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    • THOMAS COOPEB. THE CHARTIST'S WORKS.
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    • THE NORTHERN STAR, ; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY H, IMS.
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      Thomas Coopeb. The Chartist's Works.

      THOMAS _COOPEB . THE CHARTIST'S WORKS .

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      THE _PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . ' APraonMyineV In Ten Books . ( _OiaVol , 7 s . 6 d . y 'The matt _wanderfal effert ef intellectual power _proinced within the last ttntnry . " —57 i * Britannia . ' u Hare we have" a * genuine poem springing oat of fhe spirit of th * tanas , and indeed out of the heart , and exerieneeof one who has wrestled with and suffered in it . It is no other than a poem in ten hooks , hy a Chartist , and who boldly seta his name and his profession of Chartism on the _titit-pagt . It is plain tbat he glories in his _politicslfaith mors than in his poetry ; nay , his versa _ishotthe _vsliidaof that faith . Yet , _nsvertheless , itis a vigorous and most efficient vehicle . Vs mnst cordially of

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      WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES . ( Two Vols , las . ) "A series of _Crabbe-like sketches , in prose . They are manifest portraits , and admonish ns of the author's skill in taking the literal likeness . _"—^ Athmatnt . "We have read some of these stories with deep interest , and few , wa are persuaded , will rise from . their perusal but with feelings all the warmer for what-they bave read . They can scarcely fail to : be popular with the masses ; ' and , npon the whole , we think they deserve _tohesoJ _"—j * _flo _& ' '"*¦' "The author excuses the sternness of his pictures by alleging their truth . The justification is all-sufficient Chartist as these sketches are , they are healthier , in t * ae and sentiment , than tha tawdry , fictions vamped np for tiie reading pnblie . by some popular writers , that profess tm exhibit the life of the labouring classes . "— 'The Britannia .

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      . Also , just published , THE BARON'S YULE FEAST . A Christmas Rhyme . In Four Cantos . ( One Vol ., 5 s . ) "There is a rough earnestness , both in its thoughts and verse , which is strictly in accordance with the genius ef onr ballad minstrelsy . If it does sot show , in point of ability , an advance on the author ' s _prevzons productions , it yet shows that he cast change his hand without loss of power . "— Tlie Britannia . "Mr . Cooper appears to much greater adranttgain this seasonable poem than he did in bis more ambitions attempt of " The Purgatory of Suicides . " " The Baron ' s Yule _Peast _? has a genial spirit , various subjects , and a popular animated style . The poem is the . best of 3 fr . Cooper's productions . "—Spectator .

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      _GOLOSSETSM—KOTICE . _-PR 1 CE OP ADMIS _SION DURING TUE HOLIDAYS !! 3 ) ay Exhibition 2 s . ¦ _Brening-Do . 2 s . Gd . Children under Twelve .. ls . Stalactite Caverns ls . extra , 1 MJE DAY EXHIBITION consists of the Museum of . Sculpture , Grand Picture of London , Alhambra Conservatorie s , Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , Classic Bains , Swiss Cottage and Mont Blanc , with Mountain Torrent , _£ _o . £ c Open from Ten till Four o'Clock . KVENIHG-. —Tha new and extraordinary Panorama of losnxiv bt Night , Museum of Sculpture , Conservatories , and Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , tc , brilliantly illuminated ; Series Cottage , Mont Blanc , and Mountain Torrent _repressiJtedby Moonlight . Open from Seven till a _Quarterjeet Ten o'Clock . A aim Omcbestxa OtGAn , on whieh the most _adjgsred Ovotoxeb , etc ., are played , from Two to Pour and ft » n Bight till Half-past Ten o'Clock .

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      _" _WEST-RipiNCT OF YORKSHIRE ; : ADJOUJB 1 _TMENT OF THE CHRrS _^^ SE ? SIOirS ' ¦ ' ¦ _" " ¦ FOB . THE TRIAL OP PB _^ P » » * _^ _vot _ . NOTICE IS HERBBT GITE _? , _5 _^ _' _^ _gW lo _^ _t _' SI _^ -m ' _^ . Ttas _^ _^ _^^^ M of February hutant , at Ten _o'CTock in the Porenoon , andkTfurther adj ournment from thence will be . holden at Wakefield , on Monday , the Seeond day of March next , at Ten o'Clock in the Porenoon , for tke Trial of Felons and Persons Indicted for Misdemeanors , when air Jurors , Suitors , Persons who stand upon Recognizance , and others having business at the said Sessions are required to attend the Cedrt . Prosecutors and Witnesses in cases of Felony and Misdemeanor from the Wapentakes of Strafforth and

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      DAGUERREOTYPE AND CALOTYPE . THE APPARATUS , LENS , CHEMICALS , PLATES , CASES , and every other article used in making and mounting the above can be had ef J . Egerton , No . 1 , Temple-street , _Whitefriars , London . Descriptive Catalogues _gratis . * _LEREBOCRS celebrated ACHROMATIC TRIPhET _LEHSES for the MICROSCOPE , sent to any part of the country at the following price : —Deep Power , 80 s ., Low Power , 25 s . Every article warranted .

