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BROOK OP NORTHALLERTON . TO THE COUNCIL OF THE BRADFORD CHABTIST ASSOCIATION . Deab Fbibsds . —I regret that I haTe to solicit you to take my distressed family into your consideration and protection , but I understand they have been gTeatly neglected during ths last year , either for want of con . giderstion or some other cause unknown to me . I do sot feint that the Chartists of Bradford have ntgJecfced them -wifuilyj for I am confident that they will never allow my family to Btaxve ¦ while I am confined for tfee part I have taken in the struggle to secure the political freedom of my enslaved countrymen , and to secure for myself and them a fair day's -wages for a fair day ' s work ; and at the same time rescue our dear little children from tie rapacious jaws of the crnel factory monsUrr , and the aged and helpless from the tbree devil kinga appointed to starre them to death in the bsstiles .
Dear friends , I earnestly request you to hie my family under your protection . It ¦ will be a source cf much comfort to me to know that my family are presorted from 'want during the remaindtr of my imprisonment , for I expect no relief from the blooa thirsty factions , either Whig or Conservative , though I wish a memorial to be cent to the Secretary ef State , to release me from prison . Sly imprisonment has sot quenched ray spirit , thongh it has reduced my body ; for please God to restore me to iiberty I shall be a beit = x CbaTtist tban ever 1 was , and my imTTisoEsnent has famished me tma ten
thousand arguments in favour of Cnaninn . waicb before were hid from me ; and I shall not fail to declare my experitnee , through the length and breadth cf the land , if it should please God to preserve me in health and strength to do so : the powers teat be from men will not hold the check upon me , for I am prepared eos enly to meet Imprisonment , but di-jib , or secure the political freedom of the labourers of England and their ¦ wives and childrea from tha jaws of tie factory monster-I remain truly y * urs . Wilijam Brook . House cf Correction , Iforthallerton , July 2 nd , IS 42 .
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THE VETERAN JOH >~ GEORGE . The purport cf this addre £ 3 is an appeal to your generosity in a lamentable c&ss . With feelings of th * deepest resret I am prompted to reform my friends that distress of tlie most poignant nature has st length penetrated my humble habitation . My poverty has been occasioned by ¦ want of employmen t , and the great and many sacrifices I have at various times made in the cause of my compatriots . I am now in my 75 th year , and btinz therefore disgualifi&d by age and physical debility from procuring a maintenance for myself and partner by the same means ¦ which , up to a very recent period , 1 have emplo > ed for that purpose ( Tna-n-rpi labour ) , I am now re-. need to actual penury . 1 therefore earnestly solicit the benavolent friends of freedom to take into consideration the o > ject of this appeal , and likewise to endeavour as far »! in them lie to release me from my present extreme pecuniary thraldom .
For the last fifteen or twenty years , I have encountered 3 multiplicity of trials of no ordinary description , during all of "which 1 never attempted to throw myself upon public notice , as one desirous of receiving charitable assistance , and bvtn now , but for the persuasion of > few radical friends upon tha subject , my own silence thereupon vroold perhaps accompany ma / with sheer starrstica to the grave . For many years I tarried on the business of a paper banker at the West end of the metropolis , by which I was enabled to maintain a large family in credit 1 was likewise one of the first members ef the once celebrated Corresponding Society , and 1 am therefore , with about one exception , the only one remaining of the old stock of Cosmopolites "who figuered among the Tookes , the Hardies , the Thelwalls , the Rickmans , the Joneses , and others -whose names grace the annals of democracy .
ily object in making this application is to endeavour , v the last resonree , to keep myself and wife from becoming inmates of a "Union Wcrkkouse . Tour distressed applicant , Johs George . Ko . 1 , Cottage-place , Behind the Jolly Gardener , Lambeth-walk , London , July 13 th , 18 A 2 . Subscriptions -will be thankfully received by Mr . John Savage , Mechanics * Institution Tavern , Cixcu 3-Etrtet , Kew-road , iisrylebona .
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ME . STTJRGE AND THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM , TO THS ED 1 T 0 B OF THB XOHIHEBK STAB . I had written an article somewhat at length on the Chartists of Nottingham supporting Mr . Sturge , but on second thought , seeing that your columns might ba engaged to better purpose , and concluding that 1 migfct as well tSedt my intention by asking a question or two : I beg room for a line oitwo in your paper . As I am a Chartist , or Radical , of long-standing , I have too often s = en that the people , even after being often deceived , are too ready to place confidence in
newmade converts . It is of importance , t specially £ t present , that we be cantious in receiving and supporting men iewly eome over to the profession of our principles from the middle class . And more especially if they have been prominent in the Anti-Corn Law Movement I -wish to know if the NottenghanriChartiflts support Mr . Sturge merely because be is a Universal Snffxage man ? If so , I wonld answer , —so is Dan . O'Counell , so is , ot at least was , Mr . Roebuck , so is Molesworth , Hume , and several others , who s : e the worst enemies tie pecple have .
Is not Mr . Sfcurge of the free trade party * The Chartists justly detm those principles , if carried out , to be starvasion , destruction , and death to the working classes . Is Mr . Sturge friendly to the New P&or Law ? I looked in the papers for a Btring of questions Leing put to bfm by the Chartists cf Nottingham , on various subject *; butibove all , I expected . that he would be stringently questioned on that hateful measure . I was disappointed . I believe be was net questioned at alL Now , if Mr . Sturge is a free trade man , and a friend to tiie New Poor Law , the Chartists of Nottingham would be acting a strange and very injurious part in helping to return him . I should say , if sach should be the c-se , as I much fear it is , it would be a thousand times better that even Mr . Walter were returned . And fnrtber , if sach should he the case , Mr . O'Connor has no business in Nottingham , if he values his consistency . Tours , ( an enemy to Middle Class humbug and deceit . ) A 3 Old CHaSijst ,
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TO THE EDITOB . OF THE X 0 B . THEB . N STAJL Ut beau Sir , —Allow me through your columns to l&J before the readers cf the Star the following case of ideally oppression , the sutjet of which is a worthy fdlow , highly respected here , a native of Nottingham , Earned , and having a family of three children . He has bstB ever sujce feii residence in Sheffield a member cf ihs Charter Association , and ef late hzs , at the BE quest of the Council , made himself rather active in the performance of certain minor duties assigned him . On the 27 ; h of June , he attended the funeral of the deceased Samuel Holberxy , only absenting himself from fci * employment during the ifternoon . He "was employed as striker at a coa ^ -making establishment It appears that on the Monday afternoon his employer
visited ths manufactory , and finding some of the men absent , directed , that they should not be allowed to go to work next day tall he had seen them- Accordingly , next morning the parties presented themselves at the house of the bashaw , but were not seen till the afternoon ; one of the men who pleaded that he had been < kuEk on the Sunday , and was compelled to leave on Monday , through being too ill to work in consequence of his Sunday ' s scree , was allowed to return to his * wk on assuring his employer that he was no Chartist . All escaped condemnation but poor ., who , upon Min ? questioned if he waa a Chartist , replied he -was -, upon which the " gentteman" remarked he ¦ would not £ *?« » Chsrtist abcut the plaee if he knew it , adding tl » t the Chartists were the " d st low-lived Kc-nndrtls in the town V That Hoiberry was a fellow " * ho had tried to destroy life and property , and meant Y > beta the town ! Subsequently , our friend was asked tf
hs did not pay sixpence a week to the ChartiBts ? be s ^ S bo , only a penny . He was then asked if he had sot better buy a pennyworth of tobacco oi bread "Kith lie rarity , and upon his entering into a defence of his K-Eciplfcs and the right to think for himself , the " gentiEffiao * stopped him short , savagely telling him that afttr the avowal he had made of his principles , if he *** Jesus Christ himself he should "work for him no lonsej * He then asked the tyrant to give him a chaac fer . The " gentleman" employer replied that the ° & 7 character he would give him -would be , that he was 8 to ter , stfe&gy man , but left bis work to follow the taani * t 8 . The following Friday our friend again ^ A on his late employer , who , In reply to his remon-™ a ee » . replied that he wanted none of the d d Chartist tribe about ti » , odaiugr , ** a lot of you ought to 1 * fllovfc into some gulf md smothered ' . " rinaEy te left the pitee , the " gentleman" swearing tiat if he * M not tff he would have the police to him .
