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THE jSOETHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1E42.
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IHE ADDRESS OF THE CHARTISTS MEETING IS CHTTRCH-STREET , JIAXSFIELD , TO / EEAKGTJS O'CONNOB , ESQ . "HOSOURKD PATHIOT A >* D BBOTHER ,- ^ We hail with the highest delight your first vMt to our locality , aiEce you emerged from the dungeon ' s gloomy depths , "whither the factions hsd consigned you , in the vain hope that they could stifle your ardour , and arrest your progress , in the struggle for universal truth , and freedom , and happiness . i - Sir , the conflict that is now fiercely ¦ waging between the semi-barbarous institutions of past ages that tuTe
enllivtd their ihne ; and the interests and intelligence of the mass cf mivnlrrmi has been animated and ^ ystemizid by your genius , and virtus , and wealth Ton , Sir , haTa arranged the scattered elements of popular power , and taught as that the intelligence ana energy inheres in ourselves by which we are to establish nniveisal principles . Hence we are not note the political tools of the tilled factions who divide the produce of our labour ; nor do we waste our energies in attempting to remove piiUcalar wronga , No , Sir , we aim at . &e root , th& primary cau 39 of all our sufferings—** I&a monopoly of political power held by the fuw . "
Sir , your disinterested and herculean exertions would hare entitled any man . to our respect and deference . Bat , Sir , when we rtflect that you were bom ' and e 3 ucated an aristocrat , and see you rising superior to * ha _ prejudices inseparable from such circumstances , sacrificing honour , rank , and wealth , and identifying yourself with the trampled , and , until lately , despissd multitude , we confess tiat these are irresistible claims upon our esteem , our cDnfidenoe , and our liveliest gratitude . Sir , we look upon the obtainment of political power as an indispensable prelude to the physical , moral , and intellectual gresinsss to which we believe our rzes 13
capable of attaining . "We hold that the proper direction of the educational and industrial occupations cf any paople by an efficient popular Government , would ensure the absence cf ninety-nine hundredths of ths crime ar . d misery that at present degrade society . And , Sir , in connecting your name with these magnificent results , we feel that we are transmitting it to posterity , w one that will be remembered in companionship with the names of the great aad good , in aino ranthice freshness , upon when grave fcrgetfulness shall sit mocking on the fallen fame of heroaa and 0 ! kings . _ Mask Leaysley , GhairEian .
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THE ADDRESS OF TSE CHARTIST SHOEMAKERS OF NOTTINGHAM TO FEAItGUS ; o coknob , ESQrrRE . HoiioaED asd Eespzctsd Sia , —We , the Charlist Shoemakers cf Nottingham , hail with delight your fisit to our town , an event much desired sn-1 long expected , and we taka this opportunity of expressing © or admiration of your persevering and gigantic efil-rta to set our fettered labour free , and to secure to us and oars , tha benefits cf hocest industry . ; The myrmidons ef legislative power may persecute , aaS pretended friends by their slanders may try to-rob you of the fame you have so justly earned ; but ^ e view all with cold coctempt , whiie we tender our ? . mrM meed ef praise to the man , who , above an others , has striven to place the workman upon an equality ^ ruh hi : master .
We see with regret the apathy andsoul-les 3 c _ n < iiiioa of many of the united trades of this cotmljv , but Lope by your unremitting labours soon to witasss a zmghij ergauic changs ; it is with sincerepleasure ih ^ i yet nave lead from time to time , of the suecass of your txctious asiorgst tha Traaes of London , and Lave j . - > v £ -iliy followed the advice you have so otiengi : ^ n , > uoslaz that if that advice had been acted upon by the- Tzzd-. i sinruiULiisossly throughout the country , onr rcdenutinis would have been gained long age . Vve would endeavour to cheer yon on , as the champion , of the rights of man and labour , a--d as 1 as ii > v , e are c-yncemsd , will not be the lwt , not oily to ^ houi fertile Charter , but tofolL / w your bright cxai :: pie " i > y ttririag to work out our own national siiraucr .
Tc&rgus , we welcome you tD tba fcoues ; sous of Crispin in Nottingham , who will stick to you like w ax , while you continue so zsalously to maks or procure 3 gOOd USDEBSTAKDISG for the poor , VIZ ., TTagM il > r labour and aa inheritance in our Patileklanl ' . THE ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO THE SFB-OFF 1 CEKS AND MEMB 3 RS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Bbsthsz > , —Again assembled for the perfonnsnee of tie important duties entrusted to our fcan ^ s , it is CBCe acre our pls&Eicg duty to acq-oaint -y-ra . -with our proceediog * . and to phec before yen thi r ^ olutk-ns vre bays adopted for your future gnid . ance and for Sis completion of the great and important jrovement already pnt forward , asa sanctioned " by your universal approbation . The most agreeable nart of our present datv is-to
eoujratolats you ali on ths irres ' -siiors progress cf ear causa . Evsnts , sines we last met , have done much to excite in us the most sanguine expectations , and to convince ns that the labour of f-tit days are now producing ampls rs-sfard . The pos : t oa into TFhica ? ths several political parties of the state , have fcsca thrown , tarongh ths operation of ths firm aid anbendiiig deterjainzticn of our " Chsrfcist brotherhood , cow displays clearly tad convincingly the corxectEas of the policy tsat has hitherto marked -cur ccndcci- Bet a short tuns aince , while- yet there re-Baise ^ a liBgering hope in the devotees c £ WLiggery , we wera gsa&rally declaimed against as the enemies of all good , and the pursuers only of self-interest , at ttia expssaa of a sufiering people . Now , however , msa cf judgment aad honesty discern our real : m > fcives , and th > ocly Lope of benefitting the mess-: ;; the hoad of co-operation is ererywbere fs ^ Ierc-d , and U lisa in our ^ wer spatdily to effect the fullest meimre of oir 'Dirsci ^
' Brethren , —A 3 car position changes , we must sn ~" t Oar plan of action to t *> 9 exigencies that exist ; a = d taviag convisccd al ! reSecting ptrsons thit . we are a ^ vet to be iiv ^ rted from oor purpose , w ? niurt no ^ 7 &iv that where thera is a Bincere and honest desir to t-ite Tn ths promotion of the cemmon good , wa are ready to extend the hand of brotasfly co-cpsrstioii . Bat we ; miat never be made the rn =.- ?> n 3 to nn . unjust fefi ; ws cannot sabmh to be the tools cs . whose shoulders fAct ! - > U 3 and selSsh tnmrcrs , sbaD be ca . ried to-tfed seat ; of povtr ; prompted only by a pure , a * & ? & £ , aa andficg love of couttry and cf kladred , yte AMt ^ rmly oci ^ ad fo * Mb& fall measure uf justice—&a thartsr . Aad woaterer may be resoJved up 03 , -we fflost S 68 ( as for as 2 sis ? m foresight , aided by experience fed reascu . e&n peaetnte the estlre arncuut of justice iirtlhioa 29 aofa
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Brethren , —We must also congratulate yon on the rapid extension of our association ; as will be seen by the statements in our address to the people , every day adds fresh increase to our ranks , and gives us greater causa to deem our efforts to promote organisation successful . We rejoice to find that our having , in our several addresses , exhorted the Chartist body to union , has gone far to subdne the spirit of dissension , and imparted in many hearts , hitherto dissatisfied and restless , a desire to " bear and forbtar . " This being the case , we shall not on tha present' occasion particuiuriss the very few remaining ca 3 es of disagreement ; but we once more invoke union and brotherly cooperation , urging these as absolute y necessary to the triumph of Chartist principles , now so rapidly progreasing .
