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TO THE COUNCILLORS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCFATION OF TROWBRIDGE.
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" " " ^ TSWEB TO J . . ELLIOT'S ENIGMA . _ ^ tjj- ir h ! iT > ering zephyrs ° * »* wt fummer ' a eye ^^ aStf » Wy ° ' A" *" ' ***«• v ^" Stsx of the North" its characters -wewe , . ^ Lis the sini illuming oar hearts with & smile . _ tie cold frosen >~ ertb sends Boreas forth , " rfvj ] e its laadsape is bnried in snow , " « e of onr Frcrt stall never be lost , ft * ^ Jt ie people controll'd by mere men of rtraw ; - jhe j » orm and the tempest , mid mountains of rait , ^ ozt Siw does triumphantly ride ; . sf Somerset House , it ' s more mugth&a the mvax ^^ j ^ Spanisb Ambassador ' s side . „ - * , Pilicerrton it ' s no favourite , I know , " X « r -ret trith the Queen or her nor * e ; „ S ^ T ^^ 8 imS * **?* bl ° W > ^ j [ £ d iasveas the strings of onr purse .
In these political lines , I profess To solve the "F ™;^ ™ by the letter * . Thomas ! L Wkeeleb . Csj ^ treet , Kensington .
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THE CAUSE . Tzxf— " My ^ satire Hiila . " I Idte the cs ^ se , the glorious cause , Of reason and of troth ! Tbe Csrtist cause of equal laws , Of libii : y tad truth . I love to see the cheerful glow On meny hzziis so free ; TTbtre ' er 1 arc , where ' er I go , The Ciiirtiit cause for me . I lore the cause , the glorious cause , Of equal rights to all ; ¦ jrrill banish a'l oppressive laws And Tpv to Ir&edom call . I love to see i : progress so , O ' er tvery iani and sea ; \ r / btre'er I am , whert ' er I eo , The Chartist cause for me .
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HERE 3 TO THE > MA > , 4 a Tina— " Brave Old Osi . " jaei to the nm . the brave true man , ¦ RT » bstt ¦ worked in our ranks so long ; ^ ij be<fi aod renown the patriot crown , Aai his Xcrilern Star so ttrong . Cas ' i ftar to his fo&s - when the people oppose , Aad scatter their servile crew , ^ j » is deiacee of rirhr , by tyranny and might , 2 iT € imprisoned our patriot true . j 2 ga here ' s to the man , the brave true man , W £ o iU 2 ds bj cur cause so firm ; S 3 prosper he , the pride of the free , * Asd ilTe ia our hearts so warm .
Jnbe 5 ays that are s- > ne . when oppression ' s storm Djpsssd onr Convention Band ; IThsi " tyranny's pswer made oar prosp * ct 3 lour , Iras to cur eause did he sVind . Jxli sacj there were who , with promises fair , Wet seeking their own selfish aims ; Sf- ire gone , they Are fled , in oblivion laid , 3 c : cci Frsj-jus still remains . Then here ' s to the man , tc H : ss » ths ; the pc-or lunch wrong did endnre , Asa he TjT'd their cause to assist—* *; rtsare the g * oti ways of the i > ld English days Kia : ach Cv «! d i-y isboEj subsist ; Br > the ^ represser ' s might Lath triumpii'd o'er right isd hErrisi-n'd O'GonEor the brave ; Bit ii > csusi stall endnre , hia victory be sure—2 » : &v = r was foiai'd lor a slave .
isa here's to the man . the brave true man , Wtd rjB is Ly cur cause * o firm ; £ 1 vrwper he , the prida of th = free , Whs lives in car hearts so warm . THOS . M . WHEELXa .
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LITTLE JOH > " FINALITY . There livss a Lord , whom men may <^ . ' \ A ni-. rsel of mortality ; Ib Ei ^ d as well a * members &ma ! I , Huflgh ATbigs extol tlie stature tall Of inile JoLa rinality . " Ipon the Bill I Ex my foot , " Exclaimed this sprig of quality ; " >'] further urge the rash "pursuit ; Fer . by the G xis of Lillir . ut : I'D BtiEi on my finality . " R&s J ' hn remain'd a year cr so , Opposed to Ridicaiity ; do ^ gh Ervrvy said iwould pro" 7 e no go , inn th- 'Uzh * . this ^ Vhiggish world below T-js Sckie for finality .
Hard is ths half-reformer ' s fate , As Triratis old Egalire' ; : Proa a :- ' jj who worshipped him of late E : earsi a double ilose of hate By r . eaiiouicg finality . ¦ is ¦ weak as those who leave Brown Stouts Asd take to Tea-tolality , W& JAs " s friends us lOBger could hold out Atains : the pressure from without , "Whita thifeatcn'd their finality . Th £ a Srst the open-question plan Haile half ids colltaeaea balloty ; Ttrcn 2 h all their rants the movements ran ; Tk s £ ] * fsns thought our little man Hcid fist bi 3 own finalitv .
BBtWalsall , Canterbury too , Asd eke the Prineipa ' . jry , Sow made the bsSed Whics look bine ; Asi J * h 3 . at Isst , bfgan t : > me Bis fosiness for fiaaliry . So , sble to resist eo more O'Cjcaell with L . s wallet , Le Trias to trow up the frandjise door , Asa £ 11 with . Iri » h votes the aoci Ic £ id of Lis fiaaiity . Bat Btll bsgins Lis brows to bend IiMrrata at such rascality ; And s jgb , as mzsj si ^ -xs pcrtecd , H » .. iTrs : o m 3 ie " a £ n ? J cni Of John asd his finality . B'zckwood
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FREEDOM . E : t rsreefs thy name ! how dear to all ^ cosiwa oppression ' s baneful thrall"ff ; 0 Tft their country , suid the crowd 1 ~ i > . Ji ' ^ iif / resdi / m cry aloEd . 2 ^ fiea- to those who feel the chain , ^¦» t ; . shall elzha their rigLa cgaia , sir- " ' { rom Persecution ' s ! and S :: ii tLs / aii rghts ef man demand . ' - *¦ - « = 7 e sp-thttie : press t ?; * t 4 opT . re 3 S-.-rs ; seek icdrfES ! J . -r n : ir , iV . ^; : T ; se : dtfend ^" - owls ciu » —Uie desjofs end . Tta , fre ^ e n , ^ raiser shall be forl'd 5
- : — - BeT cr-: ; ted wor ; J , 0 W - ? shdi R ' l ^ aer sway ; 'f ^ i bri sLt , that gloricus day ! ^ a-tto ^ ar , ! , sball with jot reioiee , ^^ S ! oad with cheerful voice , Tft ! T , ., J ; '' : 'Jrants leave the field , 1 ••* - ii- tLsa Tiie , bisci deeds reveal'd . ttf- f * J 5 " ^ S 3 cur lEle , ^ if " F ( Tee : Tith lo 7 e ^ a-1 smile , 3 ~? - ~' - th ? bcughs of freedom ' s tree ^ trsre icn' « s ? : _ a peOple free . te A , April , ij « . j . L .
