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BROOK OP KORTHALLERTON . TO THE COVSC 1 L OF TEE BRADFORD . CHABTiST ASSOCIATION .
Deab . Friejtds , —I regret that I hare to solicit you jo take xay distressed family into your consideration jnd protection , but I understand they have been greatly neglected during tha last year , either for -want of consideration or some other canss unknown to me . I do sottiink that the Chartists of Bradford have neglected gjem wLfnlly , for I am confident that they -will never allow » y family to starve while I am confined for tie part I hvre taken in the struggle to secure the political freedom of my enslaved countrymen , and to sv ^ nire for jnjvelttad them a fair day ' a -jrages for a fair day ' s yrori ; and at the same time rescne onr dear little children from the rapacious jaws of the cruel factory monster , and the aged and helpless from the three deTil tings appointed to starve them to death in the batfiles .
Dssi Mends , I earnestly request yon to Uke my family under voor protection . It trill be a BHirce of mini , cosifart to me to know teat my family are preserved from want during the remainder of my imprisoEineat , for I expect no relitf from the blooci thirsty factions , either Whig or Conservative , though I wish a memorial to be _ sent to the Secretary ef State , to release me frem prison . My imprisonment has cot quenched my spirit , thengb it has reduced my body ; for please God to restore me to liberty I shall be a better Chartist than ever 1 was . and my imprisonment has fornrsbed me with ten
thocssnd arguments in favour of Chart : sm , which before were hid from me ; and I shall not fail to declare my experience , through the length and breadth of the land , if it should please € k > d to preserve me in health and strength to do so : the powers that be from men -will not hold the check upon me , for I am prepared rot enly to meet Imprisonment , but death , or Eecure the political freedom of the labourers of England and their "wires and children from the j vws of tee factory monster I remain truly y « nrs , TVh . ij . ih Bhook . House of Correction , Kortlnllerton , July 2 nd , lSi 2 .
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THE VETERAN JOHN GEORGE . The purport of- this addres 3 is an 3 ppeal to your generosity in a lamentable cise . With feelings cf th « deepest regret I am prompted to inform my friends that distress of the most poignant nature has at length penetrate my humble habitants . My poverty has been occasioned by want of employment , aEd the great and many sacrifices I have at Tenons tiises piade in the cause of my compatriots . I am bow in my 75 th year , and beinsj therefore disqualified by age and phyiic&l debility from procuriBg a jcainteaance for mystlf and partner by the same means -which , np to a very recent period , I have employed for tTtKi-. purpose ( manual labour ) , I am eot re-itoed to actual penury . I tbertforo eirntstJy solicit the b * a » - Tolsst triends of freedom to taSe into consideratioa the object of this appeal , and likewise to endeavour as far is in than lie to release me from my present extreme peccniary thraldom .
For the last fifteen or twenty years , I have enconntered a multiplicity of trials of no ordinary description , during all cf which I never attempted to throw myself upon public notice , as one desiroa 3 of receiving charitable assistance , aid even now , but for the perMiasion of & few radical friends upon the subject , my own silence thereupon wonid perhaps accompany me "with sheer starvation to the grave . For many years I carried on the business of a paper banger at the West ead of the metropolis , by -which" I waa enabled to maictain a large family in credit-I was likewise one of the first members ef the ones celebrated Corresponding Society , and 1 am therefore , Tilth about one exception , the only one reaiainicg of ^ be old stock of Cosmopolites -who £ guered among the Tooiss , the Hardies , the Thelirans , tee Sk&nians , the Joneses , and others "whose names grace the """" I" of democracy .
3 Iy object in making this application is to endeavour , as the last resource , to keep rcyseif and "wife from becoming iriTrm » p < i ci a Union Workhouse . Your distressed applicant , JOHJi GEOBGE . So . 1 , Cottage-place , Behind the Jolly Gardener , Lambeth- wall :, London , July 13 th , 1 S 42 . Subscriptiona will be thaiikfally received by Mr John Savage . Mechanics' Institution Tavern , Circus street . New-road , ilarylebcna .
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KB . STTJSGE AND THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM . TO THS E 2 ITOB -OF TH 2 Ti'OBIBERX STAB , I had written an article somewhat at length on the Chartists of KottingbaHi supporting Mr . Sturge , but on second thought , seeing that your columns might be engaged to better purpose , and concluding that I might as -well effect my intention by sating a question or two : I beg room for s line or two in your paper . As I am a Chartist , or Radical , of long-standing , I have too often sren that the people , even after being
often deceived , are too ready to place confidence in newmade converts . I . is of importance , tspecially at present , that we be cautious in receiving and supporting men newly come over to the profession of our principles from the middle class . And more especially if they fcave been prominent 3 n the Anti-Corn Lair Movement I -wish to know if the Nottingham Chartists support Hfc Stnrge merely because he is a Universal Suffrage Tcim ? If bo , I would answer , —so is Dan . O'Conneli , bo is , < e at least was , Mr . Roebuck , so is Molesworth , Hume , and several ethers , who aie the worst enemies tba people have . _ ¦ . . _
Is net Mr . Storge of the free trade party ! The Chartists justly deem those principles , if carried out , to be starvation , destruction , and death to the 'working classes . Is Mr . Sturge friendly to the New Paor Law ? I looked in the papers for a string of questions being put to him by the Chartists cf Nottingham , on various subjects ; bet above all , I expected that he would be stringently questioned on that h 3 teful measure . I was disappointed . I believe he was net questioned at alL Sow , if Mr . Storge is a free trade man , and a friend to the New Poor Law , the Chartists of Nottingham would be acting a strange and very injurious part in helping to rttura him , I should say , if such should be the 6-se , as I muefa fear it is , it would be a thousand fee * better that even Mr . Walter were returned . And farther , if Buch should be the case , ilr . O'Connor has xo business in Nottingham , if he values his consistency Yours , i £ u enemy to Middle Class hnmln ? and deceit ) A * Old chailiisi ,
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MIDDLE CLASS OPPRESSION . " I would a whip were placed in every honest hand , . To lash such rascals naked through the world . "
T 0 TH 2-EDIT 03 . Or THE SORTHESJf STAR . 1 ' t deas SlB . —Allow me through ycur columns to 2 ay before the readers cf the Star the . following case of rascally oppression , the subject cf -which is a worthy fellow , highly respected here , a native of Nottingham , Eiarriid , aid having a family of three children . He has been ever since feis residence in Sheffield a member el the Charter Association ; and ef late Ms , at the bequest of the Council , made hixiself rather active in the performance of certain minor duties assigned him . Oa the 27 ih o * June , he attended the funeral of the deceased Samuel Holberry , ouly Bbsentang himself from his employment duiing the aftfetnoin- He-- "was employed as striker at a eoaih-makiES establishment . It
appears that on the Monday afternoon his employer visited tha manufactory , and finding some of the men absent , directed that they shonld not be altered to go to -work next day till he had seen them . Accordingly , next morning the parties presented themselves at the house of the bashaw , bat were not seen till the afternoon ; one of the men who pleaded that he had been drunk on the Sncday , and -was compelled to leave on Monday , through being too ill to work in consequence of his Sundays spree , was allowed to return to his vork d assuring his employer that he was no Chartist . An escaped condemnation but poor , who , upon bang questioned i ? hs was a Chartist , replied be was ; upon which the " gentleman" remarked he would not
hare a Chartist about the place if he knew it , adding that the Chartists were the " d st low-lived scoundrels in the town ! " That Holberry was a fellow who bad tried to destroy life and property , and meant to burn the town ! Subsequently , our friend -was asked if he did not pay sixpence a week to the Chartists ? he e&- to , only % penny . He "was then a&ked if he had not better bay a pennyworth of tobacco or bread with the mowy , and upon his entering into a defence of his prlncples and the right to think for himself , the " gentkuian" stopped him short , Eavzgely telfmg idm tfcat after the svowal he had made of his principles , if he
* a « Jens Chrirt himself he shonld work for him no lender : He then asked the tyrant to give him a character . The " gentieman" employer leplied that the Mljefcaacter he would giTe him "would be , that he was * » ber , steady man , bnt left his work to follow the ^^ rtats . The following Friday our friend again BtibA eo jjig i ^^ g employer , who , in reply to his remon-*^^* w , replied that he -wanted none of the d- d «» tfat tribe about him , adding , " a lot of yon ought w he drove Into some gulf and smothered I" Finally Ofiteft the place , the " gentleman "^ wearing tkat if he * w not ^ he would have the police to hfm .