In each of the cases brought by private communica tion under our notice , we find every obstacle to our interference , bnt not the slightest difficulty in the way of amicab e arrangement by the patties immediately concerned . We hope , therefore , to be expected to say no more , and W 3 look with confidence for a speedy adjustment of all disputes .
THE CONVENTION . The Convention is positively to assemble in London on Tuesday , the 12 th of April , 1842 . A desire on the part ef the Executive to give full effect to the operations of the People ' s Parliamert , has led to this postponement But it mu :-t be distinctly understood that no other delay will take place . It is an error on the pa : t of iue General Councillors and other officers of the Association , to defer matters of importance to tho last moment This neglect of dnty too frequently embarrasses the Executive , and occasions delays and postponements that otherwise would not « ecur .
It is therefore impressively urged on our Members , immediately upon the declaration of the Ballot , to proceed to the election of members for the Convention in public meetings , convened by hand-bills , in all pspulous parts of the several districts , to raise the necessary funds , ani to procure signatures to the petition . It is further resolved , that , all circumstances permitting , the Convention Bbnll sit three weeks instead of one MONTH . This will diminish the funds required , in the proporton of £ 3 to each representative , and render the expenees mnch lighter .
The paoplain all parts of the country are earnestly requested to abide by the electoral and representative allotments already made . If this bo not the case , disagreements may occur in the sssembly of the Convention , which wiH seriously affect the demonstration to be made . Cornwall , D . von , and Derset , it appears , will be unable to send a delegate . We , therefore , recommend our friends in this district to consider themselves represented by the Convention in general , and to contribute any amount of funds they can raise , to the general treasury , to assist such districts as may have a difficulty to contribute their fair proportion .
SCOTLAND . We earnestly impress on the Chartists of Scotland the propriety of signing the National Petition , and ef sending representatives to the ConTention , The grounds of objection to the Petition are so futile , that we c&naoi imagine they "will m&ii-ocs to any gitat extent the conduct of our Scotch brethren . GENERAL TREASURER . We havs appointed Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe Lane , Flett Street ; London , to receive moneys for the General Convention Fucrl . ilr . Cleave will publish ¦ weekly in the Slar , Vir . dica ' , tfc ., an account of moneys received .
THE PETITION . Our members in the various p ^ rts of the kingdom are particularly ur ^ cd not to relax in their exertion to obtain signatures . Taking advantige of the present tone of public feeiin ? , they may swell the nunibors immensely , and add still greater strength to the Peopl 3 * s cause , PKESSNTATIOS OF THE PETITION . Previous to the presentation , Meetings will be held in every part cf the Metropolis , and on the day cf presentation an iminanae procession will accompany it to the Housa of Commons .
eti > : g of the executive . Unless circumstances "urgently require it , the Executive will not re-assemble until the Convention meets . Should their combined services , however , be previously required , ou-3 notice will be given of the time and place of sitting .
GENERAL ARGUMENT . Brethren , —On your un . icu , your industry , and energy , depends tha success or failure of this important ruovcineut . We ur ^ o you , not -with common earnestness , to be prompt and z ^ bus , convinced that tho result will yield ample r < = ward . During the whole agitation for the Charter , no time more seriously demanded your most active exsriions ilrm tha present . Look to the many indications of public feeling in our favour , and ask oursolve 3 , ought we not at this time to display a firnmtgs of unioa and strength , too strong to be defied ,
tio : n-. j- 'vrt' > Ti ^ t . ~ > t-p < i » vrp , gnTr ! ,- ! i . & ! l-coni ; nandin £ . and inspiring hope and joy in tho breast of every anxious approTar of Ciir designs ? R ^ Eolre at once , then , to take up vrith energy r . ud determination , a work so honourable to yourselves , and so promising cf a great and glorious rsward . Yl-uis , in the cause of liberty , P . M . il'DOUALL . J- Leach , Mobgan Williams . R . K . Piiilp . J . Campbell , Secretary .
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THE HUMBUG TRAP . Vie last week warned the people against falling into the enare of the " extension" men . We have this we . k : o laud the brave men of Sheffield , who anticipated our caution by driving the humbugs out of their cunning fastness , on the Friday , the day before our paper appeared . The Repealers played a dtcp game on that occasion . The resolution they proposed was the followiug one : —
" Having loet all confident in the Government and ibe Hr-cse of Commons . 13 tt present constituted , and iei rir ! g not only the repeal of bad laws , but a guarant-sc f-jr future good government , and fearing those unbappy outbreaks which mnst result from ths continued epprsffiion and starvation of the people : being also convinced that no effectual rcmetiy will be provided until it be placed in tia pawsr of the psopic : This si- - » cilng is of cpruion tin ! the franchise ought-to be -x ' ended to every mar . twenty-ono years of sge , of -junil mind , untainted "sath crime , with the feenrity of ' ' oret voting , a"tl Erich otter mat : ers of detail as may fc— found necessary to the honest and practical working oat of the systtiu . "
Only think of this specious piece of special pleadiugbeins mcTod by Palfheyman , the Whig attorney who prosecuted all the Sheffield Chartist victims Specious , however , as was ths bait , and greasy as Trag the lawyer ' s red rag wrapped rouad it , the " lads" -. Yonldn '; swallow it . They brought out their amendment for the Charter , and the Charter only . This is the way to do the business . We repeat our position of last week . Let not one
of tae people ever forget it . If these men have lost all hopo from the House of Commons under any but a Charttr suffrage , their continuance of the Repeal sjiiia-ion is absurd and useless ; their whole energies should bo concentrated to the carrying of the Charter , as the means necessary to their end ; if ili- } ' tercet or hesitate to do this , they . affcrd evidence that their agitation is insincere , and that their only pcTpo = s is to " me" the people , and then trample on and 52 *;] ihezc . .
