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      O'CO >*> 'OB AND THE PRESS

      10 THE FUST ! AX JACKETS , ELTSTERED HANDS , AND r > "SHORN CHINS . J ? T Dlif . FSIEXDS , j 3 Af £ explained to yon , and I hope satisfactorily , - £ e error to -which prejudice gave rise , as to my cons £ -i .- 'a with ilr . OCcnnell , which , in fact , wa 3 no ^ nectioa at all . But it resJJy appears , as if this political impostor -was , by common consent , to have jsd to bold , to himself and his heirs for eTer . the exclu-: ts jj ^ x to abuse , insult , and Tilify every gentleman ttN , prtj = r ^ es to differ from him , and , if attacked -Tins , a fci ^ d < - ¦* - exemption from responsibility is

      ciaiE ^ i-¦ R " r-a * is there in this man , or in any other man , try * tv . -a a license for attack , and snpercedeas r ^ . r £ : or : ? Let it be your pride that yonr friend " ^ , ~ -jje 5 rst man who successfully combatted , mt ^ ii'JT overcame , and successfully exposed , the . * ,.. j ,, p . TcriM that ever trod the political stage . t ' -cw *^ : o e - "e'ence nPon another point Little tj ..-- ¦; i-J s s = ° * licensed plunderers , and even i- « ji E-J-vr ^ rd Biizes , and George Henry "Ward , — T . v-i tried :: e bust cf saint and sinner , Whig and T jt - ~ tie omv ao hosts * , penny . \—and , above all , the

      „ . „„ ,.,, ir nisjlf—these have all attributed n , v t >' ¦ ¦ cil rdlri n , and ^ hat they call the violence of jva _ j . - ;/> tbs decile of a mSciing politician to n ^ ie si-.-sey > .-f P- 'T ^ r credulity . Pyor foj ' . s : P ,-or ^ . v . - . rz . ite 'srrercie :. ' How easy , hovr rery easy it is to ct ^> a *¦ ¦ > - ' ~ - ' - ^ - ~ ~ - ° vice , aa-i a harj one to virtus . 5 u : s-. e hu -sr 1 sett them . Yi ' ziat - * ' --- r * - ^' upon which every newspaf . fri : _ . Vi Vt-.- -: it . is Msrttd . or rsiher what are the

      j ^ ui- ' Eiihtrrviu ls ^ i ' i-jn ^; , * . 7 ; th the here of T ^ y ' s ^ z t :.. z . ? j , v-r by a c ^ visj oi a ' - ^ rrii' / iders , T -v -v . ; . "• .-¦ - ; e ia-jiiteTii&fcl o : a ' . dint : pjliricjl ::::-- .-. —z : c : : their r- ~ - ' - whi-e th-y crcn a « : ' ¦ . > : oca-¦ fV- ;* . ^' - ~ ' ¦ -- ' --- ' ¦ ' ¦¦ i "Jp .-a Vfhiiii I itil ' . sr-i the y ^ r ; . ' ,-- ; „ c _ .- ; VVhy . ili ; . "' .:. r £ !¦ uch . I hav- in : nv ;¦_ ;; -:= ? . n it-. ; u \ : ' ..:. jZ-A prjit ^ nd lors . t : on the J . v ' . ^ t rrs .::-r . ^ : - rrt--. c :. u : ? n : t- : ; , iL . tl-j > -.: " , n t / . e r ; . - -: -. ^ i ,,- . - - :: i :. v ; , by Mr . H-l ^ n ar . : ::- H .-i ; ^ - ' .: ' :..: "^ iv .- : L ^ c-t : ; - ; U-M-v : c-f 3 1 -.-: vf ci . ly -1 ^ ^ r-ti :. rr ^';" z I c ^ " c ; i-: ed . hr sav ; : ; ^ ji : ; V ; t h ^ t i ; . _ : r : r-T-:- " .::. r . Lrd citr er , -. r . ces ::- <; " '• -r . ' . r 1 l t . -i j ; . s . I = i . t ;¦ ^ t :. v rr . iv- ; -c : :.: £ t 2 r :: _^ ; :... ; rt- ^ ucr -t __ ri . "_ - I . i ^ Ti . ui ^ -. s * ^ : L ^ v ^ j r ; luce " , a ~ t . ' - ¦• .. : . ? - ibs \ ¦ ' . ' l \ t .-z ~ - \ ' . lVi ' :- ¦ : rx ' . ~' . . •" _ . 11 1 ; ; - *

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      1 - --- - ¦ ¦ I -: Crr . un ' s c " -.-c ::-: n f ^ -r M ^ rL , h . I - :.- . - .-r ^ rl ; r D ^ unt , ^ : Mi " jT , in 3 5 . 2 . J 1 - =-- " - - -- - -i ::-. ; -iV « : Ji ; ; := g vf the c . v . rtj _ f C ^ rk ^ P ^ .:: - ; i : ::. y - _ - ^ - ^ .: i . I i ^^ j ^ L ^ rrUicr I ~ -5 c U-- -.-. 1 :. r Mr . J-. hn OC- ; 1 c : Y , u , ; .:.:, - ' " ¦ - ¦ - n - -: DiiLJ-Mun . : n I . -.. 4 ; aS ! 2 jt ih- ^ - > ^ - •~ T - - ~ - . i : < . J r-rer re-t : v ; . i . r : iT ^ r =-kr 1 : \ r , n ^ i T 2 - " " ¦" •¦ cz = ?• ---: " r- " - «" - I S ¦ * - tr ^ :- . ' . - ~ : T — - h ^_ s ; : u : thi : -sr _ s all I g : ^ X ^ tt , b . ar " ' . ' — . — ~_ j zu "" i 7 s Timriyw -i . I * wr , 5 uo ritrivl ^" ' " ""* ¦ --7- ' - ' -S . " ~ s ^ n ; " h- _ ^ Tt " ¦ v ^ s in tn ^ c ^ ^ s- ^ . ? --- ¦ ¦ - ' - ¦' ' -r : L .:. : n I : ela :-. l , a z-z-.-i a ^ d p ^ uUr c- un' " ~ : *~ - " - - " -: 2 iip ? n " . n ^ jie ' -eiisijzis , arid =-ildjm e" *^ ¦"" " - - — - s ir , s i- j * o ^ 'l . i- "X I - ? r ^ s ai vri ys "R" : r : - : - * h : 5 ' - « : r ^ - r . y . Krc . llect that CrCcs-el !

