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      4 The Northebn Star. ¦ October 20, 134!>...

      4 THE NORTHEBN STAR . ¦ October 20 , 134 !>

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      TO THE FRIENDS OF POLITICAL PROGRESSION . TOE NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE _Bespectfohy _aanooaca that they have taken that _elejpult Establishment , tlie _CTANDAED THEATUE , \ J _Xoir under Uie able directorship of Mr . J . Douglass , And wliicli is now one of the best conducted Theatres , and _jvossesses one of the best companies in London . ' For _VtElVXESDAY EYEXlXG , _Octobeu 24 th , 1 S 19 , "When it is stated fliat uve Fund raised will be _applM » l support of the Wives and Children of those now suffering a longincarceration for mere s _* called Political offences . It is hoped Oiat public sympathy and support will not be withheld , but that UOXES and PIT win prove . _an < sv < _jrftaw en the occasion . The Performances will consist of a A DOMESTIC DRAMA , A FARCE , AND A

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      _HALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROP . ? . A SURE CUKE FOR SCURVY , BAD LEGS , AXD IMPURE BLOOD . Another surprising cure by meaus of llalse's Scorbutic Drops . DECtAEATJO . V OF TBE CC 7 AEDUXS OF BnE . VT , _DEVOX . We , the undersigned , solemnly declare , that before Thomas Rollins , Cone of our parishioners ) commenced _takins "llalse ' s Scorbutic Crops , " he was literally covered with large running wounds , tome of them so large that a person might hare laid his fist in them ; that before he bad finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement ; and that , by continuing them for some time , he got completly restored to health , after everything else had failed . He had tried various sorts of medicines before taking "Halse's Scorbutic Drojis . " arid had prescriptions from the most celebrated physiciattsia tins country , whhout deriving the least heneSt "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops" have completely cured him , and he is noiv enabled to attend to his labour as well as any man in our parish . From other cures also made in this part , we stroRgly recommend '' Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops" to the notice of the public . Signed by Jons _fiuiorr , sen ., Lord of tlie Manor ; Jobs _bussing , _WttUMt _Pemise , Heskt Goodman , and Asrara _Jokgwoktht . —June 21 st , 1813 . This medicine has the same action on the impurities of the bloed as an antidote liaBon a poison—viz ., byhmne-< 3 iatelv robbing it of aU its evU qualities . Its eftectsare fedeed astonishing' and will scarcely be credited until tried . To the Proprietors of "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops . " j . Holt , near \? imborne , May 21 st , 1 S 49 . Sot , —It is due to you to state the astonishing enre your ¦ valuable medicine has caused to my wife . About five years since an eruption appeared in various parts of her body ; the applied to various medical gentlemen , without deriving the least benefit : the disorder continued to increase , and , Jatterly to a frightful extent—her body being covered with painful , itching , unsightly scabs . About six months ago , I providentially saw the advertisement of " Halse ' s Scorbutic Props , "in the _SaUstmiy Journal 1 determined thatmy crife should give your medicine a trial ; and , accordingly , purchased a bottle of your drops of Mr . Wheaten , your Sgent for Ringivood , and I have not words to express my Op inion of the medicine , for , in tlie course of a fortnight _ehe , was perfectly cured , having taken two bottles of the Drops and one bos of pills . Six months have now _elapsed , sod she has had no return of the complaint .

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      _^ i ' ¦ _¦ YOU MAY BE CURED YET HOLLOWATS OISTMEXT . CURE OF RHEUMATISMAXD _WTEUSIATIC GOUT . Extract of a letter from Mr . Thomas Drunton , Landlord ol the Waterloo Tavern , Coatliam , Yorkshire , late of the life Guards , dated September 28 th , _181 & Snt , —For a long time I was a martyr to Rheumatism and Bheumatu : Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using your medicines I was so bad as not to be able to walk . I Bad tried doctoring and medicines of every kind , but all to no avai _£ indeed I daily got worse , and felt that I must shortly die . From seeing your remedies advertised in the paper I take in , I thought I would give them a triiL I did to . I rubbed tlie ointment in as directed , and kept cabbage leaves to the parts thickly spread with it , and took the Pills night and morning . In three weeks I was enabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am