L . tt ' ai poople now mars such of the middle-class men . the " Repealers , " and " extension" baw ] ers , 2-ha * . ? bsconie so suddenly converted te the Charter . Lui ibein be Jcluded by these men into a jointagit&r-on for Corn Law Repeal and the Charter ; rnd vrc ieil them cow that the Repeal will bo got , v ^ hlli ; I : o Charter will ba thrown overboard , and tliat then the power of the two factions wili be again concentrated to crush the Chartists . A furious stona of persecution will follow ; aai the very men who are now , in thu effervescence of their new-born zeal for the Charter , moving and seconding resolutions for it in speeches of a Fxcuch Revolution charaster , will be ioremest of the vanguard of " property" and "
pri-• Tiieg ; o "; the firs * to prosecute , hong , drown , and transport the Chartists . Stay , we tell them that they are even now forming their plans for the future at-; tack ; that they are now deliberately setting 02 their ; oira incendiary praters to make oases of * ' illegal and * ssaitious aieetiDgs" for which they hope to induce the i Tories to prosecute the Chartists . Let us not be I misunderstood . What we mean is this . There is i nowaporpose among ths more forward and more j crafty of the " repeal" aad " liberal" party , if they I caunot provoke the people to come in contact with i the law ? , to do so themselves a ^ d lay the blame ! upon the peop e . The !? purpose to inflime and stir I np feelings oi reaeataeat uaong the peopl 3 in the
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hope that outrage may ensile , ' is evident even , from their indidiouB Sheffield resolution , in which they affect to " fear that outrage may ensue . " Now what should the villains fear ? They know that the people will be quiet . enough if they will let them—much too qaiet for their purposes ; and hence the fiery harangues of their own tools are evonnow palmed on the Chartista , aad pointed out to Government for proBecution in tiieir own organs . We select one of them for the present—one that has an extensive circulation amongst , and that we believe possesses much of the confidence of the "Repealer" } " and "extension " mea—the York Courant . That paper is now before
us . We find in it a short notice of the meeting at Bradford , last week , in which the Chartists were gulled into a coalition meeting for Corn Law Repeal and the Charter . At that meeting , Mr . Forbes , a Corn Law Repealer , au " extension" man , and a rich middle class man , made one of the most violent and inflammatory speeohes that we have read for a very long time . Wo certainly never read anything like it in any Chartist speech , not evtn in the maddest of the dog days of Governmental influence and spy agitation . Not a single word does the York Courant say about this speech of Mr ., Forbes' ; but he says that among the speakers at the meeting was : —
"Mr . Arran , a Chartist , who said it was for the middle classes to say whether the rights of the people Ehould be obtained by bloodshed or without it , " . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ carefully printing the word " bloodshed" in italics Now supposing that Mr . Abeak did U 3 e the expressions attributed to him , ( of which vto require better evidence than the testimony of this rabid partizan writer before we believe itj )—what then 1 Why should the Y-ork Courant single out that expression
sever it iromits context ; and take special care to say that it was u ? ed by " Mr . Aeilvn , a Chartist" ? Is it not clear that the fiendly purpose is to invite the attention of tho " strong Government" to the strong language of Mr . Fobbes , the middle-class extension man ; and so to make " Mr . Arean , the Chartist , " answerable and punishable for all his sedition ? Was it not thus that poor Ashton , who is now languishing iu Wakefield Hell , got two years' imprisonment for being present at an illegal meeting though he did not speak at all ?!
We are determined that if the people do at this time sell themselves , it shall not be with closed eyes . They shall know their position . They ahall ece what lies before them . We will warn them ; and if they will not heed us , we have at least delivered our own souls . If it be asked what we advise , we reply briefly—Have nothing at all to do with "Extension" or Corn Latr Repeal . Suffer no resolutions on these subjects to pass at any publio meetings . Negative them as fast as they are proposed , and stick to the Charter , and the Charter only . In this advice we arc sustained by tho delegates of South Lancashire , from whose excellent address we give the followiug passages , commending them to special notioe : —
" Brother Chartists , we emphatically call upon you to do your duty . At publio meetings be finm resolute , and determined . Allow fair discussion . Act as becomes men seeking your liberty ; raise no clamour or confusion , —let the middle class have this part of the business to thecisclve ? , —and ai all and every risk stand upon your Charter . At all meetings publicly convened , be at your poat . And the best way to test the honesty of the middle class 13 to enforce your amendments for the Charter . Do not be juggled , allow no compromise , but by sound argument and reason defend at every hazard the principles which it contains .
" You are now arrived at a period when a false step might injure the cause you have so much at heart . If the middle classes are coming out to join the Chartists , see that there be no mistake aboui the matter ; and if they object to the Charter , then you will know what to think about them . The times are too serious to be trifled with ; we must be sober , active , and persevering ; every man must work as though the whole weight depended upon him .
In order , therefore , to guard against the misrepresentations of a factious press , you must not by any means allow the Charter to bo-a-secondary measure ; nor must it bo allowed to bo appended to any other resolution . Try your strength at the beginning of the meeting , while tho first chairman sits . Never let it be said that you elected another chairman to carry the Charter . Do every thing honest ! ' / , fairly , legally , and properly , and triumph , and complete victory , is sure to be the result , and you will beheld up as men deserving to be free . The middle classes have already shewn signs of retreat ; follow them up , then ; and armed and stimulated as you are by justice , virtue , and truth , you will oblige them to yield toasenr sible and a determined people . "
To these remarks we add another ; and it 13 this At all public meetings , not only leave the clamour and confusion to the middle-class men , but watch them carefully in language and demeanour . Let nothing come from us but fair and sound argument ; and if any one of the middle class dare insult a meeting of intelligent working men by sly insinuations of physical force , or by vapid spluttering firebrand Btuff , euch as many of the " Repealing " "Extension" gentry are now using , let him be at once admonished that it is seen through , and that " it won't do" . Let the people instantly treat him to a volley of hisses—nothing more ; let the Chartist leaders , if any be present , instantly
appeal to the Chairman , and insist on decent and gentlemanly language being used by the speakers . Jf tho Chairman neglect his duty , and this truculent ^ language be still continued , let the meeting refuse to hear another word . Let this plan be taken , and be taken all over , and the " ash" of thesegeiitry will be " settled . " Tho people will at all events fiad what they really are . Aud we fear that they will find all their zeal for liberal measures and tho people's rignts to have been assumed for sslfish purposes . In any case , if true to themsolyes , the people must succeed . Their only chance of failure is iu suffering themselves to be again made an appanage of Whiggerv . .
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tibridr ' the'Wiugs . and C ^ of monopoly , are working on the old and known tactics of their party ; that they have employed creatures to do their bidding , to go from house to house , or from mine to mine , among the mountains , inflaming and exasperating the people secretly , and providing them with arms , for the purpose of handing them over to .-the ^ ^ " strong Government' * as a pretext for an onslaught oxi . the shadowy forms of freedom , whioh yet still exist . though in name only . One thing is certainj ( that the power of the people is fearod alike by all factions ; and ; -thai they fear it just : in proportion to its reasoning calmness and organised firmness . They will go
every length ; they will stick at nothing to break in upon bur phalanx- Let then the people mind yehat they areabout . The times wjere never more critical than now—every artifioe that Hell can furnish is in requisition to destroy them . Let them read and hear the spouting xaying 3 of the Whig repoalers and " extension" men at their several meetings—filled with incendiary insinuations aud ' . inflammatory denunciations from end to endr--while yet if but a single one of them should Buffer himself id be led into the folly of acting on the advice tendered to him , he would find his vociferous friends to be the very men who , jutting on j uries arid grand juries , would sentence the " violent and dangerous Chartist" to imprisonment or transportation .
