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THE NORTHERN STAJl. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1841.
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DAN'S JUSTICE AND LOVE OF FAIR PLAY.
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TO THE -RADICALS OF SCOTLAND , EJfGLA >* D , AND IRELAND . - Fellow-Men : —Nothing , "we assure you , could bave topeUed us to make this appeal bat the pressiag emergency of the case , and the necessity there is for assisting one of those few journals in our land dedicated to defend the rights of labour , proclaim to every region of the globe niftersal charity and peace , and spread abroad the cheering and benign doctrines of democracy , which are the props of the British nation , and of the human race . The Dundee Chronicle was . purchased by the SidicalB of this locality at great expense . It was expected tbe money would be raised by the sale of'a sufficient number of shires . This not being effected , a nmnber of the devoted friends of the people generously advanced the sum requisite , on the faith of its being p&id -when due . It is bo long ago , and as several of tbem are In needy circumstances , we fear some of them ouinot want it much longer .
Tbe plan we propose for enabling the Chronicle to remain an advocate of Chartism is simple in its nature , and , if carried out , -wonld be productive of grand and gratifying results . We have formed an Association for the purposa of buying shores , by means of donations , and subscriptions of one halfpenny and upwards ¦ weekly . Where the forming of snch Associatiens is impracticable , let meetings be instantly convened in every village , town , and city in the nation , "where Chartism exists , for the object of directing public attention to the case , and five the free proceeds either as ' donations , or for the bmving of a part ef the capital-stock of the Company . A scheme Eomewhat analogous to yhTE is wroa ^ h ; ¦ with admirable success by the various religious denominations in the country . If a church is
required to be built in a district , an appeal is made to the body , and it is raised . If money for-a religious mission is wanted , with what speed is it produced ! Goo I government is the most glorious handmaid of rational religion . Could then something like this not to done for the Dundee Chronicle ? Could the milliotis notmeet , contribute their vii ' . e , and ' rescue one of the people ' s papers from di 3 cu . lt . ie 3 ? Other * papers , you will say , claim your support as ¦ well the Dundee Chrowide . True ; we on no account ask you to " withdraw it from them . We gladly acknowledge the great merits and surpassing services which the northern Star , Scottish Patriot and Perth Chronide render civil and religious liberty . We are happy in beholding them'fulfil ao nobly their honourable and holy vocation . Whilst ire ask you to aid the Dundee Chronide with pecuniary
me ^ ns , we hope yon will give more vigorous support to the above papers , and thai you mil la > our to extend the circulation of them throughout the empire . We have need of them all , and more , to strengthen ua in our mighty struggle with cruel , corrupt , relentless , and irresponsible power . But none of these are in so perilous a position as the Dundet Chronide If one of our papers perish it is a severe blow to our movement The changes we long to see achieved in the structure of our government , laws , and institutions cinnot be consolidated without a po * erful and londly-expressed pnblic opinion in their favour . This , we fear , cannot be done -without the ihousjnd- ' c .-iciud press .- An honest , rich , eloquent , democratic literature , must tend mightily to emancipate the suffering masses from , their squalid misery .
Chartist newspapers are to our agitation as the breath of life . If they exist not , we doubt it will die . They ¦ weigh the tendency of public opinion , and criticise keenly the -character of public men ; they are the defenders of the people's rights—rouse them to intellectual action , pioneer the way , and quicken the approach of the people to the barriers of political eqaaiity and social bliss : they ore the we ekly warnings to our rulers —they are the loud expounders cf the real philosophy of politics ; they are the fearless flagellators . of the tyrants of our tines , and divest our laws and institutions of the delusive drapery wiih which they have been shrouded for ages . How our enemies would rejoice in the downfall of the Chartist press : If such a catastrophe shonld sfiiiet us , they -would fancy that they Bw the entombing of the eternal truths which wp defend . Shall it be said that Britain can only boast ef fonr Chartist joumals , and one if them be doomed to struggle on in difficulties , when a little from each ¦ would make i : run its course most joyfoliy . i > u .-e ? y not . God forbid we saouM lose any of c-r literary power . Up then , rcen of Scotland , England , and Ireland . Help ns to enable the Dundee Chro ? : ic ' e to triumph over its diScalties , in order that it may remain in the possession of the industrious classes , and continue to aid them in their great and godlike wcrk o : diffusing Tiitue , freedom , inteliigeEce , peace , and prosperity throuzhout our belovei fatherland .
By oraer of tie Association , Isaac PzrzzKiy , Jan ., Sec £ ? -y , Orergate , Dundee .
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MOST APPALLING CALAMITY . ( From th * Buffalo Cc-nir . crcial AJve :-: i > -: r , Auc . 10 ,, D £ ST ? . rCTIO > ' OF THE SXKA 1 I-30 AT EHIE BY >' : ? . Z . AND T . KE L 0 J 5 OF 0 > "S EL ' . NDHrJJ AND SLTiX : v Ll "> 15 . Little did we think , yesterday , in pear . ir-s : a brief paragraph in commendation of the Erie , ihs . i lo-dzj Vie should be called upon : o record the destruction of tfcat boat , together with a loss ef life unequalled on our ovm or almost any other waters . Tne Eric left the dock at ten minxes past four , p m ., loaded with merchandise destined for Chicago , " and , a = pearly & = now can be a ^ mined , about 2 > _ > 0 person ? , including passengers and crew , on board . The boa : tad been thoroughly overhauled , and although the frind was blowing fresh , everything promised a
pleasant and prosperous voyage . Nothing occurred to mar this prospect till about eight , when the boat waj o 3 Silver Creek , abont eight miles from shore , and thirty-three miles from this city , when a flight explosion was heard , and immediately , instantaneously almost , the whole vessel was enveloped in flames . Cap :. Titus , who was on the upper deck at the time , rushed to the ladies' cabin to ' obtaia the life-preservers , of which there were from ninety 10 oae hundred on board ; but s-o rapid had been the progress of ihe flames , he found is impossible to enter the cabin . He returned to the upper'deck , on iis way ginz-g orders 10 the engineer to stop the engine , the wind and the headway of the boat increasing the fierceness of the fames , and driving them . The engineer replied that in consequence oi
ihe flames he could no } Teach the engine . Tne steersman was instantly directed to put the helm hard a starboard . The vessel swung slowly round , heading to the shore , and the beats—there were three on board—were then ordered to be lowered . Two of the boats were lowered , tat in consequence of the heavy sea on , and the headway 01 the " vessel , they both swamped as soon as they touched water . We will not attemp : to describe the awful and appalling condition cf the passengers . Some were frantic with fear and horror , others plunged headlong -madly into ihe water , others again seized upon anything bsoyan ; upon which they could lay feands . * The Email boa ; forward had been lowered . It was alongside the wheel , with three or four persons in i ; , when the captain jumped in and the boa ; immediately dropped astern and tilled with water .