      v " 7 \ " : r -= 3 Tory car ^ idite , znd Dickey > Lirl V" * A" ~ -: n a Tor 7 caniidate . Becolleet that 1 r ^' r " ¦ " " : " ~ : - - -- - - prisontrs without fee , -n-fcilt . ' " ^ - ' - - l ' l- ~ i " ^ "J hundred caintas specie 1 , fees , ani "~~ _ : -- : ----- ' . rL ' . ; to all the casrf ; b-Jt Barristers oi ^; - J ! - -T - r ; t-m ftes .- Recolltc : that this -w : _ = " ^ ~ --¦ = " - ¦ , r .,-r when I Lad a pcuer , d .. - ia a c "" ~ -- ~ " " - ' ---= a Tir-er dare y . -lc aciins : ih- r ! ca i . n-J " *" - ¦ - t _ i ¦ , . j . ^ ' ' - ¦ : - " —J voluntary serrlces before y . . y kec -w ^' ";' ' * - —;> " unpaid tser . ircs bi-fjre I ex ; e-* "' " -- ' - " - ^^ rt of eighteen month ' s iaprisomnsst , ^ " " - " ~ ¦¦* - ¦ = I ^ -t Cinseq . ucnt upon a g- > od

      pollyl [ : ~ rbniiT 7 . 1 ^ 33 , to June , l « j , I vras an Irish ' " ~ " ' - ' ---t ^ ea ia th e afections of mv C 3 n = t : tnents _ , = ' -- ' - period even my eneaiics ranst aii-.-w ^ ~~; tji r ^ ct in pui-iic , ay rpeeches and votes in ^ - ' - ' > ~ cre Eot directed by any desire to court * \* * ~ ~*~ as EEjIisIi cc-LStiraency , -while my every . , ' " -i ; lz ; aTc . tLrj not on 2 v o j j r j ifl i ^ o j nn jTersa ] ' - ^"• 7- I did not , it must be allowed , suppcrt the G c : th = Dorchester Labourers , the Trades' L ' tkEs , 5 ^ iL-ize desolate and oppressed , and oppoie * . ~ - " ° - a powerful GoTercmrnt , leaving myself ¦¦

      - — --. party , or back , in order to secure the snppor " . ^ = " -iih constimsccy , or to mate a traffic of ray Pwides . ^ rrs j aej j ? 35 j ^ jj Xovember , 1 S 37 , two years ^ a talf , I pairj my 0 WB W 3 V | an ^ ^( j Dot ^ g most ^ ote idea of establis hing a -newspaper ; nor should 1 ^ aneiapied it , but for the profligacy , silence , con-^ pt , and injustice of the whole press , without asiurle « t eepuoa ,

      JTiien , from February , 1 S 33 , tiU November , 1 S 37 , 1 had Piper . I had no political trade for those four years *^ a half , except the trade of spending my life , my j ^~ i ^ &nd my money , in behalf of what I have ever r * & * S ^ and just . In wbat , then , consists my 7 * 5 * I established a paper -with the prospect oi j * u > S , a : Isast , £ io pa Treek ; but , instead of that , so as the mere article of trade is concerned , it has be-«¦ « the most profiiable proTincial paper in the kingr ** - """as I to aay , " Oh , stop—dont read the Star , •^ m * lose the £ iq a weeif No ; but every £ 10

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      ¦ ^^^¦¦¦ ^ 1 if /^ H ^^ M /^^ V ^ WVV TO HER MOST GRA . CIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Madam , —In my last , I noticed the arrangements of society generally , which directly tend to the increase of that mass of crime wbicli all must lament and deplore . Let us pursue the Bubject a little more fully , and notice a few of those arrangements in detail . Not to be tedious , I will only crave your attention to three , which are supposed to exist for , and to be most essentially connected with , the prosperity ol the community . First , one arrangement of our present anti-social state is , that large farina are more profitable than small ones , and that what are called waste lands shall be enclosed and brought under consideration .

      Now , Madam , let me ask what ja the natural , the inevitable result ef all this ? ia it not that the farmer with small capital must be driven out of the market , and that he who has expended his money in stocking his farm , ( held only for a short lease , ) becomes fearful of sustaiuing loss , and uucier the influence ef this fear , surrenders his manly independence , and becomes the crawling slavo of his imperious landlord . Then , as to the inclosure of wasto Jamls ; were not the lands , which have betu enclosed during the last eighty years , the common right of the pour , and have they not been wrung from them by an unpiincited aristocracy , without oven

