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      4. _^ The Star Of Freedom. ____^ July 3

      4 . _^ THE STAR OF FREEDOM . ____^ July 3

      Letters Fch Workisg Men. No. Xv.—Cobdek ...

      LETTERS FCH WORKISG MEN . NO . XV . —COBDEK AND © ISRAELI . TO TEE EDHOB 07 THS STAR OP FBEEDOM . Sib , —Iq a conple of empty , bragging , impudent speeches , at Wakefield , on the 17 th inst ., Richard Cobden fell foul of Benjamin Disraeli , and tried to persuade all England that Benjamin is an incarnation of the worst possible humbug , and that he , the aforesaid poor Richard , is the one heaven missioned champion who can free us from this plague of Jewry . For my part , looking closely at both Cobden and

      Disraeli , I come to the conclusion , that as regards the humbug , there is just six to one and half a dozen to the other . And if I must needs draw a general comparison , it will hardly be in favour of the member for the West Riding . Let us look at these two heroes , and consider what they are made of , now while they stand watching each other , impatient for the fray . Bisraeli is an adventurer . So is Cobden . Disraeli made his money by a lucky marriage with a rich widow . Cobden more nncleanlily has made his by trade ; not to speak of the additional £ 70 , 000 subscribed to him to pay him for his disinterested advocacy of the Repeal of the Corn Laws . If Disraeli

      is to be called mercenary for marrying riches to his need , what is Cobden , who , not needing , appropriated the reward which was due , not to him , hut to others ? Cobden had the hard cash and Peel the statues , for work done by Colonel Thompson and Ebenezer Elliott . Disraeli has changed his principles . Cobden has none to change . ' Disraeli has been inconsistent in his political conduct—unscrupulous / says Cobden . Cobden has been consistent , but it has been the consistency of a man troubled with no scruples , but careful of bis game . Ask even his colleagues in the Corn Agit ttion . Disraeli is not honest , for he asserts

      principles which he does not mean to carry out . Cobden is at the least as dishonest . Disraeli recants his old narrowness of Protection . Cobden does not recant the worse narrownesses of his one-sided and partial and duhonest'Free' Trade . Disraeli cares only for the ' landed interest . ' Cobden cares only for the ' monicd interest / He calls it the manufacturing interest : a lie—for he cares nothing for the workman . If the twain are well matched for impudence , Disraeli has the advantage of wit . In genius , in natural ability , there is no comparison between the gifted author and the shallow ' Manchester manufacturer . '

      Disrasli has courage . Of Cobden even his own friends say that he was always wanting in emergencies . In every period of the Corn Agitation , while John Bright was bold Cobden was poor spirited and timid . He had to be carried into the field ; could never fight without strong backers . He is one of those fortunate impostors upon whom circumstances or other men ' s conveniences thrust a sort of greatness . He has not achieved greatness . Disraeli has . As the nominal leader of the Anti-Corn Law

      Movement , suffered to stand on the shoulders of far abler men , Cobden makes a great figure for a little while ; but the moment he attempts to act for himself he shows himself to be an incapable . Think of his peace-follies . He has plenty of face ; he can reason correctly upon certain premises ; he can call names ; be can recollet figures , and speak by the hour . The amount of his attainment lies there . He has not shown in one instance any indication of knowledge of principle , breadth of thought , largeness of heart , statesman-like capacity or apitude . As a "Writer , as a speaker , as a thinker , as an actor , he stands many grades below Disraeli . In political honesty there is

      not a pin ' schoice between them . And for their goodwill toward the people , when their own private ends may be served , the matter stands thus ' . —Disraeli is a tyrant , one of their side at least ; Cobden is a political economist . Disraeli would not care to enfranchise the people unless perhaps he should find it to the interest of his party ; Cobden would go to the extent of a £ > o rental as a freeman ' s qualification . Disraeli would g ive privileges to the landlords ; Cobden insolently refuses Protection to the slaves of the capitalists . One would take the tax off tea and the other off malt . One would have a'happy peasantry ' under the squire ' s thumb ; the other would ' garrison

      onr present institutions , ' and preserve * that contentment , that comfort , that peace , which has been eminently the fruit of tho commercial legislation of the last ten years . ' The comfort and contentment of stocking-weavers with nine shillings a week , and the peace of trade strikes at home , and complicity with infamy abroad . 1 am anxious that working men should draw sach comparisons as these ; that they may learn before it is too late , that they have little to gain in going off the old despotic line to travel only on some new parallel . I want no one to join oar new Jew Statesman , though he should change once more and play Penitent Thief in future . He is not to be trusted . Bat let no sensible woiking man lend any support to the Independent Thief of Free Trade—the man of peace with Foreign Tyranny , who wants a

      garrison to keep down the poor at home , —the economic tyrant , who thinks the labourers were never so well off . ' We don't want to do any more for them . Take off the tax on tea , for the sake of larger exports of our slave-made cotton ; keep on lhe small tax , and not take off vine . I am obliged to drink it , for I have a gorged liver . ' Leave the two denominations of tyrant to fight out their battle by themselves . Watch only your opportunity to strike the victor . Let them only round each other . What if the genius of Disraeli should be found to be greater than the incapacity and pretence of Cobden ; what if Disraeli should set Toryism up again ? Oar fear lies not there . Manchester will not talk of garrisons if Disraeli should interfere with labour . Manchester

