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THE SORTHEEN STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1842.
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ANOTHER VICTIM TO THE FELL MONSTER.
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THE NEW EXECUTIVE.
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P hkPh i ^ : T . T ^ . GBEAT PUBLIC MEETING U ? PARADISE SQUARE . In the course of last week a requisition , respectably rignea , > as presented to the Master Cutler , requesting fom io convene & meeting of the inhabitants . of Sheffield , for the purpose of remonstrating "with the Honse of Commons upon its rejection of the prayer of the National Petition , and for the purpose of memorialissng the Queen to dissolve the Parliament , to dismiss hex present Ministers , and to call to her councils men who 'will make the People ' s Charter a cabinet
measure . The Master Cutler haying declined to call the meeting , the requisitionlsto proceeded to do so themselves , The meeting was fixed for twelve o ' clock on Monday last , and some time before that hour some hundreds had assembled in Paradise Square . - Mr . Bairstow had been invited , and was met at the railway station by a considerable body ot the working men , "wia banners , &o ., by whom he was loudly cheered ; in the mean tim « the Square continued filling , and by one o ' clock , at which hour business commenced , one of the most numerous meetings we hare seen in Sheffield had assembled to give their sanction to the important documents left for the approval of the people by the late Convention . - , On the motion of Mr . Harney , seconded by Mr . Clayton , Mr . John Kelly was called to the chair .
The Chairman read the placard calling the meeting , aM after few observations called npon Mr , Harney . Mr . Harney said he had great pleasure in appearing before bo large a meeting to propose for adoption the remonstrance aUnded to in the bills calliDg the meeting . ( Mr . H . here read the remonstrance , which it is unnecessary to insert ) . The remonstrance stated first , "that the people of this eountry were suffering destitution and misery to an extent almost hitherto unknown . " This -was novr too notorious to be denied by TVaig or Tory . The newspapers , day after day , week after week , gave the most harrowing accounts of the misery of the people throughout England , Ireland , and Scotland . Famine stalked abroad , starvation howled its agenies , and black despair overspread the land . Though in Sheffield
they bad not as yet experienced distress to the same fearful extent the people of other districts had , still if a change came not speedily , the lot ot tbe men of Leicester would assuredly be the lot of the people of Sheffield— ( hear , hear ) . Hundreds upon hundreds vrere subsisting upon parish relief , and many a child cried for bread , and there was no one to administer to its wants . Strange it was , bnt yetmost true , that - while the middle classes were fast hastening to the same rain as had already overtaken the working classes , still they obstinately and ¦ wickedly held aloof and tronld not join the people in their struggle for justice . A meeting of the Manchester shopkeepers bad lately been held , at which meeting one and all bad declared either that they were already ruined or were fast hastening to
destruction ; and though tbe Sheffield shopocracy had not tuade this open confession , yet he knew that hundreds of them were in the same situation as the Manchester shopkeepers . Yet were they at that meeting ? Were there fifty in that meeting ? Were there twenty ? He doubted if there we- e ten—only ten , to save their order from the well merited infamy which was-attached to them , for their opposition to the just rights of the people ; thongh the present system was ruining them , still they would support the aristocracy against- the people ( hear , hear . ) Did not this prove that much as they pretended to liberality of sentiment , that they , nevertheless , hated nothing so much as that the toiling classes should be placed on political equality with themselves—preferring the rale of tbe devil himself to
the rule of the ma jarity—the sovereign democracy * ( cheers . ) This remonstrance reminded the House of Commons that three times had the people petitioned that Honse , and three times their prayer had been insultingly rejected . Three millions and & half of the 3 » eple cf this country petitioned only for a bearing at the bar of the House , and not content with denying that which was prayed for , the Honourable Members must needs showes calumny , falsehood and slander open such an immense body of their countrymen ; <\ haTg ? ng npon them that they meditated the destruction of property , and the producing of a state of anarchy and spoliation . Such were the lying calumnies of Mr . Bob Macauliy . His ¦ " Honourable Friend , " as the gentlemen of
the "Westminster tax-trap wculd say , hia Honourable Frieod , Mr . Bauatow , had just corrected him , it -ircs not Bob , but Tom aiacaolay ; well , tie meeting troold excuse him . Ho vronder that he confounded names when there waa so little difference between the liberal Tom Hacanley and Sir sliding-scale slippery Bob , of Tamworth . Of the two factions it Tni £ ? i $ indeed be said with strict truth and propriety , " taa-ta ^ ra-ra rogues all" —( loud cbeers . ) He indignantly denied that such were the objects contemplated by the people : on the contrary it was the t'adneers of the people themselves vrho were tbe spoliators and plunderers—( loud chsera . ) The fault of tbe people was not that they "B-ere prone to violence , or did not themselTet respect the property of others ; no , their fault was that they were not sufficiently ready to
protect themselves xioin violence , and their own property from the spoliation of the wealthy—( cheers . ) The men who voted for this remonstrance would pledge themselves to take such steps to remedy their condition as the present circumstances cf tha conntry required ; he trusted they would not idly pledge themselves to this , but having done so -would show their sincerity and prove their honesty bj nnifjng under tbe flag of the National Charter Association , and thereby prove to the Govemmect that the demand for the Charter ~ was not made by a few demagogues , but by a people irresistable in their numbers , mighty ia their union , determined not to submit throogh future ages as they have done through psst to the oppression of the few , and the tyranny of those -who trampled alike upon the laws of nature and of nature" *
God-Mr . Edwin Gill seconded the adoption of -the remonst ance—hi so doing he could not heip stating his conviction that in all probability the fate of this remonstrance -would be that of tha national petition . ( Hear . ) But knowing that this was the only means left of peacefully and constitutionally protesting against the tyranny of the Parliament , he took npon himself with pleasure the task of seconding it , believing that ha adoption would tend to open the eyes of the people more and more to the villany of their rulers . No man could have read the debates of the present session
without feeling the utmost disgust and contempt for the " honourable members" as they were called . Hardly one among them could , or durst take the test proposed by Mr Daneombe , declaratory that they had not gained theis seats by bribery and corruption . It was for the people to say bow much longer they would allow themselves to be plundered and trampled upon by those their mis-representatms—he ardently hoped that those to whom he had the honour to address himself , would swell the ranks of organized Chartism , and thus render efficient aid to their brethren struggling for the establishment of the rights and liberties of all . ( Cheers . ) .
