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    • TO AGENTS AND READERS.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1843.
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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . SaoiHSBJCHASTiSJts—I was elected your Treasurer for Hie lecturer ' s Pund , at the delegate meeting held at Ke-sreastle , December Sib , where a resolution was passed , that as soon as each locality transmitted five shillings to me , Mr . Beeeley was to commence his tour Shrcugi the two counties . I ask yon has this been done » lam sorry to say it has not There areonly three localities that have aeied up to that resolution , ra ., South Shields , Onsebum , and the " Whole hog Chartist brigade" of Snnderlsnd . What are the Chartists of the city of Darham doing , ( the originators 9 ! the lector * Fund , ) the Chartists of Newcastle , &c , ifr ? Brother Chartists , waiting snsioiULy for your response

      io the above , 3 am , yours truly , johj » Hall Ouselrant , Keircasile , Jan . 23 , 3 S 43 . .

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      TO IHS EBITOS OP THB S 0 STH 2 SB S 3 AS . Sra , —lAst sight I heard a better defence of Chartism than erre ; I heard in all my life before . I have heard & few of the big goes , but Mx . TbomasDaviea , of Hawiek , loa ontreached Stem * U . His Arguments are all-powerfuL Hib Eentlmenta are short , and clearly distinct The lectures delivered by him are so beautifully set in order , that his fcesren « an follow him with the most perfect ease . The above lecture was delivered 4 n Has locality

      ¦ where general satisfaction was manifested- The police ¦ were sent to he&x and see that all was right . But these modem figures had to go away as they came , after hearing a full and masterly development of their own fonmpwl . character . The anti-Corn law League are kicking ¦ up a shine in this locality . There are men here who hare had fKm three-quarters of a fiay to three days' work within the last three or four weeks , and yet their employers have dednctedfrom their -wages onesbfllibg per slave to augment the £ 50 , 000 Plagne agitation .

      At an anti-Corn law tea party in Bolton , when ifentlemea (?) were going round for an extra subscription , an ex-official gave one shiilirg in tbe name of s handlooa weaver ; upon which Ids . 11 * , of Manchester , speie-very emphaScally , stating that "if a four ahilltogs per week hand-loom weaver hated monoponly so Bitch as to give one-fourth of Ms weekly income to destroy such monopoly , how much more ( not Moore } eaght they , as manufacturers , to do all they could to effect their God-like object ? " A gentleman who saw S » last-meationed trick played told me of it himself , was one of tie League-up to the time ,- but since which Bme Tie laas left the Plague , because of its-pl 3 gny depravi ^ f . In another cotton mill , the millowner thought he -would try tha *¦ free-offering"

      principle , __ and for thai purpose he sent iht lick-spittles through the -steam-loom wx > niB to make a collection , -when lo ! at their * etam , there , was only la . booked lor the Leasroe , by the " free" consent of seiuBtdrtdiixd toefoe sJcrea . ' The gentleman wm so exasperated at tlw " free offering" disappointment , that on the f oHowiDg pa / day he stopped one Aillitq pet alive ( 133 ) , and told them thai if they did not like it , they might have their nhfflftufr , and go about their business ; and that if they should show any coante uancs to the Charter , either by werd or deed , they ahonld be discharged from Ms employ . —{ Aabfcon-under-Lyne . )—The above gentteaan is so pious , that his ¦

      nrfn goes by the name of " All Satnis' Factob- * . * HFMle in cos of the West Biding districts , the followjjtg wa » gtrento me as a fact , by the Euffsrerer bin ? Eelf . Withih tile last twelve months , his master re turned iim ( slave ) twenty-six pieces , worked by his son at the steam-loom , for whieh he ( Mister ) charged HB shillings per piece , "While in Hsatssster market the same Quality and guanUty of goods were sold at -is . 6 d per piece . When the slave alked bis master why he tins extortioned him ? The master at ^ rsred , " We xnnst have tlie Com Xaws it pealed , and get free trade , and then times will meed . " This gentleman takes an attire part in the religious i ?> movement of tfce Hetiuxiisu In another place , the League are raising | a

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      Defence Fnnd , -when necessary to ba applied—( the CoartiBts mnst take tbe warning given them by Feargus last week , for another game is at hand )—and every slave in certain mills are compelled to contribute towards the Bzme , while at the same time the said slaves are not allowed to contribute towards the Chartist Defence Funds , under pain of being turned out of employ . f By Heavens , Sir , if we only watch a lifcUe longer , we shall see the defeat of faction , and the triumph of true democracy . While in Manchester , last week , I learned the following facta connected wit the bleach ing departm-ait . In 1839 , twenty men could bleach 2 , 00 # pieces . per day , for which those tweaty men received for wages £ 30 per week , while , in 1842 , seven men could bleach 3 . 000 pieces per day , for which those seven men receive as wages , £ 10 per wefk .

      In 1 * 29 , the pieces to be bleached were only allowed to be twenty-eight yards long each , while , in 1842 , sneh pieces are to be to the bleacher forty-four yards long . There is in Manchester an establishment upon the above improvement , ninety-eight men employed , for which they receive , in wages , £ 140 . The same number of men , in 1830 , got £ 145 10 a . Let alone throwing out of employ 322 men , out of 420 men , for the performing of die above labour , besides dragging out of the money market £ 483 , out of every £ 630 , without ever mentioning the extra sixteen yards , upon every twenty-eight yards , being bleached for the lesser som . * The above labour , in 1839 . cost £ l ; 350 hi wages , while , in 1842 , it only cost £ 1-40 , throwing ont of tbe money market £ 1 , 210 a week , besides 532 men out of every 630 men vut of employ , to seek an existence ont of tbe pauper list .

