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-- 22 iDiI 0 B OF THE KDB . TBEB . S STAB . baste I taie the liberty to intimate that S ^ TZg ad . ires of the proposed Charter Associaj ^ bs o «* t j ^ isuce en the good faith and stanch p * ^^ of Messrs- Lovett , Collins , Cleave , Hetberp ri » Pf ~ L , Yjuee ^ t ; all individuals , I conceived , peri ^' . ^ Lnabie of a traitorous design on the grand *" W ow- ^ ** " * J ^ te 43 ' t * " lapse's O *^ . ' . , ^ iect , Sir . my sole ambition ia to promote ° ataiV of my ability , the success of this real js Sjjja , this glorious record of the people * de-**? *« ta *» frea M ? motto is— " 1 J ai ^ ersal t ** *^ . satire sad unqualified -, and less than this , ^^^ ialtTer shape or designation , ¦ will I refuse to
•^ Aser iB ? intelligence of the progress of Chartism 55 * T ^ rong h the medium of the Northern Star I **?? & week to week , with the highest satisfaction F ^ i ^ h , Eot only on account of my fellow-slaves isi ^ Cmen at larg e , but , individually , I am proud ^ " ess " gj e sentiment of gratitude -which I feel to v *^ Ycnor and to yourself f « the unparalleled ^ JLs t" 'fti *^ T on ^^ ^ Tdnce ^ t * only journal ^ ffc . people cin properly designate as their own . te Ssriisern Star I hare beeeu a subscriber from ^^ . ' ^^ BaiJt ; and I hare always been , and shall »* * fPp be , aa indefatigable promoter of its cir"f ^ a *; borne and abroad . * 7 jL come to London for a short period , I shall tt oCTOrtanity of acquiring accurate intelligence ^ Sbi Ja b ^ associ ^ ion . With the import of its
^ 5 S jir- Oiborr ^ e , of Xuneaton , I say there has too ffods of passionate invective aad abuse ; and , *** ti i , too mTlc * ° * ^ ° ieIlt kntl vulgar denun-! . *¦ ^ 3 the language occasionally eoipl&yed in ^^ Ltd ibe Northern Siar ( especially in the attacks S *^ . ijaiiiBt Mr . O'Connell ) has been low and iS stiiL ^ txatme . ^ Tgis I sincerely regret ; and on t his su bject I r !! ^ the old Association may learn something of v -t ss- ^ sis * . ? ^ address of the latter 2 ¦ that I ' simply constituting myself in
-. gtii was a ^ g of a C harter Association ; because Leaniing-* l } $ Te failed in the attempt which I made to --34 onej jjto sill faith in the parties whom , in so un-J ^ y % spi rit , yon hold up to the denunciation and ^ Ljjl -f cot to the absolute execration of the people . Ttjatflic uiea , ^ at present believe , never existed . \ Z&s £ of the rights of the people they haTe always | Lj jBjnfnUy forward ; and it is by their acts , and rf ^ isKrda nce with the hasty condemnation of their j ^ aad entities , that I am prepared to judge
?^ 5 projected cannot , without injury t , aT $ * > ** established and maintaintd ; or if ^ s&Ga cf accepting an iota Ies 3 than the full ^ -2 0 ! ru rrers&l or Charter Suffrage shall be fgi &om tie originators of the former , I shall , ^ .-g . jaatition , withdraw my name from the list of j ^ kbiIi , whom I shall then esteem the Tirtual and j-jjissd enemies of the people ' s regeneration and
iceensy . las not , Sir , constitute myself a judge of another 5 ^ 5 rjiJiacation fGr the franchise . "Who am I that I &sld exclude from th-t inTaluable right and privijjerra the meanest of my fel low-subjects ? 3 c 1 tBI not intrude longer on your time ; and xl aiy * && > »¦ '» the example of Mr . O'Connor , fiew Scfe £ e and no Surrender . I am . Sir , Ycura respectfully , J . B . Smith , of Leamington ptrt Anal Ism , Holborn-bridge , London , Xa ^ T , April : 6 ih , 154 L
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rj THI XDIIOB OP THE SOBTHERN STAB . Sl—Eating seen an address sent to Peter Lsyton tjliLoTeU inritiEg some of the ipyHng Chartists of tb iJtse to sign it without de ^ ay , and send it back by tea d post , leaYing no time for consideration , Ke ^ EgBed hoping all was right . It was sent back fcoXi-kTc ; :, u requested , and be considered there va sats nirnes thaa was required , aad he therefore be j second time , stating that the names of two per-KaTpudbesumcient . Accordingly the names of two paoi Tare sent , bat on looking o" ? er the Northern $ ke £ in following week , we found that both these BE 9 * ee omitted , and the name of Peter Layton pcai « list , in lieu of either of the names sent . 5 : T Sr , I f = el truly thankful that mj name did jkk » i in the Star , but here is the query , why TU 2 K 4 there ? "ft " as it because I stated in the
hearag se KTeal , that if I found anything wreng I would fesnssiiLgst all to do with the concern ? 5 bt , I beliere tkat Mr . IiOTett has been made l » aa » 3 with this assertion , and hence there would teuiapesof my haviag anything to do with it , if 1 teKiHwis not right Sow , Sir , I am decidedly of Baa list all is net right , r 1 find t ^ iin '' >* ew K ^ t * is haiicd by the Whig papers as rery excellent , teas middle eksa Radicals , as they call themsclTes , Ssbpij delighted with it , though we cannot get them SEOMrJ ^ le inch with us for the Charter .
iaa , I -wznt to know how the orch-traitar Don , sstokBcw all about the " ^ ew iloTe , " before the » rf Tsie made acquainted with it ? Isow , I ask si LsTctt and Collins if they are by no means catted with Dan , why not come cut and meet tim pea ; tsd tell him they are not Lis tools , nor ever fci *; isc > re fc 5 pecia !) y , when he declares they are eostidtdly ft , r Household Suffrage ? Surely this fj tht strong of the old fox . ¦ & £ 1 , I wish to giTe eyery mnTi his due , I beg In u tau tiut > lr . C « lliES gaye a lecture in the I Ki , BiEbury , a ; , d there showed himself the deter-I kd idToccte for rmyersal Suffrage , &c . He also I i £ * a three sennors in the Chartist lecture room ,
« - QTe great satisfaction , asd preaching has coutd rrcT Sunday since ; but on account of the di"ri-» krr « n the Charmt Church in Birmingham , 'is ^ iadonal Association , the Ciianists of thU > Jia nit attend ; therefore I expect preaching wiil «» 2 icsrd . Now , as regards tie ignorance of the ft * , ej opinion is they are not so dark as they are I tet * d be . We know we are slaves , and the f tspsr ; of the produce of our labour goes to sup-^• T ^ y . &ad pensioned lo rds and ladies , with a j *« bf idle bishops , and te state church with ^ fcj art concecte-i , all vf which s-sraliow some-J&iKi :: tine millions of the hard earned rcccey of ftfk : ^ ^ Ve kDcw that , until we have a -voice in T * ? tie Iits by whick we are to be g ? - zTned , we «* diTa ; therefore , lam for "CniTcrsal Suffra ^ t : tt nuret-der .
