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    • IHOHOIVIAS COOPES. THS CHARTISTS WORKS. i
    • THE MINISTERIAL MEASURES—MEETING OF THE WHIG A>T> LEAGUERS.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1846.
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      4 The Northern Star,> , -February ¦ 14, ...

      4 THE NORTHERN STAR , > , -February ¦ 14 , : I 846 ,

      Ihohoivias Coopes. Ths Chartists Works. I

      IHOHOIVIAS COOPES . THS CHARTISTS WORKS . i

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      TTRTHE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Rliytne . In Ten Books . ( One Vol ., 7 s . 6 d . ) Tl 'The most wonderful effiwt of intellectual power pro queed need within the last eenturj . ' * —TJe Britannia . " B " fiere we have a genuine poem springing out of tin ibirit oirit of the timet , and indeed out of the heart , and ex Mriensrience of one who has wrestled with aad suffered in it ttisntisnootier than a poem in t 9 »* £ ooks , by a Chartist end md who boldly sets his name and his profession oi ilihatfhartUra on tha tiflo-pago . It is phrin that h « glorias in iis puis political faith more than in his poatry ; nay , hi * verse II batt bat tlw vehicle of that frith . Yet , neverthele * s , _ it is i i vi t * vitoreus and most efficient vehicle . We must cordially * oaf « mfeas that -we have read the whrle vrith a feeling of unssigneigned astonishment . * * * We are by »»•» nrurprorprie-a , havm-r read his poetry , at the effert ^ ttnentnence on the people . It is that of a ^ «* £%£ « I VuU cull of hurnin- zeal for liberty , and witn » " ^ aU Jfcatiat must and will come into actl 0 ^ ^ , have revelled Honexme and sinew . * * * HeSpp ^ aC anireinents in in ha history , ancient and modern' «^ # # If he ibis his department ar » 9 n 5 te 85 ^^^» , there can bono ftteasteadily hold on in sins le- nff Mt onjra certain and jjuesjuestionthathe has before ' ™ fer ^ ore consequence , hiiSlhish reputation , hot what ^ r t ( , tas f «« ow countrymen Dmaymay becor * e a real benefac ^^ knowledge and . tffUfhe nuTliot , Sn ^ fg ^ Siounound liberty . ¦ - ««* aaff power in the world of « ~ We hail «• *"'* ° doma ! lI f as , et » nt little ppodportry , * e rw * c ^^ to recos : ijis ^ linokoown , ¦» ; ™ ^ shaU pttt on then- anging ; Se ^ nnd ^ iVeSh voice and sonl speak its praises te 3 h ^ rTS ^ X es mind-ndnd which -r ^ J-K £ 8 lt understoodand which , therefore , demands re-

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      WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES . . ( Two Vols , 15 s . ) "A series of Crabbe-like sketches , in prose . They tare manifest portraits , and admonish ns of the author ' s iskill in taking the literal likeness . "—Athenowm . " TV * , have read some of these stories with deep in-41 erest , and lew , wc are psrsnadod , will rise from thrir i perusal but with , feelings all the warmer for what they ibave read . They can scarcely fall to be popular with the masses ; ' and , npon the whole , we think they deserve tobe so . " —Atlas . " The snihor excuses the sternness of his pictures by alleging their truth . The justification is all-sufficient . ei ^* i ~ t « o * iio ~ ek * iches arc , they are healthier , In t » no and sentiment , than the tawdry fictions vampen op tor the wailing public by some popular writers , that profess to exhibit the life of the labouring classes . "— The Britannia . "Of a truth , this Chartist agitation has thrown to the surface nu morereraarkable a man than Taoitis Coopbb , and we much question if there be any one so fitted to represent the manufacturing masses , to describe their wants , and expound their wishes , aa he . —iTent & a Iiidepender , * . " Well written and interesting . The stories contain eome trac and painful pictures of the miserable condition of many of the poorest operatives , while otters of them are of a humorous description . They cannot fail to be popular with the thinking and reading portion of the -working classes . "—Leicester ChronWU . "llany of the stories exhibit considerable vigcur of pencil , shrewd sense , and clear-sighted observation , accompanied with a kindly , genial feeling and toleration , tre vtere not prepared for from so determined a politician . "—Glasgoie Citizen . Alsojust published

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      COLOSSEUM . —NOTICE . —PRICE OF ADMISSION DCItLVG THE HOLIDAYS !! Say Exhibition -s . Evening l ) o ; 2 s . CQ . GhiMri-n under Twelve Is . Stalactite Cav-mis Is . extra . npHS DAT EXHIBITION consists of the Museum of X Sculpture , Grand Picture of London , Alhambia Conservatiirws , Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , Classic Hums , Swiss Cottage and Jlont Blanc , ' . ri ; h ^ fountain Torrent , & c kc . Open lroni Ten till Four o'Ciock . EVEXiKO . —Tha new and extraordinary Panorama of Losoos lii Sight , Museum of Scnlptme , Cimscrvatoiie .-, and Gorgcus Gothic A viarr , ic , brilliantly illnuiinatfd ; Swiss CotUsg-r . Mont Ulauc , and Mountain Ton cut represented by . Moonlight . Open from Seven till a Quarttrpast Ten o'Ciock . ¦ : A eiUNK OnoiESTBs Oscan , on which the most admirt-dOvxRTcnES , ore , arc played , from Two to Four and - Eight till Half-past Tea o'Ciock . whole prijeeted and designed by Mr . "William 41 .