A lady floated with a life-preserver on . She criei for help . —Tcfre was no safety in the boat . The captain t ' lrew her the only oar in the boat . She caught the oar and was saved . I : was ilrs . Lynde of Milwaukie , and che was the only lady saved . In this condition , the boat a mass of ikrce ' nre , and the passeagers and crew endeavouring to sire themselves by swimming or supporting themselves by ¦ whatever they could reach , they were found by the Clinton at aoout tea p . m . The Clinton left here in the morniD £ , but in consequence of the wind had pat into Dunkirk . She lay there till nearly sunset , at which time she ran out , and had proceeded as far as Barcelona , when just at twilight the fire of the Erie was discovered some twenty miles astern . The
Clinton immediately put about , and reached the burning wreck about ten . Is was a fearful sight . All the upper works of the Erie had been burned away . The engine wa 3 standing , but ihe hull was a mass of dull red flame . The passengers and the crew wsre floating around , screaming in their agony and shrieking for help . The boats of the Clinton were instantly lowered and manned , and every person that could be seen or heard was picked up , and every Kssible relief afforded . The Lady , a Utxle steamat lying at Dunkirk , went out of the harbour as soon as possible after the discovery of the fire , and arrived soon after the Clinton . It was not thought
by tbe survivors that she saved any . By one . a . m . ill wa 3 still except the dead crackling of the fire . Not a solitary individual could be seen or heard on the wild waste of waters . A line was then made fast t * the remains of the Erie ' 3 rudder , and an effort made : a tow the hapless hull ashore . About thi 3 time the Chantanque came up and lent her assistance . The hull of the Erie -was towed within about four miles of the shore , when it sunk in eleven fathoms water . By this time it was daylight . The Clinton headed for this port , which she reached about six o ' clock . Of those who are saved several are badly burned , but none are " ^ dangerously injured eo far as -we have heard .
Oziaut of the Fire . —Among the passengers on board were six painters in the employ of > ir . G . W . Miller , of this city , who were going to Erie to . paint the steam-boat Madison . They had with them demijohns filled with spirits of turpentine and varnish , whick , unknown to Captain Titos , were placed en the boiler deck directly over th « boilers . " One of the firemen , -who was saved , says he had occasion to go on deck , and seeing some demijohns , he removed them . They were replaced , but by whom is not knows . Immediately previous to the bursting forth of the flames , as several oa board have assured
as , a slight explosion was heard . The demijohns had probably burst yrith the heat , and their inflammable contents taking fire , instantly communicated to every part of the boat , which , having been freshly Tarnished , caught as if it had been gunpowder . Not a paper nor an article of any kind was saved . Of coarse is is impossible to give a complete list of tho 3 e on board . Of cabin passengers Captain Titus thinks there were between thirty and forty , of whom ten or twelve were ladies . In the steerage were about one hundred and forty passengers , nearly all of whom were Swiss and German emigrants . ' They wet a&tti fiwfes with , tie usual proportion
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' men , women , and children . The heart bleeds at tha thought . It is a singular coincidence , that tire Erie w&s burned at almost indentically the 8 « ms spot where the Washington was burned in Juae , 1838 . Capt . Brown , who commanded the Washington at that time , happened to be on board the Clinton , and was very active ia saving the survivors of the Erie .
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_ ^^ The New Mixistrt . —The following is given in the Times of Wednesday , as an authentic list of the appointments entered into by Sir R . Peel , in the formation of a new adminstration : — Sir R . Peel , First Lord of the Treasury . Right Hon . H . Goulburn , Chancellor of the Exchequer . Lord Wharneliffe , President of the Council . Lord LyndhHrst , Lord High Chancellor . Duke of Buckingham Privy Seal . Earl of Aberdeen , Foreign Secretary . Lord Stanley , Colonial Secretary . Sir James Graham , Home Secretary . The Duke of Wellington , in the Cabinet without ofice . Lord Ellenborough , President of the Board of Control .
The Earl of Haddington , First Lord of the Admirality . The Earl of Ripon , President of the Board of Trade . Sir F . Pollock , Attorney-General . Sir W . Follett , Solicitor-General . Lord Lowther , Postmaster-General . Sir H . Hardinge , Secretary at War . Sir E . Knatchbull , Paymaster-General . Earl de Grey , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . Lord Eliot , Secretary for Ireland . W . E . Gladstone , Vice-President of the Board of Trade .
The remaining appointments are not yet finally arranged , but theTe is no doubt that the following Noblemen and Gentlemen will hold ofnee in the Ministry : —Loid Mahon , Lord Liverpool , Lord G . Somerset , Earl of Chesterfield , Lord F . Egerton , Sir G . Clerk , Sir W . Rae , Sir E . Sugden , &c .
