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Mt Be . otkd rBiEKBS , —The time is fast appro » ehijig when , the tariff buttle mnst burst ; and the effect which its failure will produce , —for fail ft will— "will very speedily be made manifest in the disorganisation of ? what has been called civilised society . Don't ifiBanderstsod me . The anticipagons of Sir Robert Peel will be folly realised as regards a fa 21 } and h condderable fall , in prices ; but the redaction will be felt in the wholesale market only * it trill not visibly affect the retail market mm it will have a positive as well as a negative
tendency to create dissati ^ action . Tfeo reduction in theprica of live stock , wheat , and grass prodnce , will corisider&blyreduce the value of land . ThiBwilldamp the loyalty of landed proprietors , and hare apositiTe effeet upon their after conrse ; while the failure of gje measure in reducing the retail price of food ' will goes ! it of all popular approval . ! Now if a botcher buys a beast of six hundred pounds weight at a reduction of £ 5 , in consequence of the tariff j and if the present price of beef be 7 d . per lb . ; the reduction of £ 1 per 1001 b . in the price of the beast , would enable him to sell the beef at within a fraction of 2 ^ d . per lb . under the 7 d . ; that is , at 4 ^ d . per Ib . But think you he will make that abatemeat I No ; nor yet a fraction of a farthing for some time , until
either competition amoDg butchers , or combination of consumers to buy and slaughter for themselves , shall by degrees , and very slowly , foice tbe butcher to a trifling reduction ; but never to one half of the relative wholesale abatement in-the price of live stock . Now keep that in your mind , because 1 mean to use it as a ease strictly aaalagons to . that which a repeal of the Corn Laws would present . If a fall in the wholesale price of live stock would not present a corresponding reduction in the retail price of meat , what guarantee or assurance would the consumer of bread have , that a fall in the price of wheat would produce a corresponding reduction in the price of bread ? None whatever ; and thus , my friends , we at once discover the inability of the
Governmsat' of aaartificalEtate el soSefj Wgvr < the real stamp to their own measures , however beneficent , jost , and equitable , their intentions may be . Here we 2 nd Sir Robert Peel , whose measure is bold , and intended to be sweeping , unable to produce any other result than tbe odium and suspicion of his own party , and the disappointment of the people . Have I not told you ten thousand times , when
replying to the fallacies of the " cheap bread" men , -that it was wholly and entirely oct of the power of any government to regulate the retail price of food by Act of Parliament ; while I have also shown yon that society is not without its remedy ; and the only remedy , under heaven , is to make so large a portion of society their oirn producers as icould render them , and all through the extensive market of their surplus produce , independent ¦ of the speculators in human food . Again ana again , I repeat the fact .
In my first letter upon tae tariff I told you that it would effeet a considerable reduction in the prices of most articles ; bat I told yon also that nothing Bhort of the People's Charter would turn the alteration to your advantage . I bow repeat that assertion ; while I lament to think that it ia only ous of the evil which the promised good will produce that any ultimate benefit can arise to society at lar ^ e . Yesj from the disappointment of the landed proprietors and the people will spring an amount of confusion which few can con template ; while lhe increased demand npon the middling classes for war expences will swallow up much more than the largest amount of savings that the tariff will yield
to them . Now , just for a moment think of the worse than brutality of paying in three year 3 more than thirteen millions sterling as the first instalment for our foreign conquest over the brave , the simple , the innocent , and peaceful Affjjhanistans I That amount is but the first instalment , while our conquest promises to be a defeat . 2 ask if this be joss or Christian , or whether it be right to carry our desolating new inventions for the destruction of human life among the Chinese , a people anxious to live in peace with all the world ' . But especially I ask , if this squandering of life ^ rad money can be justified , or even tolerated , while hundreds of thousands of our brave people are actuilly perishing for want of the humblest fare 1
England , with ail her wealth , has become a vast sea-bound dungeon , filled with starving paupers Her martial glory abroad is tarnished , and her only domestic greatness is to be seen in a gorgeous soldiery and in a military police , whose warm backs , flashed cheeks , and comfortable homes , furnish a sad and striking contrast to the naked bodies , palid faces , and wretched hovels , of ihos& whose voices they are hired to smother , and upon whose very anseries they live !
How often have I told you , that hunger , like the water , would find its level . How often have 1 reminded you , that York , without its machinery , cocld not draw a " eordon sauataire" around its walls , and say to prowling poverty— thus far shalt thou go , but no further . " How many times have I asnred the comparatively happy villagers , that their peaceful resting place could not be tbe one fair spot , bidding defiance to the raging plague ! And is it not so ? H& 3 not the searching eye of desolation ferrettsd out the last remaining hamlet ! and has not the griping hand of taxation been stretched forth for
the peaceful ¦ villager ' s contribution towards the shedding of his fellow's blood , to swell our foreign conquests , and make us a great xation ? Alas ! my friends , even the ocean furnishes no bounds to man ' s rapacity . No ; for in the accounts from poor Ire laud , we fiad that while an able-bodied man in full and in the best employment can earn no moie than eightpeuce per day , he is obliged to pay Eevenpencehalipenny for fourteen ponnds of potatoes ! That is two pounds of dry potatoes per day for a nun , his ¦ wife , and family , say of five children ; and to pay rent , and supply clothes , and fuel , aud
EDUCATION out of his savings . O GREAT NATION 0 most mighty nation of plundered paupers and piuadering rascals I 0 most civilized and enlightened priesthood ! O most Christian ministers cf Christ ' s religion ! 0 most pious ruffians , when will yonr sympathy begin ! orjwheniYriii God's vengeance overtake you in your race cf benevolence ! ! 0 Mr . Attor ^ ej -General give me bui one month's fling at the eaemics of man Kind , ol peace , law , and order ,
with an assurance that you will not prosecute me fos the tbcth , and I will draw for yon a picture which tbe devil himself -would blush to look upon ] But m the midst of all this suffering , still peac-e reigns , and life and property is secure . Thanks be to God for that . Yes , my friends ; the police of Ireland , aimed as soldiers , and dressed as rifle-men , were compelled to look on peaceably , while the starving men of Wexford unleaded a sloop laden with potitoes , and hound for Liverpool , and the poia ^ toes were sold in the marke : as a reduction of Hd .
