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jO IBB BBTEREND PATBICK RYAW , PJ > ., DON ABATE . Bozsatey , October . 3 rd , ISO . SetKleto Sia , —Ab eterjfepithet tkst tbe English tanas * contains , has ben applied fc > onr actions , wtflsra&ttggiias' to obtain the franchise , tj Mr . O-Cooa&Q . and & * having amongst other equally ^ foanied assertions stigmatised tbe" Chartists of VnrV » d t * Oraapewat » 4 r « rte , 'W « mta » OB this osBortanity of addressing you Sir , on * ha -object- feeling confident Iran yew knowledge of onrreBgioA , thai you wffl endsaiourta remove the snfavoBrabl * impression which s « h impatattens an jjjoii ^ d to make apon the nisds of ok unhappy totbrettia Ireland . .. ' - " ¦ ¦¦
. ., We address you , Sir , alas to express the delight we jjlbaTi experienced on hearing thai 70 * bars joiaed oor r" > fr » hy becoming a member of tke Irish Caiveraai Suffrage Association . Yean , Severed Sir , hsve rotted into eternity , and msay wno received eoneolatiott boa yonr instructions and sympathy an mingled withtbe dad&aeefoaleftthUtovii . Tet a vivid reeoUeetiaB of your exalted piety and talents atill Utm in ear ^ ft gemfl TJ .- . . Yea , Sat many Unas aaoe- yow defttxtsre , both in private a&d in public , bare we ptayed . fer the well being of that beloved i ' wto / i who , whikk directing our thoughts to the Throne of Grace , pitted . and straggled to smelioratB onr wretched condition in thi * . worid .
Revered Sir , when we reflect on the almost universal o ap . WTMKnn of power , rank , wealth , aad inflMnm , tint are anajed against our eilbris to protect industry ; sad the calumny , persecution , and undying maliguity vita which we have bseeassaOed on . all sides , by those too lire on long-standing abases , Ibe knowledge that you , Sit , approve of the great principles contained in the Garter , giiesus infinite delight ; and the pi wiring hope ii excited In 00 bosoms that many will follow you gjorions example . Then may unhappy-Ireland expect to be tee from bs prewafcload of affliction . Hitherto osr coniamg and generous headed brethren in Ireland brobeen tossed about like a shuttle cock , for political expediency and indiTidual n ^ gumfl t ^ m ^ nf- Tftmr tserps * bare been wasted in attempting to remove sanot . wrongs , whilst the power that inflicts them ranaiajinfnllvigour .
Tana' of thousands have gone down , to premature gtsves , surrounded with misery i ""* f § Tiitrli *** g tyiiifmyet the same system of class lfginiatinrij T » T * Tlrifn * tmtioa , and abject wretchedness eontiiiuea-J Hitherto , vita few-exceptions , we have been the dupes of deatga * inj knifes , and used as mere tools to answer the nzknuTiswsof ambitions men , without any regard to principle . This lamentable state of things we fondly hope is dzawing to a dose . In the Charter we reoog-Biie thon gnat fosdamental prindplas opon which an ptpchr and free Goremments ooght to exist , and without vMeh liberty is only a phantom , that may be destroyed by the caprice or whim of aa indftridval , a&d the profits of industry made the inheritance of the prMleeed few .
Berered Sir , ooght we , then , to stand in auEen aptihy , when we see oar companions in affliction con * trading irith ttiii hydra-beaded monster , dass Jegiala ttoo—when we see the naSos OTerwbelm « d witii an enormcnn debt , which is daQy increasing , to meet the isTish and wmnnwaiuj expenditure of aa irreaponaible power—when the errors , ifflprodeneiec , inTotentary transgressions , and imaginary oBaazar of poor man are pmishedwiaittjerDostiefifledtortare—wbea the cry of natare , the aecents of despair , aod Qw petitions of tte people are treated whh haughty and bitter contempt ,
and the ears of the Sovereign an closed against the afflicted sappliesat— -when the charity of the beneroknt i * Joekedwp by harsh law * and polk * regulation , wbOst the hopeless and starring poor are sent to prison ai rogoes and Tagaboods , for woBdOBg assistancew&en we see atrocities committed by the W gh * r order via impunity , like the priTileged classes of ancient Rome and Athens , arrogating to themselves all poro , inteJIigesa * , Tirtn& , and weaith , as ttteir rigat bj mbaitanee , whilst the Throne is surrounded with pompoas and nnprineipled minioosnoiang in nnbonnded iujuy aad extraTBganee ?
Kt > . -Berered and Hooonred Sir , yonr afld thongh energetie andmanl ? rebuke to those -who-would wisb to f ^ eni yoor actions , tell us forcibly your noble asnti-JaentB on this bead . The knowledge of this shall stimnkte-M to renewed exertions to obtain the political eE " aPdnw > mrot of ail the Tirtnons aad good in the empire ; {« obi efforts are not directed to the benefit of any one class , creed , or locality to the exclnsion of saciier , all areinclnded in the Charter without distincbon of partj , sect , or colour
. "j . long regretted the unfounded ealnmniee i ** - O'Cojmell against our body , and endeaironred io dueorer tive cause of bis bitter enmity , bat Wtfiumt efiect Did such proceedfrom bis ignorance of OMpohtiad priBcip !^ we migbt be able to reconcile ~ ^ BDt -nta per&tions against us , to other circumraieesrf bis extraordinary career ; but this cannot be j *> f » , seeing that the copy of the Charter bean ins K ^ a ^ re , which we imagine he would not h&Te attached ^ e ss ha approred of , and wsaconTersantwith its con . ««*• Oh ! bnt be says , the Chartists of England are vraagemen . Can xutfhvag be more false than this ? _ He fearlessly appeal to you . Sir . to m are «* . or
to £ J ? " ° ? " fet W ""^ Joatbat we are rfT ^ 5 ^ 014 * ° " ha tred of *»* mercenary elas * « bu is not more strong than the rest of our C&srtist ™~™» - Oreapmen m Engiaad m aj ^ Mr . O'Cob-SSITl £ B $ ZL ?^ t > r * " -j *^ - eWTl ! Lf LTT tL "hip » nd Tones ; nay they are ESSK ^ ^ tolra ^ « " "Mioritta to slaagater SK ?« f ^ ^ ' 8 hoaId a » ey dare to ahow any Jjnpiffliu of dmffeetioa towards the " powers that T £ ( SL ^; ° '< ^ " . they haTe been found eon-P ^ S wST 01 ^ ^ **» Whi S QoTemment . to protoS ^ ff ^ P ^ aand to create ill-feeling and enmity the eneS ^ J ^ the mercenary tools of tyrants , and Entw ^ f *? 1 ? reU giol" liberty in Ireland and bSm 1 ri ?* 1 Mr- O-Connell should foUow in their »
bZ ! 8 " 1 ^^ Se anomaly . He fnrth » — 7 = " * "ge anomaiy . caiTehiimf « *? a '/ uldGodkno ' irB 1 ireareat 3 los * toeon-» orS Slf £ «?*}*««*«* e * ° »*« TW " thatthe of Irdaai- ^ 5 ,. ? , ^^ " enemies to ^ bbert 7 tadaur be th » *?»»** , knowing tfaat tbey are « ontadSSL ^^ iDclBded in the Paopla ' s Charter , SleW ^^ he Uttered the base and un ^ rate-0 * m ! r . , T I " * eI 1 he knowt **» ttDnifcoral alliance a and influence of wealth which isfiieu so much WaW ^ mS * * ^ * ' we "" now tnvgJinfr , Vbs ™» ** upon him « tf to condemn toilZ ^ . 011411 ' 111 common Honesty to rfbetteri ^ : ^ "Mr . O-Connoripun or method « * nejtenng the condition nf th « lo ™ . !^ , . 1 ... ^ . ¦ , -ar _ 0 Ter that
