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TO THE EDITOR 0 * THE KOHTRJiRX STAE . 51 a , —A copy of the enclosed admirable letter -was sent to tie FroemutM ' js Jeuntal for pnWtaatian . The 5 iit « refused topuMSsait ; and stated u his zeuon ^ tbe refusal , that he did not think it right , or good for Iteiind to publish any thing in fa veer of the Bngnsb people : and this vise man and enlightened politician idded that the English were always opposed to ItUh interests , that they were a selfish people . It m in « i » to tell kim that there were more English than Irish
petitioners ia favour of Catholic Emancipation , m * re ^ ng ttsh than Irish petitioner * against the Coercion Act , jad swre English than Ixiah petitioners to favour- of justice te Ireland . I also told him , but -to no purpose , ih&t I expected more English than Irish petitioners in Jaronr of Mr . Shirman Crawford ' s Laadlord and ^ eaort Bill I amr . Tour obedient servant , PiTalCS O"H ] GGI > S . pablin , Sept S , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOB OP THE SOKTHEa * STAX . Sis , —If yon hare no objections to publish thia intelligence , it may afford some gratification to many cf your readers to hear that Dr . Greed , of this city , in his lectures through the country on the principles of Teetotalisrn and Eygenisja , is strenuously urging and advocating tht cause of the people's Charter . With bo small degree of pleasure I hare beard him ssyfhat the crying sis _ of all ages was oppression ; and tfcrfGosptl of Christ was given as a directory how to lift tbe oppressed from under the oppressor ; nor could
this Gospel injunction be obeyed , until tfee Charter tns the law of the land ; therefore , Dr . G-reed denounces erery man u a mock Christian or , a counterfeit of aousding bass and tinkling cjmboV « ho will not come forward faithfolly to the bat tie ofvtiw Lord , and assist tb * -weak against the mighty . I hare beard that gentletaan declare these vwry words in the Chartist' i Halls-Paisley , { h ^ eBock ^ jgaJLAjr / amd I have heard he is preaching the same doctrine in other towns of the country . I will conclnde by praying may God prosper his efforts , and may others go . and do likewise ^
I am yours , most respectfully , A CHiETTST Glasgow , -4 th September , IS 11 .
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TO THE EDITOB . OP THE SOBTHEB . > STABDa&r Sir , —It is ¦ with regret that I write against any man who calls himself a Chartist , but it the same time when that man puts forth wrong statements , I feel it to be a duty to contradict them , Arthur O'Xeil , in his speech st Manchester , says , " That certain parties in Birmingham had used means to force him to join the Kational Charter Association , width was one reason why he had not He would not join the Chartista of Birmingham so long as the pres * nt men in that town took ihe lead of the maiiageEiest" To the first assertion , " That parties had used means to force him to join , ' * I giTe upon good authcrity a -stout denial , and as to tbe second par * of his objection , it is altogether a BhuSicg excuse . The men that he objects to are cot on
the Couccil , and have not been for months . They left the Council to try if Mj . O Neil and others were true mea , acd if thsir presence on the Council did really prerent these parties from joining , but the resalt has proTtd thst it was only a shuffling excu je , made on purpose to blind the eyes of honest men who would have condemned thtjm long ago had they known the real truth . He says again , " That lbs Ctartists of Birmingham could not let their fellow men hold different opinions from themselves without denouncing them as traitors . " I thick Mr . O'Xeil fur the moment forgot that scriptural passsge which says , " Let him that i =
without fault throw the first stone , " because it is well known to many parties in Birmingham , that be has dels juiced George White and others as spieSj and that too without any cause . Kow the Chartists of BirmiEgfcam tad Tery good cause to denounce Arthur O \ Xeil and J ^ Ln C-jil ' iES as traitors , "wh&n they saw them make an attempt to destroy the National Charter Association , which they bare done more than once , as can be proved . I con : d bring maiy charges of falseness against Arthur ttd tis colleague , but I do not ¦ wish to throw any impedinjer : in the way of & reconciliation . Hoping that what 1 hare said will not be laid to a factious spirit , but n , rT £ i 7 a desire that truth should be known .
I remain , dear Sir , Yours , respectfully , Jou . n Wilkisson , Sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association . 5 , Crtgoe-terrcce , Bell Bire-road , Birmingham , Sept 1 st , 1541 .
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TO THE XDITOB OF THE > 'OKTHEE > STAR . London , August 30 , 2 541 . Si ? ., —Jf that yen imagine the following extract , Which I take frt-in a letter I received from an old Tetcran in Ireland , to be of any service hi forwarding the cause of Ciiartism in that country it is at your dis-¦ pas-a -, f yon think i : not worthy of a place in your par ^ r , be so kind as to forward it back to John Hints , ^ "i- b , Juhn-itreet , Borough . It is as follows : — ' ' Mi Buvb . Biszs , —I have received your letter of tie 2-ad , aceoTup-. n ^ d with the Xtnhcni Star cf last Wfcck ' a catr ird t tii gratLSad by perceiving the manly & £ d straight fcrw ^ rd manner whi ch our nerer-ceasing friends , Messrs . Brophy asd O'Higgins , have judiciously espo .-ei the - nUacoas cocduct of Ireland's mortal e&tmy , 0 Cornell .
" My dc- . r H ne 3 , since you first commenced to send tee the pr - : p ; fc - a paper , , the Sorftern S ; ar , or the Poor -Jas ' s Li : ' e Guard . I have watched with a careful eye t -e cecduct of all parties connected with that gloriou » luausary ; End i positively do declare , that amongst all t-e ^ leading journals of England and Ireland which I 'S ^* ' COE * ba ^ e inade the least attempt to expose the fraud -which is daily practised by the oppressor ^ aii , > t : he csppresscd , &c , with the exception of the f ^' . " " ' Tr ° > the Northern Star , and the glorious O'Sr . inS Operative— the latter to ' my sorrow has beeome exunct . But ere long 1 hope to read of O'Brien and O'Connor , the two champions of liberty , once more cause the hearts of despotic rulers to shake within their fcreasts , as if by a stroke of electricity .
