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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR.
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TTOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTloNV ARY . I fiud it impossible to issue the 30 f ; h and concluding Part of this Work before next Saturday , owing to the great oare and supervision necessary in presenting to the world a Biographical Memoir of tho Author , worthy of the Philosophical Dictionary . For that purpose double the quantity , or 64 pages , will be given for 4 d . as in many previous instances , and in addition to the Title Pag 9 to the First an <* Second Volumes , a full length Likeness of Voltaire , in the Characteristic Dress of a gentleman of the ancient rogime . I shall then offer to the world a Work renowned for its
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THE WHOLE CHARTER FOR ONE HALF PENNY . NOW Publishing , in the CHARTIST CIRCULAR , Number 25 , the WHOLE CHARTER , including the Schedules , Balloting Boxes , &c . &c . Also the Charter as amended at ihe last Birmingham Conference , in No . 101 of the Circular . PART 14 , PRICE SIXPENCE , CONTAINS : — The People ' s Cry , "The Land" ( in 3 No ? . )—Effects of Tobacco . —Spirit of Despotism ( in 3 Nos . ) — Inhuman New Poor Law . —Mecxvir of Andrew Marvel ( in 2 Nos . )—Irish Census , 1841 . —Sketch of the late Samuel Holberry ( in 3 Nos . )—Irish Jjpy System in 1798 . Part 13 , Contains—Condition of the Labouring Classes . — Memoir of Thomas Hardy ( in 5 Nos . )—Origin of Tithes in England . —William Tell . —National Education . —Organization ; Mr . O'Connor ' s Plan .
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CITY OF LONDON POLITICAL ANI > SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , 1 , TURNAGAINLANE , SKINNER-STREET . ON SUNDAY Morning , September the 17 th , at eleven o ' clock he following question for Discussion will be resumed : — " Has the Protestant Reformation improved the mental , political , and moral condition of the people 1 " Ad mission free . —In the evening , at seven o ' clock , the Hall will be open to the public also , on which occasion a lecture will be delivered by Mr . SkeUon-r-Admission , One Penny . On Tuesday evening , the City Chartists will meet as usual , for the enrolment of members , &c . On Wed-
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Just Published , Price Sixpence , rTYHE MONEY MAKER ; being an expose of X the tremendous Evils arising from our mongrel Currency , and Bhowing how it has produced the present National distress : also showing how any quantity of Monej may be made upon entirely new Principles , so as to forin a safe and useful Currenty , and how the National Debt may be rapidly and honestly liquidated , ait the rate of Compound Interest , without imposing fresh Burthens on the People . By AbraHa ^ Whiteh kad . London : Whitaker land Co ., Ave-Maria Lane ; and a £ Booksellers . \
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PARLIAMENTARY REVISION FOR TflE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . NOTICE is hereby given , that I , EDWARD . EHASrUS DEACDN , Et-q ., the Barrister appointed to revise , ' he Parliamentary Li-t of Voters for the Borough of Ltcds , will hold a CoVtr for that purpose oa Tuesday , tbe N . neteenih D «> ot September iiutunc , at the Court House , within 'ha said Borough , a " . t > ; j o ' clock in this forenoon ; & » . d a Overseers of the P : > > r , and o :: u--rs < - \ . "u-if > a ? h © Duties of Overseers , f ' i > r L-ve y Pati-sii , TowusL v and Plaee , within the Kaid Borough , are hereby .-u . nmoned and required to at , end ai th « U , K-a rg of the said Court , and deliver to me the a « ' ; al
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EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN COAL PITS . There was lately passed , with the unanimous approbation of all parties in the House of Commons ; wirh the . general snpport of all portions of the press , sod "with the general concurrence of the whole people , xs xci to prohibit the employment of women in coal pits , or other mining works . That act b beeig coxiuotaxlt 3 rok £ s . At Redding . Stirlingshire , at a colliery belonging to the Dake of
Hahiltos , sot less thas sixty ¦ women ase XEGUiARLT E 3 CPLOTED !!! Is this longer to continue ? , We put it ts Sir Jaxes Gbas ^ h . "We ask Ha if he -will , now that the fact ia brought under his cogniziBce , pass it over , and allow tha Duke of Hamltos or hi 3 agents to bueak the liTF Trith impnnity . If he do , we shall advise ihit some one or other bssak the la"w on the Duke of Hamiltos !
That " bo mistake ** znay ba made about this matter , or ignorance pleaded , we shall forward a copy of this paper to Sir James Gbahah , the Home Secretary of State . We shall also forward one to Lord Ashley , and beg of hi 3 attention to the case . Wiflihe several agent ? of the Miner ' s Association be kind enough to note down evert / case they meet "Kith , where the Act is driven through or disregarded , and communicate to us the facts ? Nothing but facts ; hut as many of them as they meet with Collier work must be done by Colxieb-mes . The xav for the protection of Colliers' wires and daughters mnsi not bv a dead letter .
