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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY. JULY 2. 1842.
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THE STAR AND ITS ESTIMATION BY
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ADDRESS OF THE NORTH CHESHIRE DELEGATE MEETING. TO THE SURROUNDING DISTRIGTS OF THE SA.NIE DIVISION.
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"CPOX THE NECESSARY PUR 5 TY AND POWiR OF TEE PRESS . 10 TEE EDITOR OP THE 50 HTHEES STAB . Sin .. —I aia dtsirons , through , the medium of the Star , to draw the attention of tha Executive , the General Council , and the Clnrtist "body , to the powers cf the press , in furthering or irjuricg our united buliraris . ity apology ( if cms is needed ) for addressing the peewit's elected cfSeers is , that they are fallible men like oursc-lves . but ; more particularly , bsci-053 I conceive , that the bte Executive did not pay sufficient * , tt * r . ii « n to , or etxini-jte suficientiy the importance ^ -f , this suHtct—a suHect second to none other . I am
bjld to Biato this , because they gave than sanction to a jreper edited i-y one of their body , -which , at its cr csinienet-iG-Et , did , ^ eek after ^ reek , publish under the Spirt « -f the Chartist Press , the leading artidts of the 0 && Pellow ; -which articles invited the people to fcTra another Kanonsl Association , for some other suffrage , that c-. ald be agreed upon by all parties ; in feet , a backward movement ; and thertfore desertion of tLe Clisricr . End the National Charter Association , -which , course CTtry Chartist "will bow admit -wouli be fatal to that orj ; -ct for -which numberE have sscriSed so Knch . How tfcisEx ; caiive-. Kmctioned print ended ixs csretr , way be seen bj reference to its last numbers . to e-e is slander and abuse of fhs sterl tg Chartists ¦ who 0 Ti > ossii tbe fc ? . ckslidii > sr poiicy of the Editors .
Thai ths vsyiriitLiess cf this publication did much irgury in t ^ e VVcs * . haih of late been t-ut too manifest ; tu : the partb&sships creait ^ in the play of th 6 p ^ 5-shns , is no * t r ying away before tb . 3 power cf calm reason , and ail bejin to see ttat firiiiness is cur fct-oEgest fort ; U ^ it th ose vrho dtnouncid thB back-¦ vrard course to nu * t a s-cuor of the rciditle class in their quaiiiiiro , had taken their stand upon the rock of pncc ; p ! -, to lc .: Te -s-hicli for the changing rounds cl txpvdittcy T-oaid fce to dive into tise depths of foliy , to mtfct cur otm di * rT 3 ce , iicd a ¦ world ' s contempt , and "Wt-rsp , the enemy ' s triumph .
"Wtiit I have -trritttn of the -vreBtern paper is in sorrow th-. t c-ne -who had e" ? er appeared and declared himstif an uncompromising democrat , should have sent forih inch odd ariicles nnder the title of Chartism ; bat icy sols or-ject is by record ' s ? ose great fault of the Sale , to incire the present EseentiTe not to sanction sr . y publication , or honour ii ¦ with the name of Chartist , that does not throughout advocate true straightforward Chartism and no surrender . In eoscluS-on , brother Chait : sts , in crder to impress en jour mines the iir . ocrtint powers of the press , I
reed only caUjenr attention to the great services of the Star , dnrisg tbe Wills crusade , the petting up tbe po-xeT of deiccce for the victims , especially the Welsh , in repfcllirr ; the sliders ard calumnies , and false reports . si > ol b&se Icsit . u-tion 3 cf the ieojs of ths hireling --rej-s t-t the cc-untry , in giving th ? trns picture of afciirs , in keeping the opcresst d and persecuted army of Chtrtism together , -whtn hundreds of the ^ r leaders ¦ 6-fcere imprisoned , in bringing us toonr now adTanced aci present povrerfiil position , enabling U 3 to route the TVi : i ? factions .
Oil ! ccii ; d tbe Tcnng , orthemled faction tny over the i \' ar and 0 Censor , ¦ s-hat a blew -wouH be struck at cur union . ' How lo ^ g btf ^ -re oth ers cou supply their place ? "Wliere should -we look for the subsdKites ? for aiticagh aaav n » = j- < -S-t . in -whom could -sre place snf-± jc : = r z coi-E < i * nce ; bs-Tiug tie xn-jacs to s ^ tts us . Be fore thiry cculd btct-Eife aLke tst' -ui , thry iuuit t-am our confiJ ^ ce . For the E' . i ' . or of iha people ' s paper must be one in ¦ wrioa they izaTe tit mest implicit confiatnee ; a man of t = ient , ccerET , aiiaT > r \ nienoe .
The national ieaaer , if jr we are in that position , we cn-noi do-wiiiijut , ) must be an Andrew ilaiTel ¦ without his poT ^ rty , in a -cord , a " Wa ^ hin ^ ton , "— let me ii& £ profarie the tombs of the il-Uitrious dead , to raise aitars to tie living , ** but if O Connor continues in hi 3 present Etraight-forsrard ccrarse , for the cause cf liEiTersil rights unto the end of his days , the honest historian wiii not fail to give him his place , and some m--dera Plutarch his comparison . An-i fur oars « lTe 3 , my fellows , 1 st X 13 do oar duty , be ¦ fi-ni to cur trcer . firm to our Charter , and firm to our tr ' eiifriends ; then tbiil we destive the frienutbjp of our fellows , ami ike rights of man . J . . Bristol .