' Dear Hines , the news , the glorioas news , which £ e baTe received as it respect * the Rsv . Father Kyan Becoming a member of the Dublin Universal Suffrage Association has inetneed many a Roman Catholic in this town to look out for the leading journal of the Chartist &nnJ '; and , I may mention here , that many who now -me to bear the Star read , hate bsen , about five weeks * € * , the greatest enemies of the Chartist body ; but snee they have heard of one cf tieir pastors joining the ratks , they say , surely this society must be good , or else iLe priest would have nothing to do with it , 4 c f
' i-y Dear Hines , the persons I mentioned in my previous Utters are as mncb reconciled now on bearing the Sar read as ti . ey have been enemies previous to the jastigacions cart upon O'Connell ' s conduct by the mem-Krs of the Dublin rniversal Suffrage Association . h * M" P" Ptiy aDd O'Higgins . There never cas b&sn half so many enquiries made about the Cbar-« su undl the great national bellman commenced bis cry on the public stsge and thromdj the public press as there is a : present ; and depend irpoa it , tb ?' j iasttad
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ox 0 CsnoeU and hi * mercenary crew endeaToarine to prfivenl the progress of Chartism . in Ireland , by their lying oratorical conduct , they baTe caused people of all denominations to pry more than eTer into the principles of Chartism . . ' .. _ " . .-.-.... " My D ^ ar Hines , I hate witnayd to organise a class , at last and at long ran , consisting of between thirteen and sixteen , Catholics and Protestants , intelligent , decent , honest workmen . We keep , as they say in Ireland , ourselres to ourselves ; w « meet twice a week at G- — B— , there to read the Star , and . discuss many matters pertaining to the attainment of the Charttr . - , . Dear Hines , your old ftiead , Lawrence K ¦ Visits us once a week . He is as full of Irish blood aa everstilj panting for unirewal liberty . I have seen Mr . 0— , of Maryborough , he is well ; also
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and Mr . W . E , of Ballycarney , they are both welL I baTe sent tbem ten numbers of the Vindicator , one each week , also two Stars weekly . They are highly delighted with the democratic papers . Our recruits are going through a regular coarse of discipline , and ere long will be qualified to stand or fall beneath the banner of freedom . "We are going on in our infant state as majestic and sweet as the blooming lakes of KlUarney . We hare learned to know our friends from oar enemies , and treat them according to their deserrednesa . " In conclusion , I beg to remind yon never to forget sending the Star , the Star , the Star . " I remain , yours respectfully , " OHN COXROT . " Jlountmellick , Queen ' s County , " Ireland . "
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE 50 BTHERN STAB . Dear Sir , —I hare just received the following letter from our tuuchiDJared friend Duffy , along with tfce certificate of the pbySfeian , wbo gives his advice gntultously -at Hsrrogate . If you will have the kindness to publish tbem , it is more than probable the amount required to rear thi » Chartist patient will be forthcoming before your next . I am sure it will : our friends need only be told to provide the needful . I leave it with them , And subscribe myself , __ , Dear Sir , Yours , affectionately , Willum Hick .
" Harrogate , Sept 6 th , 1841 . "Mi deabFriesd , —1 hare been to Dr . Kennion this morning , and told him that I should not be able to stop longer » mn a few days . His answer wus , * If yon leave now , whea you ore recovering so fast , yon may be thrown still farther back . My advice is , for you to 'write to year friends , and tell them . ' The advice he gave me in the enclosed note , which I thought proper to send you , my dear Hick , so that if my friends could only help me through for the next- fortnight , J eoBld then be enabled to battle with our enemies manfully .
" If I am to be left destitute , and neglected now , after they hare done so much for me , I shall bow with submission , If I had the sum of £ 1 I could c \ ll my life young , and myself rich , as it would suffice me while here ; for I assure you that I am not extraragant in my diet , nor have I been able to get any- wine < aa recommended ) sine * I came here . "I thank yoa moat kindly for your kisd exertiona on my behalf , « ' And belieTe me to be , My dear Hick , " Tour obliged friend and brother Chartist , " James Dufft . " P . S . Write me a few lines , if you can spare time , to the Post- « ffice . "
PHTSICIANS CERTIFICATE . " Dr . Keanion thinks that a residence at Harrogate for a fortnight longer will be of much service to James Duffy . " High Harrogate , Sept 6 th , 1841 . "
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* + ¦ COLONEL NAPIER AND THE "NATIONAL VINDICATOR- " Freahford , near Bath , Sept . 3-1 , 1841 . Sir , —I hare seen with surprise and regret an advertisement in your paper of the 2 Sta ultimo , stating that the Xaiiohal Vindicator wonld contain an Essay upon the New Poor Law , written by me " expressly for that paper . " For this advertisement you are not responsible , but it involves a deception , ajid an invasion of the copyright of the Editor of a Dublin periodical , called the Dublin Citizen .
Th Essay vr&s written by me for a law institution in Dublin , and the members of that institution , to whom it was addressed , did , with my consent , give it to the Editor of the Dublin Citizen . It was published by him in his August number ; but be also struck off a number of separate copies , and from one of these copies , corrected and given by rae to Mr . Philp , Co-Editor of the National Vindicator , the Essay advertised by you has been printed . I cannot consent to have my name mixed np with a deception , and I therefore rely upon yuur sense of propriety to give publicity to this my correction of the error which you have , unintentionally , bten the meins of propagating . I remain , Sir , Tour o » edient Servant , W . Napier , Colonel . Editor of the Northern Star .
[ We bold ourselves bound in fairness to give this letter insertion . We have no doubt that there is some mistake . At a ]] events the " Essay , " if it be the same Essay , will not be a whit the less valuable to the readers of the Vindicator , for not having been written purposely for that publication . —Ed . N . S . j [ After the above was in type we received the Sun of Tuesday , in which we find the following letter , addressed to the editor of that paper . ] Sir , —We find The Sun of Monday contains a complaint frem Colonel Napier of our having advertised the above Essay as written for the ^ indicator . Jn explanation , permit us to state that , whilst the Essay was in the possession of the Dublin Law Institution , Col . Napier promised us the publication of it in our paper ; and when the copy was brought to our office , we found in the Colonel ' s writing , " For the Vindicator" written upon It This , we conceive , conveyed the Colonel ' s permission to us to announce it as " written for the Vindicator . "
We much regret the misunderstanding upon the subject , and utterly disavow any intention to " deceive " the public Colonel Napier having permitted us to publish the Essay in onr paper , it wa 3 not a matter of great importance to us whether it was written for our paper or not We would on no account wilfully misuse the name of any gentleman &o highly respected by us as Colonel ?" apier . We are , yonr's obediently , Viscem am ) Philp . 1 , Chandos-Buildings , Bath , Sept . 7 .
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O'CONNOR'S ROUTE IN SCOTLAND . London , Sept . Tth . My dear Bbows , —I could not with any degree of certainty sooner reply to yours of tbe 23 rd of August . I bad intended to be with you on the 4 th of October , Monday , but as I mean to challenge Dr . Cooke to a discussion on the Repeal , for six nighta , at Belfast . 1 have put off my visit to Glasgow till Monday , lltb of October , when , with God " 8 blessing , I Bhall be with you . Now , my good friend , it is my wish to do as much as I can . and my intention ia to spend thirty
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dayiln Scotland . ? ? n menrsi week I shall devote Jta Glasgow , Greenoe ^ PaJsley , Hamilton , and Dambarton , which I presume to mean the Tale of Leren , to which I am pledged . Second week—Klhnarnock , Cumnocx , Irvine , to see John Bruce , and any other two places , makfpg five for that week . Third week—Alo * , Perth , Aberdeen , and Newburgh , on my way from Perth to Dundee . Dundee and Capar . Fourth week—Bdlnbungh , tionferalloe , and any two places were the Athenian * abaft tend m « , and Dumfries in the same week , ' tOMtara the visit of Andrew
Watdrope , and hear another astounding speech from him . Lthen propo ^ visiting Carlisle , Newcastle , Sunderiand , and South Shields . Then four days rest , and completing Lancashire and Yorkshire . Then Merthyr Tydril , where the rich repast "of 20 , 000 signatures have been promised . Then Bath , Bristol , Newport , Monmouth , and so on ; and then Ireland to seethe outpest * there ; and if that does not cany . the Charter , some one else must try his hand . Ton will see by this arrangement , that I shall have performed my whole work almost as soon as I should have commenced it , bad I run my full time in York .