The remonstrance was then adopted unanimously . Mr . Paries moved the adoptien of the memorial to the Queen . The last tins he had had the honour of addressing the men of Shtmeld he remembered that . on that occasion they were countenanced by the reporters of the Mercury , the Independent , and the Iris ; but these gentlemen were nowhere to be seen in the present meeting . How was this ? It was because the factions , for the doing of whose dirty wort these quilldrivers were employed , were opposed to the righteous claims » f the people—Chear , hear . ) Mr . Parkes then read the memorial , and having done so , observed—We live in mest extraordinary times—times in -which is seen excess of wealth and prodigality on the one hand , and excess of poverty and degradation on tbe other ; tbe former the lot of the-idle few , the latter the fate of the toiling many . This anomaly can only be accounted for by the fact that the few have usurped all tbe
power of the state , and by class legislation have built op their own aggrandisement on the ruin and misery of theb fellow-creatures—{ cheers ) . This memorial states that three times the people have petitioned for justice , and each time their petitions have been treated -with scorn and contempt . Now the people would appeal to the monarch : he hoped , for the peace of society and the happiness of all classes , that the appeal weald not be made in vain , though he confessed he had little hope of success in that quarter . If they -were desirous of remaining slaves—if they would not make an effort to redeem themselves and their children from bondage , then let them vote against the memorial ; but if they would snap the gMUng links which bound them , and annihilate for ever the odious distinction of the tyrant few and the enslaved many , they wonia give their support to the memorial , and tell the monarch that it was justice they wanted , and justice they would have
—tcoeers ) . Mr . indlam , a veteran in the cause , seconded the Memorial , which was adopted unanimously . The weather had been most unfavourable all the msrning , though during the proceedings of the meeting the rain had hitherto kept off , but just before the conclusion of Mr . Win . Paries' address , it began to flpjjppTK ^ and was fating heavy when the Chairman introduced Mr . Bairstow , who was received with loud and repeated cheers . Mr . Bairstow said , that having travelled the whole of a sleepless night , having jyst left tbe bedside of a sick wife , and being not only much fatigued , but also labouring under sore depression of spirits , he was sure the meeting would not be so unreasonable as to expect from him a lengthy speech upon the present occasion Having had the honour to sit in the late Convection ,
ad having had while in the metropolis the opportunity of henri"g the debates in the House of Commons upon the two most important motions of the preaent , or indeed tiny past session , he could speak a little as to the conduct and arguments ef tbe " Honourable Members . " ( Hear , bear . ) The first if these debates -was on Mr . Shaman Crawford ' s motion ; the second waa on the presentation of the great National Petition . Of course it Was in the latter debate he felt tbe most interest . Upon " tfas" occasion cf Mr . Don * combe ' s motion , he attended to hear what would be the reasons that would be advanced for withholding from the people their inaEeaable rights . And what did he bear ? Why , one Honouratl Member rtecWrE ^ g that the adoption of the principles of Charti «™ would be the prelnde to one wide-spread scene of rapine , plunder , anarchy , bloodshed , and murder ; to which the bloodiest as £ Bto * t inn tepottan would
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be preferable . Another declared that the triumph of the principles of democracy could only lead to the destruction of civilization and the plunging of the country into a state of midnight barbarism and brutal savagery ; such were the sapient arguments of the collective wisdom . But , Tile though the calumnies of these men were , still they played an honest part compared with the part played by some of the traitorous " shoyhoys" who professed to be the friends of the people ; from all such friends God save the people —( Iond cheer *) . Of all the men who strove to damage the cause of the people , and to throw odium and discredit upon the principles and objects of the Chartist body , Roebuck was the worst ; his conduct was foul and treacherous in the extreme . How dare be denounce the authors of the National Petition as being " cowardly and malignant
demagogues ? " He was himself a cowardly and malignant fellow for making such a charge , and then retreating from the responsibility of slandering his superiors —( cheers ) . All the arguments of Peel and RuBsell were drawn from the speech of Roebuck . It was sach men aa these that the people had good cause to stand most in dread of—hypocrites * who -wore the cloak of patriotism only tta , under its folds they might conceal the poisoned dagger with which to assassinate liberty , the bright goddess of our adoration—( loud cheers ) . The rain for some time had been falling In torrents , yet the people stood it well ; at length himself wet to the akin , Mr . Bairstow gave the signal for retreating , and an adjournment to the Association room in Fig Tree-lane , took place . Here not a tithe of the meeting could gain admission ; those who were first , speedily crammed the
room . Mr . G . J . Harney lectured on Sunday evening , in the Toem , Fig Tree-lane ; the unpropitious state of the weather preventing theholding of the out-door meetings announced in last Saturday ' s Star .
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STATE OF THE WORKING PEOPLE . NECESSITY FOR CAUTION AND PRUDENCE . Every week addB to the horrible destitution endured by the producers of the nation ' s wealth Evidence of this meets the eye and ear at every
turn . Whole districts are enduring the torments and horrors of hunger and starvation . ' The griping system of taxation , with its concomitant , the unrestrained and unregulated use of machinery , have done their work ! The one has stripped the homestead of the labourer of the property he had ; the other has taken out of his hands the power of accumulating more !