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Host Excellent Majesty " Queen _. Victoria and His Boyal Highness Prince Albert . . TBE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for Winter , 1845 and 1946 , by READ and Co ., 12 , _Hart-street , Bloomslmry-square , London ; Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , "' L ondon , and may be had of all Booksellers" ' wheresoever ' residing ; a ' very ' superb _Prihiv ' representing tKe most , splendid exhibition in Uurbpe , ' an' Interior View ' of the" Colosseum , _Regenfs-park , Londen . .. This exquisitely executed , and beautifully coloured Print will be accompanied with _fullsiieDress _jFrock _. _andRidmg ' _CoatPatteniBValso _. Fattarns _ofthaNew Fashionable' Polka Frock , and Locomotive

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      - •' _" " - ¦ _'• ¦ ' - _* " REMOVAL . J' WATSOX , BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER , . announces to his FRIENDS , thi PUBLIC , and tbe TRADE , that _hisbusihess will , for the future , be carried on at - rTo . 3 , QUEEN'S "HEAD PASSAGE , PATER . NOSTER-RQW i" where all orders and communications must be addressed . ' - ''• '•'" * ¦/ _- - ' _- _* _* " - '; : . " - ¦ ¦} . ¦ - ¦ ¦ _-.- _s . a . Pahhert'Principles » f ' Nature , one vol .. Cloth . 2 o do . do . " ; ''' do . : in a wrapper . 1 6 Cooper ' s Holy Scriptures , analysed ... ... 0 8 Scripturian's Creed . By Citizen _Daries ... ... 0 2 Letter opening at the Post-office , with some account ef the Brothers Bandiera . By / . _Mazsiui . 0 4 Shelley ' s Queen Mab , complete ... 1 0 f v " Masque of Anarehy ... ... ... o 9 Central Physiology and Materialism . By . W . C .

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      ¦' . THE REV . ; I . WILSON'S CATECHISMS . Ji « tBieli 8 fted , lVice ' 9 d . : ' ¦ '"••' THE " CATECHISM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR . Alsoi NewFAUi _^ of piefolloicing Catechisms , by tht _; Rev . T . _^ _WOsbn _^ , Price 9 d . each . _FirstLessons _itfNatural'Philosophy ; ' " Secend Lessons in Natural Philosophy ; Third Lessons _inlfatural Philosophy - _•** ¦ ¦ ' . First CatechUm of Common Things _^ Second Cattchum'of Common Things , ' . Taird Catechism _^^ of CommonThings - ¦ :. ' . * ! . Catechism of Bible History' . '" Catechism of English'History ' "'; _ * : ' . TheiijitCatechi 3 tn of Geography' . . ' . ' TheCatecbhmbfMusVci' . ' . " ' ' _" _- ' * " _>' LONDON iDARTON AND CLARK , HOLBORN HILL

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      .. ,, ROYAL MARYIiEBONE THEATRE . -. ... - _••' _j _^ _Ks / . _fa . miiKiloifi—JM . . ' _17 NTIRB CHANGE!—Fiist Night ofa new drama , llentitle ' d " , the ; ' _^ Minute Guh . _^ t Sea ; " in which Mr . John _Douglass > illappesr . . Engagement of Professor Fleming _arid'huf two Sons , and Signor Bradbury , the _FiyiBg ; Vahlter .., ; f . Linda ; or , the Gypsy's Curse , " at halfprice . ; OhMohday and during the week ( Thursday eiceptedj to commence with the "Minute Gun at Sea . " Charles , " Mr .. John . _Douglass ; the other , characters by _Ifessrs . " Neville , . Hayher , Harrington , Bennett , D . Lo ' vtis ) Marchant , Bobberds _, Lickfold , Miss Pearce , _dtc . To be followed by . Sigiiof Bradbury ' s Flying Feats on the Rope After ' which , the celebrated performances of Professor Fleming and Sons . To conclude with "Linda , or the Gipsy's Curse , ' ! supported by the companys On Thursday ( by desire ) " Macbeth ; " Macbeth , Mr . Grattan Dawson . Various novelties are in _course of active preparation . Stage Manager , Mr . Neville . Boxes , 2 s . ; Pit , Is . ; Gallery , « d .

