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      WHITBT . CHARTIST REPORT . No . 2 . " The magic in politics is to be in the right . " Though my report must necessarily be a local one , I dare say it will contain particulars observable in every place where Chartism exists ; otherwise it wonld scarcely be -worthy the notice ef the readers of the Nortfiern Star . The Tories , here , hare offered no opposition to the cause farther than by repeating those prejudices -which malignity generates , and ignorance adopts . Rightly considering that their interests are identified with

      existing abuses , their motto is " D n your principles , mind joar interests , "—which reminds me of the exclamation of a slave-driver to a Methodist negro , " D n yoar soul , mind your tobacco . " Each one prefers himseif to his country , and , like maggots , they feed on the corruptions -which they cause . Minds concentred in self are always little and illiberal—they cannot comprehend a principle , and they dread it as a prodigy . A giant , though he came as a liberator , ¦ would be viewed with terror by a dwarf . The Lilliputians tethered Gulliver to the earth , and shot their puny arrows at him .

      Men naturally prone to evil , easily believe evil of others . The insidious and invidious , misrepresentations and calumnies vrliich were circulated -with an . industry and pertinacity proportioned to their malignity and injustice , fjan-i ready credence in credulous ears , who ¦ wished them to be true , and , therefore , adopted them as such , without examination , and in spite of remonstrance . Truth found it almost impossible to dislodge the impostures which had gained prepossession of disingenucus minds , and it will be long before even Quakers will submit to own themselves deceivedwill admit the real Simon Pure . Falsehood got the start , and , at her instigation , tiuth , when it came , was abused as false—doubted as a liar and & ruffian . A

      auperncial , a bribed , and a time-serving , press was Plainly instrumental in playing off this deception upon a confiding public Its lits looked the more like troth , because they were told of the poor , whom it has long been the fashion to despise and yet dread , t * despise because they are poor , and to dread lest they should rise from under the feet of the rich , " and confront them man to man . Oppression fears to lose its power , which it regards as its privilege ; it scruples not to derive its right to do wrong from God himself Bat would it not be better that the poor sioulcl iose their pun , though the rich lost the pleasure of icflicting it ? Better for both , inasmuch as more real pleasure may be derived from the contemplation of happiness' than of misery , if only pride would think so .

      The rich being predisposed to believe thepoor ignorant and corrupt , and having good reason to beiieve it , as they have aiwaye striven to make or to keep them ao , and not -without general effect , it follows , as a aatural consequence , that tht-y should be ready to impute all manner of evil to them . The Chartist outbreaks , -which & Machisvelian Government cunningly ercited by exasperating the long-suffering people beyond the powers of endurance—those vengeful outrages ¦ were greedily exaggerated and joyfully repeated , as confirmations of the ill des-gas which the working classes ¦ were charged -with entertaining . " See , " says Lord John , in one House , " these fellows want to burn and plunder all before thtan . " " I never , " - ssjs the Duk « , in the other— " I never saw -nor hesrd such

      horrors as those perperated in Birmingham . " Xjw , before we concur in these strong stigmas of the hunting Duke and the shooting Lord , let us recollect that Government had refused to redress the grievances which It had caused—had insulted the petitioners , and imprisoned their friends—had sent policemen to maltreat the people when peaceably met ; and , while taking excellent csire of the R . yal horses , which have little else to go but eat their corn , had refused to feed , ciotha , . house , or educate the poar ; nay , Kore , were preventing themselves from doing it Lei us take all these j tilings into onr calm consideration , and we must can- i didly av ^ w that it is unfair to blame the common I people for acts which , as the Government forced them ; on , it oujht to bear the blame , and to be punished for them .

      The wolve 3 blamed the poor she , j p for disturbing ; the peace , for they wanted a pretence to devour them , and could not find occasion without making one . A paternal Government would rejoice at the spread of intelligence among the people ; but cur Government , dreads it , an . I discourages it b 7 evtry means in its ] power—that power wnich is given for good , it exorcises ; in eviL Like an infernal michine , Government shoots i all kinds of missiles , pell-mell , among the people , ¦ wo unding hearts and minds as well as bo . iies . If the people hid resented their injuries more spiritedly ,

      probably they would have found more sympathy ; but the spirits of the people have been broken , and are partiy perverted by long oppression and misrule . The rich sympathise only with the rich , and their sympathy is antipathy against the poor . But a good cause rests npon its own merits , and patiently waits fur time to do it justice ; and we may yet hepe that , when persecution is tired of its vain efforts , and disgusted with itself , candour will step eut and invite the victims into its home and heart . In the meanwhile , they must sit like mercy at the rate .

      Tor working men , a class without caste ) to have opinions—nay more , to assert them publicly , and to vindicate them in spite of privileged imposition , was a turning of the tables which seemed to rob rank of its pretensions . Superiority wa 3 obliged to bow its crest to system-made inferiority , and the rich were compelled to own the poor then- equals by nature , their superiors in moral worth . All their factitious advantages , BUrreptitiousy acquired , setined to fall frsm them , and to lie at the feet of the nobles of nature . The working

      classes prcve . l the falsity of the charge of ignoraDce and corruption as applied to them , jand its truth , when applied to those who were not Chartists , more especially those who are called Conservative , or Whig-operatives , * nd their patrons , in the higher and middle cUsses The Chartists are no longer awed or duped by wealth « cd title—they feel themselves possessed of something better than both , for Chartism enlarges , enrichts , and emboldens the mind , more than wealth contracts , or title weakens it . Truth and justice are indeed powerful , for they enable the weak to confound the mightv .

      But what has all this to do with this district ? Alas nothing . The working men , hereabouts , have not yet convinced the gentry that they are mistaken in calling them ignorant and corrupt ; on the contrary , there is too much reason to confess tbtt the gentry have formed a right judgment of them . "Whitby is a century behind Other places . "Jch Ifien" is the motto of the working classes— " I serve , " both in mind and body . Accordingly , they are regarded as incapable of thinking wisely . ami of acting justly—of thinking for themselves , much less for others ; in short , they are told , that it is none ot their business to trouble their minds with aught but ¦ what th = ir bodies hive to do at the Lidding of their masters . They are f jrbi-i to think for themselves , 01 to act for themselves . lake their own tools , they are useful to others , useless to themselves , and , when dene with , they are laid cp in the workhouse .

