , withoat any regard to priacpV . This lamentablfi state of things we fondly hope is drawing to a close . In the Charter we recog nise those great * " ^ "i « mt « i principles upon which all pepolar aad free Government oughi to exist , and withcot which liberty is only a phantom , that may be destroyed by the caprice at whim of an individual , fnA Om pwij i fa pf fprti ^« ^ 7 y Tnyto tf ]» inheritance of the prhflBgedfew .
Bever&d Sir , ought we , then , to stand in sullen ( petty , when we see oar companions in afiictkm contmArng Tiih this hydra-headed rnonster , class V ^« t » - Sao—when we see the natioa overwhelmed with an « &csmous debt , wbichis daily iocreasiBg , to mett the brish and uuneeessary expenditore of an irresponsible power—when the errors , impmdeneies , involuntary tOBagressioBS , and imaginary oneness of poor men are pamshed with the moat refined torture—when the cry xt nature , the accents of despair , and the petitions of
the people are treated with haughty and bitter contempt , and the ears of the Sovereign are closed against the afflicted supplicant—when the charity of the benevo-\ b& h kcked up by harsh laws and police regulition , vtSst the hopeless and starving poor are sent to prison ai rogues and vagabonds , for soliciting aiadstanee—» hea we see atrocities committed by the higher oraa with impunity , like the privileged classes of sadect Koine tod Athens , arrogating to themselves all pe * Er , intelligence , virtue , acd wealth , as their right by inheritance , whilst the Throne ia EnrroMidBd with
pompons aad unpriaeiplei minions rioting in . unbounded taary and exJiavagance ? So , BeTered and Honoured Sir , your mild though energetic and manly rebuke to those who would wish to goTern yocr actions , tell us forcibly your noble aentimsBts on tLis head . The knowledge of this shall stimhie as to renewed exertions to obtain the political enfaachisfciaeEt of all the virtuous and good in the enpire ; for onr efforts are not directed to the benefit of any one class , creed , ot locality to tte exclusion of snMcer , a 2 are ircinded in the Charter -srifchom distinction d putj , sect , or colour . ¦ bn
J ^ rt 8 regretted the unfounded calumnies vBSKlbj 2 fc . O-ConneU agaiurt our body , and endeaiwnatotliBurrei the cause of his bitter enmity , but * i » nut efiea . m ameh . proceed from his ignorance of owpohhesl principles , we might be able to recorcile ca malignant Titnperationa against us , to other drcum-Ratees of his extraordinary career ; but this cannot be « a ease , seeing that the copy of the Charter bears hia a ^ nre , which we imagiiie he would not hare attached teies to approved of , and was conversant with its con-« &- £ . Oh . ' bst he sars , the Chaitists of England are Ur ^ gemen . Can axythiag be more fake than thi $ 1 to
We fearkfsiy ^ jpeai you , Sir , to say are xce , or = 3 , w le such ? and yet we assure you that we are ^~« usu ; acd that oar hatred of that mercenary class W ^ U n ^ ^^ ^ " ^ to » ° « » "t of our Chartist *« fc « a . Orugemen in England an like Mr . O'Con-^ -tie d eadly enemies to our cause ; employed as fm ^ es by both Whigs and Tori ** nay they are SS 5 ^ ° by *« ^ thorities to slaughter oK ^ J ^ ^ d toej dare to show any re ^ rt 1 * 12 ; ° 'Ccm <® > they tare been found con-^ TZ ^^^^ ^ tem-feelingand enmity fceyhaT *»^ J ^ expect * ° 1 £ ng else from them ; th » eatmir ^ ^ ^ mercen » 7 tools of tyrants , and fciw ^ ? 5 ^ «" giona liberty in Ireland and footnTM « L ' ^ O'ConneU should follow in their S ^ * . «****> anomaly . Hfe fcrthf - «« i » 5 d ttuuuijuy , te ? God kn
ceire hi . rn ! L S ; ^ d oira weareatalosstocon-WattS rf M for ^^ barefaced e&ontery ,, » that si * «^ hii »^ rt- . S ltt ( i » e enemies to the liberty teak ? f « , rf , U u ^ ' tawsni tlat they are eonfaS' -r ^ w ?^ Uberty to Ireknd « ^ y ^ 5 St » i « thl > ? ll 8 lndlld 6 d * thcp * ople ' s Charter , of w ,-, , ^ 1 w *» tD 0 »* the unnatural alliasee tt £ Torf ^^ w of wealth w hich inflists bo smch to £ - ^ v ^ " * ^ aam tna * OPPW » England ; When » Z aWaiKt , -we are bow etru « Iing . &e Dkfl ^ upon W ^ aself to condemn tfbstteS ^ ' ^ - U Mr O'temofB pun or method SSSi ? T Satwn of ^ Mnxmng clasaes ? We Se tLetl ^ fM a repeal * " ^ m ; but will this VmmSZZi ^ Sr * *™* 0 Ter ^ Po ^ er that op-Sw f ^; T ^ they sot be as helpless then as afes inn m- ' r ° m& imagise that a Piriiament * ** fs m J ) ablin . eleetad hv « , Q ¦*~~>~ t . ^ att
.--^ a f ^ w !? Bchise ? B « U U absurd talking SSS ? S ? 5 i ^ lt rSSK Ssfl . v ! p » S 6 redelaaoi » . unless the people have conas sfS ^ r *^ 2 a = •* s « r »^* v Chznn : is the first and most ne-? 3 ? r r t 0 > S Med ' ^ o ^ er that the people may fcsska r ? - aa 3 r ^^ ' ^ es they obtain over op-E ITS * f P ecnl » a «« 5 ™* ^ e cannot help ^ fto oteSt ? ^ f Ilelimd ty using bis influ . * i adt ^ t ^ as Pe ° P ' Charter , instead of abusing 2 ^ 1 \ ^^ wttng from thm miserable pittance
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io ' TSS EDITOS OF , IHB "DDBUS f&pEXAK . KrR ^ 1 ehall feel obliged by the publication of the . ddrea to 30 the CathoHcsand Protestants of Bamsley , ^ j * Mtrer id the cohutns of yow journal . lf % e people of Ireland , particularly the Editors of -JLpptn coEimiading sooh powers of publicity as ^ gg T ^ your establishment knew as well as I do the J ^ re position of the poor Irish Catholics and their Sjateitant brethren ia England , who are , generally fr ~» f i y , oce or two grades above most vi them in the ^^ ja ) e ; they iro& 14 labour in teases and ont of « gsoB 7 to incutertei promote , * ad *««* lhat Unary k ^ BM- an d eordW union , whicn so happily e » isl « bein Bradford and