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»^ LABOUHER-S LIBRARY , Ko . 1 . c c , ;' ns Poor to the Suffrage of the People ' s ^ ff ' ' . ^ Horesty and Jastice of -the ttiht ' , " ^ V L , niTfr ^ l biffrage , established and . I ^ r ^ «\ - the ] ate wia- Cobbett , M . P . Bec . ^ - - b 50 i ; 3 Market-eireet ; and by all ^ C jV ^^^ t « a reprint from Cobbett ' s Ttcor 4 ^ , ' - : <*** valuable and timelv one it is , too . ^ . ¦» hV 3 WE e argun-ciit for Universal Suf-* y vht " -Pi ' 0117 ' forcibly , and eloqnently S , cfe- . - ^ s" 1 ^ e to be . We need not , we are k » n )^ CRt ; t : sm ^ o the readers of Cobbett , ^ i ofLr . . oaTe ^ nt with his merits ; but ^ t ftfc " t "s have arisen since the pnblica-- &ij ^ i ^* 7272 ^ 7 raiA 3 t 0 wbom the contents ^ P ^ Phlei will be noTel instructive , and i <^ eT WHw 5 sl 1 to &ss * miimte ihe principles of ^ £ " i ^« ' - ht of lbe PeoP ' ^ XJniTETsal ^^ i - T _ esPecialiT—we do -nnt Vnn-w a mnrp Ulein
^ bnie - ^ f ^ do lMs 5 th"i for them to ^ er ^ ? Pieatifuily . Its tompendions . ^ tefwa . ap price render lt Particularly , i aiSL * ose imrposea . J 5 * la ^ rf ? ^ o ^^ m ef the contents of the tf »« eiWrv foUowiB * ^ tracts . The first % ttoTote - ~ '> UOi Vro ^ nj , Ehovld confer ^ UEOCB AGAINST PSOPERTT .
^; * » « f ?^ from laboar ' &Bd D ° t labour from £ » Eive ^ v . were to ** a ^ stinction here , r ta- ia * P ^^^ nce to labour . All men are ^ a th ?» ^ y denies that they all ought to •* -- « je cf tie law : but how a « they to be
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thus equal , if the law begins by suffering wme to enjoy this right and refuting the enjoyment to others ? It is the doty ot every man to defend hia country against an enemy , a duty imposed by the law of nature , as well as by that of civil society ; and without toe recognition of this duty , there could exist no independent nation and do _ dTil society . Tet , how are you to niaintvn that this is the duty of every ™ i ) , if you deny to some men the enjoyment of a abate in making the laws ? Upon what principle are you to contend for equality here , while you deny its existence as to the right of sharing in ^ he making of the laws ? The poor man has a body and « oul as well as the rich man ; like the latter , he has parents , wife and children ; a bullet or a sword is as deadly to him as to the rich man ; there are hearts to ache and tears to flow for him as well as for the squire
or thjB lord or the loanmonger : yet , notwithstanding this equality , he is to risk all , and , if h » escape , he is still to be denied an equality of rights ? If in Bnch a state of things , the artisan or labourer , when called out to fight in defence of his country , were to answer : '' Why should I risk my life ? I have no possession but my labour ; no enemy will take that from me ; you , the rich possess all the land and all its products ; you make what laws you please without my participation or assent ; you puuish me at your pleasure ; you say that my want of property excludes me from the right of having a share in the making of the laws ; you Bay that the property that I have in my labour is nothing worth ,-on what ground , then , do you call upon me to risk ray life ' . " If in such a case , such questions were put , tea answer is very difficult to be imagined .
"In cases of civil commotion the matter comesstill more home to us . On what ground is the rich man to call the artisan from his shop or the labourer from the field to join the sheriff ' s poss ^ , or militia , if he refuse to the labourer and artisan the right of sharing in tbe making of the laws ? Why are they to risk their lives here ? To uphold the laws , and ta protect property ? What laws , in the making of , or assenting to , which , they hare been allowed no share ? Property , of which they are ssid to possess none ? What ! compel men to come forth and ri ~ k their lives for the protection of property ; and then , in the same breath , tell them thai they are not allowed to share in the making of the laws , because , and only because , they have no property ! Not because they , have committed any crime ; not because they are idle or profligate ; not because they are vicious in any way ; but solely because they have no property ; and y&t at the same time compel tbtm to come forth and risk their lives for the protection of property !"
Having concluded this argament he proceeds to shew thai even
THE PACPE 8 OUGHT TO HAV £ A VOTK . " Ought they to share in the making of the Iaw 3 ? And why cot ? What is a pauper ; what is one of the iiien to whom this degrading appellation is applied » A very psar man ; a man who is , from some cause or other , unable to supply himself with food and raiment without aid from tLe parish-rates . And is that circumstance alone to deprive him of hia right , a right of which he stands more in need thau any other tnan ? Perhaps he has , for many years of his life , contributed directly to those rates , and ten thousand to one he has , by bis labour , contributed to them indirectly . The aid which , under such circumstances , he receives , is his right ; he receives it nut as an alms : he is no nieailicant ; he begs cot ; he c-jiues to receive that which the law of the cuuntry awards him in lieu of the larger portion assigned him by the law of nature .
' Is it , then , consistent with justice , with humanity , with reason , to deprive a man ot the most precious of his political rights , because , and only because , he has bee n ^ in a pecuniary way , singularly unfortunate ? The Scr ^ pnire 3 ays , ' Despise not the poor , because he is poor ; ' that is to say , despise him not on account of hi 3 poverty . Why then deprive him of his right ; why put him out of the pale of the law on account of his poverty ? There are some men , to be sure , who are reduced to poverty by their vices , by idleness , by gaming , by drinking , by squandering ; but the far LTeater part by bodi' . y ailmeuts , by misfortunes , to the effects of which all men may , without any fault , and even without any folly , be exposed : and is there a iuan on earth so cruelly unjust as to wish to add to tho sufferiegs cf inch persjiu by stripping them of their political lights ? How many thcu 3 anlscf industrious and virtuous men have , within these few years , been brought down from a state of competence to that of pauperiiia . "
His not of : in , if ever , that the unrepresented man is so clearly avA ably shown to be a slave a 3 iu the following passages .
