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CHARTIST PILLS . IMPORTANT TO THE AFFLICTED . MR . J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds , having accepted the Wholesale and Retail Agency of those Pills ^ is authorised to give Twopence out of each Is . IJii Boxu to be divided between the Executiye and the Families ot the Imprisoned Chartists . . . . ' . - ' / " ' /• . ' ;¦'¦>'_ ¦ :: "' ' - ; ' .. - .. ' The many Medicines lately offered to the ^ public would have prevented the proprietor from advertising these Pills ( although convinced of their efficacy ) , did he not feel it his duty to give his safifering fellow Chartists an opportunity ( by their affliction ) to forward the cause of Democracy , and assist the families ef their incarcerated brethren ^ . _^ ^
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TTOTtTNGBASI —Oa Sunday last , a Asfegati meeting -sras held in the Democratic ChapeL The fol loving persons vrere present : — Messrs . Sweet and Castor , for Nottingham . Mr . Hamilton , for Snttoa and Mansfield . Mr . Tfo-ntin , far Carringtan , Mr . "W \ Brown , for Old Basford , Mr . Newstead , for Beestan . Mr . Carrington , for Kandlffo Arms . Mr . Langadale , for Lambley . Mr . Hilyer , for Calverton , Mr . Anthony , for Arnold . M . T . B . Brown , for Hnekaall Torfcard . - By Letter from Bnddlngton .
ilr . Hamilton was called to tbe chair , and Mr . Sweet officiated as secretary . Ike delegates gave in their report of the progress of Chartism in their -rarious localities—paid their quota to the Missionary Fondafter -whlcii Mr . Csrringtaa moved , and Mr . Caster seconded the following reaction : — " That we discontinue the services of Mr . Taylor , at the expiration of the quarter . " —Carried , tcith one dissentient Mr . Carrington then moved , < nd Mr . Newstead seconded , "That the thanks ef this meeting are due , and are hereby given , t » Mr . Win . I > ean Taylor , for his eminent services in this locality , for t&e past nine mentbs ; and
we strongly recommend him to any district who are in ¦ want of a talented lecturer . *" —Carried nnsnimoBsly Moored by Mr . Harkin , and seconded by Mr . Caste v « That "this meeting stand adjourned to this day month , in order to give the constituency an opportunity of oonsideritg the propriety of engaging another lecturer- "Carried unanimously . Every town and village in the district are respectfully requested to send a delegate to the aext meeting , which will be held on Sunday , the 8 th of May , at one o ' clock at noon , in th « Democratic Chapel , 2 ? ettingham . Thanks were then Toted to the Chairman and "Secretary , and the meeting dispersed .
LEICESTER , —Mr . Bairstow preached as lmpresaTesnd pathetic funeral sermon in the S&akspere&n rooms , on * SuBday night ; after which a collection was Blade amounting to £ 1 . COLNE . —A Chartist meeting was held at Salterford-lant-head , Colne , on Sandsy last , for the porpopa of ahotring that the Charter is preferable to any thing hitherto brought f jrwsrd by the middle classes , and likewise preparatory to the holding of meetings every Sunday , in some central part of North Lancashire , daring the sitting ef the Convention . A resolution was mewed and seconded , that a meeting be holden on Sunday next , on Marsden Heights , whkh was carried unanimously .
NEWARK- —At onr weekly meeting on Sanday last , it was proposed and unanimously carried that onr Association for the future do meet on a Monday evening at seven o'clock . There will be a general meeting , on Monday evening next , when business of great importance will be brought forward . Any lecturer coming to Nottingham or Mansfield , if they will come to I ? ewark to lecture will be remunerated f o ? their services , provided they give us a few days notice of the same . All communications must be addressed to Mr . Thomas Simnitt , sub-Secretary .
