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Ihis week Tre wing Tip arrears of communications ¦ which previensly -we could not find room even to notice . J . STtgdes ( not the Irish Chancellor ) . —Hii fetter contains nothing xerw ; and ire have no joom for * Ule arguments kbonV thB " Origin of Government " , && He is very inaccurate , too i it wag «> j «• j ^ t Seadon " that £ 70 600 srasTofedfor the royal stables . Ihz WooD-SiinriBS OF UTEJ iPooL—WeiaTe had their Address these , two"wee ^ xs past ; but have been unable to insert It throngh press pf matter , and now can only find * oom for * portion . ~ In the letter accompanying the Addre- - the Chairman of the
Committee saja 7— " ThB honied-daw Papers of this town -ironld not inapjt the Address . Cpbbett once aid , -when the Hc ^ oj commons shoved It » hosffljty to public li berty , « Thank God , we have a Honss of Lords * ' , i -win not say that j bnt after the treatment the ( O perative Sawyers hare experienced at ti » hands of 'fa press-gang * of Liverpool , I think -we may say ., « Thank God , -we haTe the Northern Star I wh'jeh Is , indeed , the ionest advocate of tfee ¦ working -glasses . " We thank onr JHead tor Ma complement and are « orry that we cannot give the -whole of the Jfcddrm . "We give the greats part , and for it t e bespeak the attention of onr readers : —
Bf xhheh Operatives asdHis opEngland , — The . prospect of the annihilation of one of ttis most w jrient , -nsefnl , and recognised trades of England , and t \» determination manifested by men in power te sacrifice TWMipfll labour to a mania for machinery , and to advance tbe interests of the colonies at the expenee of the parent coratry , justify ma in endeavouring io excite pnblic attention to our own ease , and thereby place others on their guard against a system which has already proved nearly fatal to oar own trade . -. We feel—wb have reason to feel—that a erasads has " commenced sgainst working men ; and that the haarUess experiment of dispensing with m ^ nni labour in any department of trade , for the Bake of transient and imaginary benefits in the way of cheapness , is bnt the "beginning of the end / V-the practical manifestatioa of a disposition to sacrifice all trades at the anhallowed aorinaof an avaricious monopoly .
men invested with legislature antboriry are snfqrinnately more attentive to class and peculiar interests than to society at large . They seem to forget tb&t working people eonstitate the base of society ; and that if that base be weakened by the crnde experiments of cxocheleeiB aad shallow political economists , the superstractnre of nobles and sqnirearchy—of landowners , merchants , mannfactareM , and capitaUbtc , mast be Involved in one common ruin . The Saxtyert are victims already ; and it is right that they should be among the first to sound the tocsin of alpin ' .
Two causes are already in active operation to annihilate their trade . The first is the adoption of saw-mills , which afford no countervailing benefit to 'the manifold disadvantages resulting from the snpercession of handlabcmi . In quality of work , and in economical use of timber , the advantages are all on the side of ""^ " ^ labour . ^ loreover , as the work of Wood-sawyers is almost exclusively for home-consumption , a tax on wood sa # < . d by steam could in noway affect existing tariff * , or Interfere with international regulations of commerce . The monopoly of steam-sawing ,, in the
opinion of all impartial men , confers no advantages whatever on society in general ; bnt on the contrary , adds grievously to the impoverishment of working men , and occasions a consequent increase of poor-rates . Twothirds , at least , of the Sawyer * formerly employed , are now out of work ; And sot only they , bml the numerous TPPttfyrr of their ffttnfiiM ^ wholly dependant on them for support , are , at present , doomed to endure all the flfy ^ rp ^ iatf ^ hor rors of indigenes and despair , through the legislative toleration of a monopoly , not recommended by any trait of usefulness to society , or any other redeeming advantage whatever .
