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    • THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY, JANUARY 2D, 1818
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      UNDSB THE KASASEHSXT OF THE METROPOLITAN CHARTIST COUNCIL , WILL BE HELD AT THE NATIONAL HALL , 242 , HIGH HOLBORN , OX WEDNESDAY EV £ SING , FEBRUARY 2 nd , 1848 , IahoaourofT . S . DUNCOHBE , M . P ., X . WAKLEr , M . P ., sad F . O'CONNOR , M . P ., for their-aftta and oittiotie services in tfce caute of tho people . . . Ebnest Johis , Barriiter-at-Law , Author of the' Wood Sp irit , '' My Life , '' Romance of a People , ' &c , &c ., will preside . Tea on ft « Table si luilf-patt Five o ' olmls pnnsely . t- *¦ t n . Sd each may be obtained at the office of the National Land Company , 144 , fllgh Holborn ; ot the « d 5 f the Sosthebh Stax , , Great WindmiU-etrest , Hajmaiket ; oc at any ot the meetiag icons * of the S ^ b ™ of the National Ckarter Association . in ,. if nut Seven o ' clock tko public will be admitted to the Hall at a oharga of Twopen « each , when the H lin ^ Ui be addressed by the above distinguished Reformers , and other friends of the People ' s Cimrter ,

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      INSTRUCTION , COMMUNICATION , AND DEFENCE FOR THE MILLION . Dhion is Strength ; Kn < m £ edge is Power . —Bacon . Tee Mintri , Trabis , and the Industrious ClassesgeneraUj . wiU tinditfc * be their interest and advantage to rpH ^ MlS ? ADVOCATE . MANX ItfTSLUI GEKOEK . and TUADSS' FREE PRESS ; which is Edited atid Foblished by Mr Wm . Dajuells , in anew and tepr \ edfonn , in Douglas , Isle of Man , and is au organ of insirucfion . communication and defence for the Miners end Trades of Great Britain ; at the same time it will also advocate the : rights , and expose * tbe wrongs of Labour ; and . « itt likewise insert the differest grievances Wider which the Misers and Trades suffer , if sent and properl v authenticated . One ot the principal objects of the Misers' Advocate aku TbaDks' Fkee Pekssttillbeto endeavour t ;> break of the

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      WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . WAKEFiELD ADJOUrtXED SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBT GIVES , that the Christmas General Quarter Sessions of the Peaco , for the "West RiJin ; of the County of York , will be held by adjonrnmeat in the Cummiitee room , at the House of Correction , nt WakefiELD , on Thursday , ths Tenth day of Ftbruarv next , at Twelve o ' clock at JJoon , for the pur . pose of inspecting the HidicR Prisou Ithe said House of Co-rection ) , and fur examining tne Accounts of the Keeper of the said House of Correction , making Enquiry into the coudu .-t of the Officers and Se-vants belonging the same ; and also into the behaviour of the Prisoners , and their Earnings . C . H . Elslet , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Pe -ct's Office , Wakefield , 25 th January , 1648 .

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      THE O'CONSOR TARTAN . MB JOHK GREGORY , Draper , Eccles , near Man - chaster , bvgs respectfully to infirm his Democratic friends in-lfanchester , Stockport , Ashton , Hyde , Oldham , Bury , Hevwood , Bolten , and Leigh , that hu has become Agent for " the sale of THE O'COXJfOR TAUT AS , and intends to wait upon hii friends , in the above-named places , in the course of a few days , with a select stock of ladies' Slianls . Scarfs . Handkerchiefs , Silk and Woollen Dresses , Gentlcm-n's Vestings , < tc . &c , wtien he trusts he shall receivo the patronage and support of his numerous friends .

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      TO FE 1 IALE MEMBERS OF THE NATIjXAL LAND COMPANY , AND OTUEItS . WANTIiP , by an Allottee , a PARTNER . Age iO . Any one wishing tu accept tho offer , upjn sending a letter { pre-pnidi . and stating their circumstancta , to 3 ) . E ., V «> . 31 , W ' eston place , Westoa-street , JiermondEey , w . ll be answered by return of Post .

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      THE LAND . A TWO-ACRE ALLOTTEE wishes to DISP 03 E of his ALLOTMENT ( through an esgagement in a distant p-irt of tne cmintry ) , together with the crop , conei ^ t . iuj of Wneat , Vetches , Fruit , and other Trees . Apply to Mr John Wallace , Lowbands , Redmarleyi Ledburj , Worcester .

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      ' The Miseim Advocate . —At a late meeting of Winers' delegates , the following resolution was adopttd : — Resolved—That the proprietorship of tho Hisses' Ad tocate ba . turned over to Mr V / . Daniells ; that he be Mne propr ; etor , and that he take all risk and responsibility upon himself , bu : that we do all we can to encourage him , and to obtain a . good circulation for himan . itiatthe Adtocats b . 8 still tbe recognised organ of the Miners' Association . In pur , uance of this resolution , the Advocate has b ? en published this month under the estire control of Mr Darnells : who , in an address to his readers , say * : — We pledged onrs-lres before the delegates to deliver up tke proprietorship to the Association at any moment that the associated miners may wish it and we thus publicly a * q . w our intention tofalfil that pledge whenever called npon > y the competent snd legitimate authorities In thi mtantimB , we earnestly eal ) upon oar numerous f-i-nd « , in England , Scotland , 8 ud Wales , to rally round as and give us their support , and thus enable uo to m ke this j mrnal areallfiSEEs Advocate , an orgaaoi com . mecitfation , instruction , and defence , and , at the same tlsss , s reflar of tae wishes , opinions , and wants

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      JUST PUBLISHED , ( Uniform with the " Labourer" Magatine , ) Price ed . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE HUSBANDRY , being the results of four years' experience . Bi J . Sillett . : ' .. ¦ ¦ . ¦ U'fiowan and Co ., 16 , Great 'WludwUlIstreet :, London and may be had of all bookseller * .