      Th 9 late William Cobbett once said , « No damned Paupery . " I wonder how soon the shopooracy will learn sense ; never till it goes through their " guts . " By giving the above a place in your next number , you will much oblige an enemy to all humbug . Peteb Bigby , From Chorley . Staffordshire Potteries , Jan . 21 , 18 i 3 .

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      BIBLE SOCIETY OPPRESSION . Op all the cants in thiB canting world , save us from the combined cant of hypocrisy and oppression When , the powerful exert their power for the oppression of the weak in individual cases , our blood stirs ; when they do so upon a scale of wholesale class depression , it rises ; when the sacied principles of justice and benevolence are openly defied from avowed selfish motives , we feel indignant : but

      when oppression pats on the face of sanctity and clothes itself in the warm garments of benevolence while it outrages the common feelings of humanity with heartlessness , we have no words to express our contemptuous loathing and abhorrence . Hence we do not trust ourselves to comment on tbe following simple statement of the journeymen bookbinders employed under the British and Foreign Bible Society : —

      ** The BsinsH and Fobkigs Bible Society is an Institution whose * sole object is to encourage a wider circulation ef the Holy Scriptures , ' in doing which its management professes , in the language of the 2 nd resolution of the 37 th Meeting , Exeter Hall , May 5 ; h , 1841 ; * that they desire to cast themselves npon the continued divine blessing of Almighty God , as on that which can alone sustain them in their present prosperous course . ' "About a month since the Committee of this Society thonght proper to reduce the price of their Bibles and Testaments bound in baeep , and in roan , gilt edges , to which we refer .

      " As what applies to one sort of Bible or Testament in this binding applies to the whole , we only particularise the rnby Bible , 24 mo ., roan , gilt edges ; ikey reduced the price of this Bible to Is . 6 d ., and as before stated , the price of all other Bibles and Testaments in this binding in the same proportion , thereby underselling every other trade in the market . w To enable them to accomplish this , they did net , as might have been expected , apply any portion of the ample funds of their Society to that purpose , but EHDCCZD THE TS 1 CS . Of ITS B 1 SDIKG for the WHOLE

      XKOUKI O ? THAT KEDCCnOH . u They entered into a calculation of the price of materials , and of the wages of the labour employed thereon , apportioning so much for materials and profit , and so ranch for wages ; and after ascertaining the wages paid to journeymen bookbinders in their trade , considered that these journeymen were paid too mnoh tor their labour , and that , therefore , the l « w price at which they required

      the work to be done might be easily made to pay the employer by a corresponding reduction in the wages of the men , and also of the women in their employment . A reduction , amounting to nearly one-half the wages formeily paid , was therefore made by ihe employers who bind for this Society , to whom remonstrance was useless , it being soon found that the prioa they received would admit t > f no higher wages , " Scarcely btlieving lhis of the committee , of a society whiei owes its exisfceaoe to the beaeyoleaoe

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      of tha pious , whose objeot is the dissemination of the holy volume which , above all others , is heaviest in its denunciations against those who ' grind the faces of the poor , ' and who profess to cast 'themselves upon the continued blessing , of Almighty God , ' we determined to make them acquainted with the circumstances in a Memorial ; in the hope that they were not aware of the grievous ruin they were inflicting , and in the hope that what we had heard of their deliberate intention , to effect a reduction out of the wages of labour , was nntrue . To this memorial , a copy of which accompanies this , —they returned for answer , that they felt the subject thorein referred to was one which they could not take up .

      u No portion of the funds of this Society is appropriated to achieve this reduction in price . Indcod , auppobing the discount taken from the printer and the binder to be of equal per oentage , this Society must obtain on tbe book we have particularised , the Ruby 24 mo . Bible , Roan , gilt edgeB ,, Is . 6 d ., even at this price , a small profit . " We Bubmit that it is a contradiction in the conditions of thi 9 Society ' s existence , that the cheapness of this book should be obtained at the almost utter ruin of those ( male and female ) who are em ? ployed in its binding , while this Society reaps a profit by its sale .

      " We are aware that wages are regulated by the laws of demand and supply—that where there is a permanent surplus of labour in any trade , wages will fall . But a surplus of labour has not produced this result in the present instance . Worldly-minded men , who possess no zeal for religion , had not discovered that the distress produced by the present unprecedented want of employment , afforded them

      an opportunity of increasing their profits by a reduction-in our wageB . It has been reserved for the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society , whose professed object is the glory of God , to take advantage of tfiis deep distress—men who , in their last report , p . xvii , * would adopt tbe devout exclamation of Holy Writ , and say , Let the Lord be magnified who hath pleasure in the prosperity of hi 3 servants' !

      " The Society may thus monopolise the whole trade in Bibles and Testaments ; but will not the scoffer and the infidel triumphantly inquire— ' Do these men really believe in the divine inspiration of the Book they circulate 1 Do they really believe that the Almighty has power to inflict the wrath denounced in it against those who aggravate the distresses of the poor V And with greater triumph exclaim , ' Look to their acts , and judge ye , they have oppressed the poor , in the very act of circulating the Book which denounces its heaviest curse upon them for what they h&ve done . '" A postcript to this address of the oppressed operatives adds : —