Sr ottaSSf " ** irepeai o £ ^ ^ ioa ; but will this ^ e 7 »^^ S ct > ntK > ul the power op-• S ^ ^ xt ^ 0 U ] d ^ y ^ *» « ^ pk »» *« « « & » ? S ^ " 0 > CwmeU imag ™ tbit a Parliament wS ^ f ^ iL 66 ^ * ^ e P »»» t eonatttoeney , Effl ^^^ ' But it i , absurd toSS wSSKSS , ? ^ ° ¦** tttfwre ' portbtoh ^ l eTl tS mdeIusion ' lmJeM t *» People haxe con-« ot noSli v *^™ 8 of Government , which they can-5 | 5 S « £ M £ Sr . «^ 2 SE CTt / f ^ P to be gamed , in order that th « mmk ™«
jwo retain any adranteges th ^ obW ^ er ^ SSi ^!? ? * P wditi 0 ° J «» a »• cannot beg SS ^ wi ? . * OCoM » u »<«^ Pwr * himself ¦ Pigitsiat'BajMa ! riS Sr ' tJ ? * *• " eM * " ** « w w * b Keli ^ . abstracting from their miserable pittance . ftsyi aBfiasasr " * - *
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. Tmsting , reTeredSir , that Altaighty Gtod , who has bifteKo aupportod you in thk world « f affiietioa , will give yon * teengA to OTercona all jonr gnwniw . asd to Jfctpport the caase « f U » oppsessed mOlioBa , we JF 0 nuai& f wit 2 i rapoofc KMl Tfts ^ ffTKtfBPi
Yoat Bumble OiTHOMC CHABK 8 T 8 OF Ba&KSLKT DsTid ^ Tjamorf . John kurphf ' JohnLeary Joseph Acton John Elliott , Denia Began ( joBieBtn Holland Daniel Cttmmlns Jeremiah CTLary Pateiek Corrigan John Crowtey ; Patrick Qemey Jo&n ConnsQ ' Patarick Bradley James * agen - ; . : ^ Kirait ; l » a 3 ^ Jeremiah Hagen . JAndrewCoy le William Asbton \ . . . ^ ^ PeterlioiHgan Thomas Conigan " JohnSQerry James I > o 61 y * James Mmrry - Patrid : Hurry ; , . Andrew Keitfa
Sfftbot Joyn « t TfloimwRsgen . 3 "jmottoB » jjen Michaef LeagraTe JametWattPs Patrick Crawford J « aeph Crawford Timothy Murphy JDaonli Mahcmy Patrick Bums William WalMt Meier Rodea John M'Hngb John Biggs Wbl M'Canna&ghiy Peter Rodgers "Patrick Oaharn ' John Cabana JohnMahony Thomas Cahann . Joseph Murphy Peter Pitrpatrick Patrick Milkmaid John If'Lone Thomas Bolland B » minic Branigaa Patrick Kyley Richard M'Obnald Daniel Rogers 'William Carrol
Patrick Carrol Peter Carrol , Sen . William Donnally Patrick O'Brien Daniel Christy Edward MUdoom Patrick Magrone John Harkey John Irroine Andrew Mooney John Anderson Patzkk Casey Francis Mountain John M'Hoey Patrick Moulds Patrick . Daley James Cahill Henry Casey Robert Bag * n Denis Hennagan Hicbael Deane Timothy CrawUgr Tbomas Bnmyan JehnBafferty John Cormell Biohard Markey Patrick Fox Andrew Keith
Thomas Munry James Collins JameaHoey ThovaaMooaey LacghUn Waters Patrick Krvit William 8 wsiney John Kenney John Daae Patrick' Seandlin Paul Cayne Peter Hoey John Cannuf Jamei Fluddy Thomas Qaharo Uichael Marky Niahois * M'Carty James Waters JohnPlanigan Edward King James Hoey Arthar Collins John Carrol Henry Hunt Cellini Michael Colligan DariA Coweo J Tbomas Tobtn Edward Commerf old Peter Carrel , Jan .
N . B . —All tte foregoing namn are tho > 3 of Irish Catholic Chartists . Znia address waa unanimously concurred in by the Bngiisb Chartints of Bamaley , in pabllo meeting assembled . Signed , on behalf of the meethig , DaTid Piimoke , Chairman , ( New Street , Bamsley , Yorkshire . aKSWia . The vary kind aad patriotta addreet of my Catholie breOmKixeaidenk in Ban > sleyr should hsre had aa earlier acknowledgment from me , had tt reached ray hands in due course , but it was delayed at the post office in consequence of the searest post town ( Swords ) baring been omitted on the superscription .
Beliere me , my friends , that no lapse of time shall ease from my memory the grateful recollection of the truly rhri" ^"' piety and devoted-astaehmeDt aad strict attention to the dntiee of their religion which pervaded my little Sock at Bamsley ; and the only drawback to that consolation which your exemplary conduct afforded me was , that I had neither the power nor the talent to better your political condition ; nor to render yon that ft » j « faiyofi which my heart wished , and my conscience dictated , to reeorer those rights which have been filched from you , and far the recoTery of which you are struggling with a steadiness of purpose and adherence to principle whick does honour to human nature . It rejoices me exceedingly to see , as I do , by your address , that that spirit of pease sad amity between my Catholic countrymen resident in Bamsley and our Protestant bretoen , which was then beginning to deTelop its benign t " «« " * , has grown into a cordial , and , 1 trust , permanent union .
It has been said of you , and I am sorry for it , that you are orangemen , but those who say so do not know you , and you mast therefore forgiTe them . God Hem you . Patbick Ryan . Donahate , October 12 th , 1811 . '
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-TO THZ EDITOS OF THE KOBTHESK STARDEAR 81 a , —The following letter has been banded to me by the prisoners eonfined for debt in Scotlandstaeet Gaol , with a request that I would obtain its insertion in your valuable paper . A copy waa transmitted to Hugh Parker , Baq . on the 27 th of September , which has , as yet , been treated with total alienee . Bsteemed as you are , Sir , for your nnfltnehing ad-Toeaey of tbe ^ suse of the poor and the op pre ssed , yoo wQl , I trust , fjiTe the following you kind conaider aiion . I am , Sir , yours truly , GEOBGE JULIAN HlBNET . Sheffield , Oct 19 , 1311 . Sheffield , zfth September , 1841 . Sootiand-street GaoL
STB , —At the request of the prisoners confined for debt in this gaol , aod on behalf of them and myself , J beg to lay before you a few facts relatire to the cruel treatment to which we are exposed , and the miseries we suffer . I am the more -emboldened te this , concurring , as I do in the belief cf my fellow prisoners , that from your known and upright condnet on the Bench , and your impartial desire , as a magistrate , to do justice , possessing , as in Ibis instance you do , full power , you only require to be made acquainted with the hardships to which we are subjected to remore , or , at least , alle-Tiatethcm . All who know Sheffield will know the long depression of trade and its fatal consequences to the working classes , who , though era so well Inclined , cannot , under existing drcumstanees , avoid getting into debt ; they cannot see their wives and children starve ; and therefore , the poor man obtains , through the means of credit , subsistence for himself and family .