% Ssre , Sir , there is a jpeeiman of middle-class jos-Bon The Bsaa is a aobsr , Eteady , qtiti man ; he had » o £ ed fbr this fellow about two yean , and I belisve h& 4 never absented hiiaseil from las work beJor © ttie a * fcHioon of poor Holbeny * s funeral j and then , though » bseat himself , he ( unlike the other absentees ) presented no Ttiyt from working through his absence , aaother man supplying his place . The poor fellow has bwa compelled to breakup his home , and with his wife * ad children return to Nottingham , where the parish « death byitsrvation will in all likelihood be their lo- We collected 10 s . 6 d for him on Monday evening , at the meetinz in JTig-tree lane , to he 7 p him on his way . He left Shtmttt en Monday last
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TaUrof the tyranny of Whig or Tory GoveromerJcsfaugh . ' These are the real tyranta of society- —these shopacratical scoundrels that thus dare to doou ^ to death their fellow-men . I may mention thit thU " gentlem&n" is a roaring Liberal , a Corn Law Repealer , &a 1 am informed that at the last election _ £ his same fellow had a ' waggon parading the town on w ' aich was exhibited the " big'loaf and little lo » f . " What is the remedy for this infernal oppression ? the Charter . Only when we shall have -wrested from such ftilows as this the exclusive political power enjoyed by them , can we successfully attempt the curbing of their insolent oppression . So long as the working classts are deprived of their political rights , they must be the Boc ' al Blaves of the villains who have oaly to say " You shall labour no more for me , " and doom their fell jw-men to misery and deavh .
Working men of Sheffield , the fate of this poor hocfest man may be that of miny more of yon , if , like him , you have souls that will net bend to tyranny . Rally , then , round the banner of the National Charter Association . Give yottr support to each other , and protect one another from the biows of oppression . Within the last two weeks our cause has gloriously progressed : above two hundred new members have within that rime j aned the Association . Let us march onward with the Hire success for a short time longer , and we shall con ; p ? l such tyrants to respect us , and think twice tre they punish and persecute men for their honest advocacy of righteous principles . GEOHGE JELIAS HAB > 'ET . Sheffield , July Cth , 1842 .
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TO THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATES "WHO ASSEMBLED AT MANCHESTER , ON 1 SUNDAY , JUNE 26 th . ¦ Gentlemen , —I have read with feelings of great satisfaction the report cf your proceedings at your last meeting held in Manchester , more especially that part ; of your business having reference to a lecturer being : Sent to Ireland . It is a subject to which I have , for ¦ the last twelve months , directed much of my attention , ana I h&d come to the conclusion of making a lecturing j toar in ibe North of that country , if my means would : k&ve borne rue ont , but circumstances arosa which pre-! rented the fulfilment of juv intentions .
From ray minute and iEtimate acquaintance with the mar-ntrs , customs , habits , and I taught add feelings of the people of the North of Ireland , I feel fully confident of much good beiag accomplished by the carrying put of your . resolution in the person of a talented , peTseycring , firm , and above all , a prudent lecturer . The rwison why i-more particularly refer to che Nerthis , that by ixperience gaised from personal observation , I know that mental despotism and the monopoly of the inind is not so fully in exercise , nor so wide spread in the North as in the South and West , acd mereovur the Dublin Association is working in the latter places , whereas it has not a -chance of carrying its usefulness illte the province d ITlstfcr , and 2 cannot bat arrive at the conclusion that the failure of Mr . Lcwery ' s mission
in a § 59 , may te attributes ! to the rojudkious selectien of Dailin for the commencement of his labours , instead of some of th « principal towns in the Noithern counties , say Belfast . Stili I am aware that , even there , a lecturer would have innumerabledifiLeultieB to encounter snd obstacles to overcome in the prosecution of his work . l £ e letters -which I have been in the habit of receiving weekly , for the last twelvmouths , as Secretary to the Committee for transmitting Chartists publications , to Ireland , from almost every couuty in that country , point ont tj me the hoxirdous nature of the task , but it tLe same time thoroughly convince me of the necessity tf such a course being pursued . The chief
obstacle iii the Xortb would be the Orange party , which is strong and bitterly hostile to the spread of knowledge , particularly a knowledge of the people ' s rights by the people ; when I say the Orange party " , I do not mtam the poor , ignorant , deluded dupes—the wortingiDfcB ; bat the magistracy and squirearchy , who together ¦ sriJuht ; will v also possess the powerto . in a great measure , much impede the progress of oar movement ; but still taking all things into account , the chances are ten to oce in favour of the carrying out of your resolutions , and I shall !** happy to render ail the assistance in my power to ine accomplishment of bo desirable an undertaking .
The north is especially more peculiarly adapted for ths Commencement of such a work , inasmuch as the political quackB and gamblers of the Dublin Corn Exchange , have huherto failed in using their influence towards that mental debasement , in that quarter which is so ' much to be deplored in other parts c £ Ireland ; and moreover , history and experience shew that the inhabitants of the northern latitude of any country are from geographical and local circumstar : e « s , found to be more attached ,. generally speaking , than the denizens of other latitudes , to the principles of freedom and independence , tod from the open , candid , and warmhearted charhcUriBtics of my coantrvmen , I arena the
establishment of oar principles , and the building up of a tOWer Of Strength on the foundation ut a deep-seated public opinion , in behalf of the principles of democracy in a sp- ^ ce ot time incredibly short , to those ignorant cf the circmatances of that people . Let us hut have the o ^ tfidence of the people of Ireland , on bekalf of tho People ' s Charter , or even the thinking and intelligent , who a e too independent to pin their political faith to the sleeve of any hypocritical , canting , political prostitale , who would traffiek in the miseries of his fellowmen , and prostrate the best energies , mental and physical , of a brave , chivalrous , and confiding people^—and the days of Irish political humbugism are
numbered . ' I could appeal to many of my Chartist friends in support of the sanguine anticipations which 1 entertain with respect to Ireland , amongst others to Mr . Christopher Doyle , for a eorroboration of my opinion , as to the success attending- the adoption of the plan ; that gen tit man can form something like a true estimate of the people , from the experience of his late visit to Belfast , Luburn , Newtownards , &c and I believe it wili be found to he Lis opinion that a plentiful harv&t ccnid be reaped in tte fitld of Iriih democracy .
