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¦ JTATKIXS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . 1 ECTCBE IT . DELIVERED TO TBE MASOSS . Hason-Chartasts ! Slaves seeiirg freedom J Yon lave requested m « who am not united witti you in jjade , but allied to yon in tbe common brotherhood of jgsn to man—you have desired ms to corns and give yon yonr first Chartist lecture . I feel proud to do so , "bu t should have felt more pleasure in listening to one of yourselves . For I hare more need to learn of you i £ an yon lave of me to teach yon , and there are men among yon more capable of rnsiructing me than me them . Bred in aristocratic ignorance and- prt-judieei&sshs to conf ider -wording men as my inferiors , -with ¦ Bi . wn it "would be a disgrace in me to associate—having
ksdmy heart Uea up , as is were in its own strings , in ciass-sxclnsiveac&s and selfishness—there was much for ids to nnleara before I could begin properly to Jesra , sad mnch to learn before I could begin pr < j » rly to teach—in fact 1 feave had to nnsophisticate mystlf , to get a new heart and mind , and to gathtr from working men , who are men in the true sens& of the word , -what a man should think , and Bay , and do . I have sometimes sincerely wished that 1 had eamt to labour with jbj owb hands—that I had your practice * your experience—buttken I should not have had so Hruch leisure to stndy those principles , a knowledge of which nsay
erable me to advocate your interests . I " trott , therefore , that though I ani not a working man , a mat-on , liie yourselves , you will not regard nie with less confidence on that account ; bnt that you will receive from ms with respect those lessons which I tave-Iearnt from the practice and t-sperienrs cf others , and which I am in ciuty bound to return to them again , tv \ n as the atmosphere returns in showers to the earth the moisture which it sneVed up . There is a head work , or mental labour , as ardnous , and perhaps as ustful , as handwork , or aianual labour , especially whtn the work of the head is done for and on behalf cf those who work with their hands .
To trace our evils to their source , we must go np to the origin of society ; noi that society is in itself an evil , but that it has become one by the abuse of it It is said that we shenid not argue against the use of a thing from the abuse of it ; no more we should , no more we do : the great difference b-. tween us and onr opponents is this , —they say that we wish to destroy the institutions of the country , bu * thty know that we wish to destroy the abases only , and by so doing , to preserve the inst itutions , to restore them , to renovate taem ; for we know that if tcose abuses are suffered to continue , if they are suffered to increase and multiply as they hare done cf late years , they will destroy the institutions , they will corrupt tfctm -srholiy , and make each institution an abese , so that the body corporate , instead of beinz a healthy body , -will become a
diseased b * dy—a rotten body . We , therefore , -would destroy the abuses , and thereby repair and ' strengthen the tme uses cf society or the state ; bus cur opponents are endeavouring to conserve the abuses , because they live by them and on them , and their arguments are worth just so niuch as the arguments of so many black mites would be , if when the owner of a cheese came with a knife to cut ont the unsensd parts ,-the miles or maggots were to lift np their pnny voices and say , — " Yea will spoil the cheese—you will destroy "the cheese V " ^ - \ no , " the owner of the cheese would EXridm , "it is yen that I will destroy , or rathsr 1 ¦ siil cut off the corruption you make and feed on—les-t it should spread and infect : he whole ; I will at least save the soucd part of my cheese from you , " So should the people rescue their country . But this is a < ti £ re ££ ien ; let us revert to the origin of our evils .
ilan was born free , the servant , the subject of his Jlsksr alone—the master , the Sovereign of all other creatures on esrth . All men were born free and eqaal ; fteedcmsnd equality is man ' Bbirthright—aright brtathed into us with the very breath of life itself—born with ¦ cs . liberty is Grod ' 3 blessing ; without liberty life tssomes a enise , an e-rH thing—without liberty tn * -re can ba no virtue , vo happiness : liberty is , " th . ertf . ird , more precious than life itsei £ Man was not only born bee , but be lived and died free . Of ^\ tt . it was said by tie poet Dryden" I am as free zs Nature first made man , Ere the base laws of servitude began , . When wl& in woods the noble savage ran . "
Suck was man in his natural state ; but he no ^ exfsts in sn artificial state . He is no longer free—he is born a slave , and he lives and diss 3 slave . The very babe reborn is enslaved ; there . ire laws which reach to the infant in its mother ' s womb—in rerdre sa mere , as the lawyers express it . We are made slaves even before onr birth ; we si&va through life , and after death cur t ' .-dies csxnot be burled fcut as some slave law directs . Ail this his arisen frem the degenerate state of the social system . When men lived in a natural way they lived a life of great hazard and precariousnesa . It was soc-n Seen that for the sake of assisting each other in ECort or WtU , Tm-n ' a conTenieEca and ssfety "weald be ptatlj promoted ££ - ^ secured by herdicg -with his fellow-man , aEd first families , nexi tribes , afterwards whole nations forced a social compact or imion cf ccrrtrymsB . Each gave cp a portion of bis liberty for the sake cf making his life inr . re secure : indivieuals bowed to each other
for general protection and sepporr . Society was thus formed ; it was formed upon a mutual and iecirroea ! basis . Though not quite s » free , yet men were siill eonal , for none had given np more than another . ISni as the devil would nave it > the notion could come frcm no good being ? , man must needs have a king and priest . He had all along had Eomething like a king and priest , that is , a chitftain and sage , one whs had made himself conspicuous t-y the singular services , personal and mental , which he hsd performed . He was proba-Hy the best tester or . fighter , asd it was to the interest
cf the rest that -Encli an one should be chesen chiefindeed circumstances would make him a leader . "Dnforinnately , however , the name , the power , the . irfiaenee cf a father slipped by an easy transition to his son , who was invested with the father ' s honours , out of a fond hope that he would prove like him . Tina hereditary power csme into vojrce , a curse greater than original sin . The son , without any of the merits of the father , became possessed cf equal power , and not being able , still less willing , to play the patriot , he played the rrrant , and men became " hereditary bondsmen . "
Proud of his power , tie tyrant loved best to exercise it in opposition to the will of tie people , for then he « £ = ms greatest , then he appears most like a king- " My father , " says Rehoboam , " whipped you with snakes , tat I will whip you with scorpions . " New a king who is no more than man , who is generally less than ism , could not act contrary to the will of his people , if he were not allowed to de so ; feet the mischief is , tings have priests to blind the people , sni soldiers to bind them ; they have two great armies , an army of black co ^ ts and an army of red coats—we have likewise an army of blue coatswith the = id of these smiles onr rulers can tyrannize with impunity ovtr a ptcpie doubly , trebly enslaved . Eines would not be so bad , had they not flatterers to izike them worse—Siitfirera who teach them the arts of oppression that- they may share in the
plunderflitteTfcts who get themselves invested with rank and ¦ KTs-fei to tax industry for the sapport- of tfeeir idleness . The necple are tangbi to regard these flxtterers , not c-2 ly ~ as needful to the -vreitine of the state , but as their oirs best benefactors . These privileged classes who &irk themselves exempt from the general dcom of EiEiind—who labour n&t , but live on the labour tf ethers—these lords , dukes , and earls , or whatever they j ' . isss tc call themselves , have gone on increasing , and , consequently , the taxes for their support have gene on increasing— the people have to work hard for less wage , ara their comforts are decreased in proportion to the increase of aristocratic luxuries ; for the more power increases in the hands tf the upper classes , the more oppression and injustice increase ; and the plunderers know very well that the more the people are weakened by rtarvationj the less danger there is in a revolt or reic 7 iion .