      the pretence of giving an tquivalaut in return ? It is j-aid that like b ^ itteth its like , ar . d the truth of the ;!} - > hwism is clearly ohown in this instance . Xhe system uf Iju- jjo farms necessarily threw many persons out of employment , ami inevcntwl the cultivation of much valuable land , lost the price of agricultural produce should fall so luw as not to cnablo the traant to pay the reut ^ vclmI for ; ami Una is in itself u most grievous cnuic , since it p ; . ts ; i < lr ; y upon the exertions » f industry , and prevents a htalthy dovelopemenfc of the powers of ti . clLty . Nor was that sy 3 t . Mi 1 ut ' ieyil r ^ bUiy , v ^ T' -tnited undor tho luuno of ' Enclosure iiilis , " on- > whit the loss crluiiii-il . 'l " r . c 3 : ii !' . s wi . ro Lot ' . v i .-ty ; thvy \ v <_ l \ : tho a ; iii : iiuii v ; lit uf tiu i ^ oor , iu I ' . m places to which they were a : jicr . d' . si s , luk ! nothing Hit t ! io bi > ld ami li-tviiu ; i-ili-uiiti ry of a c \ . va ! i- ^ islation , \ vo : i ' . il li-tvj dirou to i in . my a family o : ici 3 re : uit ; red Inppy ar . d v . -. 'V . f-irt :. !*; ; l ., y t ' : e : r nioaii . s , i-i , by th-. i » - ciicl " .-. !! : ' . ' , rc-< iiu L" 1 t-j i ; ii .- ; ery , want , :-. nd wietcheiness . An . l wii - . U K' ; sUc ; i iwc vojult oT a ' . L lla-. liio . icni march' )! i : nj ¦ . ,. viiiu :. t . '—Poverty . Am 1 iisk .-d f ^ r proof , 1 refer at ••; . iv ' - > LJ ; e evi ieima t > £ tli- > so wlio have Iko : . " on --n : ..-1 .:. tL ¦ iJilschic ; . i ) : i < ' o . til rt . isoia ; l . v .-i ^ ii ' . ) b ^ ill . , in . ¦ . oivacy—that aris ' . oL-rucy wim siurouml yur . r ; iii- i iv , aii . l 1 yevciit 11 -. < j acj'mr . ts of liis'r s . s fr « , ; u : ur i ¦ ¦ ¦;• . ¦ . ; ,: ; - . ' ¦ ¦ ur r . Aal car—for the i : mi : ih at oC Uu New

      I , i-r Lisv , was , th . it t ; iv > j > : > ar woik . I tat u ;> th'j iiinl ; '• ¦ . ' . ¦;¦ > tver . such n iV-ir i" . '? v :: uib : d sir . cu t ' iu ci .-. c ; :: if ! it of t ! : u - (" id of C . iz . i ' . -lh , till small f r .:.. s li 1-I be .-n t-iii > .. rs-jilt ; 1 by lar .- . e ( lies , : i 1 : ¦• I ' 1 ' : ; . J' .. i an I I' i . iun . uis li ' . l b : on swallow I up .. y : 'Ti . ^ y a . i ' . l i'is : i ' . i ;;' ili ) av . i . "' : cc ? If , then , thi ,-, fi-: ir v . ive- ! l fo"i ' : dvl , iut of thi'ij' ov . 'n ni'jiitiis 1 c uviot ¦ J . ciu ; i ( ii-. vi : ! , ' , tu : ' .: i a ' . irini : ' . !; i " v ' . ¦;' . it , pauperiz . d the i !' . Mnii . TIvj . "•• iTii-i p : i :-t :. ) s il .-ciareil t ' 12 Bistar . ly Aft to ii .- 1 : 1 ' . . -Navy , l ) Lcau' -3 of tliJ t * iv : ' . l immorality of Vv .: vov . ie ; i of Ilugl ui'l . I krurv the accu-.: it'oii was a gro ; . s ¦ a-i : } * i --m <\ : i ]» nr , libel , aii'l t ) i > y kuevv it too , l . ut we can ii-. fy tl .-jin t j i > roUuc : i even a s ' m ^ lo decent pvt-t- uc > j f . r uch a cli-ii' ^ e , whou tli-i eott ; i ^ o was a peaceful ami ii . ii'l y li'Jine , wh ' 11 our agricultural poim ' . alion v- in . i : v . il located up m th -ir native soil , and wlit-u lew vents aivl Ii'H'P / C'lUjile . s were pr- ^ fcrrvil to ' : ; i-, ' e rte ; i- . 'S and a ' 'rs . ; iio : je ( l Jui . Mi'y . 'liie pretext for the mi-il I ¦ !; t e , to wi . icii , . Mau ' am , Veil liriVe lieea iuduce'l Iiy Hi" t ' . v . Uors wh- > r > aviouM 1 yon , to give your ¦

      ••^ ^ : ; \ v : i . - tlic in .- , ciivirv of 11 fts ami nroiii ! rtv . in tho ! . •¦ .- :: t , wa > the iua . cuvky of Y . iu aiul pro ] iorty , in tho ¦ . ' rieiilturr . . districta . iT . is was l-. it a pvutyxt ; tho real 11 . tive f > r tho e'nh ul'iix-nt oi V > i-i i : i ;; : i ; ous tun } uncon . - ¦ .: ' ut- 'iiial foreo v . - .-is to put do-vn Ciiaitisiii , and to iMUali tiio rising . simit of t ! -. o iitop ! o . ) Still our caluni ii ' i aiul our county rates teil us tint criino has ' iu--rv -. s » , il t ) a fearful eK ' ei ' . t , and it has iloas ? o in the r ;< ::: \ i ' . i . ^ tricts ] i . ' ¦ rv ^ as ' nc ! y , ad tho crimes of legal r !< ' i .-v li ; : ve !> cuu m > .-. bo < l a : i < l : r « . < iiiint , ; i ! i < l as the r (*¦ i .-y li ; : ve (> cm ; n > .-. do a a : i < i i-rtqiiiiit , ami as use

