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~*~ T ysWEB TO J . C ELLIOTS ENIGMA . « - * n » the -whispering zephyr * o ! street rammer ' * ere Ttsitbe soM ? o ' er Albion ' s We , « . lithe ' Si * r ° - $ * Korih" iu character * weave , like the « n illuming our heart * -with . & smSe . m , ae the told frozen North sends Borea * forth , THiile ' is landscape is buried in snow , ^ . ^ ase ofoErFrortskallnever be lort , KoTtb % P « opla controU'd by mere men of rtraw ; , ^ jionn and the- tempest , mid mountains of surf , Out Star coes triumphantly ride ; ^ , ^ jaersei House , it ' s rnore snns than the mouse Bj vh * * Spasi ^ Ambassador . ^ side .
tnth Palffiewton it ' s no favourite , I kno-w , yor yet with the Qaeen or her nuwe ; it their trickery it aims a death blow , Ana fastens the strings of oar purse . In these politics ! lines , I profess To solve the Enigma by the letter & Tbosas M . WHEELEa . EBg-strert , Kenans-ton .
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THE CAUSE . T-j , ne ~ " Sly Native Hill * . " I love- the cause , the glorious cause ; Of reason and of troth . ' Tbe Cb&Ttis : cause of equal lavs , Of iibtr . y and truth . I lore to see the cheerful glow Oa merry bear is to free ; Where ' er I am , -where ' er I go , The Ccirtist cause for me . I lore the cause , the glorious cause , 01 equal rights to ali ; Twili baKih all oppressive laws And 2 iin to freedom call . I love to see it progress so , q- ~ x cTiry isn-. i and sea ; ¦ Rtere ' er 1 am , where ' er I go , The Ciartist cause for me .
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SERE'S TO THE MAN , ic lew— " Brave Old Oak . " Hare ' s to the mar ., th = brave true man , Who hath -worked in our ranks so long ; Hsy health and renown the patriot crown , And his XorVitTH Star so strong . Xtsre ' s frar tj his foes -when the people oppose , And scitier their servile cr * w , Wbo is deduce of riant , by tyratray and might , Eire imprisoned onr patriot true . Bis ! here ' s to its man , the brave fcrne man , Who Kinds by ear cause so firm -, SuB prosp = r be , lie pride of the free , " And live in cur hearts so warm .
Is tie ciTs that are ?* ne , -when oppression ' s storm D ! sr-ersctl ocr O- 'Svention &uid ; Wia tyrarj-. j ' i po-ww rr . ade out prospects lour , Irne to oar curse cid he st ± jicl . ? ii rsscr : £ ~ r » -were rrho , -with pro } nises iair , Were seeking tbeir own sel £ sh a ' . aw ; They are gone , they a : c fled , in ob : ivion laid , Ba cur Ftar ^ as still remains . Then hire ' s to the man , it Ee st thit tie poor ranch wrong did endure , And be v */ w ' ii their caase to assistlo rt * U . re the geod ways of the old English days TTtsn fecch o ; cld by labour sa . bsi . ~ t ; ] fc she oppressor's mi ^ ht hiith triumph'd o ' er right isd : tsrris . "n"d O'Cornor the fcraTc ; Ite ids erase shall etdare , bis victory be sure—Es BrTtT was forafd ior a slave .
Essa here's to tbe man , tbe fcrave tree man , Wio star , is by our cause so firm ; S" -HI prosper be , the pridi of th = free , Wts lites in cur hearts so warm . THOS . M . TrKIHrZB-
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LITTLE JOHN FINALITY . There li-res a Lori , whom men may call A niv-rstl of mortality ; In Eicd as ¦ well as members small , Tho 3 £ t tt ' higs extol the stature tal ] 0 : liiiie John Finality . " Upoa the Bill I ns rey foot , " Exci&nned ti : is iprig of qaa . ity ; " No furLer nr ? e ; he rash pursuit ; Fa , by the Gj ?( s of Lilliput : niiferd 02 my finality . " Thtss J . hn remaln'd a year rr so , Opposed to Radicality-. Though many said ' tw ^ aki prove bo go . And thsnrni this TVhiggisi world below 1-jo iickle i-jz firality .
Esrd is the half-rrf > jrmer ' s fate , : is ¦ witness old Ez ^ . ite' : Froa m ' j ' r-3 wh ; w-irsli : pped him of late Beearcs a douHe d-3 ae of hate By c = iitioning finality . As weak as those who leave Brown Siont , And tate ta Tea-totality , John's frieciis ns longer could hold out Araicst tbe pressure from withont , IThieh thrtsaten'd their finality . Then first ths opeD-sjaestion plan Hade half his colkaines balloty , Thr ; agh ill their rzL . ts the zaovtiaents ran ; Tsi stiil Itt ^ s thorighr onr little nrin Held fast iis own f-aaiitT .
BcfWsJsali , CiTiterbury t-x > , And eke the Pr ' ncipaH-v , >' : » made tbe ocfB ^ d * Wr .-. gs look blue ; And John , at lm . hrgm to rxs His funisess far finality . So , able to resist no mere OTbMfcll with his ws ^ e * . he Trifes to trow np the fraseluse s ' . oor , And £ ii -arith Irish v jtsa the dxi la aid of his fitalirr . Bet BrLi beeiBs his brows to t-esd In Tfra : a at nica rascality ; Asi s :- ; =, as s ^ ny sijas portend , R « i -- ' : T--s to mike a f sal ti i Of J . hn ard his fizalitv . E ' cckwc-od
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FREEDOM . B : * sweet ' thy name ; how dear to all Wso scorn opprsssion- 3 baneful thrallga lore tttir c-juntry , and the crowd A-it £ -a "itta j ' reedom cry aloud . | o * iear to those who feel the chain , ^ Thj ihaii claim their rights ^ gain , -Hz ths / ui ; rgtts o ! man demand I ^ -, ye ip . tbetic : iitst ^¦ - saa cptress-rs ; s-ck redress ! ^ f « » o siient ? rise ! defend -- -jole c £ aer—tiie despot ' s end . T ^ ^ eedo : n ' s " t-anrer shall be farl'd r ; - — j a Eta- cre £ t-.-d world , ^ : ? hi !! . - - -s ^ . ' " - - S--. t ^ at gioriuas day . ' T * - ^; r ' . tilo :: satl 'is 5 hall with jvy rrjc ? ice , ~» it 3 H 3 l-aj ^ 3 t > , cheerful voice , Tr ^ f ^" >' s and -T ^ ta ieave the field , '— ^ 1 ti-ir Tile , Llick deeds reveal'd . It ? - ^^ ^ " shaU S : i { TirIsle ' \ rt-t ^ . 6 fe : witil l 0 T - ibaV 1 s 11 " ' ¦ r ^ ' ? ^ " ' - ^ t ' ^ t ^ uebs of freedom ' s tree ^ Misl . J . I .