These that are now above the people rose out cf the people , or were lifted up by them—the workman who makes money may , by means ef money , become a master . Money is power , and is more than equivalent to rank . The middle classes being more avaricious , are more grinding tyrants than the aristocracy are , wio love display more than money . Tee aristocracy would , I believe , feel a pride in seeing the pvopie well-clothed and well-fed , provided at the same tinse that tke people were perfectly submissive . Thus thty keep their livery servants and horses in good sedition for their own credit ' s sake ; but the middle cii £££ s rcesrd the peop le mtrtlj as beasts of burthen , is tLglnes to work for them ; and they get as much . cat of tfc-: m at as little cost , and with as little care for their comfoit or safety as possible , and when the Torkman crows old arid nrable to Jield bis employer * o smch profit ss formerly , be is cLshitrtd with & 3 2 sle feeling as a worn-out hackney that is sent to the trackers to be killed fcrdojrs * meat
The upper classes having combined tocether and confpied agrdnst the rights of man himself , the middle tlisies ccttbintd to conspire against the rights of man ' s lr . b « 3 -, the former made the people slaves , the latter tried to lE ^ ke as much profit t f their slavery as possible For this purpose capitalists unite to keep down the wages of tie people as low as zero , or starvation point ; £ Ed if they can get a boy to do man's work—nay , if thty can get a woman or a girl to do it , they employ teem at ence in place of men , thongh they knew that ¦* tsn tasks are disproportioned to the strength or skill of the labouring child or woman , they are tortures to tkun , crippling them and distorting them in mind and °° ^ J tiD great nature ' s course is made to run contrary t ° itatlf in monstrous confusion . Such are the demons
* to mate their mines or theii mills a kind " of bells for * fc £ tciture of youth , and innocence , till demoralised k ? pain they become fit for the place they work in J ! we have now in England what is not to be found a fceli —pkces of torture , not for the wicked , but for 8 ie cood ; -ye have mammonites worse than fiends , who ^ ie the og res of romaTice , and aiake their bread of we bores tf Englishmen , their wine of their blood * && their castles are the basfcjles where their victims are a <* roasted alive , bnt put to a more lingering death , S ^ fical starvation—kept expiring for years . While the a ^ l-lard is making millions , and looking to a fine fft&te -with a country seat , Mb workmen have nothing a Prospect but the bastile , and the prospect grows ttore gloomy -with the progress of machinery , that * Jl ° ulu indeed be made to lighten bifl toil , but not kssen his comfcrU . I * it not high time that the people
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" were" looking about them—that they "were looking out for themselves ? for , mind yon , the more the aristocracy give the people occasion to rise , the more they will dread them and screw them down . Witness the additions lately made to the ranks of the soldiers and police . Thus we have sesu that society , though originally instituted for the benefit of all and each , has been divided into classes , and the npper classes have been armed against the lower , who are deprived of all power of resistance or defence . The useful and industrious have become the slaves and victims of the useless and idle , who first duped them . This was the origin of trade-unions , which are a kind of societies within society , wheels within , wheels , 3 union of fellow workmen
to counteract the union of thsir employers . The "woikmen eaid-to their masters , "You want our work , and we want a fair wage for it ; your money is yonr own , aud our strength and skill iB our own . " If one man alone had said this , his master would have replied , " Go to , you idle fcliow , I will employ some one else in your stead , and I will take care that do one employs you for yonr saucy answer . " But by a trades union the men are as well combined as their masters are , one will not work without the right of all , and as work cannot be done without workmen , the masters are gentian ? compelled to compromise matters , and somethinsr like mutual agreement takes place . But see the iniquity of Government , see how it loves oppression , bfcaw > 3 oppression forms its own chief featare and support . Laws have been passed not to prevent Wi'isteTS but to prevent men from combining , and tb 9
B ^ refctster Ltibonrrrs and Glasgow Cotton Spinners vtlzb sentenced to transportation like felons , because they had acted like men . See too the strike of the masons _ . cf yourselves , which would have been a knockdown Wow to trade oppression if the mtn bad all understood theiT own interests so well as the masters understand theirs . G&vernment never seems to think that bread is as Etctssary to the working man as Buptrfl ai : ies to the master . Those who make all have the least profir in alL A merchant or employer obtains more for raere-ly sellins or contracting s piece of work than tbe workman himself ; he who has a'l the toil rvnd trouble o £ it is paid Eixt U » nothing , while he who ha 3 neither toil nor trouble , who spriDgs up and lives and locks li- e a liiy . he takes all that the workman should Lave ,, and ean oppress and intuit him in the bargain .
Trades unions have done much good ; I should rather s ; . y they have prevented much evil . Without them the labourer would have been c-ntirely at tbe mercy of the capitalist , who would soon have driven him to work like a negro . But trades union fall far short of the union that is ¦ wanted . Trades unions cannot eecuve employment when trade itself fails ; without employment unions cannot b « kept up , money nor meat cannot b = bad- Trade uniens cannot prevent foreigners from Tuttiaa Er .-k , ;' . shmen cut of wort . In a strike there are iV . os ? out cf union and sometimes some of those in union rea-iy to take advantage of , or to betray the rebt . Aid how are strikes supported ? By draining tie union and drawing on othsr unions , so thut if the masters can bat hold out till all the union funds are exhausted , they can starve the men into submission :
they can reduce them , not by fair fL hting , but by famine . And when the men have gone ti work again , how long may it be before another strike is rendered necessary ? Just so long as the masters please . So that you s * e trade unions do some good , but not enough ; they E . Te a shield , but not a swor *? . They staDd on shifting ground ; for trade is always fluctuating ; they are to defence against ni 3 ci : inery . We must not build upon the sand , stiil less upon a quicksand ; we must build upon a rock . Whit is wanted is a union of all unions— s union for the Ghai ter . We must get that power into cur own hand 3 which is now in the hands of our oppressors : that will be tbe way to command employment and to secure the profits of it . We must choose a eood foundation , a troad bisis—we ruuat have Universal Suffrage . ( To be concluded in our nej-L )
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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO " THE ILLUMINATOR , " " CHARTIST RUSHLIGHT , " " EXTINGUISHER , " " COMMONWEALTHSMAN , '* AND " CHARTIST PIONEER . " Mt Good Fbie . nds , —For more than twelvs months I have battled with uifficultiei almost indescribable , under the sinjuine hope that I should be abio to establish an unstamped land unfttterred ) assistant to onr glorious cause . My Illuminator was put an end t "> by Wli'g e ^ tctioaeering malice . The Rushlight and Extinguisher were mere half-penny substitutes for a little perit dical , wh ch was Teachings prosueroosjsale , when the schemes
of tbe bypocrltJcal faction strangled it The Common-Ttealthsman was s' . arted with a view to renewing the existence * f a paper as useful as tha Illuminator had been : but the dreadful increase oF poverty among our ranSs compsil-sd me to relinquish , that eBterprisa also , at thefwentieth number . Sinca then I have again attempted to renew tbe existence of another halfpenny Chartist organ . . The Chartist Piercer , however , has met with impassible obstacles , in tbe stcond week of bis march ; in other wordB , the horrible poverty which starts upon us so ghastily on every hand , couipels us to desis : altogether from farther publication ,