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      TIST ~ _OlT BOOKS AND SHEETS ll _XOW _PCTMSTOSO » _t

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      PAINS IN THE BACK / GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , & c . ONE trial only will prove the value of the _rolAratciT'KBSAL TILLS , - for speedily curing all irimie nVnains in the back , diseases ofthe bladder , kidneys , _aM urinary organs generally , resultingfrom imprudenceor _otiieS ' F & _a &¦ 2 _d- ' 2 f- 9 d a , ld _** 6 d ., - per box . Twhave never been known to fail , and will _£ o . » nrr treel with full directions , & c „ on receipt of Is . _ai _' d tt & s , 2 s . 9 d or 4 s . 6 dm _postagestamps , by Dr . TioRnos 1 E ly-place , Holborn Hill , Lonuon . A _^ E _^ o _'TslrwosULS . -Mr . T . Barry , Ruthin , mites : " sSe onebox for a friend ; the one I had _hasqmte cured me . " -Mr . King , Aylesbury : '' They are a perfec t w _J « in _« » Tlie late Dr . nope : ' They are the only thing nf the land I can recommcnd . " -Addvess Dr . Walter De i !„ n « T Elv-nlacc _, _Holuorn-hiH , London ; where he may 1 _^ consulted on a ll these diseases daily , from 10 till 1 , 4 till 8 ; Sundays , lq t « l 1 only . Advice with medicines , sent to all parts ofthe world for £ 1 Patients corresponded with till cured . Those cases deemed incurable are particularly invited .

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      CAUTION . D _TJPTURES PERMANENTLY CURED il WITHOUT A TRUSS ! -Dr . WALTER DE R 00 S , 1 , Ely-place , _Holbern-hill , London , still continues to supply the afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too well established to need comment It is easy in application , and causes no inconvenience . Will be sent free with full instructions , & c ., on receipt of 6 s . 0 d ., by Post-office orders or otherwise . Dr . De It . has a great number of old trusses left behind by persons cured , as trophies of his immense success , which he will readily give to those who need them , after a trial of this remedy . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and 4 till 8 . Sunday , 10 till 1 only . Mrs . Hill , Deal . — "I am quite cured of my rupture , and now return my sincere tlianks for your attention and care . " Mr . Daniells , Woburn . — "It has quite cured me , aud I feel in duty bound torecommendyounlVIcan , " N : B . —Sufferers are cautioned against youthful , newly started impostors , who for obvious reasons , copy this announcement . Their ( so-called ) remedies being useless , and dangerous imitations only .

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      ON SALE , THE SCRIP OF FOUR SHARES IN the National Land Company , paid up in full and clear of all expenses , _totUtocivl and general . No reasonable offer will be refused . Applications to be made to Thomas Cook , stone-mason , Ware , Herts . Mrs * Elizabeth _IliciiAnvsoit , _Marsh-gate , Doncaster , in consequence of the death of h _« \\ usbMiA , _Yfishes to dispose of Four Shares , paid in full , upon easy terms . Applications to be made to her address . ;__

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      ROBERT OWEN'S BEPLY TO MONSIEUR THIERS . " This day , in one volume , 8 vo ., price Is ., in cloth , ; _HPHE REVOLUTION in the MIND aud •*• PlMCriCJS of the HITMAN RACE . By ROBERT OWEN . London : Effingham Wilson , Publisher , 11 , Royal Exchange .

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      SOUTH _LONDON CHARTIST HALL , Comer of Webber-street , _Blackfriars-road . rp H R E E ORATIONS , X Will be delivered iu the above named Hall , IS MD OF THE FOND FOR THE SUrFOllT OF THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OP THE CHARTIST VICTIMS , On Wednesday Evemxcs _, is Octoker , 1819 , BY THOMAS COOPER , AuUior ofthe " Purgatory of Suicides , " On Wedkesday Evening , November 7 th , 1 S 49 , BY THOMAS CLARK ,

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER _rCBUSBED . Price Is . fid ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of / , _PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . 2 _fmv Ready , a Hew Edition of Mr . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s nead Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . _lleywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , _itnd Love and Co ., D , Nelson-street , _Olasgo » -. And hi all Booksellers iu Town and Country .

