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THE JTOETHEKJ^ STAfi . SATDBDAY, JULY 29, 1843.
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IHE TICHM 3 AHD THE CONEEKENCE . TO TTTR XDXTOS , OT T"R K 0 RTKBU 3 STAB . ¦ Jf 3 > ejlb Sra , —I lave paused wiHi iieelings x > f sorrow and shame the » fflqfthig letters from tile " TlcttmB " confined In Xjrkdale Gaol , published in the Star of Saturday last ? sorrow fox ths ^ nfferinga of the peree-© nSed inen and tiieir unhappy families ; and shame that as a Chflrtfat I am compelled to plead gufflx to the « Sarg 8 ; er Jiggled ; preferred against the -whole ~ boay by ttttae boly IIl-TiBed men . TWQi every "word of your admirable comment 1 heartily agree . In the name of humanity , for the honour of Chartism , let the Mancbester Comndttee be Immediately appointed ; ( I trust it iaxo ere Mai ; and If any ^ victim fend , large or small , isinfittlanaB rfMtdeaTO , let it be devoted to toe Vn-mftfU ^ a jaHef -cf Sie mfortnnate fnTnittftt . Such lellef i ^ ay be 3 n * nfiicSenfc to meet tbelr -wants ; but if onTyr « rf 3 al , rfalUetiti »» fibrfea and thfr sufferings oT ibe iiiTBS and « Mldren of onr brothers be alleviated , if not entirelyjcemoved . .
But means ought to exist fox the Tegular support of She lamUiBs of the Imprisoned Chartists . Sow can BBchmeana be supplied ? Only iy the establishment of a General fund for all general purposes . I feel assured that any attempt just now to raise a F"idim Ftad by contribution through the-country -would f&O . We must JirsiJiaceaa Orgamzalion ; and io have that we mttsl ~ bave Ike Conference , In the meantime petitions sod memorials may be got up in behalf of the incarcerated , provided the loca-IMes "whErs the "nc&na leaded previous to trial , "Will fnrnish the country "with the necessary information , " vifci—Names , occupations , and families ofiheimprisaned v > hai ajid where tried ^ on vfiai charge ; ienn of senlaux ; mdtreatmeslin pad . , T yn * information each locality tan easily furnish to the Star ; baring -which , I pledge jnyseU that petitiona shall besent from Sheffield . viola to
Mr . "WHHanis states that the Incarcerated - - gifrftMni [ « nffprp"t ^ wmrfatinnK , requesting their assistsnoelniae getting np of ^ petitions , &c and that four only answered the appeal In justice to the Sheffield Chartists , I beg -to say that no letter from the Victims has been received by them . Had there been , it-would : havemet -with prompt attention . Mi . "WHliamB is of opinion that had each locality petitioned the Government far a xemiBSion of punishment , that they { the incarcerated ) mrald , by this time , bare been at liberty . I am sot so «* ng" »™> M to the results of our petitioning ; Btni , if it "be as an expression of sympathy on our parts , -we are bound not to omit this duty . " " Whererer one of the community is oppressed , all are-oppressed , " is a righteous maxim ; one that should mTer it lost sight of ; never neg-Jscted to te carried < rat to ate legitimate conclusions by all men professing the principles of democracy .
A -word onibe " Conference . " I am surprised that some of the most important localities ha-re n&VBT yet uttered one "Word , j ? r » ox con , an . the subject of theCoaleremce .. It Is generally understood that » Conference is to be lolden , and that speedily ; yet only a few places bare expressed *?» " » assent or dissent . The great majority , if they approre , do -not say so ; and if they disapprove , they are etjually fiEent This is irot Mi . If they Jtom the holding of a national delegation neces-» ry , -why not puMaa . their opinion , as to the data , place , &c j and if they consider it inadTiaable , "Why sot say so , that those "who are anxious to hare a Conference holden may not be led into
error under the impression that the project M generally appro-red of ? The Chartists of the following places hare not as yet expressed an opinion on the robjeci ; if in sext Saturdays SJar they are still found sOenr , I implore of them , for the sate of thfi cause , at once to meet , consider , dedde , and publish tbeir decisions : —Birmingham { the apathy of Binning , ham is most astoniihing , —the town "which before all others must reap the greatest benefit from a Conference if there hteld ) , Bristol , 3 ath , Brighton , Norwich , Isle of "Wight , Leicester / loughborough , Nottingham , Derby , Xlverpool , Uortb Lancashire District , Bradford , Ssmnley , BpaderBpeia , Hull , Tori , Snnderland , If
ewtaatlB , tsM'BJf , ic-, ic , &c Without farther delay 1 st the dsdaon of each locality : Rrst , as to the pro * prlfity of the Conference ; * nd , if appro-red of ; Second , as to the place and date , be sent to ihe Star office by the 1 st of August , and the resolutiona of each be pub-Hsbed in the Star of August 5 th . 2 see that the 21 st of August { for such i < the ' date meant I presume in lasttweek : ^ Starf is Tecemm ended for the assembling of the Conference . I must object to its propriety . lB-aD KkeMhood sereial schemes of Organizition bate yet to be made publie , ioelndlng the promised , one from yourself , which I Anticipate wBl be one ftenrnnfHng tha calmest and most suture consideration . It will not do for ihe delegates to assemble with their fingers in their mouths . They mast meet prepared
to goJratanfly to wo * j sad . workinir , to rroA wan ¦ Wei ghty wfll be the lesponsibflity of the new " Organizgns . " let the people see that they take their seats properly instructed in tbeTOWs of their eonstituento , and competent to the task of framing such an Organiationai will legaDy protect the people in their struggle for Jiberty ; and , properly worked , result in the trmmpb of democratas light and the overthrow of aristocratic oppression . "Sox these reasons I -would again press upon the contiteration of the people the Sift of September as the most proper £ ate . Bnt enc « more , whaterer be the date , let me again entre&t of aay Chartist brethren to publish their flred ieosion in the Star vfite&h t > f August . I am , yours truly , Sheffield , Jnbf 24 , l » 43 . G . J . Hakset-