WHAT IS A SLAVE f " For , let us not be amnsed by a name ; but look well into the matter . A slave is in the first place , a man who has no property : acd property means something that he has , and that nobody can take from him without his leave or consent . Whatever man , no matter what he may call himself or any body else may call him , can have his money or his goods taken from Liiu by force , by virtue of an order , or ordinance , or law , which be has had no band in making , and to which he has not given his assent , has no property , and ismere-ly 3 depository of the goods of h 5 s waster . A slave has no property in his labour ; and any man who is compelled to give up the fruit of his labour to
another , at the arbitrary will of tuat other , has no property in his labour , and is , therefore , a slave , whether the fruit of his labour be taken from him direcily or indirectly . If it be said that he gives up this fruit of his labour by his own will , and that it is not forced from him ; I answer , to be sure he may avoid eating and urinkmg acd may go naked ; but then b . 3 must die ; and on this condition , and this condition only , can he reXu&e to give up the fruit of his labour . ' Die , wretch , or surrender as much of your income , or the frnit of your labour , as your masters choose to take . " This is , in fact , the language of the ru ' -ers to every man who is refused to have a share in the making of the laws to which he is forced to submit
" Bat , some one may say , slaves are pnvate property , and may be bought and sold , out and out , like cattle . And , what : 3 it to the slave , whttber he be the property of one or of many , or , what matters it to him . whether he pass from master to master by a sale fur an indefinite term , or be kt to hire by the year , month , or week ? It is , in no case , the fl = sb and blood and bone * that are sold , but the labour ; and , if 5011 actually seil the labonr of man , is no : that man a slave ; thongh yen sell it for only a short time at once ? AnA , as to the principle so ostentatiously displayed ic the case of the black slave trade , that ' man ought not to have a property in man , ' it is even an advantage to the slave to be private property , because the owner has then a clear and powerful interest in the preservation of his life , . health , and strength , and will , therefore , furnish him aicply with the food and raiment necessary for this fend /'
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- ROW AT THE TOWN HALL OF BIRMINGHAM . A meeting took place in the Town-hall on Friday last , for the purpose of electing a churchwarden . The whole staff of Whigs acu Tories weib raliied for the occasion , and , at eleven o ' clock , Mr . Gutteridge , & Tory , was pir . eed in ttv chair , by order of the vestry clerk , vrho stated that Mr . Gutteridge had been elected to that-office by a poll , which took place on the preceding Friilay . Mi . M'Do > nell protested asjainst ihe whole proceedings , and , after a lotg speech , proposed that Mr . Alderman West < -n should take the chair . Mr . Dovgla . 5 ( editor of the Journal J seconded the nomination , which was put to the meeting , and carried unanimously .
. Mr . Aldtrman WESTON then stepped forward to take the chair , but was hindered from doing so by the vestry c ; crk , and a posse of Tories who had taken possession of the gallery . A Ecene of uproar then ensued which beggars description , curing which oae of the Tories proposed Mr . Boucher as a proper person to become churehwarden ; k -was seconded by another person , unidst increased c-i'cfusion and hooting from all pat ; s of the building . Mr . M'Donsell . after a long ppeech , in the course of which he denounce-. ! the Tories acd church party in no measured terms , proposed Air . George Vernon Blunt as a proper person . Mr . Douglas seconded the nomination .
Mr . George White then presented himself close by the ciiiir , and was received with loud cheers by the people -In the body of the Hall , and the most discordant Ir&ses and groans from the respectables in the gallery . He was at cut to address the meeting , but was interrupted fcy tte CHAJr . 3 ! A > -, who aiked him whether he intended to propose another candidate . Jir . White stated * that he shou'd please himself what course he should adopt , and begged lc ^ ve to tell the gentleman that he had no right to interrupt him as be was not the chairman of that meeting .
Mr . QutterHjGE then insisted that Mr . White should produce in writing the substance of what he intended to say before tie should allow him to proceed . Mr . White * replied , that the man who foisted himself on the meeting as their chairmtn , appeared to him to be the most ignorant fellow he had ever met ; he was determined not to be interrupted by him any further , and should take the sense of the meeting , whether they would bear him or not He then wished all those who desired that be should speak to hold up their hands . iKearly every hand in the body of the Hall was then held up ! . After -which , Mr . White addressed the meeting , amidst the yelling and booting of the respectable , and the cheers of the working men . Mr . GtTTEBiEGE then laid hold of Mr . White ' s aira , and enquired whether he was a ratepayer , and tras answered in the affirmative .
The Vestby Cleek stated , that Mr . white ' s name was not in the great boek , and maintained that he had no right to speak . Mr . White stated that he was determined to speak at that meeting . He understood that the Town Hall had been denied to the working men ; and as long as that refusal was persisted in , he was determined to make use of it on their bttalf on every opportunity that offered . Jfsueh menas Messrs . M'Donnell , Douglas , Edmonds , and others bad gone honestly with the working cl 2 sse 8 foi the removal of all grievances , they need not
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be engaged in each paltry battle * as tiie present ; and although the parties opposed to the rate had for their object merely the abolition of Church Rates , he rushed to do away with « very rate and every law which was not passed by the express will of the whole people . ( Loud cheers . ) Here was a body of men who professed themselves Christians and lovers of the poor , who shewed their Christianity by trampling on the fundamental principles of their creed , by endeavouring t » rob them according to law , and tak « advantage of Sturgea Bourne's Act , which enabled a rich man to give six votes to enable them to accomplish such robbery . They had , therefore , proved themselves to be no Christians , but a horde of venemous reptiles . ( Hera the hisses and « onfusion were such , that not a word more could be heard , the working men shouting , " Go on , White , give it them , " and the respectables bawling out " He ' s just liberated from prison , " " No Chartists . " Gutttridge then shouted for the police , and Intimated to Mr . White , that he would order him Into custody if he persisted to speak . )
Mr . White defi * d him ; and said he-was determined to stop there all night , or have a hearing . Some rough compliments then passed between the quondam Chairman and Mr . White , the latter- persisting in his determination to speak . Mr . Gutteeidge then called on Mr . Alston , the magistrate , to protect him . Mr . Alston stepped up to Mr , White , and informed him that he was a magistrate , and that he insisted on him to desist . Mr . White answered , that he did not care what he was , he was determined to exercise his right , and would not be bullied out of it by any ^ man , and then proceeded to address the meeting on' the villany of Whig and Tory Government , and the necessity of union amongst the working' classes to rid themselves of their united robberies . Mr . Alston again interrupted him , and stated that if he persisted in his determination he would order him into custody .
