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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 15. 1842.
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THE LATE 'VSLAVE^ii^fiTING l^N XEj^pa
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PBOSECUTION OF MR GEORGE WHITE , BIRMINGHAM . ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THB NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Brothers in the cause of Frekdoh , —Another attempt is being made to imprison oar patriotic and ecergetio leaders—a prosecution for libel against ear champion , George White , and as he will have to appear , at the Court of Queen ' s Bench , to show cause why a writ should not be issued against him , sad as Mr . White has nothing to depend upon bnt his own exertions , a Committee has been formed for the purpose of raising a fund to enable him to meet Ills persecutors , and be prepared for his defence . We therefore take the liberty of soliciting the aid of every lover of liberty .
Brother ChartiBts , —Birmingham is full of humtugs and pretended friendE , -who do all that lies in their power to keep the people as divided as they possibly can , which presents almost insurmountable difficulties for us to contend against , and were it not for the exertions of Mr . White , with those of our talented lecturer ( Mason , ) we feel confident that we Bhould not be * ble to maintain the position which we now hold . - Shall this man , who has a double ehka to oar protection , in consequence of the determined aaaner in which he stood against a whole
hart of gentlemen assassins at the late Corn Law seet&g in the town of Birmingham;—shall this « jsa ,-wbobas been so useful to us , go again to ms * w * ry and lonesome dungeen * He most assuredly wSL if the spirit of liberty has so entirely left the itarts of Englishmen , thai they will not reach an helping hand ; but we know that it is not so ; and ¦ we have no doubt , wit * the assistance of our brethren , he will be still at liberty , awl , * s be always has doae , will still continue to rbwse the ^ wople to a sense of tbeit duty , and Sve ^ e fre a determined enemy to alWppression and tymay .
Hopiug this Wai i * met with the -spkrt that , it deserves , "Weieaaain . on behalf of the Committee , W . Thoh , ChfSrman , * 11 , Barn "Street . H . Welspohb , Secretary .
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rTO " ^ HE MEMBERS , S ^ B- 'DE'EASURERS , SUB-SECRETARIES , ANP COUNCILLORS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER
ASSO-• CIATION . ^ BirmRT « t—I wish to give some general inEtrac-- * k > BS , as it-Kill save me a Taetjamount of trouble ^ hail should have by writing privately . ' First . AUremittances fehoeM be made per post-- < jSice order ; the expence of the order is threepence ifOT any sum under £ 2 ; this-is the safest method . When- the order ib sent the -Bender ought to take down tie date and number of the order ; and all wmevs should be made payable on Mr . fleywood
the General Treasurer , No . tfK ) , Oldham-street , Man-• ohester . . No money ought to be sent in any other -way . -This is a most effectual method to keep both the sender and the receiver honest , because , if the ^ person * wbo sends the money applies to the postoffice ,: he can at any time prove he sent it ; and if « nj sob-Secretary should ie so dishonest ? as to say he-seat it when he did not , the General-Secretary has it then in his power to prove that he never received it . Let their post-office orders be sent for ihe future to the General-Treasurer .
Secondly , as to who are members and who are cot . It is the general understanding that taking ¦ oat « card and paying one penny weekly constitutes -a member ; but if any person can prove , after he has taken out his card , that he is not able to pay ins weekly contribution , then he is to be considered a honafide member . The members in each district to be the judges when a man is able to pay and when not . Each district to make snob , local legal regulations as shall conduce to the forwarding the Association in the best possible manner , for while oar Association is one , jet in some districts they
aay be poorer thau in other districts , and members 4 hss find it more difficult to pay their subscriptions ; it shall then be for the members to come to rrangements amongst themselves ( when a member who can pay , but who does not ) how many weeks it « hxH be before suehperain shall ba considered ne longer a member . The circumstances of the Association are so different in different districts , that it is impossible for the Executive to make a positive rule on this head , but had rather leave thiB to the *© od sense of the officers and members of the Association themselves .
Thirdly , the balloting for the candidates for the Convention will be holden ou Monday , the 24 th of January . In each district where only the required number of candidates are in fiie field there will be B 9 balTofe , but where there are more than the nnmber that are to be returned , then the ballot shall fee resorted to in that district . All the members of the association to vote in such district ; the number of votes to be forwarded by each local sub-Secretary to the district sub-Secretary , who shall immediately forward to me the names of the candidate ? , and the
Bamberof votes £ ore » cb candidate . AH ihe returns to be in my possession by February the 1 st . Fourthly , public meetings shall be called betwixt the 2 ad and the 11 th days of February , to elect the members for Convention , the final decision to be forwarded to me by Monday , the 14 th of February and a correct list of the names of the members of tKe Convention to be published in the Northern Star , National Vindicator , and Chartist Circular , on Saturday , the 19 & and 26 th days of February , and the Convention to meet on Monday , the 28 . h day of February 1842 ¦
, , . ... Fifthly , the Executive ought to meet immediately which they will do if the association will only half settle its accounts with them , at all events every serve will be strained for them to assemble in Bristol co Monday , the 7 th day of February . Those places that require cards must see that it is impossible for me to forward them just at present ; bat I will endeavour to dispatch all the cards that are wanted in the course of next week . Johs CAMPBEU- 'Secretary .
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~ r , i ^ p— ~~ - TO THE PITMEN OF THE TYNE AND WEAR ME 5 of the Collieries , —By reference . to another column of the Star , you -will see that a delegate meetfog ia called for the 22 ad of January ,- at Chestsr-le-Streefc . It appears that it is deemed advisable to call you fcogfctlier by delegation , to mate a stand against the encroachments ol your coal viewers . The " note of preparation" was sounded last week atThornley , where ibe most intelligent men of the coal districts were assembled . let every colliery ebey the Bummons of that meeting . Tbeinroads daily made © n the pitmen by tbfeir masters , waders it imperative that the standard of union should again be unfurled in the North , and the rights of-industry established on a basis too strong for local despots to subvert . _ ...
TowoTi , then , like men . ' Let toot yearly bonds no longer be the bonds of slavery . Prepare for the delegate meeting . Let Mieroft prepare the South Dorlam district . Tfeere are plenty of ¦ warm hearts on •* coaly T jne" "who ¦ will not fail to do their duty . The "Wear L ; already alive to its interest ; and the delegate meeting for this month will determine the question of . slavery or freedom . Tour faithfnl friend , George Bisss .