      i : ; iMiH i . f < il > t . iiuiiis an Jiviiestiii . il respectable fcubsisti't . c : ' , Irivo bee ci' 5 circu u-Krliic ' . l ami pi \ carious , i ! ua we bjliold vac v .-aiu >; ' pi-iuc-iprj in the governiiiy few , producing a vast uiiiouut of ( Iclinquotcy in this u ; r ' . ior . of t ! ie n .-i . - ^ -ov-. n . etl many ; ami we . shall timl , as we m'ivaiit' 0 in our lwiuw of the arraiigeinents of society , th . il the saiiiu s : m ! offsets t \> w iu otliur directioi : s , from the same pivlilic rout of ovil . The second arrangoiuont of Kjciety to which I wisb mniienc

      to ilirec' your Majesty's notice , is tuo uncue ; . which all our laws aiul institutions , especially th : s « of recent and Li ; . kii \ l falirication , give to what is callul property . 1 say , to . wliat is called property ; bte . ir . se so confused ami ul ^ uure aro all our notions on really important matters , that we fail to recogniso the nwit valuable of all jiroperty—the skill and im ' n-try of the people , as any kind of property whatever . \ V'iiat wo call property or wealth is money , houses , hint ' s , or anything which h is acquired a nominal and fictitious value , and wiiieh constitutes a man " re . spvctabiu , " in t ! ie convdiitiiiiial , tho perverted use of the word . We lose F . iirut of the important fict that money is only the ivpri . s .: tit-itive of things which aro coiiiiucive to the necejsuii-s . the comfort ;; , and the conveniences of life ,

      and is ns .-. l merely as a convenient medium of exchange . So alter circumstances as that it shall fetch . nothing , and , beyond the m-Jre intrinsic value of t . io metal , it woul-I bo only so much accumulated rubbish or useless lumber . Place a man without food or clothing beneath a burning sun , in the mi'lst of the arid deserts of Arabia , anil surround him with gold and silver bearing your royal image and superscription , iu sufficient plenty to discharge the National Debt , and he would give the whole for a cup of cold water , a morsel of bread , a rag to cover him , and thu most inconvenient vehicle to transport him to tho s iciety of men , amongst whom he might obtain a subsistence , even by tho veriest drudgery .

      "What a misnomer , then , is it to call money , in the abstract , property . Property in houses or laud is just the same : the house is of no value to the owner , if he cannot find a tenant ; and the land is useless , unless made profitable by cultivation . It is , then , skill and industry , in all their multiplied and active forms , that give tho real value to all these things , and to a thousand others , which their fond passions glory in as property , anc ^ because of which they claim a right to lord it over their fellow-men . And this is by the interested maintained of thing 3 aa they are , cried up as the perfection of human society , and the

      acquisition of this heterogeneous mass of lumber , which can neither ward off sickness , nor defy the approach of the king of terrors , is actually , according to our glorious Constitution , made the substitution , for intelligence antl honesty , in both the electors aad the members of ttie Senate . It can exalt a man , whose intellectual talents would not recommend him to the situation of a common porter , to the magisterial bench , where , swelling "with his fancied importance , he " plays his fantastic tricks , " and semis men , infinitely superior to him ? alf , to the cell or the tread-wheel , for the high crime of poverty . And what , I ask , is the

      consequenca of this vicious domination of that which ia miscalls- j property ? It is not tJiat the bonds which sh' juld bind man to man are loosened , that the laws whjch are made by such unworthy legislators , and foundry upon such unjust and partial principles , are deap ^ ed , and , in many cases , openly defied ; and that act / 1 of reckless oppression are perpetually perpetrated ? ^ o wonder that ; , under such a system , crime should continually increase ; the real wonder is , that things are not a thousand times worse than we at present find them . These men of property are notoriously the most grinding , oppressive , and unprincipled wretches , in exirtenoe . Theii selfishness la unparalleled ; their Jotb

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      of domination , insatiable . If a man in their employ ventures to think for himself in pelitics , he is kindly admonished , by his condescending master , that he has nothing to do with state matters , and is sent for sound instruction , in hia various duties , to Father Vatican , or PaTson Episcopal , or the Reverend John Methodist , or , perchance , to the Reverend Timothy Dissent , the Reverend John Dip-him-well , or Obadiah Broadbrim , who , though ready to send each other to fire and faggot on almost every other subject , will cordially unite in directing their various applicants to bow with obsequies devotion at the shrine of Mammon ; and to " order

      themselves lowly and reverently to all their betters . " And if all this pains and trouble fail to work conviction , and the toil-worn slave is still resolved that his thoughts shall be free , the last effort to bring him to a better iniud , is feelingly resorted to , and in the midst of winter , he is deprived of his employment , or driven from his cottage , with those he loves , his wife , per haps , far advanced in pregnancy , or with an infant at her breast , to die in a ditch , or be separated and poisoned in a Union "Workhouse . Can you wonder , Madam , that , under such circumstances—and they are

      not of rare occurrence—the distracted father will steal , rather than voluntarily starve , or be legally subjected to a lingering dissolution ? No ; if you give the matter a moment's consideration , you c . innot wonder . The poor outcast , the victim of the virtuous nnu c . f property , has been driven to desperation by his accumulated wrongs , and , in the bitterness of his anguish , he poetically exclaims : — " Now men of death work out your will , For I can suffer and be still ; And come he slow or come he fast , It ia but death that coiue 3 at last . "

      There remains yet one arrangement of society to be considered , or rather a combination of several arrangements , which is of immense moment , which is pro . ductivo of iucalcuiaW'j mischief , and ia wh . Vu U involved somo particulars , which ought ispscially to interest your Majesty , as a woman ami a mother ; I rcfar to the factory system , in cuuuecii-m with which must be taken intu consideration , tho ii : cn- ; i--jd apijlication of uiuchinery , au « l the effects it Lao upju the mining population .