Mr . W hue stated that he might do as he pleased ; he should not leave that place until he had finished what he meant to say . A posse of polioe then made their appearance at the top of the gallery , headed by Major Shaw , superintendent , who made up to Mr . White , and informed him that he must desist , or he should take him into custody . Mr . White told him that he would not desist , and was proceeding to address the meeting , when he was seized by four policemen , dragged out of the galtery in the most brutal manner , and confined in the Cdmmitte » -room , where about forty policemen were awaiting : the orders of . their
masters to quell the ' mob . ' The uproar and confusion that followed baffles all description . The workin * men rushed in hundreds from the body of the Hall expecting to see Mr . White removed to prison , and with a dtterniination to rescue him . They surrounded the various doors and outlet * to the Town Hall , and gave vent to their feelings in curses loud and deep . The proceedings at the meeting were completely stopped , and after an hour and a ha ] fa uproar and confusion , the meetiug was adjourned to the following Friday ; after which , Mr . White was liberated ' amidst the cheers of the thousands who awaited his release .
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Commodore Napier dined with the Navy Club , at the Thatched Hwuso Tavern , on Thursday , the 22 d uli . Admiral Thompson was in the chair . Mr . Dcn'n , the persecuting suitor of Miss Coutts , has cummenced proceedings against two of the Middlesex Magistrates for false imprisonment . Joseph Lovcll , the man who last weak slipped under the wheels of the Eastern Counties Railway train , from which he had just alighted , died on Saturday .
The Magistrates of Brighton have refused to sign an order : yr the payment of church-rates , on account of their doubs as to a technical objection which had been mado against the rate . The Churchwardens threaten their worships with a mandamus . Under the ik . ad of Portsmouth , the Brighton Gasettesay— " There is a report that ' . he Warspitc , oo , is to be forthwith commissioned here , for the broad pendant of Cjmnaodore Sir Charles Napier , who is to have ihe command in tho Pacific . " Suicide at Sea —Captain Ardent , of tho brig Eliz 3 beii ) , of L jndon , bejuud for Quebec , died on the loth uk ., a : ? ea . He had made repeated attempt 3 at , suicide , by cu : tin # his throat , and jumping from the vesseL
Repeal . —Lord Ffrench has resigned his office of Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Galway , because Lord libriDgton declined to appoint his son , the Hon . Thomas Ffrepch , an avowed and active Repealer , to a similar situation . —Dublin Mail . Ma . Arthur Perrin , late Mayor of Dublin , arrived at New York a few days Lack with hia two sons , and a day or two after his arrival he was arrested under the Stihvell Act for abolishing imprisonment i ' or debt and punishing fraudulent debtors . The case is undergoing investigation . Two havens wero seen , a few days since , fighting in the air , near the mouth of the river Ycalm , aud at length fell together to the ground . An observer hastened to the spot , and secured them both while they were thus hotly engaged , and locked in each other ' s claws . — Watem Luminary .
New Association . —A new Association , called the " Political Institute , " held its second sitting on Wednesday week , at Holborn Bars , when it discussed the necessity of diminishing the immense and increasing influence of the aristocracy . Dangerous Freak . —Two sailor were fined 103 . each at Uniou Hall Police-office , on Saturday , for jumping off tho Greenwich train whilst going over iJermonJsey Bridge at full speed . Tho fi . no would have been heavier , but the sailors pleaded iguoraiice of railway affiirs , as they had just landed from Valparaiso , and had never ridden in a train before .
Christian Names . —A Cabinet order at Berlin txplaius thit in the ordinance issued some years ago , by which the Jews are prohibited from giving Christian Dames to their children , thac those ouly are to be considered as prohibited uames either derived from the name of our Saviour , buch as Christian , Christopher , &c , or which refer to some dogma of the Christian Church , such as Rsu&tus , Auastas , Baptist , and Peter . A Charitable Wish . —At a Tory festival in Bcccles , reported in the Standard , the Chairmau , Sir T . S . Goocb , Burt ., spoke his mind in these terms : — If he had had hia wish , Mr . O'Conuell would have been hanged long ago . ( A lauah . ) It might be thought an uncharitable wish , but it camo from the bottom of his heart . What a happy thing it would be to see him and many more dancing upou nothing . " ( Cheers )
Dvndee was disturbed by a not on Sunday night week . The police arresteu three drunken men at a public-hou .-e ; and a mob collected and assisted one of the prisoners to escape from a window . Wnen the other two were taken into the street , two or three hundred men made a furious attack upon the police ; but after discharging ssveral voiliea of stones , four of them were seized , to share in the captivity of their drunken friends . They were taken belore the Magistrates , and sentenced to heavy fines or imprisonment for s ; xty days .
In . oue last we stated that Zjphania Williams aud four convicts had run away from Port Arthur . It appears that Williams , who is an overseer of the coal-miucs , found in the bush a boat , and the convicts who had concealed it knew that , unless they forced him away with them , they would be discovered ; so they took him away with them , and at the first , house he came to after leaving the remainder of the men , he gave himself up , and i 3 now in gaol at Richmond . We are glad to hear the conduct of Williams , since his arrival here , has been extremely exemplary . We have heard that pome of the Canadians have escaped from Green Ponds , under rather extraordinary circumstances . —Hobart Town Advertiser , . November 24 .
Desperate Aitempt at Suicide on Blackfriars-Bridg £ . —Un Friday night , the 23 rd ult ., between seven and eight o ' clock , a middie-aged female was observed by police-constable 371 , to mount the parapei of the north-ea ^ t side of Blackfriars-bridge , aud , before he couid reach her , she precipitated herself into the Thames . Some men who were on the pier instantly put off to her rescue , and succeeded m gaining her apparently lifeless body , and conveyed it to the Glaziers' Arms , ( receiviog-house ) , Waterlane , where she was promptly attended by Mr . Hutchinson , surgeon , ofFarringdon-street . In the course of an hour , she was eo far recovered as to be enabled to state that her name was Ann Baines , and that she resided at Cow-cross , Sinithfield , but had no relatives or friends in London .
Sympathy with Grkat Criminals . —On Wednesday , tho day of the iair at Foix , Pierre Sarda Tragine , the Alpine brigand , was publicly exposed according to the terms of his sentence . Ths executioners of Toulouse and Foix were both present . These men , who have effectually stopped the career of Tragice by executing the sentence which the Court passed upon him , were for some time occupied in collecting the sous which were thrown down for the criminal by numbers of the spectators ; and it was remarked that several crown pieces were actually thrown down for him . It was stated that several persons , who were ashamed to be seen giving them-Eelves % sent their valets or tenants to give five-franc pieces to the unfortunate Tragine . A countryman presentin making an appeal on his behalf , said ,
, "Give something for the man who was a good father , a good husband , who was not a robber , j bat was the victim of his fate . " Side by side with Tragino was Jean-Petit-Boy , also sentenced to " exposition" and seven years' imprisonment , in February last , for tho crime of incendiarism . This man , however , was not the object of public charity . Everything for the great criminal , but nothing for the obscure incendiary ; and it appeared indeed , from the circumstances of this occasion , as has often been said , that if we wish to excite interest , sympathy , and even enthusiasm , we must commit great crimes , when we shall not be without some applauding hands , nor fail to meet with juries who will discover in our offences " extenuatiBg circumstances . " —Parit Journal .