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SAZSEXTB . —A delegate meeting of the colliers sf Mid Lothian , ttss held in the free Mason ' s Hall on Saturday last , Mr . James Bairns in the chair , the meeting TO&ably addressed by Messrs . Daniells , sad Hammond , and the follotrag lesdlations passed . — lst . * ThstDa 3 iietbbfi Jhe centre for Mid Lothian " 2 nd . — "That the following persons form the district committee ; Bamely , Messrs . Wa Cooper , Nairn , Toon ^ , Wjo . Pomes , "Wm . Sharp , and Thomas jemison . ' 3 rd . — "Thai another delegate meeting beholden on thisOsy / week , ( 29 th instant ) , chair taken at fir o ' clock in the eremng . 4 th . — " That the thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given io Messrs . Hammond and Daniells , fer&x&r talented and praiseworthy euxti&ns , on behalf of ihe oppressed coffins of ScoflahdJ "
Pbcgkess of the Mikebs Associatios in Scotixsd . —Meetings of the colliers have been held At the following plaeeB dnring the past week , t 5 z ^ Adam ' srow , ^ Wesk 3 rfBes , Wiite-hfll , Duke of Baceleugh ' s coil -works , and Trenant , which h&Te been addre ^ ed iy Messre . Hammond and IDaniells , and resola-JioiiB passed pledging Hie men to join the miner ' s society . Trenant -was appointed to be the centre for East Lothian ^ &nd a district committee chosen . Mr . Wm . Daniells has now addressed fourteen localities , iwelTe of wldch hare agreed to join the miner ' s sseociatioB . So ihe £ ood -work goes iixr ^ ron in ScoUanQ . -
CASliSlVE . —Sebious Dispcze xhougsj th « Baib-Patees of Sjosx Cdihbsbis , wriHOirr . — For some time back . » somewhat serious diffierence lias existed ainoagst the iste-pajers of tlie aboTenamed paxiah ; several rf the outer , or roontrj townships refusing to hsre asytMDg to do with the inner townships ; being determined to keep their own poor . In consequence of this dispute , the aiagTstrates -will BOt sanction a rate ; and the Board of Guardians are clamouring most Tociferonsly for money from ihe Orerseers , who cannot , nsder the cirenmBtances , jet a single fartning . A public meeting ^> f ttsowners and occopiera of property in
the township of Botchergate was held the other erenmg , when it wa 8 agreed to tryiliecasej which proceeding , it was staled , would not cost more than £ 150 j and it would be much better to expend this sum , than submit to the outer townships , which ¦ wo uld hare the « ffect of doubling { he rates for the township cf Bolchergate . It may be proper to state that the townships is the abore-xtsm&d parish hare bees united for upwards of ££ ty years , and hare always paid their * qoal share of % he rates for the support of the poor j so that it is more than pro * b&ble that the case will be decided against the outer townships .
B ^ CiHTTRB op Lawbctcb Doos ax , the £ scu > £ S CojmcT . —On Tnesday eyening week , the abo-re-aamed coniict , whose recent escape from the County gaol at Carlisle excited so much interest , was brought back to Carlisle in cnstody of a Manchester policeman . ixsp ^ axs ftom &oManckesterGuardian , Ihat ou Saturday afternoon , the 15 th instant , Robert Baha-pna , one of the Salford police beadles , being on 4 utj 3 d Qiapel-street , was accosted hj a boy apparently ^ ibout axteen , who saiS le had been robbed of seyeral pounds of money by the people where he locgeo . Bohanna , thinking it strange that a lad of bis 5 ears shonld ha-re so much money , enquired how iDHcii , and * Be lad said abont li > sovereigns and a £ 6 noie . srill more astflnisBBd at hearing this
azm--unt , and nouracg fiie boy ' s appearance ^ Bohanna xequffed lam to go wuh : nim . After apprehending the woman of the house Trhere he lodged , Bohsnna ¦ w a * isking her and the boyto the police-office , when the h » ittr , £ nding thai he was hiinself an object of suspicion , -wished , as be said , not to pregg , the case , anc wanted Bohanna to release tbe -w » m » n and let tbem boii goi ^ a * - » llls Olfly strengthened the . aS ^ r ^ iaspSeaons , and he conreyed both to the Sal / ord police-office ^ Jt was found « n farther engniry in the course of the day , thai the lad lad chaiiEtd £ tb country bank notes , of £$ each , for bot « i » -ij ; nB , at a shop in Salford ; and that a number of * hnr Bt > Tereignshxd £ ubsegnenfiy been stolen from his i tn-m , in all probabiliry , by thehusband of the
female pnsoner , as he haa absconded on learning his wife w * s * n custody . In order io discover whether an } considerable theft of bank notes had lately been aot » o « Ufcd m any part of the country , the Salford offi » e /^ jurned to the Sue and fty , and there found io jJieir surprise , that the lad whose possession of ihe money had excited their suspicions , waB io othtr than Lawrence Doogan , wio iad escaped , as before sated , from Carlisle gaol . He had marks of tbs blisier on his chest which had been put on when he was placed in the hospital , whence he efikcted Ms periions and daring escape . On Monday he-was taken before the magistrates at the Salford Town fiali , and in consequence of their order , iras con-Teyed on Tuesday morning io Carlisle . It is belieTed tlrat the party wiflj whom Doogan lodged in Manchester , is Ms aunt , and that the money of which the
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and her husband had robbed him , had been ^ planttd by him previous to his first apprehension , and -was procured by him after his escape from prison . This most either bate been the case , or he has committed another robbery since his escape , from gaol . The anni at first endeavoured to get rid of the charge made against her by saying that tho boy was mad , and had only recently left a mad-house , which would also account for his hair being cat ] so short . Bat afterwards , when it was evident that the boy ' s in * tellect was in no way affected , she was heard to caution him , that if he persisted in his charge , she would " veatih" everything . Doosan at first denied
that he was the runaway from Carlisle gaol '; but when he got to LancasteTj he confessed the fact , and spoke freely of his escape . He said he had the utmost difficulty in getting on the top of the spont , that he made ihe attempt three times before he succeeded . Be at last got one leg in , which went down the pipe , and so afforded him a purchase to raise himself np . He afterwards reached the top « f the wall by & spring , as -was surmised . VHe has farther stated that he "dropped"from the first roof to the second , bnt thai he leaped from the next wall , which is a height of twenty feet , and that he was so Shaken and exhausted when he reached the shrubbery , that he lay for two honrs before he was able to proceed .
The Jtoethekj^ Stafi . Satdbday, July 29, 1843.
THE JTOETHEKJ ^ STAfi . SATDBDAY , JULY 29 , 1843 .
