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TO THE WORKING PEOPLE.
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Irish Josvention —The Convention Act 3To iftcairn*? aritf &QYYt0$onVtnt$ fflTTTi Y*«w»»* ^AvivrnvnivAM A f*9W\ 4^nA /IahwahMAII A jm
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CUMBERLAND QUARTER SESSIONS.
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From the TimesIof Friday.—Farther ' Informationscomprising the proceedinKB at it ,Q Ciifden
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F Mr . CPCokkox , too , has adduced other proo /* o * the demise of Chartism . In Manchester be enloBed 1 , 300 CnaatiBis ; is Hnddersfield 225 j in Bradford 222 j in Newcastle sad neighbourhood 1 ^ 00 ; and in Edinburgh , in one-night , 5501 Ihaiis ,
3 , 395 GHARTISTS . enrolled in one fortnight , by one man , in five districts of the country I Yerily Chabush is dead 1 ! In addition to these proofs of iefunctness , let ns s 3 so sUfe that tie Chartists , of Leeds hare just aeeured possession of the largest meeting room in the town r situate ia the fronts street ; and Tanning flie entire length of the Leeds Shambles ! They liavenow * meeting room two hundred feet long , which will shortly be pni into active reguisitioa as a Chartist lecture room . There is another proof of dead Chartism . Let Mopter Goose go look at it j and then look at the BlaciBoy little parlour !
But wMle Mother Goose proclaims Chartism dead , do her goslings { think it ^ defunct ! No : they have found it to be all-potent , invulnerable , and immortaL They daily see and feel its ialismanieeffects . Eenc 9 , in Goose * * ownborongh we find that every gos-5 np who aspires to a seat in the Municipal Council has to come forth « lad cap-a-pie in the impenefcraable armour of Chartism I And even some are become so zalons , ( for pie time being ! J—that they affirm their determination to " go further than the Charter . " Aye j they are all at once become- downlight thorough-going RepubTxoans . What a mighty and a sudden change ! Surely they will not return
so mothers Bcheol again I Since they hare adorned our walls with " green ? surely they will not again bedaub them with * ' toixow . " We shall see . We , however , opine , that the aspirants after MunicipaLhononrs are somewhat like the "Noodles " about which Mother Goose makes bo much ado . The one is in arms to-day and at the back of the counter to-morrow j ihe other regiment—Goosey ' s own ¦ N oodies , " though dad in the Chartist coat of mail oil Wednesday next , on Thursday ( when the polling is at amend ) may be Been as Yoixow" as ever j and as ready to waddle at the heels of Mother -Goose !
The Leeds Annual Canvas Market has been well supplied with fustian and hypocrisy during the past ¦ week ; but few purchasers are found . The Bnrgresses haTe been so repeatedly taken in , as to make -them more cautious . And they will , no doubt , keep an eye on the new converts to Chartism .
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predict also * At the end of six months , O'Conneli will be found to be the same bragging , lying moun tebank he has ever been ! Repeal will not be obtained . Nor will bis head be upon the block He is too soft to ever think of that upshot So M sure as the rising of io-morrow ' a sun " , his prediction will prove to be a heartless mockery And those who " tremendously cheered" will have discovered to their sorrow , ( unless indeed they are in love with fraud and cling to deception ) that they have cheered a Tain babbler , who had not the wisdom to guide , or else not the honesty to lead , a generous but too-confiding people to the goal of their aspirations .
We pass by his wretched display at the Conciliation Hall on Monday , other than remarking that he appears not to haTe been listened to so patiently as heretofore ; for he querulously complained of interruption and disturbance . He has taken a horror , too , at revolutionary ballads , though the " bloodand-thunder" songs of ihe Nation were once "very good songs ' according to his evidence . With feelings of choking sorrow and indignation , we ask , " What ddes O'Conwbu . kbaw ! " We will answer for him . He means to betray the interests of the human race , as he has
repeatedly done before . We said last week that if he was conTinoed he could not carry Repeal under present legislative arrangements , let him hoist the banner of the Chabteb , and we would be with him . But honeBtly ; were he to pretend to be again a Chartist , as he has pretended to be before , we could not—WE DARE NOT , tbust hih ! His present game is to sell Repeal ; and while making his preparations to that end , to keep up his popularity by occasional clap-traps . Yes ; Repeal has made " a progress that has startled" even himself !
And now " Frightened at tbe sound himself has made , " he nas resolved to back out of it : and so sure as the morrow ' s sun shall rise" he will do so . Yes , the " base cohpbomisb" will be effected ; and Dan will save his bacon !
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Mt dear Fkiehbs , —If tbra letter is very short , yon most excuse me . It is bat six o ' clock , or little after , and I was not in bed till ona . Bat I will go at the work at once , from where I left off . On Tuesday last , I went to South Shields at night , with Beesley , and had a chapel , the largest place we ooold procure , crammed fall . J spoke at considerable length ; found that Williams , of Sundefland , and some others had done ns much injury in that locality ; bnt I think I revived tEeir drooping spirits . I enrolled eighty-one ; and left at half-past ten in an open gig , on a most dreadful night to go to Newseastle , along the coast . I was most hideous
a fignre . I bad a large kind of linen hood of Mr . Roberta ' s over my bat ; and the people took me for " Becca . " We got wet and cold before we reached Newcastle . On Wednesday , we were to have our grand meeting in the large lecture room , on the Repeal ot the Union question ; and a grand one it was ; the largest u-door meeting that they have seen for many a day . Irish , Scotch , and English Union Repealers , and Corn Law Repealers ; Complete Suffragists , and ChartistB , were mingled in one common mass . I spoke for more than two hours upon the Irish question ; and then submitted a resolution , which was carried amid the most enifcnsiastio applause .
Every corner of the building was full . Thousands were obliged to go away . Every window sDl was occupied ; and I was frequently obliged to stop to allow fainting men and women to be carried out . I never , even in 1839 , saw so good a spirit manifested . I did not forget my after duty ; for 1 remained to enroll , and enrolled seventy-six more Chartists ; many of them Irish Repealers . I had to strip , it was bo oppressively hot j and , though without my coat for nearly two hours , I did not take cold . At the close of my day ' s labour , I thought 1 had done my country some service . Judge , O judge 1 of my feelings ; my horror , disgust , and shame , when Thursday's post brought me the news , that Repeal had bkbk abandoned !