By the kind permission of my friend , Mr . Joh-: Cleave . I . 'hall , however , address you frequently , ttocgh briefly , through the pages of the Chartist Circular . Think you—thank you , my friends , for your kind support cf my undeTUikings ; and now , let me entreat you to devote your efforts towards securing success for the Chartist Circular . Let us be resolved , one and all , that w& will , in spite of our poverty , and in spite of the malice of the factions , keep alive one cheap , unstamped , and unffttered Chartut organ . Tmsting that the Editor of the Star will also be kind enoueb to indulge me with a small portion of his space weekly , I shall , frsm time to time , through the pages of our incorruptible leading ergan , beg to make known to you" my viewron the progress of our movement , and
on tbe principles of democracy generally . I regard < ff&z position as being singularly critical at the present moment . The defection of a considerable number of of our leaders , once highly valned ; the subtle and serpentine p'ans , now in covert action , by our real entmies , to overthrew or c :: eumvent our purposes , by afft-cting a cne-ness cf objects with us ; the districting kfluerce of poverty , which so often leads men to catch at any alluring deceit , as a temporary relief ; and , above all . the absence of cencentrated and unit . d efforts of an entrgetic character among us , to diffuse Chartism through the length and breadth of tbe land ; tuch facts and their concomitants , press weightily on my mind , and nrge me to tell you that I think the time is fully
come when we cxgk-t , one and all , to set about doing somelbing which may give us a substantial earnest that we shall realiy obtain the Charter we are contending for and that our efforts shall cot end in disappointment . Friends and Brothers , —sre we really ntartr to the Charter than we were twelve months ago ? Judging by my ftwn locality I might answer , without hesitation , " yes l" for the Leictit « r Charusts were not tdoto than three bundrc-d enrolled members . , at the beginning of hist July , —and new , my own darling Shaksperean brigade , alone ,- is two thousand and three hundred . Tfaat seems something lite an earnest of the Charter . But in what other localities are you progressing with the same speed ?
r \ ow , my friends -nri . brothers , do not be offended at my asking this question . I have put it with no invidious thought or intent My sole , my ardent wish , is to see ns all engaged in an untiring and unceasing effort to obtain the Qharter . I know not why any man should not do as much as I am doing , —if he have got but a common share of taiect , and any strength of will within him . As-for bodily strength , I possess but a feeble share of it . Of one thing I am certain ; if in every Chaitist locality the same unremitting exertions were employed as in Leicester , with the electric influence of our indefatigable O'Connor pervading , and animating ,, and binding together all the localities , the Charter trould be had in a few months , in spite of all the craft , and intrigue , and mulice , of the monied classes .
Chartists , we ought , each end all , to be on fire with the spirit of pfosslytism . Organise , organise . '—that is the word . Of what use are the nominal Chartists ? How nearer do -they bring the Charter ? Let us , unceasingly , assure " them that they can only be of real service by "falling in ; " by taking rank in some one of our regiments . Talk of fighting I pshaw I who ever heard of an army marching till it was formed into rank and file ? Chartists , we want numbers—organised numbers . ' - And tben we shall not have to beg far the Charter : we shall be able to take it . By arms ? No ; but by demanding it as the nation's right , as the object of its imperial wilL Let a tenth of the whole population of each considerable town , 15 , 000 for
Leicester , tke same for Nottingham , 10 , 000 for Sheffield , 29 , 000101 Manchester , ic ., &c , < fcc ., and 200 , 000 for London , ) walk through the open street , at the same hour of the same day , ^ nd cry , " We'll have the People ' s Charttr !"—and what can prevent their obtaining it ? "The soldiers will be sent for , from one town to another , to put them down' — do you say ? . Pooh I they will all be wanted at home . And the same with the police force . Let that day and hour be the one at which the Houses are assembled to consider of an answer to the Queen ' s gracious speech on the opening of a Session ; and wkat can prevent the People ' s Charter from being the primary Act of Parliament of that very Session ?
Chartists , tlnck ol this , and stain every nerve to swell your ranks—from the workiDg men I mean . We want real democracy , remember . Let the middle men come if they like r but do not court them . The People ' s Charter . is intended to be pre-eminently the working man ' s boon ; and let as be resolved to make it so . I am , Friends and Brothers , Yeurs , faitfefully , Thomas Cooper . 11 , Cburcfe-gate , Leicester , July 4 th , 1842 .
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TO THE CHARTIST BRETHREN WHO VOTED FOR MY SECONJ > ELECTION TO THE EXECUTIVE . Brethren , —Permit me to thank you sincerely for the approval which you have signified of my services during the last year , as a memW of the Executive , by electing we a member of it for the ensuing one . Having never visited Yorkshire and Lancashire , and but few of the English counties where Chartism is in a flourishing condition , I consequently am unknown , except by report , to the great body of my Chartist brethren , and , for this reason , I am doubly sersible of the confidence which you have placed in me , and which I trust you shall have no reasons to repent of daring my term of office .
Holding firmly to the principle of the ExecuUvo being , in every regpect , tbe servants of the people , I trust our conduct will be , at all times , in accordat . ee with their views and wishes , and that we shall adopt such measures as will promote the advancement of the great Chartist cause . Strongly advocating the democratic principle of i otaiion in office , I shoald have much preferred if the plan of organization ha ^ limited the term of office , of the Executive , to one year , so that a proper limit . might be placed upon the wishes and designs of ambitious and office teeking men . I trust this radical defect will be remedied before another election takes place , and with these sentiments , I remain , Yours in tbe great cause of the Charter , Moegan Williams .
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TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC AN APPEAL FROM THE CHARTISTS OF OLDHAM ON BEH-iLF OF SIR . JAMES DtFFY . Dear Brethren , —Nothing gives us greater pleasure than to appeal to a sympathising Chartist public 0 : 1 behalf of an individual whose consistency , as a political leader of the people , is well known , and we cannot for a moment suppose that this our appeal will be in vain , when we remember that the individual , on whose behalf we are asking your united assistance , ever since his imprisonment in Northallerton Gaol for having defended , fearless of all consequences , the people ' s cause , has been but very ill fit to exercise himself in your behalf ; but having no other course left him , be has , to his own injury , continued to advocate the Chartist cause boldly , ftatleBsly , faithfully , and honestly .
In consequence of the torture he endured whilst undergoing his severe SKnti-ace in NorthaUerfcon Gaol , his constitution is broken , and unless timely assistance be rendered , he must shortly follow our martyred brethren Clayton and Holbtrry , which would be a lasting disgrace to the ChaTtiht body , and as he , James Duffy , has come to the resolution of settling himself at Derby , to pursue his former calling , if the friends of our and his cause will only -respond to this appeal , and each association and locality send their mite towards establishing him , in a Email way , as a commencement . We are aware of the distress that exists in the country ; but do consider it the dnty of the Chartist bs . iy to rally round those that have been suffering imprisonment , sn « i thereby show our oppressors that the more they persecute the more determined we axe to support the persecuted .