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« ^> TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL . Sib , —The following passage occurs in tee Daily Freeman of the 29 " - h alt , and the Weekly of the 1 st instant : — A member here handed his Lordship & printed circotar , -which he raid had ^ been distributed ani 6 ng the coal porters . M Lord Mator—Faugh ! is not it signed by Paddy O'Hljgins , and does not everybody know who Paddy O'Higgias is ? < Loud cries of Hear , hearj and linshter . ) He is gteatiy mistaken if he thinks he can have any influence among the honest coal porters . They understand him perfectly , and there is no fear that any of them will begot to follow his aavies . ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) I wish my recommendation should h 3 perfectly understood . I announced it yesterday , and
1 repeat it to-day . Ltt the people bring any wretch -who attempts to cajole them into raking illegal oaths brfere any of the magistrates who have been newly appointed , or before any of the old Tory magistrates , and I -warrant they could do nothing which -would •* ex their Worships more than their doing so . ( Hear , bear , and laughter . ) The magistrate will be exceed ingly sorry to see his friend there . He would much aather see bi * n in the witness-bos , and he himself on the Jury -which -would convict the people whom he lad deluded , on his evidence . ( Hear . ) You well know how it would delight the Attorney-General and las satellites to see the people convicted of such crimes . ( Hear , hear . ) His Lordship then observed that Vie Repealers . eonld have no connection with any illegal Societies . "
It appears , as reported , in a rather more offensive -form in the Register of same dates . To that establishauat vu sent what was deemed a demanded exculpation < £ the " Universal Suffrage Society , " in matter and form nearly as follows , bnt-which the editor mot the proprietor ) of that journal arrogantly , superciliously , » a contemptuously refused to insert , on the ground - > --fBtf "it came irovo . O'Higgins . " Sach an assertion on 1 £ » part was as gratuitously untrue as wantonly imper--HoeBi . It came from Iriiiuaen who thought themselves ^ aggrieved , and had the spirit to defend themselves . Bat frit even did come from " O'Higgins , " even from - * Bil 4 ^© HigginsJ > ' why is he to be accounted an alien —an oatbtw—a . pariah in Ms native lard . 'Is the Jiegidcr lo insert every vituperaiion , every denunciation J Hi Mr . O'Higgins to be continually Jield up to fi » execatioB of bis countrymen , and yet to be refused § f !« 3 ltb » privilege of an arraigned criminal—to be heard
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in bis own defence ? ^ hta may be the liberality the Register , but we now appeal to the justice of the Freeman , and request ycr at insertion of the following *—With the individi xal censure conveyed in the passage quoted , we haven othing to do , farther than to regret that any cause sb ouW require , or any individual be found to make sui & abusive personal attacks , in an age in which manm n , at least , have b % en . ameliorated , and in which thf , progress of temperance justifies ! us in believing that C Axistian forbearance , chanty , and good will , were abe- ^ to supersede the fomer Bubstrata « f popular harang g ^ that practical good was about being pioaecuted , ai idibetorical artifice on the eve of being abandoned . ' Bat « s the card ( as it Is in the Register the circular I tsitis in the FreemaiQ , ia an emanation
of the "U niveraal Su&age Society , " of which we hare the b xmbovz to be member * , &nd of which Mr . O'Higgins is fee respected president , asd as his lordship was j leased to insinuate that Mr . O'Higgins had administe- / ed to as-eafts ( of course illegally ) , and further expressed k a deare to Bee bis " old friend" turn common infc rmer 'i and further his anxiety to " be himself on the j ary , that he might convict the deluded . " ( How charita ) ile ?) We think it but just to ourselves to remove , ttom his Lordship ' s mind any apprehension on the st iject , by declaring that we are bound by no illega' i o * tbs , and repudiate indignantly the aspersion . We eoageega / te for the purpose , as far as in us lies , of mak Jng , on Mr . O'ConnelTs own ( adopted ) principle of moi ai wight , Mr . -O Cornell ' s own draft of the People's Cb- iitor , the law of the land ; and te do this we are determi ijed to iepaflg co-operate with the English and Scotch Ct iartfatfi , wtK ) reciprocateour £ saistanc « by advocaUngth «
K epealof Ireland ' s unjustand baneful Union . Wecannot s' iificienUy express our detestatisn of any miscreant who ¦> roaid darei to impose on Mr . O'Connell ' s credulity , so far is to make him the instrument of such unjust accusations , thoaathof of such foul epithets , and the fulminator of sach laiscbievous denunciations ; nor can we at all iatagine bow so acute and experienced a politician could be made seriously to believe the ridiculous story of secret oaths , 4 ec Many of us are members of the Repeal Association , and we are all the friends of the working classes , too long neglected , and the strenuous auerters of civil and religious liberty , in its most unrestricted sense , all over the world . With pity and contempt , then , for the -venal and man-worshipping Reffislsr , with tfaanks and respect to you , and with a confident hope that Mr . O'Conn ell will do us the justice to which we are entitled , by -withdrawing his unmeasured , unmerited , and , we trust , thoughtlessly-conferred
censure , We are , Tour obedient humble servants , W . H . Dyott Patrick O'Connell Henry Clark Edward Dempsey Thomas O'Brien Patrick M'Mahon Patrick Rafter Patrick M'Carten John Norton James Dillen John Ksegau Patrick O'Connor Patrick M'Mahon ( For nearly six hundred K . Dunne men . )
P . S . —Ib order to avoid all further misrepresentation , we enclose with this a copy of eur objects , and the reasons for advocating the measures here enumerated : — Universal Suffrage , Electoral Dittricts , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification for representatives , Payment of Members of Parliament , and Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland .
The Northern Star Saturday, January 15. 1842.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JANUARY 15 . 1842 .
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WAGES OF LA 30 UR AND " EXTENSIONS " OF COMMERCE . The articles we have recently devoted to the examination of this subject have , we are glad to say , excited considerable attention even amongst the manufacturers themselves . In several instances have oar statements been confirmed bj those who have , for mqre than half a century , been engaged in the leading departments of our staple manufactures . More than one case have we heard of , where the
workman has taken his Northern Star in his hand , and requested his employer to read what we have had to say ; and the paper has been kindly returned with the observation , that our " statements were but too true . " We are bound to say , however , that we have heard of this occurring only with the small masters . They are approachable . They do not turn up their noses when Bill comes near them . They have a little fellow-feeling with the operative whom they employ .
