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MR. O'BRIEN AND HIS " VINDICATION."
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TEE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 4,. 1842.
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SPLENDID AiSD COSTLY PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THE " . NORTHERN STAR . " . rTEKaiXEi ) to commemorate every great national ev ^ ut connected with the present " movement , " Mr . O'Connor has entered into arransemeijts for presenting the Snbscribars to the Star with a large and splendid Engraving of the Presentation of
THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION to the House of Commons . This Plate will be as much superior to the Ed graving ? already given with the-S / ar , as they were to a ^ y ever given with any other newspaper . It xciil be divided , as it were , into three main compartments- The first will represent the Deleg s . T £ S in Coxvexti on assembled , previous to starting with the Petition to the House of Commons , Trie centre and largest compartment will represent the Procession a ccompanying the Petition to the House , iho Petitios it = eif , the Beakers of it . and the People , when passing Whitehall , anu approaching Palace Yard . The third comt > ar ; mem-will represent the Petition IN THE HOUSE , when " laid on the table f being a , receral view of the Interior of the House of Commons , the Bar and the Speaker's Chair being
proaimtEt features . In addition to these ma i n compartments the-upper and lower edges of the plate will be divided iis'o saxleen other smaller compartments , each one of "which wili contain an accurate representation of some great Publie Building passed in tke route from -the Convention Rooms U > the Parliament House . Views will th ' us be tiiven of Ttaiple Bar , St . Cement Base ' s Church , Somerset House , Exeter Hall , -St . Mary-le-Strsud , Trafalgar Square , Northumberland House , Whitehall . Richmond Terrace , The Admiralty , T * : e Horse Guards , Westminster Bridge , 1 ' Jie Treasury , Wesuninsier Abbey and St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and lbs Exterior 01 tea House of Common . There will thus be given , upon one very large sheet , NiSETiEf Splendid P ] erects , all barmoniousiy c- » mbiatd to make the whole an effective and
worthy representation or the zaost important movement ever madeby ihe English people in favour of liberty . The terns upon which the Plate will be isi-ued are as i " o : Iow : — - Every Subscriber to ihe S ' . zr for Four Months , from the date of entering his name wivh his newsagent , will be entitled to a Plate . We do not , promise to have it ready at any particular time , for the work will be one of such a , character , " and will need such careful
attention oa the pars -of the Engraver , as to defy a-iy ' oae to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . Every subscriber is at liberty to cease his subscription at the end of four mouths , holding his Ticket , and receiv ing Lis pla : e and paper from the Agent he has subscribed with , the day it is presented , just as if he h-ad continued to subscribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is presented will be One SkU . 'iig . We will try : o make such arrangements as wili in-ike this the only charge the Subscribers wilt havo to
pay . . Agents , therefore , will Dlease to open subscription list ? , and in all eases furnish the subscriber with a ticket , witch ticket will entitle him to the Plate whenever it is given for subscribing for the Star for four months . A 3 soon a 3 possible , specimens Ehall be placed in the hands of the Agents .
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VTe i 22 ve Ec-re ihe paaphlctto wbisL this letter refers and la . neat its i-ubiieation , because we ftiT -. hit to soiui .- a-fa : thn people ' s carse Trill s-2 Vr cy it . We srs eIs ^ t : —y f <_ r :-Ir . O'Brita , -who has bj ' this i ; : e ; t i : i-. prui-.:. t ' ti « :-p ian . de hvraatlf justly iiiV . e to V . j ;; k aui ce-: z j = a-p ! c : on 5 , -which lie will prorsVy : h ; . j it : ; : ueii : n-: re zz * j to exdte than to sV . aj . O ^ J tr ir-ij : s r-. rfeauj c > s . r ; that tLe pzmphlei is tntire : v ti-. iiiir ? s zs fir us we are Cjiieemsu . The ue : j " i ; irt = 5 s -3- ho can suffer frcra . it are- ; t 3 author e . ; -J ll ' = Crr : ;; : hoij . There ars on ' y two clasps tf r ^ ji--ns r . i ; -, cis read the psrjph ' tt : boric ; t iiiec aii-i J 2 . fH . T 2 :-C 53 T 7 iii again ccJisift clsu-iaas bsvj t-j . ' ir-s Xzrlhem Stir and such n . s have not read it . Tf . v . * -- -he fcoistst men -siio , iik-3 ICr . Alien , have
r-. ^ -l : h- j Sinr , know perfectly , that c-f all i : ien liriii ? Mr O'B-ii :: --a ^ l i to regard the Editor ut £ hi . t vuper ¦ sr l ' -i rra Stn . dc i * : st- _ a 3 of mrJice . ThbJ ki ; ov ? u ^ x &jtIkj _ tbe whole ttrs of its tsisteiice th = Xo . -fc m i " :-j . * Lit perrritttd no opportunity of enbaaclr-j ; Mr . O'Srien " s interesLs and of sssertiag h . 3 merits to \ ,-m cnitnprov&u ; th = 7 tnow that for tfce m- ^ ci of pun-Ilshir . s this Vcrj parrphlet— tA ) shameless as \~ ¦ : . = 3 Ir . 0 Br . er . is indebted to the exertions of theXo .-tf ^ m Star , in grstu : tous 1 y advertisinr , f or-sreets and months t- ^; e ' . bsT , and continually calling a ' . tciition to , scd ecforclrg cpon the notice of its readers ,- ibe subscrip ' . ic-r . listsIhrcogh rrbich betas bsconie provided with tb-.-so xs . e 2 a 5 ; tt-. ' 7 fcnow j > erfep" ] y thai vtbeEfcTer on paMia matters , the Editor has uissgreed vriih 7 > ir .