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THE ENGLISH CHARTISTS AND THE HUSH LABOURERS . 2 IUSK UNIVERSAL SUFPRAGE ASSOCIATION C 0 ii : > ilTXE 3 . Morcd ty y . r . H . Cark ; seconded l . y Mr . Ytojd ? r 5 : —" . That bav ::- ^ ? e-: n : n : b ? DSily Frcenc : i . ofXiii-daTlast a Ict-. triii the e- nr . ^ 1 c-j ' -ui n ^ s —bu- hsi-icd ' Aivxtiirerz -i-Lt' — ^^ iti M ^ th .. " -v O'O-zutli . in wh . ' ch an at : ec : p : feeble in 7 H 2 r . i . ~ r , c < ii i . jj . ' se jr > fcci . 5 :- --3 sde . to C 5 : ib'ish the j . r -poiijioi ; thi : lr-. A libourtts sre ) r ; rir : ; bi y iil-treaud in E : ;^ Iai : d by porsoii- ' cf the : ' ovtq c . 2 =-, we haTt merelj to re nark npiin ibi ? persc-n ' s trlcke-i elib : t t- ~ ketp aiiTd th- ; - iii-feei ' 32 which ku say ? eihts , tbut be on v , e ; so = » - ! inec- o . 'f iniberai or xiBiu-. d trcatrneTit t : Xp--r : a 2 = ed by himseii cjurics the seTeTTt-een Jtars he reii-ied , frcci nece ? ^ ' 7 or cbo : o ? , in t 3 > e Hfter csumry ; tha" were Vne % ' , OuO men vrho are obliged to transport tht-nisel 7 es h , touaJly , ia order to uiiderwoik Errglish labourers in tbfir phti 5 eld ? , cither attacked or mauls * ed in thess Tage manner he describes , the newspgjvf rs would be i P ^ ^ sake s paragraph or two on tbe subject . Tv * iia regard to railroad rows , we would recind him tSi * - u srrimmages " of that kind bare taken place in i ' rdand itself—witness
the Drogheda Kaiiroad some « oe aaee . As tfi : s person says fee is not ignorant t Use ns ) , perhaps he hss seen " that tbe free city of / iarebsrsh has jost refnsed to allow a cargo cf E&ahi f . * workaen even to be landed , Now , inland , wef e : ' <^ r . Tine 6 d , will Eot resort to scch t diEphy of ricdi Wive nationality towards cm poor conniryjiicn , and l ¦ oiwhhstandiDg the zrezt Sir . O'Couaeli ' s threat , or tJie ^ i « - e Mr . O'Ccnrell ' s iL-tter , ire were arxion ? « deprecate ihe na / tjai resnl' . a ci ' the former , bu ! we fear ilie avihc-r of the latter i = desirous of fol •¦ : ¦ ' . ^ "S ia the wuke cf Pitt , Ca-ilcresgh , aad every : Tii >« . qaeDt tjrani and impostor who has estabiii-lAi : ; * P ° ™ t iiid S : k-i Ms wallet ly pc-rpe : otl :- ^ ; ki . % E > ss ciff-xrEccs and pclirical i ^ c cra-c-j cf th- ; p-cpitl- j Patrjck . O'HiCu - .-ij Pitridcuu W . H . Vrorr , S ; crctirv . j
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COLNE . TO THE CHARTISTS OF 1 AXCASHIRE AND T 0 RKSH 1 RE . Gextlemkn , —Ha-ring taken into our most Berious consideration tbe delegate meeting that has been announced in tbe Star to be held at Cftlne , on July 3 rd , we beg leaTe to offer you our opinions ( at the same time we would state that it i 3 the opinion of a majority of the localities of North Lancashire ) , that the delegate meeting is uncalled for , and that ii would put the country to » very great expence and inconvenience , and that , instead of promoting union , it would create division and discontent ; and a 3 we
have just elected an Executive for the government and guidance of our agitation , it is unnecessary to elect any other body . We therefore recommend that no delegates shonld be sent ; as a delegate meeting will in a short time be called bj the District Secretary of North Lancashire for that district . And -another reason that the delegate meeting should not take place , is , because that out of eighteen localities only four delegates were sent to the meeting at Blackburn , from which the calling of this meeting has sprung . We remain yours , The unflinching advocates of the Charter ,
William Beeslet , District Secretary for North Lancashire Thomas Tattehsall , Burnley John Slater , Ciitheroe . James Moonet , Colne . ( By order of the Council . )
The Northern Star Saturday. July 2. 1842.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . JULY 2 . 1842 .
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-THE APPROACHING "END !" THE SQUEAKING OF THE SHOPOCRAOT . The shopkeepers are now holding meetings : meeting of ihemEelves , and called by themselves . And for what purpose ! To sgueak out theib suffering consequent on general distress J To declare that "something must be done to relieve the starving population , or irretrievable rthn is their inevitable ponioa" I To call for the " united ' efforts of all classes and parties , to press upon GOVERNMENT the imperative necessity for " speedy remedial measures" !
How times have changed ! How lowered is the tone , how humlle the manner , of the once hectoring , blustering , shopocracy of England How- different now their bearing and language , to their bearing and langusge in the year 1817 ! Then all bluster , all boast , all feather ; xow " ruinated " , "bankrupt " , "insolvent " , "dark acd gloomy retrospect ' -j ' still more dark prospect " , and " hope entirely fled " . Grett God J how just fhou art \
In the year 1817 , upwards of a million-and-a-half of working Ecglishmen petitioned for a Radical Reform of the Parliament . The labouring portion of the country was then in a state of great distress . It was manifest to them that that distress arose from excessive taxation ; from an enormous expenditure and waste of the public money ; from pensions , dividends , sinecures , grants , and emoluments , and from other causes of wasteful expenditure ; aU which arose from a want of due representation of the people iD Parliament ; and that no remedy could be applied unless the Parliament was Radically Reformed . They traced the sufferings and the
distress that then prevailed to the want of a Reform in the Parliament . They saw and loudly proclaimed , that the distress then existing would spread ; that ruin ani misery would be the lot of all ; that the earnings of no man ever conld bo called his own , unless measures of bejjkdy and security were passed , through the means of a Radically Reformed Parliament . All this was seen and declared by the labouring class in the year 1817 ; and upwards of a milii © n-and-a-half of them signed petitions to Parliament , setting forth in clear aad distinct terms the reasons that prompted them to ask for euch Radical Reform .
v > ntre were the shopkeepers then ! Did they " unitj" wiih the labourers , to ask Government to avert impending ruin ? Did they encourage and sustain . the working people , in their endeavours to stop the progress of that system which was pauperizing the worker , stripping the cottage , and preparing to empty the till ! Did they lend their aid to strangle the monster which , even then , was eatinginto the vitils of the nation 5 and which , it was plainly shown , would shortly raven up the shopkeepers themselves ! Did they then "
SYMPATHISE" with the poor ; give vent to their bewailings ; and call upon Government to adopt " speedy remedial measures !'» Did they then do these things ? No ! They basely calumniated the working people ! They traduced vilified , and persecuted the known Reformers . They denied tho existence of distress . They applied the epithet 3 " idle scoundrels . ' " " scum / " M worthless ralb J . e !' ** disaffected mol ! " to those who complained of poyertv and starvation . They " UNITED" TO
LEARN HOW TO SHOOT THE RAGGED RASCALLY RADICALS ! They mounted their horse * , put on their " uniforms , " dubbed themselves " CAVALRY , " and with newly-ground sabres , and with "courage" inspired by drink , embrued their hands in the blood of hundreds of the working people peaceably assembled to petition the Parliament for those " remedial measures" which these same " cavalry men" now so " humbly pray" for ! 0 God 1 thou indeed art just !