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      Juat Published , price One Penny , A LETTER by Feabgos O'Connos , Ebc . M . P ., ' TO THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To tboBe who Live iu Idlem . 'BS Without Labour , and to those who are Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' Price 2 § . psr 100 . lit . per 1000 . i TETSKT MAT BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES \ V OF L AND , ' Explained ia a Letter , by Fs abqcs O'Coknob , Esq ., 11 . P . To he had at the Office of the National Land Company HI , Higb Holborn .

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      Not ? Ready , a Nerr Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the AorOkern Star Offico , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; and of Abe ) Hey wood . Manchester .

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      VTUV bs published on the 1 st of February , PBICK 8 ISPEKCI , V ' NO . XIV . OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTAINING ' A TREATISE OK THE SMALL FARM SYSTEM AND TIIE BANKING SYSTEM BT WHICH IX IS INTENDED TO BE BETBLOTBD , FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ , M . P . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received bjr allagents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country .

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      THE PORTRAIT OF MR JONES , This portrait will be in the bands of our Scotch agents iu time for issue on the 29 th instant . Our agents in er Bear Edinburgh will have their parcels forwarded to the care of Messrs W . and H . Robinson , 11 , Greenslde-streer . Parcels for other parts of Scotland to the care of Mr W . Love , 10 , Nelsonstreet , Glasgow . Our Yorkshire , Lancashire , Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , Cheshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Warwickshire , and Gloucester-

      The Northern Star , Saturday, January 2d, 1818

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JANUARY 2 D , 1818

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      THE WORKING CLASSES VINDICATED FROM THE CALUMNIES OF THE " EDUCATIONISTS . " " The pedant and the upstart , as np 3 tart onl y can-Have dared deride , in lttter ' d pr ide , theplain and working man . "

      Of all the people on the face of the earth the working men of England are surely the most foully calumniated . It is not many years since the concoctors of the infamous New Poor Law fabricated the most abominable falsehoods to excuse their daring assault upon the last vestige of the social privileges guaranteed by Old England to the industrious classes . According to Brougham , Chad wick , and the rest of the Malthus-an gang , " Idleness and her sister Guilt stalked through the land •" and land had

      Eng become a den of demoralised paupers and willing idlers ! The rhetorical rant and ribaldry of the Whig Chancellor were employed to propagate this atrocious lie , that so a pretext might be furnished for robbing the people of the last remnant of their ancient heritage . The poor were " thrown upon their own resources , " by such men as Brougham and Wellington , whose Jiving- was derived from the sweat and toil of those verv poor . Brougham , while urging that no relief should be given even to the sick and the aged , as it was the duty of all , in the days of health snd youth , to put b y a store for the

      futurethis same Brougham was at that very time scheming to increase the retiring salary of the Lord Chancellor from four to five thousand pounds yearly . He succeeded , and on his retiring from office—the roan whohad contended for throwing the poor upon their own resources —shamelessly took from those resources to support himself in idleness . He is still enjoying his five thousand pounds yearly , taken from the taxes , for no better reason than because , at a former period , he filled an office which brought him nearl y three times that sum—an office , not merely useless , but positively injurious , and filled by him most mischievously .

      Tins Brougham wasalwaysagreat stickler for popular education . Indeed , the whole batch of Malthusian conspirators signalised , and still signalise , themselves by an affected regard for the " mental culture" bf the people . The object of the New Poor Law was the utter prostration of the masses by starving and illtreating them into a state of internal competition for employment , and base submission to the c asses above them , Fully comprehending this devilish scheme , no wonder that that great Englishman , Cobbett , held in the utmost abhorrence the wretches who , mouthing about education , at the same time exerted their to

      energies bring the people to live upon a coarser sort of food , and make them the hopeless slaves of the emuloyocracy .. In our day the Educationist ! are still what they were in Cobbett s time-the pretended friends , but the real enemies , of the people . The last number of the Westminster Re-W ' ™ *? arUcle on " opuhr Colleges . The article is based upon "Two . Lecturts on Nahona Education / ' by the Rev . It . & . Bayley , of Sheffield . This reverend gentlehYmaV ^ 11 n to us < w « . remember fn ? tii a ?< n ° f notorious speechifier for the Anti-Corn Law League We-sav remtr ' '' *?¦* ^ eyTadmirS may hZTdn \ nspeech delivered by their IfieVoSf n T ^ 0031 ^ * "eon-Hep , of viE ° - thep . ublic intoan incitement of violence against the person of Sir R Peel Whether it was that the outcry rai ed by the " Tory press that flcc consequent upon frilhSi- Z enik r ' s s P ^ h , someXt WW ru' ° n thafc the Lea S ^ d not tha t \ «?• T Cannot say i certain itis > that this "bnght , particular star" of Free Arade went out hke a farthing rushlight , and a considerable time before Sir Proteus Peel ' s neaang measure" was submitted to the Jeffislature , the Rev . R . S . Bayley had ceased his mission a * a " shininglight" to guide the temmof the " city of soot , " iQ their pur-

