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    , 3 THE STAE OF FREEDOM. August 14, 1852...

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    " JUSTICE—IMMUTABLE, UNIVEHSAL , ETEKXAL...

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    iiajT.mm-' i ¦iiiTiiyiL [g»unxi.vcn><itffWfcii4..aiua.i,..,:;i. -= l, w NOTICES TO COEEESPOMDEKTTS,

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    ( f§°- Circumstances compel the postpone...

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    The Militia Question.—A meeting was held...

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    ( /** \ C^7 l f t'Lv K SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1852.

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    THE NEW PARLIAMENT. It would serve no us...

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    THE POLITICAL ASPECT. A new Parliament h...

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    , 3 The Stae Of Freedom. August 14, 1852...

    , 3 THE STAE OF FREEDOM . August 14 , 1852 .

    " Justice—Immutable, Univehsal , Etekxal...

    " JUSTICE—IMMUTABLE , UNIVEHSAL , ETEKXAL !"

    OUR DUTY ! TO THE 1 JRITISH DEMOCRACY . I take it for granted that I am addressing no mere » bhantasm of a diseased imagination , in subscribing this © fetter "to the British Democracy . " I assume there is much a body ; not organized , certainly ; not disciplined ttnnd marshalled for action , hut nevertheless existing Ihhough hut a as " rope of sand . " It cannot he that the

    iiaeroic example of our fathers , the teachings of the "wise , Ibhe sufferings of the brave , have heen in vain ; that the neeed sown in the past has heen absolutely barren of imiitful results ; that the inspired thoughts and selfiiaacrificing labours of Democracy ' s apostles have been Mnproductive of a democratic party . There are demonrrates—a very multitude ; but broken , scattered , each issolated from his brother . From the time of Pake and

    ZCaktwbight it has been customary , among democrats , :: co deplore the ignorance of the multitude , as being the sgreat obstacle to national regeneration ; a fact too true in the days when loyal mobs gutted Pkiestly ' s house end exulted in consigning the eBgj of " the rebellious needleman" to the flames . Still too true of masses of 3 Dur countrymen , as witnessed by their unthinking

    conlluet in the ltae general election , in the course of which ssome thousands , to say the least , seemed only bent and iintent upon justifying Bekesford , by proving and proclaiming themselves " a rabble . " But despite their iignorance it must be confessed that , in these days , it is mot so much the blindness of the ignorant , as the culpable apathy of the enlightened , that is the drag upon tthe wheel of popular progress .

    " There is no obstacle to those who will 1 " A truth accepted by thousands , a truth which falling from the Hips of Kossuth thousands will answer with " enthusiastic cheers . " Yet those thousands appears to be mtterly bereft of the power—even the wish—to ivill To live for the Present and for self , heedless of the 'Future , regardless of the claims of others , appears to be

    the prevailing sentiment of the existing generation . The gospel of selfishness is the accepted religion of the time . If anything avails to stir the stagnant waters of Public Opinion , it is the beastliness of an Achilli trial , the " almighty bosh" of a Derby-Disraeli " appeal to the country , " or the reported arrival of fabulous " nuggets" from " the diggings . " To all high and hol y considerations of duty , the nation appears to be absolutely indifferent . Some millions of men born on that " free

    soil , ' are voteless and landless—pariahs both politically and socially , yet that injustice is born with and no worthy effort made to obtain redress , scarcely a murmur even to protest against the wrong . Looking from this Island over 1 he face of Europe we see nations manacled , gagged , scourged , condemned to the relentless rule of the soldier and the executioner ; yet no pulse of vengeance—vengeance sanctified by Dutv throbs in

    this nation ' s heart . Within the circle of our sea-girt shores some hundreds of the victims of Despotism ~ proscribed for their devotion to Humanity—have sought refuge , and found permission to exist in misery and perish of hunger . In their behalf appeals are made , and the response is some shillings from certain units of Britain ' s population , which few shillings testify to the shame of those who shrink from—and the weakness of

    those who do—their duty . You the democracy , may , and must put an end to this national shame . As * regards the all-important question of Labour ' s enfranchisement , hasty , ill-considered attempts at " organization" and " movement " are far from being desirable . Action—local actionthe character and conduct of which I will hereafter

    indicate , cannot , indeed , be too soon commenced ; but there must be no more than organizations , denominated " National . " No more inflated bubbles , deluding for a season and then collapsing into nothingness . Our next National movement must be worthy of the name , and he so well constituted , so wisely conducted , as to ensure the triumph of national right over class-usurpation . Until that triumph is accomplished , it will be difficult