* auK » e great hills and expsasiTe libraries , they » fci rerv good , but S 3 some years must elapse ^ . t £ ae . iliIiS c-nbe built , and those expensive ~* -a'i 2 be titab-iihed , what is to b ? con ; eof the ^ -s ¦ iiasu . ds the while ? Jt may be sll Tery well ^ a » LD , ect of 5 he money Cuile ^ ted , may consider ^ e-ncts worth two or three pounds p ^ r ¦ week . It n ^ sli " ^ " ^ * ± em > islt " what ii the cry of the ^ S ^ OEsmi . ; - Why , " I : is bo go ; we won't &e- ^! f' ^" * ^ ^ Cfc- ^ ; aE : i all the blessings iC ? ? " ^ iiisn we shall be able to obtain j ^ wfteitica which is neecfol to prvwote oar bett j ^« _ Ea | iiihnien and as Christians . asiriiu- thsaboTe in the Xort / tem 5- , you will -j—z % 3 x- Slr i ruurs , most resr-ectfully , Edtvakd Hughes . C 53 r . April 2 Cib , liu .
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• ax CA 1 TE 0 HPE SJB . E . ET 2 . JZ £ T 1 > "G . ^' -1 SDIIOB OF THE > "OETHER . X SIJL ^ -la 4 htiet to the electors of Nottingham , 5 ^ - ' 5 ^* 31 to- rote * or "Waiter , the Tory , written i ' j ^ - ^ * . and published by that gentleman , as s ^* \ connection with his letter in your last ,. ' *» " ? *^ . t the meeting hel d in Calthorpe-street , pgj * * J £ ce , " for the purpose of considering the Sj . 3 .. ^ filing a Nitional ConTention "—acd in k ^ " *^ ^? " of which meeting I had the honour k * Prominent pan—was concocted by the Whirs . j ^^ P ^ ks " { entrapping the peopie . I am aware bj * Crf ^ was ma . de , aliwtde , even at that time , fcs . j ^^* gta ' -kmen who hare recrr . tly signed j ^ ^ rtt D ' jTe" circular ; butthough many years &ii is
, hrr- ^ / 861 ^ the first tangible " opportunity I aa ,- ' ^^^ call p-nbiiciy for the rcaio ^ s which Kt ^ ' ^ - ~\ lacett and others , who maie such a ld .- ° ? t 0 that concluiion . fcf w ' " ^ Ddtd to , Sir , was op « nly discussed ^ Ji t- - * *^* ^* w well and duly advertised , f ' c . ^^ Dotiis ; and , we have the opinion of bt ^ i y Coaaeu hi mself , that its tbkcl was cer-^ p totnxxiiuXonxl True , a " proclamation , " ^ v ^^ wdfr of the Secre tary of State , " thongh not to iij J * raed ^ S ^ inst the meeting ; but 1 happen
fis « Xi J ^ f ^ 0 Tef the " originals ; " aye , even on **»^ % U ) id b ^ h-Sdds Bastile . Indeed , I my-elf ** ' " » k '"" J nEct ! on ^ ith another of the com-5 . ** a rL i 0 Ea ! rai 011 otthe 'forking Classes , r i » tv 0 Del ETacs , ' . now General Sir De Lacy ^ W *** P ^ iasa of inviting him to preside on & * iw « * ' 8 en-leman iCoL Evans ) expressed ^* f thL ° blige M by complying , only that , ?^ aw ^ ' ^ bi * first canvass for the re-^ aaV - ^^ to ^ s ^ , he feared it would pre-^ Iqt Ji : " * deetors , were he to preside oTer a R ^^ nr * P " ? " t ^» t avowed . *«* teZ atrocious aad sanguinary conduct of ^ V if ? ° thit occasion , that is another matter , *^< " toZ TtCk ?" -tor ; J *** & merely say , in the CN ^ T ^ Wend of mine ( now deceased ) « e * ^ tiTed" by the pigtocliYered
expediency-^ S ?!? * * *** mw > tU glide , ^^ mz ' Sit te Wood-: t d socs of pride , ' J olexjd be Mt ^ 5 id , ^ 24 orphans' fcars . "
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Oa the subject of spies , I would that my bumble warning might be attended to by every youih , ( for the " old birds" are not so likely to be netted with " chaff , " ) in these plutocrat-ridden dominions . Lei none trust even his oven " brother , unless he see Aim earn his bread , or KNOW , beyond possibility of dovbi , thai he comes by his living honestly . This is not a mere generality ; for , alas ' . I feel a deep and bitter necessity for the caution , founded on considerable experience , and an analysis of men and measures , at least as complete as my contemporaries . Boi I am now only addressing Mr . Vincent , through your columns , as to the Calthorpe-street job ; I shall be happy to see the matter aet before the public in its true colours . Tour ' s , truly , R . E . Lee .
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TO THE EDITOB . OP TRK NORTHERN STAB , Dear Sib ., —On Tuesday last , a poor wearer came to me to inform" me that he had taken in two cuts , and that his master wanted to rob him of nearly half of what he should have received for weaving them . I advised Mm to wait upon hiB maBter again next morning , and hare an interview with him , and try to settle the matter amicably , if possibla He did so , but to no purpose ; they could not agree . I thtn told him if he would empower me to act for him , 1 would summon his master , which , by the 5 th of Geo . IV ., chap . 96 , sec 15 , any one is empowered to do so . He did so . I tLen went to ths magistrate , and applied for a summons , according to the above Act . I was ordered into an adjoining room , where I was told I could get it When Mr . Bounce , the clerk , had made it out , he demanded a shilling for expences . I then
referred him -to the 30 th section of the Act , which stated that twopence only was the charge , and no more allowed to be taken according to law . He then laid the summons by , and took no further notice of either me or the summons . I then held the Act in my hand , and asked him to look at it He refused , bat said nothing . _ I asked him if I was not to have the summons witbont a " shilling ? He said no . I was then compelled to pay a shilling for two pennyworth of law . I then took it to be signed , and htre I wn ^ doomed to be robbed again , ; for when the " blue devil" got it , he would not serve it without sixpence : yet the same section of the above Act says that fourpence , and no more , shonld be taken . I offered to Eerve it myself . He told me it must be served by a constable ; so that at this stage I was robbed of twopence more .
It you will insert the above in the defender of the people ' s rights and labour , the Star , Ton will greatly oblige , A Coksta > -t Reader . Harpurhey , May 3 rd , IS 11 . P . S . If any one , perhaps Mr . Hume , II . P ., the staunch supporter of the above Act , would answer me , through your paper , what use Acts of Parliament for bestowing justice cheap to the poor are , while the clerks rtfuse to allow it , I would feel greatly obliged . D . Y .