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      Mr. O'Coksor Will Visit Bradford, Todmor...

      Mr . O'Coksor will visit Bradford , Todmorden , and other towns to which he has been invited , on his tour . Victim Fund . —J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums : —Mr . Knott 3 d ; from the Seven _Staz-s , 5 s . —Debt Doe to Printer—Mr . Chipindale , fid . Divid Cateb . —Your letter is too lengthy for insertion . Indeed we see no utility in continuing the discussion concerning Mr . IMyoake ' s estimate of the Chartists leaders . The Chartist leaders themselves evidently do not think the matter worth their notice . _Leicester . —The secretary of the Leicester Chartists is re . quested to send his iddress to James _Sedlip , care of Mr , Farrell , fl 2 , Kichmond-row , Liverpool . EsGLisii-ImsiiMEN . —'' Can any one learned in the law give a trustworthy solution to this question : ' If a married couple , both being English , go to Ireland , and there have children born to them , are the children English or Irish ! ' " _Ckippiecate . —Our friends of this locality are hereby

      requested to condense and improve the reports of their _, weekly meetings , which at present come to us in " so questionable a shape , " that we arc constantly compelled to rewrite them . We cannot _occupy valuable space with announcements of the appointment of deputations , and sub-committees , and resolutions concerning business to be done at somefuture time . We have before stated , that we cannot announce forthcoming meetings unless paid for as advertisements . HtwcAKV . —The following appeared in the Sun of October J 8 th . —Six small subscriptions , per G . Julian Harney : — Collected at a Meeting at Dcrry-Edge , 13 s ; Collected at a Meeting at Ashford , Kent , lis Sd ; James Powell , Monmouth , Is ; A Chartist Prisoner , Kirkdale , 3 s ; " Wallace , " 4 d ; S . Gninaman _. Tunbvidge Wells , fid . VJ . vio . v of the Middle and Wohri . ng Classes . —Gkokgk _Webbeu , Halifax , writes , that although the advocates of ' the Charter appear to agree as to the union of both classes , still he thinks the subject should be discussed in every Chartist locality , either for or against the proposed union .

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      AGENTS Who have neglected to discharge their accounts , rendered on the 29 th utt ., will not receive a further supply of this paper , unless they remit in full on , or before , Thursday next .

      The Northern Star Saturday. Oeroueu 20, 1s49.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . _OeroUEU 20 , 1 S _49 .

      The Great Unpaid. A New Light Has Been T...

      THE GREAT UNPAID . A new light has been thrown upon our representative system by the publication of what are termed "Attendance Accounts , House of Commous _, 1849 , '' in the " Spectator" of last week . The compiler of the list must have taken much pains with his elaborate and protracted task , and the explanation _given as to the course pursued in order to arrive at the result stated , must satisfy all as to its accuracy and impartiality . The list is , consequently , a correct test of the degree of attention which is paid by every individual member _, to the discharge of his duties as representative , and we imagine that tho result of the investigation will be equally annoying to "hoa . members , " and surprising to their constituents .

      It is not expected that every unit of that large aggregate—tho House of Commonsshall make a figure as an orator or a statesman . _^ If , indeed , each of the 050 members , of which that Assembly is composed , was to insist upon giving a verbal statement of his reasons for voting , business _ivould _cotuo to a stand-still altogether . Heaven knows , little is done as it is ; but we should then he in a " dead Jock . " Our legislative machinery ivould grind out nothing but words , just as the labourers on the treadmill churn the wind .

