On this page
- Departments (2)
-
Text (12)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
THE If OKTHEEN STAE SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1843.
-
tBo Me&Ttevff anrr <£om£pouticM£
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
THB HCHMS AHD IHB CONFERENCE , TO TV * XDITOi OF 3 S £ liOKTBSBH STAB . DBAS . Snv , —I hsYe penned nith feelings of sdnow and ibmue the afflicting letters from tie " Victims " eonBaed ia Krdtdale 0301 ^ puWiabed ill tie iStof of Saturday last ; sorrow for the Bufferings of Hie persecuted men and tliBiiniihappy-families ; and ^ wun * that as a Charfisl 2 am comp ^ eS to plead gvffll / to the charge ef neglect preferred against the whole body by fiiBse truly 21-nsed men . "With every . -word of joor admirable comment I beartaly agree . In toe name of hmnanUy , for the honour of Chartism , lei the Manchester Gamnottee befinmediste ^ appointed ; U trust it is so ¦ ere Ibis ); ana if any victim fund , large or small , 3 b in tf » liana * « f 3 fe tJleaye , iBiit be aevotedtofhe Immediate xelief of the nnfortonate fanulieB . Such relief may "ba insnffident to ~ meet their wants ; but if only partial , stflUet it be afiwaed and the sufferings of the » i yes and- eiuldren of onr brothers be alleviated , if not ajBrelyiemoTBd .
But means ongnt to exist for the regular support of Qxe ^ "iffiB * of the imprisoned Chartists . How can * ach means be supplied ? Only by the ertablisbment of a General Fbb& for all general purposes . I feel assured that any attempt just now to raise a Tidim Fmd by contribution through the country "would faiL Tfe must jirslhavean Orgnmrntion ; tad to liavt ihai vet vwsl Txnx Sic ( kmferexec In the meantime petitions sna memorials may be got irp in behalf of the incarcerated , provided the loca-Iffies where the -ncfims leiided preriona to trial , will famish the country "with the accessary information , rs : —Names , ocaipatum 3 , azdfamilies of the imprisoned ; vJiaitatdicherttried ; oniBhat&arge ; ienaojsentence ; tad treatment in gaoL Thla information each locality can easDy furnish to tbe Star ,- having which , I pledge myself that petitions shall be sent from EhriSeld . Mr . Williams states that the incarcerated wrote to
thirteen different Associations , legues&ig their assist ance in the getting np or pefitions , &c and that four only sxsswezed the appeal . In justice to the Sheffieia Chxrtlsts , I beg to say that no letter from the 'YictrmB has been received by them . Had there been , itTrould h&-re met with prompt attention . Mr . ¦ Wflliamsis of opinion that had each locality petitioned the Government for a remission of punishment , that they { the Incarcerated ) would , by this time , havebeen at liberty . I am not so sanguine as to the results of < mr petitioning ; aSQL . Jf it be aa an expression of sympathy on our parts , we are bound not to omit this duty . ™ "Wherever one of the community is oppressed , all are oppressed , ** is a righteous maxim ; one that should never be lost sight of ; never neglected to 2 > e earned out to its legitimate conclusions by all men professing the principles of democracy .
A -word on the Conference . " 1 am surprised that aome of the most important localities fcave never jet uttered one word , pro or com , on the subject of the Conference . It ia generally imaerstood that a Conference 3 s to berfcolden , and thatspeedfly ; yet only a few places hare -expressed their assent or dissent The great majority , if Hiey approve , do not say so ; and if they disapprove , they are equally sHent TMs is not fail . 31 they "deem the holding of a national delegation necessary , why sot publish , their opinion , as to the date , place , &c ; and if they consider it inadvisable , why not say so , that those who are anxious to havB a Conference holden may cot be led into error under the impression that the project 3 s generally approved of" ? The Chartists of
the following places have sot as yet expressed an opinion on the subject : if in next Saturday's Star they are still found silent , I implore of them , for the sake of tbe cause , at once to meet , consider , decide , and publish tftr fr ^ i p ^ WvniTtm - __ TBTrrnW g VwiTn [ Ike apathy of Btrming-\ pcm is most astonishin g , —the town whieh before all others mratieap Qte greatest benefit from a Conference if there held ) , Bristol , Bath , Brighton , Norwich , Isle of Wight , Leicester , Iioughborough , Nottingham , Derby , liverpool , North Lancashire District , Bradford , Barniley , Buddersfield , Hull , Tori , Simderiand , Newcastle , Carlisle , &c , 4 c , Sec Wititout further delay let the decMon of each locality : First , as to the propriety « f SiejConference j and , if approved of j Second , as Jo the place and date , be . sent to the 5 tar office by ihe 1 st of A-njmst , and the-resolutions of each be
pub-Ssbed in theStami Angnst 6 th . I « ee that the 21 st or August ( for such it the date meant I ipresume in last week ' s Star ) is lesammended for the assembling of the Conference . I mast object to its propriery . JniD Hxencood several schemes of Organizationhave yet tobeanade pnbQe , including the promised one from yourself , which I anticipate will be rmn ABmvnAirrg -fhoWHiint aon $ most mature consiiiEra tion . It " ¦ iHnotdoforlhe ^ el ^ steBto asE ^ mWe with fr ^ TT fin g ers in their mont . -They Jnnst meet prepared to go instantly to-work ; end woriint , to work well Weighiy will be the responsibility of the new * ' Organ * 322 U . ' let the people see that they take their aeati
properlyinrtrncted in the views of their amstitaents , and competent to the task of framing such an Organization as win legally protect the people in their struggle -for Hberty ; and , properly worked , result in th * triumph of democratic light and the overthrow of aristocratic oppression . Tor these reasons I would again press upon the consigeraSon of the people the ZDt t > f September aa 32 re most proper date . JBnt encs more , whatever be £ be date , let zee again estreat of si ; Chartist brethren to publish their final decision . in Vie Star of Vie 5 ft o / Avffssi . I am , yours truly , Sheffidd , July 34 , 1843 . Q . J . Habset .