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      DIXOK'S TEMPERANCE HOTEL , ' No . 93 , GREAT ANCOATS-STREET , MANCHESTER , ( Neel door to the Cotton Tretlnn )' . . '" _-. ' _•' WD . begs respectfully to inform his numerous friends and the public that he has opened the above Establishment , where he hopes , by strict attention to the comfort of those who may favour him with their commands , combined . with the reasonableness of ' Dis - charges , to merits share of public support . Parties from the country , visiting Manchester on business or pleasure , will find this Establishment very convenient , owing to its central situation and proximity to the various Railway Stations . '

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      FUNERAL ECONOMY ! . THE CEMETERY and GENERAL FUNERAL COMPANY , united with SHILLIBEER'S PATENT FUNERAL CARRIAGES , respectfully invite pubiie attention to the economic and convenient arrangements for performing every description of Funerals complete , at charges so mederate as to defy competition . and no extras , by which the comfort of biareaveu families will db materially promoted , and expenses limited . City-road , Finsbury , next _Bunuill-fitlds Burial-ground ; 21 , Perey-street , _Tottenham-sourt-road ; and IW , Union-street , Southwark . Shillvbeer ' a Patent Funeral Carriage , with two horses , t \ lis . 6 d . ; Single Horse , £ 1 Is . A respectable Carriage _funeral , combining every charge , £ 4 4 s . Hearses and Mourning Coaches . Catholic . Fittings . Four Horse Funerals . £ 1212 s . ' _•; _ _* . . .. . _,-

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      Citt Chartist Hall, 1, Turnagain-Lane.—T...

      Citt Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane . —The public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten on Sunday morning next , Feb . loth- ; and in the afternoon , at three precisely . —The Metropolitan district council will meet for the dispatch of business . In the evening , at seven precisely , Mr . M'Grath will lecture on " The events of the present day . " Westmkster . —Mr . T .- M . Wheelar will lecture at the Partbeniuni , 12 , _Sti Martin ' s-lane , on Sunday evening next , February loth , at half-past seven . Subject , — " War—its atrocities ; War < Establishments—their consequences ; the Miiitia—its advantages under good government—its tyranny under class legislation . " MABrEEBONE . —Mr . Doylewillleetnreatthe Coach-Painters' Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , February _l-5 th , at half-past seven . Subject , — "SirR . Peel ' s policy . "—A members' meetiug will be held at six o ' clock . * - ,.

      Camberwell and Walworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern . Walworth , on Monday evening next , _February 16 th , at eight o ' _ciosk . Hammersmith . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening _aext _, February 17 th . at eight o'clock . Somkrs Tows . —Mr . John Sewell will lecture on Sunday evening next , February 15 tb , at Mr . _Duddridge'e . Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , Newroad . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . - Thk Chartists of Westminster , Pimhco , Chelsea , Ac ., will meet on Sunday evening next , at six o ' cloek , at the Bee Hive , Castle-lane , Westminster , to take into consideration the propriety of forming a locality . All friends who received collection-books from the committee on behalf of the public meeting for the Chartist exiles are particularly requested to attend .

      Citt Chartist Hall, 1, Turnagain-Lane.—T...

      GiMSwwH , ' _Darw _^ will vbeheldattlui . ' Leeiiara Hall , Royal-hill , _Green--. wicbvon Wednesday ' evening next , / the 18 th of _Februarys for the _jwpww ' p f ' adoptinga petition " to the House : of Commons for ( the restoration of _Froat , _WiWams , Jones ,, aad Ellis . The chairto be taken at « ght o ' clock _rfreeisely . Feargu * O'Connor , Esq-, will attend and address the meet * ing . Admission free .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR , ; SATURDAY , FEBRUARY H , IMS .

      Ministerial Confession .; ¦ Or ¦;. ¦'' '...

      MINISTERIAL CONFESSION . ; ¦ or ¦; . ¦ _'' ' ' ' CHARTIST STBENGTH . . _' _,-: WkiravBR may be the fate of Sjr Robert Peel's gigantio and statesmanlike measure , it is , after all , but the experiment _« f a wise and far-seeing caution , whieh irresistibly forces npon us a belief that the policy of Sir Robbri Peel so far differs from that of his Whig opponents , that he looks beyond the mere _patchiag of the thing , and aims beyond the paltry desire of making it last his time . ' Doubtless , much ofthe material with which he has to work is of his

      own creation , while , nevertheless , his mind seems capable of * grasping the great collateral questions , which , if hot met by a comprehensive courao of lcgislatitn , may .. be , brought into antagonism with hii general policy . ¦ . He has not ; been awed into inconsistency by the mere desire to ensure the possession , _orsveri the permanency of office , by pandering to the caprice of the Corn Law League , neither has any im mediate dread of famine induced him to make an pnslaugM' upon that interesf whieh he was pledged to protect and defend against the assaults of its opponents . .

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

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

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

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

      ! ltwas this hopelessBtruggle to uphold practical ' tyranny , amidjhe boast of theoretic freedom—it was the law ' s antagonism to public opinion , tbat drove RussKLL _. aridi'his colleagues from power . Peel sees that he cannot safely follow the policy of Pitt or Russell , and , to hold power , he is compelled to extend nis views beyond the narrow limits which circum-. scribe the „ one , and to contract them within a narrower sphere than that which capriciously bounded the ambition of the other .