BXACCLSSFXFZ . D . —The Connty Treasures and the Secretary delivered to Mr . Christopher Dayle his credentials as member for the county in the Convention , and at the same time handed oxer to him £ 7 13 s . Id : feeing the amount of funds , then in their hands , for the Convention ; and Petition Sheeta containing ¦ 46 , 274 signatures . The Petition Sheets are still in course of signature . The County Secretary has since to acknowledge the receipt cf the following sums from Northwich , 10 s . ; Nantwich 10 s . ; Congleton , 10 s ; Campstall Bridge , 10 s . -
LONDON . —District Council . —At this meeting on Sunday , favourable reports were received from the localities respecting tbe remuneration to lecturers , re--coiomended by the Committee . The Hum ef £ 2 10 b . was received from the Carpenters' Arms , Brick-lane , for the Convention ; £ 2 from Limehonse ; and £ 1 from the Albion ; 35 s . from the shoemakers , at tbe Crown and Anchor , Waterloo-town ; 15 i from the weavers at the Buck ' s Head ; £ 1 from the Groldbeatere' Arms ; and 3 s . > er Sir . M'Gregor , from a new-formed body Of shoemakers . Several sums were alao receirea for the London ConariL A deputation wai received from
West Ham , requesting assistance in forming a locality . Messrs . Ridley and Stallwood were deputed to attend . After the transaction of other business , the Council adjourned . A meeting of two delegates from all the localities unrepresented in the ^ District Council , -and the members of the District Council was then held pursuant to the request of the Executive ; and resolutions ¦ were adopted for the purpose of centralizing the energies of the men of London during tbe meeting of the ensuing Convention . A Provisional Committee consisting of two from each locality was appointedfor the purpose of getting np public meetings , 4 cc
The Ladies' Shoemjjjebs held their weekly meeting at the Haberdashers Arms , Mitton-itreet , on Sunday . Mr . BraBnon lectured on tbe Charter and after a vote of thanks to him , the meeting broke up . Lzctcse . —In the absence of Mr . M'Grath , Mr , Phaser delivered a powerful address on tbe principles of the Charter , in the large room of tbe Qaeen ' a Head , Cambridsje-Taad , last Sunday evening , to a numerous and respectable audience . Several new members were enrolled and signatures obtained to the National Petition . Shoexditch . —Mr . Raffy Ridley lectured last Sonday . Six members were enrolled at the conclusion of the lectors .
Tctweb Hamlets . —The members of this council met as usual on Sunday evening last , at the Hit or Miss , West-street , Devonshire-street , Globe-fields , when much business of importance was transacted , and . a resolution was nnanimonaly passed , that the conncil ¦ meeting Bhall commence every Sunday evening at sis o ' clock , and close precisely at half-past seven . The localities of Limehouse , Hackney , the Rose Twig , Foliy , and the Albion , Shoreditch , are earnestly requested to send two delegates each , to sit upon tbe Council , as busuiessof vital importance will be brought before them . TEETOTALI-Eas , CEOWS COFFEE HOCSE , BEAKSTBEET . —Mr . Mee aSiy addressedtbe assembly meeting at thishousj on Sunday evening . Mr . Wbeeler also attended , and spoke at considerable length . Shoemakers , Stai . Coffee House , Goi . de > IiAXE . —Mr . Whitesidea addressed the meeting on Sanday evening , and gave every satisfaction .
Chaktee . Coffee HorsE , Stseitco' Gboi ; . nd .-=-Mr . Farrer dtlivere-i an able and instractive lecture here on Sunday evening , and was much applauded . Political Institute , 55 , Old Bailet . —Mr . "Wheeler deiirereMl a lecture here on Sunday evening , And was greatly applauded . Shoemakebs . Clock Hocse , Castle-steeet—Mr . Farrer lectured to a numerous assemblage , and eausad an addition of several members to their ranks on Sunday evening last Mr . Ford pointed out the adrantages of forming Tract Committees . Mr . Wynne BP 0 K 6 si considsr&lAe length en the same subject , and a variety of business connected with the locality was transacted . RSABISG . —Mr . E . Stallwood addressed a large concourse of people here , on Thursday and Friday last , in the large School Room of Hope ChapeL At tbe conclusion a vote of thanks was given to the talented lecturer .
MANCHESTER . —At the Chartist Rooms , Brownstreet , on Sntday ereciB ? last , Mr . James Cartledge delivered a lecture on onr present prospects compared with past experience . At the close of the lecture it -was ¦ unaramonsjy rtsolTed that " Tbe Manchester COmmitlee-for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , be called together -with instructions to bring tbe case of these expatriated victims of Whiggery , before the public of Manchester and district , more than it has been of late . " ECCLES . —3 ir . Jores , from i-iTcrp'sol , attendsd here on Friday evening , and gave one of the most instructive and convincing lectures tver delivered in this village
HAWORTB .-Mr . Edwards delivered a Boul-stirring lecture here , on the evening of Saturday , in the Forester ' s Hall , to a respectable and an attentive audience . The lecturer , a youth only just ont of his teens , in tie course of his address explained tbe nature And origin of GoTernrneEts , in a stylo which would have done honour to a much older head than his . He dwelt at great length srd we believe gave general satisfaction in exposing the-fallacy of any measure short of the entire Charter , coa emng or bringing about , the future salvation of onr country .
