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      TO CHARLES HOOTON ,. ESQ ., EDITOR OF THE LEEDS TIMES . Sib , —It has been well « u £ , by a celebrated German writer , that ' " Vulgarity i * the scabba ^ o rath-e . " Satire , to be effecdve , should be smooth a »> tie polished Wade , that enters almost unheeded , ana leave * fhe wound unseen , but not unfelt , Clums \ rolgirit ; is like a foal and overloaded piece which explodes in the hand , and , instead of hitting tbt-TO CHARLES HOOTON . ESQ ., EDITOR OF

      dbject aimed at , damages only the unskilful marksman . Such , young gentleman , is precisely your present portion . Notwithstanding , howeTer , that your tondoct might w « U justify severity , I leel disposed to deal leniently with you ; in the wish rather te guard yon against the repetition of offences which recoil only on the head of their perpetrator , than to inflict upon you any punishment for your rashness .

      In the Leeds T ' mny of the 28 th of July , there appeared an article reflecting upon the character and honesty of Mr , GaSTLEB . Yon made him public property / and , regarding him as such , you were at perfect liberty to censure or approve . You did neither . You abused—foully abased—wantonly reviled , and falsely condemned Mr . Oastleb . By the adoption of this course , you . turned censorship into jpleen , and trial into eo * nvietion . In the Northern Star of the following week , I dealt editorialW with your letter signed " Publitss , "

      and I appeal to all who read that article whether 1 therein exceeded the legitimate bounds of editorial CTtticisn—whether the antidote was not milder than the poison . In the Leeds Times of last week , ( not content ttilh your previous exhibition , ) yon again call into action the tw o noble friends—the Siamese youths—thu " Editor" and " Publics ; " who , with an unanimity much resembling that of the Dominie who was always unanimous w . ith himself , present their double-barrelled gnn at the wrong object It explodes in the tiring , and wounds yourself , and

      yourself only . Now , Sir , mark your folly and jour ingratitude . The contents of your double-barrelled gnn £ 0 to prove that you knew the article in tbi-Nvrlhern Star of the 5 th , to have been written by Mr . O'COSXOR ; so moch for your folly ; while joar ingratitude is shewn to yonr best friend—1 « him who softened , in some degree , the asperity ot the reply , which I intended to have been * 8 i > inrwhar more adi quaie to the provocation . It was I , Sir , who ans-rertd " PUBLICS , " aad not Mr . O'Conxoe . ilr . O'Connor never saw the artcle till ii

      was m type , when , in the kindness of his heart , he entreated me to expunge a portion of it , ano expressed his regret that there should be a necessity for the remainder . Yet , Sir , you have found a " Traitor" in Mr . O'Connor , and a " Pickpocket " In Mr . Oastier . "Young man ; young ' maa ; Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Oastlkr hold a place in the affections of all good men , from which neither to sophistry » f Mr . Hootoit nor the vulgarity of " Pubutjs" will ever be aWe to

      dislodge them . I quite admit the right of an Editor to call to his assistance all the freshness and novelty which change of name can gije to vulpar j ^ f- * , threadbare jokes , and an exhausted fund of arjjumeDt ; but I must ¦ protest against such a fraud upon the public as the apparent alliance of you and " Pub litjs , " which may be . " dissolved , at any momtnt , either for convenience or protecdon . Sir , are you so great a novice , or so confident in your double appellation as to suppose that your intentions can escape the keen eye of those for whom you pro . ess to

      write ; or are you so ambitions of an unenviable ffisthicubn as deliberately to sacrifice the intertst > of your employer to jour personal vanity ? From the . moment that you took to the Editorship of the Leeds Times to the present , yon have been snarling without the slightest provocation—seeking for causes ot quarrel— -and by your last week ' s confession you meanly admit * hat a portion of your former vulgarity was intended personally lor Mr . O'Connor . I admit , Sir , thatyour position was one of considerable

      difficulty , but yon have certainly not lessened its difficulty . The freshness , the candour , and the manliness which the lamented M > . 2 < icoll , aud his predecessors instilled into the Leeds Times died with him , while your sable forebodings and dark misgivings serve as a pall to cover tie bier of poor Zsicoi / L , and by contract , to keep alive flis memory , in tbose columns to which he had given life and spirit , while you are doing your endeavour to pass the cold hand of death over the "infant of hi * er * a-

      tion , and strangle it in the cradle . Sir , Mr . O'Connor has never , by word or deed , attacked the Leeds Times , nor -has he ever cundeseended to reply to your mean insinuations . 'Tis you , yourself , who have damned the " Times . " if yoorhavelaid your political ovary in theshort time yon have been among us why not retire for another while and , Ike the hen , hatch yonr brood , and bring up your chicken tribe—your new fledged politics—in proper reason , instead of giving us from Publics a stale repetition of yonr wholesale

      nonsense . In the bubbling of yonr boiling rage , yon point at personal appearance . Good God ! Sir , if it was not a i ^ ughiDg holiday with nature whtn you were former " , vfh . it L-ds Ha . O'CoKKOB . to do with that ? If you were bom under an unlucky '' Star * ' pray do Dot , in enmity to all the others which bedeck the firmament , commit suicide because one rises with becoming effulgence over yon . 'When next yon write of personal appearance , doit , Sit , belo ' re a mirror , where you will see a just reflection of Harare ' s anger at the great sung which has be * n put "into so small a Dreast .

      Sir , I never shrink from writing mv real seEtimens , nor yet from avowing those sentiments in my real name and character . I have now nearly done ; but I cannot , in justice to my readers , conclude without assuring them and you that the battles of the Leeds Times shall henerforth be fought by the rival champions , " Publics" and Mr . Hooton , who wiil no doubt make the most of their single wit and double appellation . So king as I continue io conduct the Northern Star , possessing full power to exercise my judgement and . discretioa , no

      provocashall induce me ugain to notice the reasoning (!) oi -Mr . Hootos ot the ribaldry of Mr . PuBLrcs . The field-is now all your own .-You are at full liberty to arrange your forces , for attack and Qfcfeoce , in such order as may best please you , and when the quarrel thickens , so as to require more fore-, yon hare onl y to bring up one of yonr : other men in . buckram , and add him to the catalogue of your names , to ensilre ^ But " pray ,

      ^ Sir , let your next congest be over your vanity , for -no alliance can serve > nor mj mQld plitity of forms strengthen yon , so long „ ^ sx deadly enemy remaius . envanqnffihei . Yon challenge Mr . OXoN-^• OBtoailiscnssioBand have the iasolence to prescribe to him the ta ^ k of defending an opinion which -ie never avowed . Pray , Sir , " . do not , in yonr dis ^ appointed rage ,, dash yourself against the lock ion would provoke * combat with one irom whose

      rorcy alone you could hope to escape .. Sufficient onto the day is tie evil thereof j graduate , graduate , young man ; a foe far inferior to Mr . O ' Connor will , for a longtime , ovemateb / yoiL ., ' Yon dare to judge , Bpon ronnise , men with whom the : pnblic- is well - acquainted , men next jou write , pray teU us what service ym have rendered to ihe-pablie which yon sappose will authorise tbe pre-^ nmption ., i ^ efbre yon again arraign others prove

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      your own title to the judgement seat—where , if you * ill-BOt pollute it , yon most sit in unity &wt juriry , ana not in a false shew of union and ' confederacy . I am , Sir , Yours , with all due respect , WILLIAM HILL : Editor of the Northern Star . — ' . ^^^^^^ ^^^ your own title to the judgement seat-where , if you

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , August 9 . Lord STRANGFORD gave notice , that he would * ou Monday next , call th * attention of their Lordships to the present state of our commercial relations witu the sotted of South America . LordLYNDHURST gave notice , that he would in the next Session ot Parliament introduce a bill similar to that which had recently been rejected by their Lordshi p * , ou the subject of the Custody of lufaots . Lord 3 R 0 UGH AM then moved the order of the day for the second reading of the Canada Government

      Act Declaratory Bill . v Hi * Lordship a motion was supported directly by the Dnke of WELLINGTON and Lord LYNDHURST , and indirectly by Lord * GLENELG and MELBOURNE * , who , while the y opposed tbebffi by tote , sanctioned its principle m their speeches , by their admission of the doubts now banging over the construction of the extent of the powers granted by the existing xtatnte . The second reading wa » carried by a majority of 38 . The Irish Tithe Bill was read a third time , and passed , after a protest from Lord CLANCARTY .