Thae , Sir , there Is & jpecimen of middle-class jusfcee ! The man is a sober , steady , quiet man ; he bad braked for this fellow about two yean , and I believe ^ u never absented fcimself from bis vrork before the * te * noon cf poor Holbeny ' a funeral ; and then , thou g h * hsent himself , he ( unlike the other absentees ) pre-Seated no Trm -n from working tbrongh his absence , * M > ther man supplying bia place . The poor fellow hu " » sn compelled to break up hia home , and with his "wife tod children return to Nottingham , where the parish w death by starvation ¦ will in all likelihood be their **> We collected 10 s . 6 d for him on Monday evening , ** the meeting in Rg-tree lane , to he l p him ob bis way . He left Shfef&eld on Monday last
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Talk of the tyranny of Whig or Tory Governmentsfaugh ! These are the real tyrants of society—these shopscratical scoundrels thatthus dare to doom to death their fellow-men . I may mention that this " gentleman" is » roaring Liberal , a Co rn L a w Repealer , &c I am informed that at the last election this same fellow had a waggon parading the town on whick was exhibited tke ' big loaf and little loaf . " What is the remedy for this infernal oppression ? the Charter . Only -when we shall have wrested from such fellows its ibis the exclusive political power enjoyed by them , can we successfully attempt the curbing of their insolent oppression . So long as tke working classes are deprived of their political rights , they must be the suc ' al slaves of the villains who have oaly to Bay " You shall labour no more far me , " and doom their fellow-men to misery and d « jth .
Working men of Sheffield , the fate of this poor honest man may be thai of many more of you , if , like him . you have souls that will not bend to tyranny . Rilly . then , round the banner of the National Charter Assceiation . Give your support to each other , and protect oneansther from the blows of oppression . Within the last two weeks our cause has gloriously progressed : above two hundred new members have within that time joined the Association . Let us march onward with the hke success for a short time longer , and we shall compel such tyrants to respect us , and think twice era they punish anil persecute men for iheir honest advocacy of righteous principles . George Julia ? : Hakset . Sheffield , July 6 th , 1842 .
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10 THE . SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATES WHO ASSEMBLED AT MANCHESTER , ON SUNDAY , JUNE 26 th . Gemlejie . v , —I have read with feelings of great satisfaction the report of yonr proceedings at your last nitreting held in Manchtster , more especially that part of your business having reference to a lecturer being sent to Iraanii . It is a subject to which I have , for tee last twelve months , directed much of my attention , and I ha 4 come to the conclusion of mating a lecturing tour in the North of that country , if my means would bavo borne me out , but circumstances arose which preveHted tbe fulfilment of my intentions .
Prow H . y miEutts and intimate acquaintance with the nrarntrs , customs , habits , and I m ^ ght add fevlings of the people of tha Nurth of Ireland , I feel fully confident of much good being accomplished by the carrying out of your resolution in the person of a talented , per-BcfeTiDg , firm , and above all , a prudent lecturer . The reason why I more particularly refer to tha Nerth is , that by txcerience gained from personal observation , 1 kuow that mental despotism and the monopoly of the mind is not so fully in exercise , nor so wide spread in tUe North as in the South und West , and mereovtr the D : ib . in . isscciation is working in the latter places , whereas it has not a chance of carrying its usefulness iu : e tbe province of Ulster , and I cannot but arrive at the conclusion that tbe failure of 31 r . Lc ^ ery ' s mission
in lb £ 9 " , may be attributed to the iiijudicions Belectien of Dublin for the commencement of his labours , instead of some of the principal towns in tbe Noithern counties , say Belfast . Still I am aware that , even there , a ltcturer would have innumerabledifBeulties to encounter and obstacles , ta overcome in the prosecution of his ¦ work . Tne letters which I have been in tke habit of rtcfciving weekly , for the last twelvmonths , as Secretary to the Committee for transmitting Chartists publications to lieland , from almost every ccm . ty in that country , point out to me the h £ 2 \ rdous nature of the Usfe , \ xA . at Vte same time thoroughly convince me of the necessity of such a course being pursued . The chief
ot stacle iii-tLfc N jrth would be the Orange party , which is snong and bitterly hostile to the spread of knowledge , particnlarjy a knowledge of the peopk ' s rights by the people ; when I say the Orange party ) I do not mean the poor ; ignorant , deluded dupes—the workingmen ; but the magistracy and squirearchy , who together ¦ with the will , also possess the po w er to , in a great measure , much impede the progress of our movement ; but still taking all things into account , the chances are ten to one in favour of the carrying out of your resolutions , and I shall be happy to render all the assistance in my poTer to tbe accomplishment of so deairabJe an undertakinr .
The north is especially more peculiarly adapted for the commencement of such a work , inasmuch as the political quacks and gamblers of the Dublin Corn Exiiange , have hitherto failed in using their influence towards that mental debasement , in that quarter which is so much to be deplored in other parts ot Ireland ; and moreover , history and experience shew that the inhabitants of the northern latitude of any country are from geographical and local circumstances , found to be more attached , generally speaking , than the denizens of other latitudes , to the principles of freedom and independence , and from the open , candid , and warmhearted characteristics of my countrymen , I argue the
estabhshmeat of our principles , and the building up of a tower of strength on the foundation of a deep-seated public opinionj in behalf of the principles of democracy in -a space of time incredibly short , to those ignorant of the circicstances of that people . Let U 3 but have the confidence of the people cf Ireland , on behalf of the People ' s Charter , or evt . n tha thinking and intelligent , who a- e too independent to pin their political faith to the sleeve , of any hypocritical , canting , political prostitute , who wtuld treffick in the miseries of his fdlowmtD , and prostrate the best energies , mental and physical , of a * brave , chivalrous , and confiding peopleand the days cf Irish political humbugism are
numbered . I could appeal to many of my Chartist friends in support of the sanguine anticipations which I entertain with respect to Ireland , amongst others to Mr . Christopher Doyle , -for a eorroboration of my opinion , as to the success attending the adoption of the plan ; that gentleman can form something like a true estimate of the people , froin the experience of his late visit to Belfa 3 t , Luburn , Newtownards , &c , and I believe it will be found to be Lis opinion that a plentiful haxve-t could be reaped in the fi = ld of Irish democracy .