      will then talk more mildly , seeking to circumvent us ; to get those very sensible fellows who believe in Hume ' s honesty , in Peel's patriotism , or Cobden ' s statesmanship , to be on their side again . Let us hold off altogether till one or other of the factions , despairing to succeed without us , shall be compelled to enfranchise the whole people . Again , and again , I say , our only chance lies in that . Our only chance of freedom in any nearness of time . Refuse to play this game , and give onr services to either party for some sop , for anything short of our freedom ; and "Universal Suffrage , that first step towards real national redemption , shall only be peacefully obtained in some

      far future for our children ' s children , or won by ourselves by the sword or torch : a price not too high for freedom but a price which nothing but our own folly can compel us to pay . Toryism is in its deaththroes . The genius of one man may save it for a time ; may at least give it strength to grapple so closely with the young giant of Trade-monopoly , that the easting-throw of success shall be in the hands of the working-man . Let them not miss their opportunity . Let them use it honeitiy . Let them not use it foolishly . "We have but to stand by not careless of the political warfare , but intently watching the

      combatants till the undermost for the moment shall require our help . Then take no price short of absolute freedom . We thea shall b & able to enter the arena to cope on equal ground with the partyvictor . It matters not which . Either is our enemy . Let all those old treacherous words of Whig , Radical , Free-trader , Liberal , & c . & c , be consigned to oblivion . Let us recognize that the real contest is between the People and whosoever usurps the right of the People —the right to freedom . Let us care to get that . Care for nothing else before that . And when got , do not lose it as they lost it in France . Spartacus .

      Obihj Hy Of A Stedfasr Democrat. Died, A...

      OBIHJ HY OF A STEDFASr DEMOCRAT . Died , after a short illness , at Bacion-street , Xewcastle-on-Tyne , George Grant , agid forry . fj-ir yea-s . Treasurer to the Democratic Society , which office he discharged with honour ao 4 fidelity . By his noble conduct he endeared himself to all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance . Mr . Grant was a native of the pari .-h of Golspy , Suthiria-idshiw . At an early age , along wish manyhun dreds besides , he was cupelled from the land of his birth , hy the merciless cruelty of the Sutherland family , to give pa c t-j sheep . Yeaw ago he ani tnerrest of tie family embraced ihe huly cause ef Dtmoerac v , which has lost an earnest friend , glowing with an ardent desire to see the glorious principles of Liber » y , Equality , ar . d Kraterniiy cairi'd into practical operation , lie died as he lived , an hroestaud consistent democrat , worthy of the brave descenfia ^ ts of the nu-n who fought and bled under the burner of the heroic V . ' a'Jare a ; d the c ! iivalron * Bruce . A . * a last tribute of re . specs , the members of the Democratic Society , along with the rehtives of the deceased , walked in proceisiou on Sunday afternooa io th ; Gcsraand Cemeterr . t'A ' e deplore the death of Mr . Grant ss that of a ff ' end and ;? i : Her- Wesympathise with lis bereaved wife and feieuls ; and iidd the cxpre -sion of our sincere esteem for one wh-j wa * a stauiu h ot / nccrat , —a clever , hon-st . andfai hf . ii man Emtob . ]

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      . . * . . "" . "P rasrafes * ihb Lbubr op ^ bbi .. —on Monday aftewcon - - « i ™ ^^ i " givea t 0 the members fcr the Eastern Dm . ' : ' ¦ ' - -Wtt ^^ Cumberland and the City of Carlisle , by the Liberal - . . " - ^ BiL o ^^ clous Pavilion erectesl for the occasion . ... - -. . - ^ Jhttir ^ ct £ 1 EE" T ^ x"iox . —An official return states tfce ~ presentyf ^! L " ^ giumfor tho first sis months of - ^ J perio d Kt ye , r * K ' 56 i - 5 e 9 r - ? > n the correspond-^ -- » ¦ . ; -:--. - - - yearti «* amounted to 33 , 066 , 945 / . rr- .-,- .,-

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      8 jS * All communications for the Editor must be addressed to No . 4 , . Brunswick-row , Qtieen's-square , Bloomsbury , Louden . Newsmpebs im the United States . — The statistics of the newspaper press in America form an interesting feature tn « e returns of the late United States census . From these it < appea « that the total number of newspapers and periodicals in the United states iu Jane , 1851 , amounted to 2 , 800 , thus divided— ' t , m N <> - Circulation . pri ° ^ 0 S ' £ . lly - .. 350 .... 730 , 000 .... 2 ?? . 2 "K Tri-WeeW r .. I 5 a .... 75 , 000 .... ^ MMg Semi-Weeklj .. 125 .... 80 , 000 .... *** MSS Weekly .. .. 2 , 000 .... 2 , 875 . 0 . 10 .... " ^ 00 . 000 Semt-MontW y ., 50 .... 300 , 000 .... , £ * M 2 Monthly .. 100 .... 900 . 000 .... 10 ' Mg Quarterly .. 25 .... 29 , 000 .... 8 "'" uu 2 * 800 SfiOOfiOO 42 D 2 C 00 , 000 424 papers are issued in the New England States J 76 : m * e M « U die States . 710 in the Southern States , and 784 » £ * Western states . The average circulation of papers in the ^ " 5 ™ ™ 1 . 785 . There h one publicaiion for every 7 , 161 free innaDitants in the Unite ! States and territories . « ,. i ; n /) n of The Aw < bibe EtEcriov — Sir —Notw thstandwg tDf coalition ot ChartUt .. n-mSfSSi ^ SL vfrth vte PeeUw * . together with

