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losKO . —Mi- Sherrard "will leciare on Sunday J ££ T * % Worlin * Man ' s Hall , Mile fed jload . Miss Susannah Inge , Trill lecture . at the same plawin the ^ renlng . „ , , ... ^ aisiBasK- —Dr . iPns ^ U ivffl lecture at the Mechanic ' s Instimtfori , Circus-street , J * ew-ro&d , on Sunday evening next , ai « i « ht o ' clock . Sokeks * Tows liCCAurr ^ -On Sanday evening aext , Mr . Grover will lecture at Mi . I ) nddridge ' s , Bricklayer ' s Anns , Tonbridge-Ktreet i New-road . Dka 3 * -stbks * jSoho . — -Mr . Da-Rio Trill lecture it flie Golden Lion , on Sanday neeu , ai eight o ' clock .
Hi . MaM 2 Tnll lecture at the Black Horse and "Windmffl , Tieldgate-sireet , "W hitechapeU on Sunday , the 27 th mat , at : eight o ' clock In the evening . . After ihe lecture , some Imporiant business . " A . Pcbeic setting Tnll be holden at the large AssemVly Rooas , of the Two Brewers , "Viae-street , Hatt » n > wall , % o 1 * £ e into consideration thedistressei state -of the country . The proceedings will coib-¦» esce at eight o ' clock precisely , —< &i Wednesdcy « ext tbe meeting Tnll be addressed hy Messrs ^ 'Gmh ^ FusBell , BolweE , daeton a ^ TTanjBsxkei « nd-SEarp . ....
A tJatBTisr meeting irfll be holdea at the Pasnoi ¦ O offeeiHouse , every Monday-evening , and tittbsTwo 3 Jrevrers on Wednesdays . Wabwick- —A meeting Tfill fee iolden aiihe SaraceaVhead i nextSondaj evening , precisely athalfpas ^ Beven o ' clock , when it is expected that the Delegate : Fnnd Trill be complefed . -BfliFiX . —A public meeting inR be fceldcn an the Chartist Association room , Pellos-Jane , on Mon-- ^ aj Ae 28 th Inst ., at eight o ' clock in the -evening , to -appoint a delegate to the projected Conference . A Spscm . Delegate Mroxnrc of -the Halifax 33 istrfct -will be iolden at Lower "Wartey , on ^ Sanday ( to-morrow ) , at two o ' clock in &e afternoon -A good attendance of delegates is expected . Sottkbbt . —A camp meeting will "be holden on vBatften tow MooronSanday , &pt . Srd , at two o ' clock an the afternoon .
ScsDEBiAKD . —Messrs . Dobie and "Chariton mil ¦ lecture on Monday evening , - ine 38 th inst ., in the Chartist room . Chair to he taken at eight- o ' clock precisely , Admission free . Oxdhax . —On Sanday , to-morrow , a leetnre TriJH = l » 4 elivered in the Chartist room , at six o ' clock in the evening , by a friend . Oh Waxes Tuesday & Tea Party and Ball will iake place in the Town Aall , Oldham . 3 Ir . O'Conr "Sor has pledged himself to attend . Mr . Buncombe is also invited , and expected to attend . Tea on the iable precisely » i ibnr o'clock , and lie Ball to com-3 aenca at ten . Gentlemen ' s tickets , to the body of -the hill , Is 2 i 5 Ladies , Is ; to platform , Gentlemen , Is 6 d ; Ladies Is 3 d each ; to Ball only 8 i each . Early * ppKcation is requested , as only a limited Mamber of tickets trill ~ be issued .
Bjubhtos . —The supporters of the cause of Ebeny : « a respectfully informed , that a Concert * nd Ball Trill be holden on Tuesday ibe 39 ih inst , at the -Artichoke Inn , William-street , forthe benefit of . Mr . "William Kower , sub-Treasurer , iheir old friend and labourer in ike csnse of tenth « od justice . The attendance of reformers is respectfully solicited . JSoiiiXGHiai . —Mr . DoyVs roato for the ensuing -week : —Notringham Market-place , on Sunday the -27 th ; ilantfield , on Monday the 38 th ; Sntton-in-Ashfield . on Tuesday the 29 th ; Bnhrell , on Wednes-4 xjihe 30 ih - Ilieston , on Thursday the 31 st inst . ;
and Derby on Sunday Sept . 3 rd . Bochdalk . —Mr . Thomas Davis , of Hjwick , will -deliver two addresses to-morrow , in the Chartist loom , top of Yorkshire-street , to commence at halfpast two and six o ' clock . HczutEBSFiKCD . —A District Delegate Meeting wffl beholden in the Chartist Toom , Honley , on Sunday ib * 27 lh inst , stone o ' clock ifl the afternoon . As -eolleciions were made at a nnmber of places , where Mr . Divies lectured , to defray the expenses attending the same , it is hoped that Deleeatea from those pl * oee will auemJjin order that > be money matters a » y besertled .
BttXiHGHAH . —A Grand Tea Party and Ball will be holden on Tuesday , September 5 th , in the Hall of Science , Lawrence-street , In honour of Thomas S . J&aneotnbe , &q , Mfq J . T . leader , E ? q ., JB . F ., W . Williams . £ sq ^ MJP ., and Shsrman Crawford , Ee q ^ M , P , Tickets , One Shflfing each . BiBXUtQHUi DiBTfiict—A delegate meeting will le held at Wednesbnry , on Sanday , Sept . 3 rd , when dekjrates from the followinE plices are regoested p > attend from Birmio £ &am , Walsall , Bilstoo , Wol-Trerhampton , Budley , Oidhury , Stourbridge , aad the jfonvandtBg district . SrocKTOBi . —A mimbers' meeting will be holden in the large room , Hillgate , at two o ' elock , to-mor-3 t » w ( Snad » j > - —Mx . Janes Lescb , of ilanchesier , TrHl ^ tetan in the erening , at six oVlock . Subject : * The Fallades of the Anti-Cora Law League . " Oh TutSDAT a pnblic meeting will be holden » t -eight o ' clock in tbe erenmg , to elect a delegate to the Conference to be holden at Birmisgbxm on Tne 9 d * j Sept . 5 th .