Untitled Article
BR&DFOBD . —On Sunday the Visiting Committee attended at Qeorge - s-street , at nine o ' clock , when Ibey xesotveai toon a special meeting of themembetspn Sunday next , to discuss the plan of Organization , and report to the Council ascordbigJy . J 3 GWKnsG " 3 xcK Iake was visited at two o ' clock in Ihe afternoon . There-was a very full attendance sf membears . The room was crowded . The Chartists « f this locality cave commenced to subscribe for the purchase of land . A great somber of working mm have
joined the Assodatonj many of whom are not Chartisis , bat "frnftTTig there is no hope of tsttering their condition under Ihe present system of legislation , which grinds the workman to the dust , they have resolved to commence , in mutual aid , to co-opeiits for the obtain > Tng » TwJfl on" *^ " > 1 » t > 3 j ttiat 2 hej may effectually defy the factioia who ImbjScfr&Dg lbs blood ef the operaSve into gold ; and who thus become law maters that th * y vaj the more efiachzaDy destroy all chance of social comfort among the operatives .
Council 3 lEETi 5 a—The members of the Council met on Sunday evening at seven o ' clock , Mr . Bishop in the chair . Bowling Back-lane paid 1 m . contribution . The notice in the War , calling a delegate meeting at DewBtary , was zead . A resolution that we send a delegate was proposed and carried . After a long con-T sation relative to the ' many calls upon Mi . Smyth's *¦ ine and ? tttf ^ il 3 oT ' ^ and the neglect of business when was away , it ended by the appointment of Mr . myth to attend at Dewsburv on Sunday next . The Council meeting then adjourned to Sunday next , to be again hoMen at six o ' clock in the evening . NomKGHin . —Mr . Smmons addressed tie Female Chartists ofHetfimiham in the "Democratic Chapel , Biee-plaoe , on Tnesdsy eremug , Jnjj 18 .
~ WxBsnsGxox . —On Monday evening last , Mr . K . 6 . Gasim&ge from Northampton , visited ibis town and lectured on the School Brow , in the open air to a nnmerons and respectable audience , and gave general satisfaction . BrEJOBGSLUt-— Aston Sibbke—A lecture -was delivered in lie Aston-street Boom , os Sunday Jnly 23 rd . on ** Qinstisnity opposed to democracy , " by Mr . Wm . Qiilton . The Jecturer handled Ms subject in a masserlj manner . Os SvjmXT morning teistlST . Mason addressed a numerous and enthusiastic meetipg at Dnddestontow , It is certainly most gratifying to the friends of veritable Chartism to behold the increasing numbers and interest displayed st each succeeding meeting held in this town .
Os Tvesdxy Mr . Mason delivered bis nsual weeWy lectaze in the Jlall of Science . Itvraatbe most nnmerons , respectable , and « nthusiastic assembly tiat _ we have ever-witnessed for this some time in Birmingham . The discourse g&Te unmixed satisfaction . Eight members trere enrolled . Tiesnbjgct * f next Toesday evenings lecture vfill be the ** History of Rome— the lise and progress of her Institations and Power . " . Bbieelt ^ hl . —Mi . John Mason visited fliis
pWs « a Honday © vraan ^ , July the 23 rd , and lectured to a large and attentive andlenoe an ihe * pen an . Mr . ehance presided on £ he occason . 9 wo *! -i » licexDen were present ^ one of wbom , toexbjbit ^ liiaaryattainmenis
Untitled Article
I ) VBSXM , ^ Euxmos . —Mr . Bright has been returned by a an » j . > rity « r 78 . The numbers at $ h 8 dose of the P « lf "were- ^ Brj ^ it , 488 ; Parvis , 410 . The Chromde , m annonntang ttig , sayS j— " The result of this : eleetion ^ B an ¦ unequivocal indication of a change in the opinions of the electoral body . " This is preS ^ rjood , when we inow that ^ ie Chronicle , the ¦ very &sy before announced , ihat the only chance Br ^ htihadrJay 5 n ihs ^ on-inlerference of Lord londKiderrj , -irlio «> nld , 3 | was said , "have swayed a ^ hnndxefl . Toters ^ j bathelwas in dudgeon because hditdnot been consulted ! That non-interfeience " oonimuei -i £ he hundred ifotes were not swayed ; Bright -was leinmed j and note ft change in the o | snionsof the electoral body is predicated ! How connsteii ihe slaves of party ' are I
Untitled Article
MB . O'qONNOR At BRISTOL . Mr . O'Connor lectured at Ryan ' s Circus , Northstreet , on Wednesday evening , according to announcement by placards and in last week's Star . The bnfldm / j , capable of holding SBven thousand people was well filled . Mr . O'C . rivited the attention of his andience / from eight o ' clock till a quarter to ten , npon the guestion of the " Land , " its capabilities , the advantages that would accrue to the working class getting located npon its ; surface , until he was obliged to desist on account of the state of his leg , from which he had Buffered the most excruciating pain . Mr , 0 . C . waB to have lectured again on
Thursday night , but was obliged toi decline on account of the dangerous stats of his leg . It is dreadfttDy bruised from hip to heel j by the falling of the floor of the room , during his lecture at Frome . The Learned Gentleman , however , promised to lecture again , in Bristol , iu about six weeks . He was much cheered- throughout , and at his departure three cheers were given in the open area in front of the Circus . The lecture ] hath made a good impression j and , if followed up , will be productive ef unity and strength . I write after the meeting , in haste ; and will send you the substance of the lecture for your next . :
Untitled Article
THE KING OF HANOVER , The Star cannot be considered a -fashionable paper ; while ( hose journals that profess ; to lead the fashion of their several parties , feel themselves as mnch compelled to slndy the cut in which we dress political characters , as tailors and dressmakers feel the jiecessity of studying the Parisian figures which regulate our London fashions . It is now some weeks since IMb country was honoured by the presence of his Majesty of Hanover , We were aware of the connection that existed between this illnstrioBS individual and the Orange
faction in Ireland . We were also aware of the secret oaths by which that faction is banded together . We were cognizant of the fact that the object of that faction ever has been , to maintain an unjust ascendancy over their Catholic brethren , by an adherence to those principles , fostered and encouraged thronghont the long and unholy reign of that monster Monarch , Geobgk III ., who for more than sixty years ruled Ireland by coercion . This hellish faction is united by a secret solemn oath , which we
published some time ago , by which they pledge themselves to vrade up to their kneea in Papist blood . A section of these monsters , rejoicing in the title of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association , have taken advantage of the presence of the English Hanoverian , and have made him the organ for expressing their devotion to the principles in which they have been bred , and to maintain whieh they are ready to die . The following is the history of the transaction : —
"TBS , KlSG O ¥ Hasoteb . —The following reply from his Majesty to an address of congratulation from the Dublin Protestant Operative Association was read at the weekly meeting of that bedy yesterday evening , the company standing during the reading of the letter : — \ " * GESttLEMES , —I have received , with peculiar gratification , the loyal address of the Dublin
Protestant Operative Association and Keformillon Society , congratulating me on my return to my native country , whieh you , as Chairman and Secretary of the Society , have transmitted to me ; and I request yon to express to its members my thanks for the mark of ' e&teem and attachment they have thus shown to me , assuring them that I never did , nor shall , deviate from those principles in which I have keen brought np by my late revered father , George III .