The people only require to have true and universal principles enunciated and ushered upon their attention , with an honesty of purpose and a prudence of advocacy to ensure this recognition ; and when recognised by the convictions of the Irish people , all tbe political jugglery of mercenary brawlers , hireling scribes , and base pandering to civic dignities on tbe one hand , the ruthlessness of open and avowed oppression on the other , cannot stem tbe wide-spreading torrent of free inquiry , and ita sure offspring , a gracious and well-regulated public opinion ; for history points ont to us tbe unparalleled tenacity with which
they ( the people cf Ireland } have ever clung to tbe last reinsuring relics of their native liberties , bow they have watched with a devotional assiduity hitherto unprecedented , the declining day-star of their country ' s freedom , until treachery had broken those spirits -which tyranny never could btnd ; and with the same characteristic avidity wouid they again seize those true and r ighteous principles which must ultimately secure to them , after a loDg and dreary night ef bondage , the realisation of their dreams of the day-dawn of liberty , all their long-cherished hopes of noble and kxalted independence .
Trusting thai ' the Excecutive will not lose sight of so important a subject , and that the Chartists generally , wiJl at osce see the pr&priety , nay the uecessity , of assisting , by every possible means in their power , the prosecution of so laudable an undertaking , I remain , gentlemen , Your fellow labourer In the cause of democracy , BSBXaBD MCas . t > e-x . 13 Cross Hall-st , Liverposl , July 5 tb , 1 S 42 .
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AN APPEAL TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN , IN BEHALF OF THE WIDOW OF SAMUEL HOLBERRY . Brethren , —We appeal to you in behalf of tha widow of one of nature ' a nobles , who has at last fallen a martyr for the rights and liberties of mankind . Samuel Holberry is no more ! but , oh , could Ms dungeon walls find tongues to describe the anguish they have witnessed , the painful agony he endured , and the acute torture of bis mind ,, when bursting the portals of a prison ' s gloom , his soul left its clay tenement , without the kind assistance of s fond wife to minister to his wants , or to cloBe his dying eyes . Who can pourtray the agony cf his sufferings ?
Brethren , that wife he has left for your proiection . He has bravely ana nobly done his duty—it notv remains for ycu to do yours . He has sacrificed liberty and lif e , that we might be freed from the bonds that bind us . Let us - swear that her upon whom his warmest and tenderest affections were placed , shall never be compelled to taste the tender mercies of a Poor Law Bastile , and thus shew to the world in deeds , not words , that we are determined to stand by those who prove firm to our cause . By so doing we shall encourage future patriots to pursue the same glorious course—to smile at tbe dungeon and the scaffold , knowing that their wives and children will find protection amongst a grateful band or kindred souls , and also , that they themselves will lisa In the memory of every lover of freedom , and hater of tyranny and oppression .
Sister democrats , do you do your duty . Your sister , though young in years , has drunk deeply of the cup of affliction . It is for you to administer the balm of consolation—to sympathise with tke afflicted , and to comf » rt theieart-broken- In the aoft bosom of angelic woman the fountain of pity always flow * for suffering humanity . Profe yourselves then worthy of yt » ur sex , and assist her who has bad the rtaff broken on which she leased for support Sheffield has promptly and nobly come forward to assist in the good work , and to on * townsmen we
return cur thanks for their hearty and generous sympathy so well proven upon this melanchely occasion To the Chartists of York we also return our wannest thanks for their timely and patriotic aid , and to our brother democrats in other parts of the country who without -waiting for this appeal have already commenced collecting monies for the support of Mrs . Holberry . We have purchased the ground where the remains of the martyr repose , and intend to erect a plain monument over the grave . To accomplish this , and secure for the widow a maintenance for tbe fatore , we expect the co-operation and assistance of every
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Chartist in the kingdom . We also suggest the propriety of two separate funds , the one for the support » f the widow , and the other for tbe monument ; and although we doubt not that a portion of the funds for bo t h obj e c t s may be rai s ed in S n e ffi ald , still on account of the depressed etate of trade we must look fer the assistance of our brother Chartii-ts throughout the country . Monies collected in Sheffield may be paid to tha treasurer or secretary of this Committee . Bufc , monies collected in other and distant parts of tha country , we request may be forwarded to Mr . Joshua Hobson ,
Northern Star OffiC 9 , Market-street , Briggate , Leeds . Wo think it unwise to limit each association to any particular sum . Let each and every one give acsoxding to his or her means , and emulating each other in tbe good work , place the widow of the martyred Helberry above the reach of poverty and any increase ot the sufferings she has already endured . Sameel Ludlam , Treasurer , No . 11 , Radford-Btreefc . Geokge Julian HaKney , Secretary , No . 11 , Hartshead . National Charter Association Room , Fig-tree-lane , July 4 , 1842 .
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TO SIR R . PEEL , Upon the necessity of an immediate remedy for the present unparalleled distress , and provision against the future calamities inevitable to our artificial system . " But with respect to you , ye Legislators , ye civiliaars of mankind , ye Orpheusea , Moseses , Miuoses , Solans , Theseuses , Lycurguses , Numas , — -with respect to ycu , be it epoken , your regulations have done more mischief in cold blood than all the rage of the fiercest animals in their greatest terrors or furies have ever done , or could do . " LOBD BOLIKGBROKE OH SOCIETT .
Sir Robert , —Whether the noble write * declared truly in what I hava just quoted let tbe histories of all nations testify , let the poor starving wretched thousands of our country man anawer , whilst I eai eavour by my humble pen to rouse you from your professed sympathy —but real apathy—to do your duty to my perishing fellov , s , whose appalling situation is enough to make the very stones cry out fer justice . Justice demands that the people should not starve in the land of their birth . Gjd gave them " dominion over the " earth : '" they have an inheritance in their fatherland . Who hath taken it from them ? who hath the wealth that they have produced in . their generation in Britain ? where is the wealth the generations of their fathers produced upon the estates , in the mansions and coffers of the rich ? From these , Sir , make restitution to the long-robbed labourers ; and if you have not the courage and inclination to do this act of ju&tiee , then borrow of them Twenty Million * .