3 L » scHzstra . —Hr « J . B . Bairstow will deliver ft ltetnre in the Carpenters' Hall , ob Sanday eTeuing , Xto-mororw . ) Chiir lo be taken at half-past six o ' clock . The adjourned discussion upon the . Land question trill be resumed in the Large Ante-room of the aboTo Hall , on Sunday ( to-morrow . ^ Chair to fee taken it half-paet two o ' clock in tbe afternoon , DiTfaBCBT . —A PqVub Meeting for the Election > of Delegate * to the Birmio ^ ham Conference ( which is lo beliDlden on the £ ih i > T Sep ^ mber ) w fl ) be koldan in the Market-place , Dewsbary , -on Monday aext ^ ibe 28-J i instani . Cbair to be taken at seren 'dock .
SsrypiELD . —Gn Sunday , at half-past two o ' clock , that eloqueat adrocate of the people ' s ^ ixhls , Mr . Da-rid Hon , of Manchester , will delirer a lecture in the Eg-txe © 4 ane room , on the Bights ef Msa . In the erening of the s * me day on Too sreat Delusion . On Monday erezung , the same gecQeataa willdelirer * lecture on Political Power . Cotestett . —A public meeting will be holden in ikeCbaruEt As 8 o < daticmlloom , on Monday , August 28 : h , for the purpose © f electing a delegate torepreaent the Chartists of CoTentry in the forthcoming Biraungham Conference .
BuADPOJtc . —On Snoaay eTening , zX serai ¦*< iock , » lecture will be deliTered in the large room , Botterworth BftHdinga , on the Marions Plans < ot Organization , new befcre the public . Discussion intiled . After the lecture , a collection will be made , 4 » defray theexpeneeof the West Biding delegates io tbe Jortboomias Conference . A Cmcp Mhhwo will be held * t Apperley Bridge , Mt two o ' clock is the afternoon , on Sunday . Thb Chaktisb of Little florton , will meet in t » e School Room , Park Place , on Sanday morning , at aine o ' clock .
Tax Chxbxxsts of Mansingham , will meet in iheir Boom , on Sanday morning , at ten o ' clock , on important bnsiBees . A full attendance is expected . The Chabhsts of Bowling Back Lane will meet is tberr Boom , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock ; aztd ai two o ' clock in -the afternoon , -when a discossaon will lake place oo Organization . The Chastists of George ' s-street , will meet on Sunday , at sine o ' clock . The Shareholders of the Co-operative Store , wiU meet in the Store , Chapel Lane , on Monday eyening , at « gbt o ' clock .
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Lxrob ixroxTknex or Fbdh . A- Or , % x * af tfflassiBSffSS ? Boarf - - « TWwlWlitaen « M 5 f ^ liSS . penshable vtieles brought wWn 4 S ^ tS goading eommewed 3 & * MkSS 3 g £ 1 i » whole wa ^ r lMd ed in excell en t ton ditioiu ^ nT-« fa » inj 5 arrnredby the £ nfttrain from Leeds nu > <*»• fro *** pretty briskly , * £ & $£ -OdiTerj oT the «« o was completed . «» iw £ ; S !
m . nen . oon , upwards of 1 , 700 pecks * f appla and pea ^ s . and 5 , W 0 Ibs of red « urrents had b © en : § eBpa ?< a > e * bj ^ w » y : fqr tbemarkttt © f the W ^ t Siding . Web ^ eTesoineinrtbMpaTcela were sent Hy ib * nea ?* tram . Thw cargo included 1 , 010 baskeis ( 3 , ^) 50 ^ eek e ) apples » nd pears ; 336 baskets , l&baJeael ^ V «» Jrt » I « 3 ditto plnnxs ( 50 of which went to Leeds ) ; 1 of jndons 5 = 2 of « ucHmbers j 81 ) of j prkinu i 2 cratea * f cauliflowers ; and 637 bu > hri Baskatsofpolaioes , , V ) getb $ r with seTeral packages « f Mmx XBOts , aadt ^ eotJ baakete of dried yeast , with wine , madders , oxc
The Tx0et T /Hrlf Stae Saturday, August [26. 1b43,
THE TX 0 ET / HRlf STAE SATURDAY , AUGUST [ 26 . 1 B 43 ,
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* THE LAND" AN , D THE LEEDS MERCURY CABBAGES amd 'Potatoes , versus "HISTORIES OF THE COITOH TBA » B . " Whes the employment of our unemployed labour and unprodue'rive capital , upon the , soils of our own country , nno ' . er circnmstanceB that will ensure independence to tbe labourer , has been advocated , as Che means of produaing flentt for all , and removing the horrible mass of poverty and misery caused in the manufactaring districts by the labour-displa < dng-prooess of machinery ; and in thesgrioultural districts , by the Big Farm Bull-Frog system : when thiB plain , simple , easy , and practicable plan of relief has been proposed , rather than the enactment of
. a measure which will cause a farther H extension" of machinery in the manufacturing districts , and , by consequence , a further displecemlcnt of labourers ; and cause , too , the main portion of the lands in the agricultural districts to be still lest cultivated than they are at present by the Boll-Frogs , and , by consequence , a still further decrease of the number of labourers employed in tilling the' soil : when the friends to the application of Hoxe-Labouh for the production of Homb-Food , have hinted that common sense dictated that it would be more Judjjanalical to make our own Land produce the quantity of food required , ratter than he placed in a position to fee DEPBKDAKTon others for that which we could not
do without : when this scheme has ; been advocated , both as a measure of sound national policy , and as the only means of real relief from the miser ? and destitution engendered by the present direction of our National Energies , a yell ef clamour has been set up by the " Profound Political 'Economists" as senseless as it has been loud . " England can not produce enough ot corn . " " She can not , becausb she does not . " M Capital ' will always be employed in those pursuits that will give a return ; and it is clear that if a better cultivation of the Land would be more remunerative , more capital
wonld be employed in that cultivation . " u We shall therefore always have to depend on rtbe foreigner for » portion of oar supply : and it is manifestly our interest to get it from Jam as cheap as we can ; and all laws \ feat would prevent us from doing so , though passed to PROTECT home labodb , are vicious in principle , and injurious in practice . " Such are a few of the Cuckoo Bongs that are instantly sung , the moment % plain , simple , oonunon-Een&e , unpretending politician , ventures to Bpeak of The Lakd as a remedy for tbe national evil of non-employment , and as ihejirst and best field for the exercise of National energy .