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THE KING OF HANOVER .. Tss Star cannot be considered ; a fashionable paper ; while those journals that profess to lead the fashion of tfeeir several p&rties , feel themselres as mnch compelled to study the cat in which we dresB political characters , as tailors and dressmakers feel the necessity of studying the Parisian figures -which regulate our London fashions . It is now some weeks since this country was honoured by the presence of his Majesty of Hahotbb . We were aware of the connection that existed between this iUostrioas individual and the Orange faction in Ireland . We were also aware of the
secret oaths by which that faction is banded toge ther , We were cognizant of the fact that the object of that faction ever has been , to maintain an unjttBt ascendancy over their Catholic brethren , by an adherence to those principles , fostered and encouraged throughout the long and unholy reign of that monBter Monarch , Geobge 111 ., -who for more than sixty years ruled Ireland by coercion . This hellish faction is united by a secret solemn oath , whioh we
published some time ago , by 'which they pledge themselves to -wade np to their knees in Papist blood . A section of these monsters , rejoicing in the title of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association , have taken advantage of the presence of tho English Hanoverian , and have made him the organ for expressing their devotion to the principles in which they haveb&en bred , and to maintain which they ate ready to die . The following is the history of the transaction : —
"The Kikg ot HAHOTEB .--The following reply from his Majesty to an address of congratulation from the Dublin Protestant Operative Association was read at the weekly meeting of that body yesterday evening , the company utenrting during the reading of the letter : — «• Qestlzhes , —1 have received , Jwith peculiar gratification , the loyal address of the Dublin
Protestant Operative Association and Reformation Society , congratulating me on my return to my native country , which you , as Chairman and Secretary of the Society , have transmitted tome ; and I request you to express to its members my thanks for the mark of esteem and attachment they have thus shown to mej assuring them that I sever did , box shall , deviate from those principles in which I ha-re been brought up by my late revered father , George III .
"' I remain , gentlemen ,. "' Yonr affectionate friend , • Ebkest . * "SL James's Palace , July , 15 , 3843 . " * To the Chairman and Secretary of the Dublin Protestant Association and Reformation Society . * " The contents of this letter drew forth load cheers and Kentish fire , which continued for some minutes . " It was then moved that the letter with which the Association were honoured , by the King of Hanover , with the address accompanying it , should be handsomely framed , and suspended in the chamber of the Association . ; " The resolution was passed with acclamation . ''
Before we offer a word of comment upon this correspondence , we feel ourselves bound to make a passing observation , upon ihe manner in which the glad tidings of Orange-confederacy have been heralded forth by the Times newspaper . Of course it would not have been good tact , or even decorous , to have made the King of Hanotkb the principal feature in thiB resuscitated monster ; and therefore we find it crawling , members and body foremost , and the hoary head following after . The Times tells ns of the new hope that has sprang out of the tardy vigour of the Grand Jury class : and
then leads ns on to the full cup of joy contained in the above announcement , that the TTing of Hakoybb " still preserves , and never will depart from , those principles in which he has been brought up by his late revered father Geobgb IIL" What is this , but a fnlnlment of our prediction that his mission here at this particular time was of a political character t What is this , bnt the insolent protest of a foreign despot against those alterations which hare been made In our institutions for theavowed purpose of rendering the principles innoxious which tyranny held in the ascendant during the sixty years calamity that this country Buffered under the
tyrant rule of the revered father of the illustrious Ebkest 1 ! We would ask , has the arm of England become so paralysed , or are the people so oppressed as to look for a remedy in Hanoverian interference \ Is the y . Tiglia ^ i Minister so tamely submissive as to tolerate this strengthening of the old connection between a foreign despot and the domestic faction of Ireland , in the hope that fresh confusion may cover Ministerial weakness 1 or will he still allow this rival monarch to beard his Boyal Mistress , and divide allegiance with her , in the hope of mounting her throne , through ( he blood shed in another Church and King war I
What , we again ask , is the cause of the long visit of the King of Hakoveb to this country at this particular crisis 1 Why those incessant fetes , luxurious banquets , and captivating pageants , provided by his illustrious kingship for the staff of his Church and Song army 1 Why those peculiar notices of his kingship in the Times newBp&per , which although published tinder the head of the King of Hanover " are yet broken into paragraphs , in which we learn all abont , not "the Sing of Hanover , " but " THE KING V
Suppose that the revered father of ihe revered Ernest had lived and reigned during the late visit of the Sing of Pbossia to this country , would such announcements , referring to the visitor , have beeen tolerated 1 When the King of Belgium visits this country , in every line of every paragraph he iB styled , not as the King" but as the " King of Belginm " : and when addresses are presented by
societies , or corporations , to foreign potentates who may honour ns with their presence , they are invariably confined to an expression of respect for the individual ; and uever before has it occurred that a section of Her Majesty ' * " most loyal subjects" have presented an address to a foreign-monarch reprobitory of i ^ o policy or the acts of Her Majesty * s Ministers ; never before has an equal piece of audacity been committed as that to which we refer as committed
by thb most insolent visitor ! Haa ¦ he ; fecundity of Englasd ' s young Queen placed the legitimate grasp of England ' s sceptre so far out of the reach of the next in succession , that other means must be resorted to , to gratify the ambition of our pensioner 1 If we are wrong in our conjecture ^ no damage can occur from our -error ; while , should we be right , we hastes to communicate to the Throne-Hunter , the fact , that ihe first overt act committed ,
arising out of such a conspiracy , ¦ would be followed by a manifestation of popular feeling in favour of " THE QUEEN" against "THE KING , " as would teach him the poor value of his war of strife , and the insignificance of that faction upon which he must rely for success . We have had more than enough of'Uhe principles of his revered father" ! They haveieen buried in oceans of blood I The very recollection of them andliro causes a nanseous loaihiog , and , leads to recollections by no means
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flattering to the living prototype of that execrated monarch . } Can any doubt now exist in the mind of the most sceptical as to the connexion existing between the Orange Irish Grand Juries , the Orange Irish Operative Associations , and the Orange Foreign Chief of those illegal bodies t It is some six or seren weeks since we furnished the Times and the world 1 with oar notions as to the part whioh Ebnkst and his staff would take in the Repeal
agitation . \ They have been perhaps rather hasty in the developement of their re-organization ; and from it we infer that the Orange faction in Ireland but awaits' the completion of the Arms' Bill io demand from the English Minister the reconquest of Ireland ; the penalty , in case of a refusal being , a threat to hoist the Hanoverian standard , around which the ; church militant would nock as a noble army of martyrs .