CHEIiTEHHAM —Mt . Edward Siallwood delivered bis second lecture on Tuesday evening last , after which the following resolution was unanimously adopted— "That we , the . members of the Cheltenham National Charter Association , in public meeting assembled , deem it incumbent to « declare our unabated confidence in Mr . James leach , P . M . M'Douail , John Campbell , and Morgan Williams , far their perseverance in the advocacy and direction of tbe Charter movement , and deeply sympathise with them in their laborious and difficult undertaking , increased , as it is by the allurements of tanning enemies and preteaded friends . We therefore pledge onrselws to abide by their ad * ice as lo-ag as they adhere to the principles for tfce advancement of which they were elected . C ! eow akd Ttkbell ' s Bszxssjst Bbyzbagb . — Proceeds due to the Executive , for the week ending April 9 : h , 1842 :
s . d T&r . Leach , Manchester 5 o Mr . G . J . Harney , Sheffield ... 3 6 Mr . J . Yates , Potteries 3 6 Mr . Brooke , Leeds 3 0 Mr . Tickers , Belper 3 0 Mr . Baird , Bolton 3 0 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 1 6 Mr . Robshaw , Dewsbury ... 16 Mr . Jones , Northampton ... 0 9 £ 18 9
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CARiiisiiE . —On Monday evening , a public meeting of the Chartists or this place took plaoe \ n Mr . Bljthe ' a Seeming Machine Room Water-Ian * . After » balance sheet of the funds of the Association had been read , the following report was submitted to the meeting : — " Report of the Conncil of the Chartist Association of Carlisle , April 11 th , 1842 . —Yonr Conncil ought , in the first place , to apologise to yra for not calling a public meeting for the purpose of changing the members ef the Council * fc the exptartien of the Bwt quarter . This eireoxasta&ce arose from matters of a pecuniary character , aad not froa any desire ( -we can assure yon ) on our part , to remaim in office for & longer period than that allotted by the recognised rules of the Association Your Conncil considered it better to remain in offise
for a longer period tJian they were called npon to serve , than to allow the Association te suffer any inconvenience for the want of a Council . In regard to money affairs , yon will have perceived from the balance sheet , which has just been read to yon , that the principal item -of expenditure is the sum of money paid for the defence of William Blake , who was charged with assaulting a policeaan while in discharge of his < inty , daring the late election ; and ot which offence he was cleared at the Coctermouth Sesricns . Thfa was one of several cases of prosecution , which arose out of the late election , and which were obstinately and unfeelingly persevered in , by our bite Mayor and his Whig associates of the Corporation . In the prosecution of the charges to which we have alluded , there was a spirit
« f revenge and vindictiveneBS displayed , truly characteristic of the low , grovelling and narrow-minded Whig faction . Doubtless these creatures of Whig creation , were eager to walk in the blood-stained footsteps of their masters Lord John Russell , Fox Maule , Lord Normanfey , and others of tbe late GoTernment , who have rendered nugatory the few good acts they committed by the enactment of the accursed New Poor Law , the Irish Coercion Bill , the Rural Police Force , and other acts of a similar atrocious character ; but more -especially have they rendered themselves despised and despicable by their truckling aud cowardly conduct , g-nri more so still by their najuBt and cold-blooded prosecutions of some hundreds of the Chartists . Yes , the voices of Frost , Williams , and Jones , have been heard
from afar , and have been re-echoed back by those of the dungeoned patriots of our native land , proclaiming with joy unspeakable , the funeral knell of this debased , degraded , and shuffling faction . In addition to the mm of abont £ B and npwards , expended in Blake ' s defence , there was a further sum of seven shillings paid for defending him at the Town Hall previous to his committal , and which is not named in the balance-sheet , but which sum was received from some of the country districts . There is also a sum of £ 5 due to Mr . John Saul , for defending the former prisoners at tbe Assizes , and which it will be the duty of the forthcoming Council to take immediate Steps to discharge . About two months ago , as subscriptions had ceased to come in , your Council divided the town
into twelve districts , appointing two collectors t * each , to call up « n those persons most likely to subscribe one penny weekly to the funds of the Association ; which plan , we are happy to say , has been successfully carried into effect , and only requires to be vigorously followed up , to enable the forthcoming Council to meet any demands that may be made upon it You will remember that the Convention for the presentation of the National Petition is now assembled in London ; and though you have not been able to send a delegate , yet it is no less your duty to support it , for it is acting for the general good . Time is pregnant of events ; and if you wish to have a powerful and effective Conncil , you must choose men in whom you have the greatest confidence , and in whose integrity you can place the
