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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1S43.
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^TOCKPOKT COURT OF REQUESTS.—EMBEZSLEMBNT BY A SUB-TREASURER OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION .
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MB . COOPER'S PLAN OF ORGANIZATION . To &e Editor of Vie Evening Star . Bra , —1 bsTe nowinemfled in my proposed "Plan , " all ti-e emendations -wiich seem to me desirable , after laving thewlvantage of ray brethren ' s opinions of this xnportanl matter . Among £ he delegates-who surveyed my scheme last Batard&y morning , ¦ were comprised some of the soundest heads and mosfc energetic minds in the movement ; and 1 b addition to the authority Which their names affords me , I might , once more , add , ttatinprrrate conTersalaon I haTe , long ago , received for my proposed scheme , or for the major part &f it , approvals on the part of Mr . O'Connor , Dr . SI'Docall , Mr- Hill , my friends Bairstow and Barney , and many other TreB-inown advocates of our esnse .
Oi flie advice of my bro&er delejstes , and to avoid entirely the legal difficulty of a Convention leaving an Executive behind it—the -word " Executive" is entirely left ouVof the Plan . The five chief officers of the Animal Co-ventson , it inH be seen , exercise all the necessary functions of an Executive body—bnt do not lie under the Illegality of being specially appointed for such a purpose -when the Convention brrttis up : the Xtmetaons of each member of the Annual Convention , cfficErs Itdnded , remain in them ibronghont the yearso that they can fill np vacancies , * a-, or give other counsel for the -welfare of the general body . Praying my brethren to lake np the subject earnestly and instantly , I subscribe myself , Sir , Yours respectfully , Thomas COOPEB . Xeicester , January 2 nd . 1843 .
3 HMTTES OF A MEETING OP CHAB . TIST DELEGATES , BLELD 15 BIRMINGHAM , OS THE LAST DAT OF THE TEAi , 18 4 2 . " 1 . Besolved , that the Plan of Organization , submitted to this meeting , by Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , be commended to the consideration of the members of the JTafcional Charter Association throughout the localities , and that Mr . C . be requests to * en& * copy or hia jjTaa for insertion in the Evening Star , Sorthern Star , and Ckariist Circular . " 2 . Besolved , that ' Sit . Cooper be employei to make any trLen&aiionB "which have suggested themselves to iam ss desirable , ^ luring this discussion .
" 3 . Besolved , that the members , in their localities , be desired to came to & decision on this subject as soen SB possible , and that the country be recommended to prepare for electing representatives to-serve on the t Piret Annual Convention / to be held in Londen in the month of April next . " 4 . Resolved , that the conntry be recommended to elect their delegates to the said Convention on the . same plan , and in the same proportions to the localities , practiced in electing delegates to the Convention , held in London in the month of April , 1842 . ** 5 , Besolved , the conntry be recommended io empower toe delegates to the First Annual Convention , ' to take the -whole Plan of Organization , again into consideration , and to give it the stamp of full representative authority . °
( Signed ) James Leach , of Manchester . George White , of Birmingham . John "West , of Derby . William Jones , of Liverpool . John Mason , of Birmingham . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester Themas Clarke , of Stcekport James Viciers , ol Beiper . E P . Mead , of Birmingham . Ed ward Clayton , ef Hnddeisfield . Samuel Paries , of Sheffield . Benjamin Bnshton , of Halifax . Thomas Bailton , of Manchester . Peter Hoey , of Coventry .
Moses Simpsen , of Hanley ( Potteries . Luie Thoi Clancy , of Brighton . Edward Bnrley , of York . James Green , of Northwieh . Ssmnsl Co-wan , of XiverpodL ¦ ffm . N- MUsom , of Cheltenham . - Joseph Stnrmey , of Stourbridge . Charles Thorpc-of BinrringrmTn . Bernard Bromgoole , of Warrington . Win . Talbert , of Birmingham . Alfred Anthony * of Arnold { Notts . ) John Wilmot , of Kettsring .
William Feast , of Brighton . Geo . Bichaindson , of Birmingham . Chaxles G-vrilliainB , of Liverpool . David Pott , of Birmingham-John Chance , of Stonrbridge . James Sanders , of BtrnnTffifiTn-John Allinson , of Stociport . XTgpi-n Moore , of B-ackburn . Thomas Welsford , of Birmingham . WJC WaIKISS WIXS , of Hammersmith , { Chairman . ) Thomas COOPSX , of Leicester , ( Secretary . )
PLA 2 ? OP ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL CHABTEB ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN , { BecoiraRended for the consideration of Hut Peop ' e by a body of Delegates , assembled at Birmir-gham on the last day sfOie year 1 S 42 . )
OBJECT O ? THE ASSOCIATION . 1 . The object of the National Charter Association of Great Britain shall be the obtaining , by lawful and peaceful means , all those political rights set forth in Uie document called " The People ' s Charter . "
MEMBERSHIP . 2 . Bach member ef the Association shall avow an -entire approval of the principles of the People ' s Charter ; shall have his or her name enrolled in one of the yearly registers of the Association , by one ol its -sub-SeeretarieB -, ehaQ receive a yearly card of " The . Rational Charter Association , " paying for it one penny ; and shall contribute , if able , one penny per calendar month M the General Fnnd of the As-Mod&tion .
gexebal goteksmert . 3 . The general government of the Association shal : be Tested in an . Airnml Convention—to be assembled in London , in the month of April of each year , and to close its sittingB at the end of three -weeks , or earlier , if convenient . 4 . The said Annual Convention shall be composed of delegates from Chartist districts ; the delegates to be elected by the people in pnblic meeting assembled ; the -districts , and the number of representatives from each to be arranged by the first Annnnl Convention , and re-arranged by succeeding Annual ConTsntions , as need may arise .