Let the people then bewaro ! Let them go right on with their own agitation for the Charter peacefully " but determinedly , as they have hitherto done ; Let them take care that no other agitation shall be carried on in their name . Let the Charterihe whole Charter—and noihing but ttle Charter , until that be obtained , be their reiterated cry at all public meetings and in all petitions ; but let them dp all peacefully—as peacefully as they kst week ejected Mr . Baines from the seat of honour to which he aspired in the Court Hbuae ; where without a particle of pre-concert , without a single violent expression or hard word , without deigning ; to
waste words at all upon him , their uplifted hands settled the matter in a moment . Let them adopt this plan in every : thing . Let them quietly , but surely—peacefully , but unmistakeably—chuck overboard everything but the Charter . But let them , as we always did advise , spurn from them , as a wretch who seeks only to betray them , every man ^^ who even hints at secret clubs , at muskets , at Btack firing , or at any other proces than that of morally and peacefully concentrating their energies for the attainment of their own rights without infringing upon thO 3 e of others . We know that plans are being laid for
THEIR ENTRAPMENT ; AND WE TRUST TO THEIR PRUDENCE AND PERSEVERANCE TO SEE THK 1 NEERNAL MONSTERS FOILED AND LAUGHED AT .
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THE DUNDEE CHRONICLE . Nothing affords us more pleasure than to be ablej if we have unwittingly done or said any thing calculated to injure a neighbour , to afford reparation . In our last number , a note to correspondents appeared , haying reference to Mr . R . J . Richardson , in which we say " he is the Editor of a professedly Chartist nowspaper . " We have since that received a letter from Mr , Carrie , the manager of the Dundee Chronicle , informing us that Mr . Richardson has now no connection with that paper ; that his connection with it ceased about three weeks
ago . ; and that it is now edited by Mr . J . O . LaMonTj formerly of the Scottish Patriot Offioe , Glasgow . We certainly did refer to the Dundee Chronicle as the " professedly Chartist papor , " of which Mr . Richardson wasEditor . Mr . Richardson ' s accession to that paper was mado fay its managers matter of publio announcement ; and , as we wore not aware that any publio announcemont of his di 3-conneotion from it had appeared , we ^ of course , took it for granted that he still conducted it . Hence our designation of it as a " professedly Chuttist paper "; for until Mr . R . J . Richardson shall
1 ) 170 met and satisfactorily answered the black charges of treachery and villany distinctly preferred against him by his own townsmen , we catt have no faith , either in him or in aay paper of which he may have theconducing .. . Most gladly therefore 4 o we mako the announcement for our Dundee friends , that their paper is no longer in the hands of such a tasin > butin those of Mr . J . 0 . La Mont , whom we know to have a considerable share of taleii t , and whom we believe to be as good a , Chartist as can live . In such hands , we hope to find in i ) u > Dundee Chronicle a , helpmate in the good work , worthy of our most cordial approbation ; and we shall hope
not Igss to see the good men and true of Scotland remembering that their own local oi'gan is the propetty of working men , that it is devoted to their cause and interests , and deserving of their best support . We were mo 3 t sorry , but not at all eurprised , to hear that for somo ' " . time . , the Dundee Chronicle has been declining . We ha . re no doubt that its rise will be now more rapid than its decline has ever been ; and that we Khali heucefoith fiad it , liko ourselve :-, clothed in ihe panoply of publio confidence , and fighting by our eide the battles of the people against' fraud , treachery ^ corruption , and oppression , in all their numerous and hatsful i ' ormg .
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Brief Bulbs for the Govebnmeni ofali . ¦ wh © write for thi 9 paper : — 1 . Write legibly . Make as few erasurea and interiinea tiona as posaible . In writing names otpersons and ' ¦ ¦ ¦ -. places be more particular than usual to make every . letter distinct and clear—^^ o in rising words not : ¦' .. English ^ - ' ; . . . . "' .. . "¦¦¦ .. ' : '; ¦ - ' .. ; ¦ V-. ¦ ¦ . : ¦ ' .-. ' ¦ . . ' . ¦ . ¦" ..- • ' ' ; . " 2 . Write ordy on . one side ©/ Vie paper . 3 .. Employ no abbreviations whatever ^ but write but every wor 4 in EulL ^; ¦ . " ' ! : - .. ¦' : : '; ' . '¦ . ¦"'¦'¦ ¦ ¦ . -:: .-. ' 4 . Address communications not to any particular person , \ butto : " The Editor . " ¦ , ; ¦ ; ; ;; , ¦ : . 6 . When you ait down to write , don't be in a hurry Consider that hurried writing makes slow printing . 6 . Remesflber that we go to press on Thursday ; that one aide of the paper goea to press on Wednesday ;
that we are obliged to go on filling up the paper the whole week , and that , therefore , when a load of mattor comes by tke last one or two po ^ ta , it nnavoidably , happens that much : ' -of it is omitted ; aud that it ia ' therefore necessary to be prompfc in your communi-, ' - cations . . ; . . . ¦'• : ¦ ' . ' . ' . - ¦; ¦/ . ¦ " ; , ; ¦•¦ ' . . ' . . ¦ '¦ .. " . ' . // , '"• • All matters of news , reports of meetings , &c , &ci . referring to occiirrehcos on Friday , Saturday , or Sunday , should reach us by Monday ' s post ; such as refer to Monday ' s occurrences by Tuesday ., ' ¦ ' evening ' s post ; WiBdnesday ' a occurrences by Thursday ' s post ; and Thursday ' B news by Friday morn-; ing ' a post , for second edition . Any deviation from this order of supply will necessarily subject the matters so received to the almost . certainty"of rejection or serious curtailment , and we take no blame for •¦ ¦ - u : . -. '¦¦ ¦ ' . "¦¦ ¦ . ; - . •" ¦ ¦ . ¦ " ¦ . •¦ ¦ ' . '¦ ¦ : . - . ¦ : - ; : ^ ' - " > -:
Air personal correspondence , poetry , literary communications , and articles of comment to be here by Tuesday , or their , chance of insertion for that we ^ k wiU be vevyamall indeed ; if not here by Wednesday we don't hold ourselves bound even to notice them . ' ¦ ; '¦ ' '¦ " ¦ ' - ; : . ¦ - ; ¦; - :,.: ' . ¦ : - - ;/ ¦ 7 . Finally , remember that we have only forty-eight columns weekly for all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that we Lave no interest in preferring one town or place to another , because ours is not a local but a Hationsa paper ; that we are bound , therefore , in dealing with the masses of matter whick coine to us , to hold the - scales of Justice evenly—our first object being the promotion and enhancement , according to : our own
best judgment , ef' tlia success of the great and good cause ; and our second , the distribution of our time and space so as to &ve least cause of complaint ; that we are alike bound to this course of action by inclination , interest ; and duty ; and that , therefore , it is uaeless arid senseless for individuals to fume and fret , and think themselves ill used because their communications may not always be inserted , or for societies to trouble their heads and waste their time in passing votes of cenaure upon us for devoting too much space to this , or too little to that , or for inserting this thing whieh they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing which they think should have appeared . AU
these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of our discretion and judgment , which , we assure all parties , shall be always used , so far as we are able to petceive , honestly for the public , without fear or favour to any one , and without being allowed to be turned for one instant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings . Books for Review raay be left for this Office at Mr ; John Cleave's , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London . Public Funds—To prevent mistakes , let it be especi ; ally noted thai all monk ? received by pur Cashier for the various Chartist funds are acknowledged by him in the column of "Notices to Corresporidents , " and that he te answerable only for the sums there advertised to have 1 been received . !