Trade , instead of improving , still continues bad , if not growing worse ; be nods he is unable to meet the claims of his creditors , who , as a matter ef course , having every facility to persecute him , sues him in the Court of Bequests , and an order Ii made against him to pay from 3 s . to 5 s or upwards per Court day . This being often repeated seven or eight times by the different creditors prior te full payment of the first order , he has consequently to pay every three weeks seven or eight times 3 s . or more . What position is the unfortnnate debtor in then ? Trade bad , fimily starving , no means of complying with the several orders of the Court against him , bis inexorable creditors , reckless of the
consequence , order out warrants of arrest , adding more expence , which it is impossible for the miserable man to pay , and cast bim into gaol , or , what makes the case a greater hardship still , the avaricious collector , who in the first instance was employed to collect those debts the best way he could , proceeds , lost to every feeling of humanity , determined only on securing his commission and expences , which , in any event , is sure to be paid bim ; for if the debtor goes to gaol , the plaintiff pays , and the poor wretch is placed between the creditor asd collector in an irretrievable predicament , from which long imprisonment and hanger , if not death , alone can release him .
After a day of toll ( if he should be fortunate enough to obtain employ , ) to procure bread for bis almost deastitute family , he has just retired to rest to endeavour , if possible , to bury in sleep the care and torture of his distracted mind ; the bailiff enters ; the poor man must get out of bed , leave his despairing family ; hail , rain , or snow , go he must ; even old age is not exempt : and instead -of a bed , which was to bring repose and rest to his wearied limbs and aching heart , he must lay upon a prison floor , where he may continue to lie till the periods of his several warrants havs expired ; then , and not till then , is be set at liberty , wasted , sickly , and unable t o work even ahoold It offer ,- while in turn , his wife and family are starring on parish allowance . Such appalling suffering as this human nature would shudder to behold , but where unknown , of course , it cant be felt
Under these circumstances , I beg leave respectfully to call your attention to the undermentioned cases , which will clearly exemplify the foregoing statements : — George Rowbotham has a wife and seven children ( six under seven yean of age ); his earnings for a considerable time previously to his imprisonment , did not exceed Its . or 12 s . per week , oat of which he had to pay 2 s . 6 d . for house rent , and 3 s . 3 d . for wheel ditto , leaving only 6 s . 3 d . out of 12 a . to support himself and family , as well as having to pay for grinding stones used la his trade . Being unable to procure the common necessaries of life , rather than * pply to the parish , be pledged his furniture , then bis own wearine apparel ,
and lastly , his wife and children's . He was sued six times in the Sheffield Court , and ordered to pay 3 s . on Court day in each ease , or 6 s . a week ; ultimately be was obliged to apply to the parish , sad was allowed 10 s . a week te support himself , wife , and seven children . New , how was it possible to pay 6 a a week into Court oat of this allowance ? In default , he was cast into gaol , where he has been confined 231 days , and has to remain 70 mere , to complete the period of his imprisonment His gaol allowance , aad his wife and family ' s parish pay , will amount to nearly £ 20 , and he will only have paid by serving the . gaol £ 14 3 s . and go out in debt at last .
I leave it to yon , Sir , whethsr or not this is a ease worthy the notice and comiaisMBfcoa of the humsna aad charitable .
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. Oat of the weekly avenge number of , prisoners inear-CBZftted in this gaol , vix , one hundred and ten , these might be found sixty or seventy exafirpie * almost as bad u this , bob t » Moid tiesj > aaria ^ > oo mvotjoa jreos-ttipe , I shall mer ^ rii M in d « ts ^ a > wt ^ ort cs ^ s ^ a * would , I am sorry to «« j , jptywt MiMfn ^ te ^ p ic ture ^ fnllypottrtrayeu . --- - * - ~ - Jajnej Watson , soed tea tiwesr-ordeni of Court amount to . lfis . per week ; , average earnings per , week , lSa , ; , haibeen confined 175 days , andhar S 40 mt > re to mrnaiff * " ^* "fM * ^" ' tflirp * " > M «' t rn T * t >» hfr T't ¦
Thomas Hattersley sued eleven times - K AU , per Caul day . { 14 s . per week ; a wife and six children ( threeunder nineyears « f « ge ); bas been bonnnedS » 0 / a * dmust remain in 499 ( byavto eomplete bis ittpHsonment ; : fits " a * eraf weeklyearniigs , 16 s . ' ' ¦¦ ¦ : '¦ z ;> , { o- ' -. " Thomas WidowsoB , smed eight times ; 14 s . jpfc Cotet day , 0 * 8 s . a # eek ; a -wife and live children living ( four under nine tears of age ) 5 average earnings , Us . pe week ;; be wsV tweaty-fbor weeks in pariah allowance previous to tEesday of his Imprisonment ; has been already confined sQtty days , and must remain 820 more to complete bis term of imprisonment
Win . Parkin , wed eleven times ; 33 s . per Court day , or Us . pe * week ; avenge earnings , 10 a . per week , and seven months , &a the p » U 4 » prerlou * to © ommHment ; has been confined 245 days , and must remain 243 more to complete the term of bis Imprisonment Aa to my own case , I have a wife and stac children (/ our under Bine- years of age ); my average earnitigs were from 12 s . to 1 *« . per week ;¦ I -have been sued four tlam , and was ordered to pay 16 s . per Court day , « t 6 a . a weeSr . Ilave been confined 182 days , and-must remain ninety-two more to complete my temr of imprisonment ' ¦ ¦ : -
I beg , in conclusion , to call your attention to we treatoent of those prisoners who axe here for the purpose , of taking the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors ' Aot , whieb lsstQl'more oppressive , for , on a prisoner ' s giving the necessary notice to the gaoler of his intention to schedule , bis' prison allowanoe of 2 s . per week is immediately stopped , and bis wife and cWWren are driven to the pariah , where no relief whatever is allowed beyond what is given to them ; , be Is consequently left entirely without the smallest means of existence , although it Is manifest , from the necessity of scheduling , that he is quite aa bad off aa any other prisoner in the -gaol ; as bis friends an disinclined to assist him farther than paying or guaranteeing his attorney's fees .
Requesting your kind and early consideration of our deplorable ooudition , I remain , Tear very obedient servant , Qeobob Sbttls , Garnish Master . X <> Hugh Parker , Eaq ^ Woodthorpe , Steward of the Court of Requests for the Manor of Sheffield .
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^ THE PATRIOT EOLBERRY . TO THE STJtPATHISINO CBAJtTISXS OF CHEAT BBITAIJf , Fbikwds and FELtow . CotJSTB . tMES , —Influenced only by an earnest desire to be of service to my fellowman , to give assistance to the dnngeon-booad friend , and consolation to the tyrant-made widow , do I at tbh time appeal to you , in the hope of gaining your sympathy and assistance . Holberry has been removed , through severe indisposition , from that den of torture , Northallerton House of Correction , to the Castle ol York .
Immediately on his arrival here , 1 considered it my bounden duty to write to bim , offering my services to him in any possible way 1 could to add to bis comforts . Since then , I have forwarded him some books which he has received . I have also had a letter from bim stating that the Chaplain has given him liberty to take Chambers '' t Edinbro' Journal , and several other cheap works aud publications . I was proud to hen it , and the next thought that came to my mind was , how was he to get them . My friends , they are not to be had without money , and money it cannot be expected for him to have ; 1 , therefore , resolved upon this step , in the hope that I may be of that service to him , which is the Innate desire of my heart
Friends , should yon ask what particular claim be has to your notice , I would refer you to his bold and persevering conduct in your cause—to the manly and uncompromising spirit he displayed on his arrest , trial , and during his painful suffering in prison ; think , my friends , at the mental agonies to the mind , caused by . being dragged from the comfortable , hearth of his cot , to be immured for four years to the dungeon ' s gloom , from the wife of his bosom , and the society of his friends , to the association of thieves of the worst description ; and think of the feeling of the parent at bearing of the death of his only child , and he not there to press its infant lips , or shew bis last regard a » a parent ; those and those facts alone are sufficient grounds to lay claim
to your sympathy and assistance . Consider , my friends , the pecuniary sacrifice of 216 week's earnings , and then say is he not worthy the favour I ask in his behalf . Holberry is now under the same authorities that O'Connor was under for sixteen months . O'Connor was allowed the visit of friends—Holbery is not ; then let as show te those in authority that we did not visit aod sympathise with O'Connor , but on account of the principles for which be was suffering , and that though we are not allowed to visit Holbery , yet , we will leave nothing undone to convlneo them that we respect him also on account of his principles—nothing will convince our enemies more of oar union—nothing would delight them more than to see us neglect oar own order when in tronble . To those leaders who have suffered Imprisonment , I more particularly address myself ; it is they
who having endured the dungeon ' s gl « om , tbe rack of mind , at being denied those privileges which have been extended to our friend at the present time , and who know the hagpy effects that woald be produced in passing off the lonesome day , and removing the reflections to which the mind was subject;—I say it is they that ought to exert themselves upon this occasion , in giving a helping hand and setting as example to others , and shew to our opponents that It is not for personal gain they advocate tbe cause of liberty , but that yoa are desirous to help those whem the grasping hand U tyranny , prevents from helping themselves . Hoping this will have the desired effect , I remain , In the cause of justice and humanity , \ Yours truly , Edwamd Buiur .