per stone . Yes , the police were peaceable , and looked on while the people quietly asserted their rights to be first partakers of tbe fruits of their own labour . They bought the poiatoe ? , and thongh at a reduced , yet st an exorbitant price . I often toid you that the moral force Irish would ' ut Etand much noDsense ; aud I trust that ihe Pacificator General and iu 3 sttff will immediately take effectual means for preserving the tan ; e order that ray " wild followers ' ' have observed through many seasons vf ; he most trying and galling privation . Lei me now , my friends , paint out to you those
circymstaBces which , above all others , foment and perpetuate legislative discon t ent . I vriil b ; giu with ; "Wci ^ gery aud the Whigs . Thai pol itical party is ; ! deftu > ci a 3 a representative body—Thank God for thai . The reason why they have no bsck is this : ' when we . knocked them down , their own party j kicked them for falling . They were Trilling to cling : to them while in office ; although the Whigs in j power never represented the Whig constitaencs ? , i nor yet a tithe of the electoral body . There is a great ; difference between the theory of Whiggery aud the j
practice of a Whig Government . The Whigs in j office did not go far enough for the majority of the j Whig electors . This is fully proved by the fact of ' Rassell and his Government , making a great merit : of reducing the duty on foreign corn to 8 s . per j quarter , while ninety-nine in every hnndred of the Whig electors were for a total repeal of the duty . How has practical Whisgery fallen by Chartist " hands , while the tbeorotieal Whigs who thought ; themselves issnlted , has awaited the first blow to insure their former friend's dtfe-atl Now the dif-i
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fereuce between the theory and practice of Toryism is exactly the reverse ,, inasmuch , as the Tory conslitneacies declare that their Government goes too far for them . In fact , had Lord John Russell and the Whigs proposed Peel ' s tariff , - the Tone ? , if no other means had been at their disposal , would have stopped the supplies : so that we may say with tbe Poetu 0 , what a contradiction is man ! _ What in another he one moment spams , The next he does himself complacently . " *
In the didst of all this chaos , ray friends , the opp osition'is being marshalled ! and it must be our business to take care that the braTe , the nuhly , the eloquent , and consistent democrat , who came to our aid when we were spurned by all , aud who did not wait till we had become powerful , shall in the struggle for leadership jtmain our head , our general , and our chief . None shall rob him of the laurels of his manly stand iu tho " people's cause . We will give him a power and an importance which no monarch can bestow , and of which faction shall not deprive him .
The next great change of political parties will be this : a ! 2 persons with accumulated reac ' ymade wealth , all landed proprietors , and sfcattfchurch oormoranta , all- fand-holder % bankers * thans of machinery , and head * ' of professions , will flock to the standard of Toryism ; while the dissenters and the industrious of all classes will range themselves under the banner of Chartism ; and then the battle begins in the House of Commons ! Then , like an electric spark , the fervor will be communicated to the pile of ripe opinion outside ! Away will go the rotten fabric , which all
attempts to patch has but weakened ! while its ruin will be hastened by the internal dissensions of the new adherents to Toryism ; for , believe me , that nothing but the dread of a bolder foe will prevent the disappointed landlords from falling foul of the church , the fund lords , and all person 3 of fixed incomes , whose bonus will be carved out cf the laudlord ' s ruin . In this state of things the public mind will not long allow the publio affairs to remain ; and , as publio opinion cannot be driven back , onward it must go . Let us remain on the wa ' . ch , aud be prepared to take advantage of our oppressors difficulties '
Ever your faithful friend , and devoted Servant , Feabgcs O'Coksor , Thursday , June 9 th , IM 2 . P . S . —My friends , keep your eyes upon Nottingham . We have every rtason to expect the immediate issue of the writ , and then we must and will return Sturge . Had I been aware that my time could have been devoted otherwise than to Nottingham this week , the state of tho weather would not have allowed me to call meetings in doors , nor to have subjected myself and my hearers to the destroying influence of a burniag sun . When the election at Nottingham is over , and the weather becomes more cool , then I shall start upon my tour of inspection . F . O'C .
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ADDRESS OF THE LONDON DELEGATE COUNCIL TO THE CHABTISTS OF LONDON . Gestlemin , —Having been called upon to act as Delegates representing the various localities of this great metropolis , vre feel ourselves bound to address you upon the importance of your co-operation in carrying out the recommendations of the " late Convention , '' in further organizing London and its diatricr . Confident that our past conduct and success win insure to ns that support which ia necessary for the advancement of Chartism , it needs little or no appeal on our part to you , who are already convinced of the principle * of tbe People's Charter , bnt we must remind you of the motto eo frequently used by men advocating the cause of liberty , that " United we tt&sd , divided we fall "
the prey of our enemies and the enemies of liberty ; by the support we have received from you we have in twelve months aroused London from one of the most apathetic to ooe of tbe foremost citits in tbe cause ol liberty and the Charter , and this has been done at a less expense than tras incurred at tho great Kersall Moor meeting . We have raised from the ranis of the working classes , a number of ardent Lecturers in the cause of human redemption , who have been rewarded by the steady co-operation of their fellow-men , for the many sacrifices they have made : and new , Gentlemen , tre ask you still to fee firm with us in the cause of liberty ; and London shall be the e * med and admired post of Chartism . " For he -who values liberty confines His zeal for htr predominance within No narrow bounds ; her cause engages him Wherever pleaded—tis the cause of man . "
It is not now a time for petty jealousies to obtrude among the associates of popular rights , or for auy tt secret themselves in their ciosets , instead of manfully upholding their sentiments . A great public question is st stake , and " he v ? ha Lb not with us is against us . " We have to determine whether class legislation , with its notorious corruption and abomination , shall continue at the txpence of a Etarving people ; vse have to determine whether the abases of the Church of England shall remain untouched , or the religion of that Church shall be preached pure and undefined—^ hether a property tax shall be instituted , or the inaEstrioug poor deprived of more than half their small pittance to support an haughty oligarchy , who have treated with contempt three millions of tbeir