O'Brien , that disagreemtr-t cf op nioa has te-. n by him espresK-d ia the most respectful and gentlemanly terms ; they ki : o 7 tliat the- Editor of the Xortls . -n Star fca 3 occapied many columns in defending Mr . O'Brien acsin £ t the attacks cf other parties ; t ); ey fcnow all this j tbc-ugli tfeey Jo e ; t £ now inlf so ninth asilr . OBnrD bixcse'J ln : ows " uf the trouble that tss been taiea and the icconventenee thiit has been scstaiced cj the Editor of tbe Xc-rihcrn Siar , to uphold 51 ? . O'Brien ' s interf sts ; tfceMi hyDtst- mtn , therefore , ¦ who have read tbe XorOieiii Star , ani wlio &dow the "Wbolo tistory of the -whole reader , will see Mr . OSrien's pamphlet in its true ii _ -Di , ' in the lieht in ¦ wh ich Mr . AHen seea it They know that its ' abuse sad ribaldry is neither due nor tppllcsbls to us ; they fcnosj tbat its TfecSlessness of assertion ia made up of outrageous misrepresentations and wilful , deliberate isjgihovds , OBdxre shall , tiieKfjre , cot snffsr in their
€£ t : niation because of the exuaordinary pracks of -Mr . James O'Brien . Honest men who have not read U-. fe S ' . tr will see at once that the ribald tra ? h of this pamphlet must of necssaty exclude it from every Oecrat aewrpapsr . Tfesy wiil perceive thai Mr . G'Brl ' wicoald not " either have tspssted or intended thtttLc blaekgcard letter wh : cb is its chief feature sfcc-sjd appc-sr in ihe pspd to Tvliicb he had tLo insolence 13 a-idrsssit ; a ^ d thfrrtfvre , wishout , tzteriDg it ^ aU into fee ontstion of -whether > Ir . OBrien , £ dg £ & or Uiight EothiT- i-:. Ee cause of entsce , Jfcey wili sse- c-Bcugb torn the pamphlet to SsSrfy aem that the only dlir ^ ce it reflects ie npoa its author ; in jdd cf v ; h ' - 'i 2 t'stiicony they wiSI require bettt * svlde ^ oa its : this eies&n ' t tbi , ;~ bca \ i . In tha . juugn ) --iit sz : d c-t ' i-iti . - . ii of all bfffiest men , therefore , -srLitce ? t ;? 7 may ever have « as > Ute 5 &r « i »^ tte oz ' y Kfiisf ti from tbis i-m-
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phlet -will be Mr . ( PBrien himself ; while knaves of all grades -will lay gladly hold of it as a means of Injuring the people ' s cause . Preten ded Chartists , and traitors in our own camp , if there be any , -will use it as a means cf exciting and fomenting ill feeling and division ; open enemies will point exultingly to it as a specimen of the style and spirit of the elite of Chartism . They -will ask , with some degree of plausibility , whether the fact that popularity is accorded by xhe -woTkiDg men to sucb parties as Mr . O'Brien describes the Editor ef the Northern Star to be , and by his own pamphlet proves himself to be , is not sufficient to justify them in their opposition to the Charter , on the ground that to grant it TTOuld be to place the interests and destinies
of the whole people in the hands of a few reckless and unprincipled men—alike destitute of the virtues and i . _ o d-cenciea of ordinary society ? This is tbe only effect which Mr . O'Brien's pamphlet is calculated to produce ; this is the only effect it will produce , Mr . O'Brien knew that before he published It ; be coDld not help knowing it ; and hence the honest and truth-loving ChattisU begin , like Mr . Allen , "to suspect that all is -not right . " We regret that these suspicions should get abroad ; because tee think the matter may be accounted for on different principles from that to -which some parties seem disposed to refer It We do not think that Mr . O"Brien has been bought or bribed by the enemy
to do his little best for the destruction of the Chartist movement ; though if he had been so , he could scarcely have served his employers better . We believe his present vagaries to be merely the result of morbid excitement , arising chiefly from that contemptible littleness of mind , the compound of vanity and disappointment , which has been happily termed " thinskinnedness . " It is lamentable that a man who has formerly done service te the good cause should be capable of making such an exhibition of himself ; but we can eniy lament the fact ; we cannot help it . We grieve to see Mr . O'Brien in the position be has chosen to take ; but , inasmuch as be has chosen it , we have no alternative but to leave him in itl-EB . -Y . i .
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"WELL , XKAS NOTTINGHAIL , OS TUESDAY NEXT , THE SiV £ KIH INSTANT , AT SlX O ' CLOCK IN THE EVENING . TilE CHAIB MUST BE TAKE . N P&ECISEXY AT THAT HOUK , AS Mb . Q'COMTOR IS ENGAGED XO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OF NOTTINGHAM , AT BuNKERS-HrLL , AT ElGHT O ' CLOCK , ON THE SAME EVENING .
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MR . R 0 E 3 UCK AND THE NATIONAL PETITION . Wht was itr . RoFEt'CK , of all other men in the world , selected by the factions to damn the National Petition when it was presented to " the House" by Mr . Duncombe \ U a qv-ery that presents itself to the mind of every labouring man who calls to mind the ilamiD £ professions of ultra democracy which Mr . Roebuck has unceasingly made ; and the question is noi very easy of solution , unless ono looks some little below the surface , and examines in detail '' the wheels within wheels'' of Parliamentary machinery .
Ever since the existence of the two factions whose baneful power has produced such woe and want in this once happy land , there has also existed a SHAM OPPOSITION to them and their doings . The object of these " Oppositionists" has always been , by loud and extensive professions , to gain the confidence of the oppressed people ; and then to treacherously sell and barter the confidence so obtained to the Minister of the day J In later times
from Fox downwards , the House of Commons has been the continued scene of operations like these 1 Not a single Parliament has there been holden , that has not had , as one of it 3 component parts , a SHAM OPPOSITION . As ' one man has been sopped off , another has taken his place ! The game has been kept up . The displacement of one SHOYHOY , as Cobbett appropriatel y named them , has been followed by the substitution of another .
Thes-2 SHOY-HOYS are a portion , and a main portion too , of the system . To have attempted to carry the measures that have been carried ; and to have imposed tbe burthens that have been imposed , without "AN OPPOSITION , " would have been certain ruin to any minister that Bhould have so attempted . The "OPPOSITIONIST" amuses the people , while the Minister picks the pocket and fastens the padlock ! The "OPPOSITIONIST "
aiso serves another useful parpose : he serves as a safetj-valve for the niuimux 3 and complaints of the choused and cheated ^ and he l ets down , gently , but effectually , any and every attempt that the people may make to recover lost ground , or to better their former position . The Parliamentary SHOY-HOY is as much interested in the continuance of the system as the placeman , or sinecurist himself ; and he labours as hard , in his way , as either , to pre&er ? e it inviolate and complete .