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A THB _ FoKKFtcATioMs . —The works of the fortifications of Paris have been commenced simultaneously on every point . Upwards ot ] # , # O 0 workmen were engaged on Friday and Saturday last , and tho contractors were enjoined to prosecute the works with all possible activity , and to apply for military labourers if they could not procure a sufficient number of civilians . This great concourse of workmen , and the concentration of troops around Paris , had already produced a considerable rise in the price of butchers' meat , which was now nearly Pnu fl , u j d the Teach of the labouring classes , fhat of bread was fortunately falling , the 4 % loaf of
tne nrst quality selling for Belling for S . ] d . Scarcity of Potatoes . —A week or two siace there was a scarcity of potatoes in the county of Waterford , to such an extent that the agent ot the Mining Company of Ireland , which employs a great number of people at the copper mines of Knockmahon . found it-necessary to import a oargo of potatoes , and to forward ^ supply of oatmeal for immediate use . In the neighbouring county of Tipperary , too , it appears that some apprehension- begins to prevail regarding the stock of potatoes , and th « peasantry are resorting to intimidation , in order to compel landholders to charge something like a moderate price for ground let out tor the growth of this esculent .
Collision of two Ships at Sea . —A collision between the Jeune Flavie , a French sloop , and the Ann Jane , an English brig , took place at sea , off FIamboroughHead , on Monday week . The sloop had a crew of six on board—the master , mate , three seaman , and a cabin boy—when she struck against tho brig ; two of whom perished in her , as she went down head foremost , whilst the remainder clung to the shivered rigging of the brig , and were saved . The bowsprit of the brig was carried away , and her stem was completely drivenin , andshe was only Baved with difficulty . The sloop and cargo are valued at < £ ] , < 500 .
Using Obscene Language in the Streets . — Elizabeth Mollan , a middle-aged and very respectably-dressed woman , the wife of an opulent tradesman , residing in the metropolis , whose bloated and dissipated look indicated an inordinate propensity for strong drink , was committed for one month to hard labour in the New Westminster Bridewell , for using obscene language in Marshall-street , Golden-equare , on Friday evening , while in a beastly state of intoxication . The wretched woman is the mother of a fine and numerous family .
Robbery and Remorse . —Jane White , a middleaged woman , recently in tho serviceof Mr . Woodall , a woollen draper , in Bishopsgate , London , was charged at Worship-street policeofBce , on Saturday , with having stolen some plate and other property , belonging to her master . She was moved by remorse to give herself into the hands of the polico the previous evening . Her master had previously to the robbery put great confidence in her , and treated her with great kindness . She was remanded until to-day ( Saturday . )
Emancipation op Jews . —The Emperor of Russia has resolved to emancipate the Jews in his empire " as soon as intellectual instruction and civilisation shall be so far advanced among them that this great boon may be beneficial to themselves . " Twohundred new schools are now organised . Measures are in progress to invite to Russia from foreign countries , e 3 pecially Germany , the men who are at Government school * denoted head makers , tqachers , &c , to ma nage the several primary and learned establishments , since qualified persons are uot at present to be found among the Jews iu the empiro . Tho number of Jews iu Russia and Poland is about 2 , 000 , 000 .
Manly Conduct of Henry Hethemngton . —On Friday , the 23 d iu ^ tant , some tools of the dastardly persecutors of Mr . HHheringtoncalled upunhim in his cell ( No . 7 , entranco 4 ) at the Marahalsea ,, or Queen's Bnch Prison , to inform him that he mighs leave his national apartment , if he Would consent to bo bound , hand and foot , for a certain period ; or , in ether words , to " find security in the amount of one hundred pounds to keep the peace" ( which he has never broke !) '' towards hia sovereign Lady the Queen , her crown and dignity (?) . " . The substance or Mr . Hetherington's reply to this offer was truly a noble one : — " When I go forth , I shall go free ; I will not submit to be shackled by any government . "
Wuo ' d ha' thought it !—Tho Anti-Corn Law League finding that the intelligent me a of London are not to be caught by a cry of " cheap bread , " have set their trap with beef also , hoping that this " double attraction" will be more enticing ; in other words , they have called in their bread potiuona aud sent out some beef aud bread ones : "Petitions to the House of Cemmons , for a repeal of the tax on bread and beef , wait hero for your signature . " Let them " wait , " for if these men were really friendly to you , they would not thus . fool away both time and money , but go fur Universal Suffrage at once . Hurrah for the Charter ! get but that , and that will get you plenty .
The Coiivicr Lonqley . —It was stated on Saturday last in Westminster , upon excellent authority , that a pardon had been forwarded from the Home Office , for Harriet Longley , with orders that she should be taken care of until the Government obtained .. o suitablo place to give her shelter and protection . The Governor of Newgate give 3 her a must excellent character , and says that her conduct , while in custody , was most exemplary , aud that her 'demeanour for propriety surpassed thai ; of any woman that has ever been 111 his custody . The unfovunate woman is unceasingly lamenting tho death of her wretched offspring , aud states that the dreadful act was committed by her in a fit of insanity , when she found that nature had dried up the source which was to have given support and strength to tiie little victim .
Lovely Woman . -Mary Ann Webster was charged , at Hatton Garden Police-office , on Saturday , with being drunk and disorderly . Mr . Combe asked her how long she had been out of the Houso of Correction ? Defendant— " Yesterday morning 1 was liberated . " Mr . Combe— "And how aoon did you get into the Station-houso V Defendant— " In the afternoon of the same day . " Mr . Combe— "Can you tell , within twenty times , how often you have been committed to the House of Correction ? " Defendant— " Truth requires no embellishment , and there being no necessity for lying , I answer you candidly that I cannot . " Waddington , the gaoler , said sho was the most extraordinary character he ever met with . Ever since she was twelre yeara of ago sho had led an abandoned life . She had been in his
custody nearly as many times as there were days in the year , and on no occasion had ho conveyed her to prison without having been obliged to find her some article of dross to cover her nakedness . After locking her up he had frequently , on visiting her to remove her to the prison van , found her stark naked ( she having , in the interim , torn into shreds every article of her dress ) , and he had then , by main force , to strap something about her before she was removed to prison . Mr . Mallett . the clerk , obaorved that when she was in the House of Correction she was constantly receiving additional punishment for ill treating some of the turnkeys or her fellowprisoners . He very much questioned her sanity . Mr . Corabe inquired if sho wero willing to gointo a workhouse , ana she assenting , he ordered her removal to the poor-house in St . Pancras .