A subscription has been entered into in this town ¦ which -win be forthcoming next week , and we V . ope that every locality -will respond to this appeal as early as possible , and transmit the same to the Star Office . Wm . Hamer , sub-Secretary .
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TO THE WORKING MEN OF GLASGOW AND SUBCRBS . Ff . llow Working Men , —After ten long years of the working cf the Riforin Bill , I find that our condition is nothing improved ; and that i .: place of receiving any benefit fram that measure , our misery is getting more appalling , and our condition in this life more miserable and destitute . Thousands upon thousands cf our industrious artisans tnd tradesmen are walking our streets in a state of starvation and misery , unparalleled in the annals of this or any other country ; our wives and children famishing from the callings of hunger , and wo have nothing to give them .
Think , my friends , on the little innocent offspring crying aloud to you for bread , and you have none to give it— think what would be the feelings of a father in such a case . Cold and callous must that heart be that would not move heaven and earth to procure food for his Lmoccnt little babe . Picture to yourselves , my friends , these scenes of woe and misery , which daily and hourly happen in our unhappy land ; and ask yourselves , calmly and 'deliberately , what Ls tbe cause of this , or whence does it arise ?
The question will naturally answer itseif—class legislation . And also , the cool , calculating , and avaricious monopolist , who lives and fattens on your labour—you , the producers of all , the providers for all 1 is wants , who build his palaces and houses , buy his chariots and horses , and give him all the luxuries in life to pamper Lis proud and ambitious spirit in a life < f indolence and debauchery , while you and 5 our families aru pining in want and misery , with hardly a rag to cover them , whiub : s the case of thousands in Glasgow and the surrounding districts .
Oh , uiy fiiends , what care these grasping tyrants fur the "wants or interests of tha poor ? Their whole cry , nisht -and duy , is moro money ; that is thoir God . Gold is thoir idol ; and when the woiking n . an spends all his strength and physical energy in his employ , when be turns old , and not fit to nccompliah a certain quantity of "work , he is turned off abtut bis business to peiish of cold anu hunger , in an unfeeling and uncharitable world . My fiiends , we have tried many plans to better our condition , and to get a fair lenruneraticn for our Lttour ; we have formed trades ud ' iolb , and have found some small benefit from them ; but the purse-proud monopolists combined and destroyed our fond hope , end blasted our future prospects in respect to trades unions , and ultimately made us worse than we were .
My friends , we may go on trying to protect our trade and oppose a reduction in our wages , but it is impossible for us to protect ourselves or our labour from the avaricious and grasping monopolists , until we have first destroyed the hydra-headed monster , class legislation , and established instead the juat aud inalienable rights of eveiy man of maturity to have a , voice in the making of the laws which he is called upon to obey ; for it is impossible we can better our condition in this life until we get labour represented in the Commons' House of Parliament , as every other interest is—that of the aristocrat , the laUiecrat , and the shopocrat , all are represented except what should be represented , namely , industry . Then , how are we to remedy this evil , and procure the mighty mass their rights ? By immediately passing into a law the People ' s Charter . Then the next question is , how is this Charter to be
made tbe law of the land ? Simply , by a union of all the people , of all sects and creeds ; and let the name of cur country be forgotten in the immortal name of Freeman . Therefore , I call upon the operatives of Glasgow , as they value liberty , as they value their connfy , and as they value tbe trade by which they live , to come forward , and join the Glasgow Charter Assecibtisn , and extrt all the influence in their power to procure members to come forward , and let every one work as if the whole cause depended on himself . Lot a few men in tbe different shops and factories , get as many names as possible on a sheet of paper , and let them receive as much as they can , for one , two , or three weeks , until they get the price of their several cards of membership , and then get their names enrolled on tbe books . If this plan was wrought out , I think in a short time we would have twenty for one that we have now .
My friends , this is the advice of one who has long watched the working of tbe system , and consequent degradation and misery of the workiDg classes for the last sixteen years , and who is firmly convinced that nothing short of the politicalrlghts of the people will ever make the people vlrtnous , contented , and happy , and make us hold that place in society , -which the Almighty , in his wisdom , intended we should holdthis is the opinion of one -who iB intending to live on , and nobly die in defeace of our lovely Charter ; bat we must bide onr time .
In conclusion , I wculd address a few words to my fellow countrymen , on the qaeaUon of the Repeal ot the Union . Men are very of ten led away by prejudice , and an improper knowledge of the question at issue . Now as D . OConnell has told them that it is illegal to join the Charter Association , I think no wonder that my countrymen have been backward iu joining us . Look to ourselves ; if Feargos O'Connor would pledge bis honour that s certain jine of conduct was illegal , would we not pause before we would have anything to do with it . Well , it is tbe same with them ; but , thank God , the Star has done its dnty in Ireland , under the pen of Mr . Hill , and it has called the people to a sense
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of their duty , as well as the old Northern Sftr under the pen of Samuel Neilaon did in hte day . And when we hear aiat our cause is progressing in Ireland under the bright and .. luminous rays of the Northern . Star , well may we rejoice at the prospect that la before us No lesathau 240 men giving in their names to be enrolled on the books . I hope before long to see Ireland in the foreground of Chartism , and the triumph of truth over the Corn Exchange jugglery and humbug ; then , ray friends , and not till-then ; will you Repeal the Union . You must get the power Into your own hands before you can do any good for our once happy country : Any little good that has been done for Ireland by D . O'Connell has been done for the richy , and not for you . Of what use would a parliament be sitting in Dublin , under the present franchiseV None whatever . No , no ; you must get the power into your own hands , arid then will they work for the whole people , and not for the rich alone .
I remain , ,: A Catholic and Chartist , D . M'Millan Glasgow . June 30 th . 1842 .
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H AWICK—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Hawick was held intbe Chartist Hall , on Monday last , ( the meeting was advertised to be held in the Marketplace , but from the wetness of the evening was held in the hall ) , Mr C . Hunter in the chair . Mr . J . Cairns , in an animated address , moved the , following reseluv tion : — " That this meeting having directed attention to the recent tragical occurrence at Ennisi in Ireland , while it expresses unfeixoed sympathy with the un fortunate victims , us also for the starving condition of the labourers in that unhappy country , cannut but regard the ferocious attack ; of a police force , so constituted and organized , as subversive of
British liberty , and as affording conclusive evidence , if that were necessary , that modern legislators , alienated from tbe peeple , are utterly incapable for just and equitable Government , and exclude aU hope of redress for the accumulated wrongs , or amelioration of tho present unparalleled distress of the inSustrieus classes , unless by the salutary provisions of the People ' s Charter . Mr T . Djvies in a speech of great power and convincing argument seconded the resqlutionj which was adopted unanimously . The thanks of the meeting was then voted to Messrs . O'Connor , Hill , Hobson and Ardill , for the promptitude and alacrity which they displayed in securing bail for poor martyred Holberry . After making arrangements to vaisa 1 a trifle for the widow of the victim , and thanking the Chairman , &c , the meeting dispersed . ' ,
On Sunday last Mr . D&vies preached a funeral sermon for S . Hoi berry , in the Chartiet Hall , which was crowded to suffocation . ARBROATIf .-T-Oa Saturday evening Mr . Robert Lowery lectured in tiie Chariiat PavilUm to an audience of between 700 and 800 , on the present distressed state of the country . He also preached three sermons in the same place on Sunday , to equally numerous audiences , tbe evening service being a funeral sermon for Samuel Hoiberry ; the afternoon sermon was upon the necessity of countryman and countrywomen abstaining from all intoxicating drinks ; he also lectured on Monday evening to a crowded house . The audience listened with the greatest attention ,
Tulibody . —Mr . Abram Duncan addressed a large out-door meeting in this place , on Wednesday , the 29 th June , at which the Remonstrance was adopted , and he was elected to meet the English Executive . Alva . —Mr . Duncan addressed a large public meeting , which was convened upon the Green , on the evening of Thu : aday , the 30 th June . Mr . David Harrower read tha liemonBlrance , which being adopted , Mr . Duncan was then elected as a fit and proper
peraon to nitist the English Executive . Dollar—Mr . Duncan addressed a numerous and enthusiastic meeting in this placo , on Friday , the 1 st of July , at which the Remenstrr . nce was adopted , and Mr . D . eltcted to meet tho English Executive . Blairingoke . —Mr . Duncan addressed a crowded meeting in the School room on the evening of Saturday last iu this place , at which the reinonstrauce was adopted , and lie elected to meet the Eoglish Executive .