But this is not all In the fell spirit of that legiala ticn which regards the interests of remote- colonial dependencies as paramoot , - and robs Bogl&nd— the ffint ro of "flis Ttritay >| flpTTiT"V » 'p || J and the heart of commercial vitality , of that protection which should be given to-native industry—in exemplification of that fell spirit which forgets home and goes abroad to act munificence . Wood sawed by mills is now imported from Canada . It WAS KOI 250 CGH IO TCSTEB A MONOPOLY JLT BOaiX 50 -&SDVCB HLkSVXL iiBOCB IX ENGLiXD , BCT IT 31 CST ALSO BE POSTERED ABROAD , TO ASHiHrLATE that Labour . Here then is an
invasion of not only the rights of rnann&l labour at home , bat of the interests of the Umber merchant * , and even ibe saw-mill monopolists of-England . Hen is proof that Colonial industry will be fostered at the expense of native—of horns industry . What would the . millowners of Manchester say—how long would they sustain the Anti-Corn Xsw League with funds , if mftrmfttcttzred cottons wsre to be imparted into this country , and bought up by men who speculate on public credulity , snd prefer tbe imaginary . cheapness of an article , to thai article durable as a material , and also recommended by superior workmanship ? Wonld sot the avocation of Cobden and suca men be soon gone ?
- ThB truth is , an active crusade is now earned on to redoes the wages d rnancal labour , sot only below the standard of wages on the Continent , bat to a starvation point . An efibrt is made to get airemunerativa foreign market , by converting Englishmen into serfs , and making Vhtnr -wages depend on the-caprice of avaricious xumopolists . Undersell foreigners at -any sacrifice cf EtylauTa industry , is the motto of "R"gW « Ti mooopoliEts . Hark one Important troth , namely , that monopoly or ¦ maj ^ iiwPTy , tftnngh TtntJTnTnpAfai ^ pl y nffenting trades , to wbitb it does not immediately apply , sltunstely reaches all How is it that now when trade in the manufacturing districts ol Yorkshire is " brisk , * ' wool-combers , men
who toil from five o'clock in the morning till ten at night —tsnnot average Ss > each weekly ! The answeris , " the general poTerty occasioned among those kindred classes of operatives , whom machinery and monopoly have assailed . * " It wonld not do lor the wool-combers to stand out among the cotton , cloth , or worsted operatives , in isolated promnnncs , at & body prospering by their Tsuotadl industry . The consequence of allowing B&s&at labour in any departments of work , to be superseded by machinery , is that the hands superseded will endeavour to obtain employment in other departments where in ^ wTHj labour is reet-gnised , and tans lessen wages , by the vast competition for profitable employment Hence the gradual decline in wages generally .
Working men 2 rally now or never for the trades—the native industay of old Holland . Masters , merchants , and capitalists , rally for n&sive industry . Strengthen the working classes—the base of society , or prepare 1 st the overthrow of the social fabric which can only rest on that basis . James Goodxeb , Chairman of the Council . Committee Boom , Three Tuns , Pitt Street , Xiverpo « L J . B . Stxe , Edi > "Bi : b . gh . —This gentleman ^ commenting upon a paragraph which appeared in tee Star of the 30 th cf September , headed " Death of a- Black
Sheep , " and jiving an account of the demise of the Zhtttdee Herald , defends the conduct and character of a former Editor of that paper , Mr . la Mont . We beg to assure Mr , Syme that we had no intention ' of itfiecting upon ti » character of 24 r . La Mont by the admissien of the paragraph in question . So far as ire know Mr . L . M-, and wa do know somet&iag of him , we believe him to bs every way worthy of the " eulogies of Mr . S . We believe him to be a thorengh democrat , and an honest man ; and in justice to him we subjoin the following extracts from Mr . Syme ' a letter ;—Mr . John < 1 La Moni was far some time editor of
the Dundee Chronicle ; through his talents , exertions , and Tr » . flirir > iing honesty , that journal ion from a state of almost total prostration to a position of respectability , and bade fair to become the natio : al organ of Chartism in Scotland . For his honesty Mr . Xa Mont Was used ia the most dastardly and unfeeling manner by the heartless wretches who had the power and will to direct \ be march of the Chronicle to the purlieus of -political psostitullon , but who could not corrupt ita Editor . His honesty was unimpeachable ; and it is feut fair that our English bretlireB should receiTO not the least impression that might tend to tarnish the unspotted fame of one who has spent healtia , time , and worldly substance in the good cause . Mr . La Mont ' s name is associated in Scotland with the purest and highest aspirations for our cause ; and 1 hope yon will forgive me for thus publicly attempting to defend a persecuted but unflinching , uncompromising Chartist .