      It was Pitt ' s policy to turn England into a leviathan ! hobgoblin , to affright the revolutionary spirit that was spreading its influence , and casting a halo around every crowned head in Europe . It was Russell ' s policy to hold office with the motto , "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof : let the morrow provide for itself . " It is Peel ' s poliey to preserve as much monarchical power , and for as long a period as the continuously changing circumstances of thc times will warrant or permit . Although the corrupt press of England aud of Europe will only convey that description of intelligence calculated to serve the _intere-its of their respective parties , yet the very facts admitted by Sir James Graham in his

      speech on Tuesday night , prove that there is a possibility of conveying knowledge , and eveu terror , to the ear of the Minister , which it might be prudent to withhold from the community at large ; and while the League and the Whigs were trumpeting forth the victory that they had . achieved over the consistency and long-cherished prejudices of the Minuter , Graham thus strips them of their laurels , and gives the honour of triumph to tho Chartists , whose power was only communicated to the superintendent of polico and the _Horse . _Guards . " This measure , " says Graham , "isneither to mark the triumph of the League nor . the humiliation of the landed aristocracy ; it is a step rendered necessary to ARREST

      THE PROGRESS OF CHARTISM , and to avert such another calamity as the country was threatened withinlS 12 . I ( says tbe Home Secretary ) was in daily communication with the police authorities and the Horse Guards for six whole months ; and never was anxiety and . suspense greater than that felt by her _Mawstt ' s advisers during that long and critical period . Nightly assemblages of Chartists were held iu Lincoln's-inn-fields , and throughout the metropolis . This state ef things was brought about by high prices and low wages , and I am sure that uo honourable member would desire a return of such tiaios . "

      . What other construction , ' then , can we possibly put upon the proposed measure , tlian thatit marks the progress of Chartism , as avowed by a Minister of the Crown , —a terror , as , we learn , participated in by every one of that Minister ' s colleagues ? It is not the Secretory for Foreign Affairs—it is not the Secretary forthe Colonies—neither is it tmvChancellor of the Exchequer who speaks thus . No ; it is the most vigilant , the . " most prying , the most spying Home Secretary that England , or the world ever s aw ; the Secretary , whose especial duty it is to receive and digest fer the _Cabinet the tittle-tattle and idle gossip

      ofthe back parlour , as well as the opinions publicly expressed upon the platform ; in fact , he is the digester of the Home mind for the Cabinet , and through him alone can they receive its impression ; and such is the impression that the threatening position of Chartism forced upon liim , and , through him , upon the Cabinet ' . Hence , we leant tliat thu police force and the Horse Guards are to Chartism what the press is to the faction ; but if tho dungeon , tho dock , and the scaffold—torture , starvation , imprisonment , and outlawry , and all the appliances at the disposal of tyranny , together with the

      crushing silence of the press , have not had the effect of smothering the Chartist cry ; if , upon the contrary , despite of all , it is the Ministerial bugaboo , the police hobgoblin , and the bogie of the Horse Guards , is it riot high time that some more prudent concessions should be made to its power , its acknowledged strength , and just demands , than the poor , though proud and tardy , tribute paid to its threatening influence and commanding position , by the English Home Secretary ? Sir Robert Peel may rest assured , that while we admire the difference- between bis sweeping policy and the niggling of the Whigs , that , nevertheless , ho will , erelong , be compelled to

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      go beyond tha mere adjustment of _peculiardnteresta by _anjlriidins- ' system of mutual _cohisosBibMgene ral _neet _^ _ties ha must hot hope , hecaHriQt ' exp _^ ct , mueh 'longer , to . legislate for , ihh people- _without THE ¦ PEOPLE . ' - . " ; , . _¦ ¦ '• • - : _- { _ii- [ ¦ '¦ ' ¦ _" * ' ¦ ' ¦ " '' . _¦'" , . ' ¦ \ In the old dull times _\ of parchment government , when the Statute-book _waV sacred as the Bible , and when-he who transgressed any one of-its provisions looked upon every bush as an officer ready to avenge

      _any-msult to the law , which the poor equally with the rich had an interest hi upholding , such _asweeping measure as that . proposed by Sir Robert Peel would have been considered as a firm foundation for centuries for any legislation that ' folly might think proper to pile _uporiitj _' but _' a _suc _^ sion of _eyentful changes , from 1829 to , _18454-from the _' passing ; of Emancipation to his extended Tariffof 1845 , should have convinoed him that each page in the countryV present history stands for ' more than a volume ' of antiquated rubbish ; each day js a reign , while each reign reminds monarchy that its . da y * an numbered . ¦ ¦ ... ¦ -.,. " , ¦ ,