Twenty Millions were borrowed upon the labour of these starving thousands and their poor fellows to buy the name of freedom for thu blacks of the West Indies . Sir Robert , borrow twenty millions more to give food and labour to your starving countrymen . Will you dare te argue that it ia not enough to permanently relieve tho distress and , therefore should not be borrowed t If like other creatures of the Honourable House you should answer thus callous and inhumane , 1 answer borrow forty millions ; for if the freedom of some thousands of negroes was worth twenty millions , surely the lives of thousands of Englishmen are worth at least double the sum .
But bcrrow twenty millions , and s a e wh a t m a y be done with it . You have , with tbe representatives of the upper and middle class in your criminal apathy towards the suffering people , suffered the seed time to pass away without making the least provision for the future maintenance of the wretched unwilling idlers ; but it is not now too lata to make some provision fer the present time , and the gloomy winter that it Is but too certain will succeed this wretched summer . Sir Robert , as the premier of England , yours is the duty to make * u ; h provision ; see to it , and if you would not have your name handed down to posterity laden with infamy as the murderer of thousands of your countrymen—if you would not be branded thus , yon will immediately set about the business of Bavingyour -starving countrymen from this wretched fate , and your-BeJf this lasting ignominy and execration .
To the work , Svr Robert ; a mighty responsibility is laid upon yon by the cfliee you fill . Restore to these people their daily bread now withheld from them , not by dearth , for there is plenty of land ia our country to produce fosd for them withhe \ d by some power , and what greater than the Government of which you . Sir Robert , are the bead . Really then in your hands is the remedy—you can restore . Borrow for the present exigency twenty millions to feed and employ the hungry population ; do you ask
how ? take the parks of the aristocracy upon a lease for several years , and place the plundered starving operatives thereon , to cultivate them ; it is not too late to bave a crop of potatoes , which , with a portion of corn and some cattle , will support them through the winter whilst they are getting the land ready , and sowing grain , setting plants for cabbage , planting fruit trees , &c There are plenty among the starving to direct these agricultural operations , and tbe thousands will willingly lsbour for their daily bread upon these public farms . ¦ . .
Therefore let the money be immediately borrowed and laid out in potatoes and corn for food and for seed , implements of husbandry and art ; set the poor to work throughout tha country upon the nearest and most suitable plots of ground ,- let them rear their own dwellings , raise their own food for the time to come ; their labour will amply repay the Government for the puUay thereon , save the rich from poor rales , the poor from a most appalling death , relieve the manufacturing market of its iron-made surplus population , spare the farmer from ruin by repeal of the Corn Laws and immense reduction of his stock , contribute to the "welfare of all classes , and ultimately restore prosperity to our gold-bKgated country .
Sir Rsbert , this is a hoajely project , an English project , a project werthy of the attention and help of every lGver of his species , and doubtless of the Premier of a Cbristian Government . Try this , or some such tx ? eusive plan of national economy ; give perishing humanity a chance to live on the land of ita birthright ; give neglected , insulted , much-wronged mortals a chance to be honourable , free , virtuous , and happy . For your own sake . Sir Robert—for your country ' s sake—for the sake of our maDy Christian professions , and for our national honour make oca noble and necessary attempt to stay this cruel scourge . Let it not be said the thousands rolled in riches and luxury , and the miiiiona pined in poverty , and perished for want of tbs coarsest food . Hoping tha above letter wijl not be altogether unfcterfed by you , Sir , on account of the humble pretensions of the writer , I subscribe myself , Your most humble servant , Homespun .
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ADDRESS TO THE SIX LOCAL CENTRES IN SCOTLAND . At a meeting held in the Universal Suffrage Hall , Alloa , on the evening of July 4 th , Mr . John Stewart in the chair , to consider the propriety of eltcting a . NatioDal Executive for Scotland , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Jas . Robertson , and , being seconded , was unanimously agreed to : — " This meeting , taking into consideration the beneficial tffects likely to follow the appointment of a Scottish Executive , call upon their Secretary , David ThompsoD , to draw up an Address to the Six Centres , urging to . the performance of this duty , and have it published in the next number of the Star , and that our Secretary be instructed to correspond with Mr . Campbell , Secretary of the English Executive , according to the form which the Law prescribes . " Signed , Joiin Stewabt , Chairman .
Bbotheb . Chartists , —In obedience to the above resolution I address myself to you upon a matter of vital importance to the consolidation and permanent influence of the movement in Scotland , for the attainment of the People ' s Charter by peaceful , legal , and constitutional means . It cannot be denied that the movement in Scotland hitherto has been principally icflatneed by impulses extraneous to itself ; in btating this there is no in tuntiea to find fault with those buratsof excitement caused by some accidental circumstance taking place in Engiand , and resulting in a series of demonstrations held over the principal parts ( f Scotland . These have given an extension to thH knowledge of our principles
and deepened tbe conviction among tens of thousands of the people of Scotland of the absolute necessity for their practical rtal Zition , as the only means to secure good , equitable , and just government to the whole body of the people . But this mode of spreading a knowledge of our principles among the people has always been attended with this drawback , that very many places in Scotland sink into a state of inactivity , if not into positive apathy , awaiting a new inspiration from a fresh excitement from England . In one sense , then , it may be said that tne movement in Scotland , is created , nourished , and upheld by these means , and wh e nev er they are wanting , the Chartist Committees , in many places act as if they had no particular duties to discharge in connection with the movement
Every Ccartitt will agree with the association in Alloa , that if a remedy can be found for thl * defect it ought to be taken into consld > ratioa , and if approved of , instantly adopted . And here again we must still turn to England , not for the purpose of waiting to see what the Chartists there will do for tbe Chartists in Scotland , but to copy the mo 4 a of their movement , so far as it can be applicable to Scotland . They bave bad an Executive Committee in existence for one year , Bnd it only requires to trace their , progress and calculate the results of their labours to arrive at the conviction tbat what has wrought so well in England for the extend on of the principles of the People ' s Charter , that without being charged with any thing romantic or Utopian ; there is surely sufficient materials in Scotland to constitute an Executive , and it only requires to be impressed upon the peeple the utility of having such a body to command their attention and secure their cooperation for this purpose .
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We have many valuable men in Scotland , heart and spnl devoted to the furtherance of the mbvemont , who have shown a deep devotion to its aervfee , and h a ve made many personal sacrifices to uphold it in its integtity ; the past services of Viem men , and present labours , command tha reverence and respeit of the people , and the best of all teatimbniea ot their worth to the people , from tbeir enemies , la , that they have hart every epecwa of miareprasentition which the vile birehngaof the Whig and Tory press could invent , yet they have nobly set all these efforts at defiance , treated them with scorn and contempt , and gone on in the even tenour of their way , exposing the hypocrisy , low cuanlng , and fraud , and open tyranny of the government classi and inspired the people with self-respect and confidence in their own power of union , to redress the wrongs they have so long suffered under , and establish in theirplace the just and righteous principles of the People ' s Charter . Yet then , baa been a defeoi attending their
operations in this glorieus cause , possibly arising as much from necessity as choice ; they have U 3 union among themselves , no co-operation , no oneness of purpose ; to some extent it may be said that they are persbnally unknown to each other ; this mjgbt be cited in proof of the excellency of the Chartist movement , that a msvem « nt could have been conducted for years by men inculcating the same principles , pursuing the same general planof actions , and all bearing on one point ; andyet those who are engaged in these labours are in many cases personally unknown to each other ^ not even boltiiDg intercourse by letter -this vit , w of our movement , and the means by which it is conducted ought to teach un important leasou to every opponent of the Charter , if an agency so scattered ^ and unconnected has through its exertions raised the people to the proud position , they occupy at present , what will this agency not be able to effect when bound together and acting upon a fixed plan of operation ?