Bebscca ' s Corsis— £ *• Who are you ? "j— " recommsnQa the Trades to form an establishment for the pTsrpcseof supplying themselves with clothing . The writer calculates , that , at least , one pound per suit would be saved , if a thousand suits were made weekly ; thiB -would amount to £ 52 . 000 per aimum , which might be applied to the purchasing of land . " We are afraid onr correspondent " reckons without his host ; " that ia to say , if the poor tailors are to have " a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . " Ths ilixEiS' a ATi 05 Al CQ 3 PEBE 5 CB—Samuel Mann , of HaTifa-r , addressing the sbove fortbesming body , entreats that the delegates will set their faces sgainst a " premature strike ; " urges that . a national organization cannot be perfected in a few months , more especially with the present paucity of lecturers . He saya that the Union is progressing rapidly Ja Yorkshire ; still there are some thousands who are not yet enrolled , and many places not yet visited . A
strike at present would completely fail , and resuit is the breaking op « f the Association . Soas may say they are organised and ready ; this may be , but they rausi wait till others are ready . The writer concludes by requesting the delegates to consider his ¦ views , trusting they will act opon them . Samuel Holhes , Ktecroti , is anxious to see the principle of total absfinence from . all intcxJcating drinks , acted upon coiversally by the . Chartist party . He suggests to the Executive to draw up a pledge to be called the Chartist teetotal pledge . In conelmdgn , the wribsr says— " I would say to all Chartista , if you wish- your agitation to prosper , —if yen wish to win the respect and co-operation of the in . telleetual and sober portion of your fellowmen , a € opt the total abstinence pledge . " Teta . —TJuder-tais signaiura one of the " proscribed few , " as the lady styles herself , writes to us , coiaplainiDg of the Chartist de l egates givJEg tbeirsazjetion to the word " roaleB , " instead of " perscna" in
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the Kew Plan of Organyntlon * The fair writer as-Berts the equal rights of her own aex , and denounces the supposed opposition of tbe Chartist body t » what the conceives to be the "rights of women . " We have not room for the entire letter , bat give the following : — It ia to be regretted that a body of men otherwise advanced , and possessing many valuable truths , much political and social knowledge , should mar so grand a move by any narrow and selfish views of human interests—men who , wisely and nobly resist class legislation , as a barbaric institution , worthy only of the lowest mental condition of mere animal-man . ' To find such men , —it is painful to-contemplate , —diminish the glory of their enterprise by still preserving sex legislation . '—a monstrosity ! franght with no lees evil in ita deteriorating effects on human character and human bappiness fthan the first absurdity , which the sword erected into law—which gross selfishness and filthy ignorance have maintained to the present hour .
But , Mr . Editor , whatever may be thought by future and more enlightened ages , of the wisdom , policy , and humanity of the Chartist decree , by continuing in their new constitution the dvil disabilities of women , they will have earned for themselves as a body tbe reputation of honest men ( no small prizs ) , by a public avowal of their views—so that woman may no longer remain in ignorance of the social condition reserved for her by the movement party , who , it appears , is not yet prepared to teel an enlightened abhorrence of slavery V As Eseuy to Whig aud Toby Tyranny sends us the following : —
Some of the men employed in the Glasgow Pottery are in the habit of reading iheSlar ; and the articles which appear therein necessarily give rise to some remarks from those who read them . Some way or other , the master received information of this , and be Immediately gave orders to the effect—that all who were known h be Chartists , ot readers of that pernicious journal , ( the Northern Star , \ would be turned off from their employment Now , Sir , I think all must admit that this ia downright tyranny . . But there is another cirenmstancs also in connection with the above .