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      KS . * i VEST-RIDING OF YOBKSHIRE , IWOTBBtfirrOT ^ ^^^^^*** jU OTICE IS HBBBBI «» p fortha ^ ^ ^^ otYortwm be holioa by adjourn-Rtdrngoffte County of Yo * « " > Twentf-sixth day » andbySer « djo » mn « nt ftom thenctiwul beholden - at Vake & dd , on Monday , the Second day of March next at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon , for the Trial of ' , Felons and F « rsons Indicted for Misdemeanors , when f all jurors . Suitors , Persons who stand upon Recognii gance , and others bavine business at tha said Sessions 1 1 £ „ , required te attensl the Court . ; prosecutors and Witnesses in cases of Felony and j . Misdemeanor from the Wapentakes of Strafforth and j TlckhiU , Osgoldcrsss , and Staincross , must attend the / Sessions at Sheffield ; and thoss from the Wapentakes ef | Stainclifl ' e * ndEweross , Claro , fheAinsty , Agbrigg and Morley , Skyrack , and Barkstonash , being the remainder o , f the West-Riding , must attend the Sessions at Wakefield . C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of tho Peace . Clerk ot the Peace's Office , Wakefield , 9 th February , 1846 .

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      DAGUERREOTYPE AND CALOTYPE . THE APPARATUS , LENS , CHEMICALS , PLATES , i CASES , and every other article used in making and mounting the above can be had # f } . Egerton , 2 ? o . 1 , Tomple-strcet , Whitefriars , London . Descriptive Cata- i logues ; patis . , lEREBOPRS celebrated ACHROMATIC TRIPIlBT LESSES for the MICROSCOPE , sent to any part of the ' country at the following price : —Deep Power , t ) 0 s ., Low ( Power , 25 s . Every article warranted . ,

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      ¦! j TO TAILORS . Byapirobation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert . THE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for Winter , 18 i 5 andl ? 48 , by READ and Co ., VI , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and may be had of all Book , sellers wheresoever residing ; a very superb Pr int , representing the most splendid exhibition In Europe , an Interior View of the Colosseum , Regent ' s-park , London . This exquisitely executed and beautifully coloured Print will be accompanied with fullsise Dress , Frock . and Ridins Coat Patterns ; also , Patterns of the Sew Fashionable Polka Frock , and Locomotive Hiding Coats , and an extra fitting Fashionable Waistcoat pattern , with every part complete , and a full explanation » fthe manner of cutting and making them up ; also 9 ixtra plates , including 3 sections , 4 forcutting fancy eo . its , 4 for waistcoats , the other for cutting Coat Collar Patterns , in proportion , for all sizes , so that any person may complete the whole in tha most correct manner , without a previous knowledge of any system of cutting whatever . Price ( as usual ) , the whole , Ws „ or post free , toanypart of England . Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , lis . System of Cutting , 23 s ; Patent Measures , 8 s the set . Patterns , post free , Is each ; to be had of all booksellers . For particulars , see "Townsend ' s Parisian Costumes , " " Gazette of Fashion , " "London and Paris Magasineof Fashion , " the " London and Country Press , " 4 c .

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      THE REV . T . WILSON'S CATECHISMS . Jttst Published , Price Od . rpHE CATECHISM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR Also , A ' eui Editions of the foUouing Cafeefcisms , by the Rev . T . . Wilson , Price Sd . eacli . First Lessons in Natural Philosophy Second Lessons in Natural Philosophy Third Lessons in Natural Philosophy First Catechism of Common Things Second Catechism of Common Things Third Catechism of Common Things Catechism of Bible History Catechism of English History The First Catechism of Geography The Catechism of Music . LONDON : DA 11 TON AND CLARK , HOLBORN HILL

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      The Ministerial Measures—Meeting Of The Whig A≫T≫ Leaguers.

      THE MINISTERIAL MEASURES—MEETING OF THE WHIG A > T > LEAGUERS .

      A Very Numerously Attended Meeting Of Li...

      A very numerously attended meeting of Liberal Members was held on Saturday at Lord John ' Russell's house , in Cbeshain-jdate , to consider the course to be taken in the approaching discussion on Sir Robert Peel ' s proposals . Wc understand that Lord John Russell addressed the meeting , pointing out the danger to the measure that might arise from an amendment in committee for immediate repeal of the Corn Laws , which might he supported by the Protectionists for the purpose of throwing a difficulty in Sir Robert ' s Peel ' s way , and , being carried by a majority combined of free traders and Pro-1 tCGtiuiists , might cause Sir 11 . Peel to throw up the measure . We aro told that the most perfect unanimity prevailed as to the necessity of the Liberal party doins everything in their power to pass that part of s Sir * Jt . i ' --el ' smeasure , " which concerns com as quickly asp 6 .-sip ! e , and in thinking that , though immediate ffee trade in corn ' . would be preferable to its fulfilment in Fcbruar-, ISi'J , still it would not be ri < jlit , under present circumstances , to risk the slightesttlclay in passing Sir Robert Peel's measure by an amendment for immediate repeal . The memleis began to assemble at 12 , and the ; meeting broke up rfinrtlv before 1 . Among those who attended were Lord I ' almercton , Sir Geor « o Grey , Mr . Lauoucherc , Mr . Macaulay , Mr . F . T . Baring , Mr . O'Connell , Sir William Molesworth , Mr . Bernal , Lord Marcus Hill , Mr . Miiner Gibson , Mr . Su-utt , Mr . Thorncly , Sir Geor « e Strickland , Mr . Pattison , Mr . J . O'Connell , " Mr . Leader , the Earl of Shelburne , Sir Thomas Wilde , Mr . Tufnell , the O'Connor Don , Lord Harry Vane , Mv . Hayter , General Morrison , & c . & c .