To raise tbe £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year , necessary for the maintenance of the hordes of pensioner sinecurists , dead-weight men , and the salaried Officers of State ; necessary for the payment of the interest of the National Debt , and for the keeping up of the army to force tbe taxes out of the people ; necessary to maintain an extravagant Cotjbt : to raise the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year , necessary for the support of these things , every means that earth and hell could devise have been employed . The consequences have been , tbat property has been silently , bat surely , transferred from one possessor to another ; that the middling classes have been reduced to beggary ; and the labourers brought to Etarve all of a heap .
To raise that £ 50 , 000 , 000 ( made , in reality , by the alteration in the value of money , by Peel ' s Bill , £ 120 , 000 , 000 !) it was necessary that " the resources" of the country ( as they have it ) should be developed . Hence the immense introduction and employment of machinery ; hence the engendering , promulgation , and adoption of the suicidal principles of " free-trade" ; hence the cheapening of all articles of produce , and the gluttings of the market , until produce is a drug , and employment at an end . Hence tha difficulty ; the confusion ; the distress ; the famine ; the deaths , for want of the necessaries of life !
Here is the cause of it all ! The Government must hate , if they continue the system , the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a year ( nominally , but £ 120 , 000 , 000 really ) . To have that £ 60 , 000 , 000 , without reducing the strength of the nation to beggary and want , is as impossible as it 13 to have vegetation without light and warmth . The
one is necessary to the other ! In struggling to get the amount the tax-gatherer lays his desolating paw on every producer of wealth . He strips the cottage , pulls down the mansion , empties the til ] , sweeps up the profits , and carries all into the lap of the debt-annuitant , the army-paymaster , the " steward of the household , " the pensioner , the placeman , and the dead-weight man 2
To expect any other result than that which now presents itself as tbe consequence of these doings is to be criminally simple ! And yet when aTe these things to have an end ! Who amongst our State doctor ? dare prescribe the remedy ! Who amongst them dare propose to reduco our expenditure to £ 4 , 000 , 000 per annum ? Who amongst them dare propose to equitably adjust the Debt , disband the Army , burn the Pension List , chop down Royal expences , reduce the salaries , discontinue the
half-pay , and remove the dead weight ? Who amongst them all dare propose this 1 Not one !! And what would be the use of any measures , unless these formed a part ! When man can alter the nature of water , and make it not to seek its level , ( Tien , but not till then , can we raise £ 128 , 000 , 000 a-year in taxation without producing want and starvation amongst the very producers of wealth ! Our Government requires the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year . To keep up the present system they cannot do with
less ! They cannot afford a single million back again , even though it is asked for and needed merely to put a mouthful of the " coarsest kind of food" into the heads of starring thousands ! Not a stiver can it spare ! Only SIX could be found in the whole House of Commons to vote for the people having back again one-sixtieth part of the enormous sum wrung from , their very entrails ! And yet the House " SYMPATHISES" with the sufferings of the industrious people !
Faugh ! How it stink 3 ! !! What , then , are the people to do ? Are they to lie down and die i Are they to quietly endure the gnawings of hunger , the pains of starvation , till death relieve them from their sufferings ? Are they to do this ! NO ! a thousand timea NO ! Perish the thought . ' and blistered be the lips that would give utterance to it in the way of advice ! ! EngTuhmen quietly lie down , and die for want of
food ! Perish England first I Englishmen quietly starve to death ! Sink her beneath the sea first !! ENGLISHMEN die of hunger ! and that quietly too ! Burn England up first I Come plague ; come pestilence ; come fire ; come sword ; come water ; come invasion ; come civil war : come all these things a thousand times o ' er ; but come not the day when ENGLISHMEN will quietly starve to death 1
What , then , are the people to do ? Break the law and commit outrages on person and property ? NO ! a thousand times NO ! The law of England is , that no one Btall starve to death . That law makes provision for the destitute . To that law let every tjestitcte mam APPEAL I There is the Overseer ! let every destitute man go to him , and ask for support . There are the Magistrates ! let every one who is refused relief by the Overseer apply to them ,
If they have not power to grant relief , they have power to communicate with the Lord Leintenanis of the counties ; and , through them , with the Q , ueen . If the Magistrates refuse to entertain the application , go to the Lord Leiutenant in person . Tell him of your sufferings , of your endorings , of your efforts to obtain relief : and tell him to tell the Queen how you are circumstanced . Do all this , quietly and orderly ; and THEN if relief ia not afforded , SEEK OUT FOR FOOD ' . !
Go to the Overseer in the first instance . He is appointed to relieve the destitute . He has the means to do so in hl 3 hands . If he refuses you once , go again , if your necessities continue . If you are without food on the Monday , and you apply to him , and he refuse to give you any , go to him again on the Tuesday . If he again refuses , go to him on the Wednesday , should you still be without food . If he again refuse , go the next day : and so on , from day to day , till you get relief .
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Go each man , and each woman , for himself and herself ! No acting together ; no bluster ; no threats ; QUIET DETERMINATION . Each one for himself ; and each one state his own case . Each one apply for relief to the Overseer personally Should there be more there when , you go , wait your turn . If he is not at home , await his coming . Should he refuse relief to one , do not let that be a refusal to you . The case refused may not bo as bad as your own : at all events , the Overseer ought to
know of your oondition , if you are starving ! Take care that you let him know ! Do this quietly , orderly , peaceably , but determinedly , and let us see what will be the result 1 But " no mob 31 " no great noises . ' no actiDg in concert . Go each onb for food to save von from starvation ; go ask for it from the officer appointed by the law to give it you . Go ask him properly and rightly . Put it not in the power of any unfeeling monster to get rid of your application by trumping up a oharge of conspiracy !