Alloa—Mr . Abram Duncan addressed a large and respectable audience on the evening of Monday last , in the Universal Suffrage Hall , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " That this meeting viewing the past services of tho Northern Star in the cause of the piiuciples of the People's Charter , —its uncompromising devotion to the integrity of the movement , we regard all those covert and open attacka against It from professed friends , ap indications 0 D . tb . 6 if put of hostility to tho principles of the Charter , and we shall do everything in ourpowor to destroy that iniiutnee by a strenuous support of the Slur . " " That we profess our entire confidence in Mr . Hill , and trust that fee will exercise his vigilance over tho publication of any matter which would conicromiBG the safety of the
Northern Star , or the personal liberty or property of its proprietor . This meeting taking into consideration thebeneflcial effects likely to follow the appointment of a Scottish Executive , call upon their secretary , David Thompson , to draw up an address to tho Bix centres in Scotland , urging to the performance of this duty , and that OUr secretary be instructed tocorrespond with Mr . Campbell secretory of the English Executive , according to the form which the statute law proscribeo . The remonstrance being also unanimously adopted by the meeting , Mr . Duncan was then elected as a fit aud proper person to meet the English Executive . The meeting then dispersed , testifying their attachment to Mr ; Duncan , for the valuable services he baa rendered to the country in the cause of Chartiem . Also a vote of thanks was given to our worthy chairman , Mr . John Stewart
WAR . UINGTON . —This town was visited on Sunday last by Mr . W . D . Taylor who lectured in the afternoon , and in the evening preached the funeral sermon of Hoiberry the martyr , ia which he propounded from the Scriptures the principles of the People ' a Charter , in a &ryk- altogether new to us . BOX . TO 1 * . —This town of toil and misery was viseted on Monday last by Mr . W . D . Tayli / i , whodelivered a lecture upon the Charter , and the benefits to be derived from its establishment as law . Several new members were enrolled at the conlusion . RUiVDERLAND . —On Sunday afternoon last , Mr Williams lectured on the Town Moor , but in consequence of its beginning to rain boavily , he was obliged abruptly to conclude . Ho announced his intention of speaking again at the same place on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock .
BAENSLEY . —The Chartists of B . irnsley met on Monday evening last , in the . School lloora under the Odd Fellows' Hail , where , jafter the receipt of contributions , and-the enrolment of new members , Mr . Frank Mirfleld reported the proceedings of tbe School Council . The business first alluded to was tho raising of funds for the Executive ; tho means of doing so suggested by the Council were well received by the members , and a determination evinced of currying them out . The next busings brought on was tlw necessity of doing something far Mrs . Holberryj when a subscription was . entered into . i : '''
liOKDOIf . —St . PancRas . —We commenced our Monday evening lectures on Monday last , at the Feathers , Warren-street , when Mr . Jones , from Liverpool , delivered an eloquent lecture ; and out of a '; comparatively few strangers ee / en new members were enrolled ; A lecture will be de . 'ivered eveiy Monday evening , at half-past eight o ' clock , at tbe above place .
Camukrwell and waIWorih . —The Chartists of Camber well and . Wai worth beg to express to Mr . ' . Hill their confidence in bis exertions as Editor of tbe Northern Star , the organ of the people . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., they wish to renew their pledge of united support . The faithful advocate of the people they deem him , and may he live tt > see political equality . The resolution wus moved by Mr . J . And « srsoh , seconded by Mr . Simpson , and carried unanimously . . '•' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ .- ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ Mitchaji , SURREY . —About thirty good arid true meu have been enrolled in this new locality already , with every prospect of its speedily becoming extensive and prosperous . ' ¦ ' , .
OBVONPOKT . —Resolved , " That we , the readers of the Stur in Davonporfc , having strictly watched the conduct of the Ksv . William Hill for upwards of four years , do hereby express our firm corivictionthathe has acted ia a manner worthy his high calline ; and we do hereby assure him that as long as he pursues the same line of conduct as heretofore , he shall receive , . as be has deserved , our warmest thanks and support . At the same time , we cabnot forbear from expressing our opinion of the individuals who have called forth this resolution ; and we cannot but think that their conduct baa been such a 3 to merit the disapprobation " of all
consistent Cbartists ; for to what other conclusion can we come to , when we remember the many times these gentlemen have echoed forth the cry that the middle classes wished to betray us , and now find these same men leaving the substance of Chartism and following the airy notions of those they have so often denounced , than that they are no longer to be trusted , and we feel sorry to be forced to acknowledge the justice of the resolution of the Leicester frienda , that the oncev-noble Bronterre O'Brien is no longer worthy of confidence . " Signed on behalf of upwards of sixty readers , John Gin , Mount-Btrectj Peyon-POrt . - ' . - ¦ ' ¦' : v '• ¦ ' : ' ' : ¦ . •• ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ' ¦ . "' -. " : ¦ ' ¦ .- . - . ' ¦ ¦
TODIVIOBDCN —This place now occupies a .- . pxcmft position on tbe' moral map of Chartism | as may be evidenced by the following brief letter from , the General Secretary to the resident eub-Secretary : •—" Deai Brooks , —I received from Mr ^ Heywobd £ \ gs . 43 ., and from Mr . Lsach OS . —making a . total for this quarter of £ 5 Is . 3 jd .- ^ placing Todinorden in advance of every other place enrolled in the Association . If every place acted lifee Todmdrden , the Executive might employ twenty lecturers u ? xt week . " yonr ' B , in the cause , " John Capmbell . "
Lower Sowerby ( Helm ) . —On Tuesday evening lasc , the Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , paid us a visit , and delivered a lecture .