We have heard , though , of the observations and conduct of one who once ranked amongst the " greatest" millowners in the West Riding of Yorkshire . He is a man who is well known both by masters and men . To him the woollen factory masters of Yorkshire are more indebted , than to any other person or cause for the immense sums of mosey they have been enabled to rake together by the employment of machinery . Perhaps no one in the entire woollen trade knows so much of the operation of our commercial system as the man does we speak of . Perhaps no one has had such
opportunities of seeing and experiencing bo much of it as he has . He knew Yorkshire when the woollen trade was entirely in the hands of the domestic manufacturer . He remembers the time when the clothier was enabled to go to the woolBtapler , and buy his "piece-wool , " and manufacture his own piece , the major portion of the work being all done on his own hearth , as it werein his own house . He knew Yorkshire when the falling wa 3 done by the Master Fuller ; and the finishing by the Master Cropper ; and the dying by the Master Dyer j and when all
these got good living profits for their work , and paid good wages to their workmen . He knows , too , of the introduction of the " swape shears , " or " cropping frames . " He knows of the prognostics of the men engaged in the finishing department , at the introduction of this first machine to compete with , and snpereede their labour . He knows of the times of " General Lvud . " He knows when a confederacy existed amongst the workmen of an entire district , more formidable than any thing of the sort ever known before , or since . He knows of the fight at
Rawfold's mill ; and he knows of the York Special Commission , and the hanging of seventeen men on one day ! He knows of the ineflicacy of such confederacy to stop the progress of the system then just begun . He knows of the introduction of the " Raising-gig , " and of the "Lewis , " and of the " Perpetual . " He has seen the system gradually take root , and " extend" further and further , wider and wider . He has seen the * Master Weaver , " the " Master Fuller , " the " Master Dyer , " and the " Master Cropper , " all drop off , one by one , until there is scarcely a single one in some of
these walks to be found ! He has seen their several businesses monopolized by one man , and all performed under one roof . He has seen the woolsorting , the carding , the stubbing , the spinning the weaving , the dying , the scouring , the fulling , the raising , the drying , the cropping , the burling , the fine drawing , and the pressing , come to be done all by , or under , one man ; when nearly each separate division used to be a walk for master and man distinct to itself . He has seen monopoly-raise itself on the ruin of thousands . He has seen men enter the business with " capital" procured from a banker , and by hard-driven bargains in buying in , and
by keen competition in selling , drive their less ** fortunate" brother-tradesman to the dogs I He has known many , who , forty years ago , had not a shilling to bles 3 themselves with , become , by these means , to be worth their thousands ! He has seen the comforts gradually leave the cottage of the workman , and ihe ' man ' s labour superceded by machinery bo contrived as to drag into the factory the child of Mb heart , to earn a livelihood for its workkss parent . He has seen and /«/< the operations of the entire system . No oae in Yorkshire more bo . No one better qualified to judge . No one whose opinion is of eo much value .
What ihen is fti $ testimony ! Is it that we have overcharged the picture we have given of the happy home of the workman , when the eight-days' clock , the flitch of bacon , the load of flour , the good bed , and the " meal-ki 3 t" were dwellers in h ! s c otta g e ? Is it that we are wrong in saying that the operations of our present system have-fetched these out of the cottage , at the same time that they have sent hundreds of respectable and worthy masters into the ranks of the driven-down workmen ? Is his testimony against % is in these respects t No ! He avers that our statements are true I The paper containing our first article under the head " Wages of Labour , " was placed in his hands by a workman ,
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• id his attention directed to it . His answer , when lie returned the paper , was , * It is true I It is trae ! " . . . . '' . . ¦ ' ¦ ' ; V . ' , ' . : : :- :. .: Apropos of the circumstance of ^ a workma n daring to approach hvB master , to ask him to read the Northern Star ! The reader will readily believe th a t the master was not like the major portion of our " great" masters 1 Perhaps nothing that could be adduced , so forcibly shows the bad working of our present system , as the difference in the bearing and conduct of the employer towards the workman in past times and present . The terms upon Which
master and man formerly associated , showed that a healthy feeling subsisted between- them . English independence actuated the one , and purse-proud arrogance did not actnate the other . How is it now 1 Do master and men now associate I Does Bill and Ton go to crack their joke , or join in the sport , with Mr . Mabshall 1 Does Mr . Marshall treat Harry an d Jack aa if they were fellow mortals ! Do the employers and the employed meet to consult with one another , or to advise witk one another ! Is that feeling of mutual respect and kindness which formerly animated both , now
subsisting \ The very question is a mockery ! Go into the factory-yard and the counting-house now ! See the puffed-up pride and overbearing arrogance of the " master , " and the timid , cringing , sycophantic , slinking manner of the slave ! This ; alone tells us the present commercial system is wrong ! If it had more of attraction in it ; if it drew the two parties closer together ; if it knit them in one bond , so as to make them like members of the same family , it would show that there was some good in it somewhere , which worked for good . But it does not do this ! It drives them further and further asunder !
It is totally and completely repellant ! This alone shows that some " organic change" is needed in the system J - , Daring Christmas week , a mrddl . e ^ agefi- jour neyman cropper called in at our office , to th a nk u s for what he called our " meal-kist" Articles . His joy was great , he Baid , to see the cause of the work " man taken up so spiritedly , so truthfully , and so homely ! The Articles , he avered , h a d tak e n him and his fellows back to the old times , when the w meal-kist" was filled , and the bacon and beef were found in their larders , and on their tables . " I was
apprenticed in Huddersfield , " said he , " and have been in the trade ever since . I know that what you have sai d is true , both as to the past and present condition of the operative . When I was still an apprentice , I , many times and oft , earned a guinea a-day ! No journeyman cropper made less than £ i or £ 5 a-week . iVbw ' I would be glad to work a week for los . j When we made good wages , and were consequently well-off , the masters did not disdain to speak to us ! They would come amongst us , converse and joke with us , join us in our frolics , —( and we had many !)—and were not above taking a meal with us , nor asking us to their tables .
