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THE MASONS ON STRIKE . ^ O THE EDITDfc 0 ? THE S 0 BTHES 5 STAX . Sib , —By the last circular issued by the Masons ' Committee , I pereeiw they only require the sum of £ 150 in order to terminate the strike successfully , that is , -without yielding to tie brutal insolence of Allen , and toe imperious decrees of Grrissel and Peto . As a mean * of raising apait of this sum . -will you allow me to suggest , through your columns , that every Chartist Association throughout the country should devote the profits of one evening ' s lecture , concert , or ball , ¦ whichever might be most convenient , or most likely to be productive to the Masons' Funds . I have no means of calculating howmueh this "would yield , but whether mucb or little , it would be a fitting testimony , on the part of the "working classes , to the gallant conduct of one of the most worthy sections of their body .
I cannot allow myself to belieTe for a moment that Bnch a testimony will be "withheld . I am , Sir , Respectfully yours ,
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CHARTISM , JOHN COMPANY , AND CAtOOL ! The advancing atmy and the Siihs ! . ' The " Qaihi's DnckV' and Muliigatawney Boys " . ' !! " Xerxes" and " DarieW— " Alexander" and "Xencphon" !! We have now come to the end of our lucubrations on Afgfernistan— "we have done our best to enlighten the British public on the true state of affairs in our Indian Empire—we fcave "warned the Government of what will Y > a the undoubted result— "we viil give them our
best advice , and suggest such remedies for their consideration as will prevent them from going headlong to destruction and save the lives of our gallant , though Hiistsken soldiery . We cannot however blame them , and though they Euffer themselves to bs made the tools by . which the wily and ambitious , though cowardly vagabonds -who direct their movements work , yet , have they but a choice of evils ; and they must either fight like tigers , or submit their gullets to the butcher and b = slaughtered like sheep .
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We have little doubt but that the Sikhs are enjoying our present dilemma ; the accounts from the various camps slate that the Siih soldiers are terrifying our men with stories of the utter impossibility of getting through the pass without half of them getting killed , with a few other tales , and an order had been issued to prevent Sikh soldiers on entering eur camp to converse with onr men . We may well exclaim , " Save us from onr friends ! " When the 16 th Lar . cers -went with Lord Wm . Bentinck as an escort to have an interview "with Runjeet Singh , the Sikh horsemen splendidly armed , and caparisoned , and clad in chain armour , showered on our men every abusive epithet their language afforded , and exhausted its vocabulary in terms of contempt and hatred towards the Feringhees . Two of our
own special comrades "were standing near a group of Sikh horsemen , "when one who appeared to be a leader , exclaimed , " Look at these Soow rs . theso Burrawohs of Ftsrnghees , "were they in my power I would chop them up , make currj ' s of them , and give them to the Pariah dogs . " The rest seemed to be of the same opinipn , as they clenched their hands , gnashed their teeth , and scowled fearfully beneath their helmets . Our comrades , thinking that discretion "was the better part of valour , having learnt a great political lesson , rejoined their troop , and "warned their comrades of what they might expect from their Sikh friends . One of these was a Waterloo man , and any one at all acquainted with the 16 th will know the person alluded to j H . H ., of the E . or Radical troop , onr own respected comrade , who we trust will survive all disasters , and return t * his native
land . The Sikhs and Affghans may havtf their . quarrels , their jealousies , and border feuds , their disputes about the great Imperial Diamond which had been so rife a subject of warfare between them , but let the Feringhees step in among them as a third party , the common detestation in which they are held by both will have the effect of diminishing their animosities , and of regarding wiih the utmost complacency and smothered derision every loss and disaster of the European lorda of Hindoatan by our own dear friends and allies , the Sikhs of the Puniaub .
On no account will the Sikhs allow us to quarrel ; they will not have the warfare transferred front Affghanistan to the Puujaub ; they will not give vs a pretence to fall back on Lahore , and satisfy the brigand desires and cravings , and -wishful longings which for so long a period of years have acto ; l like a charm or talisman on our troops , whether native or European—the plunder of Lah « re . In these few words is comprised all of massacre , of brutality , of violation , of robbery , and of every deadly vice of -which human nature is capable , when the hellhounds of war are slipped , and when p . iid and hiral murdere s roam abroad free and unshackled . It is easier to bo masters of Lahore than to regain
Cabool ; end , thera is no doubt , our allies , the Sikh , will afford us Eoiue little ass'stance iu endeavouring to penetrate the mountainous wilds and passes of Aflghaniitan , and thake the nisei vaa ttes from such a dangerous neighbourhood of marauders , while praying to every B-iint , deity , or holy man in the " Sikh " calendar , that we may be speedily " check-mated " Then will the " Sikhs" have an opportunity to show their love , revenge , or hatred , then will they follow out to the very letter the views and policy of Riugeeh Singh , and then will the " broken , flying , exhausted , dispirited , and dyin ^ Feringbees" become an easy prey to the proud Sikhs , who would chop them up , make currys of them , and give them to ba devoured by Pariah dogs !!!
We do not pretend to the gift of prophecy ; we leave that to the priests ; but we call on all and every one at all acquainted with the circumstances to say , if we do not rattier understate than overstate the fearful picture ! We have served with Bengal troops , Bombay troops , and Madras troops—commonly called in India , " Qui-hi ' s Ducks , " and " 2 dulligatawney Boys" — we know what they can do , and what they cannot do ; we are aware ef their gal antry , prowess , and physical capabilities for a " spurt , " and their hardy endurance with unshaken nerves , of all the dangers , fatigues , and annoyances cf a Hindostanee campaign , attended , as it invariably is , by an immense and even luxurious commissariat , with all agreemens and appurtenances to boot , ana when , in less than an hour after the troops
have arrived on tho ground allotted to them , after a day ' s march—the Bazars are all up in lines , and open ; the men and officers are in their tents at breakfast , or under the shade of some mango , or tamarind trees , eating , drinking , or smoking their pipoa , cigars , or hookahs , or preparing for a sleep , and the whole encampment looks much more like " Portsdown fair , " than any approximation to what we , in our ignorance , deem of modem warfare . A campaign in India is considered but as a tour of pleasure , with a prospect of being amply repaid by double batta plunder and priza money-, and although
we have some hard fighting and some revers s occasionally , they have been but for a faw days , and were but as shadows , and tha reality of our position was never shaken until now . We have neither the physical or moral force to possess ourselves of Afghanistan , or to retain it if we did so . You must depend entirely on yonr European troops ; the native soldiery is not fit to encounter with the brave and hardy mountaineers of the Afghan hills , nor with the population of their cities , towns , and valleys . Whenever we have taken them en service out of Hindostan , we have found them nerveless and dfephttfcd , and we must find tkem with every comfort to muko them of any use at alJ .