It is in vain that you addnoe factt in support of yonr common-sense positions . It is in vain that yon shew that the Land is , in reality , vxm . \ . i 3 > , compared with what it might be , by the aid » f science and modern improved modes of culture . It is in vain that you point attention to the well-known fact , that no pains have been taken , comparatively speaking , to encourage agricultural science ; while every care has been had to foster H invention" and u
improvement" in manufacturing machines , until the whole art is now almost wholly performed by inanimate means ; and chemical power , applied to the perfection , in a few hours , of prooessea connected with manufactures which before-time occupied more than months . It is in vain that you shew that the implements mainly used by the tiller of the soil , are tbe ruda and Hi-adapted ones of more than a thousand yean make ; that few have turned their attention to the employment of the new lights of science in tbe construction of tools wherewith to cause the earth to teem with tlsktt in abundance ; and that fewer cttll have striven to cause the far deeper and more general chemical knowledge we now possess to be
employed in aid of agriculture . It is in vain that you show that tbe operations of our Boll-Frog Big Farm system tend to the bad-culture and no-culture of the Land { even rude as culture now l >) i from the absolute impossibility of one man attending to the uanti of inch an extent ot surface as the Big Farm system causes him to have ; that he cannot have the requisite capital ; nor if he bad , ( which is not at all desirable ) be cannot rightfully superintend the necessary operation * from . sheer want of time to attend to all and each . It is in vain that you show the
baneful workings of onr iniquitous law of primogeniture , which causes the Land to be loeked up in th e hands of the few to the wrong and great injury of the many . It is in vain that yon demonstrate the evils to agrifiultnre itself , attendant on tho making of the landlord ' s land tbe qualification for the subservient tenant ' s vote . It is in vain that yoa prove , by actual experiment , tehat can be done vnth the Land by improved implements , a judicious application of chemical knowledge , and improved modes of culture . It is in vain that you prove that it is possible , in all
casa , to quadruple your produce , from land badly tilled , by tilling according to a Jest expensive mode . It is in vain that you show , by actual fact , that the produce may , in many instances , be increased tenfold , and more . It is in vain that you show that the rudest and most antiquated modes of culture are the most expensive and wasteful ; and that a less outlay of labour and capital , if judiciously and scientifically applied , wonld result in a far better retain . It is in vain that you adduce , and prove all these things . The profound political economist" heeds
them not . Wrapped up in the axioms of his Bchool ; crammed to the throat with the cuckoo sayings of bis tribe ; stuffed with seW-conceit and pufj vanity , almost to bursting ; big with disdain of all that is unprettnding and *• nn-learned "; being , in sh ^ rt , the actual embodyment of superciliousness avd COXCombery . your CHACK " profauni political economist" will dispatch your facts with a sneer ; and forthwith spont a lot of theory" to PROVE to you that that ichich you xffow hat been done , could rot by POfSIBOm bs J 3
Precisely such an animal as this , is the ** Profound Political Economist" of the Leeds Mercury ; and precisely in this manner has be met tbe advooacy of tbe employment of The Lajvj > to the removing of the destitution caused to the manufacturing and agricultural workers by his " political economy . " The advocacy of the employment of The Lakd to such an end as we have just spoken of , is no new thing with the Northern Star . The letters of Mr . O'Consob in its pages have done much in the way of
forming public opinion upon the question , by directing public attention to it , and setting forth the advantages to be derived to all classes of society from a proper and useful application of labour ' s energies to our own soil ; and we trust that the many Editorial articles that have appeared , from time to time , and months ago , from the pen of the present : writer , have not been without their effect . The present position of The La » d question clearly shews that the effort ^ of its advocates have not been in vain . It aow
occu-. pies , in some shape or other , tbe main portion of the public attention . What is the erf for , and the dread of , fixity of tenure , " but the Land question forcing for itself a way through and amidst the u profound political economical" nostrums of the day , Bhameing them out of existence by mere force of contrast ? The battling of Rebecca" [ with " fixed tithes , taxes , and rents : " what is that but the LaKD question in another phase , struggling to get itself into its own Andproper position ! Thenow incessant advice from onr " profound political economists" themselves to tho agriculturalists , to rely more upon
improved modu of culture for a return for their capital than npon protective laws , is bntj another indication of the i ^ eneralfeelingin connection with tke dne occupation and employment of the soil : and this indication ia * U the more satisfactory , because it demonstrates ft at the " profound " tones themselves i thoBe wb » used to talk that" U would it veltuere ih * jUld , ; f England tottered over with on encrustation tfl ^ vx ^ PH ST 1 E M , gjUtynB op a » , to »« , oy ^^ oa ¦ entue populate mi sht * empt ied in manuf ^ tu , * ,, tojnve to the formsne r * , ^ nhanoe for hit much
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cheaper agricultural produce , both corn and cattle ;" it demonstrates that the M wise" men who could at one timei wben the ** manufacturing game" was " profitable ; " when it was leaving its thousands and its KlLUONsto the " masters , ' and "more kicks than ha ' pence" to the men ; it shews that even those , who could then spout this balderdash , and wish England a barren rock , are now forced , themselves , to consider upon : The Land question , and teaoh the fanner howto use his soil to produce more of national wealth ,
What is the loud demand of tbe working people for a plain , ; simple , and efficient plan for practical operations on the Land , bat the effort of man to regain his natural position , from which he has been dislodged by the combined operations of high-tax * ation , paper-money , and an unduly-hot-bed-foroed amount of manufacturing machinery i Yes ! The Lasd question i 3 THE QUESTION of the day ; and well is it for the suffering poor that it has been so strenuously and so successfully forced upon general public attention .
But what has all this to do with me , exclaims the " Profound Political Economist '' of the Leeds Mercury . Why have you mixed me up with your Land question ? What have I to do with it , whether you choose to advise people to grow potatoes or not ? Pray what connection has my " History of the Cotton Trade" to do with cabbages ! Softly , good Mercury . Don't get out of wind . You'll need it just now to blow your OWN Potatoes with , as they are just about to be served-up again , all hot "; and we intend you and ourselves to " disonss" them together . You are a " dab hand " at growing them , we all know : let us see what sort of & customer at eating you are .