5 . The first business of eich a ™™*! Convention shall be the election of a President , Tice-Pxesiduit , Treasurer , Secretary , and Yiee-Secretary ; the powers of each of tbsse oficara , and also the powers of each member < i the Annual Convention shall ba resident in them for one conventional year . . 6 . The President of Convention shall hold Presiden tial sittings , at the several periods of three months , six 3 Bonths , and nine months , succeeding each Annual Convention : that is to say , in Manchester , for one week , in the month of Jolyj in Birmingham , for one ¦ week , in the monHi « f Oetober ; and in Bristol , for one week , in the month of Jannary . At ths said Presidential Sittings , the Yice-President of Convention , the Treasurer of Convention , the Secretary of Convention , and the Yice-Secretsry of Convention , shall attend and assist the President in the discharge of his duties to the Association .
7 . The Sejretary of Convention shall be the only annual effi-isr occupying his entire time with the general hnansss of the Association ; all questions rdative to ths government of the Association , arising in the periods intervening between the several Presidential Sittings , or between any one of those sittings and" the sitting of Convention , shall ha referred , by the localities , to the said Secretary of Convention . 8 . Appeals , on qnest * ons of government , shall , if thought necessary by the localities , be made from the Secretary of Convention to the next enEuing Presidential Sittings and a final appeal , on such questions , shall , if thou $ ht necessary by the localities , be made from ihe Presidents ! Sitting to the next ensuing Anrmn 1 Convention .
LOCAL G 0 VES 5 MEST . 9 . The local government of the Association shall be "Tested in a body of General Councillors of the Asso ciation , ehossn on the first Monday of December , in each year , in their respective localities , in mch nnmbets , and after such mode , as the resident members may jndge fit ; and ths said Gansral Councillors k ^» T 1 enter on office on the first day of January following their election . 10 . A snb-aearetary and Bub-treasiaar of the Assocla-Hon , memoers of the General Council and selected from Ifcfcy the members of the Association , ahall als » reside ia each locality , and shall asrist the Secretary and l&easnrer of the Convention in the general government of the Association .
BZG 1 STBATI 0 S . - 11- Each sub-Secretary uriaTl be fnnrifihed by the Secretary of Convention with a yearly register , and With aonihly class-papers , arranged on a nniform plan , Jrom time to tame , at the October Presidential Sittings ! In the yearly registers the snb-Secretaries »>>»!? enter the names , residences , trades , age , franchise , and azaoant of tsxsHj of On members in their retpec Stb localities , and the amount of pecuniary pay . asots by each member . The monthly class-paperi jhall be formed to receive from twelve to twenty names - with columns for pecuniary payments .
IS . ThsSeeretaif of Convention EhiQ receiTe from m&snb-SeaGtsrj a monthly classified account of the ssmber of members in his locality , and shall publish the same for themformation of the AsEodation at large , injsot h . & mode , and si snch periods , as s'Ml be deter-JBinad on ,- from time to time , by the A-nr . p ^ i ConvantZoBM , and the Presidential Sitting .
GEXEEAL PUKD , 13 . The Gensral Fund of the National Charter Asso rfaaon shall ^ e formed by the collection of one penny , CD the fiist Monday of each calendar month , from eeh member of the Association who can afford the KBBj by file cttxtge of one penny for each card of
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membership , renewed on the first of January in each year ; by the payment , on the part of the localities , of such snmB for the yearly registers and monthy classboo k s as shall be ag r e e d u po n , from time to time , by ths Animal Conventions , or the Presidential Sittings ; and by such ether voluntary contributions on the part of the members of the Association as may be devised and agreed to by their general good-will in casa of emergency . 14 . From the said General Fund shall be defrayed the travelling expenses from and to their localities , of the representatives to the * -n-nna ^ Co nventions , t ogether with the allowances , daring the period of Conventional sitting , of Bixty shillings per week to the Secretary , fifty shillings per week to the President , Vicepresident , " Treasurer and Vice-Secretary respectively , and forty shiltings per week to eachv > tner member
ef the A nun" ! Convention . From the said General Fond shall also be defrayed the travelling expenses , from and to their localities , of each officer of the Convention attending the Presidential Sittings mentioned in Bale 6 . together with the allowances dnring the said sittings , of fifty shillings per week to the Secretary , and forty shillings per week to the President , JVice-President , Treasurer , and Vice-Secretary respectively—provided each of those omcers attend the Presidential Sitting From the said General Fund shall also be defrayed the ¦ weekly salary of forty shillings which the Secretary of Convention shall receive-throughout the remainder of his year of ofiiee . And , from the said General Fund shall be defrayed all other contingent expenses of the Annual Conventions , Presidential Sittings , printing of registers , cardB . and , in brief , all the general expenses of the National Charter Association .
15 . The Treasurer of Convention shall receive from each Snb-TreasuTer a monthly remittance of the j > ecuniary payments made in hiB locality for the purposes of-the General Fnnd , —and shall publish an account of the same , as well as of his current dirtrarseHienta . fo ? the information of the Association at large , in such m ode , and at such periods , as shall be determined on , from time to time , by the Annual Conventions , and the Presidential Sittings .
LOCAL FBNDS . 16 . The local funds of the Association iball be raised by the collection of one penry on the remaining Mondays of each calendar month , from each member of the Association who can afford the same , and by such other means , and after such mode , as the members of the General Council resident in each locality may devise . GENERAL LECTURERS . 17 . The At *""^ Conventions and Presidential Sittings shall have the power of employing general lecturers , either for breaking up new districts , or for the performance of agitating service for specific purposes in districts already organized : the number of snch general lecturers , the periods of their engagement ,, and the amount of their remuneration , to be determined by the state of the general fund and the necessities of the Association .
PENALTIES . 18- Any general or local officer of the National Charter Association found advocating a compromise of Chartist principles , joining any society having fer its professed object a less measure of political justice than that contained in the People's Charter , or si g n ing any doenmsnt testifying his willingness to receive a less measure of political justice than that contained in the People ' s Charter , shall be forthwith deprived of office by the body of members in general meeting assembled , in or throughout their localities . 19 . The general and local officers of the Association shall each and all be liable to deprivation of office by the body of members in general meeting assembled , in and througnout the localities , for defalcation in accounts , misappropriation of the Association's funds , or gross and wilful neglect of duty .