We gained a 'loss' in the result of the Burmese war , and had it not been for the gallantry of our European men and officers , the Burnian Stockade ' s might have stood to the present time . We suffered severely there , and three field officers , whom we had previously served under , were shot there—Colonels Pepper and Corny , and Major Walker , all of tho Light Infantry . The Bombay troops had worse luck at Ras-el-kjma and Beni-Boo-Ali , in the Persian Gu'f , and th 8 Arabs broke in upon them and surprised them in them tbeir tents , cutting the Bombay European regimeni almost to pieces Neither . Europeans or
natives could withstand the sharp , naked sabre of tho enthusiastic Moslem ; and those who wtre wounded , but escaped , told us that the rush was like tho simoon ; nething could withstand the shock ; and flight was the sole cfcaace for life left . ' We never did much iu tho Nepaul hills and Ka ; UDga ; and the death of General Giilespie tuld us in plain ttms that we had better leave the Nepaulese alone . With all these warnings before and examples before us , we E . re going to rush headlong to ruin , and liko babies wha hav < j broken their rattle , or been deprived of soina favourite plaything , without Icokicg behind , we . must press forward
at whatever cost . Let us imagine all the troops , European nnd native , as full of ardour , enthusiasm , and revenge aa the leaders —let us imagine our women appealing to the passions of the raen for retribution ou tha " murderers" cf thtir . ' iusbarits—kt us imagine them fighting knee-ckep in Ail ^ ban bloo d , and taking possession of Cabool , still C :: bi , 'fl is nut Afghanistan . The longer they stop in Caboul , the I < is powerful will they be : continual attacks , and tkiriniehcs will diminish o \ ir trospa ( fur iepc- ; ii on it the Afghans wii ! give you no rest } , and your munitions fjr war "will be expended , and ycur reinforcements , both of money , materiel , ar . d men , wiil
have to rtr . ch you ( which would bs more than doubtfu ;) through some ! : nndred miles of an enemy's country , and to pass previousl y through that of a very lukewarm friend . You will have to drain Hinilostan of tn :: floT 73 r of fcer troops , European an \ nati , e ; ; md depsnu o ; i it , fbe ur-quitt spirit of ths Hindoos and Mahometans thtre vri : l burst forth iu every direction , tLe mere tLrceiy by having b = en s > Ion ; siujtlitrtd . The grt-ati'bt p-rtiun of y ; -ur Affjhackt .-in fvreo v ? ili coaiist of the relatives and friends i-f tLosii v > lio wiil raise the various si : ncards of rebellion whin you : irc far away across thu Satl 6 dge or Indus , and you will have no power to put tbtin down .
Our " S . ' pah ? » .-y are mwcly ciinsing to us tiil they can do bett = r : tbry do not love us , and at a . signal civen tbey WvUld tut t . j throats of their Emo ^ um officers ¦ without liesit : ; tivn or remorse , as ih-y < l ; d iu-foro ; . t V til ore , and think ttjy would ba rendering boib Brama and Aiiabr . ser- ? jce . The i-rtser . ; " advancing" array wiil haveasr . uujercnp a train cf folK / Wers as in the days of Darius ; but it is much to be ftart-d iJiere will be fou-. d no Alexander to lea < . i them on : nii : her are ice hardy expr-vieacsd Greeks , flashfcti w > . hvictory , or tiie Aif 3 ' ' uaiis luxurious , enervated Persians .
Wo look for : io conquest , we wish to got out of this di . spu 2 . ti -K 2 . 7 with sou \ c ; hing like honour ; we would Ktht-r bi'U the appe .: ranc-i cf n Xsnopiion , securing tho ri-lrrat of t .-n or twe ; : ! y tbouB-aL > d , than that of a moikr-i r . iac = do ' : Iin conqueror , leading on to victory . We ir . uy be singuiur in cur opinions , but should tho prcsrii ^ alrricio ::.-., ajiti-Chri .-tian , antl dtnion-likc orders of tho Hv ? s < s Gu-. r ^ s . and of the Indian authority be pcr 3 icted in , our Indian pevrtr will shortly be as a thing that rcas ; cur frknis and rel . tives vrill be slaughtered like shc-tp , or viil have ta fight like tigeia , and we
expect to E-. ri a second Rout as complete as that of Xerxes cr Diriu- ^!! On tfc-ir heads ba the blame—we . have done cur duty , and if they will take our advice we will submit a few obvervatioas next week for their consideration and £ ilc-ptiop . If the ministers and aristocracy are ca ^ e-haidened and wiifuL ' y blind to what is pajsin ^ ' around them at home , let them elevate their vision tiil ittinbrp . ee theaffairs of the Oriental Empire , and let them do EOPie-thing to pa ' iliate the atrocities of the West ; but we hare little hope ; as Feargus O'Connor says , " faction wiil diehard . "
As a well wisher to the human raca , and as a devoted friend to my country , the sooner that tima arrives the better will it be for all . A Woolwich cadet .
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will not touch with their little fingers ; and , from the manner of some of them in declaring that any man should be at liberty to do the utmost good be could , and in his own way , I contend that these words— his otm iflay-setteth forth an unbounded liberty that would be fatal to the best interest of any union of individuals social , political , « r operative . Therefore ; in all societies are all the members bound by rules , which are the will 0 JT the majority , and therefore law to every individual member . The Chartist body have also a code of rules , which are tno ^ constitution of the society framed by their Convention , elected for such purpose , in which code is iaia ¦
aowu r the principle of action , whereby to obtain the Charter ; for ir we are to allow onr members , especially , our leading ones , to be running m and out of our enetnks camp , without being deputed by the body duly convened—if they are to join With any party who say , " we are of the people , we are for your cause , we are going to join this , or that "Help us ; if they art * to be at liberty to follow their own whims , and ruu after every Lo here , and Lo there , how are we to know the aheep from the goats ? how " i wiT ® T frknd from foe ' ? where would be our stability ? How could we be recognised as a party , when we were thus dandling ami mixing with every
Seeing that this self-willed , this own way individual and sectional moyement , ia contrary to the bond of union , to the desiooratic principle of the social compact which we imitate in our Association , aud seeing that there are those in union with us who do not seem to understand the principles of union , whereby all are bound to act in unison with tho majority , and not only be honest , but appear so , by avoiding any cause for suspicion , and therefore of warning aiid ( Aenunciatiou ; seeing these things , I propose to you , brothers , that at the next delegate meeting that shali be couyened to extend , alter , or amend the constitution of our Association , that the following clause be added thereto : —
" That as there cannot be in any nation but one National Association for any similar object , and but one national movement for such object , to be effective , that this Association being the first constituted for these objects ( which are declared just and necessary ) , bsing open to all persona without distinction who may please to join it , this society cannot but view with distrust the attempts of any persons to form another society upon the same basis , except they declare themselves part cf this national union and act according to the rule 3 thereof ; -because their efforts must only tend to prevent or delay the accomplishment of the objects they would profess to seek , and , therefore no member of this society is at liberty to aid in any way tba formation or forwarding of suchother society , en pain of being excluded our riinks . " Hoping , Mr . Editor , that these remarks and recommendaticHQB of mine will bo placed to my account , aud not set down to the Star , I remain , Yours , in bonds , 'J . -. Bristol .
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . BKETiiREN , —The duties which devolved upon us , as members of the National Convention , are terminated . The period is now Approaching when it becomes us , in accordance with tho principles of tho People ' s Charter , to resign into your hands that -. trust which you have reposed In us , aud which wei-. faave striven to the best of our ability to exercise to the satisfaction of our cotstituflnU and the benefit of the common cause . We therefore direct your attention to the proper measures to be adopted for the election of a new Executive Committee . '
THE FBIJfCIPfcE 021 WHICH WE HAVE RETAINED OKFK'E . We have hot , as many have very urjustly supposed aud taken great pains to circulate to our prijudice , held uttice longer than tho period specified by the Charter . We assembled for the first time as an Executive in the beginning of July , 1841 , and therefore cannot havo been in existence as a Committee twelve months until the first of July , 1812 . The rules of the Association specify that the election should have taken place on the first of March . It is needless to recapiiuiate the reason why it was iuiposu . bio to observd that date . It Will surely satisfy every honest mind when we state , that although we havo l . een compelled from necessity , aud by the People ' s pfermission , to alter dates , we shall be the last to aller-or violate principlo . The only differecce which can ensuo .. will ba to insert June instead of February , and July instead of March , religiously adhering to the principles of annual elections .