It was hot long ago , Mr . Mercury , that you sneered at Mr . O'Connob , because he drew a perfectly legitimate deduction from a plain unmistakable fact of experiment : and you asked if it were " possible that any man in Euiope oonld be so ignorant , as to be imposed upon by such a monstrous mass of absurdities" ! The fact whiob Mr . O'Connob detailed , was , that Mr . John Linxon , of Selby , Yorkshire , nineteen miles from Leeds only ( not in Japan ) ; had proved to himself , from actual practice ; from actual experiment ; that a little more than , three roods of land , with more than ohe-third of it in grass , could bo made to produce , after paying a
rack rent , and after paying taxes , and for seed , and tn wear and tear of implements : Mr . John Linton PROVED to himself , that he oould , from the abovespecified small extent of land , and that too not of th « best quality , but far from it when he b 9 gan his experiment , and with less than two-thirds of it in cultivation : the f act from which Mr . O'Connor drew his deduction wa » , that Mr . John LiNton made manifest , at Selby , no further from Leeds than Selby—one hour ' s ride—that 4 , 021 square yards of land , with 1 , 350 square yards of it in grass ; that this small extent , when partially cultivated , oould be
made to yield crops worth £ 57 , after paying rack bent , taxes , for seed , and for wear and tear of implements J Snob was tbe fact narrated by Mr . O'Connob , on the authority of Mr . John Linton himself , who is no , stranger in Selby , which is only nineteen miles from Leeds ; and the inference that Mr . O'Connob drew from that fact was , that if three roods of Land would leave £ 57 , after payments as above set forth , foub acres cultivated in the same manner only : \ . e ., with more than one-third'of it hi grass , would leave £ 305 . TbiB fact , and the naturally-formed inference from it , the Mercury designated " a monstrous mass of absurdities" : and asked " if it was
possible for any man in Europe to be so ignobaht [ yes , IGNORANT was the word !] as to be impoBed upon" by them ! It happened , however , that the " profound" Mercury , had himself vouched for the accuracy of a much more apparent " monstrous mass of absurdities , " whiob made the doings of Mr . Linton , extraordinary as they appeared to the " Profound Political Economist , " to be a mere bagatelle , when compared with tbe doings of tbe " potatok-6 roweb of the Mercury . We have , juat now , to report some more " doings" of Mr . John Linton , who lives at
Selby ; and a portion of those doings relate to potatoe-growing" too;—( perhaps he has been trying to beat the Mercury ; with what success we 6 h&ll soon see ) . Indeed , tho main object that we have in view is to chronicle those " doings" of Mr . Linton , round-about as we may appear to go to work to accomplish that object . The fact is , that a bare sight of Mr . Linton ' s letter brought to mind the agricultural labours of the M r-aopouND" ifercury ** Potatoe-gTower ? ' and we could not refrain from cooking up " the mess" over again , and having a tete-a-tete with •* the grower" while we " skinned his murphy" !
We will very soon have Mr . Linton's account of his new doings ; but it shall be by way of dessert . The meal : ue . the feed , shall be the Mercury " & own . Whether his potatoes are " meally" or not , will be best proved by tbe eating . First , then , for the sneer : and then the dish of " Prince Regents , " warmed-up , and seasoned with pepper . "Chartist Prospects . —That very profound politician and political economist , Mr . Feargua O'Connor , U at present engaged in developing a plan for tbe
advancement of tbe wealth and happiness of his followers , and for wearing the luccew of the Charter . This scheme la beautifully simple , and is comprehended in the single sentence—* Get possession of the land . ' Not ail the land , that is unnecessary ; hot each Chartist is to buy or tent lout sues . Having accomplished thiB object , be i « to set about the cultivation of his farm , and the following he ia assured will be the reward of h $ B labour *; a large Iroafotmder , of tbe name of Linton , at Selby , in Yorkshire , the Chartists are told , cultivates three roods of land , near the town of Selby , with ctls-UnguUhed success .
'" And now , says Feargus , 'for the result of his experiment ; fare quote Mi . O'Connor ' s own words )—* upon this three quarters of an acre he last year fed ( wo cowi arid eight pigs , besides a quantity of poultry , tndhad vegetables for his table . We will suppose the e tght pigs to consume as much as two cows , in order th at we may come to something like a calculation of - » al iie- ^ ° do this be baa not cultivated anything near the 1 wtire of the three quarters of an acre and be gives bis h . 'tourer 3 s . a day for ever ; day ' s work . Leaving ou » , tL ^ d * everything but the four cows , Bee what the profit 0 f nineteen days' labour leaves , for that is , I understand , the nnmber of days' work required for ali Mt . L \ bU > u's operations up to tbe present time . If an operative c ^ n D 0 W tM bis labour for fifteen shillings a week he \ xmsiders himself a happy man ; and let us
see by this a cafe what it would be worth . We must not suppose that Mr . Llnton ' a bad ground possesses much charm-1 ^ yond that which labour can communicate , and tho ^ ' OUowing is the result upon tnree quar . ters of an acre . He feeds , or could feed , four cows . Suppose such cows * ° « 'Te Bix Quarts of milk at a msal , for iheabcspinmer j , months at 2 d . per quart , each cow produces £ 18 4 s . 1 ' ° rth of milk ; but to be under , take £ 3 4 s . from the p toduce of each , it leaves profit npon the four cows tor thirty days' labour , and 15 s . rent , for this land u » ° t worth more than £ l the acre , or 15 s . for three qi carters of an acre . Now four acres cultivated in tbe ua . ^® ' »?» would leave , after deducting tbe- ; £ 3 4 s . from t oe above moderate cost of production sad price , the sum ° * . £ 300 per annum , out of which £ 4 for rent should be *««!•'
•* Is it possible that any man in . Europe cin be so ignorant as to be Imposed upon by thu ^ -monstrous mass of absurdities ? And is it further pv ^ ble that such a man should * et himself np for the . 'winder of apolitical sect 7 which is in due time to callow up all other political parties , and to become Loi " 1 of the Ascendant . "— Leeds Mercury , May 6 th , 1843 . Now , it might , in all conscience , be coi" ^ de I 6 d- full answer to the above specimen of Merout W " P <> - fundhy" to adduce the statement of Mr . Lii / toa * * to wh&t he has actually done with his little more th an three roods oft / round . It might be considered , . * nd would bo , a full crushing answer to this sneeihN ** Political Economist , " to show that when Mr . Linton ' * three rood > , partly cultivated , leaves £ 57 , after paying a " RACK-rent , " and payment of taxes too , as
well as for seed , and . wear and tear of implements , Form acres cultivated in the same manner , and bearing the same rate of expence , would leave £ 305 !! as I have conclusively shown in the foregoing part of this letter . This , I say , migfit be considered , and would be , a sufficient answer . But I will not leave ! ft there . I will not oontent myself with that statement and that shewing . Mr . Linton is not the only one who has been trying experiments with small portions of land . Others have turned their attention to thi * matter , as well as Mr . Lintoa ; and I am happy to : be able to give the results of a series of ** experiments , " which fully bear out Mr . Linton ' s statements , and are besides hard " facts" which will takealHhe pro ! nndity " oftb » "Po 3 iticaiEconomist " of the Mercury te overcome 1 Here is the statement :
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, " Gkowth of Potatoes . —A correspondent , who takes a good deal of interest in the production of potatoes , and who on a former occasion furnished ua with a communication on this subject , sends us the following as the result of Wa labours . The expertmonta maybe foond very useful to thoBe patties who are jart now engaged in cultivating small plots o ! ground . The plan has been pursued for two years ; the month of March in both years being selected for planting . Io order toi show which plan Is the most productive , every row of potatoes is reckoned ten yards long , and the first row to produce 40 pounds : — ' lbs . « 1 st Ashtop Potatoes , sfza of a hen egg , cut lit two , but planted before they begin to sprout ; many small ones when ripe ... ... ... 40
' •* 2 nd . Ashtop Potatoes , cut la two , but sprouted one inch before they were planted ; tho tops were sherfrer and the potatoes ready for use fourteen days sooner ; when ripe , few small 30 ¦ " 3 rd . Ashtop potatoes , the sizs of a goose eg ? , planted , whole , and sprouted one Inch ; when full grown very bushy , and ! few small ... ... - 40 " 4 th . Ashtop Potatoes , cut in two , and sprouted one inch ; they were ready for use fourteen days sooner than the above ... ... ... — 45
" 6 th . Ashtop Potatoes , cut in two , and planted before they begun to sprout ; when ripe , part small ... ... ... 40 " It appears in Ibis statement , that one ABhtop potatoe , the aizs of a hen egg , cut in two , produced the same weight as the size of a goosa egg Bet whole : the only difference is , that there were less small in the latter ; and it will be found that a potatoe cut in two , will , after having made its appearance above ground , in the course of ten or fourteen days , appear more promising than a whole potatoe ; in about a fortnight af werwards , however , the whole one will take the lead , but the cut potatoes will be ready for use first . lbs .
