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BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY. 1 JO r. On an Advance jour Rent is Saved,—vcu become jour own Land and Householder.
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British Empire Freehold Land And Building Society. 1 Jo R. On An Advance Jour Rent Is Saved,—Vcu Become Jour Own Land And Householder.
BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . 1 JO r . On an Advance jour Rent is Saved , —vcu become jour own Land and Householder .
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. —x . a . jjuscoxbe , x . s « ., •»•«« x » " «» m , »{ ., a . u . , usq ,, . r . u . »• » . " <— - »• " »>•• , » ..... Bunkers . —Ihc Commercial Bank of London ( Brands ) , 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . London Office . —So . 13 , Tottonbasi Court , Xew Road , St . raiicras , London . —Daniel William Buffi , Secretary . AeeaxceD IS * fnEEE SEcnosa . Value-ef Shares and Payments for Investors . Full Share .-. .. £ 120—payment ef 2 s . 5 d . $ Week , or 10 s . Cd . per Month . Ilalf Share .. .. GO — 1 2 i — 5 3 — Quarter Share-. ^ .. . 30 — 0 7 | _ 2 8 — Applicants are requested to state ia their $ mn the Section they desire to he a Member of . So SvKVesobs ' , t ^ oLicrroB * , ot REDEjimox Fees . —3 & e present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , & 0 ., is 4 s . per Share , aud 2 s . < M . for any parfef a Share Price of Rules , including Postage , Is . OBJECTS . . x „ Jst—To enaTj-e menft-ee * to TmEd DwelUng Hoases . , 5 th . —To give to Depositing ifembers a bigfcer rate of Ino . a Tv . „ ffw rt , » ^« r .= «> « n « . Tii . a n ~ both Freehold terest tbx & » yielded by ordinary modes of investment . - auL-To afford the mtans of purcnasinjr wxn treenoiu cflli _ ^ ljle pare „ ts to make Endowments for then and Leasehold Properties or Land . ,. „ ,. Children ,-or Hushands for their Wives , or for 3 Iarriag < 3 rd . —to advance Mortgages oa PrepSSy held By Settlements , jnemhers . 7 th . —To purchase a piece << f Freehold Land of sufficient 4 th . —To enable JJort <> ajrors Ixang members to redeem value to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members o Ajeirllortgages . Parliament SEcnox-1 . ^ 4 Bv joining this secnun every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Lant in his own neighbourhood , without being removed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself and familj ' ^' Smio * It—To raise a capital hy-sliares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land int < allotments from balf-an-aa * upwardM norn ^ Tlie property to bi thetbamx ' fide f-eehold of the memher-after a term of years , from the date of location , according * - o his subscriptions . SEcnoslli . —Saving or Deposit ^ ection , in wliich members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , ieceiving intcrest at tlie rate ef five per cent per annum , on every sum of 10 s . aad upwards so deposited . 3 j j $ . ^ . £ 300 -wili be advanced to the members of the first Section in July nest , when aU persons who have and nuvj beconic members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of July next , and who pay six months' subscrip tions in advance , or otherwise , will be elig ible for an advance . . lien
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PROTECTED BY 310 YAL LETTERS PATENT . DH , LOCOCIFS FEMALE TYAJEFiS , Ilave no Taste of Medicine , And are the only remedy recommended to be taken hy ladies . Thcv fortify the Constitution at all periods of nfe , and in all rferrous * Affections act like a charm . They remove Heaviness , Fatigue on Slight Exertion , Palpitation of the Heart , Lowuess of Spirits , Weakness , aud allay pain . Thev rieate Ajipeiite , and remove Indigestion , Heavt-T 3 uni , " Wind , Head Aches , Giddiness , & c In Ifvsicrical Diseases , a proper perseverance in the use of this" Medicine will be found to effect a cure after all other means had failed . gjj = Full Directions are given with everj box . Note . —These Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and may he taken cither dissolved in water or whole .