    —if not absolutely impossible—to give thoroughly effective aid to the oppressed and struggling people of continental Europe . With the nation ' s treasury and moral military forces , under the control of an oliarchy , whose sympathies—secret and avowed—are with Despotism ; it would require the strongest manifestation of public o pinion—a manifestation almost amounting to revolutionary coercion—to force this country ' s present masters to take the side of the nations against their

    oppressors—the side of Freedom and Progression against T yranny and lie-action . It is true , much might fee done , even under present circumstances , in the way of protesting against triumphant brigandage , and giving a helping hand to every combination designed to push forward the great work of redeeming Europe from the sway of cowl and crown , the rule of the money-bag , the sceptre , and the sword . The " Subscription for European Freedom , " and all other helps towards Europe ' s

    " Justice—Immutable, Univehsal , Etekxal...

    redemption shall have the earnest support of this journal . But , for the moment , there is a labour of more pressing necessity—a labour of love , though also a labour of grief ; above all , a labour of duty , admitting of no trifling , postponement , or dela 3 . The position , the unhappy situation , of the continental refugees demands instant attention . During the

    pastthree months , a few men have sought the means to afford relief , however inadequate , to our distressed brethren . They have failed , for the collection of some twenty pounds—one half of which was subscribed by one person—must be pronounced a failure ; a failure disheartening to the refugees , mortifying to the committee , and discreditable to the country . Let it be

    understood that the exiles ask for labour , not for chanty ; but in the absence of employment they have a claim to that hospitality which should be something more and better than a mere phrase . No general terms can do justice to the suffering represented by the two words : " Foreign Refugees . " If I dared to withdraw the veil , and lay bare the particulars of each individual case

    apathy would certainly be dispelled ; but not thus must the feelings of the unfortunate be wounded . More I must not say than that men of learning , valour , and fame j men who have sat in the senate-house , commanded on the field of battle , and arrested the attention of Europe by their talents , share with their humbler fellow-exiles a community of suffering which probably may be imagined , but which I may not attempt to describe .

    Brother-democrats , to relieve this suffering I ask your aid . I ask you to seek employment for the refugees ; I ask you to strengthen the hands of the Central Committee . Shame to that man , the more so if he profess to be a democrat , who , on being asked to aid in this work of duty and humanity , folds himself in the mantle of selfishness , and demands with Cain : " Am I my brother ' s keeper ? "

    Countrymen , I beseech you to consider this matter . Bightly you loathe the traitor Bonaparte ; you execrate the ferocious Autocrat , the blood-stained Raiser , the Prussian Perjurer , the Neapolitan Vampire , and the entire horde of tyrants and assassins , conspirators and executioners , by whom Europe is deluged with blood and tears . But better—ten . thousand times better—than

    the most eloquent execration of oppressors will be the support you may and must give to the defenders of Freedom and champions of Justice . " Our Duty "—not the whole of our duty—but that which demands immediate performance , is to give the hand of fraternal aid to the Exiles , thereby assuaging their sufferings , proving our own worthiness , and advancing the holy work of international fraternity , and the solidarity of the Human Race . L'AMI DU PEUPLE .

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    ( F§°- Circumstances Compel The Postpone...

    ( f § ° - Circumstances compel the postponement of several notifies and answers to correspondents . We heartily thank the many friends who have pledged to us their support and co-operation . Moxeys received von Refugees : —J . Watt , Glasgow , is . ; Paisley , per A . Morrison , 3 s . r « gf- All letters to the Editor , and communications intended for publication in the Star of Freedom , rami be addressed to G . Julian Haiwey , 4 , Brunswick-row , Queen-square , Bloomsbury , London . gjgp All orders for the Star of Freedom must be addressed as above . All Money-orders should be made payable to George Julian H asset , at the Ioney-order Office , Bloomsbury .

    The Militia Question.—A Meeting Was Held...

    The Militia Question . —A meeting was held on Thursday , at the County Courts of Durham , for the purpose of making arrangements for the immediate levy of 1096 men as the number ordered for that county , in accordance with the Militia Act . A " Respectable" Smasher . —William Jarkson , a fashionably dressed young man , son of a gentleman , residing in Newman-street , has been committed to the Old Bailey on a charge of passing counterfeit coins . Murderous Assault . —John Michael , and Hannah Carey , and John Crompton , were on Saturday committed to prison for a murderous assault on the police .

    BrcsircoiiAM asd Oxford Railway . —This line , giving the Great Western an entrance into . Birmingham , is to be opened on the first of next month . Urease of Mr . Cobbett . —A . few days ago , Mr . William Cobbett , son to the late William Cobbett , who had been for many years an inmate of the Queen ' s Bench , was enlarged . Death op Lord Tankerville . —The Gateshead Observer of Saturday states that intelligence reached that office , just as the paper was going to press , announcing the death of the venerable Earl of Tankerville .