Ibe people " oaly require to have true and universal principles enunciated and ushered upon their attention , with an honesty of purpose and a prudence of advocacy to ensure this jecognition ; aad when recognised by the convictions of the Irish people , all the political jugglery of mercenary brawlers , hireling scribe . 3 , and base pandering to civic dignities on the one hand , the rnthlessness of open and avowed oppression on th& other , cannot stem the -wide-spreading torrent of free inquiry , « nd its sure offspring , a gracious and well-regulated public opinion ; for history
points out to us the unparalleled tenacity with which they ( the people of Ireland ) have ever clung to the last remaining , relics of their native liberties , how they have watched with a devotional assiduity hitherto unprecedented , the declining day-star of thair country ' s frctdonj , nstil treachery iiad broken those spirits -which tyranny never could bend ; and with the same characteristic avidity would tcey a-ain seiza those troe and righteens principles which luusb ultimately secure to them , after a long and dreary night ef bondage , the realization of their dreams of the day-da ^ tn of liberty , ail their long-cherished hupes of noble and exalted in 3 e-
penaence . Trusting that the Eicecntive will not lose sight of so important a subject , and that the Chartists generally , wiil at orce see the propriety , nay the necessity , of assisting , by every possible means in their power , the prosecution of so laudable an undertaking , I remain , gentlemen , Your fellow labourer In the cause of democracy , BEBSABD ilCAHT-NEl . 13 , Cress Hall-st , Liverpool , July 5 th , 1842 .
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AN APPEAL TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN , IN BEHALF OF THE WIDOW OF SAMUEL HOLBERRY . Brethbex , —We appeal to you in behalf of the widow of one of nature ' s nobles , who has at last fallen a martyr for the rights and liberties of mankind . Samuel Holberry is no more ! but , oh , could hi 3 dungeon walls find tongues to describe the anguish they have witnessed , the painful agony he endured , and the acute . ioiture cf his mind , when bursting the portals of a prison * gloom , his soul left its dsy tenement , without the kind assistance of a fond wife to minister to his wants , or to close his dying eyes . Who can pourtray the agony of his sufferings ?
Brethren , that wife he has lefc fur your protection . He has bravely end nobly done his duty—it now reruaics for yen to do yours . He has sacrificed liberty and life , that we might be freed from the bonds tb ^ t bind us . Let us swear that her upon whom his warmest and tenderest affections were placed , shall never be compelled to taste the tecder mercies of a Poor Law Bastile , and thus shew to the world in deeds . , not words , that we are determined to stand by those who prove firm to our cause . By so doing we shall encourage future patriots to pursue the same glorious course—to smile at the dungeon and the scaffold , knowing tfcat their wives and children will find protection amongsb ft grateful band of kindred souls , and also , that they themselves will lire in the memory of every lover of freedom , and h&ter of tyranny and oppression .
Sister democrats , do you do your duty . Your sister , though young in years , has drunk deeply of the cup cf affliction . It is for yon to administer the balm of consolation—to sympathise with the afflicted , and to comf « rt the heart-broken . In the soft bosom of angelic woman the fountain of pity alway * flows for suffering kumanity . ProTe jourselTes then worthy of your sex , and assist her who has had the staff broken on which she leaned for support Sheffield Jam promptly and nobly come forward to assist in ths good work , aad to out townsmen we
return our thanks for their hearty ana generous sympathy w well proven upon this melanchely occasion To the Chartists of York we also return our warmest thanks for their timely and patriotic aid , and to our brother democrats in other parts of the country who without waiting for this appeal have already commenced collecting monies for the support of Mrs . Holberry . "We-hare purchased the ground where the remains of the martjr repose , and intend to erect a plain monument over the grave . To accomplish this , and secure for the widow a sjaintenance for the future , we txpeit the cooperation and a&sulance of every
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Chartifit ia the kingdom . We also suggest the propriety of two separate funds , the one for the support of the widow , and the other for the monument ; -find although we doubt not that a portion of the funds for both objects may be raised ia Sheffield , still on account of the depressed state of trade we mast look for the assistance of our brother Chartists throughout the country . Monies collected in Sheffield may be paid to the treasurer or secretary of this committee . But , monies collected in other and distant parts of the country , we
request may be forwarded to Mr . Joshua Hobson , Northern Star Office , Market-street ; , Btiggate , Leeds . We think it unwise to limit each association to any particular sum . Let each and every one jive according to his or her means , and emulating each other in the good work , place the widow of the martyred Helberry above the reach of poverty and any increase of the sufferings she has already endured . Samuel Ludlam , Treasurer , No . 11 . Kadford-slreet . George Julian Har ' mvTi Secretary , No . 11 , Hartshead . National Charter Association Room , Fig-tree-lane , July 1 , 1842 .
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TO SIR R . PEEL , Upon the necessity of an immediate remedy for the present miparaileled distress , and provision against the future calamities inevitable to our artificial system . " But with respect to you , ye Legislators , ye civil'zsrs of mankind , ye Orpheuses , Moseses , Miuoses , So-K-ns , Theseusca , Lycurguses , Numas , —with respect to you , be it spoken , your regulations have done more mischief in cold blood than all the rage of the fierceit animals in their greatest terrors or furies hava ever done , or could do . " Lord Bolikgbroke on Society .
Sis Robert , —Whether the noble writer declared truly in what I have just quoted let the histories of all nations testify , let the poor starving -wretched thousands of our cout . tr j men answer , ¦ whilbt I en * eavour by my humble pen to rouse you from your professed sympathy —but real apathy—to do your duty to my perishing fellows , whose appalling situation is enough to make the very stones cry out far justice . Justice demands that the people should not starve in the land of their birth . God gave them " dominion over the earth : '• they have an inheritance in their father land . Who hath taken it from them ? who hath the wealth that they have produced in thair generation in Britain ? where is the wealth the generations of their fathers produced upon the estates , in the mansions and coffers of the rich 1 From these , Sir , make restitution to the long-robbed 5 abouvers ; and if you have not the courage and inclination to do this act of justice , then borrow of them Twenty Millions .