Fox ; " the great immortal English patriot , " Fox , i 3 tbe fiist SHOY HOY , in order of time , that we shall here notice . We single him out , because ifc was during his " opposition" that that war , which added bo much to the Debt , and which entailed upon , this . cheated people the enormous "dead weight" they now have to bear ; it was during the "opposition" of Fox that that "just and necessary war" wa 3 undertaken and carried on . Fox was a
party in reality , though not in appearance , to the commencement and continuance of that war . The object of the aristocracy in commencing it was to prevent the carrying of Parliamentary Reform . This object was equally dear to both portions of tho aristocracy ; the Whig and the Tory . Pitt was the mouthpiece of the latter party ; and Fox was the champion of tho Whig ? . Pitt was the son of a Whig pensioner , and began his career , not only as a Whig , but a 3 a Parliamentary Reformer ; and Fox was not only bred a Tory , and began hi 3 career as a Tory , on : ke had , and held to the day of his death
iico sinecure offices ? .. ' These men were the two m- ; n of toe whole collection who could talk the loudes :, longest , and most fluently ; and who were rV .-re ' ore picked out by their respective parties to lead In carrying on those "Debates , " as they are called , Yfhich have been one of the great meassof aiausJLg , and deluding , and enslaving the nation ! Every eff ; it -rras made by the respecti ? e parties to exalt their champions in public estimation .. They were rtpresented as the tivo most wonderful men that
th « w ^ ild bad ever seen ! The people , carried away ly Eu « h jugglery , ranked thvmselves under one or the other oi tiv s& paragon ? , and took their respective n-imes as marks of honourable distinction : and thus , for tb-riy long years , were the industrious £ -: £ sincc-re ar . d public-spirited people of this country divided into Pittites and PoxiTts ; thus were they for those thirty years the spon of the aristocracy vrho employed ihesa political imposters ; while every year of the thirty xnic a ? i addition to their lurdens ar : da dunb . ulhn of their fiLerl ' iet ! !!
In this state stood the factions in 171 ) 3 , when came t > . e <] urt ' on of war asa ^ nst the Republic of France . Pitt v , a ? , personally , decidedly ' opj . otcd to tear . He hud become Tory Minhier . As such , he had established a Sinking Fund , and had adopted other measures for the reduction of the Debt , then amounting to two hundred millions . War was incompatible with Pitt ' s schemes of reduction . He was wholly opposed to it . But that portion of the aristocracy that supported hi m were for war : for in
the continuance and sae ^ ess of the French Republic they sate Parliamentary Reform ! and aa end of their blessed system of rule 11 The Foxite portion of tho aristocracy , too , saw the common dayiger , and were as eager for war aa the Tories . Understanding the grttuuds of Pitt ' s opp osition to war , they went over , and joined the Pittite party ; foecing , absolutely forcing Pitt into war ; while they left Fox with a small party about him to carry on that " constitutional opposition" necessary to MQUse and deceive the people !
And thus the people of that day were amused and cheated ! The SHOY-HOY was there , to engag 3 their attention , while " loans" were being made ; taxes liid on ; subsidies employed in parchasing victories ; axd the " dead weight" pliced npon the nationV back . Fox performed his parf ; aad performed it weiJ 109 . Ke ws . ? accouatv-d a
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patriot ; a great statesman ; "the greatest , the most enlightened , and the most disinterested friend of the people that ever existed in this country" ! and it is common , new to speak of him as ' - "the most illustrious statesman" ; while "the most illustrious statesman" never did any thing for the country but take its money from it ! He was , as was said before , a sinecure placeman all hia life and he left a wife and two children pensioned on the country for their lives ! He himself 'brought in a bill to enable Lord Grenvilie , when First Lord of the Treasury , to hold his sinecure office of £ 4 , 000 a-year , as Auditor of the Exchequer ; thus , making him auditor of his own accounts . ' ! He was one of those who gave foreigners pensions under the crown , in violation of the Act of
Settlement ; one of those who brought German troops , and . stationed them all over the country ; one of those who greatly augmented all the salaries and allowances of the royal family ; one of those who made an attempt to get a law passed , which law would have brought the exciseman into private houses ; one of those , who , when they were driven from place and power , left behind them , as a legacy to the nation , ready drawn up , the first of those Acts by which the people of England were shut up in their houses from sun-set to sunrise ! and in virtue of which Acts , so many Irishmen were , for being out of their houses more than fifteen minutes afc a time , tbansported for seven tears ! and that , too , by MARTIAL AUTHORITY , —without Trial by Jury !
Such was the " patriotism and " illustrious statesmanship" of SHOY-HOY Fox ! Turn we next to contemplate some parts of the conduct of a not less humbug in his day , Henry ( now Lord ) Brougham . . Wo seize upon Brougham as an illustration of the mode in which the SHAM OPPOSITIONIST works , because the part Brougham played , in 1817 , when Lord CocHRANE presented petitions from one-and-ahalf millions of people , praying for Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , and the Ballot , as a means of effecting fiscal , economical , and social reforms , was analagous to that played by Roebuck , when three-and-a-half millions asked for the
establishment of the self-same principles for the selfsame objects , in 1842 ! Roebuck was selected to be the sneerer at , and damnifies of the NATIONAL PETITION in May , 1842 , to serve the purposes of faction , and to disappoint the hopes of a patient and suffering people ! Brougham performed the like kind of service for the factions in 1817 ! Like Roebuck , Brougham had pretended to identify himself with the cause of the people . He had avowed himself " a democrat . " He had tickled " the ears of the groundlings ; " he had acquired for himself the character of the people ' s friend ; and he used the power thus obtained to frustrate their efforts for justice and right !
It is not generally known lhat Brougham , at one time , publicly appeared as the advocate of Umvehsaij Scfrage and Annual Elections . Yet the fact is so . In the month of June , 1814 , Lord Cochrane was expected io be expelled from the House of Commons . He was member for Westminster . His expukion , of course , would cause a vacancy for that then celebrated city . To obtain Cochrane ' s ' seat , was a point of ambition with Brougham : but he was distinctly given to understand that unless he declared explicitly for Universal Suffrage and
Annujll Parliaments he would not have a shadow of a ehance . To gain his seat Brougham made the declaration !! He had , some short time previously , in a paper which was printed , declared himself hostile to Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage ; but note ; now that the Beat fnr Westminster was to be be gained ; now , that power as an "OPPOSITIONIST" was to be acquired ; now , Brougham swallowed his former "hostility" and declared in favour of Annual Elections ; and contended that the Elective Franchise should be EXTENDED TO ALL WHO PAID TAXES ! !