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INSTANT EASE—LASTING CURE . Trice Is . per Bucket BRAKE'S EXAaIEU FOR PILLING DECAYING TEETH , and 11 ENDEULNG THEM SOUND AND I'AINXES- % lias , frossits unquestionable ex cellence , obtained great popularity . ^ t home and abroad Its curative asenevjs based upon a HIDE THEOBY of the cause of Tooth-Ache , and licnce S 3 great-success . Bj most other remedies it is sought te Sill the nerve , and so stop tlie pain . Uutio destroy tlie jnerre is itself a very painful operation , and-sften leads to very sad consequences , for tlie tooth thenbecoiaesadead substance in fhelivin ™ jaw , and produces the came amount ol . inflammation and pain as would result from any otlierforeocn ^ ody embedded not desl
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NOTICE . TH E NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE BRANCH OF THE XATIOXAJ . LAND COMPANY suggests the utility of calling a COXfEKENCE , and that the said Conference take into consideration the redudn ? the number of Directors to two
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THE MEJIBERS OF THE LEEDS BRANCH of the NATIONAL LAND COMPANY are xeSed . ^ fl" * - G ^ «* sX » to l ££ then The Omnmittee meet every nSjjbt , In the Bazaar from Stfe "K n Gener ^ toS m the Bazaarfon tlie Sih inst , which aB memhsrs are requested to attend : Tor tip ? yafipualLand Company , fft Sewios .
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n uua . n . PARR ' S LIFE PILLS ¦ \ Vhich are acknowlegcd to be all that is required to conper Disease and Prolong Life . Parr introduced to King Charles I . —( See "Life and Times of Thomas l'avr , " which may be had gratis of all Agents . ) The extraordinary properties of this medicine are thus described hy an eminent physician , who says : — " After particular observation of tlie action of Pabk ' s Pills , I am determined , in my opinion , that tlie following are thentrue properties : — ' , "First—They increase the strength , whilst most other medicines have a weakening efiect upon tlie system . Let any one take from three to four or six pills every twentyfour hours , and , instead of having weakened , they will be found to have revived the animal spirits , and to have imparted a lasting strength to the body . "Secondly—In then- operation they go direct to the disease . After you have taken six or twelve pills you will experience their efiect ; the disease upon you will become less and less by every dose you take ; and if you will persevere in regularly taking from three to six pills every day , your disease will speedily be entirely removed from tlie system
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NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY . —We , the undersigned , having accepted the office of Trustees , have been appointed ( hy the Directors and Members ) to investigat . * : the accounts of the ahove Society , from the cominencen I ' . uiptothe present period . - ' . - * ¦ £ s . d . We find the Beccipts amount to .. .. 348 12 ! H And the . Expenditure to .. .. .. .. 301 4 . 84 Leaving a Balance of .. .. £ 47 8 1 Harty pounds-of which is in the Bank , and tlie remainder in the hands of General Secretary aud local Agents . Brother members , —The principal objection of the Directors is , the charge for Secretary's Fees , andRentfor Office , and -which we Uiave particularly investigated . Wc find that ihe average number of members , as stated , amounts to "the iminher charged ; hut from the irregularities of local Agents , wc find it impossible to give correct data when members joined the Society , tlie Secretary having charged 33 G , to remunerate him for his services as founder , which we think him justly entitled to , but , perhaps , it would liave given greater satisfaction if it had been made a separate-item . The Secretary's Fees j we now charged in strict accordance with culo , and tlie-Offlce is now discontinued . We , the Trustees , in conclusion , call upon all Agents to send in their j-etums immediately , and that , for tlie future , the rules meat be strictly attended to by local Agents and General Secretary , that a Balance Sheet may be issued euarterlv , whidL' will be the-Cleans of increasing our memfcrs . and makeita veritable NATIONAL BENEFIT SOGLETY . Jaiies Gbass'sv , \ WaziA . v Siidte , V Trustees . Jahes Pearce , j
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ClIAItTEa * - ? LLE , OXFGSDS 1 TIRE . Most elhtfjly situated , i « eing three « niles from Witney , three from Bampton , sxd four from Surford , all market towns . TO BS DISPOSED OF , A TWOACKE ALLOTMENT , jj-ith entrance from the high ro & S , in a state of high cultivation , weH cropped vrith whe ?* , barley , dover , swede iuraips , masgel-wurtzcl , pobito » s , and ofiun" vegetables , 4 sc . ; together svith a fine milchxiw , in full aalk . FortsiRjs , apply l $ y letter , enclosi ng a postage ^ amp , to Mr . G . Baefcmau , taiwr , 4 , Salisbury Terrace , ^ filliamptreet , Cabman-road , Pentonville , London
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TO BE SOLD , A THKEE-ACKE ALLOTSIENT , at -tl- Swig ' s End , with crops , consisting of one acre of wheat , half an acre of early potatoes , half an acre of beans , a quarter of an acre of early peas , srith a quantity of parsnips , carrots , cabbage , onions , Swede turnips , black barley , with apple , pear , gooseherry , currant , and raspberry trees . It is beautifully situated , and the crops are looklpir extremely well . Price , £ i-5 . Apply ( if by letter , post-paid ) , Richaiid Coot . Mells . near i Frome , Somerset ; or Mr . Matthew Shows , Jfo . 3 , Threeacre Allotments , Snuj ' s End . near Gloucester , The reason for selling is ill-health .