Twenty Millions wore borro-rred npoa the labour of these starving thousands and tbeir poor fellows to buy the Dame of freedom for the blacks of the West Indies . Sir Robert , borrow twenty millions more to give food and labour to your starving countrymen . Will you dare t *» argne that it is not enqagh to . permanently relieve the distress and , therefore should not be borrowed ? If like other creatures of the Honourable House you should answer thus callous and inhumane , I answer borrow forty millions ; for if the freedom of some thousands of negroes was worth twenty millions , surely the Jives of thousands of Englishmen are worth at least double the fura .
But borrow twenty millions , and see what may be done with it . Ton have , with the representatives of the upper and middle class in your criminal apathy towards the suffering people , suffered the setd time to pass away without making the least provision for the future maintenance of the wretched unwilling idlers ; but it is not now too lata to makfi some provision far the present time , and the gloomy winter that it ia but too certain will succeed this wretched summer . Sir Robert , as the premier of England , yours is the duty to make men provision ; see to it , and if you wculd not have your name handed down to posterity laden with infamy as the murderer of thousands of your countrymen—if you would not be branded thus , you will immediately get about the business of saving your starving conntrymtn from this wretched fate , and yourself this lasting iguominy and execration .
To tho work , Sir Robert ; a mighty responsibility is laid upon you by tho rmceyon filL Restore to thesa people their daily bread now withheld from them , not by dearth , for there is plenty of land in our country to produce foj . d for them witbneld by some power , and what greater than the Gjvernment of which you , Sir Robert , are the head . Really then in your hun < £ s is the remedy—you can restore . Borrow for the present exigency twenty millions to feed and employ the hungry population ; do you ask
how ? take the parks of the aristocracy upon a lease foi several years , and place the piUDderefl starving operatives thereon , to cultivate them ; it is not too late to have a crop of potatoes , which , with a portion of corn and some cattle , will support them . through the winter whilst they are getting the land ready , and Bowing grain , setting plants for cabbage , planting fruit trees , ice There are plenty among the starring to direct these agricultural operations , and the thousands will willingly labour for their daily bread upon these public farms .
Therefore let the money be immediately borrowed and laid out in potatoes and corn for food and for seed , implements of husbandry and art ; set the poor to work throughout the country Ujjon the nearest and most suitable plots of ground ; let tl-. em rear their own dwellings , raise their own food for the time to come ; their labour will amply repay the Government for tha outlay thereon , save the rich from poor rates , the poor from a most appalling death , relieve the manufacturing market of its iron-made snrplus population , spare the farmer from ruin by repeal of the Corn I / aws and immense reduction of his stock , contribute to the -welfare of all -classes , and uitiiiiately restore prosperity to our gold-blighted couutry . .
Sir Rjbort , this is a homely project , an Euglish project , a prr ject Worthy of the attention and help of every lover of bis species , and doubtless of the Premier of a ChristLin Government Try this , or Eome such txtensive plan of national economy ; give perishing humanity a chance to live on the land of its birthright ; give ntglected , insulted , much-wronged mortals a chance to be honourable , free , virtuous , and happy . For your own sake , Sir Robert—for your country's sake—for the sake of our many Ciiristian professions , and for our national honour make one noble and necessary attempt to stay this cruel scourge . Let it not be said the thousands rolled in riches and luxury , and the millions pined in poverty , and perished for want of ths coarsest food . Hoping the above letter wUI not be altogether UD .-hcfedtd by you , Sir , on account of the humble pretensions of tLe writer , I subscribe myself , Your most humble servant , Eomespun .
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ADDRESS TO THE SIX LOCAL CENTRES IN SCOTLAND . At a meeting held in the Universal Suffrage Hall , Alloa , oa the evening of July 4 th , Mr .. John Stewart in the chair , to consider the propriety of ekcting a National Executive for Scotland , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Ja -. Robertson , and , being seconded , was unanimously agreed to : — ' « This meeting , taking into consideration the beneficial tfftcts likely to foll » w the appointment of a SMttish Executive , call upon their Secretary , David Thompson , to draw np an Address to the Six Centres , urging to the performance of this duty , and have it published in the next nusubtr of the star , and that our Srcrttary be instructed to correspond with . Mr . Campbell , Secretary of the English Executive , according to the form which the Law prescribe 8 . " Signed , John Stetvart , Chairman .
Brother Chartists , —In obedience to the above resolution I address myself to you upon a matter of v ' . til importance to the consolidation and permanent influence of the movement in Scotland , for t !; e attainment of the People ' s Charter by peaceful , legal , and constitutional means . It cannct be denied that the movement in Scotland hitherto has been principally iLfluenced by impulses extraneous to itself ; in Btatisg this there is no intention to find fault with those bursts of excitement caused by some aceidental circumstance takicg place in England , and resuliisg in a series of demunstrations held over the principal parts < f Scotland . These have given an extension to the knowledge of our principles and deepened the conviction ninoni ? tens of thousands of the people of Scotland of the absolute necessity for
their practical real zition , as the obI ? means to secure good , equitable , and just government to the whole body of the people . But this mode of spreading a knowledge cfour principles among the people has always been attended with this dra-wback , tbat very many places in Scotland sink into a ttate of Inactivity , if not into positive ; apathy , awaiting a new inspiration from a fresh excitement from England . In one sense , then , it may be said that the movement in Scotland , is created , nourished , and upheld by these means , and whenever they are wanting , the Chartist Committees in many places act as if they had no particular duties to discharge in connection with the movement . Every Chartist will agree with the association in Alloa , that if a remedy can be found for this defect it ought to be taken into consideration , aad if approved of , instantly adopted . ;
And here again we must still turn to England , not for the purpose of waiting to see what the Coartiata there will do for the Chartists in Scotland , tut to copy the moie of their movement , so far as it can be applicable to Scotland . They have had an ExecutfTe Committee in existence for one year , and it only requires to trace their progress and calculate the results of their labours to arrive at the conviction that what has wrought so well in England for the 6 xtena on of the principles of the People ' s Charter , that without being charged with any thing romantic or Utopian ; there Is snrely sufficient materials in Scotland to constitute an Executive , and it only requires to be impressed -npen the peeple the utility of having such a body to command their attention and secure their cooperation for this purpose .
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Wo have many valuab ' . e men in Scotland , heart and soul devoted to the furtherance of the movement , who have Bhown a deep devotion to its aorvice , and have made many personal sacriaces to uphold it in its integrity ; the pasi services of these mea , and present labours , comiriund the reverence and reapect of tho people , and ihe beat-of- ' all-testimonies of their worth to the people , from their enemies , w , that they have had every species of misrepresentation which the vile hirelings of the Whig and Tory press could invent , yet they have nobly set all these efforts at defiance , treated thorn with scorn and contempt , and gone onin theeyentenour or their way , exposing the hypocrisy , " low cunning , and fraud , and open tyranny of the government class , and inspired the people with self-respect and confidence ioi their own power of union , to redress the wrongs thoy have so long suffered under , and establish in their place the just and righteous principles of the People ' s Charter . Yet there has beeni defect attending their
operations in this glorieus cause , posaibly arising ns much from necessity as choice ; they have HO uuiOll aiuODg themselves , no co-operation , no oneness of purpose ; to some extent it may be said : that they are personally unknown to each other ; this migfct be cited in proof of the excellency of the Chartist movement , that a . ' nwvement could have been conducted for yeara by then inculcating the same principles , pursuing the same general plan of actions , and all - ' 'bearing on one point ; and yet those who are engaged in these labours are in many cases personally unknown to each other , not even holding intercourse by letter ; this yiew of our ; movement , and the means by which it is conducted ought to teach an important lesson to every opponent of the Charter , if . an agency so scattered " aad unconnected bis through its exertions raised the people to the proud position , they occupy at present , wliat will Ibia agency not be able to effect when bound together and acting upon a fixed plan of operation ?
