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THE EXECUTIVE AND THE EDIT0S OF THE " NORTHERN STAB."
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THE LATE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE.
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THE POLITICIAN'S TEXT BOOK,
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f HAVE great pleasure ( and no small share of pride ) 1 in submitting the following encomium upon my little Compilation , the POOR MAN'S COMPa-N ION for 1843 , to the notice of th ' e public generally ; convinced that the lovers of hiciir and truth will be pleased , with me , that this three-penny-worth oi " Facts and Figures" is calculated to be of use in guiding tbe public mind to a correct appreciation of several political and social schemes of amelioration advocated by the advanced sections of the Reformer ? . The letter , in which testimony to this
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Now publishing in Penny Numbers , aad Fouvyenny Parts , V OLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DN ? . TIONARY , complete from the Original in Six Volumes . Part 13 is published this day , and Part 15 will contain the title page to Vol . I ., and a most admirable likeness of the celebrated Author , engraved on steel . The Publisher , in oifor to keep his word to the public , has doubled the quantity ia the last two parts , without increasing the price so as to bring the work within the price of Ten Shillings , at which the whole will be completed .
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DEDICATED , BY' PEBM 1 SSION , TO' HEB MOST CBACIOUf MAJESTY QUBE . V VICTORIA , AKO HEB BO ^ Ai HIGHNESS THB DUCHES 9 OF KENT . BLOFELD AND CO . ' g NEW MAP OP ENGLAND , SCOTLAND . AND WALES , compiled from the Trigonometrical Survey ef the Honourable the Board of Ordnance , and Corrected to the present tiise , from Documents in possession of the Commissioners of Boards , dec . Size . —5 . ] feet long , by 4 feet wide , margin not reckoned . Where preferred , it can be had in two part&y the one containing tha Map of Great Britain ; the other , the information round the border . With this Map are given , accordiag-to the Reform A cfc , the Divisions of the Counties ^ the Boroughs , Polling PJaces , aud the number of Members returned for each .
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TO THE GHABTIST PUBLIC . Ut Pbtesus , —I presume that yon are now all familiar with the isonttnta of my letter , reminding you of what 2 flunk to he yonr daty to yourselves and to yonr principles , in reference to yonr Organi sation and you ofiacetB appointed and paid under jiat Organization , I presume jon all know that I Jisre accepted the ** challenge" of the Executive in make good my charges against them
in public discussion at Manchester ; though 4 hey hare not yet Tentared to make good tljeir challenge . Whether they eTer will -do so remains to he seen . If the Committee , recommended oy the Delegates at Birmingham , be appointed , and discharge its dnty faithfully , it is piot&ble that the matter might he thus settled with equal satisfaction to the country , and with less ironble and ezpence to me . Be it remembered ,
however , that I abide by every word of my lelter I withdraw not a sentence of it ; bnt am prepared Jo sustain it—every line . I again repeat , that they nare no right to expect me to meet them in discussion ; but that I am nevertheless prepared to do so ; and , on the terms and conditions named in my letter , to prove eTery charge therein enumerated . \\ vras my intention to publish that letter , and « Jso the letter demanding the proofs of the "
contpirecj and plotting" charges against me , week by week , witS the parties should either have made good their moaihiEgs" or have been dnly dealt with by the people . But Mi . O'Cossob states that he has had many letters complaining of the space thus occupied by the continual repetition of the same matter . At his request , therefore , I withhold the Istters from _ further publication in the Star , But though withholden they are not withdrawn ;
{ heir operation remains in full force , and I trust that their contents are imprinted npon the memory of every Charii 3 i ; and that if hereafter any one should at any Chartist meeting in my absence prate abont " dragging me before the public , " or abont the" plot 3 and conspiracie s I have been concerned 5 u , h 6 will be reminded of these letters and made to hold his tongue nnril their requirements shall have been answered . -This is no more than justice : a justice which I have eertainly a right to expecs from the people ; and which I do expect from them .
I have only further to say that it is high time She disgraceinl bnsiness should be terminated , and -& 3 t yon ought in your several localities , at once , sad without further delay , either to follow out the lecommendauonofthe delegates at Birmingham by the appointment of a Committee , and by requiring thai ihe books and documents of the Executive be placed in their hands for investigation , and that all parties who can furnish information to the Commhi e do so ; or to demand that they shall , at once yrtft liVft -OTHp Tnarntaun t > iPTf flwn position , and meet
jneia discasmon ; and , failing this , that yon should universally Tote to them the name and character 4 hej merit . Wixiiui Hru .. northern Star OS . ce , Leeds , January oih , 18 * 3 .