So many years ago , this Christmas , if a master had not asked his workmen to go into the house , and pat take of his Christmas cheer , cake and cheese with the other et celeras , his conduct would have been a wholo countryside ' s talk ! But those days are gone ! and they have gone just as our wages have decreased ! As the latter got less and Ubb , the conduct and bearing of the masters became more stiff and haughty I A workman now dare almost as soon take an asp in his hand , as speak to his employer . The feeling that onco existed between us is gone . Neither of us ¦* like' one
another . The masters look upon us as degraded beings , and treat us as if we were thieves : we know them to be upstart tyrants and purse-proud oppressors . I will give you an instance of their dealings with us . Since the' shearboard" was d one a w a y with by the * new and improved' machines , I have been glad , as you happily express it , to have permission to xoast myself in a' stove , ' or dance attendance on a 'Gig' or a 'LewisI' Since I leftHtt * &sfieldI have worked in Leeds , at old SHERPSH ^ ifcs's , for eijdjt years . And when at the end of that period of serv ice he ha d no further o c casi o n f o r me , and I applied to him for ' a character , ' the old lisping d—1 said , ' I can't give you » cha-acktor ' : X never
give cha-aoktors . ' And the tfd'li pouiutrd tei / Zjwl set a new man on , unless he can producta tharctcter from his last place ! . I h ave f or the l a s t e i g ht months been totally out of work , living as I could ! I do not know what the present state of things will end in : but this I know , a change must take place * Whatever that change id , I hope it will not be another downward step in the road we have been going ! Let me beg of you to keep on as you have begun : tell us , working men , wkat the effects of our past conduct have been upon wages and living ; speak plainly to us ; come home to our understandings : and then we shall be prepared to act a right part for ourselves . "
Such in substance was the language of a man who may betaken as a sample of his class . We have given his words as nearly as we could , that the masterB may see that their haughty , overbearing , and oppressive conduct is not without its effect 1 This man loved and respected his first and early masters i he entertained no such feeling towards his later ones ! Let the " great" masters ponder over this It speaks volumes to them !
In our paper of January 1 st , we gave from the Nottingham Review a short article descriptive of the present condition of both masters and men in the town of Mansfield . That statement met the eye of a gentleman who has formerly been extensively engaged in the manufacture of that town and'district j and he has furnished us with particulars * of his own knowledge , as to the state of trade , and of those engaged in it , forty years ago ; and of the causes which have produced the horrible state described in the following article , which we again insert : — ¦
" Never , we believe , was the condition of the poor at Mansfield so bad as at present Starvation is doing its work , and , as it is naturally to be expected , is fast reducing the middle classes to the verge of ruin . How harrowing is it to the teelings of intelligent , honest , industrious , and once-respectable parishioners , tq , bo obliged to submit to ths embarrassing alternative , of either applying to the Union House for relief , or ( actually perish in a land of plenty . But , Is it not still more distressing to be told by the minions in office , that they have no right to relief while their homes possess a remnant of furniture , by which they could supply their exigencies ? We know men , whose lives
are in every respect irreproachable , living in such a state of destitution , as to express , in the intensity of their sufferings , a wish that death might at once put an end to their struggles . We could ennmerata instances of tbe . most appalling destitution , in Mansfield— 'frhere fathers are traversing the streets in mental agony , tillable to bear the sight of their unhappy homes— -whilst the mothers , surrounded by their famishing offtpring , have scarcely a morsel in the world , to appease their craving appetites—with scarcely any other covering to shield them from the inclemency of a , winterV jtight , than the scanty and tattered apparel which $ ey have worn in the day . " > . ¦¦ ;
Nottingham , Mansfield , Sutton-in-Ashfiel 4 i and their surroundingdistricts , are well known as beibgtbe principal seats of our lace and hosiery manufactures . It is well known too , that those formerly engaged in those manufactures , both masters and menjwere « ' well to » o" !! It is well known that the master could make a competency , —not in a few years * as the ' great" masters in the cotton and woollen districts have lately done—but in a legitimate manner , by . ordinary business-like attention to his calling ; aqdthe workman earned , andreceived , vra&ea which mscfe him comparatively comfortable and happy . It is well known , too , that machinery has been extensively introduced into these districts , to aid in the
manufacturing operations ; and it is equally as ¦•¦ well known that the men resisted that introduction , some of them with their lives . w General Ludd " tried his hand in Nottinghamshire , as well afr in Yorkshire ! ' The- rememberance of this straggle between sinew and "iron , flesh and steel , will ' be perpetuated so long as the works of Byron exi 6 t to record his eloquent pleadiDgg for the men , a g ainst the iron-heart of the legislator and the halterpf the hangman ! But"GeneralLddd" failed ! The "frames" were introduced . Then began that race of competition , and underselling , and producing " cheap , " and making trashy goods ; and 1 aloDg with j
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these tmng& v reduction after reduction , —redaction after reduction , —of the wages of the operatives ; until at last it has ended in bringing all concerned into the awful situation above described 1 ^ Thirty or fortyyeara ago , " says the gentleman we have before alluded to , ( and who has been extensively engaged in the HoiBery Trade , ) " stockings could could not be made good enough . The manufacturer then could only secure custom by serviBg the merclvant and shopkeeper with , the very beBt made goods ; and / the retailers couldonly give satisfaction in their dealings by supplying such as thev
could highly recommend . Then confidence was mutual , and dealings regular . The manufacturer had a certain business . There were ' Black' time ? and , brisk' times , to be sure , just as the ^ Beasona came round ; but then the manufacturer could take advantage of the one , and get his stocks of the best made goods ready to meet the other . No turnjng off of bands then ! y The master could depend upon his custom too well to require that . But / A « n he made no ' patcbed-np-cuts , * nor any ' thick-and-thin-courses . *
His stockings were made well . Every inch of every steoking alike . All the ' narrowings ' . regularly made . The - * bindings-in * in the heel , foot-bottom , and toe , duly attended to . Each size so arranged in these particulars , as to ensure * a fit' ; arid the whole made of'double cotton '; and doubled again at the , heeli ^^ foot-bottom , and across the toes . 7 we // remember those times !) Then there Was some credit in being engaged in the trade : now it is a mass of cheatery and'roguery from beginning to end .
11 1 well remember the yearns 181 % 9 , and 10 . About that time we had & considerable trade in a sort of lace , called 'Spider Nett ' . T 6 make this , a considerable number of wide frames were prepared ; and a greaV iiumher of ' 30 gage , 30 inches Wide Point Nett' frames appropriated to the work . At the same time was also brought out a new desoriptionof fitooking , in both silk and cotton , with ; this new lace work round the { email of the leg and instep . They were called Spider Nett Hose' ; and were made of 'finequality ' ^ ' and best manufacture / I had none made lower than 36 gage ; and I paid
S 6 s . per dozen for workmanship alone , for womensized hose . This article took well , both at home and abroad , particularly with the Spaniards a&d in the West Indies . I have a firm and satisfied opinion , derived from my travels abroad , arid other circumBtancos , that had the trade oontiuued to make thia article in a proper manner , it would never have been out of demarid . But as the Spider-Lace trade began to slacken , those who had frames applied them to the making of these ' Spider Nett Hose . ' Some of the frames were adapted to maae two stockings at once ; others three at once ; and others even four at ^ once ! All these were ' cut-ups . ' Considerations about shape
were quite out of the question ! The ' Seamer' and the sm 8 sors had-. to form that ! Suttdn-ia-Ashfield had tho honour of commencing this kind of game ; it - was quickly followed by others ; and Nottingham was soon filled with cartrloads of'Spider Nett Hose , ' —material and workmanship altogether for 21 s . per doze ^ u j ! The manufacturers of this trash y stuff were termed 'Bag Hosiers . ' The system they had entered up ^ on soon found their pockets ; and when they came to Market , they , in a very little time , found themselves compelled t < a sell . They could riot return without monoy . Prices , ruinous as they were , were thus again beaten down . A very short period saw these manufacturers compelled to sell for 12 s . per dozen , and even lower than that !