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THE " TURN OUT . " So ; the strife of party is for the present at an end . The fierce yelpings of the packs have subsided for a little ; and the fat hounds , fairly beaten , —force and subterfuge alike failing them , —retire to console themselves wi ; h the portions of prey carried out of the mess-trough while they had possession of it ; while the belligerent mastiffs , having stormed the trough , arc arranging themselves for the gorge , when the people shall have furnished a new quota of devourables . This is , of covirse , the only matter of contention ; and the benefit , if any , to the people , is iu the increased facilities which the new
disposition of things may afford them for beating away both herds of u » ly brutes . There is no danger of the new occupants of Downing-street permitting tbe people to forget that the same " rogues' march" to which oae set of public scoundrels have been made to pad the hoof from the snuggery , has served for the introduction of another set , not less rapacious , and only more honest because more unblushingly impudent than their immediate predecessors , while the ass which carries the provision basket is still julject to the cuffs and cudgellings of the unfeeling freebooters who use him for their profit .
The Whigs are out ! That of itself is matter of congratulation , still more so , when it is considered that , as NYhigs . they can never again come in . Their expulsion from the offices they have so long abused , is the best , evidence that could be , under existing circumstances , of the growing strength and power of the people ; while events immediately attendant upon this expulsion have proved not less conclusively how much that strength has been trammelled , and that power misdirec : ed by the most specious , but most hollow and hungry , of the hangers-on of Whiggery , who , under
the mask of patriotism and devotedness to popular rights , have hung upon the people's skirts and kept down the rising energies which would have borne them upwards towards their own place and station . This tTarn-out of the " brutal , base , aad bloody Whigs , * ' ba = unintentionally been productive of one good effect already—the concussion of parties has shaken the entire mask from the half covered face of hypocrisy ; it has unveiled to the country the Ieperou 3 features and rotten hearts of some of its pretended friends—those who have made its distresses a theme by which to acquire
popularitymen who have pretended to sympathise with the suffering millions that they might ingratiate themselves into their confidence , and having obtained that confidence , and thereby bolstered np a sort of bastard influence in the legislature , such as it is , have basely abandoned the cause of the millions at the very moment when their good faith would have been of service to them . We allude to the conduct of the members for Sheffield and Bath , and the two or three other stout-rono-u ^ d orators of bygone days , who condescended to follow their mock heroic example , and abandon their duty
to the country , because , forsooth ! their importances had not been previously consulted as to the existence of a fact which the greatest fool in the kingdom was aware of , and of which those iu the Rouse , in particular , must have been convinced even to satiety . The amendment , or rather the addition , proposed by Mr . Crawford to the Address , in answer to the Queen ' s Speech , was plain , straightforward , and truthful ¦ . it went to the point at once , and would have told the Sovereign , in the voice of the "representatives" of the people , that which , to remain longer ignorant of , would imply an opaqueness of perception closely allied to idiotcy . Its terms
w « re : — " That -we further respectfully represent to your Majesty , tbat in our opinion the distress which your Majesty deplores , is mainly attributable to the circumstance of yonr whele people not being fuUy and fairly represented in their House ; and tbat we feel it will be onr bounden duty to considtr the means of so extending and regulating the Suffrage , and of adopting such improvements in the system of votiBg , as Trill confer on the -working classes that just weight in the representative body , -which is necessary to secure a due consideration of their interests , and which their present patient endurance of suffering gives them the strongest title to claim . "
This amendment was most cautiously and judiciously expressed . No man in his common senses , who had not predetermined to array himself against the interests of the people , would have objected to it ; yet if icas objected to , and in the first place by whom ? By those mouthers of patriotism , and practisers of expediency—the Members for Bath and Sheffield—Mr . Joh . n Abthvb Roebcck and Mr . Geoege Henrt Ward . Oredat Judceiu , !
With regard to the latter , ifr . G . H . Ward , one would hare thought that , as a semi-leader of the " movement party" in the House , he must , if he had aBy real desire to ameliorate the condition of the people , hare supported that amendment . But " No , " says the Member for Sheffield , " I have not been consulted . ' ur impokt-aace as a leader has not been considered ! I , who hare held a public appointment , and spent some of the hard wrung produce of the taxes in my embassy to
Mexico ; I , who am proprietor , and editor , of that most popular—most honest—m 63 fc astonishingly erudite , and moral newspaper , the Weekly Chronicle . I , who have written down its circulation more than ons half , and who vary my legislative labours by eking out its scanty returns by the produce of a jobbing printing office , where , for the good of my constituents , I throw off Tory papers , and Whig papers , from the very machine thAt produces my own . unaatcluble . apostate , tkd
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once Radical Chronicle ! I follow in ar . y man ' s wake who would presume to introduce a measure for the publio welfare without consulting me and my clique ! No ! perish the country first ! Besides the Whigg are scarcely outthe Tories are not yet in—this amendment cuts at both . If I support it I shall offend both , and then what becomes of the Secretaryship or Commissionership , I have been trimming for , and damning myself as a public man to secure everBince I became the eon of a Tory pensioner , and the proprietor of an apostate Radical newspaper V
This , is , wo apprehend , precisely the sort of reasoning which the unfortunate gentleman may be supposed to have indulged in , upon the occasion referred to . Certain it is , that patriotism had nothing to do with his conduct , or with his refusal to vote ono way or the other . In the matter of Mr . G . H . Ward the thing ia quite clear enough : the principle asserted in the amendment , and to which he declared his adherence ] though refusing to vote for it , is of no value -whatever to Mr . G . H . Ward , further than as it serves to invest kim with a fictitious importance , which may make it worth while to the Cerberus to throw him a salt sop or two . And to this very patriotic sentiment the Hon . and Learned Member for Bith
seems well inclined to say ditto ; nor does he seem much to care from which of the monster ' s heads the sop comes . He has waited upon Providence for the turning out of the Whigs , and is now disposed to give the Tories a fair trial . " It was but right that they should wait until the Right Hon . Baronet had been fairly installed in his office , and then that they should be prepared to give him and his measures a fair trial . ( Cheers . ) He was himself determined to give the Right Hon . Baronet and his friends that fair trial . "
Such are the words set down in the London papers , for the Hon . and Learned Member , after and in the teeth of , his strong speech upon the Amendment , in which he passed judgment upon the general policy of the Hon . Baronet . We wish not to press too hardly on Mr . Roebuck ; but we do think that if his conduct on this occasion betokens not a disposition to traffic with his principles , it is due to the country that he should tell us what ue means by giving a fair trial to Sir Robert Peel . We honestly confess that we can make nothing else of it .