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TO THE EDIT 9 R OP THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —Having seen in the Northern Star of last Saturday aa article headed " Golding again ! " in which my name is prettily mentioned by the conceited booby who forwarded it to you , I beg to call your attention to the same , in order that justice may be done to Mr . Golding . I have known , Mr . G . for a long time , and I , as well as many others , cannot believe that Mr . G . is a spy ; and being anxious that the various charges existing against him should be either substantiated or refuted , I beg leave to off = r the " leaders" of the London Chartists the use of my premises ( capable of accommodating two or three hundred ) gratuitously , for the purpose of fairly trying the accused , and hearing his defence , which I have -Mr . G . ' s sanction to say he is ready to make . Tours sincerely ,
FRA > "C 2 S WlLBT . Pesta ' ozran Acidemy , Whitfield-street , ( Late TaberHacle Sunday School , ) April 2 S , 1 S 41 . " Recollect poor Peddie . " P . S , Any letter addressed to me will be attended to immediately .
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THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT PROSPECT OF THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT . TO THE EDITOR OP THE SORTHERS STAR . Sir , —TLe above is the hmding to a letter inserted in the Dundee Chronicle of Friday last , signed " A Democrat , ' which , I trust , he will allow me to borrow without assailing me hereafter with the charge of plagiarism , particularly , as I shall not visit his lucubration with any severe animadversion . His thoughts are ef a very puerile description , and evince only a slight acquaintance with political events , otherwise he would not have bttrayed his consummate ignorance by saying—" From Ihe men of Birmingham proceeded the demand for Universal Suffrage . "
With every disposition to render to the men of Birmingham their due portion of praise , 1 must disssnt from the dogma of •¦ A IMnocrat , '' inferring , bs I do , that he alludes to the present generation of 'Brummagem' Radicals . Did it originate with Muatz . with Attwood , with Douglas , with Salt , with Hadiey , with Pearce , with Collins , or with any of their coadjutors ? So , no , Mr . Democrat , it did not ; the demand for Universal Suffrage is of much older date thin is the wheel-about career of those fl ^ ible peliticians . Let the " Democrat" consult the men of Birmingham ,
and , I ara persuaded , they will rot only decline the honour he . would confer upon them , but they will tell him that iht-y lighted their toich at the flambeau of such by-gone patriots as Benthani , Cartwright , or CobKtt , 4 c , and Cobbett would inform him that he lighted bis Simoeau at V . at eternal luminary , Thomas Paine , and that noble of nature would refer him to other men of other tim ? 3 . In fact , thu origin of the demand belongs not to this generation ; our fathers , and our fathers' fathers demanded that right , and they taught us to contend for it likewise .
He also says—" From the Working Men ' s Association of London emanated the People ' s Charter . " Dees he mean the came or the principles ? If the farmer , ' . hey are welcome to all the praise as noroenclators , but if the latter , I deriy it in toto : the principles are not only much older than the " Working Man ' s Association , " but they had more powerful , stedfast , and disinterested advocates , locg anterior to the existence of the said Association . The reason why I have marked the words " Working Hen ' s Association- * in italics is , because it is a m :. = nonier ; it was C 3 nipcs ? d , > "OT of the veritable blUtered hands of the metropolis , but of such soft-fisted gentry as Hethcrington , Lovett , and Co ., whose very souis abhor the idea of work : the Cvil himself could not persuade these men to wi , rk in the legitimate scuie of the term . >* o , no ; they have a creator z-st for profit gathered from the counter , than for any reaL ' y hqnest and useful braneli
of productive industry . ' " A Drmociat"' tu . k-giseE the " Bei move , " for which , no doubt , the " " working iu- ; -n" vrill feel very grateful , as they are much in need of a pander , no uiitte - from whtEce he comes , or whatever cognomen he m ^ y
urae . leaving " A . Democrat" to the fall fruition cf all the ineffable pleasures attendant a | .-on the contemplation of the ' cew meve , " I proceed to c . n . ^ ratu ; ate the Chartists of the United Queendom on their present glurious an-1 soul-elating prospect . Omitting , fur the present , all " unpalatable" terms , such as knaves , traitors , npc-states , unprincipled villains , 4 a ice , 1 say that every artifice which incenuitv could dcTise , h : s been put in notion to impede the progress of our sacred caus , e ; avowed opponents and pretended friends have conspired to sow the seeds of dissension and strife among us—those who were honoured with almost interminable confidence by the uecple , have turned against us , and , without even the shadow of a reason , have laboured to scatter our
phalanx , and frustrate our object , by maligning the character , ana misrepresenting the motives of our most zeitaus advocate , Fe ^ rgu 3 O'Connor . The con- ' coctors and iuppoiUrs of the " new move" kcow that O'Connor has won an imperishable fame—they know he is beloved by the people , and hence their every epistle is fraught with scurrility and malevolence , directed personally against him . This is a fact ; and , vrithall their crift , they have not been able to conceal it They thought this our vulnerable point ; but they have discovered their mistake . Instead of wounding oar eause , through O'Connor , they have inflicted a mortal wound upon themselves—their " new move" is an abortion , " and , the frameis of that execrable scheinc have fallen into the pit which they themselves have dug and designed for others .