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TbB Metropolitan Chartist 3 > etegates met on Snn ^ sy , -& 1 the Kational Charter Association HaQ , Old Bailey , thus commencing the campaign for 1843 , tnth the first Hbj of ihe : new year . Tba object of the meeting was to receJVB a report from the delegates vho had arrived in London , of the proceedings Trhich had coma under -fiiar notice , in the asrose of their' delegation a ; the grest "RiTTTiTn g Tram Gonference . Messrs . Dion , Majnard ,--safl "Knight , "were file membera of Conference present Mi . Madge , delegate frem Marylebone , tras called to TOE f ^ l » T »
2 Sz . Msynard opened ihe Business by a reference to ifce ©> ject 8 for which the Conference had been eon-Tened , ana after s general description of the assem-HiDg of the Conference , the appointment of Mr . Jos . Storge to the chair , ai > d other matters , proceeded to xtate tb . 3 motion of Mr . Beggs , " That Mr . Stnrge ' s Bill , TOsda the name of * Tbe . Bin of Bights . ' Bbonld be the BID for discussion . " He then narrated the course taken fey Mr . Hovett , whose amendment sub rnitted that "the People * Charter" be the BUI ; and the further amendment of Mr- Somers , a Scotch 4 ^ f ? ate , "That 2 > e » BUls fee laid on the table for discussion . '' That proposition hid reduced the Chartists to a great dilemma : but
2 tr Lovett pressing hia motion , fcronght the ; natter to an Issus ; and when the question had thns come to a choice between principles , ths Chartist delegates had no other alternative than to Totfiferthe " People ' s Charter , " and the result waa , j the Elorioas majority of ninety nine in favour of that : -document—{ spplanse } Mr . Maynsid Qsea described ] the -withdisiral from the chsir . and from the Confer- i ence , of 2 Hx . Stoge , and the secession with him of his 1 party . The Charter was then discussed , point after ] point , and among the alterations xsade in it -was one in i the dsose relating to "felons . " In the original £ ocume « it waa provided that no man convicted of felony ; eonld be afterwards eleglble for the enjoyment of the I Bteefive Tondoee ; hat more mature consideration sug- ' geted a relaxation in thiB poict , it appearing hard , f
after a man had paid the penalty of his efface , and ] satisfied the laws of his country , still te pursue him with s vbidieBTe spirit , and mart him as b victim for per- ' peinsl crrii dissinHty and public puiushment the laws ,- ! 6 vO and religious , retarding a tufn as again clear in tl * -1-7 « ol the TForld , sad restored to community with 1 'B f-ilofr-dtizsBB , after he had undergone the pnnkh- i S a a'warded to his transgrtssicn . Takirg this Tieir ; O ! t ^ fc matier , « nd Kssonine foithtr , tiiat many , in thai-wild anfl thoughtiess periods of yonth , commit offtEces , from which , in thtir sober and nflseSve time of manhood , they wonid sinni aid abstain from . ^ -was consideTed by those who bestowed attention on the Eubj&ct , that it wonld be hard to crand and duqialify a -j ^ f 0 I K ^ ioT a mb _ aeed so comnnued . And on that view of the
matter , the clause -was rrfgxed ; and the man yi-o might unfortunately be foKcd gnilty of fepuny , -ffoaia , ^ boidd the Cianer become the ia-w « f ifce lsnd ^ sfta paying tte penalty of his offence , wlbangiStoB j ^ g ^ be detmed - once noTl a ^ , jand edible for the fauhi » , arf m oihBr ^^ H to-MajMrt then proceeded to say , that ? « ' ^ i » y tmx . to alrer the elau ^ regBlatin ¦ SSf t ? rt v dearable to chap , their residence Jidisrthree months ; and that in U > n&on . in particu-0 J * 5 l **» . "B *™^ changing is . The motion , aLa fan consideration , ^ l »« Srex , lost , and the W 3 5 J « a cknse of "three months xeEidenee ,- was tfca ^ cre decreed to stand as part of the BOL H ! mD 2 SS t ^ ^ i ° 1 Other to P ics ' - ^» y ^ rd . ^ bo «^^ . ttl 0 Dsbtint ^^ auention , concluded by 0 lmio
Sf ^^? » KS n moved by 2 dr Parry , Jed to " -a * ffiKe dose rf the Conference . It was cf a ' J ~^*** * 5 tare , propoEiEg to give to every = * n profesmg ihe ^ pritdpte as themEelves , but r ™ « *•» tt » e mode of carrying them ont , the ^ ttt ^ portanjty to do so in the manner he might ^ . ^ j "a" ^ htt as the Sin- gite party had seceded iVf ~ Comeroicfe . and were Kill pursuing the same ^ opie as the Chartists , they { the Chartists ) should w * " them the same right of thintiug and acting " * uca iz&j dsimed for ihtmEelvtrB , and allow them to S&on ^ ithojit any obstruction . The motion , after an ~ t ™ * d debate , ^ a , hovreTer , lost ; but » fiome-TeaL ? ^ OBe * draiFn B -P ana Proposed by Mi . B ^« O'CDnnor , was carritd , and in five minute * a I "*? « good fellowship was tfiectfcd * between the Jto ' T ^ Plausej . jrt' Lr *? t ^« presEEted himself , and entered into a ^ TV * W * dflitiOTia 7 rlet * Va r , t M « on /) hJs mllKUrno ' a
jsbjjJz , ^ ^ Conference—some of them of asedons , ^ f ^ B of an asjuang character , ! I 1 ie CJhartiftB , he ^ TL « a acted nobly ; and instead of being "kicked g ^ w Ibb Cfenfertnce , * as the Srcndey Times had said Doini ^ Sv *** ttty £ sme <* " » ictoiioM . carrying their m n ^^ flyiES colours . ( "Bravo I" and cries of whh i * tea * - ° i ! Dlfey : baa ^ e *? reason to Ire satisfied ' S ™ L Tesnlt ** Confaenee . ilteaewed cries of f * - , . ' 3 he mattti ended amicably—itended well ^ » ) She sturgeite party went elsewhere to IT ~^ ™» bia , tut tfee CnarQita wisely kept thfcii Lw « £ ^^ that had tte y E ? ut thaas « lves np , ~« ypenea eaasmnaka . tionswiih tht otters , theywonld , ^ 7 man of them , hare rtndertd tfeem&eivES { as we ^ piood Mr . 3 > ron to esj ) liable to transDartaticij . * w «** ^^ ^ aceounl of Jhe conduct of Mi . PhDp
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which he described as nothing short of treason to the Chartist cause . Never , he said , did man cat a stranger figure . Bis words were , that "he had alwayscensidered th& € har ter a most perfect document , until he had read the second bill ; and that he must bow consider It as most defective . He had a duty to perform and in making a choice he was bound , therefore to jrfve a preference to the Second Bill" Kow , continued m £ D . the second bill was not read at all ; it would have taken five hours to read , and he fMr . J > ron ) was of opinion that Mr . Philp haa ^ afer read it The pream-We of the bill was absolute ipsense . Mr . Dron then complimented Mr P ^ rry for ids great exertions In his
character of delegate , in support of the Chartist cause , and particularly for Ms efforts to effect a union between the two parties . The worthy delegate then entered into the question of " the Executive , " which waa brought under discussion at Birmingham , and communicated that a Committee of " Five" was recommended to be appointed to investigate the matter in London . He went at leneth into the snbject ; but the particulars have already been bo often before the public , that it is unnecessary for us here to report them . They have already led to much angry feeling , and we would rather " throw oil upon tronbled waters , " < Mn otherwise .