I had a glorious warm bath last night at the Grown and Anchor , all done by the real chaps with the hard fists . I never was bo delighted in my life . Eleven hours' notice and thousands went off . The good men of themselves crushed all humbugism in London , and sow we are all like one large and united family ; thank God for it Let union be our watch-word , and let the first man who widens any breach , or rabs any old sore , be drummed out of the ranks . I go to-night to act the part of mediator between the disputants , Watkinsand Watson , and I hope to be able to put a stop to a discussion , from any result of which our cause must suffer . God bless all Scotchmen , till the 11 th of October . Let
proper arrangements be made , so that I shall not have to go as formerly , backwards and forwards . I should think that Aberdeen should be the first place in the third week , but the good men of those places will do for the best . Uaion , my friends , and the day Is our own . I am as strong as ten bulls , and able to beat the Peel administration single handed . 4 , 000 , 000 signatures , and Ireland with us and no disunion . The lund at a fair rent our portion , and the Charter our shelter and sentry-box , and who can stop us ! - Ever faithfully yonrs , * Feargus OConnob .
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i ^— TO THE MEN OF BIRMINGHAM AKD SURROUNDING TOWNS . THE O'CONNOR DEMONSTRATION . F&iesds , —The 20 th of September-is fast approaching ; are you getting ready to do honour to your friend , and giTe the Birmingham Whigs the horrors , by shewing them you love the man who serves you faithfully ; and that you hate the men who lire by plunder and trickstoring > have you , that live by toiling late and early , got your mite ready for the Demonstration Committee ? If not , get it ready ; and give it at the newsvendew or the Committee . The collectors have books for the purpose . Have any good antf true men got tinse on hand , why not join the Committee , come and welcome . Is every man getting nogs rigged up;—has every town got its delegate elected to come to the demonstration . » if not , go to work , and do it . Has every town got its banners and nags collected ready to send to the Committee—good plain ones , mottos good , with substantial meanings , dec .
Com * in from all the different districts around , and show the wretches who roll In riches , you are men and you demand equal rights and equal laws ; and the Charter you will have . Let them not mistake you ; let your motto be : —No rent for the landlords—no taxes for the Government—no peace for the tyrants—until we are enfranchised . Give them to learn that neither their ignorance nor their cruelty will avail them . The time is come- to show our principles . Let tbem , if they can , keep ns from political power . We are now the third party in the state . The Government of Kings , Lords , ant ) Priests must march out of the way . The multitude must on with us or stay behind and perish . I remain , Brother Democrats , yours truly , T . P . Green . Birmingham , Sept 6 , 1811 .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION AND THE CHARTIST CHUKCH RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM . Fbiends ani > Fellow-countrymen , —On Monday the 20 th of September , that noble ot nature , Feargos O'Connor , Esq , will enter the town of Birmingham , attended , by the chosen servant * of the people , ( the National Executive . ) after a long and a trying absence of very nearly eighteen months . On that day you will be called upon to attend and do honour to the individuals who have passed the fiery ordeal of Whig persecution , for having the courage and the L ¦
honesty to advocatejour just and naturalrigbta . . : Dear friends , my ot | J ^ to MdM « u » f £ |» 5 fr , ^ eall upon you to rally unitedly round the sandard of democracy , and do justicttto the men who have defended you and your causa Act upon the following simple -pAan aad you may not only be enabled to produce # ncti a display of popular feeling as will strike terror to our oppressors , but by prudence and calm deliberation heal the wound that afflxts . the Chartist body of Birmingham and restore it to tljat pure and pristine state which it ought to be in , and save the Executive the trouble of doing that which I feel assured you are competent of performing yourselves .
Let public meetings of both bodies be called , and appoint chosen and tried me a to act as a demonstration and grievance committee , whose duty it shall be to superintend the demonstration that in to be given in honour of the brave patriots , and if possible , to unite all parties under one common banner , so that we may act unitedly aad present an impenetrable phalanx to our precious Government , that will compel them to give us that which is our just and inalienable right . Hoping that these few words will be taken in the spirit of kindness with which they are given , and that they will be acted upon , I remain , faithfully yours , W . H . Cotton . September Ctb , 1 S 41 .
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ADDRESS FROM THE LONDON DELEGATE MEETING . F £ llow-Bei > gs , Men , and Women , of Britain , —We , the members of the London Delegate Council , have deemed it to be our duty to address you at this important juncture , opening a new session of the Parliament of ttie working men of London , we wish to lay before our constituents , and through them before the empire , our views upon the prospects of the nation , cur opinion as to the best iiuans of promoting the welfare ef the empire . If we look around us at the present state of British society , what striking contrasts meet our eyes , what direful admixtures of poverty and wealth , of luxury and indigence ; seirce can we turn our gaza from the gorgeous ediSce ere we are met by the but of misery . The single glance of an eye will Bhow to us the garb of splendour and effeminacy , and the squalid naked wretchedness of abject poverty .