Aye , abandoned J given up I SOLD , as I shall fully prove in a series of letters which I purpose to address to Mr . O'Connell , upon my return to England . I undertake to prove that FEDERALISM , instead of gituvc "Ihkland to thb Irish / ' would give the English oligarchy greater power than they now possess . He is now to be prosecuted ; and I snail stay nay pen . I shall not venture upon a single remark ; but , as an Irishman , I feel deeply the heavy blow that has been struck at my country ' s liberty : and I rely upon the Irish Pastors and their flocks for counteraction . I cannot trust myself upon the subject now . I will write about it when I return . I sh » U then find time ; and then the Irish people shall see their real position .
I go on with my narrative . On Thursday ) I received the congratulation of all parties ; but many poor Irishmen came to me with tears in their eyes , and asked me : " Wisha , your honour ; is it true that we ' re sold , and that Repeal is given up for Shaman Cra * cford * g Union J " On Thursday night , I went in company with our excellent friend , Mr . Roberts , to Sunderland ; eleven miles . We went in a gig . The lamps went out . It was shockingly dark , and we lost our way ; but arrived some ten minntes after eight . There is a
very large Hall * and the people tell me that they could have filled four saeh . It was too falL A good -working man was in tfie chair . I spoke at great length i and Mr . Roberts followed me , with a tremendous blow at Master Williams and the Sturge Conference . His speech was most rapturously applauded ; and although Williams was on the platform , he never attempted to defend himself . He had most industriously circulated a report that I dared not go to Sunderland . However , I did go ; and enrolled 200 members .
On Friday , I Biarted with the indefatigable Beesley , for Seghill , a mining district , to attend a Chartist meeting , out of doors ; and , to my taste , it was a most triumphant one ; all Colliers , and all Chartists . I spoke from a niche in one of the gate piers of Lord Basting ' s avenue , and had many of the middle-classes and one overseer on horseback among my audience . A fine young Collier , Turnbull , waa in the chair ; and Christopher Haswel ) , the honest delegate for the district , was in front of me . I expounded the *• whole hog" thing . Beesley said I spoke too long ; but I enrolled ninety members in the open air . The landlord of tbe hotel where I put up , took Ms card also .
We then left for South Shields again ; and on Friday night , I gave them another speech there , and enrolled seventy-five more ; making one hundred and fifty-six altogether in South Shields . On my return , I had the pleasure of meeting Mr . Duncombe , who I was sorry to find labouring under a very Bevere cold , caught at Manchester , where he would speak in the open air . Satubday . —This was tho day of days . The morning was awfully wet ; and yet I thought the procession of brave Colliers , with their banners and numeroRB bands , wonld never end . - ; It cleared up about half-past eleven ; and Mr . Duncombe , Mr . Roberts , Mr . Beesley , and I started in a carriage and four for the place of meeting , '
five miles off . I wa 3 very fearful about a gathering ; but when we got within sight of Sheddon Hill , now famous in story , it did make me jump . But you shall hear Mr . Duncombe ' s own words : — Good gracious , where did they all come from ? I never saw such a meeting in all my life 1 " He was right . It would be impossible to go within 10 , 000 of tbeir number . I estimated them at 60 , 006 ; others went higher ; but it was as still as if we had been housed . Mr . Beesley made one of the best speeches I ever heard ; as did Mr . Roberts . Mr . Duncombe was received with roars of cheers and waving of hats ; and in an able exposition of his parliamentary conduct , he gave the following illustration ot what he termed justice . He said : — " It is sot justice to impose a fine of £ 5 upon a man
worth hundreds of thousands , and for a less crime to sentence a poor man to the treadmill . If we are to have equal justice , let the master who has violated the law work the tread-wheel with his man , and then the latter will believe that he has been justly dealt with . I would Bend the masters who violate tbe law for six months to hard labour on the treadmill ; and then we shorM soon have no more complaints . " Now , that was just what the men wanted ; and they expressed their approbation by cheering and clapping of hands . A very fine fellow , Simpson , fromSegbill , moved an amendment to one of three resolutions : which , after a calm discussion , was lost , but few hands being held up for it . I take it for granted that yon will have a report of these meetings : for 1 merely sketch them for yon to show the feelintand our position .
, .., „ . . „ On Saturday night we had a splendid Soiree in the MasicHall . Many of the H Complete" chaps and ta free-traders" were there : in fact , they have openly joined . Mr . Roberts excited their anger most dreadfully by his jpeech : and , in speaking of the Colliers' movement , he Baid : — " I wish my position to be understood by all . The Colliers do nndestand it . In the organization of that body for tbewages question , I recognize a strong auxiliary Cnax > , iBt force . These wrists—showing them—have had . the handcuffs upon them , five different times , for Chartism ; and my poor Colliers do not thinkso meanly of me as to suppose that I am going even to give np the name under which I suffered i'J —( cheers , and "N o . " » n of » " we don ' t want you" ) , "No , " cont inued
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Mr . R ., "it is my breath , my life , and my hope ; and with God ' s blessing , I will serve my clients without disgracing myself or dishonouring my party" ! Mr . Duncombe made a splendid Boeech ; and concluded it with a full enunciation of the principles , and a . declaration that he Was a Chartist , NAME AND ALL , and would neither abandon it himself or advise the working men to abandon it . It would be quite out of my power to describe the scene that followed this plain announcement . The whole meeting rose , and cheered for several minutes . I spoke after ; and poor Captain Weatherall , the Chairman of the League , was obliged to make bis escape . He could not stand my defence of the course the Chartists had pursued ^ The Manchester Packer also
addressed the meeting ; and when the business was over I enrolled seventy-eight new members . Mr . Duncombe's two speeches on Saturday have raised us a hundred per cent . The people love him ; he is so explicit , and divested of Parliamentary claptrap . He left for Edinburgh on Sunday ; but , as " there is no rest for the wicked , " I was compelled to stop , and preach ; and to travel the 120 miles to Edinburgh all in one day by coach . And I am glad I did . I learn that the place I preached in will hold two thousand . I was afraid that I had tired them with ten days' incessant talking ; however , at six ©' clock the room was crammed . I spoke at great length , and enrolled eighty new members .
Now , about these meetings . Oar enemies say that we always exaggerate . Bat as I write for the working men , who love the truth , I can appeal to them if ever they saw such meetings , for a whole week and more . : On Monday morning , at eight o ' clock , I left Newcastle for Edinburgh ; and I think I left it better than I found it , having enrolled nearly 1 , 100 members , and having revived a Bpirit which is not likely to be put down . Chartism is now more lively than ever in Northumberland and Durham .