29 , BQ ton-street , Layertberpe , York . October SOth , 1841 . P . S . All favours may be forwarded either tosse . or to the&ar , when they will be acknowledged weekly in the Northern Star . E . B .
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HOLB ^ BRY . sTH ^ £ j ^^ To iheDMoera&o ^ lSh ^ df ^ t ^ far ^ itiartsrthS ¦ ¦ ;• • *«^ : < £# « # a * i ^ ' .. « He that ^^ ffl c ^ f ^ mefetibWiinW RoUs mtfyniiat wMefrnot eariclwtfBmY j ! i ' ' But s ^ bAbWWtodi 1 indiea . " ' - ^ iV ± ' v >< u * : r ; J .-: « .: -. huj . V « , f 3 aw -i : i / ,, > Ji fliAgi ^ Ba ^ q ' ^ ^ BBOTHEks ,-It U raW nno ^ ^^ feelin ^ thai L ^ S ^ S ^^* il » v ^ ' to the indrnqaal ^ s ^ ejjiB ^ L onuw&i , L I , wm as .-. tbe dinner . got ,, up . by ' jt > u ., 6 n tifie S&ra ' wLt tbtaiuJnoble champian fcib ^ feitfi ^ In company with thef itelnVernalWHE tfeHm . * host 2 ? S ^ feS ^!^?^^ ^ mwrnm * « y Friend , Samuel Holberry ( who is . now immured In & «« . forthe said Booker and ^ ottem 7 Wa £ eriHsTtt
, to Wm % In tab did Tm him to timwmh m he eren had the . eflOronteiy to tell me thatVHolfeenr had acknowledged receiving it Now Friends , t wift Mt lay the case before 79 a , and leave you . to judge who is right and who is wrong . Thefrfend * fearti who « ubsctibed tbe money are pewoftftUy acquainted with Hoiberry ; not » o with Booker ., Jt was thought advisable as only the two Ind ^ duals ( among the rest ) from Sheffield were to be triM for treason , ten shillings each for them should be sent to ^ to' ^ tor office , towards their defenoe . and accordto ' gT ^ on' ^ ellith of March , 1840 , an order wassentto 1 the , post , <> n 5 ce , in , Leeds for £ 1 5 s , the Other five shillings being " for Mrs . Frost A short time afterwards , -applleatira vfas ** nade by me to the offlce was i
S /^ , to-know ^ Fbat , ; d op < vwi ^ ttfl m « ney , and I received a note from Mr . Ardllt , . sayug It went along with the rest ef the suWriptionsfor the defence ef the Sheffield prisoners . I Mnmediately forwarded the note , und (^ r * pver , to Mrs . Holberry , who , Ideabt not , has it by her , aid wOlX ^ any pne see lt , ' I should not have taken any notice of the matter , but I received a letter from Hrtberry , on the ^ 4 th instant , and he informs me . a collection was . being made lo ffueffield . and that Booker spoke in the meeting ( with' what motive is best known to bimselfj as to Holberry keeping the money . Now , Friends , T hope the ex ^ lantt ^ jgtveii will set the matter at rest , ' and teach "tafc Booker to to
inquire into matters before he . makes sssertt ^ ns the pabUc to the Injorj ? of a mac ' s diaxaoter . ^ ho ^ ftj ai ^ present time cannot defend himself . WoWd to God all men professing Chartism were as good Chartists as Bil berry , we sbould ' not then have had so many traitors In the camp . Hoping these few lines will have the desired effect , ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦;'¦ '' - - ' I beg to rabscribe myself , - , ' ,: Yonrs , in tbe bonds « of Union , ¦ ¦ - ' . ' - ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ Wm . Martin , ; Sab ' Seoretarjr . . Brampton , near Chesterleld , Oct 17 th , 1841 . : r
P . S . I beg to acknowledge & post office order for p « or Holberry , from -his friends in Sntton-in-Asnfield , for sixteen hillings , which will \ be forwarded in my next letter to York . _ ¦ ¦ f ^ ; . ¦ ¦ . ; .-., - . W . M .
CHARTIST BLACKING . TO TBK EDITOR Of THE NORTHKB ^ STAB . SlR , —In reading over tbe Star , I frei | uentiy find , and more particularly so this last few weeks , that the Executive are much straitened for want of money ; and more than this , every thinking man must be aware that they cannot carry into execution their 'designs without considerable supplies , and which mast b * very difficult to raise by subscriptions amongat a starving people , as I am sorry to say that tho Cbartistatoo frequently are . ¦¦¦ . , ¦ . ¦ . •; . . . - ^ . ¦ ¦• : ¦ /« ¦ .-, .
But , Sir , the reason of my taking up my pen at thia time is , that 1 saw a letter In the Star of the 25 th of September , sighed * "RogetPinder , " and lfhlen , in my opinion , is worthy of notice , the purport of which is , that he will supply the people with bboklng of the best quality , and at the lowest possible prices , and also give a remunerating discount to agents ; but the best of what I consider to be is , that' he will allow a portion ef the proceeds to go to the Executive Council , for the benefit of the Chartists ; and to my surprise , I have not heard another word since on the subject , which . Sir , if it will not occupy too much space in your paper , with your permission , I will say a word or two . .
First , the Writer says it is good in quality , and cheap by reason of the quantity ; and , secondly , it will leave a good profit to agents , and give a certain sum to the Chfcrtist Fund . Jfow , as to being good and cheap , that will be proved by the purchase of a single pennyworth , and the honesty of the man will be proved weekly by the Star . Then I say , if the article be good , for the sake of the Charter let us have it ; for , remember , if it pot into the Chartist Fund £ 5 per week , it is not oat of the pockets of the people , bat oat of the profits of the manufacturer . With these few remarks , I beg to subscribe myself , A Header of the Star , Yorkshire , Oct . llth . 1841 .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION . TO THE EDITOR 0 » TUB NORTHERN STAR Sir , —Having earefully perused a copy of the National Petition as just issued in a neat form by Mr . Joshua Hobson , publisher of the Northern Star , I confess I never was better pleased In my life . I know of no plan better adapted to insure the signatures of five or six millions of people than by a liberal distribution of this copy of tbe Petition Jtsalf . A more useful and Instructive tract has . not yet made its appearance , and if used as snob it cannot fail to throw considerable light upon the dark minds of those Hi informed individuals who seem to teJke pleasure in opposing the onward spread of Chartism . The facts it contains are of the most startling nature , and afford the strongest ' evidence why every one ought immediately to petition for Universal Suffrage .