; " 6 tb . Prince Regent Potatoes , the size of a wallnut , planted whole , before they began to sprout ... 80 " 7 th . Prince Regent Potatoes , cut in pieces , so as to leave only one eye for a plant ; very weak ... 30 <* 8 th . Prince Regent Potatoes , tke 8 : ' za of a cricket-ball , cut in two , but sprouted one inch ... 160 " 9 th . Prince Regent Potatoes , sprouted one inch , and planted whole 120 " 10 th . Prince Regent Potatoes , cut in pieces , ao as to leave only one eye for a plant ; strong tops ... 60 " 11 th . Whole Prince Regents , tbe size of a child ' s ball , planted with long stable litter ... 22 " All the potatoes ( excepting No . 11 ) were planted with manure composed of ashes , road-scrapings , lime , soot , night soil , &o ., well mixed together .
"The land is rich block soil , clay , sand , and red earth , and in order to ensure a fair trial , six rows of each aott of potatoes were planted in different parts of the field ; and potatoes have been grown on the same land for four years , and the last crop has been the best . Our correspondent formerly sent an account of 10 yards 10 inches producing 10 stones 5 lbs ., the tops weighing 7 stones 3 lbs . ; out of 12 rows , measuring 10 yards each , he obtained 70 stones 5 lbs ,, or out of 120 yard . 985 lbs . of potatoes : 24 of these potatoes weighed 28 lbs . " Ashtop Petatoess-ThQ ridges were twenty inches asunder ; Prince Regents . ... ... thirty inches . "
Now , where does the reader imagine I have picked up this statement 1 Where is it from 1 From the Chartist , Mr . Linton 1 or from a Chartist at all . No ! It is from tho Leeds Mercury itself ! J ! Tho " correspondent" is the Mercury ' s own ; and the truth of this " monstroii 3 mass of absurdities" is vouched for by the Mercury ' s *• profound" self ! Let us examine this statement . Let us analyse it . Let us Bee if it does bear out both Mr . Linton and myself . pne row , ten yards long , produced , of Prince RigeRt s potatoes ( No . 8 , in statement ) 16 " 0 ibs . This sort was planted in rows thirty inches apart . A 6 mall plot of land , ten yards long , and ten yards broad , making 100 square yards in all , would have twelve rows , ten yards long , producing 1601 bs . each row : or l , 92 f ) lbs . in the whole .
In an acre of land « there are 4 , 840 square yards . If 100 square yards produce 1 , 32011 ) 8 , one acre cultivated ia the same way will produce 92 , 92 Clba ; and four aches will produce 37 l \ 7021 bs . A bushel of potatoes is accounted to weigh 721 bs . ; when bought by weight , 721 b . is given to the bushel . One hundred square yards will therefore produce 2 & | bushels ; an acre will produce 1 . 290 bushels ; and four acres 5 , 160 bushels . Potatoes are now selling , from the boats at Warehouse-hill , in Leeds , at 0 d . for 48 iba ; i . e . Is . lid . the bushel of 721 bs . ' This price is extremely low ; lower that has been known for a considerable period . The average price is accounted la . 6 * d . per bushel . I will , however , take the present market price , | f one bushel of Potatoes sells for Is . Id ., the produce of foub acres , 5 , 160 bushels , will sell for £ 290 23 . 44 . ' !!
Bravo " pbofundity" ! I estimated the yearly amount of produce of four acres , when cultivated solas to give FIVE CROPS in three Ykars , at £ 300 j and THE " Political Economist" of the Mercury exclaims " is it posaiblo that any man ia Europe can be bo ignorant as to be imposed upon by this monstrous mass of absurdities . " The Mercury him * pelf shows from actual fact , from stern stubborn "experiment , " that four * ro = o , xvua onty VISE CHOP per year , will produce £ 290 2 s , 4 d . ! !! Where now is the sneer f The Mercury ' s man has beaten Mr . Linton hollow ! His " monstrous mass of absurdities" are sober statements , compared with the " monster montropit ies" of the Mercury . Let us examine each of them .