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      - . _ - — — — ' ^^ r ^ v ^^ . ^ HH ^^^^^ f ^ fim ^ gim ^ wyiy ^^^^ Bi ^ i ^ hftV ^^^ ' *^ 1 ^ suit of " cheap ,, bread , | hj gh wages , anil plenty to do . ' ' By nature active and restless , possessed of perhaps something more than ordinary abilitieswith that love of rule which alike impels the fortunate despot and the successful schoolmaster-Mr Bayley turned his attention from politics to pursuits certainly better calculated for his powers . It is recorded of Dionysius the younger , that , when expelled from Syracuse and compelled to take refuge in Corinthhe

      , turned schoolmaster , and exercised a discipline over boys when he could no longer tyrannise overmen . The Rev . R , S . Bayley , finding the Leaguers ungenerous , the Chartists unruly , and the Tories something more than hostile , wisel y renounced statesmanship , and' betook himself to the more fitting avocation of schoolmaster . He founded the Sheffield People ' s College—a school for the youths and adults of both sexes , open to the scholars before and after the hours of labour

      We have no fault to find with this institution . We have heard and can believe that Mr Bayley is doing a great deal of good , and we congratulate him on having turned his talents to such good account—certainl y to a much better than that of misleading the multitude for the benefit of a few tyrannical manufacturers and plundering milloerats . - Our present quarrel is not with Mr Bayley but with his admirer and commentator—the writer in the Westminster Review . The reviewer seems to have borrowed his ideas and almost his words

      from the Whig ex-chancellor . He describes the working classes of this country as ignorant and immoral , and the foes of law and order " The laws , ' * says he , " are submitted to rather than approved ; the other institutions are tolerated instead of exciting admiration and gratitude . Capital is regarded as the robber of labour instead of its patron and brother . Parochial relief is no longer dreaded as a badge . The police are treat ed as spies , instead of being supported as defenders . " There is a good deal more of this stuff , containing , of course , a fair

      share respecting the tavern and the pawnbroker's shop , the whole being rounded off as follows : — " It is not too much to say , that the majority of the working classes of this country are in a more generally degraded state than the Flat-heads of the prairie , or the recently extinguished Mandans , the free-booters of Port Natal , or those stunted outcasts of the Wan race in New Zealand . * Honour , truth , justice and gratitude would at all events be found among the latter , to a ratio fully as great as would be obtained from by no means the worst selections from the mine , the loom , or the wheel . "

      The working men of England may here see what their insolent friends (?) the "Educationists" think of them . The above pretended description , however , has no foundation in reality . It does not even apply to the verv lowest section of the populace—the outcasts of our social system . If it did , could society have thus far escaped some dreadful explosion ? We-admit that theieisasore amount of ignorance and poverty , and consequent degradation > to be foundjinthe lowest stratumlnf oursocialsystem , but to Speak of the majority of the working classes as degraded below the state of savages and insensible to honour , truth , justice , and gratitude , we denounce as a vile and calumnious falsehood .

      The contrary is the fact . The only sound portion of society is the working class . The class above them—the shopocracy—is notoriously the most ignorant and corrupt of nil classes . The extent of their knowledge is limited to the art of buying cheap and selling dear—bullying those below them , and fawning to those above them . The very number of the Westminster Review containing the article we are commenting on , contains also a frightful exposure of the corruption of the electoral class , as evidenced at the late general election . The villanous " truck system , " and the

      universul adulteration of articles of food , Sufficiently exhibit the morality of this class ! The haute bourgeoisie—the milloerats , the leviathan merchants , the great capitalists , and the fund-mongersjbelieveneitherin God nor manneither in religion nor philosophy—neither in public spirit nor private virtue—neither in their country nor the human race—neither in loyalty nor in cosmopolitism ;—Mammon is their deity , profit-mongering their mission , and the pursuit of money , the one object of

      their existence . Their church and chapel going is hypocrisy ; their morality a sham ; and their regard to the outward decencies of life , part of their nicely calculated system " "VVhited sepulchres ''—fair without , but foul within . They have all the vices of the Carthaginians without their virtues . The arch-profit mongers of the ancient world were at least grateful to the people from whom they sprang , and in the hour of their country ' s dissolution , exhibited a spirit of self-sacrifice which half redeemed them from the odium of their enormous

      crimes ; but our Punic princes , who repay the people for all they take from them with insult and oppression , would see unmoved their country perish , if they mi ght but preserve their darling wealth . The gates of Paris were opened to the allies , not by the proletarians of that city , but by the bourgeoisie—a class whose character in that country is sufficiently evidenced by the infamous corruption and despotism of the government which they founded , and which exists bat by their sufferance .

      Our " nobles' are spendthrifts and debauchees in their youth , and intellectual " incurab ! es"in their maturity . The insolvent condition of many of their order , and the miserable state of the peasantry to whose toil they owe their greatness , sufficiently proclaim their character . The Church is certainly not renowned for its morality , and the notorious and gigantic abuses of that establishment testify to the character of its ministers . The Houses of Lords and Commons are the reflex of the aristocracy and the middle class , and no wise man expects to gather grapes from thorns , or fiers from thistles .