Mr . Knight felt that it would give great satisfaction to many in that Hall , and to the Chartist pnfalic out of doois , to hear that Mr . O'Connor had pledged himself to interpose his friendly mediation to have the subject dropped in the Northern Star . He then went on to state how much Mr . O'Connor had to put up with at the Conference—first bullied on one side , then on the other , and eulogised that gentleman on his great forbearance—a forbearance , he added , which exalted him ( Mr . O'Connor ) in the minds of most who witnessed it—fhear )—and which he ( Mr . Knight ) wished all Chartists , for the sake of union , and the advancement of their cause , would imitate—( applause , and renewed cries of " Hear . " ) The reports having here closed , Mr . Cuf&y gave notice to aD parties having collection books out , and money to pay in , to attend on Tnesday { to-morrow ) everdng , at the Despatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-Btreet
ETEISTNG MEETING . A densely crowded meeting was held in the Hall in tfee evening , Mr . Overton in the chair , to which Mt . Skelton , who appeared as a substitute for Mr . Harris { indisposed } , delivered a very able and instructive lecture on " the laws of nature , and the constitutaen of man " At the conclusion of the lecture , which was heard tfireughout with attention , Miss Suasannah Inge moved , and Mr . Secretary Salmon seconded a vote of thanks to the lecturer .
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THE SUCKING PIGS AND THE " WHOLE HOGS . " The ffisch-wished-for , long-talked-of Conference has been held . The professed advocates of union have ' met the working classes in disenssion , wherein the eqaality of man was to have been a recognized principle , whatever question should constitute the basis of diFcussion . The adoption by the St 3 CK . isg Pig Chaktisis of the Six Points , for which the " } Vhole Hog Chartists" contend , was an implied guarantee that tbe minoriiy wonld be raled by the majority . Such were our anticipations ; and now we proceed to comment upon tbe proceedings as a whole , unwilling to nibble at them in their progress Perhaps there never has been in any conntry ,
certainly not in England , a meeting of more importance than that to which we refer—not very important in its result , as it afftcts any political measure , but allimportant in its developement of political character . Before we set forth the purposes for which this Conference was called together , we past make a passing observation upon the poationin which Mr . Stuege has placed himself . So long as Mr . Stubse in bis individual capacity , could be consistently separated from Mt . Siurgk in his corporate capacity , we stretched a point to shield his name from the odinm attached to a party . "We had not , till now , any opportunity of testing the real character of Mr . 6 tok . se . We are of course understood to speak in political language . We are aware of the
dimculues with which the wader of a party ia ; surrounded , and can make due allowances for acta ' ' of apparent inconsistency . But when we find a ' leader himself complaining of the prejudices which : his cls 33 and party entertain against those whose : alliance they court , and yet being foremost ia aug ~ i meniing those prejudices , then must We in candour ! admit , that however his ostensible objeot-might have i been ju 3 t and conciliatory , as advocated by him & 3 an individual , his real motive is only to be j learned through the acts of his party and supported i by him . History , then , does not furnish any two j characters more ai variance than the character of
! Mr . Joseph imrRGB in quest of popularity , and Mr . Joseph Stdbgk the advocate of liberal principles . The legal maxim , " gnem facit per aliam , facit per i Be , " he "who acts by his agent acts himself , jb a very > wholesome maxim , and one by which we shall : henceforth te ? t Mr . Stukge ' s political valne . Before we recur to the part performed by Mr . Stpbce out 1 of doors , we shall glance at the objects for which the Conference was called , and the materials of which the friends of pnrity of election wonld have constitnted their Parliament . In orderto aid us in tho inve 3 tiga ion , we here insert the address of Mr . Stubge himself , setting forth the purposes for which the Conference was convened . It runs tbns : —
[ Here follows the Sturge council ' s address , which as we have several times given , we omit to save space . — Ed . N . S . J Now the very first paragraph of this address admits that the Conference was called to deliberate npon the essential details of a bill , and not to say aye to any measure that might be proposed by Mr . Stitegk and his friends . Next we come to the materials of which the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union -would ( if allowed ) have constituted this Conference . And here , let it be borne ia mind , that Mr . Stijbge is ihe President of this littpr of " Sucking Pig' Charti&ls ; " that not a move is made without his concurrence;—that he is not only the head-piece , but the pocket-piece , of this minor majority society of Liberals . The mode resorted to , then , by the Council was this : —They held secret correspondence with their friends in those several towns in which
delegates were returned ; and withoutother authority than the ex-parte and fabricated evidence of their friends , they proceeded to form the body into three clas ? e ? . Hx > 1 , containing all those to whom no objections were made by their oirnparty ; No . 2 , containing from seventy to eightydelegates returned by tbe people , and to whom irivolon 3 objections were made by the St-urj / e party ; and 2 * 0 . 3 , the condemned list , against whom grave objections had been made . In the discussion upon this part of the subject , Mr . Abraham Duscam , delegate for Arbroath , made the . following pithy observation— " Mr . Chairman , I shall say bat one word npon those lists . How , 1 waiit to knew , does it happen , that I find my name , against whose election no objection has been made , in list Uo . 3 , while 1 find in list No . 1 , the names ol parties admitted for the same town , who werenevcr returned at all ?"
