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    • TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS
    • STATE OF PARTIES IN FRANCE. (From our own Correspon dent.)
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      To The Imperial Chartists

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS

      My Very Dear Friends, Strange As It May ...

      My very dear Friends , Strange as it may appear , I venture to assert that no individual v ? ho has lived before me , or who now lives , ever occupied the same useful and enviable position that I \ m Md . Thousands we anxious to read the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s budget , hut MILLIONS , look for Saturday to hear an account of their own affair , who never think of the

      right honourable money-grubber . I have read his j project , and , under all circumstances , for THE SYSTEM , it is the best that FACTION would allow him to adopt , and for this simple reason , because it is the most simple and understandable , and has less of comp lication about it than he had reason to expect , but he will he obliged to nibble about our plan and come to it at last . I shall make a running commentary on passing events , before I come to the DUNG and SPADE and

      LAND . Firstly , what do you think of Mr . Wagstaff . of Marylebone , NOW , and who was right in his estimate of his value as a Chartist auxiliary ? And what I have said of him I say of Mr . Cochrane for Westminster , and all others of his stamp ; that he who is not WHOLLY FOR US IS AGAINST US ; and this you will always find true of men who seek to use us for their purpose , as Wagstaff and Cochrane have endeavoured to do . Secondly , for the Chambers ' s . I thought my refutation of their philosophy would make them more cautious in their future writings , but they have not grown wiser : they have been delivered into my bands upon the land question , and , with God ' s blessing , next week I will give them a second edition of OLD ROBIN . I never

      read such rubbish . Thirdly , read what The Times , of Monday , is compelled to admit ot the small proprietary system . Here it is : — "The best part of the bill is the provision for the voluntary and compulsory sales of lands , by whatever couditious of entail , or settlement , or disputed title , it may be tied , for the repayment of advances . So great an evil is the " accumulation of estates beyond the real capital of die proprietor , and the lockin g ^ up of land in peculiar titles and tenures , that the emancipation of the soil seems the very first thing to be done , and the sine qua non of Irish improvement . He

      who liberates the land will liberate the people on it . Jiothimj but disappointment cau attend every scheme for maintaining the 'dog in a manger * in a territory the resources of which he cannot , if he would , develop . The soil must voluntarily , gently , and equitably , be taken away from its unproductive owners and g iven to those who will bring forth its fruits . It may be a work of time , and certainly is one of caution ; but soon or late it must be done . At least , England will not spend itself to exhaustion in the attempt to defer that inevitable day . "

      Xow for our own affairs . On Saturday last I arrived here with seven splendid horses , and they are now off to draw lime , and are the admiration of the farmers of the neighbourhood , the best set of men , and the most kind , I ever met . One farmer is worth a thousand FREE TRADE cotton lords Here I must digress , but you won't mind that . —I see that the ignorant BOOBY who is hired to write for the Preston Chronicle has had a sly hit at our plan , through the three occupants that came to the SOUTH before their time . Here follows the article , which was greedily adopted by the Morning Chronicle : —

      " Chartist Lasd Scheme . —The reports received In Wigan last week of the progress of this scheme are anything but favourable . It is stated thitthe promised land and its capabilities are full of deception , and not likely to be adequate to the support of those located without other means . Some parties who left this town for the south rather early in January are already tired of their situation and about to return . "—Preston Chronicle .

      ]^ 0 \ v , here is my answer : —Walwark , weaver Oddy , woolcomber ; lleston , weaver ; and Mitchell , chair-maker ; are the four alluded to . I saw them on Wednesday the 17 th , and offered to pay their expenses back , but all declined . They will all read my statement , and will vouch both for its correctness and accuracy . They were there under unfavourable circumstances , having come in the snow . Oddy told me he never was so happy , that he had not for tome months earned more than 6 s . a week , and never was in a liciise of his own . Ileaton has two

      grown-up sons , and I gave him * 4 to buy stuff to weave , and all were most happy . I moved them from a house that was not quite finished , into one that had been occupied by the foreman . I saw Mitchell ' s wife gathering sticks , with a little child , a sweet little girl about three years of age with her —she said she would rather live there on half food than leave , and that she felt very happy , and never was so well . I went to Walwark ' s house , the man who has been there since August , as fine a specimen of his order as any in England—a fine , sensible , shrewd , provident , intelligent man . His wife , as was most natural , was uneasy and uncomfortable at first , but now she is happy , contented , and comfortable—she would not change to her former

      condition for 100 / . She has two splendid children , a boy and girl , of the respective ages of twelve and fourteen . I wish the Chronicle men had seen them when they came , and couid see them now . The weaver has made a little paradise of his garden already , and promises to be an honour to our society . Now the grumblers have the names and addresses of the discontented , and can write to them ; and I have a commission to offer them , respectively , 30 / ., 40 / ., and 50 / ., for their allotments ; so that they have not suffered wonderful damage . I will send them those amounts by reiurn of post , if they are inclined for another turn in the smoke . So much for the scribbler—and now for yourselves . I have bought nearly ONE THOUSAND tons of the best London

      horse-dung , for Herringsgate . The delivery will commence on Monday next . I propose , for this year , to sow one acre of barley for every two-acre occupant ; one and a half for every three-acre occupant ; and two for every four-acre occupant . The grouud lias been ploughed-twice . I will dung one half of each man's lot , and in that I will plant a quarter of an acre of best potatoes , on two-acre allotments ; a quarter and a half on three acres ; and half an acre on four acres : a quarter of an acre of garden stuff on two acres ; quarter and a half on three acres ; and half an acre on four acres : leaving half

      an acre dunged for two-acre occupants , to use as they please ; three-quarters of an acre for three-acre men ; and an acre dunged for four-acre men : and those who have a fancy for anything besides peas , beans , cabbages , greens , lettuces , and so forth , will address me , " Herringsgate , Rickmansworth , Herts , " and , as far as possible , I will conform to their wish Here I am , sinking a PUMP in even- man ' s back kitchen , as the wafer is near , and I am making a splendid heap of compost of the earth taken out

      of the house a foot deep all throKgh , out of the yard a foot deep , and the marl that comes out of the well , from which the place takes its name Redmarley ; to each of those heaps I will put thirtv barrels cf beet stone lime and have all well turned and mixed for manure ; every wall is fourteeu inches thick and will be stuccoed with ROMAN CEMENT . Even- house will have a path of fifty feet from a highroad , and . when finished , will be a glorious sight , and the best answer to the brawlers . As the season

      advances and the land begins to awake my mind begins to expand with it . On my arrival here I had sixty letters , and a large number every day since , many asking me , "How money was to be sent o the Bank ?* ' To all such question * my answer