Should the application , or applications , to the Overseer fail , go , each one , to the nearest Magistrate . Tell him , each and every one , separately , your case . Tell him what your sufferings and endarings are . Tell him how often you have been to the Overseer . Tell him what answer you have received . Ask him for his assistance . Ask for his advice . If he say he cannot aid you , or that he has no power ; tell him that he has a direct channel of communication open with the Queen , through her representative , and his superior , the Lord Lieutenant . Desire him to do his duty , by forwarding to the Lord Lieutenant
a statement of your case ; that you are starving for want of food ; that you have repeatedly applied to the Overseer , and cannot obtain relief ; that you have applied to the Justice of the Peace , and he has no power to aid you ; that it is right the Queen knew of your condition , that she may take the necessary steps to afford relief . Desire the Magistrate to do his duty by communicating these things to his Lord Lieutenant ; and then it is his duty to communicate them to the Queen herself , in her own proper person , and not through the Secretary of State . When these steps are taken , and still no relief afforded , get up a requisition to the Mayor or Constable of your Borough or Township , to call
a public meeting for tbe purpose of publicly addressing the Lord Lieutenant of the County . Shoald he call the meeting , well and good : should ho refuse , let twenty inhabitant householders call it themselves . At the meeting agree upon a Memorial to the Lord Lieutenant ; let it set forth the facts as they stand in your locality ; lot it set forth the efforts made , individually , to obtain relief ; let it call upon him to make the condition of the Memorialists known to her Majesty ; let a deputation of shrewd , intelligent , discreet mtn be appointed to wait upon the Lord Lieutenant in person with such Memorial ; and let them communicate to an adjourned meeting the answer they receive !
Now , this is a perfectly legal but an effectual way of bringing the sufferings of the starving poor into public notice ; and will assuredly compel relief ! Should it not do so , —THEN seek out fob food "Self-preservation is the first law of nature . " Preserve yourselves ! The law awards you relief : take all legal means of getting what the law awards : if it be refused or withheld—SEEK OUT ! All the writers on jurisprudence hold that a man is not guilty of theft or larceny who takes food to keep himself from starving to death . Such
has been hold to be the case by Grotius and Pcffendorf , and the only writers who have denied that that principle applies to England , have dono so on the ground that " by the law sufficient provision is made for the supply of the necessitous by collections for the poor and by the power of the civil magistrate . " IF , therefore , there be not " sufficient provision ; " or if " the power of the civil magistrate " be abrogated , then the law of nature returns in full force ; and a man , according to reason and to nature , is not guilty of theft or larcency who takes food to keep himself from piniug to death 1
Again do we implore of the people to be cautious and prudent ! Spies are abroad ! They will entrap , if not minded . Avoid all secret meetings ! all conspiracies ! all plottings ! Every thing you say and do on such occasions is known to the magistracy and the Government ! Look at the " little '' debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday night . Wellington could not give Kinnaird information respecting some places in North Lancashire , because that would defeat tbe ends of justice , as Govern ' ment had information affecting individuals . Just so ! Wherever there aro plottings , there are spies and all is known 1 Whoever is a party to a plot in England , either to upset Government or to destroy
property , is a ninny , or something far Worse Plotting always defeats itself ! It must , inevitably , do so . Every man , in such circumstances , is in every other man ' s power . The more there are of the plotters , the greater is the individual danger , and the probability " of the success of the plot lessened . No man who has an act of that nature to perform is safe if he entrust even his thoughts to any one else . Avoid , then , all plottings , ' Avoid all " secret meetings , " aB they are called ; but which are not secret from the magistracy ! Avoid all breaches of law or order ; take all necessary legal steps to bring your case before the public eye ; ground for yourselves ample defence , should you have , at last , to go aud take .
Again , we say , beware of spies ! You may know them bj tho reoommendationB they give . They will try to persuade you to give battle to the soldiery ; and that you can beat them ! Never \ va 3 there greater delusion ! Why should wo fight the soldiers ? What have the soldiers dono ? Poor fellows ' . they are the veriest slaves in existence ! A soldier is better fed than a working man ; but he is , essentially , a slave ! Why , then should we figbt
him ! In God ' s name , why ? Working people ; whoever advises you to come into collision with the soldiery , is an enem y that wishes for your de-; strnction ; and is taking all proper means to effect i it ! or a fool , whose counsels , if sincere , will not j the less surely bring you to destruction , if you trust j and act on them . Scout all such advisers from you , ' should they appear !
j No ! no ! no fighting with the soldiers ! no firing' , upon them ; or firing by them upon the people ! No : 6 uch FIRING as that ! It would bo tho height of j combined folly and treachery ! ! Again we repeat , beware of spies !—they are : abroad ! They are seeking blood ! Disappoint i them ! _ ^
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" adorn and indignation" are those which possessed the minds of tha Jury , who , among others , saw V that man standing at theoar , " and who were called upon to judge dispassionately upon the < Bvidence adduoed ! Verily this print haB out-done itself—no easy task—in ihe art of fulsome adulation ! It ; is truly ^ beastly and contemptible I Buj ^ wh ile we learn that every loyal subject was f ( anxious to obtain a glimpse of the heartless
miscreant , " we learn also From the concluding unfortunate little three lines , that the company was not 60 numerous as that drawn together by the desire to see Daniel Good ! Verily , loyalty must be at a discount , when the Criminail Court cannot be filled upon so interesting an occasion as the trial of an ignorant youth who hoped to gain a livelihood by firing a butleHe 88 pistol at the hind wheel of the Queen ' s carriage !