      Todmonnns.—Tho League Arc Spending The 2...

      ToDMonnns . —Tho League arc spending the 20 per cent , of the qiiarter-miilion fund rapidly . They have men iu every part of our small village , poking the petition in ill * people ' s faces , and doing all but compelling them lo sign it ; and they would do that if tliev had the power . No ddrnWrnany have been cwniielk-d . The following dialogue took place here between one of the persons employed to procure signatures , and a Clwrtisfc . — " Now , sir , will you sign this petition ? " " I don't know , what is it ? " " It is for a total reppal of the Corn Laws . " " And for what is it besides ? " "Why nought . " "Why , niat ! , Sir Robert ' s measure h better than that , for Hs is not a one-Mt " ed thing , while the League ' s is so . You are too late ; Sir Robert hus outbid you . Bid a » ain—set your masters < o hid for the Charter , aud then voii'IJ have the w orkers with you . " " Oh , I am a Chartist . " " 1 am glad to hear it , out 1 had rather ^ ee you prove vourstlf one in another way than carryinp that nig about ; but I must tell you a » ran ( hat Sir Robert is a-head of you ? lou must bid again before 1 can give vou my name ? Well , please yourself ; vou don't dc serve cheap food . " " Nor must 1 havo it , it" it lies in the power of your masters to prevent me , "

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      * Gbkbnwich , DmifoiBuV & c .--A . public ' ineetiug , 5 » m 1 ' "' be hield'lit tHe'LMtnre Hall , Royal-uiil , Greenwich ,, on Wednesday evening next , the 18 th of February , for the purpose of adopting a petition to the House of Commons for the mtotattou of Frost , Williams , Jba « 8 , and Eliis . The chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Fergus O'Connor , Esq ., will attend and address the Meeting . Admission free .

      The Northern Star Saturday, February 14,1846.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 14 , 1846 .

      Ministerial Confession Op Chartist Stren...

      MINISTERIAL CONFESSION op CHARTIST STRENGTH . ' Whatever may bo the fate of Sir Robert Peel ' s gigantic and statesmanlike measure , if is , after all , but the experiment of a wise and far-seeing caution , which irresistibly forces upon us a belief that the policy of Sir Robert Pent go far differs from that of his AVhig opponents , that he looks beyond the mere patching of the thing , and aims beyond the paltry desire of making it last his time . Doubtless , much of the material with whieh he has to work is of his i ! i ,

      own creation , while , nevertheless , his mind seems capable of grasping the great collateral questions , which , if not met by a comprehensive course of legislation , may be brought into antagonism with bis general policy . He has not been awed into inconsistency by the more desire to ensure the possession , or even the permanency of office , by pandering to the caprice of the Corn Law League , neither has any imi mediate dread ef famine induced him to make an onslaught upon that interest which he was pledged to protect and defend against the assaults of its op . ponents . ' ,

      lie sees that tho present move , not only in England and Europe , but throughout the civilised world , is an amalgamation of science and industry , of conception and thought , against Jong cherished dogmas and idleness , worn-out privileges , and usurped authority . Peki . has found it impossible to govern the growing mind , strengthened by over thirty years of peaceful teaching , by antiquated statutes , which but mark the ignorance of their founders on the one

      hand , or bespeak the contrivances of the wily upon tho other . He has read of , or witnessed , the great revolutionary changes that have taken place in England from 1683 to the passing of the Reform Bill , and in one and all he has discovered the one great deficiency , the absence of all popular triumph and popular amelioration—that is , that that comparative scale of improvement which should equally distinguish the elevation of the several classes has not been observed .

      For many years of his more youthful life he was a zealous advocate for the ascendancy of an oligarchy , ard evinced a strong disposition to walk in the path of the "GREAT STATESMAN NOW NO MOKE ;" but the sudden rush and crowd ef circumstances that have sprung up , as if by magic , in this new world of active thought and quick conception , has convinced him of the fact , that we live in now limes , and require new ideas to mould them to fresh necessities . When Russell proclaimed the Reform Bill to he a final measure , we told him that he might as well at

      tempt to stop the sun in his course , as to stay the onward progress of mind . We told him , when ho gave expression to the folly , but a few years after the perfection of that machinery , from whose working so much good was anticipated , but which had even tliCll failed to , keep pace with the progress of mind—we told him , that as well might he attempt to stop the tide of ocean , as to arrest the rushing streams of knowledge , by sitting before the flood-tide of public opinion , and saying to the mighty swell ef mind and thought , " thus far shalt thou go , but no farther . "

      It was this hopeless struggle to uphold practical tyranny , amid tho boast of theoretic freedom—it w * s the law ' s antagonism to public opinion , that drove Russell and his colleagues from power . Peel sees that he cannot safely follow the policy of l ' ni or Russell , and , to hold power , he is compelled to extend ltts views beyond the narrow limits which circumscribe the one , and to contract them within a nar rower sphere than that which capriciously bounded the ambition of the other .