Having indicated ourj present condition without exageration or despondency , I will in my next address point out the remedy , and the means whereby it can be braugkt into action . David Thompson , Secretary to the Alloa ChartUt Association .
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUTE AND SPREAD OF CHARTIST PRINCIPLES . TO THE EDITOR . OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Tbe proposal made in the Star , June 26 th , for ' A National Tribute , ' * in aid of the Executive , was to nie quite refreshing , and tno excellent beginnlDg made by yourself and Messrs . Lonsdale , ; Hobgon , and Ardill , I thought would have called forth the energies cf out entire Association , iu order to r ^ ise tke '' wind , " so that the " tribute" might be made handsome and sufficient . If those who are already organized will not bestir themselves , how cau they evei ; expect to Bucceod ? L' ; t the four hundred places where our organization exists , contribute half-a-guinea each , and thus we would have two huadred guineas at once .
In addition to this , it is not too much to expect that other gentlemen wlio profess to be friendly to the ultra m o vem e nt , should imitate the example , each according to his means , so nobly set before them . Were the fifty thousand members who constitut * our Association to give one penny each , it would raise upwards of £ 200 . So easy iathe way where there is the wilL Without any wish to dictate , I would respectfully suggest ' to the aub ^ secretaries everywhere , to bring this before the General Council . Pj-oposals made in newspapers are nothing unless made to assume the shape of business , by b&iDg put into actual operation anitmg us . And I do think that it ) devolves upon the sub-secretaries to briDg forward Such thiuga at the proper place . . ' ' . . . , ¦ ' . - . ¦/ '¦ - . ¦ ¦ '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ; ;
Sir , while reading the r « port given in the Star of July 2 nd , of the meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , Dublin , it struck me forcibly that the forthcoming harvest would afford a good opportunity to the EogliBh Chartists to do something towards the spread of CharsUt principles among our Irish brethren . I , therefore , on Monday evening last , brought forward a resolution calling upon the ccmrieil men of this district to collect as many as possible of the newest copies of the Star , to be given to the Irish labourers , who ffiay happen to pass through this neighbourhood , on their way into tbe agricultural districts . The resolution was carried unanimoualy , and I hope will be grsmptly acted upen , and to the fullest extent .
It is not necessary to make any remarks upon the above resolution , as its importance and object must be obvious . I send it to you for insertion , in order to incite the rest of England to "goand do likewise . " I would also add , - that as the English ClKurtisl Gircidar is very cheap , the people might , witfr litlle trouble aad cost , procure quantities of that rjeriadical for the same purpose , and thus do much additional good . 'I remain , Sir , Very respectfully , J . Arran . Vicar-lane , Bradford , July 11 , 1842 .
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UPON THE POWER AND GENERAL USEFULNESS OF AN HONEST PRESS . TO THE PHILANTHROPISTS , THE TOILING JfltEIOKS , AND THB CHAItTISTS PARTICULARLY . Beloved Brethren , —In an age when the education of our youth ho » been neglected by the State , the adult population oppressed , impoverished , stripped of the means of providing a sufficiency of food for themselves and children , and consequently without the means of educating them ; lacking the influence nec 6 £ - Bary to get them into the public charities established for the purpose of instructing the rising generation ; tbe meagre knowledge acquired at these establishments and the schools generally , by those favoured yoatlis who bave been able to avail themssl ve « of those bounties and blessings of our enlightened system ; a mental wilderness , is sent forth generation after generation
upon tbe wide world . Unacquainted with it themselves , or the pr inciples of virtue that ' ; . should guide their steps , they travel on na it were in darkness , falling into trap after trap , that society so ailed fiata everywhere laid for them , until they bavo learned by dearbought experience , that , the naturnl duy-dreams of youth , its pictures of manhood , liberty , and happiness have no exibtencein real life ; and if they are fortunate enough to escape the precipices down which uumbera fall to execration , misery , or an ignominious death , they may linger out a miserable existence in honourable poverty , insulted , calumniated , and punished by the successful Ramblers in labour , land , or gold , and tbe public robber . . . .
Brothers , in this state of things tbe press becomes tbe greatest schoolmaster , and its purity becomes a subject of paramount importance ; and an honest press ( I use the term implying the whole ) would not only be the greatest , but the best schoolniaittjr of the present aee ; that the presB of our country , with but few ex ^ ptions , is detestably hollow , whose only , principle is moni-y , whose object is money , » nd the elevation of their paymasters ever the people , that ' they may ever be able to pay them , is a fact that the millions will bear testimony to , and but few , save the potent" we ' s " themselvaa * . will dare to deny .
And seeing this ia the case , this mighty engine of instruction and power is used far injury arid destruction ; then bow Hvcessary for us , the working ciaas , that we should iupport by all the means at our command , a truly honest press to counteract the ppisenthe factious press disseminates , nml foil its destructive and poisonous influence . Ye have witnessed its effects in the manner they influenced the jury , class against you in the Whig crusade of 1339—40 , whicfc ended in the emiuugeoning of hundreds of tioueat working men , whose only offence was speaking tha truth . The base moneyhuntera are again at their work ; they soek another onslaught , another sacrifice unto mammon ; they ate of tbe priesthood , and their cry is persecute , prosecute , Wood , blood , for the idol God .
My fellows , this engine must be powerfully grappled with ; this cap only be done by a similar engine , but an honest one ; it would be useless to rear other factious engines , for this would but increase the evil , by adding power , to t&e already too powerful monattr ; an honest press alone can grapple with this huge servant , of corruptiafc , a presa based upon principle , whose editor and proprietors shall be pledged , true and tried servants of the oppressed people ; euch men o&ly can be expected to strictly and firmly advocate the Interest of the plundered against the piunderers , for when the proprietor of a paper ia a were nionied man , unknown , OF Untried by the people , though he may hire an editor to advocate apparently their interest , there is no guarantee that when the truth has served his own tusrij he will gradually rat or veer round to fidme other patty , and liien do them more injury than all his assumed service did good .