      all the accessories of cbceruV . groaning , « Snl Cardwell , the Free Trade candidate . has been defeated by Cornel BW . the Derbyite . by a majority of 102 . I •»* " & ^ "ZTtte atthe result of this contest , Li bdtow fl » J " " ? . ^ ™ dead iest enemies of workinir men with regard to the rights ot labour-but lamsor ? fXconductof certain men , who have despair of secinethem anything else than -what they are , willingly -Wages' Slave ! Ah . nV with a few stern , unjieldmg spirits , I volved , bntXtofAe money grubbers fear of Pro ec ion in the shape of Derby and Co , ' and not the anti-Democratic tendencies ould have honestlopposed

      of hfs government' which we all c y , jet we frecalMTorieM !) by the so called Libera party , £ which workingmen and Chartists ( . ' 1 are , for the present , the tools and slave * . Thisistrnly the age of re-action i ' -J-lCBAwroBD , Cumnock , July 22 nd . . 1 « . ' Let ' s Esat 3 BATE . ' -We have received the following from one of the most faithful Chartists to be found ia ^ orth ot England :-'Dear Sir ,-I have just been reading , in last Saturday s" Star , the article "Let ' s Emigrate . " At the end pf that article you strike a chord in my heart . You say you will revert to the sub . ject again I trust you will do so . I would be m » st happy to join any society which you might be instrumental informing , as also as ? istintr to manaee . for earning out the object you indicate .

      Myself and family would be among the first members . I do not know anything ! shouldlike better than to see a sufficient number of good-hearted men and their families going out in a ship of their own chartering I do beseech you to return to the subject , The Rabble . ' —to the editor of the times . — Sir , —As the unre . represented' rabble' seem to be sending in their claims to the source whence they ate most likely to obtain redress— 'the Times '—allow me to do the s . ime . At the General election in 1847 Inasahouseholderin one of the metropolitan boroughs , and did exercise my votes ; since then I have obtained a superior office in the same companv , and now reside within the city , lam called upon to serve en juries as the representative of the company—I am not omitted in the collection of Income Tax—hut , because the house I reside in is rated in the naraeof the company . I am not on the Parliamentary register of votes . Thus , when I held an in . fcrior situation and paid less tases , I was a voter ; now my post , tion is improved and my taxes increased I am not a voter . It is somewhat remarkable ihat although the secretary of the company

      is not a voter , the messenger , who resides in a oorou ^ n , is . — am . Sir , your obedient servant , Ose moke of ' the Rabble , July 23 rd . A Word to the Mes of Oldham . — The ' Peoples Candidate' for the Tower Hamlets is not yet in bis proper sphere of usefulness , viz .. the House of Commons but an excellent opponumty offers itself of sending him thereby the patriotic spirits of Oldham , and one which I trust the men of that borough will not lose sight of . In consiquence of the death of Mr . Duncuft a vacancy occurs which I trust the electors and non electors , who have returned a Cobbett andaFieldine ; , will immediately avail themselves of . in 1 order to be represented bythat talented son of Labour , Mr . William Newton . The election of such a man would be one of the greatest triumphs the industrious classes of this country could possibly achieve : and mi * -which would reflect the highest honour on the

      men of Oldham . Let , then , the friends of Labour bestir themselves in time , and unite for so des irable an object . Everyone who kn-. ws Mr . Newton can entertain no doubt as to his ability , or integrity . An indomitable champion of the working man-an uncompromisins n & litician-ahd a social reformer of the first order . Kally'to your duty men of Oldham J return William Newton , free of expense , and show an example worthy ot imitation by the rest of the industrial constituency of the kingdom . —Yours fraternally , J . Shaw , 2 t , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road , East , London . ,. Boston , United States . — Thanks to our' unknown friend for the 'Commonwealth . ' Glory toTownshcndand Giddmgs ! Hurrah for Human Freedom ! „ .... , R . S ., Cardiff . —We are seeking among the Refugees for one qualified to undertake the employment , G . F . C , Norwich . —Next week . G . Willis , Manchester . —Received . ITS * Several communications are unavoidably postponed .