Edinbusgh . —I arrived here at eight , p . m ., and went off at once to Cecilia Hall ; a very very large theatre . I took my pack of cards , like a " pedlar " —but not a trafficking one—with me . Boxes , Galieries , Pit , and Stage were filled : all classes , magistrates , lawyers , and all . But now for a dodge . The humbugs had invited Mr . Duncombe to a Soiree , and without the knowledge of the working men . That party , —the humbugs , —amounting to nine in this city , contrived to muster about two . hundred to meet Mr . Duucombe . The Chartists isueed a bill denying that they had
an ; part in the proceedings . Mr . Duncombe went there , and told them that they bad a right if they professed the principles , to take tie name ; ana they all looked very blue . He must have increased his cold there ; but when he came to our house , at half-past ten , we soon warmed him . He delighted the " Modern Athenians ; " and they passed a vote of confidence in him , and in me . He again came oat for "name and all ; ' * and said that had he gone to the Sturge Conference , as delegate from Edinburgh , he would not have consented to give up the name .
But Chartism is dead here ! Wait till you hear the proof 11 enrolled
550 MEMBERS ; and was bo delighted with every thing , that I have promised to be back here and at Leith on Saturday next , when I will make it up to 1000 . Chaktism is neither dead nob dtinc . It has been injured by a set of greedy devils ; but the people have Bhaken them off . I have no more to say , but that I am just about to start for Dundee with Mr . Duncombe ; and that / do not find Chartism dead in Scotland ; bnt on the
contrary , more lively than ever . Think of 550 members , with all the sneaks that have been trying to choke us in one way or other . I hope to manage the 25 , 000 yet ; and then the growlers will have something to bark at . Your faithful friend servant , Feabgus O'Connor . Edinburgh , Tuesday morning . P . S . —In my last letter I referred to amounts received at Halifax for different purposes , but omitted to send the items to the Star . Here they
are : £ a . d . From Lower Warley . for M'Douall ... 0 5 0 Executive ... 0 5 0 Viotims ... ... ... 0 10 0 Collected for Tidd Pratt 10 0 From Josnson , for M'Douall 0 10 Halifax , for Executive ... ... ... 1 2 0 I think some other parties gave me money , but did not , as I requested , insert it in my book ; but any omitted here can be acknowledged by Bending to the offioe . Ousebnrn Chartist Association , by M . Jude , for Victims 0 10 0 Executive .. 040 Sunderland . From Two FrUnds for
M'Donall ... 0 3 6 On Tuesday I shall be at Dumfries ; that is on the 81 st ; and on the 1 st of November at Carlisle .
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THE ^ ACT . is the 33 rd George III ., chap . 29 . It is an Irish Act , &nd therefore not to be found in the English statues . Ms . Glakct . —Hia letter and song came to hand too late . ; Bath . —The secretaries of associations in tbe West of England are earnestly requested to bring the subject of the forthcoming delegate meeting at Batb , before the members of their respective societies . The Bristol Chartists . —All communications to this body must be addressed to Mr . Jacobs , bookseller , Tipper Maudlin-Btreet , Bristol . F . It—Hia acrostic wont do . The Bristol Operative Cabinet Makers have issued the following address ; we commend it to the members of that branch of thejwealth producers : — To the Operative Cabinet Makers , Chair Makers , Carvers , Cabinet Turners , &c .. &c .
&SNTLEMEB- —We , the members of tho Bristol Lodge , Manchester Union , of Operative cabinet makers , seeing the necessity that has ever existed , and still more pressisgly than heretofore , for tbe whole of our trade to be united in one great society , for the purpose of preventing the continual reduction in prices that are attempted by many employers , in order that we may preserve to ourselves a sufficiency of food , clothing , and shelter , to maintain on ? wonted respectability , and save our trade from that wretched fate that bath befallen too many of t& « hitherto flourishing and respectable occupations ; having learned by dear bought experience , that our praiseworthy objects are not to be obtained without the co-operation of tbe majority of the trade , do hereby call npon the whole of out brother operatives in Bristol to join out body , and thereby secure to themselves and trade generally the advantages sought after , in this city at least ; and by so doing , set an example to the whole of our brother artisans throughout the country worthy of their imitation .
Brothers , In -making this appeal to you , we enumerate for your consideration , a pt-rtion of the geod that has been effected by our Association . By tbe union of several societies throughout the country , we are enabled to give our members one penny ' per mile when on tramp , which is higher than any local body gives ; besideB relieving local cards at the same rate they think fit to relieve onra ; we have prevented reduction in several of the shops ; we have effected an insurance of our members' tools in thp Bristol TJnion Fire Office , whereby our members are insured against loss by fire to the full value of the property destroyed ; and we tave been enabled respectably to bury our dead . It is for these advantages , and for securing to the society and trade increased advantages , that we call upon you , our fellow artizms , as you desire the respectability of our trade , as you respect yourselves , aa you value the comforts of fair wages for fair work , to join with us to secure and maintain them .
The Society ' s meetings are held on the second Tuesday in every month , at St . John's Porter House , Quay Head , commencing at eight o'clock . Any workman in the above-named Trades being desirous of join ing , will have every attention paid him , by applying at the Society Boom on any of the above-named nights and delivering his name , and the name of the shop he works in . Signed , on bebalf of the Society , William Beacon , President . Geob « e Farthing . Vice-pxesident ,
Samdel Ja-COBS , Secretary , Boot seller , Upper Maudlin-stiaet . S . Datis appeals to bis brother Miners of Yorkshire to assist the persecuted Colliers of West Cumberland . R—His poetry is not sufficiently poetic for our columns . " Farer , " " P . A ., " and the " Bristol Proclamation . " We have not room . £ . Burley . —We are Berry that we cannot find space for his commuDicatinn .
Harlbsone and Jjarksley Chartists . —Press of matter has competed us to curtail their reports , in common with those from many other places . Resolutions respecting individuals and superfluous matter contained in announcements of forthcoming meetings , where the objects of those meetings were previously known , have , of course , had to give way to more important matter . T . Stampo bd , Nottingham . —Tbe report was not pnbllBh /^ d ; because of not the least interest to the public , We might just as well publish votes of tnan > . s to all news agents in tbe country wno Pay Bp their accounts , and conduct their business in a cn . ^ iiable manner . Mp .. Modlb , Kedditch . —We are sorry we have no
room . T . Brownbll—His letter will be given to Mr . OTtonnor . Mb . Gammagk . —The Dnnfermline Chartists desire to know J&i . G . ' s address . The Type Fochders . —All communications from printers , the trades , and the public generally are requested to ba addressed to tlie Committee , Ship Tavern , Glas-sbouse Yard , Aliiersgate ^ lreet , London . Josesh Lacy . —We nave n& roem fox toi communication .