Therefore , Drothers , it is evident ye should support no p . iptr excepting you know the controllers and conductors thereof to be your true friends ,, however plausibiy they may write ; for the time is coming , and now iB , when many will say ^ e | are your friends , and seek to lead you after them , first for your own favourite objects , even fho Charter , for which ; ' y a n a ve suffered s o much , for which two brave fellows bare perished ia prison , three labour in chains—the beloved Frost and his compatriots , and several otb&is pine in dungeons ; these gold and fame-hunting Editors will sympathise with you , will go with you , till anofcher and better paymaster offers . or they have got their master's favourite proj ct tfllctcd for him ; then will they desert yon , » ay yon are too violent , want t oo mu c h , must get a little at a time , call you wild- —th& rabble—men fcbey « mab * associate witb . aj did Vincent and other *
Brothers , be wise ; avoid them as you would a quack —as you would aBerpent ; and if the Star is such a paper , as we need , an honest paper—a paper based npon principle , the principle of truth , political and social--a paper that has been tried by you , having an editor and proprietor long-tried servants in the cause of political rights , an d h as never swe r ve d , but has seryed you through good report and evil report ; then let vu , in like manner , stand by it , avoiding the insinuations of pretending and changing friends , especially those wh » run for gold and fame ; but let us , for the purpose of destroying the power of the faction ' s * press , seek to extend tbe circulation of the only people ' s paper , the Star , by introducing it into all tbe bouses and rooms where the working or middle classes resort , and where ? ever else we have the power-r-into every man ' s house who can afford It , that tbe upper and middle class may not remain in ignorance of our objects , and political truth . And when our present paper ia well circulated ,
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and tbere is room for another without crippling that , t hen , and not till th e n , let us l o o k f o r t ried * true friends to carry on anotherj for it ia useless and injutious of our friends starting papers , to be in tbe end sold tomoneymongers , and men devoid of principle , as has been the case heretofore . Hoping , brothers , you will pay w this subject all the attention that its importance demanda , , I remain ; ' Yonrstraly , In the cause of Chartism , J . — - —— , Bristol .
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HURRAH FOR THE CHARTER ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir-, —I now address you for the first time , and I do it with a degree of pleasure which I could not at any preceding period Lave ventured to express . My position in society and other circumBtinces naturally linked me with tbe anti-Corn Law League , though my hea ^ t bas all along been set upon the Charter aa the only means of doing justice to all . My yieWB for twenty years have been , that our legislative machinery is not competent for the werk required , and Wise men when they " want any piece of work aocomplisoed ; in ; the bsst manner / take cars that they begin at the beginning , and sat up proper machinery for ita execution . The idea of working a vessel of 400 tons burden against both wind and tide with a pair of oars is not more ridiculous than to expect good laws from eur Legislature as at present constituted , and the full , fair , and free representation of the people is the only means by which proper legislative machinery can be obtained .
My present object , however , is not to reason on this subject . It is already perfectly welt understood by your readers . I take up pen to tell you , and to tell your reatlers , that the Charter is now virtually obtained . A little longer peaceable endurance , if tbe thing be possible , and the . Charter becomes the law of the land . ¦ Any violence—any outbreak would mar its accomplishment , and delay ita being perfected , and might for a time subj ect us to a military despotism , and produce Buffering to tenfold the extent that it ha « yet reached . All this has to be avoided , and I tell y 6 u that there is a movement in process that will infallibly secure the accomplishment of all we want I am not at liberty at present to say more . You will soon bave the evidence of the truth of my statement frorn other qua : ters . In the meantime , let us hola on the even tenour of our way , maintaining our position , and fearfully pursuing
our obj-ict . The Government would at this mometit r * joice in any event which should indicate violer . ee -, anythingthatwottid alarm men of property , and affjrd an excuse for transporting our leaders , or any one else that could be brought within the mesbes of the laws . Spies are rite ; bo on your guard . The anti-Corn Liw delegates , were not aUowed to meet withont being viaited by these gentry , and they will make their way into every other meeting . Do nothing secretly . Let all be above board , and legal , that no individual may be exposed to danger , and ; our long-continued and powerful agitation and suffering will be crowned , with triumph . in the , present trying circumstancea it ought to be the basinesa of all Chart ' sts , all honest and enlightened men , to use every effort to keep the peace . If thia can be done , we shall soon hare a complete aria a bloofllesa victory over both . Wbigfl 8 nd Tories , and all the enemies of human freedom . ! . ¦'¦
Once more , the anti-Corn Law party are going to try tbe present House of Commons to repeal that law . It will n * fe be done , and then comes the hour of our success . Let us be prepared to act wisely when the time comes . , Our diffisulties are not yet over , though onr prospect be brightening , and the utmost caution ought to be observed . Our enemies are still numerons and powerful ; but there ib discord in their camp , and deserters are numerous ; from this day forward , they grow weaker and weaker , and every movement increases our strength . In these circumstances we cannot but rejoice . . Those that have long opposed are now satisfied that nothing else than the Charter can give us any security tot good and cheap Government . There is still one point to which men coma reluctantly and slowly ,- namely , payment of members ; but even from this we must not flinch . Let us stand fast for the whole
Charter whatever efforts aiay be made to decoy us into alteration . Our steadiness of principle ifl now beginning to operate with increased effect , and all that is wanted is continued perseverance in pursuit of out object . There will still be hardships to endure for a little ; but that will soon be over , and it will be even more demonstrated before the eyes of the world , that " for a natien to be free it is Buflicient thafc Bhe Wills it ;" This is written not by one who is a new convert , bu t by one who has formerly suffered in the cause many years ago , and who now heartily rejoices in the present prospect , and most be known to you at present as mothing more than An Anti-Corn Law delegate . London , 8 th July , 1842 .
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MORE MIDDLE-CLASS SYMPATHY . —MIDDLETON SILK WEAVERS . Mb . EDiTQR .- ^ -We are often told that labour is protected , and that the labouring clashes are reprasen ted in the House of Commons ; tb 9 following statement of the delegates sent by the silk weavers of Middletdn , Leigh , and other ailjtcent places will show how far the above assertions are true or not . Tho delegates waited on Walker , one of the largest manufactures in the Manchester trade , who has recently taken the lead in the sweeping reduction of one penny per yard for weaving satins , aud one halfpenny per yard for plain sarsnets . They foand him at his warehouse , and after making known their buBineBS , the following conversation took pln . ee : — ,.-. ¦ Delegatfe 8—We nre come to see if we cannot induce you to rotract the steps you have takon relaitiveto the abatement , as the other manufacturers have decMned giving out Work until they had fully ascertained your intention , and they further state that it Is uncalledfor . ¦ - ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ' - . " ' . ' ¦ . ' ¦ •¦
Mr . Walker—It 18 no basty conclusion that I have ceme to , but have thought of it for the last two or three months ; Delegates— -Will the reduction be of any benefit to you ? Mr . Walker—No , not one penny . Dalegatea—Will there be more employment after Ille reduction ? Mr . Walker—No , not one piece . Delegates— - Will it guarantee the weavers from casual and unjust abatements ? Mr . Walker—No . Delegates--Why , th e n , in the name ef common sense do you make the reduction ? Mr . Walker— -I am compelled to do bo for self-protfcfcion , because two or ihrae manufacturers have , for some time , only been giving the price I have reduced to : one in particular .