We believe that the Duke of Wellington alone has had the sagacity to see through the covert intentions of the Pretender . He has abstained from recognising the necessity for his Kingship ' s long Eojourn in Pauper-Land . He has thrown a cold glance uponhim , and has received his preferred attention with chilling indifference . We do net wish to hazard the chance of libelling a Monarch with whom England is at peace ; but oar allegiance to that throne from which we are said to receive protection demands the caution which we now give . We have every reason to believe that the leaders of the Orange faction are in daily communication with the Illustrious Hanoverian , while the tone of their
organaiswell calculated to arouse a strong feeling of High-Church indignation against her Britannic Majesty . These things are well worthy the consideration of the British Minister ; and should not be wholly overlooked by the Irish people . A foreign Monarch is amongst us , who lives upon English industry . He is hated by the English people ; he has insolently declared himself ready to maintain principles to destroy which England would have hazarded a civil war ; he has entered into open com ' munication with the Queen's enemies ; and if the result should be disastrous , the Minister who must bear the consequences , cannot plead ignorance of Cumbebland's intention .
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THE COLLIERS . Thb Times has not only got a spy in Rebecca's camp , and a spy in the Irish camp , but it further appears that the " fourth estate" has got a spy in the Colliers Icarop in South Staffordshire . We learn from that agent that the oase of the miners , both masters and men , is of a nature calculated to lead to gloomy apprehensions ; and he seems to look opon any settlement of the dispute sb hopeless . Capitalists , in their magnanimity , have declared that they would refuse £ 50 , 000 as a Government
loan , at one per cent , as a means of relief ; while their nationality was roused to indignation by the Pkehieb ' s suggestion of Emigration as a means of correction , t Tender-hearted souls ! compassionate philanthropists ! lovers of your species ! weeping advocates for the sufferers' distress ! at what an , opportune moment have all these finer feelings of yonr nature burst through your black hearts }! O , as we predicted before the Coal Conference and the Iron Conference , the tender-hearted masters had so thought of self , bat all for their suffering clients !
As we anticipated , they reminded the Prime Minister of their own loss of capital , as a national calamity ; and of diminished wages as a natural consequence . So the black men having refused Emigration ; and the loan : and the whitemen having turned a deaf ear to " Free Trade " and Twenty Shilling Notes , the Conference ends just \ where it began , having produced no other effect than of increasing the deadly feud between the' Tory Whites and the Whig Blacks . " There 1 b no possible remedy "— " there is no chance of a settlement , '' says the Times Reporter . We
think , however , that we can suggest a plan more wise . more constitutional , just , and satisfactory , than any that has been proposed on either side . It ib this . Let the Prime Minister send a Commission throughout the Iron and Coal districts , and let that Commission investigate the causes of distress and apply the ' proper rtmedy . The distress will be found to exist in the protection which the law administers to capital , and the want of its protection to the labonrer . Let the Commissioners inquire what property has been nnjuglly amassed by each capitalist for ; the last twenty years ; let them inquire into the number of paupers who have been consigned to beggary , after the said capital was coined out of
their life ' s blood ; and let the Commission make a fair adjustment of the wealth created by labour , taking care that the capitalist shall be remunerated for his risk ; and speculation , while the men shall not snffer from his injustice and tyranny . It would not be a bad division of property unjustly amassed , as that of Mine Owners has been , to divide the whole into ten shares ; leaving one share for the master , and nine shares f or the men who made him rich . This may be called the M levelling system . " The friends of injustice may call it what they please , while we recommend it as a just mode of settling the differences between the Miners and their slaves .
We are glad to find that even the Times is compelled io congratulate the Colliers upon their peaceable demeanour ; and we would strongly impress upon them the necessity of persereriog in thft course ; forbad as the law is , and rotten as the Jury-class are , we would urge upon them the desirableness of rather relying upon the law than upon their physical strength . ; The trials at Lancaster have taught the working classes of this country to have more reliance upon the law ; and we have endeavoured to persuade them that the application of a very Bmall portion of those funds spent in dissipation and wasted in folly , spent to attain legal redress would be more profitably expended than if laid out in ihe purchase of muskets , and all the munitions ot war .
Let the first act of tyranny attempted by the masters , be met with legal exposure by the men ; and we will answer for it , that the dabbed pence of the many , if judiciously expended , will gain a legal triumph over the pounds of the few . We have thought it necessary to add this further word of caution to our advice of last week ; and shall conclude by cautioning the miners , firstly , against holding secret meetin gs of any description ; and , seondly , should any such be held by their body , not to be entrapped by the sophistry of the Times' spy , who may gull them to-day with the plausible notion that " publication of tbeir grievances is the thing most necessary ; " while to-morrow he may appear in the witness-box to give evidence against them .
The principal witnesses produced against the Chartists during the years 1339 and 1840 , came from the ranks of the reporters of the aewspapei press .
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ORGANIZATION . Under this head wo shall give no further instruction to our readers , than merely to direct attention to the great importance of the subject , and to convince them that npon its wise completion depends the success of the democratic cause ; We can well understand the importance which a working man , destitute of the means of existence , must attach to the establishment of those principles that hold , put the promise of ; relief . We can make mil allowance for the suspicion created by delay ; we can account for the feverish anxiety with which every step of
every leader is watched ; and we can scarcely complain of the dispondency created by protraction * However , in taking a whole view of the subject , we are entitled to consider what has been done , what was expected , and wherein we have failed . The great good achieved by the democratic party is best demonstrated in the rapid increase that it has made within the last two' yearn in its numbers ; but still more in the advance of its principles , and the enforcement of them npon those sections of society who have heretofore rejected discussion , from a conviction that the corrective power of *• physical
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force" was at their command , and was a good substitute for argument . The phWIc mind has run beyond all those limits and barriers by which law had confined it for oentuiries . la the race , it has far outstripped the democrats of the did school ; while it has modestly invited those who lagged after in the course , to keep pace with public opinion . Now and then , if it has bolted , by bursting out into sudden outbreaks , or senseless emeutes , although its progress in wandering may have been checked for a moment , yet have all
the powers arrayed against it been unable to drive it back to a single point beyond that from Which it hall broken ! After the law had taken its vengeance in 11839 and 40 , and when the Whig Attorne * - General boasted of his " triumph over Chartism , " the principle rose from that spot where it had been momentarily entranced ; and instead of retrograding , advanced to that point were it was able to meet itB persecutors in the field ! Though destitute of the representative quality , it was able to force the Whig enemy from his position , and consign the faotion to oblivion !