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. ^ E OURER-S LIBRARY , Ko . 1 . " C- ^ ° lI 1 ' - Poor t 0 ^ e Suffrage of the People ' s P-. ' r ' ' rT : ne HoE ^ ty and Justice of the a ^ ^ - l' tt : Ter = a ! SLffraie , e-tablished and Ued- ^ «' v - T lfce ; a : e Wm - Cobbsit , M . P . Bi-ifeei ;^' "" * ' 21 lrkfet-E ; reeV ; and by all ^ jV ^ ff p " " j k a Te P « nt from Cobbett ' s Tito-^ ai-t . an- ? ^ alnabte and timelvone it is , too . W » , » C >' : i . Wzo . 3 e argnrnonr for Universal Suf-^ jT ' ti " ^ . P : ^ - - fcrciblj , and eloquently ** " *» cffP > , - ^ °£ - lb'e I te - We need not , we are 1 w ^ rP crtldsm t 0 the readers of Cobbett , ^ nt /^ r- C <) nTerFan : wi ^ his merits ; bu : ^ fifthe r UE 3 haTe ariseD 5 ince the pnblica-Sui p-. ^ fv- nr ' ^ " *^> to whom the contents ; - ^ p ^ et Kni be novel , instructive , and vWs ^ Sl * ** disseminate the principlesof ^ iire ^ ^ i- lbe P °° P ! e to Unirena ] ltr w » v fr p t ^ " - do no * know a more ^ aie t' ?; Li , t 0 do ^ s , than for them to ^ " 3 tori ^ PieoK f «« Jj . Its eoopeodioas £ * fe foTtLr" ** ? rice render it partkalarly
x « Pco « Pnrpusea . ^« we t , ff F e , / ]' nm ef tbe contents of the * l * w » Cu ? 1 i ! " 6 &UowJnS extracts . The first ' ^ t to TQ ^^ ' nof Propferty , Ehould confer ' Jropf ^ ^ 12 *^ AG 1 ISST PBOFERTT . % **' 2 S ; ^ UboBI . not labour from *? bt to pT r ; . " tfc € Te " »« -o to be a distinction here , y f taw P ^ trence to lab . ur . All men are ^ k ti / . V " ^ dfcEiea ^ = 1 " tt »* 7 a" oaght to " - -fe of fee law : but tow are they to be
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thna equal , if the law begins by suffering some to enjoy this right and refusing the enjoyment to others ? It is the duty of every man to defend his country against aa enemy , a datyimposed bf the law of nature , as well as by that of civil society ; and withont the recognition of this duty , there could exist ne independent nation and no civil gociety . Yet , how are you to maintain that this is the duty of every man , if you deny to some men the enjoyment of a share in making the laws ? Upon what principle axe you to contend for equality here , while you « Uny its existence as to the right of sharing in the mating of the laws ? The poor man has a body and sou ) as well as the rich man ; like tfcfc latter , he has parents , wife and children ; a bullet or a sword is as deadly to him as to the rich man ; there are hearts to ache and tears to flow for him as well as for the squire
or the lord or the loanmonger : yet , notwithstanding tids equality , be is to risk all , and , if he escape , he is still to be denied an equality of rights ? If in such a state of things , the artisan or labourer , when called out to fi ^ ht in defence of his country , were to answer : " Why should I risk my life ? I nave no possession , but my labour ; no enemy will take that from me ; you , the rich possess all the land and all its products ; you make what laws you please without my participation or assent ; you punish me at your pleasure ; you say that my want of property excludes me from the right uf having » shaTe in the making of the laws ; you say that the property that I have in my labour is nothing worth ; on what ground , then , do yon cailupon me to risk my life ' : ' If in such a case , such questions were put , the answer is yety difficult to be imagined .
' In cases of civil commotion the matter comes still more home to us . On what ground is the rich man to call tbe artisan from his shop or the labourer from the field to join the sheriff ' s pos .= £ , or militia , if he refuse to tbo labourer anri artisnn the right of sharing in the making of the laws ? "Why are they to risk their lives here ? To uphold the laws , and to protect property ? What . ' laws , in the making of , or assenting to , which , they have been allow ed no share ? ProperEy , of -which they are saiJ to possess none ? What J compel men to ccme forth and risk their lives for the protection of property ; aad then , in thu sains breath , tell them that they are not allowed to share in the making of tiae laws , because , and only because , they have no property ! Not because they have committed ai > y crime ; not because they are idle or profligate ; not bsc ^ usa they are vicious in any way ; but s jltly because they have no property ; and yet at tie same time compel them to come fc-rth and risk their lives for tbe protection of property !"'
Having concluded this argamen * he proceeds to shew that even
THE PArPER OUGHT TO HAVE A VOTE . " Ought they to-share in the making of tbe laws ? And why not ? What is a pauper ; woat is one of tUe men to whom this dsgrading appellation is applied ? A very pjor man j a man who is , from some cause or other , unable to supply himself with food and raiment without aid from the parish-rates . And is that circumstance alone to dt-prive him of his right , a right of which he stands more in need than any other man ? -Perhaps he has , for many years of bis life , c » ntribnted directly to those rates , and ten thousand to one be has , bv his iabour , contributed to them indirtctly . Tiie aij which , under sucli circumstances , he receives , is bis right ; he receives it not as an alms : he is no mendicant ; h ; btrg = nut ; be cuiaes to receive that which the liw of the country awar . Is him in lieu of the larger portion assigned him by the href natnre .
" liit . then , consistent with junlce , with humanity , v . * iih reason , to deprive a man of the must precious uf Lis-politicr . ; rigi-ts , Kcause , and only bfc > ause , Le has been , ia a pecuniary way , sirru ' arly unforturute ? The Scripture says , ' Despise not tbe p'jor , because be is " poor ; ' that is to say , despise him not oa account of his poverty . Why then dtprive him uf his right ; why pat him out of the pale uf the liw on account of bis poverty ? There are some men , to be i-ure , vrho are reduced to poverty by tbtir vices , by idleness , by gamiDg , by dr : Lkin ? , by fcjainfiering ; but tbo f : ir ereater part by boJi . y aiimeuts , by mhfurtunes , to the effects of wL : ch ail men may , without any fault , and even without any foily , be exposed : snrt is there a man on earth so crueiiy u :. ; urt as to wi > h to add to the sufferings of iuch persons by stripping them of their political ilgLts . ' How many thousand of industrious and virfnuus ratn hare , within these few ycar& , been brought down from a state of competence to that of pauperism . "
It is not often , if ever , that tbe unrepresented man is so clearly ii > d ally shown lo hi a sla ^ c as m the following paisa ^ e ^ WHAT IS A SLAVE ? " For , let us net be amnsed by a name ; but look well into the matter . A slave is in the first place , a man who has no property : and properly means soniethir . gthat he his . and that nobody can take from h-. iu without his leave or consent- Whatever man , no matter what he may call himself or any body else may call him , can have his money or his gc-oda taken from L-im by force , by vir tue of an order , or ordinance , or law , which he has bid no hand in making , and to which he La 3 not given his assent , has no property , and i « merely a depository of the goods of his master . A
slave ha « no property in his labour ; and any wan who is compelled to give up the fruit of hi «> labour to another , at the arbitrary -will of that other , has no property in his labour , and is , therefore , a slave , whether the fruit of his labour be taken from him directiy or indirectly . If it be said that he gives up this fruit of his labour by his o-svn will , and thatitis not forced from him ; I sjasw-ir , to be sure he may avoid eating and Jrinking and may go caked ; but then he must die ; aud on this condition , and this condition only , can he refuse to give up tbe fruit cf his labcnr . ' , wretch , or surruiQer as niarii of your income , or the fruit of your iabour , as your masters choose to take . * This is , in fact , the Iai ;§ uagt- of tbe rulers to every man who is refused to have a share in the nnkiug of the laws to which he is forced to submit .