It is well known that tbe recent disruption in tbe Scottish Church gave rue to much clamour upon that subject . This also had at times occupied the attention of the men ; sad some did not hesitate to assert their utter disgust at -the course taken by the " Nong . " This also kad reached the ears of the master ; and the consequence waa that another edict was issued to the t&xi , that all infidels ( for remember all are considered infidels who do not agree with the master ) and Socialist were also to be turned ofL The master , and also Ms foreman , are both dders-of cburches ; the one a churchman , the other a diE » enVer ; the one a Whig , tbe other a Tory . These men , no doubt , are considered vtry holy and religious by their , respective sects . They must be » ware of the fact that the restraint which they have imposed upon their workmen has a tendency to create hypecriBj ; and that wbich encourages hypocrisy must be opposed to practical virtue . The writer thus concludes : —
To the workmen I would say , cease not to read those newspapers which you think will give yon the most information , and advocate those principles which wilj prove most beneficial to you . F . H . —We have no room for his letter . If he will purchase a copy of the Charter , which he can procure of Mr . Cleave for a penny , he will find every particular respecting the information he wishes for . Commodore Mead . —Tbe" foreign jaunt" is too long a " voyage" for our columns . He must " spin bis yarns" not gaite so long , if he would have any chance of seeing them inserted . J . Hitchem , one of tbe " strike" victims recently liberated from Kirkdale gaol , returns his sincere thanks to bis brother Chartists for the kindness they have shewn him . He adds that there are a number of
victims remaining in Kirkdale , whose situation calls loudly for assistance . He says , " I know them well , having suffered with them ; their conduct baa been such as to entitle them to the hearty sympathy and aid of the Cbartists . There is one individual in particular , Mr . J . Williams , who is suffering under a sentence of two years' imprisonment . He suffered greatly last winter , and I fear will again this . I hope he will not be forgotten , but that the Chartists will supply him with the little necessaries the rules of the prison will permit him to have . He is of a very delicate constitution and merits better support than he has hitherto had . " Mr . Jlitchen concludes by expressing his determination to work more saalousiy than ever is tbe good work of establishing tbe principles of the People's Charter . We commend the consideration of the above to the Victim Fund
Committee . Thomas Ttpeb . must pardon us for not inserting his piping . He ia a better patriot than a piper . F . Bisks—His lines will not bear criticism . It would be cruel in us to give him tbe " encouragement " he hopes for ; we fear that he is not likely to make a poet . James HaJldmas—The lines he xends us are pretty in sentiment , but tame , and deficient in execution ; we must decline their publication . 620 SGS Lixdsay—We are loth to disappoint a warmiesrted Irishman like oar poetic friend , bat "justice
to Ireland" requires that the birth-place of Moore should be addressed only in real poetry . The Katiosal Tjctim Fujjd Committee—The address of the Secretary it Mr . Edward Clarke , No . 37 , Henry-street , Oldh&m Road , Manchester . All letters must be pre-paid . Mb . Dosaxdsom , Warwick—The bookB of which he speak * are not yet prepared . So soon as the plan is enrolled they will be got ready forthwith , and will be sold at the lowest possible price . In the meantime the arrangements being temporary , temporary bocks will have to be used .
A Constant Reader , Manchester , asks : — "if a tenant occupy a bouse , at a weekly rent of 4 s . C 3 . -with an understanding tbat that rent is to clear him of all taxes and rates ; and if a demand should be made on him for the window tax , can be he made to pay it ? " Yes : and all other rates and taxes : but if it was a condition when the bouse was taken that tbe landlord should pay them , tbe tenant can stop the several amounts he pays out of the rent . Our correspondent further asks ;— "Tbehouse having windows , one being blocked up with a flag , and having six air holes in it , two inches by twelve inches ,
will tbat be liable to be taxed ? " On this point we cannot satisfy him : but would recommend him , if he is assessed , to appeal . A Lo * do > ' Chartist writes ns highly , praising a new novel from the pen of Mr . St . John , entitled " Sir Cosmo Digby , a tele of tbe Monmouthshire Riots . " As we have not seen the work , we most decline inserting our correspondent ' s letter . If Mr . St . John thicks proper to Bend us the work , we can then judge of its merits and award praise or otherwise accordingly . In the meantime we can give no opiuion * on the author" » production . M . A . —We nave no room .