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XATHA ^ rRL Moklixg , Bbighto >\ "sruhes to aefasosrledge 53 . from the Cistriifcta of Xe-wes , for Dr . U \ DoieIL Chaexlsx is Scotland . —The Nxtt Grganiza-TIO 5 A Correspondent in Paisley , unites is follows : — I fe&Te just read with the most lively satisfaction the preceedings of the Conference of Chartist Delegates , bo far as you cats been able to giTe tbem ; and wait with anxiety , to see tbe fall Plan of Re-organization which they have adopted , and "which yon have promised to give injyonr iH 3 i . Tlsongh there were no delegates present from Scotland , I beg to express a hope that neither yon nor the men of the Son'Jj will conclude that Chartism is dead in the " land o'caies . " Having lead Mi . Hill "«
letters , aDd also those of Mr , Harney * I haTe no hesitation in giving my testimony to the truth of the statements contused in them regarding the * condition in which our cause stands in Paisley , and other places both east and west of it . There are few meetings being held -, little or no organization ; bo ltcturing ; do contributions ; tnt aloEg with the iron that has entered the soul , "h * " entered a deep and firmly rooted conviction , that no appliance , no proposed remedy short of the Charter , is in any degree worth one moment ' s consideration , as calculated to remove the manifold oppressions which misrnle has long imposed upon the toiling multitude ; which no artifice , no £ ho' » y parade , no promise from any party or person , howeTer respectable or honest soever he may he be , can eyer ablsctate or destroy . Ko
" Ours is mo seedling chance-strewed by the mountain , In summer to flourish , in winter to fade . '' Chartism , believe me , is in life , and waits only the call to ava&en from a most refreshing slumber , which will be found to haTe invigorated , strengthened , and given new energies to it , far surpassing what the caroM or surfece observer , ignorant of our character , might suppose . Of late , and even at this moment , great and Important lessons are being read to the world . Think you that the " canny Scot" cannot appreciate these , and take counsel from them ? Be assured he has been and is doing . In the midst of our distresses , for the long period of eighteen months , and while we were repeatedly lectured on the great advantages that would result from a total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws , it ¦ was utterly impossible for the League , even when- the suffering in this town was at its worst , to" get odb lecture passed elf with its fallacies unopposed , even When it was deemed by that party ^ sitnated as we were , to be the -very height of inhumanity .
Tfeia proves something surely for our fixedness of purpose , and our attachment to the great and glorious principles which we have espoused . Scotland , . Sir , ii precisely the very Mud of soil on Which Chartism , to the best asd most lasting advantage , can be made to grow . It may bourgeon more slowly than in some other and more genial climes ' ; it may not appear so pleasant to the eye a > where it is to be seen dading at every look ; but it is , permit me . to say , more healthy on thatTery account , and better able to stand the blasts as tkey blow across the channel of adversity from time to time .
Let , then , the full decision o ! the Conference and the Plan of Re-organisation to which they have agreed , be laid before us . Xet us examine it , and digest it- and if it meets with our approval—which I think it is likely to do from . what we fajow of it already—yon will find that Scotland will rally to your assistance , and I trust that her conduct in past time is no bad guarantee for the future . P . Q ., TODMOBUEM . —His advice to the " Lovers of Liberty in the Tale of Todmorden " is very goed . but too lengthy for our eolonxus . We subjoin an extract ; "A number of the people ' s delegates have met in Cenference at Birmingham , and have almost unanimously adopted the Plan which appeared in the northern Star from tha pen of the Editor , - ? ery
recently . Some slight alterations and amendment * hare been introduced ; but in substance the plan adopted is thai above referred to- This Plan connects the Land qnestien with the Charter . This yon istrncted your delegates to oppose ; but a majority of the delegates having decided in favonr of tbe Plan , it becomes your duty to waist in carrying it ont . 2 io fna-n who cannot , withont sacrifice , subscribe to the Land fund , or who censcifcntiouriy ofcjecte to it , is compelled to do so . He may , as heretofore , subscribe only to the General Fand of the Association . . As a whole it is an excellent Pian , and will , 1 hope , have your hearty support . 1 trust , then , that yon who think the Charter is the just right of tbe people , will come forward and rally round the 2 Sew Organiza tion , determined to give it a fair trial as the means by which we may legally and constitutionally obtain out rights , and destroy for ever corruption and
oppression . " J . B B . —We cannot spare room for his lorg connnnnicaticn . He must excuse us . The geutral reader aetks not , nor likes not , long letters . Occasionally we-giTe such : but -whenever we do so , a lond ontcry is the consequence . We shall have to discontinue the practice to a considerable degree . A Midblx Class Mas , Los do * ., must take the above answer to himself . Mr . Casdt—We have received * communication from a person at JBilsten , who writes on behalf of "Mra . Candy , o ? a nature which it much behovts Sir . Candy to know of and EOtiee . If he desires it , -we will put him in possession of the alleged facts set forth : and if he does not desire this , we shall send the communication to the proper quarter , and leave the matter to be dealt with as tte parties think fitting .
1 , "W . Xosdos , will see that "we have no report of the mee-ing te describes . One "was \ laly forwarded , bui not inserted . This non-insertion "was in accordance with a determination on the part of the present conductor of the Star not to give publicity to accounts of local or personal iqnabbles or quarreEinra . - This determination he Tnfemn to abide by ; and has no doubt but tb& ? a perseverance in it will bt found most beneficial to the Chartist cauae . If any difS .-ence should spring up in any lecaliiy , it must be settled by the locality itself . At all events tbe Star shaD not interfere in it Its doine so tends to widen
and extend the breach , by filling every body ' s msnth , . and sfctting the whole country to cairrass a maltei , ' and probably to quarrel ever it , when it only belongs to the locality itself ; and who , were no notice taken of thim , would soon make it up and be friends , or j " asree to differ . " " f Boseri Hahiltos . —We know of no way by which ; he eomld obtain the justice he seeks , namely , that of j bsing allowed to cultivate his o ^ m garden , or at any rate tbe garden for which he pays rent , but by knock-1 ing dovn the bouse or " smithy' * built on it by his ' landlord . Whether B . H . might nsfely do this we
cannot say . "He must remember that nnder the pre- ' sent ord « of thing * " might makes right , " and " rich men rule the law . " j T . C— There was in 1 S 38—9 a newspaper published in j L < &doD , price 6 a ., called " The Charter . " \ AsrKDixs—The sum of 17 s . noticed elsewhere ass received for the Ticfams , is the proa . » ds of a . lecture j on Mesmerism , dtlarered by iir A- H&ig , in Abcr- j den , who , with the •* tutjecv * ( the lecturer ' s brother ) j gave their services gratis on the occasion . The lee- } £ O * C i-IFpir WJTHJW fcl t * W Ukl uio v ^* vc » " * v **» ——— _ - — — .