"This had its certain effect upon ^ the other por tions of the hosiery manufacture . It induced the like practices and the like resulis throughout all its branches . Plain stockings Were soon made in the same infamous manner , and for the same infamous prices ; and this description of goods were significantly named'blind spi ders . ' ; " So extraordinarily iow has this syBtem reduced
this epecies of manufacture , th&V when pacing through NoUiagham six months ago , I w a s o ffered women-sized stockings , made of 30 gage frame ; material and tbortcmanship altogether , vqb . 4 s . pbb cozj fw pairs ! I My price to iay workmen alone , for the OTme description of article ^ nwdet ^ eoM 'vrai ^ SlBi per dozen ! arid I never sold ihem for less than 36 a . per dozen , even though fifty dozens were taken together" !!'
Aye , there it is ! There is a picture , i n m i n i ature , of the whole operation of our commercial system Look at it , V lads" !! i Sayy would not an . ' . *• extend sion" of it do you all good-M See the end ! Is it not desirable ? Look at it well ! Mark its progress through all it 8 stages ! It shows , at one view , the operation of the whole system from beginning to end . You pee it commence with the trade iri a good and healthy state ; when all concerned in it are well-cared for , and well paid . Then commences the march of unregulated machinery , producing a tremendous , but inemcient , struggle against it , on
the part of the men . Then follows keen competition amoDgst the masters , an d i n its tra i n th e system of trashy goods , to supply the rage for " cheap , " " cheaper still * " ; producing embarrassmeHt" and " diifficuities" amongst the masters , whose necessitous situation is now taken advantage of by the " great" buyers who have " capital , " and who thus Bink him lower'and lower ! At length the master's capital and workman ' s wages are gone Both are done up { Ruia is their portion ! See their condition , as described by the Nottingham Review !! ' And who has benefitted by all this ?
Has the master ? No ^ ruined Has the workman \ No ! He is beggared ! Has the consumer or wearer ? No !! He is provided yrit \ i lrash ,- ± -de&T at a gift ! Who ^ then , has benefitted ? No one ? Yes ' . —the ^ great'' capitalist He , and Ae only , has made his thousands by screwing the poor necessitous maker down below prime cost , when he came compelled to sell before he could feed his family ! Yes , this is he that has gained by all this ! arid this is he , and only he , who bawla out for an " extension" of the system ! What say you , lads ? IS BE TO HAVE IT ?
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THE REJECTION OF THE NATION A L PETITION BY ONE HALF OF THE SCOTCH CONVENTION . We refer attention to the manly , sensible , and dispassionate letter of Dr . M'Doijall upon this Bubjeot , elsewhere inserted . We had purposed to make some comment upon this extraordinary decision f but we doubt not that thifflettei'j ana '' th ^ succeeding ones to which it is preliminary , will save us the trouble . Meanwhile we do hope that no absurd fastidiousness , will prevent the
Scottish people generally from joining ia the national movem ^ ut . We cannot afford to have the cause suffer in its most vital points because of the morbid sensitiveness of some few thin-Bkinned individuals . The idea of a wnole people takipg fright at three lines on the Repeal of the Union , and fifteen lines on the Poor Law Amendment Act , is a little too rich !• « ' We gi . Ve the Scotch people credit for more sense than to permit that unity of action which is the very life ^ f pur agitation arid soul of our success , to be ihur faltered with and destroyed . ; / " - ,
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Thei result of the late " slave" meetingJri Leedlf has chagrined the " humbugs" most woefully . The ! unexpected attendance of the" slaves" at the nieeting upset all the tquanimity of the " kid-gloved gentry "; and they have not yet recovered it . They had intended to nave' had a snug little gathering -of their Own , under the colour of "a public meeting , " to which " every , friend of huinariity" had been invited ; : and the attendance of "the . public , '' iu answer to this public invitation , disconcerted the
project of the paltry gang . Perhaps the most ludicrous evidence of their woe-begone coridition is coritained in a lachrymose epistle inserted in the Leeds JVfercura and Leeds Intelligencer : of Saturda , y last . The writer there declares his intention of " taking the law" upon those who attiended at this " poblic meeting , " arid took part iri the proceedings ! . But , unfortunately for him , he does riot khi pw what " thelaw is ! and he implores ; of the people of Leeds to subscribe a earn of money to enable him to learn !!!