      I he Court is a gilded fraud—a chief magistrate without power , and to whom the peoplehave no access ; a Bet of creatures who have nothing to do but to spend other people's moneys yet can only spend it meanly ; and a crew of noble lords and ladies , calling themselves " gold sticks" and silver sticks , " and playing the part of he and she flunkies for the sake of a few thousand pounds yearly , wrung from the hard rnings of the poor , is a spectacle te excite pae ^ ridicule and contempt of the world . thThe working classes may safelv defy comearison with the classes above them . Is it on

      the score of industry ? They do all the hard work , and not only support themselves , but all the ; other * classes of the community . Is it economy ? The millions of human beings who , on a few shillings weekly , struggle to keep out of debt and the ' bastile — the millions of pounds lodged in Savings ' Banks , Benefit Clubs , secret orders , and trades ' unions , all intended for self and mutual support , proclaim the economy of the majority of the working classes . Their morality will not suffer from a comparison with the respectable vices of the middle class , and the refined debaucheries of the higher orders . " As regards intellect , their common sense is more than a match for the book learning of the educated classes . We will , if required find threeworking men who shall undertake to discuss any question in political economy with Cobden , Bright , and Colonel Thompson . We will not pretend thafc the working- classes , as a bod yi are immaculate ; there are some who srp idle—more who are profligate—many who are ignorant , and a large number -who are indifferent to the political duties they owe to their country , themselves ,

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      [ and their children ; but the majority are sound \ at the heart , and their class constitutes ( ha germ of England ' s regeneration . The virtues of the working classes are all their own ; their vices are the effects of the institutions to which they are subjected , and the unjust rule and infamous example of those who g overn them . Indeed , the writer in the Westminster Review admits this , by charging upon a ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ jobbing Parliament / ' " a lucre-loving Church , " and a " vicious Aristocracy , '' the sin of'having first corrupted the labouring poeple . " Towards the conclusion of his article , the

      the reviewer exclaims , " We are reaping dreadful harvest which a thousand years' misgovernment hive produced . " Yet , with this admission , he nevertheless has the assurance to hold up his liarids in horror , becausej our " g lorious institutions" excite neither the " gratitude" nor the " admiration" of the millions . But the grand secret of the reviewer ' s hostility to the working class has yet to be told . The fact is , that it is not their ignorance , bo much as their knowledge , that alarms him . It is the march of political intelligence that strikes him with terror . It is the progress of

      Chartism that he regards with horror , and would fain obstruct . Hear him ; "Over mil lions o ? the working classes , several of the lamp-post orators that we could name , wield an influence fur greater than that of the Throne and the Parliament . " This we accept , as not more true than complimentary . We are very far from being ashamed to be numbered with " the lamp-post orators . " We are rather proud than otherwise to avow that we have , in our time , " preached truth from a wood ? pile . " But see how this clever reviewer has answered himself . Men in the lowest depths of

      ignorance and degradation are not the raw material from which stern and virtuous Democrats are manufactured . Chartism has no hold upon those miserable outcasts at the bottom of the social scale , who are really ignorant and degraded . Men mustjbave at least sorhe degree of intelligence to understand the " Six Points ; '' and those who out of their miserable wages scrape together some pounds to purchase their shares in the Land Company , possess , at least , the virtue of economy—and ,

      consequently , "re free from drunkenness and other vices hostile to frugality . The reviewer says that "the lamp-post orators' * have a greater influence than is enjoyeAby either the Throne or the Parliament over millions of the working class . We have shown the character of those millions , that they are both intelligent and virtuous ; how , then , will the reviewer make good his assertion that the majority of his muchwronged countrymen are , in moral and intellectual standing , below the savages of New Zealand ?

      But the Westminster reviewer further convicts himself . He admits , that not only are the people acquiring political intelligeace , but political power also . " This degraded population , " says he , (< is acquiring , at an immensely rapid rate , such a portion of the political power of the country , as , coupled with its previous command of the physical force , will , at no distant period , g ive the real . mastery of England to the violent part of the working classes and their representatives . " In proof of this , he instances the Chartist triumphs at the recent

      municipal elections , particularly at Sheffield , where the working men " placed nine partisans of their own in the corporation . " He predicts that November , 1848 , will witness a still great number of popular victories ; and , looking- " seventy years" forward , he asks , " What will be the condition of England , if the leading corporations , with their local influence , power of taxation , connexion with the courts of civil justice , the town charities , and the Parliamentary representation , be wielded by the uneducated classes ?" We must correct the reviewer . In the first

      place , the working classes will not require the term of seventy years to work out their political emancipation . We have faith that it may not require a tenth of that time to see the people in possession of " their ain again . " Secondly , the Government of this country—local and general—never will be " wielded hy the uneducated classes . ' When men begin to think of acquiring political power , they are already partly educated . The very efforts to obtain that power improve their education . And the exercise of power , when obtained , must complete their education .