      The Emancipation wss intended as a final measure . The Reform Bill was intended as a final measure . The Tariff of 1841 was intended as a final measure . The Tariff of 1845 was intended as . a final measure ; and yet has the infinity of machinery disturbed the finality of _« ne and all . No man , not the wisest statesman in existence , can judge , not only ; of what maybe final , but of what may continue to give a single year ' s satisfaction even to its own _propounded In legislation nothing can * be final . What wc ate to look for is the adaptation of existing circumstances to immediate . requirements ; and it is out of the

      power of the most subtle or astute to devise other means of accomplishing this end , otherwise than by Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , Equal Representation , No Property Qualifi-. pation , and the Payment of Members .. ; From sueh a " combination alone can we ¦ expect the fitting machinery to adapt the world ' s progress , the country ' s improvement , and tho nation's wealth , to the requirements of justice , and the necessities of the , people . And these truths the landlords , shorn of their pre scriptive rights and usurped privileges , are already

      beginning to see , inasmuch as , when threatened themselves , they now begin to brand as abuses th very evils of wliich the Chartists have complained , and to correct which Chartism was established . We hav * no reason to despond , then , but j on the contrary , every reason to hope ; and rafter the tardy tribute paid to our strength by Sir ' James Gbaham , let the cry ; "Onward , and we conquer 1 backward , and we fall ! " "The Charter , and no Surrender ! " once more be the watchword and rallying point of the Chartists . '

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

      NO . VOTE , NO MUSKET . . . As there is ho single principle that has been dearer to ua through lite than the uninterrupted . preservation of peace , there is naturally no proposition which more alarms us than that of a threatened recurrence to war . Up to the proclamation of _peaoo in . 1815 , and for many years subsequently to the cessation of European war , England had no other mind than that _whichjemanated from the fostered prejudices of an ancient and pampered aristocracy , whose title was

      plunder , and whose . mode of supporting it was ,.-War ! War !! War !!! War , however ; in whieh they only participated to reap the laurels of . ' chivalry , a distinction and an _honourfot'which they paid , heavily ; while the ignorant poor were seduced by bounty , coerced by law , induced by poverty , or pressed by brute force to fight the battles _» f their oppressors . Every brutal act that appears upon the Statute-book , and that befouls the . country ' s records , is an emanation irom that confidence or fear inspired by the terror of our arms or the splendour of our triumphs !

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

      I trust tha day , will yet arrive when all matters in dispute between nations will be left to the impartial arbitration of the wisest selection from ths industrious classes _* who hare the greatest interest in the _pressrvation of peace , because in war _thsir oppressors triumph and they iuffw . —Speech at Maeroom , 1831 . ¦ :. , t What do you call this but peaceful resistance to tyranny , although threatened by ths presence of yonder martial array t . But I tell those who . are now armed for ihe slaughter , that the votes of knowledge will silence the _eannou ' s roar , and that the peaceful universal shout of liberty will be louder than the neighing of the war _horss , — Spetch at Fermoy , 1832 . ' .

      Ours is the battle of right against might , of knowledge against bigotry and _iutolsrHncs , and of justice against oppression and misrule , and argument and reason ars the only weapons we'll use . _—Sptsed . at _JTarytebc-ji * , 1836 . You are to receive me here , not in that character in which the press has heralded me to your notice—not as a _revolutionist , anxious to set man against uiau , but as a peacefulpropouhdor of the righteous principles of _justice , assuriugyeu that I would rather boar all ths ills of which I complain , and ten thousand times more , or _evea sacrifice my own life , than be the means of shedding one drop of . human blood . —Speech at Glasgow , Edinburgh , Paisley and other parts of Scotland , in 183 G .

      I'll tell you what yeu are doing ; you're _appenliag to mo as it barrister upon a subject , tliojmy discussion of which may enable tyrants to question the logality of our mealing . What business have you , _whait necessity is there for mentioning muskets or physical force at all . You but delude the people , and furnish the _government with a justification for exciting all the evil passions of the timid against you . "The only opinion that I shall giW you is , that it is not only impolitic but unsafe _ysn to discuss the question . —Speech iu tht _Conventioii 0 / 1888 . ' ; I am asked to define the difference between moral and

      physical force . The difference is this : _meral power is the deliberative quality iii each _iaan ' s mind which teaches him how to reason , how to' ehdure , ' and wheu forbearance becomes a crime ; and should that fail to accomplish for man all that he is justly entitled to possess , * and should physical force be necessary , whieh God forefend , 'it will come to its aid like an electric shock ; but the man who attempts to martial it , destroys it by alarming the foe , and the man who recommends it is either a fool or a traitor , and ; will be _' tae first to ' desert the standard . — Speeth at Birmingham , 1810 . "' ¦ ' ' ; ' _> *

      YOu bawl for the Charter _. _' you shout for tho Charter , _j-ou roar for the Charter j but work for the Chavtev for a month , as I have worked for years ; 1 st each say to himself , " Upon ray exertion aloue dependsthe Charter ; " and then if justice is refused to the mora ! appeal ' ofthe united people , and if the tyranny of oppression still continues too strong to bear , when you are ready to claim by force what has _bvea refused to justice , then ; if you can find no better leador , I will lead you on to death or glory . — -Speech at PalAci-yard , mi . . '" , " ' _' , '' ' _" ; . ' .. _'" _, ' , ' ' " . " .., ' . ' I tell you that I will not' listen tamely to * ' tha speeches delivered by Mr . Cooper , and others , in this _Canveiition If his Shaksperians are prepared to fight , I am not prepared to lead an undisciplined / _unarmod multitude against a disciplined ' and ' armed soldiery ! ' * I will take my stand with the country , and when the country resumes its judgment , it will do justice to my courage , —Spetch at the Delegate _Meetby , at Manchester in 1842 .