tarer and experiments gave great satisfaction . TVej zhsuld like to hear tell of our friends in other parts imitating the " cannie ** folk of Aberdeen in mesmeris- j ing the public's bump of " benevolence . " It will be j isen that the delegates at Birmingham have unani- j ffloudy recommended that a collection siould be ] made throughout the country in aid of the Victim j Pund . It strikes us that where practicable the assistance of generous ¦ men like th « Messrs . Haig should I be obtained as one means of swelling the amount of i the popular contributions on the occasion ! ' IS xssves . to H . Q . 'm queries respecting tfce laws ' affecting preaehew and lecturers , we reply that '
preachers not licensed may be required by a magis- j trate to go before him and make the declaration imposed by the Toleration Act LecturerB are eel- , dom , if ever , interfered with , unles * they are " poll- ; tJcal . - They are sometimes meddled with , and rery . romghly sod aujusHy too , as probably H . G » , aware . We Hdak ianted so % trouble the " Ibw "' so long sa the ' law" !• not likely to trouble j i '^ ia . J . V - Leach . —His letter had tetter be rtferred to the . Tit ^ tb Fssd Ooramittee wbm it is appointed .
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Thos . Wikteb ., Leicester . —We are not aware" any communication that baa been unattended to . If any such have been sent , and withheld because deemed unimportant , nust assuredly it would not be mentioned in tbe "Notice to Correspondents . " Were Tre to notice all that we receive and Tej ^ ct , we should sometimes almost fill the piper with notices . ThiB , we fancy , would not be" » ery well relished . Merthtb . Ttdyil Cuartists—We have no knowledge of the letters of *• Gsrarcoen . ' unless they are
some letters by Mr . Thos . P .-ice , of Porta-y-glo . If they are tbe letters we have named , we certainly Cinnot afford them space : for , independent of the consideration that they are on a surj-ct not generally interesting to the nsas ? . ? s , ft g <** it portion of them are in the Welsh language—a language -which we certainly have no idea of ; and t&refure , have no means of knotting whether the writer is not indulging in the ^ rankest of sedition and treason at out fcxpence . This alone would prevent onr inserting them .
Hamilton GBat need be under no fear . It does not necessarily follow that because we have been unable or may be nnwlling to find room for his communication , that therefore " with the change of E iitor there is to be a change of principle . " No one in the Northern Star has laboured more than the present conductor of it , to expose the fallacies , and demonstrate the nnsonniness , of what are called Free Trade principles . It is not , therefore , likely that we shall note advise a " yielding to the League . " Our " squeamish sensibility" about the mannti in which "Hamilton Gray" presents Sir . Swing , may surprise him ; but we facey that were he in the position of some- people , made to bear a proBecnti&n for " seditions libel , " with that piosecution followed by sixteen months solitary
confinement in a felon s cell , fco ¦ be Bnrprised still more . It is all very well for sneb men as " Hamilton Gray" to write " sternly , * ' in an assumed name , and get other people to run the mk of publication ; and it is better still , -when those " other people" hesiUte to be so used by men who say " these are no times for indolent fear" ( and yes write under assumed xames ) for these same men ( with assumed names ) to pretend that a " change of principle" is involved in such hesitation . " Hamilton Gray" says he does not like" This cutting out , and cutting in ; These fears to lose ; these hopes to vin ; Shuffling , and sorting , and concealing , With double games , and much misdealing . *'
By all means then let him write in his own name , aiid run his own risks J Moses Simpson and Fbiesds , Staffordshire . — We would recemmend that Mr . Thomas Slarkey lay his case before the Vietim Fund Committee , ¦ which will no doubt be appointed in Manchester , in accordance with tbe recommendation -of ihe Conference at Birmingham . They can consider it ; and would probably deem it one calling for some litUe aid . The Defence Fund is for another object . It is for the defince of those yet in the toils of the law . From the communication of Mr . Roberts to tbe Conference , it seeme that there will be little enough in hand for that purpose ; and , if the whole case should have to come before the fifteen Judges , there
"Will be far too little . Relief from that source , therefore , cannot be had ; but if Mr . Starkey applies to tbe Committee we point him to , there is a chance that something may be done for him out of the slender meanB at their disposal . Caltisus Misok can have any of the plates at tbe charge of one shilling each ; they can be forwarded at tbe proper time through the channel he speaks of . We regret to hear that there is no association in Ayr . We recommend him to get together some of the active spirits of Chartism immediately , and make arrangements for forming a branch of the Organization , as scon as the plan grren in another part o ! the paper is dulj enrolled . Thomas Fkost . —We have perused his letter with
deep interest , and regret that so sensible and wellwritten an address cannot appear in our columns ; onr only reason for declining its insertion is " want of room ; " if T . F . would bring his sentiments before the public , he must compress them into smaller compass . H . Crocch . —Both notices are right : a shilling is charged for the plate , and fourpence for the postage . Sixteen post-stamps will ensure the senuing of the plate per post , pre-paid . JIaschxstes . Totso Men * Association . —We have no room for their address in full : here is the pitfc : — " Brothers , you will kava shortly an opportunity of Bbo ^ iuz jour desire for freedom . The men of Manchester intend having a grand
demonstration in the month of October , in honour of T . S . Duccoinbe , Eaq , 1 IJ . We trust tb % t , on that day , the young men ef the surrounding districts ¦ will attend in their countless thousands to welcome the man who has so nobly battled for the rights of the oppres * ed millions . We request the young men of Lancashire to send delegates to the meeting , to be held in the Brown-street room , on the 27 th of the present month , so that proper arrangements may fee made to make the demonstration worthy of Lancashire , and worthy of eur glorious cause ? R . Beoox , Todmobiden , will please to look at the Northern Star for September 2 nd , 18 * 3 , and in . the fourth column of the third page be 'will flndrtbe announcement he speaks of . That announcement went through all the editions of the paper for that week ;
and we are surprised that it can have escaped R Brock's -observation . The insertion of that announcement shews that " -we do consider -what comes from Todmorden to be worthy of space in tbe Star " an * we -will tell Mr . Brook " ¦ what to do , * ' before he Ejaiii condemns : just emamint , and be sure . J . C—VTt fear tbe oppressors" would take but small notice of bis " warning . " Many warnings have been given them ; and in language too , not quite so soft as his : yet they have not taken heed . J . C . may depend on it that if the present living recipients of opprrssion ' s blows can : ot make the oppressor- "stand sgast with fear , " the " shades of the departed" will have but litUe chance .