Surely , to enlarge npon this brief observation wonld be bnt to insult our readers . The good sense of the Conference overcame this glaring attempt of tie SnmGE party , and all were admitted , subject to objections . Our next duty is , to consider the amount of population represented by the minor majors . It not onfreqnently happens , that the position of a leading politician will attach an amount of importance to his arts , which may supersede , that to which the combined acts of many , but Itss known , would be entitled . In tbe Conference , however , we recognize no such individuals on the
minor side , Their party consists of the rejected or tbe dtserters from al ^ acd may be termed a refuge for the dei-titnte . If we omit Padpy Bbewsteb , the world would have heard bnt little of ibe others . In looking over the list , howtver , we find that villages with s population of 2 , 000 or 3 000 stnt four Suclcing Pig Chartists , while the large populons towns and cities , without exception , returned Whole Hog Chartists . As we mean to devote a series of articles to this union Conference , we shall , lor the present , merely touch npon the most glaring acts of the seceders .
Three hundred and eighiy-five delegates meet in Conference npon the invitation of Mr . fcioaGK to deliberate upon something to be pboposkd to vhem . A division upon that something lakeB place , when it appears that for tbe Stubge object S 3 record their votes , not S 4 . S 3 was the number ; 195 vote against Mr . Sxubgb , not 193 as recorded ; 73 are absent , about 50 of which number were returned for a ppecific purpose , namely , to support the Charter . They were engaged very improperly in arranging a tea-narty at another part of the town . Upon the announcement of this division , Mr . Stubge and his friendB retire from the Conference , and subsequently pass a resolution that they are the Conference . Now , we ask , if ever insolence or presumption like thiB was known ? It may , however , furnish a very excellent
precedent ; and as , curious enough , the supporteris of Mr . Yjixtebs npon the Free * Trade question i . n the Hoaseof Commons , and the supporters of Mr . £ / tubgb npon the same question—( for , disguise it now as they may , Free 'lrade was their object , )— out of the HouEe of Commens , was 93 ; every lion has his jaekall , and should Mr . Yillikbs aa ' d Lord John . Rcsseu . -adopt the precedent laid down by the ? Sucking Pigs" they have ia do , upon their next triumph , is to leave the ^ douse , and declare ihpmselves the Parliament . V , regret mnoh that this precedent was not established by Mr . Stubge upon , the recent Nottinghrtm election case ; inasmuch as 1861 would ba / e constituted a majority over 26 S 5 ; and Mr . Stdbgb might , upon the same principle , have declared that he only went there to be returned , and ni > i to be defeated .
We invite parijjcular attention to the third paragraph in Mr . Svgbgb ' s address , which says" 3 . To emVcavour to ascertain kow far the friends of nnitstricted and absolnte freedom of trade will unite •« ith cs *«» obtain such an Act of Parliament on their betcg satisfied ibit the newly acquired iracciiise will be nsfcd ia faToar of tnch freedom « f uaUe . "
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Kow , Mr . Std&gb was well aware of tha hostile feeling that exists throughout ths conntry to the Corn Law League / and let us presume that a proposition bad been made to assist that- body , which would assuredly have been the case ha J the Sucking Pigs succeeded in their first prosition . Suppose , we say , that such a proposition had been made , and had failed , might not Mr . Stdbgk and hia party have declared , with equal truth aad propriety , that tbe minority were the majority , and thxt the co-operation of the Conference was thereby pledged to the League . Supple we take Mr . Cobden ' s recent fishing for Chartist support at Manchester in connexion with this third paragraph , and the opportune time at which the bait
was thrown out , was previous to the assembling of the delegates at Birmingham , and upon the eve of the great gathering to be held at Manchester and in London , Can , we ask , any man in his senses entertain a reasonable doubt that the whole thing was an impudent free ^ trade trick to remit forces for the restoration of the old Whig faction upon a pledge of free-trade ! Suppose this third paragraph bad been acted upon , how easy would it have been to stretch tbe point , and construe it to mean a pledge to support those in the first instance who advocate free-trade principles . The bubble has burst , however , and with it has vanished the hope of that
union , which was merely intended to make the strong stronger , and the weak weaker . We trust that Mr . Joseph Stpbge will have now learned , thut if he mixes with sweepsjhemESt expeefcto get seme of the soot . He must not longer hope to preserve one character as Joseph &tubge philanthropist , and another aa Joseph Storge member of the Suckih * Pig Association . He has made a moat unfortunate political blunder , which in tho opinion of Talletbakb is worse than crime . He must now repair the blunder as best he can ; be has deprived the people of the power of assisting him , because , if a few censure , he is bound to consider them a majority .
To-day we have spoken of tbe leading character in the national drama ; to-morrow we may have a word upon the parts performed by the subordinate actors , as well as a few observations upoB the " Bill of Rights" drawn up by Mr . Boothbt , ( we understand , ) whose presence as an expounder of its several clauses , was in our opinion indispensable ; and why suoh course was not adopted we are at a loss to know—especially as Mr . Stencbb declared that the exposition of its merits by itsframer had quite captivated him , and it might have captivated the majority . —Evening Star .