Having indicated our present condition without exageration or despondency , 1 will in my next address point out tho remedy , and the means ¦ whereby it can oe brougkt into action . David Thompson , : Secretary to tho Alloa Chartist Association .
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUTE AND SPREAD OF CHARtlSt ¦ ¦ PRINCIPLES , ; TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOUTHERN STAR . Sir , —The proposal ihade in the Star , June 25 th , for 'A National Trioute /' -in aid of the Executive , was to me . quite refreshing , and the excellent beginnuig msde by yourself and Messrs . Lonsdale , HobsoUi and Ardill , I thought would have called forth the energies of our entire Association , iu order to raise the "¦ wind , " bo that the " tribute" might be made handsome and sufficient . If those who are already organized will not bestir themselves , how can they ever expect to succeed ? Let toe four hundred places where our organizition exists , contribute half-a-Wuinea each , and thus we would have two hundred guineas at once .
In addition to this , it is not too much to expect that other gentlemen . who profess to be friendly to the ultra movement , should imitate the example , each according to his means , so nobly set before thism * Were the fifty thousand members who constituta our Association to give one penny each , it would raise upwards of £ 200 . So easy is the way where there is the will . Without any wish to dictate , I would respectfully suggest to the- sub-secretaries everywhere ., ti bring , this before the Gensral Council . Proposals made in newspapers are nothing . unless , made to assume the shape of business , by being put iuto actual operation among us . And I do think that it devolves upon the sub-secretaries ta bring forward such things at the proper ¦ ¦
place- ,- .-. . Sir , -while reading the report given in the Star of July 2 :- > d ,. of the meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage A BBociation , Dublin , it struck me forcibly that the forthcoming harvest would afford a good opportunity to tho English Chartists to do -something ^ towards the spread of Chartist principles among our Irish brethren . I , therefore , on Monday evening last , brought forward a resolution calling upon the council men of this district to collect as many as possible of the newest copies of the Star , to be given to tho Irish labourers , who may happen to pass through this neighbourhood , on their way into the agricultural districts . The resolution was carried unanimously , and I hope will be prsinptly acted upon , and to the fullest extent
It ia hot necessary to make any remarks upon the above'resolution ,, na its importance and object must be obvious . I send it to you for insertion , in order to incite the rest of England to " go and do likewise . " I would also add , that as the English Chartist Circular ia very cheap , the people might , with ' little ( rouble--and cost , procure quantities of that periodical for the flame purpose , and thus do ihuch- additional good . I remain , ISir , Very respectfully , J . AniuN . Vicar-lane . Bradford , July 11 , 1 S 42 .
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UPON THE PO WEK AND GENERAL-- USEFULNESS OF AN HONEST PRESS . TO TUE PJIILANTHItOriSTS , IHE TOILING MILLIONS , AND THE CHARTISTS PARTlCULAaiiY . Beloved Brethren , —In an age wheu the education of our youth baa been neglected by the State , the adult population oppressed , inipoveriahed , stripped of the means of providing a sufficiency of food for themselves and children , and consequently without the means of educating them '; lacking the influence necessary to got them into the public charities established for the purpose of instructing the xiaing generation ; the meagre knowledge acquued at those establishments and the schools generally , by those favoured yputbfl wko Lave been able to avail themselves of those bounties
and blessings df bur enlightened system ; . » mental ¦ wilderness , ia sent forth generation after generation upon the wide world . Unacquaiuteil with it theniaelves , or the p-iuciple 8 of virtue that should guide their steps , they travel on r . s it were in darifeness , falling into trap after trap , that society bo called hath everywhere laid for them , until they have learned hy dearbought experience , that the natural day-ureams of youth , its pictures of manhood , liberty , and happiness have no . existence in real life ; and if they are fortunate enough to escape the precipices down which numbers fall to execration , misery , or an Ignominious death , they may linger out a miserable existence in honourable poverty , insulted , caluiuriiated , and punished by the successful gamblers in labour , land , or gold , and the public robber . :
Brothers , in this state of things the press becomes the greatest schoolmaster , and its purity ; becomes a subject of paramount importance ; and an honest press ( I use the term implying the -whole ) ¦ would not only be the . greatest , but the beit schoolnjastbr of the present aae ; that the press of our country , with but few exemptions , is detestably hollow , whose only principle is menoy , whose object is money , and the elevation of their paymasters over the-people , 'that , they -may ever be able to pay them , is a fact that the millions will bear testimony-tb , ; . and . kut few , save the potent" tve ' a " thunsblves , will dare to deny ..
And seeing this is the case , thia mighty engine of instruction arid power is used fov injury and destruction ; then how nvxepBary for us , the working class , ttiat we should support by all the means at our comniand , atruiy honest press to counteract the poison the factious prtss disseminates , arid foil its ' . ' destructive and poisonous ii-fluence . Ye have witnessed its effects in the manner they ii . fluenced the jury class againat you in the Whig crusade of 1339—40 , which ended in the endungeoiiiug of hundreds of honest wovking men , whose only offence was speaking the truth . The base montyhunters are again-.-at tbeir work ; they seek another onslaught , another sacrifice unto . mammon ; - ; they are of the pricBthood , and their cry ia persecute , prosecute , blood , blood , for the idol God .
My follows , this engine must be powerfully grappled with ; thia can only be done by a similar engine , but an honest one ; it would be useless to rear other factious engines , for this would but increase the evil , by adding power to the already too powerful monster ; an honest press alone can grapple with this huge servant of corrupv » b , a press based upon priuciple , whoseeditor iiud proprietors shall be pledged , true ; aul tried servants of the oppressed people ; auchitien o ly can be expected to strictly and firmly advocate the interest of the plundered against the plunderers , for when the proprietor cf a paper is a hiere monied man , unknown , or untried by the people , though be uiay hire an editor to advocate apparently their interest , there ia no guarantee that when the truth has served his own turn . he will
gradually rat or veer round to some other paity , and then do them more injury than all his assumed service did good . Therefore . orothers ,, it is evident ye should support no paper excepting you know the controllers and conducturs thereof to be your true friends ^ however plan - feibiy they may write ; for the time is coming , and now is , when many will say wo are your friends , and seek to lead you after them , first fur your own favourite oVjects , evea the Charter , for which yo have suffered ao much , for which two brave fellows have perished ia prison , three labour iu chains—the beloved Frost and his compatriots , and several others pine in . 'dungeon ' s- ; these gold and fame-hunting Editors ; will sympathise with you , will go with you , n tlU- " another and better paymaster offera . or they have got their matter ' s favoutit * project tffscted for him ; then will they desert you , say you are too violent , want top much , muat get a little at a time , call you wild—the rabble—^ nen they cannot associate with , as did Vincent and others .