SUPPLY OF VACANCIES . 20 . In case of the death , retirement , removal , or dismissal of the President , Vice-president , Treasurer , Secretary , or Vice-Secretary of Convention , or any or all of them , before the expiring of the Conventional year , their office shall b « filled by those members of " the Convention respectively , who had the next highest number of votes for either of the said ofiices , and in case of the death , retirement , or disqualification of any of the fiiid members of Convention who had the next hisbtst nnmber * f votes for either of the beforementioned offices , tbe members of the Annual Convention shall address pnblic letters from their residences , respectively , to tbe members of the National Charter Association , declaring for wbh . t member of the Convention they vote to fill the vacant office j and the vacant cfBce shall be filled by the individual named in the majority of such declarations .
21 . All vacancies occasioned by the death , retirement , removal , or dismissal of auk-Secretaries . snb-Treasurers , or General Councillorsof the Association , Bhall be filled np by the body of members resident in their respective localities , in general meeting assembled , within one fortnight of the occurrence of such vacancies . MEAXS FOR THE iTTilSMBM OF THE GREAT END . 22 . The members of the National Charter Association shall actively promote tbe Parliamentary election of candidates espousing the principles of the People ' s Charter , preferring such Chartist candidates as are legally qualified to sit in Parliament .
23 . Tbe members of the National Charter Association shall also attend all public political meetings , and there , either by moving amendments , or by other legal and peaceful means , enforce a discussion of the People ' s rights and claims—so that none may remain in ignorance of what Chartists seek , nor any have the opportunity of propagating or perpetuating political ignorance or delusion . 24 . The members of the National Charter Associa tion shall earnestly recommend each other , by precept and example , to the practice of temperance and
uprightness;—to cnltivate the intellect and moral feel ing 3 ;—to falfil the golden maxim— " Do unto others as ye would they should do onto yon ;"—to trade with each other , and assist each other in case of sickness or distress , and in finding employment;—assured that the growth of each and all in intelligence and virtue will be the best and surest guarantee fox success in the pursuance of their great and grand object—tbe establishment of liberty and hiippiness for the millions , by the passing of " The People ' s Charter" into the law of the land-
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We presume that , by this time at all events , the mind of the people will be pretty well settled upon the fact that our worst suspicions of the Stubge men have been more than realised ; and that our often expressed opinion of their policy was the result of a pretty clear perception of their true character . The Conference being over , and the excitement it was calculated to produce having had some little time to subside ; it will naturally be expected that it should occupy Borne portion of our attention and remark , as a passing circumstance a historical
record of the day . We proeeed therefore to point the attention of our readers to the facts of this Conference , as they successively occurred , in proof and corroboration of what we have always thought and said of the motives and pnrposes of the parties by whom it was projected . We always suspected the sincerity of those parties ; we never supposed that they had any such purpose as that about which they affected to seem anxious—a union with the working classes , for the object of "full , fair , and free" representation . We believed them always to be enemies in their
hearts to the principles they pretended to espouse ; we believed always that their purpose was , under the pretence of seeking Union , to make and perpetuate division in tbe Universal Suffrage ranks . We never concealed oni suspicions from the people ; bat we did not magnify those suspicions into facts : we left that for the Complete Suffrage men themselves to do . We advised the people not to trust them ; but we also advised them not to interrupt or denonnce them . We advised the people always to deal with them cautioualy , but yet kindly , and with friendliness ; that if our suspicions should bo wrong , and i [ they should turn oat , after all , to be honest , no obstacle might be thrown
in the -way of their achieving the beneficial purposes which they avowed . Our tone upon the matter has been sorely annoying to them . They have seen the probability Of its frustrating their wily projects , and they have been very restless under the apprehension . Hence the incessant efforts of their secret emissaries , as well as of their avowed advocates , to break down by any means , no matter how vile , the plaguy " watch tower . We have "been also much carped ^ at for our "illiberal jealousies" and unworthy suspicions" by a few honest and good natured , but very shortsighted persons in our own ranks . We doubt not that the events of this Conference will have fully shown these latter parties M who ' s who , " and
" what ' s -what" : ¦ w'hilft i > iAv inotifir >)« , , *„»; ,.:,, „ what ' s what "; while they justify the derisive smile with which we have regarded the exertions of the former gentry . The whole facts of the Conference , and the whole tearing of its authors , fioxa its very first
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opening , afford evidence th at no design for union in pursuit of a common object was entertained by any but the Chartists who had gone there ;—that Stcbge and hiB whole clique of movers , so far from wishing union , were , from the Si *} - moment , determined not to unite . Their plans wero well laid , land their operations craftily conducted , for . moulding the Conference to their own ends or destroying its
efficiency ; for successfully cajoling or dei ^™ 8 *^ * public opinion of which they had cout ted the expression . And in case of their being unable to do this , their dernier ressori , the leaving of the Conferenoe en masse , was determined upon be / ore ever they came to it . We prove this out of tiie mouth of Stubge himself , whose opening speed ' anticipated and contemplated a retirement from the chair .