We have investigated the cause of this deplsrsble inequality—we have analysed the subject , and traced it to its first elements , to its primary sources , and we have found that tho fountain bead of this evil , the spring from whence flaws the broa < i stream of wrttcbeilnets and misery , which threatens to engulf and overwhelm thelaad , is bad government—is legislative inequality . We obiL-rve that poverty and distress are found in the abodes of the working classes—in the abodes of those who create , who produce all those necessaries , comforts , and luxuries , which minister so greatly to human co : afort—we likewise observe that splendour and affluence are the lot of those who labour not , who live in idleness , or at best in misapplied exertion ; we
find that the class who live in splendid ldieness . are those who have been entrusted wiib tbe power of making the laws , -while tbe class who are enduring misery and toil are those who have no ^ bare in tbe Goveri . ment , but tbe penalty of obeying its laws . Hera then is the seat of tbe disease ; here and here oiJy can be applied a sure and certain remedy : this remedy is Universal Suffrage . The cure of this disease is the People ' s Charter . Tiiis is the banner under wbicb we ara fighting—this the cause for which we would enlist your sympathy , would claim your co-operation ; all are suffering from the same common cause—all should unite in effecting a Radical cure . We claim for tho working classes of this country that political power—that share in the legislature , which their position , as creators of wealth ,
their numbers and intelligence so justly entitle them to . Grant this our just demand , and prosperity and comfort would speedily banish discontent and crime from the happy homes of our labouring population . Hitherto this mighty hive of human industry—this gigantic concentration of the fxtremes of splendour and of misery has been apathetic in the glorious cause—has had no complete organization to draw forth its Blumbering energies ; but we are proud to tell you that this is now remedied , * that London is awakened from its slumber like a " giant refreshed , " that its well-organized and powerful trades have come to the rescue , and with their co-operation and assistance , we shall speedily triumph—we sball be enabled to keep np such a welldirected and incessant fire at the bulwarks of corruption , that they will speedily crumble and fall before our united efforts . Everything augurs well for the success
of our cause ; tbe middle class of aociety broken into sections t > y the imbecility of the Whigs , disappointed in the Tesult of the late miscalled " cheap bread" agitation , are already tempted to look deeper for their remedy , to consider the cause rather than fritter their energies upon palliating its effects . We have been accused of coalescing with the Tories , on the part of the men of London . We rebut this assertion—we detest tbe Whigs for their treachery to tbe cause of the people , for their inhuman and unprincipled treatment of our incarcerated brethren ; but we equally detest the Tories , and with both factions we wiil continue to wage unceasing warfare , using tbe one to crush and destroy the other ; but to all honest Reformers vre holdout the hand of fellowship , we invite their cooperation—we claim tbeir assistance . Do they lear tie pows 5 of . tts $ . < bhb , let tkem unite with us . Without
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pnbMo opinion the Torie * atepowertm , andn . nniotf 5 * f . *; . ^ y ?« «»« IWtate- .-. thbfti M a porty tor ever ., TaUJui their « , ly , ttelt fc ,, p ^ Thittm . for half ^ Sf ** g < 2 ? ** - ** demand the whoto ( Hie , rChart * etna * stands M % X > high , too pro *! a position ^ ft » *** * **« « Wma . rW » will not l £ w * he bi « b . the f irm ground of tight and JBatiee / to * thft quicksand , and abajiov . of expediency . W « will «* u k : * ° ? ¦ •»*• - opj * e « iont under whatever «» e 01 . whatever formUjrean its Hydra head . Woman x > f Britain , you hate era been forenott Jn every good , ia every nqbltn cawe , w « entreat yoae assistance
. Tata fc ^ pt ^ miaettUy joa » - cause , * pn have to bear the greater b » utjton—the greater abate of our misery and dtatres * . You here to endure the iamlU audcontnnieJyof a Hanoi . widow andunfeeliBgabop ; keepers , who T > rey upon your indigence and want ; you have , to bear the thousand varieties of domestic vexations , which to the impatient » p * rifc of man , ironld be worwrthan ^ the actual distress , JTou are then even more interested than ourselves in procuring a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . Lend us then your powerful assistance , animate us in the glorious struggle , cheer us by your approbation , enliven us by your presence and we caunet , we will not fall of success .
_ Men and women of Britain , nobly have ye acted in the past period of our rfruggler-bmvely have ye borae persecution , privation , and distress . Patriot after patriot has been torn from your ranks , but yet ye have not flinched from the cause . Ye have never deserted the principles of your Charter—ho counter agitation has led you astray—no false friends have been able to beguile ye into the enemies ranks ; if you have acted thus nobly in the infancy of our cause , what may we not expect of you , now that it hath started into manhood—now that we have become an object ot dread and dismay to out enemies ; we call upon you in the words of the imuiotUl Homer"Bernen , be what ye were before , Or weigh the great occasion and be more . "
Now Is the » i «« njfor acUoj&diaw is the period for increased and iqcrcttijtg wtertfda Let us shew to our noble champions , who will shortly be restored tons , that though a Vile Government bad incarcerated their bodies , yet their spirit , the spirit of liberty has animated our bosems , and enable us to spread the cause throughout the length and breadth of the land . Onwar * ajfctfUr the gopd cause—slacken-not inypur exertions—press forward unceasingly to the high prfee we have In view , and'in no part of the land wijlyou meet with more Esaloui supporters , more determined adherents than in the Chartists' of London .
J . Fussbll . G . Humphries . " * C . F ., GOODFELLOW T . Mills . W . Dbakb . P , MGbath . Ti flCKBBSGILL . & . JMIT 0 . JJmoHt . ¦ -. i ^ W . jftittKEK . XffCPjfr Ridley . ( 3 .,-Matthews . Jif WOUTUINGTON . QL Walton . ' 1 . Wilson . W . H . WihKins . . — - Simpson . f —¦ Nodder , ' . ' . G . JORDON .
; A . Hogg . THOlirt M . Wheeler , sub-Secretary . * See Iff 38 of the English Chartist Circular % •> .. " y ^ q . .. ^ -
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SHEFFIELD . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Fearcus O'Connor , Esq — The Chartists of Sheffield have resolved to welcome O'Connor , the friend of tho people , with a grand public entry and dinner , oe Wednesday , September 29 du An active committee has been appointed , and every arrangement will be made fitting for the reception of the man whom tbe people delight to honour . The Glorious Thirt y nine !—At a late meeting of the Sheffield Chartists the following resolution , proposed by Mr . M'Kettorick , was passed unanimously : — "That the sincere thanks of this meeting are gwen to Sharmau Crawford , Esq ., General
Johnson ,, Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., and the other members of the House of Commons who composed die glorious minority of thirty-nine , who supported the rights of the people . At the same time , this meeting feels bound to express its indignation at the conduct of Messrs . Roebuck and Leader , who were returned to Parliament , pledged to the principles of Chartism ; and this meeting trusts that the Radical electors and uoa-electors of Bath and Westminster will not fail to call their misrepresentatives to account for their treacherous conduct . Lastly , this meeting expresses its deep dis&ust at the conduct of Mr . Ward , the Member tor this borough , promising that gentleman that when he shall again appear before the people of Sheffield , he will Hot escape that reception his deeds so well entitle him to . "
Sunday Evening Lecture . —A . numerous and respectable audience assembled in the Associationroom , on Sunday evening last . It had been announced that Mr . Barker was to lecture on " The necessity of an abolition of the House of Lords . " That gentleman , however , did not attend ; illness , we believe , was the cause of his absence . Mr . Clark apologised for the non-appearance of the lecturer , but hoped that Mr . Harney would favour the assembly with an address . Mr . Harney was not prepared to lecture , but would certainly have no objection to address thoso present . Mr . H . then Bpoke for about an hour , showing the necessity of a Radical Keform of the House of Commons , if the people wonld accomplish any other real Reforms .