NOM ) . NATIONS . The nomination of candidates for the Executive Council shall bo made in tho following manner . Each sub-secretary shall ho at liberty to nominate one candidate from this date up to Monday , May the 23 rd , which is thy latent period at wiiich they can hu received . Eich sub-secretary win forward his nomination ( according to the form prescribed in the rules and regulations ) . direct * d to the Gonenzi Secretary , and sii . tH 3 iJca » vise certify thsfc the pcrsun noniin » t- ?< i , if ' duly elected , is prepared to servo on tho Executive Conm . ittca , and is a member of the Geneial C . iuncil . ( Ja Tu-jfday , May the 24 th , the Gen 3 r . 1 l Secretary will transmit a list of all the nominations to the sub-s / joretaries , which list shail bo printed , or written , on carJs , preparatory to beins ? distributed amongst the laemoora of th 9 A ssodation for
I ( ALLOT . Which shall take place throughout the nation in the week beginning with Tuesday , the 7 th day of June , aud ending on Tuesday , U 10 Utti day of June . Let it be particularly , observed Ihal each lotMly id // choose / or itself one day only for Me ballot , out of the seven , so as to convenience all localities .
MODE OF iSALLOTjLVG . The fifth rule of our Associ ; it on states , " That any person b ' aali b ; . * admitted a member of this Association on taking : \ caul cf membership . " . Therefore no person vrill bs e ! : j ; ibio to vote for theofiicas of the Associuiion unless theycunprod-. ee . a card of nieuibtrsuip . The sub- ^ ecrcitary shall giaut to each person , producing a caid of jiiem ' bersh'ip of the locality to which he belongs , a votiDg card , o'ii ivhich is written or priated the u ^ tiies of . all the--tandiqatefi . The elector shali thew , at his
own coiivouionce , draw a pen through ali the natiits except the five for whom he votes , and the fiv 4-names lefihtandiag on theoard shall be considered , as-the persona whom he thinks eligible to serve on the Executive . The sub-secretaries shall also be impowered to grant to absent , sick , or distant members their voting cards , and receive their votes in return , sealed up , through the post-office , or by other means , which sealed"votes are to be opened by the General Council , and deposited in a box provided for the purpose , and . to be called the b . allot-bnx .
O . i the day of ballot each sub-Secretary shall act a 8 registrar , and the General Council as scrutinisers of the votis . The sub-Secretaries , attended by the General Council , shall on the day or evening appointed for the ballot ; by the mejdrity , stand around the ballot-box , ' and proceed to call over the roil , each voter advancing when Iiis name is called , and droppiag his balLotting . card into the ballot-box . On the conclusion of the baiJot , the General Council will proceed to the scrutiny . They shall first count tho cards to see that the number . corresponds with that on the roll . They shall , secondly , cast up each card in succession , and the subTSscrettwy shall put a mark opposite tha name © f each of the candidates repsrted as having been voted for . Finally , they shall declare the result-t © the voters , and by the first post transmit the result to the General Secretary , reserving a copy for themselves * . ;
On Tuesday , the 21 al of June , or earlier if possible , the names of the uew Exeoutive will be announced j and on Friday , the 1 st of Jidy , the new Executive will supersede tha old . Brethren , we trust thasefiiiections wiUbe strictly adhered to , and , that all of you will vie with each other in exhibiting the properspmt of Chartism during such aninportant practical application of our principle * All those places in arrears for carda are particularly requssted to discharge the saine , and thereby enable the present Exerative to leava office with < . ut entailing any \\ $ M s * tt . hooks of tU-ir auccessors ,
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Havinjg full reliance in you , our constituents , supporting ua in the course we have advised , regarding the election , WeremaSn , your faithful And devoted representatives , James Leach , . - ¦ '' : P . M . M \ DouAiL . Morgan Williams / R . K . Phii-p , John Campbell .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON AKD ITS
VICINITY . We , your representatives in Council , address you at this important juncture , requesting your earnest attention to the recommendations laid before you by the Iafc 9 Convention . We have now arrived at a critical period in the history of Chartism . That the most alarming distress prevails throughout the country is admitted even : by those professing to represent our interest in the British Legislature , yet they have taken no stega to remedy this evil , and have scornfully refused to listen to the remedy which , we , in justice to ourselves , have been compelled to propose . After this degrading treatment , it w « uld be madness to expect a redress of pur grievances from a Parliament constituted ; like the presaut We must now depend upon our own . resources . We must now achieve that , by union and determination which a corrupt and oligarchical Government has denied to us .
We call upon you t . o brace your energies for the struggle , tp unite as one man in following that course which , after mature deliberation , has been adopted by your chosen representatives . We now stand in ahigh arid prominent position ; every eye is directed to our movement . Apathy or division iu out tanke , at this jauetUTe , would ba In the highest degreo criminal ; would be a base desertion of our own and our country ^ cause . We have a powerful and a wily enemy to combat , who on the least sign of vacillation in our ranks , will renew tho fiery persecutions we have already undergone ; but present a bold aud united front to your oppressors , and the united power
pf both Whig and Tory will not dare to molest you . The political horizon is brightening around us ; the whole of the labouring population of the country is with us . We are rapidly procuring adherents amoDg the middle class of society . The so-called iibera' press of the country hitherto entirely neglectful of , or bitterly opposed to us , has now uuaniniously declared itseif favourable to ouv principles . We have a respectable minority in the House of Commons ; and what is of far more importance , we contain within our own ranks every element calculated to ensure success . This is a cheering prospect , and will , without doubt , spur you to increased exertions to obtain that political power under which all monopoly and misrule shall cease .
We congratulate you u $ on the peaceable and citizeulike manner in which tho proceedings connected with the presentation of the Natio / ial Patitfon wale conducted , and which has greatly tended to raise us in the estimation of the press and the public ; such displays of our numbers and our organisation ara calculated to strike more terror into the hearts of . our oppressors than the most violent proceedings or the most bitter denunciations ; they fear not a disorderly mob , tui they dread an organised people . Let a similar display of determination , prudence , and sobriety ever characterise your conduct , and your ultimate success is certain . Set immediately about carrying into effect the recommendations laid down by the Convention ; call meetings in every district in the mstropolis and its vicinity , and adopt the memorial and the remonstrance . H&va an eye to the raising of the necessary funds f jr carrying these measures into practical effect , and for ( . iisharging the loans advanced by the various localities for the Into demonstration .
You will shortly have a plan laid before you whereby this may be easily effected , and if carried out with spirit a large surplus will be raised to be devoted to the good cauae . That the organisation of London is good , was evinced by your late excellent display ; yet mueh remains to be dene . The trades of tho metropolis afford a wide field for your exertions . Every piudeut step must be taken to arouso them to the importance of obtiiining their political freedom ; in the country districts your priucipies are almost unknown . Staps are now beuig taken to ensure their co-operation , and we conflr dently call upon you to assist in the efforts which will be made to enroi tiitm in our association .