      " In the above it will be Been we have only referred to two kinds of this Society ' s work ; while it was being put into type , as if in mockery of the injury inflicted , " and in contempt of those by whom it is sustained , a reduction has taken place , at our cost , upon the whole of the Society's work . It is of course in the power of this Society , by means of the great capital it possesses , to overwhelm us who possess nothing , —just in the same way as a rioh oppressor devours the paor : but surely the Lord

      will recompense their way . They hope to prosper ; but their hope is not in tbe Lord . They trust in their riches , and in their worldly wisdom ; they oppress the poor , while they profess to ' cast themselves upon the continued blessing of Almighty God , ' ( 2 fld resolution , 37 th meeting , Exeter-hall , M 3 y 5 , 1841 . ) Bat God hath said , * Tae hope of the hypocrite shall perish , whose hope shall be cut off , and whose trust shall be a spider ' s web . — Job viii . 14 ' "

      We repeat that upon this statement we do not trust ourselves to comment . We leave it to tell its own tale , only pointing the attention of the sleek haired " Saints" to the following texts from their own book , which tbe poor men have very properly put at the head of their address : — " He that oppresses the poor reproachatb . his Mater : but he that honouieth him hath mercy on tbe poor . ''PaoTEBBS . xiv . 31 . * ' Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields , which is of you kept back by fraud , CTieth : and the dies of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of S ^ boath . " — James , v . 4 .

      " And I will come near to you to judgment ; and I will be a swift witness against tbe sorcerurs , and against the adulterers , and against false swearers , and against those that oppress tbe hireling in his wages , tbe widow , and the fatherless , and that turn asi ^ e the stranger from his right , and fear not me , saitb the Lord of Hosts . "—Malacui , Hi . 5 . " Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness , and his chambers by wrong : that useth his neighbour ' s service without wagea , and givtth him not for bis work . "—Jee . xxiL 13 .

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      With what feelings the reader will arise from the perusal of this horrible recital we will not say ; but for ourselves we cannot find words sufficiently strong to convey our detestation of such villany . Those fiends in human form who have figured in this deed of infamy ought , for ever , to disown the name of men , and insult society no longer by their presence . They are the wretches which the arm of the law should seize . But , though the principals in this atrocious act are doubtless punishable—firstly , for disposing of more of the widow ' s goods than paid the rent and other

      incidental expences , and , secondly , ( if this statement be correot , and we see no reason to dispute it , ) they are actionable for falsely imprisoning the poor woman ; yet , still the piper would have to be paid , for justice cannot be obtained in this Christian land , exoept at a great and ruinous expence , and not then , in most cases , where a middle class jury occupies the box . In fact , justice oanaot be obtained for the poor under the present system . Hence the necessity of laying the axe to the root of the tree , and sweep * ing the augean stable with the broom of Radical Reform .

      it will be but poor consolation to the agonised mind of the bereaved widow to be told that there is an insuperable barrier betwixt her and justice . However , so it is . The underlings of corrupiion maiy , under present circumstances , drag the poor from the bosom of their families , immure them in dungeons , and complete their ruin with impunity ; but they have well nigh reached the extent of their iniquity . Right must ultimately triumph over might , and the haughty tyrants kiss the dust . Thf y have already overcharged their infernal machine , and must politically perish by its explosion , amid the joy of a too-long oppressed and insulted people .

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      Seoretarie ? , each acting as Secretary for his district . This ia necessary to be done , and to be done in the first place .

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      MIDLLE CLASS BENEVOLENCE ! We are informed , on the best possible authority , that a firm , whose establishment is not one hundred miles from Mabgate , in this town , and who work on material no less hard than iron , wish to be thonght benevolent , and to have their names published as men who commisserate the starving condition of the destitute poor . At present , we will -not gratify the zest of those very benevolent gentlemen , by publishing their names—but , on a repetition of their disinterestedness , we may do so .

      We now merely state their method of raising the wind . " One day , last we « k , they intimated the necessity of their men subscribing one shilling each in aid of the Public Soup Kitchen . This call the men did not feel disposed to respond to , for one very substantial reason—namely , that their , wages had been recently reduced , and , consequently , they thought charity was required at home . However , on Saturday night last a paper was handed to the men , and , nolens volens , the shilling must be paid .

      This act heeds no comment . It is quite in keeping with the class , and i 3 a very genteel way of obtaining notoriety ia a charitable and liberal firm . No doubt , the Bashaws of the establishment will lay all claim to this generous act . We have heard of aid being rendered , in this neighbourhood , by the same means , to the Missionary and Bible Societies . What purity of Christian principle !

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      THE CHALLENGE TO THE CORN-LAW LEAGUE BY MR . O'CONNOR . The industry of the League , in their efforts to " get rid of j Feargus" is most untiring" ! As soon as ever one projeot is defeated , or one " tool " exposed , another is hatched , and a fresh " tool " bought . They have found , however , that Feaegcs sticks like wax ! iHe is a most troublesome customer He will not | be got rid of" ! With a most provoking equanimity does he sustaia every individual and repeated assault ; and with vigour undiminisbed and determination impregnable as the hatred of his would-be destroyers , does he present himself again and again to their notice and vengeance .