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thf " ^ SWUNG-KNISK CUTXKB 5 .-AO appeal to J'tf ° ^^ hslf o' these inauitrloM , but wretchedly paid arti ^ ne has been poblished within toi «^ tr ^ w ^ r < ioto for - We piayTw readers rnon ^ L ^? t ftoatitely Verily thrinarcb of comsSesJff S * effi *« k advancing , with great activelv ^ ! fr P * * *» Committee have been ofK *? W ^ ^ to ascertain the cause n ^ Vldcn h"e fl 0 long pressed heavily upon
™«» to remedy thosa evils '' ^ aoug ^ T ^ ilsTth ^ fc « JS SSV ^ * " * ** manufaoturiiig of « he » p and K ^ ' "" toe most prominent and baneful . h ?« nn m ' ¦ ¦ ¦ * & •¦ ttenttop of ft respectable and honourable company h * Tery properly been directed-¦ S 5 £ P - W' " ** ifcJ ^ sSSZ rS hm ? l ?™ L 2 * £ ttor m i « one which all , who at « Lr . ^ S ? — mmnet ot lte working , must defl ™ I tS « t <> « emedy which the Committee are about ao effectively , ia the object of the present appeal .
In the Spring-Knife trade ( daring the last few years ) ii class of manufftcturera have arisen , who , without capital or correct moral priuciplea to regulate their conduct , have commenced a system of dishonorable competitionwitb the respectable mastera . To enable them to do so , the wages p ! the workmen have been reduced —the articles manufactured have been in consequence deteriorated in quality as well as reduced in price ; these hwfe been introduced into an ajwady over-stocked martot . « hMi ) wnp « avenue , deceiving ^ customer to substitn ^ iDg an inferior for a genuine article ; bringing disgrace upon themselves , and rnin upon the town and Ha manufactures . Perhaps it may bVsaid competition becomes unjqst when the wages of the workmen and fcfie predit of the dealer have to suffer in order to support such a system . It i « to stem the tide of such a torrent of dishonourable and disgraceful proceedings , that the efforts of the committee are about to be
directed . As a trade , the Spring Knife Cntters have become almost proverbial as degraded ; and why ? Is it because its members are less intelligent ; than the generality of working men ? We answer , No ! Is it because they are less industrious , less ingenious or persevering than in other trades r We think not . It is because they have been worse paid , their industry less rewarded , and their labour worse remunerated . Ought it to be so ? Reason and an enlightened philanthropy alike answer no ! Shall these things continue ? We hope not , and it is our purpose to break those shackles which have so long bound ub . Fellow-Townsmen , will you help us to do so T We hope you will , and we think * we shall not bejdisappointed . If we continue to fall , ethers must and will inevitably follow ; if we rise , all will feel the benefit
It is not to be expected that evils which have been years in accumulating can be removed in a day , or all at once ; but unless something be done , we feel assured' that the reproach which has been heaped upon us by'foreigners , ou account of the inferior and trashy articles which have b « en sent abroad , and the efforts they are now making to perfect tbeir own manufactures , will eventually shut us out of the markets of the world . Be not weary in well-doing , '' is the advice now' given : upon the encouragement and assistance you afford depends the future success of tfcje cause ; and whatever others may do , yon must , to the extent of your ability , render all the aid in your power . '
Up , and be doing then I and , while labouring and helping , exeroise patience and perseverance , and , ere long , returning prosperity and happiness will once more visit our town and trada Hoping thai time will soon arrive , and anxiously expecting its coming , we remain , yonr obedient servants , The Mutual Aid Committee of the Spring knife Trade . P . S . Persons duly authorised will wait upon the public for subscriptions , which will be thankfully received : also at the Committee Boom , Mr . B . Hudson's , Ball , Campo Lane .
To the Subscribers to thb several Funds . —A fortnight ago a list of subscriptions received during the week was prepared fox publication , and was even given into the hands of the printer . A press of Irish news caused ub , however , to withdraw it , intending to ; publish it aa last 'Week . Tbe list has been mislaid ; and up to the time of going to press , has not turned up . Will those who have sent money to the office ^ which has not been acknowledged , pleaBO to communicate with us again , and say what amount they sent , and to what fund they subscribed ? We have heard from Mr . Smallwood , of Hull ; Mr . Thorn , of Chepstow ; and Mr . Maule , of Beddich . The Edinburgh Meeting . —Just as we were ready for press , we received a report of the great O'Connor and Duncombe Meeting at Edinburgh . It was impossible to give it .
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FOR THE VICTIM FUND . From an old Radical , Aberdeen 2 9 : FOR MR . M ' DOUALL . From a few Enemies of Oppression , and Fri ends of tbe Oppressed , per Amos Smith ... 7 0
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TRIAL OF THE WHITEHAVEN "RIOTERS . " Cockeraouth , Oct . 18 , 1843 . The trial of Daniel Garraty and James Doran , two of the party charged with having administered a sound and hearty thrashing to some seooders from the Miners' Association , came on to day . The Court waa densely crowded by persons anxious to witness the rather novel display of "justices justice ; " and the bench presented a larger display of the " great unpaid" than we hare ever before observed , Peile , Lord Lonsdale ' a agent , was not present ; there were rumours that he was in bed , suffering from a flagellation administered on , the proper prominence indeed , but rigourously and rather unskilfully—the operator having made up by a strong and untiring arm for his deficiencies in " Cardi gan" science . The rumour , however , waa quite unfounded .