" But , some one may sr . y , s ' aves are private property , and may be bought and sold , out and out , like cattle . Aril , what is it to the slare , whether he be the property of one or of many , or , what matters it to him , whether he pass from master to mas ' er by a sale for an indefinite terra , or be l . t to hire by the year , month , or week ? It is , in no case , the flesh and blood and bones that are sold , but the labour ; and , if you actually Scil the Labour of man , is cot that man a slave ; though y- ^ u sell it for only a short time at once ? Anrl , as ta the principle so ostentatiously displayed in the case of tbe black slave trade , that ' man ou ^ h : not to have a property in mau , " it is even an advantage to tbe slave to be pr ivate prop-.-rty , because tbe owner has then a clear and powerful interest in the presorvitioa of his life , health , and strength , anil will , therefore , fun . isb him amply with the food and raiment necessary for this end . "
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ROW AT THE TOWN HALL OF BIRMINGHAM . A meeting took place in the Town-hall on Friday last , for the purpose of electing a churchwarden . The whole staff uf Whigs and Tories were raliitd for the ociasion , and , at eleven o'clock , Mr . Gutteri-. lge , a Tory , was plr . ced in tht- chair , by onler of ths vtttry c ! erk , who stated that Mr . Gutttridgc had betn elected to that ofiee by a poll , vrhicii took place on the preceding Fri Jay . Mr . M-D 05 NELL protested arainst the whole proceedings , and , after a long speteh , proposed that Mr . Alderman Westo . i should take tbe chair .
2 tlr . Douglas ic . Jit- _ > r of the Journal ) seconded the nomination , which was put to tLe nicelicg , and carried UEmnmous ' . y . 11 r . Alderman WES ton then stepped forward to take the chair , but ? ras hindered from doing so by the vestry cltrk , and a posse of Tories who had taken possession of the gallery . A scene of nprcar then ensued which beggars description , during which one of the Tories proposed Mr . lii / iTcber as a pr ^ - piT person to btconie churchwarden ; it was seconded Ly another person , amidst increased confusion and houting from all pat is of thu building . Mj . M-Do >" . vei . l . after a long . "peerh , in tbe course of which he denounced the Tories and church party in rio measured tenn 3 , proposed Mr . Creole Yemon BIur , t as a proper person . Mr . Dotglas secjnde . 1 the nomination .
Mr . Geo ? . ge White then presented himself close by the ihv . r , and was received with loud cheers by the people in tbo body of tbe Hall , and the most discordaut hl&ses an-. l groans from the respectables in the gallery . He was alt-ut to address the meeting , but was interrupted by the Chairman , who a . 'ked him whether he intended to propose another candidate . iir . White stuteil that he shonld plta ^ e himself what course be should adopt , andbegpd leuve to teil the gentleman tiiat he had eo right to interrupt him as fce was not the chairman of that meeting . ilr . GptteeiltGE then insisted that Mr . White ahouid produce in -writing the Eubstance of what he intended to ssv bef jre h ? should allow him to proceed .
Mr . White replied , that the man who foisted himself on the lceiting as their chairman , appeared to him to be the most ignorant fellow he h .-. d ever met ; he was determined not to be interrupted by him any further , and should take the sense of the metting , whether they would hear him or not . He then wished all those who desired that he fhoald speak to hold up their hands . i >" eariy * eve-ry hand in the body of the Hall was then held up » . After which , Mr . White addressed the meeting , amidst the yelling and hooting of tbe respectable , and the cheers of the working man . Mr . " G cxiEEiDGE then laid hold of Mr . White ' s aim , and enquired whether be was a ratepayer , and was answered in the affirmative . The VESTET Clerk stated , that Mr . White ' s naHie wa « Dot in the great boek , and maintained that he had eo right to speak .
Mr : White stated that he was determined to speak at that meeting . He understood tbat the Town Hall had been denied to the working mtD , and as long as tbat refusal wa » persisted in , he vls determined to make use of it on their Utalf on every opportunity that offered . If such men as Messrs . M'Doncell , Douglas , Bdmocds , and others had goveioDtsily with the working classes for tfje removal of all grievar-c ** , Uity need not
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be engaged in such paltry battles u tbe present ; and although the parties opposed to the rate had for their object merely the abolition of Church Rates , he wished to do away with every rate and every law which was not passed by the express will of the whole people . ( Lond cheers . ) Here was a body of men who professed themselves Christians and lovers of the poor , who shewed their Christianity by trampling on the fundamental principles of their creed , by endeatouring ia rob them according to law , and take advantage of SSurgea Bourne ' s Act , which enabled a rich man to give six votes to enable them to accomplish such robbery . They had , therefore , proved themselves to be no Christians , but a horde of venomous reptiles . ( Hers the hisses and confusion were such , tbat not s word more eonld be heard , the working men shouting , " Go on , WMte , give it them , " and the respectables bawling out " He's just liberated from prison , " " No Chartists . " Guttfridge then shouted for the police , and intimated to Mr . White , tbat he would order him into custody it he persisted to speak . )
ili . White defied him ; and said he was determined to stop there alJ night , or have a hearing . Some rough compliments then passed between the quondam Chairman and Mr . White , the latter persisting in his determination to « peak . Mr . Guttejliuge then called on Mr . Alston , the magistrate , to protect him . Mr . Alston stepped up to Mr . White , and informed him that he was a magistrate , and that he insisted on him to desiat Mr , White answered , that he did not care what he was , he was determined to exercise his right , and would not be bullied out of it by any man , and then proceeded to address the meeting on the villany of Whig and Tory Government , and the necessity of union amongst the working classes to rid themselves of their united robberies . Mr . A lston again Interrupted him , and stated that if he persisted in his determination he would order him into custody .