pn £ CaflioHe and Protestant , ' ^^ erience fat eeosiderabla period as a Roman / whaMe Glergymaa in those districts , has led ae to u ^ ooaclusion that the interest * of your holy religio * ^ gatf be promoted to aa incmlculaWe extent , if the 0 gm at which I hav * bow merely glaaced , were i ^ Btoualy followed . ^ tOuevemnff aad weekly Fresno * circulate exten * jjt ^ yiB the eosntry parts ef Ireland , and in the North ( jEsglsad , I hope it is not too aoehto solicit the -g&alion of theae documents in those papers . I am , Sir , - Very faithfully yours , Paibick Rtah . I ^ sa'b » ie ) 0 cll 3 ai , l 8 U .
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" ^ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦ '' ¦ , CHARTIST BLACKING . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHBBN STAR . Sir , —In reading over the Star , 1 frequently find , and more particularly so this last few weeks , that the Executive are much straitened for want of money ; and more than this , - every thinking man most be aware that , they cannot carry into execution their designs without considerable supplies , and which must be very difficult to raise by subscriptions amongst a starving people , as I am sorry to'say , that the Chartists too frequently are . , > Bat , Sir , the reason of my taking up my pen at this time is , that I saw a letter in the Star of the 25 th of
September , signed " Roger PLader , " and which , in my opinion , is worthy of notice , the purport of which is , that he will supply the people with blacking of the best quality , and at the lowest possible prices , and also give a remunerating discount to agenU ; but the best of what I consider to be is , that he will allow a portion « f the proceeds to go to the Executive Council , for the benefit of the Chartists ; and to my surprise , I have not heard another word since on the subject , which , Sir , if it will not ocenpy too much Bpaee in your paper , with your permission , I will say a word or two . ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .
First , the writer says it is good in quality , and cheap by reason of the quantity ; and , secondly , U will leave a good profit to agents , and give a certain sum to the Chartist Fund . Now , as to being good and cheap , that will be proved by the purchase of a single penny worth . ' and the honesty of the man will be proved weekly by the Star . Then I say , if the article be good , for the Sake of the Charter let us have it ; for , remember , if it put into tha Chartist Fond £ 5 per week , it ia not ont of the pockets of the people , but out of the profits of the manufacturer . With these few remarks , I beg to subscribe myself , A Rbajder of tiiE Star . Yorkshire , Oct 11 th , 1841 . '
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: ¦ - ¦ ¦ : - •¦ . ! - . !^ ::-A : l : ¦¦ ¦ . . . . . . . , TO THB EDITOR 0 > THB NORTHERN ill B . ' - ' Sir , —Pray give iasertioa to the following Jetter from that highly talented . gentleman , Joseph Hayee , Esq . of the city of Cork , who has distinguished himself in , his endeavours to indooe his . countrymen to join the people of this country In their atooggle tot the Charter , as . the only means whereby , the grievances of all . may be redressed . The fact of Mr . Hayes ' s ( popularity with bis fellow eitixehs will , I have no doubt , bring that part of the country to our
side , as he stands unrivalled in his popularity with the working people . They are not forgetful of his many struggles on their behalf , particularly bis exertions to achieve for them a wholesome system of Pttor LawB , as well as whilst guardian in making the defective law they have a beneficial one , as for as his power and influence weak The manner ia which he pat the arrogant mandates of those callous-hearted monr sters , the Poor Law Commissioners , at defiance , have won for him the praise and admiration of those who had the pleasure to read ef his conduct upon that important occasion . The following is the letter above referred to : —•
Cork , 24 th Sept 1841 . Sir , —I have received the favour of yonr letter of the 21 st instant , and have to thank you for the very kind and flattering judgment you have formed and expressed in reference to my humble efforts ia the promotion of public liberty . I never entertained the slightest misgivings as to the valuable principles embodied la the People's Charter , now for some years the object first in the consideration ef those who care not for party or factious purposes , when interposed between the people and their just and rightful demands . It is now about three years since I first brought before the people of this locality the advantages to be derived from the success of tiie efforts then making in the North of England in
favour of a just representation of the people , and although on that occasion , I encountered both opposition and personal invective , I did not despair , and that by a careful attention to passing events , and a seasonable introduction of the subject , I would yet succeed in widely dissemminating the prinoiplea , which I sincerely believe comprised within th « m , every germ of national prosperity . . And , following up my purpose , I did in publio and priva-e , maintain the natural right , of universal Suffrage , Umited , if at all , to an existing location of the party claiming its exercise . , . ' ,.. To this principle I have the satisfaction of saying there are many adherents in Cork , and there would be many more if an advocacy of the Charter was unconnected witii personal feelings and antipathies .