The pretext urged by both Ward and Roebuck that the motion was ill-timed , was a most paltry and transparent cover for the contemptible vanity which felt itself wounded at the overlooking of its arrogant pretensions to superiority ; and we are not a little pleased that they were -well told of it in the House by Mr . Wallace who is described as" Having several times waved his hat , as if in derision of what he considered to be a cowardly defalcation from the ranks , exclaimed , that those who remained could maintain their principles well enough without the leadership of the Hon . Members who had deserted them : "
So we think ; while at the same time , we fear that a very slight rubbing of the grease-pot athwart either of their noses , would convert those same would-be leaders into vexy humble and obsequious followers , of whomsoever might happtn to hold the pot in hand . We are glad to place in contrast with these gentlemen , the Hon . Member for Finsbury , Mr . T . Dl' . ncombe , who
said" The whole scene which had just occurred was unworthy of the character of that House , and no doubt Hon . ( xtnV . emen opposite would triumph when they saw the ranks of the Reformers divided . The Hon . . Meiuber for Kochdale had , in the honest and confeientiuus discharge of his duty , proposed this Amendment , as he , as an individual member ot Pariiaiuei t , had a full right to do ; and yet Hon . Gentlemen said , that in
point of fact he had no right to propose his resolution without consulting them , and the moment they had delivtred their sentiments to that effect they quitted the House , leaving the Hon . Member and himself in the han is of the enemies of the people . He ( Mr . Duncumbei wisbe ' to see open foes ; he wished to deal with manly enemies , and not with professing friends . He eh < u'd dt-cWedly vote for the Amendment of thu Hud . Member for Rochdale . "
On the whole , we regard the debate and division on this motion with some decree of satisfaction . It affords evidence tbat the principles of right are compelling the attention of the HouiE . The last division upon this same question , on the motion of Mr . Wakley , exhibited only sixteen members voting in the affirmative . On this occasion , notwithstanding that wheu Mr . Roekuck had concluded hid speech , he took up his hat and marched out , in company with Wakd , Leader , Hawes , Protheroe , and , according to
the Times , a dozen or fifteen other Radical ! Members , there were yet thirty-nine left , who affirmed the principle of ihe amendment by their votes . Another circumstance connected with this affair is well worth notice , and has evidently stricken the now dominant faction with some degree of alarm . During ihe debate , tbe Treasury bench was completely unoccupied . There was not the faintest semblance of a Cabinet Minister present . The Ministers could not plead ignorance of Mr . S Crawford ' s motion . Ho gave notice of it in their presence , and it was recorded in the orders of the
day . We take this as a Erst move towards the fulfilment of our weii-considered i . prophecy , that , once convinced , by being driven from the mess-trough , that the people are in earnest , the Whigs , in the hope of again gulling tbem , will bid high and lustily for the reassumption of their " lost occupation . " No '" physical force Chartist" was ever yet half so
rampaut as we shall soon find the peace-loving , constitutional , Jxnality-movcment burners of Nottingham and Bristol , and hangers of the dupes whom they had incited and entrapped to mischief . This , however , will not do . They are " damned past all redemption . " The people of England are uot so cravenhearted as to kiss the heel that spurned them in the time of its prosperity ? They may forgive , but never will forget .
This debate will prove a last and most lasting lesson . " Save me from my friends , " was the exclamation of the philosopher ; and we guess the people will appreciate it . They will not again , for the sake of a few plausible arguments—a specious appearance of candour , and a very accommodating suavity of manner , when aught is to gained by it , permit such men as the Members for Sheffield and Bath , and their class , to be sent to the Commons House of Humbugs , to represent large constituencies of honest , hard working , and suffering people , for whose interests , when once seated , they care not half so much as they do for the health of their own dogs .
They will take care to bestir them , so that when another election comes , as come it must soo . u , the factions shall rind every gun in their own battery of annoyance either spiked or turned upon themselves , while the rush of the besieging Chartists shall make even the walls of the stronghold of tyranny , where all their manacles are forged , to give way at the impetuosity of their cool , constitutional , moral , legal , and peaceful assault . All honour to Shxrmax Ciuwfosd the honest and true advocate of the people ' s right—not forgetting , by any means , the Gallant General who seconded , and the thirty-nine who voted for , his motion , the spirit of which shall yet be speedily recognised by " both their Houses . "
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THE DEMONSTRATION AT YORK . At no period of the "movement" have we had so much cause of rejoicing as in the liberation of our " Lion" from his den . The most benighted and corrupt city in the empire , separated from the strongholds of Charcism . by man ^ Bales—where but a short time since our principles were all unknown , and thought of only as the war-whoop of cannibals thirsting for human blood—was crowded with the representatives and adherents of freedom from every quarter of the empire . Upwards of one hundred and fifty delegates , representing almost the entire labouring population of England , were assembled in York on Sunday night , to offer a people ' s congratulations to the champion of their liberties . Monday moraiagfwac ueUred ia by the influx of pec-
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pie from every quarter to swell the shout of welcome that was to hail the persecuted O'Connor . 0 ! how the patriot ' s heart'inust have swelled with gratitude as he came from the solitary cell of confinement , and gazed , ia the twinkling of an eye , on all England at his feet ! How faction musfr have trembled for its destiny when it saw the object of its hate and vengeance made , the moment he breathed the chainless winds of heaven , the object of universal love—of national idolatry . It was love in its sublimest mood , and idolatry in its purest form ; for there was nothing but the unbouglu
heart-homage of millions to give pomp and enthusiasm to the scene . O'Connor did not , like an Alexander or a C » 3 ar , drag bands of serTi'le captives at his Chariot wheels . He did not appear before the publio gaze , decked off with the spoils of ruined empires or the stolen rights of humanity . Yet he iwas greater than Cseaar—he was more than a conqueror . Other men have been raised above the surface of things by the glitter of gold and the swords of tyrants . He was raised to rank by no worldly toy—no blood-stained scimitar .