      In exaot proportion to the efforts of the starvegut crew to jget ** rid of Feargus , " should be the efforts and determination as of the people to sustain him in the warfara in which he is engaged with the enemies oi the labourer . By so doing they sustain themselves and their own cause . The battle he is fighting is not his own : it is the battle of the " Poor Oppressed" against tbe " Rich Oppressor" There is a iway , just now , by which the people in their several localities can materially serve themselves , and strengthen the hands of Mr . O'Connor He has entered the field of controversy with the

      League . To a full and fair discussion of the whole question between themselves and the people has he challenged them . He has offered to meet them in nearly every ) considerable town in England and Scotland , and to submit his views , in opposition to their ? , to public decision , after a full examination and a due canvassing . He has stipulated that the meetings shall be open and public ; not close or packed . He [ has offered to bear one-half of . th ® expence ; the League to beat the other half ; and he has enjoined other conditions necessary to secure " a fair 6 tage , and no favour" for either

      party . With this challenge YOU , the working people , are fully acquainted . But the other classes to whom the Leaguers appeal know not of it . Class prejudice prevents their seeing the Northern Star ; and you may rest assured that the other portions of tbo press will ] take care not to let their readers know the fact i that such a challenge has been given . Ou this matter both Whig and Tory will act alike . The ! Tory is as much interested in

      putting down the labourer ' s opposition to Corn Law Repeal , as is the Whig himself , who , of all things on earth , affects a desire to obtain Repeal . Tory opposition to " Repeal" is a selfish class opposition ; the opposition of the labourers springs from principles whioh are as detrimental to the class interests of the Tories as to the class interests of the Whigs . There is no sympathy between the " Landlord's Opposition" and the " Labourer ' s Opposition" to Corn Law Repeal !

      Under these circumstances it is the duty of the people to give effect to Mr . O'Connor ' s challenge . It is their duty to let all classes know that it has been fgiven ; and that , as yet , it stands unaccepted . It is their duty to let the League know , that the wotld knows it is so unaccepted . It ia their duty to thrust that challenge under the nose of every League-man who presumes to appeal to public opinion . Is is thei r duty to force the League out into discussion , if it can by any means be accomplished ! These things can be best done , in our opinion , by the mode suggested by the Chartists of Huddersfield . They propose that Mr . O ' Connor ' s challenge shall be publicly posted in every town and place in whioh the League are , or h&ve been , making efforts to obtainjaold of the public mind .

      The suggestion is a good one . It is worthy of immediate adoption . If carried out with spirit and effect , all the world will know what to think of the men who shrink from discussion ; and they will also know what it is that prompts the desire and exertions to " get rid of Feargus . ' ' To aid in the dairying out of this suggestion , our publisher , Mr . Hobs on , has prepared the

      challenge in a large ] placard for posting ; and in a small handbill for distribution . These he is ready to supply at a rate barely covering paper and workmanship , even when a large number are taken . Te him we beg to refer the Counciimen of each locality ; and press upon them the necessity of immediate steps being taken in the matter . For about thirty shillings , a large district may be well supplied with the challenge in both shapes .

      By all means should the Manchester lads instantly bestir themselves . { This next week the League gathers in their town : let their eyes be blessed with the " UNACCEPTED CHALLENGE" apon the walls of the town in which the shrinkers are met Let this be done ! at all cost ! It will take the edge off their anticipated triumphs , and will lower their tone most wonderfully . The same means will have the same effeot in every other place , if they be but followed out . We

      must make this challenge TELL . If they accept it , —O ! then the triumph of Chartism is certain ! for truth and fair-dealing are sure to triumph over double-facedness and egregious error . If they will not accept it , the people must spit upon them , and drive them from the face of day ! We must force them to an acceptance of this challenge , or to an avowal , by conduct , that they dare not ! In either case , the o&use of the people must triumph .

      With the people , then , the matter rests . It must not rest long ! Thefirat thing is to give publicity to the challenge . Let [ that be done instanter . Then in the event of its continued non-acceptance , we will prepare a pill for the' League that shall vjork them well ! Our objeot i 3 to get them out in discussion Thi 3 wemuBt accomplish ; and , with the aid of the people , we will either do it , or SMASH UP THE LEAGUE , notwithstanding their £ 50 , 000 . To the first step in ) ai 8 busines 8 we earnestly call the people . } ^ ,, „

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      For what ar » 3 we to unite t To carry the Chart .. To reduce the overwhelming , crushing , wer ^ T * taxation ? To afcnihHate unmerited penaioi ^ ^ sinecures % To throw off the dead-wei ght t *!? equitably jEBiusT the Debt ? To deal henJj with the Nation ' s property in the possession oftt ' Church ? To look after the Crown Lands ! - ? render their revenues available to the people ' s poses , in lieu of the Monarch ' s pay taken w the people's meanB ? To disband t be-anconstitotjj ^ Standing ^ irmy in time of peace ! To revise the half-nT list , and reduce the number of unnecessary oflW \

      To overhaul the Civil List and tbe Salaries of Ju j and Ministers of State , with a view to render tW something in accordance with the altered circnni stances of the times ? Are we to " unite ' vti * the Whigs for these things ? Is it lata ft . Chronicle means , when it ejaculates " God gnw the ' union' may take place" ? Not a bit of j . Carry the Charter ? No such thing ! Reduce W ation 1 Horrible sacrilege ! He only contempt another Extension of Commerce , " and a re-seatin . of the Whigs on the Treasury Benches of S ^ Stephen's !

      It is pretty cool in the Chronicle to proper to the Chartists " union" for such a purpose j this , after the unequivocal answers the Whig pjj ^ have received , to all their manoeuvres and tricks ( a aceomplish such " union" ! For the last ei gbJaet months have they constantly been trying ^ effect it ; and as constantly have they failed ! 40 why " unite" now ? IsWhiggery less odious thaij was ? Are Whig objects of jmore importance io »

      than btfore ? Is the nature of Whigs and . Whigfe * altered for the better ! Do thet not HATE tj * CHABTISTS WITH THE SAME UNEX TINGUISHlBu HATRED THAT THE ? SO UNEQUIVOCALLY JU ^ fested when in power ; and for which manifestsijoj the Chartists drove them from office ? Why it * " unite'' now ? . Becaueo Whiggery ia helplfcji Because Whiggery is down ! Becaase it needajfta 'Chartist crutch to enable it to . hobble into lift again !