During the short breathing time allowed by their Tory successors , Chartism made another rapid stride in advance of seotional opinions , until again the ; power of the law was called in , in the hope not only of arresting our progress , but of driving us back to advance no more . This crusade , like that of the Whigs , did stop the movement for a time , as far as physical display was concerned ;
but THOUGHT went on thb while ! and it ia in order to give expression to that improved thought , and that we bay start from that spot at which we were last entranced , that we would now impress upon the Chartist body , the absolute necessity of deciding upon such a system of Organization , as may be a fitting main-spring for Working the improved machinery emanating from improved thought .
We are glad to find that the whole country , without ! a single exception , has responded to a desire for such a system of Organization as shall be suitable to our improved condition . Thus we show the one thing needful for the gathering together of our strength , while we would justify delay , by pointing attention to the struggle that we were engaged in , and ; the power of the enemy opposed to us . No man in his senses could , for a moment , hare anticipated that the garrison of faction would have surrendered at the command of those who struggled
for equality , without expending its last shot . Whoever imagined , when the stake was Liberty , and the " enemy those that revelled on its prostration , that the struggle was to be an easy one % Reflaotion upon these points , together with the effect that Chartist principles is now producing all over the world , will lead the most zealous and enthusiastic to the conclusion that unpardonable delay has not taken place . On the contrary , every attempt prematurely made to force the machinery of public opinion beyond its legimate limits , has had ihe effect of retarding our movement . "
Our strength consists in the one great whole now formed of public opinion . Seven years ago , public opinion was as a riddle , through whioh the varied notions of sections of society passed ; while now it is as a machine , through ; which notions have been winnowed , Chartism falling in a heap like corn , while all opposing dogmas have gone as chaff to the wind . Seven years ago , we could not bear a single desertion without anticipating a strong diversion in favour of the dogmas of the deserter ; while now , the Shopherds walk out from the flock without being followed by one in the fold . Although , then ,
we cannot point to any distinct act , whereby our positive strength may be measured , yet we may triumphantly refer to the hopeless position of those political traffickers , who cannot now , as formerly , rely } upou the instability of public opinion as a safe scaffold to personal aggrandisement ' . We will not offer Buoh an insult to the righteous principle of democracy , as to attribute its improved position altogether to the numerical strength created by national pauperism : but we would rather suppose that ) its progression has been a consequence of itB exposition , strengthened by those discussions ia
which unsophisticated working men were able to defend it against the sophistries of the prejudiced and bigotted . We are not quite sure ( hat the present strength of public opinion is known to any man living ; and it is because we anticipate the development of itB improved condition , from suitable Organization , that we the more anxiously look for this means of action . That the stirring events now passing should have failed of producing some effect upon the public mind is not to be supposed ; and can only be accounted for by a deficiency in our Organization , which has latterly deprived us of the capability of laying it weekly before our readers . For these reasons , 'and in order that we , who undertake to give
expression to the public voice , should critically understand its power ; and feeling convinced that a want of the real knowledge of the popular mind leaves even cs in ignorance , do we attach more than ordinary importance Io the forthcoming Conference . Between this and the time of its assembling , lot the people themselves instruct tbeir delegates upon the present state of the public mind ; let the delegates chosen by the people give expression to the people ' s voice , and not to their own opinions ; so that public opinion thus collated may be reflected , as the dial by which the public mind may be set and regulated . To such a change we look with intense anxiety ; while we shall proudly and cheerfully herald forth the improvements that have taken place , even in the midst of oppression and persecution .
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How to tell a Talb . —/» the Star , a week or two ago , we announced that Atiss Susanna Inge had objected to Mr . O'Connor ' s venturing to suggest , that a certain person should be elected General Secretary , pro tern ; she _ averring that many of the Chartists would be inclined to vote more according to \ Mr . O Connor ' s inclinations than according to their own judgment . Out of that announcement sorn . e suck mug" or other , who sells his brains to ** parly" for a couple qf pounds per week , has manufactured the fallowing very pretty story , which will , no doubt , " go the round" . We have &een it already in the tfinnin ^ ham Advertiser and the Nottingham Journal : —" The He avd She Chartists . —A regular split has
taken place between tbesti t « o sections of Coartists , in consequence of Mr . O'Connor taking upon himse > f { lie otfide of dictator , in appointing and ouoam 121 ko THIS NEW CHARTIST EXECUTIVE . Miss Mary Ann Walker and Mien Susannah luge are the leaders in tbe opposition to Mr . O Connor on this point . Miss Inge has put beiselt prominently forward , and haa expressed tiers Vf determined to break a Uuoe with thai ' Lion of the North , on bis assumed right so to do , aa ehe sajB it ia quite at variance with tho principles of demoeracy laid down by *»*•» . an < 1 approved of by ibe female qaarti *** T is unt-xpected opposition on tbe pa ** of nla Quondam female admiroM , ha * quite disconcerted ihe leader of 'the wrftjie bog Chartists .
Is it any wonder that the middle classes should have horrible notions respecting Chartists and Chartism , when mendacity like this is regularly served up to theini Masters' Cabe * or Workmen — The Iron Maters have been to Sir Robert Feel to tell him of the oppressed condition of the working miners ^ and of the great danger to society , arising from their es Iranged feetmgs . We wonder whether they told Peilof such insl nces of ** generous care" and * ' kindly feeling" as the fallowing I -or whether it was ] necessary to go to Robert Peel to prevent their occurrence ?
We bwe received an authenticated letter , alleging rather singular act of inattention by the employora to the emplojed . A rope happening to . break une day | last week , in the ButterJey pit , by whieh the miners , ascended to the mouth , no rope was substituted 6 j / the ' agent ; and THittTY-FiVE workmen he-MaINED below , many of them without / cod , for THE ! SPACE O * TWENTT . IWO HOUKS . 1 ' Utir * iv , a then flocked around the pit in a siate of excitement , until means of deliverance came . —Nottingham Review . ¦ . Samuel White Slave , Mellor . —Any of the large Portraits or Plates can be had on the terms he enumerates : subscribing : io the Paper for &ix wee&Sfl and paying for the Paper and Plate , ichen had , \ one shilling . Of course , if there he uny po * t « age charge , that is i > i addition . H . A . Donaldson , Warwick . —Received . ] Mav perhaps , be used on another occasion .