      But though nobody either expects or desires that every Member of Parliament should be a speaker ; the very fact of candidates seeking , and of constituencies electing Members to seats in tho Legislature , implies that the members , it-hcn elected , are to be in their places , and give their attention to business with reasonable constancy and vigilance . If all cannot speak , all can vote . As tho " Spectator" truly . observes ;— " Voting is the tangible function of the member—the great act of his Parliamentary life—the definite deed by which he is to

      be judged . " . On the way . in which they vote depends the continuance of Cabinets — the settlement of disputed questions—the weal of the community at large ,. The vote of the most silent and obscure member is as potential at the " division" as that of the Premier or Sir Robert Peel—or any other of the leaders and luminaries of political parties The " attendance accounts , " which have now been posted up with every member for the last session , proyo that this palpable evidence of attention to Parliamentary ' duty j 4 _^ .

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      _rablv deacient among the members of all parties ; Conservative , Whig , Liberal , and Meal , seem to be unanimous on one point ; namely , to absent themselves from the " New Palace at Westminster" as often as they possibly can . The only persons who make a to-Unable show on the list , are the officials whose business compels their attendance , and the p lacemen and place-hunters , whose interests the Government for the

      bind them to back time being . There were altogether 219 divisions last session , and it is exceedingly curious to run through the list of names with the figures placed opposite to them , and to see the vast preponderance of figures in the « absent ' ' column . It is seen that not half the members attend half tho divisions ; indeed , that for one division at which so many as half the members are present , there are ton from which more than one-half axe absent .

      As we have said , this non-attendance characterizes the members of all parties alike . It also , strange to say , may be charged against even those who occupy most of the time and the attention of Parliament . Mr . CiiiSUOLM Anstey , whose awful verbosity was the subject of so many jokes to " Pttncft , " and the theme of so many fiery leaders in the Morning Journals , was absent from 109 divisions out of 219 . His twin brother in " vast eloquence , " Mr . Urquiurt _, only divided fifteen times out of the 219 ! Mr . Disraeli was

      absent from the division lobby in 157 divisions , and Mr . C widen , the head of the opposite party— " the Manchester school" —129 times ; Mr . George Bankes , a great man among the Protectionists , was present eight times ; Mi " . Grantxey Berkeley , whose electioneering contests and quarrels with " the Castle ' set all Gloucestershire by the ears—and all the rest of the nation into a fit of laughter—attended precisely seven times . He , again , is exceeded by B . B . Casvblz—a name of considerable celebrity for donations to charitable societies , but the owner of which seems to have

      much more money than time for parliamentary duties . Ho was present four times ; and we find four or five others present exactly the same number of divisions—with a great many , five is the favourite number , others range from six to seven—a large body are content with less than a score of divisions ; whilst Viscount Alford , the member for Berkshire — Mr . Bell , South Northumberland—Sir B . Hall , Marylebone—Viscount Northland , Dungannon—Mr . T .. Wakley , Finsbury— Mr . R . Walker , Bury—and Colonel Westenra , King ' s County , were absent from the whole of the 219 divisions !

      In fact , a careful inspection of the list will show that the power of legislation is virtually left to Ministers and their understrappers . The attendance of equerries from Buckingham Palace , and of subordinate officials from Government ' offices , at divisions , is quite edifying , when compared with the laches of the voluntary and unpaid members—many of whom seem to have spent a great deal of money , and involved their constituencies in the turmoil of a contested election , merely that they might have the pleasure of writing M . P . after their

      names . It may be urged as an apology for this lax attendance , that many of the divisions were on trivial questions— " private " bills and routine business—but that docs not affect the great point at issue , namely , the obligation of a member to attend in his place . If these trivial questions and private bills were as harmless as they are said to he , we hold it would be no excuse for neglect of duty , But , in reality , many of these so-called private Bills , affect the public more directly , more generally , and , iu many cases , more mischievously , than any