Brothers , be wise ; avoid them as yon would a quack —as you would a serpent ; and if the Star te such a paper , as we need , an honest paper—a paper based upon principle , the principle of truth , political an « socialb paper that has been tried by you , haViDg an editor and proprietor long-tried servants iu the Cause of political rights , and has never Bwerved ^ but has served you through good report and evil report ; then let us , in like manner , Btend by it , avoiding the iusinuationB of pretending and changing friends , especially those wh » run for gold and fame '; , ibut let as , Tor the purpose of destroying the power of the factions' press , seek to extend the circulation of the only people ' s papir , the Star , ; by introducing it into ajl the houaes and rooms where the working or middle classes resort , and whereerer else we hove the powpr—into every man ' s house whe can afford it , that the upper and middle class may not remain in Ignorance of our objects , and political truth . And when our present paper is well circulated ,
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and there Ja zoom for another without crippling that , then , and not till thonV let ns look for tried , tt , ue friends to carry on another , for it is useless and injurious of bar friends starting papars , to be in the end sold to money mongers , and men devoid of principle , as has been the case heretofore . Hoping , brothers , you will pay to this subject all the attention that its importance demands , I remain , Yourstruly , In the cause of Chartism , J . —^ - — , 3 riatoL
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HURRAH FOR THE CHARTER ! TO THE EDIT 0 H OF THE NOaTHEHN STAR . Sib , —I how address you . forthe first time , and I do it with a degree of pleasure which I could not at any preciwiing periocl have yeuturecl to express . My _ posfc tion in society and other circumstances naturally linked me with the auti-Corn Law League , though my heart has aU along been set upon the Charter as the only means of doing justice to alt : . My views for twenty years have been , that our
legislative machinery la not competent for the work required , and wise men when they want any piece of work accomplished ia the best manuer , takecare that they begin at the beginning , and set up proper machinery for its execution . The idea of working a vessel of 400 tons burden against both wind and tide with a pair of oars is not more ridiculous than to expect good la * a from feur Legislature as at present constituted , and the full , fair , and free representation of the people is the only pieans by which proper legislative machinery can beobtained . ¦
My preseiit object , however , is not to reason on this subject . - ' .-It is already perfectly well understood by your readers . I take up pen to tell you , and to tell your readers , that the Charter is now virtuaily obtained . A little longer peaceable endurance , if the thing be possible , and the Charter becomes the law of the land . Any violence—any outbreak would mar its accomplishment , and delay its being perfected , and might for a time subject us to a military despotism , and produce suffering to tenfold the extent that it has yot reached . Alt this hits to bo avoided , and I tell you that there is a movement in process that will infallibly secure ttto accomplishment of all we want . I am not at liberty at pre . Ment to say more . You will soon have the evidence of the truth of my statement from other quavtexs . In the meantime , let us bold oh the even tenour of our way , maintaining our position , and fearfully pursuing
our object . The Government would at thia moment rt-joice in any event which should indicate violence ; anything that would alarm men ' of property , and ' .. afford an excuse for transporting our leaders , or any one else that could be brought within the meshes of the laws . Spies are rife ; be on your guard . The anti-Coin . Law delegates were not allowed to meet without being visited by these gentry , and they : will make their way into , every other njeeting . Do hotMng Eecretly . Let all be above board , and legal , that no individual may be . exposed to danger , » nd our long-continued and powerful agitation and suffering will be crowned with triumph . > In the present trying circumstances it ought to be the bnsinesB of all Chartists , all honest and enlightened men , to use every effort to keep the peace . If this can be done , we shall soon have a complete and a bipodless victory over both Whigs and Tories , and all the enemies of human freedom .
Once more , the ; anti-Corn Law patty are going to try the preseufc House of Commons to repeal that law . It will ' not bo done , and then cornea the hour of our success . Let us be prepared to act wisely when the time comes . Our difficulties are not yet over , though our prospect be brightening , and the utmost caution ought to be observed . Our enemies are still numerous and powerful ; but there Is discord in their camp , : and deserters are numerous ; from this day for ward , they grow weaker and weaker . and every movement increases our streneth . In these circumstances we cannot but
rejoice . Those that have long opposed are now satisfied that nothing else than the Charter cin give us any security for good and cheap Government . ' Therein etill one point to which men come reluctantly aud slowly , namely , payment of members ; but even from this we must not flinch . Let us stand fast for the whole Charter whatever efforts way be made to decoy us into alteration . Our steadiness of principle is now beginning to operate with increased effect , and all that is wanted is continued perseverance in pursuit of our object .
There will still be hardships to endure for a little ; but that will soon be over , and it will be even more demonstrated before the eyes of the world , that " for a nation to be free it ia s' . ifnoient that she wiiis it . " This is written not by one who is a new cbnvert , but by one who has formerly suffered in the cause niany years ago , and who now heartily rejoices in the present prospect , and must be knows to you at present as mot&ing more than . An Anti-Corn Law Delegate , London , 8 th July , 1842 .
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MORE MIDDLE-CLASS SYMPATHY . —MIDDLE TON SILK WEAVERS .
Mr . ^ pjTpR j ^ We are often told that labour protected , and that the labouring classes are represented in the House of Commons ; the following statement of the delegates sent by the silk weavers of Middleton , Leigh , and other adjacent places will show how far the above assertions are trua or not The delegates waited on Walker , one of the largest manufactures in thje Manchester trade , who has recently taken the lead in the sweeping reduction of one penny per yard for weaving satins , and one halfpenny per yard for plain sirsnots . They found him at his wirthousei and after lnaking known their business , the following conversation toot place : — Delegates—We are come to see if we cannot induce you to retract the steps you have taken relative to the abatement , as the other manufacturers have declined giving out woirk until they bad fully ascertained your intention , and they further state that it is uncaliedfor . ' -. " -. ¦ ¦ " ' ' " ¦ ¦ : - ''
Mr . Walker—It is no hasty conc ' nsion tbat I have ceme to , but have thought of it for the last two or three months . . Dalegates—Will the reduction be of any benefit to you ? \ . '¦ ' . ' . ' . ' -, - ¦ '¦ . . " ¦ -.. '¦¦ Mr . Walker—No , not one penny . Dalegates—Will there be more employment after the reduction ? Mr ; Walker—No , not one piece . Delegates—Will it guarantee the weavers from casual and unjust abatements ? Mr . . Walker—No ; Delegates ^ -Wfay , then , in the name of common sense do you make the reduction ? Air . Walker— . 1 am compelled to do so for self-protection , because two or three manufacturers have , for some time , only been giving the price I have reduced to ; one in particular .