strictest reliance ; and , above all , you must place at their disposal the means of being useful in serving your causa , and the cause of public liberty generally . It is to be regretted that some of those clever men , in whom the people have hitherto placed the greatest confidence , and whose talents and abilities have been wielded in the cause of public liberty , have partially seceded from the people's ranks , by attaching themselves to the . Stnrge party , who , it appears , are in favour of what they are pleased to term" Complete Suffrage , " but which is only a portion of the Charter ; and which , if carried , would fail in producing those good and salutary effects , which tbe entire Charter would most certainly secure . It is somewhat remarkable that some of Mr . Sturge ' s followers are men who
assisted in drawing np the People ' s Charter , yet tiiej now seem to be content with a portion of what they formerly required . Can these men deny that the whole of the Charter is just ? No ! Then why be content with a portion of justice ? Evidently tor the purpose of again cajoling and deceiving the people , as the Whigs succeeded in doing with the Reform Bill . . Let the people beware of trictery of every description ; let them not be cast down at the loss of those whom they had been led to believe were their sterling and staunch friends—let them stand stedfastly by the Charter as a measure of complete justicelet them know their rights , and , knowing dare maintain them ; let them closely adhere to principle : then they will feel no disappointment at the loss
ef those who may prove false or treacherous ; and though their path may be overclouded and rugged for a -while , it will finally be pleasant and agreeablebespangled with flo-wers , and covered with sunshine . Justice will and shall finally prevail 2 What are the people's prospects at the present moment ? not cold , blank , and cheerless , as many of the Whig faction would have them believe ; but full of hope , life , and encouragement . The Whig faction is out of power ; the anti-Corn Law humbugs arc dead and buried ; the difficulties cf the Government increase on every hand ; the Affgh&n " barbarians , * as they are termed , ( but who by the bye are becoming suddenly civilised , ) hsva cried haToc , and let slip the doge of war , on our wellarmed and well-disciplined forces , and havs made
thousands to bite the £ ust . Tbe Chinese will not be easily conquered ! Seeing the many difficulties that surround them , the present Government has been forced into a measure of partial justice . They are now convinced that they can levy no more taxes on consumable articles ; so that they must get them where they can , and have proposed an income tax of about 3 per cent , to be paid by all ( except the farming interest ) having incomes of £ 150 a-year and upwards . They have also proposed to lessen the duty on foreign articles coming into this country , ( on some cases considerably ) on upwards of seven hundred articles ; so that this will have a tendency to increase the comforts of the labouring man—to enlarge our commerce and extend our manufactures ! There is no working man who ought to
find fault with this measure , as far as it goes , for it will not only benefit him more or less , bnt it will rapidly increase the number of Chartists amo ;; g the middle classes . Oh ! there is nothing like direct taxation for mftfrinp them feel bow very disagreeable it is to pay about , £ 3 for every £ 100 of income . How the manufacturing and commercial interests are squalling . The hypocritical dogs , they looked very smirking when the pestsge was reduced—they did not then complain . Oh ! no ! but snugly ' pocketted their hnndreds s-year , while the woTkiDg man was scarcely benefltted at all by that measure . There has been many complaints made in the Whig journals , about tbe hardship and inquisitorial nature of the proposed income tax ; but few working men would complain had they
the tax to pay ; and who ought to be so well off as the ¦ working man ! It i 8 urged that pTOfeSBlOBal men ought not to be subject to the txx in the same degree as those having an income from property ; but there is no class of men , who get their money more easily and more plentifully than lawyers , attorneys , and doctors . So long as a man has an income of ; £ 15 O a-year , he ought and must ( in whatever way he secures it ) pay tbe tax . But there is an evident unfairness , in Sir Robert Peel only taking frow the fanner ' s income , estimated at half their rent £ 155 , 000 ; while from the professional and commercial classes he takes £ 1 , 220 , 000 . Now either the agricultural interest ( says the Westminster Review ) is really the most insignificant in the country , and if so what becomes of the millions
sterhng , to an incredible amount , that we are told ate employed upon the land ! or this is an extreme case cf legislation . But Jt is even worse on examination than at first it appears , for the mode by which the farmers are to be assessed will allow them to escape altogether . As no income less than £ 150 is to ' se taxed , a farmer Who pays leSB than £ 300 a year rent , although deriving perhaps an income of £ 600 per annum from his farm , ¦ will pay no portion of the tax ; and in mpect to farmers above £ 300 per annum , what will be easier than to divide them nominally among the members of a ¦ family ? We deplore the wrong abont to be committed ^ as bringing odium on the principle of taxation , in Itself just , and which when confined to realised capital is undoubtedly the best mode of