      But our Radical reviewer seeing nothing but evil in the masses acquiring political power , proposes to lure them from the pursuit of their political rights by the red-herring scent of '' education . '' Having asked what is to hinder the growth of the power of the working classes , he answers : — " Kothing but a change in the feelings and political views of the operative classes . All " that is now in action tends to politicise the artisan mind ; and nothing can neutralise that state hut the introduction of better taste- ; and higher aims . * ' In the name of common sense , we ask , what " better tastes and higher aims ' ' can there be , than the exercise of the rights of citizenship , for our country ' s and mankind's welfare ? And if

      there be " better tastes and higher aims , '' why do not the " educated classes ' ' pursue them , and renounce their political privileges ? Ah ! gentlemen , we see through your craft . The cloven foot is but too visible . You would educate us , not , as you sometimes pretend , to fit us for the exercise of political rights , but to make us indifferent to those rights . And you call yourselves " Philosophical Radicals . " We

      comprehend your philosophy . Girondists of Enghind , you consider the working millions excellent " explosive mat ' rial to blow up bastiles with , " and frighten a degenerate aristocracy into the concession of Reform Bills : but when those millions aspire to share with you the advantages of society , then—liberal philosophers that you are !—you will { lire them " Education ! " ' Education that shall fit them to be willing slaves

      Men of the working class , these " 'Eilucationists" are your enemies , and the worse enemies , that they come to you in the guise of " friends . '' The Serpent in Eden was an honest reptile , compared with these gentry , who propose—not to instruct you in the knowledge of good and ' evil—but to educate you to be unconscious of the evil you suffer from abominable institutions , and indifferent to the good which might be yours , if , thundering in the ears of your oppressors , " Man is man , and who is more ? " you were to insist upon the recognition of your just and inalienable rights as men and citizens .

      Ye millions of the unprivileged order , turn neither to the right hand nor to the left , but steadily march forward in the path of your political regeneration , When the Westminster Reviewer sees , as we trust he will sec , the realisation of all his fears—when he shall see you in possession of your own—the Corporations , the Town Charities , the Courts of Justice , and the Parliamentary Representation , you will then be in a position to give your children an Education which neither Oxford nor Cambridge can afford the scions of your oppressors—; in Education which plinll throw into the shade even the beiit that ancient Athens could afford her most favoured children .

      Proletarians of England , you need not wait seventy years , you need not wait even seven , to establish this happy state of things . If you but will your freedom , you may at ' once he free . You see the end , you know the ' ? neans . Up , then ! and with heart and soul struggle for your charter !

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      THE STARVING POOR . Last week we dwelt on the subject of the increasing destitution . This subject still presses itself , with fearful force , on our attention . It is the all-important question—one of life and death—one that brooks not temporising or delay-but one that demands prompt and imperative relief . Not alone Ireland , but jEngland , tot , presents pictures of soul-

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      li . irro . ving misery . In Ireland , the Archbishop of ' Tuam . Jin his latter to Lord Shrewsbury , describes , with fearful minuteness , the condition of his countrymen . He describes himself as surrounded by crowds of persons;— . Old andyoiinff , some faltering from hunger as they approached , others with sued miserable shreds of tattered clothes , that I urn convinced they would have dted under the . roof , if roof they had tsull , rather thanisMie with such a wretched garb to expo e themselveatotho public gaze ; all crying nut to m « tar food fortbat one day ' s sustenance , and shrieking with agony that they were now thrown on the world to

      starve , banished I ' orevtrfrom the suelterof their little cottars . This , my lord , was no fanciful tragedy , represented in order to stimulate the palled votaries of the world , and to substitute in tho room of real sufferings , to which they ate bo callous , tbe s-oanic excitement of fictitious sorrows . No , their dismantled o 'ttagealay before me aa monuments to attest the truth of their simple and artlws story , and the smouldering aeraws of the broken roof were their only beds during the previous night , and the eye of one was so . inflamed from the cold &iwl { tola tbo Bmoke that issued from the burning rubbish and faggots . that she is in danger of Laving lost its use forever .

      What , therefore , ib to become of Hie hordes of miserable creatures , such as I have described , who are seen traversing the country and besieging you in the public ways with the clamorous importunities of hunger ? They ore driven from their homes to look fw an asylum in the woikhouses ; from tbe workhouse tbry ure aeain driven back to their homes ; but aha ! they have none , and thus are exposed to certain death . But our sympathy is not enlisted for

      Ireland alone . As we stated last week , London itself stands in emulative misery . The destitute , absolutely houseless , fireless , foodless , and hopeless , in London alone . are computed sit near upon fifty thousand ! From this let the reader judge of the state of the factory towns . In Manchester , those working short time are above 4 , 700—those wholly out of work 7 , 153 , And let the reader reflect on what being out of work means—it means utter destitutionit means , hunger , cold ,, rags , disease , and death . This week ' s reports from Ashtdn , Stnly bridge ,: Oldham , Rochdale , Bury , Bolton , Stockport , Middleton—from tbe towns of ' Yorkshire—from the entire country , reveal similar misery , and that the condition of the operatives is daily becoming" worse . And what remedies * are applied ? Such as aggravate the evil ; expensive remedies , that absorb the principal part of the benefit by the expensftof conferring it . Starvation in abastile * that keeps the parochial officers fat . Money sunk in building unions , that , applied to

      reproductive purppses , as thegpurchase of land for the poor , would gradually , but surely , render the bastile unnecessary . Puerilities , that would be ludicrous did they not inflict misery on the many . Take the following from Bradford as an instance . There being no suitable work fin the opinions of the guardians ) to be found for the able-bodied poor-One of the giiardims gravely sngsested ibai each i > auper should bo furnished with a ctriaia quantity of wheat , and be required to count tho number of corns everyday ! Another guaidian suggested that , as the paupers might eat the wheat to satisfy their hunger , barley should ba the grain .