The first more of the Sturge men was to defy public opinion ; and impudently to block out by wholesale snch delegates as they despaired of making tools of . This had been craftily provided for in the circular convening the Conference , which made it imperative that the credentials of each delegate should be sent to the Council some days before the Conference . This move did not escape our notice at the time . We suspected its purpose and watched the result . The result was just what we anticipated . The Council , finding a large number of the delegates returned to be men with whom it was
hopeless to tamper , resolved on the bold step of refusing to them tickets of admission ; and score after score of Chartist delegates were told aB they arrived , that thsir elections were disputed and that the Council could aot give them tickets . The ferment which this produoed showed the Council tha * . rt it would not do "; that it displayed the cloven-foot too nakedly , and that it was consequently sure to defeat its own purpose . After many meetings , therefore , and much consultation , another " dodge " was had recourse to , the " list" system was invented ;
"listnumber one" was manufactured as "the Lonference , " to whom and to whose sense of right , the admission or rejection of all the other delegates should be committed . Tickets were therefore given to the objected Chartists ; but they were to sit conditionally on the vote of the selected " liBt , " who were to have power , if they thought props r , to reject them all at once and in a ma ^ s , without further inquiry or ceremony , by a single peremptory vote . True , the Counoil made the shew of liberality in recommending that a portion of them should be admitted by vote ; but we are wicked enough to
suspect that they calculated pretty strongly that the prepossessions of their friends would be too powerful for the " recommendation " , or that their shrewdness would see through the " dodge , " and that therefore despite the " recommendation , " they would be rejected . We are by no means sure that secret instructions to this effect were not circulated among the Complete Suffrage delegates . In any case , never wa 3 proposition ^ more insulting to a deliberate body made than that of the Complete Suffrage Counoil , thus to constitute the Conferenoe of their own
picked men , many of whom had no right , by their own rules even , to sit there at all , and to recommend that these parties should admit the rightful representatives of the people by a vote ! It was certainly as finished a piece of impudence as we have lately Been . It was met , however , as it should be , by the Conference ; and the " artful dodgers" were shown that "the trick would not take "; that the Chartists whom they had invited , having too much spirit to be impudently shut oat , had also too much sense to be thus insolently and degradingly - ' let in " .
It is quite dear , as we have already intimated from the opening speech of Sturge , that all this had been anticipated in their " councils" , and that they had made up their minds to tbe course of action which they afterwwds adopted , > n case of "the worst coming to the worst " . That fact might , so far as they are concerned , excuse our further notice of the matter ; but we hold that every circumstanco rightly used , is fraught with valuable information to the people . We shall proceed , therefore , to analizs the doings and savings of the Conference with a
view to pnblic benefit . We proceed to tell the people what we think of it ; what we think of the acts done by it ; what we think of the several actors ooncerned in it ; and what we think of the results of it as a whole . We shall do this honestly and candidly ; dealing unfairly by no one ; having no purpose to " denounot" any one , but without any regard to the " denunciation" howl . For the proceedings of the minority Conference , and generally of the Complete Suffrage parties , we shall , as we did before , take their own organ , the Nonconformist , as onr text book .
The next point of note after the constitution and opening of the Conference was the appointment of a tribunal before which all contested and disputed claims should be tried ¦ and here again the " dodgers" showed themselves " wide awake " . The " Complete list" of the Rev . Mr . Brkwster was to be sure a " little too bad ; " it was seen at once to be beside the mark , and was scouted by his whole party . Poor Bbewsteb is a sad mar-all ; wherever he appears , he is sure to " put his foot in it' "; and ,
simply because he is too honeBt for the party with whom he works . He carries his whole character engraven on his front ; and tells people at once what he intends . This policy fits ill with the wily amal gamaiion of hypocrisy and cunning which constitutes the basis of the Sturgemen ' s operations , His straightforward proposition to appoint at once a committee of friends was seen to be no go , be . cause it was sure to do the very thing it did doprovoke a counter list : and the Council well { v - w ^ m -v ^ m w ** A * b ^* AJWU % (| fUu tUU Vvl 4 IWt !¦ VII
knew that if " Greek must meet Greek " , they wonld find themselves behind . Designing men always prefer stratagem to Btrugglea , The Sturgeman saw that another " dodge" could be played here . The iuuetious of this commiuee were all-important ; they might yet decide the game . And hence tbe cunning motion of the Suffrage men , " that the nine names first drawa out of the hat should be trie Committee . " Twenty-six nominations had been made—only nine were wanted . A little dexterous shuffling mi ^ ht manage to secure thorn by this proce 33 the whole , or nearly so , of the Committee ; at all events they had chance luck in their favour ; while a vote of the Conference upon the merits of each man waB almost sure to constitute
the Committee of men who wonld do right . Wo saw a few of those who are called Chartist ? , voting on this motion with the " artful dodgers , " among I which were three of the delegates from Leeds , and two of those from Hull . We understand the excuse made to be , that it was a matter of minor consequence ; and that the time of the Conference wonld have been saved by the hap-haaird mode . The constituents of these parties will , of course , give to this excuse what weight they please . Tousit is only , in the mildest view of it , an evidence of gullibility , that should make the people very carefui how they again trust the judgment of parties who have shown that they can be so easily imposed on . Fortunately , however ,
the majority of the Conference thought differently , and a Committee was appointed in whom that majority had confidence that the matters to be brought before them would be honestly decided ; and judging the character of the Complete Suffrage men from the conduct of their body as a whole , we might probably conclude that that vote saved the Conference . This was evidently Mr . Beewsibb's opinion , who in hia ravings of disappointment at the rejection of his " Complete list , " warned his " Sucking Pig" friends most bitterly that they would find enough of room and place for repentance of the course they were pursuing ; and who , as the next best thing to his own " list , " supported the ** hap-hasard" motion of his more subtle friendB .
We come now to the grand struggle of the Conference upon the resolutions of Mr . Beggs and upon Bir . Lovett ' b motion . Upon this we shall have so much to say illustrative of the real animus and character of the " Sucking Pi ^ " paviy ; so much to say of the many ingenious pitfalls dug by
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faction for the advocates of principle ; so much to say of the clear developements of middle class character ; and so much to say of the oily faces and yet treacherous hearts of some seeming and pretended Chartists , that we apprehend it might protract this article to a length greatly beyond what our readers would desire . We therefore , for the present , break off , and shall resume at this point , next week .
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THE EXECUTIVE . —MR . COOPER'S PLAN OF ORGANIZATION .
Ws had purposed to have no more of the Executive matter ; save what might appertain to the fulfilment of their ohallenge , if they ever do fulfil it . But it seems that "there is no pleasing them . " . The opening of the Star to an exposure of their oo nduot was a mighty offence , of which they and thei ' r friends complained loudly ; the closing of its columns to the controversy seenm to have suited them still worse ; and , as will be seen , they requiredthat the report of this , their own meeting , called by themselves , should be inserted . Now we have shut out very many columns of wholesome strictures on their conduct from nearly all parts of tko kingdom , simply because of the cry of " unfairness" set up about the using of
the Star against them , notwithstanding that it was at the same time open to their replies . However , w « will please them if we can . We have great pleasure , therefore , at the especial request of Mr . Jamls Leagu and his colleagues , in again opening our columns for the insertion of this report . The report reached us only to-day ( Thursday ); we have , therefore , no opportunity to comment en it this week ; but reserve our right to do so , if necessary , at a future opportunity . We are given to- understand that it is deficient in many statements of fact , and that some of its statements are inaccurate , at which we do not at all wonder , considering the character of the meeting , which the Secretary ( Mr . Cooper ) describes as a " Bear Garden " .