      Suppose that any friend of humanity—any lover of his country , tell the willing slaves that it is rot for the honour of human nature , nor for the good ef their nebler brethren , that they should submit and involve themselves , their wives , and children- in degradation and misery , and , through them , their country , and even mankind , can they , demoralised and brutalised as they Lave been , understand all this ; and , until they understand it , will they possess the inclination and the energy to struggle for freedom—for better days for their children , at least ? Will they not be more governed by fear of their masters , than by hops for themselves ?—Will they not be likely to rrzard the frieHd win shews

      them what they are , and what they ought to be , with dislike , and expect him to do that for them which their own exertions can alone accomplish ? If they should happen t « make a trial , and not meet -with immediate success , will they not be apt to sink at once into despair ? or , like a dog , savagely fight on behalf of the masters that ill-use them ' , against the liberator that would fain see them make men of themselves ? Alas : at the least disap pointment , discouragement , or opposition , the dog returns to his vomit , and the sow to her wallowing in the mire . There is something to be done—something new , and indolence combines with cowardice , in keeping men in the old worn tract of slavery .

      " How use breeds habit in a . man . " Hen , born in jlavery and bred up slaves , are , indeed , unfit for freedom . It must be gained , not given . Bat , , like the Kurvy , slavery prostrates ail the mental as well as bodily energies . It makes a man careless wha t becomes of himself—he knows not how to set about gaining his freedom , and is often like Caliban , inc&p&ble . of learning . Must education then precede the Suffrage ! If it must , the franchise will be put off sine die . State education would teach slavery . The Suffrage mnst be given as & premium to eduation ; it will set men a-teaching of themselves , and those who are telf-tiught are the best taught In the meantime , they would naturally be guided by those -who take the lead among themjelves . Men would respect themselves when recognized by the state , and feel a pride in doing the duty which England expects every mm to do . Kow they are neglected by the state , and r-: ¦ ' . allowed to attend to it , or to themselves .

      Oi , that all working men would stand np for their own order , and respect themselves ; then they would do % wA for themselves and be respected even by their enemies . Those who do not join Chartist and Teetotal Associations , absolutely increase the labour , and the privations , and sufferings of their brethren , when they ought to lessen them by participation . But what shall we « ay of those who actually join the enemy , and are tnitors to themselves and their brethren ? Is not the enemy composed of both the higher and middle classes , almost to a man;—and have they not Government , with all the wealth and power of the natioa , at their beck ? And shall they boast of allies frera among the people ? We may -well exclaim"Were they not found with those who should be oun , We mj ^ dt hare met them darefnl , beard to beard , And bVj them backward home . "

      It ia gri £ * ona £$ find friends in the camp of an enemy —to find brrthren opposed to their own cause . Scarcely lea grievous Is it to be impeded or encumbered by r * - Instant friends , who must be dragged along the difficult , path of freedom , who hang back , or fill apathetic , and i i

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      need something to arouse them , like travellers in tropic climes that drop asleep with cold , and would die , wtre they not lashed awake . Let the sluggish gird np their loins " to do , or die , ' and those who have uafortunately been allured into the ranks of the foe , exclaim , with Clarence , against their Beducer , be he Tory or Yf big , — " I am so sorry for my traspass made , That , to deserve well at my brethren's hands , I here proclaim myself thy mortal foe ; "With resolution , wberesoe'er I meet tbee , To plague thee for thy foul misleading me . " It is not too late , though at the eleventh hour , to enter

      the field and share equally with those who have worked from the beginning , throngh good report and bad report , in fiir weather or foul . The Temple of Solom&n was built with noiseless speed , and so might our temple ef liberty , if Britons were unanimous . And , then , what satisfaction to say , we had a hand in it—that we never said a trord nor struck a stroke against it ; but said many a good word , and struck many a good stroke , for it . We should blush to share in the benefits which we did nothing in procuring . The foe is powerful enough of himself—shall he be assisted by our brethren ? Every help is needed to overcome him—let there be no dissension among us .

      No great object can be carried -without a concentration of effort , and singleness of purpose . Some would counsel in enterprise against the Corn Laws ; but what would this be , but to waste time and strength upon a petty fort , scarcely worth the taking , and all the while leave the great citadel of corruption , which alone is worthy a nation ' s attack ? Carry that , and all the lesser strongholds weuld surrender of themselves But this cannot be done without enthusiasm . Let us resolve to hoist the banner of Universal Suffrage in the Tower of London ; to resolve is to succeed . But no resolving and re-resolving to do the same . " Let what is meet be said it must be meet "

      In some places , wherever two or three men are gathered , their talk is of the Charter ; these are the men to d » good . But here , their talk is of freights or prices . The shortest way to fortune is generally the foulest ; but it is preferred , because wealth , no matter how acquired , or what the possessor , brings respect ' Money-gelting is tho all-engrossing pursuit Such men may be well content -with a Government that discourages patriotism , and would nuke England , what Bonaparte called it in derision—a nation of shopkeepers . They follow business as AUlana did the golden ball

      which was thrown across her path to divert her from a nobler pursuit . But -while they think , they are pursuing their own interests , they are but pursuing the interests of Government , which uses them like a pack of hounds , to hunt down game , but not fur themselves ; they are allowed none of it , or at least , but the very offiL Government , by taxes and impositions , procures the best part of all their labours and profits , for itself to lavish on luxuries forbidden to the people . The Charter would open their eyea to see these things , but they are wilfully blind and have

      " Ears more deaf tlian adders , To the voice of any true decision . " They are so afraid of change , that they dare not change for the better . It is this timid and mean spirit that makes them oppose good by every evil in their power ; and yet , in private life , many of them are exemplary . Strange , that in public matters so much meanness should be exhibited . Party spirit , like a spring tide in a muddy harbour , rolls up a ridge of all things base , " We must prove all things , but hold fast that which is good , and

      sing" The niind I sway by , and the heart I bear , Shall never sa ? g wi ; h doubt , n ^ r shake with fear . " J . W .

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      CHARTIST CHURCHES IN SCOTLAND . A meeting of Delegates from most of the Chartist Churches in the west of Scotland , took place on Jan . 4 , in the Chartist Christian Church , Great Hamiltonstreet , Glasgow , Mr . M'Cu ' . len in the chair . The meeting being opened with prayer , and the necessary preliminaries gone through , it was agreed that each delegate give in a report of the condition and prospects of the church in their respective districts . Eich then gave a full statement of the feeling and condition of the people , regarding the church in their several localities , which , npon the whole , was very cheering . Several stated that the only obstacle in the way , was the want of tho necessary supply of preachers .

      The Delegate from Linlithgow said , that a spirit of persecution had arisen there amongit the clergy , who do not appear to relish the preaching of the gospel on Chartist principles . Oue young man , connected with a dissenting congregation , his been called to account for having preached to the Chartists there , and was likely to be expelled the congregation . Mr . Walker , the secretary , said that he had prepared a pian which he would submit to their consideration . The plan , he said , referred chkfly to the monetary affairs of the church . Mr . Walker then read his pUn , which appeared to meet with general approbation . The Delegate from C&iipsie said they ( the people

      of Campsiei did not preach the Cfcartist doctrines , but bible truths ; they took the bible for their rule , which goes further than the Chatter , consequently they embrace the Charter . He was of opinion , that unless a plan like that brought forward by Mr . Walker , was adapted , the cause would go down in every place ; he was quite satisfied such would be the case in C&mpsie . Mr . M'Crea , of Kilbarchan , said he was not prepared to enter int « any plan . What he wished te imprvss upon the meeting was the necessity of establishing a school in every locality , with % view to the educating of the young , and the glory of God . He 'Mr . M'C . ) was differently situated from some of them ; he was in a fixed p : ace ; he taught through the week and preach-d on the Sabbath .