      Ah ! each pauper should indeed be furnished with a " certain quantity <> £ wheut , " and at the same time with a " certain quantity" of land to sow it in , and be allowed to reap it , and to enjoy the fruits of his industry . The fallacy that Britain cannot support its population is easily refused by a glance at its wealth . Where has there been a greater outcry against the weight of the Poor Law than in the Highlands ? One u-ould suppose that the aristocracy -and the miUocracy , who have stolen their estates by usury , were on the brink of pauperism . Now , what nre the re

      sources of those Highlands ? The annual value of real property in the four counties of Sutherland , Ross , Inverness , and Argyle , -is 597 . 496 Z . 18 s . Yet the whole sum expended annually in these four Highland counties on the relief of the poor , including expenses of management and litigation , amounts onl y to 12 , 5342 . 7 s . 8 l <) . Thus the burden of the poor is but a small { fraction more than iivepence in the pound ! Let our readers compare these

      figures , and see how property performs its duties . Nearl y six hundred thousand pounds per annum for a few rich men , and but 12 , 534 / . 7 s , 8 § d . formally thousands of paupers who have created or swelled those princely revenues , while those who are not admitted to relief—those who are too proud to beg and too honest to steal—drag on a miserable existence to an early grave , or fly from this classcursed country to perish as miserably in an alien colonv .

      Meanwhile , we boast of our charities . Let us boast of RESTITUTION . The constantly-increasing misery proves charity to be an idle mockery—poor rates to be a system thaf increases the evil it affects to remedy , making more paupers while it pretends to feed the fow—bearing lightly on the rich , and crushingly on the poor . Ho wonder that , seeing the unwieldy mass of misery around—seeing the indolent incubus of wealth—seeing the fivepence in the

      pound that reluctant usury gives to dying lahouv—seeing those murders misnamed ' simply " deaths byj starvation "—no wonder , we say , the heart of every honest man should swell with indignation , and humanity protest against class government . Yet the miserable hirelings of faction wish us to parley in soft converse with the spoiler—not to use hard words for their hard deeds—and to woo middle class favour , like beaten spaniels fawning on the hand that struck them—to shrink from our

      name or to moderate our demands . No ! let us , at least , call things ly their right names ; robbery is robbery , however they may gloss it over ; murder is murder , and such we will call it . And why should we swerve in our demands ? We demand but our right—and why should a man demand less ? To do so were cowardice ; and expediency equally points to constancy and determination . Let oppression see we are resolved to have our rights—our whole rightsand they will tremble before that unity of will ; on the other hand , let them think we know not what to demand , or how much to insist on , and we may plead in vain !

      Then , Chartists ! to your tents . Every flay we are growing more united and strong—the crisis is rapidly approaching , as chaos and ruin are beginning to creep intoihe money-palace of the monopolist . Prepare , then , for the National Petition—prepare for a NATIONAL CONVENTION-since such is now more than ever necessary , to bring its collective wisdom , and its democratic sanction , to bear upon the emergencies of the time .

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      M 1 SCELLAKE 0 US . % 2 r Parliament will re assemble before our uext number appears . After this week we shall be unable to find room for ' Correspondence' unless of the greatest importance . Land and Chartist public meetings will , as usual , be fully reported wben we are supplied with full and correctly written reports . Wo must r quest the local secrets ries to make their reports of the ordinary brarch and locality meetings at which only the usual busi ness is transacted , and the usual resolutions adop ted , as brief as possible . As all should be represented in our columns , each must be satisfied with BmnH space , except on ( be occasion of important public meetings ,

      PUBLIC MONIES . We request all Sub-secretariea , and other persons who may have occasion to send public monies tr j the Metropolis , to pay attention to the following direction * : — Monies for tbe understated purpoaes must be addressed as followB : — Payments for tfte Northern Star . Mr William Bidor , 16 , Great Wiodmili . street , Haymarket , London . National /¦ and and Lioom Bank . ' The Manager of tbo National Land aad Labour Bank , No . 49 a , Now Osford Street , London , ' National land Company , ' Tbe Directors of ( tic Na'ioual Land Company , No . lit , High Holborn , London . ' National Charter Anoeiation ; 1 Mr Thomas Clark , No . 144 , Hi $ h Holbjrn . L « nc ! oii ,

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      Central / &gi « tra ! ion and Election Committee . 'Mr James Oeauby , No . 8 , tfoab ' a Ark-court , Stan . I gate , Lambeth , London . ' ^ I Na'ienal Victim , and Widows and Orpham Fund . § Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-strcet 8 Cuinberwell , London . ' * | \ . For Mi't W Jcntt . ' Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Water ) oo . » tre « t , Caraberm-JJ , Londtm . ' * Metropolitan Ckartiit Hdl Mr — Topp . Ko . S « , Finsburj-Market , London . ' Defence of ifr . 0 'Conmr ' i Seal in Pvlioment ' Mr Thomas Clark , No . 144 , High ITolb . rn , London . * Prosecution of the Mancheiter Examiutr ' Mr Thoma . Clirkj No . 1 « High Holborn , London / The Sleaford Case . ' Mr Thomas Clark , No . 144 , High Holboro , London / The Frattrnal Democrats . 6 . Julian Hurn-jr , No . , Great WindmiU < itr « cfc Hayinarket , London , '