Mr . Linton ' s statement is , that upon 1 , 740 yards he produces 140 bushels of potatoes . The Mercury ' s Man produces upon 1 , 748 yards 46 ' 6 busbela !! 3 ob MORE THAN THREE TIME 9 THE QUANTITY I Mr . Linton , with his mode of cultivation , keeps upon the produce of his little mere than three roods , two cowa and eight pigs . For tho fake of simplicity , in that letter from which the Mercury made his extract , I supposed the eight piga to consume as much as two cows ; and assumed that the produce would maintain four cowa . The Mercury's Man , if he could produce five crops in three years , with aa great an increase upon Mr . Linton's produce as in the case of the potatoes , would bo able to keep three times the quantity ofmattle I Should we say that Mr . Linton could keep four cows , the Mercury ' s Man oould keep twelve ' . Should we say , what is the actual
fact , that Mr . Linton keeps two cows and , eight pigs , tbe Mercury ' s Man could keep sis cows and twenty-four pigs ! But should we sink thepifts altogether , as the Mercury seems to doubt the pig-keeping capability of three roods of land , and sayithafc Mr . Linton only produces food for two cows , the ! Mercury ' s man would find food lor six !! Mr . Linton , with his two cows , and his 140 bushels of potatoes , calculated at Is , the bushel , shews a return for labour of £ 57 33 . 4 d ., after rent , taxes , seed , and weir and tear of implements has been paid . Tae Mrrcury ' s man would have a return for labour of £ . 17 i 10 s . for the little more than three roods !! If he could do this with the amouut of laud Mr . Linton farms , he could produce from four acres tbe sum of £ 844 6 a . 2 d . ! » !
And " THE Political Economist" of the Mercury , u profoundly" sneers at me for saying that the produce of Fouii acres might be made to amount to £ 300 . Let his ' Profoundship' try again . " Now then we have had the "feed ' - , and a precious one it is , to say that it is provided at the expense of a " profound political economist . " We will now serve up the dessert , provided by a plain . "ignorant ' grower of " masses of absurdities . " Here it is : — " Selby , Aug . 17 th , 1843 . " Pear Sir , —I have now reaped the whole of my first crop of cabbages and potatoes for this year . The following is the result T have had 7400 early York cabbagas from the plots ef lands Nob . 2 and 3 . On the 2 nd of June , some of them weighed libs . each . I sold them to persons to retail at thirty-two for a shilling . What I sold was the heart of the cabbage cut out * tbe remainder to
I' ^ ave cattle ; SOME WEIGHING AS MUCH AS FOUB POUNDS AFTER TUB 1 IJBAKT WAS SOLD . I had a great number of people to see them ; and all declared they were the finest crop they bad ever seen . No . 1 waa planted witb 7 > otatoes , called'Early Maize . I have bad this crop measured ; the produce was at the rate of 568 bushels ptr sere . I sold them at 2 s . per bushel . I have now an excellent crop ef Swedish turnipa on the same ground , plot No . 1 . Oa the 13 th . of June No . 2 was planted with Prince Rkgent potatoes . To all appearance , at present , this will BE A MOST extraordinary CROP . , 1 never , iu Bilmylife , saw anything to equal it . No . 3 ia planted with Swedish turnips . They are the finest 1 have seen anywhere this season . Many of them are now aa large as a cricket ball . I cannot even imagine to what an extent the land may be made to produce . The improvement in my crops every year ia so gre . tt as to perfectly astonieb
me . . : " I am , dear Sir , yours , most respectfully , •* John Linton . " Quantity of land , No . 1 ... 826 equate yards . No . 2 ... 923 ditto . No . 3 ... 923 ditto . No . 4 ... 1350 ditto in grass .
Total , ... 4021 ' . 1 t * . Ahf Mr . LiNiON is not a " profound political economic ^ "> or he would have known that "improvement" ? in cM » is "impossible . " "It is impossible for us to gi ^ W ' food enough in England f u we don't i therefore we can ' t . * , Jsuch are the AXIOMS of " profound poL'tfcal economy" had Mr . Linton learned them rightly , * i > A to the exclusion of all sense , { common and uncommon , he would have bad no donbS respecting the capabilities of the soil . H » 3 " imaginings" aa to "what amount tho Land might ; be made to produce" would have been very small I
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Seven thousand four hundred cabbages from one thousand eight hundred and forty-six square yards of land- ! an d [ some of them weighing sev £ N pounds each by the 2 nd of June I ! and at Selby too ! bo near Leeds as Selby ! Really if this be true , and done so near home ; our home , and the bomb , too , of the man of "profundity " ' , if this be even so , we shall begin to doubt some of the axioms of " political economy , " and entertain a faint idea that good Old England may yet be made te produce enough of food for us , without our having to set tbe Americans to work to keep our jaws going ! ^— 1 « tf * V — _ J _ ^ J __ lkL . A ^ - ^ ff-- "— - __
It was oaly \ tfte hearts of hia cabbages that Mr . Linton sold ; he kept tbe rest for " fodder ; " some of the " leavings" weighing no Ubb than 41 ba . each . Say that lie had 2 lbs . each , from the whole 7 , 400 cabbages sold ] : here would be food for a cow , for ninety-three djays , at 160 lbs . a-day ; and this too , after selliog £ 12 worth of hearts : aad all from a piece of Land only containing 1846 square yards . Verily Mr . Lintjn has cause to say , "it is almost impossible to imagine what The Land can be made to produce . "
We had heard of these cabbages , before Mr . Linton sent tbe account inserted above . 7 c happens , as we have before stated several times over , thai Selby is only distant [ from Leeds some nineteen miles . It so happened too , that the main . or at least a large portion , of Air . Linton ' s cabbages have found their way into Leeds market ! Loads of them have been fetched from Selby to Leedk , by Leeds green grocers , and sold to the Leeds Lieges in the Vicar ' s Croft market . Many of the teeth of the Leeds Loinera" have come in
contact with Mr . Linton ' s ** monstrous mass of absurdities " : but they have gotten through them , and they have digested better , and done more good , than any the " pro / bund" man of the Mercury over served up , always saving and excepting his "dish" of " prime potatoes" ! But the cabbages are not all . There has been a crop of potatoes ; and again there are crops of Swedish turnips and potatoes now on the ground . The potatoes are of the Mercury ' s own sort—Prince Regents . Mr . Linton says that " the crop promises to bo a most extraordinary one ; " he never , " in all his life , saw anvthing like it . " Ah !
ha never saw th 3 crop the " profound" man grew ! He never saw the crop at tbe rate of 92 , 9261 * 3 . per acre ! He has yet to hide his " diminished head . " His " Early Maize crop , " though most extraordinary for early potatoes , was only at the rate of 40 , 896 ibs . per aore . M Profundity . " beat that ! How mattera will etand , when Mr . Linton reaps his Prince Regents , remains to be seen . But we " would seriously recommend the " Profound Political Economist" of the Mercury to run down to Selby to see them growing , j if he can spare so much time from his " profound 71 ! studies . He can then judge whether be is likely to be "done , " or not , in the matter of " tatcr growing ; " aDd , if necessary , hatch a "thumper '' or two to get himself oat of the mess .