Mr . H . triumphantly argued the right of the working class to the franohise , and , in reference to the ignorance of the people , showed that where that ignorance existed , it was the work of the priesthood , who had , in all ages , and all climes , been ever the perpetrators of the ignorance and slavery of the mauy , and the apologists and upholders of the despotism of the few ; the inimitable manner in which Mr . Harney showed up tho hypocrisy and knavery of the priesthood well nigh convulsed his hearers with laughter , and afforded the utmost gratification to all present . —Mr . Gill them addressed the meeting , taking for his text the golden rule of " Do unto others as you would wish to be done by , " showing
that it was not those who had that rule upon their lips who showed they had it jn their hearts . Those who practised the rule were the scorned . afflicted , despised , trampled-upoH people . Mr . Gill next vindicated the cJaims of the female sex to an equality of rights with the male , and concluded a lengthy and excellent speech by earnestly appealing to his hearers to labour ta make known the glorious principles of Chartism among their kindred and kind . —Mr . Otley next addressed the meetii ^ j , calling their attention to the abominations of Mae accorded- " silent system . " In tho course of iy * address he touched upon the hypooTitical conduct © I tho humanity-mongers and anti-BlaYery-ba ^ ler * . ajao " . wett exposed their rascality .
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Ti ? buc MErnNo . ^ As annd < fi ^ in the Jist'riaaiber of the Sf ar , a public meeting was held in the Large Room , Fig Tree Lane , on Monday evening , to oohsider the propriety of petitioning ttaUsoftebt for anflaqof / y inio * h « wrkiDg and abolition of the infamMKBtleot system , and also for tbe liberation of all political . prisoners . At eight o ' clock the room was vrtli fiUfed . Mr . John Grton was called , to tho dhatr .- ^ M ^ Otley moved lho first resolution—** That this meeting ; having heard statements of cruelties tbe most revolting > b « nifr perpetrated in several of her Majesty ' * Gaols and Houses of Correction , is of opinioa that it ; »> ' * doty .. they owe to , their country . and themselves to petition Parliament for an . enquiry into > the troth of these statements : if
tka ^ found correct , the discipline under which these enormities have . -been committed may be changed ,.: aad tbe ^ parties who have shown themselVefe monsters ^ ra ther than men who hav « ordered or directed ihe barbarous treatment comp lained of , may-meet with that just punishment their iufamouft Conduct bo loudly calls for . " Mr . Oxley spoke At consideraWe length in Bupport of tbe resolution , < showing that misgovernmeat was the cause of poverty and ignorance , and these were tho parent 8 « ot * ifle and crime . " The unfortunate toiler ( said Mr . O . ) denied the employment he sought , withheld tbe labour by which in the sweat of his brow > be was willing to earn tbe bread of life , having no resource- but the'hated workhouse , in which he
must be separated from his wife and babes ; shrinking from entering the accursed bastile he flies to the beer-sbop . ' vttnd-there meets the poacher , who boasts of being able to make his pound or thirty shillings by a night or two ' s work ; the wretched . man . hunger gnawing at bis heart , and the ortes of his children for bread . rioging . rn his ears , consents to join the poachers' band ; tis not long ere he is pounced upon by the satellites of aristocracy , he is dragged to a prisouj and there on the treadmill suffers all tho horrors familiar to the public ear ; he leaves his dungeon a changed man—changed horribly for tin worse ;* . theS result is , he enda jbia career on the scaffold , or drags on a wrejtohed . existence on some penal shore . The system drives the man to the commission of crime , and then punishes by torture and death the unhappy
criminal . How different was the lot of the working man in free America ; there , there was little crime , because a just government secured to the working man the fruits of his labour . True , all was not perfection in the United States ; still things were widely different there and here . Mr . Buckingham , in describing in a late work of his , the condition of the farm labourers of America , tells us that the wages of a labourer is a dollar a day , ox something like twenty four shillings a week , 1 a addition they had three substantial meals a day , at least he should call them substantial , when for breakfast besides tea and coii ' eo , they could have cold roast meat or broiled ham . ( Cheers . ) In hay and harvett-time they had four meals a day , with every variety at each . The
people mere well fed , well dressed , and- jrell educated ; there were no baer-shops , every man brewed his own ale . Living thus , and each saving a competence for old age , there was no crime—bousebretLking was an offence never beard of ; there was no prosecutions at the sessions , and hence no need of justices , magistrates , clerks , constables , police , informers , and all the rest of the endless tribe of useless and vicious beings that in England fattened upon the labouring classes . Such were the fruits of good government , and if they would bring to an end the present crimes and miseries , they must struggle to put down the system that caused them . ( Cheers . )—Mr . M'Kettbick seconded the resolution in an able speech , in whioh he showed the unjust difference
made between the ptmiahment of the wealth ; and the poor , citing and commenting upon the uotorious case of Medhurat , in support of his argument , and stating it as his firm opinion , that tbe present hellish prison discipline was part and parcel of the fiendish Malthusian system for driving out of existence ( he unfortunate poor . —The Chairman put the resolution , whioh was carried unanimously . —Mr . Gill moved the second resolution , " That while this meeting have resolved upon petitioning the Legislature ( or inquiry into , and amendment of , the present prison discipline , this meeting cannot separate without expressing its conviction that that system of Government is radically false and bad under which the rich reap all the benefits , and the poor meet all
the penalties , of the law . And this meeting , having little hope of class legislators effectually reforming the wrongs and grievances of the toiling many , is ot opinion that only will just laws be exeeuted in righteousness and equity , when that the law-framers are responsible to , because elected by , the whole people . " In support of the resolution , Mr . Gill eulogised the patriots suffering in the dungeons of tyranny for that which Was now held to be the greatest of crimes —that of thinking for themselves , and demanding those rights concerned upon them by the Deity . Mr , Gill concluded an excellent speech by entreating his hearers to do their duty , atid struggle until the vile system was brought to an end . —Mr . Buxt » & seconded the resolution . It had Been often said
. that in this country there was one law for the rich 'and another for the poor ; of this he had witnessed the proof . He had seen a man—a hard-working , honest man , dragged- to the bar to- « uaw « r for the crime of shooting a partridge . He bore ant unexceptionable character , had never before been charged with any offence , yet did the Judge sentence him to seven years' transportation . ( Cries of " Shame . ") The same day , before the same Judge , was tried a man charged with destroying the life of bis own son . The youug man had been at a fair , and returned home at one or two o ' clock in the morning : some quarrelling took place between the father and the son , when the former took down a loaded gun and
shot the latter . The young man died in a few minutes * , but ere he expired , as he lay weltering in his blood , he stretched his hand to his father , begging hia forgiveness : this the wretch refused to give . ( Expressions of horror . ) For this crime he was tried , and sentenced to twelve months'imprisonment . Why was this ? Because he was a rich farmer , and not a woiking man . ( Shame , shame- )—Mr . Parkes , Methodist preacher , supported the resolution in a speech of sterling eloquence . He denounced the devilish cruellies committed in the public gaols of this country , save it was that in savage New Zmland , or barbarous Hindostan . There was not moie atrocious laws than those of the Christian
laud . He declared himself a Chartist who is not to be humbugged by any half-and-half measure of Household Suffrage ; no , he was for the whole hog ; he waa for the people ' s rights in full , and no compromise . ( Cheers . ) The hour was fast coming when tho people would no longer bear with these atrocities . O'Connor , on his liberation , had lighted that dime which would ero long set England in a blaze , bring despotism to the dust , and establish the reign ot uuiversal-liberty . Mr . Parkes resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering . The chairman put thfl resoJHtion which was carried . —Mr . Julian
Haiuey moved the adoption of the petition . Ho described the horrible sufferings of the unfortunate inmates of Wakefield Hell . Let them bear in mind that this treatment was not enforced only upon felons , the victims of a liberal system . No , their brother patriots were sufferers too . William Ashton than whom a brighter , better man never trod English ground—( cheers)—was subjected to those fiendish tortures ; he would give them an instance of the tender mercies of tyranny ' s tools . On the day of the West Riding nomination , poor Ashton , eluding the vigilance of the keepers , contrived to gain the upper part of the prison , where , from a window , he ? aw the Chartist candidates , with their gallant 6 uppcrters , enter the town in procession .