Birmingham—Tea Partt in honolb of T . S Dtscombe Es * ., and OTBZKS—All persons holding tickets or money for the above tea-party , are nquetted to bring in the same to the Ship Inn , Steelbouse-lane , on or before Monday next , September IStb . All Communications intended for David Ross , late of Manchester , must for the future , be addressed to him . at his residence , Victoria Road , Hnnslet-lane , Leeds , Yorkshire . 3-L . H . —West Axckland , recommends patience to his brother colliers , reminding them that the fate , not so much of their own class as that of a whole nation , may be depending on their discretion . J . L . B . reminds tbe colliers of their Morions victory achieved in 1831 , and bo- * much more glorious a triumph is in store for them if they only exhibit onio :-., patience , and peTBeTeTauce in their present straggle .
Progress or the Cause and Reception of the > Plan . —From Mi . D ^ vid Robs , the talented , and prudent Chartist lecturer , we have received the foll'juing .- — Dear Sir , —I find the good friends of democracy here are gaining ground every day . On Sunday last , upon my arrival , I found upwards of thirty of my good friends , who had travelled from Keighley in order to spend the day in the cause of democracy . This is as it should be ; it proves ihBt vre are interested in each otbers welfare , and not above showing it . On Monday I delivered two lectures , and { as the stagers nave it . ) drew crowded houses on both occasions , last Digbt I dwelt upon the new Pian of Orgajr . zi ' . ioD . aad 1 ufcver fonnd a better feeling pervads a mectinr at ost previous time .
I think it would very much tend to tbe advancement of our principles , if yon would print the New Plan in a circui ^ r , or pamphlet form , many thousands would then opiaiu it , who are now , alas . ' too poor to purchase a Si it , and it is important that the world should be apprised of our future intentions , for not a few of our enemies will be astonished when they find , despite our treas' jnub ' e propensities , that we have at last wrested front th *> bands of our ereraies all the protection that tb « lawB of our country in this instacct can afiuid .
By a reference to ihe Plan itself , it will be seen that ChspteTS'T . provides that the laws and rules shall be published in a separate form , bo that each member cf tfce society may have a copy . As soon as the laws are enrolled , this wiji Tn attended to . The rules will be brought ont in a seat , cheap , and portable f » rm . We contemplate a \ so a Hand Book or Manual , giving full and ample instructions for the due wi-rkine of every portion of the Organization . Whether this be done or not , it is certain that the Laws aDd Roles will be printed in a portable farm .
Staffordshire Dei-egas ^—Mr . Follows desires to state shat fee has received tbe following sums towards the expenses of the Staffordshire Delegate-to the late Conference : —From Broomsgrove , 2 » 6 d ; Liebmort , 63 ; Wolvfcxnampton , 3 s ; Wol&all , 5 % ; Dudley , 3 s ; Bilston , 3 s ; Redditch , 3 «— Total , . £ 1 5 s 6 d ; paid to Mr . Chance , delegate , £ 1 2 a 6 d ; Balance , 3 s . Nottingham Chartists . —We have received a list of nominations to the ' General Council" from tbe Chartists assembling at Mr . Hardy's news-house , Jamesstreet . Oar friends will see that . tbtsir nominations are useless under present circumstances . The late *¦ National Charter Association" is no more . Th » acts of the late Conference dissolved it ; and we must now ¦ wait for the enrolment of the New Organ ' zition before any " National Association" can exist . In the
| meantime our Nottingham friends can be taking every necessary step for their Organization , as a branch of the New Association , the moment the plan has been dnly enrolled . J . H . Clitheroe—If there is no special agreement between the person and the owner of th « house , the person in question can let the house to » By other psrty , or 1186 it fei what purpose he pleases , bo long as he does the house no injury . Tbe Emmett Bri « ade . —This section of ChartiatSj meeting in Paddington , write to us throngh their Secretary stating " that , in their opinion , the Conference exceeded its duty in electing an Executive , aud that they tthe Brigade ) will not feel themselves bound to support the Executive so elected . " KB .. Mason . —Mr . M's . address is , No . 15 , Cardiganstreet- Birmingham .