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

      justify physical aggression against armed or unarmed tyranny if it cannot be otherwise destroyed . We are induced to make these observations in consequence of the systematic intrusion ofa new doctrine by Mr . Coc _* br—an intrusion which , whilo it may bospeak a placid conversion , from revolutionary thoughts , that old women may embrace as charitable , christian , and balmy , must , nevertheless , wear the appearance ofa stern necessity upon the part of Mr . Cooper to resist a doctrine which of itself has died away . Mr . Coopsr _, of course , is wedded to his new bantling , and cannot see the danger of exhibiting it to an astonished audience , ¦ , He cannot or will not see

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      ihe _oVil he _is'doirig _^ n evil _^ however , ; which is more than manifest in theangry , asd otto personal crimi _lationand recrimination to which it has gives rise at the several meetings where hehas propounded it ; ; Mr , Cooper has sense enough to see , not only that ha principle is unpalatable , but that it is likely to remain so . , He must have discovered that it is but calculated to lead tea discussion as to the relative merits of moral and physical ferpe ; moreover , he must see that the introduction of it into petitions for the reiteration of Frost , Williams , and Jones is absolutely childish , if not idiotic . What business has

      it there ? '' . And if it has no business there , what business has Mr .: _Coopbb to attempt to thrust it in ? Mr . Clabk' well illustrated th » _praetical working of this non-resistance doctrine . Hesaid , " 1 will put a case to Mr . CoopitR . In the county of . Wioklow , in Ireland , a militia soldier broke into a peasant ' s house , arid Violated ' _hid daughter , ' seventeen yeartof age , before his . face , ; ; Now , I ask Mr . Coomr if the mere wmonstranw , * you ' re wrong , sir , ' would have been the only vengeance his nature would prompt him to take upon _suck a ruffian ? " Again , Mr . Harnet , ina most powerful and able exposition of this slavish

      doctrine , observed . "How canMr . _CooPBRrflconciieto himself tho . high eneomiums that he has passed upon Hampdbk , William Tbil , and others , and come here to propose such » doctrine to this meeting ? Again , I ask him , if U * thinks the conduct of the crew of the Tory , so inhumanly butchered by their brutal Captain ( Johmstomb ) , was praiseworthy or otherwise ; or , when they saw the ruffian bent on tke extermination ef those whose lives were committed te his care , would it not have been better to chuck one murderer overboard , than that several should suffer from' his cruelty ?"

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

      opinions may stand of themselves distinct and apart from the notions of others , print them , and stand by them . Wehold , then , that it is right to repel force by force , and that resistance—armed resistance to tyranny , is a question of policy , not of principle—no doubt existing as to the justice and the right ; while we hold that d « cMue * _wlucl \ _recomTaetids . nonresistance under all arid every circumstance , slavish , debasing , cowardly , unmanly , un-Ckristian , and un-Chartist ; <¦• .. ' ¦• : ' - ¦ _*•'* ¦¦•¦¦ _- _' ¦¦ ¦ ' : _- ~ > _- _';

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW _^ ' _^ _V ; _Parltambht has this week been almost _; excIlwiTeiy occupied with the discussion on the new commercial cheme of the Premier . Other and important ' auk jects have been incideRt & Uy mooted , " but' tlie real strength and interest of members hare been concentrated upon thiimeasure , which , for the time being , throws all " others into tha shade . Nor is the mea ; sure itself unworthy of the prominence given to it , and the _interestit excites . The Times has truly

      remarked : — " It i * indeed a great commercial scheme It is also something more than . a gre _^ t commercial scheme , tit . is a revolution—a social revolution ;" and though we may be less sanguine as to its effects than _[ itsuitsthepreMntpurpose _/ of " the Thunderer '' tol _itiaimpossible _. npt to _peroeive that ; it is but the commencement ofa long series of political , finanoial , and social changes , which must , in the natural progress of soeiety , have come sopnev or later , but the advent of which will be mightily accelerated by the ' impetus derived from the passing of this

      measure . * . . ,. . * . _,. As tothe debate itself , it . has , up tothe time at which we write , been more novel in the manner than mattery The old arguments in favour of free trade in corn have been urged , but by new men . With the exception of Lord Jobs _Rubssll , no speaker of _notehas risen on the Liberal sideof . the" house ; While the Ministerial benches haye _^ exhibited ' the strange . spectacle so graphically described by Sir R I « aus , of "a numerous and once respected 'partyj firing into each other ' s ships . " ' * • •*