      That crutch they will , of course , get ! at least % > hope so . " God grant we may , " piously ejacnUJ ^ the Chronicle . We may just venture to ask WHEK j When the people forget injuries . When the peppla learn to prefer their deadly enemies to bosom frienjj When the people cease io think on stripes , uj chains , and dungeons , and penal settlements , uj scaffolds , with executioners ready to . cut their

      adracatcs"into foar quarters , to be disposed ofastlj Queen shall direct ! " When the people forget ftj woeful lessons that an experience of % ascendancy of Free Trade principles has tat ^ them ! When the people cease to hate the horrftk enactment passed to bring them " lo live on a coatstr sort of food . " When the people become enamootti of tbe Rural Police , to force the starvation li ?

      down their starving throats ; and when they cease ta recognize in the Whigs and Wbiggery the essewa of Malthusianism , which denies them the right ig live in the land God has given them ! When tjtgg things come to pass , then may tbe Chronicle expectut " Union" of the Chartists with the Whigs for Whig purposes : but not till then ! !! We advice him to save his wind . He will" needij to cool his porridge with , " before the Whig Strk& mess is disposed of !

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      V Mb , Brook and his Conference Votes aoabj .-Mr . Wm . Brook has called here . He states that I must be in error as to the fact of his vottnjfar Mr . Thompson ' s motion ; that he certainlyM vote upon my motion ; that he had shortly bejort the putting of the motion removed from the sat which he occupied just opposite to me—but thai the other parties referred toretnained there ; and this he supposes to have occasioned my mistake

      that , seeing them not vote arid knowing thaih sat with them , J might not have observed' ihatlit was not with them at that moment * ' I ' jit ? Mr . Brook ' s statement , that imaydohimM injustice ; while , at the same time , I am as iof Jident of the accuracy of my own statemenla any man can be who depends upon the iesHmtmf of his own " eyes . The question is merely oni if fact ; as Mr . Brooks ' s statement proves , at il events , that whatever he might then do , he would now in like circumstances vote with me .

      , Wm . Hitt . HuDDfiRSFiELD . —John Chapman is Sub-Secretary for this district : his residence , Water-gate , Manchester-street ; and to him all communications must be addressed . Executive Votes of Confidence again . —We lax a letter from James Leach acknowledgingthatht had no authority whatever from the Chartishltf Newport , in the Isle of Wight , or any ofthemfa the statement whieh he made at Birmingnda during the Conference weekabout a vote of

      con-, fidence in him and his colleagues , and ofleruswrdl suppressed by us . He says Campbell told Um % but he knows not what authority Campbell hod for the statement . From a paragraph incur CJuirlist intelligence , it will be seen that fa Brighton Chartists have by resolution in pub ™ meeting disclaimed alt knowledge of the resoli ? turn which they at the same time were offirmito have passed and sent to its for publication . ""* the country ever be satisfied with the honest ;/ "nd truthfulness of these men ? /

      The " Plotting" and " Conspiracy" Lettkbs . — In reply to o % r demand of when the letters vert to be published , Mr . Leach says , " it will depend much upon circumstances , when or whethererer those letters will be published or not . " -Wegirt * believe this , and we can tell Mr . Leach w ^ fii circumstances- are . The circumstance tentffl prevents their publication , is the little fact w » they are not in existence , and that no such lettif * ever were in existence . John M'Naughtbn . —We cannot give him Inert ' formation he wishes . James Webster , York . —We know all about thi meeting . We know exactly how many ««|* correct

      present . We know that our statement is ; and Mr . Webster has not impugned it . The ««>* lution was voted by eight persons , and no morf * James Leeson . —His Utter is forwarded . Charles Stead . —In the National Charter 4 ^ ° ** tion there is no such distinction of offices as of cretary , " and" Corresponding Secretary ; out every local and separate body of Chartists iwy have what offices they please . . , J . Peabce . —Nevir mind the chattering fools , w them lie till they are hoarse . ., W . H . Dy ott begs to intimate to his English CharMi friends , that there has been a woeful absence OJ STun-tight lately in Ireland . Ina politicalsenstt

      Egyptian bondage , and Egyptian ' darkness too * prevail in Ireland . The rays of the Srar cow * do much to dissipate the Jailer , and lightJori ™™ men , too poor to purchase , the true road w freedom . The address required by the South Wales delegate ,- ' Mr . J . H . Clarke , Surveyor , Ledbury , Hereford sliire . Mb . J . Sweet , of Nottingham , is still agent for . v * Northern and- Evening Stars ; he also begs w acknowledge the receipt of Ad . from . BleaK-M Buildings , for Mrs . Ellis , and trusts that them ^ of Nottingham , and its neighbourhood , vnU ^ or

      ward their subscriptions without delay . .. «_ , Bradford—Stars to Ireland . —Mr . Joseph At&T son calls the attention of the Bradford CWM * to the fact , that very few Stars are now « j *" r " by the Council for Ireland . We hope tcttn »» that this remissness will be immediately renew *' Manchester . —The clothes raffle next week . Mb . Con Mceray wishes us to stale that N * friends corresponding with him bottveen tnu a *" theith of February , may address to the cart < w Mr . William Smith , 52 , New Market , Neueast ^ upon-Tyne ; between the iih « n ^ vl « A V . &V James Arthur , bookseller , KickeTtgfl&'W" *** after which he goes into Scotland . *? ff nn » Thomas Daviks . —An " Appeal to Patrtolts ^ aruk

      Humanity , next week . „ , „ .,--S . C . S .- Upwards of 20 is above 20 . Count yow fingers . . „ , ;„« Suffering Humanity .-Their commumcaM ** John Screaton , Lambley , Noire , and A i ? w «"' are received , and shall have attention . Manchester Packer . —Next week . .. . _ NoRTHwtca Chaututs .-H'c naUy wnnot tell w the as . wa * not acknowledgedin the balance , " « s had bet ' er ask Sir John Campbell .