      My Very Dear Friends, Strange As It May ...

      is through the Directors , and all who are afraid of having their affairs known will receive private acknowledgment and quarterly private balancesheet . I still adhere to my former opinion as to the indispensable necessity of holding a conference HERE in July ; in which month I shall have completed all the allotmentsfor location . I shall have every acre of the land drained in the very best style , for three reasons . Firstly , because I can do all wholesale at 50 per cent , nnder what each occupant coild

      do it at retail price . Secondly , because land w a perfect state is the best security in the world , while land in an imperfect state is tin worst ; and , Thirdly , because our engagements as bankers make it just and requisite that we should place the security for interest beyond cavil or dispute , so that £ 500 ayearftomour hands maybe good and sufficienUecurity for £ 350 a year interest . I sayi that as the season advances my mind expands ' and indeed , I have so much to say that I

      would require a Star to myself—so much so that I can only map out the additions here . I mean to propose first , second , and third premiums , of 9 / ., 6 / ., and 5 / . on any estate ; and referees , to whom all disputes shall be referred , to be chosen by ALL , from those who shall get premiums , to serve for a year ; and I propose , that the two-acre man shall be equally eligible with the four-acre man to get a premium , and that ALL shall select three farmers from the neighbourhood to adjudge the premiums ; and I shall also propose the establishment of an Insurance Company , for our own mem bers only , and a Sick and Benefit Club , to be confined to the members of

      each estate , and that that department shall be under the same management as the Insurance Department j and , in order that injustice should be done to none , I shall propose , as regards the REDEMPTION DEPARTMENT , that , as soon as members shall have paid up the value of their respective allotments —whether two , three , or four acres—that they shall be eligible WITHOUT BALLOT—that is , that their own monies shall he applied to the purchase of an estate for them , as it would be very unfair to have used their monies , which they cannot withdraw , without giving them the benefit , while the plan would not postpone another ' s location for a dav . In short , that we now set about and establish

      a COMMUNITY OF HAPPY INDIVIDUALS , upon the principle of co-operation ;—one large family , in which no man shall , if willing , have the power of cheating his neighbour . "When I can see my way clearly—which I shall before July—I trust to be able to prove to all men of all nations , that this world is large enough for TEN TIMES its present population , but too small

      for one-half who now live in it , under a bad , demora-Using , unequal , and cruel system ; and I have the consolation of knowing , that if faction should NOW destroy me , I have sown the seeds of thought and reflection , which must produce a good harvest ot contentment , peace and plenty . When Section 4 is full , I SHALL CLOSE . At five to a family , four sections , of six thousand each , will embrace

      ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND —a family sufficiently large for ONE MAN to take care of . Others may then follow in my steps , acid may very probably improve by my errors . This week I send nearly £ 10 from this place , for Section 3 . I rejoice to state , that every occupant has chosen a three-roomed house and out-oflices , and we are now engaged in all the operations—building , making roads , burning clay , aud about to drain and plough . We have completed the fence all round the estate . I have merely taken a cursory review upon many subjects , upon which I will be more explicit in the April number of the Magazine , as I find it impossible to express my intention in a letter . You must

      have the whole plan before you at a view , and then , perhaps , the gentlemen of the press , who know no more of laud than an Irish pig knows of geometry , will tell us— " Ah ! but the poor creatures are not to dig their POTATOES BUTTERED AND ROASTED after all . " GOD HELP THEM 3 Ah , my friends , how sincere is the sympathy of the ADVERTISING PRESS for those who are the merchandize of theirsupporttrs . They little think that my principal aim through life has been to expose their weakness and selfishness . It really charim me when I see the farmers stopping to admire our horses . Alas ! what strength I have concentrated out of vour attenuated muscles and exhausted

      names . On Sunday 1 visited Malvern estate in company with one of the wisest , best aud most intelliMnt men in the world—a man after my own heartevery inch a man—he slept at Lowbands on Saturday night , and came from London for no other purpose than to see our operations , and it pleases me to tell you , that he was astonished and delighted , and he is a man for whose judgment and opinion I have the greatest respect . Many good men will come to us in the lomr-ruu .

      ¦ Now , think on all I have shadowed for you , and also think that the indolence of some is postponing my time . As soon as the names of members are all sent up , I shall start with the deed myself ^ and see my own work done ; and my tour will be for signatures to the National Petition , as the Land can now take care of itself , and I can save the society all the expenses , by killing two birds with one stone . I have now a word , and not the least important one , to say . Malvern is a great place for cold water doctors , and we shall have

      one hundred and seventy of a society there together with a large population , anil why should we not have our doctor ? I think Doctor M'Donall has rendered as good service to our cause as most men , he has a growing family ; he is a young man ; when he left us for a bit he neither spoke or wrote against us ; he really must not be allowed to spend his unrequited youth in our service , and therefore I , for one , will give my mite towards establishing him in his profession , and will cheerfully become treasurer to a fund for that purpose , to be kept open till

      Michaelmas , and all monies to be sent to the Northern Star Office , addressed to me , and to be acknowledged weekly , and to be applied as intended , and for no other purpose . It is folly to suppose that men of genius and talent will give us the ben * fit of their support for no other remuneration than the reviling of our opponents . Let us begin about this work at once ; a little from all , and a good man aud hifamily are made happy and more useful ; and , believe me , that no one circumstance brings greater odium

      upon us than the neglect of our own friends . As to the plastering at Ilerring'gate , in reply to our friend Sweet and others , I have only to say , that I will receive proposals by the yard for plastering inside ; the work is lathed . I shall not be at Herringsgate till Thursday next , as I have to attend a large auction some distance from this on Monday and Tuesday . Mr . King will be there on Saturday to superintend all operations . All proposals for plastering inside may be addressed to me here at Lowbands . ° Your faithful friend and bailiff , Feargus O'Coaxon .