They have batched the cockatrice egg , and , to conceal their iDiquity , they have wovtn the spider ' s web . They would fain worm themselves into favour again by talk- ing about having acted " conscientiously , honestly , "; &c . ; but they have been too incautious in their pro- j eeedings ; they have discountenanced the only real ' Chartist Associations ; thty have levelled their anathe- i mas against tLe only real organ of the people ; and they have slandered the best advocate of the rights of the people . These are fiicis substantiated by every sentence that has hitherto emanated from the scheming 1 digue . It is known that the most venal , time-serving , and prostituted portion of the preas has devoted columns in j praise of the " sensible , " and "honest , " and " right-1 thinking" patriots , who stand at the head of tie " new j move ; " and we also know that the hacks would not allow a single stick of maitar to be inserted were it not intended , either directly or indirectly , to damage our j cause . i
We know that O'Connell sounded the war-whoop , " Get rid of Fesrgus , " and we know that the little j knot of schemers have pointed ail their artillery against J him and the Slur , in compliance with the command of j their General ; but the General and bis men have beer , j worsted in every skirmish , and O'Connor has come off more than cctqueror . j The silly fellows affect to despise O'Connell , in the j
true ttimWe-rig fashion . He stands at the table , shtvei the thimbles , handles the pea , cries " try yonr lack , " " twenty to one one on the r . ew move , " and sofcrtb , ytt to carry on the cheat his confederates say " He ' s
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not one of us . " They tell us that O'Connell ' s praise of the game is tantamount to censure—be does it to destroy the play , which is a sufficient proof of its being a good one . Why , then , on a parity of reasoning , how is it that the " new movers " don't , at once , link themselves to the car of Whiggery , since be has designated them " base , bloody , and brutal ? " — an irrefragable proof , ar-wording to ihe logic of the new shool , that they are paragons of political peifection . The fellows certainly go about their busne&s in a Tery clumsy and inconsiderate manner , and I am glad of it , since it not only exhibits to our view the whole of their machinery , but shortens the duration of the campaign , and facilitates our
triumph-Now , is our prospect blasted ? No , I » our progress retarded ? No . Is the priza for which we contend rendered more difficult of acquisition ? No . Our prospect is more cheering than ever . The excrescences are lopped of £ The clogs are no longer attached to our wheels . The great body of the Chartists have , by their resolutions , proven , beyond all dispute , that they ace men of principle , and are not to be triflad with , as in the days of " the Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but Bill" They are not to be tosted to and fro with every wind of doctrine , but are now stedfast and immovable . They are not vacillating , but , on the contrary , they are determined not to meddle with those who are given to change . This is a position which every sincere friend of his country has long desired the people to attain , and having attained it , it only requires watchfulness and perseverance to consummate our object
It is an immense advantage to our cause that the dead weights have fallen off , and we must take care not to hang them on again . The Corn Law Laaguers were our opponent *—they were defeated . The " new movement" gentry were insidious foes in our camp , and under our own colours ; they have deserted , because not deified and served with sacrifices andpblations in quantum , sufficit—tiiesd too are defeated and justly despised . The ruling faction are in inextricable difficultiesthtir opposition to our progress is ineffective , and they have become too imbecile to help themselves even in their own den ; therefore our prospect is more enlivening than heretofore , and our triumph more certain .
The Chartists , generally , have done nobly—they have been tried—weighed in the balance and not found wanting . Their conduct , in meeting and withstanding the jugglery of Lovett and Co ., wiil no doubt be handed down to posterity aa a proof ef the march of principle . It does in reality " form a new era in the history of Chartism , "' and one , too , which is the harbinger of the final overthrow of humbuggism , traitorism Whiggism , and every other ism opposed to publicis / n . Allow me , as an individual Ckartist , to return my thatiks to Mr . Watkins for the proper application of his sledge-hammer . Also to Mr . Martin , for his upright conduct in Convention . He did well to protest against the admission of Collins amoDgst them , and each aad every member ought to shun the company of the " Past < r . " What effrontery to intrude himself into that assembly . ' O , Bhame , where is thy blush ? Tours , truly , Wm . Ridee . Leeds , May 10 th , 1841 .
P . S . —Sir , as the connection of O'Connell , Hume , Roebuck and Co ., with the " new move" is already proven beyond dispute , —as jobbing and the ruin of the cause , has been manifestly tho object of the promoters of the scheme—as Blander , instead of argument , has been their only weapon— as their organs are , without exception , the partisans of faction , and exist entirely on public abuses—as the plan is repudiated by every consistent and sensible Chartist—as their puny efforts to injure our cause has been defeated , in short , as the enemy is powerless , their objtct frustrated , the tares seperated from the wheat , aud our cause gloriously progressing , permit me to suggest that henceforth the cor . qntred foe be pursued no further—let them be left in their retreat , covered with the ignominy and disgrace they havs brought upon themselves , and treated with silent contempt W . R .
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THE "NEW MOVE . " " Tracing most of our serial grievances to class legislation , we have proposed a political reform upon the principles of the People's Charter : we have made it tie poiar star of our agitation , aud have resolved , by all just and peaceful means , to cause it to become the law of our country . " Believing it to have truth fer its basis , and the happiness of all for its end , we conceive that it needs not the violence of passion , the bitterness of party spirit , nor the anns of aggressive warfare , for its support : its principles need only to be unfolded to be appreciated , and , being appreciated by the majority , will be established in peace . "—Extract from Address " to the Political und Social Reformers . "— ( " New move . " )
TO THE EPITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAE . Sir , —Although I am not among the repentant , short-sighted , and snivelling sinners , who graced your pages on Saturday last , I trust your JiberaJicy w ' ul allow me to appear in your next paper , justifying my own character from the aspersions cast upon it , as one of the persons composing the list of ninety . I hope I may be allowed to have my say about " the combination and the split , " for if I am not allowed to do so , I may be set down as one " of the half dozen or less" the list of the " secret move , " on whom It is assumed " little confiiience can be placed even by the new movers themselves ; " as an accessory to the crimes " of the convicted thieves , traitors , and liars" —as one of the party of the " society of damn-nations , " one of the body of new London rat-catchers —( sublime and beautiful . ' 1
Before I proceed in my remarks , I would refer you to the resolutions , and particularly to the one notice i ) below , of various bodies calling themselves Chartists , and reasonable and liberal men , too , no doubt , which appeared in last week's Star—but if such be their liberality , I would say " save we from friends ; " if such fee the fruits » f Cnart'st Associations , I should be ready to exclaim , from such " good Lord deliver me . " The following appears as the resolution of the Salfonl Association : — " Tl-at it is the opinion of tins meeting that the efforts of those persons—Lovett , Collins , Hstherington , Cleave , Vincent , and othtrs—is nothing better than a base attempt —[ read the heading of this let'er]—of a band of JJalthubians to . divide the people , and it is our opinion that these men are supported by other individuals , holding loftier situations , who , in our opinion , have bribed [ very modest charge , merely on assumption ] the afuresaid individuals ; and , to uvoi'i to
those , we are detevnuat * to a- ^ htre present \>\ -xn of organisation , aad to oppose whatever inay tend to divide us , not resting in our agitation until uur just rights are conceded tu us . ' Look again at the bending , and ponder over the concluding passage . Is this the feeling which should pr . jnpt men complaining of Oranny ? of those claiming equal moral and poliucal frttV . om to all members of tho community ? Mind ! l >* c-. mse it is the opinion , without proof or foundation , The Chartists ithat is themselves only I i-hould hope , for the Chartists as a body would not so far disgrace thei . 'iselvts . ) arc als ^> determined that , for the future , neither an Enylith Charlisl Circular , or anything else , shall be purchased from any of that party . " O tyranny , tyranny ! tbou pervadest the breast of the highest , and rindest a dwelling place in the most lowly ! . ' G-j you to ihe school of the Sultan and possess yourselves of the milk of human kindness ; go to the wild beast ' s den , and learn brotherly affection . ''
I have from the first introduction of tLe National Cbsrttr Association had my scruples ; I bars objtcted to a portion of the means proposed for carrying out the cVjtcta ; I have questioned the legality , ami I have considered some p ^ rt cf the p ' an as higaiy injudicious . The necessity and importance of a system of organisation was manifest to all ; therefore the p : au of the " old move ' was submitted and examined at a meeting as -enabled for the purpose in this town , anil the whole body of persons agreed to the objections , and dtsireii rue to write to head quarters for explanation . 1 did so ; but no notice was taken of my application . If the
meeting had not doae so , and ailupted the plan , I should not , because my opinion led me to thmk differently , have attempted to force it upon them ; I -hould not have been so illiberal , that , bxcau ^ e I could not act with them , either to Cease my advocacy of the Chaiter , or to call them fo-l 3 for thinking differently to me ; axnl it is quite certain I should net myself have been charged as a conspirator , or on the introduction of any other scheme , as good , or better , been charged witii " treason , treachery , or villany . " Tho factions resort to such language as this—it does not become working men to follow such examples .