In conclusion , wo again impress upon you the necessity of casting to the winds every atom of jealousy or division which may buva exiated in our lanks ; cf being firm ; yet guarded and sober , in your behaviour ; cf looking upon every Chartist as a brother ready and willing to assist in tho emancipation of your common country ; and cordially uniting with him for the attainment of that much-cherised object . Signed on behalf of the London Delegate Council , Philip Martin . ThoiMas Wheeler , Sub-Secretary . On behalf of the Surrey Council ,
John May hard , Sub-Secretary . On behalf of the Provisional Committee cf Mary lebone . Edward Standgroom . Nagle .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , May 13 . Mr . Roeuuck brought forward au amended list of a Comir . ittee on the charges of conupt compromise ; framed , he said , on Sir Ho '/ ert Peel's suggestion , so us to command tho confidoccs of the House and of tho country . Lord Francia . E ^ erton hat ! declined to s > rvo on the Committee on the score of ill health . Taw is the amended list—Mr . Bramston , Mr . William Miles , Mr . Subright Lascslles , Sir William Heathcote , Sir Willism Sonitrvilie , Mr . Hawes , Mr . Strutt , Lord Worslsy , and Mr . Roebuck . After some rather random discussion , in whieh Mr . Monckton MiLNES declu ed that the House hail permitted the appointment of the Committee through a . want of mural courage ; and
Sir John Walsh objected .. to en-tain naraes on the Committee , which he did not mention , wishing to see gentlemen of the highest character for professional and legal eminence substituted , —the Comiuilt--e was agreed to . Mr . ROEUL'CK having moved that tbe Committee have power t > seiid for persons ^ papers , and records , Mr . T . Duncombe believed It would bo . now proper Uiat he should submit t . o the House the motion of which he had given notice , and ua lie had made a slight alteration iu tho \ v < wtlin # , he would read it to the House . He would move—^¦ That each Me-r » hf ! r appointed- to serve on tho Select Committee on coutpvoiaisud of oleeiioa petitions . shrd \ subscribe tha following declaration , ia tho picst'iicc ui Mr . Speaker :- ^ -
" I , ¦ , do solemnly declare txiat I nevfti " , directly or hi-indirectly , have to my knowledge btea guilty , by mys&lf or . agents , of any act of bribrry , creating , or other corruption in procuring a seat in Parliatnent ; that I iitvcr paitl or promised to pay , intend to pr . j ' j . br-salicticfcfd the >;; . iyment ef , any sum or sums of nionty , b £ ? yoiid tha le % d \ clia ^ ges of procuring my return at the last or any pre-sious floction ; )) 'ir h ? . v ^ I , at any timu , connived at . been privy to , ovas-si . slt' -j i ::, any bribery , tieitins :, or <> ihec -coryuyt practice at -tkj election for u :. Itnibtr or Mtmb ^ -ra tj sui'vo i : t Parliament " ( SiiT . ed ) I- _ . »
At tho close of tbe last session bo had t ^ ken jit- ; : rfy of ashing a qusslioH cf the Kii < l ; t Hon . G-nH < rn : ;;; ;; - the hfiivd of- her . Mnj sty ' s Government ,- -K-hi-it-hi-r it v > - ;;;; his vj ; t > : i"it . ! oii to Itrinit in : i ^ y measure to prevent br \\ r . r . . Ho haft . , declared uv-yn that ocevsion tb ; it it \ ' - - : in notorious thnfc more bril ^ ary more corruption ,-am ? mure treating had taken pi . tcri Kt the lhat ehxiion than hzA ever been tejavrn in t / 'e nirst corrupt age of the r .: u 3 t corrupt nat ' . on— ( loud cheers . ) The Right Hon G ^' . ilsmah toUl him , in reply , that tho prtpsure ot ' otfo tafrasuren ,. and tho stat ^ of tho public buiiuesa , w »> uM not permit him to introduce any measura of this sort ; but hu . trusted- tisat tiie Npb ' Ie Lord ' the' Blcmbo" for London , would go on v . iili tho nwasnve he . had . in ' rfGduced in anothw session of ? arliarrie :, t , txv . \\ , at tho
sauie time , the Kijiht Hon . Gentleman said he was s . rry to be obi-gen to confers tha ^ at the last !' , fcn ^ ru . i elestioiv gross bribery , . coiruption . and intimidation end take place . The Right Hon . Geatknian did not say Vfheth ? r it had cst ? udetl as far as ba ( 31 r . -Duiic ^ nibe ) alleee ' fL The Right Hanonnibie Gvn ; lenian , ps-yhaps supposed that ho was butter a' -quaintedwithit— , ( Va « jjtter ) . Ha then said that if there was any doubt upon tire point , he would undertake to prove at tho bav of the Hou ^ d that a ; cousidevilWu majority of that House Were returned by btft > ery , corruption , and intimiiiatioa . He was still prepared to prove the facts on this great question at the bar of tat * House . He di . l n <> i intend that so vjtol a question uhouid be snugly sc-nt to a . private coHiEiittee-room up stairs , where persuaal feeiinga and
party objects might have full play . He wished for an inquiry at the bar of that Htmsain the face of open day and before . the wlicla pubii ' c—( cheers ) ; srid he mu-t say that the opinion of the public with regard to all the recent -transactions of that House , and especially in reference to their conduct last "vyeeSj was that of unniitigated f \ is ; ii } t at the hypocrisy and injustio « of the House . The public knew that thoy were about to prosecute five or six "iucividua ' 13 , when they were aware that ' there were six hundred—' . cheers ) . The public also Eiid , suid he thanked God that « iure was this sense of fair plav in the British puoiic , tba = they did noi iika six
to see eight or ten imliviiiuals bunted down by huudrad equal '; ' jjuitt . y— ( cheers and laughter } . Three miilipas- ' aiid a * half < , f tiie people came and toM the Houss so iu their -petition- —in that p&tttion which tho House did not choose to hear , and would not allow to be Dtoved . What ov . l tlirca millions and a half of . ' tha indn 3 trioi ! 3 class's s . iy ' in . their petrtipn ? T /; cy dedared— "That tho existing state ; of the representation is not only csi . rer . !'* ly linntad and nnjust , but ¦ unequally divivledv anil civca preponderating iriflueEce to the lanrtnd and mofed interests , to the utter ruin ; of the snVail- tiadiiu ; ii ::-rl labouring classes , " They said , ami sail most truly . —* Thatbfiijery , intimidatien , corrup-
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tion , perjury , and riot , prevail at all parhamentary elections , to an extent beat understood by tha members of your Honourable House "—! uear , hear ) . He assdrced that t ' eis was exactly the state of f ^ elin ^ rfs to bribery , and that there was Botking but unmitigated disgust when they vie » ed tho party proceedings j » that House . ; At air events , if this inquiry . was ts take place , they ought to take care that those who were , to a certain extent , volunteer inquisitors-should . ' : Vnount tha judgment seat v ? ith clean hands . He agreed vv ; th toa Right Honourable Gentlemau that public confid « aca ought to foliow . the appoibtment ot the coaimitfea . and With the lion . Boronet ( Sir ' John Walsh ) */ 'that they ought be presided over b y one of great legal abilities , and that they oudit to be presided over
by a person of the greatest : calmness of temper and of Jhe utmost moderation , of language— ( hssx . ar . d Litighterl . Such a committee eo conbiituted and ; so commenced would enjoy the public eonuMenetj and there would be . a-chascV of their decisior . s \ u-i :: g looked up to with respect . He had heard it stattii ihiit if-this test were applied to Hen . Members . b ' tforo they served on the committee , the ' House would iu all probability not be able to .-find enough . m :- mfcers to constitute a coiiiinittee ( hear , hear , hear . ) Ha ti-usted that this wa 3 not true . He trusted that there were at least nfee -nieii in that House who were free from sneh . an accusation llaughtey . ) He bad only to say that if he-w ' ew one of the persona named to serve -on that committee ( nmch
cheering , ) he could not take that test ( renewed chetrrs . ) He could take it , aa the representative of the borough of Finsbury j but , unfortunately for him , ha had once stood as a candidate for the very pura and - . ininiacnlatd borough cf Pontef'"acfc ( great laughter and cheers . ) Ha had spent ^ 4 * 000 in Pontefract , and he-had no hesitation in saying that the money was spent in gross bribery , treating , and corruption ( cheers . ) He waa defeated . The noble - lord opposite ( Lord Polliagton ) aud the Hon . Gentleman ' s father ( Mr . Moncktoa . -Milnes ) were the pe-rsens who assisced iu his dfefeat ; and until the Honourable Gehtlenian got up and bo stated , ia his place in the House , he could not h ^ lit-ve-that any one was returned fjr Ponttfract-without bribery ( cheers . )
Mr . MONGKTON Milses rose amidst considerable confusion ,, to deny if . ¦ Mr . T . S . Dvscojibe continued : TJYiforhinately , he had also ' atood ' -flya contested , elections for the borough of Hertford ; in three of these he had been succesaful , twice he had been defeated ; and ho rausfc say to the House , as impeaching the character of the Members generally , that ho left behind him , in Hertford ; considerably above £ 30 , 000 . ( Cheers . ) He had to contest tho place , "' and'to contend against the great aristocratic izButnces of th 9 neighbourhood . Those connected with these aristocratic influeuct-s would , he believed , admit that their cost was much more . He tad to con-Vend- against seven day leases , under which the poor tenants were turned out if they disobeyed their
landlords . ( Cheers . ) One of the principal of them was Lord Salisbury ; the tenants were turned out by his Lordship , nud when they were turned out ho (> Ir . D . j had to deal with bricks and mortar , and to .. build'them houses ., ( Laughter . ) . He had built sixty-taree of thess houses . ( Cheftrs . ) A considerable portion of hia money here went . in treating , and of course a great portion went in bribery . . ' iLaughler . ) After what he had Confessed , he was clearly not one cf those who could take this . tesh He only wished to see . the " Simon Pures" who could take it ; they , would-be tueadmiration of the country —( cheers ); the peopl 8 of this town would flock'down to see them , go into tho corraittee , and to see them return , ready to report te the house againBt those gentlemen who had be « n guilty of tht » " practices of which they said they were themselves isue ' eent . .. - He thought , after iuakiug these confessions , that he need
net . say" one word more . He hoped thure would be no objection to tbe test lie wished to . apply . If- auy Member now . appointed upon the committee couldnot attend ancthev-woul't be appointed , and of course thty would have to take the test ; and if the Honse would not apply this test , he would like to know what the public would think of it—( cheers ; . If they . did not aseent td his niation , he would , aitsr the Whit 3 un i'sc ? . ? s , move an address to the Crown , praying that , in consequence of tho recent exposures , her Majesty would be pleased to dissolve the present Parliament ,: in order that Members being deterred by the : discovery of ^ he system of bribery which prevailed at the last eiettiou , might hot repeat the offence , and so that the House vrould -be rer stored to that public confidence a : id esttem which , as he contended , was essential to the laeinttcance of their legislative authority ^—! cheers ) .