1 es ! they then " united to learn " military exercise" ; to learn how to SHOOT . They then " united" in "VOLUNTEER Associations' ? , to repress " disaffection" and " sedition" by means of the firelock and rifle I And they met in public meetings too ! For what purpose ? To applaud the Government for passing Power-of-Imprisonment bills ' , for passing the SIX ACTS ; for cramming the dungeons with hundreds of Reformers ; for driving poor Riley to cnt his throat ; for shaking the bowels out of poor Ogdes ; for employing Oliver and Edwards to ha ^ ch plots and conspiracies all over
the country ; for hanging and beheading Thistle-¦ 5 VOCD , BritsTj Iicgs , and Davison , in London ; and fortneking up to tbe galiorrs Bejlxdbetii and his felicw martyr at Derby . Yes ! the shopocracy then met cot only to do these things , but even more . THEY LED THE WAY to the persecution of the Reformers ! They did net wait till Government persecuted , and then applaud ; but they paced the way ; they hardened Goverumeni on ; they called upon it to proceed ; they pledged themselves to its support , should it do their bidc : n- !
In this work , tne shopkeepers of Manchester took tha lead . They were followed by their brethren in London ; and then throughout the country . Read the following account of the Manchester meeting , ex ' n-cicd from the Courier newspaper of the 13 ; h Jan . 18171 R ? ad it now , ye shopkeepers of Manchester ! Read it now , ye 1 ' VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION 1 ' men , and ye " YEOMANRY CAVALRY" men ! Read it now , ye who aTe squalling abcut distress ! and especial ye who sfcv that " your DISTRESS
AND PRIVATIONS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE i TO THE CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT ; OF GOVERNMENT" ! Read it ! yc base lick-1 spittle crew ! ye crawling sycophants ! Read it ! : ye whining , crying , baffled tyrants 1 Read it ! ye : immeasurably base ! and say if you ought to com-; plain of any puaiahinent , any buin . that may fall
• upon you : — I "Ameeting took place , on Monday last , ( 13 th i January , 1817 ) at Manchester , attended by the most i rapeciable inhabitants of that town , SaJford , and j their neighbourhood—the BoroDghreeve in the chair . I Several resolutions were passed with entire unani-\ mUy , and the following declaration agreed to , which CANNOT BE TOO HIGHLY APPLAUDED and which we trust will be adopted by all other to > cn& .
* DECLARATION . * 1 . W- ? , the undersigned magistrates for the Division of Manchester , the Borevghreeveszni . Constables of Manchester and Salford , and other inhabitant ! of these towns and their neighbourhood , being at all tiases faljy sensible of the many blessings of the constitution , under which we live , feel ourselyes called upon at this moment to express our firm attachment to Us laves , za , well as our utter de-
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testation of those mischievous attempts which are pursued with incessant diligence and ardour , to excite a general spirit of disaffection . We especially deprecate th © circulation of seditious tracts and the adoption of inflammatory speeches to produce AN IMPRESSION AMONGST THE LABOURING CLASSES , THAT THE PRESENT DISTRESSES AND PRIVATIONS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT , and may be removed by a system of representation , embracing almost Universal Suffrage , Annual ParliamentSfihe
unqualified exclusion of all persons , deriving emolument from the public , and consequently of his Majesty ' s Ministers , 2 . The numerous meetings held for these purposes , both publicly and secretly , the organized system of committees , delegates , aud missionaries , the contributions levied , particularly for disseminating pamphlets , calculated to mislead and irritate the public mind , the indecorous and highly unconstitutional reflections upon the exalted Personage now exerrising the regal authority , the marked disparagement of the most extensive charitable relief in seasons of
unavoidable pressure , the language of intimidation , not merely hinted , but plainly expressed , the appointment of popular assemblies in various parts of the kingdom on one and the game day , after the meeting of Parliament , and the previous assembly of deputies in London ; all these circumstances afford strong manifestation of meditated disorder and / wmu / i , and bear no analogy whatever to the fair and legitimate exercise ef that constitutional liberty which is emphatically the birth right and security of Englishmen .
3 . With these decided sentiments it is our duty to unite in supporting the laws and constitution against these wicked efforts , which we are convinced must be regarded with equal abhorrence by the great majority of His Majesty ' s subjects in every class and condition of society . We , therefore , severally PLEDGE ourselves to contribute , by the most effectual means our si'nations may allow , to the maintenance and iranguillitj / of these towns and their neighbourhood , from the unlawful and NEFARIOUS designs of those who are SEEKING TO INVOLVE US IN RIOT AND CONFUSION ; and we earnestly solicit the co-operation of all friends of SOCIAL ORDER and good government . '"
Woeking People ; such were the purposes for which the shopocracy of England met in the year 1817 ! In nineteen days after the above meeting , the scoundrel merchants and bankers of London , " met " ^ nd issued their equally false and lying " Declaration . " This was followed by similar meetings in all parts of tho country . The base wretches who drew up and signed those " Declarations" knew that they were upholding oppression and corruption . They knew that they were upholding that which was the cause of infinite suffering to the poor . They knew that ; but it was then profitable ! They hoped to fatten themselves while the poor starved ! They knew that tho Reformers did not want to involve
the kingdom in . riot aud confusion ; nobody knew this better than they did ; and yet they could deliberately and coolly be the first to put forth lies and false alarm ? , for the deliberate purpose of paving the way for measures to take tho Reformers " lives , or to shut them up in dungeons ! The above report is a sample of their attempts to cause Ihe Reformers to bo driven out of the country , or to be put in chains ! Soon after the issuing of their
never-to-be-forgotten " declarations , Castleheagh ( whose horrid end all know of ) opened out the Green-bag conspiracy ; and the Power-of Imprisonment Bill was passed ! and Sidmodth crammed the dungeons ! How many victims , good G&d ! suffered under those terrible laws , of which these base and lying " declarations" were the forerunners ! When we think of these things , we can hardly refrain from wishing to Bee the whole group lie in the dust with horse-flesh or draff half-chewed in their mouths !
The men , however , who met for these horrid purposes in 1817 , and again in 3822 , have now a different object to meet about ! They now see ruin staring them in the face ! They now see property transferred from hand to hand , and cannot divine the cause ! They now feel the pinchings of distress , and they have before them the prospect of speedy pauperism ! They are now " humble" enough , God knows ! so humble that " they do not even venture to express an opinion as to tho cause of the widespread Eufftring now endured , or to dictate a remedy" ! so " humble" that u they will content themselves with barely stating what their condition is , leaving it to the WISDOM and EXPERIENCE cf GOVERNMENT to . devise a remedy" !!