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IKE CHEAPEST EOJTIOJJ EVi * ruULlSUED . - Price Is . 6 d ., ' A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'GOHHOR'S WORK OM SMALL FARMS THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , neatl ; Douud , price 2 s . Gd . each " So . i , the Number containing Mr . O'Connor ' s Treatise on the National Land Company ;' No . 10 , the one containing Mn . 0 'Con . voii ' s Treatise "On the National Land and Labour Ban ] , connection with the Land Company : " - Have lately been reprinted , and may be had on applicr tioh , Price Gd . each . ImpBrfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' may still b had at the Publishers ; In a neat Volume , Pi-ice Is . Gd . " The Evidence taken by the Select Com tnittee of the House of Commons appoints to enquire into the National Land Company . ' This Volume ought to be in the hands of every Memhe of the Company , as it strikingly illustrates th « care an economy that have been practised in the management c the Funds of the Company , and proves , beyond contradic tion , the practicability of the Plan which the Company wa established to carry out . Just published , Nos . I ., II ., and III , Trice Sixpence Each , of THE COMMONWEALTH . Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternostei row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And hy all Booksellers in Town and . Country .
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NOW READY WITU TUB MAGAZINES FOR JULY , No . II . of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW 0 £ BRITISn and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and LITERATURE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . contents : ; ¦ i 1 . The Editor ' s Letter to the Working Classes . 2 . Letter to the Trades : The Land . 3 . Letter from Paris : Present Political Aspect and Prospects of France . 4 . Our Inheritance : The Land common Property . Letter II . 5 . Political and Historical Review—Domestic and Foreign . 6 . Manifesto of the German Red Republicans . 7 . Monarchy . 8 . Speech of Armand Barbes . 9 . Literature : HiUoii ' s Prose Works ; Humboldt's Cosmos ; Politics for the People ; & e ., A : c . Fobtv . Pages ( in a coloured wrapper ) , Pbice
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PORTRAIT OF G . W . M . REYNOLDS . A favourable opportunity now presents itself for new subscribei-s to begin taking in REYNOLDS'S MISCELLANY inasmuch as No . 55 , published yesterday , commences a new ( the Third ) Volume of this highly popular and incomparably cheap work . Number 55 contains a Portrait of the Editor , GEORGE TV . M . REYNOLDS , drawn by Henry Auelay from the original oil-painting by Henry Farkman , and engraved by E . Hooper . The same number likewise commences a new and original Tale , entitled , " Isabella ; or , tlie Adventures of a Nun ;" beautifully illustrated with wood-engravings . 55 follow 1
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL DEMOCRATS . Now ready , the July number of rfiHE UXBRIDGKE SPIRIT OF FREEJ . DOM , AND WORKING MAN'S VINDICATOR . A monthly journal devoted to the advocacy of the rights of the working classes . Trice , One Fenny . Conducted by Working Men . All profits arising from the sale of this journal whl be given to the Victim Fund or Executive . Contents of this Number ; To the Thousand and One Popes . —Robespierre . — " Mind your own Business " . —The Monopoly of the Soil . —Saith the Voice Truly '—Government . —Why do the people view . vith apathy the Institution of Religion ? — Struggles of Freedom . —Review , Jtc . N . B . —A reprint of No . 2 and 3 is now ready . Watson , Quecn ' s-head-passage , Paternoster-row , and E . Truelove , John-street , Tottenham-coui-t-road , London ; Pearce , Windsor ; Cook , Sim ' s-allcy , Bristol ; Redrup , Uxhridge , and all booksellers .
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" The Voice of the People is the Voice of God I " " TOYOU 11 TENTS , Ol CHARTISTS !" The Chartists of Lancashire , and Yorkshire are vespcetfully informed that the A NNUAL CAMP MEETING , -LA Usually held at Blaekstone Edge , will be held AT BASIN-STONE , NEAR T 0 DM 011 DEN , On Sunday , July 15 th , 1819 , Chair to be taken at One o ' clock precisely . The following Gentlemen will attend and address the Meeting : — Feahgus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . for Nottingham ; M . De St . Hilauie , M . A ., Member of the National Assembly of France ; Messrs . S . Ktdd , Secretary of the National Charter Association of Great Britain and Ireland ; TV . Nixon , late a Political Prisoner hi Iurkdale Gaol ; and C . Siiackleto . v , of Queen ' s Head . ^
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TO BE DISPOSED OF , A FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , well XT . situated on the Bromsgi-ove Estate . Application to be made ( post-paid ) to Mr . Sajil . Boonham , 144 , High Holborn .