When this vacancy for Westminster was expected , a meeting was called of the Livery of London , to which Brougham was invited . This meeting was for the purpose of getting Brouoham afloat . At that meeting he made a speech ; in whioh he identified himself with the Radical Reformers and their principles . His dodge was seen through by some of the Radicals who remembered his former sayings . To fix him , if possible , they waited upon him with a report of his speech , desiring him to correct it , if
it needed correction ; as they were anxious his real opinions should be known . Brougham said that it would be as easy to write the speech jully out . They asked him " would he do hoV He engaged to do it ; and he WROTE IT OUT WITH HIS OWN HAND ! This speech , so written out in his own hand , was kept-by some persons of the Westminster Committee , as the pledge of Brougham ' s principles . This speech , so writtton , was in the following words : —
"Mr . Brougham returned thanks , and said that the last time he had met the livery , two years ago , he had declined making professions or promises , because he saw them so sf ten broken ; but bad desired the livery , if it were worth their attention , to mark his conduct , and if he betrayed his declaration , to punish him next time they met , by drinking to the memory of his departed principles . —that time was now come , and he met them without any consciousness of having forfeited their favour . These two years had been pregnant with important events , and infinitely various aa these were they all agreed in this , thatthey had mightily redounded t » the honour of tbe cause , and the confirmation of our principles . The fundamental maxims of liberty had been solemnly recoffnizsd in tbe face of the world .
THAT ALL POWER IS FROM THE PEOPLE ; and that they have a RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR GOVERNMENT , AND DISMISS THEIR RULERS FOR MISCONDUCT . They had done so in France , and it wbb a lesson that could not be forgotten in the rest of Europe . The saying that laws are silent in the midst of arms , ' bad failed for once ; and this fundamental principle had triumphed over the triumphs of the allied armies . So much for the honour of the cause . Bat the principles of reform had been assisted also in their progress . Where is now the pa ? , with which our mouths had , for five and twenty years , been stopppd , as often aa WE have required that PARLIAMENTS SHOULD BE CHOSEN YEARLY , and that the
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALL WHO PAY TAXES ? We have been desired to wait , for ths enemy was at tbe gate , and ready to avail himself of the discords attending our political contests , in order to undermine our national independence . This argument is gore and our adversaries must now look for another . He had mentioned the two RADICAL doctrines cf YEARLY ELECTIONS , and the franchise enjoyed BY ALL PAYING TAXKS ; but it would be superfluous to roason in favour of them here , where ALL toere agreed upon the sufytfC . However , as elsewhtre they may speedily be diecussed , he should take leave to * ugg&t a fact , f < r
the use of such as might have occasion to defend their principle ? . It was one for the truth of which he might appeal to his honourable friend , the Member for Middlesex ( Mr . Byng ) who knew as well as he did , that there was a great improvement always observable in the conduct of the House of Commons , towards ihe last year of a PtiriiameiU : inasmuch that he had observed that more good was dove in that year , than in all the other five or six . The reason for all this he should not presume t < j suite ; but some ptrspns were of so suspicious a nature , as to insinuate , that it might be the knowledge of members , that at the end of that session they niusi meet their contt'taents , such of them as had any , and give an
account of their trust He avowed that this fact hart been one of the chief grounds of his conviction of the expediency of YEARLY ELECTIONS ; and if any one thought this unsafe , he should answer , that such frequent recurrence , and such extension of the franchise as should accompany it . it the best check upon public etpence . If any other cheet ^ was -wanting , it might be provided also . He had talked of such members , as had constituents , being reminded of it by the manner in which the t » art- hart been given oat by mistake—he hoped not an ominous
one . It had been said , & full , fair , and free representation in Parliament , ' leaving oat' the people . ' Now , this is just what is done elsewhere . There is ' a full , fair , and free representation in Parliament , ' we need not drink to that There is a full representation of the Aristocracy— a fair representation of the landed interest —a free representation—a free ingress of the Court—but not much of the people—they are left out , as they were to-day . It must , however , be otherwise soon . While they BEAR THE BURDENS of the State , they must , Esof l ight , share in its government ; and to effect thie Reform , all good men must unite . "
There ! That is pretty good for a SHOY-HOY See how glibly the " patriot" talks of the . » ' WE have equired . that Parliaments shoaid be chosen freely , and : at the elective franchise should be extended to ail who pay taxes" ! And yet the very
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man ( if he be worthy the name of man ) who put this down in bis own handwriting , after Laving spoken it at the London Tavern—who put it into the hands of the people of Westminster as his political creed ; this SHOY-HOY , when he found that he could not get the seat for Westminster , turned short round upon the people ; and , in the year 1817 ; about two years and a half after speaking and writing the above speech , he abused all the leaders of the Reformers ; he represented them as wretches that deserved chastisement of the severest kind , because they were for what he cailed the marf scheme of Annual Parlusients a . nd Universal Suffrage V
When Lord Cochrane offered to present to , the HouBe of Commons petitions signed by a million and a half of Englishmen , praying for a Radical Reform of the people's House , Brougham * the SHOY-HOY , almost led the way in having the petitions kicked out of "the House 1 He sneered at the petitioners j represented Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments ( the very principles with which he had identified himself ) as " BIG NOS ^ TRUMS for LITTLE BLUNDERS' * J He acted a part the most foul towards the Reformers . He affected to censure the
Power-of-Imprisonment Billy and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ; he spoke against the measures ; he voted against the measures ; but be took care that his" opposition" should pasB for nothing I for ninetenths of his speeches were either riiicule or abuse of the Reformers and their Leaders ! ilia trick consisted in representing the scheme of Reform prayed for as chimerical ; and to point out the Leaders as being most desperately wicked , and as deserving of
any degree of punishment ! The slanderer - 'opposed " the cruel and tyrannical measures of Castlereagh and Sidhouth in words ; bafc he had another parcel of words which tended to encourage the Government to pass and persevere in the measures ; and to induce all the rioh , timid , and selfish part of the nation ; all the base , frivolous , and worthless men and women to applaud the very measures he affeoted to oppose !