I am not now going to dvscuss how far Mr . O'Conneli is entitled to all the respect and . attachment felt for him in Ireland . It is sufficient that the fact ia unquestionable , that the majority of the people of Ireland do entertain this attachment to him , and , consequently , any political movement directed on them bears a most repulsive aspect , when connected with an unsparing and continual abuse of him , both personally and politically . I say to you then , in sorrow , that herein lies the obstruction to our adhesion , as Irishmen to the Charter ,
and that if this obstruction did net exist , the whole body of the humble classes in Ireland would long since have declared for the Charter . Why then should this evil course be persevered in ? What should you or I care for any personal difference between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . O'Conneli ? Why should either of them receive any countenance from the people in the unmanly practice of throwing their personal feelings into the consideration of our public rights , and thereby keeping in separate and jealous array , the good and honest people of the two countries 1
I , at least , am guiltless of lending my sanction to such proceedings . I have deprecated them in public and have remonstrated against them in private , and If yon , and men like you , ¦ would at yonr side of the water , interfere to prevent , and succeed in preventing their future recurrence , the Charter and Kepeal would equally shoot a-head , and the comWaed efforts of Englishmen and Irishmen would speedily effect that , which it vrill take years , aye , probably ages , to accomplish , if they continue a . separated and divided action . I hate addressed to you these few remarks in the bumble hope that they will prove to be seed « own in a good soil , and with a temperate and judicious culture and application , that they may yet produce a wholesome harvest of political fruit I remain , With great respect for yourself , And all those associated with you In the good cause , ' Your most obedient Servant ,
, Joseph Hates . Now , Brother Chartists , I have thought it my duty to lay before you the feelings and sentiments of one of the most sterling patriots this day on Ireland ' s ground , whose exertions have been great to induce the people of Ireland to join with us in our demand for the Charter , has been unceasing , but have been neutralised , in consequence of the differences between O'Conneli and the English Chartists . It is useless me saying anything as to the origin of these disputes , they have been so often before you . ••' ¦¦ ¦ : . The time fs now arrived , from the position of Ireland , to counteract the evil intentions of the promoters of discord and disunion , and , thank God , that the magnanimous O'Connor has declared , that he at least will not be a patty to disunion , by bis declaration to allow O'Conneli to abuse him as he pleases .
Now t Brother Chartists , I hope you will follow the example of our Noble Chief , and henceforward let the name of O'Conneli be , as it were , unknown to you . Let him abase us as he pleases . The people of Ireland , by your assistance , will be enabled to see through his deception , should he continue the vacillating policy he has hitherto followed . Recollect one thing , Brother Chartists , that it is by abuse O'Conneli lives . Instance the manner in which he has made me of an article which appeared in the bloody old Times , reflecting on the character of the Irish people , and their revered clergy , such as the words " sorpliced ruffians , " << the savage Papists ;" by these means he has been enabled to impose upon the credulity of the people by working on their religious feelings , and thereby securing at the same time the influence of the clergy . My friends , if you want to remove this influence you can do it , by sending your Stars to Ireland , for , believe me , there is not
a people in the world who love liberty more enthusiastically than the Irish people . But they are deficient of that political information which you are in posses sion of , and which have placed you in that preBd position , as being the best informed as regards the pure principles of democracy in the world , for where in the history of the . warld can you read when the working people met the wealth and Influence of the land to discuss their inherent rights , and ,. with eloquence unequalled , and cool dispassionate reasoning , put to shame the puny talents of the college-bred lords . Then , Brother Chartists , if you want to have the same effects produced in Ireland—if you want to raise the Irish people to the same dignity of manhaod as yourselves have new aspired to , do , I beseech you , give them the same means by which you hare become so renowned on the political stage , and my life on their faith , were they summoned , that minute they will show that the men of old Ireland had met when roused by the trumpet to freedom ' s call . I remain , brother Chartisto , Tout's , faithfully in the eause of Demowacy , iBNBAS Daly . Bunatey , Oct . 25 tb , 1841 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct403/page/7/
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