The plan of the " New Move" or tfce " Secret Move ' iyou have a choice of terms Mr . E'liton came untk-r niy notice in the shape of a pamphlet : it not only recommended itself , but it was hailed by thinking and gooii men who wrote on the subject , as " a clever and judiciously devised scheme , and highly praiseworthy to the compilers . " It is not a question with me whether it had precedence or not ; I believe it had , with the plan of the National Charter Association . 1 have a right to take it up as being far more important and extensive , not with the intention of frustrating other plans , hat , as it embraces the carrying out one of the important essentials to good government—education , and of educating on a large and lofty scale ; and as others more moderately inclined in their political demands , able and willing to
lend pecuniary and other aid might be induced to do so . I cannot see why Euch assistance should be rejected , unless at the same time we were called upon to Burrcnder any portion of our demand . Those of the " Old Move" m 3 y contend if they please , alone for the Charter , and there can be no objection to their doing so , but it is certainly inexcusable in their wisdom to set about bullying us who are are as much in earnest as themselves for the same object , because we wish to do as much as possible beforehand in preparing the minds of individuals for the proper exercise of their right , when they are in possession of it . I know weil that proper education cannot be carrieii out on an extensive scale under the present sectarian , impoverishing ana partial system ; but that ia no reason , when the desiie fur national education is manifested , that the beautiful txpret > i .. n c-f -National Jackass " should be introdnctd as a fair reply .
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Thougo . there are tens of thousands in this country ¦ who have no tim * for mental improvement , «»¦ re are thousands who have time and not the inclination , and an equal number anxious and willing who have not the necessary conveniences and opportunity . Why object to the establishment of such means t Why assail and brow-beat those , who though inclined to do more than yourselves , do Dot , nor have they the least desire to prevent you from proceeding in your own way . I am one of those persona who would not give up one tittle of the demand in the Charter suffrage ; but I am not so destitute of moral feeling as to condemn all who do not coincide with me in my opinion , or to call ill names , or denounce friends , because their inclination
leads them to higher attainments of individual and general enlightenment , orfeepause they move in higher circles . Nothing is more grating to ray ear than the abusive epithets poured forth against -what ate called the " soopoeracy , " the " middle-class slave drivers , " toto , when it is well known that there are among the middle class thousands equally as ardent for Universal Suffrage as those who are deprived altogether of the suffrage , but that their circumstances render them dependent , their minds being ' as much enthralled as the harassed frames of the factory slaves . The principal object of the Chartist body should be to secure a unity of persons , and not to allow minor differences to break their ranks . The primnry aim of all good men should be to make friends , and not to be constantly employed in creating strife and making enemies .
Never was there a more fallacious charge made against any set of men than that against those of the " new move , " as it is termed . Because Fonblanque , O'Connell , Ward , and other such , turncoats and drivellers , have praised the plan of the " new move , " we are bound , one and all , according to tbe liberality of some of our worthy citizens , to be set down as " traitors , " " Household Suffrage" men , and enemies" to the working classes . How very generous ! How very politic , at such an important period , and how truly consistent with the principles professed . ' The object of all good Chartists should be to make converts and to win friends . Not to pander , to cringe , or to surrender principle , but through the force of facts , and consistency of conduct , to force the respect of men . All men are not " villains" or " traitors" who cannot see as far , or who cannot act aa independently as others .
How , I would ask , is the charge of renegadism made out ? Has Collins or Lovett , or any other of the obnoxious ninety , denounced Universal Suffrage ? And have they really become " renegades , " and " gone over to the Whigs ? " No such thing ; but because O'Connell had made a speech , wherein he stated that " Collins , and Lovett , and Cleave were three of tbe best men in the community , and that he understood they were about to form an association having for its object Household Suffrage , " that those men , as Well as the list of ninety , are to b « set down as traitors , and " enemies of the people . " This is the evidence , made
up with afewfiwta ¦ which sometmieor other , afewsecrets , which for borne reason or other must not be divulged till some future period , on which , with the exception of something less than half a dozen of the list , eternal condemnation is passed . I have too high an opinion of the persons introducing the " new move" to fancy for a moment , that they have , or will go over , either to O'Connell , or become parties to any selfish , or truckling scheme . The extract above alluded to , is the base of a long letter ; and the long yarn of a letter says , on such evidence , without the proof , that " aconspiracy has been formed as deep as ever was hatched in hell . "
My motto is Universal Suffrage . I will not be a party in the demand for instalments , because I am perfectly satisfied that nothing less than a full represent tion of the people , will secure to the whole people good government ; but as the Whigs , if they were honest , have it in their power to give instalments , I would not fight with thorn for granting such Whiggiah boons ; but I will never cease fighting the Whigs , or whatever faction It may be which stands in the way of a full me ( sure of justice . I am perfectly satisfied that buch is the determination of those introducing the " new move ; " when I find the question of universal right in jeopardy , from false friends , or burked by party , I shall be one of the first to raise my voice against it , and to denounce the intentioned betrayers . W . HOLHS . Cheltenham , April 25 th , 1841 .
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THE WONDROUS "SECRET MOVE . " " Good name in man or woman dear , my lord , Is the immediate jewel of the soul ; Who steals my purse , steitls trash ; 'tis something , nothing ! 'Twas mine , 'tis his , and haa been , slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name , Robs me of that which not enriches him , But makes me poor indeed . "
TO TUE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sin , —Another rat escaping from the " trap" will probably be the exclamation of tbe Editor of the Northern Star , and truly you may . Sir , if you please , add thereto , one determined to escape from both the " traps . " But I shall , Sir , in forcing my way out of the trammels of both of them , require , as an act of common honesty at your hands , an opportunity of rf-plying to some considerable extent , to the vituperation which I conceive to have been unnieritedly thrown on myself , and on many others , equally with myself undeserving of it I shall endeavour , as briefly aa possibls , to show how I became mixed up with the wondrous affair—my opinion on all that relates to it—and why I have now determined to withdraw my name botii from the plot and the counterplot .