Mr . Roberts had been specially sent by the Miners Association , to defend their brethren ; and , with his counsel Mr . Greig , sat immediately in front of the Chairman . Mr . Ramshay w&a counsel for the prosecution . Our readers are familiar with the leading features of the story . The Colliers of Whitehaven area most grievously oppressed race of men ; more ao even than their brethren in Durham , Stafford , or other ooal districts . Their wages for the most part hardly exceed six shillings per week ; and for this miserable pittance they are constantly exposed to the miseries of a foul atmosphere and the danger of sudden death . £ > uring the few last gears , more than dor hundred lives have been sacrificed , which might
HAVE BEEN PRESERVED RY A SMALL EXPENDITURE bv tHe coal ownbbs . From this horribie state of existence they had no hope of emerging , until the establishment of the Miners' Association , and the appearance of Mr . Bropbji the talented and energetic lecturer seat by that Association , to instruct them in the benefits to be derived from a cordial union . Mr , Brophy ' s argumentative appeals to their reason worked a change in their minds . One after another , and by tena and hundroda , the men joined the " Association " , and looked forward with hope to a peaceful and successful struggle with
Capital . The natural and necessary result of this could not , of course , be concealed from the masters . They held several meetings , at which Mr . Peile was very active ; and at last entered into a solemn league and covenant to employ no pitman who would not sign a pledge to belong neither to the Miners' Asso datum , nor any other Association for the Protection of t , abour , for the term of two years . This wanton exercise of tyranny provoked a feeling of independence in the Pitmen . All , or most of them , refused to sign the fledge , and were immediately turned out of employ . _ . . ... , „ named
Two members of the Association , Garrowway , father and son , were , soon after their joining it , bought over by Peile ; they signed the obnoxious pledge ; earned the love of tbeir master , and the intense hatred of their fellow-sufferers ; and were permitted to return to their employment . One result of this , —who can doubt it 1- ^ was , What some peoplo call , " a good licking . " Others speak of the thing &b a sound thrashing . " When we were boyB , we should have chronicled the act in our everlasting memory , as " a thorough good hiding , aad no mistake * " Lustily , vigorously , and well was the castigationadministered ; they'll " remember it" a long
time to come . . Garraty and Doran had been active members of the Association , and had done their utmost to keep the Pitmen firm to their principles . The prejudice against them was therefore strong and bitter among the coal owners . Evidence was procured . A little gooB a great way ! The eeal owners are the Magistrates . The men were committed for trial , and great Was the joy of the masters . The'trial was just what might have been expected . either
Nearly all the magistrates on the bench were owners of collieries , or connected with them by marriage , &c The witnesses were the two fcratieways' ^ ho had been " licked . " Their falsehoods and prevarications were most gross . One swore thai > en the evening when he " ootched it , " it was as light as day : the other that it was so dark that he shou ld not have known the prisoners but for a lantern that was held to their faces ! When before the committing magistrates , only < m * -of the prosecutors swore to having seen the prisoners at a particular spot : at
the trial both prosecutors had seen them ; Alltnese were pointed out in the eloquent and powerful speech of Mr . Greig , but he might as well have spoken to * The n ehairman " summoned up . " The jury laid their heads together :- "Guilty , my Lord . ' And then the magistratea retired to " consider the sentence . " O I how they chuckled I Feeble old stanks rattled and crackled With joy as they hobbled outand then they hobbled in again . w Eighteen monthB imprisonment and . hard labour" waathe sentence . o » Gawaty : an * « twelve months impriBTOiBent for Doran .
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Several times during the trial the name of * . r . Bropby was mentioned , and it was curious to observe the efftjet on the magistrates . Tbey actually groanet ' with passion . What a world of good that man must have done , to elicit euoh a tribute ; such a convincing proof offhia power , from such a tribunal 1 They literally writhed with agony , every time the name was uttered . Some , indeed , who might be supposed to entertain a hope of catching him , smacked their lips as if crushing the bones and licking in the gravy of a young 6 nipe , when the witnesses spoke of the effect produced by his lectures . We would not give much for his chaace of an acquittal , if tried at Cocker mouth .
A rather curious scene occurred at the commencement of the trial . It was observed b y the whole Court . The Jury had given several verdicts of " acquittal" in cases where evidently a "verdict o ? " Guilty" had been anticipated ; and when the "( Colliers' Case" was called on * the Counsel for the prosecution intimated that he should like another Jury , that in the box being " too merciful . " 'Then ensued a rapid " telegraphing" between the Bench and the prosecutor ' s attorney , or rathe r Peiles ' attorney . The result was , a confidence in their minds that it was " al > right , " Immediately on the verdict being given , Mr . Greig moved in arrest of judgment , on the ground that the Quarter Sessions had no jurisdiction in case 3 of conspiracy . But his Argument was addressed to unwilling ears . It availed nothing .
A heavier sentence was anticipated by those , who knew how deeply the magistrates were interested iu putting a stop to the Miners' Association ; and heavier it would have been if the prisoners had not been most ably defended . But the presence of Mr . Roberts , as the I recognised legal adviser of the Union , bad a beneficial effect . The result of this trial is yet to be seen : we think it will ' add strength to tbe cause which it was intended to destroy . j
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THE EXECUTIVE TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow Countrymen , —We are again compelled to address you in a state of uncertainty relative to the Enrolment of our Rules . Our legal adviser , Sergeant Bodkin , will not be able to give his opinion until tomorrow morning , ) which will be too late for this edition of the Northern Star ; though we trust to communicate it in a later edition . Bat whatever tbejlegal decision may be , we have still a most important duty to perform : a duty to you who have placed us in our present position . Is Chartism to be abolished because its details may not be in accordance with a Government
official ' s interpretation of the Friendly Societies' Act ? Are the acknowledged principles of justice and liberty to cease being promulgated , because of Tidd Pratt ' s decision ? and is that cause Which has flourished under persecution ; which has grappled with tbe storm , and blanched not ; which , despite of oppression and the oppressor ' s power , has grown from infancy to manhood , now to be blighted by a mere passing gale ? or shrouded in oblivion by the ] legal dictum of an hireling lawyer ? Forbid it patriotism ! We cannot think so meanly of our fellow labourers , as to suppose they will abandon the high vantage ground tbey have obtained , and sink into the tame , submissive vassalage to which the factions would willingly reduce them .
Men of England J Arouse from your apathy ! Do you acknowledge the principles of Chartism ? if you do , we call upon to prove your sincerity by hoisting the banner of the National Charier Association in every town in the ] Kingdom , and marshalling your forces under tbe New Organization . The time for party contests has gone by . The struggle is AOW between Labour and Capital . The bad laws and wretched contrivances of modern legislation have placed these two . ; essential requisites for prosperity in deadly opposition to each other . Hitherto Capital
has been triumphant ; and Labour has beeu dragged in captivity at her chariot wheels . Our struggle shall be to emancipate Labour—to place it upon an equal political foeting j with Capital and never till this is achieved can amity exist between them , or the interests ef the onelbe made consistent with those of its rival . In this arduous undertaking , we claim your support . We demand your co-operation . Backed by you , we will fearlessly prosecute it to success : but unless we receive your active assistance ; unless you , as werking men , depend on yourselves , and do your own work , you will ever remain degraded slaves .
Iu order to assist in carrying the Organization into operation , we advise the Chartists to send to us for election lists of persons qualified to become members of the General Council of the National Charter Association . This list must be confined to seven persons , including sub-Secretary and Treasurer . One person should also be nominated to fill the office of district Counoilman . | Tbe , meetiDgs in each . town mast bo meetings of Chartists ; and ndtj meetings of the National Charter Association . This ! must be striotly attended to , to avoid the fangs of the law . Cards will be supplied to members after the first quarter free of expence . Any further information required will be supplied on &y ¦ plication to the Secretary , 2 i 3 k , Temple Bar .