j It ought to be mentioned that the Prince Regent potatoes now growing in Mr . Linton ' s small plot of Land , were planted according to the directions given in Mr . O'Connor ' s work on the management of Small Farms . ) Tbe number of that work containing the general instructions relative to potato-planting , reached Selby jast about when Mr . LlNTON was ready for planting bis Plot No . 2 with potatoes for a second crop . He was much struck with the reasoning of Mr ^ O'CJoNNoa on the subject ; particularly
with that portion of it contending for the great advantage of planting sets whole , and uncut ; and these , too , the iargest of the sort of potato you plant . He therefore wisely determined to try it . He planted the largest Prince Regents he could procure ; planted them whole ; and his letter says that " he never , in all his life , eaw anything equal to the promised crop . " And now then working-men , a word with you . Do you think chat the land would not do as well
for you , individually , bad you but your share of it , as it doeB either for Mb . Linton or the " profound " Mercury ? Could not you manage to dig it with a spade ; to rake ] it with a rake ; to hoe it with a hoe ; to put " muck' ] on it , and spread it , and dig it in ; to plant cabbage-plants , or " Bet" potatoes % Could you not rnanogi . io " ow" your cabbages when they were grown ; and " get" your potatoes when they were ready t pmld you not manage to do these things ? For it is only these things that Mr . Linton does , to get the " extraordinary" crops that
he is every now and then telling us of . Labour , applied to the land is the secret of Mr . Linton ' s euccebB . There is no other secret about it . He has not sun , ( day and night , as some of you might suppose . He has no means of causing the shower to come , only whea God pleases to send it . He cannot keep off frosts , or cause dry weather , when it ia " steeping wet . " He can do none of these things . He can only watch the seasons as they come , applying laboubso as to take the greatest advantage of them . You have the labour . You only want The Lanp whereon to employ it : and then you could live well , if you could manage to eat what you grew . To get that Land should be your main , your first object . In another part of this sheet is detailed A PLAN by which this LAND may be got ; and the means of
protection when you have it {—political poweb . Look that Plan over . Study it well . And if it seems to you , on ] examination , to be calculated to got you The Land , set to work under it , to carry both objects . Organize under it . Apply the means you have at your command ; and you will ver y SOON BE ABLE TO GROW CaBBAGES AND POTATOES FOR YOURSELVES ! i You will then not oare much about " Baines ' s History of the Cotton Trade . " The Rotten Cottons and the" author" of their " Hjstory" and your ( ( now ) misery , may then go and lament together for "the days of auld lang-syne , ' when Cotton-lords , with their hundreds of thousands .
engrossed in a few years , pleaded rtjin as a reason why they should drain the last drop of blood from out of the shrivelled and almost dried-up carcases' of their workmen . For the present we leave this question . We shall , however , return to it next week . We have not done with the " Profound Political Economist" of the Mercury . We have some more " pie" for him ; not printers' " pie , " nor potatoe " pie" ; but " political economical" " pie . " We shall shew that The Land has been prescribed by Mr . Baineshimself , as " our last ,. our only rcsouree" ! We shall prove , from
him , and by him , J that " one of the natural consequences of machinery must he the decrease of labour * ' 1 We shall shew that he has declared , under his own hand , that "in mainifactnreg , he cannot gat a glimpse of hope respecting jthem "; "that the common subject of complaint is , the want of employment for bo , th males and females ; for both young , middle-a » ed , and old persons" ; that , " the introduction of any other manufacture might shift the evil , but would not remove it" ; and th&t ** he can see [ wiih us ] no help , no employ , BU ? IN THETSOIL" ! !! All this we will prove ] from Mr . Baines ' s own month ; and then we shall leave him to nettle the question of his " profundity" with the public as he likes . A fine " pio" for you , readers , next week !
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fate of those countries whose destinies are coot , mitted to such misrule . Bnt , in oar grief , wg CANNOT FOB GST THE MOST GPlLTT PARTT ! those , who by directing the Reform Bim . from its promised purpose , prepared the public mind , by progressive acts of tyranny , for that state of things which they have been mainly instrumental in producing . We can see the injustice of an ¦* ' Irish Arms' Bill , " as keenly as others We can look with horror upon the first step towards the attainment of an " Irresponsible Standing Army / ' and can imagine the trees which msty be Jl 1 _ _ J > A % _ . _ - ^ - a ^_ i »^ A ^* AM m ^ h ^ m JkwA * 4 A Arw % 1 AM ** ' «¦« % AAtb
made of this assumption of power by the minister . In this move , we see tbe military force of Britain divided into two distinct armies , having two distinct and separate interests : the Parliamentary army , subject to the annual vote of Parliament for its subsistence ; and the Royal army , irresponsible to Parliament , and under tbe command of the Minister . It is folly to talk of Parliament having controul over the "Invalid National GxrABD ^ r * They have been enlisted for the remainder of life ; and so well matured were the plans of our ° physical force' * government under their general , that Ministers rejected the limitation of enlistment to five years . We can regret the proposed means for redressing Welsh
grievances , by adding new burdens to their already overload of suffering , in the shape of a county police , paid for by the sufferers as the penalty of their rashness for complaining . We can cast a backward glance ai ihe " bill of fare , " which , at the opening of Parliament , was laid upon the table , as compensation for the "supplies" to cook it . We can admit the " something promised / ' and tbe "worse than nothing performed . " W © can pity Ministerial profligacy in the . midst of National distress . But , for the life of us , we cannot see any great distinction between the foul deeds of the past and the foul deeds of all former Sessions . Tbe only difference is that IT WAS NOT THE WHIGS , BDT THE TOBIES WHO DID IT !
Had the WhigB perpetrated the Sessional atro * cities , the Tories would have backed them in the good work ; and authority would have gained much that it has lost by the faint opposition of the Whigs , To ramble over the sayings and doings of the two Houses , would be an insult to our readers . We have long laboured to bring corruption into disgrace ; and we have at length succeeded in directing the public mind from the "little minds withitt" to the "great minds without . " The centralization of the few bas triumphed over the disorganized many ; but tho roused many have at length seen the weakness of iheir opponents .