Patriotism , integrity , eloquence , manliness , gave to him nobility , and took from despotism all its sting . Wealth and sordid power can never earn the gratitude of nations , nor shed a gleam of light or joy on slaves . O'Connor has a nation ' s gratitude—and as he broko the [ fetters of the tomb , he gave elasticity to the national mind . It should be so ! With such a general at our head again , we must gird ourselves with renewed [ energy for the fight ., Throw despair to tho winds , for our Liberator is free again I
Let the country do its duty , and , by each district completing the work of moral organisation , prove how they appreciate the liberation of their chief . When a few days' notice can bring together tho largest assemblage of delegates ever met together in the great and good cause , and that , too , when millions are sinking beneath the pressure of unprecedented distress , what can we not look for in the coming future ? Chartism is now a giant . We must launch our vessel on the strong waters of the world : the cre 3 ted wave may beat upon our prowthe raging winds may whistle through our cordage j but we have hearts inured to danger—we have a " pilot to weather tho storm . "
In the lengthy report of this glorious Demonstration , which we give in this day ' s Star , we have given as mauy of the names of the Djlegates as we could get . We learu , however , that a great many are omitted . We shall bo happy to publish all these next week , if sent to us before Wednesday . Of the various speeches wo will not trust ourselves to fay a word in the way of comment . When so much is said , and so well said , by so many parties , to do justice to all would be impossible—to particularise , invidious . We refer to them with pride and confidence . They will well repay perusal . Never did York see such a day before , and never will the proud priest-ridden city bo permitted to forget it .
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THE HELL HOLES AND THE VICTIMS . We this day publish the letter from tho Northallerton hell , to which we alluded last week , and from which it will be seen that poor Holbehry is still in a miserable condition , aud that his petition has failed to touch the iron heart of Noumamjy . Indeed , to find a spark of genuine feeling or real humanity in the composition of a Whig in office would be k a grra ' er miracle than the standing still of tho sun , or tho bringing water out of the flinty rock . But if those ia high places are cruel and remorseless , so much more is it incumbent upon the peoplo to be up and doing . They must destroy the system or the system will in its accursed career destroy them . Every thing really good must wither
and die under the blighting and bladtiuK influence of faction ; to destroy faction therefore , aud to establish government on the basis of Universal Suffrage must be the constant object of our most ardent solicitude . And to do this effectually we must unite the wiso and good of al ] classes and of all parties ; we must convince those who now oppose us from igiioranco of our principles , that Chartism , Justice , and Humanity are synony / nous terms ; and we must do so by our acts , for these and these alone form decisive evidence . We know that the efforts now being made to bring tho fiendish silent system , with all its horrors and atrocities , before the House of Commons and the country , are most essentially aiding our glorious cause .
It is said ; that " Virtue is its own reward ; " and , in this case , the Chartists taking up the subject on the broad basis of the ri # hi of men , however degraded , to be treated as men , and not as brutes , has produced , in not a few instances , a disposition to examine our principles ; and as these principles are founded on truth and equity , an unprejudiced exa mination of them must ensure conviction . We are told that parties have been induced to attend meetings on the subject of the silent system , who could never be induced to listen to a Chartist lecturer ; but they have thus had an opportunity of learning what our objects are , and prejudice has fallen before the faco of truth . We have been asked what
would be tho best course to pursue in getting up these petitions , as it is a matter of importance to save expence 1 To this inquiry our answer is : — Let the proper authorities of each town or village be requested by some of the householders , to call a public meeting for this object , and if they should refuse , let the mooting be called by the requisitionists themselves , at which meeting the petition being adopted , should be signed by the Chairman . Then a single sheet of paper will be sufficient , and all expence may be avoided . The heading of the petition must run thus i— " The humble petition of tbe inhabitants of the township of , in the county of , in public meeting assembled . "
Again we say , let there be no delay ; and in all public meetings let the example of Dewsbury be strictly followed ; that is , let a resolution pledging the meeting to agitate for nothing less than the Charter be propounded as soon as the Petition is adopted . Thus an opportunity will be afforded to make known our objects , and to gain converts to our cause . On , Chartists , on ! the destinies of the world are in your hands , and you , if you better not its state , will leave it to your children to mourn over your dishonoured graves . O'Connor is released from his dungeon ; resolve that the hellish system , under which he and so many brave patriots have suffered , and are suffering , shall cease to exist .