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      HABMOKY HALL . TO TBS EDITOR OT UTE KORTBERJi SlAB » gj 3 j _/ T £ Je residents of this , establishment b * ve n&i iritb much interest tbe article ia yom paper of the 21 st instant , beaded , " TheLand ; the only means of salvation to tte starving workers . " It gives tnsm mnch . pleasure to sse that tbe attention of their C&artist brethren is DDt only called to this important subject ; Jjut , that the efforts of the Socialists are brought fairly and prominently before the pnblic eye for exaadnaUoiL It -srifl be readDy sees , by . all parties in the stats , that the eultivatJoB of ovz own iasda , for the use of oar owa people ; and a sound practical education for every person in the country , are the grand leading remedies for the distress which every "where exists ; and the chief topic for consideration , lB , how is this to be accomplished practically , in the shortest possible time .

      You jusUy state that , no single sect of men have had 3 tithe of the opposition fc » contend -with that the SocialisiB have had . In spite of all . they have secured to themselves an * ' abundant dinner . ** Not only is this true , bat , that they are determined not to rest themselves satisfied , or to relax their exertions , until thBy have procured an equally abundant dinner for every one of their feUotr beings ; asd in addition to a mere supply oi theirpbTidcal -wants , to afford them tha opportunity of developing to the highest point the mental and moral portions of their nature . We believe , however , that the manner in which this Opposition has been overcome hitherto , has been by an adherence to certain clearly defined principles , which contain within tbemselTfis the basis of unity ; and that theprogrcsahasbeeninpropeieon &B these principles have become understood by the members . ¦¦

      You say truly that Tre are engaged in an experi ment , Trtuch , in its issue , may advance or retard tbe cause of the poor very materially . " Of this we are all aware , and ire are alBO aware that our progress "Bill depend npon the extent to which we can procure , and rightly apply , the means of introducing a science of society : " for , -whatever the pnblic generally may think -of our crotchets , or of onr taliins ; of extreme circumstances ; Socialism , or as yre prefer calling it rational ism , is as truly a science as the mathematics , or any other .

      If the ¦ woiMiig classes can be induced to lend their aid to the development of thi « scier . ee , they may immediately command any jnst terms which they shall dictate to the other classes of society , and it "will be a matter of great congratulation to all parties -when this Ehail be the case . What has hitherto been done , has b&en done iy a very limited number of individuals , many of them most unfit for the tasks assigned them ; and all labouring nader the greatest difficulties ; but a strong determinfefi combination of the -woriing classes > » ffl be irresistible .

      x * on farther state , " The -world will mrw watch us ! The public eye is opened npon ns ; and if we are cot cartfn ! , nmeonr mil seizs upon some falsa Btep of onrs , and prevent public confidence in as . " That this will occur if we deviate in the slightest manner from on ? principles , I , for one , am well aware ; feat , if we be tree and consistent to those principles which have hitherto carried themselves abovs all opposition , from the emanation of the miad of a single individual who combined from them a rational system of society to their present advanced position } there is no fear io bs entertained for aD the scrutiny , nor for all the rancour and falsehood , which the world has to offci .

      Oar system is either founded entirely on truth , or it contains an admixture of error , and in either case investigation wSl be alike beneficial ; tor , ¦ what is tree cannot be injured by being exposed , asd no parties ean be more interested in discovering what is erroneous in the system , than those who are slaking everything Bponft . Yon promise on some future occasion to enter into a friendly remonstrance with some of the Socialists oa their ' insane ' and nnacconnlable policy towards the Chsrtisls ; f"f > I trust this remonstrance will not long be delayed . There has hitherto b ^ en too great an estrangement between two bodies havin ; in view the same important objects , and Has ean only be overcame by a clear understanding rendering the subject intelligi ble to both parties .

      Whenever you remonstrate I shall have much pleasure in explaining how far we ean coincide with the views jon take ; and , if a closer union can be effected 1 > 7 the explanation , a proportionate good mnst be the result ; lor all that is now required is that tha working classes shall ascertain In -whaX gnnvngr it ey can bsst combine to tffeci the object desired . Ton say tbe SodaEst ought to aid the Chartist in obtaining ihe power which shall procure the " salvation of the starving -workers , by means of the land ; " but 1 tiiiEt to ba enabled to point out , that the -working clwcya have within themselves all the power and all the Beans requisite lor the most entire snecess ; and , » U lital they are deficient in , is the knowledge how to combine thoss means in such a manner as to exhibit to tbe "world a superior state of society ; and all must of necessity desire to adopt it .

      As tbe subject of Home GolonJ 2 > non , or the land quest ion , is an all-important one , and win attract more attention ; » - "fl as we are here combining' theory and practice , and acquiring experience on a tolerably extensive scale , 2 shall have mnch pleasure in fur-Trishlng for yosr columns a series of letters explanatory of what is contemplated by the Socialises in this experiment , and the degree of progress they have hitherto yna ^ A . In the meantime , I am desirous jon should bear in mind that the objects of the Socialists are universal , snd Th "" practices public ; and any persons who desire to inspect their proceedings , frem whatever motive it may arise , will have every iacSity afforded them for doing so ; all that will be required ef them bsing an attention to those general regulations at society vrhich tend to promote the comfort and happiness of

      Trusting that you will not object to the insertion of this letter io jour paper / I am , sir , Yosr obedient servant , William Qalpis . Harmony Hall , sear Sloekbridge , Hants , Jan . 23 , 1843 .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, January 28, 1843.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JANUARY 28 , 1843 .