William Murrt , Sctton-is-Ashfield . —He cannot leave his house without paying up the arrears .-L e . he cannot legally do so . J . R . Mosslet . —Certainly . Tbe party can be sued oa the n » te . Ol course tbe action would have to be entered and prosecuted by John Maraden . Jahes Ronald . —Mr . O'Connell was not one . of the gentlemen vbe drew up tbe People ' s Charter . He was one of a few members of Parliament -who signed a number of resolutions embodyiDg tbe principles of the Charter ; and Mr . O Connell also drew up , with his own hand , a draft of a Bill , which he gave to the committee of "working men belonging to the Working Men's Associatiou ; and which draft embodied the principles of the Cbartists : but the document known as tbe People ' s Charter , was drawn up by Wol Lovett Thomas Lambert , Leeds —We cannot give him the
infownataon be seeks . A X > aw Stationer will be the likeliest to apply to . William Lilley , Nottingham , writes to inquire why a resolution , Adopted and carried unanimously by a section of Chartists in that town , baa not been inserted . We will tell him . We looked upon tbe ownunication originally sent as a Tioaz And even now , we barely know what to think of tbe matter . Tbe letter we are replying to , purporting to be from " William Lilley , " is a decent , creditable , business-like letter ; while tbe " original communication , " bearing also the name of William Lilley , was tbe dirtiest beast that ever was seen . Tbe penmanship was horrid ; the diction -was worse ; while the orthoprapby banged Banagar . Accompanying " William liliesV . last note there is another , which purports to be the paragraph tbat the section of Chartists before spoken of wish to have inserted . Here it is , just as we have received it : —
Dear air the Members off tbe Duncombe asosaton have A greed not to geln the New Move ) itt was propsed by William iillep and second By William ^ ovett tbat we tbe members off this ; £ ocaHty have nottings to do with the new move witch was carried unmasly and iff you wll pat it in your paper itt will stop A deel off unplsentness A mengts tbe Members . R . Ross and E . Hurley . —We have no room for their letter to Patrick O'Higgins , Essq . The Table-Blade Forgers op Sheffield . —These ill-fated Operative * hava issued an address to the public , exposing the oppression to which they are subjected , and the avaricious plunderings of their employers . We give the following extracts , and trust that the public of Sbtffieid will come to the help of their starved , suffering , and trampled-upon townsmen . We hear of " trade being good" in Sheffield . Wherea » tbe " high wages ? that were promised , with the " plenty to do" ?— ,
GENTLEMKH AND FElLOTf-TOWSSKBN . —KnOWing that a great portion of th » manufactures of this town depend upon the labour of the ^ table-blade fergers , and consequently , during the present strike , many of thsm are deprived of their usual employment , we think it our duty to lay before yon a candid account of the present conflict between the masters and ourselves . The masters have assiduously circulated rumours that they wish to conciliate matter" with us—that we are unreasonable in our present dPTPsn'i'E—and that we are driving the trade out of the country .
Tbbt tbe public may be tibl « to judge bow far we are guilty of tb&i charger , we will give a statement of onr past prices—what the misters eow 'waat to give us—
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and what we demand . Tbe masters complain tbe most of the advance on Spear Blades , and that ; we may meet them on fair grounds ?« will select that article and give an account of the j » rice of them . " [ Here follows a table of figures , for which we have not room J The address continues : — By this table you will perceive that we have made In some instances as many blades for one day work , as we ought to make for one and a half day work ; and at the same time only received the price of half a day ' s work ; making one day ' s work for nothing . This was done by us in the nine-inch work , of which we made four dozen and six for a day work , instead of two and a half di Z 3 n , and received for the four dozsn and six blades 2 s ., or just h&tf tbe price we ought to have had for two and a half dozen . On all the large sizes we have been reduced one-half , and on the small s- ' zss one-tbird . At this rate of wages a man could not earn sufficient of food for himself and family .
the masters now opfer us 6 7 8 9 10 ; 11 12 Inches .