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Some kind friend of his has also published " another appeal" to the pnblic to the fiaineieffect , which has excited much more attention than the original one . The latter appeal appeared in the form of a placard , posted ia the public streets ; and crowds of people Were to be seen at every street corner , on Wednesday and Thursday , conning it over ! We hope it will have its intended effect I A knowledge of the law of public mMtirigB" wa n ts " exteridin « , " whether o ur c o mmerce d oes , or not ; for had that" law" been generally understood , and strictly
enforced , we Bhould not have seen such strange vaganea and antics played by Magisterial Chairmen , Mayors , and High Sheriffs , as we have seen ! By all means let a kriowledge of the ^ law of public meetings" be ^ extended f arid 'we shall hear no mor © of the " humbugs '' daring to insult the public , by inviting them to attend " a public meeting , " arid then threaten t 6 prosecute them for accepting the invitation !!! To aid in accomplishing so desirable an object , we willingly give insertion to the following appeal ! and commend it to tho best consideration of all interested in the settlement of the question : —
WANTED , by Young Jabez Bujotinb , a sum of money , to enabl e him to fin ish h ia Educ a tion / The Law SiAFip of Leeds has lately received a most valuable accession in the person of Mr . Jabez BcNTiNp , Jan ., son of the I ^ ethodislic Pope . His attainments are beyond compare ! arid his demeanour as modest as that of a' maiden of coy fifteen . ' The Rev . G . B . Macdonald describes him as ' an eminent legal genUemah . ' True , his education has cost much money . True , the poor pennies of the Methodists have , many of them , been put in requisition . True , the' Paternal Fund has had to sweat ! What of
that 1 Have We not the worth of our money 1 Are not his * eminent legal attainments' more than an equivalent 1 : We do not often meet with * eminence ' so great itt lawyers so young ! We have a ' prime perinyworth'for our penny ! - Jabez , however , labours under one defect- ^ only orie . He has ' studied the law , ' and his ' legal attainments' are ¦ eminent . ' Yet' he does not know the laib of Public Meetings ! ' He wants to know this law . He wants to ask the Judges . He wants perfecting . But he has not * pennies' enow ! The ' Fund' ia low , or is not now come-at-able ! It is important that Jabez shonld find the bottom of this intricate question , therefore he ¦'; , is compelled . to appeal to the public for means to enable him to put
the finish to his education . A penny subscription will do ! None ottli&Jabezes ever turned up their noses at Pennies : therefore , good folks , do read Jabez ' s appeal to your pockets in last Saturday ' s Mercury and Intel ., and fork out the blunt ! It will riot do for Jabez to be deficient ! He must learn the law . Do afford him the means . Stump up 1 in good earnest . Let Jabez * . have the : brass , ' for he is totally devoid ! Do , good folks , l et him thoroughly learn the law ! He must know all about it , or his eminence will not be satisfied . He cannot fathom this deep subject till you afford the ' means ;' so , good people , make haste ! Jabez is extremely anxious to get hold of the money ! Meanwhile , he is conferring with , and receiving
excellent preparatory instruction from , Mr . Gillvabd Sca . rth . Jabexhas already ^^ learned ^^ from that gentleman , that it is lawful , when Dr . Warren takes and pays for the Music Hall for a private meeting of his own , to conspire , beforehand , to fill and pack the Hall with creatures of your own , to ' violently and tyrahnicaliy interrqpt' the intended proceedings of the evening ! Jabez has also learned 'from- Mr . Scarth , that it is lawful , when Dh Waeren' 9 friends proposed a Chairman of their own , to preside over their own private meeting , to so arrange , beforehand , that he Mr . Scabtii , shall be proposed for Chairman , as an 'Amendment . ' Jabez has also learned from the same teacher , that it is lawful tot Mr . Scarth , under such circumstances , and without
the putting to the vote of either Motion or Amendment , to clamber over the railing in front of the Orchestra , arid take possession of the Chair , and violently and tyrannioally' and forcibly kept posv session of it , until two distinot votes of the meeting have beeu taken and recorded that he shall not preside 2 Jabez has also learned from Gillvabd that it is lawful , when you are thus foiled in one of your objects , ( obtaining the presidency of a meeting ) , to ' violently ' and' tyrannically' interrupt the speakers not on your side , bo continually and in such earnest , as to make it necessary for ' Brother Burton , ' of Roundhay , to hold you , to prevent you from
fighting J Jabez has also learned from Mr . Scabth , that it is lawful , when you have no other means left of defeating the object of those who have taken , and paid for , the meeting place , for a meeting of ifievr ousn ^ to move a resolution totally irrelevant ; land when the Chairman declines to entertain it , because of its irrelevancy , to usurp his functions , and insist upon putting it yourself . All this has Jabezlearned froriv Gillyard Scarth , for Mr . Scarth has assured him that he knows it is lawful so to act ; for bo he acted towards Dr . Warren and his friends in the Music Hall , L e eds , on the 17 th bfDeo , v ; i 834 ir « ' -, ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦"¦ ¦ "V- ; :. :, ; - ^ :- ¦ :-. ;¦ . ¦¦ ¦¦^¦ ' .
But ; then this lesson of Mr . Scabth ' * does not meet Jabez ' s wants ; This was only a private meeting of Dr . Wabben ' s own ! which Mr . Scarth thus ' violently and tyrannically' interrupted and broke up . It n as riot a PUBLIC Meeting , to which the Public had been invited by public placard \ arid where , when they assemble , they hare a right to deal with the question they are called on to consider , as a majority of them think fit . It is the Law of Public Meetings' that Jabez has yet to learn . The'law' and' experience' of Mr . Gilltard Scarth only applies to private meetings , not to public ones : so Jabez is still as fast as ever ! He cannot gain hie end , unless he gets the Pennies 1 It is the money he is fast for . He knows it is that which makes the Mare to go . Let him have it then HASTE ! HASTE ; 'l WITH THE RHINO I ? Down , down with -your Dust , ' and ' finish ...-. ' . ' -. ¦ ¦ ¦'• 1 . ' . " - ' ¦¦ ' . ' :. ¦ ' . '¦ Jabez !
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THE "RIVAL DISSENTERS" AND THE
" RIVAL EDITORS . " A very edifying squabble has , for the last few weoks , been raginjr . between those two " organs of Dissenters , " Mr . Edward Baines , of the Leeds Mercury , arid Dr . Samuel Smiles , of the Leeds Times . It is sot our purpose to interfere iri the quarrel . God forbid ! The two may belabour One another as often and : as hard as they like ; and no interferencei shall they have from us . Our mentioning the subject at all is for quite an : other pur poBe . irilast Saturday's Mercury , McBaines gave some lessons , and laid down some principles of civil and ! religious liberty , " which we ^ deem worthy of being generally ciroulated , with a view to their being generally acted on . If they were-so , we should have less of " toleratiori" in the world than we have
for we should have perfect freedom of thought , and perfect liberty of expression ; a state of things as much opposed to '' toleratiori" of every sort as light is to darkness . To aid , theri , in the promulgation of these principles is the object of our present notice ; Our paper circulates where the Leeds Mercury is never heard of , save when we happen to mention it : and this proceeding of ours will place Mr . Baines ' s lessons iri the hands of tens of thousands who would Otherwise never have heard of them . We must premise , as a sort of key to the due understanding of the matter , that we have lately had a sort of contest about anew burial ground in Leeds . The old ones are just filled ; and their state is such as to threaten a pestilence in the town , if some speedy means are not taken to remedy the existing evil .
The burial grounds attached to churches , and in which alone an interment can be forced , are generally purchased by means of a church-rate laid in the usual manner by the raite-VAyers . In this particular case , Mr . E . Baines saw no objection to the laying of a rate for such a purpose , Dissenter though he be ; and , thinking so , he gave expression to his opiiiion . Dr . Smiles thought differently ;; and he riot only gave expression to his Opinion , but very roondly accused Mr . Baines of desertion from the -camp of Dissent , and of betrayal of the cause of the Dissenters . Hereupon : followed the " stock" epithets used on all such occasions . Not one of them was a-missing . It has been a regular quarrel I :. ¦ . - ..