" * 1 remain , gentlemen , "' Your affectionate friend , " ' EKSKST . *• * St James ' s Palace , July , 15 , 1843 . "' To the Chairman and Secretary of the Dublin Protestant Association and Reformation Society . ' The contents of this letter drew forth loud cheers and Kentish fire , which continued for some minutes . " It was then moved that the letter with which the Association were honoured by the King of Hanover , with the address accompanying it , should be handsomely framed , and suspended in the chamber of the Association . " The xttoluUon -was passed with acclamation . "
Before we oner a word of comment ; upon this correspondence , we feel ourselves bound to make a passing observation , upon the manner in which the glad tidings of Orange-confederacy have been heralded forth by the Times newspaper . . Of course it would not have been good tact , or even decorous , to have made the King of Haxotsb the principal feature in this resuscitated monster j and therefore we find it crawling , members and body foremost , and the hoary head following after . The Times tells ns of the new hope that has sprang out of the tardy vigour of the Grand Jury class ; and
then leads ns on to the full cup of joy contained in the above announcement , that the Sing of Hanov . ee ** still preserves , and never will depart from , those principles in which he has bees brought op by his late revered father Geobge III . " What is this , but a fulfilment of our prediction that his mission here at this particular time was of a political character 1 What is this , but the insolent ] protest of a foreign despot against those alterations which have been made in our institutions for the avowed purpose of rendering the principles innoxious which tyranny held in the ascendant during : the sixty years calamity that this conn try suffered ¦ under the
tyrant rule of the revered father of tbe illustrious EbsestI ! We would ask , has the arm of England become so paralysed , or are the people so oppressed as to look for a remedy in Hanoverian interference 1 Is the English Minister so tamely submissive as to tolerate this strengthening of the old connection between a foreign despot And ihe domestic faction of Ireland , in the hope that fresh confusion may cover aEnisterial weakness I or will he still allow this rival monarch to beard his Royal Mistress , and divide allegiance with her , in the hope of mounting her throne , through - the blood shed in another Church and King war !
What , we again ask , is the cause of thelong viBit of the King of Hakover to this country at thiB particular crisis 1 Why those incessantfeles , luxurious banquets , and captivating pageants , provided by his illustrious kingship for the staff of his Church and TTing army J Why those peculiar notices of his kingship in the Times newspaper , which although published under tbe bead of the King of Hanover " are yet broken into paragraphs , in whioh we learn all labout , not ihe King of Hanover , " but " THE
KING 1 Snppose that the revered father of the revered Ebn £ ST had lived and reigned during the late visit of the King of Pkossia to this country , would such announcements , referring to the visitor , have beeen tolerated 1 When the King of Belgium visits this country , in every line of every [ paragraph heisBtyled , notas tbeKing 'butasthe : "King of Belgium "; and when addresses are presented bj
societies , or corporations , to foreign potentates who may honour us with their presence , they are invariably confined to an expression of respect for the individual ; and nerer before has it © ee ' nrred that a section of Her Majesty's " most loyal subjects" have presented an address to a foreign monarch reprobatory of the policy or the acts of Her Majesty ' s Ministers ; never before has an equal piece of audacity been commuted as that to which we refer as ^ committed
by this most insolent visitor ! Has the fecundity of England ' s young Queen placed the legitimate grasp of England ' s sceptre so far out of the reach of the next in succession , that other means must be resorted to , to gratify the ambition of our pensioner f If we are wrong in our conjecture , no damage can occur from our error ; while , should we be right , we hasten to communicate to the Throne-Hunter , the fact , that ihe first overt act committed ,
arising out of such a conspiracy , would be followed bj & manifestation of popular feeling inffavotr of "THE Q , BEEN" against "THE KtNG , " as would teach him the poor value of bis vnlr of Btrife , and the insignificance of that faction upon whioh he must rely for success . We have had more than enough of " the principles of his revered father ' 1 They have been buried in oceans of blood ! The very recollection of them and him causi s a nauseous loathing , and , leads to recollections by no means
Untitled Article
flattering to the living prototype of that execrated monarch * Can any doubt now exist in the mind of the most sceptical aa to the connexion existing between the Orange Irish Grand Juries , the Orange Irish Operative Associations , and the Orange Foreign . Chief of those illegal bodies ! It is somo six or seven weeks since we furnished the Times and the world with oar notions as to the part which Ernest and his staff would take in the Repeal
agitation . They have been perhaps rather hasty in the developement of their re-organization ; and from it we infer that the Orange faction in Ireland but awaits the completion of t he Arms' Bill to demand from the English Minister the reconquest of Ireland ; the penalty , in case of a refQB&l being , a threat to hoist the Hanoverian standard , around which the church militant would flock as a noble army of martyrs .
We bslieve that the Duke of Wellington alone has had the sagacity to see through the covert intentions of the Pretender ., He has abstained from recognising the necessity for his Kingehip'B long sojourn in Pauper-Land . He has thrown a cold glance upon him , and has received his preferred attention with chilling indifference . We do net wish to hazard the chance of libelling a Monarch with whom England is at peace ; but our allegiance to that throne from which we are said to receive protection demands the caution which we now give . We have every reason to believe that the leaders of the Orange faction are in daily communication with the IllustriouB Hanoverian , while the tone of their
organs is well calculated to arouse a strong feeling of High-Church indignation against her Britannio Majesty . These things are well worthy the consideration of the British Minister ; and should not be wholly overlooked by the Irish people . A foreign Monarch is amongst us , who lives upon English industry . He is ; hated by the English people ; he has insolently declared himself ready to maintain principles to destroy which England would have hazarded a civil war ; he has entered into open communication with the Queen's enemies ; and if the result should be disastrous , the Minister who must bear the consequences , cannot plead ignorance of Cuubkbland ' s intention .