      It was Put ' s policy to turn England into a leviathan hobgoblin , to affright the revolutionary spirit that was spreading its influence , and casting a halo around every crown « d head in Europe . It was Russell ' s policy to hold office with the motto , "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof : let the monow provide for itself . " It is Pkkl ' b policy to preserve as much monarchical power , and for as long a period as the continuously changing circumstances of ti e Vines will warrant or permit . Although tho corrupt press of England and of Europe will only convey that description of intelligence calculated to serve the interests of their rcspccSvc parlies , yet the very facts admitted by Sir James Gxaham in his

      speech on Tuesday night , prove that there is a possibility of conveying knowledge , and ovea terror , to the ear of the Minister , which it might be prudent to withhold from the community at largo ; and while the League and tho Whigs were trumpeting forth the victory that they had achieved over tho consistency and long-cherished prejudices of the Minister , Gruiust thus strips them of their laurels , and gives tho honour of triumph to the Chartists , whoso power was only communicated to the superintendent of police and the Horse ( Guards . " This measure , " says Graham , 'is neither to mark tho triumph of the League nor the humiliation of the lauded aristocracy ; it is a stop rendered necessary to ARREST

      THE PROGRESS OF CHARTISM , and to avert such another calamity as the country was threatened with in 1812 . I ( says the Home Secretary ) Wns in daily communication with the police authorit ' ius and tho Horse Guards for six whole montlis ; and never was anxiety and suspense greater than that felt by her Majksti ' s advisers during that long and critical period . Nightly assemblages of Chartists were held in Lineoln ' s-inn-fields , and throughout tho metropolis . This state ef things was brought about by high prices and low wages , and I am sure that no honourable member would desire a return of such times . "

      What other construction , then , can we possibly put upon the proposed measure , than that it marks the progress of Chartism , as avowed by a Minister of the Crown , —n terror , as wo learn , participated in by every one of that Minister ' s colleagues ? It is not the Secretary for Foreign Affairs—it is not the Secretary for the Colonies—neither is it the Chancellor of tho Exchequer who speaks thus . No ; it is the most vigilant , the most prying , the most spying Home Secretary that England , or the world ever saw ; the Secretary , whose especial duty it is to receive and digest for tho Cabinet tho tittle-tattle and idle gossip of the back parlour , as well as „ $ he opinions publicly expressed upon the platform ; in fact , he is the digester of the " Home mind for" the Cabinet and

      through him alone can they receive its impression ; and such is the impression that the threatening position of Chartism forced upon him , and , through him , upon the Cabinet ! Hence , w # learn that tho police force and the Horse Guards are to Chartism what the press is to the faction ; but if tho dungeon , the dock , and the scaffold—torture , starvation , imprisonment , and outlawry , and all the appliances at the disposal of tyranny , together with tho crushing silence of the press , have not had the effect of smothering the Chartist cry ; if , upon the contrary , despite of all , it is the Ministerial bugaboo , the police hobgoblin , and the bogie of the Horse Guards , is it not high time that some more prudent concessions should be made to its power , its

      acknowledged strength , and just demands , than the poor , though pioud and tardy , tribute paid to its threatening iuiluence and commanding position , by the English Home Secretary ? Sir Robert Peel may rest assured , that while wc admire the difference between lua sweeping policy and the niggling of the Whigs , , that , nevertheless , ho . will , erelong , he compelled to

      Ministerial Confession Op Chartist Stren...

      go . & yftnd ' tV .-meTO-a ^ by any sliding system of mutual concessions to general necessities ; he must not hope , he cattnot expect , much longer to legislate for the pboplb without THS ? SOH , U . ... .. : In the old dull times of parchment government , when the Statute-book was sacred as the Bible , and when he who transgressed any one of its provisions looked upon every bush asan officer ready to avenge any insult to the law , wtflEthe poor equally with the rich had an interest in upholding , such a

      sweeping measure as that proposed by Sir . Robert Pskl would have been considered aa a firm foundation for centuries for any legislation that folly might think proper to pile upon it ; but a succession of eventful changes , from 1829 to 1845-frora the passing of Emancipation to his extended Tariff of 1845 ; should have convinced him that each page in the country ' s present history stands for more than a volume of antiquated rubbish ; each day is a reign , while each reign reminds monarchy that its days are numbered .

      The Emancipation was intended as a final measure . The Reform Bill was intended as a final measure . The Tariff of 1811 was intended as a final measure . Tho Tariff of 1845 was intended as a final measure ; and yet has tho infinity of machinery disturbed the finality of one and all . No man , not the wisest statesman in existence , oan judge , not only of what may be final , but of what may continue to give a single year ' s satisfaction oven to its own propoundcr . In legislation nothing can bo final . What wo are to look for is the adaptation of existing circumstances to immediate requirements ; and it is out of tho

      power of tho most subtle or astute to devise otker means of accomplishing this end , otherwise than by Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , and tho Payment of Members . From suoh a combination alone can w © expect tho fitting machinery to adapt the world ' s progress , the country ' s improvement , and the nation's wealth , to tho requirements of justice and the necessities of the people . And these truths the landlords , shorn of thoir prescriptive rights and usurped privileges , are already

      beginning to see , inasmuch as , when threatened themselves , they now begin to brand as abusos tlw very evils of which the Chartists have complained , and to correct which Chartism was established . We have no reason to despond , then , but , on the contrary , every reason to hope ; and after the tardy tribute paid to our strength by Sir James Graham , let tho cry , "Onward , and vre conquer ' . backward , and we fall ! " ' " The Charter , and no Surrender ! " once llioro be the watchword and rallying point of the Chartists .