      Lord MEI ^ BOURNE moved the second reading of « he Pust-offi--e Bill , but it was , on the motion oi thrDuke ot RICHMOND , thrown out by a majmity ot f . Thf Ctu » tiJins Bills stood for a . tiiirOI' rending but alter some oiscussion were postponed till to-day . Tht ? House then adjourn d at a quarter before 12 o ' clock . v Friday ^ August 10 . Several Bills received the Royal assent by commisiun .

      llie Customs' Bill , the Militia Pay Bill , the Militia Biillnts' Sn > pension Bill , the Mails ou Railwjijs Bill , the Mediterranean Po-tage Bill , the Jnint Siork Bauk Bills , llif Court of S < -s > ion ( Scotland ) Bill , the Trading Compauies' Bill , aud tbe C «> t . yright Bill , were severally read a third time and pas > ed . Tlie Ecclesiastical Appointments' Bill went through Committee with am ndmriits , wasreporteo , nnd ordered 'o *> e read a third timeou Saturday . Lord HADDINliTQN moved for a copy o ! the oorrej < poiideiice be . fftwa tie Lord Chancellor aud the Lord Provost o ! Euinhnrgh , relative io me coiuuii sion of ie peace in Ediuburgh . Alter a short conversation , the motion was jjireed to . The Cacada Govtrnment Act Declaratory Bill * eut throueh Committee .

      Ou the motion of Lord H addixgton , it was agreed r ai tbe clauses struck out ot the Sheriffs ! Court ( Scotland ) Bill by the Commons should be restored , aud a Committee appoiut > d to draw up reason * . The Prisons' ( Scotland ) Bill wa > read a third time , aud on the question that it do pass , Lord Mansfielp divided tbe House , when there appeareu H lor tiic * B : ll , and 15 againstiL The Bill is therefore lust . The Registrat ion of Voters' ( England ) Bill , was reported , and ordered to be read a third time ou Saturday . The consideration of tbe amendments made by the Commousinlhe lmpris . nmeut lor" lM > t- Bill was postponed till Monday , after giving ri . * e to a short disriission , in the coarse of wiijch

      Lord BROUGHAM md he frit bound to call their Lordships' attention to a clause iu the bill whichmjuiivd ne-vspaper propr ietors to iusert certain notices as advertisements ou tbe payment oi 3 . < He had received letters from the country which s » ted that the effect of such a clau > e would be mosr raiuons , for most of tue country newspapers were pub ished only once a week , aud the notices might , perhaps , occupy one-fourth part of them . Lord Lyxdhurst , Lord Falmouth , and Lord

      Ellenborough spoke against the clause , aud Lord LraDBUK 8 T _ proposed to strike it out . Lord MELBOURNE said he doubted whether tbe emission of the clause would endanger the Bill , as the clause was a money clause . Lord BROUGHAM said that the clause was not originally in the bill , but it was one of thn Commons'' Amendments of the Bill sent down b y their Lordships . The omission of the clause would not , therefore , trench in any degree on the privileges oi thf Commons .

      Lord SH AFTESBURY coincided in this opinio . i . We are happy to tind that it is not a privilege of tbe House of Commons to tack a newspaper-robbery clause on any bill that may be sent to them from the House of Lords . Lord MINTO moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Burghs ( Scotland ) Bill . It was opposed by Lord Lykdhurst and Lord Brougham , who objected to a bill consisting of 70 clauses , all relating to matters of importance , he ng brought ouder their Lordships' notice on the eve of a prorogat ion . Lord MIN TO said he felt tbe force of the objection , and would not pres « the second reading . The bill , therefore , is dropped . The Pensions Bill a . nd Valuation of Lands ( Ireland ) Bill went through Committee . The House adjourned at half-past 10 o ' clock .

      Oaturdai / , August 11 . The Earl of Shaftesbury took his seat on the woolsack a few minutes before five o ' clock . The Con .-H > lidated Fund BfJ was read a third time and passed . The Exchequer Bills Bill , and the Exchequer Bills ( Public Works ) Bill , severally went through committee . The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Biailsford , in Derbyshire , against idolatrous practices in India . BENEFICES PLURALITIES BILL . The Commi-ns' amendments on this Bill were considered ; some of them were agreed to , aud ot . ers not . A committee was then appointed to draw up reason * lor disagreeing to the latter .

      1 he County Treasurers ( Ireland ) Bill , the Slave Trade Treaties Bill , and the Prr . soual Diligence Scotland ) Bill , » evt-r ; illy went through committee . Several other Bills were aavanced a st-ave . Adjourned . ° Monday ^ August 13 . Several Bill received the Royal Assent by Commission . Lord BROUGHAM moved the third reading of the Canada Government Declaratory Bill . The Bill

      was passed . Lord BROUGHAM afterwards presented a petition { similar to one presented by Mr . Leader in the Commons , from the Hon . Leicester Stanhope , as chairman of the committee , complaining tnat a statne by Therwalsden , subscribed for filteeu years ago , by persons of distinction belonging to all partis , to perpetuate the memory of Lord Byron , had been refused admission into Westminster Abbey , in •• ousequence of the improper intervratiou oi the JJran .

      The Marquis of SALISBURY moved for a return or the number of Bills brought up from the House ot Lommuns during tbe present Session , distinguishing the months , and the number brought up in each .

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      HOUSE OF COHmoXS—TAursday , August 9 . . Mr . F . SHAW brought in a bill for the better registration of the voters of the Universitv of Dublin , which was read the first and second time , but cSated " ° > iUg lt ^ Tbxxed aud cir - Captain ALSAGER presented a petition from ¦ FS ! * L nTImerously signed , complaining of the evils ul the beer-shop . - —a snl . jectouwhichjoa an early day , he gave ¦ notice that he should direct the atien-Uou ot uie House . ™ i Ir" . , LhAC £ presented a pptition from the commercial travellers , for Post Office Reform , re presenting that with it there would be " 60 , 000 , 000 " more letters wnnuaUy conveyed by such means than were now forwarded through the Post-office . He aiso gave uouce that next session he should move for a select committee on the Post-office . Captain * ECHELL gave notice that , in conseoi wnat nad

      quenct ; Be seen passing in this country , he should , next session , move tor a bill to repeal the bth and 7 th W . 1 \ ., for the purpose ot puttine down the present system of advertising « fore ^ n lou ter ies /' Lord EBRINGTON moved for a return , similar to that ordemd"la » t year , of bills forwarded rrom the Commons ' to the Lords , aud by the Lords rejected It was ordered ip-be prepared . - ' The Lords afterwards requested a conference on the subject of the Municipal Corporation ( Ireland ) pill . This took place- On die return of the comnntiee . fdr managing it on the part of the-Cominous , . Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated what had taken place , aud banded m the " reasons . " that had been uelivrred on the oart of thair I ^ owahitw . adding that were

      rt ^ r r ^^^ eudmente and rejections such , W r ^^ 8 hJ p 8 P ersi 8 till « i » » rin ? to them , that H ^ i ^ !?™^ 6 to the House To adopt them . !! nS *«« fora , that the reasons be Uken into conaderauon " that day three months . " : Mr . s > haw c . » aip iaiued of the rathrr unceredTwi 3 Ueri S A & ^^ pected apropos ! - auu was made , and declared that the consequences