Untitled Article
THE COLLIERS . The Times has not only got a spy in Rebecca ' s camp , and a spy in the Irish camp , but it further appears that the u fourth estate" has got a spy in the Colliers camp in South Staffordshire . We learn from that agent that the case of the miners , both masters and men , ib of a nature calculated to lead to gloomy apprehensions ; and he seems to look opon any settlement-of the dispute as hopeless . Capitalists , in their magnanimity , have declared that they would refuse £ 50 , 000 as a Government
loan , at one per cent , aa a means of relief ; while their nationality was roused to indignation by the Pbemiee's suggestion of Emigration as a means of correction . Tender-hearted souls ! compassionate philanthropists ! lovers of your species ! weeping advocates for the sufferers' distress ! at what an opportune moment have all these finer feelings of your nature burst through your black hearts ! ! O , as we predicted before the Coal Conference and the Iron Conference , the tender-hearted masters had no thought of self , but all for their suffering clients !
As we anticipated , they reminded the Prime Minister of their own loss of capital , as a national calamity ; and of diminished wages as a natural consequence . So the black men having refused Emigration and the loan : and the whitemen having turned a deaf ear to " Free Trade " and Twenty ; Shilling Notes , the Conference ends just where it began , having produced no other effect than of increasing the deadly feud between the Tory Whites and the Whig Blacks . " There is no possible remedy" — there is no chance of a settlement , " says the Times "Reporter . We
think , however , that we can suggest a plan more wi 8 e , moraconstitutional , just , and satisfactory , than any that has been proposed on either side . It is this . Let the Prime Minister send a Commission throughout the Iron and Coal districts , and let that Commission investigate the causes of distress and apply the proper remedy . The distress will be found to exist ; in the protection whioh the law administers to capital , and the want of its protection to the labourer . Let the Commissioners inquire what property has been unjustly amassed by each capitalist for the last twenty years ; let them inquire into the number of paupers who have been consigned to beggary , after the said capital was coined out of
their life ' s blood ; and let tbe Commission make a fair adjustment of the wealth created by labour , taking care that the capitalist shall be remunerated for his risk and speculation , while the men shall not snffer trom ^ bls iojnstice and tyranny . It would not be a bad division of property unjusily amassed , as that of Mine Owners has been , to divide the whole into ten shares ; leaving one share for the master , and nine shareB for the men who made him rich . ThiB may be called the M levelling system . " The friends of injustice may call it what th < y please , while we recommend it as a just mode of settling the differences between the Miners and their slaves .
We are glad to find that even the Times is compelled to congratulate the Colliers upon their peaceable demeanour j and we would stroDgly impress npon them the necessity of persevering in that course : for bad as the law is , and rotten as the Jury-class are , we would urge upon them the desirableness of rather relying upon the law than upon their physical strength . The trials at Lancaster have taught the working classes of this country to have more reliance upon the law ; and we have endeavoured to persuade them that the application of a very small portion of those funds spent in dissipation and wasted in folly , spent to attain legal redress would be more profitably expended than if laid out in the purchase of muskets , and all the munitions of war .
Let the first act of tyranny attempted by the masters , be met with legal exposure by the men ; and we will answer for it , that the olubbed pence of the many , if judiciously expended , will gain a legal triumph over the pounds of the few . We have thought it necessary to add this further word of caution to our advice of last week ; and shall conclude by cautioning the nuBBTB ^ firstly , against bold ing secret meetings of any description ; and , seontilj , should any such be held by their body , not to be entrapped by the sophistry of tbe Times' spy , who may gull them to-day with the plausible notion teat " publication of their grievances is the thing most necessary ; " while to-morrow he may appear in the witness-box to give evidence against them .
The principal witnesses produced against the Chartists during tbe years 1339 am > 1840 , came from the ranks of the reporter- uf the newspaper press .
Untitled Article
ORGANIZATION Under this head we shall giv < - uj further instruction to our readers , than merely u > oireot attention to the great importance of the tuijuct , and to convince them that upon its wine completion depends the success of the democratic cau-e We can well understand the importance which a working man , destitute of the ; means of existence , must attach to the establishment of those principles that hold out the proniBe of relief . We can ma&e mil allowance for tbe suspicion created by delay ; we can account for tbe feverish anxiety with whioh every step of
every leader is ; watched ; and we can scarcely complain of the dispondency created by protraction . However , in taking a whole view of the subjact , we are entitled to consider what has been done , what was expected , and wherein we have failed . The great good-achieved by the democratic party is best demonstrated in the rapid increase that it has made within the last two ) year a in its numbers ; but still more in the ; advance of its principles , and the enforcement of them upon those sections of society who have heretofore rejected discussion , from a conviction that tho corrective power of rt physical
Untitled Article
force" was at their command , and was a good substitute ; for argument . The ! public mind has run beyond all those limits and barriers by which law had confined it for centuriesJ In the race , it has far outstripped the democrats of the old school ; while it has modestly invited those who lagged after in the course , to keep pace with public opinion . Now and then , if it has boltedj by bursting out into sudden outbreaks , or senseless emevtes , although its progress in wandering may have been checked for a moment , yet have all
the powers arrayed against it been unable to drive it back to a single point beyond that from which it bad broken ! After the law had taken its vengeance ia 1839 and 40 , and when the Whig Attobney-General boasted of his " triumph over Chartism , " the principle rose from that spot where it had been momentarily entranced ; and instead of retrograding , advanced to that point were it was able to meet its persecutors in the field ! Though destitute of the representative quality , it was able to force the Whig enemy ! from his position , and consign the faction to oblivion ! i
During the short breathing time allowed by their Tory successors , Chartism made another rapid stride in advance of sectional opinions , until again the power of the law was called in , in tbe hope not only of arresting our progress , but of driving us back to advance no more . This crusade , like that of the : Whigs , did stop the movement for a time , as far as physical display was concerned :
but THOUGHT went on the while ! and it is in order to give expression to that improved thought , and that we may start from that spot at which we were last entranced , that we would now impress upon the Chartist body , the absolute necessity of deciding upon Buoh a system of Organization , as may be a fitting main-spring for working the improved machinery emanating from improved thought .