      No Vote, No Musket. As There Is No Singl...

      NO VOTE , NO MUSKET . As there is no single principle that has been dearer to us through life than the uninterrupted preservation of peace , there is naturally no proposition which more alar / us us than that of a threatened recurrence to war . Up to the proclamation of peace in 1815 , and for many years subsequently to the cessation of European war , England had no other mind than that whichjemanated from the fostered prejudices of an ancient and pampered aristocracy , whose title was plunder , and whose mode of supporting it was , War !

      War !! War !' . ! War , however , in whieh they only participated to voap the laurels of ; ehivalry , a disjunction and an honour for . which they paid heavily ; while the ignorant poor were seduced by bounty , coerced by law , induced by poverty , or pressed by brute force to fight the battles of their oppressors . Every brutal act that appears upon the Statute-book , and that befouls the . oountry ' s records , is an emanation from that confidence or fear inspired by the terror of our arms or the splendour of our triumphs .

      With us " peace" is no new doctrine , while we have cheerfully borne all the odium that the advocates of physical force who have deserted our ranks entailed upon our party , rather than injure the popular cause by an over-nice censure of the enthusiasm of ardent minds . We are , nevertheless , able to quote from imperishable records what our earlier and present impressions have been . From time to time we have expressed ourselves in the following terms : —• War is to trade what tho hot-bed is to tho plant , it forces it , but strengthens it notjin its growth ; while p & aeo is as the pure air of heaven , which forces it not , but strengthens it till it arrives at a wholesome maturity , — Speech delivered in Cork , 1831 ,

      I trust tha day will yet arrive when all matters In dispute between nations will hi ) left to the impartial arbitration of the wisest selection from the industrious classes , who have the greatest interest in the preservation of peaoe , because iu war their oppressors triumph aud they suffer . —Speech at Macrooiw , 1831 . What do you call this but peaceful resistance to tyranny , although threatened by the presence of yonder martial array 1 But I tell those who . are now armed for the slaughter , that tho voice ot knowledge will silence the cannon ' s roar , and that the peaceful universal shout of liberty will be louder than the neighing of the war horse , — Speech at Fe-moy , 183 : ! .

      Ours is the battle ot right against might , of knowledge against bigotry und intolerance , and of justice against oppression aud misrule , and argument aud reason art tho only weapons we'll use . — 'Speech at Maryiebonc , 1 S 35 . You aro to receive me here , not in that character in which the press has heralded me to your notice—not as a revolutionist , auxious to set man against man , but as u peaceful propoundcr of the righteous principles of justice , assuring : yeu that I would rather bear all the ills of which I complain , and ten thousand times more , or ovon sacrifice my own life , than be the menus of slu-dding ono drop of human blood . —SpeeeJi at Glasgow , Edinburgh , Pdtiloy and Other parts of Seolh-nd , i « ! S 3 i 5 .

      111 tell you what yen are doing ; you ' re appealing to me as a barrister npon a subject , tiny-cry discussion oi which may enable tyrants to question the legality of our meeting . What business have you , what necessity is there for mentioning muskets or physical force at all . You but delude the people , and furnish the government with a justification for exciting all the evil passions of the timid against you . Tho only opinion that I shall give you ii , that it is not only impolitic but unsafe even to discuss the question . —Speed iu the Convention , of 1830 . lain asked to defitio the difference between moral and

      physical force . The difference is this : moral power is the deliberative quality in each man ' s mind which teaches him how to reason , how to endure , and . when forbearance becomes a crime ; and should that fail to accomplish for man all that ha is justly entitled to possess , ami should physical force be necessary , whieh God farufVud , it will come to its aid like an electric shock ; but the man w !< o attempts to martial it , destroys it by alarming the foe , and the man who recommends it is either a fool or a traitor , and will be tho first to desert tho standard . — Svcech at fiirmuioliam ,-18 l 0 .

      You bawl for the Charter , you shout for the Charter , you voav for tho Charter ; but work for the Charier for a month , as I have worked for years ; let each siy to himself , " Upon my exertion alouo depends the Charter ; " and then if justice is refused to the moral appeal of the united people , and if the tyranny of oppression still ' . continues too strong to bear , when youanyeaily to ctouu by force what has been refu ' sed-to'jiij &^ . Uu-n , if you can find no better loader , I wil 1 i ^ ybu < m to death or glory , —Spoteit at / uluec-2 / uru ' , 183 !) . 1 tell you that 1 will not listen tamely to the speeches delivered by Mr . Cooper , and others , in this Convention . If his Shaiisperians ar ^ i prepared to fijfht , I ani not prepared to lead iiir undisciplined , unarmed multitude against a disciplined and armed soldiery ! I will , t . ake my stand with the country , and when the country resumes its judgment , it will . do justice to my cournge .-rrSpeech at the Jtolegate Meeliiy , atMttnchcster in 1 S 42 . ' ¦ , \