      It is a fact , which I must suppose to be well known to your M . -i . jcaty , that a vast amount of c ; ital has hem of Into years inve .- 'h'il in factories f r the iV .-ncatioi : oi Mlk , woollen , un < l Cvotou good-i ; im ' . iienso quantities of which , i' « iH ! ' . ' ial . y c't ' . on , have Lej : i export " - " . ! to foreign markets , a : nl iiiimen . su qnauUllcs iuwc vouM have baen txi : orte < i , but for the operation of ihu Knylish Cv ru Laws . By Ihi . s system , largo fo : tu ; . i _ d were realised !> y the fortunate speculators ia a few years A ti . lo of wealth rolled thr . jtigh t . ' : e m : ! nnf 7 i : rtrirl :: r . di . itrict . 'i , ami Ih . ' s , no doubt , y . 11 L : ' \ o L-. 11 Ir-M ^ ht tu c > n > iili-v as : ui eviileiico of n . r . io : i : u p : -o ;> oi . r : ty . But rhLs i : : i most fata ! and mischievous ; . o ' . du .-n > u . I admit

      liia ^ tJ : J Mi'iowneivi t ' . ;^ Li ; i M . i : tiititt-r , 01 / . <¦ ::. . ' , j'Jraui ' oid , Ai > htu ! i-un . ;< v-2 . y ! ie , ri : ; : ; , y ¦ ijiiilge , tiii-. l . ' . ii the tuiiiiufac ' . uriug towns 01 ihe empire ¦ ¦ ¦ r o . speivd ex . 1 .. ( iiii-ly . I avlinit , too , ti : ¦ . ! . ' . ho .-- ' .. ii'i-u' , ' intei-e .-t , jf ! . ¦; . ; . ' . oil , Li-i ' orpou ! , Hull , ani olher p ji ' bi , nhuVul to < t viibt amount hi ihe coiniiieru * . 1 a iv :: at ; : ^ L- > vviiitii arose . iiUl of tho txtt'lliivd export ; -. t ¦ ¦¦ : i of Hr . ti . sli iri-. ia' . if . ul \! V .. iI jro' -ds , but I -Ijuy tii : i' . ih ' . so paui ' -S Weie XJlt . nation . All this prosperity was oniy that oi ' a cia-jH , ¦ r at tho must , of certain v 1 ' . <> ih ; a ' id I hha ' il . -hj ' - ' yon ! i : i :: \ i ! : aU-ly , that in thuo ! -: - ' .-ui-i ;; g c ' a .. " .: prosp . 'iity , we

      [ . lid " too ( it .-: ;! ' for our ' .. - . ii-. tii . ; " aini Unit , iu i ' xt , the i . ut ' . on , tho bulk of tho p < oole , m-i-i-j injan d an i not bouelite'l by such partial pro . xprwiy . ICcthing , I » p . prol'xud , can lo f . ar ' . y t ' aii ^ i'ev . I . . s conii'i ' . cive tj r . a ' . ional i . i ' cisptrily , which has a dir- 'cc teuJeucy to lestroy t ) ie health , iK'iase the niinil , and sliortt'ii thf livea of the woi'ki . 'icr I '• 'il ;'' o : i . ' } " !* . i b .-ir . j f . sT . - i ! itt *_ tl _ iet us iuq lire li . 'W i ' :. r the factory . ^ 3 -ttni , ; u at present couduet"dd , is AU ' t ^ Uy conducive ' . o those iertlul ciuls-Iho factory labour was , at i : s commetic-m-.-nt , carried on bv means of wat-. T po ^ 'or , < r . i tho banks of tl . u

      varii . us s reams :: i Y . rkshiro and Lnic : ? . sh ) j-e , Wjiu'li havins : for ages rol .-. d on in undisturbed repose , became n ' - 'Uateil hy tho w !\ i- ; k a \ d noise of water-mills , am ! their vlcin ' d ' u ¦¦ •> heciue ptop ' ed with a lnauufa'jturin ^ population . This » ysttiu was « iic in which vast proilte wero realUnd , aiul in which human life was srxriiicul to an tiunu'HSj , . in unknown extont . Still avarice acted , p . inl feclii ' . ^ icis capital , v . - . is uiii . itlciied ; and upon the iulro-(¦ . uction of s tain po-. ver , that assent was ea ^ irly suiz .-d upon . ; i ' . ul t' . i" -j water wheel , wliich could no" be kept Perpetually in ni / tion , was a ' .: uost univursally mruio to

      give plsuo to theslLam engine , which could be kept in constant attivity , and whicii vra . s in numcivus crimes s- - > cr . ! . ; is to run tho mills from twelve o ' clock on Sunday i-. ii ' . ht , to twelve o ' cloch on Saturday night , without i-. tt riiiissiou . liy this means , two things wero at o : K'e Kecured . I ' . r . st , the steam en ^ ino aii'J powor loom ( iwpli ' . cc-d a va » l amount of human labour , and compelled thousands to s ; .. eii employment in some other branch of industry , i . r . .- '

      Second , the labour mavki . t being thus overbtockcu , tho ins iti . ible laonsterj av . irice , which like ti ; e horse ' i-ach is ever crying , " give , give , " had tiie opportunity , which it f . iiled not to lay hold of , of trampling tfowu the price of labour , and of thus reducing tho Working classes into tlie condition of slaves ami bondsmen , iiesuk's this , the new factory aristocracy found out that much of the labour which must still be performed by human hands , could bo ( lone bttter , at all events cheaper , by children than by adults , and the labour market , as I observed before , being overstocked , ii was 110 hard matter to iuauce , ( to compel would be the more correct expression , ) the fathers a * id mothers of large families to send tbeir children to the mill , that , by their e . iriiitjga they might aid iu providing a scanty subsistence for those who gave them bivth .