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Bather Warm . —Some of the leaders of the Irish Repealers are extremely fearful of an alliance with the English Chartists , because , they say , they do not wish i p be mixed up with , the " doctrine of Physical Force " , which they falsely and iriiguilotisly ascribe to the \ Chartists : i . e ., they falsely and iniquilously put a construction upon the Chartist feeling with respect to the right of possessing arms , and using ( hem j , n self-defence . But while they thus manifesi an outward anxiety not to be classed with the "Physicals " , they can occasionally turn out pretty strong threats . We here give a specimen , from the pen of the Editor of the Belfast Vindicator ; jand ask our Chartist friends what this man , this Vindicator , would have said , had a
similar paragraph appeared in the Northern-titar on the occasion of the Stephenson- 'square onslaught , or the Hall o f Science outrage t Let it never be forgotten the Stephenson ' s-square bludgeoning teak plate before ] the eyes of both Magistrates and Police ! Scores of the latter "force" were on the ground ; I and they never lifted a finger to " protect" those who were being shamefully maltreated with pokers and bludgeons ; nor did the Magistracy interfere . The occasion which has called forth tfie threats of the Vindicator was not more il brutal" nor more '' bloody" than the Stephensan ' s-iquare butchery . Let us see the terms in which the Vindicator speaks of no " protection , " when he and his friends are left to suffer from
tt : — last night , we witnessed sufficient to make ns repeat that , if the Government do not promptly interfere , the Catholics must and will defend themselves . We—who are Janxious for peace—who glory in om obedience to the law , the Queen , and O'ConneUWILL DEFY GOVERiKLENT prosecution and Orange atrocity , AND TAKE OUK STAND AMONGST fiSE POOR AND HITHERTO DEFENCELESS ' CATHOLICS , if , after this day , there be not something better than our Feelers—and the disjointed force ( each being a mere ricketty automaton ) called watchmen—and the paasivb soldiery now here , to protect ! ns . Defend the people , or the people must defend themselves ! If that imbecile old fool , Lord De Gkey , were removed from this country ; or if—in this particular locality—we had again such a magistrate as Mr . Coulson , we should not have to write , as we do now without confidence iu the local authorities . Mr . Coulson
vaa a Tory , but he was a fair and honest magistrate . Would to heaven we had him now . Must the people , we aek the authorities , be driven to defend and to avenge themselves ? If bo , we shall be with THEM III ¦ This is pretty stiff ! We wonder whether the " physical force" hating Vindicator could cull anything like it from the pages of the ' * rascally Northern Star" ? There has been no portion of the Irish subsidized Press so vehement and so unprincipled in the raising and continuing of the infamous cry of " Physical \ Force" applied to the Chartists , as this same Belfast Vindicator . He has done'it to prevent the otherwise inevitable junction between ihe working people of England and Ireland ; and
the consequentwverthrow of the infernal THING which crushes them into the earth . It is but right to let the deluded see the barefaced dishonesty of the deluder . \ Thk Chartists meeting at the T . S Duncombe Inn , Nottingham , have sent 6 s . to Mrs . Cooper . G . Groundwateb , Leith— - We are thankful for his attention . Were all our friends in different parts of the country p alive as he has proved himself to be in this instance , by sendiny the first and most full account he could procure of the lamentable wreckofthe Pegasus Steamer , t the" People ' Paper " would many a time 6 e more interesting io the people than it is . JVe commend his example to general adoption . Verified accounts of" accidents by flood
or field " , or riarrations of extraordinary occur ' rences , shall always meet with the best attention we can bestow , and have thai prominence that space and circumstances will permit . Robert Ridsdale , Slingjbv . —We regret we cannot give his letter \ but it is rather too peppery . Mr . Smith is an old weather-beaten Radical ; and though he may disagree , with us on the Land scheme , from a misapprehension , of our reasons and purposes , we believe him to be sincerely honest in the expression of his opinion . \ Of course we can have no objection to a fair and candid examination of his reasoning and statements ; and would not refuse insertion to such a paper ^ were it forwarded . We must , however , pause , ere we give insertion to Robert
Ridsdale ' s somewhat rude assault . A Reader . i—Works on Geography are very common and very "cheap " . Any bookseller almost can show hhn n r ' r-zm ; and he can " pick and choose " . The pi ' u \ - 'J Justice Brenan ' s work on Punctuation is 2 s . Gd I . D . Cater , London , has only sent pay f or the two last insertions . I He should have enclosed , with his first remittance ^ pay for the first insertion . J . H . Clitherob . — We fear the question might be considered insulting . Besides , if it should be even true that the gentleman he names indulges in the sneeze-producing habit , making a public parade of it , can onlyi have the effect of weakening the force of a well-timed energetic appeal On a question for ourselves
e > j conjesseaiy mgn import , , we believe that the gentleman in question is "tee total " from tobacco and snuff , as well as from " ihe pot and the pipe " . \ G . J . Harney . — We have reserved his criticism on the plans of Organization for future opportunity . We are making a collec tion of such , as they come to hand ; and after the promulgation qf OUR PLAN , when it is ready , shall serve them all up at once , that the country ^ may have before it , at one time , all that has been said , to guide to a decision . Wm . Horner , Oldham . —Of course we shall forbear the publication \ of the letter now sent , until the result of the " thorough investigation" he speaks of is communicated to us , when , we shall endeavour to do the O-dham Chartists justice , if they have been
at all wrongedl At the same time we must say , that the impression on our mind , from , reauing the letter now sent , \ is , thai the spirit in which they have entered upon the task of " investigation" is not the proper one , under Ihe circumstances . ' They seem to forget that the party making the statement to which they take exception , is in prison , and can only retail what is communicated to him , as to what is passing in tfye outer world . Opportunities to " examine both sides of a question" do not there exist : and any reproof , therejore , for not having done that which it Was almost impossible to do , is only evidence of a wounded feeling , which loses sight of the peculiar and painful position of the deemed offending parties . The statement may be