      And National Trades' Journal.

      AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL .

      Vol. X- No. 486^ ~~L Md0nt Saturday, Feb...

      VOL . X- NO . 486 ^ ~~ l MD 0 NT SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 37 , 1847 . ^ ByjSSrL ^ . ^

      State Of Parties In France. (From Our Own Correspon Dent.)

      STATE OF PARTIES IN FRANCE . ( From our own Correspon dent . )

      Discussion On The Address In The Chamber...

      DISCUSSION ON THE ADDRESS IN THE CHAMBER OF D EPOTIES . Paris This long and tedious discussion has been a last brought to a close , and the ministerial address , with vary few amendments , has been votvd by an immense majority . The discussion itself was , as usual , a sort ot programme of the whole session ; it sbowed the spirit in which the different questions will be treated , both by the Ministerialists and the Opposition : it showed the numerical and moral strength of both parties ; the arguments and the principles which , in the course of the spring aud summer , will be brought forward , this discussion gives us , in short , the spirit of tbc whole session , and , therefore , deserve * attention .

      The great numerieal preponderance of the Ministctial party has again been established beyond any doubt . The hopes which were here aud there expressed , tliatthli conservative majority would be split into two fractions of conserwiteurs bomes , ?' whole hog" conservatives , ana conservateurs progressift , has , as was to bo exptcted , proved an egregious fallacy . In spite of some impotent " young conservatives , " who try , at the same time , to keep up the present system , and march onward towards progress—an impossibility evident to the meanest intelligence—M . Guizos rules and reigns over the votes and conscience , Oi the fearful host of " centrii-rs , " and ,: ventrus , " or hell } - men , as they aro significant ! v called ( big whigs , as I heard a similar party called at Manchester ) . Indeed , the " belly " is the most prominent and predominant party of the

      present Chamber ; a mass composed of bankers , large merchants , and manufacturers , their ageuts , and those of the government , extensive landowners , who have started up since the Revolution , by bwjing up the small and mortgaged properties of the peasants , aud such like . They have been elected chiefly by the small electoral districts of the country and petty towns , where theirinten st either mouied or landed , is predominant , and where a constituency of from 100 to 300 electors allows the government to hold the balance of power by corruption . The deputies of this party represent generally none but their own class , i . e ., the proprietors of the Dank of France , the money lords of the Paris Exchange , < fcc ; iu short , the monicd interest above all , and partly the manufacturers , mine proprietors , and large landowners .

      This compact mass of wealth , influence and votes , in verj meanly indeed faced by na opposition , which , be . sides being much less numerous , are at the same time mora than ever divided . That fraction , which in numbers and influence comes next to the majority , is that led on by M . Thiers . It is called the " left centre , " and is made up of elements very similar to the majority . Hero we find men almost equal in wealth to those of the majority , but who upon the whole represent rather the manufacturing aud shipping than the monicd interest ; a fact which undoubtedly will be proved when the discussion on the Free Trade question comes on . While the interests of the majority require peace and a good understanding with England , and suil ' sr in no way by the competition of the EuglUh manufacturer , * M . Thiers rallies round himself the bulk of all those interests which are endangered , both in the home and foreign

      market , by English competition . This is the reason whj M . Thiers aud his papers are strongly opposed to Free Trade , while M . Guiz . it and his party consider it as an open question . One of the ministers lias said to some of tueiFrec Traders— " 11 a strong , and perhaps we may tlien be wi . h you . " This is , at the some time , the solution of Guizoi ' s " cordial understanding" policy , and Thiers ' * anti-Engluh ideas . That _ the parts of both actors upou [ the Spauistumarriagc question appear exchanged , alters nothing . It is u mure passive uft ' air . M . Guizotand his party mutt necessarily return to the English alliance , aud M . Thiers may easily profess friendly feelings toward England , because [ neither he nor his adherents would venture to involve the country in a war with England . The necessity of the English alliance is a lowed by both parties ; they differ upou | the extent only to which it should be carried .

      The Mbove-mviitioucd anti-English interests arc not exclusively represented by the "left centre , " but more or less by deputies of all fractions of tlso opposition . The left centre , however , may couut upon the assistance ot those fractions in every question where these interests are at ttake , and therefore may be said to represent them par excellence . The waveriiig policy of if . Thiers and his inseparable Odilon iinrrot hare induced a portion of the members of the "left centre" to try au alliauce with

      the more moderate members of the "left , " and to constitute a new party under the leaders ! ip of Messrs . Dillauit and Dufnure . They pretended to cttrrj out in good earnest those profession * which M . Thiers always abandoned when he got into power , or where he merely got a chance to acquire it . Their attempt has , however , signally failed . Their so-called national policy was limited to some few differences with M . lliiers upon the Spanish question , and their strength was proved , by a division , not to exceed twenty . eiyht members .

      The whole of the left centre , and particularly M . ThkrVs fraction , speak very much about a " stiong government , " and a " national Hue of policy , " as if this strong government was possible as long » s the present class of electors retain their voting monopoly ; as if Guicot , with his overwhelming majority , was not the strongest possible government under present circumstances ; as if the money-lords , fund and stock jobbers , under whose influence the deputies are elected , cared u farthing for a national policy , and would not rather put up with any insult thin interrupt by a war their profitable jobbing ! And such nonsense is demanded by the very men who would not alter un iota of the present electoral system , and who , by their necessity only , have been forced to propose some insensible attet ations in a late pamphlet of M . Thiers ' s friend , Duvergier de ilauranne !