      This state of things went on for many years , and not a voice was heard agab st it . Parliament cared as little as it knew about the nutter ; the revenue was increased by tho duties on exported goods , and of course the Chancellor of the Exchequer was enabled to tell the country that things were in a prosperous condition . By and bye , some glimpses of truth gained aa admission into the public mind ; inquiry was instituted , facts of the most appalling character came te light , and some shadow of protection was , from time to time , afforded the helpless factory child . And what is the actual state of things at present ? Be it remembered that we

      are now enjoying the advantages of a reformed system , and that system leaves fathers unemployed , and little children , —little girls . Madam , as much entitled to tender caro , and judicious training , as tho Princess Roval , —confined for many hours in the heated and unwholesome engagements of factory labour . Without time or means for any kind of mental culture worth the name , and prevented from taking those invigorating exercises so conducive to health , and so necessary to fit them to be the parents of a strong and healthful race . That reformed system also leaves , as far as adults are concerned , the operations of machinery entirely unchecked ,

      and machinery itself untaxed , so that man who needs food , clothing , and sleep , is left by those who pretend to be his representatives , to the feaiful odds of competing with that which requires neither food , sleep , nor clothing . I will only notice one thing more connected with this arrangement of society , before I inquire into its general results . The introduction of steam and its application to the purposes of manufacture by machinery , has had , and must necessarily ha . ve , a marked effect upon the mining ^ population , especially in the departments of iron and coal . It has been Btated , and I fear with but too much truth , that the classes engaged in these works are extremely

      ignorant , and demoralised to an alarming degree . The quantities of coal that have been required , since the application of steam te practical purposes , has been immense , and must bave required a proportionate increase in the mining population . It has been stated that one-third of those engaged in coal mines are females , ( if the men of England had the spirit of their ancestors , they would not allow this outrage on common decency to continue another month , ) young persons , in many instances , who are compelled to work hundreds of feet below the surface of the earth , in postures whicn must be injurious to the conafcitutien , and sometimes almost in a state of nudity . These things , Madam , exist in a state of society ( and most exist till the preeea * anangemeota aro tbuigecU

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      which you are taugnt to bail as one of national pros perity and happiness . Now , I ask , is not this sSate of things one which has a direct tendency to destroy th © health ,, debase the mind , and shorten the lives of the working , classes , or a large proportion of them ? Here we have children of a tender age , d ^ prived of the means of health , and confined for many hours in an atmosphere of contagion , disease , and death . This must destroy health . We have large masses , of untutored human beings collected together in a state of almost savage wildness , treated as beasts of burden , and , by their very situations , precluded from any efficient moral and social improvement ; being wicked in order to relax the mind ; in ignorance of any more pure or refined source of recreation , » nd compelled ' ajniqst to glory in their shame . Thus , then , the system debases and degrades the mind ; and that life is shortened by it , no one at" all acquainted with the subject "wi . U for & moment question . No wonder , then , that this , in common with the other arrangements of society , which I hare named , should be the prolific parent of crimes of almost every kind and description . That it is so , the documents laid before Parliament bear ample testimony . Then , until those arrangements ara changed , ' it is in vain to l « ok for a better state of things . Let us proceed to inquire how this important end may be accomplished .

      I am , Madam , Yout Majesty ' s faithful and obedient subject and servant , London , January 18 th , 184 * . NIMA .

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      made , was spen £ in travelling , agitating , donations , su ^ iicr'ptiuns , and so forth , in support of the eause . If , then , in my case , ihere is crime , I have been but tie passive instrument in the hands of a criminal comrannhy , who , by their support , have magnified offence into the blackest crime . Was any man ever charged before with the crime of having succeeded even in a speculation ? while I am charged with having my dark fortbodings turned into bright reality . Well , I have now offered other parties to vest £ 1 , 000 in the establishment of another paper , if I can be secured against any greater loss for the space of two years , still willing to risk £ 10 a week in the establishment of a press , by which alone we can ever hope to frustrate the wicked , support tke righteous , and triumph over the unjust

      1 shall now proceed to show the great daDger to the individual , but the great strength to a cause , conseques $ upon the success—mark , not the establishment , but the success , —of a dissent paper . The press is the first estate , the ruling power , the governing medium in Eagland . Xo party can exist without it . Time is too precious to allow some to think for thsmselvas—some have not the brains to think for themselves—some will not take the troublescjrne would rather not , and here ? we fi . Td a freat variety of n ; uu ' . s , interests , and opinions , sacrificing themselves , body and soul , to the guardianship of the press . > "o party can have an acknowledged political

      existence in a state , no matter however nun . erous , whiout the support of =-: iie r . 'Ortion of the pr < .: s . In ; ac :, lie iiai -. ' -lance , power , and corruption (> f the British press is a fact so thoroughly ad mi ltd . that it needs a' -t fur . aer comr-ier . ; , than , in passing , to i b ^ erve , t : a " . i : a newspaper was in t :. e market to-morrow th--sale -. tju' . J '• .- r-. u . i ! x :--d by the amount cfT .-rcd by iho V ^ rcii ^ i . r wii " ::- 'U * a qv . jit . un as to tlw future ^ oi ' v . ics o : the z ~ .: c ' . j . 7 l \ s rr 1 . ¦ -. ¦ - . \< , prln : ipaliy , f : _ > :: i tl . c i :: i-11 . ; :. ? e I r . t . t d-. r ' . vd fr .-. n a . lvurtisc-monts , iralnv .:. ; cTiZi by : ' . c' .: ' . . "' . is tr . if . Ui . titii .-us crv . tul . n " . i : < . r it :-:: ¦¦ " . ' . r ;" : > t . ' it- i > ' i" t- _^ : ckir ;_ : t ji utn'JUi'y , eccu ^ io :- 0 iy . urur-:::. i : ! : t . t , f socL : y .