      Mr . Di" > ca . \ , of A ^ lan , in the course of his remarks , stated that such was the spirit of persecution in Allan , that when a meeting of any kind took place , two rural police were placed at the door to mark who went in , and that though they might raise money to build a hall , with the exception of one proprietor -who is in their committee , not a man in the town of Allan would sell ground to them . The Delegate from the Vale of Leven , sa : d they were willing to give a fixed sum if they could find one to suit them . The Seciietauy said , Mr . Thomson of Johnston , harl asked whtthir any one present could ,-state -whether there w& 3 any probability of the railway company running t ' le mail oa Sunday . He Che Secretary ) wished to God they would , as in that case , they would be able to go to many places at a distance , in the morning , and return in the evening .

      Mr . Hilliiouse ,. of Greenock , said he could tell something about that . The monks in Greenock had resolved that there should be no running on railways on the Sabbath ; still these worthies could see dumb animals driven to dea 4 . h , yet could not bear to see a mail train on a railway . He said , they had another chaEcs occasionally at Gresnock ; that was the tug boats . These inonk 3 ha 1 corns to the determination to deprive them of that also ; but he hoped they would be defeated . Ha said they had got a man of their own to preach , whom they were ready to lend to any other

      place , now and the a ; and , also , to help any of their brethren , in money matters , who might not be able to support a man of their own . This was received with general acclamation . He , Mr . H ., was satisfi-d the cause was in a prosperous way , and would continue so , while they stood by the Charter ( the people of Greenock were determined to stand by it ;; but if ever they turned their back upon tke Charter , he would turn his back upon them , and fall back npon the old humbugging system , where he would find plenty of nonsense without giving himself any personal trouble in the matter .

      A discussion then took place about the rate of wages to be paid the preachers for the last time ; when it was agreed to pay all travelling expences , and a fair rate for any time they might be off their work ; and that the parties -who may require them at a distance supply them with board and bed while there . Moved by Mr . M'GREGOR , of Pollockshaws , —" That the whole churches in connection be requested to give a day ' s cellection on the first Sabbath of February . " Agreed to unanimously . This sum to be paid into the hands of a committee , at Glasgow , to assist in raising a fund to enable the committee to send men to places who may have none .

      Moved by Mr . M'Crea , — " That we petition the various Dissenting synods , not in the same way as we did last year , but by a , short petition , praying to be heard at their bar , in support of out principles . " This , he said , would do a great deal of good , as it would put those men to tha test . He , Mr . M'Crae , had recommended this course to the Central Committee last year ; and he knew it bad a very serioua effect of taking away from some of those ministers a great portion of their congregations . Agreed to unanimous ! y . It was then agreed that % committee be appointed to carry this into effect . The following committee -were then appointed : — Charles Mr . E-wen , A . DUNCA > , Mr . M'Crea , Mr . M ' Farla . NE .

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      ^ CHEtTEJfHAM . —Pcblic Meeti . vg . —Tho capacious room of the Mechanics' Institution , wai rilled at an early hour , on the evening of Tuesday , Jan . 5 th , with persons wishing to evince their respect for the "Welch captives , and anxious to assist in their liberation . Mr . Hollis was called to the chair . He opeaed the business with an appropriate speech . Mr . W . Melsom , in moving the first resolution , said , I trust the many responsive hearts we see arouad us this day—that the many persons I see before metre not come here merely to hear what this or that

      speaker has to asy , but I hope they are come to assist as in the glorioM cause we have taken in hand—the c&ose of on ? expatriated friends . This is a cause that is worthy tbe support of all lorers of truth , justice , and philanthropy .- it is a canse to produce an effectthe effect of rb-xtoring the husband to the wife , the father to Ms children , and to society * ome of iU best friends . It has tx > en basD said by a Cabinet Minister , that theae men davrre to be barjged and quartered , to have the effect of detesting oSherg from doing the like—from endeavouring fo > do good to their fellow-

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      men . If we look into the character of our mend , Frost , we see a good son , a good husband , and a good father . If we further investigate his private character , we shall find in him an excellent magistrate , a worthy citizen , and a friend to tbe poor . He knew he bad nothing to gain by joining the people , but all to lose ; we know he was tituated in life in such a manner as would command happine&s and respect tor himself and family . We see , in his correspondence with Lord John Russell , that he would rather give up the honourable post as magistrate , than give up the canse of the people ; and we know , from tbe time he had the honesty to do that , the snare was laid for himhe becama the victim—time , 1 think , will tell tales It was the ancient custom , when royal marriages and

      royal births took place , that moral and political offenders should participate by being allowed their freedom ; we have had both , but yet no such tidings have reached the gloomy cell , nor the convicts' ear . The persecution and atrocities of the Whigs towards these men , and others of our friends , are without parallel . Look at tbe shortness of the notice of trial , and the other impediments in the way of these men having fair play . Recollect the time that was allowed Bolam , because the prejudices of the people were against him . Look » t Bowen ' s case , in our own County Gaol , and contrast these and others with that of our much respected friends ; and last of all , when you find that

      two out of the three Judges , appointed on the Commission , vrero of opinion that they had not been convicted according to law—tbat they had not hid a f * it trial , you will , I am sure , do your duty , and , not content with doing your own duty , you will prevail on your friends to join with us in our declaration to the Government , never to cease agitation till thos «> nien are restored to their wives and families . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe if the working men will but unite peaceably , and morally , but determinedly , and demand the restoration of these men , that no government , be they Tory or be they Whig , dare to refuse their prayers . Mr . M . then moved the following resolution : —

      " It is tbe opinion of this meeting , that John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , have been sentenced as convicts to our p « nal settlements contrary to law ; and as a fact , in opposition to the opinion of the major part of the Commission appointed to try them , and contrary to tbe deeision of the whole of the Judges of the Cuurt of Queen ' s Bssnch , with the exception of Lord Denman , and that therefore they command our sympathy and our united exertion hi their behalf . " Mr . Walters seconded it . It was put by the Chairman and carried unanimously .

      Mr . Walters Baid , I come forward with pleasure , to second the resolution , having known Mr . Frost , being privy to his worth , as a useful and talented member of society , and a true patriot He has always in my hearing , advocated " Peace , Law , and Order ;" but did not Lord John Russell and the Whig fraternity give encouragement to violent language and rash conduct to get the Reform Bill passed ? and now , shame upon them , they turn round , prosecute , persecute , and torture the very men who raised them into power and authority .