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TO BE SOLD ( CHEAP ) , A PAID-UP POUR-ACRE SHARE in the National Land Company . ' Communications to be addressed to A . B ., at the Office of the Company , 114 , High Holborn .
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THE TEN HOURS BILL . Interview betwehn the Employers and the Empi-oted . —On Saturday evening Jast an interview took place e . t the Albion Hotel , Manchester , between the niillownersancltlie delegates from the manufacturing districts , to discuss their mutual interests , and to come to an understanding oh the working of the Ten Hours Bill . The chair was taken by Mr . Hindley . Sir Elkahah Armitage , Mr . T . Bazley , and Mr . Lewis "Williams were present . The meeting , which was a very large one , was actuated by a spirit of conciliation , and conducted with tlie best feeling . The chairman and the gentlemen above-named explained their sentiments at considerable length , and professed their willingness to concur in the views oi the operatives . Mr . Samuel Fieklen also spoke at some the to
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The Poor and ? bz Public Baths . — At a late meeting of the directors of the North-west District Baths , it Teas reported that the number of bathers « nce the opening of the establishment , in 1846 to the da te of t h e r e port , was 815 , 355 . The poor persong whose linen had ¦ been washed and dried amounted to 537 , 450 . The department % supply . ing the poor with lime and othej- 'disinfectih g agents ' for cleansing and purifying their dwellings , and lending them pails and brushes , was opened January 1 , J 848 , and up to this period there-have been cleanset ? , Iinh > washcd , & m otherwise pm'lfieA 2 , 762 apartments ' ,
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J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) , for the Victim , Fund , viz : —Mr . Moss , 0 * U . ; Mr . Smith , Cd . ; Mr . Chipendale , 6 d . Kirkdaib Pkisoners . — Received by Thos . Ormeshcr : — Chorley , per Thos . Welch , Is . ; Prestwich , Mr . Fenton , 10 s . ; Liverpool , S . W „ 5 s . ; Hehden Bridge , Mr . Mann , 3 s . ; 'fodraorden , Richard Barker , 9 s . ; Cheltenham , John Ilcmmin , 9 s . 5 d . ,. # l _ , . Victim Fum—W . P . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , Manchester , has received from a few friends at Unsworth , 4 s . Od . ; a Mend at Leicester , Is . Cd . . A . Henderson , Newton Moor , near Hyde . —Send woi d . W e know nothing about it .
Mr . W . Stokes , Gretton . —Received . ' ' ,. . Mr . J . Skevingtox , Loug hbovough-Wilthe glad to receive subscriptions for any of the National Funds . To the Editor op the Northeun Stab . —Sir , —In reply to Mr . J . Arr . ott , the respected secretary to the London Victim Commute , I beg to inform him that I have yet to learn that Dr . M'Douall was either classed , tried , or convicted with White , Leach , "West , or Donovan ; consequently , the sentences complained of by Mr . A ., could not , and did not , apply to him . —I am , Sir . yours in Fraternity , M . \ V . Norman . Ventnor , Isle of Wight , July 3 . Several communications are , through press of matter ^ unavoidably postponed .
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THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . Organic Reforms are in the highest degree distasteful to the aristocracy , and the ruling classes of this country . , To paltry peddling measures of detail—chipping off a p iece here , and gluiug it on there ; rubbing down an excrescence , or filling up a hole with putty—they have no objection . But "The British Constitution " is unanimously pronounced by them to be perfect in its maim princip les , exquisitel y proportioned in its leading outlines , and upon the whole so well adapted to secure for everybody what Lord John Russell calls "temperate liberty , " that they feel bound to deprecate all proposals for re-construction , in accordance with sound first principles , or in harmony with the increasing intelli geace and new wants of the age , as a species of sacrilege .