      .. Some of the new " _cohverts , to . _% e ; _3 pctrines of _^ the League have shown themselves not _inapfcrecruitttfand handled their weapons with considerable dexterity and address . . By far the" most hopeful of the new pupils of Messrs . Vi-ujbrs and Cobbbn _. jb Mr . _Sidvar Hbrbert , the Secretary * at War . ¦• ¦ fie " pronounced" against protection , iii ' a stylo which , must have . excited the , en yy . _^ of _imany ; pf _^ thej _^ Leaguei orators ; and which at any Govent .- Garden meeting would have carried off the laurel from' Mr . J . * Fox himself . As to Sir James Gbaham , the only , other occupant of the Treasury bench . who , has spoken up

      to this time , little surprise can be excited by his famUiarity with the free trade view of the question . The hon . bart . has so often changed sides , that any change now can merely be back into some former position . At the eemmand of Sir Roberi —« la militaire , " as you wore" —the Home Secretary has gone back to his youthful opinions ; and again swears by the disowned and celebrated . Corn and Curreney '» pamphlet . Other converts have at least the graceful and plausible apology of changing from the immature and crude opinions of inexperienced political boyhood to the more enlarged and comprehensive

      views of manhood ; but Sir Jambs has ne such excuse to offer . He is the most unfortunate of politicians and statesmen . He cannot even do right in the right way . This unhappy idiosyncrasy of the hon . baronet showed itself , forcibly in that part of his speech in which , after professing himself ready to submit to any sacrifices to promote the welfare of the poorer classes , he declared , first , that the operatives had changed their opinions as to the relation between wages and the price of food , and then proceeded to eulogise the recent conduct of Lord _Morpbth with reference to the Tks Hours' Bii * . He professed that "it would be the happiest day of his life to . see that measure ; carried , " into . effect ; 'f but

      he will-take ho steps towards securing himself that happiness . Itmiist be brought about "by the ¦ mutual agreement of the masters and men . " If the formev will not consent , solar as Sir _Jaues is concerned , the latter shall have no help from the government . This gratuitous , and at the Baine time uncalled-for declaration , is only a specimen of the manner in which the Home Secretary contrives to spoil evon his own efforts to be popular . It should at thc same , time incite the Short Time . Committees throughout the country to active efforts , in order that Mr . Fibldbx , in the prosecution of the bill now before the House , may have the benefit of that power whicli Sir James ' s own speech shows to be now omnipotent—namely , public opinion .

      But to return to the debate . The majority of the speakers on the first two nights were Protectionists . The arguments principally adduced in defence of tho existing system , and in opposition to the Ministerial measure , were : —First . That though the . Premier , and allhis supporters , had justified the introduction of the measure mainly on the ground of the failure ofthepotatoe crop in Ireland , and a consequent apprehended famine in that country , such a famine , grievous as it would be , was no sufficient basis for so great a change' The evil , however great , could be but temporary in its duration , and might be met by temporary remedies ; whereas theMinisterial scheme

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

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      burdens on farms in respect of poor and other rates were much greater than eri mills , ' -when the annual returns from each were taken into consideration . Sixthly . Thatprotection should be given in _propori tion to the manual labour empleyed in the production of any article , but the present measure gave the least protection to agrieultural produce , which waa almost entirely produced _^ by manual labour / _aod the greatest te manufactures , which were altogether or partly produoed by machines . The idea o / exclusiva protection to agriculture was disclaimed , and the right of every department of nativ _« industry to its benefits emphatically asserted .

      The main force ofthe opposition to the measure , howerer , was concentrated upon the inconsistency of the Ministers who proposed it , and the shock that such a profligate abandonment of principle was calculated te give to confidence in publio men . Whatever change may have taken place in the opinions of the Premier , he had no right to demand that a Parliament , which was elected to support the principle of Protection , should turn round at his bidding , and vote directly the contrary , in the teeth of all their former professions , and of tbat confidence in those pro

      _fessions which induced their constituents te elect them . If the present professions of the Premier were not as _^ _'baseless and hollow as his former ones ; if he was really convinced that the country was prepared for his measure , let him at once dissolve Fax liamerit , and , by an appeal to the people , save the character and consistency of a large body of men , who _etill wished to be useful to their country , and were unwilling to sacrifice that character which could alone enable them tobe so ; and , at the same time , test the statements made aa to the popularity of free trade doctrines and measures .

      What answer Pebl will make to this , remains te be seen . Of its reasonableness there can be little doubt . / If ., the : grcat _/ majority of the _^ . communityreally are converted to : the political economy of the League , its application ' to practice could Only be de . layed ; while such a . course would prevent that whole sale abandonment of previous professions , which even for the attainment of undoubted pubiie benefits is te be deprecated as a great public evil . " "