We are glad to find that the whole country , without a single exception , has responded to a desire for such a system of Organization as shall be suitable to our improved condition .- Thus we show tho one thing needful for the gathering together of our strength , while we would justify delay , by pointing attention to tho struggle that we were engaged in , and the power of the enemy opposed to U 9 . No man in his senses could , for a moment , have anticipated that the garrison of faction would have surrendered at the command of those who struggled
for equality , without expending its last shot . Whoever imagined , when the stake was Liberty , and the enemy those that revelled on its prostration , that the struggle was to be an easy one ? Reflection upon these points , together with the effect that Chartist principles is how producing all over the world , will lead the most zealous and enthusiastic to the conclusion that unpardonable delay has not taken place . On the contrary , every attempt prematurely made to force tbe machinery of public , opinion beyond its legimate limits , has had the tffect of retarding our movement .
Our strength consists in the one great whole now formed of public opinion . Seven years ago public opinion was as a riddle , through which the varied notions of sections of society passed ; while now it is as a machine , through which notions haVe been winnowed . Chartism falling in a heap like corn , while all opposing dogmas have gone as chaff to the wind . ; Seven years ago , we could not bear a single desertion without anticipating a strong diversion iu favour of the dogmas of the deserter while now , the Shepherds walk out from the flock without being followed by one in the fold . Although , then ,
we cannot point to any distinct act , whereby our positive strength may be measured , yet we may triumphantly refer to the hopeless position of those political traffickers , who cannot now , as formerly , rely upon the instability of public opinion as a safe scaffold to personal aggrandisement ! We will not offer such an insult to the righteous principle of democracy , as to attribute its Improved position altogether to tbe numerical strength created by national pauperism : but we would rather suppose that its progression has been a consequence of its exposition , strengthened by those discussions iu
which unsophisticated working mon were able to defend it against the sophistries of the prejudiced and bigotted . We are not quite sure that tbe present strength of public opinion is known to any man living ; and it is because we anticipate the development of its improved condition . from suitable Organization , that we the more anxiously look for this means of action . That the stirring events now passing should have failed of producing some effect upon the public mind is not to be supposed ; and can only be accounted for by a deficiency in our Organization , which has latterly deprived us of tho capability of laying it weekly before our readers . For these reasons , and in order that we , who undertake to give expression to the public voice , should critically
understand its power ; and feeling convinced that a want of the real knowledge of the popular mind leaves even us in ignorance , do we attach more than ordinary importance to the forthcoming Conference . Between this and the time of its assembling , let the people themselves instruct their delegates upon the present / state of the public mind ; let the delegates chosen by the people give expression to ihe people ' s voice , and not to their own opinions ; so that public opinion thus collated may be reflected , aa tho dial by which the public mind may beset and regulated . To such a change we look with intense anxiety ; while we shall proudly and cheerfully herald forth the improvements that have taken place , even in the midst of oppression and persecution .
Untitled Article
Bo-w to teix a Tale . —In the Star , a week or two ago , we announced thai Miss Susanna Inge had objected to Mr . O'Connor ' s venturing to suggest that a certain person should be elected General Secretary , pro tern ; she averring that many of the Chartists would be inclined to vole more according to Mr . O'Connor ' s inclinations than according to their own judgment . Out of that announcement some " suck mug" or other , who sells his brains to " party" for a couple of pounds per week , has manufactured the following very pretty slory , whieh will , no doubt , " go the roiind . We have seen it already in the iiirmingaam Advertiser and the Nonint'ham Journal : —
The He and She Chartists . —A regular split has taken place between these two sections of ChartiatB , in corisequence of Mr . O'Connor taking upon himself the office of dictator , in appointing and OBGanizikg tub new chartist EXECUTIVE . Misa Mary Ann Walker and Miss Susannah Inge are the leaders la the opposition to Mr . O'Connor on this point . MLss Inge has put herself prominently forward , and has expressed hersalf determined to break a lance with the' * Lion of the North' , on his assumed right so to do , as she says it ia quite at variance with the principles of demoeracy laid down by him , and approved of by tbe female Chortiats . This unexpected opposition on tbe part of his quondam female adaurora , has quite disconcerted the leader of ' tbe whole hoc Chartists . '
Is it any wonder that the middle Classes should have horrible notions respecting Chartists and Chartism , when mendacity like this is regularly served up to themt Masters' Care sor Workmen . —The Iron Masters have been to Sir Robert Peel to tell him of the oppressed condition of the working-miners , and of the great danger to society , arising from their estranged feelings . We wonder whether they told Peel of such instances of ** generous care" and •¦ kindly feeling" as the following I or whether it was necessary to go to Robert Peel to prevent their occurrence ? ¦ We have received an authenticated letter , alleging a rather singular act of Inattention by the employers to the employed . A rope happening to break one day last week , in th 9 Butterley pit , by which the miners ascended to the moutb , no rope was substituted
by the agent ; and THIRTY-FIVE WORKMEN HjBt mainkd below , wanjr of them without food , for THE SPACE OF TWENTY-T \ VO HOURS . Their Wivk Ui « n flocked around the pit in a state of excitement , until * means of deliverance cama .- —Nottingham Re
view , i S amvel ] White Slave , Mellor—Any of the large Portraits or Plates can be had on the terms he speaks ef : subscribing to the Paper jor six weeks , and paying for the Paper and Plate , when had , one shilling . Of course , if there be any postage charge , that is in addition . H . A . Donaldson , Warwick . —Received . May , perhaps , be ttsed oh anether occasion .