Poor Ashton saw the loved banners of green , and heard the cheering shouts of his compatriots , the noblemen of Barnsley , what must have been his feelings ? He ( Mr . H . ) would leave the meeting to imagine ; but mark the sequel ; his tormentors came to know that poor Ashton had thus gratified his eyes and ears , and to g \ ut their rage , they , pitiful , spiteful ruffiuns that they are , sent him to the solitary cell , with bread and water for his food . ( Shame . ) Peter Hoey , a man healthy and strong ere he had been consigned to that accursed place , was now , it was to be feared , a cripple for life . Penthorpe was lying in the Sheffield infirmary , a doomed man , speedy death , or a life of disease , it was feared , would be his lot . He should , at another time , call
their attention to Holberry's case . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . H . ) knew a little of the sileut system from personal Bufferings . The meeting would remember that ere the Whigs took office , from whioh , in spite of all their craft and viilany , they were now , thank God driven—( cheers)—that these same Whigs were great sticklers for the liberty of the press . —'' The liberty of the press , syd they , is like the air we breathe , if we have it not we politically die . " Mr . Deiiman , now Lord Denman , declared when the infamous six acts were passiug through the legislature , that in vain might the Government try to put these laws into execution unless they were prepared to place a dagger at the throat of every man who could use a pen ; yet so
soon as these hypocrites were in power , did they commence a crusade against the press ; ihey imprisoned Cariile for two years , they imprisoned Carpenter for six months , they twice for that term imprisoned Hetherington , and in vainly labouring to put down one publication only , the Poor Man ' s Guardian , published in defiance of the law to try the power of right against might . ^ They imprisoned upwards of five hundred persons ; he had the honour to be one of these ; thrice ere he was twenty , years of age they had dragged him to their vile dungeons , and in that den of darkness , Cold Bath-fields prison , he had tasted a little of the silent system . But
horrible as that place is , it was paradise itself compared with the London Bastile , the hell-hole building at Holloway , in which the unhappy inmates were never to see the human face , or hear the human voice , save that of their tormentors which could hardly be called human , in whieh men totally secluded from each other , were to be masked and hooded , and there sent unwept , unknown to their silent graves . At Dewsbury he- had asked Lord Morpeth for what dark purposes was this hellish place iutended 1 He got no answer , but as he told the noble lord at the time standing side b y side with him on the same hustings , he bp aeved , in hia bouI he believed , that . tbAti axrcursVi place was in-
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tended tor a politiei ^ quj ^ tion —( cries of hear >—if so , - his laughed the ttrinta to scorn , he defied them . ( CaeersA Leithei MMt * racj » m& « K *' »?»? . dream that by . such , means i&fricooMvatifle jto wicTof liberty , or item ¦ ; , *§ © Mlowroe £ de of 4 embcracv . for i | they did « her would find themselves miserabV deceived ; ihe , imbecile , monarch and sooundrel aristocrats of Franoeboasted in thestareBgta of jtheir baatUe ,, bat Ura morning ' s sun of the li ' M of JuW rose on a people determined to be free ^ ana mr e night fell , the bastile waa crumbled iatathe dost . ( Great cheering . ); Lei , i , hV ari $ tow ^/ emember jhat , and let theia know that the leadajs . of- WJ Phftrtiet mnvamonta « . ta men . srho havinff 8 e » WetT
hands to the plough , will not turn bick f and tfyMjgh their doom may be to rot ia model prisons ,, or drag on barbarous shorts the exile ' s chain , or it may be to lay down their lives on the « c * fibld , no matter , they have sworn , —and well will they keep their oaths—to make the Charter the blw of the land . ( Enthusiastic cheers . )—Mr . Harrison seooBded tho adoption of the petition , which was unaaimoualy agreed to . —Mr . Harney moved "That the petitipn be signed by the Chairman in name of the meeting , and that it be entrusted to Thomas Duncombey £ s < l for presentation , and that Mr ,. Sharman Crawford and General Johnson be requested to support its prayer . " Carried . The meeting dissolved .
** Gi vk em KokB Church !"—A circular , of which the following is a copy , was received through the post a tew day ' s since by a Sheffield Chartist : — " Si h , —I have ventured to enclose an envelope addressed to myself , presuming that you will kindly consent to forward a small donation , to assist in defraying the expense incurred in tbe erection of a church , in the township of Briercliffs , within the Chapelry of Burnley for whioh I Am whoUy responsible . " The need of it has been most deeply felt , the towsship now containing above two thousand peopte , wh # . with very few exceptions , are in the greatest poverty , Mar hand-loom weavers , and In a deplorable state of spiritual destitution . . : = 1 "The neatest point in . whichthere is any co » slderaWe number ol inhabitants la about three miles , anil the fantiest extremity not less than six miles diitaat from Bornley Church . X ; ' ' . -
• ' The immense benefit likely to accrue bom the accomplishment of to desirabla an pbje « t » will , I trust , be considered a sufficient apology fo ? this intrusion . ; ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' "t have the honour to be , ¦"¦ ¦ " Sir , , ¦ ¦ •¦ " ¦ ¦ " Tour obedient and faithful Servant , ' . " KOBEHT MOSXET MA 8 TKE , " Incumbent of Burnley , Lancashire . ' " Burnley , Aug 25 > 1841 . " As stated in the foregoing , an envelope ( looking very much like a money bag , ) accompanied the same , ft whieh the fortunate receiver was to enclose a money-order , or , if agreeable , a few iooae bank-notes , to the Rev . Robert Moaley Master ,
Burnley , LiaoMhire . " The best of the joke is , that our friend happens to be a dissenter , and , as m » y be imagined , Bears no great love to Old Mother Church . Really the-presumption of the Burnley parson , in "presuming ' to send all the way to the "city of soot ' for the ^ siller" to help him to build bis " gospel-shop , " is vastly amosiog . The persoa who received the circular knows no more abopfc the Burnley parson than he docs about the man ia . the moon . It may be asked , how is it , then , that his " reverence" came to trouble our friend . with " his envelope" 1 The probability is , that his CferictJshighM ^ got hold ^ of » ^ Sheffield Directory , and is , at random ^ inundating the town with his holy missives ; 'Tis a pUy 3 & " reverenca" fc -not more cautious , as if thu » he owfa " stand and deliver , " h * may haspen to * nrn hisilngers , unless be knowaliia