Strange fact ; but bo it is ; the shopkeepers of Manchester have led the way in this new meeting business ! Strange fact ; but so it is ! Manchester ;—Manchester ; that led the way to the dungeoning of the Reformers in 1817;—Manchester , that ^ exulted in the deeds of the sixteenth of August;—Manchester , that chuckled at the Oldhak icquest;—Manchester , that applauded the Grand Jury , of which Lord Stanley was foreman ;—Manchester , that nest of cruelty , infamy , foolishness , and hypocrisy;—Manchester has been the first to cry out that the merchants and shopkeepers are ruined ! Never were malignant wretches more appropriately punished ! Bear in mind that these tools of corruption—these
cruel tyrants—sought to have the Reformers put in dungeons ; harassed , chained , dragged from gaol to gaol ; put out of existence this way , or Babred or trampled to death , beoause they wanted a Reform of the Parliament to prevent that very ruination which has now come upon tho shopkeeping class ! because they ascribed ihe dhlretses of the country to the misconduct of the Government ! 0 ! God , is just ! His judgments are manifest ! The cup of poison which the base shopocracy prepared for the Radicate has returned to their own lips ! The mischief which they bad jnvented for others has fallen on their own pates ! Into the pit which they had dug for their neighbours have they now themselves fallen !
Leeds has ollowed the example of Manchester , in holding a SgutaMng Meeting . Upwards of 200 of the shopkeepers and tradesmen presented a requisition to the Mayor , desiring him to call a public mec ting of their body , ¦ " to make known the UNPARALLELED DISTRESS which prevails in the Borough , and tho gradual DECAY OF TRADE consequent thereon ; and to adopt such measures relative thereto as may be deemed advisable , regardless of all party coneideratiOBSi With a view to avert impending ruin . '
The Mayor ( seeing that they were not Chartists ) granted their request , and gave them the use of the Court House to meet in . He moreover presided over their meeting , holdeu on Wednesday night last . It was numerously attended ; princicipally by shopkeepers . The platform or bench , was crowded by the Leeds bawlers for " Extension of Commerce "; nearly every one of them was present ; " clever" Plint and " clear" Stansfeld being about the only persons absent . They seemed to be congregated together to proclaim their own shatneleBsness , and the credulity of the dupes who have
joined them in their bawling . " Extensions of Commerce" were placed upon their trial ; testimony wa 3 adduced as to their efiects upon the condition of the people at large ; and sorry testimony it wa 3 ! Tivo overseers of tha poor testified that more than one-fifth of the wholo population was pauperised ; that the shEpksepers were without custom ; that the spirits of the poor were broken ; that certain ruin awaited all , unless relief was speedily obtained . Their statements were borne out by several different tradesmen , whose opportunities of judging were ample . One of the visitors connected with tho late relief » fund in the Borough gave it in as a fact that he had found many families whose united income , derived both from labour and from
partsa-pay did not exceed 5 ^ d . per head per week Another statement , made on the authority of some few operatives who bad made the examination , was , that thirty-four families , comprising 304 individuals , were found , in a very ciioumBcribed district , without any income at all I and that 207 families , comprising 1 , 009 individuals , had incomes , derived from both labour and the poor-rates , amounting only to Is . 3 d . per head per week ! And this is the etate of the working people , after all the " Extensions of Commerce" that we have had 1 During the last fifty years we have increased our foreign trade ^ neariy SIX TIMES OVER ; and this destitute ard starring condhion of both operative and shopkeeper is the price I Hurrah , Jada , for ? ' Ex-
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tension of Commerce" ! If increasing our foreign trade six times over in one fifty years brings both operative aud shopkeeper to the workhouse ; how miany more " Extenaiona" will it need to bring as to anarchy and dissolution ? There ie a question for you , *• Extension *? - men I Solve it ! Let us have the answer ! and meanwhile we will cry out—Hurrah / for "Extension of Commerce"J
The meeting was unanimous in its resolves . The speeches of the speakers were but detached portions , as it were , of tho horrible picture pourtrayed ; but the meeting put them together in one connected whole ! Let it be attentively looked at ! Let it be thoroughly scanned 1 View it in all its phases Contemplate its every feature . Reflect upon what is thus presented to view . Here we gazatte the resolutions of this meeting as the
TBIUMFHS . | -dP ¦ ¦; _ ¦ '' EXTENDED" COLXME 11 CE . 1 . " That this meeting views with alarm the present unparalleled distress and suffering experienced by the productive classes in the manufacturing and commercial population of the United Kingdom , more especially those -who reside in the borough of Leeds , many thousands of whom are entirely depending For their subsistence on parochial relief or- ' charitable * , contribu ^ tions , without having the most remote prospect
of again obtaining employment;—That vast numbers of sober , honest , and industrious artizans in this borough have received parochial relief during the last twelve months , who have never been chargeable to theparislvon any former occasion ; and very many others are already reduced from comparative comfort to ¦ the most abject poverty , who have not yet applied for parochial aid , although their scanty income does not enable them to purchase a sufficiency of the necessaries of life >—That , it is a well
ascertained fact that hi the township of Leeds , at the present time , there are not less than 4040 families , composing upwards of 16 , 000 persons receiving parochial aid . This shows that about one-fifth of the whole population of the township are reduced to the condition of paupers , and there is every reason to believe that nearly all the other townships in theiborough are in an equally distressing situation ; and , although this is the most favourable season of the year for procuring outdoor employment , the number of paupers is still on the innrpfise .
2 . " That in consequence of the extreme poverty of so large a population , and the numerous failures of merchants and manufacturers in this district , tradesmen arc deprived of a large portion of their former trade , and have now to contend with insuperable difficulties ; for the shopkeepers and innkeepers pay a larger amount of local rates and taxes , in proportion to their moans , than any other class in the community , and they are aware that their local rates must shortly be augmented to a larger amount than has ever been known before ; that for a considerable time past their trade ha ^ been gradually diminishing with reduced profits , and many of
the most honourable , industrious , and intelligent amongst them , have already been brought from comparative affluence to poverty ; and as there does not appear to be the slightest prospect of any improvement in trade , this meeting is of opinion that unless the Legislature can speedily adopt remedial measures to remove the distress that generally prevails , nothing can save tradesmen in manufacturing districts from impending ruin ; and no one can contemplate the awful consequences that must ensue from such a state of things , without entertaining the most serious apprehension for the continuance of public peace and order .
3 . " Thai this meeting , solemnly believing that the safety and well-being of the community will be seriously endangered by the much longer continuance of the existing state of tilings , turns with the utmost anxiety to the Legislature , beseeching it most earnestly to institute an immediate and searching inquiry as to the extent of distress amongst the manufacturing population , in order to ascertain the causes thereof , and to the instant application of such remedies , as its wisdom and experience may suggest .