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      must be on the shoulders of those who proposed ^ uci * a . cjinrse . : . . , ¦ _ , „ : ¦ - ¦ -. ^ : - ¦' - ¦ .: ¦ = . ' . ' ; ' .,.. : ' . ¦ The mononf wasr-alt-rvrards carried witboaf > divisiAin , and the ^ MahicipaV CorpOTatibns'OrelandlJ hi 1 is couaequeutlylost for thHpr « s' . nt session . must be on the shoulders of those who proposed sue .:

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      TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND . Fellow Countrymen , —What , then , in to be done ? Cease your jMrty bickering * . England is your country—Christianity is your creed . TJnite to save them from all their foe * , aud yours . Rally round , your M ancient iiwtitutions ; " : Let " the Constitufaoii—( he wnofe Constituti * ny and nothing but the Constitution , " be your watchword ; aud reaplve to disobey every " unconstitutional' . ' a'b prtion , ^ every " new-fanglea treason , " dignified by the sacred name of taut . ¦ ; ' " ""'• ' . 1 am not about to excite you by attemptiug to describe the treasoaable attack upou the prerogative ol the Crbwn— the iu ^ ult to the Church—the 4 rgradar tion of the nobles—the humiliation of the

      magistrafc » T-the . wrongs aud iusults offered to the raw- ; payers , pr / the u ^^ s erved gufiVringu of the poor--all pr «» cee 4 inj }; Trqin ; tljie . > ' new-fanglisd tWsasou" einbodied ^^ B . ^ fP ^^ Law v ' an'd tUe ' urettyodd ";/ ii ^ H ^ rAi Bta , tute ; which empowers the Minister of the day toaeud nismercenariesfrom the Capital iu to the Provinces , to supersede Our " anciejit" c instajbulary : force . No , I will jaupetd to ybnr jitdgment , not to your feelings * . Tht | New , Pqob Law is unconstitotional ! it i * declared to be so by its suuporterij ; that is mv case . | On the authority of Abinodom , Sharpe , BLAcksTONE , Locke , Bacon , Ellvs , Coke , ' HOLT , Somers , Atkins , -Fox , and many others , 7 advise yoti to kesist it . .. v I torniCT . y auviaei ) yoa topetiihn agaiiist it . , You have done so by thousands aud millions . Y « Ur ; peri- ? tious have been ^ sporueti by her Msijerty ' s Ministers and the Housa of Cotumouu , and they have virtually told you—Howies ! being their uiuutti-piece-r- ' to

      kill and burn , that yonr oppressors might have a pretext for letting loose ttie " . logs ot war" a pon you , as at Canterbury , arid thus eu » lnye you . 1 say petition no more ; but do not "At //"—do uot u biiht : " the xnau is mad or worw , who do . » s cither . N . i » j ' uo , be peaceable—pri » tei " tpr «) perty—preserve ' life '; but do not petition any * more . ' ' # LordBAco . N U ; Us | you . tlsat the Poor Law Commissioners ?• are absolute Kings * which uo Cousti u * nmiHl Sovt-reign has any right to ordain . " Lord Brougham assures you that '"the New Four Luw la u > constitutional , " aud it is an admitlt ? d pniidple . n law , that ' uxconstitutional enuctmeuts are in tfttntselvtt . . void ' . " | Sharps aiiu Loni Coke assert * ' turtt what the Parliiiment doth , shall lie lujldeujur nuvgiit , whciijto ^ v ^ r it shull enact Cunt whlCU u ' cVktrurytaUteyrrttci jjltrsqi theXOitstitutitf-,. '' Tilt ! Kuil oi Abingdon savB-j- '''" Obedience is * due to the laws , when tb'jiujrd ouithe Ct . usiitution ; but iv / u-n they are subversive oi the Cojtslitt . tioii . rnKX uisobedibnce

      I . VSTEAP OF OBEDIKSCE IS DUE , HUJ BESISTANCE BECOMES THE LAW OF THE LAND . " Tllr Lord L'liailceilur Somek 8 declare . -, tuiit our p ^ ent Legislators art- ' Tuaitoks of Vie highest degree : " his wor < .: s arvi *• Treason is a betraying ol tbe Si ate , and tlie first and holiest treason is that which iscomiiiiite" auaiast che '' Constitution . " And Locke nllirms , ' yiht-u L , egislrUtirs . hy unconstitutional ( cg islutioii , attempt t « enslave , and trtke . away tue hUeriy ut' the people , .-uch Legislator . * , iu that case , aie projJerlt /^ ami WITHTHEGREATESTAUURAVATION , RlitJbLiS ! VVhat theu will yon now do , my countryuieu ? Does any umuot any party- | oi any creeu / calliiig ! hiuiM-If un Euglishmau , auviise the -people of England to obey the UNConstitutioual law mad-i by '¦* Traitohs oi the higkest decree ? " I What ! submit tnmely to be governed by " ¦ liEB ^ LS of the blackest dye ? " and call yourselvwi Liyal ? : nd boiv-t tUat you are ftvemeii ? Is England so far suuk ? 1 hope not . I do yet hope lh ; it all is not lust .

      BLACKSTo . > Etrll you , that " when petitions fa $ , " your uext right is , " tr > arm lor sell-preservation and defence . " Younu , informs you that , " where the Government . - ' tiuly is armed there di-s ' potim ise > t ( iblished . " Fletcher says , kI to be « r arms is the distinction between a freeman and a * lave . " And the law of Engiand requires , that every Englisiimau should be armed . And theu Charlie James Fox , having been taught , as he says , liy Sydnev , Locke , Saville , and Chatham , lore > eeing that such legislators as Brougham might some uny curse this laud , says , _ " I trust however , that the j-jjirir , the energv ^ the vigour of the En » li > h character is not to be depressed , and that there will alnays he found in the country , men bold enough to assert , aye , and to maintuiri also , that ! King , Lords , and Commons , uuitiiiK 10 compose a Legislature , may sfl conduct the ? nsetves , as to Justify resistance on the part of the people . " '

      Fellow Countrymen , can there be a doubt , that Mat time is now arrived , when a Lord Chancellor 01 England , has dared tointroduce a law . deelwing in his introductory speech , that the law he was proposing ,, was unconstitutional f a law , which , tbr its ' en forcement , requires -the substitution of a Frenchified police , in thej place ol our '' ancient" aud " constitutional" legal constabulary ddeiice ? Does any man of snbstance auJ prnperty , —^ any aristocrat , or landlord jeer at the uuthoiiiiejg 1 have brought torward ? If so , let him remember , tbat it is by « ach footish authorities , and by custom , that he is allowed to stand among bis lelfoVf . <• - , possessed of hi > dignities , privileges and wealtli . Once let H be felt that custom and law authorities are all but a jest , and , in spite of every power , the '" gaudy baubles" of the mighty great will be swept away with the despised , but" ancient institutions" of the country . Let then , the aristocratic Iriends of order

      and ol peace , be senous ; fork is a truth which no one will attempt toquestion , that if the constitutional rights of the people ; are not worth preserving—neituer are the gaudy trappings" of royalty itself ! It may be that the ^ Traitors and Rebels" who , united together , under the names of Tory , Whig , aud Radical , have passed this muriierouir law , hope , by the power of tbe army , and the est * blishihent 01 a-ruj-at police , to force the people to submit to that croel , that Mrtconstituiional act . Let tbum try . Ji they do , 1 know : that , although , in tl » e short day of their power they may make a few exnmule ' s , by hauling such " agiiators" as myself;— the day 0 / retribution will soon arrive , and it will then be seen , how many lives may have to atone for the iudiguities oflered to a nation , which isresolved to assert iuuton power , by maintaining Us " ancient institutions" and us constitutional rig / its . liom treaso 7 iablenud rebelli ous legislators , are so " mad" as to defy the

      constitution , many changes—greater tuau my discharge from a Squire ' s service—will take place before loug . Let them try , and I know the event will prove the truth ot my assertion . But what isjiow your duty , fellow countrymen ? you are at last forced by tue Governuieut either tamely to submit to ; the downfall of the " ancient institutions" of your country , and the withdrawal ot your ' -ancient liberties aud rights ; " or to place yourselves iu an attitude of " SHlf-preseryation ttnd defence . " I