Untitled Article
Bather Warm . —Some of the leaders of the Irish Repealers are ehlremely fearful of an alliance with the Englishphartists , because , they say , they do not wish to bewAxed up with the " doctrine of Physical Force " , which they falsely andiniquitowsty ascribe to the Chartists : i * e ., they falsely and'iniquitously put a construction upon the Chartist feeling with respect to the right of possessing arms , and using them in self-defence . But while they thus manifest an \ outward anxiety not to be classed with the " Physicals " , they can occasionally turn out pretty strong threats- We here give a specimen , from the pen of the Editor of the Belfast Vindicator ; and ] ask our Chartist friends what this man , / Ais Vindicator , would have said , had a similar paragraph appeared in ihe Northern Star on the occasion of \ the Stephenson'square onslaught , or the Hall of Science outrage ? Let it never be
forgotten the Stephenson ' s-square bludgeoning Uok place before the \ eyes of both Magistrates and Police ! Scores ff the latter "force" were on the ground ; and they never lifted a finger to " protect" those xioho were being shamefully maltreated with pokers and bludgeons ; nor did the Magistracy interfere . The occasion which has called forth the threats of the Vindicator was not more " brutal" nor more '' bloody" than the Stephenson s-square \ butchery . Let us see the terms in which the Vindicator speaks of no " protection " , when he and his , friends are left to suffer from it :-Last night , we witnessed sufficient to tnnke as repeat that , if tbe Government do not promptly interfere , tbe Catholics moat and will defend themselves . We—v * ho ate anxious for peace—who glory in our obedience to the law , the Queen , and OConnell—WILL DEFY GOVERMENT prosecution and Orange atrocity , AND TAKE OUR STAND
AMONGST THE POOR AND HITHERTO DEFENCELESS CAfFHOLICS , if , after this day , there be not something better than our Peelers—and tbe disjointed force ( euch being a mere ricketty automaton ) called watchmen—and the passive soldiery wow here , to protect us . ] Defend the people , or the people must DEFEND themselves ! If that imbecile old fool , Lord De Gre y , were removed from this country ; or if—in tbia particular locality—we had Again such a ; magistrate as Mr . Coulson , we should not have to write , as we do now , without confluence in the ] local authorities . Mr . Coulson was a Tory , but he was a fair and honest magistrate . Would to heaven pro bad him now . Must the peo ple , vte ask the authorities , be driven to defend and to avenge themselves ? If so , we shall be v / ith
THEM !! This is pretty stiff !| We wonder whether the " physical force' haling Vindicator could cull anything lifee it from the pages of the " rascally Northern Star" ? There hbs been no portion of the Irish subsidized Press so vehement and so unprincipled in the raising and continuing of the infamous cry of " Physical Force" applied to the Chartists , as this same Belfast Vindicator . He has done it to prevent the otherwise inevitable junction between the working people of England and Ireland ; and the consequent overthrow of the infernal THING which crushes them into the earth . It is but right to let the deluded ! see the barefaced dishonesty of the deluder . The Chartists meeting at the T . S Duncombe Inn *
Nottingham , have bent 6 s . to Mrs . Cooper . G . GroundwatEr , Leith — We are thankful for his attention . Were all our friends in different parts of the country as [ alive as he has proved himself to be in this instancel by sending the first and most full account he could procure of the lamentable wreck of the Pegasus Steamer , the" People ' s Paper ' would many a time be more interesting to the people than it ii . We commend his example to general adoption . Verified accounts of" accidents byfiood or field " , or narrations of extraordinary occurrences , shall always meet with the best attention we can bestow , anil have that prominence that space and circumstances will permit . Robert Ridsdale , JSling ^ by . —Werearet we cannot
give his letter : b ut it is rather too peppery . Mr . Smith is an old weather-beaten Radical ; and though he may disagree wph us on the Land scheme , from a misapprehension of our reasons and purposes , we believe him to be sincerely honest in the expression of his opinion . Of course we con have no objection to a fair and candid examination of his reasoning and statements ; and would not refuse insertion to such a paper were it Jorwarded . We must , however , pause ere we give insertion to Robert Ridsdale ' s somewhat rude assault . A Reader , — Works ^ on Geography are very common and very " cheap " . Any bookseller almost can show him n <*< z"n ; and he can " pick and choose " . The pries < J Justice Brendn ' s work on Punctuation is 2 . « . 6 d .
D . Cater , London , has only sent pap for the two last insertions . He should have enclosed , with his first remittance * pay for the first insertion . J . H . Clitheroe .-j- We fear the question might be considered insulting- Besides , if it should be even true that the gentleman he names indulges in the sneeze-producing habit , making a public parade of it , can only have the effect of weakening the force of a well-timed energetic uppeml on a question of confessedly high import . For ow selves , we believe that the gentleman in question is " tee total " from tobacco and snuff , as well as from " the pot and the pipe " . j G . J . Harnet . —We have reserved his criticism on the plans of Organization for future opportunity . We are making a collection of such , as they come to
hand ; and after 'the protnulpalion of our plan , when it is ready , hhall seive them all up at once , that the country may have before it , at one lime , all that has been said , to guide to a decision . Wm . HoRNER , OldhaM— Of course we shall forbear the publication of ^ the letter now sent , until the result of the " thorough investigation" he speaks of is communicated to us , when we shall endeavour to do the Oidham CHartists justice , if they have been at all wronged . ] ^ it the same time we must say , that the impression on our mind , from reaaing ( he letter now sent , is , that the spirit in which they have entered npon the ta .-k of " investigation" is not the proper one under the circumstances . They seem to forget that the parly making the statement