4 . " That a Memorial be transmitted to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , and that Petitions be sent to both Houses of Parliament embodying the foregoing Resolutions , and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting . " Weli . done , " Extension " -men ! Can you add to your own picture I Remember it is painted after a SIX-TIMES increase of our foreiga trade during the last fifty years ! Remember that yo \ X yourselves tell us that we were" well to do , " when we began to " extend" our commerce ! Remember that you
yourselves tell us that even when bread was 7 & . pfef stone , - the working man csuld get it ; because he had wages for working ! Remember that you yourselves tell us , that the workman ' s prido was to have a good furnished home ; and that an eight-days clock was an indispensible ! Remember that you yourselves describe him now as being without bed , without clothing , and without food ! Remember that this is AFTER A SIX-TIMES-OVER INCREASE OF OUR FOREIGN TRADE ; and remember , also that YOU tell us that another " extension" will set us-all right !! ! !!
One peculiarity attending this meeting we cannot but notice . Great pains wew taken to make the meeting believe that the parties calling it were influenced by no party considerations ; that their one and » clo object was to give an opportunity to the shopkeepers of Leeds to detail their present sufferings ; and to paint their ruin in prospect ; and then leave the Government to devise a remedy All politics were to bo eschewed by the meeting . Wise foresight ! The causes of the "impending ruLi'Vare not political ones , of course ! The remedy , even though it should be another "Extension of
Commerce" through a Repeal of ihe Corn Laws , will not be a political one ! Politics have nothing to do with the wide-spread misery and poverty everywhere abounding ! O , nu ! no politics "J And thus the shopkeepers are gulled ! The parties calling the meeting first meet in secret , and send up Hamer Stansfeld and Co . to London , to attend another anti-Corn Law Conference ; and to press a Repeal of the Corn Laws upon the Minister ; when they have taken this step , they call together a meeting of the Leeds shopkeepers , aud get them to pass resolutions to Btrenathen the hands of Hamer and his
associates , to procure for themselves " another Extension of Comtnerca" ; and they do this on the pretence that political considerations are to bo held in abeyance Famous foxes land gaping geese !! Tho third resolution drawn up by the Leeds " Extension " -men , andagreed to by the Leeds shopkeepers , we commend to the especial notice of the Ten Hours' Committees' Deputation that Waited upon Sir Robert Peel and the other Ministers in the month of f January last . We remember the yell of disapprobation raised by tho " Extension" men , and- especially by tho Leeds ones , because
that Deputation ventured to recommend the Minister to propose to the Parliament to "institute an immediate and searching inquiry as to the extent of distress amongst the manufacturing population , in order to ascertain the causes thereof , and to the ifistanfc application of such remedies as its wisdom and experience might suggest . '' And , at the end of the Session , when the wqwiry cannot bb had , these same Extension ? ' men of Leeds , notwithstanding their yells and execrations , propose the same thing in the very words of the parties whose actions and motives they so recently maligned !
But , Working People , the shopocracy now want XJNIQN . I . They feel distress . They see certain ruin before them . 'Profits' have failed . Trade is doae np . Incomes are gone . Capital is being wasted . Savings are dwindling . One by one are the shopkviepers dropping into the Gazette and into the Insolvent List . They now want UNION ! You asked the , m to unite with you to prevent oil this in 18 J 7- Tiev insoJeiUy and perswatidglj refused 1
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Tliey ^ were th ^ feather . thought they had subdued you for ever . They deceived themselves ; and little did they imagine that their own ruin was to be the consequence of their then attempts to ciislave you J But it is so 1 They are confessedly on the brink of ruin . They now Want UNION to avert the horrible consequences hanging over their heads . Whaf say you ? Shall we unite ? Not to learn to SHOOT ! Not to malign , and traduce , and vilify , and pave the way for dungeonihgs , and hangings , and beheadings ! Not for these things ; but to rescue our common country
from that fate we have so long foreseen and foretold ! Shall we " unite" for thi 9 i Yes I as soon as ever the Shopocracy are ready ! Notwithwithstanding their former conduct and treatment ; no . withstanding the miseries they have been the cause of inflicting on millions Of their fellow-creatures ; notwithstanding that they , and THEY ALONE , have stood between us and justice ; notwithstanding all . these things ; as soon as ever the shopkeepers are ready , we will " unite" ! But they must be beady ! They must be up to the mark ! They must know the cause and be agreed upon the remedy . They must be pre ^
pared to . go ' .-a-hcad 1 No shilly-shallying . No squeamishness about " politics . " They must be prepared to help to obtain the CHARTER ; to use it , when obtained , for the equitable adjijstment of the debt ; for the reduction of our taxation to £ 4 , 000 , 000 per annum ; for the keeping at home the vast heaps of wealth we yearly create , to be enjoyed by our own people , instead of being given to the foreigner ; and for the obtaining of the Land to enable our own people to grow their own food Whenever the shopkeepers are ready , and Will enter into proper terms and arrangements , we will unite : but not before !
Shopkeepers ! what say you ' 1- * - Not ready j—Down with your noses to the grindstone!—You soon will bo ready !
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HOW MAN Y MORE VICTIMS ! Holberry is already dead , and Brook and Peddie , the Bradford victims , now lie inNorthallerton and Beverley Gaols , pining away , and apparently fast sinking into the Victims' Tomb . If we do not timely bestir ourselves to effect their liberation , or an amelioration of their -treatment ,, 'they may soon be beyond tha reach of our sympathies and aid . If such an event should happen , could we have the consolation of knowing that we had discharged our duty . Let us do our duty now .
BrooK ha a wife and a large family ; Peddie has a wife—a most excellent and deserving woman . They have both been steady , and good , 4 nd worthy men . Let memorials for their liberation be immediately got up from every district , town , and village ; let them be firmly , but yet respectfully worded , and gent to the Secretary of State . Holberry ' s death may make somo impression , even on Government officials . At least , let them be asked whether it is their purpose to make any more such sacrifices . Meantime forget not that poor Brook needs present aid , even in his miserable home . He is allowed to have aid if he can get it ; though Peddie is denied even that , poor privilege .
Mr . Isaac Wilson , weaver , BrOmpton , will supply any information respecting Brooks' case . He has been named as a fit person to be made Central Treasurer for Brook . We hava no doubt that Mr . ChiarlGS Connor , Of Bishop-Auckland , Mr . Bragg , Priestgate , Darlington , and Mr . E . Burley , York , will each in their respective localities receive subscriptions ; Mr . Williams will act for Sundcrland . Let all collected be forwarded to Mr * Wilson , Brompton . he can visit Brook every week , and will doubtless see that the money collected is properly applied .
WATKINS' TESTIMONIAL . We understand that a Committee has been formed and meets every Sunday morning at 55 , Old Bailey , in order to raise funds from all persons disposed to present to Mr . John Watkins a suitable token of respect for his services , sacrifices , and sufferings in the cause . The Committee are wishful to raise the requisite means for the Testimonial previous to Mr . Wathins ' s doparture for the provinces , and as a eonse of their appreciation of his services in London particularly .