The Delegates asked him if the one he referred to in particular was a Manchester manufactarer ? Mr . Walket ausweted he could memion Barnes but did npt wishto do . The Delegates then reminded him that in all clscses of society thera were unprincipled characters , and tba the raanufacturing class were not exempt ; that the present reduction would not alter such characters , and thatj consequent ' y , we vceie as liable to a second , third , or fourth reduction on that ground as we had been to this ... - . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ : . . .. ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ' .. - : . : . ¦¦; . . Mr . Walker answered no { there is s point beyond which we cannot go . [ Can any of our friendB tell us what that point is ?] : .. *' - ; .
Tfie Delegates then sbewed him that neawy- all the silk weavers last winter , wera reduced to a state of pauperism , and nearly one-fourth of them were receiving parish relief , and a great number were receiving relief from casual charities , fhe distress that existed last winter , even with the wages they then had was great , in consequence of the scarcity of employment , and they asked him how he supposed it would be next winter , when , according to his own showing , there would be the same scanjity to contend with ? Mr . Walkeit said it would be much worse . The Delegates said , well then the odium of it will rest on your shoulders . Mr . Walker said lie was willfng to bear the odium . The Delegates then told him that it was ths general opinion of the workpeople , that there was a combination on the part of the employers generally , and that he ( Mr . W . ) was placed in front to carry out the intentions of the others . ,
Mr . Walker said no , I pledge my ward and honour that there is nothing of the kind ; what I have done I have done it independently of tho others . I am not in anything guided by them . . After having recourse to all the arguments that could be adduced , he was immovable , and they left him as they found him . Tours truly , Edmund Fallows . Middleton , July llth , 1842 .
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PROGRESS OF CHARTISM IN CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE . Mr . Edj ( tob , —We see ia . ttelastj week ' s 5 tor Mr . OConnor ' a- intention of visiting Cornwall ; we hope that he will visit this part aawelL Wa have much need of a lecturer here , and wa are aefiured that he would fee received with every mark . ' of respect by all classes in the town of TaviBtock . Theouly lecturer we have had in the , two countiea foe * long time is Mr . Powell ; -we must say that be baa laboured hard and disintereitndly amongst us , tut we are » ony to state tbat
trade has been so bad that we have noi been able to back him out with that support we could wish in his travelis . He lectured at Xregaay , one of the old borough towns iu Cornwall , en the Monday and Tuesday evenings , on the rights of the working classes . A very favourable impression was mad « , and Beveral persons expressed themselvea ready to join the associa tion . On the Wednesday evening ke lectured at Garran Haven , and there gave great tatlsfactlon to all except the Lieutenants at the coast guard , who flUted he deserved banishing the eouktry . . ^
From thence he proceeded to Mevigissey , and lectmred there on Thursday and Friday evenings to very large assemblies . Those places have never beard the tound
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of Chai'tism before . At the conclusion of each lecture in this place Mr . P . -was received by the ftshermen in a rno&t generous manner . We feel contiderit could bupplies be Taised to keep : Mr 3 ? . conatantly at tha gcod work , the two counties would soon be up to the mark . Mr . P . lectured here last ; evening te a crpwdetl audience ,: and gave a glowing description of . the presen tation of the Great National Petition , and afterwards contrasted the loud laughter , the bad behaviour , and the mummenes of what ia called the Honourable House of CommoBB with the manly , democratic , straightforward conduct of the People ' s Conytntion . He likewiae descanted ia . a btautiful manner on the rise and progresa of Chartism / in Eagland , the
foul-ujouthedepithets thrown ; oat against them , the persecutions and imprisonuients they had had to endure . Still they bad persevered in their righteous snd God-ljke cause ; and now the once-atlnking name of Chartism was smelling like a rese . He was proud to say the middle classes o £ the metropoiia were ' -. taking up the caiisa in a manly manner . He said the day was not . distant ^ whenthft Tariff and Iqconie Tax would bring tbose of the middle classes , who had hitherto been opposed to us , into out rauks by shoals like pilchards ; for their friend , Sit Robart , was deterniiued tainako them ; all Chartists . He concluded an able address amidst great applause , when a vote of thanks was givtn to the Chairmani and the meeting broke lip . . ' -S " -.- '¦ : ;
As we do not often trouble you , by giving insertion to the above , ¦ ¦ " ' . '¦ - .... . " - ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ . - . ¦ ¦¦ . ' . - :.- \ : You would greatly oblige , Yours in the canss , ;' ' ,.- . - . ' .. R . WEBBB . Brook-&tret ) i , Tavistpck , Jul y ia , 1842 . ' - ' .. ; ¦ ¦ ¦ " : /
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THE COAL MINERS AND THEIR . ; ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ;• ¦ ¦ GRIEVANCES . . - . - ; 7 > :-. V , : ; ' The rapid strides of tyranny unil misrule in thia very populovis clifctrict ba- » e airoiiEe . d Xbe attention of a Class Of ., beiiigs who havu not hitherto ^ had the moaS distant shadow pt . ' a thought that , by uniting with tho masses for . one . common interest , would ever tend to hurl into obliyipn a system which preys oil the very vitals of industry , and at ibis very era is d <) ing daily , by robbing the poor mjcers of even the . liberty of meeting with each other . After plundering their Utbeur , by chargjng ovsr weight , pound money s store roubery . &c . ¦ ic , there are even si-rue of these law makers who have compelled tlieir men to sign a new code of rules—the very firs !; of which . is , that they sba'l not , during the time of their being in his service , attend any meeting ,
by mght or by day , above ground , / or below ground , and especially the : uieeUngs of tbe / 'Coal Miner ' s Association . " Oh , the rogues ! they have not aaid " Cbartist meetings , " bat we know what they mean ; they mean to suppress every exertion of the miners , if possible ; they have already begun their dirty wsrk by discharging individuals from their -works for being leaders . : l have bcen ' madfl a , victim , at this time , having a wife , and six chTltiren , literalJy driven to want , by taea » base bioodhounds , -who were not satisfied by diseni ploying JHt » , but their audacious aad barsfaced effrontery -fcilow&ri me from work to work , so that I could not get < -inploymeu £ , till reduced to the ftireful necessity of rrffl . ng- the implements by which I earned a H yeiUwqd .-. at lnyein ploy ment to realise aa
much amongst my £ . i ! 6 w brethren as wculd support my family a little . Such is the conduct of these coat and ironocrats . They are writhing like so many haifburned .- ' shadea ' * . biting and hissing at " everytbicg within their reach , ia consequsnee o £ Lord . .. Ashley ' s Bill depriving them of ono of their most iHcrative spni-cea of gain , - ' . namely , ; feniales working in reinea Likewise they do not like by half the plan the miners are pursuing , by ^ petitioning Parliam en t to give them just weights , by which their labour may be weighed , and that said weifcht be at the pit bottom , wheie the minera Biiiy see theiv own labour weighed . ; This 13 a right they consider the miiiirg baye no rigiit t'is have , and they are doing wrlsatthcy can to suppress . every ; plan the miuera may adopt ; but I trust that this nigat ' a meeting will show