Preoisely such a SHOY-HOY is John Arthur Roebuck , as far as ho has the ability ! Precisely such part did he pixy on the presentation of the National Petition , signed by three-and-a-half millions of people ! "That extremely unwise ; " "that extremely foolish petition" ! " The trashy doctrine contained in the petition . " " Lex it not be supposed that HE agreed with ONE HUNDREDTH PART of the doctrines of the petition" ! Suoh was the mode adopted by this SHOY-HQY ; this SHAM FRIENDj to let down the people and their cause . Surely there wag reason why Sir
Robert Peel and the Tories , and Lord J . Russell , and the Whigs , should reject the petition . When the flaming Radical , the out-and-out Chartist , the ultra Democrat , Mr . Roebuck , could thus speak of it ! If its claims Were suoh that he could not agree with a one hundredth part of them , surely they must be foolish and extravagant indeed ! Thus the SHOY-HOY opened the door for Lord J . Russell and Sir Robert Peel to thrust the claims of the people out of the House , and throw them slap bang again into the faces of the petitioners , aa absurd and unreasonable in the extreme ! and thus Rolbuck acted as all SHOY-HOYS have ever done !
Roebuck is a' * national faith" man . Roebuck , maugre all his u ultra * notions , is for wringing from the labour of the people £ 6 . 0 , 000 , 000 a-year , to pay the Interest of the Debt and the expenoes consequent on that Interest and Debt . Roebuck knows that the moment Universal Suffrage is established , that £ 60 , 000 , 000 will cease to be paid . Heioe he is as fearful of Universal Suffrage as any Whig or Tory in the House ! and this is the case with every mother ' s son of the Malthusian Opposition I They'amuse the people by pretending to advocate their cause ; but they , ono and all , take care to assist ia the enactment of all measures
intended . to . rivet the chains of Capital round the neck of Labour ; and in prostrating the energies of the people at the feet of " National Faith" ! Unitersal Suffrage would loose those chains , and set Labour ' free : hence Universal Suffrage is dreaded by the Malthusians as the greatest calamity that could bttfal them ! This explains many portions of their conduct , otherwise inexplicable ! The labourer will now see why they traduce , and vilify , and abuse , and DENOUNCE those leaders of the people who will not do SHOY-HOY work ! They cannot do with those who work in earnest ! None but SHAMS find favour in their Bight : and these they cherifih as the apple of their eye !!
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THE QUEEN SHOOTING . . Another opportunity has been afforded 'for . the exuberant loyalty of the supremely "loyal" to boil over . Gad ! and they have laid it on thick I A young man , from some motive or other , draws a pistol from his pocket , and points it at the Queen ; but whether he fires it or no , is rather problematical ; and whether , if he did fire , the weapon was loaded with more than powder and wadding , none can as yet tell ; yet , forthwith , a " complete sensation" is produced ! and the minds of the members of •" : the two Houses' ? are so affected at the atrocity , that they cannot even pass that Tariff which is "to lower the price of provisions for ¦ ¦ - the people ; " but they forthwith adjourn to allow
themselves time to cool J ! Admirable and delicate sensibility ! "The two Houses" did not adjourn when the middle-class-miscreants rode down , and , with their newly ground sabres , slaughtered scores of women and children on the field of Peterloq ! Nor did they adjourn when Widow Ryan ' s son was sent " to meet his account" by Archdeacon Rider and his bloody man-butchers ! In jhese cases , tho weapons were mOre than pointed at the victims that suffered : yet " the house" in one case thanked the MURDERERS !!! and in the other ^ refused all redress !! But their feelings were so acted upon , because a foolish boy pointed a pistol at the Queen , ( and , as some say , fired it ) that they must needs adjourn to recover from the fright !! O ! what sensibility " loyality" can make us affect !! .
The pistol , however , has been pointed a < the Queen ; and the perpetrator of the act is committed to Newgate on a , charge of High-Treason , Wo wonder whether the factions will make him out to be a " rascally Chartist , " or not ! We- have watched the ; ¦ '" Establishment" pretty .-anxiously t » see what tone it took as to this point . Sa far , it has not attempted to connect the foolish youth with any political party . Hi 3 lodgings and his boxes have been searched ; but ho papers or documents of a political character have , as yet , been found : no , not even the Northern Star ! This is
consolatory ! Now-a-days it is the fashion to refer all the political mischief that is done throughout the country to the ¦ '" inflammatory and incendiary Northern Star '' ! and we wore hot quite sure , when we first heard of the foolish act of this very foolish boy , that some portion of the blame would not have been attempted to be laid at our door ; and , through us , at the door of tho ' - Chartists generally ! r A charge of treason is no joke ! For pointing a pistol at the Queen , this young haram-scarum has got himself in for it pretty considerably . He is
committed for high treason ; and if found guilty , will be adjudged to be hanged by the neck till he be dead ; then to he beheaded ; and his body cut in four quarters , and disposed of , as the Queen' shall direct ! It would have been a serious matter for us to have had to join him in his tribulation , had he turned out to have been a reader of the Northern Star ! By all that is sacred ^ we implore of all who read the Star never to think of pointing a pistol at the Queen ; or indeed at any one else , except in case of self-defence !
Seriously , however ; what is the meaning of these attempted shootings \ Are we to have one a-year 1 Is the ball to be kept going , both in France and England V If there be many more of them ; they will lose their effect . People will begin to think that shooters at Kings and Queens ara bad marksmen ; or that Royal personages live a charmed' life One or two failures might do ; but for so manypeople will begin to think—it ' s all a huh !! Should that feeling possess folks , their "loyally" will be damped ! We would Strongly advise all concerned both in France in England , to have no more of these royal-personage shootings .