We have been sorry to learn that Mr . Watkins has suffered recently an amount of pecuniary inconc venience greatly exceeding , we are quite sure , anything of which the Chartist public , who owe much to him , have bad any conception . Reared in the lap of comparative affluence , Mr . W . has been excluded the pale of what is called " society , " and cast out even by his own parents , for his attachment to our principles ; Mr . Watkins , though himself from the middle classes , has had the merit and the virtue of
standing proof , amidst all temptation , against all the various " new moves" which have led off some on whom the people had much reliance , and who , we believe , had less trial of their honesty and clearsightedness than Mr . Watkins has had . We do think that the people are in duty bound to pay respectful consideration to honest merit struggling with adversity , and to patriotism fighting the battle of liberty without fear of consequences , wherever : and in whomsoever it may be exhibited .
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THE PEOPLE . We still continue to receive gratifying testimonies of tbe confidence and estimation of the people . This week we have the following from Hawick : — "At a publie meeting held in the Chartist Hall , on Saturday , the 25 th instant , Mr . Richard Pudie in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted t "That this meeting , taking into consideration the efforts made to discredit the Editor and Proprietor of that palladium of the people cause theNorthern Star , and ^ recognising the untrammeled liberty which is due to the surveillance of the public press , desire to express emphatical admiration of the manly integrity , unsparing faithfulness , and distinguished energy , bo eminently characteristic of both ; and express unfeigned hope that they will continue the same undeviating course till it results in final triumph . "
Resolutions of a like gratifying character have been received also from Paisley , from Tonbridge in Kent , from Cheltenham , from Haworth , from Coalbrookdale .
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A Chartist , Bdnbury . —The " new move" men know the matter to be a death struggle . They must either destroy tlie St&r or the SU . t will destroy all the cobwebs by which they hope to catch the people . There is therefore no wonder at their ravings . Let themgd on ; 'tis all well . The face never looks more ugly than when unmaskedby themselves . James Monarch , Bishop Wearmoulh . —Thanks , for his kindly expressions of confidence and , esteem * We hope ever to deserve the confidence and esteem of good men . A Chartist and k Cqntant Reader . —' Tisnot alone in that locality , that the game of petty and malevolent detraction ii going on ; reports of a like character reach us from other places , ft is a t / ame at which the jrfayers aheap 3 lose . They never eventually injiire any but themselves . As
to the fact of MryHilVs being or not being a member ef ihe National Charter Association , the prating , scoundrels must have known themselves to be lying ; because the question has been two or three times answered in the Star a / ready . Mr , Hill was a founder of the present National Charter Association j and has been a member during the whole period of its existence . If our friend had redd his last week ' s Star carefully , he would have seen that Mr . Hill is a member ef the General Council . Dbbbt . —• Letters for this place are requested to be addressed to Thomas BHggsi ~ at Mr * . Parry ' s news agent , Cheapside . Lecturers visiting' Bromsgrove , are desired to give three day * notice thereof , Will Mb . P . M . Brotut of Dublin , send His address to the Chartists of Warrington as soon as
. possible , as tfiey wish to correspgnd with him . Messrs . Smart and * Skevin . gto ? i— We cannot insert their letter . They must send it to the paper in which appeared the letter that called it forth . We have hot seen that paper , and consequently know nothing of the letter to which theirs is a reply , Greenqck Chabtist Youths . -- We have no row . Barnsley . — -The Chartists of this place respectfully invite Mr . Watkins , in his intended toUr , to pay them a visit if possible at the beginning of . Jo uetk .. . ' ¦*¦ . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦• ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ . ;* :
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Geokke Anderson . —Mr . HiVs" Fifteen Lessons on Analogy and Syntax ! is not out ofpnnt .. It may be had , price two shillings , from ^ John Cleave ; London , through any Bookseller who gets a London parcel . Paton and Love can Mve . it anyweek from Mr . Hobsoni of Leeds . The other work we cannot tell him about , not knowing the Publisher and not having a copy at hand for reference . '* . . "¦ ' " v : *** .. * ';* ; . *"* . ' Bristol Chartist Youths , write us thus : — "It is stated in the Star , that we did not vole for the . Executive . We polled with the adults-of Bearlane . WehadhoPhilpites ; noione " John Johnson . — We cannot insert his letter to Mr Joseph Ahdfeto . - -1 ; Robert Hunt , Nottingham . —We have not room for
the address he has sent its . J . C . Graby , near Fi'ench Park , County Roscbm mon , Ireland , would be glad if the friends who send him Sims , would write to Mm . ThomasBrvggs , Derby , has received 2 s . for-James Duffy , from Mr . Gorse and men , Dujjteld . Charles Lucas , Newcastle , should have toldus what the meeting in the Guild Hall ^ of which he complains that we have ho report , was about , and thenwe could have made : enquiry into it . Arcroath . —ire have a little mollified one of the resolutions , as we suppose our friends have no great wish to see us " mashed up" by a govern ' mehtprosecution .
G , W . Sheffield . —It will make no alteration , in the present system of votingrfot- members of Parliament . '• - ; . ¦¦ ' : -. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ . ¦ . ¦'" .-. ¦¦ . ' Mr . Griffin ivishes to inform the Chartists of South Lancashire , that ' allletters for the district secretary on business connected with the delegate meeting , must be addressed to him , 8 , Robertstreet , BahkTOp , Manchester . Will Mr . Dean Taylor send his address to Mr Markham , Leicester , without delay , as a letter bearing York post mark is received . ^ Tub Birmingham Frosty Williams and Jones com ' mittee , would feel obliged toFeargus O Connor , Esq ., to state at what time he thinks tt probable the memorials he has in his possession will be
forwarded . ; . J . Smith , Milcham . —Thanks . We had previously received a notice of the meeting . _ James SAUNDEBis , Birmingham . —Belter let the matter . . ; drop . . : ¦ ¦ ¦"• . "¦ '¦ .- ¦ ¦ ¦ .. . V . '¦ ¦ - , - : .- ¦ ¦ •¦ W . C . —His communication is an advertisement . A iiu . Chartist . —We shotild think he arid his friends safe enough from any harm en account of the letters . •* An O'Brienitb .- ' Brighton . —There were other parties present upon that occasion , besides those to whom he refers . } We know all about the matter . The original motion was proposed by Mrt Allen . The vole of unqualified confidence in O'Brien was proposed as an amendment , by Mr . Morliriq . The ^ row" was kept up for five evenings ; every epithet of opprobrium arid abuse , such as" traitor , " " hypocrite " villain , " and other choice terms was applied , by the little knot of OBricnites , to every person who
attempted to speak in support of the original too-Hon . Blows were struck by the O'Brienit * 8 . Mr . Stephen Burton was struck ; On the fifth night the chairmankad had enough of the " ri > w , ana he dissolved the meeting without putting tiny resolution to the vote at all . The sixth nighl therefore was simply a muster of O'Briehites x after themeeting , They , dj ' course , had it alltheir own way ; and there were about Jourteen of them to vote for their own resolution . We have thest facts from parlies who were presentaUthe time t and saw it all , " An OBriehite" is notlosupr pose that because vie " were not there" that we have no information of the facts . ' ¦ ¦ - We have received the . balance sheet of the Executive t and an accompanying address from the Secretary , but are compelled , from the state of ou columns t to reserve them for next week . ; A Dissenter ' , Halifax . —The whole amount may be recovered if not exceeding six years .