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      MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION . Legally Established 1849 . Head Office , London , Lincoln ' s Inn Field Chambers , and 2 , Portsmonth-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . —Branch Offices , lirerpool , Manchester , Bristol , York , and Aberdeen . Confidential Referee B . Warwick , Esq . M ATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE ASSOC 1 A-. TION . conducted on the ssstem as so successfully adopted on the Continent , legally established as a medium for the introduction of both sexes unknown te each other , who are desirous of entering into matrimony , and who may rely on strict honour and secrecy . None but respectable oatties negotiated mt _ . Applicants may sign by initial or otherwise . Full particulars , with printed forms of application , lists of agents , and instructions , sent free , on receipt of six post stamps by Hcgo Bebesfobd , Esq ., Secretary . Registrar ' s Offices , Lincoln ' s Inn Field Chambers , and 2 , Portsmouth-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London . Note . —Communications from the continentandabioad promptly answered . Unpaid letters refused .

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      GOLD ! GOLD ! GOI . D ! NATIONAL GIFT EMIGRATION SOCIETV . TO AUSTRALIA , OR ANY OTQEU PART OF THE WOULD . ' Many can help one , where one cannot help many . ' Office , 13 , Tottenham court ( thirteen doors from Tottenham-courtroad ) . New-road , St . Pancras , London . The late & U discoveries in Australia , and the great want of labour experienced ia both the agricultural and commercial districts consequent on that fact , calling loudiy for an extension of the means of estimation , itis proposed that a number of working men should associate together , and by the gifts of ONE SHItLIKC EACH , A cei tain number should be enabled without expense to themselves to receive a

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      THS STAR OF FESED 01 SATURDAY , SVS . Y Si , 1853 .

      .Newtoe" For Oldham! We Thank Oar Corres...

      . NEWTOE" FOR OLDHAM ! We thank oar correspondent , Mr . Sha-w , for directing public attention to the vacancy in the representation of Oldham , caused by the sudden death of tho re-elected Tory member , Mr . Donctjft . At the recent election Mr . Dua'CUFt was for the second time returned along with Mr . Cobbett , who succeeded in ousting Mr . TV . J . Fox , the Liberal member elected in 184 ? . We ] eara from onr Lancashire correspondent , that Mr . Dl / NCOTT had gone to spend some days at his country house at Frodsham , Cheshire , where he was seized with English cholera , and died at 30 minutes past 12 on Tuesday , after only two days' illness .

      We presume that Mr . W . J . Fox will not again appear upon the Oldham hustings . It will be recollected that on the occasion of the election of tho late Parliament , Mr . Fox , in conjunction with Mr . Dcncdft , was elected to the exclusion of the late Jons Fieldes , and Mr . Jonu Cobbett , who , in his turn , has just succeeded in placing Mr . Fox third upon the list of candidates . In Parliament Mr . Fox failed to realise the sanguine expectations of his friends . Although he had enjoyed the reputation of being the most able and

      eloquent «* lecturer" in England , he was , comparatively speaking , a silent member oi the House of Commons . Identified ivith the cause of Educational Progress ^ he'delivered two or three valuable speeches on that important question . In presence of most other subjects , he was content to record his vote merely ; his votes being generally , perhaps regularly , oa the right side . In justice to Mr . Fox , it should not be forgotten that he gave his vote and support to the Ten Hours Bill , and to this fact must be partly attributed his rejection at the late election .

      It will be remembered that Mr . Fox was one of the regularly appointed speakers of the Anti-Corn Law League at the Drury-lane and other meetings of that body . As a mau-of-all-work he was useful to the millocracy , and his brilliant talents as a speaker

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      gave something of polish and lustre to ' a propaganda which otherwise would have been chiefly remarkable for the unadorned prose of Cobden , and the clever bullying of Bright . In the full flush of victory over the bread-takers , the Leaguers were bound in honour to countenance the man who had so well served them , and the eloquent essayist had the aid of their influence in 1 M 1 . But his support of the Ten Hours Bill alienated the affections of his factory friends . The Mamtnonites could not forg ive the anti-protectionist who voted for the protection of their workers from excessive and cruel toil , —the Free Trader who dared to question their prerogative to freely use up

      the souls and bodies of women and children without check or hindrance . Harsh is the service of Mammon . Mr . Fox tried to reconcile justice , or rather something like merey to labour , with the unfettered supremacy of capital . Impossible task ! Without winning the confidence of the workers he lost the patronage of their task-masters . On their part the supporters of Dtjsctjft who , had coalesced with the supporters of Foxin 1847 , were exasperated against him for his strenuous attempts to establish popular education independent of State-Church craft . Lastl y ^ a large number of the working voters , and the working men generally , were ho stile to Mr . Fox for his

      alleged support of the Master Engineers , rendered through the columns of the " Weekly Dispatch , " in which paper , as is well known , he pens the articles still signed " Publicola , " notwithstanding that some years ago the real " Publicola " was gathered to his fathers . Questioned upon this matter , challenged with acting the part of a masked and paid assailant of the Operative Engineers , who had merely desired to carry out the principle on . which is based the Ten Hours Bill , he failed to justify himself , or to make any satisfactory defence . Opposed by the Tories , deserted by the Leaguers , apd unsupported by the people , W . J . Fox , in . spite of his eloquence , naturally found his way to the bottom of the poll . In rieiv of the circumstances attendant upon Mr .