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We regret we cannet persuade our friends practically to observe tha very clear and . plain directions which we have so often given and repeated about the sending of matter for the Siar . The extent of our circulation obliges us to go to press en Thursday afternoon ; and , therefore , our friends seem to think that iC their communications reach us by Thursday morning it is quite soon enough . This is a great mistake . They should remember that every woid of the paper has to be put together by single letters , and the whole space filled before we can go to press , and it is impossible to do this in > one forenoon . Our men are busily employed in filling up the paper with matter which , from one source or other , we must supply daring the whole week , and it seldom happens that more than one or
two columns , besides the necessary Bptw © far editorial comment , remain to be oiled on Thursday morning . This shews the importance and necessity oi aU matter * of news , occurrences of the move ment , reports of meetings , &a , being sent to us at once , immediately they occur . Instead of which , it often happens , tbat on Monday and Tuesday we have scarcely any letters , and on Wednesday comparatively few till the night post arrives . The consequence is , that those letters which do arrive in the early part of the week are carefully attended to and given generally at length ; while we are obliged to have recourse to the London papers , and various Bourses , for matter to fill the remaining portion of se many columns of tne paper as imist be set up before Wednesday night . Wednesday night and XUuiwJftj BWXBiog ' t ) posts bttagu a sh , o&l of letter
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from all parts of the country ; these coma npon us just in the hurry of writing and attending to what Are called the leading articles ; while in the avly park of the week we have more time to attend to correspondence . The consequence is that one half of these letters are passed over entirely ; and the other half compressed into the smallest possible amount of space—and the next consequence is , that in the following week we have letters of omplaint from various parties abont their com-Biunications being treated with neglect . Some whose letters or reports may have been omitted for want of space , refer occasionally to the police reports—the column at" varieties , " or some other portion of the contents of the 2 nd , 3 rd , 6 th , or
7 th pages of the paper , which are always set up first—and ask indignantly if their communication was lens important than such or such a thing which appeared in the same paper from which it was excluded " for want of space "—others accuse us of partiality and unfairness in cutting down their reports to a mere annoucenient , while those of other towns are given at greater length . We have had many most angry letters of this description , the cause for which has rested entirely with the parties themselves . Now if our friends will but bear in mind that we are filling up the paper every day ; that the same column cannot be filled twice ov 6 r ; that we must give oui such matter as we have just when the # ien want it , or there would be no Star on Saturday , and that therefore we can't wait for the next post—we must go on ; if they wonld remember all this , and send their communications promptly
—in the early part of the week—all would stand a fair and a good chance ; and if tbey would also remember tbat we have only one weekly paper for all England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , and that , therefore , no one place can be allowed to monopolize an unreasonable portion of the paper , we should have no complaints of inattention to any party—because we know there would be no ground for them . Our anxious desire ia to make the Star a truly national organ , equally representing all ; but we cannot do this unless the country will aid us rightly in the sending of their matters of communication . L'he above remarks apply , of course , to ne-ws , facts , meetings of the people , Chartist intelligence , &c . Original papers , letters to the Editor , personal correspondence , poetry , &e ., must be here at the beginning of the week , or we shall not hold ourselves bound even to notice them .
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CHARTIST CONTESTED SBiTS . From THHconltry « ' J J - Alva ... ( j t FOR THE WIVES AND BAXILIEB OP THH IHCABcESit ,-. CHABTISrS . ^ From the Teetotallers at Spilsby , per Wm . Fox ... 1 5 „ From Cheltenham West End friends 9 i 0 ' FOR THB EXECUTIVE , MAKCHESTBa . From the Chartists of Spilsby , per Thomas Driffield j . FOR PEDDIE . From Hudderafield , per Mr . Vevera ... n , . imuu auuucnuaui jiu uii , icicij . a . 0 ]
• FOR PRESS FOR J . B . O ' BRIEK , Profits on the ball held at the Working Men ' s Hail , Marylebone , London 5 e From A . Haigh , Harwich o 6 „ A . Lyson , do . | g „ a Republican , do e 3 „ a foe to tyranny , do 0 3 " ° 1 R „ Darlington , per J . Moss ... ... 07 . , F 0 R O ' BRIEN ' S ELECTION FUND AT NEWCASTLE . From Cheltenham West End friends ... 0 10 Communications Received too Late . —The ][„ Chester Local Victim Committee ; The Cunferen Committee ; Thomas Milton ; Thomas Gria ^ Abergavenny ; Merlhyr Tydvil ; Aberdeen - Largo ; and various others . '
Sheffield . — On and after Saturday , Scptemler \\{ i Mr . Harney will be ready to supply his fT \ tni who may be kind enough to favour him tcj / i their orders for copies of the Northern Star at their homes , on Saturday mornings . Order received by Mr . II ., al the Association-room , Fin . tree-lane , on the cve ? iings of Monday and ' TueL day ; or ( until Mr . H . can get snitai ' lepremi ses 1 at Mr . Harrison ' s , A o . 48 , Xursery-strcct - a « A Mr . Ward ' s , I ) o . 29 , St . Thomas ' s-street . ' g ®» Ail persons giving Mr . Harney their orders im ¦ mediately can be secured ^ copies of the splendid Plate representing the trial of Frost , WiHi ans and Jones , shortly to be presented to each sub ' scriber to the Star .
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The following characteristic specimen of " tbe Liberator's" mode of advaucing his cause appeared in the Irish papers of the early part of last vfe& We should have given it in our last but for the reason assigned , unusual pressure upon our spaee . We are uot much better off for space this week , with the York release demonstrations . But we must Jar the following before our readers , premising that the scene is laid at the Corn Exchange , Dublin ;—Mr . O'Con'nell again rose and said—I think it is very likely that I shall not leave Dublin till nest Monday night . I shall , by goin # by the five o ' clock boat , be in time for the commencement of the
debate on the Queen's speech , and that is all I desire . I therefore shall postpone a good deal of tbe business—some trivial matters , and also some matters ef importance , until next Monday . ( Hear . ) I hope that the gentlemen who have been appointed deputies in tho various parishes to prepare for the municipal election , will do me the honour to attend here to-morrow at two o ' clock , to make arrangements for determining on and selecting candidates for each ward , so that we may be able to have a ballot in any ward where there is a dispute about the selection of candidates . ( Hear , hear . ) I will be h-: re and superintend the ballot myself . ( Hear . ) I wish to call the attention of the Associatiou for
a moment to some of those miserable Chartist mo-rements that have attracted more of public attention than they merit . These are formed on a most paltry scale . 1 got in Drogheda a list of the entire Chartist force ihere , and it consisted only of eight persona ; and when the name of one of those persons was mentioned by me , he wrote to me within an hour disclaiming having anything to do with Chartism—and I believe him . ( Hear . ) In Dublin there ' are not more than twenty Chartists , and they hare ¦ obtained a sort of notoriety from a letter which appeared in the newspapers from a respectable Catholic clergyman . ( Hear . ) It is not my habit to enter into any political controversy with any
gentleman of his profession . I prefer Jeann ^ myself liable to have my motives impeached by him to entering into any species of angry controversy with him ; and there scarcely ever is a controversy in the newspapers , however courteously commenced , that does not end in ill-blood ; therefore , I will not a , dvert to anything that bears the name of the Rev . Mr . Ryan , though I believe the compositioa is Hot his own , but is from the pen of a person whose contributions to the public press are . familiar tome . Mr . Ryan has impugned mo for introducing his name here , and it is not fair of him to do so . I only introduced his name because I found it in Feargus O'Connor's journal , and 1 only introduced it for tha
purpose of giving Mr . Ryan an opportunity of disavowing any connection with that man , if he could . ( Hear . ; I spoke not of him with disrespect , aud I dpn ' t now speak of him with disrespect . 1 venerate the character that he stands in before the pubjic , and I have enough of persons to discuss political matters with , without involving myself in a discussion with the reverend gentleman . ( Hear , heir . ) I should observe that the excuses given for Chartism in this country are of the most ludicrous kind . They say they are Universal Suffragists , but they are not . No man can be a Universal Suffragist , The word is misapplied . No man thinks of going so far as to give the franchise to persons taiuted with crime ; no one thinks of giviug the franchise to persons that aro not of the age of twenty-one years ; no one thinks of giving it to females , though they
vote in the Bank of England , aad in the management of the affairs of one hundred millions of peop . e in the East Indies . ( Hear , hear . ) Universal Suffrage is a word that should not be used , the term used should be general Suffrage ; and I will go as far as . any Chartist in seeking ror a general Suffrage . ( Hear . ) I shall not detain you by entering into any discussion on the subject : but 1 will observe that Chartism iu Dublin was originated through personal animosity to myself . It wa 3 established here through a feeling of animosity to mo , the continuance of which I invite , and I will take care to deserve as much more of it as I possibly can . ( Cheers . ) I should remark before I proceed , tbat there is a « 1-Jow amongst them with a good deal of impudence 01 the name of Brophy . A Voice—I am here .