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National Victim Fund . —Mr . George Marsden , Ma : cheater , acknowledges tbe receipt of tbe following Bums : —A few friends , Carpenters' Hall , 6 s . lOd . The 103 . announced in last Saturday ' s Star as coming from K ^ sintton , ought to have been from Knightsbridge and Brompton . W « . Spence . —George Haigh will be in bis neighbourhood in a short time ; and if Mr . S . would com * municite his address , G . H . cculd call on him . Mr . O Connor ' s Lecture at Turnagain-lane . — We hava not room for even tbe portion of the report of this lecture , which came to hand on Friday morning . * The Addresses of the Cumberland miners , and Percy Main colliers , arrived too late for insertion this week .
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Mr Dear Friends , —In my short letter to you from Gla > gow , 1 mentioned some things in which it was my purpose thereafter to spejk with you more at large . I told you that I had then lying by me an article from the Times newspaper , which afforded arguments for the Organization of the people more cogent and conclusive than ptrhaps any that I fcave yet seen submitted to you from any quarter . Here it is . It is taKen from tho leading columns of the
Times newspaper of the 4 th of August . Its immediate point of refennce is to the " Rebecca" movement in Wales ; while its reasoning shews that the enrmy fear nothing bo much as the cool prudence , the intelligent inquiry , and peaceful , quiet , " systematizjd , " organized onward movement of the public mind . Just ia proportion to the amount of bluster and noife , and violence , and physical destructiveness which they evince , are the " agitators" of the public voted harmless—( and often indeed useful)—by the factions . But how ! let the Times speak : —
" One remarkable and very consolatory feature in the Welsh movement hitherto , has been the entire absence of political character in its professed efforts and aims . Much as any series of disturbance and violations of law is to be blamed and regretted , mere disturbance—mere matter-of-fact disorderly conduct amongst a poor population , is not what excites the alarm and apprehension of the statesman . It is when that disorder begins * o reason and systematisewhen it appeals to broad principles and deep foundations , that it becomes really ominous and formidable in the politician ' s eye . Discontent then becomes disaffection , and diForder revolution . The Welsh rioters hare kept clear of these dangerous assump : tions , and confined themselves to particular definite grievances ; and therefore it is , wo presume , that they
have obtained no patronage from the Liberals in this country . Had they vapoured about the origin of society , the . rights of man , and the social compact , instead of attacking toll-gates , the Rebeccaites would donbtJesB have obtained tbe applauding sympathies of Mr . Hume and Mr . T . Duneombe . As it is , these and other worthies of the Liberal school seem , by their Bilence , to have wted the Rebecca movement a ' slow' affair , undeserving their attention ; and the month that would have been wide open , declaiming against the oppression of country Fquires and magisterial autocrats , had no tangible or accessible grievances been ehewa , are shut when a real case is made out and proved , as we conceive it is now , by the poor and dependant , against the rich and ruling class .
" We sincerely hope the Welch poor will continue unconnected , as they now are , with the Radical theories , and vulgar poMtica of the day . So long a * they are clear of such connection , they will have the sympathies of all respectable people with them , so far as regards their intelligible rightful claims . Mourn as we must over the downfall of so much timberwork as has taken place within the last week or two , and little as we like the ironical female habit , and the Jewish nomenclature of these certainly not very ; feminine or delicate movers , we had rather see tbem acting their grim farce than talking Chartism . We oref ' er Miss Rebecca to Miss Mary Ann Walker . Do not philosophise , do not speechify , do not prate , we would k-ll them , but stick to your
tolls and market dues . Do not mount upon stilts , do not be carried away by demagogues , do not make your cause , which is at present a most clear , intelligible , matter of fact one , a seditious theory , hairbrained sentilmentalinn . At the same time , we would beg to remind the Magistrates of Carmarthenshire , the turnpike trustees , the learned Govornmeut Commissioner ( Mr . HalJ ) , or whomever else it may concern , that these grotesque exhibitions will certainly end in something further , if redress is not actively and conscientiously looked to . Rebscca will doff her bonnet for the cap of liberty , and take to more offensive weapons than the mallet or crowbar , if something is not soon done . We are happy to eee that some of the trustees of turnpikes are already beginning the work of clearance , are opening
the roads , and facilitating access to the market towns . These and the liko remedies are politic , and absolutely necessary . If they are applied immediately , they may save a population from becoming the victims of revolutionary oratory . Wait , procrastinate a little , and you will have embassies from the Political Unions , the Reform Associations , and the Operative Club , deputies from Manchester and Birmingham , nay , and Repealers from Ireland , Yankees , Frenchmen—the whole kit of them offering their polite service to Rebecca , congratulating her on her bold achievements , and gently initiating her into all the mysteries and freemasonry of the Radical cause . The Welsh people are not so far gone as yet , we believe , but that Esal , tact , and good feeling combined may bring tbem round again . But if nothing is done , people are driven into Chartism . "
Here you have the whole matter " put" very honestly , and very simply . Outrage , disturbance , and disorder ; destruction of property , " mere mailer ' of-fact disorderly conduct amongst a poor population , is not irhat excites the alarm and apprehension of the statesmari f" No , no . There is always enough of force—organized force—at the command of " the Statesman" to : enable him to deal with "mere matter-of fact disturbance . " It is when the " poor population" begins to inquire into the why ? tho how ? and the wherefore?—when it " reasons "when it " appeals to broad principles , and deep foundations "—and most especially , when , after the reasoning and the appealing to broad principles and deep foundations , has begotten clear conceptions of
effects and causes , it begina to ** systematise , " that its operations " become really ominous and formidable ia the politician ' s eye . " " Discontent then becomes disaffection , and disorder revolution" i Yes ; ye 3 ; Mother Times ! We know all about it . And , thank God , the people are beginuing to know all about it . They are beginning to understand and practice the lesson I ha- ? e been dinging into them this dozen of years past—that their power is in their intelligence which enabies them to " reason , " to " appeal to broad principles and deep foundations " , and to " systematize " , to arrange , and bring into a focus , their moral energies . A peaceful appeal to
principle ; a consistent exhibition of principle ; a steady perseverance m principle , whenever exhibited , always " excites the alarm and apprehension" of the statesmen who live by public plunder , and whose interests are bound up with those of the robber classes . While the people can be kept in that state which limits their exertions for the removal of oppression to " mere matter-of-fact disturbance" — to mere destruction of property and physical violence , they may be always used as tools in the baBds of tbe middle classes to work ont their purposes , and laid by , or destroyed , as soon as those purposes are served .