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E . Stallwood—The letter he posted on Monday was ''¦ -- Kd ^' -jpre-paia . " ' ' - ' . - '¦ .- ' . '¦ '¦ ' , ¦"¦ ¦ . ' . - . ' . ' \ ' : \ - . ' : >' ' . ' : "•' .- ¦ Specimen s to Agents . —Specimens of the forthcoming Plate will be sent to many of the agents during the next week * and the remainder -will receive them as soon as they are completed . Those agents who do not balance their accounts immediately , will oot receive any papers oa Saturday , July 9 oh . ' • : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : " ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ . " > ' . ¦ ' , ¦ : " - : ' " --- ' John Walkden , Bury . — Send address to thia office . A letter has been returned from the General Post-Office , which was sent to Bury , and the letter-carrier could not find him . : -. ; .-.-PRBSCOT .- ^ -M r . Traverse should order . To ACEKT . S . —Several Agents have sent light gold this week ; they are all credited with the respective amounts the geld weighs .
FOR THE EXECUTIVE . . ' ¦ :- .:: . ' . : ¦ - - .. . a . a , From the Chartists of Mold , Flintshire 2 0 FOR MR . HINDBS . From the Bristol youth ... ... ... 10 Donca 9 ter Chartists 2 6
NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE . From the Chartists of Hooley Hill ... 5 0 B . and & . H . Norwich ... ... 5 0 FOR DEFENCE OF MASON AND OTHERS AT STAFFORD From J . M . London ... ... ... 1 0 FOR JAMES DUFFY . From the ., Chartists of Ramsbottom ... 1 0 HecVmondwike per Mr . Penny ... 1 0 Tha Bristol youths ... ... ... 1 0 The Chartists of Sutt « n In Ashfleld 2 6 Prescot ... ... ... ... 10 Dohfaster Chartists 2 6 Nottingham .... ... ... 10 FOR MRS . FROST , MRS WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONE& From the Shakesperian Association of LeicesterChartists ... ... ... 2 OO
FOR M RS . HOLBERRY . From Hull , collected after Mr . Hill ' s sermon ... ... 15 s . id . Chartiatfunds 5 s . lid . FOR DEFENCE OF HOLYOAK . B . From the Doncaster Chartists : ... 2 t FOR MR , SlASOKS DEFENCE . From the Cockermouth Chartista ... 2 G The Chartists of Somer ' s Town locality London ; ...:... ... 3 % - WIVES AND FAMILIES , FromS . M . London ... ... ... 4 0
FOR THE POLITICAL VICTIMS . From the Brompton and Kensington locality S . M . Wheeler ... ... -. 4 0
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Friends and Brother- Democrats , —rNow is tha time to try . mun' 8 souls—now is the time ^ for action , my friends- ; union and perseverance on the part of our leaders , with the united efforts and support of oar friends the people , must be the order of the < lay . Another mighty struggle is being made to deceive and entrap the people , another blow is about to be aimed at our ranks , another attempt to paralyze oar efforte , to swamp our agitotion , to lessen the number of Ottr leaders by bribery , intimidatioa , and peradcu ^ ion , has commenced . Mason has been arrested poor Holberry has beenf sacrificed M ! and some ot those who a short time ago were the acknowledged leaders of the people , have ceawdta be members of our Assooia * tian . ¦ '¦• .- ¦ ¦¦ ' . - ¦ : . : ¦ ' ' ¦' . ; ' . -: ;¦ . . ' . ; . :
The agents of Satan are stalking ; throunh the country , and sowing the seeds of treachery and deceit in every corner of our land , where for the Want of a ¦ pilot ' , / or a shepherd , eur friends are not able to mention the noble position ! they have assumed . Wiimslow , Nortbwich , Mlddlewich , Naritwich , Congleton , and C ester , where Associations have been formed , are almost politically dead for the want of lecturers . Some of them are broken np altogether , and have suffered themselves to be led by the hand to Corn Law meetings , where our opponents have always provided themselves with some one who has gab enough to cause the timid and the weakminded to hold up their hauds , in favour , of their deceitful projectn . "
Kautsf , ) rd . Saudbach . and many other places , whew good Associations might be formed , and thus add numbers to our ranks , are lying dead for the want of political information . Six week ' s agitation would rouse the whole of them . to a sense of their dufy , and would enable them to maintain a lecturer of their own . -: . :., v .. '¦• ¦ ' . " ' . ' ' ' . y ^ . ' ; - ; ¦"¦ .. . ' .:: - ' : ¦' ¦ - . ¦ ' . - ¦ A provision must eithfr be made for these district * , or we must give them up a 3 lost ts our cause . Men of Stockport . Ashton , Hyde , Ducfcpnaeld , Stalybridge , Hoz ^ l « rove . Mottram ^ New Milla . Oiossop , Compgtall Brirfge , / Hool » -y HUU Audensh&w . arid Mossley , at a dele < jate meeting held at HaZalsroye on Sutday last ,-on which . occasion there were delegates from Stockport , DuckenBeld , Marpie ,. Qlossop , HazelgroTe and New--Miiis , it was agreed that for the better organisation of this county , each of your : localities do appoint a ° delegate to me ^ t in the Hyde Chartict Rsom ,
oh Sunday , July the 10 Oi . when » tepa will be taken for the foundation of a permanent union of this diviaion of the county . It was unanimously agreed , thai Hi . Mitchell be empowered to draw up the short addroi , which Is now before you , and that In the absence of Mr . Swindlehurst , of Maccl »» fleld , he be appointed to act as the county Bscretary , and visit such district * as be may deem necessary , until the next general meeting Brother Chartists , let thfs call be snffident ; let your motto be union and perseverance } if onr Charter is to be gained , it must be gained by union ; if onr principles are to be established in eTery town , village , and hamlet of Great Britain , it must be done by perseVerance ; then rally round the standard of organisation , ana show to the Government and to the world , that whilst you are so thoroughly convinced of the justice of your cause , you . feriow how to ensure its success , by a virtuous , a consistent , and a never-tiring exertion .