      Fellow countrymen , hear Hie—and mark well my every word . Ill speak treasou , you will n-ject my counsel , because I know that you are loyal . 1 kuow tuat your sutrerinys , which aaded to the insults her Alajesty ' smiuistershavehe ; ipedupouyitij , hitve driven you , both in tlie agricultural aad the manufacturing districts , secretly to provide yourselves with unns . This 1 know to ; b « the fact . 1 have luronuation on ihts head , from Peers , Al . P ' s . Clergymen , Magis ^ trates , Farmers , and Labourers ; nay more , 1 know tuat old Soldiers are ,,. at this moment , employed in some agricultural districts , secrectly tu train the peoaautry . " Oppression has . ilriveu the poor lellows mad ! " But , lellow countrymen , this iS most dangerous to your liberty and your lives ; it is

      in fact , just what your enemies desire . They know that secret arming will lead to assassinations , aud private depredations , as well as to local , isolated risings and disturbances . This is precisely wuat tUev want , what they paui for—then they will be furnished -with an excuse for establishing tlie Rural tvlice , * or repealing the Habeas Corpus Act and for proclaiming Martial Law ! Disappoint them , 1 entreat you , for the sake ot yourselves , of your wives and of your children—dibappoiut the men , who thirst for your blood . Truth needs no c ' onceaimeut—depend upon it secret arming will lead , after much bloouslied , to military despotism . You know how auxious your enemies are to cause riots and disturbances , in order tluit theymay come down

      upon you and destroy you in detail ; agaiu 1 say ^ disappoint them—secret arming must lead to assassination , distnrbauce , divisi .. n , and riot ; your only salety is in Union , Publicity , aud Peace . You have no need ot secrets—your strength , consists in ha \ ing ewry thing open and above-board Do nothing that you would not have all the world to kuow . You have never found me dealing iu Kecretsof any kind- 1 care uot if all the world knew all that I know . 1 have no . secrets . I will have none . Let me beg of you , then , my cbuutrymeuit you are loyal to the turone , if you value yoiir owu nauoual aua social rights—ts cease Irom secret ABMTNO . - . - '" ¦ •• • ¦ ••¦ : ¦"' - ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ '" I

      . . i , v you were a 8 ita ^ s 0 ™ y ^ M ago against the Kino , by the persons who are now your Gov moro —yon were excited to madness , by the professing patriots of the day . A Bainbs was thtsn Itmnd , marching under the banuers of rebellion , threatening theiking with decapitat ion , it he dared to resist his demanos !—a Fitzwilmam was theu to be heard , backed by a Brougham , exhorting you to pav no pore toxes "—whilst a younger Baines disgraced himself and dishonoured the natiou , by exdtiugyou in your frenzy Vto give thret ? groans for ihe CJueeu . " Another BuuUGHAM Was then " agitatint ' and "iliuerating"a .. d laughing at tue prospect oi " "kings ' heads rolling amougst the mire of your streets . "

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      -itnee taeu , Uttliao *• taken the « op , " and is now teu ' imes more tW child 6 f Hell thau before . T ^ ball IjftdviBeryott ^ tb follow the mad and rarious example of jjuch Traitors '' and ' . Rebels as thr « e ? No , <*?» ' ray' inends-rmy advice isH-Raljly round the I lirone , and feleaaw your lovely Qu , en from a bani . o , ? ltor 8 » who now keep her enslaved , and craftily hide from her all knowledge of i / our sufferings and of their Th ? ASON 8 . Nothing ; however , siihU ( leter me from urging my last argument upon youthe last argument provided by the Coiistitution , and sm tinnedbythe Wordof Godii You have tKeume when you nave been angry with me 1 you have seen ; me when hired bludgeon men , uaidpy iMoRpBTii ' a committee , have assailed me , ' ;^^ ^^ Hate ^ l ^ fJ ^^ " ^ v ' ?»' disnow teu

      anu wuen-me . rppolitau police and the inilitary have been brought e ^ ailist me : b'it you never tiaW m « - sbrinV . You ^ have seen the > hirelings 1 of the iainif * tenal press hunting formy blood , and the bloodhound jpy , trackingmy « tep » , th ' at he might betray me to tbe Government ^ but you never sa nie tremble . You have toown when iny old iriends , th > Tories , with whom I'had kdted cordially for many years , have ihunned me , because they then ^ feared " I was going tw farrbnt you never saw mebesitatfei , ¦ YoU have heard of the Secret machinationa of the Poor Law Commisfloners , ; and , of their sncc « su in having induced my honoured master to discharge me from tlii * lovely place { you see me cast off by one whom mv father and mvself dpluthtpft tn i ^ rvu

      for thirty-eight years , and lorn from a . tenantry the inpijt devoted and > fi ^ ctionate in tbe empini ; and liowvyi » n see me the child of Provide ^ nce , without a honie ; , wirbpu ' t' a . resting \ placer , ^ ( Kxby is no longer my home ) but ^ ybu never yet heard me ' comp ] ain" ^ you ^ e ^ otf fou ^ d measku ^ notlieardthat I have fchangedmyprittciplefHfno tlioiigri' you st « . ^ rat offfrpin triends arid ^ felationslj you < iaunpt recognize despair in me . No , n v my tellqw-couutrymen , whatever Providence may have in store for me ^ bow bitter soever the cup I uiajr yet have to driuk—In adversity , however iuteiise ^ -my heart shall beat for England ' s weal ; nor will I flinch , if death untimely be my last reward on earth .