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THE " POLITICAL PEDLARS . " Thb agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws being ( as we had long anticipated ) at length reduced to a mere practical form of advertisement , as puffy as " Reform your Tailors' Bills , " or the celebrated " Holloway 8 Ointment , " and not measuring more than a finger ' s length of handy Whig Lords , and Ex-officials , we can spare time from its further exposure , to follow np the consideration of a much more important Bubject . We had thought it quite bad enongh that the whole country should be insulted by Mr . Joseph Storge and his party , without being further subjected to the taunts of tbe root from whence the faction sprang . The Morning Chronicle , relying upon the success of that trick intended to be played off at Birmingham , maintained
a very dignified silence pending the arrangements . As we before observed , St . Thomas ' s Day was a great day for England ; and while tbe Chronicle devoted columns to the Ward elections of some free-trade fools , not a word did that paper contain about those elections which more interested the working classes—no , that would have been " infra dig . I" The Chronicle's place was that of a camp follower , and the time for action was after the battle . Our contemporary appears now to jregret the result of the Birmingham Conference exceedingly ; and would saddle all the odium of the sudden irruption npon the deserted instead of npon tne deserters . It is a difficult task , we admit , for the leading journal of such followers
as the Whigs , to shape & course that would have the effect of pleasing that Mosaic piece of art . We did think , however , as the Chronicle had * ' Jeft as alone in our glory , " while struggling for a fair representation of the whole people , that we should have been saved from its slovenly interference when tbe battle was over . We had imagined that the 8 th clause of the Ashburton Treaty was a bone to pick , which would have required our friend's every device , and all his spare time and space . However , as the Chronicle merely shows its teeth and cannot bite , we pass tbe comment upon the defeat of faction over without further notice , and come to a consideration of the parts played by some of the subordinate actors . Old hands inform us
that it is a good plan , when a house is infested with rats , to singe one , and let Mm loose , and that the smell will drive the others ont . We imagine , however that any less cruel plan , likely to be as efficacious , would be a welcome substitute . We have tried this experiment and found it to succeed . At different times we found ourselves called upon to direct attention to the conduct of some professing . Leader . When we find a working man abandoning labour altogether for politics , we are impressed with » belief , that he is either veTy honest and enthnsiastic , or very lazy and treacherous . But when working meu are paid a certain salary for agi rating , then have we a right to look for their support , their full and undivided
snpport , of those principles , to advance which they hire their services . We must presume that the Chartists , at ail events , do not advocate Chartum for mere gain , but from principle , that our lecturers , unlike the , free-trade demagogues and the " suck-pig" squeakers , have selected their parts from admiration of the principles of democracy . In our endeavours to keep some of those gentlemen in tho straight road , we nave been more than once , or one hundred times , denounced as denouncers ; while , marvellous to say , the onJy two men whose political integrity we have questioned , and for doubting whom we ourselves have been abused , now stand before the country self-eonvicted of one of the most flagrant acti of
treachery ever yet committed against principle . The Chartist delegates had gained a complete victory orer their pretended friends , the question in dispute being apparently nominal , but really a trial of how far the opponents of the Charter eonld securely go , in destroying first the namo , then the leaders , and then the principles . To have made our own union more perfect , when abandoned by the minority , should have been the object of every honest man ; and to keep oat of sight the " Bill of Rights , " the antagonist of the Charter , and upon which the separation took place , Ehould have been the desire of every prudent man . Messrs . Williams and Philp , however , anxious for a very unenviable notoriety , took
upon themselves to effect a change in the minns of men who had shown that they pould not be seduced by sophistry . The dogged opposition evinced to the Charter by Mr . Stubge and his party , had the iff-c of lallying those delegates who magnanimously consented to take both Bills into consideration ai once . But Messrs . Williams and Philp could not endure the humiliation of serving in heaven , and therefore commenced their hellish design of forming a third party . But we shall proceed at once to comment upon their conduct . Having by a vote decided npon the conrse to be pursued , we had no right to expect that the harmony of the Conference would be broken in upon by two delegates who had stood prominently forward in snpport of
tbe very measure which they had been paid , and well paid , for supporting . Mr . Wiixia . « s may tell us that he has not been paid ; bnt we lell him that he has , and well paid too , by the tupport he has received in his business from those who placed confidence in him . However , we shall proceed . The preamble of tbe People ' s-Charier is proposed , and Mr . Williams , in a most incomprehensible speech , places the presmble of the rejectt a Bill in opposition to it , and actually has the pre- imption andaudacuy to propose its substitution o / t that of the Charter . As Mr . Williams has expressed a desire to know " What a base compromise is / '' that was one , is our answer . For n »* v more than three years the twistings of Mr . Williams have been
matter of discussion among Chartisi s . The very suspick n attached to some of his movements ehould \ have made him more cautious , and he should have , embraced the golden opportunity to set hiin * el * ] right and to place his revilers in the wrong ; but no —the recruiting party ior lecturers was abroad , and > some recommendation was necessaiy . If we havr , just reason to complain of the conduct of Mr . Wvl- ; LiAMS , what . language must we use to stamp ttie ' treachery of Philp 1 This man has branded i himself as the veriest hypecriie that ever disgTaced Bociety . He has committed frequent breaches of faith , and has been pardoned . He received tbe people ' s money as a member of the Executive , as a lecturer , and as a journal' ^ . He received that money for bis advocacy of the . Chartist principles . He is appointed one ef five persons to carry out the principles of that Bil ); ^ or years be has lectured npon , and undertaken io show , its
superiority over all other human ooDyjociions ; when lo and behold , as if by magic , he tsees the error of his way , and the light shinea upo ^ b , im through what to us waa utter-darkneEB . ^ -be preamble of the People ' s Charter was short ,-s '^ np le , plain , and explanatory of the principles c ^ tamed in its eDacting clauses ; and what fays t ^ fe doubie-cyed , this wellsteeped advocate of Cr ^ ism ? * Mr . Chairman , otiB GLOB 1 OTJ 3 catjsb / tquires all our energy , our object should be to heal those distracting differences that have cr ^ pt into our ranks ( we omit the i-ide-thrust at ?> ir . O * CosKpa . ) We should consider the best , means of preserving union , and should set vn example of liberality . I confess that tip U * this time I was the farm advocate of the P « . © pie ' s Chaner 1 but since 1 have read this docume > At , I am convinced of my error , and now I see ail the glaring imperfections of the People ' s Cluirtcr" Good God ! Did ever treicheiy e ^ usl this I What j a fellow who would have starved
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THE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sia , —In proportion a 8 tbe cause of freedom progresses , and as means are adopted which are calculated to improve tbe condition of the oppressed ; the enemies of truth and the hirelings of faction , txert themselves to destroy its influence , and under the pretence of giving information , deal out garbled stntemeuts ; and like a ennning adversary whose only ohject is to gain a paltry victory , or effect some mercenary purpose—they endeavour to confound cireunistiiDcta and peiaons , to throw odium on the characters of those who have partially mixed in tbe proceedings , and thns create prejudice whore they are conscious of inability to prove an j thing against them by facts .