      Mr . Hughes , a Welshman , moved tke second resolution , seconded by Mr . Collins . The little Welshman , in a very energetic andforciblespeech , called forth tbe plaudits of tbe a-senibly throughout his barrangue . — In the course of his observations , he said : —We , Welshman , feel for one another ; we feel for thest ) persecuted and patriotic men ; we feel for them as brothers , as fathers , and as husbands ; and I feel it my duty to come forward on the present occasion , as an inhabitant of this town , to assist you in the laudable undertaking of restoring my countrymen to their homes aud their families . Why were they sent across the ocean ? Because they wero of the ranks of the people—advocating tbe people ' s cause . Frost had for years past proved himself the poor man ' s friend—the protector

      and defender of his poor neighbours ; aud as a proof of his popularity , it is only necessary to refer you to his elevation as a magistrate , and the situation he held with so much credit to himself , as Mayor of Newport . After some » ther lengthy remarks in defence of the captives , he exclaimed—Working men ! ( I suppose there are some strangers present ) if you are determined to be slaves , we have willed it , and are resolved to be free . ' Will you still crawl about with your manacles rattling in yuur ears—will you , I say , tell me , will you still remain the passive slaves of tyrant factions ? ( Cries of ' No , no . ") I an \ pleased to hear you say so . Then why not come ferward and join us , and

      make our power , through your knowledge , still stronger . Working mm ! if you will not help ub , we will help ourselvts ; we will take to our mountains , and proudty plant the flig of democracy . You have the power in your own hands to better your condition ; every man holds the hammer to break the chains which hold him iu bondage . If you do not Boon arouse yourselves , England will be in the same situation as impoverished , though productive Ireland . Come out of the pot-house , you slaveB to intemperance ; come among us , ixni we will teach you sobriety ; we will learn you the way to become free—to be rej-pactably respected—and the way to be happy . The following is a copy of the resolution : — '

      " That we consider it our duty to use every legal and constitutional means for the liberation of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones ; and that we do determine not to cease our efforts until that righteous object be accomplished- In furtherance thtreof we do agree to the adoption of the address . " The Chairman then read a lengthened address to tfce Qaeen , which was also adopted by tha meeting . Mr . Miflin moved the adoption of the petition to the House of Commons . Mr . Miflix , in proposing the third resolution , said —1 think we can lay some little claim on Mr C Berkeley ; he has been requested to present our petitions before ; he has done so but not supported them . This will put him to the test ; and I bhould think if he has common justice and humanity , he cannot refuse to do so now .

      " That the petition be presented to the House of Commons , by the member for this borough , Mr . Craven Berkeley , and that he be requested to support its pmyer . " Mr . Orook . es , as seconder , said , another year hus passed away and its fruits are now matter for the pen of the historian . It has imparted to us & dtep lesson for our future guidance . We are met to-night for a laudable purpose , namely , to petition the C / own and the House of Commons to do justice to tbe three men of our own body , expatriated from their native land for no crime save that , if it be one , of trying to mitigate the sufferings of cur fellow-countrymen and countrywomen . I would beg to be understood that I am sot an advocate for men flying to arms , except only under the most dire necessity—and then as a last resource . But , when I look around , and see our gaols filled with virtuous men—men who have kad tho moral courace to

      stand up in the face of open day to advocate tbe cause of suffering humanity , and to rescue from tyranny and misrule a starving population , robbed of their birthright by a system of coercion and class legislation , it behoves each and all of us who live by labour , to stem the torrent , lest we be completely overwhelmed in its vortex . As an Englishman and a subject , and one that wouUl stand up in the hour of danger to defend my native country , I must not in a cause l-. ke this be back-wanl in claiming justice at the hands of the government for these men , by restoring them to their country , and to thi'ir families . Thinks be to temperance , and the increase of knowledge among working men , we shall not much longer be detached , but concentrated ; we shall exhibit to our oppressors such a co . abined movement of the moral energies of the people , without any alloy of physical force , as will compel the government to yield to the just demands of an oppressed people .

      The Chairman read the petition to the House of Commons , which was also carried . A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman , he said—You may rely on it , that if others neglect their duly , 1 shall always be happy to supply their place . I may as well say a few words on the subject of petitioning ; some persons are averse to it—but bear in mind that the petitions saved the lives of those three men—for it is certain that the Whig-fi&era / Government intended to decapitate them . I can prove that their liberal underling , tbe Sheriff , had absolutely paid the hangman part of tha money—fShame : shame ! down with the Whigs ' . )—and if petitions saved their lives , they may also restore them to their families .

      MANCHESTER . On Sunday evening . January 3 rd , the Large Room , in Tib-street , was crowded , to hear Mr . Bairstow , West Riding missionary . The following is an outline of his lecture : — Mr . Chairman and respected friends , —Ho would , on that occasion , give them a few hints and advices aa to the spirit and means of conducting the great movement in which they were embarked . He asked what were tbe original sources whence sprung the present progressive movement of the Chartists ? From the national desire being stifled by non-representation From tbe ~ ant of sympathy , of feeeling , and identity of interest betwe ; n the Government and the governed . A state of society , predicated by the term " civilised , " ¦ was one in -which the weak -were equally protected ;

      and that termed " savage , " in which the swiftness of foot , the strength of arm , and the intrigue of the cunning , secured a monopoly of those benefits in which all ought to participate ; and he would ask , in what category should we class the state of society in Great Britain ? He heard but one answer . If the naked cannibals did not bf-re feast upon their b . otber ' s mangled cor . i > 3 > i—if the painted Red Indian did not here raise the war-whoop , amid the shrieks of his liicorated victims , at his festal murderous orgies—ytst did our pseuda civilised institutions shield the landowner , toe money-monger , and tho cotton lord , while they perpetrated enormities more glaring , crimes more odious , and atrocities more sanguinary , though masked

      under the forms of conventional usage and statute law ; and he thought none could have the slightest hesitation in asserting , that the agricultural and manufacturing operatives , a vast proportion of themthe Irish peasantry , and factory slave , to wit—were equally the victims , sacrificed and slaughtered on the shrine of the ambitious oapzdity and insatiable avarice of their task-masters , m though the crimsoned altar steamed with their gore , or the shattered limbs of the immolated were exposed oatler the blazing of the noontide sun in the savagery of their fiendish ferocity . It was evident to every reflecting mind , that our present institutions were not of a character to allow either apostolic indifference , ot disunited straggling efforts on the part of the working rhirvw , i " o . r they were