The youth , however , for hia indiscretion , has been sentenced . " The Court , " through the mouth of Chief Justice Tindal , has adjudged him " to be hanged by the neck : tilli he be dead ; then to be beheaded ; and his body cut into four quarters , and disposed QF as hefMajesty shall direct . " A savage inhuman sentence ! and a barbarous law that imposes it !! His life ia to be : forfeited ! The " Bloody old
Times ' ; has sounded the note of blood ! It has been labouring hard to prepare the public mind for the awful and astounding faot , that a life is to be taken , as a warning to others not to attempt to shoot at the Queen ' s carriage wheel I A youth ia to be strangled and beheaded for high treason , because he fired a bulletless pistol in the direction of the Queen ' s carriage ! And yet wo are a Christian people ! and the Queen herself is "Head of the Chubch , under Christ" !!!
Query . —If wo hang , behead , and quarter young Francis for shooting at the Queen ' s carriage wheel with a pistol , in which there is no evidence to prove there was a bullet , and from which shooting neither tho Queen , her carriage , nor any of her attendants , nor any mortal breathing , sustained any , the slightest , injury ; what should we have done to him had he shot a bullet through the Queen ' s head . 1 Talk not to us of "the Queen ' s magnanimity" !
If tho permit the life of Francis to be taken for this shooting-at-hcr-carriage-a £ fair , the bloody deed will Btick to her name through life , and blot her escutcheon in death ! If she- allow him to be hanged aad quartered j she may "dispose" of his out-up body as she may please , even to tho servingup of the joints at her own table , without adding to the horror and detestation which the act of strangulation will exoito amongst "her" people !
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Poor Holberuy is gone ! He has escaped the ruffian fang of class despotism through the deathly por tal . Another is added to the long catalogue of Whig-made widows , whose occupation it must be to weep over the ashes of the dead ; and surely another and a powerful incentive is afforded to his brethren to call forth all the energies and exercise all the determined perseverance of men , who have resolved that the system which originates these horrid blotches on ' the escutcheon of humanity shall be annihilated .
On Tuesday morning a letter was received at this office , informing us that an order for his liberation , on Ending satisfactory bail for five yeara , had beeu received from the Home Secretary ; and stating that the York Chartista were unable to furnish the amount required , being all poor working men . They requested that Mr . O'Connor might be informed of the matter , and their letter was accordingly forwarded to that gentleman . In the
meantime , tbat no delay might take place , arrangements were instantly made for tendering the bail of Messrs . Hill and Hobson to the acceptance of the York Magistrates . Mr . Hoihon was at Huddersfiald , but returned that night , and he and Mr . Hill wero intending to go off together to York next morning ; when a second letter arrived apprising us that death had already put in all the bail that could be now given ! The poor fellow had expired about half-past four o ' clock on Tuesday morning .
The letter of the Chartists of York was simply sent , without comment or observation , to Mr . O'Con . nor , from whom , on Thursday morning—as early as it could bo—the following was addressed to Mr . Hobson : — " Dcnham Cottage , June 22 nd , 1842 . " My dear HORSON , —Nothing would give me greater pleasure or do us more service , than if you and Ardill would proceed at once to York , and give bail for poor Holberry ; and let this undertaking upon my part be your guarantee .
"I do hereby undertake to hold J . HobBon and John Ardill harmless from any injury , damage , or pecuniary demand which may be made upon them , if they become security for Holberry ' s beeping the peace , and that I will pay all such suras , costs , and legal expences as his violatioh of the bond shall entail upon them . " Feargus O'Connor . " This may servo to shew his disconsolate widow that what his friends the Chartista could do for him , all wore alike prompt aud ready to do . But it is done , poor fellow ! All is over , and he has escaped . And we fear that even now thousands of honest , good , virtuous Englishmen are almost ready to envy the condition of the cold lump of clay which once was the athletic form of James Holberry !
The York Chartists bestirred themselves briskly and promptly ; they procured tho attendanca of an attorney and surgeon at the inquest , which was held that night , and of which tho verdict was— " Died by the visitation of God , and we are of opinion that the deceased has had every attention paid to him . " Tho inquest lasted four hours . Our reporter went off by the next train after the news reached us , to collect all the necessary information on the spot . He did not return till next day ( Thursday ) , which is our pub / ishing day ; and as the report is likely to be long , we
have no alternative but to reserve it for our next number ; having neither space to give it nor time to get it up for this number . Meantime , we think it right to state , that at a meeting of tho Association held immediately after tho close of the inquest , a vote of thanks was moved and carried unanimously , to George Leeman , Esq ., solicitor , for his generous conduct in attending gratuitously at the Coroner ' s investigation on behalf of the Chartists of York . This gentleman , from all that we can learn , has acquitted himself so as to deserve the esteem of all good men .
The Chartists of York also acquitted themselves like men on the melancholy occasion ; they did all that men could do to have the last remains of the victim conveyed to their rosting place in a creditable manner ; , A handsome coffin was furnished out of their slender resources , and by their own exertions . Aiid , on Wednesday eveningj after being consigned to thecareof friends who had arrived from ShefflaM for the purpose , the corpse was removed to the latter place for interment , a number of Chartists accompanying it out of the city .