Mr . Wh i te stated that he might do as he pleased ; he should not leave that place until he had finished what he meant to say . A possa of police then made their appearance at the top of the gallery , headed by Major Shaw , superintendent , who made up to Mr . White , and informed hiai that he must desist , or he should tuke him into custody . Mr . White told him that he would not desist , and was proceeding to address the meeting , when he was eeiz-xl by four policemen , dragged out of the gallery in the most brutal manner , and confined in ' - ' the Committee-room , where about forty policemen- \ rere awaiting the orders of their
masters to quell the ' mob' The uproar and confusion that foilowed baffles all description . The working men rushed in hundreds from the body of the Hall expecting to see Mr . White removed to prison , and with a detenu ination to rescue him . They surrounded the various doors and outlets to the Town Hall , and gave vent to their feelings in curses loud and deep . The proceedings of the meeting were completely stopped , and afttr an hour and a half s uproar and confusion , the meeting was adjourned to the following Friday after which , Mr . White was liberated amidst the cheers of the thousands who awaited his release .
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Commodore Napier dined with the Navy Club , at the "liiatchc-U Honse Tavern , on Thursday , the 22 J uh . Admiral Thomps-jn was in tho chair . Mr . Low , the persecuting suitor of Miss Couttb , has commenced proceedings against two of tho Middlesex Magistrates for false imprisonment . Joseph Lovell , the man who last week slippod under the wheels of the Eastern Counties Railway tram , from which he had just alighted , died on Saturday . Ths Magistrates of Brighton hare refused t » sign au order : or tha paymt-nt of church-rates , on account of their doubt as to a technical objection which had been made against the rate . The Churchwardens threaten their worships wuh a mandamus . Under the h ; : ad of Portsmouth , the Brighton Gasette t-ayi- — ' * There is a report that iho Warspitc , 50 , is to bo forthwith commissioned here , for thu broad pendaut of C-Jinmodore S ; r Charles Napier , who is to have the command in thu Pacific . "
Suicide at Ska — Ciptain . Ardent , of the brig Elizabeth , of L . 'nd > ju , bound for Quebec , died on the lC ' . h ult ., ai sea . He had made repeated attempts at suicide , by cuUiughis throa ,:, and jumping from tha vessel . Repeal . —Lord Fi ' rench ha 3 resigned his office of Deputy Lieutenant for the couuty of Galway , because Lord Ebriugton declined to appoint his son , tho Hoa . Thomas i'french , an avowed and active Hepealer . to a similar situation . —Dublin Mail . Me . Arthur Pekriw , late Mayor of Dublin , arrived at i \«» - York a tew days tiuck with his two sons , and a day or two after his arrival he was arrested under the Stilwcll Act lor abolishing imprisonment for debt and punishing fraudulent ikbiors . The case is undergoing investigation .
Two BA . Ys . fs were seen , a fuw days since , fighting ia the air , near the mouth of the river Yealm , aud at length fell together to thegroaud . Au obaerrer hastened to the spot , and secured them both while they were thus hotly eugaged , and locked hi each other ' s claws . — Western Luminary . Ntw Association . —A new Association , called the " Political Institute , " held its .-eiwiu sitting ou Wednesday wetk , at HolbornBarp , when is ttiscussedthe necessity of diminishing the immense and increasing influence of the aristocracy . Dangerous Freak . —Two sailors were fined 10 ^ . each at Union Hall Police-office , on Saturday , for jumping off : hi Greenwich train whilst going over Mermondwy Bridge at full speed . The fine would have been heavier , but the sailors pleaded ignorance of railway affurs , as they had just lauded from Valparaiso , and had never ridden in a train before .
Christian >« a 3 ies . —A Cabinet order at Berlin explains thit in tho ordiuauce issued some yiars ago , by which the Jews aro prohibited from giving Christian names to their children , that those only aro to be considered as prohibited names cither derived from the name of our Saviour , t > uch as Christian , Christopher , < Scc , or which refer to some dogma of the Caristian Church , such as Renatus , Anastas , Baptist , and Peter . A Charitable Wjsh . —At a Tory festival in B ^ ccles , reported in the Standard , the Chairman , Sir T . 5 . Gooch , Bart ., tpoke his mind in these terms : — * If he had had fits wish , Air . O'Counell would have been hanged long ago . ( A iauth . ) It might be thought an uncharitable wish , but , it came from the bottom of his heart . What a happy thing it vrouM be to see him aud many more dancing upon nothiuj ; . " iCaeers )
Dundee was disturbed by a riot on Sunday night wetk . The police arresteu three drunken men at a public-house ; and a mub collected and assisted one of the prisoners to escape from a window . Wnen tho other two were taken into the street , two or three hundred men made a furious attack upon tho police ; but after discharging several volhes of dioues , four of them were sciztd , to share in the captivity of their drunken friends . They were taken be : ure the Magistrate .-, and sentenced to heavy fines or imprisonment for sixty days .
In oub last we stated that Z ; phania Williams aud four convicts had ran away from Port Arthur . It appears that Williams , who is an overseer of the coal-mines , found in the bush a boat , and the convicts who had concealed it knew that , unless they forced him away with them , they would be discovered ; so they took him away with them , and at the first house he came to after leaving the romaiiider oi the men , he gavo himself up , and is now in gaol at Richmond . We are glad to hear the conduct of William ? , since his arrival here , has besn extremely exemplary . We have heard that fame of the Canadians have escaped from Green Ponds , under rather extraordinary circumstances , —Hobarl Town Advertiser , November 24 .
Dkspoiate Attempt at Suicidk on BlackfriaRSBfliDGs . —L > a Friday night , the " 23 rd ult ., between Efeven and eight e ' clock , a middle-aged female was observed by police-conaablo 371 , to mount tne parape : of ths nonli-eait Eide of iilackfriars-bridge , at ; d , before he could reach her , she precipitated hertelf into the Thames . Some men who were on the pier instantly put off to her rescue , and succeeded in gaining her apparently lifeless body , and conveyed it to the Glaziers' Arms , ( receiving-houst ) , Waterlane , where she was promptly attended by Mr . Hutchinson , Burgeon , of Farringdon-street . In the course of an hour , she was so far recovered as to bo enabled to state that her name was Ann Baines , and that she resided at Cow-cross , Srukhfield , but had no relatives or friends in London .