The " higher" classes are always as ready to beat down the middle classes as the middle mon are to trample on the labourers . The landlords are always willing to extract as much rent—the parsons to exact as much tuhe and church-rate , and ibe jobbers of all sorts lay on every kind of impost which can and will be borne as heavily , as they each can . These in iheir direst injlusnce full upon the middle classes j though the poor labourers pay for all in the long run ; because , though having neither cans , horses , beastB of burden , nor lands , they are not liable to pay tolls , tithes , nor onurch rates , and not much amount of rent , yet their libour it b ? , out of which all these very payments are made by the middle men , and without which
they would not be made at all . The payment ot these several imposts is first made a pretext for bringing down their wages to starvation-point ; and then , when this has been accomplished , the middlemen begin to consider how they shall get rid ot the pajments and pocket the money . This is just the whole matter now at issue in the " Rebecca movement , " as the riots in Wales are termed . I have long since , in the Northern Star , warned you that this was a middle-class movement for the effecting of the purposes and the serving of the interests of those classes by the exertions and at the sole cost of ihe working men who may be fools enough to aid in it . 1 told you that the labour of pulling down the toll bars , the harrassment of these nocturnal
excursions , tbe risk of being shot by the military on the spot , and the reward of being imprisoned , trans porttd , or banged , when their work was done , was all that the working men wonld be allowed to get from this " movement "—while the middle men would get rid cf many of the imposts they complain of , not ouly without mending » he condition of the labourera one bit , but that they would be the first to transport and hang them out of the way . I see nothing yet but confirmations of this view of it . I have read carefully the article " Rebecca Movement" in last week's Star : I have
noted especially all that is said by " Our oien Correspondent . " I find it all of the game cast ; lolls , tithes , and renls are the burden of the song . Something is B&id about " fixity of tenure" for the farmers , but nothing about land for the labourers . A great deal is said about the crying evil of high rents , and heavy tithes and tolls , but not a word of any purpose to s . pply a single farthing of the moiioy which now goes for these purposes to tha increase of wages . There is something , to be sare , said about the N&w Poor Law , and that seems tfl . be a poor man ' s question ; but there are two wae * to that question ; a&d tbe Star ' s ewrespoideat
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docs not tell us which of the two strings Robecca trims her bow with . He does not tell us whether it Da the ill treatment of the poor , under this hellish system , ; or the increased expenditure arid heavier rates winch it occasions , that is the chief ground of complaint by tbe midnight orators to whose secret meetings he was admitted . I strongly suspect that the latter jb the real grievance . The whole struggle is one for the division of the plunder . The Welsh farmers think that they have not so large a share of it as they ought to have . The
cprnipfc press , therefore , of which the Times is chief , seeing that the whole pillage is still " to remain i v . / ai ? il ^» " fi . tt ( Is 5 t easy and conveniont to counsel that the distribution should be made somewhat tair ; that the " rogues" thould cease to " fall out , " Jest tae honest step in for their own , and the people bo "driven into Chartism . " The itmes knows perfectly that if onc < 3 the people be " drives into Chartism , " they will booh make the discovery that it is a matter of no consequence at all to them whether the farmers
pay much or little of rent , and tithe , and rates , and tolb . They will then look to higher sources of universal mischief , and to the appropriation of the rents , taxes , rates , tithes , and tolls so paid and levied . Hence tho politic fear of the Times that the people should "begin to reason , " and to " appeal to broad principles and deep foundations . " The Times knows perfectly that whenever the people do this , generally , the foundations" of class rule , and class robbery consequent on class rule , must speedily give way . Hence hiB fear of the " embassies from Political Unions , Reform Associations , and Operative Clubs , " and of tho deputies from Birmingham and Manchester . " Philosophizing , " " reasoning , " systematizing , " " appealing to broad principles
and deep foundations , " talking of " the rights of man , "audthe " social compact , " plays the very deuce with factions . It " puts the cat among 3 t the pigeons" with a vengeance f Aud hence the difference in tone assumed by the Times , and other newepapers in reference to the riots , arsons , and destructions of property in Wales , and the peaceful movement of the Chartists , who were induced to join the strike movement last year . They " appealed ito broad principles and deep foundations "they appealed to common sense , to " the rights of man , " and to the * ' social compact" ; they destroyed no property , but they said " these are' broad principles' of general right which we wish to see established for the protection of our own property . We do not see these broad principles recognised or acted on , and , therefore we are * discontented and cannot but feel
disaffected' to the system which rob :,- us of the proceeds of our labour . " This ' was '' fleuo / utfon" ; and the" authorities" were loudly called on to a « t instantly and effectively with "« vigour beyond the law" ] Of course , the people will learn from all this , the lesson that there can be nothing but mischief to themselves come of their giving their aid and countenance to any schemes for mere" matter-of-factdisturbance ' or to any reforms which do not" appeal to broad principles and deep foundations . " As they have always hitherto had , so they always will hereafter have , merely the hangings , transportings , and imprisoninRS for their share of the boiiofits reulting ; from such revolutions . But I trust that they will also have a deeper lesson than this from it . It scarcely needed this excellent article from the Times to teach them this lesson now . I trust they will see from this fair statement of the character of
the " Rebecca" movement and of the Times' reasons for sympathising with the Rebeccaites , the necessity for that Organization which , though its importance is self-evident , they have never yet had . How piteous it is to see poor men—honest menworking men—fooled by the middle classes into these " mere matter-of-tact disturbances " , for want of that knowledge of their own right , of" ( . he rights of man " , and of " the social compact" which might enable them to " appeal to broad principles and deep foundations" ! They cannot have that knowledge , sa , ve from " the embassies " , " the deputies" from Birmingham and from other places ; and they cannot have these , because no efficient organization exists by which missionary enterprise can be called into active and extensive requisition . Was I not right , then , ia saying that this article afforded most powerful arguments for a National Organization of the whole people for these objects ?