The Delegates asked him if the one be referred to in particular was a Manchester manufacturer ? Mr . Walker answered he could inemion names but did not wish to do . . ' . ¦ ¦¦ . The Delegates then reminded him that in all classes of socitty there were unprincipled characters , and tha ' the inanufactnriDg class wore not exempt ; that the present reduction would not alter such characters , aBcl that , Consequenty , we were as liabla to a second third , or fourth reduction on that ground as we bad been to thiB .. V' ' . ' ¦ , : . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' . " ¦ ' .: ¦ ' " . " . ¦ . •• . - . ¦ Mr . Walker answered no ; there fa a point beyond which we cannot go . [ Can any of cw friends tell us what tbat point is ?]
The Delegates then shewed bim that nearly all the Silk weavers last winter , were reduced to a state of pauperism , and nearly one-fourth of them were receiying pariah relief , and a great number were receiyiug relief from casual chatitiea . fhe distress that existed last winter , even with the wages they then had was greab , Id consequence of the scarcity of empJoymesit , and they asked him how he supposed it would be next winter , when , according to his own showingj there would be the same ' scarcity to contend with ? Mr . Walker said it would be much worse . The Delegates said , well then the odium of it will rest on your shonlders . Mr . Walker said be was willing to bear the odiucn . ^ The Delegates then told him tbat it was ths general opinion of the ¦ woik peopie , t ! tiftt tbewi was a combination on the part of the employera generally , and thut he ( Mr . Vf . ) was placed in front to carry out the intentions of the others .
Mr . Wajkei- said no , I pledge my word and honour that there is nothing of the kind ; what I have done I nave done it independently of the others . Iain not in anything guided by them . Af c e r hav in g recou rs e to all the ar uments t h at cou ld be adduced , be was immovable , and they left him as they found him , V . . YoTOBtroiy , ; Edmund Fallows . Middleton , July lltb , 1842 .
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PBOORESS OF CHARTfSM IN CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE . Mr . Ej > iT 0 B ,--We see in the last week ' s \ Slar ; Mr . OConnor ' a intention of visiting Cornwall ; vrb Jiopo ttot be will yisit thia part as welL W « have much need of a lecturer here , and we are assured that he would be received with every mark of respect by all classes in the town of Tavistock . Tbe only lecturer we havehadin the two counties tot long time la Mr . Powell ; we must say that he bas laboured hard and disinterestedly amongBt us , but we are sorry to state that trade has been bo bad that we have net been able to back him out with that support we could wish ia his travels . He leetnred at Tregany , one of the eld borough towns in Cornwall , en tbe Monday and Tuesday evenings , on the rights of the workfag elasses . A yery favourable impreaslon was made , and several persons expressed themselves ready to join tbe association . On the Wednesday evening he lectured at Garrau H aven , and there gave great satisfaction to all except the Lieutenants of the coast guard , wb . 0 stated he
deserved banishing tbe country . v : From thence he proceeded to MevJgissey , and lectured there on Thutaday and Friday evenings to very large assemblies . Those places hate never heard tbe sound
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of Chartism before . At the conclusion of each lecture in this plafte Mr . P . was received by the fishermen in a mb 3 t generous . manner . We feel confiaent could fcuppttes be raised to keep lit . P . constantly at the good work , the two counties would soon b © op to ; the . mart , Mr . P . jeitared here last Evening its a crowded aa di ence , and gave a glpwiag description of thepresen " tation of the Great National Petition , and afterwards contrasted the loud laughter , the bad . beijayiour , and the mummeries of what is called the Honourable Rouse of Commons with the manly , democratic , straigbtfoir . ward condnct of the Pepple's Convention ; He likewise descanted in-a beautiful manner onthe rise and progress of Chartism in England , the fonl-moutbed
epithets thrown out against them , the perBecntions and imprisonments they had had to endure . Siill they had persevered in their rigbteous and God-like canse ; and now the once-stinking name of Chartism was smelling like a rese . He was proud to say the middle classes of the metropolia were taking-up the cause in a manly manner . He said tbe day was not distant when the Tariff and Income Tax Would bring those of the middle classes , who had hitherto been opposed to us , into our ranks by shoalg like pnehardsj for their friend , Sit Robert , was' determiued to make them all Chartista He concluded an able address amidst great applause , when a vo | e of thinks was given to the Chairman , and tb . © ntectiog broke up .
As we dp n . ot often trouble you , by giving iuseition to the above , ' You would greatly oblige , ' Yours in tue causa , R . Webbe . Brook-streef , Tavistocfc , July 10 , 1842 .
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TO THE EDIT 0 R OP THE NOBTHEKN STAB . StB ,, —In last week ' s Star I inserted a route tot which 1 Mas making every preparation , when the sudden and distracting intelligence reached mo that my beloved wife was in dying circmnstaneea . After travelling through a long , long , sleepleBS night , and new by her bedsUie , I Jisk tho favour of the kindly opinion and indulgence of the Chartista of Bury , Hey wood , Eccles , Toilnioi-den , Dowsburyj Blackburn , Droylsdenii ! & « ., for thiB ir . evitaWe disappointmtnb , and trust ihii public notice vrijl be deemed a sufflcient excuse . Piease , sir , to give this insertion in your next , and you-will oblige Your sorrowing , but staunch , Brother Chartist , JVR . H . Baiestow . Loushborongb . July 12 th , 1842 .