Stmpathy with Great Criminals . —On Wednesday , the day of the lair at Foix , Pierre Sarda Tragine , the Alpine brigand , was publicly exposed according to tho terms of his sentence . The executioners of Toulouse and Foix were both present . These men , who have effectually gtopped the career of Traginc by executing the sentence which the Court passed upon him , were for some time occupied in collecting the sous winch were thrown down for the criminal by numbers of the spectators ; and it was remarked that several crown pieces were actually thrown down for him . It was stated that several persons , who were ashamed to be seen giving themselves , sent their valets or tenants to givefire-fraac pieces to the unfortunate Tragine . A countryman present , in making an appeal on his behalf , said ,
" Give Eosnc . hing for the man who was a good father , a good husband , who was not a robber , ( but was the victim of his fate . " Sido by eido with Tragins was Jean-Petit-Boy , also sentenced to " exposition" and seveu years' imprisonment , in February Jast , for the crimo of incendiarism . This man , however , was Eot the object of public charity . Everything for the great criminal , but nothing for the obscure incendiary ; and it appeared indeed , from the circurnstanccB of this occasion , as has often been said , that if we wish to excite interest , sympathy , and even enthusiasm , we must commit great crimes , when we shall not be without some applauding hands , nor fail to meet with juries who will discover in our offences " extenuating circumstances . " —Paris Journal . <¦
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The Fortifications . —The works of the fortifications of f arts have been commenced simultaneously on every point . Upwards of -11 , 100 workmen were engaged on Friday and Saturday last , and tho contractors were enjoined to prosecute the works with all possible activity , and to apply for military labourers if they could no * procure a sufficient number of civilians . This great concourse of workmen-, and the concentration of troops around Fans , had already produced a considerable rise in the price of butchers' meat , which was now nearly placed beyond the ,, reach of the labouring classes , lnat of bread was fortunately falling , the 41 b loaf of the first quality selling for selling for 5 £ d .
Scabcittop Potatoes . —A week or two since there was a scarcity of potatoes in the county of Waterford , to such an extent that the agent of the Mining Company of Ireland , which employs a great number of people at the copper mines of Knockmahon , found it necessary to import a cargo of potatoes , and to forward a supply of oatmeal for immediate use . In the neighbouring county of Tipperary , too , it appears that some apprehension begins to prevail regarding the stock of potatoes , and the peasantry are resorting to intimidation , in order to compel landholders to charge something like a moderate price for ground let out tor the growth of this esculent .
Collision of two Ships at Sea . —A collision between the Jeune Flavie , a French sloop , and the Ana Jane , an English brig , took place at sea , off . FlambQroughHead . ou Monday week . The sloop had a crew of six , on board—the master , mate , three seaman , and a cabin boy—when she struck against the brig ; two of whom perished in her , as she went down head foremost , whilst the remainder clung to the shivered rigging of the brig , and were saved . The bowsprit of the brig was carried away , and her stem was completely driven in , and she was only saved with djffionhy . The sloop and cargo are valued at at 1 , 500 .
Using Obscene Language in the Streets . — Elizabeth Mollan , a middle-aged and very respectably-dressed woman , the wife of an opulent tradesman residing in the metropolis , whose bloated and dissipated look indicated an inordinate propensity for strong drink , was committed for one month to hard labour in the Now Westminster -Bridewell , for using obscene language in Marshall-street , Golden-square , on Friday evening , while in a beastly state of intoxication . The wretched woman is the mother of a fine and numerous family .
Robbery and Remorse . —Jane White , a middle-« ged woman , recently in the service of Mr . Woodall , a woollen draper , in Binhopsgate , London , was charged at Worship-street police office , on Saturday , with having stolen somo plate and other property , belonging to her master . She was moved by remorse to r ; vo hereclf into tho hands of the police the previous evening . Her master had previously to the robbery put great confidence in hor , and treated her with great kindnes 3 . She was remanded until to-day ( Saturday . )
Emancipation of Jews . —The Emperor of Russia has resolved to emancipate the Jews in his empire " as soon as intellectual instruction and civilisation shall be so far advanced among thorn that this great boon may bo beneficial to themselves . " Twohundred new schools are now ' organised . Measures are in progress to invite to Russia from foreign countries , especially Germany , the men who are at Government schools denoted head masters , teachers , & . O ., to manage the several primary and learned establishments , since qualified persons are not at present to be Sound among tho Jews iu ihe empire . The number of Jews iu Russia and Poland in about 2 , 000 , 000 .
Manly Conduct of Henry Hetiierington . —On Friday , the 234 instant , some tools of the dastardly ptrsecutors of . Mr . Hetherin ^ toncalledtiponhirain his cell ( No . 7 , entrance 4 ) at the Marishalsea , or Q'leen ' s B-uch Prison , to inform him that he might leave his national apartment , if he would consent to bo bound , haud and foot , for a certain period ; or , in other words , to " find security in thy amount of one hundred pounds to keep the peace" ( which he has never broke !) "' towards his sovereign Lady tho Qaeen , her crown and dignity ( 1 ) . " The substance oi Mr . Hetherington's reply to this offer was truly a noble one : — " When I go forth , I shall go free ; 1 will not fcubmit to be shackled by any government . "
Who d ha' thought it !—Tho Anti-Corn Law League finding that the intelligent men of London are not to be canght by a cry of cheap bread , " have set their trap with beef also , hoping that this " double attraction" will be more enticing ; iu other words , they have called in their bread petitions aud sent out ^ ome beef and bread ones ; "Petitions to the House of Commons , for a repeal of the tax on bread and beef , wait hero for your signature . " Let them " wait , " for if these men were really friendly to you , they would not thus fool away both time and money , but go fur Universal Suffrage at once . Hurrah for the Charter ! get but ! that , and that will get you plenty .
Ihe Convict Longley . —It was stated on Saturday last in Westminster , upon excellent authority , that a pardon had been forwarded from the Home Office , for Harriet Longley , with orders that she should be taken care of until tho Government obtained f ome suitable place to givo her shelter and protection . Tho Governor of Newgate gives her a most excellent character , and saya that her conduct , while in custody , was roost exemplary , and that her demeanour for propriety surpasseo that of any woman that has ever been in his custody . The uuforrunate woman i » unceasingly lamenting tho death of her wretched offspring , and states that the dreadful act was committed by her in a fit of insanity , wheu she fouud that nature had dried up the souroo which was to have given support and strength to the little victim .
Lovely Woman . Mary Ann Webster was charged , atHatton Garden Polico-office , on Saturday , with being drunk and disorderly . Mr . Combe asked her how longsha had been out of the House of Correction ? Defendant— " Yesterday morning I waa liberated . " Mr . Combe— " And how soon did you pet into the Station-house V Dsfendant— " In the afternoon of the Bame day . " Mr . Combe— "Can you tell , within twenty times , how often you have been committed to the House of Correction . 1 " Defendant— " Truth requires no embellishment , and there being no necessity for lying , 1 answer you candidly that I cannot . " Waddiwgton , the gaoler , said she was the most extraordinary character he ever met with . Ever since she was twelve years of age she had led an abandoned life . She had been in his
custody nearly as many times as there were days in the year , and on no occasion had ho conveyed her to pri&on without having been obliged to find her Eome article of dress to cover her nakedness . After locking her up he had frequently , on visiting her to remove her to tho prison van , found her stark naked ( she having , in the interim , torn into shrods every article of her dres 9 ) , and he had then , by main force , to strap something about her before she was removed to prison . Mr . Mallett . the clerk , observed that when she was in tho House of Correction she whs conetatuly receiving additional punishment for ili treating somo of the turnkeys or her fellowprisoners . He very much questioned her sanity . Mr . Com be inquired if hhe were wilting to go into a workhousu , and she assenting , he ordered her romoral to the poor-house in St . Paucras .