to which they take exception , is in pnson , and can only retail what is communicated to him , as to what is passing in the \ outer world . Opportunities to " examine both sides of a question" do not there exist : and any reproof , \ hercjore , for not having done " that which it 'vas \ almost impossible to do , is only , evidence of a wounded feeling , which loses sight of the peculiar and painful position ef the deemed offending parties . J The statement may be incorrect : if so , a barefiarralion of the facts will be all that can be needed ] to set the matter right , without the employment of one single word calculated'to add one single pang to the horrible amount ef suffering the imprisoned are doomed to endure . Wingate Grange Colliery . —The dupule between
the workmen and the coal-masters at this colliery , relative to ( he sufficiency of the wire-rope used for raising the coalfrojn the bottom of the pit , and for the descent and ascent of the men emploved , is s"lill undecided . As we \ have aforetime detailed , it has been before the . Magisterial Bench ; and two men have been by them { committed to Durham Gaol for refusing to work ; the ground of their refusal being that their lives were not safe when trusted upon the rope in question . In reference to the dispute , and more especially in reference to a statement that has been published \ relalive to a test made , as it was averred , with the consent of both parties , masters and workmen ^ by a Mr . John Clark , engineer of the Deptford Iron Works , we have received a
communication which j toe shall presently give , after stating , in the first instance , that in the published account of such test issued by the masters , it is distinctly set forth that the rope tested was a portion of that used at the pit , cut off for the purpose ; and that a a strain o / j 10 , 12 , 16 , and 18 tons was successively applied , at which test , after raining up the lever , it broke ' at the clams . " The opinion of the engineer is , "" that the rope is as safe as any ever put on a coal-pit . " In answer to this the men have published a reply . They . state that they never gave their consent for Mr . Clark to make
the test he did ; that they wete no parties to the arrangement ; that their employers alone invited Mr . Clark to inspect the rope ; and that when he attended , six of the men were delegated to confer with him , and after hearing his amwer to a question they were to put to him , to communicate that answer to the body , \ who would then decide whether they would be parlies to the testihq or not . d Mr . Armstrong , we presume a manager , would not allow Mr . Clark to answer the question . That question simply was : would he test the ropb upon the pulley over the pit , or not . The workmen also say : —
Our employer took about six feet of a wire-rope from tbe storehouse to the Iron Works to tet tested without our knowledge . This piece of rope did not belong to the working-rppe ! This piece of rope broke with the test of eighteen tons . Our employer pro * posed before the magistrates at Durham , to test the rope with twenty tons . This be now refused to do I We applied to ] the magistrates for redress , bat in vain ; we applied tor summonses , but could not obtain any . Two bf our men are incarcerated in Durham gaol , for not venturing their lives upon the rope . Is this justice ;? - We never requested Mr . Clark to give his decision . We distinctly deny all knowledge of Ine testing of the rope , till we received a parcel from Mr . Clark
with the decision , dated the 15 tb of July , and we received it on tbe 14 th , therefore we would ask the public how this occurs . Our employer promised us six half-barrels of ale to return to work , that we might again venture ! our lives npon the rope . This gift we refused , determined not to be woo over by any such means . We will return to work when the rope is taken off , and our wages are paid . The rope is split in many places and bound round with bandages of wire . This is certainly a very sirange business . The men aver that they dar ^ not trust their lives upon the rope ; that it is unsafe ; that it is tptit ; and they have offered to stand by a fair rt ^ T of i . 's capabilities . The masters call in a man to mzke such
Untitled Article
TEST . They refuse the men all hand or lot in the matter . Their official will not let a question put by a deputation from the men to the Engineer be answered . A portion of rope , not belonging to the working-rope , is taken away from the storehouse of the works , to be tested by Mr , Clark , at his ewn W orks , the men not being present during siieh test , nor any knowledge of it communicated to them , until Mr . Clark ' s decision , that the rope was safe , was sent dated one day after that on whieh it was received ! In the account which the Mailers circulate respecting the matter , they distinctly state thai the proposition to submit the question of the sufficiency of the rope to Mr . Clark was made by the workmen ! and that he attended at the calling
as referee between the parlies ! The men , however , seem determined not to be cajoled % either by pretended tests or specious statements They are determined to try to " but justice . " the ordinary Magistracy havt refused it ; and they wish to seek it in a "Higher Court . " For this parpose , their brethren in other parts are rendering them aid . We have before given insertion to state ments of sums of money subscribed ; and we are now requested to publish the following list of monies which have been received sinee the last list appeared : — South Wingate Colliery £ 1 10 s 9 d . Pillington 10 s 7 d New" Durham 4 s 8 ld . Bainton' 6 s 10 £ d , Sherburn Hill £ 1 12 s 9 d . Belmount 7 s Id . Haswell
£ 3 17 s 6 U Strotton £ 2 3 s . Newbofctle ana Shiney Row 10 s . Hough-hall ( hofifal / 103 6 < J . Shincliff 10 a . North Hetton 18 s 83 . Sacrisfcon 8 s . Waldridge Fell 13 s 3 | d . Pelton Fell 93 . Oid . Lumley £ l 2 s . Leezingthorne 153 9 d . Shildon Bank 10 s . Coppy Crooks Gs . Black Boy £ 1 . Friend Is . Wingate Friends £ 3 Ss Id . Trimdon . £ 12 0 b Id . Castle Eden . £ 11 2 s lOd . Cassop £ i . Kelloe £ 5 . Elernore £ 2 15 s 6 d . Thornley £ 2 9 s 9 d . Qaatrington Hill £ 2 5 b 63 . Hough-hall « £ 2 2 s 2 d . South Hetton £ l 193 . West Hettan £ 1 6 a 3 d . Hettou 12 s . Various cart loads of provisions feave likewise been collected , and bestowed on the Wingate men , by the ladies of the neighbouring collieries .
Our Correspondent also stales , that the President of the Miners' Association , at' Wingate , was turned out of hit , house , by order of the Masters , on Wed ' nesday last . The house belonged to the Colliery Masters . Since that time one of the employers * tools has had an interview with the President * slating that if he will but use his influence to get the men to work ( after having been off five weeks ) he shall not only have his house again , but one of the best situations in the Colliery into the bargain ! This was to be kept a profound secret , He % however , resolved not to make merchandise of his principles or his fellow workmen ' s confidence .