The last Balance Sheet is also published elsewhere in our present paper . We have not yet read it . With respect to Mr . Coopeb ' s Plan of Organization , which our readers will perceive is recommended by some of the individuals who were present at the Conference , we can only at present refer to it , and request that its provisions may be carefully read . We can give no opinion on them now ; but may probably do so in our next . The matter is one in whioh the people should not act hastily . They should mind what they are about ; as a false step generally taken might entail fatal consequences .
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Ebbata . —In the report of the Conference proceedings , in our sixth page , 4 th column , 3 rd paragraph from the bottom , for " Mr . Lowery should oppose the motion , " read , Mr . West should oppose the motion .
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Thb Secretarikh of the Shoemakers * Societies held in Sunderland , Greenock , and Newcastle on-Tyne , wiil oblige by immediately communicating with S . ClarkyPied Horse , Chiswellitreet , Finsbury t and state their address . Mb . Pkteh FodeN , of Sheffield , would be glad to know the address of Mr . Peter Shor rocks . Will Caroline Maria . Willikus send her address t « Susannah Inge , 23 , Great Warner-street , Clekenwell , London , as she wishes to communicate with her ? A Political Mabtyr . —His second communication has been received . John Mooney , Colne . — We have already stated ihat
we cannot insert lists of Council received at this office after Wednesday moaning . Hewittjind the list he sent on Thursday in the Star of this week . With respect to his other report ^ we can only ' * cut our coat according to our cloth , '' and curtail long reports when we have not room for them , nor time to set them up . Correspondents must remember that we have only a given amount of space and time fer everything . Falkirk Chahtists . — We do not preserve copies of communications when not inserted . We do not remember the one they allude to . B . Buttebley , Halifax . — We only received the report of the Halifax election after the delegates had aone to Birmingham . It was then of no
use . Thomas Stanford , Nottingham . —The heading was ours : it had reference to the money actually paid by the Chartists of Xoltingham to the scamp in question . D . M , Millar , Glasgow . —The letter of Daniel O'ConneU . to tvhicfi he refers was in our secoTui Edition ; it was only omitted from the first by being accidentally left out of his parcel by our Reporter and consequently not recieved soon enough . R . and J . — We have no room .
J . C . Gbadv must stand over till our next . " A Chartist" must consult an attorney . O . P . Q . — We have no recollection of the matter . H . B . Marley . — We decline answering ; not conceiving the question to be a fair one . We have already given Mr Farra ' s statement , and think that ought to satisfy Mr . Marley . A Subsciuber , AsHLi-iY Wolds . — Yes . Send cash jor what you waul to J- llobson , Northern Star Office . Is "The Feast of Kings" original ? We rather dvubt .
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J . Brewer . —Send the money to Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Londen : he ia treasurer . T . Mills . —Call again about the 10 th : they will be sent by first parcel . Thomas Holurook . —Six weeks for each . To Agents . —Those Agents who bave received their Accounts are requestedj . to send the amounts' due immediately . FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ . a d . From Inverness , collected by fl few friends during the Christmas Holidays ... 0 18 0 „ Sunderland , per Gt Esplin 0 19 6 „ Quick Stavers in Sowerby ... ~ 6 11 0 „ ttia Chartists of Hoibeck , by John Dalies ... ... 0 5 0
FOR MR . ELLIS S DEFENCE . From Henry Saann , Wortley 0 3 0 FOR MKS . ELLIS . From an aged Female Teetotaller , Tavistock 0 10 FOK THE CHARTIST DELEGATES TO THE WIIMINGHAH CONFERENCE . From C . T ., Britons do your duty 0 18 „ Fish , Witham . 0 10
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On Tu eday morning last , William Conway , shoemaker , Windmill-street , appeared to answer a summons to show cause why he did not pay the sum of £ 4 8 s . 2 d ., due by him to the members of the National Charter Association resident in Stockport ^ Mr . James Mitchell , a member of the Association , stated the case . The sum of £ 4 8 s . 2 d ., was made up from the pence of starving weavers . It was entrusted to his ( Conway ' s ;) care as treasurer . Ho had afready paid 2 n ., as part payment . The body had waited with great patience , expecting Conway would
nee the propriety of refunding the money , but all to no purpose ; and , as a last resource , they were compelled to bring him thus publicly , and try if he would brare the law , as he had done the Associtien . By a Commissioner—Do you owe the money 1 Conway—I do sot . owe Mitchell a farthing . Commissioner— Do you owe the money to the Association ? Conway—I never contracted a debt with Mr . Mitchell in my life . Mr . MitoheJl—Did you not receive the money from the Association . Conway—I don't owe you anything .
Commissioner—An 3 wer the question—do you owe the money to the Association ! Conway . —I never did owe Mr . Mitchell anything , Mr . Mitchell—Did yon not pay Mr . Johnstone two shillings as part payment of the debt ,. at the same time promising to pay the rest weekly ! Conway . —No ! I never paid Johnston or any one else a single farthing . Here Mr , Coppock interposed , and stated that Mr . Mitchell could uui iccover the debt , as Conway was a partner ; but tna ' . each individual member must summons him for their separate shares . Thus the matter ended . As Conway was a paying member at the time he committed the fraud , the debt could not be , recovered excepting by each member appearing against him for his share , which would cost more money and trouble than the wretch is worth .