      Follow the more or less Radical memVers of the "left . " If the " centre" or majority , represented the bulk and influence of the contented monicd aud funded interest , tue " left centre , " th * more or less discontented manufacturing interest , aud both together the " fiaitte-oOMrgeouW—what you would call money-lords and cottonlords iu England—the "left" represents the more mo Jen portion—tu « inferior ranks of tin middle classes—the *' i ( ioyeii «<« c petit * ootwgeotsie "—* us MiorocBACT . This clasrf is , however , divided into two fractions ; a fact arising from its vacillating , undecided position , between the ruling ltanle-bourg « olsie aud the people . The inferior ranks of the middle classes , small tradesmen , shopkeepers , & c , have neither the energy nor the influence which would enable them to govern a largo country ;

      they cannot form a distinct class , with distinct interests , equally opposed to those of the great money-lords and to those of the people ; while they sufierfrom the pressure o ( the concentrated capitals and industri .-. I establishments of the ruling large capitalists , are yet inseparably connected with those of that class . From this go-between character of the inferior middle classes , it follows naturally , that those among them who , upon the whole , would rather undergo the present pressure than risk their fortunes by political changes iu such a hot-blooded nation as the French go to strengthen the ranks of theministerial or the ThiersDarrot party , while thosa who suffer enough under the present system to drive thein on to risk something for bettering their position , form a party of their own , and make more or less concessions to democracy .

      The hrst portion , that which rallies around the two " centres" and which mostly consists of admirers of Mr . Odilon Barrot and his soporific paper Le Sitclt ( the Century ) , lias entirely given itself up to vassalage under the / unite bourgeoisie . The other portion supports the deputies of tue"ieft , " who , in their turn , partake of the indecisive character of their supporters . The whole of the left , it is true , demand Parliamentary reform—extension of the suffrage ; but to whjt ex ' . ent ? There begin the differences . The more enlightened clearly tee , that there is no chance of a lusting government betwixt highbourgeoisie rule on the oaa hand , and popular democracy on ; the other and that , therefore , all changes ot the voting system falling short of Universal Suffrage ,

      will either pi ove useless against the present system of government , or inevitably lead to pure democracy . They , therefor * , resign all hope of erecting a shopocratic government , and openly preach alliance with the peop le , lint the greater pan of them continue to hope for the practicability o : a system which would place the majority iu the bauds of the shopkeepers , and small traders and manufacturers , and which , by this means , would unite with equal * ucc * s * tlit corruption of tie present system and the " excesses of democracy . " They are , therefore , supporters of monarchy , while the first-mentioned minority of the left are avowed republicans . There are , on account of the many frictions of thispartr , aud oftbtir numerical weakness , no recognisad leaders amongst them .

      The remainder of the chamber is made up by the ' Leg'tlmistCj" who are very few in number , particular !) since thelastelcction . Tho south of France is the country where th . ' -y possess their chief strength ; but even th ere the spread of civilisation continually weakens thein Uuence , and even th * convictions of the friends of the " ancieti regime . " The utter impotency of this party cannot be inure clearly proved than by the speech of M . de Genoude , deputy for Toulouse , tind editor of the Oaxettt < i 4 trance , aud the" way it was received by the Chamber . M . de Gunoudc . a clever fellow , he tried everylr ' rf ' . lnake " »« ethitig attractive of legitimacy ; he allied it with democracy , he confessed the faults o < the Restoration , he cried out against the treaties of 1815 :

      Mobtlvaih?, . » Pu1,E Coai «Nd '"-On P R...

      moBtlvaih ? , . » PU 1 , e COaI « nd '" -on P roprietors , who upon * ice Trade terin » , with England .

      No Go, He Was Not Even Listened To, And ...

      no go , he was not even listened to , and his speech made not the slightest effect . In my uext article , I shall show tlwsc different elements of the Chamber in tbeir action upon each other , and comment on the discussiou of the different questions , which , during the first fortnight of February , occupied the heads and tongues of the French collective wisdom .

      C&Artfet Enteuipittt*

      C & artfet EnteUipittt *

      To The Chartist Body. Friknds,—The Peri ...

      TO THE CHARTIST BODY . Friknds , —The peri d has now arrived ^ when , ac « cording to the rules of the National Charter Association , an election must take place for fire persons to fill theofficeof Executive Committee , for the ensuing yea ' . The mode of proceeding must be as follows : the sub-secretaries shall convene meeting * of the members in their several localities , and at such meetings it shall be competent for any two members to nominate five persons whom they may think competent to hold that office , —providing , all such persons so nominated are at the time of nomination , and have been for six months previously , bona fide members of the . National Charter Association . The nominations to take place between the 1 st and ICthdays of March next , and the result transmitted to the office of the Executive on or before MweVi \ 8 vh , after ^ Vrichdatc no nominations can be received . By order of the Executive Committee , Christopher Dons , Secretary . Office , " 8 . 3 , Dean-slrcet , Soho , London .

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN

      Brothers in the sacred cause ef truth , justice , and humanity , I take the liberty at this period , pregnant with political events , to address a few remarks to you , as a humb . ' o worker , upon the present position of our body , and the course of action you ought to pursue , in order to advance the great principle of political and social emancipation . If wc look around us at the present time , we find every inducement to stimulate us to deeds of virtue and patriotism . We see the different political parties bidding for popular support , and though the measures brought before the nation fall very far short of what we deem necessary for a removal of the host of evils , which , like a canker worm , are eating

      the very vitals of the people , stili those measure ! indicate that public opinion has made giant strides in the right direction , and that if we only do our duty as thorough-going democrats , and act unitedly together , there cannot be the shadow of a doubt ol our ultimate success , in rescuing our common country from the foul grasp of that tyranny and misrule which has forages desolated the hearths of millions oi onr working brethren , their partners and offspring . This , therefore , brethren , is the opportune time for a renewal of the energy and enthusiasm which characterised the hey-day of our movement , with that increased amount of practical knowledge the result of our previous experience . Brethren , if we purpose to attain the object of our oft-repeated