Did the supporters of the Whigs from 1833 U > 1841 , attempt to hamper our tyrant masters , who reigned during that long season of rank oppression ! No ! no ! Every act of tyranny was palliated by the cry : " the Tories would do worse . " The Tories have given a standing army to England ; bat did not the Whigs give a standing army to Ireland ? Yea , did they not garrison the very capital with the most odious of all military " forces , " a p olice " fobge , " under the direction and command of rampant oily authority !—a "force" irresponsible save to the passions of their commanders ! Have they not filled
our peaceful rural districts with a similar spy "force , ** to be paid for by the broken shop-keepers ! Did they not commence the foreign crusades , and civil commotions , which are now ripping open the very bowels of society ! Did they not add insult to injury , by furnishing fat Poor Law officials as a galling contrast with gaunt poverty , whiob the officials were hired to keep in subjection 2 Did they not make extensive pro ~ mises at the commencement of each session , with full reliance that those promises would be frustrated in the Lords ! Did they not reject Sir Hkskkth
Fleetwood ' s proposal for an extension of enfranchisement , tho effect of which weald have been to curtail the evil of which they now so loudly complain—the £ 50 tenants-at-will clause ? Did they not " basely compromise" Mr . Ward ' s appropria tion clause 1 and denounce all farther interference with the Irish Church revenues t Did they not pledge themselveB to " RESIST a repeal of the nwon to tub . death I" Did they not propose and enact the Irish Poor Law Bill , so hostile to Irish feelings ? Did they not fill the gaols with political offenders , and mook their appeals even for mercy ? Did they not laugh at oar petitions ; and deny the
existence of distress , until the moment of their dismissal , when their hearts became toftt Did they not even reject , by larger majorities than tbe Tories had , a Repeal of the Corn Laws ? Did not their leader recommend the magistrates of Staffordshire to call magisterial tyranny to the aid of the law , and to " ruin with expenses" ( Melbourne > all those who sought protection under the law ! Did not their leader , in the Commons , conspire against the life of Frost , lest be should oust him from Stroad t And at the present moment does not their stock of Irish sympathy consist in denouncing thore very grievances which they demanded coercion to stifla ? " Opt upon such bascais" . '
A new feature ia the English character has now been developed ; and to meet it a new system of sectional agitation is being concocted . Tbe high and mighty are tired of repose , and look once more for tbe faligaes of effice ; while the subordinates of their party look for patronage under them . To meet tbe improved condition of English mind , new political devices must bo had recourse to . But however varied the system of warfare may be , the people may
rely upon it , that one and all of the discontented sections are pulled by " head men , " who , while they profess identity of social feeling with those whose champions they would fain be constituted , are themselves actuated solely by political motives . These Bectional streams , though flowing in different channels , yea , though moving in apparently different directions , all converge to thb one point ; AND THAT POINT IS POLITICAL POWER !! 1
To meet this sectional warfare , the working classes , who have been sufferers from Whig dnplioity and Tory tyranny , must look to themselves ,, and to their own power ; and to that axonb ! Of all things they must bear in mind that the restoration of the Whigs to office would be followed by & temporary repose , to give the newly installed Ministers "another trial / ' and that the more Accursed their acts , the more likely would they BE TO ENSURE TORY SUPPORT . For ten years England was destitute of aa " opposition } " and her voice of complaint was never heard . Since the restoration of the Tories , however , she has had an opposition ; and heb
WRONGS HAVE BEEN BELLOWED IN PARLIAMENT , AND HAVE RUNG THROUGH THE WIDE WOB 1 D 1 We long longed for what we have got : an organ through which the doings of oppression might be published to all the nations of the earth : and it is oar doty to hold the trumpeters to their post , until echo answers " stay where you are , unless you are prepared to allow those capable of redressing the grievances of which you complain to take part in making the laws under which those griavancea can no longer exist !"
We make no distinction betweea political sects . We fearleEsly givo it as our opinion , that every agitation which , does not embrace every principle , and the sacred name , of the Charter , in which the soul of political life breathes , is based upon a desire to restore the Whigs to office , that the Generals of Brigades may be rewarded for their services ! The men who would withhold the right of self representation , cannot be safely trusted with the guardianship of other men ' s rights I ... as it is evident that m popular Weakness he recognizes his « WD and his party ' d £ treng& .
We conclude this general review of factions with A WARNING NoTfi . The timo is fast aDprqaohine when the Leaders of " moral force " Whiggery win rely upon a voruLns . outbreak FOR THE RESTORATION OF THEIR PARTY I And the English cabinet would gtedly change the scene of " physical" action from United Ireland to disorganized England , in the hope of reading a wholesome lesson to the Iriirh people I Let all of them , however , bewarb how they rouse the British Lion . '
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3 KAKCBESTER . —Cispsttebs * Hall . —On Sunday evening latt , the above Hall was crowded in erery part by » highly respectable audience , to-hear an iddrese from Mr . Peddie , of Edinburgh , Mr . Satton occupied the chair ; and after a hymn had keen sung by tbe choir , and the leading article in Hat JBaiurday ' 4 Star read , Mr . Peddie vns intro-^ need to the meeting . His address occupied optnrdB ot two boon io the delivery . Upwards of twenty persons joined the Association .
PCBUC HXETOIG 07 TBS LfHABJTAJfTS *> J > Ma . VcassxEa . —A nnmerons meeting was holden in tbe Cwpenterb * llall , on Tuesday evening last , for the pnrpose of ejecting two delegates to tne forthcoming Conference . Mr . James Leach was unanimously called upon to preside . The Chairman opened xhe » oane * s * y re * olng the placard convening the meettS * " Jb fJb'n'l Itononix then rose , and proposed . Mr . G . JJojle «» £ t » nd proper person to represent 5 wak
laM » s \ ure iu the Conference ; and paid a T » eu-atnted « ompuffient tothat gentleman for his jkwx * " ?* lnea > » f conduct * nd character . Mr . aotohntull seconded the motion in in effecare HS ^ asss
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WHIG AND TORY WEIGHED . 11 TANTARARA—RCGCES ALL ! ROGUES ALL" J ! The desponding manner in which the Whig scouts in both Houses have reviewed the acts of tho past Sesaiou , would lead tboso ignorant of the treachery , the imbecility , and cowardice of that defunct faction to a belief that their own Sessional Settlements
would stand honourable contrast with that of their Tory opponents . JThe time was—but has passed away—when present insult operated as a corrective ; when the crimes of those out of office , though deep as 6 carlet , became white as snow by comparison with the reigning oppressors' sins . Those were times , however , when the people were in the habit of allowing others to think for them : and the change is the ! result of the people ' s resolve henceforth to think for themselves . We oau look with sorrowful reflection upon the sot 9 ° f the passed Ste ^ on * and mourn over tbo
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct816/page/4/
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