Lonn Cabpigan and the Commander in Chief . The following order has been issued by the Commander-in-Chief , on the subject of the punishment on the Sabbath : — " Horse Guards , 22 ^ d April , 1841 . The attention of the General Coinmanding-in-Chief has been called to the punishment of a soldier of the llcli Hussars , in the Riding-house , at Hounslow , on Sunday , the 11 th of April . It is well known that it is uot the practice of this country to carry the penal sentences of the law into execution oa the Lord 8 Day ; neither is ic tho practice of the army , whether employed abroad or at home . The General Commandiug-in-Chief is , therefore , surprised that an
officer , in tho situation of Lieutenant-Colonel commauding a regiment , should have carried such a sentence into execution on Sunday . The General Cummanding-in-Chief desires that it may be clearly understood that the sentences of Military Courts are not to be carried into execution on the Lord's Day , excepting in casts oi' evident necessity , the nature of which it cannot be requisite for him to define . By command of tho Right Hon . the General Commanding-iu-Chief , ( Signed ) John Macdonald , Adjutant-General . " This is a grave rebuke , aud people ask whether Lord Cardigan can stomach it , and remain in his command . Our belief is , that he will be found as callous iu bearing as indicting ignominy .
To The Councillors Of The National Charter Assocfation Of Trowbridge.
TO THE COUNCILLORS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCFATION OF TROWBRIDGE .
Gentlemen , —As a portion of your address , -which appeared in The Sun of yesterday , is directed immediately to myself , I deem it necessary to offer you a brief explanation why I am not a member of your Association , and why the National Association for Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People is foniiedi ' In the first place the plan of the National Associa tion was written during the first few months of out . incarceration in Warwick Gaol , long before your Association was formed , and would have been published had we been allowed free communication with our friends .
On our liberation from prison our plan was published in the pamphlet entitled " Chartism , " and at different public meetings Mr . Collins and myself avowed our intention of endeavouring to form an Association upon that plan as soon as our health and circumstances permitted . Different plans and projects were promulgated at that period , for carrying forward the cause of Chartism ; ene was for establishing a morning paper , another a national press , others for exclusive dealing , others for joint-stock stores , and others had projected and taken some steps towards forming the National Charter Association to which you belong . Onr plan for obtaining the People * Charter by peace / til and moral means , by the erecting of balls , the
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establishing of schools , the formation of libraries , and by every means seeking to raise the intellectual and moral character ot our brethren , while approved of by the press in general , aa well as toy the thinking and reflecting portion of Chartists , instead of being made a legitimate subject for discussion , was only made the subject of contempt and ridicule by the people ' s organ , the Northern Slar , the editor of which designated nation education as a « f national jackass , " and without condescending to review or rebut the arguments we had adduced , hinted that our plan was altogether worthless , aa The Sun , the Chronicle , and other portions of the press had spoken favourably of it
On my return from Cornwall I received a letter inviting mo to join your association , which I refused to do on the grounds of illegality , at tie same time referring them to Acts of Parliament by which they were shown that all who belonged to them were - subject to transportation ; a risk I did not choose to run . About the same time Jit . Collins called the atteution of the Editor of the Star to tho subject of the illegality of the Charter Association , and the necessity of cautioning the working classes qmMjjie subject The persons engaged on that paper raRSequenUy wrote to Mr . Place of London to ascertain the state of the law on the subject , which that gentltman readily furnished them with , but several weeks were suffered to elapse before any notice was taken or -warning given , -when Mr . Place ' s article appeared without tho least acknowledgment of the author .
An alteration was subsequently made in the plan of your Association , to make it more conformable to law . How far that has been effected 1 . shall not haz « rd an opinion ; suffice it to s : iy , I have no ; seen sufficient inducements in your objects , nor that line of coiiduct pursued by those who rule its destinies , to warrant me in joining them . Believing that the principles of Chartism are purely deraocratical , calculated to benefit all classes , and not the working classes exclusively , I cannot agree with the general denunciations against all kinds of union with the middle classes , nor do I approve of the abuse , calumny , and despotic conduct which haverecently been pnt forth against all those who think a union of all classes desirable .
It has been Btated , by the editor of the Star ( doubtless with the view of exciting the prejudice of the working classes ) , that the plan of our Association was concocted by Messrs . Hume , Roebuck , and O'Connell , when he knows to the contrary , that it is uord for word such as appeared in our pamphlet , which was written uudtr circumstances of deprivations and sufferings iu the cause of the people . But even if it was the production of the greatest enemy of the people , its origin is of little moment ; the great question f » r consideration is—would it benefit tho people politically and socially , if the people themselves resolved to carry it into practice 1
Our plan has been said to be put forth " as a secret move . " In answer to which , I embrace this opportunity of stating that similar means were takeu to ascertain the opinion of all the known and active Chartitsts of the kingdom respecting it , as were taken to obtain the signatures to the Irish address which was put forth previous to the meeting of the Convention . Copies ot it were sent t » all the Radical , Working Men ' s , and Charter Associations throughout the kiugdom—the addresses of which we could obtain—as also to the Members of the late Convtntion , embracing the originators of your Association . . So that not only was the widest publicity given to it , but ample opportunities afforded for laying it before your Association or any other body of 'Reformers .
Those who havu appended their names to the address and plan of the National Association are desirous of .-s , union embracing persons of all creeds , cUssis , and opinions , who are desirous of promoting thi political and social improvement of the people ; and if the members or Council of your Association approve of our objects , and the mains we have put forth for the attainmont of the People ' s Charter , we shall be glad to enrol them as members ; as also Sir R . Peel , Lord J . Kusseli , or the Duke of Wellington , if they choose to join us . At all events , we claim the same right to put forth our views , and to form a union upon our plans as you bavo on yours , the Scotch on theirs , or any other body &f Reformers ; ami little can be said of the denweratic feelings , the intellect or moral principle of those who denounce as" thieves , traitors , and liara" all who differ from them in opinion or mode of action . I remain , your obedient servant , W . Lovett . 183 . Tottenham Court Road .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN , AND MORE PARTICULARLY TO MR . HILL , THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , AND MR . WILLIAM LOVETT . Friends , —7 We , the undersigned , residing at Trowbrldge , councillors of thu National Charter Association , desire to address you , believing that the circumstances urging us will , with all fair aud candid miuds , be a sufficient justincation for our doing so . The last month has developed an apparent schism amongst our best friends , accompanied with language bo coarse , violent , and , to our minds , utterly uncalled for , as to give somo ground for the triumphant assertion of our opponeuts , that Chartism , instead of being a lond of union and brotherly love , is re . illy an apple
of discord—a watdiword of strijt and scurrility . Men whom all of us have delighted to honour , whom we received with acclamations ou their release from prison , have been designated , in our only newsi > ai > er orjjnn , as thieves , traitors , and liurs ; and thst , not only without editorial censure , but even with implied Approbation . Cua this be right ? Does it not imply either a premature recklessness of pcaist ) ne . ir ! y allied to folly , or a wantonness of reproach that savours little of consistency or charity . Again , wo re ^ d that a fierce war of opinion , distigured by'bitter sarcasm , challenges to diacusaion , &c , is waging in Birmingham and other places , as to the connection of Ctiartism and
Christianity , or something of that sort ; engendering feelings of hatred that are far from being akin to the sacredness of our cause , or the purity oi" our objects . la not all this melancholy work ? Holding up a man in triumph on a Tuesday , and knocking him down on a Wednesday ; calling him " god" one day , and " devil" the nt-xt . Christianity and Chartism set fighting against each other—the strength , the men , tho principles , that ought to be banded together in holy union against tue common foe , wasting their vigour , lent to them for the benefit of mankind , in childish quarrels and disgusting ab uwSj ^ Let us ^ munine into the circumstances on which all this bitterness arid inconsistency is based , and see whether they are necessary and proper .