      Fox ' s rejection , it can hardly bo anticipated that he will again come forward . The question then arises who shall be the popular candidate—a question which peculiar circumstances combine to render of national , rather than mere local importance . There is one candidate who has been recently before the country , who might well be selected as not unworthy to represent the borough that in other days did itself the honour to elect William Cobbett and John Fielden . It is impossible for us to estimate what chances of success a man will have who may engage in the contest unpatronised by local influence ; but , certainly , if there is any prospect of success , the man whom the people of Oldham would do well to select is the late candidate for the representation of the Tower Hamlets , William Newton .

      We anticipate objection on the part of our Tower Hamlets friends , who will remind us that William Newton is the man of their choice ,- and that he is bound not to" desert them . That he will not do . Wo know his determination to fight the battle of Labour upon the hustings and at the polling-booth , until victoriously he takes his seat as Labour ' s representative in the House of Commons ; therein to fight a still more arduous battle . But we put it to the men of the Tower Hamlets , is it not desirable that Mr , Nkwton should at once , if possible , become the elected of the people , the legislatorial champion of the rights of Industry ? We are confident their answer will be in tho affirmative ; and that they will concur with us , that if . there is any fair chance of victory at Oldham , Mr . Newton should claim the suffrages of that constituency .

      To the Electors and Non-Electors of Oldham we take leave to say that William Newton is preeminently the man worthy of their votes , their voices , and every essential support . The advocate of Freedom in the ^ largest meaning of theterm—Freedom , Political , Commercial , and Religious , he has the best possible claims to the suffrages of those Electors who recently elected Mr . J . M . Cobbett , and the best of those who voted for Mr . Fox . The working Electors ,

      the Non-Electors , and the Wealth-Producers of Oldham generally , need not be told that the name of Newton is inseparably connected with the great cause of Justice to Labour . The Factory Workers and Co-operators will find in him an unflinching champion ; and in the all-important work of Poor Law Reform—the wrak of abolishing pauperism ; and the slave-market supplied by surplus labour—he is already pledged to take the initiative if elected to the Legislature .

      But William Newton may be more than member for Oldham . Too apathetic , too supine have the working men been during the late Election . Should Williaji Newton- consent to stand for Oldham an opportunity will be afforded to the workers throughout the country to redeem their reputation by a national demonstration in support of his candidature . It is within our knowledge that Mr . Newton has made great sacrifices to fight the people ' s battle in the recent East London Electon . Those sacrifices he

      must not be allowed to repeat . If elected for Oldham it must be free of expense to himself . It would , however , be unjust to impose upon the men of Oldham the entire burden of that expense , to' meet which the people generally may , and we trust will , contribute . William Newton Jus claims not merely upon any one locality , but upon all localities , because the advocate of the rights of those who throughout the country suffer under the evils of

      class-legislation and social wrong . An ardent Reformer in the most radical sense | of the term , but untainted by the vice of political charlatanism ; a man who has lived for , but not at the cost of , tfie people ; possessed of a generous heart , a cool head , extensive knowledge , and matured experience in the guidance of masses of his countrymen , he is precisely the man whom every true patriot , every well-wisher to his country , should unite with the Men of Oldham to place in the House of Commons .

      To the Reformers and Working Men of that Borough we say , lose not a moment in forming a strong and influential Committee to canvass the electors and otherwise ascertain the prospects of success . If on due inquiry yeu conclude it would be imprudent to risk a contest—supposing a contest to be threatened—you will at least have the satisfaction of knowing you have done your duty . If , on the contrary , you are satisfied that there are good grounds on which to risk a struggle , then do not hesitate , but gird up yourselves to ( Jay the part of men ; appeal to your countrymen for aid , and with their help—elect William Newton Member for Oldham , mid Representative of the Rights of Labour .

      Hope For America. It Has Ever Been A Sad...

      HOPE FOR AMERICA . It has ever been a sad sight for us , as it has been for all the European Democracy , to see tho stripes of slavery intermingled with the stars of freedom , upon the banner of tho American Republic . We have blushed at the thought of the profanation of the principles of liberty and republicanism , in suffering what her sons call the 'land of freedom , ' to be polluted by the foul stain of human slavery . Nor was it merel y from the fact of its existence that we grieved , but for the apparent apathy of tho American people upon the subject for their carelessness or forgetfulness of the very first principles of republicanism , Equality and Liberty . America seemed to

      have cast awayuncared for all the many lessons of thepast , teaching her by numerous examples , how nations decay and fall when they neglect to listen to the dictates of justice and duty , and are led to plunge into a career of mad , gold-seeking , unfraternal selfishness . We saw the primitive causes of all the worst evils of the old European societies busily at work , preparing the way for the ultimate decav and ruin of the Republic of North America . ' We saw tho people of that Republic bowing down before the golden calf , worshipping tho almighty dollar , and expending their energies in pursuit of enervating riches , and ' in the most emasculating and demoralising commerce . We saw them

      raise interest in the place of duty , self-agrandisoment in the place of Humnity , and treat with scorn , as absurd and Quixotic every work which would fail to bring to them profit , in the most materialist sense of the term . Thus we have seen them cling to the 'domestic institution' of slavery , and while { hey wrote in the fundamental pact of the nation that « all men are free and equal , ' shamelessly claim a right to bind their fellow men in chains , and reduce them to the degraded position of beasts of burden . Even that portion of them who repudiate the iniquity for their part , wc have seen submit to an extension and prolongation of slavery . We have seen them compromise , allow their territory to be overrun with slavehunting bloodhounds , and remain unmoved amidst