J . Chadwick , and ihe Rochdale Friends . — They liave mistaken the whole matter . In the first place , v * e hold it perfectly " justifiable" to withhold any V remarks" that we may deem calculated to have an injurious tendency upon any portion of the associated working class . There have been divisions and ill-feeling enough produced among the different sections of the army battling with corruption , ignorance , and misgovernment ; nay indeed sadly too many . and too much of both . We hold ourselves "justifiable " in discountenancing every thing that can by possibility produce misunderstanding or alienation of feeling ; and as long as we have the power , we shall use the discrimination we possess to this end , regardless Whom it may displease or offend . The truth of the
statement in question was nob disputed : but from the very way in which it was stated , it was apparent that the act complained of was that of thoughtless giddy youth , " without premeditation to disturb ;" and we felt that it would be unjust to so place the bod y before the public , that the whole should suffer for the foolish indiscretion of a few . At the same time we were anxious that tbe "few" should be taught tbe impropriety of their conduct ; or at least know tbe construction put upon it To this end , we Bent the statement in question to the officials connected with the body impugned , requesting them to institute the necessary inquiries , and , if- the allegations were true , to expostulate with the transgressors of decorum . In so doing we are sure we acted
best tor alt parties . Nottinghamshire Chartists are reminded by J . Boonh&m , that the answer from Mr . Doyle respecting his lecturing in their district is favourable ; but that he cannot commence his labours until they severally furnish their quota of funds . He * earnestly urges upon them the necessity of prompt action . We are Bure ' this mention of the matter will be enough to cause them to perform their duty . J . M . Leach , Hyde . —We wish the Star was large enough to contain all the matter sent here for inser-* tion ; and amongst the rest , the addresses to different localities . If it were so , we shanld have pleasure in publishing many of them ; and that from bur friend Leach Bbould have a place . As it is , we are obliged
to exclude many ,- and his must share tnefate of toe rest . We must , however , notice that Mr . Leach Calls for Stars to send to Ireland . His address is 82 , Charles-street , Hyde . Robert Bvruell , Qrebnock . —His communication is reserved for future use . A Constant Subscribed , and Lover of " Stab " - light , Tvldslev , is informed , and- ought to have known , that no notice of a forthcoming meeting is 1 inserted in the Northern Star unless it bears tbe signature of the Bub-Secretary of the locality where it purports to come from , or is sent by one of our own appointed Correspondents , who is expected to make himself acquainted that "all is right" before he transmits it We know of no " General Lee" of Ashton-under-Lyne ; and think his notice a very suspicious one . A Friend , Dukenfield—We do neb know the law
be speaks of . We know that the practice of opening houses for the sale of Table Beee , at l ^ d a quart , is much followed ia the West Riding of Yorkshire , particularly round and about Dewsbury ; and understand that no licence is required ; nor is there any restriction as to hours of opening or closing . Whether there be & special Act , or any clause of an Act , authorizing this ; or whether Table-beer be exempted from the operation of other Beer Acts we cannot say . Allen Davenpoht . —Received . Shall be used some day . Mechanic , London . —We cannot spare room . Wm . Major , Bebhokdse ? . asfes " what has become of that indefatigable Chartist , Smart , of Loughbor-• uga '' ? We cannot say . James Macpheeson , Aberdeen . —We shall reserve his letter till we Bee Mr . HilL In his absence we cannot decide upon the matter , not knowing all ( he facts < of tbe case .
D . Thompson , Manchester . —Next week . Wm . MaTHEW , of Chelsea , and GEORGE STURGE , of Bromptoi , write on behalf of the Chartists of the Brompton and Kaightsbridge locality , to say that they highly approve of our suggestion , that a Victims' Committee should be appointed by the Manchester Chartists ; and that the moment such Committee is formed , they will transmit to it 10 s . from their local funds . This spirited example ought to be universally copied .
J . Pepper , Silston , should put bis notices into shape for print , and not entail unnecessary trouble upon others . George Mothah , Hyde . —We cannot "satisfy the young mind" , " aspiring" though it be , by the inser-. tion of the lines sent B . Humphries , for the framework-knitters . We cannot find room thiB week . J . Colquhoun , Glasgow . —Reserved for next ¦ week . George White , Queen's Prison . —Reserved for future occasion .
THE Victim Fund . —The response made to tke appeal ef the suffering but neglected victims of persecution , . as evidenced in our columns this day . mask be gratifying to those who made it , as it affords proof that many of the Chartist body needed but to be reminded of their duty to cause them to take the preper steps to perform it . Still , that response is not what it ought to have been . Many and important localities , in a Chartist sense , do not seem to have even considered the matter at all ; and the Victim Committee is not . yet appointed . For tbe latter omission it is easy to supply a satisfactory reason . The Manchester Chartists would , no doubt , scarcely feel themselves justi fied in taking such a step aa we last week suggested , without waiting to see whether , or not , that
suggestion would be approved of by tbe country generally they have , therefore , prudently waited ; and our present sheet affords them evidence that that suggestion is approved ; for while there is from many ii . fluefltial and important Chartist districts strong resolutions in support , and even calls upon the Manchester men to take the step , not one single line for any 0 S 9 single place has been received , at all questioning the propriety of the step . We therefore hold that the Manchester Chartists are now perfectly justified in appointing a VicxiH Committee pro tern . Nay we hold that it is a duty expected from them by their brother Chartists throughout the empire ; and we implore them not to let another week pass without its due and full performance .
But while we can thus readily satisfy ourselves as to the reasons that probably have induced the Manchester Chartists to defer , for ene week , the appointment of such committee , we cannot find any excuse for i hose who have neglected to respond to the heart-rending appeals made to them by the sufferers in Kirkdale GjoL Surely an expression of sympathy , might have been afforded , while means were - being devised to render that , sympathy operative to tbe relief of tbe starving and destitute ? This was the least that could have been done , to save Cbartiata from the charge ot Indifference to crying appeals from the neglected and fohcotten . Let us hope that the next week will see ever ; locality alive to the disgrace that hangs upon tbe body generally , and active in taking steps to have it
removed . Last week we aske ) if ( here was cot a Victim Fund in existence ? If the monies had been disbursed ? If 89 , who to ? If not , why not ? This day ( Thursday ) has brought us an answer from Mr . Cleave , the treasurer , which we much regret that we cajmot insert entire . It is however impossible to do so , at this late hour . It' hs been detained , we suppose , to be " set" for the Chartist Circular ; lot it is sent to us in '' proof . " It would occupy near two columns
Untitled Article
A GeXEKAI GOTJHTT &BBHS 6 OPTHB COAL MlKXBS mil be holden on Xersal 3 Ioor , on Monday ne » chair to 1 » tj&en at twelve o ' clock « noon . Mr * ^ wallow , from Yorkshire , and Mr . Thomson , from fteweastle , the aalhorised ; agents vf the Miners ' Association ^ iriH address the meefinjt . At the « lose rf the public meeting there will be a ^ meetinE of Delegates 5 those Miners that cannot make it convenient to eomein a body , are xespectf ally requested to send a delegate or delegates .
The If Oktheen Stae Saturday, July 29, 1843.
THE If OKTHEEN STAE SATURDAY , JULY 29 , 1843 .
Tbo Me&Ttevff Anrr ≪£Om£Pouticm£
tBo Me&Ttevff anrr < £ om £ pouticM £
Untitled Article
4 THE NORTHERN STAR . j _
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct492/page/4/
-