Money Orders to this Office . —rOur cashier is frequently made to endure an amount of inconvenience utterly xnconceivalnle by those whoiidve not multifarious transactions ^ like his to attend ¦ to , " by the " : negligence of parlies not attending to the plain instructions so often givenitomake all money orders sent here payable td Mr . John Ardill . Some orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connor—some to Mr . Hobson ^ some to Mr . flill—some k » Star OiBce : all these [ require the signatures of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be got . This causes an attendance at the post-office of ,
sometimes , several hours , when a few mmu ' . es might suffice if all were rightly given—not to mention the most vexatious delays of ' payment sometimes caused by it . Several' oCd agents , who certainly ought to know belter , have often thus needlessly inco 7 ivetiienced iis ; we , therefore , beg that all parties having money to send to the Star Office for papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mi-. John Ardill ; if they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them ; if , therefore , they find their neglect , to produce inconvenience to . themselves , let them not blame us .
To Agents . — -A great portion of the Orders of our Agents whioh should be in our office on Thursday * at la test , have for several weeks back come on the Friday ; nearly all the Scotch Agents ' Orders have como on the Friday often . Thia may bs occasioned by the delays of ¦ the mails , owing to the weather , but there certaiiilyis 110 reason why the Agents at Hull , Liverpool , and even TBarnsley and Bradford , should send their Orders to . reach theOfficejust at the time the papers are going out of it . Any OrDKUS NOT IN THE OFFICE QX THURSDAYS cannot be AMENDED to : and any paDers returned in consequence of orders being late will uot be credited .
Correspondents of the Northern Star . — firmdon—H . M . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , " Knightsbridge . Manchester—W- Griffin , 34 , Lomas street , Bank Top . Birmingham—George White , 29 , Bromsgrove-Btreet . Newcaslie—Mr . J . ^ Sinclair , Gateahead . . Sunderland—Mr . J . Williams , Mesara . WitliauiB and Bums , booksellers . Sheffield—Mr G . J . Uarney , news agent , 33 , Campo-lane . Cuartist Addresses . —The General Secretary—Mr . John Campbell , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw ' s Browj Manchester . Chartist Blacking Manufacturer—Mr . Roger Pinder , Edward ' s-square , Edward ' sphce , Pottery , Hull . Secretary to ihe Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Coniiniilee—J ; .
Wilkinson , 6 , Cregoe Teirace , Bells Barn Road . Birmingham . —J . I . Smith , Chartiat Blacking Maker , Tavist ^ ck-strett , Plymouth . ; Notice . — -Any Stars , ox other papers , ient to > the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to be addressed to E . F . Dempsey , No . 14 , N Ann-street , who has been elected in the 100 m qf Mr . P . M . Bropby who has resigned . Derby . ——The friends of this neighbourhood . having communications for the Stov , or otherwise affecting the Chartist movement , are requested to send them to Mr . Thomas Briggs , care of Air . John Moss , shoemaker , Plumptre-squsre , Darley-lane , Derby .
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Mr . Robert Cruthers , News Agent , Newcastle , and his Account : * ^ at this Office . — We have received ^ by the Newcastle post , a document , purporting to emanate from " the friends of the Northern Star , whose riames are enclosed , " - giving great credit to Mr . Cruthers for his efforts and sacrifices to sustain the Northern Star tn his neighbourhood , and protestingr in strong terms , against some alleged ill usage of that person in refereiice to his accounts at this office , about which U seevis there is some dispute between him and cturfinancial manager . The document is inihs handwriting of Mr . Cruthers ; or at all events in the same handwriting as many letters
li'hich we have received bearing that person ' s signature . Tin " namesenclosed '' are upon very dirly slips , apparently cut from some old petition ' sheets , to the number of 112 ; including among them . " Robert Cruthers , Shakspearestreet , " ' Thomas ^ Horn , Market-street , " "Thos . Gray ; Greyslreei" "William Byrne and F . W . Hume , 1 , Cloth Market ^ and " John / Blafcey Side . " : All these parties , and others , to the number of 112 inall i are made to " repudiate with d ' . Sgust" notice in our last , referring the readers of the Star in Newcastle , who might no yet have received medals and plates due to them to Messrs . France and Co ., from whom they might receive thaii ; , and to ^ " claim their medals
and plates off Mr . Cruthers . " Now , supposing this list n / 112 names to have been genuinely attached by the parlies to the document within which they were enclosed , we can then only tell tht'sc parties that the affair is one in which we cannot interfere , ahdin which we cannot acknowledge their right to interfere . The financial affairs of this office are in the hands of a gentleman ivhom we know , and who we know will do right . Any disputes as to matters of money accounts between him and Mr . Cruthers , are matters with which the subscribers have nothing at alt to do . Their only business is to look to the fulfilment of our engagement to provide plates and medals for thevt . That was done by our notice in last week ' s Star . We have provided
pfates and medals for all subscribers ; and we think that the least privilege we canidaim in the matter is tkat of saying that they shall not be had through the hands of an agent who does not pay ' hisaccounts . JVesaid this inthe mosldilicate manner possible , not assigning the reason for the reference of Mr . Cruthefs subscribers to another agentfortheir plates and medals . We should notnoto have done so , if this " repudiation with disgust" had not compelled us . We have written this on the supposition that the names enclosed are genuine signatures to Mr . Cruthers ' ^ document ; but there is quite enough of evidence on the face of the slips on which the ? names enclosed ' drctcritteti to convince us that the whole isan impudent fabrication . ¦