them thattke miatrs have now opened their eyes , and are alive to their own interost , though at the eleveoth hour There were ( Itlegatea from twenty-six coal and konstoue ; . pits , who wore not joined with the movement before , xntjt in Jtturiesori ' s Hall , Airdrie , at four o ' clock in thb afternoon , when John MLag was called to the chair . ; Ho dsjsci'ibed as : Well as his abilities would admit , the utility of their coining into society—^ both miners , drawers j and putters— -for pue common interest ; and as clas 3 legislation was an evil which pressed alike on . inJustry—a cloak under which all the jugglery of the tyrant employtrs could find safety , so that by their aid , that is , the iron miners and . their drawers , we would gain a power over the oppressors . A resolution
was brought forward to that effeci ; and nnanimously carried . The 'Miner's Journal : was brought before the meeting , and ; owing to its limited circulatioa it waa difficult to feep it alive , and to increase its circulation every ^ deleg . ite" agreed ; - 'to take copies each to all their different constituencies Y : they also agreed that a report of their meetmu be sent to the Northern s ( ar , and a copy of the Miner ' s Jour rial to the E iitor , requeating him to revie'W fctie sanio ir the Star for Saturday ; as the circulation of the Northern Star is wide it may tend te ^ cirry with it the information into pl aces : we are not aware of . and ttrid to increase the circula'icn , pfa work the coal aud iron masters Would be proud to to see put down . . ' ' ' :-. .:,: ' -. •' . '¦' -.. ' ¦ ' ^' -: ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦•; . ¦ . . ;
A letter being read from the Glasgow district nnion , and answertiii , the delegates agreed to meet in Jamison ' s Hall ; every Monday at three o'clock , p . m . i to aid the glorious cau' 6 of reform , by doing what ¦ ' ' ' s in theit power to woifc out their own political salyation . ' .. ' .. ; . ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ :.- ¦ ; .., . " ... . ' - ¦ . ¦ A . CoAl binsER . Airdrie , July 8 th , 1842
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John Thompson , said to bo a large eartbenwaje manul ' acturfcr at Ashby-de-ia-Zaueh , war bxoogbt before the magiatwte ^ at the Uxbridge PeAiy S ^ s sionjs , charged with presenting what appeared to be a pistol at a young lady , named Bloomfield , whereby she became greatly alarmed . The offence wu committed at the Drayton station , on the Great Western Railway . On the pistol being examined , it turned oat to bo only an imitation of a pietol , made of earthenware . The prisoner pleaded intoxication . Miss Bloomfleld did not appear , and the magistrates , therefore , fined the silly follow 4 Qt . under the Railway Act .
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^ THE NORTHERN STAR . ., . ¦ .. ; ¦'"¦ - \ : : [^^^' r ^^ W ' r ^ -fw :
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^^ - TO THE EDIT 9 R QP THE NORTHERN STAK . StR , -r-In last week's Star I ; inserted a . route fo » which 1 -was milking every preparation , wheo the sudden and ' .-distractiug intelligence reached . me that my beiorea Aviferwas in dying circums'auces . ¦ : After tra « veiling tbrouch a long , long , sleepless Eight , and : now by her beciaide , I ask the - 'favour of the kindly opinion and indulgerica of the Chartists of Bury , Hejwood , Eccles , Todinordfn , Dewsbury , Blackburnj Droylsden , i& , for this ine-vitabl « . tli . sappo \ nt « ienitI a » d trust tiiia public notice will be lUtieuied a suflicient excuse . :
Plense , tir , to give this inseition in . your next , and you -w ill oblige ' . " ¦;¦ ¦ ' : ... Your Borrowing , but staunch , ' ¦ ' ¦ Brother Chartist , : - J . R . H . Bairstow . Loughborougb . July 12 : h , 1842 .
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THE CHARTISTS OF THE CITY OF LONDON TO THETR OPPRESSED BREIHRES . AND SISTERS OF IRELAND . BRiSTUltEN AND SiSTEKS , —Having beard wltn horror and in' 5 ign « tion of the late merciless police massacre at Enais , do most feelingly sy ? iipatni 80 with the poor suffering people of unhappy . " Ireiaad . ' ; But , Brethren and Sisters , if we look round iauinngst the labouring classes generally , what ; dp we behold ?—Able bodied iabonrers , willing , nay , aDxious , to work , but totalty unable to fiuil employment , thronging toe streets , day after day , in rags , arid with countenances so pale , and frames so emaciated , that even to behold theui ( in this blasted city ; is enough to make \ hnmnnity shudder , whilst thousands who have only partial employment , ore birely able to keep up a wretched union betwixt soul and , body . ; ; .
Brethren arid Sisters , —There is no natural cause why things should be . as they are . P / ovidence has i ; ot withheld its bounties— our labourers are proverbial throughout the civilized world for their willingness to toil—our' soil : is good—the bowels of our earth yield everything that is good and necessary for trade and manufactures—and our geographic-il position is such as to coBiinarid the commerce of the world . Being thus situated , ; we can conceive of . but ; one cause . sufficiently blighting to produce the sad state of things we sea around us , and that one is class legislatioa . ;• ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ; .. ¦ - ¦ ¦ - - ' :- ¦'¦ ¦ .- '¦ " ' ; - " / : '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦
The ne . ^ t question naturally arises , how can this state of thlugs b ? mdat speedily audeffectuaily abolished ? Our answer is this , by agitating for a full' measure ' of justice for nil . for we feel certain that tho great mass of . the wsifeing : classes of Great Britain end Ireland will never be induced to join in any agitation ; excepfc that which demands for the whole a fair share of political power , as contained in the People ' s Charter . But we wish to know what Jaws have been violated by-oar- brethren and sisters at Ennis . Nafc the laws of { Jodl for he who gave life gave also the rusana by which life is to : be auatained . Not the laws of nature , for she baa amply provided for all her children- but the laws of man . The class-laws of the stronger' imposed upon , the weaker ^—laws made by a class for the protection and enrichment of a clas 9 , and by the uutatural and . anti-social operat ' -ons pf which every other clfias of society is grouad to the earth , and trampled upon by those who assume domination .
It then remains for the -working classes to tn&e care that those cfcauKes which must take placa ( sooner 01 later )^^ are for the advantage , of tb- ^ maelvesj this can only be done by seeuring political power , and we hope the time is not far disiaut when the people of England and Ireland will be Baited like brothers in the cause of freedom ' . ; then we . shaH shew our tyrants that we will be free . This measure is 6 umcient to prove to you and to as , that we can have no hope from any Government except formed on democratic principles , and we think this sufficient cause to induce them to come forth as one man for liberty and the Charter . . ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦;¦• ¦ ;/ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . Signed , ¦ ; ' ; ;¦ . ¦ -K " On behalf of the meeting , : Thomas CabbT , Chaiiman . Political . and Scientific Institute , . ' :. " ¦ s ^ OldiBaifey . ; ¦ , ; ";¦¦• ¦ ¦ : " " - . ' ¦'¦ - - . '' : ' - '¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct762/page/7/
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