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      t :, a /; n LI ^ r-ai-. r or" tint extractive ir ^ tr -.: ii--at e .-.: !^ -J a ¦ ' c . t . " it . i ri .::: ir . niiii ' -1 his l ! oo ithirstv fui

      :: ^ . Ur ; -- ;; rr :-ji a su ; n .: cnt q'i ^ : it :: y : tiie : "_ ct l . li- j , t :... t 1 ; . vvrr saw a drawiB ^ ui a cit . ol-: ^ y f . htr cat thiu a pu = ~ y vr . t , until 1 snw it in th- ; . S : jr , vuh-tn , ; is 1 have .-: hd , fi' ni this Tu , < - I'piT . ~ So \ r , n ..-td I 2-ive ;> bU a more convi : icii ;>; vr ^ jf uf the i-. tigth u which trifickiag puiitician ^ , ¦ whi > hive E ^ tl .: ^^ Iu : the chars .-ters of others t-j livc upon , will gu ' : Thij faln .-h .. ' -jj was actually uru ' c : rubies : nie by the Auyrnry-CJ-neral , who is , Lrvo :. d £ . ' . ' ca : t : p :: T :-.. n , the iii-jai ing-aious liar in Er ^ iand . Xhtis 1 ih = " . " y , u that thtre is grcit danger to the man " who thill vesture as a pirate uj'ua the oc ^ -an of puiilica ' . ~ ir : fri .

      > uw , then , let me a .-k yon what tas b 3 en the result to th .- ciuss ? Before you had the Star , —• , fur it lias l > -. t-n your = orgaa—you have h . id the bentfit , while I 2 ; ave had that reward which ever -will be awards- ! by tho p-t-vrer- ' ul tyrant to the struggling patriot , —wdl , beforey .-u hai the S : ~ r , what vrere you , vfho were you , and wha were your 3 eaders ? You were nothing - . you were liie the ciitanccd horse in the race—nevhire ; and y . ur l ? adt .-rs wcr « your drive's . "What aie y . / j now ! EverythiBj , every where , and It vrn-j yoursclvs' Such is your position , while- I am Ur' for huviug pj .-icc-d you ihere ; aad right chid 1 am that . 'i ^ y crime ha-i been s « great , and niv end so wdl accomplished .

      > ovr , just obs-irve , the man who mates personal aggraniliscmciit his aim ai : d enJ , mus ! k ^ -tv the people in ignorance ; while the nun who wishes to see justice done to all , having only a iuan '» share himself , will loui to the light of knowledge is his polar star . "When the Ir ' sh press refuses to lie , to shvre , or to work en Sundays , for Mr . O'Conneil's breeches pockets , what docs he say ? Ha siys , " I'll get a paper ; I have beea offered £ 3 , 000 to establish one . " " Well , I tell-him , he dare not . I t = ll him , if he establish such a paper as the Star to-morrow , and , along with it , established reading societies for the purpose of

      communicating irs contents , that Universal Suflrage , t ^ t al abolition of Tithes , and repeal of the Union , would be Tarried in twelve months , —but without that profit row' arising from the vapouring about them , and the consequent subscriptions paid by the wealthy absolutely an-3 actually to suppress them . When O'Connell gets subscriptions , the English people foolishly imagine that they come from those who desire the accomplishment of tie measure agitated for ; but nothing is more erroneous . They come from persDns , who "know Ms temper , " and who " know how to honld him . " Those who give the cash know full well that they give it as the golden link which binds Dan to property , and they also know that , that resource failing , he must either be &b , ehed in office , 01 thrown headlong into the

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      arms of the people ; in the one case they are quite sure that their order could never again expect to procure the services of so successful a juggler , while in the other he would fight with all the " fervency of a renegade . " If O'Connell established a paper to-morrow , the press which now praises him would maul him to death in a month , and make such an exhibition of tattered delinquency as was never before served np to the public . This newspaper , then , has given me a most destructive popularity—destructive , because it has marked me as a prey for the vengeance of all who choose to oppress , with a certainty of being well backed by the " Establishment . " But have I not , singlehanded , fought them all like a man ? It has done this for me , while it has made you the most powerful people of which history makes mention .

      Good God , how I glory in the rich and consoling reflection ; not one drop of blood shed through five years and a half of unparalleled cruelty and persecution upon the one hand , and patient suffering upon the other , —while I am vietiinised for the result . Yes , that ' s my crime ; not that I libelled or defamed , but that I would not allow you , though hard pressed by tyranny , to pollute your hands with blood , or soil your cause by crime , thereby making you an easy prey to the powerful .

      When did you ever hear before , in the worst days of dirk oppression , even under the hellish sway of a Sidmouth or a Castlerea ^ h , of a gentleman being thus treated for libel . ' I am in solitary confinement The oniy prisoner in the empire in solitary confinement . The letters of my sisttrs , my friends , and relatives , nre all perused by a piuler , or his deputy ; and uiiue to them are as minutely scanned . My clerk dare not hand me an account of three figures , without fiist submitting it for inspection to my keeper and spy . I am obliged to find my own coals . I am locked up from lKuruing till n ' : chi in a stone ceil , which was last occupied , ly a SjIiii-.-r , who was removed here from the