      Now such , with countless other quotations ; have been our notions with regard to the , potency , not to the justice , of repelling ' force by . force ; and although somewhat hazardous . to . the moral progress , of Chartism just now , we shall not allowthe adoption of new doctrines .. to . scare m from : the -performance of a sacred duty . While , then , we never , will countenance the notion of achieving political power by physical force , because we feel assured of being abl « to succeed without it ' , nevertheless , we shall not prostitute ourselves to the beastly , the unchristian , the unmanly , the debasing doctrine of non-resistance to physical aggression . Nay , wo go further , wo

      justify physical aggression against armed or unarmed tyranny if it cannot bo otherwise destroyed . We are induced to mako these observations in consequence of the systematic intrusion of a new doctrine by Mr . Cooper—an intrusion which , while it may bespeak a plaeid conversion from revolutionary thoughts , that old women may embrace as charitable , christian , and balmy , must , nevertheless , wear the appearance of a stern necessity upon the part of Mr . Cooper to resist a doctrine which of itsolf has died away . Mr . Coopkb , of course , is wedded to his new bantling , and cannot sec the danger of exhibiting it to an astonished , audience . He cannot or will not see

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      the evil heIs'doing ^ Sn evil ^ however , which h more than manifest in the angry , and even personal crimination and recrimination to which it has given rise at the several meetings whore he has propounded it . Mr . Cooper has sense enough to see , not only that his principle is unpalatable , but that it ii likely to remain so . He must have discovered that it is but calculated to lead to a discussion as to the relative merits of moral and physical force - / moreover , he must see that the introduction of it into petitions for the restoration of Fhojt , Williams , and Jombs is absolutely childish , if not idiotic . What business has

      it there ? And If it has no business there , what business hag Mr . Cooper to attempt to thrust it in ? Mr Cmbk well illustrated the practical working of this non-resistance doctrine . He said , " I will put a case to Mr . Coopkb . In the eounty of Wicklow , in Ireland , a militia soldier broke into a peasant ' s bouse , and violated his daughter , seventeen years of age , before his face . Now , I ask Mr . Cooper if tho mere remonstrance , ' you ' re wrong , sir , ' would have been the only vengeance his nature would prompt him to take upon suck a ruffian V Again , Mr . Harney , in a most powerful and able exposition of this slavish

      doctrine , observed . "How can Mr . Coopbr reconcile to himself the high encomiums that he has passed upon Hampden , William Tbll , and others , and come here to propose such a doctrine to this meeting ? Again , I ask him , if he thinks the conduct of the crew of the Tory , so Inhumanly butchered by their byatal Captain ( Johsmohb ) , was praiseworthy or otherwise ; or , when they saw the ruffian bent on the extermination ef those whos * lives were committed to bia care , would it not have been better to chuck one murderer overboard , than that several should suffw from hie cruelty ?"

      We rejoice to find , that Mr . Comer ' s amendment shared the same fate at the National Hall , on Wednesday night , that it has met with upon the several occasions when it has been propounded . Loth as wo may be to enter upon the subject at all , we have nevertheless felt it to be our bounden duty to arrest the progress of a slavish doctrine while in its infancy , instead of being compelled to reason against the absurdity when it had achieved strength through mistaken lenity . We shall here , in order that our

      opinions may stand of themselves distinct and apart from the notions of others , print them , and stand by them . "Wehold , then , that it is right to repel force by force , and that resistance—armed resistance to tyranny , is a question of policy , not of principle—no doubt existing as to the justice and the right ; while WO hold that dectrine which recommends nonresistance under all and every circumstance , slavish , debasing , cowardly , unmanly , un-Christian , and un-Chartist .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . PARLUMEsr has this week been almost exclusively occupied with tho diacusston on the new commercial scheme of the Premier . Other and important subjects have been incidentally mooted , but the real strength and interest of members have been concentrated upon this measure , which , for the time being , throws all others into the shade . Nor is the measure itself unworthy of the prominence given to it , and tho interest it excites . The Times has truly

      remarked : — "It a indeed a great commercial scheme . It is also something more than a gyeat commercial scheme . It is a revolution—a social revolution-, " and though we may be less sanguine as to its effects than it suits the present purpose of " the Thunderer '' to be , it ia impossible not to perceive that it is but thecommencemens of a long series of political , financial , and social changes , which must , in the natural progress of society , have come sooner or later , but the advent of which will be mightily accelerated by the impetus derived from the passing of this

      measure . As to the debate itself , it has , up to the time at which we write , been more novel in the wanner than matter . The old arguments in favour of free trade in corn have been urged , but by now men . With the exception of Lord Jons Russbxl , no speaker of note has risen on tlto Liberal side of the house . While the Ministerial benches have exhibited the strange spectacle so graphically described by Sir R . Iscus , of "a numerous and once respected party , firing into each other's ships . "

      Some of the new converts to the doctrines of the League have shown themselves not inapt recruits , and handled their weapons with considerable dexterity and address . By far the most hopeful oi the new pupils of Messrs . Villiers and Cobdeh is Mr . Sidyet Herbert , the Secretary at War . He " pronounced" against protection in a style which must have excited the envy of many of the League orators ; and which at any Covent Garden meeting would have carried off the laurel from Mr . J . Fox himself . As to Sir James Graham , the only other occupant of the Treasury bench who has spoken up

      to this time , little surprise can be excited by his familiarity with the free trade view of the question . The hon . hart , has so often changed sides , that nay change now can merely be back into some former position . At the command of Sir Robert—a la militaire , " as you were "—the Homo Secretary has gone back to his youthful opinions ; and again swears by the disowned and celebrated " Corn and Currency ' ' pamphlet . Other converts have at least the graceful and plausible apology of changing from the immature and crude opinions of inexperienced political boyhood to the more enlarged and comprehensive views of manheod : but Sir Jawks has ne such excuse