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NOTTINGHAM . —A spirited and interesting meeting was holden on Saturday evening , in the Chartist Room , Noah ' s Ark . The memory of Samuel Hoiberry , and all other martyrs of freedom was drunk in solemn silence , and responded to with great pathos and eloqueno by Mr . B . P . Mead . Several other excellent Bpeeches were made . On Sunday morning , the United Council met in the Caapel , Rice Piace , it was agreed to recommend that one halfpenny p * r month , be paid by each member for the expences of local agitation . In the evening , Mr . J . White , ' fr 6 m the Potteries , preached a very eloquent and impressive sermon to the largest ; congregation ever assembled for a long time upon the Forest . At the conclusion , twelve new members enrolled themselves , Mr . White is likely to be located here for some time , and he will be a great auxiliary in the cause of Chartism .
LANCASTER . —At a meeting of the Council the following resolution was unanimously adopted , "That we have full cdhfldence in the zeal , integrity , and discretion of Mr W . Beeslcy , district ' . ¦¦ " secretary ; for North Lancashire , and are determined to abide by the rules of the association . " KIDDEBOTINSTEB . —The Chartists of Kidderminster beg to record their vste of confidence in the Editor of the Northern Star , hoping ; that he will go forwardj neither to the right nor to the left , heedless of this move or that move , but onwardi and no surrender .
ABHTOti-VNVEa-hYNE . —PUBLIC MEETING . — Oh Friday evening , the 1 st of July , a public meeting , convened by placard , was held on a large plot of ground near Mr . Tbacker ' B Foundry , to take into consideration the necessity of renionBttatiDg with the House of Commons on their Iato rejection of the People ' s Petition , and also to memorialise fcer Majesty to dismiss her present Ministers , and call to her council men who will make the Charter a Cabinet measure . Mr . Wiicox was unanimously called to the chair . After briefly opening the business , Mr . Aitken , schoolmaisWr , was called upon to move the rembustrance . In the course of his speech ho alluded to the convulsion existing ; , and that had existed throughout tue whole of aristocratic Europe , showing that so long as the supreme control
over the laws was inyestod in the bands of a few , and that few the moBt worthless in society , the condition of the industrious classes can never be any better than it is . Mr . Aitken also alluded to the affected sympathy of our soidisant philosophers who ordain ministers to be sent across the Atlantic , to the interior of Asia and Africa , but will do nothing to mend the state of the sons of toil at home . He concluded a lengthy speech by reading and moving the remonstrance to the House of Commons , Mr . James Taj lor eeconded it . i'ne memorial to her Majesty was then read and prcposed by Mr . Alexander Challenger , who said he should content himself by inoviug tho tuemorial , and make way foir their excellent friend , Mr . Leach of Manchester . Mr . W . Pilling seconded the memorial in a humourous
and energetic speech , which elicited the applause of assembled thousands . Mr . Leach from Manchebter , was then introduced amidst clapping of hands and other maiks of approbation . He adUrobsed tue meeting for about an hour , during which titue the evils of machinery , as at present used ; were pourtrayed in a graphic style . The lamsntabla condition of the people Vas displayed in language which at every sentenee told well npon the audience . He appealed to the men of Ashton , aa did the other speakers to join the National Charter Association , and assist in the great work of national regeneration . Mr . Leach was listened to with the greatest attention , and concluded amidst loud applause . Mr . GeorgeJJohnson then briefly t addre 8 s ., d tbe meeting ; after which it was announced that Dr .
M'Douall would addreaa the people of Ashtou on tbe Saturday eveningi which announcement was received with loud cheers . On the motion of iVIr . Aitken , tbe meeting was adjourned till tbe following evening at seven o'clock . There could not be less than from four to five thousand people present , principally of the male adult population . Tae adjourned meeting took place on a space of ground near the Market iPlace . Mr , W . Piiling being called to the chair , Mr . W . Aitken and the Doctor-both addressed the meeting , ami it was pleasing to the friends of freedom to see thai , in spite of the machinaiions of a few sycophants in Aahton , the Doctor was received with all
that enthusiasm which bis honesty , zaal , and integrity deserve . After the meeting was over * the speakers and their friends retired to the Association Rooni to enrol members , when nearly fifty took out cards of membership . Our cause now stands better in Asbton than ever it did . The working classes being long since convinced , and the majority of the middle clashes being now the same , that nothing less than the wlipie Charter can ever establish a ayfatsin of ( iovemmenfc tbat will permaiientiy benefit society , and make Britain what she ought to be , first amougst the nations of the earth ,: by the universal happiness and fteclom of her industrious sons .
BLAIRGOWniE ( Perthshire ) . —A public meeting was held in this village on tbe evening of Monday , the 27 th ult , for the purpose of hearing Mr . Jahn Duncan , of Dundee , deliver a lecture upon the people's Charter . Tae object of the meuting being stated by the Chairman , the lecturer , after a few introductory remarks , allutled to the distress which exists at present in many of the commercial towns of Great Britain , in which so many are geing idle and enduring no small amount of suffering , arising from the miseries of want . In speaking of the causes which bad produced this great and long-continued depression of tradai he said , it could not have arisen from a scarcity of food in the country , for tho ground for a number of years back has produced an abundant supply ; but the die tress has
arisen partly from bad legislation ; however , our merchants themselves , by sending an inferior article abroad , have hurt tke demand from this country . It is wei ' l known that hemp , an Indian weed , ; fit only f jr making pack-cloth ,, has been largely imported , spun into yarn , and used fer mixing with other yarn . Large quantities of cloth . 'partly composed of flax or tow , and partly of Indian jute , have been exported to America , and' sold ; . there as cloth , entirely made of flix or tow . As tbe cloth does not stand wet , thefraud was not long in being discovered , and has greatly tended to hurt the sale ol our cloth . Mr . Dancan spoke also of the practice of imitating Russian linen , * in article which sells readily in America on account of its excellent quality but our manufacturers , more
eager to ; produce an article to resemble it externally , than to make one of equal fineness , have got into the way of putting clotU through hot roileiB , whereby it ia singed and acquires ' a gloss more to be admired foi- its appearance than for its durability . The cloth tbeu receives a stamp , to which is sometimes added the initials of a Russian merchant , copied from the stamps the Russian linen bears . It is then exported and sold for Russian linen ; such practices as thtse could not fail to hurt our trade . The speaker , in alluding to the means which have beeD used to aid the uneiapipysd , spoke of the grant of a niiliiom of money which was asked from Parliament Tbe request was refused although asked for as a loan to be paid back so soou as trade revived . When we think of the monuy which
has been given for other purposes , by Parhumett ; and when , we think of the purpose to which the money was to be applied , we may wonder how the request was refused * Twenty millions of nioney was granted for the emancipation of the fllavos . That sum went for a good cause ; but surely a single million might have been given as a loan to a starving people . Mr . Duncan thought emigration not calculated to benefit the people , although America contains a very great quantity of land ytt nncultiyated . It would be a number of years before it could be brought to produce fOod . Emigrants going thither only tend to reiince the price of labour in America . Indeed , when » man is compelled to leave his country , from whatnVer cause , it is : not eimgr ' u * Ion / , but transportation . The people do not desire to go abroad for land , if their exertions could be brought to besr on the waste land at home . By a recent statement of a gentleman who has studied the subject ,
it appears that there is plenty of land not yet broken up ; which in a short time could be rendered fit for agriculture . But to strike at the I'pot of tho evil , Mr . Duncan . urged bis hearers to continue to . agitate for an alteration of the laws of out country—to agitato for a repeal of thase laws which tend iso much to hurt our trade , aud which now threaten to ruin our country Agitation , aud a thorough ' union with the middle classes , are the only , m ^ aos whereby they may expect to gain their object ; ' that union may be eflFected ; it was euch tv union that carried the Reform Bill ; and such a union must be effected ere the working men of this couRtty obtain those rights for which they are now struggling . Mr . Duncan was listened to throughout ¦ with the deepest attention , and on concluding received three hearty cheers from the assembly , about five hundred in number ; after which the meeting quietly dispersed . -.- ' .