Lord Pollingion and Mr . Mir-Nrs averred that the charge against Pontefract was UKfounded—only Liberal candidates had attempted to bribe tho borough , and they failed . Mr . Hardy , however , admitted tfcat he occo refueed to pay , £ 500 for votes which wouldhave gained him an election there . ' ¦ . Mr .. Ward condemned the motion , as an attempt to turn a grave proceeding into ridicule . - Mr . Husie and Sir Robert Pefx treated it as a mere obstruction of ' . all . inquiry . . , ' . Sir Robert considered the Committee now named qualifled to discharge their duty as honourable men . ¦ -. , . ¦
Mr . Roebuck pronounced the proposal a roundabout , dishonest mode of opposing an honest motion—meu who are-anxious for purity teach by exmple aa well aa precejt . It was the system ,. ; not tho individuals ; that ho attacked : but here were five or- ' s ' s . cassss wh'ch he could prove , and vrero they tv txinx round and say , " Tho whole state of the reprcseritation is so imi , the whole thini ? is so bad , that wo wiil not make auy inquiry , we will sit down contented" ? Lord John Russell concun-ecl in theEe argament ? . ' Mr . Smith O'Bries , Mr . Waklet , air . Brotherton , ' and Mr . . ' Vekkot Smith , sujiporfsd Mr . Duncombe ' s i-noticn . It was finally rejected by 160 to 17 .
Mr . CHARI . es Bullek- presented a petition from Mr ¦ Henry- .. War burton , Eiakiiig " a-statement lespsotipg th ^ compromise for one ' of . - the Beats / for Bvidpoit . Mr . War ] b . uitqn repressnted , that when he -first stood for Bridport , in 182 G , it was the custom for the successful candidate to give £ 10 to each yot * r ; and the ' sura thus spent amounted to £ 2 000 . He had . actrd on thafc underj . tanding at each election . After the Reform Bill , it was resolved in the borough to discontinue , tha practice , - but ; a reservation of inrtulger ? co ' was . . made' in favour of the poorer ; -e ! e ' stora ; and the paymencs since that time atnonnted to £ 1 , 500 or £ 1 , 700 , including £ 100 for . dinr . ers ar . d £ 49 U for proceiJiionp . At the last general , election , bribery did . tdka- ' place peeler : the directidnof Mr . tiitehell or his agents , without the co ? , isi 2 iijC 3 tf Mr . WavbuTtoh ; yet , ¦ ¦ ¦ without any
interference of his ow . n ,- hsbf came niixea up iu transactions which coiuproraised his seat , his agent having paid a sura of m'dnty to Mr . Hsitchirsson , one cf jlr . ' -. Mitch ' eirs n ^ e nts . la justice Mr' / Mitchs-l ouglt to Lave resigned ; but Mr . Warturtoa iiitimatsd to Mr . Cochrane , their unsuccessful . antagonist , that if Mr . ' . Mitchell did nob resign ' . v . HLin the fouTteen ¦ c ? aya allbwifed ! -- > vtho prescntati . m of the ' -p . ' fctition . against their return he ~ o .-diA ; and Mr . Miucbcll ihtT » . hi t -no . such disposition-, > Fr . Warburron acluft-iy did -accept tae Gkilterz Hir ^ i- ^ 'ls . Mr . Builer moved that tho petition" h'x prh ' sted with the vntcE ; and . inTims . te'l hys iiitoation <){ . <; ii * . Triii ; r attsntion to it on the first ojipovtunity after W i-vitau : it ! 'df . ' . Mr . CGCHKANii faiu , that ob l ? x . - ay lie ¦ w :-uid make a s . ati 2 : e ! it vvhich Kl-. auld vindicate liiniii jf : u : il r ; ilact no credit e : f 31 . War ? urtoi :.
And Mr . luncHELL , v . ' ao entorrd the Ji ' . ' . n ? e , ; ii . « fe as Mr BaUec C ' .-fciUifiicJ ,. tii' : ; is-t ! tkz c :. ly- : ivie ? iit ; pa \ vuich ho 'had fceard-. tb . at ? lr . Ilu ' . c h ' m-on had acted as his ugi-m iu sp-. ti'Mn'i TdontjY .. ; : t t ' r . s tslectioc . . , The Msli . tiijn ' v / as-ordered to be- pr / sted , far the use of . Ivlaabers i \ uiy . Tha cnis-r f-r-. going-ir . to Cumaiitioi on tLa Customs Du . ti . es !>;(/ f'o , ~ -iv ^ beci ! rez ' l , . ¦ Lord HC . VJCK uiovec . hi ^ s r-iolut'cn sgiii : ' . ? * ( rlifiertniin ! riutics in favour of . the Cuiwii ^ . ijuth ihilVrmc ^; ha saiu , woind iniine tho ruv . Divao v ; itbont . i-wv ' . Sting
tl : ' i ; cO . " iS ! . lJi > -f : r ; ¦ wJ ; i : e thc-y-wouitt i ' :: rr ? . C' » : oi'i .: i . tr-idts into ¦ ¦• ivrrTiom- ex- ; f ^ -r . e ' f . ' The prr . c : p ! e io'fij / fcp pii ^ 'tl : o iiu-. C-. ^ nks ' -es s ' lint ; ' -av < iir « l t ; y Sir K '/' -eri Peel , Uj . it 'i . fyshoKld-bjr . a . ' iow . C'J t- > buychcr . p . iu-d sell deal-, VFi > h aoosss tb our markets , but v 7 i ' . L > 119 peculiar adrnr ^ ire . " . The House should io cnutiauS in crcatmaj freh "aiotei tlos is and diiScUitiea of this . kind ; esc ^ cially in ¦ c-. " , nsi < ieriBR tho { ffbet which the exatnple of G-rea . t Brii-fiin would , have in America dncl . ' other " foreign , couatrijea .- ' .-. . . ' . ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ' ¦
> Ir . Gladstone thought that Lord Ho ' TvJck / did . ' n ' ofe nn < i « rs ' ., ; iud the conteKipJated aT-ransrc-nsests ^ There were one hundred ami thirty-one re ' niisMbr . s in favour of differtantiai duties in the existing't-ivifT , aud in each , of ninety-eight cases ti ; e foreign « Euty hss aow feea lowered : other mitii-a were , re .-. ervcj for iur .-tre n goeiatioBS , b ^ fc that "wa s jjo reas& ' n wb ' yiy the iatantime the duty on Colonial produce-shoulvl not be . reduced . The OppoBition : Members had grown uiuiro alive to the eviis of t-iiifcrei ' . tiiii duties since thoy had-chsaged sidea » f ; 'v they tis' X extfnded thajfn : to E : tst iudi » ri products . But tho rt . iucfibn of Colonial dudes could aofc be called
the creation of di-S'Teutiai duties , Eincezi was merely exfr-nd-ng vrhafc thi-yhad dene for Ireland half a . century ai-o . vlxtiVL ihts coruruoroiitl separation , of that c ' ount ? y from Grsat Britain was : removed—it was la fact senioving a yestrietion , r . ot creating oca ; and , as in the case of the G-ensian Customs U ^ ion , it vaa so far givins freedom to trado within ceiiain b&uiK ' aries . WiiiJe we retain diiTert-ntial / . d ' aties in f ; ivour of oar manufactures : witMn ths Colotif-s , and reatrictiona which compel tha employment of oar shipping ; the nnme ot differential duties must B&t irighicn . us from 4 oina-justice to tae Colonies . . .-.