      Government or public Act . At a time when the supply of water , gas , the means of locomotion , and the provision of sanitary arrangements , are in tho hands either of monopolising companies , close corporations , or interested jobbers , it is imperatively required that the public interests should be carefully and constantly watched and protected . These " private" interests are powerful within the Legislature , and the absence of independent members opens the way for the perpetration of every species of jobbery at the expense of the . public health ,

      comfort , and money . The importance attached to these private Bills by their promoters , is evidenced by the large " Houses" they can " whip , " when there is any danger of their being beaten , or when two "jobs" are pitted against each other . We have seen a " House " of upwards of four hundred members at haltpast four in the afternoon , of a _siveltering July day—we have seen , when a railway job was ou tho tapis , that the moment the division was over—the job perpetrated—there was a general rush to the door . The benches were left empty , and the " House" resumed its usual humdrum

      appearance , with the fifty or sixty old stagers thinly scattered here and there , " to make up a show ; " and this , too , when there were on the paper questions of vital interests , both to the Home Empire and the Colonies . Again , we have frequentl y observed ou Government nights , whqp by courtesy " counts out" are abstained from , the business of voting the taxes , and other important matters , carried on with less than forty members present . In fact , the national affairs are transacted by a more moiety of the members . It is very showy , and gives a mighty idea of importance to my Lord This , or Squire That ,

      to ride , attended by his groom , "down to the House , " ou a fine afternoon , through the double file of gazers after notabilities , who are usually congregated about the Palaceyard . It natters the amour propre to drive "the ladies" down—step into the Housepresent a petition , or perform some other routine and formal busiueii , and then ride or drive off again with the feeling of self-importance considerabl y elated . But wc think such holiday-making is altogether out of place iu so grave a matter as legislation for the lives , properties , and well-being of the people of a 1 argo and powerful empire .

      One argument invariably used against the proposal to pay Members of Parliament is , that it would introduce into Parliament a number of persons too poor to bo independent in their conduct—who would be open to temptation , or whose poverty would make the additional salary to be gained by the prolongation of the Session a matter of interest to them . How far any of these allegations are founded in truth , and what are the precautions by which they might be guarded against in practice , is not now the question . We have very briefly given the results of the present system of sending "independent" gentlemen , without any pay ; and it is evident that these results are , in tho highest degree , _injurious'to the best interests of the nation .

      By paying the representative his attendance could at least bo domauded . The relation between him and his constituents would be clear and defined—and it is in all cases far better to pay a liberal and a fixed salary , than to allow agents to help themselves by fees , or by indirect means . If the services of any gentleman are desired b y a constituency in the capacity of their representative , they are capable of having at least an approximate money value put upon them . It is too much to expect , that , in an age where everybody of eminent talent or ability finds a market for his exertions , and 0 price for his services , that such

      onerous , continual , and important duties as those of a member of the House of Commons , will be performed without a quid pro quo . By withholding that at present , the _consequence is that they aro not performed at all by many—by none but office holders , and expectant office holders , with any degree of regularity . The "Attendance Accounts for 1049 " prepared by our contemporary , aro a valuable and a practical _additiou to the former arguments iu support of that point of the People ' s Charter which enacts the Payment of Members .

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      AMERICAN POLITICS . Political parties in the United . States have long been known to be divided into two—Whigs and Locofocos , or what are called at home Conservatives and Liberals . Of late , however , a third has arisen , which seems rapidly growing in power , numbers , and influence , which advocates a " Free Soil , " and represents a movement that , after daily gaining strongthand purpose , promises , in tho end , to absorb all minor ebbs and flows in the political ocean .

      The recent cession of New Mexico and California to the Government at Washington has , no doubt , contributed to bring the question at issue so prominently forward ; but it is an old one , and being likely to influence , in a very material manner , the future fortunes and internal policy of the vast Republic of the West , it must possess great interest to all who look _Ai'ith hope towards that Republic , for the gradual and complete developement of Democracy in practice . # States hi tho

      There are , at present , thirty _oreat North American Federal Union . Ol these fifteen aro unpolluted by Slavery , and fifteen maintain that "domestic institution . " They are thus equally balanced in the Senate ; and tho contested point is , in effect , whether the Free or the Slave States shall , in future , have the predominance iu the Central Legislature and Executive , and , by consequence , whether Free Labour or Slavery shall prevail throughout the Union . According to the Constitution of the Republic , as soon as any part of a territory governed as a dependency by tho

      Central Executive , acquires a certain number of inhabitants , it may forthwith claim to be erected into a State , possessing full control over its internal affairs , and sending Representatives and Senators to Washington ,, to take part in the general Government of tho Federation . Shall those dependencies—these enormous territories , as yet uninvested with political power , but destined to bo so rapidly and successively—shall they add to the weight and influence of _Frde Labour , or . bo suffered to augment the number of tho Slave States , and perpetuate that blackest stain upon tho escutcheon of the Republic ?