obtaining a revenue , because it la that which interferes in the slightest degree with the productive interests of the country . But the working classes must not expect any great or permanent good from this measure ; for they are still unprotected against the attacks of the spoliator . E ? ery advantage will be taken of the good accruing to the working man from the measure . Never until he is securely protected against tyranny and oppression , by having a voice in making the laws by which he has to be governed , will his physical and soeial condition be improved ; never will he be able to successfully resist villanies - which may be practised upon him . Sir Kobert Peel baB certainly shown himself a bold rnnn in proposing such a measure as tiie income-tax ; indeed he clearly foresaw the great and manifold difficulties he would inevitably be placed in , bad he not taken the means of raising ample funds for the carrying on of his Government But he has not
been bold enough to be honest , or his reforms would have taken a much wider range ; he would have gapplei with lhat monster , the national debt ; he would have reformed the overgrown church establishment ; he would have materially curtailed the revenues of the crown ; he would have considerably reduced- the Civil List ; he would have purged the courts of law ; he would have lessened the salaries of Government officers ; and above all he woold have taken away all sinecures and undeserved pensions . But these reforms are reserved for a Parliament formed under very different auspices than the present—a Parliament chosen by the people at large , and not aa at present by a very limited number of the people ; who never consult the wants , wishes , and feelirgs of the great bulk of the people . We have ventured the foregoing general remarks on the present state of the country , trusting you will receive them in that kindly spirit in which they are conveyed . In conclusion , we call upon yon to be firm , united , and determined ; stand
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stedfasUyby jottr Charter ; let no petty diflferences of oplBfon divide you ; support those great and good men who have stood closely by yon in the hour of danger , and who have suffered severely for your takes ytho have braved " the battle and the breeze" —who are still the nndaunting , unflinching champions of your rights and liberties . Stand by your O'Connors , your O'Briens , year Campbells , your Leach w , your M'Doualls , in shert , all those men in whom you have had good and sufficient reason to place confidence . Discountenance all those who do not support your cause , which is that of eternal truth and universal justice . Despise the middle class man as your bitterest f ae , who would deny you justice , and above all things , do not go crlugingly and support him by your custom , while he is assisting in keeping from you your just rights . In the words of Mi . O'Brien ; Let them come to you , do not join them ; they must join you . Say as Jeremiah says , ' the rulers must come to the people ,
and not the people to them . ' The middle classes must come to us . They may go for complete suffrage , but we will go for a more complete suffrage . . Do not do away with your organisation ; do not do that to please the middle classes . Let me show you the power of union : —a cable is composed of tinynbrea , which the fingers of an infant could tear asunder , or its delicate breath blow into the air ; but when firmly entwined together , they will securely moor a forty-gun ship . If each of you let your tiny strength bind firmly and closely together , like these tiny fibres of tbe cable , yon will become strong—nay , all-powerful . If you have sympathy for each other , act as if you had but one pulse and one soul ; if you would do that , all the powers of earth and hell could not prevail against you . " Mr . Beeley moved and Mr . Martin seconded the adoption of the report which was adopted ; and thanks having been voted to the chairman the meeting broke up .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . CARLISLE . Mr . John Armstrong , Mr . ^ Roberfc Pagan , Mr . Joseph Broome Hanson , Mr . Thomas Roney , Mr . James Arthur , Mr . James Ferguson , Mr . Jacob Beeby . jun ., Mr . William Knott , Mr . Thomas Dawson , Mr . James Hutton . - Mr . John Noble Hodgson , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Henry Bowman , 21 , Union-st . sub-Secretary ,
CHATHAM . Mr . Henry Williamson , rope-maker , Caige-lane , Rochester . Mr . W . F . Warren , shoemaker , Town Quay , Rochester . Mr . Charles Castle , brush maker , Old Churchlane , Chatham . Mr . Benjamin Bruce , shoe-maker , Holborn-lane , Chatham . Mr . Clark , shoe-maker , Clover-lane , Chatham . Mr . Gibson , blacksmith , Brompton . Mr . Wimn , shoemaker , Strood , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Joseph Kin ^ sford Jeffens , shoemaker , Chillinger'a Yard , sub-Secretary .