      Whatever may be the result , one thing is certain . The great Conservative party formed by Sir Robert _Psiii with such pains and skill , after the passing of the Reform Bill , is utterly broken up and disorganised . In five years he has destroyed that which it took him nine te construct . Into what new forms the elements thus decomposed will hereafter combine , it is impossible at tbe present moment to predict . But there are at least strong grounds for the belief that henceforth the party of Progress will

      be in the ascendant . The unqualified admission of the power of public agitation , and of an organised public opinion , directed against any fla . w in our institutions , lays the foundation of a new era in national progress ; It is a lesson which will never be forgotten , and the ; mighty influenoe of which on political and social well-being , _posterUyalone will be able to appreciate . The press and public meetings are henceforward the most potent weapons of the Reformer . Against these , when skilfully wielded , error , either in the abstract or the fact , has no chanee of

      maintaining its ground . The progress onwards to more liberal institutions , to the . embodiment in practice of what . has heretofore beeu a barren axiom , " the greatest happiness of the greatest possible number , " will be greatly accelerated by _) the settlement of this Com Law question . It is ripe , and ready for plucking . Its disposal will clear the board of one fallacy which has long misled superficial _reasoners , * and when the exaggerated fears of its opponents , arid the equally if not greater exaggerated hopes of its advocates

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

      ... .. _Sattodiy . MoRKimJ " Since the preceding was written , other two nights of the debate have passed _without presenting any material alteration in its _character . The same Studied silence is ' maintained on the _Oppssition . benches we have already commented upon . Lord Jobh _Rcssbll seems te have made _tAe speech for his adherents . The speech of Lord Mobpbth was called forth by the peculiar position he occupies , and the understood arrangement _seeHstobe tbat the party hitherto called Conservative shall fight it out amongst themselves . _WeiShould-probably ere _thia have had a declaration from Mr . Cobd _* b _* y , on tha

      part of the League , _simtlaif to that of Lord John , but that gentleman has been prevented from attending the house during the whole of the week by severe indisposition . We understand that he is expected to speak on Monday night . At the commencement of the debate , it was expected that it would have been closed by a division this morning , but the Protectionists are evidently determined to "diehard , " and its adjournment last night by tha Earl of March , together with the number of members who have presented themselves , but have hitherto had no opportunity of speaking , induces the general belief that it will now last all next week .

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      Hobbiblb _Oppbession bt Fbee Tamil _MtLiocaiTS or Dosdeb . —Mr . O'Connor has received the following letter from a correspondent at Dundee , whoso veracity , and trustworthiness is unquestionable : — " Dear Sir , — There has been a case of great cruelty and injustice perpetrated here on six young factory girls , by their masters , who are great millowners , bankers , and ship . ¦ ' owners , of the firm of Baxter and Brothers . ' These poor girls , for being absent one afteruoou from their work , hare been cast into prison , and underwent ten days ' confinement , with hard labour . _Tiwyhadnota fair open trial , but were tried in a private manner , by some justices of the peace , friends of the masters _. What makes the case still worse , is , the youngest of these girls , who is only thirteen , is ah orphan Without

      father or mother . Pour of the girls have DO fathers and their widowed mothers depended on them for support . They had been in the same work from their infaney , and had never given offence till now ; they even got a t'ood character from the _maaager , but all was of no effect . The council of the Chartist _AssociafiOR gave these poor girls some relief when they came out of prison , and till they were able to get work elsowhere , though their masters would have gladly takenthem back . A few friends of humanity got up a meeting on their behalf , and it _was ' a bumper , at which a memorial to the Lord Advocate , praying for an investigation , was unanimously adopted . His lordship ordered an inquiry , and we wrote to him , stating that , Mr . _M'Donald , Mr . Kidd , and John M ' Crae had been

      appointed on the part of the public to superintend this : ease , arid we did not think the ends of justice would be served , or the ease clearly made out , unless we were present , or a law agent on behalf of the girls , to suggest such questions as might seem of utility . This was refused , and , so far as wa can learn from the witnesses , it was rather an inquiry as to who got np the meetiug , who spoke at it , and go forth ! . The fact is , _thsse masters have such _powerfulinfluencehere , that very few could he got to take part in the proceedings ; and , I believe , Mr . Kidd has already sustained _cousidembie loss by taking p & Tt in this matter . Since the investigation the Lord Advocate has refused to answer our communicatious . We yesterday sentoff acopy ofthe memorial , the eorrespondonceof the Lord Advocate , and all the details to Mr . Duncombe , requesting him to move for a copy of tho investigation , and other papers connected with

      this case . _< We feel convinced that none of the pro . ceedirigs have been legally conducted , but that even the Lord Advocate is against doing justice to tha working-classes . No ease has excited more attention than this among the working-classes for many a long day . We feel that this has , in some degree , been made a Chartist cause , seeing that the leading parties in dej fending the poor young girls are the leading Chartists also . I may also mention , that one Floridew , a writer here , took up the case , ou condition that the brother of one of tho girls would _rwst & ponnd . This _lad , wh » is a _mill-worker , got a pound and gave him ; he wrote a letter to the Lord Advocate , setting forth the injustice ofthe case , but he refused to shew the answer , an * would do no more in tt , but kept the lads pound , for merely writing this one letter . Xow , this . sa case that I am sure you will _considerrequirc sbome invest . ga . ioa . I have written to ten member , of Parliament to support Mr Duncombe , and would feel truly thankful if jo *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_14021846/page/4/