7 6 4 ^ 3 2 D . z . per aay 3 s ., being 28 £ di zen , for £ 1 Is ., or 8 Jd . per doasn , being } a . less than some are at present paying . THE PRICB WE ASK . 6 7 8 fl 10 11 12 Inches . 1-8 per day 33 .
6 ^ 5 4 3 2 ^ 2 . at 6 d ., heing 24 dozen eight blades for . £ 1 4 s . 6 d ., or Is . per dozen , being a reduction of Sid . per dczan on tbe original price . You will perceive that tbe masters want to advance one-third on a day work , and reduce the priee of that day work from 4 s . to 3 s ., or one-fourth . Knowing that they complain of the price of large spear blades , we have met them by reducing nine inches from Is . 7 d . per drz ; n to Is . 2 d . ; ten inches from Is . 8 fd . to la . Sd . ; eleven inches frem 2 a . 31 . to 1 b 9 d . ; and twelve inches from 3 a . per dozen to 2 s ., and yet they ore not satisfied .
Fellow-Townsmen , —You may now judge whether we are unreasonable in our demands or not ; we have sacrificed 6 d . per day work on all foreign trade ; and we have made more blades per day work on all the large spear , and we have reduced from the count of none of the small s ; e »« . We have gone far on the conciliatory principle . But pur employers are tbe men who wish to conciliate matters 1 they would do it , as you may see by their statements , if tee would give them one-half of our wages—and that , in justice to ourselves and families , we cannot da They have been unreasonable for the last five years , and remain so . They have acted the part of tyrants and oppressors . They reduced the price o / labour , at jiril , a little at a lime ; and whiM we
could barely Eubaist we submitted to it , nay we even endured it till we became bo poor that we could not resist . The masters then took advantage of our necessities—timj made encroachments upon our rights until our homes are comfortless , our families unclothed and unfed , and our qfsprings unschooled grouting up to maturity in ignorance . Our condition has been unbearable , for we have beeu compelled either to wither out a hungry , miserable existence , or go into debt . If other trades have been served by their masters as we have , ( and we believe that to be the c % a / f , well may the shopkeeper be short of customers , or be obliged t « credit his goods to persons , who , however willing , have not the ability to pay- * - Tbe address thus concludes : —
Por the last few months , we have been earning about 12 s . per week ; at tbe same time , if we had had our original price , we should have been earning £ l is ., and at the price we now aek £ 1 Is . The masters complain of so sndden a rise , but why did not they raise our prices gradually ? They have had aufficieut opportunity , and have actually pittied us for having to work for as little . But their pity was insincere , or they would have made the attempt long ago ; and had they desired to see tbe employed well clothed , well fed , and comfortable they would not have reduced their men at alL If they had doBe their duty , they would have consulted the workman before they sold his labour beneath its value . ' The principle of avarice runs through all their movements . Taey have competed with each other in tbe market—bave reduced the price , to induce
the merchants to make large purchases ; by this means have glutted the market , and have bean obliged to reduce again to obtain another sala Thus their competition is tbe cause of reduction , and not the want of demand . But what care they for all this I—the poor must pay for it , —the workmen must bo the sufferers . Bad trade has top often been only a pretext for a bad man ' s encroachments on another ' s rights ; and in many instances they have selfishly pocketod large profits instead of circulating part of them amongst their workmen . Ia this honourable dealing from man to man ? If the masters think it is , let them answer our statements , or call a public meeting , when the people may arbitrate the affair ;—if they do not we shall . They have been practising upon us lawless robbery , and now that we want the privilege to keep our own , they call us unreasonable .
Gracchus—We suggest to our correspondent that it will be better to wait for the Enrolment of the present ; Plan , before we open any discussion as to " dtstrable additions . "
Leeds Bokough Sessions.
LEEDS BOKOUGH SESSIONS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct952/page/7/
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