Note . —The two shillings were paid by Conway , and entered in the books of the Association , but the system of proscription is so rigidly carried out against all that arc known to bo Chardsis , that tbe individual who became treausui er subsequent to tne robbery being committed , durst not appear in couri against Conway , fearing that immediate UUmissal tcoaa bis . aiyiovvacnt would be the result ,
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OP THE NATIONAL CHARTER' ASSOCIATION , ENDING DEC . 51 st , 1841 RECEIPTS . j Cards . £ 8 d Almondbury ••• — 0 10 Birmingham , Ashtv ^ n-street — 0 10 4 1 Steelh , ouse-Iane — 110 Barnstaple 50 0 0 0 Bristol , Youths - ¦ * — 0 6 i Broomsgrove ... — 50 0 0 0 BristaHr . N . and J . Geo . * ge — 0 2 0 BelpeP f ... ... • 100 0 0 0 Barnoldswiek ... - 70 0 0 0 BilstonMr . Linney ... 200 0 0 0 4
, Bingley | - - J J Bath ! — 0 4 6 Burnley 1 - 50 ? 8 4 Brkhtonl Mr . Morling ... 50 1 2 10 f Mr . Flowers ... 50 0 8 4 Basford 1 . £ 0 « ** 6 Clithero } & 0 0 0 0 Cheltenham ... ... — 0 13 4 Cockermputh 60 0 0 0 Coalbrook Dale 700 0 11 1 Crow and Tyrrell ' s Beverage ... — 3 0 0 Crockford ' s ditto ... ... — 0 5 0 Carlisle 1 200 10 0 Chelmsford — 0 2 6
Carringtoh ... ... ... — 0 4 0 Cullingworth — 080 Chatterisi ... ... ... IZ 0 2 0 Dalton I — 0 13 Denholma — 0 2 0 Deptford ! ... ... ... — 0 12 C Eaeter I 25 0 0 0 Friend , Sussex ... ... — 0 2 6 Mole I — 0 0 8 Hanley and Shelton , Mr . Simpson 50 0 0 0 Upper Hanley , Mr . Richards 300 0 0 0 Honley ? ... ... ... — 0 2 6 Haslingden ... ... ... 50 0 0 0 Haworth I ... ... ... — 0 10 Idle ! ... ... ... — 0 18
Kirkheaton ... ... ... — 0 4 8 KetteriBgj ... ... ... — 10 0 Keighley — 0 4 2 Kingston , ... ... .. — 0 2 6 London , Wheeler , ... ... HO 0 18 4 Simpson , ... ... 84 0 14 6 Islington , ... ... — 0 2 0 Tower Hamlets , Females , — 0 5 0 Westminster , Southie , — 0 2 9 Clerkenwell ,... ... 36 0 6 0 Marylebone , ... ... 100 0 8 4 Bermondsey ,... ... 25 0 5 0
Cleave , ... ... 100 0 0 0 Bootmakers , BrittainniaCoffaejhouse , ... ... — 0 2 0 Stuff Hatters 6 . 0 11 0 Brompton < & Knightsbridge , 0 10 94 Rock Locality , Carpenters , 0 2 1 Shoreditch , ... ... — 0 3 0 Milend , Shaw , ed . cds . 4 0 2 0 Lambeth , Youths ... " 12 0 2 0 Gold Beater's Arms ... — 0 2 0 Camberwell ... ... — 0 2 6 Tower Hamlets ... — 0 2 6 Star Coffee-house ,
Goldenlane ... ... — 0 17 5 Blooinsbury ... ... 12 0 7 0 Three Doves , Tailors ... — 0 2 0 Marylebone ... ... — 0 3 0 King and Queen , Foley-st . — 0 8 0 Sol Paucraa ... ... 25 0 4 2 Hammersmith ... — 0 9 0 Fi ' nsbury ... ... — 0 4 0 Carvers and Gilders ... 18 0 5 0 Clockhouse ... ... 36 0 6 0 Leicester , Cooper 540 0 0 0 Leeds ... ... 200 2 0 0 Liverpool , 12 ed . cds . and ... 80 0 0 0 Loughboro ; ... ... ... 300 0 0 0 Longton ... ... ... 120 0 0 0
Lewes ... ... ... — 0 3 0 Llanledoflsj ... ... ... 20 0 0 0 Manchester Youths , ed . cds . ... 6 0 0 0 Manchester Fustian Cutters ... 80 0 0 0 Manchester Mechanics ... 52 0 0 0 Manchester Smiths ... ... 50 0 0 0 Manchester Painters ... ... — O 11 0 Manchester Shoemakers ... — 0 8 0 Nottingham Democratic Chapel — 0 10 0 j Nag ' s Head ... — 0 10 0 Rancliffe Arms ... — 0 10 0 Robin Hood ... — . 1 3 0 Norwich ... ... ... — 0 10 0 Preston ... ... ... 35 0 0 0 Rotherham ... ... ... 100 0 0 0 Ross ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 0
Richmond ; ... ... ... — 0 5 0 Salisbury ... ... ... — 0 4 2 Sowerby \ ... ... ... — 0 5 5 Stafford i ... ... ... — 0 5 0 Star Coffee-house ... — 2 12 0 ^ Sheffield i ... ed . cds . 12 448 0 0 0 Political Institute ( Harney ) 300 0 0 0 Sunnyside | ... ... ... 90 0 0 0 Sheernesa . ... ... ... — 0 , 2 0 St . Albans ... ... 16 3 0 0 0 Shipley ... ... ... — 0 0 8 Todmorden ... ... ... — 10 0 Tavistock ; ... ... ... 18 0 10 2 Worcester ... ... ... 64 0 0 0 Wilton ... ... ... _ 03 0 Wilsdeti ... ... ... — ft 1 3 Wusden ... ... ... — 013
Yew Graen ... ... ... — 0 3 2 Yeovil ... ... ... — 0 6 0 Total Income ... £ te 16 0 EXPENCES . To 5 , 000 Qirds printing ... ... 5 10 0 To 13 weeks' wages for Leach ... 0 0 0 Ditto , ; ditto M'Douall ... 6 0 0 Ditto , 1 ditto Bairstow ... 7 12 0 To Postage ] for 12 weeks ... ... 2 17 2 To Stationer , ditto ... ... ... 0172 To Newspapers ... ... ... 0 8 6 Secretary travelling from Liverpool to London ... ... ... 2 2 0 Error in Tavistock account ... ... 0 11 0 Due to Treasurer last Balance-sheet ... 1 13 3 Secretary ' s iwagea for 15 weeks ... 7 4 2 Total Expences £ 34 16 0
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Friends and Fellow-labourers in the cause of iNJURfcDj humanity , —In taking the liberty of addressing you on a subject in which I feel as much interested as though I was one of your members , and with which { men are connected , on both sides , for whom I entertain the highest respect ; my object is not to take any particular side in the matter , but to point out ! to you what 1 told many of your friends at Birmingham , what I consider your duty to be . Bot only to jyourselves , but to all concerned , and the only means by which the matter can be set at rest . i
While at Birmingham last week , attending the Conference , ] I observed with painful feelings the spsrit created by the disputes between the Executive and other parties . This spirit , I am sorry to find , is not confined to the Executive on the one hand , and an individual or two on the other ; but on the one hand are found large numbers complaining against tne Executive , and , on the other , as may naturally be supposed , others complaining of what they consider unjust attacks on the Executive . While there , I attended two meetings of delegates , ( 'hat is delegates who are members of the . National Charter Association ) met to consider the dispute between Mr . Hiil and the Executive , and , after what appeared to me to be irrelevant discussion for two nights , the matter was left no better than they fouud it , but rather worse .