      United Trada Association . Mr Barnm , Ho . 11 , Tottenham Court Roatf London . ' * < ggr Monies sent con t rary to the above directions will not be acknowledged . V Private l « ltP » intended for Mr O'Connor , an * sont to this office , niuat be marked ' Pmate . ' Correspondents are requested not to trouble Mr 0 Connor with letters , reports , < Sm ., intended for tlie Staii ; nor with any letters that ahouid ba addreseed as set forth above .

      m- The report of the great meeting at Birmingham , having arrived nt » late hour on Thursday evening compellpd us to withdraw several articles , including an editorial comment nn the Irish Special Commission , which ihall be given in ournest . HniFAX .-Very reluctantly wvarecompeiierl to postpone the [ lUlilication of the report of . Mr Jones' address to bi& constituents at Halifax . Unshorn Cms . — -We can make nothing of your letter You mint write plainer . Tub WootcoaBaBs . — 3 . P ., after drawing a frightful ful picture Of the Condition of the wo « lcombers , and very properly ctmderaninj , ' the apathy of a too large portion of the working classes , who though miserable tothe last degree hare neviT yet aande nn earnest effort to overthrow the existing acvurstd system , snpjrists that

      the above-named class of operatives should make Btren . uous exertions to bring tl . eir grievances before Pftrlia . tnent . He proposes that the combers of Bradford , Halifax , and Leicester should act in concert . Tha combers of Bradford , being the most numerous , to take the lead . The first large meeting at Bradford to chooSO > even talented patriots to draw up a Ustot grievuncet * The lint to be sent to Halifax to choose fivt to draw up a list . Leicester to do she same . The list of grievances to be followed up by a petition for tho carrying out of the LaHd Plan bjjgovernment . as proposed'iu Mr O'Connor s petition . Each comber to contribute one penny , to defray the eipenseB of the Agitation . Onr correspondent strong ) / urges the combers , and working men generally , to exart every enerjfy in support of the Chartcr , which if once obtained would be labour ' s great

      safeguard . The Nbw Land Compakt . — A , Bapshaiv , sub . treasurer of the National Land ComjKiny ( Norwich ) writes : — 'I think the directors are going beyond their duty in 8 » tab'ishing another Company without the consent of tbe present one , seeing that they aro the Company ' s servants . I am also of opinion that no New Company ou-ut to he established , until the present Company is duly registered . Ms O'Conni'r * nd Mr Mitchel . —WiHinm Jones expresses his surprise atthe ;' semi . invit ;> tion' piven by Mr O'Connor to Mr Mitchel , lute of the Nation , in the former gentleman ' s letter , published in the Star of Jan , 15 th . W . J . desin-8 to know whether Mr Mitchel was the author of that infamously celebrated article in the Nation , in which the Charter was denounced as an a ^ omiHation ; ' mid the writer , speaking i . f the division between Englibmen and Irishman , said , that he had no w : sh to ' bridge over the gulf ; ' but , on the contrary , desired to make it' wider and deeper !'

      Inquikt . —A relative of mine , u young man , who took the unwise step of joining tho British party , who went to assist D >« n I ' edre in his struggles in l'ortugal , net hurtug been heard of since by his friends , can you inform me hvrr , and where we can obtain any in forma . . tion respecting him ! W . C . Beterlet . Robbjjt Ejchbtt , — Can any person inform ; ne where I ran pr-icure the test copy of the life and trinl of Robert Emmett , who was tried for high treason in 1803 . —T . Hulit « n , St . cfcport . Mr Bablow , Ipswich . —It is Bent to Mr Creasej . Why do you not furnish us with the name ! There are many persons in Manningtree . Mr 15 UKKKTT , Edinburgh . —We do not publish the works you mention . Apply to the London booksellers . Mr Edton , Brandon , will do likewise . Poetet . — ' Britons called to awake . ' E . Robertson . —We must / as Dickens tays , draw the line somewhere . ' You somewhat overwhelm us . W © Uiure not roam far vour last communication .

      1 . V . Mekhii . l , Oldham . — Write to F . h . SimmondS , Esq ., Colonial Magazine Office , Barge yard , Bucklersbury , London , who will supply any information respecting the Colonial and American newspapers . 3 . Evan . — Your poetry is under consideration . Itfr length will prevent ua doing anything' with it at present . X RttoTHin Patriot . —Declined . A . Yooso Chartist . — Ti-e obscure journal you mentionis not worth powder and shot ; and it would be very foolish of us to advertise it gratis . J . Stephens . Mason , informs us that the Masons' Charti « Society lias been re orgauUei . The society meete at tlio Waterman ' s Arms , Paris-street , Stang . ite , Lam . beth , every Saturday evening , at half-past eight o'clock . It an i ears that a proposition has been submitted to tbe

      General Society of Masons to lodge £ 2 , i ; 0 l ) . in the Land and Labour Bank . Obseeyeb , Plymouth , —No room . Mr LlNToN . —Next week . B DaooMdOLt .-Neit week . Jfr Kr . DD .-The meeting at Greenwich , with a full repor * of Mr Kydd ' sspeechshallbegiveninour uext . It was impossible to iind room for it this week . A NATViK .-Your excellent letter shall appear in our next . John YjiroHAN , Chester . —No room . G . Cayilu—Received . R . Fisdlet . — < hall be inserted . S . W .. Nowton Moor , wishes to know if there is in exibtencea society f > r the purposs of assisting working men to obtain patents for their discoveries . Our corrcsp ndent had better write to the editor of the Mecha N : o ' 3 iV 5 AGAZINE . J . Fabneli . Queen ' s-heud . —No room .