This kind of blind idolatry constitutes tho most powerful obstacle to national progress . Itopposes even greater resistance than the active hostility of interested and selfish parties , who benefit by the abuses generated by this vaunted' 'British Constitution . '' The greatmass of the middle classes—pea-haps , we may fairl y say , of all classes—are content to take their opinions upon trust . They are imperceptibly influenced by the active and superior intellects in their own circle . Besides , self-love—or , as the phrenologists call it , " self-esteem " —never takes so seductive a form as when it assumes the shape of patriotism , or love of country ;
" Breathes tliere a man with soul so dead , Who never to himself hath said , ' This is my own , my native land !'" The result of these mingled influences is , that while l ynx-eyed as to the defects of the Constitutions and Institutions of other nations , we become mole-eyed with reference to our own—nay , admire deformities as beauties . Whoever undertakes the part of a Radical Reformer must prepare himself to grapp le with , and overcome this vis inertice . In proportion to tho magnitude of the change proposed , will be the extent of the exertion , a nd the
length of time required to effect it . And , although—to those who arc bearing the heat and burden of the day—it may seem hard that justice should bo so long delayed—that mankind should array themselves in opposition to their own host interests—that obloquy , persr * - cutioh , and imprisonment , should be tho fate of those who earnestly seek the enfranchisement and the happiness of all their fellowcitizens ; yet , in the end , it will be found that this process is not only the guarantee of ultimate success but of the permanence of the
change when once it is cftected . Things of quick growth fall and fade away as quickly . The oak , which requires a century to bring it to maturity , defies tho storm for hundreds of years . They who would bo instrumental in conferring enduring benefits upon society , must be prepared t' exhibit patient , unwearied , incessant j ? r . j 8 overance—through that alone can the goal ! be reached . For some fourteen years CHARTISM has been an out-door question . During that period it has experienced many fluctuations . The indiscretion and the
desertion of its professed advocates—the prosecutions and proscriptions of the Governmentthe rise of other more popular and pressing questions , supported by Avealth , intellect , and powerfull y organised associations—have , in their turn , contributed to weaken the ranks of its friends , to cast odium upon the cause , and to divert public jittention irom the subject . Yet , despite all these obstructions and difficulties , it has steadily progressed . The middle class and half-way movement , headed by Mr .
Hume , is an incontrovertible and striking proof of that , fact . Parliamentary Reform is clearly becoming the question of the day . Tlie numerous and influential meetings which now take place for its furtherance , and at which the middle and working classes—without any sacrifice of their own peculiar princip les and o bjects—cordially and frankly p led ge themselves to co-operate , as far as they mutuall y agree , are most gratifying indications that , at no distant day , a large and efficient measure must
bo carried . Not the least satisfactory or gratifying of these indications of approaching triumph , was the debate upon Mr . O'CoNXOlt ' s motion , on Tuesday night . In the first p lace , the fact that there was a debate at all , proved that the question has a t length gained such a footing , that however much they might dislike it , members did not dare to refuse its advocates a hearing . A very short time since , " No
House , " or a " Count Out , " woul d have been the inevitable consequence of such a motion being on the paper for a Tuesday night . Tho first expedient to evade a discussion , was not attempted ; the second , though tried , did not succeed . The debate though short , was full ; and , as far as argument wont , triumphantly in favour of tho motion , Only fifteen members voted for it , it is true ; but Chartism , from that moment , took up a position within Parliament which must bo maintained in
future by a prudent , but linn policy . The units must be multip lied b y ten , and then b y twenty ; and tho means of doing so are in the hands of the Chartists themselves , if they will but avail themselves of them . Argument , discussion , " constitutional agitation , " pertinacious perseverance , and rigorous attention to the register , are certain ' to conquer at last . ' Besides this certainty , of ultimate succes s , there is great immediate benefit to be derived from the presence of an active extreme party
in the political field . The views of the moderate middle-class reformers will find more favour in the eyes of many timid persons than they otherwise would do if they were the only proposals before the public . There must always he a bug-hoar in the hack-ground to fri g hten such people , and in the hope of escaping from the dreaded Chartists , and of arresting the demand for Parliamentary Reform , not a few will . be glad to make terms with the middle-class party , and to give their s u pp o rt t o the mod ified policy of that party . It is unnecessary to suggest tlie consequence .
One peculiar and distinguishing feature of the debate ivas , that it compelled the opponents of the Charter to grapple with first princi ples . Mr . O'CossoPw laid down ceitahYab stracfc propositions as the basis of his practical measures . In this tliere was a wide contrast to the ordinary procedure of Members of Parliament . It would almost seem as if they studiously avoided all reference to first principles , arid considered ^ that tlie prime' recommendation of any legislative measures is the want of such an ingredient in then- composition , The opposition to the abstract propositions enunciated by tho hon . an 4 learned member
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for Nottingham , as the starting p oint of his argument , was singularly weak and inconclusive . Unable to prove that these propositions were untrue , the opponents of the motion had recourse to the invaluable expedient m such cases , of conjuring up a series of dangerous consequences that would ensue if they were admitted and acted upon . According to such people the admission of truth in the abstract , and its practical application to the business of life , would be one of the greatest evils that could befal humanity . Mr . CAMPBELL , a son of " Plain John , " now known as Lord Campbell , who , when Attorney-General , boasted that he had " laid Chartism , " was the first to trv conclusions with Mr .