      to offer . Ho is the most unfortunate of politicians and statesmen . He cannot even do right in the right way . This unhappy idiosyncrasy of the hon . baronet showed itsolf forcibly in that part of his speech in which , after professing himself ready to submit to any sacrifices to promote the welfare of the poorer classes , he declared , first , that the operatives had changed their opinions as to the relation between wages and the price of food , and then proceeded to eulogise the . recent conduct of Lord Morpeth with reference to the Tes IIob'Bs' Biu ,. He professed that "it would be tho happiest day of his life to see that measure carried into effect ; " but he will take no steps towards securing himself

      that happiness . It must be brought about " by the mutual- agreement of the masters and men . " Ii the former will not consent , so far as Sir James is concerned , tlte > iattcr shall have ho . help from the government . This gratuitous , and at the same time uncalled-for declaration , is only a specimen , of tlto manner in which the Homo Secretary contrives to spoil even his own : efforts to be popular . It should at the s ume time incite the Short Time Committees throughout the country to active efforts , in order that Mr , ; FiHiDB . Y , in tho prosecution of the bill now before the House , may have the'benefit of that power which Si ? Jamks's own speech shows to be now omnipotent—namely , public opinion . ,

      But to return to the debate . The majority of the speakers on the first two nights were Protectionists . The arguments / principally adduce ^ in defence of tho existing system , and in opposition to the Ministerial measure , were : —First . That though the Premier , and all his supporters , had jusfifiod the introduction of thoE & easuromainlyonthe ground of the failure offhepotatoe crop in Ireland , « nd a consequent apprehended famine in that country , such a famine , grievous as it would be , was no sufficient basia for so great a change . The evil , however great , could bo but temporary in its duration , and might bo met by temporary remedies ; whereas theMinisterial schemo

      involved a radical and permanent change in the institutions of the country . Secondly . Alarm , not only at tho nature and extent of the proposed changes , but at the greater and indefinite ones to which they would lead , and to which they were only the prelude . Thirdly . That the country had flourished under a protective system , and that each successive relaxation of that system , durin " tho last twenty years , had been injurious " Fourthly . That thm was no parallel between manufactures and agriculture , inasmuch as the oue could be carried on in all seasons and at all hours , while the other was subject to all the variations of seawna and weather , PiftUr , That the

      burdens on farms in respeo * of poor and other rata were much greater than on mills , when , tta aBnua j returns from each were taken into coasideration Sixthly . That protection should be given in propo ^ tion to , the manual labour employed in the produ c , tlott of any article , but the present measure gave the least protection to agricultural produce , which was . almost entirely produced by manual labour , and tag greatest t » manufactures , which : were altogether ot partly produced by machines . The idea of excIusi Tq protection to agriculture was disclaimed , and right of every department of nature industry to itg benefits emphatically asserted .

      The mam force of the opposition to the measure however , was concentrated upon the inconsistency of the Ministers who proposed it , and the shock th at such a profligate abandonment of principle was c * U eulated to give to confidence in public men . What , ever change may have taken place in the opinions of the Premier , ho had no right to demand that a Par . liament , which was elected to support the principle of Protection , should turn round at his bidding , and vote directly the contrary , in the teeth of all their former professions , and of that confidence in those pre

      fessions which induced their constituents to elect them . If the present professions of the Premier were not as baseless and hollow aa his former ones ; if he was really convinced that the country was p re . pared for his measure , let him at once dissolve Par . liament , and , by an app « al to the people , save tha character and consistency of a largo body of men who still wished to be useful to their country , and were unwilling to sacrifice that character which could alone enable them to bo so ; and , at the samu time , test the statements made as to the popularity of free trade doctrines and measures .

      What answer Peel will make to this , remains to be seen . Of its reasonableness there can be little doubt . If the great majority of the community really are converted to the political economy of the League , its application to practice could Only be dc . layed ; , while such a course would prevent that wholesale abandonment of previous professions , which even for the attainment of undoubted public benefits ia to be deprecated as a great public eril .

      Whatever may be the result , one thing is certain . The great Conservative party formed by Sir Robert Peel with such pains and skill , after the passing of the Reform Bill , is utterly broken up and di = , organised . In five years ho has destroyed that which it took him nine to construct . Into what new forms the elements thus decomposed will hereafter combine , it is impossible at the present lUQluent to predict . But there are at least strong grounds foe the belief that henceforth the party of Progress will be in the ascendant . The unqualified admission ot

      the power of public agitation , and of an organised public opinion , directed against any flaw ia our inatU tutions , lays the foundation of a new era in national progress . It is a lesson which will never be forgotten , and the mighty influence of which on political and social well-being , posterity alone will be able to appre . ciate . Tho press and public meetings are henceforward the most potent weapons of the Reformer . Against these , when skilfully wielded , error , either , in the abstract or the fact , has no chance of maintaining its ground .

      The progress onwards to more liberal institutions , to the embodiment in practice of what has here tofore been a barren axiom , " the greatest happf , ness of the greatest possible number , " will be greatly accelerated by ; tho . settlement of thk Corn Law question . It is ripe , and ready for plucking . Its disposal will clear tho board of one fallacy which has long misled superficial reasoners -, and when the exaggerated fears of its opponents , and the equally if not greater exaggerated hopes of its advocates

      have both been disappointed ; when the great mass of the evils peculiar to the present system shall be found to be untouched by this vaunted and popular panacea , a more profound analysis of the causes of these evils will be forced on the national mind . The questions of the franchise ; the right of labour—its participation in the wealth it create 5 , and its better organisation , will command that attention , and ultimately secure that triumph , which is guaranteed by the present aspect of an important but still inferior agitation .