      The advocates of " Free Soil" insist that , in every succeeding charter conferring absolute or qualified independence on portions of these vast outlying districts , as they become successively qualified for such privileges , there shall be inserted a clause , or proviso , directly prohibitive of involuntary servitude , or slavery . The Slave-holding interests deny ' both the policy of such a prohibition , and the power of the Central Congress to make it , or to compel its observance . It will thus be seen , that the question is a vital , and all-important one , and bids fair to be shortly at issue between tho whole of the Northern States on the one side , and the whole of the South on the other .

      Such a clause as is contended for by the Free Soil Party , has been inserted in the Act of Congress , by which , the Oregon Territory was lately constituted a Government . It is called the " Wilmot Proviso" throughout tho States , in consequence of a somewhat similar proposition having been introduced into Congress by David Wilmot , a Pcnsylvanian . The question at present specifically disputed between the Anti-Slavery and the Pro-Slavery party , is whether the immense tract of country ceded by Mexico is to bo subject to the same proviso or not . The non-settlement of this question will account for the delay in establishing a definite and authorised government official in California .

      The principle involved m the dispute is , however , as we have said , an old one , and has , at various periods , shown itself on tho surface of American politics . When England was finally and definitely deprived of the allegiance of her victorious colonies , and acknowledged their independence —there passed into the possession of the Confederated States , a vast , uncleared territory , of which the exact political position was as little ascertained as its value and extent .

      Forests and prairie lauds , extending over thousands of thousands of square miles , were surrendered to the emancipated colonists ; but whether they possessed them as an aggregate , or distrihutivcly as citizens of particular states , was unsettled , and , apparently , at that time little regarded . Some of the elder States , however , advanced claims to large , but vaguely defined portions of the unsettled territory . Amongthcsc—Virginia—a slave Stateasserted rights of jurisdiction and possession over the whole country lying between the Ohio river and the Lakes Erie , Huron , and Michigan , and out of which the States of Indiana , Ohio , Michigau , aud Wisconsin , have since been created .

      Matters remained in this position till shortly before the adoption of the Federal Constitution , when the old Provisional Congress—which fought the War of Independence—made formal application to the individual States to cede their unoccupied dependencies to the American people , Tho request was at once complied with—the separate claims of the States WeVC CXtinguishedby voluntary cessionand in tho erection of the United States into a Constitutional Federation , sovereign authority over tho uncleared and ceded territory was vested iu tho Central Legislature .

      Tho point mow raised is , whether that sovereignty was absolute and complete or qualified and restricted , like its authority over the members of the union . Probably at the time such a question never occurred , and therefore no definite terms were laid down . We can only judge , "however , of the sense iu which the terms sovereign authority" were understood , by the actions of the contracting parties , when the cession was made by the individual states of their various claims . The old provisional

      Congress , wc believe , without remonstrance or opposition , did assert a right to prohibit slavery in the dependencies of the Federation . The _COllc framed by that Congress for the government of the territory ceded by Virginia , known as the ordinancies of 1 ' 78 'f , declared that after the year 1800 there should be no involuntary slavery in these districts , and these ordinances were afterwards adopted by the Constitutional Federated Legislature . In 1800 some hundreds of slaves were set free in

      Indiana , undertheir operation . As far then as fact aud precedent arc concerned , the " Free soil" party have the question as much in their favour , as tho objects they aim at are superior to those of their opponents . The matter was , however , allowed to sleep for several years . Tho great stream of emigration _w \ d population flowed from the North-Eastern sea-board towards the rich wilderness of the West . When it crossed the Mississippi the Slavery Question was stirred again . The geographical position and physical characteristics of tho countries north-west of the Ohio