Loj ; d Cardigan and the Commander in Chief . Tho following order has been issued by the Commundcr-in-Chief , on the subject of tho punishment on the sabbath : — " Horse Guards , 22 nd April , 1041 . Tho attention of the General Commanding-in-Chief has been called to the punishment of a soldier of tbo 11 th Hussars , in the Riding-house , at Hounslow , on Sunday , tho 11 th of April . It is well known that it is not the practice of this country to carry the penal sentences of tho law into execution on the Lords Day ; neither is it the practice of the army , whother employed abroad or at home . The General Comrnanding-in-Chief is , therefore , surprised that an officer , > n ihe situation of Lieutenant-Colonel
commanding a regiment ' , should have carried such a sentence into execution on , Sunday . The Goneral CuiumaudiiiK-iu-Cliitf desires that it may be clearly understood that the sentences of Military Courts are not to be carried into execution on the Lord ' s Day , excepting in casts oi' evident necessity , the nature of which it cannot be requisite for him to define . By command of the Right lion , the General Cornmanding-iu-Chicf , ( Signed ) John Micuonald , Adjutant-General . " This is a grave rebuke , and people ask whether Lord Cardigan can stomach it , and remain in Jiis command . Our belief is , that he will be found as callous in bearing as iuflicthjg ignominy .
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Gentlemen , —As a portion of your address , which appeared in The Sim of yesterday , is directed immediately to myself , I deem it necessary to offer you a brief explanation why I am not a member of your Asseciation , and why the National Association for Promoting tho Political and Social Improvement of the People is formed . In the first place the plan of the National Association waa written during tbe first few months of our incarceration in Warwick Gaol , long before your Association was formed , and would have been published had we been allowed free communication with , our friends .
On our liberation from prison our plan was published in the pamphlet entitled " Chartism , " and at different public meetings Mr . Collins and myself avowed our intention of endeavouring to form an Association upoa that plan as Boon as our health find circumstances permitted . Different plans and projects were promulgated at tbat period , for carrying forward the cause of Chartism ; one was for establishing a morning paper , another a national press , others for exclusive dealing , others for joint-stock stores , and others had projected and taken some steps towards forming the National Chatter Association to which you belong . Our plan for obtaining the People ' s Charter by peaceful and moral means , by the erecting of halls , the
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establishing of schools , the formation of libraries , and by every means seeking to raise the intellectual and moral character of oar brethren , while approved of by tbe press in general , as well as by the thinking and reflecting portion of Chartists , instead of being made a legitimate subject for discussion , was only made the subject of contempt and ridicule by the people's organ , the Northern Star , the editor of which designated nation education as a " national jackass , " and without condescending to review or rebut the arguments we had adduced , hinted that our plan was altogether worthless , as The Sun , the Chronicle , and other portions of the press had spoken favourably of it .
On my return from Cornwall I received a letter inviting me to join your association , which I refused to do on the grounds of illegality , at the same time referring them to Acts of Parliament by which tb&y were shown that all who belonged to them were eubjf ct to transportation ; a risk I did not choose to run . About the same time Mr . Collins called the attention of the Editor of the Star to the uuljeefc of the illegality of the Charter Association , and the necessity of cautioning tbe working classes on the subject The persons engaged on that paper subsrquently wrote to Mr . Place of London to ascertain the state of the law on th « subject . which that gentleman readily furnished them with , but several weeks were suffered to elapse before any notice was taken or warning given , when Mr . Place ' s article appeared without the least acknowledgment of the author .
An alteration was subsequently made in ( he plan of your Association , to make it more conformable to law . Huw far that has been eff-ctsd I shall not lirzirJan opinion ; suffice it to siy , I have not seen sufficient inducements in your objects , nor that line of conduct pursued by those who rule its destinies , to warrant Hie in joining them . Believing that the principles of Chartism are purely democratical , calculated to benttit all classes , and not the working classes exclusively , I cannot agree with tke general denunciations against all kinds of union with the middle classes , nor do I approve of the abuse , calumny , and despotic conduct which have recently been put forth against all thoso who think a union uf all classes desirable .
It has been stated , by the editor of the Star ( doubtless witli ths view of exciting the prejudice of the woriing classes ) , that the plan of eur Association was concocted by Messrs . Hume , Roebuck , and O'Connell , when h « knows to the contrary , that it is word for word , such as appeared in our pumphlel , which was written under circumstances of deprivations and sufferings in the cause of the people . But even if it was tie production of the greatest enemy of the people , its origin , is of little moment ; the great question f « ir consideration is—would it benefit the people politically and socially , if the people themselves resolved to carry it into practice ?
Our plan has been said to be put forth " as a secret move . " In answer to which , I embrace this opportunity of stating that similar means were taken to ascertain the opinion of all the known and active Chartists of the kingdom respecting it , as were taken to obtain the signatures to the Irish address which was pat forth previous to the meeting of the Convention . Copies of it were sent U all the Radical , Working Men ' s , and Charter Associations throughout the kingdom—the addresses of which we could obtain—as also to the Members of the late Convention , embracing the originators of your Association . So that not only was the ¦ widest publicity given to it , but ample opportunities afforded for laying it before your Association ur any other body of Reformers .
Those who h , iv « appended their names to the a-1 dress and ylan of the National Association are designs of a union embracing persons of all creeils , cl'i >* a , and opinions , who are desirous of promoting th j political and social improvement of the people ; and if tlit ) members or Council of your Association approve of our objects , and the means we have put forth for the attainment of the People ' s Charter , we shall be glad to enrol them as members ; as also Sir K . Peel , Lord J . Kussel :, or the Duke of Wellington , if tLey choose iu joia us . A t all events , we claim the same right to put fovth out views , and to form a union upon our plans as you have on yours , the Scotch on theirs , or any other body cf Reformers ; and little can be said of the demwruHc feelings , the intellect or moral jirinciple of thosa who denounce as thieves , traitors , aud liars" all who differ frwu them in ' opinion or mode of action . I remain , your obedient servant , W . L 0 VETT . 183 , Tottenham Court Road .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OP GREAT BRITAIN , AND MORE PARTICULARLY TO MR . HILL , THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEIiN STAR , AND MR . WILLIAM LOVETT . FRIENDS , —We , the undersigned , residing at Trowbr ' ulge , councillors of tho National Charter Association , desir » to address you , believing tbat the circuaistunces urging us will , with all fair and candid minds , be a sufficient justification for our doing so . The last month has developed an apparent schism amongst our best friends , accompanied with language so coarse , violent , and , to our minds , utterly uncalled for , a 3 to give some ground for the triumphant assertion of our opponents , that Chartism , insteau of bting a bond of union and brotherly love , is really r . n apple
of discord—a watchword of shift and scurrility . Men whom all of us have delighted to honour , whom we received with acclamations ou their release from prison , havo been designated , in our only newspaper organ , as thieves , traitors , and lints ; and thac , not only without editorial censure , but even with implied approbation . Can this be right ? Does it not imply either a premature recklessness of praise nearly alliert tu folly , or a wantonness of reproach that savours little of consistency or charity . Again , we road that a fierce war of opinion , disfigured by bitter sarcasm , challenges to discussion , &C , is waging iu Birmingham and other
places , as to the connection of Chartism and Christianity , or something of that sort ; engendering feelings of hatred that are far from being akin to the sacreihibaa of our cause , or the purity of our objects . Is not all this melancholy work ? Holding up a man . in triumph on a Tuesday , and knocking him down on a Wednesday ; calling him " god" one day , and " devil " the noxt Christianity and Chartism set fighting against each other—the strength , the men , the principles , thut ought to bo banded together ia holy union against the common foe , wasting their vigour , lent to them for the benefit of mankind , in childish quarrels and disgusting abuse ?