fellowmen , whose interest they were bound to protect ; in " short , " we have to determine whether despotism or liberty , misery or happiness , shall exist at home , war or peace abroad . These are important considerations ; and he ¦ who does not take it to heart is unwortby the name ef an Englishman or a Biucb ; jnta-. s art- possessed of rendering thiB country the greatest among nations , and the natural industry of our countruren untrammelled from tbe present system of exorbitant taxation would be a sure ¦ wetrant of their well fating , while attended with health and strength ; their generoiity a . dependence for honest oJd as « . Tlien , friends ¦ we call upon you to bestir ycurstlTes zt this critical period of-yoor country's fate ; £ < : opfc the rtmesairance and mtmoriaJ of the late Con ^ etition , and furr . ish to us the means of carrvir . g on the tgifcitisn which , "with yonr approval , we will prosecute with redoubled z ; al ,
and show by your unanimity that you tre strong ; and by your peaceable conduct that you F . re aware of the importance of the task thatdevoWts npoaycu . Thttime Dowpresents itself foryon to effects Woodless . yetoneof the sjoil glorious revolutions ever recorded by the frail hand of man . If you lose this opportunity , not only may you , but your children and children ' s children , be doomed to dra ? the heavy chains of slavery ; the rights of cpnscieDce may be disowned ; the altars if your- God dishonoured ; and your homes , which ought to be tbe seat of happiness , thus rendered the harbours of misery and degradation . The Charter , which 13 the panacea for the txisucg evils , can only be obtained by union ; therefore , be firm , and attach yc-urselvtB to those whom ytn have tried , and who have struggled for and protected tbe glorious cause of Chartism fr . 'iu the injuries of professing friends and open fees . By your cifcoire we will continue the good vrar of truth against
error . Your ' s , Philip Martyn John Bissa ~ e Buffy Ri ' . ley William Wilkins Edward LaDgwith Salmon James Morgan John VVhitesides John Simpson Gcorte Humphries William Cufisy Jol ^ n Frr ? u = on William Bartrett William Cooper Charles D ^ be . l Poizer Christopher James Sjuthie Blake Henry Doteon John Hawkins WiUiani Smith Edward Granshaw Richard Wakeham William Goulding Tisonias SweeS William Drake John Lot : ? —— Se * le Baxter Searle John DuSeJd Robert Scriven Thomas M . Wheeler , Luke King Sub-Secretary . Universal Liberty , and eo furrender . '
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Littlebobodge . —Mr . Wiiliam Bell , of Hsywornl , delivered a very eloquent lecture in tne Chartist Association Room , l ) urn , near Littleborou ^ h , on Tuesday last , to a very numerous and attentive audience . At tbe close of the lecture , uine new members were enrolled . The spine of democracy progresses here with rapid strides : it is but a few weeks since we begun our Association with a mere handful of members : we now number 110 .
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RAKX . EV AND SHELTON ( STAFFORDSHIRE Potteries . )—The members of the association in tbis place have removed their place ol meeting to the Sea Lion Ian , Hanley . It has been proposed that lectures shall be given here periodically , and every means us- ? for tbe propagation of our principles . Much good may be expected from the change now resolved npon . Kilwick — Owing to an error in the Star , fixing the time for this place to be visited at ten instead of one o ' clock , disappointment as well as delay occurred . Nevertheless , at about five o ' clock a numerous assembly of " workiea , " atno ' ngst whom were a large
cumber of colliers , were addressed by Messrs . Skeviagton , Smart , and Baker , the people frequently responding to the sentiments expressed by the speakers . Miss Baker read a part of Mr . Watkins's Sermon , which was attentively listened to . At the close of the meeting three hearty cheers were given for the Charter . It was also arranged for Mr . Smart ' to visit them next Monday , he living n # more than three miles from them . He is feed in tho centre of a very wide field of population , wheve Chartism is but little known , save by a- few Stars that get among them , and a few tracts that Mr . Skevington has sent * It i » hoped he will not neglcot its culture , but do all he can .
Barnoldswick . —We have received the foUowing communication , wbioh wa give just aa w& received it ;—All is excitement here ; iae authotjtieaiSiava drawn the military from Colne , along with . two magistrates from Gargrave , owing : to a rumour having gone abroad that the Chartists were going to hold a pubhc meeting and all to be armed , which was a comolete falsehood . It all arose from some petty tyrants of farmers going along with the relieving officer , to the room where he pays the people the sess ; and those farmers upbraided the paupers , and told them they were too idle to work ; when the fact is , that they cannot get work ; and tho work that is to be got , they cannot earn npon an average two shillings per week . The majority of the ratepaupers were dissatisfied at a few farmers going to sit there and upbraiding the paupers . The soldiers ,
when they arrived in town , came with drawn swords aud fixed bayonets , went down to the committee room , paraded and guarded the steps with the point of the bayonet , and would not allow any person to go up , only such persons as the magistrates and guardians thought proper , and they allowed the petty tyrants still to remain in the place . All the principal part of the inhabitants were disgusted at their proceedings ; but this will have opened the eyes of the people ; when the people asked for bread they sent them guns and bayonets to satisfy their hunger with . We havo heard that the soldiers were sent tor to Colne from Burnley Barracks , and from Preston to Burnley . All passed quietly off , a 3 soon as they had done paying ; and tho people hope that the day of retribution would soon come , when they would have their just rights .
Coalbrook-Dale . — On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Mogg preached a sermon to about three thousand persons on die LoMver-Lightmoors , near Coalbrook-Dale . An excellent choir of singers were in attendance . On Monday evening , Mr . O'Brien waa'to have lectured at Diwicy-Green , but owing to his sudden illness , he was unable to attend . We expected to have had a substitute , and the utmost auxiety prevailed , previous to the arrival of the coach , to know who would come . Nobody arrived but our old friend W . Mogg , who bad been at Wolverhampton to procure a substitute from there , in
case no one came from Birmingham , but he was disappointed , as Mason was at Dudley . At seven o ' clock , between 5 , 000 and 6 , 000 persons were present , to whom we were obliged to state our disappointment . They appeared very much dejected ; but our friend Mogg addressed them in a very enlivening strain .. He used his utmost efforts , and with great success , to riise their dejected Bpirits , and the meeting passed off with great satisfaction . Three cheers were given for the Charter , three cheers for our tried friends , O'Connor and O'Brien ; threo for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and three for oar worthy friend Mogg .