Entreating our fellow Chartists to regard the manes of poor Holberry aa calling loudly for appeasement , and for the prostration of the accursed system of misrule to which and by which he has been sacrificed , we take leave of the melancholy subject for tho present week , to return to it lie ' zt week in full . -
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From a return and address inserted in another column , it will be seen that the New ExECPTrva have been appointed I and that they assume their pffioial duties immediately . To give effect to their labours , it is necessary they should have support . Without means , their hands are tied . With meanSj they are in a position to take advantage of every opportunity that offers itself to forward and strengthen the Chartist movement . ¦ ¦'¦'_ - : ; ' ¦ ¦¦ -V . ';; : : ' . / "''' ; . : ¦¦ '" ¦' Look at what has been effected ^ by the late Executive ; aixd remeiaber that they hate , all
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along , been crippled for want of supplies . Judge from what has been done , what there might have been , had the necessary funds been at command ! The ^ f Chartist public nave to say whether this state of things is to continue or not . Unless the Executive be placed in a position to aci , it is folly to appoint them , and worse than folly to expect service from them when appointed . Without means , nothing can be done . . ,
The present , we ttink , a good opportunity of placing the matter before all concerned . The accession to office of the New Executive ought to he seized upon , and the necessary steps taken to place in their hands that which will enable them to g& < o work at once . If they are crippled at starling , they will feel the disheartening effects through all the race .
On Wednesday last , a gentleman called at our office ; a middle-class man , but one of the very best friends to the cause of Chartism that we know ; one whose purse ia ever ready , and whose money is constantly given , to advance the " ultra" movement . In the course of a conversation had with Mr . Hobson on the present position and prospects of Char * tism , he proposed , as the best means of inducting the New Executive into office .
A NATIONAL TRIBUTE , to enable its members to adopt decisive measures to advance the cause of the People ' s Charter ; and he further proposed to head it with his subscriptiofl , adding that if more was wanted , he was ready . . In three minutes a list was prepared , and the following sums set down : — £ . s . d . A . Londsdale , Manchester 110 William HiiU ............ . 2 2 0 Joshua Hobson ........ 110 John Ardill 11 0
Now then , Chartists , what say you % Will you " go and do likewise" in accordance with your respective means ! Let the : next Northern Star that we publish Bhew the sum total on the list swelled to a considerable amount . Let every one do his best . There are our middleclass friends ; those of that olass whom we know to be our friends ; let them be waited upon by the proper officers in every locality . Proper attention and exertion in this respect ; will do much towards the end in view . One hundred friends subscribing £ 1 Is . each—and surely that number can be found —will give the Executive one hundred guineas at
once . To work , then , Chartists ! Lot every locality fix for itself a certain sum , and take the necessary steps to raise it . Let this be a sacred duty . The Executive have been chosen by the people to perform the people ' s work : the people are bound to accord them support ! This is a good opportunity , too , of testing in some
degree the value of general middle-class sympathy They pretend to be converts to Chartism , and to wish to aid in the dissemination of Chartist principles . TRY THEM ! Hete is an opportunity of their employing some portion of their wealth to a good purpose ; a righteous Chartist purpose . See that they miss it not ! Wait on them ; present them with the subscription list ; ask them for their contribution ; and—— -take what you can get !
To work , then , every one ! We hope for a good list next week . Those of our monied friends who read this , and are anxious to aid the good work , will do well to Bend their contributions to our publisher , direct . He has offered to become treasurer for this fund . Thoy need not stay till they are waited upon ; but send at once . . Let us see , then , what can be done !
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They would drive out much valuable matter from the Star ; and we have had already to put out much that we would gladly have had in , Our friends must therefore excuse the enumeration , instead of the insertion , of their several testimonies , as frankly borne , as ; we hope they have been honestly deserved . We thank them all . We preserve the resolutions for future reference , if need be , and shall go on our way ' . taking . •' fresh heart of courage , " from their recorded sentiments , to battle with all enemies , ' . avowed or concealed , in full fearlessness of honesty .
The same causes which have shut out the resolutions above referred to , must also plead our excuse to RoBEBT Knapton , John Douglas , Edward Brad . li ? y , A . C A ., Islington ^ William Douglas , Radcliffe Colliery , W . S ., L . T . Gjcatjcby , Thos , Gibbon , Ponty Rhyn , and a great number of " Constant Readers , ' who have added their individual testimony to the geHoral voice . All breathe the same spirit ; all speak the same language ; all tell as that we have not miscalculated in supposing the great body of the Chartist publio able to estimate fully and fairly the public acts of public men .
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The following was sent by Mr . Campbell , to follow the tabular , statement above referred to : — " It will be seen that 205 places have voted , and in these places , in many instances , not one half of tha members have polled . The following places are enrolled in the association , but have not returned their votes . Llanidloes Howden Liversedge Shelton Market Weighton Holy well MHgley Hazle Grove Morley Ipswich Newport , Monmonthflhire Kendal Wellington Lancaster Nuneaton Longton
Open » haw Shaw Penzince Halahaw Moor Preston youths Chatham Redruth \ Malton Rotherham Knareabro ' Southampton Ripon Stockton Oathampton SittiHgbourne Totnesa Sunderland Shaitesbury Skipton Forty Glo ' Spil 8 by North Shields Stanningley " Winchcomb Stroudwater Gainsborough Sheemesa Oiisebum Sheffield youths Hatherne Truro Bradford , Wilts Tunstall Chalford