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his indignation on the « Stor , the Editor of which he affirms to evince ' * in the Star of each week " a disposition to calumniate him . Here then is ample proof of two of the very strong charges we make against Mr . Philp ; of baving . in this letter , charged upon one party that which he knew to have been said and done by another party ; and of directing his censure against acts which he knew to have never been done and facts which he knew to have no
existence . ¦; . . - ;¦ ; ,- . - . . ¦ ;; , "¦ .. •' ; ' .. ; ... . - ¦ Because the Bath Chartists have said that which he affirms to be false , he accuses the Northern Star of calumniating him " each week" ! Mr . Pbiilp ia a great stickler for "the rights of the people" and for the necessity of their having an organ for the expression of their opinions ; and yet he is angry with the Northern Star lor giving expression to the resolution of a whole body of Chartists , because tbafc resolution happens to be offensive to him ! Because he chooses to assert the contrary of that which the Bath Chartists assert , we must not publish the resolution of the
Bath Chartists on pain of his displeasure ! Just let any man look at"the facts of this case . The Bath Chartists of No . 3 , Galloway ' s Buildings , send certain monies to the Convention Fund ; the sum was not so large as had been expected from them ; they state , by resolution , a reason why they had not contributed the whole sum expected from them ; they sendthis to the Northern Star for publication ; and because we publish it , Mr . Philp sends this long , grave , objurgation , protesting against our practice of calumniating him " eachweek in the Star" ! Was ever a more monstrous piece of dishonesty perpetrated ? ';¦ ¦ - .. ' ¦ - . ¦ .: ¦ -. /¦ - - ¦ ' : ¦/' ' •¦ ¦ "¦'¦ ' .
But after all what does this letter of Mr . Philp ' s prove in reference to the facts in dispute between him and the Bath Chartists ; and which he has so dishonestly laboured to represent as a dispute between him and the Northern Star ? The Bath Chartists of No . 3 , Galloway ' s Buildings , say that they would have paid more money to the Convention , had they not been thinned as to numbers by Messrs , Vincent and Philp starting another society . Mr . Philp denies this . He says : — , ¦ -
" I deny that any society has been formed in Bath by either Vincent or Philp , or any persons with whom we have connexion . Nor has any political society , that I know of , been recently formed , the origin of which may either directly or indirectly be attributed to us . " V Now this is evidently intended to convey the idea that the assertion contained in theBathChartists ' resolution is a falsehood . And yet Mr . Philp knows it is no euch thing . He knows that the Bath Chartists of No . 3 , Galloway's Buildings have stated nothing in this matter butthe trutb ; and his ownletter—this
present letter—in the very next words after this denial confirms that truth . The facts of the case are simply thus . The Chartists of Bath are all members of the National Charter Association of Great Britain They have been accustomed to meet together in the large room , No . 3 , Galloway's Buildings . Some time ago , a quarrel occurred among them about the part which Mr . Philp and Mr . Vincent and some Other parties took in the Conferences « nd other meetings relative to the Stubge move . Mr . Phil * and
some others then refused to meet any longer with some parties who were in the habit of frequenting No . 3 , Galloway ' s Buildings . They , therefore , went , and took a room of their own , and thus opened a new meeting place for Chartists . So that , in point of fact , there are now two distinct bodies of Chartists meeting in different parts of the city of Bath , whereas there was only oner Of this fact Mr Philp assures us in this letter ; for , in the very next words to those we last quoted , ihe says , —
"We have opened a large and comfortable room , capable of accommodating 1 , 500 persons—it is lit withgas , &c . " ; This , those of the Chartists of Bath , who still meet at No . 3 , Galloway ' s Buildings , call the opeaing of another society by'Mr . Philp and his friends ; and we think they are right ia thus calling it ; and we feel quite sure that most other people will think so too : indeed we have no doubt that Mr . Phiep would have perfectly conourred with them in t ' nia view of the matter , if it had not suited his purpose to raise a quibble on the meaning of the word
" society , " that he might be able to" deny" the statement of the resolution . He does not •* deny" that he has opened another place of meeting in Bath , but insists that he has not formed another society ; because the new room as well as the old ono is " applied for the purposes of the National Charter Association , has a General Council for its management , and is under the guidance of the EngUsh Execuiive . " We never remember to have seen a more paltry quibble than this ; had the Bath Chartists said " another ' meeting ? instead of " another society , " Mr . Philp could have no reply ; and
yet their meaning would have been precisely the same as it now is . They assign as their ieason for not giving so much to the Coavention fund as was expected , that there are not now so many of them as there were ; that a division has taken place ; that Messrs . Pliilp and others have started another society ( using the word society to taean a body meeting in a room ); Mr . Philp confirms this by his own statement , and yet quibbles about the word society , for the purpose of " emphatically denying it" ! Mr . Philp may think this casuistry very clever ; we think it very disgraceful .
But which of the two parties is in the right in this dispute about the meaning of the word Bociety ? The Bath Chartists 6 ay that Mr . Philp and his friends have begun " another society . " We say that they are right ; and that Mr . Philp in denying it exhibits not merely a dishonest , beoause a quibbling , disposition , but the grossest ignorance of the constitution and organization of the National Charter Association , for the highest and most honourable of Whose offices , he ia now a candidate ; as well as the grossest ignorance of the law npon the subject of political societies . If Mr . Philp
does not know , there is not aChartist in the United Kingdom who cannot tell him , that two distinct bodies of Chartists meeting in different rooms in different parts of the ciiy of Bath are , to all intents .. -. . and purposes ! so far as the city of Bath is concerned , two societies . Mr . PHar speaks of his rooin , in the heart of the city , being " applied to the purposes of the National Cfaaitei Association ; " of its having " a general council- for its government , " and of its being " under the management of the Eu . ijUsh Executive , " as though the National Charter Association was a body like the Methodist connection , or any other great body
recognised by the law , and having a legal right to exist in divisions , sections , branches , and compartments . He seems to have quite forgotten the ^ legality" mania Which has but so recently passed over . He seems quite innocent of all knowledge of the fact that the country wa 3 put to the expence of a national delegate meetingia Manchester for the very purpose of amending and legalizing the organization . Mr . Philp haa beeB nearly twelve months on the Executive Comniitt ? e { aad it would really seem ^ from this letter , Aat h&iafi never read the plan of organization at all ! If he had read it , he must have known that to ^ l ^;* * * meeting room being applied to the purposesi of - the
National Charter Association ^ ' is to talk nonB ^ s » and much worse than nonsense ; he must have known that the National Charter Association has no ffetf * inffj , and therefore needs no meeting wofcS ' i that it exists only in ' its ofHoera and ' . ) | i . ^ enrclied list of member ' s , ; and- that all the su # ip f the Beveral Chattists , meeting in their '? resii ?( rtflr 8 lbcaiities , are their o »« acts as individual GWAiMSi and not as inembera , of the National ; GS ^ r Association . This " was most carefully tgifl . elaborately explained in tbe ^ : Nerthfm , ? i& 9 immediately after the amending of thetj ^ aJ of organization ; and we venture to hope ; lb » t there are few Ch&rtists in the country ignoraiitOT it besides Mr . Philp . ¦ .:. -i . '¦ " ¦' ..