      Manchester . — Wehave no objection to publish the letter to the" Journeymen Steam-engine Makers , &c ., ' but yio must have tho address of the writer . Mb Tomlinson .- Mr Editor , I have just received a letter from Chorley , in answer to one with my signature to it , tthich has been sent without my knowledge or consent , recommending Mr A . Tomliuson as a le ° turer . ' As other places may have received similar Utters I b « g to state that I never sent any letter as West Riding secretary , recommending MrTomHnson to any lucality whatever , I did , in my private capacity , once recommend Mr T . to our friends at Waketkld , as a lecturer . In stntln < this tnm-h I have no wish to depreciate Mr T ' s . abilities as h lecturer , bat it is the impropov use of my name that I deprecate . —Ws . Lact , VV . R , ? , T Howard . —Wagering is a senseless , ami oitin ruinoue custom , which we object to acknowledge by answering any questions founded thereon .

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      POHTRAIT OF FBAROUS O'CO . VXOR , Esq ., U . P ., TV \ MARTI > ' informs his friends and the Chartist body JL generally , that he has renucert the price of his lithographic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to the following price : —Prints . Is ; coloured ditto . 23 . 6 ( 3 . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To bs had at the Xoethein- Stas office , IS , Great Windmill-street , Hayraarket ; Sweet , Goose Gate , Nottingham ; Heywood , Manchester , and all booksellers in the United Kingdom .

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      * The Westhiwsteb reviewer evidently knows as much about the New Zealanders as he does about his own countrymen-something worse than nothing ! He ought to know that the New Zealanders are noble in person Wise in Council , and brave in eombat . Had the New Zoa ' land . ers the advantage of European discipline , and were they fully supplied with the material of warfare , the English would not bo the maitert of even a portion of their country .

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      ' 4 TEE MORTHBIH STAR ! ' Januahy 20 , 1848 . B

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF DERBY . My Friknds , —[ am heartily sorry that any procedure of mine should give rise to anything like acrimonious feelings between any of you an ^ the editor of the Northern Star . I beg of you to dismiss from your minds the remotest idea that access to the columns of the people ' s paper is denied to me . And in reference to the matter alluded to in last Saturday ' s Star , if blame attaches to any one , it ia to myself , inasmuch as my friend , Mr ' llarney , asked me whether I would wish the insertion of the Report

      which appeared in the Derby paper „ but as a paragraph had already appeared in the Star , and there beiii £ several inaccuracies in Uip Iteport of the Derby paper , I objected to its publication . Theadtlvoss , a document whi-h I hig hl y prize , should Imve . U'COtupuilied the Report , which appeared in the Stai : ; nrdnow , with the permission of the editor , I shall make atonement for this dereliction by publishing au address , of which I can say , in all sincerity , L feel a high degree of pride awl ' satisf action , I remain , yours faithfully , PHiMP MGllATH .

      \ DDUESS TO MB , PHILIP M'&ItATlI , LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE HEFRESENT . ATIO . N OF THE 'BOROUGH OP DERBY . Honoured Sir , —In presenting you with this address , we humbly confess we are at a loss to find language sufficient to express our sincere anj heartf elt gratitude to you , for the noble and gentlemanly conduct which was exhibited hy you in advocating the truly sublime principle of civil and religious liberty , at tile late general election . Sir , on the present occasion , we but wish to expr ess our sincere admiration at the energy , jud gment , and moderation , which were displayed by you at that time ; conduct , which not only gave general satisfaction to the numerous persons constituting OUT own class , but to hundreds of others to whom tliegloriout principles of the ' People ' s Charter , ' were but little known .

      We lieg , Sir , to thank you most cordially , as bein g the first person to come ' forward . and commence an attack upon this stronghold of Whiggery and espe . diency , and to proclaim to that party which has so long held the sway iu the choosing ' of representatives fur this important borough , that as political Reformers , they have beer * weighed in the balance , and found wanting . And , Sir , we , as Chartists , are determined never to cease exerting ourselves , until we have thoroughly succeeded in returning men to parliament , who are prepared to carry out the great principles of social and political reform , which are based upon universal justice .

      Sir , we cannot forget to return you ouv thanks for the valuable service you have rendered for a number of years to the cause ot political freedom . We are proud to say , that your labours in this glorious cause have been unceasing , and , we believe , eminently successful in leading men to knowledge o £ those just rights which will eav * them from the evil effects of class-legislation . And we hope ami . trust that hr who watches over all things , will gn& you health and strength to go on in your glorion , warfare against misrule a » d injustice ; and in pro

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1455/page/4/