First , we begin with the circular Address of Mr . Lovett and others : — - " To the Political and Social Reformers of the United Kingdom . " With the spirit and purport of that Address—except in one particular—we fully agree . We concur with that Address in tho belief that we must become our own social and political regenerators , or that we shall neyer enjoy freedom . More especially do we agree with Mr . Lovett in " making the Charter the Polar Star of our agitation ; " and we cordially unite in the sentiments , that " having truth for its basis , aud the happiness of all for its end , it needs not the violence ef passion , the bitterness of party spirit , nor the arms of aggressive warfare for ita support ; its principles peed ouly to be unfolded to ba appreciated , and being appreciated by the siajority , will be established in peace . "
Nor do we altogether deny that " we have wasted glorious means of usefulness in foolish displays and gaudy trappings . " Our concurrence with this sentiment , however , must be a qualified one . We incline to the belief that these displays and trappings , aud even the ' passieuate invective , party spirit , and personal idolatry , " however unsuitod to our present ad tranced posi'ion , have often , under Providence , been the weans of encouraging a social and inquiring spirit , and vuking up honest ignorance from its hereditary torpor . Jlnuy , , wt >
believe , that are destined to play a high and glorious part in our emancipation from slavery , first heard the truths of Universal Brotherhood—were first aroused t * a sense of their degradation , their rights , and their strength—in conjunction with bands , banners , music , and processions , and the other gewgaw puerilities so cunningly designed for our abasement The toys have become objects of our contempt , but th ? . lesson they helped to teach—let us speak of thorn gentiy then —is destined to conquer the system of ages aud the prejudices of a world !
Nor do we find fault with the plan proposed by the address . District balJs , circulating libraries , missionaries , tracts , and so forth , all seem to us well calculated to encourage and ensure an enlightened public opinion ; to fortify and consolidate the strength of our friends ; and to mitigate the fears of those vrho oppose us from not understanding our objects . But then—and here we come to the point to which we alluded at the outset , and on which we altogether differ from Mr . Ljvett and the four other gentlemen acting with him in the address . They propose to establish an Association to carry out their plan . In this we think them altogether wrong . We do not call them —cur injustice would be greater than their deficiency of judgment if we were to call tuem— " Thieves , liars , and traitors , " but we think that they have committed a great error , and the Booner they acknowledge it the bettor we shall think of their sincerity and consistency .
. _ . . . We have an Association—the National Charter Association ^ -cbosen iu the most fair and public manner , and all but universally recognised as the Representatives of the Chartists of Great Britain . Already has this body met and acted iu its representative capacity ; and we may refer to the zeal with which one of their law * Has been carried oat—that of enforcing on every public meetiDg the Charter and its principles—as a proof , and a strong one , of our faith in its wisdom . To these our Representatives—the National Chatter Association—Messra Lovett , &c , ought in onr opinion first to have submitted their plan ; it would have been received and discussed with all the respect and consideration it so well merited ; and , if there adopt * d , would thus have been girded with a moral strength that would nave gone far to secure its success .
Of the National Charter Asssciation , we , the writers of this letter , are councillors ; and we cannot refrain from an opinion that all good Chartists will soon be numbered in our lists . We sincerely regret to learn that Mr . Lovett u not a member ; more particularly as
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his well earned reputation gives force to his example . The cry of * r Illegality" does not appear t « us to be of any force . Every Association to carry the Charier is illegal . For the slave to seek for freedom is contrary to law . Recent experience has proyed that with an Aristocratic Judge and a middle class Jury laws can easily be found suited to their purposes . Still we believe , for we have noticed a change in the political atmosphere , that If we pursue our objects withoil ^ violence , or the threat of it , we shall bo able to overcome and neutralise all opposition . '
Most cordially do we oppose the forming another Association "as proposed by Mr . Lovett ; and we earnestly trust that he will pause before going further in his project- ; it is calculated to engender a spirit of " party" in our ranks , and to encourage the idea that we are divided in opinion as to the means to be employed to obtain our common object—that there are moral force Chartists aud physical force Chartists . The fact is , und no one knows this better than Mr . Lovett , that upon the moral force aud physical force question , whatever differe&eea there may formerly have been , we are now . all agreed . The trials , the fact that JohnFroat ia an exile , and many of oar best friends lire in prison , havu taught us wisdom . All of us agree with Mr . Lovett in looking to moral force alone for the accomplishment of our objects ; and Mr . Lovett agrees -withua
in the abstract right , not only a nation buttven of an individual , to use physical force or any other force to obtain emancipation-from ilavery . It is wrong , therefore , to encourage or sanction the idea that we are two bodies . Lovett Chartism , and O'Connor" Chartism—t ! : ; tt there is a difference of opinion wiiore none in reality exists The praise of Baniel Q'Conueil is indeed a heavy stigma —a disgrace , however , which we admit Mr . Lovett Is not entitled to ; but it will be well for him to loara caution from it . Virtue of a high order can alone survive the infliction ! Of Mr . Lovetfs plan itself we have before expressed our favourable opinion—indeed the vety means that it contewiplates were contemplated by our representatives ; but we desire most emphatically to record our opposition to the adoption of any plan whatever , however good , that is notjtrst recogirfsed by the National Charter Association .
We now turn to a subject which has occasioned us much pain . We allude to the intemperate language with which the Address of Mr . Lovett has been treated by Mr . Hill , the editor of tte Northern Star That paper is the only generally recognised organ of the Chartist body , and , to some extent , all are invoiTtd in its errors who do not protest agaiiut them . We desire , tUetefore , to state the regrot with which we have lately observed in that paper what we cannot but consider a spirit of intolerance towards every opinion bat th ; it of its editor . The day ef dictation is gone by , the great " we" no longer blinds us to the fact that it is but a fallible mortal that guides the editorial pen , and thcugb wo freely acknowledge tho services rendered to the People ' s Cause by the Northern Star , and we do this the more freely , inasmuch aa those services b : ive been liberally and generously responded to , we think it right to recommend to Mr . Hill the adoption cf a less bitter style towards those with whom be w : iy conscientiously differ .