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TBE COAL MINERS AND THEIR . : ORIE 7 ANCES . ¦; . . ¦¦ ; . : ¦ ¦ r The rapid strides of tyranny ^ and misrule In this very populous i ? it , tr ; ct have aroused the attention of a clas 3 of beingB who have not hitherto had the most distant shadow ot a thought that , by uniting with the masses for ona common interest , would ever tend to hurl into oblivion a system which preys on tbe very vitals of industry , arid at this very era is doing daily , by Tobbing the peior mineta of even the Iib 3 rty ofmefcting with each other . After plundering their Iabaur , by charging over weight , pound money , store robbery , ice . & 3 ., there nru even some of these law makers who have cempelled their men to sJgn a new code of rules—the vtry first of which is , that they shall not , during tbe
time of their being in his service ; attend any meeting , by night or by cay , above ground , or below ground , and especially the meetings of the "Coal Miner ' s Asebciation . " Oh , the iogues ! they have hot said ' * Chartist meetings , " bnt we know what they mean ; they mean to su ^ pKss every exertion of the miners , if possible ; they have already begun their dirty wark by discharging individuals from their works for being ieaderB . I have been made a victim , at this tiine , having a wife and six children , literally driven to want , by those base . bloodhOunda , who were not satisfied by di 8 eiupioyin « me , but their audacious and barefaced effrontery fallowed me from-work to work , so that I could not get employment , t i l l reduced t o t he direfal necessity of rsfflng the implements by which
I earned a livelihood at my employment to realise as much amongst iuy ILllow brethren as wauld support my fauiily a little . Such is the iconduct of these coal and irqnocrats . They are writhing like 80 many halfbu ? ned shades , biting and hissing at everything within tbeir reach , in censequ nee of Lord Ashley's Bill degiiving them of one of , their , most lucrative sources of gain , namely , females working in mines . Likewise they do not like by haif the plan the miners are pursuing , by petitioning Parliament to give them just weights , by , which their labour may be weighed , and that said weight be at . 'the pit bottom , where the niineni may seo their own labour weighed . Thia is [ a . right they consider the miners baveno right to have , and they are doing what they cart to snppreBS every plan the miners
may adopt ; but I trust that this uighfa meeting will show them thatthe miners hive now opened their eyes , and ace alive to their own interest , though at the eleventh hour . There wer * delegates from twenty-sbc coal and ironstone pits , who were not joined with the movement before , irifet in Jamieson ' a Hall , Airdrie , at four o ' clock in thb afternoon , when John M'Lag was called to the chair . , He descyibed as well as his abilities would a < lmit , the utiiity of their coming into eociety— -both miners , drawers , and putters ^ -for one common interest ; and as cliss legialation was an evil which preseed alike on industry—a cloak ; under which all the jugglery of the tyrant employers could find safety , so that by their aid , that is , the iron miners and their drawers , we
would gain a power over the oppressors . A resolution was brought forward to that effect and unanimously carried . The Miner ' s Journal was brought before the meeting , and owing to ita limited circulation it was difiicultto ke « p it alive , and to increase its circulation every " delegate" agreed to fake copies each to all their different constituencies ; they also agreed that a report of their meeting be sent to the Northern Star , and ft copy of the Mtrier ' s Journal to the Editor , requssting him to review the is ; une in the Star for Saturday ; as the circulation or' the NorUcernSlar in wide it may tend to carry with it the information into places we are not aware of , and tend to iherease the circulaMcn of a work the coal and iron masters would be proud to to see put down . ' . '• "• - ' . ' -. .- ' -. '¦ " -. .. - . . "";\ " . ; - ¦
A letter being read from the Glasgow district union , and answered , the delegates agreed to meet in Jamison ' s Hall , overy Mpnolay at three o ' clock , p . m ., to aid the gloriouscause of reform , by doing what liea in their power to work out their own political salvation . ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ : '¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ . •¦ : . ' . : " ¦¦ ' A Coal Miner . Airdrie , July 8 : h , 1842
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MIDDLE CLASS OPPBESSIOX . - " I would a whip were placed in every honest hand , To lash Euch rascals naked through the world . "
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John Thompson , said to be a large earthenware manufacturer aiAshby-de-la-Zauch , was brooght before the magistrates , at the Uxbridge Petty Ses .. sions , charged with presenting what appeared to be a pistol at a young lady , named Bloomfield , whereby she- became gruatly alarmed . The offence was committed at the Drayton station , oil the Great Western Railway . On the pistol being examined , it turned out to ba only an imitatioo ot a pistol , made of earthenware . The prisoner pleaded intoxication . Miss BloomSeld did not appear , and the magiatrates , therefore , fined the eifly fellow 40 s , under the Railway Act .
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THE CHARTISTS OP THE CITY OF LONDON TO THEIR OPPRESSED BRETHREN AND SISTERS OF IRELAND . ; Brethren akd Sisters , —Haying beard with horror and indignation of the late merciless police mass . icre at Ennis , do most feelingiy sympathise with the poor suffering . people of unhappy lieiand . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ But , Brethren and Sisters , if w loot round amongst the labouring classes generally , what do we be ' iold ?—Able bodied labourtra , ; wilimg , nay , anxious , to wcrk , but totally uuable to find emplojment , throcffing the stretts ,. " day after day , in rags , and with countenances bo i < aie , and frames so emaciated , that even tp behold them ( in this blasted city ) is enough' to make humanity shudder , whilst thouaand 8 who have Only partial : employment , are barely able to keep up a wretched union betwixt soul and body . ' ¦ .
Brethren and S : sters , T--Tce « i M no natural cauae why things should be as they are . Providence has : ot withheld its : bounties—our labourers are proverbial thtoughcut the civilized -world for thoir willingness to toil—our soil is good—the bowels of out earth . yield Gveiything that is good and necessary for trade and manufactures—and our geographical position is euch om to command the commerce cf tho world . Being thus situated , we can conceive of but one causa sufficiently blighting ;' tb produce the Bad fitata of things we see around us , and that one is class legislation .. . .. . - . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ' . • ' : ¦'¦ - '¦ . ' '
The next question naturally , arises , how ^ can , thi * state of things be most speedily and effectually abolished ? Our answer is this , by agitating for a full liieaaure of justice for all , for we feel certain , that the great mass of the w « rking classes of Grsafc Britain and Ireland will never bo induced to join in any agitation , except that Which demands for the whole a fair share of political power , as contained in the People ' s Charter . But we wish to know what laws have been violated by our brathrtn and sisters at Eunis . Net -ttie laws of GadT fyr he who gave life gave also the meana by which lifa is to be sustained . Not the laws of nature , for she has amply provided for all her eaildreii ; tat the laws of man . . The class-laws of the , stronger imposed upon the ¦ wettker- ^ laws made by a class for the protection and enriebment of a class , and by the unnatural and anti-Boaial operatioKs of which every other class of Bocietyis grouiid to the easthi aad trampled upon by those who assume domination .
It then- remains for'the wbikihg classes to take care that those charges which must take place ( sooner or later ) arc fortbeadVantsge of themselves ; this can only be done by peeuring political power , and We hope the time is not far distant when tha people of England and Ireland wili be united like brothers in the cause of freedom then we bball shew our tyrants that we will be free . This measure is sufficient to prove to you and to us , that we can have no hope froai any Government fXC * pt formed on democratic principles , and W 6 ( blot this sufficient causa to induce them to come forth as one maintfor libertyand the ; . Chatter . ' - . '¦' . ' ¦ '¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ '' : . : ' ^¦ -. ¦ ' ¦ " ' >¦ . - Slgned j ' - ' : \ ¦ ¦ ¦" - ¦ ' •" -.. ' V- -: . : ¦ , ' : }¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ On behalf of the meeting , ! - Thomas Cabby , Chairnuuu Political and Scientific InsUtute ; , ¦ ¦ ¦ "' : ¦ : ¦ ; . ¦ . 55 ,. Old ; Bail ^ y . / <; ¦¦< : " ; ' •¦" ; " i ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ : ¦ ' : "' ' [ ' ' . ' ' ' f ^ i / i ^ V ^ s ^ MV ^^^^ dfew ^ V ^^ V ^^^/ WVSA /^ ' ¦ '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct607/page/7/
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