The lowness of the price puts it within the reach of all ; and , I trust , Sir , tor the sake of the good cause , every Association in Great . Britain will do its utmost to send forth the little messenger of truth and soberness among tbe habitations of our dsluded , but perhaps , in many instances , well meaning countrymen . lam , Sir ,: : . . Yours in tbe cause of freedom , A Chartist . Hunslet , Oct 24 , 1841 .
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THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Allow me , through your Journal , to make a few remarks on the letter from our friends in Paisley , which appeared in your last week ' s paper , and to state to them and others , the progress and rules of the Working Man's Church in London . A few individuate , about the * middle of February , 1841 , hired a chapel for the purpose of enabling the wotklng classes , on tbe Sunday , to meet together , being persuaded that nntll they came together to seek their mntual and social good , they never would obtain it , and that all the congregated bodies , on the Sunday , are opposed to this system . -
Since we commenced , we have had a hard straggle and opposition , chiefly from priestcraft and the sectarian spirit of the people ; . but we have been steadily progressing both in numbers , aud , I trust , in diffusing sound information , calculated to benefit the physisal , mental , and moral state of the working classes . At first our members were from twenty to thirty , sew from two hundred to three hundred ; aad , as a proof that our labour hath not been in vain , many of them are determined not to use the erotsoets of proxy i » matters of religion , nor to take anything npon trusb from these learned Rabbis , but bav * commenced Inright earnest to learn the original for themselves , and , by a new method , they are making rapid progress in tbe Greek language 1 so that many of them will be able ,
in a few weeks , to- read tha New Testament in Greek . Our Chartist friend , Mr . WM , ia first Uk the class . It may be thought that this ia- » Utopian scheme ; whether it is or not , 1 shall not aay ; but it has been produced by a desire to search the Scriptures for themselves , to see whether those things , recorded In our translation , be so ; and partis by the teaching given at tbe Working Man ' s Church , that until men and women take God ' s vray of instruction , via «• to- teach ; themselves and tbtn instruct one- another , " they never will make much progteas either in > politic * , in aoienoe , or In religion , and this agrets with > the old proverb , ' God helps tboee who belp themaelves , " and ,, in order to move the carriage , we must all put oo » aboulders to tbe wheel . Distribution by all U as necessary as production by all .
it gives us pleasure to hear of the psogress of our friends in Paisley , aud as we understand that then are many working men ' s churches in Scotland , we and many others would be gratified to Jiear ^ from time to time , through the Slar , bow > they are doing in the good work of instructing each other on the day called Sunday . Allow me to say , that one of the rule * of our Paisley friends , where the word atonement , in itsfoilest sense , is brought in , appears to me to breath * something like sectarianism , and they ku'wr that thai saonster had its beginning in nuking doetriual points the ground of onion , instead of brothotylove ; bat where , do they find , in tbe atandard they , have laid dawn , ( Scripture , ) these words oped | br tha purpose they apply them * I should like much , if , tb * y would , in tbelrne ^ t , define what they mean by the word Jt abutment In its fullest ¦
sense . " .... ; ,. . ., - . :,. ....... . . ¦ - ; ¦ ¦ • • ' ¦ ' ¦ I am , Sir , . . . .. . ' ' :. '' , _ ' , ... ' ¦ ,. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - A Member of the Working Man's Church , Dock Head , Bermondsey , London . P . S . The Rules we agreed to , at first , were as follows : — 1 st That all persons acknowledging tha eritfnat Scriptures of divine authority , and agreeing to take them as their guide , shall be eiligible to memberabip . 2 . That there be a committee chosen of . twelve members , secretary , and treasurer . . : : ¦ ' 3 rd . Tb » t a president be elected . motlV ? ..
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TO THE EDITOR OF TH * NOBTHERJT STiR . ¦ - ¦ ' . ¦ , '' . ,. . '¦ . "' ¦ . ¦ - . ' " .- ¦ ¦ '''• . * -. ' ¦ ' •*¦* * vi r ¦ ' ;¦ Sr R ^ -Pray give ; Insertion to the fallowing letter from that highly talented gentleman , Joseph Haye * . Esq . of the city of Cork , who has ^ 'rt ' ngnlihfV himself in bis endearours to induce his « ountrymeb to join the people of this country in tiieir strjiggle for the Charter , as the only means whewby the griev ances - « f » tti may be redressed . The- fact of Mr . Hayes ' a popalarity with his fellow citizens will , I have no doobt , bring that port- of the country to oar side , as he stands unrivalled in bis popolarrty-with the working people . They are not forgetful of his many struggles on their behalf , partienlarly his exertions to achieve for them a wholesome system of Peor Laws , as well m whitat guardian in making the defective law they have a beneficial one , as far as bis power add Influence went The manner in which he pot the arrogant mandates of those callous-hearted monsters , the Poor Law Commissioners , at defiance , have
Won for bim the praise and admiration of taose who had the pleasure to real' ef bis' conduct upon that important occasion . The following ia the letter above referred to : — . Cork , ^ 4 th Sept 1841 . Sir , —I have received the favour of yonr letter of the 21 st instant , and have to thank yoa for the very kind and flattering judgment you have formed and expressed in reference to my bumble efforts in the promotion of public liberty . . I never entertained the slightest misgivings as to tbe' valuable principles embodied in the People ' s Charter , now Tor some years the object first in the consideration « f those who care not for party or factious purposes , when interposed between ' the people
and : their jiist and rightful demands . It is now , about three years since I first brought before the people of this locality the advantages to be derived from the success of tbe efforts then making in the North of England Itx fAVOur of a justrepTesentsUon of the people , and although on that occasion , I encountered both opposition and personal'invective , I did not- 'despair , and that by a careful attention to passiBg events , : and a' seasonable introduction of the subject , I would yet succeed in widely dlssemramatlng the principles , which ! sincerely believe comprised within them , every germ of national prosperity . And , following np my nurpose , I did in public end'private ,: maintain the natural right of unK venal Suffrage , limited , if at all , to an existing location of the party claiming its exercise . - ¦ 1
To this p rinciple I have the saWsfaetlon of saying there are many adherents ia Cork , and there would be many more if an advocacy of the Charter wasunoonneoted with personal feelings and antipathies . I am not now going to discuss how far Mr . CConnell is entitled to all tbe respect and atcachment felt for him in Ireland . It Is sufficient that the fact is unquestionable , that the majority of the people of Ireland do entertain this attachment to him , and , consequently , any political movement directed on them bean a most repulsive aspect , when connected with an unsparing and continual abase of hint , both personally and politically .
I say to you then , in sorrow , that herein lies the obstruction to our adhesion , as Irishmen to the Charter , and that if this obstruction did net exist , the whole body ef the humble classes in Ireland would long since have declared for the Charter . Why then should this evil course be persevered in ? What should yon or I care for any personal difference , between Mr . O'Connor and Mr , O'Connell ? Why should either of them receive any countenance from the people in the unmanly practice of throwing their personal feelings into the consideration of our public rights , and thereby keeping In separate and jealous array , the good and honest people of the two countries ? . - ¦ '•' . : "
I , at least , am guiltless of lending my sanction to such proceedings . I have deprecated them in public and have lemonstrated against them in private , and if you , and men like you , would at yonr side of the water , interfere to prevent , and succeed In preventing their future recurrence , the Charter and Repeal would equally shoot a-head , and the combined efforts of Englishmen and Irishmen would speedily effect that , which it will take years , aye , probably ages , to accomplish , if they continue a separated and divided action . I have addressed to you these lew remarks in the humble hope that they will prove to be seed fiown in a good soil , and with a temperate and judicious culture and application , that they may yet produce a wholesome harvest of political fruit . I remain , With great respect for yourself , And all those associated with you In the good eause , : Your most obedient Servant .