      aspirations , we must be more active and zealous than we have been during the last three years , for surely you cannot for a moment suppose , that it is cither ' just or manly on oiir part to expect the few choice and sterling spirits who have , and do still battle for us , to bear the whole weight and responsibility of carrying into effect the proposition * which have from time to time emanated from our chosen delegates , particularly those of the preceding year . Brethren , our Executive Committee , ever on " the alert to take advantage of even favourable circumstance , and turn it to the advancement of our glorious and liberty-reviving principles , have on many occasions addressed us in earnest and

      unmistakcable language , for the purpose of inducing us to come forward and perforin our portion of the solemn contract entered into with them . And how have we responded to their fervent appeals ? Why , with a tew honourable exceptions , those appeals have b ? en treated with coldness , nay . culpable indifKirence . You , with the humble individual who now pens this le ter , must be aware that without we render them our cordial sunport , whether pecuniary or othenvise , they cannot do anything really tangible or beneficial for the furtherance of Chartism . They canned work practically with an empty Exchequer . They cannot employ efficient and honest advocates to promulgate and carry ouf the many propositions that have been laid before us by them .

      Some amongst our hody may complain of the inactivity of the Executive , but it should be borne 5 n mind by such , ere they find fault , that the battle of right against might—c-f justice against injustice— -ol liberty against tyranny—can never be fought , with any probability of ' succoss , unless we have well disciplined forces ; and we cannot get together those forces without the ono thing needful . If wc look to arvy other prAvticai party , we finri they act very differently to what we generally do . When they desire to accomplish any given object , though that object may materially tend to operate against our intercut , they do not fail to supply head quarters with every requisite necessary to effect the wished-for end .

      Perhaps it will bo said , in answer , that our hotly are so psor that tbey are unable to contribute largely to the funds of the Society , and therefore there is no analogy between us and any other political party in the united kingdom , Brethren , let us for a monvnt take a glance at the unhappy and oppressed people of Ireland , and J think we shall find their conduct durin ? many years is a proof that " wJierc there ' s a will there ' s a way . " Now , it must be admitted that the people of Ireland ( not alluding fi . r an instant to the last year or two , ) have suffered more misery , mure puvcrty , ant ! more positive starvation , than the people of any other country upon the face of the habitable globe , and

      yet they ( the poorest of the poo ; - ) have contributed hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling to forward and bring to a happy consummation what they honestly believed , would ^ emancipate them from political bondage , and put an end to all their previous wrongs and grievances . They have been basely betrayed , it is true , by a mercenary , corrupt , anil treacherous conclave of men , who had no other object in view than their own aggrandi « ement , at the I'xpcnse of their generous but too conSding countrymen . But the latter fact does not upset tho position I have taken , viz . that " where there's a will there's way , " and that we cannot justly plead

      poverty as an excuse for not doing our duty . We are not called upon to subscribe beyond our means , ( at least , those who are in employment . ) We are not called upon to pay more than one penny per week , one-fourth of which is to go to the general fund ; and if only 200 , 000 out of the 3 , 500 , 000 that signed the National Petition in 1 S 42 , were to send one farthing per week each to the said fund , it would amount to chesum of £ 208 O' s . Sd ., or in the year . £ 10 , 833 Gs . 8 d ., and certainly one farthing a-week from each of the 200 , 000 persons is but a very—very moderate item , and yet you see what an exccilenfcttggregate it would make in ono vear .

      Let us see what might be done with tho abovenamed sura of money , to forward our righteous principles . In the first place , the Executive could devote £ 30 to the remuneration of twenty-five lecturers , at £ 2 each , which would amount in the year to £ 2 , 000 . Fifty pounds a week cou'd be dedicated to the printing , publishing , and circulation of tracts , which our lecturers might take with tliem to the various districts they would visit ; and , in those tracts , not only our principles might be clearly though briefly set forth but also an exposition of the numerous evils under which the people at present suffer , tracing them , and justly too , to the Leviathan—class-legislation . Suppose these tracts cost one penny for every five , as was the case in Lancashire in 1840 , wo should have for distribution each week 00 , 000 , or in the year , 3 , 000 . 000 .

      Itisi two modes of agitating , and consequently apreadtntr our principles throughout the countrv , that I have mentioned—the one to rouse the people to a sense of their dutv , by public lectures and speeches , delivered by ardent , talented , and honest Democrats—the other , the fire-side monitor , acting upon the toil-worn slave in his domicile , enlightening his understanding , and warning him against the many cnemie * who rob , and otherwise filch from him three-fourths of the wealth he produces bv his skill and industry-are , you will agree with ' me , calculated to do almost immeasurable good ; and yet it could , and would bo done , for the sum of £ 5 200 a ye . tr , leaving a residue of . £ 5 , 033 cs . 8 d . to be

      applied by your chosen officers to contest those boroughs where they had well-founded hopes , from prior statistical information , the people , or electors in those boroughs were likely to succeed in sending rueti of approved Chartist principles to the House of Commons , who would make that place ( and it is the proper place ) the arena for the discussion of our grievances , our wants , our rights , and our interests . Brethren ! hoping you will receive the succinct though roughly-put-together observations I have ventured to make , in the spirit in which they have been written , 1 ramain yours in the field of Democracy , Ak Old Pionbbb . COUPAR-ANGUS .-On Monday evening the ^ futual Improvement Society celebrated their Twelfth

      To The Chartist Body. Friknds,—The Peri ...