Stafford . —The Cbartist * of this place have commenced agitating the surrounding villages . On Sunday last , Messrs . Hunuible and Ward lectured to the villagers of Westoa , who paid great attention to their discourses . Mr . Wm . Peplow preached at Sandon ( the seat of tha Noble Lord of that name ) from the 22 n 3 chapter of Proverbs , verse 6 , and was listened te with much attention . Chalfobd . —At a meeting held here on Thnrsday week , two shillings were sollected for the Convention , ¦ which were paid over to the Slroud friends , to be by them forwarded to the General Treasurer . Guiseley . —Messrs . AMf-rson and Brook attended a meefiDg at this place ! on Sunday afternoon last .
Bolton . —Mr . Robs , of Manchester , attended here on Sunday evening , and delivered one of tho most powerful and energetic atldreBses which we have i ate It had the pleasure of hearing . The room , capable of holding eight hundred persons , was crammed to suffocation , and many were compelled unwillingly to depart . An open air meeting having been convened for Monday evening on a large space of ground adjacent to the Exchange , a large concourse of people assembled long before the time of meeting , who evinced a great deal of anxiety as to the result , it being the Erst open air meeting held in this tawn since the 13 th of August . 1839 . At the time appointed for business , between four and five thousand people had assemble ! ,
when Mr . Baird was unanimously called to the chair , who called upon Mr . Gillmorc to move the remonstrance issued by the Convention , which was seconded by Mr . Smith , and carried unanimously . Mr . Richardson next came forward to move tbe adoption of the memorial which was seconded by Mr . Preatice , aud carried unanimously . The Chairman then introduced Mr , Ross , who was most cordially received , and addresstd the meeting for upward of an hour in his usual eloquent and masterly styla After a vt , ta of thanks to the lecturer and chairman , three cheers for the Charter , three for O Connor , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , the meeting , the most spirited one held here for a c > nsiderable time , quietly dispersed .
ROCHDALE . —A lar ^ e an . 4 enthusiastic meeting ¦ was held on Monday , in the open air , for the purpose of memorializing the Queen to dismiss her present Ministers and call to her councils those who will make the People ' s Chatter a cabinet measure . The meeting was called by requisition to be held iu the Butts . At the time appointed , Mr . Thomas Livsey was called to the chair , who opened the meeting by reading the placard , and in a neat and appropriate speech iatroduseii Mr . John Leach , to address the meeting , who , in a speech of some length drew attention to the distress which existed throughout the country , the cause of eucu distrtss , and tha remedy . Ke conclude : ! by reading ti : e remonstrance , and entreating the masses to come forward as men and enroll themselves members of tb . 8 National Charter Association . —Mr . James Ashley
seesnded the remonstrance in a sensible ana argumentative address . —Mr . Jamts Taj ; or , sen . supported it in in a pithy : md sarcastic manner , dealing his remarks ^ with equal severity against both Whigs ami Tories . —• The Chairman then invited suy person forward wishing to make an objection , bnt none appearing , it was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Jordan Chadwick Hioved a memorial to the Queen , in an excellent speech . —Mr . Benjamin Rudman briefly seconded the memorial , which , on fceicg put to the meeting was carried without a dissentient voice . Mr . James Taylor , jun . rsade a few remarks on the remonstrance and memorial , and moved a resolution to the cfiuct that Wm . Sbarman Crawford , Esq . be requested to forward them to their proper quarters . Mr . James Casson seconded the motion . A voto of thanks was given to the Chairman and the people separated .
tONDON . —Camberwell . —The Chartitts of this locality held their weekly meeting at Che iiosa and Crorrn , on Monday evening . After the local business was concluded , Mr . Andarson delivered a lecture on the evils arising out of ths present system of cl&ffi le ^ ida'ion , showing that the only remeiiy for improving the Government of this country was the Charttr , the whote Charter , and nothiisg less . The lecturer throughout was listened to with great attention . A vote of thanks was given to ihe lecturer , and the meeting separated .
Bh-cmpion . —The members met a 3 u-ual at tho Brompton Coffee House , on Tuesday evening , Mr . Wheeler in the chair . Rep ;< rta of a satisfactory nature were given in from the London Do legate Council and from the Monthly Council . Reports were also received from tho Committee meeting at the Three Doves . The General Council were appointed to meet the Committee from the Delegate Council on Monday evening , at the Clock House , Castle-Etreet , Leicester-square . After the tracsaoticn of other business relative to tho fands , the meeting adjourned . Dochouse . —Mr . T . B . Smith preached three scimona h-. re on Sunday last , to large and attentive cougregation 3 . The subjects treated of were-discussed in a fair and candid spirit , and we anticipate good huh to spriu # up as tha result .
Birstal . —Mr . T . B . Smith delivered a powerful lecture hero on Saturday evening last ,, which - was fiileci with informatioa of the mast valuable kind , as to the ac quisition and true use of knowledge .
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^ JLEEDS . —BoboughSessjons . —An advertisement ia another column announces that the Midsummer Quarter Sessions for this borough , will commence eh Wednesday the 6 th of July , at the new fashioned Mfral hour of two o ' clock m the afternoon . The Whigs prate about economy ; their ' -representative , on tlxe bench throws away -a day ' s oxpenses to all parties engaged , for nothing . The court sits at two and fifes at five , no business ia got through ' : ; and the money of the rate-payers is thua foolishly squandered . ¦ - - . ' : ' . ¦ ¦' ..- - - .- ¦ ¦ •' . ¦ - , ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ \ : . ' : ¦ ¦ . . -
- Leeps Town PouNca . —An adjourned quarterly meeting of this body : was held on Wednesday last , at which it was resolved to present ihe Queen \ vi t h a congratulatory address on her esoape from the late xaEASONABLE attempt (?) on her life ; The addresa was ordered to be sent to the Secretary of State for presentation . On this occasion , Mr . Alderman fottie , the . / 'leader * ia Court matters , was absent from the Council by Bevere ; indisposition ; hia place was filled by Alderman Luccock . Tho following buaiaess was also done : —The Town Clerk read a letterfrom Secretary Sir James Grahamj approving of the intention of the Town Council to build a separate gaol for the Borough , and recommending a , a applioatiou to the Lords of tho Treasury for the loan
01 money . After some discussion & Committee was appointed to consider the subject of better Post-office accommodation - for the Borough , and to report to the next meeting Of Council . On tho motion , of Alderman Lupton , seconded by Mr . Howard , the Committee for repairs were authorised to expand not more than £ 150 in the cleaning , painting , &c . of the Court House . Tho Printing Committee reported that from £ 120 to £ 130 would be Bttvcdby estimating for the Council ' s printing , and on the motion of- ' . Mr . Keleall , seconded by Mr . Whitehead , Messrs . Hobson and Smiles ; and John Heaton , were appointed to print the burgesses' lists , burge 33 roll , lists of olaims and objections , and revi-Bing assessor's books , for tho present year .