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      tho shrieks and groans of the manacled wretches driven back by the lash to their former bondage . We say they quietly suffered all this wi thout any deters mination to prevent it , for had they had any such determination , no such atrocities could possibly have been perpetrated . Forgetting eternal justice and the imprescriptable rights of man , they prated of ' state rights ; ' as if any state right could absolve the atrocious crime of men being bought and sold , like sheep and pigs , by their fellow men . When we saw all those things—all those crimes against humanity , we feared for America ; we anticipated that she was about to follow the footsteps of the nations of Europe and Asia , and enter upon a course of degradation and ruin .

      Happily our fears have not been altogether justified . In another part of our columns will be found an eloquent speech of Mr . Giddings , of Ohio , in the American House of Representatives . Those fervent words of truth and justice , are for us like an oasis in the desert ; they inspire us with new hope and faith in the future destiny of the American people . We see how here the old political parties have withered and are virtually dead , so that tlie first breath of the gathering party of the future shall

      sweep them for ever from the stage of public life . So is it with the great parties in the United States ; they have lost all life and spirit , live only in the withered and dead opinions and ideas of times long gone by , and are altogether unfitted to be the leaders of the nation in the present days . Whig and Democrat alike ignore all principle , and seek to obtain power by the basest means—by expediency and compromises —and seek to slink along unopposed under cover of half ideas and worn out policies .

      But these parties do not represent the real political life , the growing intellect of the American nation . There is arising a new order of politicians , who will take justice to all , duty from all as the rule of their conduct , and awake the popular mind to a sense of the truths of Democratic freedom , which means freedom to all . Slavery is incompatible with Democracy . We believe that the day of compromise is gone by , and that now justice will be brought to bear upon the politics of the world . Whigs may try to let the Slavery question rest in oblivion , and so-called 'Democrats ' may denounce free discussion—agitation on tho evils and injustice they are desirous to uphold ; but God be thanked ! there are in the Union men

      like ToWNSHEND and Giddings ready to cast a defiance at tyranny and injustice , and loudly declare that they will not be silent until they have overthrown tho abominable system of Slavery ; that they will not remain at rest until they have made America really a Republic by establishing universal justice , freedom and happiness for all !

      The Conspiracy Of Despotism. We Have Thi...

      THE CONSPIRACY OF DESPOTISM . We have this week reprinted from the ' Morning Chronicle / a secret treaty that has been concluded between Russia , Austria , and Prussia , with regard to the affairs of France . This document is very interesting , inasmuch as it precisely defines the position taken up by the northern despots in relation to France , and also in relation to any popular movement in any country in Europe . The 'Three Kings of Cologne , ' most unequivocally declare that they have a perfect right to say by whom France shall be ruled . They are determined , moreover , to exercise this right , and to place that precious imbecile , M . de Chambord , upon the throne

      of France . Will they dare attempt to do so ? Certainly the last few years' successes have driven fear almost entirely from tho minds of the despots- They believe that they have conquered the Revolution , that it is , in fact , dead and buried , and that they have no'W nothing more to do than to set up anew the legitimist images that have been overturned in the storm . It is not at all improbable , therefore , that the armies of tho Holy Alliance will actually invade France , for the purpose of dethroning the Usurper , and restoring tho ' rightful King . ' In all likelihood it would bo in no ways a very difficult

      undertaking . We are not credulous enough to believe that the French people would show any very great enthusiasm or devotion in favour of Bonaparte , remembering as they do the thousands he has slaughtered , transported , and exiled , since the 2 nd December , But France conquered , th © Monarchy restored , what better would be the situation of European despotism ? What greater guarantee against tho Revolution would exist ? It is impossible to extinguish the revolutionary traditions of France and of Europe—it ia impossible again to make the French people tho King-worshipping slaves of the days of Louis XIV . Another revolution will follow as a

      matter of course . The reaction ( ay , and the ' liberal' reaction also ) has long been preaching the ' futility' of revolutions , and the propriety of seeking ' gradual progress' beneath tho protection of 'firm and paternal governments . ' That is to say , under the protection (?) of such governments as those that burned Dolet for printing the works of Rabelais ; that imprisoned and tortured Galileo , proscribed Voltaire , and persecuted Rousseau . We will not mention the ' firm and paternal government which has shed the blood of Baudin and Charlet , and thousands of others , ' as it might be objected to on account of its bastardy . ' Do not

      make revolutions , ' say the sentimental peace-humbugs , ' they are so horrible , and no good comes from them . Bear patiently with Nicholas , Fiungis JosEPH . and Henri V . Convince them with argument that they are wrong , and that they ought to reform . ' Yes , Poace-croakiug , patience-preaching knaves ! touters for the despots , and members of their conspiracy ; you very' well know that there is no discussion possible with those who will reply to reasons and arguments only by cannon-balls and bayonets . The