      Anniversary , in their meeting-room , Campbell street ; Mr . James Simpson in the chair . At seven o ' clock the members , accompanied by a few friends sat down to tea ; and the same being finished , the picsident opened the intellectaal fcaat in an argumentative and convincing speech on co-operation , as illustrated by the Leeds Redemption Society , the United Trades' Association , and tho National Cooperative Land Company . Mr . Charles Bon followed on " Phonography . " Music , Shakspearian reading , and social conversation , filled up the rest of the evening ; At twelve o ' clock the company separated , highly delighted with the night ' s proceedings . HALIFAX—Mr . Smith , ef Bradford , lectured in the Working-man ' s Hall of this place , on Sunday last , to a large and attentive audience . At the oloso the lecturer received a vote of thanks for his

      services . CARLISLE . —Death op a Ykteras CiurmsT . — It is with no small degree of ssrrow that wo announce the death of our respected friend , and the friend of mankind , John M'Gnire . He died on the evening of the 19 th instant , and was interred on the following Sunday afternoon , in the burial ground of the Catholic chapel , in this city . Mr . M'Guirc had long been distinguished in Carlisle as an advocate of popular rights . He joined the Chartist Association when it was first formed here , in 1838 , and continued an active member , till within a week or two previous to his death . Every meeting he attended with a zeal almost unequalled , and every new lecturer that paid us a visit , only made him more energetic

      in the cause he had so much at heart . Being a native of Ireland , and having been there during the rebellion , he was well acquainted with some of those who took an active part in it , and the tyranny which he then ? , iw inflicted , and the honest men he saw brought to execution through the instrumentality of villnnous spies and informers , planted within him an * earnest desire for that liberty for which an Emmet died on the scaffold , and a Fitr . . ? erald died of his wounds . He was also a member of the Laud Company , and the punctuality of his payments , the regularity of his attendance at the meetings , and the enth tisiasm which he evinced at any ' ncw purchase , were all demonstrable proofs of his strong anxiety lor thew . 'lfarcof the institution . In a word , Mr . M'Guirc was a Chartist ; he was not a mere blusterer , who made a noise and a thundering about nothing , but

      . i cool headed , calculating Chartist . He loved his fellow-man , and , as a philanthropist , did the utmost 'n his power to benefit him . He detested quackery and humbug , and , by speaking freely of hia country , and'thc measures which agitated it , he not unfre . quently brought upon him the censures of a certain party of his countrymen , llowaver , tor their censures he cared not , satisfied as ho was of the soundness of his views . It was his particular request that he should be borne to the gravo by those who espoused the same principles as himself . His request was complied with , and a numerous and respectable company followed his remains to their place of interment . Thus finished , at the ago of 67 , the career of one who was much respected in the social circle , who was much admired for his honesty , and whose loss is greatly lamented by all who knew him .

      BRADFORD . — Great Public Mektixo to Adopt thb National Petition . —On Monday evening , a nublic meeting was held in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Thcrnton-road , to adopt the National Petition . The large room was crowded , there being not less than 1 , 200 persons present . Mr . Alderson was called to the chair , who opened the meeting , and called on Mr . Lenegan to move » resolution and the petition . Mr . Lenegan very ably combated the charge of ignorance brought against the working classes , as an excuse to defer their rights being granted . Mr . Rawnsly seconded the resolution . Dr . M'Duiiail , on rising to support the adoption of the petition , was received with a most enthusiastic welcome , and during his address was repeatedly appKudcd , and concluded a most argumentative speech amidst the hearty cheering of the meeting . The petition was carried unanimously .

      The memorial to Lord John Russell , tor tho remission of the sentence on Frost , Williams and Jones , was read by Mr . Smyth , aud seconded by Mr . Sharp , and carried unanimously . After votes of thanks to the Dr . and chairman , the meeting ssparated . The novel spectacle of reporters from three newspapers was witnessed at this great meeting , and the goodly sprinkling of the shopkeepers who attended , is the " best proof we could offer of tho march of tho principles of Chartism in Bradford . MANCHESTER . — Mr . Robert Wild lectured here in the People ' s Institute on Sunday last . His lecture cave great satisfaction . OLDHAM . —On Tuesday , February 23 , Mr . Dickinson , of Sunderland , delivered the first of a course of three lectures in the Hall of Science , Ilorsedgc-. strect , on the Prospects of Freedom . The lecturer gave greatsatisfaction .

      BIRMINGHAM . —At the usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening , a vote of thanks was passed to Mr . Clark for bis able defence of Chartism in the disens-ion with Mr . Gurnev . THE ANTI-MIL 1 TIA-ENROLMENT COMMITTEE met on Thursday evening , the 18 th inst ., at the residence of Mr . Hwk , the treasurer to the committee , HI , St . John-street , West-Smithfield , Mr . Pulsford in the chair . Moved by Mr . Hook , seconded by Mr . G . 11 . Tucker , and carried unanimously : — " That the balance in band , in addition to any money that may be hereafter received , after paying all just claims upon the committee , be appropriated equally between the "Central Chartist Registration Committee , " and the" National Alliance , " and the treasurer and secretary be requested to carry out this resolution on or before the S : \\ ot March , iSI " . " It is hoped that those members who have not returned their books will take or seiul them to the ab . ) ve address , before that ( late .

      IlLDDERSFIELD .-At a public meeting in the Guildhall , on Tuesday hist , the National Petition was adopted . Dr . M'Douall was one of the speakers . BRIGHTON . —A general meeting of the Chartists of this town was held at the Artichoke Inn , on Wednesday evening . Mr . Giles proposed , and Mr . Flower seconded the following resolution— " That tho thanks of this meeting are pre-eminently due , and are hereby given , to G . R . Pcchell , Esq ., M . P ., for his straightforward and manly support to Mr . Duncuinbe ' s motion for a repeal of the Ratepaying Clausesofthe Reform Bill . " Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was also awarded to Mr . Clark for his defence of Chartism in the discussion with Mr . Gurncy .

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      Stourbridge.—On Sunday Afternoon A Few F...