Lord Hovrick ' a view Vfaa euppottC'd \> j Mr . R T . Baring , Lotd John Russell ,, and lit ' .. Ccarles . Viiliera : Air . Giudstone ' a view by Lord Stanley and . ' Sir Robert Pcoi ; wha insisted that colonies could cot be tieattd as foreign couiv . ' riea , ' else why , rebvin tlietu aud go to ths exgan . ' ce of dtfeuding thesi ? , On a divisiasi i the motioa vf aa rgactefi , " ay 231 to 108 . ¦ / ' .. ' ¦ . ¦ •¦ ' .. '" . .. . .. . . , ' ¦;¦ " , - ¦ ;/ - ¦ . ' - . : :., . - The : House went into . CdinmiUee ; and ' the Cpm-. nilttee adjourned to Monday / wetk . . . . At a . quarter to oha oclockj the B [ rass aojouTEed over . Whitsuntide , 'Ml Friday .
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THB STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FB . 0 M THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT , AND KELSON'S MONUMENT , LONDON , AND TH £ TV 00 L"SVICH DOCKTAfiD , To ihe Public and the Trades of Greed Britain and Ireland . " It is not for the paltry consideration . of a few shillings that reflecting men undergo such privations and Bufferings as strikes generally occasion ; but to prevent that debasement—that moral degradation— -which is the inevitable consequence to which the contemptuous and haughty capitalist "would reduce them . Do not the rich men oppress you ? ' is an interrogation as strictly and truly applicable to-day as it was eighteen hundred yBars ago . " Brethren , —The most material alteration in the position of our strike since we last report&d iB the reduction of the cumber upon it .
From the Houses of Parliament and the Monument together only heady three remain on the funds . At Woolwich , although we have no official account from them respecting the number , we believe the number of the turnouts do not exceed / carteen . At Plymouth , the turnouts are reduced to four . At Dartmoor there nt * fifteen on the funds ; and at Penryn we understand four . The above is briefly an exhibition of the number now receiving aliment on account of the strike , and which
it will be perceived are becoming " beautifully less , " being reduced from above four hundred down to si < rly Thirty-seven of these sixty , with a laudable anxiety to relieve their supporters from the burden of paying them , and , if possible , honestly to take themselves from this to some other locality , in quest of other employment , have come to a resolution , -with your aid , to do so , a 3 "will be seen by the following circular , copies of which were sent to the several trades with the last donation sheets : —
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE TRADES OF LONDON AND VICINITY . . "In confidence they calmly atcail the issue . ''—Bray . F . ELLOW ilEN , —A resolution , of which the following is a copy , was agreed to at the meeting of your delegates held at the Craven Head ,- Drury-lane , on Wednesday evening , the 27 th instant : — . Resolved— " That the secretary of this meeting is hereby instructed to communicate with the various trade societies of London and its vicinity requesting them to send their delegates to an adjournsd meeting of delegates , to be holden at the Craven Head , Drurylane , at eight o ' clock , on Wednesday evening , May 11 th , 1 S 42 , when the propriety of dissolving or continuing such delegates' meeting is to be considered , as also to determine what steps stall be taken in tho present position of the Masons' Strike . "
In consideration of the foregoing resolution , and at the instance of the Masons' Strike Committee , a general meeting of all those in receipt of strike pay located in Woolwich and London has been held to deliberate upon and determine what course under existing circumstances , it would be most expedient for them to adopt The subject of the strike , it 3 present position and prospects , were fairly and fully entered into , and , after coolly and dispassionately reasoning upon the same , it was unanimous '}/
Resolved— " That ive , the Masons on strike , from Wsolwich Dock Yard , Houses of Parliament , and Nelson ' s Monument , against the contumelious language , the- tyrannical and intuiting treatment of George Allen , mason's foreman to Grissell & Peto , although immoveably determined never to succumb—never to toil under the cruel domination of Allen—having considered tbe embarrassed state of cur resources , do hereby agree , if means be provided to pay the amount severally due to us on account of such strike , with a small advance to enable ns to go in quest ef other employment , at once ts relinquish all further claiui 3 upon the funds respecting it "
To carry out at once the objsct of this resolution , and which , taking all circumstances into consideration , appears to us the most judicious we could have adopted , and which it will be seen has been unanimously come to , it will require do less a Bum than one hundred and fifty pounds . For this sum , either in subscriptions or by loans , we most earnestly appeal to the several trades which have so warmly espoused our cause , and 80 largely contributed to onr aid . It is cur last appeal , and one which , if promptly granted , will enable our undismayed ,
uncorquerable , " little army , " although-exhibiting evidences " from the crown to the toe , top-full , " of bitter persecution , cruelty , and privation , to quit the battlefield , afcer a struggle ef eight months , without tarnishing the honour of trade societies , or sullying their ovra character as determined and decided men . Without a single breach of the peace—giving the lie direct to those who , in the language of Adam Smith , assert , that " Those who combine havs always recourse to the loudest clamour—to the most shocking violence and outrage . "
Depending , from our past experience cf ycur readiness to assist us , that this final appeal will not be disregarded , We subscribe oursc-Ives , Yours gratefully , The Committee of the Masons on Strike , Thomas Shortt , Sec . Pro . Tern . April 29 th , 1842 .
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We solicit with more than ordinary seriousness the attention of the trades throughout tbe country to the purport of the above circular . It is , as therein stated , " our last appeal" for pecuniary aid , and we therefore anxiously hope , will meet with a liberal acd warm response . Those on strike at Penryn , Dartmeor , and Plymouth , have been written to , with a view to induce them to accept the terms set forth in the resolution come to by those on strike in London , &c ; and although their reply has not yet been received , there is do donbt but they will accept it Tha 3 we sanguinely anticipate , should yon liberally respond to " onr last appeal , " that in two weeks from this data every man will be off the lands , without the slightest evidence of disorganization —with the great necessity of union more firmly than ever rooted in their minds ; and despite the luring temptations of the enemy ' s " golden arguments "—the formidable combination of the government and the capitalist , which from the commecceroeat have been openly arrayed against them—unmoved in that determination with which they set out To achieve oniy this , under such circumstances as those unto which they have been subjected , must he a matter of incalculable importance , and , aa we mubt believe , to the entire of the trades .