Vintner Al&eton ; :, ' ; Wortley Newark . ' Wingate Grange Colliery Huoknall Torkard Warwick Beverley : Wigau Heckmondwike Warminster Doncaster Silsden Hatters , Xqndoa ° Wednesbury Manchester Fustian CatteM Wigton Do . Blacksmiths ¦ Wolverhampton Dawgreen West Auckland Birstal Birkenhead Xittleborqugfi . Tonbiidge Middleton Matipck . * / . ' . ' . Newtown , Montgomery-Bonsall shire Winifilow Birmingham Shoemakers Pontypool Hacknall-under-Huth-Aberdare waite
Abergavenny Heanor Almondbury Danholme Banbury Wilsden Bury St . Edmund's West Ardsley . Bacup East Ardsley ¦ Barnstaple Northampton Shoemakers Bristol youths Peterlow , Bristol trades Pittsford Blackburne Yoxhall Bath Oaken Gates Burton-on-Trent Oadley Boston Beeston
Bndport . Burslem Brideford . Sodom Berry Braw Ettinshall lane Kidderminster Daventry Kingston Tfaurmastou Chowbent WIgaton Congletoa Whitney Canterbury Broseley Cambridge Cleckheaton Cardiff Sheltoa Craydon Princes ' End
Cauiborne Willenhall Cockermouth . Biockmoie Coalbrook Dale Ossett Chickenley Balwell Compstall Bridge Selby Daxlaston Swinton Exeter Tipton FaUs worth Overton Greenwich Great Gun Gloucester Anstey : Hunslet Great Glenn
"Brother Democrats , — - ! send you a list of the places that have not polled for the Executive . There are upwards of twenty other localities in London that have not voted ; and as I have had to write down the towns that have not voted from memory alone it may happen that there are some few may be inserted a second time ; however , on the whole , I think the list te nearly correct ; There are some places , the oames « f which I could not call to mind . ' " There are now upwards of four hundred localities
enrolled in our Association , varied in the cumber of its members in each place , from a dczan to two thousand . So much for past . exertions—now for the future . We must , if possible , r double our exertions to extend our Association ; and here 1 would wish respectfully to impress on the minds of the Chartists to read carefully over a letter insetted in the Star of the 28 th of May , signed F . on Propagandism . Let the new Executive be empowered to send agitators into districta where our principles have not as yet founql'footing . :
, V The result of the poll is now before yeu , and for my part I feel proud of the confidence reposed in me by my brother Chartists - and I hopeV by pursuing the samet undeviating course for the future , as I have done for the past , still to merit the confidence which must 1 ) 9 gratifying t « every good Chartibt . ' ; V > " I am authorised to call the new Executive together on Monday , the 4 tn day of July next , to meet at Mr . Leach ' s ,. ; at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . . '¦ .- I remain , y . . ' ) : '¦¦ ' ) ' / - - ' ¦ ' "Your brother democrat , " John Campbell , Seoretary . " Hawprth , June 21 st , 1842 . " : "P . S . The towns' names which have not voted have been written at Ha worth . "
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Brief Rules for the Government of all whs write : for this paper : — ; 1 . Write legibly . ; Make as few erasures and inbailineations as possible . In writing names of persons and places be more particular than usual to make « wy letter distinct and clear—also in using words not . . ¦ English . ' , > - ¦ :. ' : ' . -..- ' - ,- ¦ : - ¦ : . . : . ' 2 . Write only on < m side of the paper . 3 . Employ no abbreviations whatever / but -write pat every word in falL 4 . Address all communications intended for publics tlon to the " Editor "; all other oommunicationssuch as orders , remittances of { moneys ' *'« . —to the PaWlsher , ^ Mr . J . Hobson ; all remittancer of money to any of the public funds for which books are kept here , to Mr . AxdilL Much nnnecessarJ
trouble often arbes to us from a want of pre cision la attending to these . things . Never mix up these different matters in the same sheet . Always prefer to Bend an enclosure o * even a aepatata letter . Much confusion often occurs , and many articles of news get overlooked , because of their being written on the same sheet as contains the order : of an Agent , whidl goes into the PubHsbing Office , and U liable , in the hurry of the business , to be tot gotten instead of being sent up to the Editor . So again orders have been sometimes neglected , because of their being written on tbe tack of news paragraphs ^ which being sent to the Editor have been by him " put In hand , " without remeffi ' bermg to tianaoribe the order . AU these aocidentt
The Sortheen Star. Saturday, June 25, 1842.
THE SORTHEEN STAR . SATURDAY , JUNE 25 , 1842 .
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} MOST ABOMINABLE . j Read the following nauseous and disgusting spei cimen of exuberant and bursting loyalty with which : the trial of Francis was prefaced in the columns of i the hot-bun "Sun : " — . " Trial of John Francis por High Treason . —The occasion of the trial of this misguided , foolish ! young man , for sheoting with a pistol at our beloved Queen , ¦ whilst enjoying an innocent recreation in which the meanest subject in the land is privileged to indulge ! in safety when the labours of the day are o ' er ,
convocited at the Old Bailey to-day all those individuals , who , venerating our Queen , for her private and publio virtues , for her feeling heart and the interest she takes in everything which relates to the welfare of her people , and which on no occasion she has omitted to manifest , and being anxious to obtain a glimpse at the heartless miscreant vrho could harbour a thought of ill against her who reigns predominant in the affections of every loyal subject , could by interest or other means obtain admission to the Court And when we saw the feeling
of mingled SCORN and indignation exhibited by every person there against that man standing at the bar , we regretted , though the Court was full , that its limits were net large enough to admit of mote being present , that the prisoner and the world might know that the detestation of his crime and him was not confined to s few , but was general , nay , universal throughout the whole country . The arrangements for admission to-day appeared to be of an excellent order , and though the Court was nearly filled , it was at no time crowded to such inconvenient excess as on the occasion of Good's
trial . " There ' s a specimen ' of the loyalty of this great two-fisted adulator ! Sol mingled feelings of