The Exeoutiveand their friends complained of Mr . Hill ' s conduct ; others justified his position ; while a third party j preferred grave and serious charges against certain members of the Executive . As to the disputes said 10 exist between Mr . Hill and the Executive , that j is a maUer between those parties , in their individual capacity . The Executive insinuate , or threaten , serious charges against Mr . Hill . With these things , as an Association , it appears to me you haveinothing to do . Regarding the charges against the Executive , it is not only your right , but it is your imperative duty to make the most searching inquiry ; therefore 1 would earnestly impress upon you the necessity of appointing a committee to audit the books , with positive instructions to require
the Secretary to show vouchers for ail monies paid on account of the Executive , such vouchers ta show in detail , to the last shilling , as well as entries in the books * in detail , of all monies received by the Executive . [ By these means alone can you see whether your funds have been properly expended , and give each locality an opportunity of knowing whether their payments are duly acoounted for ; and , above all , by these means alone can you do justice to the character of the Executive . The Executive , in order to have themselves Bet right with the country , were in duty bound to have demanded thisjordeal . I pressed it on some of the m with whom I met at Birmingham . I also urgp , d it
on a number of the delegates . \ told bot > i that without this'the country would never bo 8 & ! asfiedthat no resolutions , however favourably expressed , or wherever passed , would , in the absence of the most searching inquiry into the Executive ' s hooks , satisfy the country . ) I was told that John Campbell * jad said that the Association owe him a balance , o' wages , ar d that he will not ; give up the boots till that , balance is paid him . 1 hope this ia ' aot true . Mr . Campbell would , in adopting this course , injure his own case , and shew hini « e ! f griev-yasiy ignorant ol his position . Ho cannot hold the books . Without taia enquiry who can tell wluther wages are due to him or not ? The cause in which we are engaged demands this , the charao ; ei - sf your seiFiintd demands it . When
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this is done , then , and not till then , does it become the Executive to put Mr . Hill on his trial . If ft can be shewn that Mr . Hill is guilty of what ia insinuated against him , let it be done-in due coarsebut do not mix up that with the charges against your ' servants . Let Mr . Hiil be as base as he is repre sented , that is no reason why yon , as an Association , Bhould not look ' strictly alter your own servants , Mr . Hill is not the only one who charges them with not having done their duty ; the matter is not between them . and Mr . Hill , i % is between you and them . You have erred in leaving the matter to be discussed between your servants and any other party ; bat though you may have done wrong in not putting the matter to right earlier , that is no reason yon
ihould continue in the wrong now . I tender you the same advice I did to them . I told Leach he was injuring himself ; that he ought to demand a committee to audit their books . I hope James Leach is possessed of too much good sense to overlook this . Let that committee be now appointed . Let it be a committee of ciear-headed , business menmen who will place the matter in a clear and indisputable light before the country . Let the Secretary supply that committee with a journal of theExecutivo ' s tours during the last season , Bhewing the name of every locality visited ; where their expense was paid , either in part or in whole { also the amount of cash paid them over and above their expenses . Let every locality be corresponded
with by 6 ome responsible party . requringa statement of all transactions with the Executive . Let these be compared , and see whether they will correspond with the statement produced by the Executive ; and let the result be published . Any attempt short of this to establish the innocence of the Executive , must and will prove abortive . Let the conduct of Mr . Hiil be subjected to an equally searching inquiry ; and should the offences with which soma charge him be established , the country will judge him accordingly . A public meeting may be a fitting tribunal in Mr . Hill ' s
case , but the man who would attempt to bring the case of the Executive before a pubh ' o meeting , or as some spoke of , a meeting of delegates , betrays ignorance of law . Money nwters are to be settled— -it is not the mere politician that is to be consulted in these matters , it is the dry-matter-of-fact-business * man that must be brought to play . Speeches will not make up figures , nor will opinion , however high it may run , supply or prevent the means of striking a balance ; facts alone can be found to suit the pains-taking book-keeper , while party spirit and prejudice may supply the necesssay means to suit the purposes of the wily politician .