That " Union is Strength , " is daily , even hourly , manifested , especially in this metropolis , by the appearance and position in society of those united , contrasted with the appearance aad position in society of those not united . The Sovereign , the aristocracy , and the capitalist , however much they may appear to differ with one arotbsr npon other subjects , are perfectly agreed =: id united to maintain in common what th : r are pl « i £ e-i to term their respective " rights and privilfPftS . "'
The" rights and privileges" due from employers or ferere&n to the -srorkicg man is what we have so i ^ ng been c ' ---2 t = nairg for , and in support tf which you ha"e so 2 en--r 0 u . sIysuppjrt . ci us ; mi'l sfceinc ; that tho inttTi . sls ef the trades are at le . ist as ek-sely identified cs that of the Sovcrc-irn , tke aristocracy , and the c . ipit . vijit , and followir-2 th& : t tsimpie , you are earnestly . soiicIVeu now , on the e"e of the conclusion of the Etrr . ^ jie , or . ca more to n :- \ E f « fc . by ycur support , ihat you ^ rc 6 : '^ im ' unCi , equally v . ' - . u them , not to allow thosa who bave stood so ioriP !' . ~ : d so tree , to be indiscriminately victimized ; Lut to " maintain in C'lnmon the richrs and privileges" (? . respectively dne to year order .
With ninny and heartfelt thanks for th-j unparalleled support T ? e Lave received , acd which we hop 2 will have its guo-i results ; a 3 also with a nient sincere hope , ttat li in ' the aeal of either tha trades or their delegates , cf tie Mason's Eociety , tieir cosaiuhti-a , or their other officers , to promote the interest of those concer ^ -d , or whh 3 view to facj / ilats the honourable termination of this m rrr . eDtous strike , any niisuiiflerstandin ^ has arisen , ot lif . le bickerings tiken place , that they vriil be obiivr . t ? 3 ; End th : a prior to ths itiss » ~ : utioB . 01 the existing deegnte meetiatr , £ ti-p 3 "Rill be taken permanently ts blend tocttht-r the tr . l ^ nt , tho energy , and the tneacs of all , ia common defence of tho rights of ksxckj We bes to subscribe ourselves , Gratefully yours , The Masovs 0 : ; Strike , Thomas Siioutt , Sec . 6 , Agnes ' Street , Waterloo-road , Lambeth , : < laj 11 th , 1642 .
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WATKLKS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS
LECTURE II . cONirsrsD . Btf ore I proceed to show who they are that do unto others as they would be done by , and who they are who de not , I will relate one instance in which we commonly do unto others as we would be done by , and another in which we ought not to do so . And first , when we envy another , we do as we would be done by , i > nt we do bo involuntarily , and therefore our doing it is without merit . Sometimes , too , when we praise another , we do as we would be done by , but we do so interestedly , and therefore there is no merit in our doing it . Alas ! how seldom is there any merit in what we do .
But , 2 adly , there are cases in which "we ought not to do as ve would be done by , but to act according to the circumstances of the case . Punishment is only proper in incorrigible cases , and then not a vindictive punlshmei . t , but a punishment in the spirit of pity . Punishment ought never to exceed the offence , and should be made to operate on the mind rather than on the body ; all other punishment partakes of the nature of vengeance rather fh « n of correction , and is more likely to harden ft" » " to soften . If we ssek to punish the person instead of to correct the offence , we our ? elves become offenders ; aye , and commit a greater offence with less excuse than did the original offender . I wonld not make what is called an example of a criminal ; for ¦ what good lesson can hanging a man teach ub ? ¦ Let the murderer be put not out of life but cut of society , and the traitor out of futare trust This wonld be doing not , perhaps , as we would be done by , bnt as we ought to be dene by .
There are many cases in which , were we to do unto oUiers as we would be dona by , "we should do far more for them than is dGne ; as , for instance , some services are of a nature so laborious or dangerous that vte either could not or would not perform them ourselves , and yet , wh 3 t is our consideration for those who do perform them . Sailors , miners , engineers , masons , carpenters , nor shall we omit the poor sweep are all worse paid and worse used than any otter class of men ; the most useful are generally held the most cheap ; the effeminate are best rewarded . Pimps , parasites , prime ministers , and othera have more wages , the more filthy , frivolous , or flagitious is the nature of then- employment Now , ought not those to
be best paid whose labenr is the hardest , most skilful , and most hazjrdons , —who expose their limbs or then lives every moment that they jare at work , —who ne ^ eessarlly abridge their lives , and voluntarily encounter privation , danger , and discomfort ? Would they not be best paid . if ve did nuts others as we would be done by ? But owners and masters living in luxury and ease combine to reduce the wates , the means , the strength of working men , so as absolutely to unfit them for work at last ; combine to get rid of men , and employ heya to do men ' s work , but not at men ' a wages . Boys are goaded on by fear and pain to work at tasks beyond their strength ; girls at tasks ensuiting tbeir sex , till both mind and body fail , and they become blighted and blasted even in their early years
Alas . ' the ordinary evils of liie ; the accidents , the diseases , to which we are subject ; the lapse of time , the loss of friends ; these are enough , without the additional , the superindnced evils which tyranny inflicts npon us ; aggravating all and making all more unendurable . And now let us see who they are that do not unto others as they would be dene by—and who they are that do do go . The Queen dees pot do unto others as she wonld be done by , nor as she is done by . There is no ons for whom so much is done—no one who does so little in return . Bnt she , poor thing , is but a pnppet in the bands of ministers who tell her that she can do no wrong , because she only does what they bid herthe infalllblei ! If they spoke the truth , they would say
to htr , so far from doing no wrong you cannot do right , for indeed it is wrong to be a qneen , it is wrong to sit clothed in purple and fine linen and faring snmptucuily every day , while many hundreds , many thousands , jEsny millions , are without a cot , a coat , or a crust- — doomed to work , want and -sroe , that you may live idly , luxuriously , and happily . The devil-Dake breaks our rule when up to tse ears in blood and treasure , he says to these who are steeped in poverty to the very lips , " & o bo J ye are idle I Ye might earn riches if ye were not idle I" So they might , please year Grace ! if they were Dot employed ia working for such as you . Yes , the reason why a working man cannot get bread for his family , is because he has the families of six drones to support is splendour . Our present prime minister
broke this rule when he proposed the time of redress , ( a time that hs never intended to come ) , hoping that the intervening winter would rid him of the poor com plainants , and knowing full well that whatever the people might svSei from cold and famine , he had nothing to do but to make a merry Christmas and a happy new year ! Lords who live like ladies and ladies who live like lords—those things which flutter about like butterflies , while the working bee , dispossessed of its honey and of its hrvie , must crawl on the ground in despair , tco , break the rn ' e , and so too do ihe bishops—the bishops who shew ns plainly how they ¦ sou d be done by—they would have palaces and parks , carriages and livery-servants , is . " ic . Tcey have all these , but do they wish us to have them ? No ' . they do