Out of it , however , we shall be able to pick one or . two good things—things worth preserving ! They will be useful to ; refer to : another day , should : we ever fipd Mr ; Baines forgetting his own hssons . Mr . Baineb , then , ia his last missive , thus dis-COUfB ^ th i—T . ' , ;¦ - ¦ ¦ - ; . '¦' ; ; . ; . ¦¦' ¦[¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ' •; " ; ' , f Thereis one particular feature about Dr . Smiles ' s zeal for the rights of conscience , which the Disseriters would do well to note , as it may turn out t » be of consequence to some of them . No one so great a stickler as he for conscience : but if it should chance that any other person ' s conscience does riot scruple and boggle at the same precise places with what he ealls -his- conscience , then that other is forthwith to
he denounced as void of all principle , and a dowri ^ tight traitor to DiBBerit ? This , we say , is a peculiar feature in zeal for the rights of conscience : and it migp , Hot be amiss for the Diasenters to inquire MW far and how long this kind of zeal for con-^ ence will square with : their principles or serve their cause . For , if we mistake riot , thisI : conscientious despotism over , conscience , Hub intolerant support of toleration , this tyrannous zeal for liberty , are nearly akin to the spirit or Holy Inquisitors , and are more likely to light up the the flames of persecution than to render service to the oauee of Dissent . Dissenters , above ail meri , are bound both btheir
y principles and by their interests , to regard conscience as a sacred thing , —neverto be coerced or dictated tOjr-KVUTiKVtiB . TO BE PROSTITUTED AS A PLEA ? ° » . THE INDULGEN CE OF ANY UNWORTHY PASSION . "" , a We respect , nay toe ADMIRE truesensitiveness of conscience in others , — especially in the Editor of the Leeds Times ; but we might have hoped that forbearance would havo been shown ; us , if with otir inferior light and Ie 99 ' exquisite sensibility , we had not felt the same insurmountable objections on such an emergency . We endeavour to follow our conscieuces as far as they lead us ; bulifanyman telhusihat we ought to follow ms conscience , and not our own ,
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then we must demur , ana sap that we have not so learnt the principles of religious liberty . " w New these pafs ^ es , we repeat are goo ^ l , excellent ! If they were reduced to praotice We Bhould enjoy universal ; freedom ; 6 f thought and expression . No one would bo so preaumptttoos or so impiousas to arrogate to Mmself the power of " toleratin g" his fellow mani Civil and religious liberty would indeed universally prevail . ; - ; . ; T r ue , in reaoing tho above . ? he mind is irresistibly filled with recollections that seem to favour the idea that Mr . Baines's condrict has not always been in" keeping with his teaching . . Trae , we are compelled to remember that Ae has not always paid that
" respect' arid " admiration" to ' « senflitiveness of conscience in others" which he here claims for hia own . True it is , that the mind is filled with suspicion that Mr ; Baines has not always regarded " conscience as a sacred thing , rieyer to be coerced or dictated to ; and never to , be prostituted as a pleaforthe indu / gmce Pf an unworthy passion . " True , the recollection <> f Mr . Baines ' s conduct towards some of his Dissenting brethren , whose " consciences did riot scjraple and boggle at iho precise places with what he oalla . "Am conBcience , * rise uppermost , as we read hisvnoyr admira-ble teachings . True , his commendation ; and open support of the ruffian Brindley , in "' : bis crusade against Mr .
Baines ' s brotherDissentere , the Socialists , is irresistiblyrecalled to memory . Trne ^ the turning away front their work , through the instrumeatality of JMesara Brindley and Baines , of scores Of upright and worthy men , merely because their " consciences did not scruple and boggle at the preoise plaices with " the coasciences of these twjo gentlemen , forces itsolf upon the recollection . True , bis designation of Robert OwBir ias a " ieast , " and Ws followers aa a " society of beasta f' and his invention of a lie that Mr . Owen had been excluded From the Commercial Room of the George Iun , Huddersfieid , as a Bort of cover and ^ warranty Cor hU foul attacks : true , the recollection of all these things , and many other such like , irresiBtibly rushes -upon the mind , as we read the teachings of Mr . Baines , respecting the rights of conscience and their sacred nature : and involuntarily force ; the questions ,- * .
" has this man ' s ' practice been anything near a hundredth part like his teachings 1 ? * has he endeavoured to serve out to others a modicum only of what he damis for himselfj" True , all these thoughts pass iu the mind whenv ^ we read Mr . Bai NEs ' s admirable definitions of tMe rights of conscience : but no matter : we eadeftvour to repress them with the hope that the gentleman has seen - "the error of hisways ; " that the attempt , orfancied attempt of others , to " coerce his conscience ; " the denunoiationa , and ecorn , and obloquy to which he has been subjected , because of his difference © f opinion with some of his brethren , wilt have had the effect of shewing him the wrongfblaess arid sin of a similar course of conduct by aimself towards others ; We endeavour to drown all recollections of Mr . Baines ' s conduct in the past , in a bright and beaming hope of a n altered , future 1 / ; -
We do riot file the Lends Mercury . The last week's number , however , i s too good to be | ost . We « hall carefully preserve ft , both for the purpose of refreshing our own minds , occasionally , with the excellent teaohiriga of Mr Baines ;; arid of reminding Mr . Baiues himself of those teachings , should he ever happen to forget them J ¦ . ; We know riot that the Socialists could do a better thing than adopt Mr . Baines ' s own definition of conscience-liberty . This would secure them , at least , from any attempt on his put , to a gai n tram p le upon thein . . - ' . ; . ' .. ' ¦ . ' ;¦ v- - . ' -v . 'A '¦¦ .- ; - -v " . - '¦ ' ' ; ' We advise them to place over the doors of their " Halls of Science" the following motto : —
u We endeavour to follow our consoienoea aa far as they le a d u s ; but if any man tells us that tot ought to follow m& conscience , and NOToyttown , then we must demur , and say that we have not so learnt the principles of religious liberty **—OBdward Baines . - - . ¦; ' - '; - ; .. ' , ; : ' . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ,: ¦ ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦¦¦ '•¦ "• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; ' ¦¦• ¦ ' v ;;