      STOURBRIDGE . —On Sunday afternoon a few friends of Democracy met at the house of Mr . Chance , in the parish of Old Swinford , near Stourbridge , and opened a branch of the National Land Company , for Stourbridge , to meet every fortnight , at the Crown room . Mr . Geo . llolloway attended from Kidderminster , to give every information required . A treasurer , secretary , and committee were appointed , and after a vote of thanks to Mr . Uolloway the meeting broke up . AS UBU RTON , Devon . —At the meeting of shareholders on Monday last , Mr . Murs delivered au excellent lecture , which cave great satifaction .

      SUTTON-1 N-ASHFIEL 1 ) . —The following officers have been elected : Charles Meakin , secretary ; J . Fox , treasurer ; G . Webster , scrutineer ; John Hay and Wm . Oxley , auditors . It is intended to hold a jubilee when the occupants take possession of O'Connorville . We hope the same will take place all over the country . Hindlky . —The shareholders have approved of Mr . O'Connor ' s suggestion to hold the next meeting at Lowbands , in July next . GitERNWtcu and Depjfokd . —Tlieshareholders approve of Mr . O'Connor ' s suggesfion to hold the next conference at Lowbands in July . A number of the members are subscribing threepence per week in support of the Land and Labour Bank .

      Walworth . —A numerous meeting was held at the Temperance Hotel , 9 , East-lane , Walworth , on Wednesday evening last . Mr . John Simpson , the district secretary , having said a few words in favour of the object for which the meeting was convened , Mr . Edmund Stallnood , who was much applauded , stated the object , progress , aud intentions of the Land Company . Mr . John Sewell then delivered an energetic , able , ami eloquent address . Mr . Sewell announced his intention of taking a four-acre share , and depositing a large sum in the Land and Labour Bank .

      Manciikstbk . —The shareholders of the Manchester branch arc informed that the officers attend at the office , People ' s Institute , to receive subscriptions and levies on Wednesday , Saturday and Sunday evenings . The shareholders are requested to bring in their cards forthwith .

      A Few Words To The Members Of The Charti...

      A FEW WORDS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND CuM « PINY .

      Brother Workers , —It has been my lot to have frequently heard , when conversing on tho land , numerous objections to the details of the syptent to bo pursued by the allottees , as recommended hy Mr . Feargus O'Connor . One would prefer fresh t-. cat to bacon , another objects to the potato crop , a third does not understand the culture of flax , or the spin ! ing of linen yarn , and a fourth would prefer sugar to honey . Upon these topics I wish to offer a few observations . Firstly , and generally , Jet it be mderstond thtu each allottee will be atperfect liberty to conduct hi agricultural and domestic arrangements as he aight think proper , though I would by no ' means have you slit'ht the opinions of Mr . Feargus O'Connor . No

      doubt a flock of sheep would be i'ept on cacb state by one of the allottees , who would prefer shecp-rarming , or mig ht understand it better ; thus n ; i : tton could bo obtained in exchange for other pr . » luce . liut , on tho score of both economy and hen ! in , 1 should recommend animal food to be dispense' with , as much as pot ^ iMo . As regards the potato c < ip , I should not bo inclined to lmard it after two ^ : ieral and Micccssivo failures , and with . the prospecl ofi third , the new potatoes now in the market i ..: ving already exhibited the disease . Nor do I agree with Mr . Feargus O'Connor as to its eligibility as a Maple article for pig-feeding ; potato-fed pigs may maka tolerable bacon , but will not make good pork , meal ftnd peas being required to give the meat suffeienfc

      firmness . With reference to flax . I do not think many persons will follow the rccommendatit , iis of Mr . Feargus O'Connor as to its culture , One » f the principal arguments of our respected leader fa- the adoption of home-spun linen is , that without it the allottees and their families will have no occup ' tioa for the long evenings of winter . With all due deference to the opinion of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , 1 cannot think that reflecting and intelligent men and women , or youths and girls , will sit before the ( ire on n winter ' s evening , gazing on vai abcv , with their hands on their knees , for want of the spinning wheel . With a small library of standard works , and tho newj . p , t | r , a man of even common intelligence need not u < i at a

      Iosa to dispose <\{ his leisure in an asrceabh ^ , profit * able , and intellectual manner . Neither would the culture and manufacture of flax afford an adequate remuneration to tho allottee . If we take the time occupied in the manufacture of the linen , and the cultivation of the ' raw material , into calcub'ion , we shall find it far more exp naive than buying linen at the wholesale price , which , could be done by ] cooperation ; we must also consider the relative vaMe of the land occupied by the flax , and add it t' < the value of the Iabeur , or rather the time , .-v few words on the substitution' of honey for sugar , -nd I have done . I am aware that this 8 ubstituti <> u has taken place for some time in the communities : 'i ' the White Etiends in Ireland , in order to avoid i ' . ving even indirect support to an unjust system , but though bee-keeping is a profitable and agreeable occupation , it would be found far more > o if the honey was sold , and sugar purchased with tho pt « - ' ; ucet

      By the co-operation of all the families on an c ^ . ate , ugar could be bought at the wholesale price , and thus the honey would be found to be morcv & W . le in the market than for home consumption . 1 c ; v < au > t suppose that our friends , having gained their Ulotracnts by co-operation , will fail to carry the principle into their domestic arrangements , that they w ? l be so blind to the advantages of co-operation as for ach , to go individually to market , to increase theptofits of the oligarchy , instead of buying their coals , * oap , candles , grocery , &(• ., in the wholesale marker , and thus savin ? from 25 to 50 per cent , in every ar tele , to say nothing of the time which would bo h-t by each allottee marketing for himself . In the ' lOpo that these hints may be useful to those who v ! : 'l in a few months take possession of their rcc . i arcd birthright , so long alienated from them , I remain , fellow-workers , Your friend and brother , Thomas Fk ¦ . « .

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      . Tltb Snaren0i,Dkrs Of The Tt Ioan Bran...