Brethren : from many important districts we have not yet received applications for cards . To what reason are we t « attribute this sluggishness ? Is the spirit of Chartism bo extinguished , that it can be no more kindle ? Is it from apathy , or from the machinations of interested parties ? Whatever may be the cause , we trust the effect will speedily cSnse : that wherever Chartism bad previously raised its giant head , there again will it rise with renewed vigour from iVi seeming slumber , and march onward to victory . Let " union" be our watchword . Let the organization bo our rallying point . ] Let unjust suspicions be banished ; honesty and trustfulness of purpose be oar characteristics ; and we fear not the result . Thomas Clark . Henry Ross . Phi ' lip M'Grath , President . Thomas M . Wheeler , Sc ; re '•¦' . / .. London , October 25 , 1813 .
SOUTB SHIELDS . — Moral Force of the Freebooters . —Cowardly and Murderous assault on Mr . Ktdd . —As Mr . Kydd was walking from his shop , 16 , - * Barrington » slreet , on the evening of Tuesday , the 17 th ] current , about half-past seven o'clock , on passing St . Hilda ' s Church , close to a dark corner of the market-placs , he received a severe stroke from some person behind him on tbe eyes with a thick dog whip . On turning round , he discovered the assassin to be Mr . James Bell , ship broker , and secretary to the South Shields section of the Anti-Corn Law League . Mr . Bell attempted
putting the whip handle into Mr . Kydd ' s mouth . In this he was unsuccessful . Mr . Kydd , with an amount of caution land self-denial seldom practised under similar circumstances , stood , coolly remarking , " that were it not for disgracing himself , he would trample him under ; his feet . But be knew better , and would treat him in a different manner . " Mr . Kydd called for the police in vain . At last , finding Mr . Bell likely to effect his escape , he Seized the whip by the shaft , turning the thong round Mr . Bell ' s hand , and separated the two , putting the handle into his pocket . Mr . Kydd then took Mr . BaU a prisoner to the police offico . The case , we believe , will be tried at Durham Quarter Sessions , in January , 1844 .
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Sfain . —The Espectador states that the provincial regiment of Segovia had pronounced at Chamartift , and that forty horsemen , sent out from Madrid to wacch the movements of the revolters , had joined them . Nobody was allowed to leave Madrid without being provided with a pass from the authorities , and no passports were delivered at the police for Saragossa or Arra ^ on . On the 16 th no change had taken place at Bosce-Jona . The firing continued on boih sides . The junta had issued a decree , compelling , under pan of death , all persons from the age of seventeen to > six * j to take up arms . The insurgents have plenty of money ; they have coined in « old to the amount % / i 75 000 dollars in ooej week . The troops of tfa » javf , received daily five reals and three rations of brey i ; the officers also are paid with regularity .
A letter of the 18 sh from St . Jean Pied-da 7 ? ort gays : _ " The last arrivals from Saragossa cor . firm the news of the breaking off ef the negotiation- a and the resumption ef hostilities . General Coacha seems to have got possession of the suburbs .
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" monster meeting "; together with v&ne us articles that have appeared ia the Freeman ' s . Jot irnal % Pilot , and Nation , have been sworn to agains' t , Mr . O'Connell , Dr . Gray , iVUvjBarratfc , Mr , © ufr y , and others . The correspondeat oi the Ttmes baa V ie following : — Proc& aimikg Down of the Rs * f ^ l Associatiowj — " The rumour of the Ia 6 t few d / j , yS respecting the proclaiming down of the Rep *! j Association , instead of diminishingi gains mo * e extensive currency and it is even hinted that that ? ^ nciliation Hall will have to be converted to o 4 b 8 r uses than that for wiich it vas originally inter . ded . " ,
BRADFORD . —p » i Suu' Jay eveniugi the members © f the Council met in Bu > ^ erworth-buUdings , when reports were given In of the progress of the move * ment , in the various low Jitiea . In the central locality , twenty names were » r pounced as ready to join . Jn Thompson ' s Houses a class has been formed . In Little Horton , nftf ! en has been enrolled , and in several other loe » aties tbe new plan has met with ; similar success . The meeting adjourned to Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , when it is expected the delegates will' prepared to send for cards to the
fcxeoutiye . r j is requested that all persona having cards will a' . itend the meetings held in their irnme * di&te neigr . bonrhood , where they can pay the subscription required by the rules of the Association . On Sa- ruBDAY evening a soiree and fancy ball was held » , jjeiv Leeds , in honour of the liberation of onto ? a Dewhiret , one of the strike viotims ; Mr . E . H-ur . ley occupied the chair . Mr . Dewhirst and Mr . "S j ss addressed the meeting , after which several appropriate recitations Were delivered and some excel * lent singing by many of the company . The meeting . separated , highly satisfied with the qvenings . enter * tainments . i
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BUDDEKSFIEXD . —A lavdablb Action . — On Monday , the 11 th inst ^ , Messrs Walker , Hardcastle , & Co ., fancy manufacturers , of Huddersfield , voluntarily posted a notice , in their warebons < y of twopence per yard advance , to all the wearers ? in tbeir employ . , , Signs oy rss Times . —At the Guildhall on Si " turday , above sixty summonses were heard against as many parties for non-paymentttf their poor-rates . Among tb » number were several very / respectable shopkeepers . At the same time tbe overseer applied for a 18 . 3 d , rate , to rarry on till March next , and presented ttro-extremely long lists , by one of which no less than one < th&maand persons-wereeleased of rates on the-ground of poverty ; and by the oiher no fewer than # ve hundred empty houses are mine township . What a state we are coming to !
State of theHawb-Look Weavers . —At ameet * ingof manufacturers , held at the Warren House innw Milnsbridge , 13 th inst . * the following resolution Ws » unanimously agreed to that those present deeply sympathise with the condition of the hand-loom'weavers ,, and pledge themselves individually and collectively to do all in their power to- alleviate their sufferings ,, by giving as much for every description of cloth-Weaving as the demand will afford , and will u « e their influence to induce others to do the satao . " Also , that the meeting be adjourned to Nov . 10 th , at five o ' cloetin the afternoon , at Mr . J . Smithies , King ' s Head rKud ^ dersfield . Signed on behalf of the meeting , Wm . Grosland , chairman . —P . S . The attendance of all matmfaeturers is respectfully requested . A deputation of > th&-hand-loom weavers was present . :
B ARNStBT . —The strike against Messrs . Flaxworth and Co ., still continues . The other manufacturers of the to mi have told their weavers , thafc there is no necessity for a reduction of wages , as ^ it will only involve both weavers and masters in onecommon ruin . A spirited meeting was held last Monday night , in Pickering ' s large room , which was addressed by Messrs . Hope and Grimshawi The weavers on strike attended the meeting , and evinced a firm determination to standout to the last , and » an equally determined epirit was manifested by those who support them .