I have read carefully the report in the last Star of the doings of the delegates at Birmingham . I wait anxiously the appearance of their plan . And , in reference to that plan , let me , before ic comes , say one word to ail those who attach value to my thoughts and counsels . It is scarcely probable that it will ; meet every one ' s approbation . There may likely enough be some things in it which some may think had been better otherwise ; but if it have but two great qualities which are indispensible ; if it be perfectl y legal ; aud if it be at all workable , —for Heavens sake let us have no bickerings about trifles ; but let it be at once adopted and let it be brought into vigorous and universal play . Let no man who names the name of Chartism dare to make
his own crotchets a stumbling block in the way of our onward progress ; aud if any toan do so , out of the ship with him as a piece of vermin ; overboard with him at onoe , beforo ha have time to do mischief . There can be but one opinion upon the necessity of our , haying some Plan of Organization possessing the two requisites I have named—legality and workableness—all others ate minor considerations , and none but an enemy would seek to divide us upon them . Any minor imperfection may be either guarded against iu the working of it or remedied hereafter ; but now isnot the time to stickle on them . Legal it must be : readily workable it must bo : bevond this .
while every man has a clear right to conimont on it —to shew what he thinks to be its defects , if any , and where he thinks it capable of improvement , no man who wishes well to ihe movement has any right to offer one jot of obstruction to its adoption or operation because of the objections he may have to particular pori iona of it . He who does so , whatever he may pretend to be , or whatever he may think himself , I think to be no true Chartist . 1 am , as ever , Your faithful friend and servant , William Hill . Huilj Wednesday , Sept . 13 , 18 J 3 .
P . S . I learn from several private letters , that my friends in the Newcastle district are much disappointed at my not viaiting them on my return from Scotland as first arranged . I regret , but could not help the disappointment . When my arrangements for my late tour were made I had no conception of the *' change" which was to come over my own position and affairs ; this change brought into operation circumstances wich compelled me to get back to Hull a week or two sooner than I purposed . I trust this will satisfy my friends that I did not " pass by" them from any want of courteous feeling . They do not know the difficulties of my position just
now . I must remain here for a abort time . I am making arrangements which will enable me to go through the whole country , if required , after that time . Newcastle , Shields , bunderland , and Carlisle , and all that district shall have my first attention when I move . I shall take them on my way back to Scotland again . 1 will take care to give notice of my coming ; and when I return again from Scotland , I shall be at liberty to attend to any invitation I may have received to any part of England . I wish in the meantime to hear from good men and true all over , that I may know " how things are . " All letters directed to me at Hull will find me . W . H .
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Sir—Permit me , through the columns of the Star , to acknowledge tbe receipt of the following sums tor the Frome Victims : — : £ b d T . Bolwell ... 0 1 0 W . P . Robert * , Esq 0 2 6 Mrs . H 0 10 0 Mr . Young 0 0 6 Mr . W . J . England 0 0 6 City of London Boot and Shoe Makers .. 026 £ 0 17 0 August 27 th , sent to Sarah Cobble ... 0 13 0 Order and Postage ... 0 0 4 Three Letters to London ... 0 0 3 £ 0 13 7 Iu hand 0 3 5 I have much pleasure in being able to inform our Cfiartist friends that of the four persons injured three have recovered , but I regret in having to add bhat the case of the young woman Sarah Cobble , is a most distressing one ; to u ^ e the doctor ' s words : " She must think herself fortunate if she is able to remove from her bed at the end of the nextthne months , the case beintr simh a bnd one . "
To awaken a feeling of sympathy in the breasts of our Chartist friends in behalf of our unfortunate young friend , I am sure I need only inform them that she is laying not only helpless but destitute of those comforts necessary tor her in her present situation , her father and mother being without work , and conseq minunablo to procure them for her . Youry , Very obediently , T . Bolwell . S , Gallbway ' s-buildings , Bath , Sept . 12 , 1843 .