Reubex I ? oWthorP' iec 6 rnmends , foT thS support of the' ^ Convention , ari-extra subscription for one / , V > ' * ao 3 ith , at Is ., < W ., or Rd ., ¦ which he feels ] , sure . eyery mechanic in London , who is » n employment , ; ottghtyery well to sparA ' .. ' , - . : v : \ '
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George Lindsay would humbly suggest that every locality belonging to the National Charter Asso ciation do immediately Call public meetings of the members , to take into consideration the present middle-class movement for Universal Suffrage , ¦ founding a resolution on their terrns of a union wilh the above classes . Those conditions to be sent , without delay , by each sub-secretary to the people ' s servants , ( the executive , ) so that ; they , and the ' leadersin generql t by havingsuch : ¦¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ instructions , may act with confidence in each
other ; and by this means , break the enchantment Of trickery , y > that we can jpropefly understand ' ¦ •¦¦ ¦ ¦ " each other . ¦ ¦' . " . -i ' ' -... --: :- ¦'¦ -.. - ' . ¦ :. ¦ : ¦ ¦' . ¦ - < .. ¦ " . " . ¦ - ' Several Communications , written on , bqthsides have been laid aside-: in future , all so written :. ' wiilbe ; '" \ : ' . ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ; ' - ¦ . . '•• -. •• ' - ¦ " " : ; ¦ ' ¦ ' { r- -: ¦'¦" , - ¦ ¦ . . ¦" . J > MTherson , —Thanks for his report . We fad received one , which was in type before , his favour : ' ¦ : arrived . ' ¦¦ ... ; '' . ¦ ¦' ¦ . ' " . .: : ¦¦ > ¦ ¦ ' - 'I- , .,, :- ' .-. ' \ " ---s . ^ - Our Glasgow Correspondent wut please take more room betweeti his lines , and write more distinctly . It is very difficult to make out his MS . : v
TO THE EDITOR . ' 0 * MJHE NORTHERM STAR . Sir , —In yeur notices to correspondents' of last Satorday ' a paper , yoa remind the Chartists of Great Britain of a working man obtaining two hundred signatures to the petition in five nighta , after lie had left his employment . In order to stimulate others to do likewise ^ I beg ^ to lay before you another instance of a similar nature : —A real democrat , of the old school , aged . 68 . living at Chasewater , between Trurp and Redruth , having a couple of petition sheets left him a short time ago , has Sbnt them back to Truro filled up » and several hundreds more , though he has to attend very long hours in a shop .. Young men of Cornwall ,. do . " ¦ -. younot blush J -, : . ¦; ;' : ; - ¦ . ¦' . ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦'•'' , . ¦ ¦ - - ¦' ; ¦ ' " ; :
J . H . idNGMEAD , Truro . P . S . At a meeting of the National Charter Association , Truro , a yote ^ of thanks was voted to Mr . Hamyn , for hia valuable 1 aeivicea in obtaining tha said signatures . ¦'¦ :- ., ¦'¦ ' . / ' . ¦ . '¦ . ' •'" . • ¦/ . '¦ . ¦' . . . ¦ ¦' : " . •¦• . ¦ ¦¦ . - ¦ ¦ ' ¦'" _ - . ' Tyne and Wear Pitmen . —Their address should be sent to the Sunderland and Durham County •¦ ,. .: ' : ; Heraldw , :. ¦ , . ¦¦' , ; - ' '¦ ¦ .: ¦ ' : ' . : '¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦"' ¦^ .... ' . ' ' ¦ ' ¦' ¦ ' - ' . ' ¦' ' ¦' Hebden Bridge Chartists . —^ We cannot give the addresses of Chartist localities to the bodygener ' ally . We should need sis Stars to insert them all , without any thing else : and then they would '¦ . never be redd ¦ : ¦ : C ¦ ' < ' " ¦ - . - ¦ ' - ¦ : ¦ ¦ , ' .: ' '¦ ¦" ~ >¦ ¦ : - ' ¦ / : Richard Francis Burke . — We have not room for his communication . ¦ r . ¦' ::. ¦ ¦¦
David John begs to inform our friends of Mold , Flintshire , ohd others , that there it a : Welsh paper , called the Trumpet of Wales , a thorough '" , Chartist publication . It may be had by applying to Williams and John , George Town , MeTthyr t Glamorganshire , Wales . : '"' ' ' ¦ '• ¦¦ ¦ .-. ¦ : - ' - The Chartists at MerthyrTydvil earnestly reqiiest that those places which have nominated a delegate for Herefordshire and Monmouthshire , will send to . Mr / David Davies Smith , George Town , Merthyr , the probable amount of money they will be able to subscribe towards supporting their delegate in the forthcoming Convention . All Communications belonging to the Dtwsbury District mitst be addressed to James Fox , in care Of WilliaM Robihaw , Good Samaritan Inn , Bond-street , Dewsbury . ; . ^ London . —Messrs . Simpson , Cuffay , and Drake , treasurers to the London Council , will be happy « j
receive any sums which may ) be collected for the wives of those ; exiled patriots , Jones , Willidms , andMoberts , which they will remit to the proper ' _ ' . quarter . /> . ¦¦¦ .. " ' . " ' ,-. - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ - ' . ; : ¦ ' ; > : ' , ' - ' - j ' . Thomas Welsford . —W « Aavc no room . W . H . Clifton . —We believe the letter was reeeived t butwasihutoutbypresspfinatter : Samuel Lockwood . —& « r space is full * A Chartist . —TAe sporting is not worth contracting . John Thomson , Hamilton , sends ¦ forj our present papw _ . ofrthe ^ thareport \ 6 f : d- ^ e [ eiihgonVMm- ^ day of the 1 th current , — -rather stale . Stockpqrt Juveniles must excuse usj we cannot find roomfor their ' address . ' ' ¦¦'¦¦ ; : ' . W . Jackson . —P . O . Rock ^ County Tyrone , Ireland t praysfor a little Star light . ¦ ' T . F 0 R 8 YTH . —We cannot publish the statement he seiids . It would be liable t& prosecution as * '¦ ¦• libel . ¦ : - - ¦ ¦ :: ¦ :- ¦/ : " ' . ::- - . ' ¦ ¦ '¦"¦'¦ oV
George PEAKE--7 % e Corn Law Repealer about wh&m hit { enquiresiui Edward Baines , editor of this Leeds Mercury , in which the herring soup recipe appeared , With all due editorial honours . ' Roger Pinder would be obliged to James Boardman , formerly of Sheffield , if he wpuld send his address to R . Pinder , Edward ' s- square , Edwara ^ s-place ^ HttlL ' :. : ::: ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦> ¦ ' : ..- ¦ - ¦' ; : . : r- ' . . ' " ''" Rochdale Repeal Meeting— We have received a communicatiott t signed" John Leach , " on behalf of the Chartists of Rochdale- in reference to