LEICESTER .- —The week has been one of varied excitement in the Shakesp 8 rean camp . Messrs . Rigby aud Summer , two plain , hearty , hand-loom weavers from Chorley , in Lancaatiire , addressed an open-air meeting in Eaton-street , on Friday se ' nnighii much to the delight and edification of our people . Knowing that they would do good , they were directed to step on into South Leicestershire the next day ; accordingly they reached Earl Shilton , arid held forth there , and also at Hinckley , where Mr . Cooper had been battling with the anti-Corn Law jugglers , the preceding week , and at Burbage on the Sunday . Mr . Beedham delivered an iaddress [ in Infirmary-square on the Sunday mornicg , and at Wigston at night Mr . Robert Jackson addressed an audience in Russell-square in the afternoon . Mr . Cooper preached at CounteBthotpe on Sunday moraing , and took down twenty names towards forming an association j at Oadby in the afternoon , and did
likewise ; arid in the evening , occupied faia eld favourite position , Leicester Market-place , where an attentive audience of 20 C 0 received the broad truths of Christianity and Chartism once more , ' and a dozen names were enrolled . On Monday , Mr . Beedham delivered addresses at Sh < slton and Burbage , and on Tuesday at Desford and Markfleldl On Monday iand" Tuesday nights , Mr . Cooper was at his post in the AinphJtheatro , to meet the Social advocate on the question , «« Whether is home colonization on co-operative principles , or the enactment of the People ' s Charter Into law , tho beet calculated to remove national distress and secure the permanent happiness of the people . " Mr . Alexander Campbell was the opponent the first night , as Mr . Buchanan was unavoidably delayed arriving from London till nearly ten o ' clock . The discussion ofl the first ; night waa conducted with the most delightful friendliness '
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~~~~^— .. . ... . ¦ .. . .. . . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ . ' ' .. ' . i *~« - ~ - *~^ * WXNCHCOMaE . —Onr monthly meeting took place on Monday night , when a w » te of thanks ' .-aid confidence wasgiven to Feargus Q ^ Connor , tbe proprietor , and the Rey . Wm . Hill , the Editor of tbei Northern Star . Mr . Millsom attended , but did not lecture , aa the authorities have stopped the crfet , and it waa agr « od to have placards printed to announce a future meeting . - ' '¦" -. ' . ' ¦' - . " .:. " ¦} . ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ ' , .. ' ¦ ' ¦ ' "' . ¦ . "¦¦ ¦ EPZ . tlNGW'pKTaT-A Chartiat tea party took place on Saturday evening , which was very numerously attended . / The tea being over the company atijetuned
into Mr . Hampsoh ' 8 largest room , when Mr . R . Wild was called on to preside . The Chairman opened the eyening ' B entertainment with a very suitable at-rtress , and hoped that each and all would avail themseivf-s of the arrangemenU of the Couucil . The company amused tbemselvea by singing and dancing , recitations , &c . During the . evening the Chairman and other geiitlemen delivered very eloquent speeches , which were well received . The entertainments were kept up with sreat spirit till a late hour , when the company parted highly delighted with the evening ' s amusements .
MANCHESTER . —Carpenters'Hall . —On Sunday afternoon the U'uaI weekly meeting waa held i « the above hull , when a working man wa ^ balled to the chair , who bpe . ied the business in a few brief remarks and introduced Mr , Jeremiah Lane to address tbe meeting At the close of his . lrtng and excellent addi-ess , which laatfcd nearly two hours , Mr . Wm . Dixon moved , and Mr . Naliey seconded the following resolution : — ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that tacti mem ' ji-T of the National Charter Association do , in the course of the next ei ght Weeks , subscribe threehalfpence each , for the protection of Mr . Mason arid hisf ^ llow-suft ' erers ^ who have been committed to piison for a crime committed by a constable at a public meetiEg . " Carried unanimously . Mr . Bropby lectured in the evening to a large and intelligent audience , \^ hea the motion in favour of Mason and Ms companions in bondage ; was put to the meeting , and was carried by acclamation ; and likewise a motion that Mr . Jam « s Leach of Manchester , be the treasurerto tha above fund .
SHEFFIEI / D —State of the TOyvx— -VROgress of ChaRIISM— -The number of inmates of the Shiifield poor house , on June 25 th , was 465 . . The amount paid in money , bread , itc , to the regular ticket poor for the week ending June 25 th , was « £ 92 33 . The aiuouiit paid to the casual poor in moneys . broad ,. &c . » for thQ fiame ; week , was £ 398 16 s ., being a total of £ 430 19 s . for that week only ! Chartism is progressing , we are * , ' going ahead , " as the Yankees say . Silica me last report in last week's Star , we , ( Fig Tree Lane , ) have enrolled nearly eighty new -members , '// . On Wednesday evening , June 29 th , Mr .. Clark , of ¦ Stockport , addressed another excellent meeting in Pdradi 3 e-fg'J ! ire at the close of which twenty-eight new members wore enrolled . On Sunday last , Mr . Harney , accompanied by
a goodly number of the members , paid a visit to Pitsnioor . and addressed a vtry good . meet ? Eg . In -tho evening Mr .. Harney addressed a large meetii-g of the Shtffield Chartists in Roacoe-fieWs , the weather being unfavourable an * adjournment took place before the close of the proceedings , to . Fig Tree Line . Sixteen new members . were enrolled . On Monday evening , a public meeting Wiis held in Roscoe fields by adjournment from PoradiBe Squaie Mr . Harney read a letter received froHi . Van Dieiiion ' a Land , giving an account of the sufferings of the .-vxlied Fcost . Mn Hi-commented at considerable length upon the wrongs of the banished patriot , and his persecuted compatriots , and concluded by moving the adoption of the following resolution : — " That this meeting
consider the conduet of the Government arbitrary and tyrannical as regards the treatment to which the exiled Frost and his , compatriots are subjected ; and pledge the ! B 8 elves to agitate for the Charter ,. andnothing less , aB tbe only means of ensuring the safe and speedy return of the banished patriots to their native ; land ; and this meeting also pledge themselves collectively and individually tp enroll . themselves ^ as members of the National Chatter Association ,. being convinced that peace , happiness , and prosperity can never be permanently established , until the Charter , whole and entire , shall become the law of the land . " Mr . Edwin Gilly in a brief speech , seconded thu reso-Iutisn , which was adopted unanimously . The weather being unfavourable , aa adjournment to Fig Ttee- ! ane was proposed and agreed to ; the meeting formed
threedevp , and marcned in procession to the room ; many hundreds of persons were congregated in the streets independent of those # ho bad takan part in . the meeting . The room was densely crowded . Mr , Harney again addressed the meeting , and detailed the particulars of the persecution of Edwitd Joynes , a member of the AbBociation , who has been discharged frtmi his employment for attending poor Hoiberry ' s funeral ; he commented in severe terms upon tae transaction . A collection t < it the benefit of Mr . Joynes was fbadiB , wbea ten shillings and sixpence was obtained and presented to Lim . Mr . Joynea returned thanks . Toe Chartist National Anthem was then sutig , and with three 1 cheers for the Charter , and ; three for Edward Joynes and all honest men , who like him dare to stand by their principles , the meeting dissolved . Twenty new