      I would rather perish in their ruiu » , than survive the overthrow piour *' andeiuinj-titutions . " Yc > U know that \ would ^ tather . d {« in your rauks , fighting with you for their , preservatiqu , than survive the ¦ -fall' of Cotistitutional Liberty iii Ivuglaiid , by seeing her in French chains under : the name of a Rural Police . We are approa hing strange times—traitors have possession of . the citadel ! It is your duty to prupare for the worst . What then should you do ? At alt risks 1 will tell you—you shall notse ' e me ttinchuow . 1 take you to WitueirS this day ^ that I hayi * newr deceived yon : may l . die the death of a traitor it 1 ever do . \ on will hear wituess for mey that on all uccasioiis 1 recommended that your proceedings should

      lie open , public , peaceable , orderly , and cousiitulioual . 1 have ever been opposed to outrage , or to secret plans of annoying any uerson or any party . So am 1 yet . Bk orderly aud open , peaceabLe 'aud-candid , in allypur arrangeinent . x . There can be no need to petition or to hold large ineetuigs any more , the latterare /« ow very dangerous tii youlfteives—spies will be employed to cause riots , and soldiers will be provided , and police as well , tn cut yon down > tl ! " * e coustitutioiial doors are now shut by the taunts aud scoffs and treasotis of Her Majesty ' sraiiiisters . Well then , what can \ ou next do , without overstepping the boundaries of Constitutionalliberty ? \\ you are resolved u . > t to be enslaved

      —if you are . iteterimned there shall be no civil warit you are benc on peace , let your governor * see that you are iu earnest ; let iheiu kno / that you areopeuly and sNsleiuatically preparing fir the worst . Lt-t rh' -in lie iu'tinurd , that instead of reading the Penny Magazine * you are now studying your rights , a _ - > Gor > . hits prescribed them , in His owu most lioly U ' ord ; and as they have bteiv pro | K > undvd by the wisest auu the best Divines , Judges and Statesmen , that ' tlie . world lias ever aeen . lk « t »* ad ot mct-iiiii ; any 1 iuig < r iu large assemblies , meet in small nuiubi-rci ( but do not meet iu secret , ) let tlie iiifferent ranks ol society mingle , together , you are all Etiglislimeu , —your interest is nil oue . If yon do not knt > w this innU at pieseiit , you will soou discover it .

      Let the . ui-iuuiacturer and tlie farmer enquire , why L my lite a round of anxiety , vexation and disippoiuimetit ? Ana why do I now tear tlie presence of jiiy labiiurero ? Why am I forced to depr ive my A-orkpeome ot the just reward for their labmir- ? L , t tlje sbopKeeper Hsk himself , wh y is it that my business iJecreases and my profits diminish ? Why are my customers unable to pny off old scores ? and why do they now only buy one half or 3 quarter their t ' ornier qnantity ? Let the mechanics , artizans and labourer !* enquire whin it is that reduces their wages , whilst it lengthens and increases ' -their toil ? or how is it , that we have ' to stand in the market places all tue day idle—no man being able , to hire Uo . ' ? " Let the Hgriculturisis ask , why are we envious of the uiauuiacturtrrs ? aud the manufacturers say , why do wevex -th . e agriculturists ? If you will thus calmly

      aud friendly mix your grievances aud your arguments together ; you will uot be long before you will discover , that there is no need for all this suffering , but that God has provided abundantly for you all—that "he has given you « ill things richly to enjoy '—that there m no cause for jealousy- ^ that the prosperity of one cliss , is es . sentml to the prosperity ot another ; that , in fact , neither the head , nor the hands , nor the feet can . with truth , say , » k I have no need ot you . " You will soon discover cuat all your sufferings have been occatioxied by ' "that spirit " of Infidelity of which I have been speaking , bvCoVETOUSNESS , whichis Idolatry . and which is declared inHoly Writ to be " the root nf all evil . " Forget then ¦ your : party names , your sectarian prejudices—rtrnember that " ^ pu are all brethfjeu ; " aiid tlvat God wills , you should all minister to each other ' s happiness .

      1 have not mentioned the landlords ; the stock jobbers , and the rich capitalists , whose . trorie , is only in moi . ey . I now believe the first ( the lamlords ) are so eiitrHiuinellfd , so blinded , and so far committL'd , th t tuey will ri .-k all , rather than acknowledge themselves to be in error . The owners of Uw soil have forgotten that they are descended frotn " the Old English BiiroiJis" and " the Old English Gentlemen . " Their //(/ Witsareuo longer the Castles dudtlalls of their sires . Tiieir neighbours are not now their tenanr > , or , as it , we re . a part < . f themselves . They live in Lon don , or in Paris , or in Rome , and , by parsuing a course of lite , wjiich their foret ' atliers would have blushed to lead , they have lost the spirit of patriotism which associated their sires with the tenantry , and attached

      ctu'ia to the soil of their native land . They have become effeminate , voluptuous , and altogethe un-Eiinlish . Their extravagance and vice hare left them at the mercy of the Jew Money-mongers ; and their tenants are only now looked upon as so many machines , whose business it is . nay , ^ ha are " civnt « d b . v " the Supreme Governor ol tlie universe " only to raise troiri the soil so many pounfls sterling per annum , to be speiit by the owners of the soilj iu vain and demoralizing sensualities ; and when the labourers can work , and till , and sweat no longer , the Baruu . s . of Englautl belWe that God has prdaiued them to be shut up in Bastiles , and to be poisoned with ; skilly . The Lords of the soil have thrown themselves into the same boat with

      the Jvw-jouhers—they have estranged themselves from the occupiers of their patrimony . The old baronial halls which once rang witlt the mirthful jollities of their fathers and their fathers' tenantry , and wheretiie poor were formerly invited to join iu the lestive scenes , are now in the bands of strangers « r menials , or are left to crumble and decay .. They have cut themselves . off ! from the people , and are . strangers in the land of their sires . - . Yes , feliowcouutrymen , such are your English Barons of the iiiuetet ; uth . ceiiLury—such are now youV hereditary " inarch of intellect" legislators . They are men who laugh to scorn , when it suits them , not only the privileges ot the Monarch , but also the rights of the people . The second class ( the stock-jobbers ) have an iuterest diametrically at variance with laud , manufactures aud labour ; they are mere traffickers

      aud , gamblers in the prosperity or adversity of the people ; and in the very nature of things , it is impossibly that men , who speculate alternately ou the weal and the woe of the nation , can be patriots . And as for the third class , ( the capitalists , ) tiieir money is their Goii—it matters not now—get it they will , by aray means ; and in every way , oarel-ss alike of the prosperity of the land or of the loom . Fpr these reasons I have refrained from nddressing those three classes . To all producers and legitimate distr ibutors I have spoken , and again 1 speak , saying ; do as the sainte of God did in the days ot old , when , "they that feared the Lord , spake ofteUj One to another ; " be assured , fellow countrymen , the same diyiue Being who heard tKe . nl , will listen to you , " the-Lord will hearken , and hear yoiir complaints ; " be assured that "His ear is not heavy , His arin is not shortened . "

      As theoupressed did in the days of kehemiah , so do ye . * Sit down , weepj mourn , fast and pray unto the God of heaven ^ and then , as they did , so do ye ; pro \ iile yourselves , every one of yoU \ rich and poor , with- swords , and spears , and bows ; " and when you have thus " fasted and prayed , " and '" provided " yourselves ( never forgetting the advice before given ) then , but not till theny " eet ¦« , great assembly of yourjielves against the nobles , and the niiers , and rebyke them ? ' In . plain English , when . you ; have thus , bumbled yourselyes before God , and have acknowjedfced his ^ sovereigntrjf ; and powers and implored his . forgiveness and protection ; when you Have ' mutually argijed with each other , till you have discovered the redsihig . of ydrir suffering and' the 01 divisions

      cause your and party animosities ; when you have found out ^ that pott , are all tailing m one ship * , and must all sink oraurim together ; when you have discovered the only plans ¦ wnich can aafely be adopted to set you all right ; and when you have obeyedLthe law , and availed yourjielves-of your right , by placing yourselves in a state " , of self-preservatiou and defeuce-, " then , Indjnot tifltheri , hold ^ large public meetings for the purpose of appointing men , in whom you can coriride , instructed by yourselves , to repair ( 6 Lohdon , not to interrupt the proceedings of Parliament , but to " wait tipon Her Majesty ' s minister ? , respectfiilly to tell them what you have beeii doing , and-how yon liavtS' been providing for your own satety . Let" them know from you , > that the " thimble-rigging game of party shall no longer