Joseph-Hates . Now , Brother Chartists , I have thought it my doty to lay before you the feelings and sentiments of one of the most starting patriots , this day on Irelaad's groaad , whose exertloia have been great to induce the people of Ireland to join- with ns in our demand for the Charter , has been unceasing , but have been neutralised , in conse quence of the differences between O'Counell and tbe English ChartisiHk It i » oseless ne saying anything as to the origin of these disputes , they have been so often before you . . , The time is now arrived , from the position of . Ireland , to counteract the evflt intentions of the promoters ef discord and disunion , and , thank God , that the magnanimous O'Connor hoe declared , thai be at least will not be a party to disunion , by bis declaration to allow O'Connell to abuse him- as- be pleases .
Now , Brother Chartists , 1 hope you wUl follow tb * example of our NoMe Chiefs and henceforward let tfce name of O'Connell be , as it were , unkuown to you . let bim abuse us as he pleases * The people of Ireland ^ by your assistance , will be enabled to see through his deception , should he * continue-the vacillating policy he has hitherto followed ^ Recollect one thing , Arotber Chartists , that it Is by abase O'COanell lives . Instance the manner In welch be his made use of an article which appeared in tbe bloody old , times , refiftcting en the * , character of tu « Iriah people , and their reveifid clergy ,, such as th * words " surpliced ruffians , " ''the savage Papists ^ by . these means he baa beea enabled to impose upon the credulity of the people by working on their religious feelings , and ttwreky securing at the same time tbe Influence of the clergy . My , friends , if joa want to remove tbla frftaenoe , yqo , can do ^ by sending your Stars , to Ireland , for , ^ b « ueve , me . there is-swi
a people In the world who lore Ubetts mare enthsBJis-UcaUy than the Irish , people . Bat they are deftaient of that political inforsiation which yoa are fu possesaieaof , and whkh . Iwre , placed yoa in . that ; yread , position , as being tbe best informed as . Mgards the pore priwiples of desaocrajy ' ; % , ^ e . wioiidi fo » wheie ia the history of the w « rid pan yoa read when the working people met . the wesJUj an 4 i ^ ueiapi . ofihe land to discttss thsJf inherenl rights , wd ^ TBith Mooaence unequalled > snd . owl d ^ pastloniitW ,, « eaapgiag pat to shame the pony talents of the colle $ a- > r > i lotda Theii , Brother C ^ aitl *^ « y ° « * ' ! '&&M& '' W . « WW effects produced fa Ireland—if , yon ^ i to . xais ^ jthe Irish people to the same dignity of manhood . aa jrapt selves have now aspired to , do , l oeseaph , jfo « , give them the same means m wWch yjoa . h *? e $ iecome so renowned oa the political stage h and my life on their faith , were , they sua > m ^ Md , tb 4 minute they will show that the men of old Ireland - had met when roused b * the trumpet to freedom ' s calL
I remain , brother Chartists , - Your's , faitfafuUy in the causa of Democracy , A -: ¦¦ - :: "¦ ¦ ' r ' v - - JBNXl $ J > Atr , Binder , Oc ' . 25 th , 1841 .
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ti ^ the'Siair of 'fthtaraay la * pp ^ lJetlw «^ li » v Crabtree , addressed to . Bu -Itf yifm 1 & 'i # s % i [ W . chargeconbs ^ ea in Mr . Stott ^ letter . Jnlhi . letter ' citiii ^ yffli ^ ia ^' . iim v ^ teopo ^ 'Bi ^ iM / C ^ ' wI ^ Ilw » mteniptittwrdeserve , aiui sjaert ' that they are base and infamoos ^ UarsV wtieh tney ° stafe I ever menttoned I lad paid jpu forty-five sallflngs p « Veek durlag the Vyeat Rldttig election . I did «* y th * t the Cbattttts of Sbewsboty ware ' mean . ' * i . so fa * they fell the truth but I dkl notsay Ipal * yon weetoy ' siehasuin . 1 did W , and flostiUjBylthaVdwinj ^ 1 ietnat tne tnenf
oecacse » man wno was aouig , < u work of ffafgh and Qa , and euIlgWenlng their idaw upoa th « Flw Polats < rf the Charter , was meanly , atobbily , and raacaily paid at thirty BhffllDg . per week . What money you bad from me I aever coasidered'M poUtJallyadvan ^/ butMa sUrhasbeenmadfl / yott wW perhaps - let these Caartfsts k «) W how muchit w *« yoa received from me , * e ; , &c . ~~ ' ¦¦ ¦> ;/ ' ; ?¦'' : ' ¦ . ;¦ ' / ' ¦ My friends / you witi remember that in' the Star of Octebef ^ rid 1 dlstincuy aad plainly ; ae ^ edthe ' trh ^ l of CrabtreeW assertion ( asfumlng him to' i ^ ve made ltTthat be paid me five and forty shillings per week during the West Riding election . In thri pji ^ ge I have : quoted from his letter , he indignantly denies that h& ever nwW such assertion . ' / t presume , theiefbre , ' that ' upon , this
portion ; ef his letter , forthercominiBnt Is unnecessary oa my part The fortyflve , shtlJfiigB ' question tt s > matter tt ^ t ! lies between iir . Crab ^ e and Messrs . Halgh , : Atkl [ nsb ; n ; i ^ s ^ s ^ - ^ pso ^ ' ;/ V ;¦ . ; . V " / " ^ . ' - ¦ . . , Bat , " says- ; Cj ( at » 6 tee ., . "; li : ^ d ! a » y A : » 9 d :. ia ; o ' . Bail s » , that during the emotion I ' let 90 ^ nape * vumek , because , ace . " Fmi ^ on-W ^ jsi " Perbaiis jou wul let these ; CbiijHste'feb ^ , how ' ^ nu ch "if , rn ^ . y < m Ah celved YroOft Me- Weil , it li quite true , I bate tad money gt Mr . Crabtew : W'tt ^ i ; n ^ prtnnettat ^» . CrVbtre « U noUUe 0 ^ p ^ nfroia wb <) ia I bate bee co ' mpelfea&r . s ^ a ^ asertiiy'tp , te ^' o ^ uA in ^ f , ^ loan ofX . feVshillings . Ikitypomtfri waytfifr . Cro ^ r «; andJ » w f «' the ^ amoual . ' The ; sams . aKo * ther that' Ihate borrow ^ at . ^ e ^ t tim « a taount to $ jw ^ jmu ^< i 8 . {< J ., ;~ T ,. S . >¦ '' ¦ '' - ' " " . ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦" , Is Ujeraf j ^ y : «^ a * r ] fc l V ^* iiripiW «^ V jiftS » wi' shillings of Mr . (^^ r " Air bMCrabtree U a Tory , t # oL Whaih 9 may ^ teI f ^ rh ^ nseK to sa ' y . ¦ ¦¦ . ' "To * ji i ^ u know tf »> ^ "t-fT T *^ "y * ** niriAp tMf > ^ ft ^ th b ^ p * i - : c .,-. Mark Crab'Cree was doorkeeper ' to * t iie ^ finit Comren tion—aDDointed to , lhat-efflce on tb * . motion of Mr
' v ^ ^ fo ^ m £ § J ^ - < vmw )^ 9 * « f quaintanee wttii , Mp ^ b tr ^ wsa , &gj jfUfh | , onlj Juwwing Wm in t ^ dfl «! harge of ^ s efficia } duties , which I belJevV b ^ . e ^ enUy pertQimed , After th « dissolution 0 ^ the Convention , I saw no , more of M » . C . for nearly two . yean ; bat I remember seeing in the Northern Slur , that wifh some other person ( whos name I forget ) he ( C » btree } was employed by J ?* Fieiden , M . P ., callecting evldenoe on , the working of the JTew Poor Law . Sbortly after coming ; to , Yo * k * bire I mot him at Leeds , In it * Northern Star of&Gi ; W * had some friendly talk on auld Iangsyne , " and . in the