Adjooened Vestry Meeting . —The adjourned vestry meeting , on the subject of the New Improvement Bill , was held on Wednesday evening last , at seven o ' clock ,: Mr . Roberts in tho chair . Notwithstanding' that the Improvement Commissioners had failed to give any public notice , there was a tolerably numerous attendance . Mr . Hobson being called upon by the chairman , made a few observations , and laid before the meeting the circumstances under which they w * . re assembled , deserted entirely by the le # al gentlemen who at the first meetings had taken so prominent a part , and fought so bravely for the loaves and fishes ; he detailed , also , the steps taken by the magistrates and town council in their efforts , before a' Committee of the House of
Commons , to obtain for themselves the patronage which the Bill , if it passed into a law , would throw into their hands . That patronage had , by the Committee of the House of Commons , been vested in the Town Council , which , as a choice of evils , was free from the objections which existed against the magistracy , who were an irresponsible body , and when once appointed , could not . be removed . He understood also that the Committee had negatived the clause which provided that not more than £ 500 should be expended in anyone improvement in one year . Aftor these prefatory obseryationsjihe proceeded to read a petition which the Committee appointed at a former meeting had drawn up , and forwarded to William Beckett
Esq ., for presentation ; a copy of thi 3 petition will be found in another column . In conclusion he suggested that perhaps it would be well for the meeting to again adjourn , as , * notwithstanding the j Commons might pass the Bill , is would have to go to the House of Lords , where perhaps it would be found that the inhabitants of Leeds had more friends than they had in the House of Commons . Mr . Frazer made a few observation' ? , after which , on the motion Of Mr . William Wido , saconded by Mr . Francis Jackson , the thanks of the meeting were carried by acclamation to the committee for their excellent petition , and they were requested to continue their services , iu the event of a similar document being
required to be sent to the House of Lords . Mr . Hobson thon moved that the meeting be adjourned for a month , but this , after some discussion , wa ? amended ; and Mr . Eddison , the Town Clerk , having entered the reom , Mr . Hobson begged of him to till them in what state the bill was . Mr . Eddison immediately complied as far aa he was j able , saying that he had left London , iu haste , after the bill had passed through the committee on Monday , and he had not had a sight of ^ ho manuscript . He should be glad to answer any question , but thought it perbaps would be more satisfactory if they waited until they got printed copies of the Bill . It was expected to be printed by Monday or Tuesday , and he should
have pleasure m handing over copies of it to the Chairman The burial ground question was to be the subject of a separate bill , and the nlausa em-EGWering tbe Commissioners to borrow £ 50 , 000 had been altered to sive them the power of borrowing £ 100 , 000 . Mr . Hobson inquirdd if it was true that tho clause limiting the annual expenditure on one improvement to £ 500 bad . been expunged , to which Mr . Eddison having replied in tho ^ affirmative , Mr . Hobsoh said that it was only on condition that this clause was inserted that | the meeting had consented to their going to Parliament at all , and by expunging it faith had been broken with the ratepayers . Ho then handed to Mr . Eddison a copy of tbe petition previously read , stating that it had boon Bent to Mr . Beckett for presentation when tho Bill
was brought up for a third reading . Some discussion then ensued as to the time to which th « adjournment should be made . Mr , Hobson thought a month would be soon enough ; othor gcntlfcmen thought different ; and on Mr . Eddisoh being appealed to , he said it was probable the bi J might be in the House of Lords by the 24 th ; it was ultimately agreed , therefore , that tho meeting should be adjourned to Wednesday evening , the 22 nd iustanf , ( next Wednesday week . ) at the Court House , as seven o'clock , arid the Improvement Commissioners wure again referred to the faot that they had originally caJkd ths meeting , and the Chairman was empowered to request that they would give publio notvea of each adjournment . This was agreed to , and the meeting adjourned at nine o ' clock .
Botanical Gardens . —Tho first fashionable prouifinade foi * cho present season , ia these delightful enmnds , took place on Wednesday last , when , by tho permission of CqI . St . Q'iintinVthe splendid band of the 17 th Lancers was piesent , who played in a , very superior style a great many difficult piocos cbitfly from the works of Italian and German coinposeiv , with | the llust > iau waltzes by L ^ bitzky , and which roiiectcd credit on their talented leader , Mr B . Suffrin . Tiio weather was beautiful in tho extreme , though perhapa rather too sultry tor promenading ; tiio numerous and fashionable company , how ^ vdr , enjoyed a rich treat . Wo are glad to hear tbat the band is to ; bo present on WecJne ; -days throughout tho season , and that on Wednesday next their performances will commence at five o ' clock and
continue until eight . This will , afford au opportunity for more of the inhabitants enjoying the luxury of so delightful a promenade . The subscription for carrying on the gardens ( and saYintthe inhabitants of Leeds from tho disgrace of having to dispose of them ) we hear proceeds in a satisfactory manner . May we point out to the Council how they may not only avoid tho disgrace , but enable themselves speedily to announce a dividend on their p ^ id-up capital \ Just quietly open then on a Ssnday ( and on other days too ) , to the woikina classes , at threepence each , instead of sixpencej and there will be no fear about incurring aDy disgrace . The disgrace now is , that they are nearly a sealed book to the only claas who will ever make them profitable .
Robbery in 'a Public House . —On Thursday last , a man named Joseph Sutciiffo was brought up at the Court Huu'e , on a charge of having stolen a sovereign and two shillings and sixpence , from the person of an old man , named John Armisa ^ p , residing on York Road , on the previous eveuhg . It appeared that the prosecutor , who waB somewhati worse fur liquor , wont into the Harewood Arms , O'i Wednesday evening , andcalled foraglass of a ! e , which the prisoner said he would feJch ; he brought in the ale ,-for-which Armitage refused to pay , and Sutclinv , saying he would have it by one indans or
other , seizid himj and in tho scuffla they both fell . Sutchffe then got hold of the man ' s breeches pocket , which he tore completely away , and ran out of the house , throwing , as he went , the pocket at the back of a door . He was taken soon after , and then admitted that he had taken the pocket , but denied that it contained more than one shilling It appeared to the magistrates that he might have secreted the other money , as the prosecutor swore distinctly . ; that he had a sovereign , two shillings , and a sixpence ; and , under these circumstances , the prisoner was committed for trial .