It is requested that you send off you * delegates early as business is to cuinnience at ten o ' clock in the forenoon precisely . ; .: ; . ' ' ¦ : ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ : . ' < : ¦' . : "' ¦ ;¦; - . - ¦ : ¦ ¦ , : ¦¦ : ' - ¦¦ - ' . Yours , faithfully , „ . V „ JAMB 8 MlTCHBll , Heaton-laae , stockport , June 38 , i 6 i 2 .
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TO TEE EDITORS OF TEE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL . Sbareecfc , Jaiie 14 , 18 i 2 . " Sir , —Percit me . through ; . c-nr ViluaYla paper , to an' - ' ressa fesv rtia ^ ris to lie prLiidrnt scii szexitssj of tli& Ixiiti UoiTcrssl SufTrare AEs- - . cia : 5 on , wbo miist be eitiitr -srliolJy i ^ noranS of the English dwpesiwon to-Wirds idv coui . tr } isea [ aad piriicaiarly iha Ctsrtiit to
bo 0 v > . c- fjT sr-ine otttr cause , bcrt kco ^ n tfegrn-8 * ! t « , s .-ixi ! in . ze so nixich generosity anJ kindntai to tht-m wita respect to tLe Irish LibLmerd -who sre drifen to setk siitlicr in vbat csuntry fro ; u iL&ir fit / i ^ efiio tjri ^ ts . Perhaps s = Tcrii = ei . ytsrs residence in Er , jLinQ nny be consacred to ha ? 8 g : Vca nis cppor ^ aaity oi iuu ^ I ^ g and Usiir . g a li . tle of the £ serostty and liuminiiy ot -wcicii li ^ j ipcik . I -Will , \ ritlicst prtjj . Oies , sUsla a i ^ -x insiaaKa . out of LcudrerU of Elmilir oaes . that I hare -Tiintssed .
About / oar jcirs ias ; Srpt ^ iatix , there -was " a great public mett-ng for tlie Carrier ua P = ep-gr * cn , near D .- - -TibnrjY "whtre tlie pest i > e : 2 Oi : i £ e 3 tion tf Radlcilism prop .-4 > ed " lurest Petts Bis ^ j" lo the Con-TeEtion . As the procession -srzs rrnrchiag from HaddsrsSald tttH "were two irissTiicn . afitr truvfcUir . g perhaps hundreds of mi ' es to earn the rest cf tieir ** xrrfetcbed cow-acre- ; ' ihsj "s-ere knocked i ' osn and ticked by tbe Chartist ^ , and for ^ hst ? For notiiiDg bnt being Irishmen . Tee ill-usaje coctinccd till they * -ere proiceied by one cf thtir coUDtjjincn , who stepoed raanftly out of the pioo 2 ss "; ca , viz ., Alexander Steveneoc , no * residing ia GreeniUEd-s ^ rfctV , Liverpool , vrao un bt- Teferrt-. 1 to if auy one doub ; my assertion . So much for their generosity and bmniiiity . I winder
if Mr . O Birgirs , Mr , Dojic or tLtir consmMlee , reccQIcct -when tia Shiffiald ar . -j RiiL . trha . ci Riilvray -was in ccars-2 of making near abon : ihe ssrae time , when every Irishman -sras driven eff the v ^^ iks share they were endcaTourusg to tsra tteir keis . So mucli again for gfcBeroiitj tn ! hii-naDiiy . Ltt t ' zzm lcot again to tbe Pj-cston s .-d Lincastir line of railway , "where thtre ^ rere Eimiiar a . ror . iies committed . I conld stste man y lEcre . but ihEie are snfiliieiit to show tlist thty are , I Trpeit , igncrazst of Esglish dispDsiticns to Ireland , cr , frcm oth = r ra-jtiTes , idestify theaiselves w : ih a body ¦ cho are ignorant of tfctir oitr ., and opposed to tbe best ijit ^ resis of Ireland—3 bony trlio -woul d heap slander en Jreloiid's b- ^ i-i ben ^ factor , tiiat thc-v nrpTij ra ' 56 BOWLS of tfciix esn trscil : 25 poiiiical ! idTeaxur = r 5 on tee ruin of his D ^ -i'Uiarity .
Bet . thank Gjd , the graUtude that Iri&hisen owe to O Cc ^ neli , for the strricfes rendtrei to bis country fur s . period of utarly fttr' . v yt ^ rs , ¦ ar iir- 'vui a Usm : sb on his i ^ rne , bs Trtli c- "; 2 tiEcs to rfcC « : v = ; ; -i : d that £ i ! pvyri uui cc 2 S 3 erce tLej hxre al-w- ' . js £ ; vtn Li-n , a ^ d ¦* iii ^ ivahim , till bt mvkes Inriasd vrtat atil Pruvi-&ence cd vaed hsr to bs , Al ! 2 :-. a .-h some borocTab'e eseeptii'Tig there mast be auiur ^ lLu Cr ^ rtists , I s ' a . te ii ia ihs fuoe of E-jc 2 cad , E : i > cr ';^ -n cut cf twenty cf iis .- - ' ^ fja - pjj ~ . l to the weltire if Lr--a id . Forsls yt-iratha . ^ I fcaisV » f ea r . mcsgat th " " ia Y . ; rfc < i ; : re I havsfuBi : ' it 50 , ^ n < 2 th ^ ir cos ;' ucl at tbs Ia £ ^ Gr-ceral Electioa provsa it . As to the tms f i'f L ; a p- .. liric 3 , -wLich th ? v t « . cb mv cou-. trynjtn . asti
iu coaiUtencT . I will speak n icvf vzds . At the Kt-rsg in Ku'ideriScld , in 1 *? C . Tshzn O ~ Cornell -W 35 chargc-l wiih the factory bii '^ e , sfti-r giving three -cbe < -rs Tor tL- Ridicils cf England , at tht rt qaeit of oas o * their iti-- ! crs , tbey gave three ctwrs f-jr Ireiacd ' s ia .--it isTtt ^ rale fcD £ Hiies , tbeTorit ? . If this be tceirtms fiitli in p : > iitic « , I T } Cf > e l ^ y coar-ir ^ iiitn -wiil reinv . i : ^ yith-Ui . ir . Tiiis-fict ca . ii ha ! esli 5 td by r . < o persons noff . I b ^ icTi . in Dablin , Dr . I ~ iicvnj and Tc . ois . zs t .-.-ney . I remain . Sir , Yours , rfcFr-ect'nli . v , ilATTliZV , - O'COS > EI 1 _
The Star And Its Estimation By
THE STAR AND ITS ESTIMATION BY
Tbio 3&Eapcv& Wxtf Covre^Pontrentiai
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Address Of The North Cheshire Delegate Meeting. To The Surrounding Distrigts Of The Sa.Nie Division.
ADDRESS OF THE NORTH CHESHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . TO THE SURROUNDING DISTRIGTS OF THE SA . NIE DIVISION .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct760/page/4/
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