I * t us examine into the circumstances on wa \ ca all this bitterness and inconsistency is based , and see whether they are necessary and proper . Firsf , we begin with tho circular Address of Mr . Lotrett and others : — " To the Political and Social Reformers of the United Kingdom . " With the spirit and purport of that Address —except in one particular—we f tiily agree . We concur with that Address in the bulief that we must betome our own social and political regenerators , or that we shall never enjoy freedom . More especially do we agree with Mr . Luvett in " making the Charter the Polar Star of our agitation ; " and we cordially unite in the sentiments , that " having truth for its basis , and the happiness of all for its end , it needs not tho violence ef passion , the bitterness of party spirit , nor the arms of aggressive warfare for its support ; its principles need only to be uufoldcd to ba appreciated , and being appreciated by the- « injority , will bo established in peace . "
. Nor do we altogether deny that " we have wasted glorious means of usefulness in foolish displays and gaudy trappings . " Our concurrence with this sentiment , however , must be a qualified one . Wo incline to the belief that these displays and trappings , ai . d even the '' passienate invective , party spirit , and personal idolatry , " however unsuited to our present advanced position , have often , under Providence , been the means of encouraging a social and inquiring spirit , and ¦ op ting- up honest ignorance from its hereditary torpor . Many , we
believe , that are destined to play a high and glorious part in our emancipation from slavery , first heard the truths cf Universal Brotherhood—were first aroused t # a sense of their degradation , their rights , and their strength—in conjunction with bands , banners , mmic , and processions , and the other gewgaw puerilities so cunningly designed for our abasement The toys have become objects of our contempt , but the lesson they helped to teuch—let us speak of them gently tben —is destined to conquer the system of ages and the prejudices of a world . '
Nor do we find fault with the plan proposea by the address . District halls , circulating libraries , missionaries , tracts , and so forth , all seem to us well calculated to encourage and ensure an « nlighter . ed public opinion ; to fortify and consolidate the strength of our friends ; and to mitigate the fears of thoae who oppose us frcm not understanding our objects . But then—and hero we come to tbe point to which we alluded at the outset , and on which we altogether differ from Mr . Lovott and the four other gentlemen acting with him in tha address . They propose ; to establish an Association to carry out their plan . In this we think them altogether wrong . We do not call them —our injustice would be greater than their deficiency of judgment if we were to call them—" Thieves , liars , and traitors , " but we think that tUey have committed a great error , and the sooner they acknowledge it the bettor we shall think of their sincerity and consistency . . . . ¦
Wo have zn Association—the National Charter Association—chosen in the most fair and public manner , and all but universally recognised as the Representatives of the Chartists of Great Britain . Already has this body met and acted in its representative capacity ; and we may refer to the zeal vrith which one of their laws has been carried out—that of enforcing on every public meeting the Charter and its principles—as a proof , and a strong one , of our faith in its wisdom . To these our Representatives—the National Charter Association—Messrs . Lovett , < fec , ought in our opinion first to have submitted their plan ; it would have been received and discussed with all the respect aud consideration it so well merited ; and , if there adopted , would thus have been girded with a moral strength that would have gone far to secure its success .
Of the National Charter Asssciation , we , the writers of this letter , are councillors ; aud we csumotitfrain from an opinion that all good Chartists will soou be numbered iu our lists . We sincerely regret to learn that Mr . Lovett ia not a member : more particulaily as
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his well earned reputation gives force to his example The cry of " Illegality" does not appear te us to be of any forces Every Amxiotion to carry ihe Charter ia illegal . For the slave to seek for freedom is contrary to law . Recent experience has proved that with an Aris « tocratic Judge and a middle class Jury lavs can easily be found suited to their purposes . Still we believe , for we hare boticed a change in the political atmosphere , that if wo pursue our objects without violence , or the threat of it , we shall be able to overcome and neutralise all opposition .
Msst cordially clo -we oppose the forming another Association as proposed by Mr . lovett ; and we earnessly trust that he will pause before going further in his project ; it is calculated to engender a spirit of " party" iu our ranks , and to encourage the idea that we are divided , in opinion aa to the means to be employed to obtain our common object— that there are moral fores Chartists and physical force Chartists . The foct is , and no one knows this better than Mr . Lovett , that upon the moral force and physical force quesiiou , whatever differences there may formerly have been , we are now all agreed . Tho trials , the fact that John Frost is an exile , and many of our beat friends are in prison , have taught us ¦ wisdom . All of us a ^ ree with Air . Lovett in looking to moral force alone for the accomplishment of our objects ; aud Mr . Lovett agrees vrith us
in the abstract right , not only of a nation but even of an individual , to use physical fores or any othur force to obtain emancipation from slavery . It ia wrong , therefore , to encourage or sanction the idea that we ere two bodies Lovett Chartism , and O'Connor Chartism—that there is a difference of opinion wliere none in reality exists . The praise of Daniel O'Connsll is indeed a heavy stigma —a disgrace , however , which vre admit Mr . Lovttt ia not entitled to ; but it will be well for him to learn caution from it . Virtue of a high order can alone survive the infliction ! Of Mr . Lovett ' s plan itself we have before expressed our favourable opiniou—indeed the very means tbat it contemplates wtre contemplated by our representatives ; but we desire most emphatically to record ¦ our opposition to the adoption of-ooy plau whatever , however good , that is xu& first reevjnised by the National Charter Association .
We now turn to a subject which has occasioned us much pain . We allude to the intemperate language with ¦ which the Address of Mr . Lovett has bi&n treated by Mr . Hill , the editor of the Northern Star . That paper is the . only generally recognised organ of the Chartist body , and , to some extent , all are involved in its errors who do no' protest against them . We desire , therefore , to state the regret with which wo have lately observed in that paper what we cannot but consider a spirit of intolerance towards every opinion but that . of its editor . Jhe day ef dictation is gone by , the great " we" no longer blinds us to the fact that it is but a fa ' . lible mortal that guides the editorial pen , and though we freely acknowledge the services rendered to the People's Cause by the Northern Star , and we do this the more freely , inasmuch aa those services have been liberally and generously responded to , we think it right to recommend to Mr . Hill the adoption of it less bitter style towards those with whom he may conscientiously differ .