O'Connor on principle . We say the first , for we do not perceive anything pertinent or cogent in the speech of Mr . M . J . O'Connell . Mr . Campbell is evidentl y working hard to get a place under the Government , and disti n gui s hed himself by th e ult ra Wh ig views he gave utterance to in opposition to Mr Hume ' s motion last month . On this occasion , finding that the ghost of that Chartism his father had laid so many years ago , was rising to push him from his stool , and mindful of his University reputation for manufacturing a logical thesis Mr . ' Campbell condescended to show
, the hon . and learned member for Notting ham two ways by which he might have maintained his position . ' "He should , " said Mr . Campbell , "have shown either that pure democracy was a system good and excellent in itself , or that democracy was not pr od u c tive of public happiness (!) , but that England was an exceptional community , and that wliich mig ht work evil for all other n a ti o ns mu s t pr o du c e u nmix e d g oo d f o r this
country . " But , unfortunately , Mr . O'Connor had not thought proper to compose a treatise of this description , and Mr . Campbell added , that " though many of his arguments mi ght be sound in theory— or apparentl y so , yet they were pointedly , peculiarly , and perilousl y inapp licable to the condition of Eng land , for in this country we had an established church , an ancient aristocracy , and a large public debt . " It is almost impossible to tell which to admire most—the naivete of such an avowal , or the
simplicity which induced the speaker to use such an argument . Observe : It concedes that the Constitution of Eng land is based upon an unsound theory , and proclaims that in this country institutions are , and must be up h e ld , not for the benefit , happ iness , and prosperity of the whole community , but simp ly and solely to maintain the " Established Church , " the ancient aristocracy , and the monicd aristocracy , or fundholders ! Here is a precious trinity of blessings , for which the hardworking , honest millions of our fellow countrymen are required to submit to life-long slavery
in order to preserve ! Enoug h for them t o know that in episcopal palaces , cathedrals closes , and snug rectories , o ' er all the pleasant land , there are bishops , deans , prebends , and rectors , living in ease and luxury : enough for them to know that statel y castles and mansi o n s are surrounded b y magnificent parks and pleasure-grounds , in w h ich dwell the " ancient ai - istoci-acy ; " enough that they are allowed to labour to enrich the money-lord , and perpetuate a juggle which enables those who . deal in the circulating medium to amass millions , at tlie cost of increasing destitution among tho
masses . Those are , according to Mr . Campbell , the express objects of English society . It is constituted , directly and immediately , for the benefit of privileged classes . The people , as of old , are , virtually at least , to be helots" hewers of wood , and drawers of water ; " and be thankful for such crumbs of nominal freedom as their lords and masters may dei gn to throwto them ! Having thus shown the nature and essence of our institutions , Mr . Campbell proceeded to hold up the bugbear of So c i a lism a s the inevitable consequence of the adoption ol Mr . O'Connor's proposition ; whether that
would bo so or not we do not pretend to say , but , reall y , if even Socialism were the only alternative , Ave should almost be inclined to accept it as a smaller evil , by farbotter than that state of . society which Mi ' . Campbell holds up as his beau ideal ; namel y ,- —an Established Church—an ancient aristocracy— 'and , avc presume , as a practical consequence of these tAvo—a large public debt ! There is , however ,., no . necessary or inseparable connexion between the political enfranchisement of the masses , and what is termed Socialism . In the United States , at least , the most liberal
political franchises have not led to Socialism , while the example of the same States demonstrates that " pure democra c y is a system good and excellent in itself . " Not that it produces " unmixed good . " Neither Mr . O'Connoe , nor any other advocate of the Charter , ever made such an assertion as that . It is merely tho coinage of Mr . Campbell's 0 A \ n brain—a common rhetorical artifice of setting up men of straw for the purpose of knocking them doAvn , and producing the impression that the speaker has been successful in his arguments , when , 'in fact , ho has been speaking Avidc of the real question , and controverting propositions that Avoro never laid . down by his opponents . Mr ; W . Si Fox , in his admirable , lucid ,