ali in their power to prevent us from enjoying any of the comforts which they enjoy—they strive to increase their own splendour , by increasing the sins and miseries of others . Pareoas , too , do they comply with this divine precept ? they who profes 3 and cail themselves Christians , alas ! they are the least Christian amongst us . 2 \ ot only do they themselves not do nnto others as they Wr nld be dose by , bnt thty pervert all under tbtir irSuoce wto might otherwise be bo inclined , and those members of r ^ ijgi- us societies-n-ho ari taught to ecaiifcr tbrir prid- and vanity S 3 religion , and that grctifvrng these or miEittcting to the cupidity of ministers , is ? ervii : g Ck- £ — whose yt-rj charity cannot appear excrjt in a hdL catctt contribute except to a biziar , ara must be booked frr what it is worth in a priutti
liit cf sebssribrrs— -arhosc faith is but the hope of the sajTizion of thenisrlves and of the ( tananation of others ; do -hr . se keep the rule ? 2 \ o ; >* either the ailstocrzcy ncr ih-osz who Tn . i . 'srjy imitate them , the shopocraey , c . ' irto oihe-5 a ? they wouid ba done by , neither W :: u-s nor Soris .- ? . nor mere torn Lvw Rop ^ a ! er 3 , nor epi cr nor middie ciai . ses . Who ihtn are they that Co fn ni iiis div : i :- precept , that do f / iiov ? this tioittn iz . ' z ' : Oas c . zt * ucd one aior . r , on . y the Ch ^ rtisis , ih- - - pw . raseenfr-. ' ^ cd dest-ised Chr . riists , they ani r . cr , e eJ 5 ? "o uxto ott-rs ss t * y would be rone by , for tfcfy Zi ' % f ¦ .- nothing f"j themselves that they are not "R-iiliEg to accord to oihtrs—they want nothing that they are tLn-criiiing ethers should shaTs —\ hcir "vji-h is the grci ' * -E , t hay-x !' . Be . 3 of the grea : c = t nnmbi ? ; and ,
tbcrefc-rt :. : t is tlat the powvrs ibat fca ( tut which o-gbt n ^ Ttr to cave neen ) have Utcree-i their opinions seditions—tLeir acts trtascnur > 3 e—therefore it is tta : th-y have beta arrested , imprisoned , banisfctd—therefore it is that tioss who will cot do ls ttcy woulu > c dcte by consider it a crime in ihoss who do so , z . ~ d pu-rUh them accordingly . Who but the Charri ? t 3 t-. fea " i the wu-e of EnSkriEg humanity—of ths poor oppressed against the lica oppressor—sve , tt ' . ujh opp . 'Sed even b > - th » e wiu'se fretdom , ^ ho . ' -e taj .-pinxfcs . along with tbtir own . Vbey are striving to cbtiii . ' : We baa a Etrlking instance of this lately ia the cs ^? r- f the pucr ejecu . fl Spitalficlds weavers . Th = re "R-i-ri none cf jocrhumanity-niorLger--, your knoT >'« .-dgc-Cui ^ cts , your Drotit-iLuBgtTs . there—no 3 ! . P . ' s , though
stTcj-al " 3- £ Ti iiivi : e — acd tiere -. vas tut ore parson , ano be ( ,: 7 ne to frmrrjtj the ofjecs c-f the iLctiin *—to oppsie r « s ckarr . a : ! c intttt Ah , the Charlies ar * Hie oiiy hocfct fr . cni . s . f the peer ; oad I would call on them not oi / iv to do unto others generally as they vroiiia be done ;•; .. but more particularly to do so ccto tich ether . Ci . " . rt ^ ts have ike fir-t claim en the sympathies of C-aru-ts , and the / act tliat they hare the antipathy of aii other cias . ^ s ^ thst aU olh :-Ts oppose t hem—poirt * tLtni vul as ihe worthies :: aijd most ntfuiui of tLe * , jnii * thy and support cf each other . I bcii ^ ve thit the rras « n trLv Charusts have hitherto beta backward in csrryiiig cut that system of exclusive dcaiEgin fa-. car of oce another ; and to rednce the cuddle classes to i / Ur reiiks , is that they are jealous cf the motives of those who setk , cr wco ask , or who
nefca support of iljs descriptien . Son : e consult their own convenience— soue -wonld rather keep a brother dovn . Bat surely n < nbioua friend , or afritnd in part , is JtbiU : i thin aj , avovtu or thorctigh entmy—and by bcmecdiEB Ench a cne , we make hisi our friend wiioily . * Who cu ^ Lt to be more united than fellow- J workmen ? vrfco « u : ; ht to clin ? more closely together ; than ffcLoTr-sugtr ^ ri ? V , ' e should lit t stand by , and Bix those tscric .. f ., -vtho h ^ ve sarrificed iiittrest to prirciple for us . L-i ail hoEeit Chaitista be hoECTired ;" and the fali * . ejv ,- vtcy te made to appear in Vheir tn : e coiciirs ; sltv , -a those who follow , not for the take of ts , but f ^ r ih = take of our loaves Etnd fishes— ' . who , like carrion-crows , fly in the tract of En army , , not caring for the cause , not caring which side gains the Vitu . r 5 , cut curies oka- for the spoil , for the bfif . :
{ To he co ' ieludtd ir . our ncxt . J * On the Etibjfcct of exclusive dealing , I shall sborllj forward r . n es £ 2 v to the Northern SU ;> : J . W .
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^ TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Brother Chartists , —Haying had the honour in the late Convention , to propose the resolution recommending the registration of all holding Chartist opinions throughout the kingdom , which was seconded by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and met with the unanimous support of the Convention , I beg to submit the following as a safe and practicable means of carrying it into effect . There is scarcely at the present time an artisan or mechanic , but pays at least four shillings per week in all large towns or cities , for any inconvenient room , without the accommodation er outlet of any kind , or with out the privilege of exercising their rights as a citizen . They have nothing to do except to pay in either parochial or Parliamentary affairs .
Now , supposing six Chartists united together took a house of £ 60 per annum , they would have all the advantageB , conveniences , &c . such a ' house affords , witheut txtra cxpeuce , and they , at " the same time would confer on themselves the rights of citizenship , thus gaining six votes in parochial matters , six votes in Parliamentary matters , and be acting strictly iu accordance with law , as see , the Act , 2 Wm . I . V .-c . 45 , s . 29 , commonly called the Reform Act The samo will alsoapply to Scotland , as see the 2 d and 3 d Wm . IV ., c . 65 , s . 12 , coinmonly called the Scotch Rtfjrm Act ; of course .
it will be necessary that each-. person see that their names be placed on the electoral registry—let this be attended to and we shall not have to bear the ihaulta of a Babihgton Macaulay , or the'injustice and opprea ? sion heaped on ua by the persons calling themselves the representatives of the people , but who appear by the decisions of the late committees to repvesent their breeches pockets only-Faithfully , yours , Edmuno -Stall wood , 1 , 6 , Little \ ale-place , Hammersmith-road .
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TO THE EDIT 8 R OF THE NOBTHERN STAR . Sis , —Allow me , throuch the medium of your invaluable columns , to ray a word to my brother Chartists upon the Convention ' s resolution and debate , against denunciations of public men . With all due deference to the opinions of those whom my feliows deputed to represent them on that important occasion , who , of course , are but fallible men , like ourselves—with those impressions , I deem it no liberty to state that I think , in their resolution and debate upon decunciations , they felt more for themselves thau for the people—that it hath the appearance of attempting to bind heavy burdens on the people ' s should era ; that some of them , the bicdersj
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The folk ' wj- ^ r is copki frcm Tl . 2 Charivari , datei April uOth , 1 ; 42 , a weekly periodical published iu London : — " Nelson's Monument . —This EatiGnal testimony to oar £ rti ; t--Et n .. v- ! -L-: ro is forrKe . i cf a square enclosar ? , eamp ^ rd of de ; : l planks , prefastly emblezjiu-d irith ' pott ^ ls . —Tie inttrior contains a stone erection , neaiSy six ftet hi ^ h , aud Las been used for some time past as a promenade for two respectable journeymen stonemasons and their labourer . It is confidently expatted that the next generation will be enibled to see it "witb-jct lookisg over tbe pailings by which it is rrrrrrnrrnr ' prl . ^
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A Report 6 n the Dksadfui . Accidzst &h Puria has b ^ cn mads by two emineat enst ; ieer > to cha Aciidcrny et * Ssieaoas , in : which they at tribute tho fatal event to tlieiact of four wheel ' carriages being employed , and also condemn ¦ the regulation by which . paSBeU'K& . i ^ ' : ' ato lockvd in , and thus , in oa £ « Of 4 Cddeut , UaTQilo fticaus of escape . :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 21, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct431/page/7/
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