Trusting these facts will be taken as they an given , in friendship , I subscribe myself , Your brother labourer , In the cause of suffering humanity John Colquhoun . Glasgow , Jan . 2 , 1843 . „ . ... ^> t ^ ' ¦ - - ¦ i n-i WWMKW ^ w ^ ¦
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TO "THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —On Sunday last , one of those autberites denominated a constable , made bis appearance in oar Association Room , for the fourth time , he being , as is always the case , drupk , which to us is a source of great annoyance ; immediately be began with his usual blackguard language , and threatening what he would da He brought four other constables with him , bat thej were sober and gave no annoyance whatever . Tbe drunken constable demanded out books , which are on ) individual property , we having formed a library for oi » mutual instruction . He alse demanded our license , which we on a former occasion produced , when be demanded to see it . He has also intimated a threat of setting fire to our meetiDg place , it being in a lonely situation . We desire that you would point out the list of conduct we should pursue , and give it in the forthcoming Star . By so doing you will oblige the membert of the Association of Slddali . Joseph Dbnton , sub-Secretary .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Sir , —Seeing iu your Star a , letter signed Thomas Railton , imputing to me something of a very serious nature , my character being at stake , necessarily compels me to this explanation , and I do it wiut no unfriendly feelings to the writer , or any one else . The writer's first charge is , that the Star of the 10 th of December , stated that I received my credentials " from the delegate meeting , and thecertifiV cate , &c . My reply is , that my certificate an ! credentials were given me by " order" of the aforesaid meeting , and if I have stated that I got then from the delegate meeting and the Council , I am not far wrong—the act of the one was by the order of the other .
The writer says , I " pleaded guilty" to somd charges brought against me . and by using the worda "pleaded guilty * " he would have your readers to infer that I had done something of such a dark dye , that it came under the denomination of guilt , and therefore I *• pleaded" poverty . Now , Sir , allow me to say , I did not plead , I merely made a plain statement of my inability to pay debts that I had brought on myself through my voluntary and disinterested exertion , in the sacred cause in whioh I h > ve been engaged . No one at that meeting charged me with any guilt but this , and I
think no one doubted the pmity of my motives and the goodness of my intentions , but the person thai was destitute both of " honesty or courage ; " aye that person who was not summoned , I could prove that that person is the cause of my having to come sixty miles to answer to that which I should not bave had to answer , but for the foolish report he had Ret abroad to damn me , at my first coming out ; and under his calumnies 1 have suffered this seven months , and which is an old grudge of these thirteen years' standing , 1829 or 30 , and through the same persons' influence the infamous Griffin wrote to Halifax condemning me as a spy .
Now I gave notice through the Star of my mteiu ti < m to be at the delegate meeting a month previous Why did not that person meet me \ I came from Yorkshire , and he had not to come ten yaids , as he lives close at hand . Now although that person did not appear at the meetings of the delegates or tha council , both the delegates and the council were made acquainted with what that gentleman had to bring forward ; and the council at last heard mj
answer . Sir , the only charge that can be made against me is , that in my zeal to serve the cause , I have got into some small difficulties that I cannot meet ;* I believe altogether they will not amount to forty ahlllingg , and at the time this matter first began were not twenty . There lies my guilt , and I have had it hanging on my mind until it has made my life miserable . It shall spread no further . I return my credentials and although I have done that againBt the Repeaiexs and Manufacturers that has shut me outfrom getting employment , I caunv > t bear the anxiety of mind that I have suffered any longer . I shall fulfil my pra sent engagements and retire from political agitation * and likewise give notice that I shall appear before the council of Manchester next week , and am willing to explain and answer any thing required .
I beg leave to thank the various localities that I have served , for tneir kindness to me , and I wish them success in the glorious oause they are strug * gling for . Any one wishing to correspond with me , may direct to Mr . Brown ' s Coffee House , New-cross Manchester . Yours till death , Thomas Dickinson , The Manchester Packer
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Turkish Fashion on . Making Coffee . —Peopi 8 of all ciasaes in Cjnstantinople use these drinks . A good cup of strong coffee may be had for a farthing and a glass of sherbet for a little more . Their coffss is made in a simple , easy manner , and most expa * ditiously . When a single cup is called for , the attendant in the coffde-house puts hot water iflto * little copper pan , or rather pot ; puts it over a . obar coal fire for an instant to make it boil , then awls * proportion of well-ground or pounded coffae » eiSw ' alone or mixed with sugar , returns it again to the fire to boil far an instant , and the ' coffee is m » . de It- ia poured , boiling hot , into a small porcelain enpj and handed to the oustomer ; the coarser grounds quickly subside ia a few seconds , whilst cooling down to the drinking poiut . Disagreeable at nrsfi a taste for this strong unolarified ooffbe is soon acquired . It i ? an excellent and safe substitatefor *
dram . —J ) r . 4 > <* t >^' s Notes and Observations . The Hanv / ell Pauper Lunatic Asylum . — K ** years ago , t , nat bonovolenoe whioh prompts to n < w deeds io . ihujsd the present matron of the MiddI < jS » Pauper I , unatio Asylum at Hanwell ( Mrs . BowdW to make an attempt to infuse Borne of the joyousnes of tiso y , reat Christian festival amongst aseleetw a " * the- demented inmates of that institution . F 10 ™ « birty y to forty of the female patients were thenentettaiu . d for the first time in the bazaar ward , wow W& , * decked with eversreena for the occasion , W ?"
m . asio , tea , and other suitable refreshments . T jj ° V » rty separated at an earl y hour , and was closedJ » J the sinking of the Evening Hyma . Nearly tntfj hundred of the female patients , for the most pw » the incurably insate , were assembled together ^ the eve of the present New Yoar , ( Saturday l « w-A small room adjoining the gallery was decoraw * and fitted up as a rafresbnrjnt-rooin for the Visitiw Maeistrates and other vi'ntnra . After the patWB *
had partaken of tea and cake , they mingled in W ™ dance with the attendants , to the music of a pi * j > £ forte . There were present to witness thia interest in » spectacle , besides the superintending p iiy 8 i < n * ° j Dr . Conolly , the officers and their families , -W ° f the Visiting Justices—Messrs . H . Potvnall , ai ^/ J Bailey . Amon / v tha visitors was the celeoraw » Mainzer , who also kindly lent hi 3 aid for tne , Sra . "I fie ition of the party , and sang two ox three P'e 3 ^ melodies ou the occasion . These entertainment the iusaae , simple as they are in themie « t ¦ * found to have parmanently beneficial dkots .
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The Northern Star. Saturday, January 7, 1s43.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 7, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct785/page/4/
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