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      fast hurrying this country to the grave in which despotism has ever swallowed up the noblest and most powerful empires . ( Cheering . ) Their present position was a proud acd elevated one ; only could it be rendered unsuccessful by the want of union on the people's part , or the ill directed exertions of mistaken friends . He felt most solicitous that nothing should sever them from their sublime principles ; their righteous object , or their certainty of a speedy and triumphant issue ; and for this reason he would submit a few hints to them which might be subservient to that great end for which he and they so eagerly panted . ( Cheers . ) He wtaJd first allude to the new national plan of organization . In the faith of democracy he threw himself unsparingly into an agitation , based upon that

      plan . It was the best , most simple , and practicable , he had ever seen . It would be ' efficient too , if carried out in the spirit it had commenced , and had been hitherto conducted . ( Boud cheers . ) He was not seated by the screams of the owls and gulla , who wera fluttering on the ruins of the last agitation , and who wera hiccupping illegality ! illegality ! ( Laughter . ) That plan was as 1 < gal aa any efficient plan could be , save improvable , fractional , and intended alterations . Talk of legality , indeed ! Tue most perfectly legal plan could be made illegal by irresponsible legislation , or Norton Melbourne ' s proclamation , to-morrow . It was notorious that every possible channel through which constitutional changes might be conducted , save that of the pressure from without , had baen anticipated and blocked up , iu order to give finality to the things that be , and eternalize their abuses and corruptions . ( Loud cheering . ) Xlie only , resource left them , was to organize that feeling which existed , and to give it all its force , by divesting it of all wiliintsa , confusion , or irregularity ; to incorporate with it every element of strengtli which had conferred importance , or imparted solidity to the system they nought peaceably to change . Let them seiza every weapon , and use every instrument , save those of brute force , with which their tyrants had chained them down to the lowest submission and Blaveiy , and they -would convert them into a giant fulcrum , which would level the abuses of the vile system with the dust , and elevate their cause to the sway of a powerful and independent commonwealth , where unity of rights and interests would biiid in indivisable happiness , peace , and plenty , their country ' s myriad population . And , first of all , this plan hal iuttde that systematic which was before but imperfectly understood , and only acted upon by accident—a uniformity of means to attain , as well as the objects sought for . This had long been wanted , aud was then » tcured by the National Plan . The want of that had rendered them formerly as ridiculous as they were now imposing , as powerless as thoy were now omnipotent . ( Loud cheers . ) Their strength bad been impaired by division ; but now they were united in one National Association , having neither branches nor divisions but those of geography ; and recognising no other means than those guaranteed by the

      Constitution , and comprehended under the distinction of p « uce , law , anil order . It gathered energy from whatever was ennobling in morality , union , and knowledge ; it acquired evtry remnant of ita ir . fluer . ee from the legitimate exercise of the noblest attributes of tie human mind ; it allied itself with all tbat wa * inspiring in numbers , and admirable in unity , and discarded all that might terrify the timid , alarm tiie peaceloving , or furnish a pretext for persecution to tho enemy . ( Loud applause . ) It ct'ininted and conso . i-( iated all coherent substances of IX-juocrutic hue vr texture , and amalgamated in its magnificent combinations the universal tendencies of all tbat is pure , disinterested , and sublime in patriotism , philanthruphy , and the love of man . ( Applause . ) He would ask for the people ' s assistance , whore he was willing either to lead them as a principal , or act with them as a

      subaltern . He , therefore , most urgently assurtd them that , by attention to tho provisions of this organisution , could they speedily achieve their Charter . This plan recommended sobriety ; he would rtcommend total abstiuence , as a powerful instrument in their favour , and as a debilitating infliction upon thoirfoe . it was a two-eilgtd sword ; it cut off governmental resources ; it crippiod- their finances ; it conferred respectability oa the Chartist ; it took from tue mouth of the opponent tho objection of drunkenness us a proof of unfituesis for elective existence ; it robed the friend with all the po ' . eucy of character , and the majesty of reason ; it armed tbe people , and disarmed the tyrant ; it would secure tho alliance of friends , and give the government a monopoly of the drunkenness aud intemperance they create by the excise , which was fattened by the rich result of this insolence and Gin .

      " Ten thousand casks For ever dribbling out their base contents , Touched by tho Midas' finger of the state , Bleed gold for Ministers to spjrt away . "—( Cheers . ) Another piece of advice he thought necessary at that moment , was the importance of every democrat parent educating his children in the principles be had imbibed . It was the easiest motle of making Chartists . Let the mother toach the child ' s lisping tongue to speak Its dotisiation of oppression , and its love of liberty . Let them teach those who would compose the next generation , and the next generation would enact the charter . Make them men , and men of noble mind would create such institutions a « would benefit all the people . Again .

      ho would urge the importance of forming societies for music , dancing , and theatrical representations , and thus connect with Chartism the exercise of tho kindest sympathies and most powerful passions ; schools for the instruction of ariulta in political and social economy , the arts and sciences , and gunoral literature . AH sources of mental , physical , and moral instruction would administer a powerful impetus to the movement . Mr . B . then discarded at great length , with gr ^ at energy and tho most impassioned eloquence , on a variety of other topics , and then sat down amid long continued applause . A vote of thanks was then given to tbe lecturer , coupled with a rt quest to the Editor of the Star , to give this lecture insertion .

      Mil Doyle . —On Sunday last , the Association Room , Tib-street , was crowded as usual to hear our unflinching and talented friend , Air . Doyle , tho late liberated victim of Whig vengeance . Mr . D . appears to bo highly respected in Mauchesttr , For his wanly and straightforward conduct since his release , and was listened to with the most profound attention by all present ; indeed auch men are aa ornament fcs the present movement . Mr . Wheeler introduced him to the audience who received him with applause . The speaker , after giving a very auimattng uccouut of bis tout through South Lancashire , and of the progress of the cause generally , commenced as follows : —He took a survey of society , and examined its different ramitications in this country . Hu was forcibly struck with the

      anomoly and extensive difference that exists ; he found one portion composed of many classes , ( aud that the smaller portion , ! living in the height of splendour , enj ;> yiug everything the heart could desire , or tbe taste relish . He found also that this portion of society do not labour with their hands , or render any service sufficient to entitle them to fare so sumptuously ; on tbe otheT hand , he fouud the other portion of society composed of persons who labour incessantly , who cultivate the laud , -whose skill in mechanis . n supersedes all other nations ; who , in fact , produce everything necessary for the comfort and happiness of man ; he found , and he was sorry to say it , this portion of society living in poverty and wretchedness . He said the question , with both him aud them , was , what was

      the cause of such an anomaly as this ? His opinion was , that it was attributable to the present system of class legislation , and tbe unrepresenUtion of tbe great mass of the industrious millions . The speaker then took a glance of tbe pwtu s who govern the people , and analyzed the salaries of tho royal family , particularly George III ., George IV ., and William IV . These , the speaker stated , received one hundred millions of the public money , in tbe space of seventy-two years . And what , be asked , bad such men done to merit such an enormous Bum of money out of the public purse ? He shewed , likewise , from Scripture , tbat Almighty God never ordained kings to trample upon the rights and libertif s of tha working millions . He pointed out many of tbe salaries of the aristocracy , and shewed the evil