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THE NORTHERN STAR AND THE "DENUNCIATORS . " The universality and unanimity of opinion expressed by the whole people from one end of the kingdom to the other upon this subject , is not less gratifying to us than valuable as evideiiceof the peoples ' s capability of judging and estimating men's actions by the only just standard—that of truth and reason . It was stated in our last tbat the deliberations of the London Delegate Meeting upon this matter were adjournedj at the instance of Doctor M'Dooall . We attach to the
decision of this meeting , given under such circumstances , no small importance . The delegates are picked men ; picked for their intelligence and honesty , from all the localities of the Metropolis ; they bad had the advantage of a week ' s deliberation and thought upon tbe subject ; they had had the benefit of all the Doctor ' s statements and arguments ; they had had the opportunity of consulting with and receiving the instructions of their constituents ; they may , therefore , with the most perfect propriety , be said to have represented all the Chartists of the Metropolis , and their opinion to be the opinion of London . We refer , therefore , with some pleasure to the following account , given by our reporter of the meeting : —
" Mr . Ferguson moved the following resolution , which had been proposed at the preceding meeting : — 'That this meeting have full confidence in Mr . llill , the Editor of the Northern Star , and will . support Kim so long as they find him acting justly ; in support of the'people ' s rights , and that this meeting look upon all those who try to destroy the S . ar , or its proprietor , in the manner that Borne have lately done , without first making a direct charge , and proving the same to be traoj as enemies to the people ^ and the cause of freedom ; ag men whohayeenteredour ranks from a love of vain glory and the enemy ' s
gold ! that , therefore , this meeting are determined to supppbrt the Star , its Editor , ( Mr . Hill ) and proprietor , ( Mr . O'Connor ) , so long as they dojustly to the people and the cause of freedom . Mr . Ferguson ably supported this resolution and stated that ho had seen nothing during the week to induce him to withdraw it . Mr . Caffay ably seconded the resolution . Messrs . Christopher , Wheeler , Drake , Gouldingi Longwith / and others spoke in favour of the resolution , and complained of the Executive mixing themselves up with the quarrels of Mr . Philp , and commented strongly upon the words of Dr . M'Douall
at the preceding meeting , in stating that they would sendno more documents for ^ insertion to theNorth- - ernStar . Mr . Fussell moved as an amendment 'That the Secretary correspond with the Secretary of the Executive , for the purpose of ascertaining the steps they have taken in bringing tke subject of the Northern Star before the General Council of the National Charter Association and the public' Mr . Fussell stated that at the previous meeting Doctor M'Douall bad stated that the Executive intended to call three Conferences—one at
Manchester , one at Birmingham , and one at London . He thought that this would be the best plan to adopt . He had perfect confidence in Mr . Hill and the Star , but he thought the Conferences would do much good . If the Executive Would not call these ; Conferences , the General Council could . Mr . Ridley seconded the amendment . For the amendment three hands y ? ere held up , and the whole of meeting , including the mo > er and seconder of the amendment , for the original vote of confidence in Mr . Hill and t&e StarS '
Votes and assurances of confidence , equally strongly and satisfactorily worded , have been repeived from Derby , from the Bristol Chartist YouthSj from Ashton-under-Lyne , froin Arbroath , from Leith , from the Clock-Housb Locality , London , from Heckmondwike and Livebsedge , from HANLEr , Upp er-HANLEV , and Smallthorne in the Pqtterib 3 , from the Trade Society of Shoemakers , meeting at the Cannon Coffee-house , Old-Street , London , from the Camberwell and Walworth Chartists , from the ' Chartists of Davy Hitlme , from the Chartists of Stalybuidge . of Oldham , of
Plymouth , ( sent last week but received too late ) of NEwcASTiiE- upon-Tyse , passed at a great publio meeting , after a week ' s notiee , and sent for our last , but received too late ; from Keighley , from Wadsworth , from Yeovil , from Beimscohb , from Sxroud , from CALyBRTON , from Chester , from Lambeth , from Chelsea , from the City op London , from Southampton , from Tonbridgb , from Woodhousb , near Xceds ; from HoRxoN , near Bradford , from Finsbpby ; from the Buck ' s Head , Bethhal Green ; from Newpobt , Isle Iof Wight ] from &H . Pancras ; and [ from several other places . Resolutions of a different character have beea received from Cuthebok ^ and from the score of ChartiBts at WoiTON-uNDEiR-EDGi ; , the parties whornMr . P'Brien represented at the ^ . Stui ^ Conferenoe . : ' : ¦ : * It is impossible to devote the necessary space to tbe insertion of all these Tesdutions in fnlL
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THE VOTING FOR THE NEW EXECUTIVE The voting for the new Executive Committee is over ; and a tabular statement of the places froai which votes have , been received , and of the number of votes , in each place , for eaoh candidate , has beea handed to us by the General Secretary . ^ We cannofe publish the document as we received . . itj for this reason : there are not half enough of figures in our ofBce to " set" it , We are compelled therefore to content ourselves with giving merely the names of the respective candidates , and the total number of votes for each . They are : as follows : — P .-M . Brophy ... 1 ^ 6 WvDV Taylor w 784
J . Leach ... ... 10830 M . Williams ... 4410 J . Campbell ... 9712 R . Ridley ... 833 P . M . M'Douall ... 11221 W . Jones ... 1072 a Doyle-.. . ¦ - ' ... 1239 J . Fussell ... 82 T . Cooper ... ... 2454 J . ¦ W ; Parker ... 231 J . H . R . Bairstow 4611 J . Mason ... ... 860 J ; West ... ... 1537 G . White ... ... 579 R . E . Philp ... 2656 B . M'Cartney ... 165 W . Beesly ... 1725 W . V . Jackson ... 1005 E . Stallwood ... 299 R . Marsden ... 941 J . Skevington ... 445 E-Clayton ... 250 It will be seen , therefore , that the election has fallen upon Messrs . M'Douall , Leach , Campbell , Morgan , and Bairstow .
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4 THE NQRTHEBN STAR . ... ' - . ' . _ * ::, " /¦ . [ : ' [ ' -I- ;; :-: - ¦ : ; ' - . -.- . .-, ^ j
Another Victim To The Fell Monster.
ANOTHER VICTIM TO THE FELL MONSTER .
The New Executive.
THE NEW EXECUTIVE .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 25, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct894/page/4/
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