Then again what does Mr . pHiLPjnean bSt" <» General CouaoiH He says hia room ia th 8 fh ^* of the city is applied to the purposes of the ^ Natiiwal Charter Association , and " has a General Council for its government . " How many General Co uncils are there in the National Charter Association * Mr . Philp speaks of * a General Council " - ^ M the government of his meeting room , » 3 " National Charter Association might law ' » W
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR . - . .- .. . /' ,- . - ; . . ¦ ¦ .,- , - ; ..:. ' .: :-: .. : . . ^/ i ; - .- ; _ . __ •_> . - - ¦¦• ,. ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ —; . . . .. , —¦ ' .. — , •¦ ¦ - —¦¦¦ .. — ¦ " ' . i " ^ - ' .. ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ' - ¦ ' — . — . ¦ — ¦ - ' ' . 1 . _^ _ ¦ _ i-m — _ mm , -.. 1 .... . ^ , — .. ¦ — . '¦ , ,. ' . . " ¦ .
Mr. O'Brien And His " Vindication."
MR . O'BRIEN AND HIS " VINDICATION . "
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TO TH 2 ZD 1 T 3 H OF XHE NOBXHEBS STAB . Deab Sib . —Having lately had the distinguished honour of proposiDij ihai noble r . dvocate of the peoples lights , Ftargua O'Connor , Esq ., as a fit and proper person to represesl- ibis borough in Parliament ; feeling great auasheseat to that gentleman for bis services as well as to yours-Jf , .-the Northern Star , and our or ^ anizinon , 1 do no' know when 1 fel ; morehars-or t-npcry than on raaaing one of the rnoit ur . calla-i-tor , insuking , and vilJauous a : tacks spjn yourielf and ilr . O'Connor that ever 1 read ; ia a pcraphlct , eauded '' Mr . O'Brien's Vindication
of frs C--ndac : at t' -. e late Biraiia ^ ham Cosference "; I niiij ; £ 3 j that 1 think this is ope of the mostscandalous arracks ; eypecially afDer the . resolmion pisstd , a :: d the EBderstanding between all parcks in the iate Couvention I If Mr . O'Brien's object be titaer to caase divjgicES , or to damn hira = elf in the estin : at : » ii of the people , he couiu uot mor > - eiLc : ualiy a-cc > m ^ lisri i ; b y aay other means rhin these he « : 2 ulojj . Taere is eo a 3 B feels ra ^ rd srcoeTe regard for Ivlr . 0 ' 3 r ; -n thin myself ; but such conduct I zz . v ~ z aad wjii pro : e ? s ajj 3 sn 5 i and cocdema . I hiV 3 recid every article in tbe Star in reference to Jbe di ~ p " ,-e , and while I ts . Te seeu nothing but ' . vhat
vra = ; a > .-5 ohatelj cecessar ? for the infonnaiion of the pcople 3 I have seen plenty of psuse to dispure , if 110 : the sinc-eritj nt any rsr-e tbe wis-lom , of the policy pursued by O'Drien . Waeu I Sud O'G ) aneli , Lovett , and O'Srien , sll acting together ; not on ' y in . rispeci to the Srur ^ e's mova , "bni in opposition to O'Counor , yaurself , uTld our psp ^ r ; whcH 1 hear O'Connor xdiir . g O'Brien to his face before the waols L < : nr . 7 iiUon , rhat he has l ^ ea slanderla ^ c ^ m t = hiiiii his back , and writhjg private Ittters to iry to raise a fcrl'ng against fciui and yuuricif ; and ¦ when I find Mr . O'Brien , ait ^ r ibe i 6 = oiiiiion proposed by fc :-3 SrJf , cow pr ' ntin ^ this pampr . iet of abuse ; I ssy that vrhen we nrid men thus
striving to raise prejudice against our best friends axd stwicg discord in our r 2 .-uk ? 3 there is cause to ^ suspect that all is tot , quile ri ^ bt . If Mr . O ' orien desires to isl&ls either the respect or cc-Buicccs of the people , h-2 must act consitM-2 iIv ; he trust keep Lic ^ elf abovs su .-picion . I Cii- ^ isare bisi that some of L : 3 t . tj- best jrieiids ic T ; ii town have been tzces-dh : ^ \ y hurt at , his condnc : ; and his abuse of O'Connor will iiot Mrve hi > cause . I be ' iisve the fi . Ui ' . ioa you fill as -euitor 15 attended vri : h great d : Scul ; y to please all parlies ; isd -hat it is the du-. y cf eTCry Ic-ver of frcc-doca jo r& ' ij aroaad , aiid give everj possible supporr , not only 10 our glorious Star , bm ' . 0 every man . who is striving ; o frsa his country from thac awful oppreasior ; uuder w ? , ich the people sufer .
hincc-reiy hup : ng you vn . h still persevere , in the coerce yiu have tak-n , and tha * O'Brien -wiilsfe the i \« Hy of his proceedings , and rtg-ain tbe con 2-desce of the people . I reu-aia your =, one of the trae suppcitera of . the Star , usxil -I see cuUie ; o ccudeum , Johs Allsx , C 4 . Upper Gardes- ? : rc- ^ .- 'Brjj . 'Li 3 ; i , Member of the G = n = ril Council . of the ^" dtioiiu ] c ' uaTter A > Sw"C"Is . ti- _ -E . B *; ¦ - . ¦ - .-. ¦ . " , r « - ^ - ~ q -jpu
Tee Northern Star. Saturday, June 4,. 1842.
TEE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JUNE 4 ,. 1842 .