In the Northern Slar of the 17 th instant , there is an editorial article abounding front first to last , and in every variety of low phraseology , with charges and imputations of fraud , falsehood , and trickery against Messrs . lovett and Collins . We believe these charges aud imputations to be utterly unfounded . We desire to record our conviction , that not a shadow of proof has been produced that Messrs . Lovett and Collins evtr sanctioned any movement for aby suflfraije short of that comprised in the Charter .- AU their tiee ' iarations are opposed to any suffrage less than the Charter Suffrage ; and we believe , and we assert , that the veracity of these gentlemen is as unimpeachable as that of Mr . Hill .
Besides the injustice in the particular instance to which we are now referring , wo believe that tho spirit of invective and dogmatism ¦ which has laUly smlied the pages of the Northern Slar , : md damaged its purity , is in a gener-i . 1 sense unwise . For the purpose of obtaining permanent unity , it is desirable rather to eneourago and court from those who have proved that they value our principles by their sufferingM in our cause , flioso differences of thought which , by forcing inquiry and investigation , are the surest and soundest preludes to unanimity aud success . Wo have » ver been among ' the foremost to oppose any union with the middle cl : tsses , compromising , or npp'urim ; to compromise , thtf" principles of the Charter . The imti-Corn Law lecturer has iudeed appeared in our county ,
but we have met him , aud conquered him ; not resoiting to idle clamour ' , but arguing fairly and calmly the justice and propriety of tho working classes restnininj their tflbrts , in the first instance , to their own political emancipation . But , however strongly we dt-pr < eate any going over to the middle classes , we are equally strong in our opinion of the folly of prtventiug their coming over-to us . Many of them have long been favourable to our principles , though retrr-ineci by various circumstauces from being forward intlu-. srvuggle —many of them are suffering , keenly though secretly ; under the thousand ills comprised in thu jilirasa " commercial . ' distress ; " and thousands that never thought before ,- have been compelled to the wholesome but painful process by the increased burthen of taxation . The conviction- immortal honol-b . to those that wrought it !—that Chartism will r . t-ver raise its ham . ' for any change short of the Charter , Ins dona its work : in all there is uneasiness aud a desire for
change ; a growing ftiD'cy that there is something « rung ; a fear too , shadowy and indistinct though it b « , that when " thrown on their own resources , " tiler , iiie the pauper , rriust in their latter days be separated from tbeir wives and children , be coffined by coi . uact , and bo huddled together in the union grave . Their mental shackles are falling iff . Tailow-chandler and ch . esemonger—a subject for fl picture—are discussing " first principles . " We hail these signs with satisfactionthey are the result of volitic . il light , tho wotk of our own hands , aided by the circumstances which , having first ground ns to destitution , are now , by their retributive operation , bringing them to their senses . We hail with gladness their approach to reason , and it is because we desir * e tlinir further advancement in political knowledge that we deprecate all langn . ige that la merely abusive or violent . They are apt to think , and we confess a leaning , in this instance , towards their opinion , that hard and harsh expressions are seldom resorted to except where there is lack of creuuitiit
Besides the subject into which we have gone at length we had intended to speak of " Christian Charti ,-Mji , " and other phrases by which our objtctsare mystified ; but our letter is already , too long aud we forbear . To us all these distinctions seem very nonsensical . Tin : Charter— neither more nor less—as a , means of universal happiness , is what we seek for ; and convinced ihul our clfli / a is fouaded in justice and truth we knov / that it will ultimately prevail . Every person should boat liberty to advocate the Charter or any peculiar views that he considers calculated to advance its progressj but he ought not to make those peculiar views u giouad of distrust or hostility towards others who havo ariired at their conviction by a different road . " Chr iUiamMn , " ' Teetotalism , " and the other " isms , " ( we furgut them just now , ) what are : they but the various patlis tending to and terminating in the same glorious Temple of Liberty , ChaiiTISM ? Why then quarrel with each other—what can it possibly matter how we gtt there so that we get there ?
Our own opinion is that CSartism and Christianity not only support each other but are identically tlte same ; but seeing that wherever tho holy name of religion enters , discord , by some uufoilunate necessity , i * sure to follow , we would rather recommend its avoidance in general discussion . Lot us learu from the harmonious conduct of the " Clergy of al ! Denominations , " when temporalities axe attacked , to act in the spirit of unity and the bund of peace . In " spiritualities , ' iudeed , they tolerate every grade and shude of dift ' erenco ; but in temporalites—tithes , dues , pew fees , and so furththey are , as one man—firm us rocks—immutible and imn-wabJe , They are all true to tho Catiiolic faith . Chartism is our TEiiroKALiTY—to save us from want aud tho workhouse—our Eastsr dues , our Voluntary offering-, our 'lithe commutation . Let us first gel tluU , and then we can quarrel ourselves to peace . \ V o very much doubt the policy of confounding Chartism with matters to which it does not necessarily er properly belong .
We conclude , then , in the earnest hope that the originators of the Address signed by Messrs . Lovett and others , will feel it i ' . ' ght to postpone their project till it ha 3 received the sanction of our K « presentativcH—the National Ciiarter Association ; and that in the mean time they will do all in tbeir power to discourage , by their writings and conduct , tho supposition that there is any division , in our ranks . To 'Mr ; Hill we leader our thanks for his stiTVices , and hope that he will receive our advice in the spirit which actuates us in giving it—the sincere desire to pare off from our advocacy all that is wrong or unseemly . Our polemical friends at Birmingham will , we have no doubt , understand us : the thing , indeed , ia too plain for a mistake : tee cannot afford to yo inlu axlt ~ siastical jnullers just at . preseid .
To all eur friends in the casse of Universal Freedom we conscientiously tender our advice to encourage towards each other a spirit of forbearance , and to suppress every tendency to division . Events are working for as more rapidly , sir rather , more extensively , than the wildest speculation bos reached . We must keep oar men iogetlier—helping the weak—urging the slack , restraining the free , and quarrelling with none . A great portion of our battle is being fought by the power of public opinion acting on all . The Stock Exchange—but enough— all is goingonwelU In the earnest hope that we msy soon be able to congratulate each other on the consummation of oar wishes , we beg to subscribe ourselves , Your sincere friend * and fellow-labourera
In the causo of democracy , EnwARD Payne , James Watts , Joseph Bigges , James Hulbkrt , William Harfof-d , Isaac Lester , James Hasweli ,, vJce-Pmident , Jous Moore , sub-Tresaurer , Henry AdaMS , sub-Secretary , ' ( Councillors of tho National Charter Association . Trowbridge , 18 th April , 1841 .
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