thereport of this meeting inourlast . ' It seems that the Rochdale friends think thai report calculated tq beget anideathatMr . Thomas Livesey had gone over to 'the Anti-Corn Law camp ; and they send , therefore ^ a long account of all the ci rcumstances , from which it appears clearly that this is not sof tJmt the whole affair was one of compromise on the part of the Corn , Lato repealers ; who consented that one of their men , E . Chadwick ,-Esq , should second the resolution for the People's Charter , if Mr .. Liyesy would second theirs , denouncing Peel ' s new Corn Bill . :
T . J . —Hebden Bridge is a heartless fellmo . Whether the circumstances which he details with so much glee and humour be "' fortunate ' or otherwise for the female in question , it is a matter which must have sufficientiy wounded 7 ier feelings , without being thus made the subject of unfeeling . jest . ;;¦> ¦ ¦ . -: ; - : ' ;¦¦; ;; .,: ¦ - ¦ .: ' ; ' . ' . ''¦ ¦ ; ¦¦" '' ¦' ; : ¦ •¦ ¦ ; '¦ ¦ ' Notice . —All those towns which have not paidup their arrears to the West Riding Fiend , are requested So to do without delay , to Mr . Robshaio , the Good Samaritan Inn , Devosbury . : ¦
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J . Henderson , Belfast . —fhequestion was asked as tq "how we could send Ms plates ? " His answer wasv u per ¦ Paton dn 4 [ Love * Glasgow" -TAey were sent immediately . - ¦ - ¦ .., / ; : : ;/ J . Stein , Alva . —The parcel hasgone- ' ,-. C . S . C ., Leith . —Send 8 d . more . , J . Elms , Newton abbot ? . —The medals were sent toMr . Cleave on the Ztyh of last November . rOB THE CONVENIIOX . ' . . V ¦ . ¦ ¦" ;' ¦ ¦ ¦ '"' : ' . ' ¦ . ¦• "¦ ¦¦' ' .: ' ¦ " £ b . d . \; ¦" From the Chartistsof Morley ... 0 12 0 FOR THE O ' BRIEN PRESS . From the Northern Star Reading Society , Glasgow , per Wm . Anderson ... ... 0 10 0 MRS . FROST , MRS . WILLIAMS . AND MRS . JONES . From Daisy Hill , near Bradfurd , per J , Kitchen ... ... »« 6 6 0 The 4 s . frc-m-J . ' Hogaitii , MansSeld , noticed Jan . 29 , should have been Is . THE DEVONSHiRE ' COKVEJiTlON FUND . From the men of Plymouth , per \ ; T . Smith ... ... .. j : . > .. " ¦ : 2 a 6 : ; ' - FOR P . M . M'POUALL . ' From-MsrylAnn Lartin , Wallworth 0 0 6 ; ... The Northern St * r Reading ¦ /) .., '' : ' :- ; . Society , Glasgow , per Wm . . Anderaou ... ^ .. ... 0 10 0
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Selby . — : An East and North Riding Delegate Meeting was heldbn Sunday , tho 20 th inst ., Mr . R . Piader , of Hull , in tbe chair , Mr . Wm . Satherbyi secretary , when the various subjects connected with tbe Chartist cause jtere calmly and carefully discussed , and a resolntidri pledging the delegates and oalling upon the Chartists of the East and North Riding , and Great Britain generally to . " agitate for nothing short of the whole Charter . Mr . E . Barley district Eecrctary , haLving arrived , gave an account of the financas , when ' ¦ .-it was observed that the district was £ 1 in arrears ; th « following resolutioas were thenmoved : —1 st , "That a lecturer be engaged
for one mouth , to have thirty-five shillings perweek salary , and that Mr . West , of Maiclesfieid be applied to . " 2 nd , " That Mr . Wesi lecture his way to and from the distiiet . " --CaTriedi 3 rd , That the next delegate nicr ting be held at Selby , on Sundayi the 20 th of March , at half-past ten o clock id the forenoon . " —Carried . On the motion of Mr . Smith , delegate from L ?; eds , Mr . Buriey retired to draw np am address to the district , which , when done , was read and unanimously agreed- to . Other business connected with theicauBe having been discussed , the meeting ¦ ' separated , after having pats 3 ed votss of thanks to the Secretary and Chairman .
Stafford .- — -Mr . Campbell , general secretary lectured htre on the relative expediency of the Corn Law Repeal and Charter movements . Discussion was invited , but no disputant appeared . Kkabjesbro' . —The Chartists of thi 3 place at tieif weekly meeting on Monday evening xliscussed the various topics of the " new move , " tho LeagaeWj and other &ham friends ; and then came to the tolow * iug resolutions : —l 6 tj "That iliis meeting-fl ** implicit confidenee in F . O'Connor , Esq ., and all the honest leaders of the People ' s Charter . " 2 nd , "Ihat this meeting will not agitato for ' any ^ thing ; less than the whole Charter , believing that one single point struck from that document would render tae whole a me ^ bubble . " 3 rd , >^ That it is the opuuon of this meeting thafe every Charter ^ ssofliation oujtht on Ihe present occaaioa to come forward and declare their full confidence in the present Ieadersi and their aeterminadontoa ^ here to every point in the Peoples
ChMter . " : v - ¦ ¦¦ ¦/ . ; :. ' . :. ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦' . . ' . : . ' .. - /¦ ' ,: Lees , near OLpn&M . —Ajaeeting , called by the Corn Law repealers ; waa -held here on Monday . Itesolutiou 9 Bimilar to those tpf Salford and Stockport were adopted . : ' " vt v '' - - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ v---- v : '" . ^ . ' ¦ f -
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THE jSOETHERN STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 26 . 1 E 42 .
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Cash received by Jainos : . Guest , for the wives 0 Messrs ^ Jones and Wiliiams : — : ¦> : ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ : y ' \ '• •¦ ¦ '¦ :- - . -: ¦ ¦ ;¦ -: ¦ ' ¦ / : ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦ , ---- " - ; B . ' d . : From r , he'FeiaaleCnarti * te of Selby , per EiizvWTood i ... .:-.,. ¦ ... '¦ ... 5 0-From DuTbain , per . ' . Thomas ( Clark 4 6 From Lewe 3 , per G . Hoppey ... 10 0 :- " ••¦; ¦ ' / ' ¦ ¦ - : - Av -v ' -: ¦ ' ¦ ' ;^ .: ' - " . 19 6 , , . JDpS'CASTKR . r-Oh Wcdjiesday an ^; ^ Thursday eyeu-48 g _ Sj F' ; b ,: ICi'a ar . d 17 du Mi" . Jones ' , the . = East : aucJ North Ri ^ jng Ieoturor , delivered two lectures iii ^ the To-wa HjII , which wa ^ crowded to ; excoas , tho Mayor having k ' . ndly . promised the use of the Town Hail to tho U aHfcrt £ on all occasions , bo lo . ng as , tliey cornduct thcraselvcs in the manner they liayeivUiiierto done . At tfie close of ihe lectures , several nisW members were enrolled , and the meeting asparated .