In the Northern Star of the 17 th instant , there is an editorial article abounding front first to last , ' and in every variety of low phraseology , with charges and imputations of fraud , falsehood , and trickery against Messrs . I ovett and Collins . We believe these charges and iinputatiofis to be utterly unfounded . We deiire to record our conviction , that not a shadow of j ^ roof has been produced that Messrs . Lovett aud Coilins ever sanctioned any movement for any suffrage sburt of that comprised , in the Charter . All their declarations are opposed to any suffrage less than the Chatter SufiYi ' ge ; and we believe , and we usscrt , -that the veracity of these gentlemen is as unimpeachable as that of Mr . Hill .
Besides the injustice in the particular instance to which we are now referring , we belitve that the spirit of invective and dogmatism which has lately sullied tho pages of the Northern Star , and damaged its purity , is in a goneril sense unwise . For the purpose oi obtaining permanent unity , it is desirable rather to encourage and couit from those veho havo proved that they value our principles by their sufferings in our cause , those differences of thought which , by forcing inquiry and investigation , are the surest and soundest pr « lu ( t » j 3 to unanimity and suec ; s 3 . We have ever been among the foremost to oppose any union with the mitidJe cJ . ' . sses , compromisiug , or appearing to compromise , the principles of tiie Charter . Xlie anti-Curn Liw lecturer has indeed appeared in ouv county ,
but we cave met him , and conquered him ; not resorting to idle clamour , but arguing fairly and vaimly the justice and propriety of the working classes restraining their t ffjrts , in the iirst instance , to their own political emancipation . But , however strongly we deprecate any going over to the middle classes , we are equally strong in our opinion of the folly of preventing their coining over to us . Many of them have long been favourable to tuv principles , though retrained by various circumstances from being forv . ard in tile struggle —many of theiu are suffering , keenly though secretly , under the thousand ills comprised in tho phrase " commircial distress ; " and thousands tbat never thought before , have been compelled to the wholesome but painful process by the increased burthen of
taxation . The . conviction—IMMuRTai . HONOLK . xo lHOSE That Vi'rovcut IT!—that ^^ Chartism wiil never raise its hand for any ' chaage short of the Chatter , has done its work : in itll there is uneasiness and a desire for change ; a growing fancy that there is something wrung ; a fear too , shadowy and indistinct though it be , that when " thrown on their own resources , " tLey , like the pauper , must in their latter days be separated from their wives and children , be coffined by coutract , and bo huddled together iu the union grave . Their mental shackles are failing tff . Tallow-chandler ami cheesemonger— a Wt-jrct for a picture—are discushing " first principles . " We " hail these signs with satisfactionthey are the result of political light , the wort of our own hands , ' aided by Use circumstances which , having
first ground us to destitution , ate now , by their retri butive operation , bringing thtm to their senses . We hail with gladness their approach" to reason , and it ia because we' desire tlidr further advancement in political knowledge tbat we deprecate all language that ia merely abusive or violent . They are apt to thii . k , and vre confess a leaning , in this instance , towards their opinion , that hard and harsli expressions are seldom resorted to excei > t where there is lack of argument Besides the subject into vjhich we have gone at length we had intended to speak of ' Christian Chaitism , " und other phrases by which our objtcts are mystified ; but our letter is alreddy too long aud we forbear . To us all these distinctions seem very nonsensical . The Ciur *
ter—nfcitheT meiTe nor less—as a means of universal happiness , is what we seek for ; and convinced that our claim is founded in justice and truth we know that it will ultimately prevail . Every person should ha at liberty to advocate the Charter or any peculiar views that he consulers calculated to advance its progress ; but he ought not to make those peculiar views a ground of distrust or hostility towards others who have arrived at their conviction by a different road . " Cutiatianisva , " " Teetotalism , " and the other "isms , " two forget them just now , ) what are they but the various paths tending to and terniinatiog in the same glorious Ttmple of Liberty , Chartism ? Why then quarrel witb each other—what can it possibly matter how we get there so tliat we get there ?
Our own opinion is that Chartism and Christianity not only support each other bu : are identically t ' .-. < a e-ime 5 but seeing that ; wherever tho hoiy name of religion enters , discord , by some unfoUunate necessity ., is sure to follow , we would rather recommend its avoidance in general discussion . Let us learn from the harmonious conduct of the *; Clergy of al < Djuominatioas , " nben temporalities are' attacked , to act in the spirit of unity and the bond of' peace . In " spiritualities , " indeed , they tolerate , every grade and Blvide- of difference ; but in temporality—titbes , dues , pew fees , and so forththey are , as one man—firm as rocks— -immutablo and immovable . They aro all true to the Catholic faith . Chartism is our Temporality—to save us from want and the ivwkl'ouse—our Eiif-. tar dues , our Voluntary offering , our Tuhe commutation . Let us first get that , and then we can quarrel ourselves to peace . We very much doubt the policy of confounding Ch&rtistn with matters to which it does nut ' neceesiriiy er properly belong . .
We conclude , then , in the earnest hope that the originators of the AAdress signed by Messrs . Lovett and others , will feel it right to postpone their project till it ha 3 received the-sanction of our Representatives—the National Charter Association ; and that in the mean time they ¦ will do all in their power to discourage , by their writings'anii conduct , the supposition thu f . there is any division in our raaks . To Air . Hill we tender our . thanks for his services , and hope that he will receive our advice in the spirit which actuates U 4 in giving it— theflsincere dotire to pare off from our advocacy all that is wrong or unseemly . Our polemical friends at Birmingham will , we hive no doubt , uudtrstaud us : the tiling , indeed , ib too plain for a mistake : Ke cannot ttffvrd lo yo into ecclesiastical waiters just atpraent .
To all mir friends in the cause of Universal Freedom we conscientiously tender our advice to encourage towards each other a spirit of forbearance , anil to suppress every tendency to tiivision . Events are working for as more rapidly , or rather , more extensively , than the wildest speculation has reached . We niust keep on * meu toyether— helping the weak—urging the slack , restraining the free , and quarrelling with none . A great portion of our battle is being fought by the power of public opinion acting on all . The Stock Exchange— but enough—all is going on wdL In the earnest hope that we may soon be able to congratulate each other on tbe consummation of our wishes we beg to subscribe ourselves , Your sincere friead * and fellow-labourera In the causa of demowacy , Edward Payne , James Watts , Joseph Biggen , James Hulbert , william hareord , Isaac Lester , James Haswkll , ylce-Presiieat , Joux Moore , sub-Treasurer , He £ r * ADams , sub Secretary , ( Councillors of the National Charter Association . ) Trowbridge , 19 th April , 1841 .
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TO THE COUNCILLORS OF TKE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF TKOWBRIDGE .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct853/page/3/
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