CANTERBURr . Mr . George Cole , Broad-street , painter . Mr . Thomas Cole , Sieve lane , tailor . Mr . Samuel Welb , Palace-ati cot , shoemaker . Mr . Stephen Oakinfull , Palace-street , turner . Mr . John Martin , Military Road , baker . . Mr . John Andraetta , North-lane , carpenter , sub Treasurer . Mr . Edward B . Addis , Dover-lane , currier , sub Secretary . CAHBOUKNE , CORNWALL . Mr . Henry Bennett , miner , College-row . Mr . John Glanyill , miner , Trelowarren-streot . Mr . Hanibal Nicholas , painter , Fore-street . Mr . George Mancarrow , painter , ditto . Mr . James Skewes , iun ., cabinet-maker , College
row . Mr . Skewes , sen ., Trelowarren-street , sub-Trea surer . Mr . John Hocking , engineer , College-row , sub Secretary .
FISSBTTRY . Mr . J . Knight , 39 , Baltic-street , St . Luke ' s .. Mr . Philip Martyn , 8 , Charlotte Terrace , White Conduit . Mr . John Fussell , 13 , Northampton-road . Mr . Henry Smith , 8 , Red Lion Passage . Mr . David West , 11 , Lizard-street . Mr . Robert Fuzzen , 36 , Margaret-street . Mr . Cornelius Bentley , 09 , Provost-street , City Road . Mr . James Smith , 10 , Baker ' s Row . Mr . James Champion , 2 , James-street , Goswell Road . Mr . Richard Cameron , 12 , Dorrington-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John W . Watts , 12 , Lizard-street , Bartholomew-square , sub-Secretary .
NOaWICH . Mr . Baldwin Howlett . giDger beer manufacturer Mr . John Nicholls , bricklayer . Mr . Miles Dabbage , wood turner . Mr . William Yaxley , wbite smith . Mr . Samuel Goat- weaver . Mr . Thomas Wallbank , dyer . Mr . Thomas Gifibrd . tailorj sub-Treasurer . Mr . George Bell , sub-Secretary .
NOTTINGHAM . Mr . Richard Lawson , framework-knitter , Currantstreet . Mr . Joshua Carrington , ditto , Paradise-street . Mr . James Wardley , frame-smith , Canal-street . Mr . John Goodson , cabinet-maker , Castle-street . Mr . John King , framework-knittor , Ten BelU' - Mr . George Pickering , shoemaker , Union-place , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Skerritt , shoemaker , Currant-street , sub-Secretary .
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PROTEST AGAINST THE MEMORIAL OF THE LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND TO THE RING OF PRUSSIA . When from a mere feudatory province Prussia rose into a kingdom , the doom of Poland seems to have been resolved . With Prussia originated the dismemberments . What Europe stigmatised as the murder of a whole nation , was a Bcheme conceived , proposed , and executed by Prussia ' s most enlightened monarch , Voltaire's friend , the author ef the anti-Machiavel , Frederick the Great , without whose suggestion even his worthy ally and colleague in greatness , the infamous Catherine of Russia , wonld never have dared to insult the opinion of the world by snch an act of wholesale
robbery . But upon a party confident in the promises of kings , even this experience was lost ; and when deluded Polish patriots were endeavouring to substitute the national constitution of their country by a newfashioned and more monarchical one , they implored and obtained the support and guarantee of Prussia and sealed the dowafal of Poland . The Prussian armies entered the Polish territory to defend its constitution against those of Moscovy ; and then they joined them . Prussia played the part , not only of an assassin but of a traitor ; and what pr ice of blood she then received , she still eDjoys , and boasts of allowing thense of the Polish language and provincial mockrepresentation among her favoured subjects of the Duchy of Posen .