The Birmingham Conference , which was looked forward to with so much anxiety by the most liberal and intelligent part of the community , to effect a union of all classes , desirous of obtaining the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , has been thus seized upon by our enemies , who not only assert that it has failed to do that for which it was convened , but that it has stamped disgrace npon us by showing that we are inconsistent with our principles . Whig and Try are alike rejoicing over , and seeking to turn to their own
account , what they term " tho split" and the " explosion '' , and as might be expected , the enemies of reform are moat inveterate against the consistent and determined enemies of corruption , and attribute it to " the violence of the physical force Chartist *" , and are rather " oily" in their remarks upon the suffragitesthey call it an " attempt to amalgamate the oil ol the Complete Suffrage with tbe vinegar of the Chartists ;" but these remarks are perfectly consistent with the inconsistencies into which the opponents of democracy must fall .
We cannot be surprised at the advocates of oligarchy assuming that one is more than two , or that one-third of a body is the whole , for this is in perfect accordance with their reasoning upon moral and political subjects , though it ia doubtful whether they -would apply the same species of logic upon other subjectsfor instance , if there was a mixture of gold , and when half a pound of gold was taken from it , there was e , pound of gold left—would they assert that it was all dross , because it had consisted of ono-third dross . But we can appreciate their motives in endeavouring to attach the practices of some of the professed friends of democracy , to the priaeiples of the Chaster , and understand why they are not able to distinguish betwixt those who opposed practizes , inconsistent with its principles , and those who resorted to such practises ; but bow men who claim " priority ''* in the cause of democracy can furnish materials for , and then m ike use of fcuch arguments , is only to be accounted for , by taking it in connexion -with their other conduct .
The absurd and anti-democratic conduct of tha Complete Suffrage party , cannot admit of palliation or defence ; for were we to admit that their intentions were perfectly honest , and th &t in the fulness , of egotistical vanity , they imagined that they alone were capable of " preparing a bill to be submitted to Pujliument for securing the just representation ef the wiiole people , " yet even in that case their actions are eiiiirely at variance wjttJ the principles of just legislation , and which must be tbe result eitbar of bad motives or gross ignorance , and display such an utter want of ability in calculating the tendency of actions , as to make them contemptible as advocates , and dangerous as colleagues . The professed object for which the Birmingham Conference was Euuuuoned , wnB to secure just
representation for th& . pet > plb , or , in other words , to substitute power rlateg&ted from the people , for power asiuoied ovec t > j <) people , and yet the first act of the Complete SLa * jrage Council wa 9 to assume to themselves a power over the delegates of the people , and to exclude fj ^ m , or include in the Conference whom they thought , proper—bat they found it to be beyond their reach < qq account of tbe firm stand made by the practV-al democrats—and acts 1 , 2 , nnd 3 , were given "I ' ; ' chey nix : assume a light to dictate to the Conference bin which had been only prepared and seen by themselves , and "which , from itB eizs and complex chai' ' . cter , it was impossible to consider in a period ten times as long as that for which we were met , and btcause the Conference' resisted this arbitrary conduct , they in defiance of a principle which forms the basis of
democracy , rsfuse to comply with the decisions of a majority , though by submitting any subject to a vote , each by expecting that the minority will acquiese if tho decision be favourable to him , likewise is bonnd to abide by the decision of the majority if the decision is against him , and if this principle ia not acted upon , then is democracy a farce , representation useless , and the ties which hold society together destroyed—yet this principle has been violated by those aspirants to " priority , " and they not only retire , but upon meeting by themselves , they , witU all seriousness , set about proposing a . resolution that they were the Conferenceto determine that ninety-four who agreed with them are enpenor to , and a majority over , 193 who differed from them . And this is from the professed advocates of political equality , and aspirants to " priority" in the cause .
These facts must either prove that their Intentions were dishonest , ( as Lawrence Heyworth informed nsF ) or else that they are entirely ignorant of moral and political truths , and that whilst they profess to . oppose men assuming authority they assume authority themselves , to serve their own purpose , in direct opposition to those general rules \ thicb . they tell us they are exerting tbemselvea to advance . I remain , sir , Yours truly , K . T . Morrison . Nottingham , Jan . 3 rd , 1843 . * The Rev . E . Miall , ia Conference , December 28 tb , 1842 . |
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C ^ ASS-MAJDE LAWS HAVE MADE ITS VICTIMS , l'JET US ENDEAVOUR TO RELEASE THEM . i Fe . u-ow Working Men , ' When I sent the advertisement to be publiab « d , vwliicb . has appeared for tbe last few weeks , and which states that I will give fonr shillings to the Executive and one shilling to the Vicvim Fun d out of every one hundred pound weight of beverage ; I eay , my friends , at ! that time it struck me very forcibly t £ at the Victim Fund stood much need of augmenting , and I think so still , as you may see by
their letter ; and I also think if -we may judge from appearan ce , that the country evinces but little disposition to jsupport the- cause of j Chartism through the Exeestive , inasmuch as neither myself nor Messrs . Crow and Tyrrel has bad much to » dd to tbeir funds for some weeks past I therefore propose that the whole of the five Bhillicgs per one hundred pounds be given to the Victims' Defance Fund , and it shall appear as before in Mr . Cleave ' s Subscription List weekly , until the assizes are over , when we can make fresh arrangements as the time * may require .
Now , my friends , it remahta with the people , whether those men who have been made victims for no other crime than that of demanding justice at tbe hands of our oppressors bo left to the clemancy of a merciless judge and a time-serving jary , ot whether they shall have funds sufficiently { supplied which will secure to them justice ; and we must remember that there is only a few weeks to raise this money in , and we should also remember that VT 9 that are at liberty are so only because the law has not got bold of us , but that we perhaps may have ) said and done more towards the downfall of tyrants than those whom it is our duty to support . J
I now leave the matter in your hands , and only have to . say , that I pledged myself in 1819 never to r « Bt until we were free—I never have nor never will . Roger Finder , Hull .