Svdobh Death . —On Tuesday morning , Robert Ellis , the well known bailiff to the Honour of Pontcfract Small Debt Court , was suddealy taken ill whilst walking in the street , and died in the course of half an hour .
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Soiheb Musicalb . —On Monday evening , Mr . Alfred Ormoa < te , of the Theatre Royal , gave a splendid entertainment at tho Saloon of the Mechanics' Institution , which n as productive of much amusement , and gave every satisfaction to an exceedingly crowded and respectabJe auditory .. The lectare was V A night wi- Barns , " and several of tUe Bongs of Scotia ' a favourite bard were given with thrilling effect .. - Miss L . Bruce sang Bomn pretty ballads ia charming style , and the other artistes so acquitted themselves as to call forts well merited applause . We are glad to hear Mr . Ormonda givts another concert on Monday evening next . ¦ . ' .. - ¦ ¦ . ' .. ¦¦ ' "¦ . "'•'• . - ;¦ ¦ . . : . ..
-Mrs . Balfours Lectures . —We ihave this week been again fitvoured with two lectures from this distinguished lady , on the subjects of Temperance aud Prejudice . The sale on was well filled on both occasions ; and tho enihusiastic bursts of applause elicited , pavfcicalarly in the refutation of the " moderate '' drinking fallacies , showed that the audience were highly gra-tified , aud that a great moral change has taken placu in their minds , on this important subjeci . ' .. ... " : . : ¦ ¦ ' :-. -.: . . - ¦' . - ¦ ¦ . - ' . ' ¦ ;¦ ¦ - ; : . ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ HULli . —Holt Catholic Guild . —The annual festival of this important and flourishing Society was held * m Tuesday last . In the morning high mass was performed with considerable splendour and imposing pomp ; the ' .. interest being increased by the initiation iuto the Catholic faith of a , number of
converts , accord ing to the prescribed forms of the Roman ritual . An Excellent sermon was preached by the Rer . P . M . Kay , of . Bradford , from Matt , xxviix . 20 , In the evefting »? t 5 BSMWaf al was held ia the Music Hall , Which was most humercusly attended both by Citholios and Protestauts . The ropast was got up urider the superintendenoe ° f Mr . Bishop , and rellioted great credit upon that gentltmairs taste and management . The chair was taken by the Rev . J . Render , tho respeoied Vicar of the Catholics of Hull , who introduced the business of the evehing by some appropriate remarks . Several sentiments were given from the chair , and ably responded to . Some excelleat pieces of music were performed . At about ten o ' clock the bull-ioom was thrown open , and the festival of St . Augustine terminated in innocentamusement and cheerful recreatioH .
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' . - .- ¦¦ ' ¦ ^ &c £ i r ? ' ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ >' ¦¦ - ¦ ' . / : ' : ; ¦ ¦ -..., ' . . ¦ -j s ^ y ^^ - jfl ' / f * / f We have , since we were appointed to tlwcfBceof the Execative , struggled to defeat the co : ymoa : enemy by imitating their tactics , and employing the same powerful vreapona against them , which they have so snccessfQUy wielded againBt the : people . Thsreford , we have earnestly reeominendea tho General Council to assemble and iransaot bnsinesB in central points , and to ^ organiser the psoplfeia districta . London and Manchester have followed that rule with a success which has beea creditable to : the leaders and advahtageoris ^ have reoornmended district lecturers to be chosen .
and a ppeaied to the people to afford . na the requisite funds to send accredited persons into the nnagifcated parts of England and Wales . We wish , in particular , to direct the people ' s attention to the position the Naitional Charter Assoeiation is in ' noir as compared to what it was when we were elected to fill the honourable and responsible office of being membata of the . Executive Commitiee . When we accepted oflice we had only sixty-six towns enrolled ia the National Charter Association : we have now 401 towa 8 t villages , aud oa ^ aleta euroUedi in the Association . There wore neaay 10 , 000 cards issued when wo took office- ; during ; -. ^ i- last twelve months we have issued 35 , 000 carol ; and from information we have before us , we are convinced that there are not Ies 3
than 50 , 000 members in the Association , as tbousanda havo joined us who will not take out cards until after tho election for the new Executive . We are now on the eve of resigning ofiSce , and once more impress upon the publio mind the vast importancaof pursuing theline of agitation we have drawn ; and most earnestly do we declare to them that au Executive body can never be thoroughly supported unless it be backed by a long cpatinued and unremitting agitation of thecountry . ' ... ¦¦ ' We also desire to point eut to the people the principle upon which the agitation of tbe various districts should be conducted * : We are of opinion thafc the perfection of freedom consists in local government being unchecked in its workings ; and
therefore we recommend each district capable of supporting a lecturer , to empower the General Council to elect an eligible person , and pay a salary suffioient for his maintenance and remuneration for his labours . Wo do oat desire to have undue power placed in our hands ; and therefore disapprove of the proposed plan of giving the Executive the power of appointing » corp _ s of lecturers on the : principle that the directing power is < Zui £ 8 endB ^ h For as to possess , and that the agitatiag power should beheld and controuledby the General Council . We likewise disapprove of the plan of electing a limited cumber of lecturers , on the prinoiple that it would be a restriction on the genius which we observe springing up in the ranks of our association , which talent should have a fair chance of being matured , a wide field to exercise itself in , and therefore to afford the young an honourable opening for ii wise and iust comuetition . ^ we would
leave the choice . of the lecturera to the General Council in the districts , the whole Association being the class from which the lectures should be chosen . We- have no objection to offer to the principle ef allowiog the Executive the temporary power of sending qualified persona to agitate parti of the country where the Association has not yet been established , but that power should not be retained after the districts were organized and capable of directing their own movements . Each locality knows its own wants best ^ and should endeavour to supply them whilst the Executive should overlook , direct , and devise plans of operation for the whole . The efforts of the General Council should be local , the duties of tho Executive National , and if we alvvays made that honest and Chartist distinction , we would fulfil bur separate diities without the chance of dispute , and with every prospect of success to our glorious principles .