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Mr . Edward Clayton and the charge o ? Drunkenness against Mr . O'Brien . —We suspect that our readers must be pretty well aick of this heading . At all events -we are—and nothing should have induced us again to recur to it but the pertinacious determination of Mr . O'Brien's friends to represent us as Indisposed to do justice to that gentleman . However , as we think it just possible that even ' Huddersfleld Fair Play" may be extended till it becomes foul play , we Bhall certainly with this notice close the discussion of this very agree , able and edifying subject . We give below , than , tb * communication promised in our last It is as follows : —
TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . We , the Council of the National Charter Association of Huddderefleld , feel it our duty to reply t « yont " ; : attack upon the character of our worthy secretary Mr . Edward Clayton , in the Star of the 24 th of December , in which charges are made , which , if true , would cause us to spurn him from our boflf instanter , but knowing that all of them axetttafy false , and therefore untrue , which though known , to the Chartist body of this neighbourhood , may not be bo to those who do not know the drcuta stances of the case . ¦ ¦; - ¦ ¦ . ' V : ! - ; ¦ ¦;¦¦;/ .. . : ' ¦ ' .: Mr .: Edward Clayton Is accused of being "tain , " : indiscreet ; " and because he could not be allowed ; to cut a caper in the ^ tor , tried to make a filgurt
somewhere else . We meet the charges as we arrive at them . Firstly , then , Mr . Hill says that Mr . Peony contradicted the assertion of th « LeedsTimes With all respect to Mr . Penny as a gentleman , we have nothing to say , but the contradiction from him was no contradiction at all . He was a private individual , and of course if he thought proper to write to the Star he had a right so to do , with that we had nothing to do , but we , by the orden of the Chartist body , engaged Mr . O'Brien to visit us , we therefore were tho proper authority to vindicate and defend Mr . O'Brien while amongst us ; and as Mr . Penny was a stranger to us , his cob * tradictiou was to us -nothing .- Mr . O'Brien de « manded that we should vindicate him , this we did ,
and Mr . Edward Clayton in his official capacity as secretary , and not as a private individual , ai the Editor knew ; well , as a letter was sent and duly acknowledged by the Editor , stating that » resolution was come ta by the Chartist body in public maeiting , and that Mr . O'Brien Hmself requested us so to do ; thus Mr . Edward Clayton * wish to cut a caper in the Star was no wish of his at alt . He was only faithfully discharging the duty imposed upon him by a resolution come to by a public meeting , &c . So much for his vanity , 4 J . Again the Editor says , no new point was mooted , we say there was . The immorality of his lectures were denied . Again the Editor of the Star charge E . Clayton as having the " meanness , the insplenoe , the audacity , the : dishonesty" to represent tb » Northern Star as having along with the Leeds timm ,
originated and circulated the infamous lie with an intent to do Mr . O'Brien an iDjury , and refused him the contradiction , &c , &c . Again in the above , Mr . Clayton is charged as , having , from personal motives , acted aa stated by the Editor , arid is assailed by the lowest epithets , to , that can possibly be found in the English language . Agai we distinctly state , that Mr . Clayton wrote not to the Scottish Palriot upon his own authority , but by the wish of the council , and when requested M to do , distinctly ^ stated that he had not acorre « t copy of the letter sent to the Star , but that if it Was wished , ho would write as like the original al possible . That if the words were not exactly alik « , ; the argument should be the same . Tbis t «* say is true . if they are not word for word , thefaeU are the same ia the Patriot as that sent to the
Editor of the Stof . - Thenextchargei * 'Is not this a most perfect ap ^ imea of impotent malice , arising from mortified -vanity and overweening self conceit . " The above is tM language of the Editor . Mr . Clayton neither bu , nor has he had any malice aginst the Star—Hi \ whole conduct proves to the contrary i his iabonrt . in the eause have been , as far as " bis means aD ^ circumstances would allow , second to no man . Tb& * charge of malice pre pen&e ,. arid overwesniagBe conceit are only charges whichwe defy ; either tha Editor or any other liviugman to prove . ' He did not write upon his own authority , but by com * maud of the Chartist body , and iri his bfficiil
capacity , which we again assert , was well know * to the Editor of Star : It any malice exists , it ft not oa the side of Mr . Clayton ; and as for the other charges of self conceit , &C . they are as utterly : false aa the rest - ' ¦¦¦'' ¦' .- ' ¦ ¦ ¦' : -.- ¦ ¦ V ¦• ¦'¦¦ . ¦"' . : : ' -.-. ¦ ¦ :. '¦' -:. '" . Agaia , the Editor says , that the letter to tie Paino * purports to be a « ' copy ;•• we defy him toi find th » word ia the note to the Editor of the Patriot ; «* knew that it was not a . copy verbatim , therefor * restrained froiu say trig so . We do say that tb » ' ¦ ' . facts and the arguments are the same ; thereto 1 * we are juEtifled ia saying the following was sent This the Editor of theStir I is aware of ; ani » there exists any inaHCe it is irianifest here , if «*
¦¦ - ¦ - . ' Were else .. ; - - ¦ : . ¦ - . - ,. , '¦ : •"• . ' \ : - . ¦ ¦; -. ; . ; ¦' -... ¦' With regard to the two earttaota which are gives . we have to say , that they are both quite true ; ana the mariner in whichqthe Editor has given them reminds us very forcibly of ^ drowning men catchifltf at twigs for it was never more verified than ifl this instance . . ' ..-. - '¦ . '¦ - ' r . ' v '• - ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ' . ' ' ' ¦ : "; The first extract given ' is ^ fr om ^ the Patriot TtbidisaF that Mr . O'Briea uever tasted " any intoiiwtittJ liquors . ¦ '¦ ¦ " . ;¦ " ¦' . ¦ . . •;¦ .: - . .- -: . ' ¦' : ' ¦¦• . . ; ; .- ¦ . -: : •" . ' , ' The Becondi from the letter sent to to ffie Editor of . the Star , says that Mr . OBrien drank fourpenny
worth of brandy , he being taken IU , Now , we assert that Mr . O'Brien never tasted any intoxicating liquors , as a beverage , whatsoever on the Sunday . This is What every thinking m » will Bee ; for the paragraph itself proves the same * for it distinctly says , that Mr . O'Brien was taken ; .. - . ill ; and so ^ it was . ¦ What hs tooft' was ¦ recommended and taken as medicine ; arid all who art acquainted with the virtues of brandy know that it is so used in iuany cases . This the Editor ooula not be ignorant of , for he had the plain black a 11 " white before hia eyes . v
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct737/page/4/
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