Fire . —A most alarming and destructive fire took place , on Sunday evening , on the promises of Charles Toppom ; and , painful to relate , three cows were burned to death , in the devouring element , together with some poultry , and two dogs . Mrs . Toppom had a narrow escape , her clothes having become ignited . The fire was subdued by ten o ' clock , bnt not before the cowhoueo and shed was destroyed . BBADPORD—Loyai-ty ^— "Repeal—On Saturday evening a number of soldiers , with one or two civilians , were drinking in a beer shop , when a soldier gave the following toast— " Success to Repeal and a speedy downfall to those who keep Ireland in
bondage . " This toast was drunk by every soldier separately , and at the conclusion three cheers were proposed for the Repealers in the army , and load and lustily responded to . One of the civilians in company then toated— " Success to Repeal , and a speedy downfall to O'Connell . " Scarce were tbe words uttered than a general row commenced . Bayonetswere glittering in the gas light . Oaths and imprecations were uttered with a fierceness which plainly told they Were in earnest . The landlord with some friends , had the greatest difficulty ia restoring order . At length peace was restored . The soldiers retired exclaiming , " D—n and upturn all those who keep the Repeal from Ireland . "
LEEDS . —House op Recovery . —We are sorry to inform our readers that there are now fifty cases ef fever under medical treatment in this Institution , and as the extra funds raised in . 1839 are now exhausted , immediate exertions will be necessary ia order to obtain funds for the necessary support of the charity .
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FOREIGN . Spain . — " Perpignan , Oct . 15 . —The fire between Barcalona and the forts continued on the 12 th and 13 th . " Santz was waiting for reinforcements at Gracia to attack the city . Prim the day before yesterday suffered the women and children to quit Girona ; he was to attack the town to-day at the latest . " At Cadiz and Seville the greatest agitation and excitement continued . Both places were under the operation of martial law , fresh arrests continued to b 8 made daily , all the troops were constantly under arms , day and night , and numerous patrols w « nft through the leading streets , dispersing the smallest groups .
Portugal . —At Lisbon the absence of the Queen i aad her leading Ministers had been seized by the ' Septembrists to set on foot a hew revolution . Attempts had beon made to corrupt the army , and some officers detected in tampering with the soldiers had been placed under arrest in the Castle . Greece . —Letters from Athens of the 30 th alt . « state that tranquillity prevailed throughout the country , and that everywhere the people were preparing for the elections , which were to commence on tho 1 st instant .
Italy . —Advicos from Leghorn of the 6 th instant state , that the Military Commission , sitting at Bologna , had already pronounced several sentences , noneof which , however , had been carried into execution . An insurgent band had madei its appoaiaBce near Ancona , and a report was rife that b&Aovm attempts at insurrection had been made in , N aples * Sicily , and the Abruzzi . A number of arrest etj had taken place , and the palace of King Charlea Albert had been placed in a formidable state of defence . The Pope left Borne on the 2 nd for Castelf . ahdolfo , where he intended to reside a few weeks . Previous to his departure his Holiness had ordered the execution of a clergyman , named Abbo , whe . badbeen capitally convicted of the murder of hisne phew ., Hewas executed on the 4 th in the Castle of S an Angelo * ia presence of the gairison . ;
Cikcassia . —Anotheb Tbivkpu fob LiBEBTr Ir—News has arrived that the Russians hav < , niet a severedefeat on the frontiers of Circassia . Tb e Circassians , in orcler to revenge their late defeat on the bank * of theKandian , snrprised , daring tab e night , a fortress on the Black Seai and captuisji it . . The details are not yet given . = Morocco . —The empire of Motet ao has been the theatre of a civil war . The eeati » ti covince of Z ^ uor-Chelg had been in rebellion . Ttv a insurgents were at leagth completely roatacV . lai .- go numbers . were elain , and many hundred pK 3 « aera taken . Before leaving the province the KUsrperor ordered . a _ vast number of heads to be strucii .- off , including those of nearly all the prisoners ; iragtosed many ^ heaTy ; pecuniary fines , and carried offrhostsjjes from amongst the most considerable fa miiies of the -provides . . ; [ His " Majesty" is a right wjsal fellow 1 Noibing like murder for the support o&throaes . l
United States—A hvoee was blown up at Grte&t Falls , New Halifax , a few days Bince , by . some miscreants , the family w itltia eswnring as if bf . mwaole . — Dupont ' s powder m ' ill ^ iwaa- P ailsidelpbi * , exploded ! on Thui 8 da 5—ona maakiilaA . —Immensa-excitement has been created In JfewHjimpshire and Connects cut ( states genetaliiTi , free frbm criase ) . owing t < y the commission of two how ?« le mnriers on ladieeo-The Boston Repeal Association had another meeting on Jlonday—200 dollars subscribed .-r-A huab « nd and wife named D » Ja » are sentenced to be hanged at Tonawauda , Ptenus 5 lv ania , fit the murder of Mir R . G . Gore , aMspeefcible old gentleman . —Macr eady has had &ea $ gwSef . at reception in New York ; and Marshall Beipttantf . is making quite , a inumphant progreas . up > th > 3 Mississippii—fho / 9 rops IQ every part of th&t&ute * 1 States yield abundantly .
A tremendous- hurricane visited Florida on tha 13 th nit ,, by waieh very great damage wag douo throughout the oonn ' iry , and the city of St . Leon waa almost utterly destr oyed . Canada . — % e f janadian Parliament was to meet in Kingston , 0 * t ' he 28 ; h . —The difBculties between the English aad French settlera are not yet lolly settled . —Thejf < treats of Beanharnois have been ravaged by a die adful fire , extending many miles , and
destroying no merous houses and farms . —There has been a riot a > , St . Pie , Lower Canada , owing to Boma Baptist mif , sionariec having been attacked by the Catholic p / jpnlation . —Forty rioters were arrested , and peac / j restored . —Five thousand mon are now employe ^ in entoging - the Welland , Canal . —The Court-house at Ottawa , with all the public documents , has been destroyed . — On : dit , that the Britis ' n North American fleet is to assemble at Halify , x , where twenty-one men-of-war are expected .