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      be played at your expence , but that your rights and liberties shall be respected by the legislature ! of your couutry , and that the ; ^ ancient ihstitutiond- ? of the laud shall no longer be sported with » at the caprice ; iud for the benefit of mere partizans . Let tnose " men calmly state your grievances , and respectfully urge your wishes , and then patiently wait ; for a reply ; Now then , fellow countrymen , yon hive nay advice I have gathered it from the Word of God . | have long thought you would thua haveto save yourselves liet thereTbe no secret , ip the business , Let it be vpur pr idt ? to baVeybQrarm » bright and readir ; and let every body know , that eve 7 body else is tbhs constitutionally ^ prepared to defend the altab and the throne , as well as his own hearth , from every foe be plnyed at your expence , but that vour" riiHV and

      . You have as much right to do this as you have to go to bed . - ' . ' ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ . "' . ' ¦ ¦^ V . ' ¦" '¦ - . - ' ¦ ' .. . 'i ¦ : -, - : ' Does any timorous individual start with torror at this advice ? Aud is be , at the same time , one who veuerbtes the * ancient institutions '' of the country ? Then I will pause and reason with him . Have you not seen , my friend , that eyery measure adopted by every party pi ^ late years haJ been an attack on those ; yery " ' lnrtitutidns , ''^ wliicn ybri are so anxious to uphpld ? Perhaps hitherto ^ Von xriay have viewed the New Poor Law as a mefe alteratibn in the mode of relieviug tne poor . See in it * from this moment , the Axerlaid to , the , . root olvevery : ancient institution , " The , 'f pqbr mar »! s church ' is , by this law , shut against the ppor in everv uarish .

      I he local ' niiht to relief li abohsbed ^ the local . jnn fluence of | the fateipayers is destr 6 yed ,- ^ -the local power of overseersand vestries is annihilated , —the local authoriy of the magistrates is abrogated , and the influence of the higheat Iqcal functionaries undef the Crown—tbe lord lieutenants—is superseded . * Nay , the very prerogative of thei monarch is annihilated . . Your /? . ancient " JP 5 al , boundarie «< are broken : up ; your " ancient '" . sioca \ 1 iabit 8 'are violated ; and your ^ ancient" locjaJ , nrejudices are derided and despised .: To accorapiisb all this un constitutional devastation , the land * isdmded into new ; districts , to each of which is attached nn vsc * ma \' . futional itinerant omcer , who acts under " Three Kings , " in London , and who tramples

      uudur lootalt your local ofiicer « , your r ights , aud your prejudices , andatterop ts to enforce lawau « kliown 10 the legislacure—laws , which do not contain the " mind ot the Queen . " To assist this tramping Traitor thus to ^ pull down our " ancient institution ^ , "—the " ancient" constabulary defence has been superseded by a band ot unknown armed spie . s , irom London , wbd-aresent out , at the bidding of the "Three Kings , " without the request , hay , without tlie knowledge of the magistrates , to every part of the country ; and lastly , the ancient" yeomanry force , has received its death blow , and is to be disbanded , to make room or the Frerch system of police , in all the length and breadth ofthe laud ! :

      And think \ ou , my fearful but well-meaning friend , that our " ancient iusututions " can ever he preserved it thislast wwconstitutioual force be universally estul ili .-shed ? Aol without a civil war , certainly . Perhap .-you would have the people petition . They have done so , aud have been laughed at and despised , —because th ^ y were not " armed . " . In 3 ' uch a case , ( wheu petitions fail , ) Blackstone , a stout old fashioned Tory lawyer and judge , says , "It is our right to have , and to use arms for self-preservation , and defence , " and he adds " this right and liberty it is our birthright to enjoy entire . " Now , I advise the people to " have arms , " that there may be vio need for them to " use arm * . " Howick would iir-v .-r have sneered at the petitions of the people ^ if the people had been armed . The London police would never hHve invaded ihe provinces , if the fwo / . le had been armed . 'Ihe chnrcbes would never h-nv been shut against the poor , if the-peoplehad'been

      armed * The Queeu ' s prerogative would uever bare bei-n invaded , if the people had been armed- fne L-ir , ls Lie . uteiiant , the inaiiistrates ,. the rate payers , and paupers ^ ouldnev .-rhavHbeen insnltHd , degraded , and robbeJ , ?/^ the people Had been armed . No bastiles would ever have been built , if the people had been armed . Only let the jieople now arm , and a Poor - Law Commissioner , his " . assistant ^ aud his mercenary tools of clerk , < fec ., will soon be as scarce as while croies . Bu t , if the people remain uiiiirined—then every sacred and " ancient institutioii" of Britain will be destroyel—and we shall be c ^ iitralized after the mauner of Infidel Ffance , arid there wiil be no power , no authority in the laud ^ but that of tbeCoM » iissxoNER 8 of Police , and the Commissioners of the Poor . Theu will the glory of Hritaiu be departed , the Altar of the Living God will be broken down by the ruthless hand of iNKinELITV . .

      _ Remember , however , my timorous , well-meaning friend , that tuft question is no longer shall the people arm ? That , they are doing , in spite of all remonstrance ; the on ! , quesdou is , shall they be advised o arm suereUy or openly ? I hate secrets ^ -hence I advise publicity . In my uext , and last appeal , I . shall reason and expostulate with , the proteased , and I believe , siucerrt admirers and supporters of the Gonstitutibn in Church and State— hoping tobe ableftp convince them th it I am right , and to persuade them to make oue glorious effort in common with myself and the people , to save the country from her impending ruin . I shall then recapitulate my whole argument , aud leave the event with the God Of Justice . I am , fellow conntryrnen , Your most faithful friend and servant , RICHARD OASTLER . Fixby Hall , near Hnddersfield , ., July 20 th , 1838 .

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      • You have heard the Earl of HaREWQOD grumbling and growling already , in the House of Lorda , backed by the Duke uf WELLINGTON , at tlie late Luvuslun of HIS rigUt * in the uppniutuiHlit ot "Skil ty Magistrates" in the West Riding , both bia Lor < V 8 h ' p and his Grace know very w . pU , for I have told tiiein both , tuat the busy meddler is ALFRED POWER , the AssUtant Poor Law Coiinniiuioner , Who is now a greater man in the West Hiding than the Lord Lieutenant . They neith er of them , however , dare ' t » ke the bull bv the hbrna . ' The time will soon coiiie , when we shall haye" all the Lords Lieutenant thus growling , and tney will not dare to vay ' . lniiff . " against PpW . E ' R and his masterij , until they have an ARMEDpeople to tall back upon . Let the thing progress , and no NoblKmaii or Gentleman dare employ , a . Steward , againut the will of the triumvirate , My most excellent master , one of the proudest and one of the beat men in England , has beeti harraiised and teazed to death ; and at last'he has yielded , transforming himself into a rich Aristocratic-Slave , arid leaving SIE , a poor and desolate wanderer—but ,- thank God , a FREE M . tN ; still resolved , in suite of PO \ yER , that HiJDDERSFl ELD shall mntiiri shekered under the Onion riaft 61 ' Constitutional Liberty , and shall reiect the chains fcraed

      for her by the accursed triumvirate . Lord -WilARNCLlFFEtop , ia , 1 set * , indignant at . . th « insult offered to Wii friend Earl Harevtood , and has moved " for the production ol any memorials to th « Lori Chancellor / on the subject of the recent appointment of magistrates in the VVest Killing . " Now , my Lord WHARNCL 1 FF 8 knows vary well ( if he naye read the documents ' . 1 neat him ) that tlaeee •' memorials" will throw aoLght on . the jobbiug , underhand means made tise of , to undermine the irifluerice of the Lord Liputenant . No , no , the " memorials ' will ull be right ' , thuie can be no doubt sttjoiit that . If his Lnrdshi p wants to cprueat the real truth s let him move ' lor all couimunicatiqns between ALFRED Power and the Poor Law Comiuissionerd ; and between the Poor Law CominiBsioners and the Home-Office , with reference to the appointiuent of magiatratfa , Oixe ; introduction ofsoldiers , sDies , and police to the . WestRiding ; " and also , "forall communications between Mr . StantON ofsTROUD and Lord John KusselW' » hd between his Lorflship , Mr . F . LLICE , Jun . M . Em and a few Hudderstield Whigs , on theuubject of the old magistrate * i ' or the Hudderaiield divinion , and the appointment of new ones , " as well us forall letters between Mr . SWAIN ( th-- old Luddite ) , and AtFRKP POWER , and the 'Poor Law Coramission . « r » , ' . with uifetMice to the Nev » Foot Law in Huddersneld . " : ' ' :.:.-..-.. ¦ ' 1