      effects of the obnoxious laws of primogeniture on society at large . He made a few slashing and wellmeant hits at the law Church , and stated , tbat its cormorant priesthood were yearly in tbe receipt of eleven millions of tbe public money , for preaching submission to tho powers that be , and upholding tyrauny and corruption . He next animadverted on the conduct of the middle classes , shewing bow they had from time to time tricked and deluded the people , went into the origin of the national debt , and showed who the parties were who contracted it , and the evils it bos inflicted upon tbe labouring portion of tbo community , the latter having nothing to do with creating auch tlelit ; and stated that the objects for which it was created , were qaite at variance with tbe good sense of tbe people , viz ., that of putting down the rising

      liberties of other nations , by rapine and bloodshed , and entailing tbe burden ? n generations yet to come , for tha purpose of gratifying kingly ambition . Tbe speaker called upon the audience to raily round the Charter , as the only panacea for the removal of the many evils of tbe nation , as the pill which will strike deep into tbe diseased constitution , will cleanse tbe blood , and give vigour to the frame ; and concluded by calling upon all present to unite firmly , for tho above object ; to dis 6 em . ina . te the principles among their fellow-labourers . Let this be done , and be bad not tho least doubt but their labours would be crowned with success , and the Chatter would ultimately become the law of the laud . A vote of thanks was then given to the lecturer and Chairman , and the people , after making a good collection , separated highly delighted .

      FAILSWORTH . —On Sunday evening , the hard bands and fustian jackets of this place assembled , in the School Room , for the purpose of hearing Mr . Bairstow , ; but , for reasons stated in another part ef tbe paper , be could not attend . Mr . Griffin delivered a lecture on the principles contained in the People's Charter , in which be combatted many objections which are raised against them by the Whigs and Tories ; compared the position of the people of tha present day with their position under the reign of tho Tories ; and , although we bad had a Reforming Government for eight years , we were still going backwards , unless we take into consideration the increase of the revenuo , the creating ot officers In a time of peace , the increase of the standing army , the giving us the Poor Law Bill , tbe Rural Police Bill , and many other Whig blessings . If this was worthy the name of Reform , surely we have

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      had a good share . He laid down a plan by which the hand-loom weavers might be enabled to elevate themselves oat of their degraded condition . Every attention was paid to him , and , at the conclusion , a vote of thanks was given him for his services . NEWTON HEATH . —Pursuant to previous announcement , Mr . Bairstow was to have delivered a lecture to the Chartists of this plaee , on Sunday afternoon last , in the adult school room ; but , in consequence of tbat gentleman having to leave this part of country to attend the demonstration at Sheffield , on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , he could not attend . A deputation waited upon William Griffin , of Manchester , who consented to officiate for him . A numerous congregation assembled , and Mr . Richard Booth was elected to the chair , who , after tbe singing of a hymn , introduced the lecturer . Mr . G . then

      delivered an address on tbe subject of total abstinence , which he recommended his hearers to adopt , as a powerful instrument for the accomplishment of their political rights . He showed the influence which drunkenness has upon society mentally , morally , physically , politically , and religiously . But , while he strongly advised the Chartists to become teetotallers , he begged to state that he entirely disagreed with those who affirm tJiat it would be a panacea for every evil ; but said it would be making the best of a bad system . This be proved by saying , tbat hun

      lecturer for his services . , IiONDON . —The Cm of Westminster National Charter Association held their weekly meeting on Wednesday , the 6 th of January , at the Paviours Arms , Johnson-street . After the usual business ' had been gone through , the following resolution was moved and carried unanimously : —* ' That this meeting views with horror and dismay , the base , brutal , and unconstitutional treatment which oar friend and patriot , FearKUS O'Connor , is subject to , under the tyrannical Whig Government ; and this meeting further pledges itself , never to cease agitation while a- political prisoner is subject to treatment worse than any common felon in her Majesty ' s dominions . " A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Hobson , for exposing the tyrannical treatment of Mr . O'Connor , and the meeting adjourned .

      Concert . —A social Concert will take place , for tho benefit of poor Old George ,, a Chartist of 50 years' standing , at the Temperance Coffce-House , Bormondsey New Road , near the Grange Road , at seven o ' clock on Tuesday evening next , Jan . 19 th . East London Total Abstinence , Charter , and National Instruction Association . —The above association have obtained a place of meeting entirely under their own cotitroul , at 166 , Brick-lane , Spitalfielcls , where meetings will be held every Wednesday and Sunday evenings , for lectures and discussions ; also , on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings , for reading , &c . The association have been presented with several useful woiks , by somo real friends to the cause of universal redemption ; they

      will now be enabled to spend their leisure hours profitably , and will be thankful to any friends who may think proper to increase their small library . At their last meeting , the following resolutions were agreed to : — "That this meeting congratulate tho leading Chartists of Scotland , for having adopted the total abstinence principle ; and also the Chartists of Barnslej , for the wise resolution they have come to , in forsaking the pot-house , and uniting themselves to those who have left the drunkards' ranks . —That the thanks of this meeting bo given to the editor of the Star , for the great interest he has taken in the cause of total abstinence connected with the People ' s Charter . " All communications to be sent to C . H . Neesom , honorary secretary , 73 , Hare-streot , near Bcthnal Green .

      WORCESTER . —The Chartists of Worcester have at length come out , and showed by their lato meetings that tlmy are determined to have a share of the agitation for the Charter . A tea meeting and ball look place at the Hall of Science , Jast Friday , which was well attended and gave great satisfaction . The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens , and the portraits of the imprisoned patriots , hung on the walls , had great effect . Mr . Sidaway , frt > nj Gloucester , lectured on the same evening , and it told well . Several patriotic songs and recitations were given , and the meeting broke up highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment . Mr . Sidaway preached a Chartist sermon in tho same place , on the Sunday afternoon , from Matt . vii . 12 , to a full

      aud attentive audience . On the Monday evening , a public meeting was held at the Hall of Science , Garden-street , for adopting the memorial to the Qiieen , and petitioning Parliament for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political prisoners . Air . G . Young was called to the chair . The Chairman eulogised the great exertions of the patriots , commented on their labours , &c , and said the chair he occupied would do honour to the Archbishop of these realms ; he , then , in reality would bo drying up the tears of the widow and fatherless ; he concluded by calling on Mr . Wm . Clifton , an Oxfordshire Chartist , and one of our council , to move the memorial to the Queen , tie than read the memorial , and concluded by declaring