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      THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND .

      Her mo ? t gj&ciovB Majesty the Qaeen and her illustrious Consort , the young gentleman who does Great Britain the honour to receive his pay , have announced their intention of visiting the Metropolis of the Emerald Isle ; but for what pnrpo 36 the deponents say not . On this , we suppose we must GtEss , as the Yankies say . We opine that it is not

      for the purpose of alleviating the sufferings of the two millions three hundred thousand poor victims of misrale , who are perishing in that ill-fated land , for -want of the common necessaries of life . No , no ; the Queen and " Albxbt dear 1 " know nothing of ail these things . They wallow in profusion at the expence of an oppressed people , and they are too short sighted to see beyond the precints of the Palace .

      " Her Maiesty , " say the organs of the Court , " desires her visit to be as public as possible ' ; which is tantamount to telling Mick and Nor ah to mount the chimney-tops and make the welkin ring in praise of the superlative condescension of the illustrious pair . Punch and Jndy wart to be seen , and to see if folly still holds dominion over the minds of the Irish people .

      We trust that the sons of Erin will satisfy the admirers of monkeys , parrots , and dogs , that they are not the asses they would hare them to be . We trust thry will avail themselves of this opportnnity to show those sporters of borrowed plumes the manifold evils resulting from the extravagance of misrule ; and that they will also give them to understand that they are not the dolts to believe that empty pageantry and tom-foolery , —though conveyed to their shores in a bran new yacht , —will give them better food , better clothing , or more comfortable dwellings .

      Wealth , wrung from the bowels of poverty , may be displayed by Punch and Judy and their retinue , but the lot of the poor of Ireland will still be starvation . Sea-vfeedjicftaJ , and " the infernal root , " must remain their dish until the system of misrule be annihilated . Flatterers may dilate on the beanty of the sovereign ; sycophants may talk of her amiable disposition ; bnt the one would be more enhanced in our estimation , and the other would be better exemplified by administering to the necessities of the poor than by exhibitions of conBaxnmate folly , intended , no doubt , to feed the unfortunate passion for display of a too-long infatuated people .

      The men of Ireland ought to tell the advisers of royalty that they want not raree-show but the comforts of life ; and that it would be far better fox the nation if some women would lean to knit socks for their children and mend their own stockings , rather than go jaunting about at other people ' s expence ; and some men betake themselves to some honest occupation , rather than pocket other men's hard earnings for merely enlarging the brood of idlers , attending majesty ! when taking an airing and feeding royal whelps . Won ' t Ireland have a treat !!

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      ANOTHER SAMPLE OF INJUSTICE . The many instances of refined tyranny and barefaced extortion whioh are almost daily communicated to us , are not only evidences of the extreme degeneracy of the human kind—of the inveterate hatred of man towards his species , —and of the declension existing in our courts of law , but they are manifestly indicative of the speedy overthrow of the rotten

      system -which has too long cursed our father-land . Our forefathers justly complained of the evils of misrule , but they were only flogged with whips—we are lashed with scorpions . Their prospects were gloomy , but we dwell in the midst of thick darkness —darkness that can be felt—that is felt , and cannot be dispelled , save by the energies of an united people determined to possess their rights .

      Arguments the most cogent and incontrovertible have been reiterated in the ears of the rulers of tha land , but they have been as the deaf adder . Petitions have been laid s-t their feet Tepeatedly , prayiDg them to adopt measures to stay the evils of which the people incessantly complain , and over whioh our legislators have , unquestionably , controul , yet they regarded not the prayers of tbe needy . Now , facts which none can veil—not even themselves—are staring them in the face at every turn , and they are

      compelled to acknowledge that something is wrong ; but instead of applying the only panacea—a radical reform in the tysiem of Government—they think to amuse the people with their tricks of political jugglery , and thereby perpetuate the reign of despotism . But this cannot be . They have been weighed in the balance and found wanting . The hand-writing ia upon the wall , too conspicuous and plain to be misunderstood , and it deorees that the reign of tyranDy shall depart .

      Yes , the petty tyrants , vested with brief authority must be humbled , aa well as their masters whose deeds they ape ; for the change must be a radical one , extending through every ramification of the system and to every corner of the land . Aye , even to lliddleton , near Manchester , and to Rochdale too , where acts of atrocity are perpetrated whioh are a disgrace to our country and kind ; one of which we here subjoin : —

      " A poor widow woman named Ann Lees , having ris children , residing in the township of Hopwood in the parish of Mlddleton , was taken into custody on the 18 th of January , under a warrant , and put into the lockups of the police station of Mlddleton , by order of the overseer , for owing six shillings for poor rates , together with costs , amounting to £ l 3 s . 6 & , and was the day after taken to Lancaster . It appears that , previona to that , the overseer ' s father-in-law had distrained her g » od 8 for rent The snm due he said was £ 3 0 s . 8 a ., and the charges were £ 2 11 s . lOd ; but it appears that after tbe goods were all sold they bad £ 1 17 b . Od . in band after all coats were paid , though the goods did not sell

      at half their value . The overseer knowing that this money was in hand , summoned her to Rochdale before the magistrates , and their worships asked her if she was willing to pay tbe rates ? She answered , I h&ve nothing to pay with , when the magistrates told the overseer be must be paid ont of the money , that was over ; he therefore applied to the auctioneer for tne money , but he would not or could not pay h'm , consequently he took out a warrant , as is before stated . The poor unfortunate woman has applied several times to the overseer for relief , but be has as frequently re-{ u 3-. 'd to give her any , telling h » r bq « might go to tbe bastile , which she refused to <* . o . "

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      " UNION" WITH THE WHIGS . Whatevbb is therein tbe windnowl The Chronicle of Thmeday is anticipating a speedy " Union" of the Chartists with the Whigs : not to secure the fulfilment of Chartist ! objects , but the ascendancy of Whig power , through the legislative adoption of Whig noal Turns ! ¦ Again , we ask , what can be in the wind ! The Chronicle says , * ' God grant the ' uaion * may take place" J to which wo respond " Devil doubt you' !