THE OBSTACLES WE HAVB ENCOUNTJEBED . Thb first grand obstacle that has crippled our efforts has been the limited funds of the Association , and the irregular manner in whioh we have been supplied with ths einews of war . We are fully satisfied that the people will have to amend the plaa of organization , in regard to the collecting of funds , and make an iQUAL levy on the districts , or by any other means the general council may suggest . We have to assure tha country that the want of funda has crippled our best efforts , and prevented os from laying before them schemes 01 greater magnitude for the advancement of our cause . We have likewise
encountered much difficulty from the want of meeting placos of , proper dimensionK and in convenient situations , and we would particularly recommend to companies of shareholders to erect , during this summer , wooden houses , as the fust step to the erecting of more substantial buildings . Every member must 6 ee theneccssity of Gacrificingsomethinj ? to effect an object which would make us independeut of our enemies , rfcher in our fnnds , and more united in oar agitation ^ We have baloulaVed that from- £ 15 to £ 30 would erect commodious woodou houses , or sheds ,. which might be insured at their full value to prevent the danger of conflagration .
We have likewise encountered considerable opposition to Our movements , in consequence of jealous aud braifilesB divisions amongst public ; men , aud unfair criticism from our own pree 8 , both of which are calculated to rob ua ; of public support and esteem , and renders the Executive a vain and farsical appendage to the Assoeiatioh . Weare in a position , as officers of the Association , to be held responsible to the people , who elected us , and fairly opea to the fair criticism of speakers ^ writers , and editors—our decuments , recommendations , and actions are fair game for public Approval , discussion , or condemnation ; but , we contend , that bayond tbac we are not compelled to submit . : h is with considerable pain we allude to the
hostility wbioh the Editor of the Northern Star has showTi . towards one of our members , and to the degrading position in which he has cast the Executive itself .- We are most ready to admit tleStar a . 9 the leading organ of the movement—to acknowledge cheerfully the great services it has rendered to the cause of Chartism—but it is not above criticism , any more than the Executive j and , whilst we thank its Editor for the services he has conferred on the movement , aud the attention he has bestowed on us , we are nevertheless determined to assert our independence of action on the one hand , and on the other cur responsibility for all our deeds to the people alone , whose servants we are .
The Editor of the Star hia asserted that ^ he ha 3 altered our-documents' to preserve as from the fan ^ a of the law . The accusation borne on the face of this admission is a serioug and important one , because it necessarily implies that we are criminally ignorant of our duties . ¦' •¦ ' ¦ ¦ . - : ¦ " ¦ ¦' : ' , ¦ ¦; :: ¦ '' .. / ¦'"¦¦ - . - ;¦ ¦ ] In reply we have to say , that to the be 3 t of our recoliectioa , the assertion of Mr . Hill is utterly uufounded , and calculated to eet forth bis own judgment and importance at the expence of the people ' s public and respoosible seryants . If tho assertion is correct , then Mr . Hill has assumed a power to himself he had no right to , and which we are determined to reeist , until euch time as he may be elected by the people to bo public censor and general supervisor ever the Executive Committee .
We most solpmnly protest against the power assumed by the Editor of the Star . Firstly , because it is contrary to the spirit : of- ' Chartism , and the rules of the association ,-aiid the rights of the people , who are , and / ought to be , the sole censors of the Executive . Secondly , it is establishing a dangerous , precedent , and conferring a despotic power ou the press , wMcK , if added to its present enormous iiifluence j would nofe only leavo the character of men as its disposnl , tut tho . very documeats which they wrote in their defence mi « ht be exposed io liesieniaz aiteration and uajusi deductions .
We hold that the Editor has no right to alter public documents ; but to insert them'entire , accompanied with suoh remarks as may be mggested by a man occupying the position of Mr ; Hill , and a mind elevated and desirous of liberty , and ever anxious to advise and reason , instead of condemning and undermining . We thank Mr ; HiH , if his intention was to serve the Executive and protect them from danger , but with all dae deference to the superior intelligence of Mr . Hill , we beg most emphatically to have the privilege of correcting our own ^ documents , defending our own . characters , and answering to the people for our ignorance and criminal omissioas . We shall not be dragged into a hostile correspondence , or into quarrels of any kind , and therefore we appeal to the people on one grand point , namely , are we to be tesponsible to the people or the Editor of the Northern Star \ if to the former , we are content ; if to the latter , vote him into his office , and we will obey .
Fellow Charlidis , —The period of oar sittings ha . ro nearly expired , aud oq retiring from office we feel that we have done the very best we could under existing circumstances to forward tho movement ; wo have striven to maintain our position , ( how we have done so we have already mentioned ) to propagate our principles and to increase our numbers . Finally , we have laboured to put down division ( there has never been any . in our body ) to secure unauimity and preserve our independence and your rights ; wa have not had any votes of disapprobation , but many , very many of a contrary nature .
Ia taking leave of you , we publicly thank the General Council for their continued co-operation , and the people for their general support in a period of unexampled distress . We have now but : one earnest recommendation to give—one sincere advice to offer - —one long-encouraged hope to cherish until it is matured , viz ^ that the people may practice the principles of the Charter as well as understand them . Never forget that a principle which is just applies equally to the transactions between a ( government and a nation , as it does to the common intercourse between man and man ; therefore , let ua think , act , and judge of measure ? , movements , and men , by the golden rule of the Chartor .