      , to a groat extent determined their culture by free labour , apart from the fact that tho immigrants were Northerns , who were opposed to slave-holding on principle , and grain farmers , who found it unprofitable in practice . The settlers , on the other hand , who had been attracted by _Napoieon _' s cession of Louisiana _, and the territories flanking the embouchure of the Mississi ppi , came chiefly from the Stntos where slavery already existed , uud found in the warm and moist soil of their new

      settlements a direct incentive to use slave labour , as the msferameuts for extracting from it exuberant crops of cotton ,. rice , and sugar . Midway on the western side of the river , however , there is a debateable land , capable of raisin _^ either cotton or corn . There the two stream ' s of immigrants encountered each other ; and , as in 1820 , when a Bill was introduced into Congress for the erection of Missouri into , •& State . North and South arrayed thcmaelres _against each other on this precise question of Free or _oJavo Labour . Mr , Cla y then amted < wy

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      direct collision , by proposing vhat k _^ the Missouri lme , which was adopted bvtS Congress as a definite settlement of the diffi culty . According to this arrangement , 5 States formed in _fttore of territory north to Jo parallel ot 30 deg . 30 min ., were to £ States of Free . Soil ; while those formed sou h of tho line were to retain or abolish slavery , _^ _thoypleased . The parallel thus drawn struck he Mississippi a little below its _confluence with the Missouri , and divided the ims . _Xi territory of tho States , at that time 2 portions , of which the larger _haKas £ iI ? to be cultivated exclusively by frLi abot _^ l < or a quarter of a century this _comnrnmset the question at rest . Wo S _^ T have raised it again bv their _oir _, - and iuiu

      unprincipled couducl _^ 3 _?^ unprmcipieu conduct . With wW _«? T time will show . They felt tha Si _^? f > outstripping them , and in order S _j _^ balance , as they _majnued tl , ™ , ie the annexation of Texas _, nf S " _^ CStod ritory lying within _^ _J £ _^ _^ J which ten or twelve _shnhiv out of might be _^ _nlf _^ t _^^ _. _NArn - A _* . . _auclp _actice has given wonderful exp crtuon and dexteri ty in its _pcrtmance . Miou they cast then- cyes npJtt tootl _^ island or territory , they quietly promote a considerable immigration of true Yankees , regular " go _a-hcad " sons of the Republic , whose desire is to see the "Star spangled banner " float in every clime . Once settled the rest is

      easy . Their greater activity carries all before them ; tho country is b y "hookor crook" annexed . Thus it was in Texas—and could tha matter have stopped there , perhaps the Southerners would have really gained by their move . But it did not do so . The armexatioa of Texas entailed the war with Mexico—that again ended in the defeat of the latter , and tho seizure of California and New Mexico . Tho larger portion of these countries lies south of

      the Missouri compromise line ; and thus it is , that the question of Free Soil has sprung up into its present paramount position in tho States . The North might have been content to see the Slave-holding interest augment its power by the seizure of Texas ; but the prospect of tho immense additional territories included iu the recent conquest , going to swell the peculiar power aud influences of the Southern slave-holding States , was too much to endure . Even if no higher motive than jealousy as to the balance of power was called into actio * , it was not likely they would sit tamely by aud witness such au immense increase in that of

      the . rival interest . We believe that higher motives , and au earnest desire to cleanse and purify the future of the Republic from the fearful and infamous pollution of slavery , actuate many of the Free Soil party . That they have reasons for active and general exertion , will be admitted by all who have watched the unbridled , unprincipled , and shameless covetousness of territory by which the Slave-holding States seem to be devoured . Not content with tho possession of Texas , and the chance of a huge slice of the last addition to the enormous

      territories of the Federation , they have cast their cyes upon Cuba . There also the initiatory processes of annexation are in motion ; aud so ripe did these appear , that an illegal expedition to take possession of it has lately been denounced b y President Tayioh , under the authority of the central Government ; several of the YCSSels engaged in it have been captured , and the expedition put down for the present . How far the Government at Washington has the power to prevent the final consummation aimed atby thepro-slavointerest remains to be scon . One thing is certain , momentous issues are contingent on the mighty question which now agitates the Transatlantic