      that the myrmidons of the Home-office , were more guilty than Frost , &o . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Holyoak , social lecturer , seconded the resolution . He had little faith in the sympathy of crowned heads for the sufferings of the people , but to express our sympathy was an apt of justice , and somo good always results from justice . Governments ought to p lace the governed out of all temptations to do evilbut what shall we say of them , when they bribe parties to tempt the poor man to the commission of it , that they may more securely oppress him . Mr . White moved the adoption of the petition ; Mr , Blackwell seconded it , and in a speech of great spirit , detailed the peculiar and execrable hardships to which the imprisoned patriots are subjected . Mr . Sidaway , of Gloucester , supported the petition . He

      drew a forcible comparison between the extravagant expences of royalty aud the miserable pittances of the in « Justriotiapoor , andconc 2 udedamid loud cheers . Mr . Williams proposed the third resolution , " That three members of tho old Convention be chosen by the Birmingham committee , as recommended by the Star . " Ho satirically exposed the rottenness of the sham-humb'ig leaders , aud called upon the meeting to support tho resolution , and said , for the sake ot royalty itself , he hoped the petition would be answered . Mi * . Clifton moved a vote of censure on the curate of St . Nicholas , ( the Rev , Mr . Kershaw , ) for endeavouring to stifle the voice of the people , by seizing the placard announcing the meeting . Mr .

      Sidaway ably seconded it , and showed the impossibility of the tyrants effecting their object by such pitiful means . Mr . White proposed a vote of thanks to our Social friends for the use of the room . Mr . Holyoak briefly acknowledged . A vote of thauks was also given to Mr . Sidaway , and our worthy Chairman , &c . It wts also resolved that the pro * ceedings be inserted iu the Northern Star . Three cheers were gived for the Charter ; three for the Northern Star ; three for the brave O'Connor , and all such friends ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and three groans were given for the " base , bloody , and brutal" Whigs . The meeting was conducted entirely by working men , and was decidedly the most enthusiastic ever held in Worcester .

      MODNTSORREL . —Mr . Mason , the talented midland counties lecturer , gave a second lecture at this place , on Tuesday evening , January 5 th , to an attentive and overflowing audience , and exposed the fallacious reasoning of Mr . Acland , the anti-Cor ,,-Law lecturer , who has been recently lecturing at Leicester . Ho then exposed the atrocities of the present Ministers , and concluded , by shewing the beauties of the People's Charter . A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman , which that gentleman acknowledged in an appropriate manner , the meeting separated .

      MERTHYB ,-Frost , Williams , and Jones's Restoration Committee met as usual on Thursday evening last , for the transaction of business ; Mr . Wm . Gould having been called to the chair , he stated the object of the meeting , and called on the secretary to state the position of the fund , which was done to the satisfaction of all present . Sheets hare been provided to contain ten thousand signatures . After some discussion the following resolutions were agreed to : — L . " That tho petition sheets be sent to every chapel throughout the place , and , that the ministers be requested to sign the petition ,

      and be requested to use their influence with their respective congregations to do likewise . " It is also expected that every member of the committee will exert themselves , after working hours , in taking the petition sheets to every shopkeeper and innkeeper throughout the town . 2 . " That we do perfey / ly agree with the plan that was laid down in the Mar , of the 2 tnh of December , namely , Beading three men to the Queen , to express the nation ' s desire for the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and also we frill do all in our power to raise a fund , to empower the Birmingham Committee to put the project into execution .

      NEWTOWN ( Montgomeryshire ) . — There are yet hire a few " good men and true , " notwithstanding the opposition of the upper and middle classes to any improvement in the condition of the working men . Chartism is not dead : it is still fixea in the hearts of many ; bat , unfortunately , the flannel trade is in so depressed a state , that the manufacturers care little whether they give employment or not . This state of things places the working men at the mercy of their masters . In consequence , there are

      but few who dare openly avow their sentiments . All that is doing is done by a very few . A news and reading room is open every evening . A night school for writing and arithmetic has been established , which is well attended , and goes on prosperously . It is our intention shortly to open a school on Sundays , to teach reading . More it is out of our power to do at present . The local authorities watch us carefully ; and , should we make any movement which would displease them , they would pounce on us and worry os u > death .

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      BISHOP AUCKLAND . —Liberation op Williams and Binns . —On the 25 th of tho present month , these esteemed patriots will emerge from their prisonhouse , wherein they have been immured by the base Whigs , for their exposure of their country ' s wrongg Inhabitants of the Aucklands—Remember ! thesa patriots deserve your support—they have made great sacrifices to work out your emancipation . On th& 30 th of the present month they enter the Auckland ^; be ready to meet them in your thousands . __

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      " ^——SCOTTISH ORGANIZATION AND PRO CEEDINGS . f Omitted from our lost . ) At a meeting of delegates from the Border Towns , held at Jedburgh , on Friday last , ( New Year's DayJ Alexander Johnstons , one of the delegates from Gal > shiels , in the chair , and John A . Hogg , do . from Hawick , secretary , the following resolutions were m , animously agreed to : — 1 . That the mode of petitioning recommended by the Convention held in Glasgow in September last be immediately proceeded with . 2 . Tbat the Chartists in tbe Borders be recommended to fora themselves into Chartist Total Abstinence So . cieties , and these societies to be formed into a Bord « Union . 3 . That the members of these societies pledge them . selves to abstain from all intoxicating drinks for one year at least

      4 . That a General Secretary be appointed , such secretary to be in Hawick for the first six months , aoj in Galaabiels for tbe remainder of the year . 5 . That Alexander Hogg be General Secretary for to first six months . 6 . That the secretaries of tbe local societies send a list of their members to the General Secretary monthly to commence on the first ef February next 7- That this meeting approve of the plan for pre . senting the addresses of the people for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , as contained in th » Northern Star of tbe 26 th December ; but would reconw mend to their several associations to send their ai . dresses to the Central Committee for Scotland , desiring them to appoint Mr . Sanky , or some other person coo . nected with Scotland , residing in London , to present the same . 8 . That this meeting earnestly recommend to ta » different Associations to fiet tbe petitions to Parlianwait , in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , as numerousl y signed as possible . 0 . That this meeting consider tbe Ckarter as tb& only efficient remedy for tbe many grievances of the working classes , an < l tbat they will continue to agitate strenuously fur its attainment 10 . That the Council of the Border Union meet h the towns composing the Union alternately—nest meeting to be held in Galashiels . 11 . That a copy of the foregoing resolutions he sent to the True Stoliuvin , Northern Star , and Scottish Patriot . JOWf A . Hogg , Sec . Note . —No . 7 , ¦ was agreed to on consideration of the great difficulty of raising funds to send Mr . M . to London .