IStew Bbcnswick . —The Mirdakhi Gleaner at aathe following : — " For some time past , all law and order hr , ye been set at defiance by a band of ruffians who hi , ve made Chaihakta their head quarters . It was supp osed that upoa the arrival of a detachment'of tb a 30 chtha rioiers would be awed bj their presence , but ~ pn ~ happily such was not the ease . The r military are held in open defiance , and upwards of 500 rnffianc , dressed in red shirta , and otherwise distinguished
by uniformity in apparel , have bar jded together . They have the command not only of musketp , but of field pieces , and proreoted m that portion of the in-Burgents ( whom We may desiignate 1 . . as the infantry ) are , by hooees and barrioadea , from the windows of the former of which they can fure opon the soldwry with , impunity , and encouraged and goaded o » a » tbey are by men exercising authority , no hope can at present be indulged thai tbose lawless wretdtes can be Bubdued until a large force be sent over to sappress them . " .
[ We do n 0 * exaoily nnderstand this . It does not appear that these ^ lawless ivref . ahes" are ; wbbe « k What are they ! Query : Are . they political *' ivfr flans" ? a oommon name for revolutionists ; in- tne months of thoso who ar « j paid to stipportvexifltoiiic Bvstems , ShooJd no $ wonder bM they are ,- —i , o « N . S . 1
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r 1 1 hi 1 1 ^^^ THE LIBERATOR" AGAIN . THE POLITICAL B JIM CROW . " "We gave in our last fall particulars of tbe * BASE COMPROMISE" proffered by O'Cohjcell , in iis . offer to barter M Ukcosdihokal Repeai " for FEDERALISM . ' We commented in severe , Jt > nt justly merited , terms , npon ibis shameless abandonment of principle , on the part of the Irish " * Hoses ''; and from all parts , —( Ireland as well as England)—we have thiB -week received Ipublio aad private letters , warmly approving of the independent
course pursued by us . Well , the eompromise" took . Witb one solitary exception , ibai of the World , all the Irish Repeal papers gave their acquiescence , silent or expressed , to file ** New More . " The Freeman ' s Journal , the PUot , thfl Drogheda Argus * the Belfast Findicotor , £ co ^ Jtc ; all flaming , " uneompromising" iRepeal papers —all gave their silent assent . The Nation alone , of all the subsidized organs of the " Royal , Loyal Asso ciation , " said anything ; and what it said was expressed in subdued tones of compliance with , tbe ukase ot the Dictator . All its big words and
blnBierlng threats were B flung * to tbe wild winds of heaven "; and Toang Ireland at once sacrificed its ** high and haughty" resolves for Fatherland , at the shrine of self-interest ! as , when it burked the noble address of tha Sheffield Chartists , it smothered its own sentiments , rather than risk the loss of its share ofltbe "rint" plunder . And while the conductors of the free"Press thus licked th . edustjthey ' annoanced that the " great" Brummagem leader of the "half dozen , comprehensible omniboses-full" of " Complete " Suffragists , had visited the creat Daniel , and
arranged with him fiie " abandonment" ot •' Unconditional Repeal " that the said Joseph had proeeeded to Cravfordsburn , U > arrange with Mr . Seabiixx Crattfokd , to take ; his part in tbe new piece . The Monitor , & Federalist , was in ecstasies with the * new more . " In short , " all went merry asa-jnar-KagaTjell" ! when , lo and behold I tbe"LiBEBATOB " gave another twist I xade asoihkhthrh 2 ! and again showed bis dexterity in shifting the pea at the -very moment that expectant Whiggery -was prepared to lift the thimble 1
Whether , notwithstanding the silence of bis bribed y / ress , he had heard the rumbling of the thunder of popular discontent in the distance ; or whether be ¦ was galled by the taunts of the Tory press , to say nothing of the stinging sarcasms of our independent contemporary , the World , and our own exposure of Ids } perfidy and treachery ; and feared that these would ieU upon tbe popular mind to the great ¦ detriment of bis popnl&rily , -wo cannot tell : but be that as it may , the turn aJoiil -was taken ; and only five days from tbe announcement of his * BASE COMJ'KOMISE , " "ire find Mm again an
* UNCONDITIONAL REPEALER" 11 On * Saturday he issued an address to the Irish people , which will be found in another column ; in ¦ which , after insisting that ** in all and every event , peace , order , and absence of violence" should be persevered in by the people : he sets on to say , * That Repeal must not be abandoned . " * Perse-Tere , " say 3 he , V firmly and peaceably j and the Repeal « certain . "
If the Repeal " must notlw abandoned , " why did he -offer to abandon It only on the previous . Monday 4 If * the Repeal is certain / ' why did he offer to " compromise" only five dayH before 1 Tis all Tery well for Mr . O'Cojrazu . to tell tbe people to "keep quiet f io pay their " proclamation" shillings ; and to " per severe i" bni-persevere in what T ihbt have voss allssSEO . OTBED of THEM : it is for him now to produce bis " measures , " and give the people something to persevere with .
WHERE IS THE COUNCIL OF THREE HUNDRED ! Where « " the machinery io be worked io carry Bepeal" ? Forcible means he repudiates . The craven tone of tbe Nation lisping " with bated breath and in a bondsman ' s key , " shews that tbe "valorous threats of Young Ireland are all fudge ! -mere " -win-penny" dap-traps ! 1 We now tell O * Co 5 xeii that his talk about " the Repeal being ¦ c ertain /* and Mb appeals to the people to * perse * Tere , " are rank humbug ! On Sunday , Mr . O * Cokheli addressed two Ward meetings . At the Post Office Ward he appeared again rather in tbe character of a FEDERALIST . Traej'by way of clap-trap , ie said u let no one abandon the Repeal " : but be took care to add that
u Whenever he found an advance towards his side of the question made by those vho had never joined them HK ALWATS WEST HAU-TTAT TO USES THSSL . " Thi 3 , of course , -was ** loudly cheered" I Again , he expressed himself as being willing io abandon much for a urns jnsiice f * and then most consistently added : — n He wanted perseverance for the restoration of ibffi independent Iran Parliament ; aad there let Jim not be misunderstood . By independent , he did not mean a Parliament independent of the Crown , but of the other Parliament . "
Can any one make common sense of this , or regard it as common honesty . But no doubt be spoke to salt bis audience , composed , most likely , in a great measure , of " respectables . " In the St . Andrew ' s Ward , on the same day , he held another meeting ; and there no doubt having another sort of an audience , he went the " whole bog" with a vengeance . R Give me" said he , 11 Bui six months ef perfect tranquiTily , akd ip 1 OV HATB ROT A PABIIAXEST in COIXEGE-GHKES AT TBB IKD OF THAT P . EBICD , I ' li GIVE TOO « TT HEAD opes the block—Uremendous cheering for some Bunnies ) . "
And he afterwards added , n , give me six { months' peace , and Fll have Repeal for you as sure as the rising of to-morrow's sun . " ( yCoaKBLL has predicted thai by the expiration » f Blx months , Repeal shall be obtained . We will
To The Working People.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct825/page/5/
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