incorrect : if so , a bare narration of the facts will be all that can be needed to set the mailer right , without the employment of one single word calculated to add one single pang to the horrible amount ef suffering the imprisoned are doomed ta endure . Wikgate Grangej Collierr . — Ztte dupute between the workmen and the coal-masters at this colliery , relative to the sufficiency of the wire-rope usodfor raising the coal from the bottom of the pit , and for the descent and ascent of the men emplaned , is still undecided . As we have aforetime detailed , it has been before the ' Magisterial Bench ; and two men have been by them committed io Durham Gaol for refusing to work '; the ground of their refusal being that their lives were not safe when trusted upon
the rope in question . In reference to the dispute ,, and more esptdaliy in reference to a statement that has been published relative to a test made , as it was averred , with the consent of both parties , mas * ters and workmen , by a Mr . John Clark , engineer of the Deptfordllron Works * We have received a communication which we shall presently give , staling , in the first instance , that in the published account of such test issued by the masters ,. it is distinctly set forth that the rope tested was a portion of that used at the ) pit . cut off for the purpose ; and that a " a strain , ' of 10 , 12 , 16 , and 18 tons was successively appliedl at which test , after raising up the lever , it , broke at the clams . " The opinion of ihe engineer is , V ^ at the rope is as safe as any
ever put on a coal-vit" In answer to this- the men have' published a reply . They state that they never gave theirIconsent for Mr . Clark to make the test he did ; that they v > ete no parties to the arranyeyieiil ; tfiai their employers alone invited Mr Clark u > ' inspect the rope ; and that when he attend * " * **> r <\ f ( fye man were delegated to confer with him , and after hearing his answer to a question they were to \ put to him , to communicate that answer to the body , who would then decide whether they toniild be parties to the TESTIING Or not . d Mr . Armstrong , ue presume a manager , would not allow Mr . Cark to answer the question . That
question Simpy was : WOULD HK TEST THE hOPB UPON the pui . LfY i . vbR the pit , or not . The workmen m& < q stiy : — Our employer took about six feet of a wire-rope from tbe 8 tur « bou 8 « to the Iron Works to get tested without our knowledge . This piece of rope did not belong to the working-rvpe f Tnis pit-ce of rope broke witu tbe tr- » t of ( lightest ) tuns . Oar employer proposed bef . ro tbe j magistrates at Durham , to test the ropu with twenty tons . This he now refused to do ! We applied to the niauUtrates for redress , bat in vain ; we applied for enuxmonses , bat coald not obtain any , Ttvo of our men are incarcerated in Durham uaol . for ! not vunturinu tbeir lives upon the
rope . Is this justice ? WenetM TtquHrtvrtj Mr . Clark to give his decision We dmincUy ( itos ail knowledge of the testing of the rope , till we received a parcel from Mr . CJarfe wish tho decision j dated tho 15 " . h of July , and we receive . ! ic » n the Htb , therefore wa would ask the public how vhis occur * . Our employer promised us six half-harruls of } ale to return to work , that we migbt again / enturp our lives upon the rope . This gift we refused , determined not to he won over by any such ! u * aus . I We will return t'i work when the rope is taken 6 ff . and our wages are paid . The rope is split in many piaoas and bound round with
bandages of wire . This is certainly a aery strange business . The men aver that they date not trust their hve& npon the rope ; ( hat it is unsaL ; that it is split ; nndthey have offered to stand by :- - fair test of is capabilities . The masters call in a man to make such
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test . They refuse the men all hand er lot in the matter . Their official will not let an answer put by a deputation from the men to the Engineer be answered . A portion of rope , not belonging to the working-rope , is taken away from the storehouse of the works , to be tested by Air . Clark e at his Iron Works , the men not being present during sueh test , nor any knowledge of it communicated to them , until Mr , Clark's decision , that the rope ufas safe , was sent dated one day after that on whieh it was received ! In the account which the Masters circulate respecting the matter , they distinctly slate that the proposition to submit the question of ihe sufficiency of the repe to Mr . Clark was made by the workmen ! and that he attended at the calling
as referee between the parties I The men , however , seem determined not to be cajoled % either by pretended tests or specious statements . They are determined to try to ¦ " BOX justice . " The ¦ ordinary Magistracy have refused it ; and they wish to seek it in a "Higher Court '' For this purpose , their brethren in other parts are rendering them aid . We have before given insertion to statements of sums of money subscribed ; and we are now requested topubluh the following list of monies which have been received since the last list appeared : — Senth Wingate Colliery £ X 103 9 d . Pillington 10 a 7 d New Durham 4 s 8 £ d . Rainton 6 s lOid . Sherburn Hill £ l 12 s 9 d . Belmount 7 fl Id . " Haswell
£ 3 17 a 6 d . Strotton £ 2 3 s . Newbottle and Shine ? Row 10 a . Hough-hall ( hoffal ) 10 s 63 . Shincliff 10 s . North Hetton 18 s Sd . Sacriston 8 s . Waldridge Fell 13 s 3 Jd . Pelton Fell 9 s . o £ d . Lumley £ l 2 s .- LeeziogtMorne 15 s 9 d . Shildon Bank 10 a . Goppy Crooks 6 s . Black Bo ; £ l . Friend Is . Wingate Friends £ 3 8 s Id . Trimdon £ 12 0 s Id , Castle Eden £ 11 2 a lOd . Cassop £ 4 . Kelloe £ 5 . Elemore £ 2 16 s 6 d . Thornley £ 2 93 9 cL Qoarrington Hill £ 2 5 s 6 d . Hoagh-hall £ 2 2 s 2 < L South Hetton £ 1 19 & West Hetton £ l 6 a 3 d . Hetton 12 s . Various cart loads of provisions have likewise been collected , and bestowed on the Wingate men , by the ladies of the neighbouring collieries .
Our Correspondent also states , that the President of the Miners' Association , at Wingate , was turned out of his house , by order of the Master , on Wed ' nesday last . The house belonged to the Colliery Masters . Since that time one of the employers ' tools has had an interview with the Pres \ aent slating that if he will but use his influence to get the men to work ( after having been off five weeks ) he shall not only have his house again , but one of the best situations in the Colliery into the bargain ! This was to be kept a profound secret . He , however , has resolved not to make merchandise of his principles or hisfellow workmen * s confidence .