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      We must crave the indulgence ot botn Agent * and Readers this week ; for possibly some j of them may be disappointed in the receipt j of their papers for a few hours . The cause j - is , a breakage of the Engine , which " pot j a stop to our gallop" for some time . We ' shall endeavour to reach all by the first conveyance after we again get " to work . "

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      ORGANIZATION . We receive continually from all parts of the country application for advice and instruction as to how the friends of the cause of good order and good government should proceed , under the anomalous circumstances in which they are now placed ; of a national organization without any recognised head or centre of operations . We see that the metropolitan delegates recommend the immediate eleotion of the General Secretary , in order that the business of the Association—the preparation and issuing of cards , the enrollment of members , the

      correspondence , &o . —may go on . We advise the people to be in no hurry . The conduct of the last Secretary should surely have given them enough of a dose to make them very careful is the matter of appointing a successor . The Secretary is the most important officer in tbe whole movement . He ought , in fact , to be the very marrow of the movement . Bitter experience must , we presume , have shown the people that a false step in the appointment of Executive officers , and especially of Secretary , may do more mischief than all our exertions can retrieve for a long period . Our

      Secretary must be a man of business habits , a man of comprehensive mind—a man of some information and intelligence—a man who understands the movement—a man who knows the bearings of the law upon political societies , who thoroughly understands our Organization , at » d who will have sense and honesty and industry to " work" it . It is no easy task to " work" a national Organization , in the teeth of such laws as we have bo contend with and steer dear of . We need for this purpose an educated , intelligent man , an industrious , persevering , and honest man . We do not want an

      ignorant , impudent , bully , who cannot return a civil answer to a respectful letter ; we do not wanta fellow tospend his timo in public houses , drinking and smoking and playing at cards , instead of minding tbe duties of his office , and to occupy the chief part of what time he can . spare from the public house ia his own private business , while he pockets the people ' s money for doing their work , which is left undone ; we don ' t want a man to leave bis duties , and run up and down the country lecturing every time that he may want a fresh " drag" of money , more than hJo wages . We want a man

      who kuows his work , and can do his work ; who will be content with bia wages , and content to work for his wages—a man who will devote to the cause his whole time , energy , and talents , and whose time and talents are worth having . With such a secretary , our organisation could not fail to progress , and our cause to prosper . And unless the people can find such an one they had far better have none at all ; a vacant office is preferable to an inefficient or dishonest officer . But such a man most be searched for carefully . There must be no hurry in the selection . The people must take time to thiak and to deliberate , before they deoide .

      There is one fact to which we would point attention ; that no honourable , or even honest , man would be Secretary , under present circumstances ; because it would be to associate himself in office with two men who still , in defiance of every principle of democracy , impudently cling to the tenure and name of office , though covered' with a load of obloquy and disgrace which would have paralized and kept within dooTB any men having a giaiu of deoenoy The country have no right to expect that any decent and good man will allow himself to be brought in

      contact with the filth from which the character of those men stands uncleansed . No man who valued his own reputation would for an instant act in any public capacity with either of them . It wants but a few weeks to the time when they must " go out " by the lapse of their term of office ; and the people should in the interim be looking out for honest men to supply their places , and making such amendments in the plan of Organization as may render less likely the recurrence of the misohiefs which have resulted from the jobbing and profligacy of the present men .

      Some parties seem to think that no steps can be taken in the matter of amending the organization , because we have in reality no Executive . And because Campbell won't give up the books and cards , it is thought that the enrollment of members can ' t go on . We think quite differently . For the enrollment of members we advise every sub-secretary at once to provide a book for entering the nameB , trades , and residences of all the members of his own district . Let no regard be paid to the fact of u card or no card , " but let the Society for all

      practical and immediate purposes be a local one for that town or place ; every one being acknowledged as a member , whose name is on the ; Secretary ' s book and hone else . Every newly enrolled member to pay his twopence and all these twopences to go to the formation of a fund for the usocf a New Executive when appointed , and the weekly contributions to be applied to the furtherance of the causa in the immediate neighbourhood . No cards need be given ; but when a member removes to any other place , he should have a certificate from the sub-Seoretary in the following form .

      " Hull , Jan . 27 th , 1843 . " I certify that John Smith is an enrolled member of the Chartist body . M Pbteb Tbuemaw , sub-Secretary . " In any town where he presents this certificate , his name would be enrolled among the Chartists of that place , without any-additional fee but the payment of the weekly penny . Thus oar Association will become a multitude of distinct local societies , all governed by the same laws and acting on the sam « plan , and ready for amalgamation into ons body as soon as the connecting link , a honest Executive , may be supplied .

      We shall next week show how the whole matter of considering and arranging , and amending , the Organization , may be effectually done by the people in their localities , and a general vote taken upon it , and recorded , without the intervention of the Executive or the expense of adelegate meeting . We shall also suggest such improvements in the plan of Organization as we think it needs . Meantime we advise most strongly that the registration of members be immediately commenced by all the sub *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct920/page/4/