Jls. O'Connor Will Address The People Of But.-
Jls . O'Connor will address the people of But .-
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THE STARVING POOR AND THEIR COMPLAINTS . Elsewhere we give a report of a meeting holden at Clithero , to which we beg to direct the earnest attention of every one who sees this Paper . That report we give just as we received it . We do so , because we think it is important that the authorities and all concerned should have an opportunity of learning the feelings which actuate the minds of the starving labourers at
the manifold oppressions and privations they are compelled to endure . We implore attention to the document agreed upon by these twenty thousand starving operatives . ! .. ' It is all-important . They speak warmly and bitterly : but a wise statesman will look below that , and seek out for , and remove the cause ! O ! that the earnest pleadings of suffering poverty with dominant wealth might have their desired effect ! 01 that tho ear of natural feeling was not closed by heaps of aold !
Let us not bo mistaken . We do not agree with the whole of the proceedings of this important meeting . Judging from the report as sent to us , some speeches have been made and some expressions used that are calculated to damage the cause of those who made and used them . This is to be regretted . Wb can make all due allowance . We know , to some extent , the sufferings tho poor have to endure . WB ; do not expect a starving man to mea 8 ur © his every Word , as if he were Bpinning silk / But there is a point which common ordinary prudence
says cannot be passed without inflicting defeat on one's own object ! That point we would implore the poor not to pass ! Do" not put yourselves into the hands of your enemies You are justified in speaking out loudly and boldly ; but empty threats do no good ! Make those who maintain the present system to hear your complainls ; but do not run your necks into the halters they hold ready opened for you . '
Prudence is necessary , if patience be scouted . Look at tho miachief done to our cause some eighteen months ago , by the empty vapouring and bombastic threatsi of noisy trawlers , who were found wanting when the time fixed by themselves for action came round ! Threatening is no sign of strength or courage . It is rather an evidence of weakness and cowardice . PiM , Hampden , and Sidnet did not threaten : but they acted . Tell
did not threaten ; but he acted . Threatening does no good ; and the man who uses it is generally found in the baok ground when his threats should be enforced ! : Let us implore of the working people to reflect upon these things . We do not prescriibe that Bort of patience to them which would bid them lie down and die / But while we do not prescribe that BOrt of patience ; we do recommend prudence ; and
more . " . . - " espcciaUy prudence in talk ? "Selfpreservation is tho first law of nature : ^ but that lav of nature does hot exhbiit itself in nnjneaninjj words . Scout from you the BIG talkers Drag your sufferingand endurings before the world ; compel the attention of the oppressor to your complaints use all and every pritdbnt means to get relief and redress ; but do not counteuanoe BIG talk or empty threat * f
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MR . R . K . PHILP ; HIS LETTER OF COMPLAINT ; AND HIS FITNESS FOR ELECTION ON THE PEOPLE'S EXECU-, . TIVE .. . ,- ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . : ¦ ¦/ . ¦/¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; '¦ . ' ¦ - We have received a letter from this gentleman ; the publication of which he claims as as " an act of fairness . " It is our unvarying rule never to furnish any man with just cause , or even a plausible pretext , for complaint . Our readers will therefore find the letierof Mr . Philp in another column . But we
cannot consent to forget entirely , however convenient to Mr . Philp it might be for us so to do , that some small modicum of "fairness" is also due to us . Mr . Philp seems marvellously wishful to drag us info a . quarrel ; We shall not permit him to do bo . We shall make just such and so many observations on his present letter as may suffice for the mere purposes of '' fairness , " and then leave the whole matter to the judgment of the people .
The gist of Mr . Philp s letter is contained in the following extracts : — "I have yet to complain of fue disposition you evince iu the Star o £ each week , to create an' unfavourable impression in the minds of the Chartist body respecting my acts . In your paper of the 28 th of May , a note purporting to be from "the Bath Chartists , " asserts that Messrs . Vincent and Philp have created division , and formed another Society . I have denied this emphatically before , and regret again to be called upon to reiterate the denial . The division in Bath ( little though it , be ) was not ere * ated by Vincent and Philp . * * . ' ?'
I deny that any society has been formed in Bath by either ' Vincent or Philp , or any personB with whom we have connexion . Nor has any political society , that I know of , been recently formed , the origin of which may either directly or indirectly be attributed to us . We have opened a large and comfortable room , capable of accommodating 1 , 500 persons—it is lit with gas , and situate in the heart of the city , and this is applied to the purposes of the National Charter Association , has a general council for its management , and is under the guidance of the English Executive—^ and I have the greatest reason to expect that ere long , it will render most essential service to our good cause ;"
We beg to tell Mr . Philp that when persons are so very sensitive about criticism , so very impatient of censure , and so very anxious about "fairness , " as he seems to be , the least that can be expected of them is that they should evince some little rt fairness '" in their dealings with others—that they should not inanufacture cause of complaint , by attributing to one party that which they know to have been done or said by other parties—tha , f- they should , not wilfully pervert the plain moaning of language for the purpose of raising a quibble upon whioh
a quarrelsome note may be sounded—that they should not , above all things , make Jan occasion for quarrel by censuring acts which they know to have never been done , and facts which they know to have no existence . We scarcely opine that Mr . Philp will venture to designate any of these as " fair " practices ; and yet he has been guilty of all these practices , and to a great extent too , in the writing of this very plausible , but very dishonest and disingenuous letter . Indeed , We need only the few lines we have quoted , to prove all that we here charge upon him .
Let it be observed , Mr . Philp s letter is not addressed to the Chartists of Bath . It is addressed to the Editor of the Northern Star whom he charges with evinoing " in the Star of each week , " a dispositionto create an uufaTourable impression in the minds of tbe CharLipt body respecting his acts . Now what evidence does Mr . Philp ; adduce in support of this very serious charge against the Editor of the Northern Star \ Does he point to a succession of laboured yituperatiye editorial articles full of misrepresentations , misconstructions , and falsehoods respecting his acts ? This is what of course he should have done after , if not before
making such a statement . But he does not do any such thing ; and for the best reason in the worldhe cannot . He knows that the Editor of the Northern Star has [ never spoken of him but in respectful and gentlemanly terms ; not even in reply to the coarse invective of the Vindicator . Bxti by way of proving that the Editor of the Northern Star evinces " each week" a disposition to damage him , he citeB a resolution of his own neighbours , the Bath Chartists , and comments upon thata 3 coming from the Editor of the Northern Star ! He sinks the authors of the resolution entirely , and , assuming the statement of the resolution to be false , vents all
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