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      JULIAN HARNEY IN THE NORTH . I TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . I Sir , —On Christmas Day I left Elgin for Keith , I recrossing the Spey , and passing through Focl . aben , % adjoining which is the seat of bis Grace t ?) the Duke of I Richmond , of Scotch smaU-farm-tlepopulating and f English poor-law-grinding notoriety . The spot is im . * mortnliscd in the songs of Burns as " Bonuie Castle S Gordon . " . « After a walk of eighteen miles I reached Keith . A Chartist Association had existed here , but of late bad V ceased to be , in consequence of the want of a place ot \ meeting . Every exertion of fiiends was made , > utia vain , to obtain a hall whertin to deliver a lecture . 1 saw many of the good men , who appvar to be Kvis of the right stamp . They expressed their disappointment at not having the opportunity of hearing mo . An oat door meeting was not to be thought of , tha coM k-inj intensely severe . For the hospitality here shown me , 1 return my grateful tbaaks .

      The like causes prevent * d me holding meetings il Huntley and Iuverary . At the latter place I wu kindly and hospitably treated by a Mr . Dencher , aa excellent man , who , though belonging to tke muldkclasn , is an honour to the Chartist ranks . Wednesday , December ao ' th . I reached once more the " Northern City Cold , " after an absence ofiix ' ; yretia and five days , and a tramp of about two hm- . dred and seventy miles . ; In reviewing my trip , while I cannot congratulate I myself on complete success ; yet may I do so as haTiuj met with far better fortune than I bad anticipated I previous to leaving Aberdeen . Could I have atiid i I few days longer in Inverness , and been properly armed with the means of agitation , I entertain not the sh > I dow of a doubt but that a second meeting would ban I completely established Chartism in tbe Highland capital ; I but I was pledged to attend a meeting in Forres , thirty 1 miles off , the very next night after the Inverness mtsJ- ing . Again , the following night , I was pledged to address a meeting at Elgin , an additional distance of twelve miles , and further , was pledged to reach Ab * deen by New Year's Day , to attend the meeting to be held in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Under these circumstances , I found it impossible to prolong my stay in Inverness , which I much regretted , at I flatter myself a Becond blow at the damnable system would have done much to enkindle the fire ot freedom in the North .

      I found that where Chartist Associations had been formed , that existence was but of short duration The causes were : — First—A general ignorance of the principles of Cbaf ' tism : hence , numbers who joined the Association at the outset , never bein ^ hearty in the cause , fell aw » J when the attraction of novelty bad ceased . Second—The want of public speakers . There ws » no one to address them when the Associations had assembled . Third—Persecution : the power ef the lairds and the priests being all potent for evil ; the latter ( ti » black slugs ) having , in more places than one , not only denounced Chartism from the pulpit , but also those individuals who had taken any part in labouring to enlighten and instruct their fellow working men thus a system of terror and persecution nipped in tbe bud the flower of truth and justice .

      Suemg these things , I considered it impolitic to attempt the formation of associations as generally cc » stituted , rather striving to establish clubs for U » obtaining and reading of the democratic newspapers , eu ' ch clubs being , in my humble opinion , the necessary precursors of political associations ; gross ignorance prevails in the district of country I have visited , and such ignorance must be removed before we can hope for any support of our cause in such a quarter . While the English democrats are engaged in effecting a moral revolution in unhappy , long-oppressed , long-deceired Ireland , by circulating the Northern Star among the men , who require but to be enlightened as to the real principles of Chartism to embrace those principle . and do , and dare , all for their establishment—while , I say , the English Radicals are thus engaged , I wuu ! d suggest to the Scottish Chartists of the south , the propriety of doing likewise with their countrymen of the north ; let each club , or individual reader of the Northern Star , Scottish Patriot , or Dundee Chronidi ,

      having done with their or his paper , send the earns to any of the following persons : —John M'Millan , tailor , with Mr . Kay , merchant , Ellon , Aberdeenshire ; The * Rankino , shoemaker , Longate-atreet , Peterhoad , Aberdeenshire ; William Smith , merchant , No . , Schod > street , New Pitsligo , Aberdeenshire ; John Hepburn , weaver , New Bytb , Aberdeenshire ; George Malcolm , weaver , Cuminstown , Aberdeenshire ; John Augus , agent , Turriff , Aberdeenshire ; William Deucher , manufacturer , Inverary , Aberdeenshire : George Stevtasoo , with VIr . Abercromby , shoemaker , High-street , Banff ; George Andrews , Temperance Coffee-House , HuutlJ , Banffahire ; John Andrews , Temperance Coffee-House , Keith , Banffshire ; William King , tailor , MaeM Bjuiffshire ; John Mann , with Mr . M'Beath , saddler , Portsoy , Banffshire ; James Stevenson , with Mr . Din * sen , shoemaker , Cullen , Banffshire ; John Miller , currier , Elgin , Morayshire ; John Alvas , boot and shoe maker , Forres , Morayshire ; Robert Cameron , shoemaker , Nairn ; Alexander Gordon , shoemaker , care of

      Mr . Smith , hair-dresser , Castle-street , Inverness . If , in the ensuing spring , or cummer , another attempt shall be made to agitate the North , and the agitation be armed with the means of " organizing victory , " no doubt , no fear need be entertained of complete success but I shall be sufficiently understood in saying that it i > & paid missionary who must be sent on such errand . Further , a good supply of politicaltracts , to be given away , or sold very cheaply ; and the mission being undertaken at a season of the year when light aud temperature will admit of out-door meetings , then , in spite of tyrant-lairds and priestly knaves , may Chartism be established , and the Highlander of the North te found , side by side , with the borderer of the South , in the conflict with despotism—tba struggle for liberty . Without affectation , I think I may say of myself that I have been the " best abused man" in the Chartist

      movement ; Tory , Whig , and sham-Radical , of " tto race that write , " for a lengthy period conspired , bj their abuse , to bring me into notoriety ; for m » DI months past these gentry bare let me alone , and , s » tb and . except a lift I luive occasionally gotten at the hands of a certain scribbler in Auld Reekie , who ( because his paper is renowned for falsehood ) rejoices in the title of True ; " Julian Harney" b »» ceased to beheld up as the great Chartist bugbear , to frighten the property folk ; but I see that the Inverness Courier , Inverness Journal , and Aberdeen Herald ( Whig , Tory , and sham-Radical , ) have re-commenced their old system of abusive lying . I can assure the scribes , that I am much obliged to them far their advertisements of my name ; instead of injuring , they do m « good service by their abuse , while they not in the lea » annoy me . As Burns would say" E ' en let them clash ,

      An auld wife ' s tongue ' s a feckless matter m To mak ane fash . " 1 Hoping I shall continue to merit the abuse of knave * M of every description , | 9 I am , Mr . Editor , 9 In the good cause , " np to tbe mark , " ^ M George Julian Harney . > M Aberdeen , Jan . 4 , 1840 . H m

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1092/page/2/