    The London Chartered Bank of Australia . —Under this title a bank is about to be established in London , with the object of providing additional banking facilities to the Australian colonies . The Position op Parties in the House op Commons . —The members returned have been thus classified by the various London journals : — Min . Lib . Lib . Con . Total . The Times ... 284 309 58 651 DailyNeios ... 313 388 — 651 Chronicle ... 290 310 50 C 50 Herald 341 307 — 648

    Post 335 36 G — 651 Globe 289 329 36 654 Observer 217 329 34 650 Spectator ... 310 344 — . ' ........ 654 Marriages its Ireland . —The total number of marriages registered last year in Ireland hy the district registrars under the new act was 9 , 339 . '

    ( /** \ C^7 L F T'Lv K Saturday, August 14, 1852.

    ( /** \ C ^ 7 l f t'Lv K SATURDAY , AUGUST 14 , 1852 .

    The New Parliament. It Would Serve No Us...

    THE NEW PARLIAMENT . It would serve no useful purpose to burden our columns with long lists of the names unknown or too well known , of the "knights and burgesses" returned to sit in the new Parliament ; and it would be as little useful to speculate upon the course of legislation destined to result from the late mock " appeal to the country . " The issue of the electoral struggle has replaced the contending factions much in the same

    position they occupied previous to the dissolution of the late Parliament . The several " authorities" disagree , considerably , as to the exact number of Ministerialists and Anti-Ministerialists ; one onl y , the Morning Herald has ventured to hint at a Derb y majority . " The wish is father to the thought . " But the Herald is « out in its reckoning . " Still , it cannot be denied that the Ministerialists constitute the most numerous if not the

    most compact of the various factions . The Daily News thus tells off the several sections : — Radical Reformers § 7 New members pledged to reform 26 . Liberals and Whigs 206 Liberals and Whigs ga

    r i otai Liberals and Free-traders 357 The above may be taken as representing the real force of the Free-traders in Parliament . Let us now turn to the other side " and we find— ' w '

    Derbyites 4 270 Derbyites who have renounced protection ......... 20 Total Derbyite force 999 In this muster-roll of the Tory camp it will be seen that many elements of discord appear . Some of Lord Derby's men " go the whole hog" of protection ; others will protect all things but corn ; others support Lord Derby personally , though " giving up protection " altogether . °

    The Spectator estimates the Ministerialists as numbering 310 ; the Non-Ministerialists 344 . According to the News the Ministry will be in a minority of 58 according to the Spectator , that minority will be reduced to 44 . In our opinion much will depend upon the policy enunciated by the Government at the opening of the Session . If Ministers venture to propose any material changes in the existing financial system , or any chance of " compensation , " to the landed interest for the

    loss of the Corn Laws , they will at once call into force and united action , the several sections of their opponents ; and in that case whoever may come in , Derby Disraeli and Co . walk out . If , * on the contrary ! Ministers can succeed in keeping their troops together , content with the chivalric ( I ) part assigned to them , of defending the altar and the throne against "the

    encroachments of Democracy , " without receiving " compensation" in medio ? malt ] and can contrive , despite all sneers and jeers at their inconsistency , to continue the not very straightforward policy they pursued during the late session , they may and probabl y will , succeed in commanding a majority upon all ordinary occasions . Every Parliament contains a certain number of

    patronage-expectants , anything but incorruptible , and not unwilling to vote for the reigning Minister "for a consideration . " The new Parliament is rather rich (?) in the possession of a number of political hermaphrodites denominated "Liberal-Conservatives , " and "Conservative-Liberals , "—politicians of easy virtue and no very decided - convictions . These worthies may be expected to support or oppose the Ministry according to circumstances . In the meantime the assembling of Parliament is postponed to it is impossible to say when .

    Something "loving in the distance , " may probably cut short the intrigues of placemen and their hungry rivals , and cause the Parliament and Ministry to come together in hot haste . The " cloud in the west , " exhibits portentous signs of growing broader and blacker ; pray heaven it burst not in thunder , fire , and storm . Woe to those on either side of the Atlantic who would plunge England and America into a fratricidal warthe direst misfortune that could befall Humanity . ¦ - —¦ <&» ... ¦ —

    The Political Aspect. A New Parliament H...

    THE POLITICAL ASPECT . A new Parliament has just been elected , and will soon assemble for business ; and it is hi gh time to ask ourselves what is the duty of the people with regard to it . The character and the acts of the recently " chosen body belong to the future , but we must now endeavour to form some estimate of what they are likely to be . This is a difficult task with respect to matters of detail , and their bearing upon the old traditionary parties of the state ; but a broad and general view of the relations of the legislature to the people is comparatively easy

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14081852/page/8/