      Republic , in comparison with which such trifles as _diplomaticsquabblcs with French and English ministers shrink into utter insignificance . Such questions as those raised by the disputes between tho Government of Washington and M . Tovssix , or Mr . CiuhptoiY _, the British charge d ' aff aires about Mosquito , may serve for a temporary gossip among quidnuncs always on the search for novelties ; but the important and universall y interesting points to which we have adverted , are enduring in their character , and time will only more strongly develope tho real proportions and magnitude of the interests at stake . We liccd not say on which side wc wish the ultimate victory to rest .

      Ihe Registration Reform Of The Reform Ac...

      IHE REGISTRATION REFORM OF THE REFORM ACT . The annual farce of the revision of the Lists of Voters is now being performed in the usual manner , in various places in town and country . The Overseers , Collectors , aud Revising Barristers have it all their own way in very many of the Courts . Not a claimant or au objector appears before them . As far as these groat constitutional battle-fields are concerned , it might almost be supposed that a political Millenuium had arrived : that the Tory lion had now Iain down with tho Whig lamb , and accepted

      Chartism as tho "little child" to load them- . A few loungers who have nothing else to do— who are sorely puzzled how to while away tho r dreary hours—do by chance wander into such i courts , but even they feel a deeper ennui settle > down upon them , as they listen to the substi- - tutiou of " John for Thomas , " " Barratt for r Pamitt ; " " n * s for m ' s , " and "t ' s for IV mistakes of careless overseers , blundering g compositors , or inattentive readers , which h the Barrister is paid two hundred guineas for > r correcting .

      Iw the very few courts where the political il parties arc represented by agents , the perfor- i > mance is not much more lively or interest-1-ing . The combatants , armed with "Lut-twyche , " " _Baiuion and Arnold , " a \ u \ otherer reporters of the decisions cf tho court of Com- _"nmou Pleas , enter into laborious and puzzlingng arguments about what ' coiistitutes a _streot-doooor . —sufficient occupation—sufficient residence—4— > publication of rates-dates of claims andndl

      objections—and a score of other minutia ; , thatat : appear to have been expressly contrived foifoi : the purpose of surrounding the franchise by a ? as > . many difficulties and obstructions as possible _^ le ., The Overseers and Vestry Clerks in tho _Citfitjj of London , where their lists are somewhalhal 1 sharply looked alter , aud their bills _closchchj pared , complaiu that the preparation of ft . Aim lists should be thrown upon them , and thathai they should be liable to penalties , while thethcaro refused remuneration . In the countr : ntr '

      districts where , from the inferiorit y of cducducaa tion , blunders may be expected ' to he monnon numerous , the Barristers do not trouble thenheni selves with examining the items , and actinctin : as tax-masters , but sign the bills in a Inm ] nm ] ] This has produced a remonstrance from tin til roor-Law Commissioners , against the expenpeni of working the Act , which , it must st " remembered , comes out of the _poor-ra-tu-afc _* with the exception of the salaries of if u Barristers .

      It will therefore be seen that the _machivkohivioc of Lord Joiix Russeu / s boasted Reform Am AS lias completely broken down , and is product luct t of dissatisfaction to all who have to work ork with the single exception of the lucky gwrgwn : men who are paid tho two luuidrod _gaWiisioas i their annual participation iu the revision , an . The knowledge of this fact has , we uno uikk stand reached "high quarters , " and it is st is s « that Lord John is by no means averse too to > _taB band at cobbling the old shoe—but wat _ws _.-i a httle pressing from without . That ist is ; motive power of all action on the par paw Government , _now-a-davs , it seems . A . AJ

      paying very highly for having the uati iiatlLi work done , wc are obliged to leave our ; ourr avocations , and get up agitations to for © _fova-t persuade the Government functionaries lies 11 theirs ! But though his Lordship is supposed to ed to o

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20101849/page/4/