and Avell-reasoiiedspeech , forcibly expl a ined the difference between extreme democracy and representation , Avhich was the object aimed at by Mr . O'Connor ' s motion . " It was , " he said , " that union of popular influence and popular satisfaction , with the exercise of practical wisdom and far-sighted views , which all friends of good government must strongly desire ; " and he added , ' witk' reference to an anc i ent church , an ancient aristocracy , and apoAverfal monied interest , that so far from these being reasons wh y the motion was peculiarly unfit for this country , that they " were the very reasons Avhich showed the want of some popular principle , to create some balance to these mighty interests . "
The Prime Minister , in his elaborate repl y to Mr . O'Connor , Avas less flippant and arrogant in style and manner than ' when speaking on Mi * . HUME ' S motion , but the spirit was the same . After explaining away his celebrated "finality" speech in a manner which , ri g htl y interpreted , simpl y meant "I will do nothing if not pressed—I will do as much and no more than the pressure at any given time requires , " he proceeded to criticise what he denominated ' . ' principles of no little danger , and propositions of . no little doubt . " He admitted that labour Avas the source of all
wealth , and that the peopl e arc the onl y source of legitimate power , but , like Mr . Campbell , he has a great antipath y to tho practical application of sound first principles or correct abstract theories . "Therefore , ? ' said he , "there is some difficulty about the corollary that 'the labourer shall be the first partaker of the fruits of his Industry : "' and having g iven a one-sided descri ption of the social theories -prevalent in France , he continued : "If that is the proposition of the
Hon . Member , and it seems more to have that meaning than any other , it is a most democratic and dangerous doctrine . " "Dangerous" to ' whom ? Not , surel y , to the labourer . To him it would give that fair partici pation in the results of liis toil Avhieh . is denied him under the present system . It might be dangerous to tho idler who robs him , and-who lives in luxury while the labourer starves in the midst of the wealth he has created . But that is precisel y the object of the motion : and , however democratic the
proposition may bo , it is , at all events , pre-eminently a scriptural and a Christian one . If Lord John has . read the Ncav Testament— and avc believe ho prides himself somewhat on his evangelical knowled ge and tendencies—be must remember that Mr . O'Connor ' s proposition is almost word for Avoid that of the highest authority in the Christian Church . ; In refusing to assent i » it , Lord John therefore denies the faith he professes , and
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pl a ce s the interests o f the ar is t o cr a tic ' class to which he belongs , above not only the welfare of the whole community , but o f the p lain dictates of that Christianity which it is said is " part and parcel of the law of the land , ' ' Lord John then objected to " the term "Universal " as app lied to the Suffrage , Avhich would exclude wom e n an objection which , theugh of no great weight in itself , might he easily obviated , by adopting the distinct and appropriate term "Manhood ; " and next objected to the term " slave , " as applied to those who have no vote . In his opinion , there is no more abstract right to be a voter-than a judge or a juryman . The difference between the two cases is so
obvious , that a child can see it , and it proved hoAv hard pushed his lordshi p Avas for argument , when he uttered such puerility . His great objection , however , ' was that the adoption of the motion Avould reall y give the people poiver in their own branch of the legislature . According to-his own account of the Avorking of our much lauded " Constitution , " it is a huge p iece of humbug . If the Soverei gn , or the House of Lords , or the Commons , were to exercise their undoubted prerogatives , " Out * Constitution , " says Lord JOHN , "COuM not last a month !"