      It I 1 W Lordship can , by any means , obtain these papers , he willMwre find such a ductosure of villany and meaniiess as will proyfi to his satikfactipn . that the oflicerian ^ emissaries of the Poor Law Commi&iioners value . the rights of the Lord Chancellor , or the Lord fcieutHiiant , or the iWa ^ ihtfutes , just as much , ( and not One whit inoi-e , ) than they do the righu of the Guardians , the ratepayers , ot the paupers .- Theproducion ol the »• Memorials" will let no light upun the uubji-ct . I know all about it . ' , - , ' r '• " *• ¦¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ' . . . - .. ' ' ' '¦ " ' : : R .. O .

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      TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND . Men of England , —I congratulate yoiij in . having in the Nort / iern Star , an engine with ; whiCb tp work out your freedom , and in such men asO" 0 ONNORV Stephens , Oahtler , Attwood , &c , leader * well worthy of thH great c * u » e of truth and jiistice : the Northern division of your kinp . lora too is happVirJ the possession of a Northern Liherdlor , and tL . « nbendiJng determination of a Doubled at : cherish such men , ^ npport suchjournals , they , are the surest Palladia of your righte-i-and may" you iev « r ibe iu the position of the Scottish people ; tmndemiied to feel thsir value when they ho longer possess ihein , because without aa organ or medium of communication , disunitedv and weals .: Although however the Scottish people are without such a Blessirie . the

      increasing circulation of your paper in thfit country may ^ e productive ot ^ ^ eult bighiy ben , eficial i and which 1 am not aware has been cbntemplaredby any but myself , viz . thatheing no longer pOjMessed of local organs to which they can trust , ; arid ) obliged to have recourse to you tor general information on politic , their energies will be more likely to : he united with yours on any given point ; and -ndtmttered away ih a divided agitation 1 : indeed r fiarfe some ' 1 nine * been tempted to thint that itir « il 4 fbe-betwr fer our party had we only one organ throughoiit the whole . kingdom , leaving local attkirs to be arranged when nationaljasiScehad'beenseqUrei i > avaamy-i self y ? ith pleasure of the opportunity afforded roe of

      Mdressingyou through the Star . I shall f > equently do so , ana if my language should sometimes . appear top decided , remember that it is dictated ! solely by aregard foryonr welfare andcannot " availto ^ myselt , fors I must remain unknown , until the outraged nation can endure no more , and the tyranhy ' of , our 1 ulers makes it encumhent on every one to lajf down the pen and adopt the sabre : | There is a skory told by Virgil of the Latin poet * "which I now . will refer to ; It relates ; to * vile set of ^^ creatures called Harpies ^ pdipttsin their app « wance . « nd" disgusting in their , behaviourM . convectar « jur ^ pr « tla ^ , et / wvere . Ta ptb ^" i * 1 : think the term nued , b y the popt , to designate them and which ; had been thus translated into "English . ¦ ., ¦ ¦ . , - . . ¦ : ¦¦ : ' \ ¦¦ . - ?; , , ¦ - . ¦• , , ; ; , ; ¦' .: „ I ' - . ;; - ; ' . ¦ ,.:

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      « On apod thejrlive ,, a » a mice of U wftJt ^^ , ^^ liaye io ^^*^^ anstocracy , tb * features in . m * ny iJ 2 S ?** similarea ^ . yn ire teinpte dtoiffieveSSh ^ anstocrac y orthai day was " aVbaVS ^ nrS 3 , ^ an allegoricalpictnre 5 f ^ -r $£ ? %$ *** % noesefwed thit ^ ower of divinWowS whS ^ have given him ¦ credit iiid forestm ±$ J ° career of follyand ; 0 rimMawSpl 2 ^ tS f entedas waitmgnntfl the wdaried anf tttrfjD ? « ras had with tp | laq 4 danger procured a » 2 then , pouncing , with . dfe ^ wting ^ revelry ^ tjdS « ? nd * and ; dtS 8 trPying Wefpre ^ tKfemflot ^ i ^ T ^^^ L ™ . . - —*

      ii . "" """"* "" * ^ 'eMuwrvcj-inemgewes , and wKS theyhadno hand iri providing wiih' ^ aKS lencetheydesrTOrtheT « f , andexoliover th ^ theytave created , Theanitocracy . "toilnotifofft fo they * pm ^ "To them ithe comiai ^^ * toearnth € trfw 4 by . ^ dead . letter . yet decked put in « jl the cS | ofk | rainbow , the resultpf Ae / urj ^ ceMary ; liw » K ? and unreomted -to ^ of e ,, star ^ p | uS 1 woner have thepMTpr ^ pared . a ni iTO raBfem 4 l anJ sweatan ^ l dis ease , than th ^« e ' Harpies of thltH racy are ^ down ^ iip - oh them '^^ at ; 6 n * , -ana wife ? * cannot carry away , ' theWideitrSy ; ' in' tfieif hM SSSS ^ " ^ w ^ r som ^ h ^ df iBethttdS tear that if the peoble bnfc : AH »* , takt « H * i . a »» J . 7 ^

      • wj e * W ;^ r ? w » a ^ ag ^ TOatetWmS { ™™ . 1 f ^^ | y a ^ afttemptible sciBw of £ moral scoundrels , who givp . ^ othfeg . bnfe ^ L ^ the . destf ? for . freedonfc ^ any , onft darmg eaonci , ! denymyj ^ ertion ? ; # 0 ^\ $ M * PWflat t W ^ tF a ^ Wste ^ jgn ^ rbblersrl ^ i that at the very ^ od ^ tat itiich t ' am wri&rL ? Scotland , market , arfe ! nufaSiiarlv high , and ffl mann ^ MBrtng towns 'there ^ not : fbo 4 ^? v * ek , while the ^ backwArdness ^ tte ^ sen ^ from the OTCTalence of ^ wet weather ,-jipreS a'l hope of the greater part of trwharfpgt rin 2 wr ... Yet at the same moment , many himrjred tW ^ and pponds worth of forekn tfrain . « hU ^

      been , fr ^ bonded warehouse * M fmtr y 2 is daily being thfpwn into the Forth and Clyde J other rivers , asit cannot be brought to market wSl out paying a prohibitory dtity , and has Roir » whe jie it LAY . My caseis made out , and if ml ^^^ ere / eqwred ; it could be produced ^ and shall be in future letters ; -but ' the infernal svsb * J your New Poor Law should render all else untied sary : there you have a set of meti t men -do Id them ? why the very demonfi would blush to ^ them ^ companions in Hell ! You have th » unhesitatingly nvowing that having discovered ^ nnmmum upon which animal life can be Kustaitw at the expense of many thousands starred to dS during the . experiment ; : at the expense of all wS j