I beg , then , at the commencement to say . Sir , that as respects the persons whose names were in the first instance attached to the circular , I know them not personally . I never , to my knowledge , saw but une of them , nor ever had the slightest communication with either of them , previous to th ' e general distnbuiijn of that document through tbe country . I did not myself receive a copy of it eUrectly fiom its promulgators , nor had I any reason to suppose that such a plan was in embryo , excepting that a gentleman whose name I give you in confidence , informed me some months previously that Mr . Lovett was 60 sanguine of being able to carry out his views and objects , that he was actually making preparations for tho attempt . Well , Sir , when the time arrived , a friend who had received a copy called on me with the s ; au \ e . I said the time is bbon , hut ! let us sit down and
peruse it . We did so ; when I said however much I may approve of the object , if practicable , there are cortain parts of the circular whiih I should much regret to see become a public document ; and as suggestions are nqnesUd , I will myself write to Mr . Lovett , and give him my ideas on the subjict . I ilid write to him , and particularly requested to recal his attention to those parts which went , in the first place , to denounce certain classes of society , instead of showing how beneficial his plan might ultima t ely became to all ' classes if properly carried out—at the same time instructing the working classes to depend on none but themselvesito carry it out ; and secondly , to the absurdity of denouncing public demonstrations which—wliutht r right or wrong in tho abstract—are to . 1 gnat txient necessary , under certain circumstances , to carry out any great public object .
I forwarded my views to Mr . L , and previous to receiving an answer from him , two friends called on we , whose names I again give you in confidence— -not from arij wish for secresy , but because we have already had too much of personality . They requested my signature , and having every reason to suppose that that document would be properly revised before it was made public , f unhesitatingly placed my name thereon , and I liavo no reason to suppose that such revision would not have taken place had ' good faith been kept by those who revised them , and their various suggestions been forwarded as required : if some persons thought improvements could be made , and others thought it impolitic at tbe time to publish it , each , in my opinion , ought to have sent his suggestions as required ; and I do not now believe that , had such been the case , the ETiggestiona would not have been properly attended to .
But no . Sir , some of them were sent to the Editor of the Northern Star , with Btrong denunciations against ihe parties who had promulgated , or who might have the temerity to append their signatures thereto . Thi . s I consider injustice—injustice on tbe part of thofe who forwarded them , aud injustice on your part in publishing that which wa 3 in an unfinished state , merely sent round to collect suggestions fur improvement ; and 1 consider it equally unjust on the part of Mr . Lovett to have forwarded to you for publication the names of thuse persons who had appended them to it in its cTUrte and undigested state , without having previously ask ^ l them whe-thsr they had uny objection to their names so appearing .
This , Sir , brings me to the consideration of the practicability of the object itself , ai ; d the propriety or impropriety of attempting it , whilst tfiere was another National Association in existence . And I confess that much as you raay sneer at the immensity of the sum requisite , I do not , when I look around me at the various railroads and other works which are by co-operation accomplished , and which would but the other day have been considered as bo many impossibilities , —I do not , I say , consider the plan utterly impracticable , and particularly if those who profess to be the instructors of the working classes would endeavour to convince them of its utility , and of the possibility of their
carrying it out Nor do I cunceive that the object had any thing whateVfer to do with the Association previously in existence : in fact , I conceive that I am borne but in both my views by the Editor of the NorUiern Star , for he is even now publishing some excellent essays on " Trade ' s Halls , " which are nearly a counterpart to the views and objects of these terrible conspirators ; nor do I recollect that he has even recommended to us to wait till the Charter shall be established , before we attempt another business of such mighty importance ; nor has he in his wisdom informed us how or when these beautiful structures are , as in fairy land , to spring up without the exertions and contributions of the working classes .
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But you will parhaps ask , if these are my views and sentiments , why bolt from the " trap ? " and I wl ' l tell you candidly it is because I conceive that the indiscretion whicli has attended its promulgation , particularly as respects Mr . Lovetfa having published uuauthorisediy the names whieh had been appended , the bad feeling and spirit of partisanship which have been exhibited against it , will render any present attempt to carry it out futile . That such an attempt would tend to spread jealousy and dissension among the working classes , or at least among that portion of them who do not conceive it to be possible to advocate two such mighty objects at one and the same time , and further , that any failure attending the present Association would be laid to tbe charge of the new one .
If Mr . Lovett and bis friends have acted indiscreetly in any of their proceedings , no one more than myself regrets it : if I was convinced that they had acted treacherously , none would more condemn and despise them ; but I am not yet so convinced . You may , Sir , ask , is not Mr . O'Connell ' s assertion sufficient evidence on the subject T aad I say to my mind it is net I have shewn you that a gentleman , who has , I believe , never been suspected of being other than an honest advocate of the Charter , had previously acquainted me with Mr . Lovett ' s intentions ; and where men aro
constantly on the alert to find the means whereby to spread dissension among the Chartists , it is not to me surprising that they should have become acquainted with the subject But , then , Mr . O'Cpnnell asserted that Lovett and his friends were on the point of establishing an Association for the attainment of Household Suffrage , Triennial Parliaments , and the Ballot True ; but it is the first time I ever saw it admitted by the E litor of the Northern Star , that the mere assertion of Mr . O'Connell was sufficient to blast the reputation of any man in existence .
But I have , for the reasons above stated , wr itten to Mr . Lovett to have my name withdrawn from his document ; and I have , also , written to inform both of them that my reasons will be fully set forth in the letter which I have forwarded to you for publication , written to the sub-Secretary of the National Chatter Association , desiring to have my name erased from its books , because I find that I cannot continue to be ft member of that Association without becoming , or seeming to become , a mere partisan . I have , Sir , ever stood prepared to defend and assist to carry out the principles contained in the Charterprepared to prove that it is utterly impossible for any man , or body of men , to improve to any considerable extent tho condition of our common country , until the people are fully , equally , and universally represented in the Commons' House ; and , further , that every extension of the suffrage , so long as a slave class is permitted to remain , is only a greater injury and insult committed on the unenfranchised portion of society .
It is true , Sir , I possess not the mental or physical powers of Mr . O'Connor , nor—however willing or able in mind or body—am I in a position to assist to the extent that he can do iu the establishment of the Charter ?; but I yield not to him ia integrity and honesty of purpose . But he says that he will place the names of eightyseven of his men against eighty-seven of those who are opposed to him . The fact is , in such a squabble , I do not mean to place my name in juxtaposition with any man ' s ; I know noO'Connorism , Lovettism , or any other ism , but Chartism . I have sympathised deeply with Mr . O'Connor in the cruelties and injuries which have been inflicted upon him ; I trust I have in my breast gratitude sufficient to acknowledge the exertions of any and every man who exerts himself with the intention ef ameliorating the condition of his species , or any portion thereof , whether he may call himself Whig , Tory , or Radical , but I tie myself to the chariot wheels of no man .