      . TltB SnAREn 0 I , DKRS OF THE tt IOAN BRANCH <•! * tllO National Land Company are requested to atoud a general meeting at the house of-Silvester ho \] e , Burns Yard , Scuoles , oa Sunday next , Feb . 2 $ ! i , at six o ' clock , Hyde . —Tho members of this branch of tli < : National Land Company are requested to meet a ' , the houso of Mr , John Leigh , Johi-strcet , on Sunday February 28 th , at two o'clock in the afternoon . A public meeting will be held at the same place at four o'clock , to adopt the National petition . Halifax . —On Sunday next , Mr . B . Rushto'i , of Ovenden , will lecture iu tho Working-man ' s Fall , at six o'clock in tho evening . All communientions for the Halifax Chartists must be addressed to James Bowdcn , 21 , Silver-street , Halifax .

      Bury . —The members of the National Land Company and Chartists of Bury , are requested to auend a Meeting , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at : d at six o ' clock in the evening , on SnuJay , ( to-moi -ww , ) in Clark-street , over tho old Water-works office . City op London . —The members of thisbrr-vhof the Chartist Co-operative Land Company arc requested ' . o meet at the George , George-court , . n . owhill . on Sunday evening , February 28 : h , at 0 oMock precisely . Nermoruu . —A meeting of the Nottingham Election Committee will he he'd on Sunday morning next , at Smith ' s Coffee House , Low Pavement , at ten o'clock . B . uw » i , ey . —A public rsceting will be held iu Mr . John FickerinK ' s large room , on Monday evi iiiig , March 1 st , at 7 o'clock , to take into consideration the best means of getting the working pe *[ i } o >¦¦> ' this town to join the National Association of United Trades ,

      Liverpool . —Mr . Edmund Jones will deliver a lecture on the following question , " What effect w-iuld the Repeal of the Union with Ireland have t . t : the Condition of the People of England ? " at Mr , Fa-rall ' s , 4 , Cazneau-strcct , on Sunday evoking , February 2 c 3 lh . Cu . aU' to be taken at 7 o'clock . Tun SiiAnKiioLni : Rs of the People ' s Institute u ro requested to meet next Sunt ' ay ( to-morrow ) aficnoon at 2 o ' clock . CuoRLr . Y . —A meeting of shareholders ol the " i . and branch of this locality will be held at the ho-jo of Wm . Wilkinson , No . 9 , Princess street , on th .- 'jSth instant . Chair to be taken at 0 o ' clock L the evening .

      Bradford . —On Sunday a meeting of the Cha * ' . ists of Bradford will bo held in their room , Butler ., irlh Buildups , at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon . The t'iiartists of Dairy Hill will meet as usual at 10 o ' clo k in the tcnonoon of Sunday . The Chartists of Mai ., inglinitt will meet at 10 o ' clock on Sunday moruiu ;; in their room . The Committee of the National ! and Association are requested to meet on Monday oveuing , at 7 o'clock , ou business of importance . The Members of the Butterlcy branch oi tho Chartist Land Company are requested to me ., t at Mr . Willgoose's , Swauw ' ick , on Sunday , 23 th , , ' six o ' clock in the evening .

      LiSCAsiuiiK Miseks . —The next general de ! -ate meeting of Lancashire Miners will behold on Monday , March Sth , .-iUhosijin of tho Rams'Head . ! laydock , near St . Helen ' s . Chair to be taken at «> u . veu o ' clock in the forenoon . There will be a | . olio meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Ho--: rts , Esq . and others upon the necessity of petitioning the legislature , to pass an act for the better veiui . iuion of coal mines . _ Swindjk . —The members of this branch of tho National Laud Company arc requested to at > -nda meeting on Monday evening , March 1 st . atG .-n-ge Bishop '* , Eascott . IIanlky and Shi : lton Branch of the National Laud Company . —The members of this Branch ar > req \ watcd to meet at Mr . Yates ' s , Temperance Hotel , Mile ' s Bunk , Shelton , on Tuesday evening lies , at seven o ' clock .

      Hull . —Dr . M'Douall will lecture on Sunday everting , in the White Hart Room , . " -alehouse-lane , -subject , — " Tho Land and the Charter . " Maxcuestku . —Tho Observation Committee ,. f the Lancashire shareholders of the National Laud ' joinpany are requested to meet on M-mday ev tiing next , March I , at the house-of Mr . Wvn . Dixon , l ! cmporanco Hotel , 93 , Groat Ancoats-street . Olduam . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Dicki'uon , of Sunderland , will lec ' turo m the Hall of Science , Ilorsedge-strcet , at six o ' clock in the eveniu / . aud on Tuesday , March 2 , he will deliver his thirl lecture at eight o ' clock in tho evening . Loko Buckbv . —Mr . Wm . Monday , of Northampton , will deliver a lecture here on Monday , March 1 , at seven o ' clock . Manchester . —Mr . James Clark will lecture at the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , Fob . 28 .

      ButMixoiiAM . —The Petition committee , and all parlies holding petition sheets , are requested io attend at the Ship Itta , on Sunday evening , Feb . 2 Sth , at seven o'clock . A meeting will bo held at 03 , Hill-stroet , ou Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . BucKuuiiN . —The quarterly meeting of the l '' ^' burn branch of the National Land Company « . 11 be held on Sunday evening , Fcb . 2 Sth , at live oVvock , in Mr . George Nurtou ' s ' 1 cwpcraueo Hotel , Wualley Bank ,

      Rate And Tax-Paying Clauses Of Tub Refor...

      Rate and Tax-Paying Clauses of tub Reform Bill . —A public meeting was held in the Yestrv-roiinis , Gordon-square , St . Pancras , on Monday evening , to petition Parliament to repeal the above obnoxious « clau-es . " Mr . Churchwarden Wagstaff occupied the chair . Mr . Wheel v moved and Mr . Hornby seconded the first resolution , which was supported by the members for the borough , Si Charles Nap ier and Sir Benjamin Hall . Mr . John Arnoit and Mr . Clark seconded the adoption of a petition similar to the one adopted at the recent Crown and Anchor meeting . After an eloquent speech from Mr . M'Grath the petition was unanimously adopted . The usual votes of thanks concluded the proceedings .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27021847/page/1/