A strange confession from so doug hty a defender of the " Constitution , " and a more powerful argument for its amendment than any urged , even by the supporters of the motion . The Premier admitted , for the second time , that "Equal Electoral Districts " is , an intelligible , and on the face of it , a fair proposition , but he doubted whether it would destroy the poAver of the aristocracy . Be it so . We Avill take the chance , and , on the other hand , as Lord John thinks " the influence of persons possessing considerable property would bo felt in elections , almost
as much as it is at the present moment , " he can have no objection to that at least . But his lordshi p sees something peculiarly calculated to represent all the great interests of the nation in our present system . It is true that it throws the major portion of the electoral power into the hands of the minority , and returns a preponderance of one interest—tho agricultural . It is true that it maintains constituencies so small that they form nurseries for the most shameless and infamous scenes of bribery and corruption . It is true , also , that six out
of every seven adult men , are deprived of any direct participation in the first and most sacred right of citizenshi p ; yet for all that Lord JOHN has the hardihood to declare , "thatthe existing system is better than that proposed to be substituted for it , notwithstanding the apparent discrepancy . " In con c lusion , the noble lord referred to late ' events in ' France , and drew from them a warning against the adoption of the motion . This is a common trick now-adays—so common , that avc are inclined to think it is stale . Even on their own showing Universal Suffrage , in France , gave a
Conservative and Reactionist majority , It remains to be seen whether a different result would take p lace in this country . But Avhether it was so or not , that should not deter us from demanding , for ail our fellow . citizens , the power of acting upon thoir oavh honest convictions . Lord John , at the close of his speech , g a ve up t h e whole ' case Avhcn he said — "IUlieve that it would be advantageous to the couil ' try if a greater number of the working classes
were in possession of the Suffrage and able to take part in the election qfrepmentaliw" That admission should never be forgotten . If be objects to the mode in which the Chartists and the Hume party propose to g ive this power to tho woi-hing classes , . avc have a rig ht to insist th a t , as Prime Minister , ho Avilldo what he admits " would bo advantageous to the country , " and bring forward a measure of his own . Less than that the country ought not to be satisfied with , after such a
declaration . Mr . Hume deserves credit for the frank and read y support ho gave to the motion . It will , avc have no doubt , tend to accelerate the progress of the movement out of doors , and to unite the middle and Avorking classes -more cordially th a n th e y have been for many years . Mr . Thompson and Mi * . W . J . Fox made admirable : speeches , while as to the trimming and shuffling of such renegades as Mr . Muntz , —the Chartist member ot * the Convention of 1337 , who in 1849 voted as a member of Parliament against the Charter—the less said the better . The people have good memories , and will not fail to distinguish at the proper time between real and sham friends .
Tho thin end of the Avedge has been inserted . All that is necessary in future is , that , the Chartists throughout tho emp ire sh a ll perfect thoir o r g a ni sa ti o n a nd continu o u s l y avail themselves of every legitimate opportunity of influencing public opinion , of urg ing the question upon the attention of Parliament The able , exhaustive , and powerful address of Mr . O'CONNOR evidentl y produced a very considerable impression upon the House . If the hon . and learned gentleman is well supported out of doors , and is enabled to pursue the same determined and steady course within Parliament , avc feel confident that in a few years public opinion on this great question will have attained such strength and consistency , thai the
admission of the people to the enjoyment of their political rig hts will become a matter o f course—one of . th o se great facts " Avhich from , time to time arc recorded in our national history , as the inevitable sequence of a ceaseless struggle for better institutions and a more equitable diffusion of prosperity among thowhole people . In tho progress of a firm but temperate agitation for this object , all classes will get better educated , the rich and powerful classes will bo disabused of their prejudices and misapprehension , and the unenfranchised classes Avill be acquiring that preliminary training which is best fitted to enable them to exercise political power with ' benefit to themselves and the country at large . Courage then—Onward !
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DR . M'DOUALL'S- WRIT OF ERROK . Dear Rider , —TVJicn I saw Cobbctt last he informed iTic that it- was doubtful whether ho could get a barrister to move for my Writ of Error I told him to go on , as f ar as he could , hut not to throw away the money needlessly . I do not know whether you have sent him all the money or not . 1 ho p e not , as I can got neither explanation , letter , nor account from him . I am ' much surprised and grieved to think that Mr . Cobbett should behave in this manner , . ns I havcalwaysconsidcrcdhimtobcan honourable man ; but , considering his profession , it does scorn difficult to find honour amongst lawyers . According to all appearances -Mr . Cobbett lias done nothing , except visit me ' twice , - write a few letters , and consult ivith his brother James If lie thinks himself entitled to £ 20 for . that duty , ' then I differ with him , and am entitled not onl y % o an account , but likewise to tax his hill of ,. /« i-o
Tlie dilemma , however , that I find myself in , and of which ho takes advantage , is , that although the client , I did not pay him the money . Now you are the person who can alone legally demand an account ; and I wish to know if you are disposed to insist upon an explanation of the expenditure of the money sent to Mr . Cobbett . Let me hear from you , and mention what success you have had . Consult with Mr . Harney about the matter , and toll him my condition has boon much improved , and that he will hear from mc before long . Yours very trul y , t i j i T , , ' -, „ f- M . M'Douali ,. Iurkdale , Jul y 4 , 18 'li ) . '
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* o » _ . 10 THE editor , OF -TIIE NORTHERN' SIAR . C ! , n A , ^ F sday Evening , July 5 , 1849 . *> Ji '~ 7- em , y . thing connected with the cause of Chartism ought to he done openly , I beg you wll-let me have a small space tfor two or three remar k s upon a letter just rec e iv e d f ro m Br MDouall T h e le tt e r I h an d you to precede this , if deemed nc ? essary ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 7, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07071849/page/4/
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