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IO THE EDITORiOF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the Northern Star of last week , there is an article headed Complete Suffrage Lie , containing &t attack on some observations of mine , made at the late Leicester meeting , which requires some explanation from me . I found that reports injurious to Mr , O'Connor and M > . Sturge ' s Committee , were in circulation , to tho i-ftvot that the former was engaged by the latter , and f hat £ 28 was paid for OV , ouaor ' s services at , the Nottingham election . Although I bad given a public contradieiion to this , the public press which inserted the calumny , did not insert the denial with one o > two exceptions ; and I heard the matter named j in its most offensive form oa the day of the moeing . I took that occasion to repeat what I -had previously stated in my public letter—the whole of which was perfectly true , and quite ia' accordauce with what was
published by mo imvandia . tely after the H- > ction , in the British Statesman—That Mr . O'Connor ' s services ivere perfectly voluntary , and was given with a distinct delarqlion on his part that he would not receive any reward for his services—not even repayment of his traveling expences . That Mr . O'Connor ' s services were recognised by the committee , and appointments made by them , and correspondence entered into with him , has nothing at all to do with 'ho fact 1 stated ; which referred to O'Connor ' s first , offer of assistance , which was uninvited and unexpected : for from the manner in which he he had I spoke ot Mr . Sturge and his movement , a could [ not have been expected that he would have come forward at the election . I have always said that this conduct on his part was honourable , and 1 can prove that his first spencb in Nottingham tally bears out all 1 have ever said on this subject . ;
As to the £ 27 10 k paid by Mr . O'Connor to some of " his brigade , " ( to use his own expression , ) I never named it until waited upon by O'Connor ' s friends , in order to disprove the calumny of the Times . I felt it my duty to do this when invited by thorn to do so , and did noti think it out of place when 1 found it current in Leicester . I did not speak of it as involving the slightest disparagement to any party . i Mr . Feargus O'Cpnnor has taken the liberty of speaking of me as the paid Secretary of the committee . There is nojterm sufficiently strong , even in Mr . O'Connor ' s elegant vocabulary , to designate this enormous falsehood . It is unfortunately characteristic of its author . I nevirr received even the
value of one 6 hilting , jeither directly or indirectly , for any services in that election—in fact never received any reward far jany public service . It is well known to many ; that I have injured my prospects in life , and my business by the pare 1 took ; but have never had any reward , either by money or interest ; and I have no hesitation in stating my conviction , that O'Connor knew this ta be false when he stated it . As I do not thiDk it necessary to imitate his example , by going into a court of law , to vindicate myself from charges like these , I merely call upon him to substantiate or retract ,
it . One he cannot do ; aud ho has not the magnanimity to do the -other . Therefore , I can only pity the man , whose reckless temper and fierce passion will not allow him to view his fading influence amongst the people with better feelings than that of the bitterest animosity against all who may diffiar from him in opinion . In any allusion to the events of that election , I have had no other wish than to do the fullest justice to all parties concerned , j Your ' s , very respectfully , ' Thomas Beggs . Worcester , Sept . 13 , 1843 .
[ We have , with all readiness , given insertion to this explanation ; though had we imitated the example set us by the organs of Mr . Beggs ' s party , we should just have contented ourselves with misrepresenting him , and thenhave left him to make his best uf it . He himself says , jthat" the public press which inserted the calumnyi "—that which gave rise to all that has beeu since said and done — " did not insert the denial . " Let us ask Mr . Beggs , did even the " Sturgeite" papers d p this ? Did the Nonconformist ? Did the Leeds Times , tho Bradford Observer , the Leicester Chronicle , ] or any other of Mr . Beggs's mouth-pieces ? Now had we meted out the justice to Mr . Beggs that his friends have meted out to us , we should not have inserted his contradiction- tp what now appears to have been an unfounded
allegation . Nut long ago the Nonconformist came out with & most cold-blooded rascally attack on the character of Mr . O'Connor ; an attack more attrooious and saintly than any that ever disgraced any portion of the English press ; and that is saying a great deal . I To that attack we gave such an effective and conclusive answer , that the Nonconformist , who had promised to return to the onslaught , has been silent ever since , as far as his own fulminations have been concerned . But did he insert the answer 1 Not he indeed ! And while the attack was duly chronicled in every Complete Suffrage Whifjier throughout the land , not one of them had the fairness to give currency to the answer , or even to note the fact that we had driven the antagonist from the field . Such is the sense of justice that actuates Mr . Beggs ' s friends .
Mr . Beggs says , "ihe does not think it necessary to go into a court of law to vindicate himself from such charges / ' &c . { He has no need . JuBtico is afforded him without . He has asked us to afford him the opportunity to explain that a representation that he had been paid for his electioneering services , inserted in our columns , was unfounded . We have given it to him . ! Would his own friends have done so , had he been a Cnartist ! Did they do so in the case of Mr . O'Connor , when they had charged him with theft and fraud ? Mr . Beggs has himself ! snewn that they did not ,
and would not . ilt was therefore necessary in that case , to " go into a court ' ; for when the verdict was given that their lies were libellous , then they did insert the contradiction , but not before . They did to compulsion , for fear of consequences , what they could not afford to do to love ot justice . We , on the contrary , can afford to allow Mr . Beggs to state his own cq , so ; nay even to advertise his sacrifices and his own self-devotion ; and , withal , to have a fling at Mr . jO'Connor ' s" fading influence . " Therefore he may well say " he does not think it necessary to go into a court to vindicate himself . "
We have thought it proper to mark the difference of conduct pursued by Mr . Beggs ' s justice-loving , quiet , cool , philosophic friends towards the Chartists , with that pursued by us , of " reckless temper and fierce passion , " in the ( not very strong ) hope that the . contrast may shame them into a better behaviour for the future . Into the general question , as to the propriety of [ Mr . Beggs's conduot , and that of his associates , at , the Nottingham election , we have not entered . We shall leave that for Mr . O'Connor himself . —Ed . N . S ]
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct947/page/5/
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