We have the honour to be , : Your faithful representatives , James Leach , President . P . M . M'Dotjali . R . E . Piiilp . Mobgan Williams . John Campbell , Secretary
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Leep 3 District . —In this quarter Chartism is spreading far and wide , it is now taking deep root Where previously it was unknown . The quiet parson-riddf a town of Rothwell ^ a bout four miles from Leeds , has this lass week been in a complete state Of excitement , regarding tho Chartists and Chartism . One of the Hunslet Cfiatists went last Saturday evening and announced that a Chartist lecture would be delivered at Bothwell-bank , on Sunday night , at six o'clock ; the intelligence spread like wildfire , and accordingly a number Leeds friends went at the time appointed ; but the authorities were alarmed , and were determined that the Chartists Bhould not preach their " pestiferous "
doctrines in . the peaceful village ot Kothwell . On Sunday morning they hired , ( at ; the church v it is said ) eleven men to assist the constables of the town to proyent the Chartists proceediug . But thanks to their opposition , the iriend 3 went , and such an anxiety as was displayed to hear tho Chartists we never witnessed . In casa the authorities would do ag they had threatened , soveral iiidividiiala offered their private ; dwel ] ings to meet in , in diff ; rettt part 3 of the town . However , we went to th e place an nounced for the meeting , and , true enough , we were charged at our peril to assemble there . After pome " argufying" on both sides , a working man offered us his yard to meet in ^ about the middle of the town : accordingly Mr . Frazer
annonnced to the multitude the facts of the case , and requested tho people to return to the town ; tliey did so , and a glorious sight it was to behold almost every inhabitant of the neighbourhood marching back * in face of the vicar , Dr . Bell , and Mr . John Blayds , a great landholder . To this yard tho people went , in their hundreds ; a hymn was sung , after which Mr . Fraser commenced a sermon , on Proverb ? , 30 th chapter , 14 th verse ; after he had proceeded about twenty minutes , the vicar , Dr . Bell , and Mr . John Blayds passed through the crowd in a gig , arid complained to the head coasta- ' ble that the thoroughfare was stdppediahd so it vvas . The yard we met in could not contain one-fifth of the peoplo present . Joonseqaently tho constable ,
shaking like an aspeu leaf , exhibited his badge of effice ^ and requested tho lecturer to conclude , as the meeting was entirely blocking up this road . Mr . Eraser said he would comply , requesting timo to inform the people of the matter . It was granted , and the lecturer , making a few -remarks on tbe conduct of the Vicar and Mr . Blayda , requested a show of hands from ail present who thought ho had beou speaking what was right and true ; and such a show of hands—scarcely a being present kept down their hands , at least not reckoning women , who wore there in hundreds—from four to five ; hundred ablebodied men held uptheir handsfor theCkarter . Immediately a number of them , chit-fly colliers , formed
themselves into a provisional . committee , arid arrangements were entered into for tho purpose of forming an ABSOoiation . While leaving tbe house , the lecturer was accosted by ; apparently , a middle class man , who offered him a piece of ground to lecture on at any time , where none dare meddle with the peoplo . Thus are our principles—the glorious principles of the Charter—spreading . Nothing on earth can impede their progress . On , then , brothers . ' Let nothing earthly daunt ^ ub . Let unity be our watch word- ^ Tights our object—and liberty will soon bo the reward of the people . Dub to the Execvtive for the sale of William Brelsford ' s Blackiajt ; , No . 18 , Royle Road , Burnley—Mr . Samuel JMagson , Mylholmroyd Is . 0 d ,
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ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASbOJIATION TO THE PEOPLE . THE J ? £ OPLE ' S DUTIES TO THE CAUSE , THEMSELVES , AND THEIR ADVOCATES . Tho _ duty of the people to the sacred cause of Chartism is , to keep in the undeviating path of per ' severence . Opposition should increase determination and zsal . Calumny and misrepresentation should stimulate the people to greater energy in the spread cf truth and tho diffusion ot democratic priiiciplea . All the moyements of the people should bo distinguished by unanimity , and the recommen-¦ Jations of all delegated deliberative assemblies elected by the universal-voice of the people should bo supported and acted upoii by all . The minority whculd in ali cases yield to the majn-icy , and thus goc-d . fetling and just dc ? oocratio principles would be the more effectually cultivated , ,
It should never bo forgotten by the Chartist body that hundreds of thousands of the industrious classes tiTo pining In want otthe comffiea necessaries of life . d'iaie ? di-ease , arid death are ail engendered and increased by the hideous monster ; claR 3 legialation . These ilia can never be removed but by tho triuniph of our princ-iples , and although persererenco , danger , aiid ; . ' sacriSi ' i : d aro needed to tfioct the victory , thu reward will bo great and glorioua ; but to becomo laint-heartod aud draw back , will only be to hug tho chains of despotieni , and to remain in the most dtgradiug and agoriizng slavery , ever groaning in misery and sighing for release , without the least ippe of freedom being Rained ; our motto then . ' -must be forward mine good cause , for tyiaiiny and death aro behind , but liberty , happiuess , and life , invite us to march oaward .
Amori ^ themselves , the people should cultivate the best teulih ' gs ' of demooratic 1 friendship j our political associatiou should be a United Brotherhood , among whom , quarrels , dissciifiibna , strifeVor malice , should be unkuowa . la tiieir conduct , the most strict sobriety should bo obaervod , and it ought to bo the most pleasing duty of Chartists to aid each other in di-tress , to rally round and protect each other from persecution and injury , andan insult ' or wrong iniiicudou one , should be regarded as a deep iKJudtioie . to all . ; To their advocates , those who are foremost in d . ' iuger , and whose- patriotic exer . ious are the mainstay of the movement , tho ueo-le should extend the beat feelia ^ 'b ot favoui- and affection : and at ail times
Chartists should be elow to condemn men whose lives have be ^ n devoted' to the cause , and who have t ; iven , iu xaaiiy good and virtuo" 3 actions , patriotic and positive proofs of their political--integrity . ' - ; Ihe personal quarrels of these advocates , which it is to be hoped will never more arise , should never create dividon in the people ' s ranks . The actions uf men should be regarded as the only true test of their sincerity * and a spirit of ill-will or recrimination ^ betweeh those who are foremost in the people ' s ranks thould never be eiiecaraged or magnified iuto importahiBe by she proceedings of the peoole themof
selves ^ differences opinion have arisen , how exist , aua wiii of a certainty again spring up . We have reason and judgment euough to adjust differences , and the will of the many should be enforced , and tho obedience of the few be made a ready compliance ; the ptople , therefore , should protect all their advocates from persecution , fliisrepresenUtion , aiid wrong , and cheer them ou , and encourage them in their hazardous warfa : o agaiuat despotism and corrup . ion . By these means alcne , can mutual coBiidence and friendship be obtained , and that union promoted which is absolutely necessary to the success of eur holy cause .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct892/page/1/
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