Mr . O'Connell—I am sorry for it ; there could not have been a worse fellow , wherever you are . ioa areas bad a boy as could be , and I will show it ia a few minutes . This man has published a letter in the newspapers , in which he accuses me with charging him of being an Orangeman , and he declares that he is not . ( Hear , hear . ) I have since discovered that he is not an Orangeman . He could not be one , for he was a Catholic ; and , before a Committee ot the House of Commons , it was distinctly proved tmt no person could be an Orangeman that was e ver a Catholic . Tho declaration made by a man when W is becoming an Orangeman is , that he 13 no ' Catholic , and never was one . Therefore 1 wa 5 "l 0 "» in imputing that to him , for he was once a Kofflsa Catholic , and , therefore , could hot be one . A Voice—Ho was worse .
Mr . O'Conuoll-Djn ' t interrupt me . I have * little more to say to him . He was a member 01 Father Spratt ' s society—the Sca pularian bucietyand he was dismissed that society . Brophy—I was not . Several Voices—You were , you were . Mr . O'Connell . —Don't get into any contest about hinu He then went and joined Parson Gregg . » oa carried the scapular belonging to Mr . sprain society there , and exhibited it to them , to tura into ridicule . There is the man that is the sec « tary to tho Chartists of Dublin , and he has since . 1 understand , become a Protestan :. ' ( Loud groan-, and cries of " turn him out . ") No , no , don £ tw
him . . Mr . Steele—No , let no man touch him . , Mr . O'Connell . —Let no person attempt to touco him . He would desire nothing better than that j ^ should—he came here to provoke you to injure m and to JBrophv—Let me say half-a-dozen words . . Mr . O'Connell—I will hear you , though 1 <» know that 1 ought . . - Dr . Gray—He ia not a member of the Aaoe » iion , and if he be allowed to speak here , » » afford a precedent to others who are not memw to come amongst us and disturb our proceeeaing- » Mr . O'ConneU-WelL then , I'll not hear W » ; ( Groans , and cries of " put him out . ") Dont temnttn fiwioh him 7 will itiv = « lf Rftfl him Satfil ) «
[ The Learned Gentleman , accompanied t > y ' . 1 Steele , having seen aim out of the room , proc «« % to say]—I am sorry for this incident , and l b ^ detain the meeting on this subject but one mom * longer . The observation I wish to make relates \* ticularly to the men that are endeavouring to geir ifais Chartist diversion in Dublin- ( hear andcWf-J —of course we are very interesting each ot us himself , and I conceive that it may not be uu teresting to you to state that tbe stock-m-traac Feargur O'Connor and his party is their aourf me . . ( Hear , hear . ) There is not a siugle lie iever was invented about me that they are not « £ to propagate —( oh , oh)—though Feargus 0 Conn . well aware of the utter falsehood of these assert ^ ( ftrrt 9 . no ^ Witk » iiunt » n liim I nftfld onlV S 3 J » ,
give you an idea of his feelings towards me , y when I went to Leeds Feargus filled three oi » newspapers with the strongest and most ur ^ ° t 0 ccntives he cculd use to induce them to put » . ^ death—( orieB oi " * ob , oh ")—but he has i ^ . " ' ^ me yet . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) The pnnw person among the Chartists in Dublin is Mr . " j » gins . He ia very an ? ry with me , this Mr . "' ^ gins ; and I will avow he is quite right in ceiB « Not as a Christian , but as a man , he has ? ' ^ reason to hate me , for I it was that caused b »» be expelled from the Volunteers for condaw —
The Northern Stajl. Saturday, September 4, 1841.
THE NORTHERN STAJl . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1841 .
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" The Ciiabtists hate proved themselves mork accurate calculators tiuk the middle classes . Whether their soiTRUM -would have mended MATTERS 13 NOT -NOW THE QUESTION ; BUT THE RESULT HAS SHEWN THAT THEY WERE CORRECT IN THEIR OPINION —THAT IN THE PRESENT STATE OF THE REPRESENTATION , IT WAS VAIN TO TH 1 . XK OF A REPEAL OP THE COS . N MONOPOLY . *******
Political power in this cctntrt , though it besides is a comparall ^ el-i' small class , can only be exckcised bv the sufferance of the masses . "Morning Chrcuicle Cot can cf the Whig Ministers ) , Fridav , Ju : y loth , 184 T .
Much That 2to Beating Antr Covvrspontimte.
much that 2 To Beating antr Covvrspontimte .