man . A wora "to . the Burnley parson on tM M spiritual dawitution" of tho * BriercJiffij handloom weavers . " We have ] been at 3 oraley , and we , too , ean vouch-fr the poverty of the Reverend Mbsley Mask r /» fleck , and we . would recommend t © that Rererend Gentlemiav that instead of building more new churches , he directs his attention to the temporal wants , tod the physical lt destitution , " of his charge—what humbug to talk of filling , a hungry man ' s belly by ramming a church-steeple down his throat ! Talk of " big loaves" indeed , that would be a- " big loaf " and no mistake I' But this is the good old remedy ; for social ills ^—give ' em more charoh—give ' em mozo parsons—more Bibles—and more bullets—they are the remedies , warranted , like Morison ' s Pills , to care all popular diseases ! But it won ' t do ; the days of priestly humbug are numbered— " Othello ' s occupation ' s gone . "
Association Meetito . —The Association met on Tuesday evening , Mr . John Green presided . Moved by Mr . Harney , seconded by Mr . Needham , that the price of tickets to tbe dinner to be given to Feargua O'Connor , Esq ., on Wednesday , September 29 th , be ladies tickets , Is . 6 d . ; gentlemen , 2 s ^ agreed to nrtannmmsrr . On the motion of Mr . Bacton , Messrs . Otley and Harrison were appointed a deputation to . obtain a place of meeting for Dr . M'Douall , that talented patriot intending to lecture in Sheffield , on ihe evenings of Tuesday and Wednasday r ^ eptember 14 & . » nd 15 th . Moved by Mr . Gill , seconded by Mr . Needham , that a letter be seat to Messrs . Ward and Parker , the memrjere for the borough , requesting their support to the petition adopted yesterday evening , and thanking them for their past efforts in
behalf of the Sheffield victims , and soliciting their further help in bthaif of tbe suffering patriots ; agreed to unanimously . Mr . Harney brought the case of Samuel Holberry before the meeting , and read the letter from that suffering patriot to William Martin , published in the Northern Star of Saturday lasr . Mr . Harney moved that the following persons , with power to add to their number , be appointed a committee to take measures for obtaining tho liberation ; Or , at least , the mitigation of the punishment of the Sheffield victims , viz . Messrs . Otley , M'Kettrick , Gill , Buxton , Harrison , and Gilby , seconded by Mr . Needham , carried . On the motion of Mr . M'Kettrick , Mr . Harney was added to the committee . The meeting adjourned . '
K . IDDEIUY 1 INSTER —The Chartists of this town held a metting at the White Horse Inn , on . Thursday last , when a fresh Council waa chosen , and the following resolution was proposed by Mr . Holloway , and seconded by Mr . Sharp , " That we , the Chartists of Kidderminster , do again join the National Charter Association , and use every legal means iri our power to support the same . " BURTON . —The Chartists of this place have opened a room at Mr . Tyzack ' s , High-street , for the purpose of lecturing . At the opening , a number of members sat down to an excellent supper prepared by the worthy landlord on the occasion , who is a strong Chartist , and independent of Whig or Tory . Several members were enrolled , and dancing and singing were carried on till a late hour , when the health of O'Connor was drunk with three time three .
ACCR 1 NGTON . —On Sunday last , a delegate meeting took place in Blackburn , for the purpose of better organising the Northern Division of Lancashire , and to take into consideration the necessity of employing a leoturer to spread the principles of Chartism through e ^ ery towa , hamlet , and village , in this division , when delegates from Accrington , Blackburn , Burnley , Colne , Chorley , Clithero , Preston , Lancaster , and Haslingden , were present ; Mr . Baines , delegate for Blackburn , was called to the chair , and Mr . Lund , of Lancaster , acted as secretary . The business of the meeting commenced by Mr . Beesley , of Accringt . > n , stating to the meeting , the object for which it was called . He said he had done all he could to spread the principles of the
Charter , and arouee the people to a sense of their duty , and to effect a union amongst them ; but he found he could do little of himself , until the towns and villages could be brought to act in union together . He thought it indispensably necessary that a delegate meeting should be called to take into their consideration the propriety of calling out some able lecturer , to effect a better organization amongst them ; he ,, therefore , had taken the responsibility , of calling that meeting , upon himself , and if the delegates ' thought he had been too presumptive in doing so , that , they would bear with him , as be bad done it in his opinion for the best . Each delegate expressed himself well satisfied with his conduct , and a discussion ensued . Mr . Beesley moved ,
nud Mr . Slater-seconded . " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that lecturers for the Northern Division of Lancashire , is much wanted , and that the delegates now assembled , do agree to engage one . " Moved by Mr . Humphrey Odlieum , and seconded by Mr . John Slater , " That Mr . Richard Marsden be engaged as the lecturer , if he agree to the terms proposed by the delegates , and that he be engaged for six weeks . " Moved by Mr . Lund , and seconded by Mr . Slater , "That Mr . Robert Cunliff , of Blackburn , be appointed treasurer . " Moved by Mr . Holgate , seconded by Mr . Sumner , 'That the subsecretaries of the different towns immediately inform the district , secretary of the most convenient time for the lecturer to visit their respective places ,
and also to send a dividend of the sum promised towards the support of the lecturer and the addresses of the sub-secretaries . " Moved by Mr . Lund , and seconded by Mr . Holgate , " That the secretary be empowered to draw up a list of the places , and the order in which they will be visited , and publish , them in the Northern Star , also empowering the secretary to call out the lecturer as soon as a sufficient sum of money has been received for the pur-. pose . " The resolutions were all carried unanimously . After some business had been gone through , a discussion arose respecting the propriety of Chartist lecturers adopting the total . abstinence pledge ,
when the following resolution was passed : — " That it is the opinion of the delegates here assembler ] that while £ 50 , 000 , 000 sterling of the produce of tho labour of the industrious classes of this country is , expended upon intoxicating drinks , ignorance , slavery , misery , crime , poverty , aud destitution will always be prevalent amongst us . " The delegates request that those places who are desirous ot forming this district , and naming" the "visits of the lecturer , will immediately inform the secretary the sum they will subscribe towards his expences , and the time it will be most convenient for them to have him .