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MORE MIDDLE CLASS ? SYMPATHY . TO THE EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , — In some of the numbers of your paper , published last summer , you kindly inserted the manner in which I had been persecuted by the influence of the Anti-Corn Law Plague in Newcaatle-upon-Tyne . In your paper , from time to time , appeared varions accounts of the exertions I had made to forward Chartism in the County of Northumberland . There I continued until dire necessity , antl the influence of faction , compelled me to come to Scotland . There are , however , few of your readers , except those who know me in the places where I have laboured , that are aware I ¦ want my sight I have always been able , by my own industry , to obtain support , and when elected as a councillor of the National Charter Association , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , my name appeared in your columns as a ntattrass-maker .
Now , Mr . Editor , I am aboot to relate a case , of disgraceful tyranny , such as has seldom appeared in your paper . I came down toJEdiuburgh in search of employment , but having found none , I was compelled to apply for work at the Akylum for the Blind , an institution supported by the voluntary contributions of the public , and the majorityj of its directors are clergymen . They agreed to eaipJpy me on tke 14 : h of November last ; but on the day following , when I went to work , judge of my surprise , when I was usktd if I had not lectured fer the Chartists ? Upon answering that I bad , I was informed that I could not be employed until farther consideration ; audjon tbe 28 ih of tbe same month , the former resolution was recalled , the committee declaring they would give work to nu Chartist .
Now , Sir , what will the public think of this ? and from what I have heard of your writings , I know what you will think of it , and that you will take tbe earliest opportunity of giving it insertion in the People ' s paper . I now cosclude mysalf , ' Yours , A determined Chartist through life , John cockbuen . Edinburgh , Jan . 2 n ? , 1843 .
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It appears from a Madrid' journal that the officers who evacuated the fort ofj Atarnzanas , at the instigation of the French Consul , still remain at Perpignan , and refuse to retirn tjo Spain . Messrs . Blofeld & Co . of London , Map Sellers to the Qioen , have pub ! i : hedj a . most splendid Geological Map of Great Britain . It is one of general utility to the private gentleman , the merchant , the manufacturer , and the agriculturist , and it would form a handsome ornaiaem fur ihe library , the hall , or counting house . —See advertisement .
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Judd , haulier , of rillgwenlly , having received a letter of importance for her husband , went-out for the purpose of carrying it to him . She hod proceeded but a few yards from her own house , in the direction of Pill , when , crossing the new - tram-road which leads to the dock , a locomotive engino came up at a moderate pace . Mrs . Judd appeared to those who happened to be n . ear at the moment , to be engaged in thought , a , she was looking on the
ground , and takirg no nonce Whate 7 ir of the approaching engine , which at length stmck her and knocked her down , and before the engineer eonld stop it , the wheels ha >) passed over the upper part of both her . thighs , crushing the bones to atoms in aa instant . The unfortunate woman was immediatelj removed in this frightfully mutilated condition to her own house , which she bad left in health and spirits but a few minutes before , and where deatb , released her from her suff rings in sixor seven hours after . Mrs . Judd was about 35 years of age . —M * amouthshire Merlin .
To Obtain Berb from Chalk . —This is an easy and common process , and may be put in practice as follows : —Go to a respectable public-house , having first taken a residence or lodging in the neighbourhood . When you wish for beer , resort freely t © the chalk , and go on , getting as much as you can upon this principle , until it becomes ua-productive , whea you may try it in another quarter . —Punch ' s- AI manack . Sib Fslix Booth . —On Wednesday last , the Magistrates heard , in their private room , an extraordinary charge against Sir Felix Booth , of a very revolting nature , preferred against him by hia nephew . Tbe ex-Sher ff of London declaring that it is an attempt to extort money from him , has expressed his determination to have it probed to the bottom , and the case was adjourned to Tuesday . — Hull Rockingham of Saturday .
Public Excommunication pkom the CnracH . — A scene of rare occurrence in the present day , took piace in the parish church of Messing , in this county , on Sunday , the 25 th ult . During Divine service the rector called from the congregation a young man and woman , and in the presence of all those assembled , expelled them at opposite doors from the sacred edifice . —Essex Herald . We RtGRET to state that portions of a wreck were cast on tho shore of KilHbegs , during this week , which leave no doubt but . that a mealanoholy Ios 3 of life and property has occurred at sea . On the inside of one of the boards cast on shore , are the words " John Swain , " and on the outside of the same board are the words w Thomas Richardson . ' * Portions of thecabiu , and cabin furniture , were also thrown on ihe beach , and some oars branded " T K" or " T . R ., " for the brand is not very legible . We cannot indulge in the most remote hope , chat any of the crew esc 3 tped . ~^ Sligo Champion .
Richard Murphy , the steward of General Sir James Kearney , who was lately fired at by some assassin near his master ' s house , expired on Thursday night , from the effects of the wounds he received —Kilkenny Moderator . Ingenious Contsivance . —Wonders never cease An engineer at Bru-hels , named Luppen , has Jiveuted , says a Brussels paper , a galvanie telegraph , which he has set up in his own house , No . 12 , Rue da la Paille . and in that of M . Ledegunck , in the same street , which , although the apparatus is comprised in a small cas 3 not more than four inches cube , and forms a very pretty chimney ornament , enables those gentlemen to interchange whole sentences , and in fact converse with each other for hours together .
Worthy of Imitatisn . —John Hulings , Esq ., of Presteign , recently made tha liberal reduction _ of ten per cant , on tho rental of his Radnorshire estates , conceiving that from ths heavy losses the farmers af that couniy experienced during the wet season of 18-11 , in the deficiency of crop 9 , loss of sheep , and the low price of wool , tha present depressed-state of agriculture must be especially felt by thorn . —Hereford Times .
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Registered , Elizabeth O'Connor Fox NewRome ihe daughter of Edward and Mary Ann Newsome , of Hanging Heafcoa . ' . en Oa Christmas Day was christened , at bt * Thomas ' s Church . High-street , Dudley , by tbe Rev . Mr . H . Cartwright , Caarlotte Eromett Frosfc Wright , and Sarah Feargus O'Connor Wiight » daughters of William and Hannah Wright .