coarse of conv « rsat ( ion he stated h » was ufettae ( emfilof , of Mr . Fieiden . Before partlag , being «• hardap" s * the time , I borrowed a shilling of him , ( I will nat b « positive , )> nt am nearly sore the sum was only » shilling ); subsequently I borrowed five shiUings , andat s > later date another fire shilllngB ., The one shilling and tbe flre aoilUngs were borrowed -not during , batsojoft time prior to the election , -. ¦ " * : -: ( ¦ Crabtree says truly that the money was not politically advanced . Had it been so oflered it woold have been spurned . The money was lent me with the onderstanding that it should be repaid , Crabtree saying at the time , In answer , to my promises to pay , '' Pa ; ma when convenient , Haraey : pay me when yoa can . * . ,
I borrowed the money of one whom I believed , to be a friend ; but I most say that Mr « tjrabtree-has not playert the part of a fxiend in boasting : of letting ma bate money—thus advertising my povetfcy . However , the meney shall be at once repaid , no matter at what inconvenience to myself . If Mr . Crabttee can call si the Star office , Mr . Hobson will pay him the sun lent , or if Mr . Crabtree U not in Leeds or its . ^ eighbour bood , and will send me his addreea , ti » money shall bo forwardiedtohiBJ- Vv- . < : ' - -r- \ i . :. "" - ¦ ' ' ' '¦> Brother , CbVtlets , if any sasploions have been excited by my eoemjbas , th % tlu , Uie late election I received pay from the Tory party * the foregoing plain uavarnished statamsnt of facts will , I tbink > . prove to yoot
satisfaction tbe injustice of such suspicions . Bit , pay or no pay , did X do anything tl 1 serve the Tpries in the late eleotion ? It may be said , "Yes , you opposed the Whigs . " Granted ; but did I , not also oppose ti » Tories ? Tura ever the pages of tt& . NprihemStar , sad pay whether my printed addressesoad speeches do not breathe one spirits !«* teed saiAostiUty tojbottilsft . tions alike ? While I denounced' the treachery , njtt ? city , and tyranny of the Whigs . I warned the people that the Tories were not one whit better ; that whea before in o ^ ftoe they had been a plundering juid croel faction , and wbold be . so again , if they had the power * that their pretended sympathy , with the Jwoeklttg classes , Ond enmity to the New Poor Law , the Rural Police Act ,, &a , was all humbug . .: n ; <• -. '
If the people would see an end pot » to thftte privatfons and miseries , they mutt look to beither Wblgner Tory , bnttreatisg |> ott » ' fsvstlana s « robberrasd tyrants , must look o&j , to thenisetves fo * their 6 wa salvB tlon . ¦ ¦ :. ... ¦ ¦ •¦; . .. ;• . ; : ';/ , v ::: Miv :::- v- ' > ¦¦¦¦ ¦ .. That such , was the . coarse I pursued ; and seen tbe advice I gave ; you men of Odwsbory , . together with the men of Leeds , Huddersfleld , Bradford , shd . Banuley , oan bear witness . All who were within reach of my voice at the nomination know well that I spared not the Tories any more than the Whigs : nay , tha Leeds Mercury—certainly ne friend of mine—did me the justice of saying —( I' quote from memoryj—that I " ably defended the principles of Chartism , " while in what I did tay of my opponents I shared my abuse pretty
A few . words upon my poUUcal career , snd I hate done . At the age of sixteen I commenced the life of an active Radical . Before I wm twBnty years of Mg& , I had three times suffered imprisonment in the struggle to free the press . At twentyKme I was elected'to the National Contention . At twenty-twe ; I took my seai in that assembly ; it was not long before ; I was denoonced as a " Whig Spy , " for the honest and bold avowal of my views and prinoiplesj I challenged -my enemies to prove to the country the truth of their acca-Batlons—they shrank , and I triumphed . I ; was arrested , and subsequently escaping the doom of my brother patriots , was Again denounced by the A * ttpum newspaper as a " Whig Spy . " Again I confronted the slan- '
deref , and he quailed . Invited tolScoOandj t traversed that land from end to end ^ I roused the drooping spirit of Chartism in the Sooth , and carried tiu principles of onr holy cause through the wild and stormy ^ ortb , where never Chartist footsteps tar ^ d before . ' Of the good I enacted in , Scotland I eould ^ allupon fifty places to testify to—one shall suffice , Dundee . The men of Dundee can tell wbat I accomplished for the cause . I thank God , 1 have in Scotland seenred thefiiendshfp of hearts that time nor calumny can € strange from me . Since my return to England , you men of Dewsbury can bear witness to some portkn of my life—public and private—say , have I not shown myself In every respect true to the principles I profess ? . '
I have walked thousands of miles through Bummers * heat , and winters' storm ; 1 have wasted my health ; I have borne privations such , as I believe , no other maa in the movement has ; borne . I have done all ^ -and endured all , to promote the caose of liberty : yet , it ha » been mylot to have , almost without ceasing ^ to battle with slander , falsehood , andAalumay . ¦ . '; : i . N > Where are-those . whadeaeanced me as a traitor In the Convention ^ - Turned traitors themselves , andinow forgotten or execrated by the people ; while I am now what I was . fften . Where i * tbe . € baupion ?\ Gone to perdition , witti the ehanwter ef coward and slaaderef graven on its tosaby Where are they ,, if svnyv who- will now accuse me of being , or having been ,, "in the pay of the Tories" ^ Let them meet me teeth to teeth , and by . the verdiet of tke people I stand on
When a traitor sells : bi » eotmtejr , or bis caase . bedoe » not do jo for ElbvssJShujjmos . r-M , ! could •>» , taie ncfold" of difflcaltiea . . *• darisg the election , " and . difficulties in whieb I am . iato \ v « 4 at the'present time ( partly toe oonsequenoet of { . additional expeneesth * election entailed on me , and which I never charged to . tbe account of the Cfiartistbody ) , which would bat too plainly attest my integrity . The pnblie will , I trust , pardon me , if 1 re&sin from advertisiag my private aflalrs , or pabtlKbins ; my ; poverty to the wsrld .-
Mcaof Dewsbary , Iteteodto be with you OB , ^ Tua # - day , November Snd , when I shall lie happy to meet any person who hasoBght to allege against , « e eoght to put tome . I intend * eingaiXeed » -on . Wednesday and Thursday ; at Banstoy ion iFriday ; o « id shall ba ready after that to attend > any place i «(> the ; West ; Riding where ; tbere soayi be an accuser to : meet , or * foe . to oppose . .. ivev . ;; i ^ £ JJi o- . ' o ; ; > s .-ri .- ;> . v . 1 ' ¦ ' ¦ . * " ?* » iJrotner JUBarosts , ¦ < ,. ) ' '" ¦ - ¦ Yourfeitnfai friend , '~ ' . r- - ' - \ - \ -:: ¦ ';¦ ¦ ¦ iJ , •; ;^ 3 «^ jwma ^ r ; .
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jO IHB KDIT 0 B 0 ? THE RORTHEHH STAB . _ ^ y ^ e jbcos ^ any inR papers were sent to . the « fS ^ Jriwwffrr -publkatton . that journal de-5 St ? pffiK « t « -tt « grounds a thete be ^ r * 2 vS ^ S « *»»« lsli . * " » OBl 4 beFabasfced ; ^^ B ^ ss 'Sed t « y the WUor , that the address JiaM ^ b&h Board of Traae to Q » Very Bsr . Dr . KLJi , w potlished as on adtertismieat l ButI L ^^ aetsral addresses to Lord Normaaby , and his geS ^ a apiwers , pubBshed im tht . fWesm , sot aa •^ S ^ KSffi-fcaJ ^ wisli - tfrt the * 1- ^ d ^ d be pa ^ isbedk aa 4 Jth «««(» e , ssodtbem g ^ f i «> atparpose . Your obedient servant * Patbtcx "O'HlGGtHS , pjtlia , Oct l 9 Xh , 1841 .