      renaers ie a Wesaing ; iu :: defiance of every m obligation , and in direct opposition to every cit tian precept , every divine command , yoa-hS murdering cowards from Lord John Russell do 2 M ^ - if- ^ can be -oweror more contmS We than himself ); you have them riorvirhi in tfe damned iniquity , aud . declaring this > ieli-upo . ^ a proper and fitting situation for those who . 4 enerri * have been wasted in increasing the reMoUrcJ ^ their country . And will , you > nbmit to this ? If 1 do I sincerely trust that some still deadlier riieS maybe found to stn . g . you , until your tortured ^ no longer restraining you , you borrow enerar C despair , aud take by force that which you fo ! right to bi / nature . ¦ ^* # - To ^ continuetheallegnry . When tlie starving TV

      thiove * , they thought not !'« f drawing up petition ^ of offering prayers , but with the pious Enea « » t m head , they drew their swords , and offered barf ? snch was the only way theycould obtain tUeirlM Take a lesson from them , for , believe me , it ii 2 pnlv method now left by whicii you can v 2 justice , . Your demands , ifI underhand themS are simple-, they are Founded on reason , Telim and expenekce—they may be summed up iS words UNivERSAt Suffrage , as the . only mtm i obtaininer a system of povernment calcnrated forth good of all , and approved of by the majority , tlimtl their real represenratives . When you have secaitd this right of representation , it will thert be comi * tent , enough for you to determine what form ^ uieu 1 wouia most

      govern De conducive to your laws . ness ; but till that period arrives , it appears to ro 11 ice an idle waste of ; time to employ your thonAd or energies on any other inquiry than what arethe best or readiest means of obtaining it . Men bj ? have different opinions upon this ppinti--ibrniyo » i part , I most unhesitatingly state , that I believe it will only be -obtained by the sword , and that tbe sooner you begin to prepare yourselves for tie straggle ^ by arming yonreelves , the more enabled will you be to take advantage of arms when the tku ot action arrives . You are not obliged to uw tie arms at a given moment , and a very little careril prevent them from rusting , whereas , if you hare to look for them when the fight . begins , ypw will brini rum on the cause , ami . beiictims ihr . tead of

      conquerers . AJtnough my own opinions are Am of a Republican , I shall consider it mj dotj to acquiesce in the bpinion of the mi jonty whenever they shall hKye secured to ftmselves _ and tp ppsverity a rightoifreelyexiitesriir V ' v 11 ' attbie s » nie time , I honestly conl ' eu , W 1 shall use eyery means in my power , aud ondw ill circumstances , to convince my countrymen ' ^ i " " * Republican form of government , divested of all tbe absurdities of kings , gue « ns , Jhereditary legisktm , priests and parsons , Ties the only securitj fct » natipiis ' s rights ; 1 am ^ revolutionist Am , ( ffldin order that no micta'ke' may occqr asto ' thetern a our future correspoudbrice , 1 w { ll give the best y& tical definition which I have heard , viz ., thatrf O'Connor . ( I do not remember whetriPBemnM

      as a quotation or not . ) . " Revolutios : a chap demanded by the increased intelligence and otliem altered circumstances ' of a country . " There tt % w , I believe who wijll object to being called Revolutionists in such a sense , althpugh i as I hnveuii before , theyma / disagreeas tbthe mode of obaa ' ing or eftecting it . One party says , " give the people ^ education . " 'M yahswer is i that you . caooot educate a starving' population , who art ? weariJte death with toil before they have leigurefor thbnjlitworn down with disease' before they have meawtt improvement : the . idea is ridiculous , a potatotiof more value inf . ; . their ^^ eyes than an axiom of mtiifr matics . Another party , and that the Gwrtuvd one , tellsus tocpnririe ourefforte to moral for » « thing we can ''' -neither see , heary touch , smell , « feel , and whichbannot v thereforebe madebjaj

      , , effort of ours , to bear on animal matter : 111 W « could only presumeiteexistencetromitsconseqaracfl and these have been by no means such as to giwu any great idea of its power , i not pretend to be learned man , but I confess I never yet heard of 1 fevolutipn effected : ; by moral tprce , produaug «] beneKcia } result , — , the . only revolution of that m I ever jutsard of wasithe passing of tiie Reform ftl Now . in the first plactjj I maintain that it wasofned by physical force , and in the second pla ?)' dare any man to say that ¦ it has been pruductift « anything but misery to the ' natioriif We h *« , « the other hand , many examples of popular ri | lB secured by revolutions won by ! the sabre / I ^ cali to your minds a few . ^ It was by bloiid iixetiti

      ot Rpnie were first expelled from power , and ^ patriotism of aBrutus consecrated the Wow . It ** through seas ot blood the , low countries ac ^ Dirwi t » presen-ed their : VeUgious ; and political existent * H a , free people ; it , was ; by . blood the Hn ^ euuB * France rose to freedom ; by the same mean !) tj 1 !* . " * French , revolutipn , ' which destroyed a teKtity aristocracy , criupled the overgrown power of" » clergy , aud in lUedestruprion " of the bastile , / f ^ de cachet * and many ' disgusting fetidal teunr ** * a ibuudation fof : niture' 'freedom ;/ asau ^^ p struggle of . three daysagaih preventedthese adwtHges » rbm being lost ; it it added no bthens to trn ^ it wouldI be easy to ^^ multiply examples , •'¦ •> « lt'" ° S p nilnfrv unm > liM > i n * tsirh ^ Diiiunoaunnnch . 1 WBI * - 3 ltu »* itmil f rffcMl da

      " ^ ^* ^ * wm J ^ * J mr *^ % ***** T ' T » *^ V »* A ^^^^^^^ * ' . *' n j J . security against the power of kings is to be w ^? iViajgnaCbaria , obtained by men with **^*\ ™ their hands , and soldiers at their backs . Tw ?" man . succession , from which uiany of oor D" ™ -J date , tteir . birth , was seemed only by the sango ^ battle of Ha 8 tiug % -The tyrant Charles ^ . Tj ' brought to the bloct after ; repeated battles , aiiW money wainainore heari of in England , mjr tue gforious resolution of 1688 , Vhich ' confirm ^ rights ; of the people , and in which' tb * w ^ ., exnlt , was vyon by the sabte ' i * flash and the **^ roar , answered by the wail of dying ttwof ^ America waded through blood tpindependeip ^ nadian riftes will yet secure . the same for her . . ^ with all these examples , iie&rens , , « hall ¦ we ? ¦ yoa only race ¦ . - '¦ too ' cowardly , to etnke [ Sot- freedoni ^ y ^ j ( Qan . have no faith , in a Government . whicb , "_ " %

      consider , ? , or pretends to ; cpusider , moW E ^ sufficient , keeps op ; a stantong army of wP » y *'; Wisegaws and' modern instances" ^ ^ . ^ poor protecjion against a charge of cavalry ^ w ^ : stab of a bayonet eanodlybiitorped aside Wr ^ j ; thing of the sameitiiid ; .: "If Government ^ ~ T ^ - in their love 6 Fm 6 niI force let them ^^ t tier armyv and no lftflgwr ^>* mplpj wldier * £ s ^ jj . people iB the , coll »? ct | dinMM « V 8 . , W ^ . ^ ti * tjpiiwjtlandvOftrmjf i ^ spul , ! , ^ k the m ^ " ^ spontsr you prepaip tameet them with eflecvw ^ owntenn % i % be . ^ : T hw may w e ^ fntfj l 8 tetter chosen , " or' more i : arefully pot togeU «^ m' ^ wmW'ti * -. ' ®** to ^ rtoS ' your freedomiiitt i wuicbi object yott twH nnd no r willing assistant thatf" r ¦ ¦ : • _»«

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 18, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1019/page/6/