Until the Charter be established , I consider it to be the duty of all persons—who , in perspective , see the advantages it will produce to society—to assist to their utmost it its establishment : that established , . and I am convinced that the best if not the only means of bettering the condition of the people will be to elevate the mental , moral , and physical condition of the most abject among them ; and if Mr . O'Connor possesses more extended views thau his compeers , or greater mental or physical energies to carry them out , I wouid myself vote for him ; and if he do not , I trust , without being charged with ingratitude towards him , I should vote against him : and when I say I should do so , I believe I speak the sentiments of no inconsiderable portion of the working classes of Britain , who , I am certain , will never consent to become , like too many of bis poor devoted countrymen , the mere tools of any human being in existence .
Some of your correspondents , Sir , in denouncing those who have placed their name to Mr . LoveW ' s Circular , make it a ground of accusation against them that the industrious classes do not possess among themselves less morality than any other class of society . This I believe baa not been asserted nor insinuated by Mr . L-, and if it bad I would be the first to deny the assertion . But I wish not for comparative morality , I ask not what is the morality of other classes , or even that of my neighbour ' s family . I know tbat the more moral I can make my own , the more I shall see them respected by the good of all classes , and the more happy beings will they themselves become : and I know that the future happiness or misery of the human race depends to a great extent on the virtue , honesty , and firmness of the industrious classes of the present generation . " Virtue ia bold and goodness never fearful . "
Having now , Sir , withdrawn myself from both Associations—parties , or " traps , " if you will have it so , I trust that , unassisted—single roindud—single handed , I shall so conduct myself as to make my class , as far as I : uu concerned , generally respected ; and , however much some persons or parties may differ from me in politics , or even on the policy or impolicy of my present proceeding , none shall charge me with doing aught to disgrace myself , my class , or the sacred cause which I have at heart . Trusting that the importance of the subject , and tbe manner in wnich I have been mixed up with it , will be a sufficient excuse for the length of my letter , I am , Sir , Your very obedient servant , John Sandy . 64 , Uppei North-street , Brighton , April 26 th , 1811 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Have the kindness ta favour tbe friends of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . with a space in the Star of this week , for the annexed address aud resolutions , passed at the various places named and alluded to , as they are wi . shf ul to convey every mark of approval , in the trying situation in which he is placed , that their circumstances will enable them ta do , to encourage him in the Herculean labour he has undertaken to perform . I remain , Yours , fee . Robert Tetley .
TO F . O'CONNOR , ESQ . Respected Patriot—The incarcerated victim fou other , Men's Offences , —After reading your excellent letter in the Star of Saturday last , exposing the foulisknei-s of some leading characters or ' the O'Connell school , attempting to betray you and your cause by an unholy alliance with some of what was supposed , to be tlie accredited leaders of the people , ( they having suffered in the cause , ) it was unanimously determined upon , thut an address should be sent to the Star , expressive of the confidence of those present , who wero members , and other friends of the Radical Association , that meet at the Labour and Health , Kouthgate , in this town , every S iturday evening . Mr . Ii . Tetley , was unanimously deputed to draw up the same , and send it for insertion in the next Star , as a mark of esteem for their suffering benefactor .
Sir , we admit the system to which you are opposed naturally tends to promote immorality and vice in tho world , and haa brought the different classes of society into all but open hostility towards each other . Certain persons have already armed themselves for self defence , copying after the example set and taught by their enemies , knowing that , by parity of reason , whatever will justify one set of men in the use of arms , m : iy , with equal propriety , under certain , circumstances , be taktn up by others ; yet you have ever advised that moral force principles ought to take the lead , aud be , who by virtuous resolutions arms himself to the cohfiict ,
becomes doubly armed . AVe are amongst that class who have become your debtors from tbe pecuniary sacrifices you have had to make on our behalf , and the personal exertions employed in tlie defence of tbat cause we profess to honour and esteem . You have furnished 113 with sufficient evidence whereby we can judge of your motives to action ; aud your unceasing labours in the cause , when at liberty , and since your incarceration , ought to put your very worst enemies to the blush , if they darod to come out with one railing accusation against you . Your straightforward , umlevi-iting course , to establish the principles of free representation , entitle you to tbe support and confidence of every bonest
man . » We cheerfully accord to you that honest meed of praise due to your flrmue&s , perseverance , and willing advocacy of the poor man ' s cause , in tlie case of the Dorchester Labourers , the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and that more recent and melancholy event , the Newport tragedy ; all of which are strong proofs of your untiring z ^ ai in the promotion of tbat great national teform you are seeking to bring about . Amongst the diversified " isms" of the day , wbich distract the country , we almost find you alone , as a public character , untainted by any of them , nobly pur- " suing your course amidst them all , not tbe least disconcerted , pressing the attainment of that power for individual man to possess , which alone can make him a useful and important member of society—the right of having a voice in governing the affairs which rule the destinies of the people .
We regret , and fondly hope we may be deceived , with respect to recent circumstances , said to bave taken place in reference to public characters who have ligured in the political world as tbe patriots of the ( fay , and the friends of the people , and do hope that the name of Collins , Lovett , &c , will not be found in the company of tUsse who parley with the people's rights , in order the better to establish their own , by saeviflcing at the sbriue of mammon wh * t ought , in justice , to be given to the poor for self defence , namely , tbe right of suffrage .
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We admire your undeviating policy throughout the whole of your political career , uni influenced by rank , station , or power , of any description , neither yielding to expediency on the one hand , nor charmed by mouern philosophy on the other ; . so as to induce you to hoodwink the more ignorant of your species , in order to get at a n ame amongst the " educated classes * of being a clever man . In short , to withdraw the confidence we think you entitled to at present , you will have t © unsay all that you have ever written or spoken , adopt the Malthusian doctrine of over population , the ire * trade principles which give to property more righto than to that of labourj and reserve , as a reward for tbe industrious poor , a place in the modem bastiles where liberty , sociability , and good feeling are de > - stroyed , by the scanty allowance , and separation , wlucft takes place between man and wife in them . We remain .. .
Most sincerely yours , &e ., Signed on behalf of the meeting , Robert Tjetlet . Halifax , April 27 th , 1841 . P . S . The above address was read on Tuesday evening to tbe members of the Radical Association , at their weekly meeting , and unanimously approved of . R . T .
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TO THE UNITED CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brothers , —Having been nominated as a candidate for a se-it in the Executive Council , at the request of numerous members of the National Charter Association , I beg thus publicly to make known my views respecting the duties of the Executive , and ihe steps they should , iu my opinion , take when elected . The National Charter Association was formed for the purpose of causing tbe People ' s Charter to become the law of the tend . The first aud greatest duty of tbe Executive , therefore , will be , to see that In every movement of the people the spirit of that Charter is abided by , and to press forward , by all legal ami peaceful means , unaltered and complete as it is at present stands , thai great and glorious measure .