      Northern Powers place M . be Chambobd on the necks of the French people , to rule them absolutel y with the grace of God . But France desires liberty and progress , she wishes to govern herself , so that sho may be able to fulfil her own wants . The King ' by the grace of God' employs his hired assassins to prevent such a desire being carried into execution . However , tho grace of God Canute can-no * send back tho waves of popular progress ; he and his butchers are swept away , and the revolution is a fait accompli .

      nThis is what will assuredly occur in tho event of tho northern powers carrying out their present views , and thrusting the foolish de Ciumboiu ) down the throats of the French people . It will be strange if it do not turn out that our government have had some hand ^ u this conspiracy of European Kings . The signature of Derby , or of his queenly puppet would have most appropriately followed those of Nicholas and his chums , at the foot of this rascally treaty . Our readers will remember that some months ago , Derby said that for the last sixty years the government of France had boen

      possessed by one usurpation or another . It is not possible he has had no hand iu the present plot for putting an cud to the ' usurpations . ' Our Premier is extremely attached to the continental despots . Witness hia readiness to dismember Switzerland , for the gratification of his good friend Frederick William , of wine-drinking celebrity . No one can forget his tenderness for tho feelings and the purses of Francis Joseph , and that dear soul , the Grand Duke of Tuscany , in tho Mather affair . Depend upon it , the Engli sh Tory government has a finger in this continental pie .

      Although tho Cossacks may overrun France , although they may over-run Britain , ( and they will yet do that , if the old English spirit of the nation docs not revive ) , it will bo but a temporary triumph for Kingcraft . Democracy has taken too firm a hold of the minds of the peoples of Europe , for tho armies of tho Holy Alliance ever to drag them back to tho darkness and the slavery of Feudal barbarism .

      "Not To Be G1u1iam1zed!" Sir Calckaft— W...

      "NOT TO BE G 1 U 1 IAM 1 ZED !" Sir Calckaft— we bog Mister Calcbaft ' s pardon for our blunder— " SU- " JAMES Graham , we mean , has been roystering at Carlisle to the great delight of some fivo or six hundred cormorants , lauded and commercial , gorged with tho fat of the laud , wantoning in the very superfluity of luxury , and rioting in tho excess of insolent power . The Knight of Netherby delivered himself of an oration in which he gave full vent to his unbounded joy at having succeeded in stamping with degradation the City which has proved itself worthy to share the infamy that clings , and will for ever cling to his foul name . He was received with ' deafening applause , ' ' great cheering , ' & c „ and his laborious efforts at wit , his

      "Not To Be G1u1iam1zed!" Sir Calckaft— W...

      common-place attempts at sarcasm , excit ^ T ^^ & c & c We presume his audience maf be ? . ghte r . ' as having been three parts drunk , drunk dow « jmoe of tho grape and the blood of the non ! ' 1 * th * Mnlhngs and Sixpence weekly is the sworn , ^ OarJwle Weavers ! Graham , in the COuL ^ of speech boasted , iterated , and reiterated h ! f hi « that he owed his election absolutely J ,, ° ast . and energy of the people of Carlisle . « { c " w * l truth that this triumph has been achiS" ? H combined efforts of the electors and notSi ^ tIlQ Carhsle . ( Cheers ) . It is , if ever there £ * eto » of lar triumph , a pure popular triumph ; and i // 0 ^ - enemy to contradict that triumph . ( W J * * " * We desire to bo counted among the 1 ! ¦ a ) - ' Graham , and consequentl y wo are defied 1 u of l 0

      diet the alleged fact that bis fiWtiftn c ° 'itra . diet the alleged fact that his election was ,. ° " " work of the non-electors as of the electors 5 ? eh *« cannot say but he may be correct . We kn ' o * » w ° that some time before his election there 1 D ( H professed Chartists base enough to do th a eve work of helping to return this branded W 7 *^ we observed in the ' Times' of tho 5 th of 1 \\ But on the occasion of addressing the inhabit *' that days previous to the Nomination , he met"US 80 me siderable oppositionand much fnk Cor

      , so " >* he , found it a difficult matter to pr 2 P , ? n , » t speech . We should like to know how u ' * pass that the storm of opposition \ vaS \„ uJ ?**** to We should like to know if it realh Js ^ 1 ° , 6 lee Pnon-electors , as a body , assisted to promote Pn * election ? We have no doubt some of 2 i £ f ' even who term themselves Chartists Vi \ \\ n ' Sum < 5 they gained by their baseness ? Sinm v n , n ' llaTe aman (?) who has deserted in turn \ l «! tl 0 n ° f

      . he has at any time advocated , and botr !' P ' party with whom he has ever acted a i / , eTer y traitor ; a proud despiser of 'the rabble ' ° i , * ' ,, ed with , but too cunning to employ th » h bdhev ' ing Beresfobd . What have his cWtL Snag 0 of » gained , we repeat ? His apprehensions c S " P 1 ) 0 rt ? rs democracy have been much mitigated bv „ - ) ! , Brn , n § seen of the conduct of the non-elector ! Tn , ? nevertheless he denounces « th « * ifc ... i .. an , 8 lo » nevertheless ne denounces 'the enfrinrt »

      , , ; . Labour' as being like unto thewildert ™ pS ! ° positions . He sneers at tho idea of

      The Fall Of The French Republic. Br Xavi...