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" Bristol , August 24 th , 184 L » DEaH Sis , —Yoa "Will pleasa to excuse the liberty wtici a gtr&nger takes in thus addressing a letter to you . But I am encouraged in doing eo by reading the Cob 2 e stand which you and yeur little band « f real patriots fcave made against the base , bloody , and brutal factions , both Whig and Tory , alike the foes of liberty . O ! it does rejoice me to my very heart ' s care when the thought strikes me that tbe English ., Irish , Scotch , and Welsh shall one day be united in ooe holy bond of brotherhood , agitating for one common object , political Bberty and equality . Then I say the people must triumph over their political oppressors . jtnsther thing I haTe long wished to see , acd , thank God , tis coming fast , when religious animosities must
fell to tire ground , and brotherly love , and Chfitian kindness , one to another , start « p ia . its stead . Bui , mark , this is what oar enemies dread ; they want to keep-up religious hatred , to keep ns asunder , lest by joining is lore and friendship , their crimes and tyranny would be exposed to the scorn of a united people , la my bojbood 1 w& » taught to believe that the Catholics were a blood-thirsty lot of men seeking for an opportunity to embrne their hands in the blood of tteir Protestant fellow sahjects , bat it is long since ay eyw were opened ; tis long since I signed petitions for Catholic emancipation ; 'tis long sioce I saw that the Tery men who , in my youth , taught me to hate my ^ Catholic neighbour were the blood-thirsty oppressors of my poor Protestant fellow countrymen , as well as of
-the hard fated Catholics of Ireland . I reeolleet the -gas when your enemies ana mine had nothing to do tat say to the people here in Bristol that the Pope was ¦ coming , wben men , and myself amongst the rest , felt more lite savages than Christians . We were savage at tbe mere name of the Pop * . But now , thank God , 1 see Catholic and Protestant geisg hand in hand for liberty . 2 f ow , I can hear Protestant England crying out justice for Catholic Ireland . Can the voices of tw » millions one hundred thousand znen , all , all shouting for liberty , be kept ranch longer in slavery ? No , they yfc * n fee heird ; their grievances must be redressed , the ? are heard in Heaven . I am a Protestant , yet 1
would unfetter my Catholic fellow subjects as soon and as Trilling as I wouli unfetter myself . I say , then , go on , my friends , my brothers , and Gad Almighty bless ye « and crown your efforts for political liberty with Buocets . Be not daunted at the proceedings of the supporters of the base Whigs ; their eyes will soon be opened to tbe treachery of the perfidious men who bribe patriots with fat places ; men who have spent thousands of pounds to destroy the popularity of the Irish leaders . But they cannos crush two mighty nations seeking for liberty in reality , and no mistake . 1 ay ag&in go on with courage , and may the great God bless your society , and your excellent Christian pastor , father Bran , and I remain
" Your fellow Advocate for the " Rights « F tbe Wcnkicg Classes , "U » People ' s Charter , " JOHS COPP « To Patrick O'H-ggina , No . 14 , ' " North Anne-street , 3 > ublin . "
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TO THB EDITOR OP THB X 0 BTHEB 5 8 TAK . Sir , —The Great Creator has , in tha arrangements of his wisdom and goodness , bo constituted the human mind as to be capable , in onr relative condition , of loving , pitying , and grieving on each other's account Now , Sir , I must tell you , that my sister , Charlotte Lawks , who was the subject of mental derangement , had to be confined in Wsxeneld Atyiom . Her p ^ ents being poor , yet honest , had to apply to the overseers of the parish to which she belonged , and , by their instructions , my sister was confined in the above Asylnm . At difierent times I made it a rule to go from . Nottingham to see her . In accordance with that rule , I left Nottingham , where her father and mother are still living , on August the 29 th , thinking to see my sister . When I xot to Wakefleld , I inquired of the matron of the Asylum , if I could see Charlotte Lowks . The answer I received was she was dead , and has been dead fonr month * "Dead ? " I exclaimed ! "Yes , "
* 3 A tfc **» plj * Fueling * eC ftupriae , grief , aad instigoation , attarnately distracted my brain . 'How ' waa it , I demanded , you did not let her friends snow of her death ? The answer was , " If her friends had placed her here , we should have done so , but the overseers placing her here , we let them know immediately , and they ought to have let you know . " With this answer 1 was perfectly satisfied . I expressed my disapprobation of the inhuman conduct of tbe overseer , and the clerk of the Asylum did the same , and said it was not the Erst time that complaints of the came kind had been made , and that the managers of Asylums were
often blamed for the wilful neglect of overseers . 1 then went to Chorlton , near Barnsley , to the overseer , to inquire after my sister . Be said she waa dead" Dead ? . " I repeated . " Yes , " was the cold reply . " How long has she been dead ? " I demanded . "Four months , " the monster replied . "How was it you did not let her friends know ? " I asked . " Because she was a pauper , " he replied , " and the law only illows one day between a pauper dying and being buried , so I thought it was not worth while to let you know , being , as she was a pauper . " This was all the sympathy the cold-blooded overseer manifested towards the feelings of surviving friends .
The insertion of the above in your valuable paper will much oblige Yonr ' s , truly , Edward Lowks . Castlegate , 'Nottingham , Sept . 2 nd , 1 S 41 .
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ADDRESS OF THE CONNOR AND O'BRIEN DEMONSTRATION COMMITTEE . To the Brave Men and Virtuoui Women of Manchester , and Us gurrounding Neighbourhood . FfilBNDS , FfiLLOW TOWNSMEN AND TOWNSwomeh , —The Caged Lion and Chieftain of the brave and good , the champion of universal liberty , and determined enemy , to tyranny and oppression , ia again at liberty , breathing the free air of Heaven , more determined than ever to break down the unholy system
of class legislation , which is rapidly spreading ruin and devastation througbout the length and breadth of tbe land , and-preparing England , . ( once "tlie envy o / turrbiding nations , and admiration of the world ") for beodming a degraded province , or a desolate- ' wildern 4 es . Teg , the single minded Feargua Is again using his mighty personal exertions , for the purpose of overturning this monstrous system , and of establishing aponltHTuiiiB that perfect system of equality which can alone be obtained by the adoption of the People ' s Charter .
Also , tbe truly noble and uncompromising O'Brien , the schoolmaster of tbe age , and the dread of tyrants , will , - on the > -24 th inst , leave the-dungeon ' s gleoin , , ag « n ? jto $ lefcfettie cauM of justice and humanity . Wetherefore call upon you , brave men and virtuous women of Manchester , immediately to prepare to receive them in Manchester , on Monday , the 27 * h , inat , in a manner that will convince them , that the more they are persecuted , the more yon love and esteem them ; and show to the tyrant * that tbe millions are coming forth determined to destroy the blasting , degrading , pauperising , and infamous system which has been brought forth in blood , cradled in corruption , and matured in a nation ' s misery .
Yes , come forward on Monday , the 27 th inst , in your countless thousands , and demand in a voice of thunder , the total annihilation of class-legislation ; make it a day long to b& > remembered , a day to be recorded ia the annals for the perusal of future generations , as reflecting honour upon you , as being the day which shook tyranny to its fall , and sent it into the abyss of oblivion . The Committee beg to assure yoa that with your aid and assistance , no exertions upon their part shall be spared to make this town ' s demonstration such an one as thy people of Manchester never before witnessed . Signed on behalf the Committee , Jaml ' s Harrison , Chairman . James Wood , Secretary .
P . S . —The Committee meet every evening at 9 , Wliittle-street , Oldham-street , Manchester , where pecuniary assistance to carry out the above object will be glad . ' y received and duly acknowledged , and every information given .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct720/page/7/
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