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      Dtrox Fumd.—The * Committe« Beg To Ackno...

      Dtrox Fumd . —The * Committe « beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , for which they return their hearty thanks \— £ s , a , Eochdolc Female Chartists ... - ... 0 10 0 OLDHAM SCBSCJHPTIOtf . Proceeds of dancing class J 5 u Thomas Yardley ' s book ... ... ... 0 2 1 John Gi'imshaw do 0 16 John Burdekin do . 0 S 9 ¦ William Hamer do " . ... ... ... 0 7 6

      A . F . Taylor do . 0 3 4 Thomas Wild do . 0 2 It ) llirali Jackson do . ... Oil ) A Friend do 0 0 6 coal miners' subscription * . No . 1 Book , Thomas Evans OH 1 No . 2 do ., 0 5 11 No . 3 do ., 0 4 11 No . 4 do ., Robert Whitworth 0 ( J 6 No . 5 do ., Thomas Evans 0 4 5

      No . 6 do ., ... 0 7 24 Roytou , —Samuel Taylor 0 2 0 * £ 5 IS 54 Disbursed 0 010 J Total £ 5 17 7 Tho committee request tho immediate return of all cash and hooks , as they are desirous of bringin" their labouw to a close . Address Thomas Whittaker , 68 , Devonshire-street , Chorlton-upon-Medlock , Manchester . HOBKIBLB OPPBESSION BV F » EK TRAM JllLLOCRATS OF Dundee . —ilr . O'Connor has received the following letter from a correspondent at Dundee , whose veracity and trustworthiness is unquestionable : "Dear Sir , — There has been a case of great cruelty and injustice

      perpetrated here on six young factory girls , by their masters , who are great tnillowners , bankers , and ship , owners , of tho firm of Daxter and Brothers . These poor girls , for being absent one afternoon from thenwork , hare been cast into prison , and underwent ten days' confinement , with . hard labour . . They had not % fair open trial , but wuro tried in a private manner , by some justices of ' the psace , wends of the masters . What nialics the case still worse , is , the youngest of these girls , who is only thirteen , is an orphan without father or mother , Four of the girls have no fathers , and their widowed mothers depended . on them for support . They " had been In the same work from their infancy , and had never ; givju offence till now ; they even sot n . jood character from tha manager , but all

      was of no effect . The council of the Chartist Asso . . ciation give these poor girls ' some relief Svhen they r camo out of prison , and till they ' were able to get work - jelseivhere , though their masters would have -giaoly r taken them hack . 'A flaw frieri'ds ofhumanitygotpp a 1 meeting on . their behalf , » n"a it-was a bump ^ rfttluci 1 » memorial-to the Lord-Advocate , prajin ^ fo * ' « # lnvea . 1 . tigation ,-was mi » nifnousl y adoptttf "His'lbVdshib n ordered * h inquiry ,, » nd wo wrote'to ' Kitri , jtatinfr ' itha ' t % appo . nt 9 aon . themmrM tjuWfc # superintend t ^ I case andcw * dM * pt think the « nd * of jusfico ' woultf & £ served , or th ^ ase . clearl y made butyiihle - 4 we weri Z present , or a law Beenfori- behalf oltheglrlS f ' toluBCe * & such questions asinigntBoemWuraltyV ' '> : Thij ' was rfe & fused , and , so far as we can learn frorrti-the'Vun ' es & S ! S it was ratnw an inquiry as to who got i > tUTnitetU )/ &

      p , who spoke at it , and so forth ! Th ' a fact-is ? theso to mastershayeBueh powerfulinflnenceliero , that very / few eW S '" ^ oUo ^ kapart in tho proceedings ; and , lU bet liovc , Air . Kldd has alread y sustained considerable loss 6 ' sa by taking pan m this matter . Since tho investigation ion the Lord Advocate has refused to answer our commu . iu . mcations . Weyesterday sent offa copy of the memorial , ial , the covrospondcnccof the Lord Advocate , and all the de . de . tails to ilr . Duncombe , wquestiiighim to move for a copy opy of the investigation , aud other papers connected with ith , this case . We feel convinced that none of the pro . ) ro . eeedings have been legally conducted , but that oven vea the Lord Advocate is against doing justice to tho the

      working-classos . No case has excited more attention Hon than this among the working-classes for many a long long day . We feel that , this has , in some degree , been made lace a Chartist cause , seeing that the leading parties in de « de « fending the poor young girls are the leading Chartists ' lists ' also . I may also mention , that one Floridow , a wviUrriUr here , took up the case , on condition that the brother of er of one ot the Kirls would raise a pound . This lad , who who is a nuILworker , got a pound and gave him ; he wroterrote n letter to the Lord Advocate , setting forth tho injusticeistlce of the ease , but ho rofssed to shew tho answer , and and would do no move in it , but kept the lad ' s pound for i for merely writing this one letter . How , this is a case that that

      I am sure you will eonsiderroquiresjsomoinvestigation . ition . 1 have written to ten members of rarliameut to support [ 'port Mr . Buncombe , and would feel truly thankful if yOttf ) ' 0 U could see that gentleman , and use your influence toice to .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14021846/page/4/