members were enrolled . , WooDHOiJSE .-rMr . Samuel Parkes preached twice at Woodhouse , . on Sunday last ; the subject of the afternoon ' s discourse was Jehovah ' s controversy with the nation . Th ^ aubject . of the eyening ' SBermon was , - —the origin-- ; ' and consequenceai of monarchy ^ Very large audiericea veere present upon each occasion , and rarely has so large a number of persons been ; congregated together , -in ; Woodiiouse t / as afc the evening sermon . All iist ^ ned with deep attention , and not a few seemed to be impressed with the trutts proclaimed by the speaker . Oa Monday ev «? nirig , Mr . Parkes deli . vered a lecture on tbe distress of the country , eloquently arid forcibly'picturing the horrible results of class-legislation . The sermons and speeches of Mr . P . have effectually roused the good people of Woodhouse . A few aiontha ago tbo (/ hartists were looked npon with horror by its inhabitants , now ( thanks to Mr . Parkes ) the prineiptea of our ciiuse , form tliesubj act of daily and universal inquiry . . '" ¦ '¦
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Upwards of 15 , 000 persons landed on Sunday at Gravesend by the steamers , and more than 50 , 000 persons were conveyed to and from , vaiioue places between the Adelphi pier and Woolwich . Suspected > ttaci £ ' upon the Qoe ejy — - About a quarter to twelve o ' clock on Sunda . y forenoon , Her Majesty , accompanied by Priuce Albert and th < e King of the Belgims ; quitted Buckingham * Palace , with their suite , the Royal cortege being formed of three of the Royal carriages , for the Ghapel Royal , St . James ' s Palace . While proceeding along the Mall , in . St . j . a . mes ' s-park , and about half-way between the Palace and the Stableyard-gatOj a youta 01 ' deformed appearance was observed to present a pistol at the last carriage of tho eortC-ae , which
contained Her Majesty , Prince Albert , and the King of the Belgians , the person m question bs > ing . at the moment slightly : in adyahep of cho hind-wheel on tha off-si do of the carringe ; The face of such : ; an attempt being made , muat , it : would appear , iiave been unobserved by Her Majesty or any of her attendants , tlio Royal coriiye proceeding uninterruptedly on-its cours 9 ; and the matter would most probably have passed off unnoticed , had not tho act been witnessed by a young man , about eighteen years of ' age , who observed the person pull the trigger of the pistol and distinctly heard the j ? nap , a 2 (; houshlie saw no flash . lie insiautly seized h im ^ as well aa the instrument ho had in his hand , and seeing no p&liceman near , draped him iu the
direction the Royal carriages had gone , until he met Policocons . 'able Heariij A 56 , who had been doing duty at the garden gate leading to the Chapel Royal , through which her Majesty had just entered , to vvhoni he said , " I iave taken this young man and brought him to you ,- because I saw him present a pistol at , her Majesty 5 ^ and at " -, the ^ same time he shewed the policeman the pistol he had in his hand . The constable ( who , it Must be observed , has been but three months ia the force ) , however , insiead of immediately taking the aeeused into custody , laughed , " believing tho charge to be a
hoax , and waiked on ; Close behind him was another policeman , named Claxton , A 134 , to whom the youn ^; nia . n also spoke , bvA he treated him in the same manner , and saying , " Pooh , podji , ics all nouseusej" likewise vyalked on . The young man , theref oT'i , finding that the officers of the Jaw , whose duty it was to take immediate cognizance of his statemeut , had refused to tako charge of the accused , allowed hini to dt-part , retaining , hovpcver , possession of the pistol . The prooeetlings of the young man had by that time attracted a crowd of ' . pcrsous ar-ioun . d him , which kept . momentarily increasing as ho related to them what he had seen ; and at that juiicture
another police constable , PartridgeV A ld * U , an experieuced officer came up , and seeiug the pistol in his hand , said to him , " What are you doing with that pistol ? ' ? The young man told him that he had taken it from , a youth who fiad auem pted to shoot : the Queeii ^ and whom he bad jiisOet go , the two policemen to whom lie had taken him having refused to take him into custody . Partridge immediately told his informant that he must accompany him , in order that a proper iug'iiry might be made into the matter , to the Siation-house , in Gardiner ' s-lane , Westmirister , wKither they instantly proceeded , followed by a crowd of nearly 3 , 000 persons . On arriving at the Station-hou ^ e the young man was questioned by Inspector Hickman , of the A division , who was on duty there , when he stated his name to be Dufsett . residing at No . 42 ,
New Church-street , Portmau-markefc , Maryie&one . Informatioh of the discovery waa immediately torwarded to the chief > ffice in Great Scotland-yard , and from thence by Colonel Rowan , the police cominis 8 ioner , personally to Sir James Grahaav the Home Secretary , at the Home Office , Wtutehall ; and by direction of Colonel Rowan , a desonption of the sapposed traitov was forwarded to all the Stationhouses of the Metropolitan and City police , in order that an active search might be made after hiait Messengers ; were also instantly sent to the residences of- 'Her-iiaje ' siy ' s Ministers , the law officers of the Crown , ^ . c , with information of the occurrence . —The youth waa taken iato custody the same night , and alter a long examination at the Home Office , was remanded till Wednesday . Bis name ia . John William Beaa . The pistol was found to bo charged with powder and a piece of tobacco pipe .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAK . Sir , —In the case of John Hindes , of Shoreham , his letter dated May the 29 th , of undergoing hardships since 183 S in a Tory-ridden place of a population of 1 , 942 , and wants the sum of fifteen or sixteen pounds . I myself stood the contest in 1819 , was sent to prissn , wife and child ; put in the poorhoose , because I took in the Observer paper , in a population of 2 . 800 Toryridden gentry and working people , and still take in the Star paper ever since it began , and shall continue
so , with the help of God ; but I never got a farthing from any one , and all my goods and stack of perfumery was sold , or rather given away , for they did what they liked with them . The Rev . V . Jaskson knows me weli . All that I wish is to be doing all I can for the cause . I should like to be selling the Chartist Breakfast Beverage , but I am short of money to send for an order at present I sold a great deal of Hunt ' s Roasted Com when it was in vogue , since than Coffee Aroaia , but cannot get it now . "
I remain yours in the bond of Chartism . John Buttebworth , Hairdresser , &c Knutsford , 15 th June , 1842 . [ We do not know the writer of the above letter , but but give Ujusc as we received it]—Ed . iV . S .
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The Vicar of Pobtsea has an income of £ ' 600 a year ; jet he has the impudence to call upon Kesenters to contribute towards the washing of his surplices . His churchwarden , one Burrill , is bo great a blockhead , that at a recent meeting he told the people they had no right to be in . tho church unlet 3 the minister consented !' .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct606/page/7/
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