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THE ADDRSSS OF THE NOTTIXGHAM CHA"R TISrS TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESO . . HoxorKED a > t > Respected SiR ;^ -It is with un-Isigned pleasure and respect that we now takeLbo liberty of addressing you npon this yonr visit to the lown of Nottingham , the dread of tjrants and the Ixast of slaves ; and thoagh "we hive not been privileged with your presence for a long time , "we Ii-tc been increasing aamirers of yonr undaunted courage and persevering efforts to remove ths load of mis .-ry that b&ars np ^ -n ns and oar suffering doss . We are not men-tporshippeis , tut it becomes ts to render honour to ¦ whom honour is due , and in so doing , ire have learned to unite the name of our beloved advocate 'with thB principles for -which we contend , and fake thia opportunity to express our . admk&tioa and love .
Respected Sir , we congratulate you npon jour release , and view it as a ugnal triumph over the fictions . We look with contempt npon thoss whose only opposition to truih , ia hy mental torture and physical degradation , and we hail yonr presence amongst n « as the commencement of a new era in the history of tbe -world ' s bondsmen—the era cf right . With rapturous delight -we Welcome yon to the arms of you * admiring couatrTmen , to the fervent and enthuiiastic embrace c f your wild , bat poor associates , to the field of conflict for the establishment of the immutable principies of oar Charter . - Honoured Sir , "we give yon our fall , onr unreserved , our heai » 7 trc-lcome to the blistered hands of Nottingham , to the battle c-f the just .
Sir , the principles for which yon have snfi % rsd are sacred—sacred because thev are true—sacrtd tjecmse they tre jast—sacred , true , and just , * becatisa they are sapahle of universal application for the bscif is of mankind . We ailore these principles and esteem the man who lias become the p eadcr fir the poor , as-I who ' UEaeked , has placed himself between the oppressor and She oppressed ; and now , Sir , believe tss it is not -with indifference that we hare looted npon ycur long struggle against the might of misrale . Your presence -will inspire afresh the souls of tho nnwiiling slaves—your langaase cf Jiving fire 15122 reanimate and quieten the drooping sons of toil , and yonr bright example will say to every lover of his spscua— " Fuflow 2113 . "
"We are devotedly attscheil to ycia- psrson , to the Star , to our princrDles , and to oar National Charter Association—we claim you as oars ; and ts fir as our fcambla efforts go , we vn . i rally rt-uad you and . cur paper in this great and protracted strgele for our rights —Tre say , then , in the fullness of our souls " go on in this holy irork , go on , aad may the ten thousand blFfarngs of tha -widows , tbe fitfcerless , and those who are ready to perish , enc . mrags y-.-u in ^ our vrny , antf XP-& 7 our ¦ funfi &nticip&tioiii > a < x > & Iva r f"lics ^ ; tb ^ -t vou
¦ wish Bb . e -whip of smsll cords ( the principles of our Charter } backed by your four millions of disciples , may dear the den of ithJeves , and gain what vre , the po-jr , are so anxiously seeking ; Int v . hat Tories aad Wiugs , Conservatives and Repealers , are striving to keep from ¦ OS , our national redemption . " May yon , Sir , soon contjner your enemies and ours , and may you and we , and all onr brethren in adversity soon possess our liberty acid Jong live to enjoy the wise legislation of a Parlisinent chosen by the universal people , npon the principles of the People ' s Charter ,
Is the fervent desire of Your brother sad sister Chartists of the town of Nottingham
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SPIES ABROAD ! PEOPLE BEWAHE I In the Manchester Guardian , of last Wednesday , appears the following extract : — " > I , EHTm ' B .. —There ia a report very preyeJeot that the Chartists are again on thu move ; met-tiii / js are bx-ld every night , and a club is also in txlstcnca , where each member pays a certain enm monthly , for bujirg muskets and ammunition . ls o Itsa than six hundred muskets arrived at Merthyr last Week , which were sold to the members of the club at 13 a . each . This is ominous , and we are extremely afraid that , verii a rice to tike place , numbers would join tbe infatuated wretches , as many are in actual vraut of food ; and the distress and poverty fx'sting in the neighbourhood is dreadfuL—Carmaiihen Journal . "
Now , whether this be a Whig or Tory lie , it may bo somewhat difficult to say ; but that it is a lie , hatched and propagated by one or both factions there can be no manner of doubt . The Welsh Chartists have had enough of spy outbreaks . They will not agahi bo led into the enare . Waliave no fears for them as a body ; but in large public bodies there are always some individuals wLoso want of penetration or of patience may make them the unwitting tools of villany j and it is for fear that there should be in Wales but one working man of tbiB character , who might be sacrificed by the mdnster 3 j that we notice this fiead-like trick .
It may be a mere Whig lie . It may be that the wretches think that they aro carrying the hoax a little too far , and they- are iii danger of raising up a monster in the Charter agitation j which will yet destroy them—and that hence this " . bugaboo" of physical force and secret clubs and muskets ia revived to deter the more timid from coming over to the Chartist camp too fast or too fully . - It . may be that the Tories , who are' bow in power , sseibg ad fearing the approaching ' junc-
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CHARTIST LECTURERS . We know not a more decidedly useful and patriotic body of men at the present time than this . The proud position of the people as to intelligence on matters of moral and political fight is owing iu a Kreat measure to their labours and exertions . But as it always happens , the lynx eye of corruption soon discovers an effective spring of action , and as Boon labours to appropriate or pervert it ; We have good reason to believe that there aro now more than one of the tools of facti 6 n seeking to worm themselves into the graces and good opinions and confidence of
the unsuspecting people as lecturers . Some living by it a 9 an easy trade . Some pretending to follow occupations which lead them through various parts of the country , and to be so full of zeal for the good cause , ihat whenever they can get an opportunity of addressing the Chartists they embrace it ; the staple of their speeches being , in some instances , speoious sophistries , carefully strung together , and calculated to entrap tho simple-minded into the hands of the Anti-Cora Law League ; in other cases , artful and malicious tirades against the people ' s leaders ,
aad laborious , though well :-disguised , efforts to sow discord in our ranks ; and , in other cases , rascally attempts , by violent firebrand language , to commit their unthinking hearers to the crime of " illegal assemblies , " and " eeditious language . '' All these , and a thousand bthor tricks as low and mean , are constantly resorted to by tho enemies of justice , to retard the course of our unconquerable agitation for right . This evil may be well met by the universal adoption and practico of the plan resolved oa by the delegate meeting at Halifax last Sunday ..
" That any lecturer , wishing to visit this district , shall correspond with the District Secretary to that effect , and await bis answer . " That all lecturers will be requested to produce their credentials from the sub-Secretary of the Association they profess to belong to . " . : ;¦ : ; " . ; . . /;; ¦' ¦ [ ' . )¦¦ : . ; .. ' {¦ " . V- :-.. - . - ¦ ' ¦ . ' . We commend these resolutions to universal approbation . They are evidently calculated to secure the Safety of our cause .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct587/page/4/
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