      THE FALL OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . Br Xavier Dunnifiu . ( Translated expressly for the' Star of Freedom )

      THE BROTHERS . The details of a hundred other scones of carnage fill my memory , and my pen in writing tbem wouhl begin the most legitimate of vengeances . But uo tho mind is revolted by these debaucheries of blew ] , \ love better to finish this description by a trait which recalls the most noble sentiment of patriotism aud national honour . Two brothers , both officers , the one in the artillery , the other in the infantry , received orders to march against tho defenders of tho Constitution and tlio law . The first in indignation , broke his sword ; and

      he was immediately cast into the Abbaye . Tlie other , the youngest , fearful that his refusal to cxecato his odious mission might be ascribed to cowardice , executed it with curses against the perjurer . This was on the 4 th , at the last moment of resistance . Two balls struck him at once ; lie fell iu his blood ; both his legs were fractured , and he expired next morning , at the military hospital . His death was preceded by a long fit of delirium , or rather of despair ; his mind entirely filled by one fixed idea , grief

      and remorse , for having obeyed . His brother was at last permitted to gather his last wods , and was present when there was brought to the dying man one of thoso crosses which Louis Bonaparte has made a sign of infamous complicity . The unfortunate young man repulsed it with horror . Ho convulsively attempted to fasten it on his brother ' s breast , Raying to him : —• ' It is thou alone merits it for thy noble disobedience , and it is rehabiliated France that shall desern it , and appreciate it !' THE PEOPLE ' S SOLDIERS .

      Without any doubt , even in the army of Para , there were a great number of officers and subaltern soldiers who had to submit to that horrible constraint . This has been affirmed to as in the casemates by fusiliers of the 43 rd regiment of the line , who , themselves at least , had courageously done their duty . Their devotion and patriotism was admirable , wheu they said to us , ' We prefer to dwell twenty years and die , if we must , with you iu Cayenne , rather than live some months longer with assassins !'

      But these exceptions , touching as they arc , would augment , if that were possible , instead of attenuating the horror with which tho army of Paris inspired every citizen who mourned tho ruin and dishonour of Franco . It is with the army as with tlie magistratuvo . France , when she shnll have regained possession of herself will finish at one blow that anomaly of a country charging itself with taxes to support an iustrument of terror and compression .

      PARDON FOR THE REPENTANT . We had been at Bicotre nearly a month ; the Bertrand commission at last came to a decision . It pronounced a small number of acquittals , extracted by the solicitations of powerful families . Some , I must needs say , were bought by dishonourable concessions ; they wero lawyers almost celebrated , cluborators , beggars of popularity ; men whom tuo elections of May would have glorified , had ft no national

      been for the coup d ' etat , and borne into the representation , but who have given the scandalous example of an adhesion signed in exchange tor a pardon given by the great criminal of December . Thoy did not feel all their shame in the first jnjjoi a liberty so dearly bought . Is it the same now , when their thoughts turn to the many obscure unfortunates delivered to tho tortures of Atriw . not certainly for their ambition , but for their sole

      disinterested devotion to the Republic ? All the other prisoners wero gradually taken * Ivry , where were slowly formed tho hatches for trn » portation . Every day there wero taken away tmj or forty , who were placed in two rows in sight ° i casemates . Tho gendarmes and soldiers of the c charged their arms before them with an aflectauu » which , at last , excited only our pity . 0 u , sl " y aUd pathy was less timid and more widely B P tB J " flfc was testified to us on our passage . Some p » ' wept ; notwithstanding the menaces of tuo oi they stood and looked after us until the column disappeared at tho turning of the road .

      THE DEPARTURE , ^ I myself made this melancholy journey on ««' of January , 1852 . We had transportation m y ^ spective—the Bonapartist New Year ' s Gin- ^ ^ not speak of those now casemates ; I '" lV 0 S'l » es of thing as to tho interior regime of the caseti '' Bicetre , which will not apply in every point to of Ivry . We were allowed , however , a » ° = yjjCii menade in the court , and also some tables upo " to write our letters . We were dirided into »>»« ^ gories , the mom or less compromised ; out a havn sufiWnil tho sanm nersecutions : they ^ . » ,,..

      at the same time to the pontons , and , d ™ !* ^ thoy havo , without distinction , furnished then ^ gent to the ititernement , tranportation and oxii - ^ surveillance was still morn active , and vcij Jb more noisy than at Bicetre . Thero was not *» fy hour that wo were not awoko from our «^ y deafening cries of Garde a vous t from iniioi o ( sentinels spread iu tho courts and on tho pw the casemates . „ . ^ ut The troop itself began to be mistrusted . ^( scenes consternated even the iuhabitaiits o ^ racks . A young soldier on duty on tho pia » ' , cognised his father in rags , and ghajt y *« ar ftf | among a crowd of prisoners . He fell unow and was carried awy in convulsions of am

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31071852/page/4/