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— - *» - — We have received the following letter from Mr John Cleave : — " London , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , August 25 , 1841 . " Sir , —In yoar Paper of July 31 st , the following notice appeared : — ' On Saturday next ( i , e . the 7 th August ) , we shall give the portrait of Emmott to our Yorkshire subscribers ; on the following Saturday ( the 14 th ) , to those of Lancashire ; on the Saturday after ( the 2 lst ) , to those of all other places . ' Now , from some arrangement at your office , with which I have nothing tq do , this order of delivery was , in one or two instances , departed from ; thereby giving rise to considerable dissatisfaction among the London readers . In ray own
justification , permit me to say , that on the 17 th instant , the Engraver intimated that he had received instructions to deliver the quantity of Portraits required by rae , on the 19 th instant , on ¦ which day I received them , and they were dulyhanded over to the subscribers on the day specified in the above notice . And 1 beg to add , that , -whatever may have been the ground of the ill-natured calumny relative to my ' accounts not being right at your office , or I shonld have had my Portraits as soon as any one else , ' I only say that I adhered to your oicn instructions , as laid down in the notice I have quoted . "I am , Sir ; " Your obedient servant , " John Cleave . "
In reference to this letter we have only to say , that the order to the Engraver to deliver the several numbers of the London Portraits was forwarded some time before the day appointed for the delivery , and the parties requiring them duly apprized of the same . It seems that as Mr . C / eave ' s number was the largest , they were delivered to him the last—but still in time for distribution on the day announced , Aug . 21 st ; and it further appears , that the other parlies departed from the rule of distribution we had laid down , and gave theirs before the time . Mr . Cleave was quite right in his delivery : and we are sorry that any inconvenience has arisen to him from others departing from the published rule .
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? J . A . Hogg . —Yes . Mb . Coopeb . —Address Bradford " : and it will find him . G . C , Trow bridge . —Mr . Nolle is correct in his statement . J . C . E ., Clifton-place . —Call upon Mr . John Cleave—there is a p f ateforx : tried to him .
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Adam Fitton . —sends us for insertion the following stanza : — " God save the people , Free tbe poor from pain , Turn the Whiga and Tories all adrift , » Let honest men reign . " We say amen . James Loughlands . —It is impossible to find room for the letter that has been sent to us from the Baptist Church at liedlinglon , in reference ' to the conference of ministers . Richard Spurr . — We have received an insolent letter bearing this signature , and dated 91 , St . John ' sstrcet , Smithjield Bar , London , in which the writer says— "If the Northern Star is the peoples
paper , as one of the people , I claim the insertion of my letters : if , on the other hand , it is the paper of a faction , al once declare it , and refuse their insertion . " We beg to tell Mr . Spurr , that it is because we consider ihe Northern Star to be the people ' s paper that we refuse to allow him the use of its columns to create a faction . Robert Wilson , Glasgow . —His question is very tuose ' y stated . So far as we can undcrstand ' it we incline to answer with a " yes ; " though the reasons on which ice base our opinion might occupy more space than we can afford for so trifling a matter .
R . Neave . — We have no room . Biiomsgrove . —The CHartists of this place wish to inform their brethren throughout the country that all letters must be addressed to John Heath , Ednul lane : their late secretary , Mr . Sanders , has left for America . Francis Heathcote writes us on behalf of a compuny of working men at Darluston , in Staffordshire , in expression of their thanks to the " Woolivich Cadet , " for his letter in last week ' s iVorthern Slar . J . Leech . —His letter must stand over , at least , for the present . J . Thornton , Paddock . — We were not aware of the
irregularity , and will endeavour to rectify it . Ruffy Ridley . — We have not room for his letter to the County Council of Wilts : he had better send it to them bu post . Journeyman Hattehs . —Our space is too much occupied this week ; but we shall endeavour to give them a benefit in our next . Edinburgh . — We have no room for the Rev . Mr . Browning ' s lecture , at least , for the present . Constant Rkader , Belfast . —Next week . II ., Nottingham . — We . '• hall be glad to receive his occasional statcmcrils of facts ; but we hope he will be careful to send us nothing that he cannot effectually substantiate . Mrs . Frost . — We have received from the subscribers
at Dukiiijield u copy of a letter recently sent to this lady , enclosing subscriptions to the amount of £ 1 Is ., together with her rep l y . Both letters are exceedingly creditable to the parties ; but tec liave not room for their insertion . A Lovek op Chartism . — We have had quite enough of the nonsense about Mr . Edwards . Liberation Addhesses . — Very many localities must excuse the insertion of their congratulatory addresses to Feargus O'Connor . To insert all is impossible ; and , consequently , to insert any might seem invidious . John Hardy . — We have no room for his poetry . H . D . Griffiths must stand over for the presentour space i * full .
L . Rogers . — We cannot read his poetry . StRoudwater . — We have received a long communication concerning a hole-and-corner Corn-law meeting . We have not room for its insertion . The humbugs are unworthy of notice . James Lowe , Dundee . —His letter did not reach us till Thursday , last week . He will find the report in this iveek ' a Star . W . H . Powell , Hylton-street , Worcester , tvishes to have a letter from Air . Philp , informing him whether it is his intention to visit Worcester o ? i his return from Birmingham . J . H . —Our Poet ' s Corner was filled up when his " acrostic'' tvas received . D . M . —His poetical Address to O'Connor has been received .
A Constant Reader , Kelso . — We have not had time . to read his letter : we only got it on Thursday morning . ' . John Hines , SI . John-street , Borough . — The letter from Ireland , wlnch he has forwarded to us , shall appear next week . R . H . C , CoLsv . —He may send his half Star through the post , if it has the Government stamp at the corner—not without . J . H ., Edinburgh . —His Address to King Dan has been received . The insertion of Ihe Address of the London Delegate Council has been postponed . JoifiV Wilkinson , Birmingham . —The individual against whom he icriles is powerless for evil We think it best to "let well alone . " Bolton Colliers . —Their report next week .
Dan's Justice And Love Of Fair Play.
DAN'S JUSTICE AND LOVE OF FAIR PLAY .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct565/page/4/
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