Even so late as ten years ago , when a part of our country enjoyed a glimpse of emancipation , and her destinies were counterbalancing those of Moscovy , Prussia furnished support , ammunition , and a free passage through her territory to tbe Russian armies , and turned the scales in favaur of tyranny . The sons of Poland went disarmed in search of an hospitable refuge , and encountered in Prussia ber bayonets , her bullets , the hoofs of her war-horses , the edge of her swords . After those unarmed pilgrims had passed through the butchery of the Fischau and Elbingen , they bad to endure four years of bard labour in the casemates of Graudentz . And what was the reason ef all those cruelties ? That the sons of Poland had preferred exile to slavery , and had not obeyed the summons of Prussia to re-enter the dominions of her beloved ally Nicholas .
And such are tbe benefits for which an " Association of friends of Poland , " in a memorial presented to the King of Prussia , and signed on the 30 th of January , 1842 , by Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , expressed to him their thanks . But they did even more ; for those who spurn any amnesty as implying an avowal of guilt , where there wa * only the fulfilment of dnty , the society begged a gracious admittance under the paternal away of Prussia , provided they were bearers of certificates of gojd behaviour ; that is to say , of submission to the unlawful dominion of one of the murderers of the country . And indeed , if they obtained not the whole amount of their wishes , they got for the inhabitants of Prussia , Poland at least , a confirmation of an amnesty derogatory to the rights of onr country , and for the inhabitants of provinces incorporated with Russia , the promise of his Majesty ' s kind offices with his ally and co-partitioner Nicholas .
So then the King of Prussia , the still illegal occupant of a part of Poland baa been recognised by those who call themselves Poland ' s friends , not only as the Russian autocrat , the chosen intercessor who has to accomplish their reconciliation , and to deprive Poland of the only represeatatives she possesses among free-born nations ; the King of Prussia has , in fact , become a member of that association , with which he henoeforward promises to co-oper& \ e , and which in reward of this co-operation , pledges itself the fidelity of his lawful subjects , thereby becoming of their own accord , the foreign agents of his kingly government Nicholas himself will be appealed to in behalf of the Poles , and we see no reason why he should be excluded from the right of becoming a member of an association from which his accomplice in tbe robbery of Poland ' s independence receives congratulations , heartfelt thanks , and * * * reports upon the conduct of his subjects . If the cabinets , who all more or less , have been aiders and abettora of tbe several partition * of Poland , had
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exchanged notes of a similar nature , we should have nothing to Bay ; the public would not be deceived as to their tendency , and our sllenae could not be construed into assent But , when those who assume In England , the title of representatives of Poland ' s wishes , put forward the distress of a number of Polish refugees as a plea to justify their transactions with one of our tyrants , it becomes our indispensable duty te protest against it in ear own name , in the name of the emigrants and of the Polish people in general , and above all in the name of the most sacred rights of our country to independence and integrity , and this duty we hasten to fulfil . - . " , ¦¦ ¦¦;¦ ¦ : ; : ¦;; :. -: . '¦ ¦ ¦ v . v- .. " ; -- , /;• > ¦ : ;; ' : ¦ ' . ^ V ' . - ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' - May this protest give to the English public a cue to our conhtant opposition against the politics of Lord Dudley Stuart and his associates , in epite of the efforts they hav « undoubtedly made to relieve the sufferings of many of our fellow exiles . : r V ¦
Material sufferings , death on the field of battle , or on the scaffold at home , or exile and destitution abroad , are the lot wehave voluntary chosen , rather than submit any longer to the :. violation of the rights of our country . And should some relief afforded in Our present distress , or the procuring of means to return under the yoke el our oppressors , induce us to be grateful for the injury done to those very rights ? No , and therefore we shall persist in protesting even against philanthropical associations , whenever , like the King of Prussia , they try to make us forget the rights of our country by affording us individual benefits and relief . " Man shall not live by bread . alone , " and it is not a morsel of bread for which we shall sell the imprescriptible claims of our fatherland , to independence , Integrity , and freedom . By order of the meeting , John JlACtsKi , Chairman , Joseph Gleinich , Secretary . March . 7 th , 1842 .
How To Be Happy.
HOW TO BE HAPPY .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct886/page/2/
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