The next duty of tho Executive will consist in creating public opinion in favour of tbe people ' s cause ; to straggle with and remove the errors by which the people ' s eyes are blinded ; . and whenever any attempts are made for factions or party purposes , to delude the people and lead them away from tbe . pnrauit of their rights , itwillbefor the Executive to find means by which the enemy may be met and defeated . Another duty will be to collect and concentrate th » energies of the Chartist body ; to establish unanimity of purpose and proceeding , and , by example , to inspire energy and activity into the breast of every individual professing to desire to seethe Charter enacted .
It will be for the Executive to superintend the business affairs of the association ; to attend to tlie monetary department ; to cause . from time to time just and comprehensive tables of the income and expenditure of monies j to allay dissensions , and settle disputes ; to aid and assist victims ; to watch narrowly the conduct , the professions , and actions of all who take an active part in the people ' s cause ; " andfearlessly , unflinchingly , and honestly to discbarge tbe important duties entrusted to them . The Executive , in my opinion , immediately upon their first assembling , should revise , enlarge , complete , and submit to tbe Chartists for approval , the Constitution of the Association , or the " Pian . " It should thin proceed to instruct all the officers of the association ia a proper knowledge of their duties , and the
requirements from them , until all tbe parts of tbe organization are harmoniously blended and set in motion . It will then be fur them , to tbe fullest extent of tbe means supplied by the people , to secure the spread of Chartist principles , by tbe appointment of intelligent lerturers and tbe plentiful distribution . of instructive political papers , simplifying and explaining the objects of government , aud the principles upon wbich it should b- j based , and showing the superiority of democratic over all other institutions . It will also be for the Extcutive , aided by the General Council , to secure in every city , town , or village , aplace of meeting , where the pure truths of democracy may be taught , aud the people be Instructed upon the means io be employed to rid themselves of oppression , and the sufferings resulting from it .
Such proceedings as these cannot fail to carry with them social improvement ; and without entering into calculations of the amount of money required for the purposes of this organization , and thereby placing their o !> ject beyond the reach of the people , imparting to them the idea that the scheme is Malthusian or visionary , or only to drag pence from their pockets to be applied to idle purposes , incalculable good will b « effected ; and such the mighty results , if tht- Executive is active and zealous , that a glorious , moral , and political revolution will speedily ensue , to gladden the heart of every lover of his kindred .
These are briefly my vh- w « of the duties of the Executive , and the manner in ; which , they should proceed when elected . Of courso thre are many matters of detail which cannot here be entered upon . But if , in tho fundamental principles , the members of the Natisnal Charter Association agree with myself , I shall be happy to serve them to the best of my ability . I am , brother Chartists , > Your devoted friend , : K . K . Philp .
1 , Chandoa-Buudings , Bath , May 3 , 1841 . ^ P . S . I have just seen a letter , by Mr . Hetherington , in the Odd Fellow , in . which be says the National Charter is an O'Connor Association , and "is always talking about the Charter , but doing very Httie towards ensuring its triumph . " As * one of the delegates who assisted in tbe formation of the National Charter Aasociatisn , I beg distinctly to say , that O'Connor bad nothing whatever to do with its establishment ; that a delegate meeting was called by the Chartists , and it is , therefore , in every sense , an association wholly formed and supported by the Chartist body . I am ready to admit that the designs of this Association have not been made so pnblic as it was necessary they should ; nor have the publie been givt ,-n
fully to understand the manner m wjjtchit will proceed . It is , therefore , important tbat the election of tbe Executive Bhould come off according to appointment , and the chosen representatives proceed at otite to their duties , that all ground for misrepresentation may be removed . Tbe Executive will not , in nij ( . pinion , be a permanently sitting body . Quarterly or other meetings , will be sufficient for the transaction of business ; but those members of the Executive vcha are agreeable may be employed ns missionaries throughout th ; year for which they are appointed , this is tlie conipeusation alluded to in the pl < iu of organization for 1 > ibs of employment , or in consequence of performing the r < quisite duties . In my own case , however , this permanent employment would not be required .
K . K . P . ~~ ^ ~^^» ~ Strange Occurrence . — On Sunday last , during the aftcrnoou service , as the preacher in one of the Established Churches was about to offei * up prayers for the coijgregaiioH , ' the precentor / . 'aye out the following notice : — " A * young maa , emtring into business , earnestly solicits the prayers of tins congregation . "—Dundee Advertiser . Ghent , May 5 . —On Monday last the Nestor of all the prisoners ia Eurout ) died iu the prison of Ghent . Pierre Joseph Soete was condemned in 1773 to be broke on the wheel , for having murdered
a young girl . He was th * u seventeen years of age . A . petition being presented to the Eniprcss Maria Theresa , his punishment was commuted inio imprisonment for life . In 1814 ho was set at liberty by Count Biciialiff , Hetman of the Cossacks , whose head quarters wero in this city ; but being destitute of thn means of subsistence , of relations , and friends , after thirty six years' eaptivity , he solicited , as a favour , to be suffered' 'to return to the eaine pribon which had been so long his abode . The request was granted , and he remained in the Rasphuis twenlyseven years more ( iu all sixty-three years ) , and died on Monday , at the age Of eighty years .
Child Dropping . — On Saturday evening , no fewer than three infant 3 were left at different par : 'a of Brighton by their . unnatural parents . About a quarter past ten , a boy knocked at the house of Mr . Martin , a saddler . North-street , with a basket in his hand , which he said was for Mr . Martin , but" there was nothing to pay . "" The servant girl went to call her mistress , and on her return the basket was in the passage , but the boy . had left . On opening the parcel , they found a beautiful boy , about six weeks old , wrapped in flannel , and very nicely clothed . 'The infant was immediately taken to the Town-hall by a policeman , and from thence to the workhouse , where it is doing well . Two others were brought into the poor-house the same night , which had been le . ft at doora in the western road . —Aylesbury News .
The Ret . T . D . Gregg in Custody . — -The Rev . T . D . Gregg , of controversial notoriety , has been brought before the Dublin police magistrates for an assault and outrage at the George-street nunnery in that city . The Rev . polemic , it seems , having heard that a , girl of respectable connections , formerly a Protestant , had entered tho convent , proceeded thither with'her uncle and brother , and endeavoured to force the girl away , at the same time using very offensive terms to the nuns . The girl ' s mother , it appears , is living , and had offered no objections to the step she had taken . After an investigation , the magistrates ordered all the parties concerned to bo bound in their recognizances to keep the peace ; but Mr . Gregg refused to comply with this order , because he said he was convicted by a Popish magistrate . Information was then lodged against him by Mr . Duffy , the magistrate alluded to , and Mr . Gregg remains in custody , having refused to give bail .
A Black Affair . —A chimney sweeper ' s boy named Richardson , of Knaresbrough , was last week committed for trial at the next West Riding Sessions , on a charge of stealing a quantity of soot , from another of the ' "fraternity" named Watson , who being also a boy , and having no friends to be bound for his appearance against his " professional brother" at the sessions , he was also consigned to prison , so that he may be forthcoming at the needful time . " *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct706/page/7/
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