TO B > rW » op , thx TfOBttx PkssiriK ;?; - c ,. -I shall feel olsagedbjtb * BablioatooaW ' tiw J ' Z . fron tb « C » Uwliciawi Ptoteetaots «( . Bansley ^^ aBsw « i » the tiels » ns «»> ti « joti » aI , . tf ttt p » opJt * f iwHtfl . ps « lmlMiy . Ust BdikHoI rtwrajw ooawtwt ^ iw ^ Ppwia . of . pabaeyy aj ^^ of yoar establishment knew as well as I do the Zjj ^ iTe position of the poor Irish Catholics and their JwesttBj breanren in Engsan , who ire , ^ Bnerally lC * kinr 7 one or two grades above moat of Qasm in the mmmiu 01
MOilscaiei tneywoura aoour m vu « u ^ j n- < te fecutorte ; promote , and foster that iindly J ^ g ted eorditl omon , which so happily exists be-\^ . Cathol ic and Protestant , in Bradford and tjuialef . ^^ erienee foi s > eeuldenhte period as a Roman &&olie Ctegyman in those districts , has tod me to gtf ooaabscks ) that the interests of your holy religion yoild be promoted to an incalmlabte extent , if the ggnt st which 1 have sow merely glanced , were -totouMyfollowed . . -.. r - . ..
_ _ . 4 j the eweedng and weekly JVossjos ch * oulate extenj ^ iB theeoamtoyparts of Jrelaad , and in , the North rfEBfland , I hope it is not tea much to sobxdt the p lication of these decameataintiioaepapezs . I am , Sir , Very faithfully yours , Patsick Btak . W&te , Oct IStb , 184 L ,
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TO XHK XDIT 9 B OP THK HO&ZHBBN STAR , - SrR , —At apoblie vnettog beM at Shutford , October 19 th , 1841 , the following ; resoioUan was a&tnimously agreed to : — " That the following letter be sent to the , Bet . Mr . Morrill , aod that the £ d | tor of the Northern Star be respectfully requested to insert it in that paper : •—David Kemp , Chairman . TO THZ BET . MR . HOEBELL . . Rkvkre ^ d Sir , —We , the Inhabitants ef Shutfotd , in public msetiag assembled , andentandlng that you in the sermon you preached in this place , October IS , 1841 , ottered What we deem to be a false and calumnious charge-against the People ' s Charter , yoa having denounced it a Charter ef iniquities .
We beg leave respectfully to request yoa to substantiate tbe charge . And as we hold a meeting every Monday evening , t # disseminate the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , we should feel very happy to see yoa there . And if yoa can elearly prove to as , tbst tke Peoples Charter is a Charter of iniquities , we will at once give it up ; or , if you do aot choose to attend oar meeting , we shall feel great pleasure In attending to bear yon anywhere else In Shutford yoa think proper , providing , we are allowed to reply to the arguments yoa may advance .
Again Sir , yoa charged as with the enormous crime of endeavouring to bring the church and royalty into contempt . We respectfully reply , we are trying to obtain onr just rights as Englishmen ; nay , What , as human being ! living in privileged society , we ate fully entitled to ; namely , that Brery man twenty-one years of age , unconvicted of crime , and of sound mind , shall hate a tote , to vote in Members of the Commons House of Parliament That he may belp to make the laws he is called on to obey ; and in disposing of the taxes bis labour supports .
Is this trying to bring royalty and the church into contempt ? Is it not rather the callous hearted selfishness of the clergy , in imprisoning such men as Taorogood and Balnes for church rates , and the blasphemous doctrine many of yea preach ; that God has placed as in the miserable situation in which we are now In ? Why it is your class , aad the aristocracy , that rob W of the fruits of our labour and then charge it upon God ! Bat , say yon : " Submit yourselves to the powers that be . " Why Sir , the clergy tell us sometimes , that " the devil rules in the lower world . " And , indeed , when we look at the fruits produced by the powers that be ; when we see her Majesty receiving for her private use
the sum of £ 1 C 4 17 s . 18 d . dally , and her royal consort £ 104 2 s ., whilst many thousands of her fellow-creatures receive only 3 d ; when we consider that that very reverend father in God the Archbishop of Canterbury , receives the enormous sum of £ 51 IBs . a day 1 whjle many of bis flock receive only the miserable pittance of Sd a day ; when we consider this Sir , ire assure you , we are inclined to believe their assertion : " that tbe devil does role in this lower world" However , we are not altogether satisfied with hissatanic majesty'srelations ; consequently , we are determined to resist the devil and all his works , till we are convinced it is wrong to do so . Signed in behalf of tbe meeting , Day id Kbhf . Chairman .
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Amokq the rumours current , in the City is one that the old system of lotteries is about to be revived , and that a correspondence with the Treasury has already commenced on tee sabjecA . —7 fme « .
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l , ~ ~ - -1 .- -i .. - -. ' ' , i ' - ^^ MM ^^ BS ^ SBlB ^ BB ^ MM ^ riNB * 'i "¦ ' " - >* fj' k ';¦' . ' { : w >;;^^ , TDOTaa : p *; iHB * o ^ jbtBk ^^ 8 x ^ : . ^ : ¦ . ' Sm . ^ Iaa * happy to mfoTmyo * of < tI ^ advance theprinelpleB of the Cbarte » a »» ua « tt « la thia quarter , and iadepeadeat of those that are : iatBf all th » means iri ttefr poW « r to stifle every eflbrtthe ' tjedple are niaking te > obtain their just and tfabval tights , Ltughrea and its vldnlty can bow torn ontakoodly nnmber of the geod men and true . Every attempt that has been made to put us down has been the means 6 i us iB 5 » iBiB « »** « onve * ts to the owte ot freedom wd liberty : Butwa h » t « soaae powerfulenemies to contend against , " and at the head ef-thew I may place Ids Lordship , Bfebxtp' Cowan , * wtd has no less than twiceTm ^ IUly denotineed me frek ' thftaltar warning the people to hate nothing whatever to do irlta
me , and saW I wanted to stir th « m up , so that tbey would be hunir of transported , is they Were in the year ninety weight' however ridltoloas the statement made may appear In ' tte eyes of tfie ' eoligMened , eomlng from the place it dWrwlierbnottiiiig but the words of troth are expected to />* e delivered , ft Ms had the desired effect oritBfe minds of the ignorofat and lower class of the community , GoO . as I am entirely depending on ttiem for mine aid' my family ' s support ; his been the means of making tW'suffer severe hardships , but am proud to say , tire contrary has been the case wilh the More
le&riied portion of the public , several of the most reBpecta'ble inhabltatkta of the town have ( fhren me their Bames , ' dechrlng , themselves Chartists , who , ff ' they were before , ' did not publicly avow themselves as Buch . <> n Monday Week last ^ hU Iiordsbrp sent for me tt » hls own house , when , In the presence of two friends ; we Sad a dltewslon for nearly two hears on the Charter , wbenh « s ^ dhe ; would have me hunted ont of the town , Oi pvii intt > naJ , if I ^ dld n ot give iip aU Chartist prlnelples . I totd'hlm I would sufler transportathm , pt even death itse lf / before I realgned so good a cause . Trusting thai yon wUl give tab plain statement offsets aplacaWt | i « % f ; : ? - " : : n : ' : " - " -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct727/page/7/
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