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The Executive And The Edit0s Of The " Northern Stab."
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE EDIT 0 S OF THE " NORTHERN STAB . "
The Late Birmingham Conference.
THE LATE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE .
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had it not been for the generous support awarded to him by the poor people—a fellow who most have been supposed { to have made up his mind npon the principles before he hired himself to advocate them —one who was eleoted to the high office of an Executive Councillor , to have ventured upon each a declaration before those with whose pence his every stitch was purchased '! This preaching , long-faced hypocrite , with " our glorious cause" on his lips , ana treason to that cause in his heart ! Again we ask , was any treachery equal to this 1 We were prepared for the desertion of Harrt Vincent . We knew that he could not long bide in the andean ranks ; he , however , has deserted us with a better grace : he has
gone over to the enemy for money . Philp went over in the hope of getting pay . Vincent has the advantage of haying first made his bargain ; while Philp has rendered hfmself valueless even to the humbugs , inasmuch as we feel assured that no body of honest working men would ever again allow this preaching pedlar to address them upon " ousotobious cause . " Why did this weak-minded young man thus confirm every suspicion entertained of his honesty , and justify those who were chastised for suspecting him ? Perhaps the people will now see not only the justice but the necessity of keeping a watchful eye upon thosa whom they pay fordoing their work , and will be more cautious in future how they heap those with reproach , who , seeing further than themselves
, entail upon them that odium which is sure to follow the slightest reflection upon favourites . We have f&fc it a duty thus to direct attention to those two genftemen ; and if the wholesome chastisement which they will assuredly receive , were not likely to operate as a warning to sinners in a less degree , there are others , whose doubtful conduct while in the Conference we would now comment upon . They have , however , we trust , learned a wholesome lesson . They have discovered , that in an assemblage of from 300 to 400 honest working men , who , after their work of three or four days is done , aremce more to return to their daily toil , faction cannot raise its head as in a Conven tion sitting for months , and consisting of from thirty to forty leaders ; many looking for jobs , and seeking for means to destroy all who are supposed to stand in their way . The delegates , that is , those
who expect benefit from the Charter , and who are honest in its advocacy , took the full measure of every man at the late Conference . This was its great , its inestimable value ; and if ever tho people meet again through their representatives , we hope that it will be for a time so short that faction cannot mature its projects , and in numbers of honest blister-handed working men so greatj that designing knaves will not be allowed to serve their factious purposes , while receiving the people ' s money for doing the people ' s business . The working men have now had a taste of the manner iu which some would have done their business . Thank God , the honest fellows were there to do it for themselves , otherwise we should have been sold neck ai d crop ; and some of our lecturers would have gladly embraced the golden ! opportunity afforded for establishing a union , of the terms of which we have had a fair specimen .
We rejoice that our London representatives have borne honourable testimony to the forbearance of Mr . O'Connor-, and that he has not furnished faction with a single charge against him during the whole of this trying struggle , while not a few complaints are communicated of the disgraceful manner in which that gentleman was attacked by many professing friends of the Charter . One Chartist lcomrer observed , npon rising to support Mr . Parry ' s motion , and alluding to jfftr . O'Connor , " Now , THEN , WE ' LL DRAW THE BADGER . " Upon the whole , we most cordially congratulate the people upon the opportunity afforded them of seeing , hearing , and judging- for themselves ; and
in the results they will have discovered some justification for those , who seeing all , cry out mad dog , when their friendB Btand in danger of being bitten . Let the people now reflect upon the carnage that their cause would have sustained had Mr . Philp been one of the Executive Committee . We shall return to this subject again and again . We have not yet touched upon the speech of Mr , Lawrence Heyworth , of Liverpool , delegate for Reading , and in which this self-styled philanthropist let the cat out of the bag , when he said , " We don't object to your principles or to your name ; WHAT WE WANT TO GET RID OF IS YOUR LEADERS , " pointing his finger at Mr . O'Connor . —Evening S ( or .
The Politician's Text Book,
THE POLITICIAN'S TEXT BOOK ,
Frightful Accident.—Oa Thursday Afternoon Last, About Two O'Clock, Mrs. Judd, The Wife Of Mr.
Frightful Accident . —Oa Thursday afternoon last , about two o ' clock , Mrs . Judd , the wife of Mr .
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Marriages.
MARRIAGES .
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DEATHS . On the 29 th ult ., at Richmond , in the 35 th year of his age , Ambrose Clement , Esq ., surgeon . Oa Saturday week , aged 37 years , of typhu * fever , Mr . John Barker , relieving officer for the township of Stanefeld , in the Todmorden Union , which office he had held from its formation m 1838 : his kindness endeared him to the poor , by v ? homtt 9 is greatly lamented ; an < i his Bteady obliging demeanour and integrity , had secured him the confidence and respect of the inhabitants of the township . -
. .... - Oa Wednesday , much lamented , Sarah , wife of Mr . John Jackson , bookseller , of this town . # On Wednesday 4 ast , a ^ d t ™> >* eaiS and e ^ * months , William , Ion . of Mr . James Wass , grocer aud tea dealer , Kirkgotc , in thistowu . On the 27 th ult ., at Hull , aged 60 years Jane , til * wife of Mr . William Mortimer , oi Mtllbndg « .
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On Saturday , at Bethel Independent Chapel , Wortley , by the Rev . R . L . Armstrong , Mr . Charles Hogg , clothier , to Misa Martha Smith , both of Horsfor-lb . This being the fiest marriage solemnized at the above place oi worship , the parties were exempted from pay meat of fees .
Oa December 30 th , at the Superintendent Rejiatirar ' s Office , Preston , Mr . John Joseph Berienguier , of Birmingham , to Ann , eldest daughter > f Mr . Thomas Couitheret , 6 hoe-maker , of Friargate , Preston .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 7, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct785/page/5/
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