J . Chadwick , and the Rochdale Frienps They have mistaken the whole matter . In the first place , wo ho : d it perfectly "justifiable" to withhold any " remarks' * that we may deem calculated to have an injurious tendency upon any portion of the associated working class . There have been divisions and ill-feeling enough produced among the different sections of the army battling with corruption , ignorance , and misgoverntneat ; nay indeed sadly too many and too much of botth We holi ourselves "justifiable ' in discountenancing every thing that can by possibility produce misunderstanding or alienation of feeling ; and as long as we have the power , we shall use the discrimination we possess to this end , regardless whom it may displease or offend . The truth of the
statement ia question was nofc disputed : but from the very way in which it was stated , itwas apparent that the act complained of was that of thoughtless giddy youth , " without premeditation to disturb ;" and we felt that it would be unjust to so place thb body before the public , that the whole shonld suffer for the foolish indiscretion of a few . At the same time we were anxious that the "few" should be taught the impropriety of their conduct ; or at least know the construction put upon it . To this end , we sent the statement in question to the officials connected with the body impugned , requesting them to institute the necessary inquiries , and , if the allegations were true , to expostulate with the transgressors of decorum . In so doing we are sure we acted
best for all parties . Nottinghamshire Chartists are reminded by J . Boonham , that tbe answer from Mr . Doyle respecting his lecturing in their district is favourable ; but that he cannot commence his labours until they severally furnish their quota of funds . He earnestly nrges upon them the necessity of prompt action . We are sure this mention of the matter will be enough to cause them to perform their duty . J . M . Leach , Hyde . —We wiBh the Star was large enough to contain all the matter sent here far insertion ; and amongst the rest , the addresses to different localities . If it were so , we should have pleasure in publishing many of them ; and that from our friend Leach should have a place . As it is , we ace obliged
to exclude many ; aud his must share the fate of the rest . We must , however , notice that Mr . Leach calls for Stars to send to Ireland . His address is 82 , Charles-street , Hyde . Robert Bureell , Greenock . —His communication is reserved for fatore use . A Constant Subscribes , and Lover op " SlAR" - light , Tyldsley , is informed , and ought to have known , that no notice of a forthcoming meeting is inserted in the Northern Star unless it bears tbe signature of the sub-Secretary of the locality where it purports to come from , or is sent by one of our own appointed Correspondents , who is expected to make himself acquainted that "alt ! s right" before he
transmits it We know of no " General Lee" of Asbton-under-Lyne ; and think his notice a very suspicious one . A Friend , Dukenfield —We do not know the law he speaks of . We know that the practice of opening houses for the sale of Table Beer , at iA < t a quart , is much followed in the West Riding or Yorkshire , particularly round and about Dewsbnry ; and understand that no licence is required ; nor any restriction as to hours of closing . Whether there be a special Act , or any clause of an Act , authorizing this ; or whether Tabte-beer be exempted from the operation of other Beer Acts we cannot say . Allen Davokport . —Received . Shall be used some
day . Mechanic , London . —We cannot spare room . Wm . Major , Berhondsey , asks " what has become of that indefatigable Chartist , Smart , of Loughbor ough ''? We cannot say . James Macphsbson , Aberdeen . —We shall reserve his letter till we see Mr . HilL In bis absence we cannot decide upon the matter , not knowing all tbe facts of the case . D . Thompson , Manchester . —Next week . . W « . Mathew , of Chelsea , and George SiOROE . of Brompton , write on behalf of tbe Chartists of the Brompton and Kaightsbridge locality , to say that they highly approve of oni suggestion , that a Vi > tima'Committee should be appointed by the
Manchester Chartists ; and that the moment such Committee is formed , they will transmit to it 10 s . from their local funds . This spirited example ought to be uuiverjaBy copied . J . Peppwb , SiLSTON , should put his notices into shape for print , and not entail unnecessary trouble upon others . George Motham , H ? de . —We cannot " satisfy the young mind " , " aspiring * though it be , by the insertion of tbe lines sent . B . Humphries , for the framework-knitters . We o « nnot find room this . week . J . CoLQJJHOUN , Glasgow . —Reserved for next week . George White , Queen's Prison . —Reserved for future occasion .
Tbe Victim fund . —The response made to tfee appeal of tho suffering but neglected victims of persecution , as evidenced in Our columns this day , most be gratifying to those who made it , as it affords proof that many of the Chartist body needed but to be reminded of their duty to ciuae them to take the proper steps to perform it . Still , that response is not what it ought to have been . Many and important localities , in a Chartist sense , do not seem to have even conaldet ** the matter at aU ; »»<* the Viotim Committee is not yet appointed . For the latter omission it is easy to supply a satisfactory reason . The Manchester Chartists woold , no doubt , scarcely feel themselves josti-. fled in taking such a step as we last week suggested , without waiting to see whether , or not , that
suggestion would be approved of by the country generally . They have , therefore , prudently waited- ; and our preaent sheet affords them , evidence that that suegtBtion is approved ; for while there is from many iiflaeatiui and important Chartist districts strong resolutions in support , and even calls upon the Mancnestet men to take the step , not one single line for any one single place haa been received , at all questioning tbe propriety of the step . We therefore hohi tnat the Manchester Chartists are now perfectly justified in appointing the VICTIM Committee pro tern . Nay we hold that it ia a duty expected from them oy their brother Chartists throughout the empiro ; and we implore them not to let another week pass without its due and full performance .
But while wa can thus readily satisfy ourselves as to the reasons that probably have induced the . Manchester Chartists to defer , for one week , the appointment of such committee , we cannot find any excuse for ihose who have neglected to respond to the heart-rending appeals made to them by the sufferers in Kirkdale Gaol . Sorely aa expression of sympathy , at least , might have been afforded , white mt&ua were being ( -ievised to render that sympathy operative to the relief of the starving and destitute . This was the least that could have been done , to save Chartists from the charm of indifference to crying appeals from tha neglected and FORGOTTEN .
Let us bopa that the next week will set * every locality alive to the disgrace that hangs upun tbe body generally , and active in taking steps to have it removed . * - Last week we nutenA if there was not a Victim Fond in existence ? It the monies bad been fliacursfld ? If s » , who to ? If not , why not ? This day ( Thursday ) has brought ns an answer from Mr . Cieava . the treasurer , which we much regret that we cannot insert entire Ic is however impossible to do so , at this lato hour . It Jiaa been dfctainet ' , we buppese , to ba ' set "' for lb& Chartist Circular ; for it is sent to us in '' proof . ' It woulj occupy uaar two columns
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct661/page/4/
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