      i- _ i <> :. j - pr :. 01 ) , as a further punishment , a greater oiuth . ' . u ti l- pi- ;? ' a r . il ' . 'Vcd . I r . m tu-twitm . two and th . rs .-e 1 'Ui . t'he I y . ' . rds iro' . a tho i- ' . u-t ; where I am told I am to X ' . rcl ?*? . 1 hr ; ve not ? i c : i it ; . > t , far , since my yiml ' . 7 . 1-. ijiven up to convict * , I have uot left ;« . ;/ house . Tin- ; jj"isui : i . rs have tiitir usy- ; : M > m duor .- ; open , fru : u m v ^ -ii in iLi .- 1 .: .-rainy tul they go to bed- —; uin « is never :. \ - ; . I ; :: u l-jckcl i . p i ; "no c /; l all d-. y and all m ,: ht , a-. ' . 'i wh . jii tiiy r .: ep ' . 'r u : l : s me what tim ^ 1 would wi . >! i ' u- -i . il :, sV . .: ' . ¦! it r . iin at tL-. ' : uYn : nt-.-J h .-ur , thuu 1 r .:: i ; -. ); i \> t .-. t f ^ r the day . If a fr ' eiid comes t . ; :- .- u . ' j , v ; - .: r tv . vy \ v > i :-. \ i- l ^ v . nl l > y a . spy , ai : il re-[¦¦• t--i- 1 j ' .-:- . * ;>/ ill ::: ' . i . ' . er \ v . mi .- > ia my \ v ; ty to :- . - : X : ic : > , ' : : ¦ ; .::-A ; :. i 1 . thi .: ; . I t-j U . > : n iiftwi n to tv . v .. ty . ... iV .:-. ; , u * . ; i ;' i iv ^ i . ts . iho c ¦ ¦ ¦ • .. . i ' -ii-n .. i - lor ; ai : t , "¦ it U . -ti ' il 11 .. . ¦ fu i ; il 1 . ' , , , I m , . ¦ : : ¦ : 1 : ~ .. j i ' .... _• c .: i .: i . l .: d fi . rvj-rlis , i " .: i-i- < , l . i'Ce-iues , -- > :: ¦ ¦ :- - . - - -:.. " i . i : u . ; . 1 i u ! i .. ¦ :. < if tri : ; . - ;^ , c , n > - lui : l ; , K > n an : iV ( . r . > : ;< . * , i r n . t mmv ur . m ; . i j iiKiniii . s , « hii t / h . ve (! 'ii- t : 5 fi ' . i-. - I 1 *• . '' ¦ . ' ; n'i'i tliis : n : i ^ rui . u :.:. y , : . :: iu .. ; v , i K- : ' ;;;;> i < .: v-ri .::,- .: t , ¦ > -, "; . o ' •• - " . " 1 " i : . - u " . ' ¦ - u ^ i . - ii ... - > : . ¦ i'V ti : c 'i : i ¦ ... v-l ' j . o I i ' . v of 1 a ; ; \ -. 1 .. this thv v ; ,. )> t r li j . i ; . it :: i nl ; tho ¦ . ' .- T ~ t . If :.-y o . h-r -ev-- ; r . i .-i-1 :-. < . ; i -:., r i . i L ' v-i ' :: " . !

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      -ti-jM \ ylth its . ' . ¦ r , \! . a ' : l . i'hi- S ' tr h . ; s riia-io as u .,: jy ii r .-. r . i's ; .- . \ ip !' . ' -r . ewr : i :...--j , anJ many of t ' . i » u ( : ' . !• - ! -.: ' . ^ . fi'ii-. ttiii , ' thu ca ::. s .- of their prom"ti'in . Ji . ito ;) .- _ ::: i ih S :. ; r with . " - hrtrtJ even more imj > lara ' ')! -j ti ; : ; : ; the c : ¦ : i : ; r . 1 av-jv .. A fi > e . I a . sure you , I h . ' . v- ' j ::- / r- _ e-: i < rti . i . - t j c j : itci : ( i ¦ - . ;; iin ,- < t than yuu are aw ^ re' of . N-. Vtmrn -w .-.- > j wa . rhi _ d . In r . i-jun' . i : !^ s . ) ::. : ¦ o : my poor services ta Ire-land , I f < jrg it t j v . i- v . - . i , u t . - . . . v . y V ..-TV llr . n I ' . ct , as a bsrvist-. T , w . . itj v ... 'jiir » tvtr mv ^ -rvices for t ! : e defence of hoju-st

      J . hn Liv ,: « . the h 'i-sti .-t puHic man that lrt'l ; iv , d ! :::-: s- en {¦¦ : '' : - : j-t f : ty years . Yes , I ile-fend 'i h :.. ; : r : r :: st-v :: c <^ : " theKJ ¦/< : tyrannical charges eve-r pr ..-ft' ( i \

      ^ .. - . id f .-i : . ¦ .: 11 :- > I to u tribunal at tho Cora Exchange , Mr . ( . > .. ' -.:: ! : II np- ' . arlug : j prosecutor . Aft-.-r mine . l . iy-i --f ; rjM p .-i .-v-cmion , L . iwUss was actpiit ' .-id , l > ut a-1 sut ; sf lcUou w ^ 3 ever Teii'laed to this much injinvd u .: tn . 1 hat w : is in js- ;;^ ; nl , j W- . g a circuiiistancv ;; ut very l : k-. iy to ingiatiat ' - - u : e with the crown prosti-a t ' .-r . yiy fiknds , bf-ar one thing in mind—that whiL- 1 vss ? : 'en ' . nr . g thousands , I had to pay dearly i ' . ir eve-ry

      word of mine which the sove :: penny " Estaulishmenf C'o rj'Ifcsctnded to publish ; where-as , now I have to pay ¦ iearly f < r the sentiments of others , not only for news , but for the very means of distinguishing talent . Let me give you one striking instance . When I attended the great delegate meeting of Scotch representatives ;; t Ghi ^ gow , in Augutt , Is . ;!) , and when the proceeuincs vrt-re over , I tvok advantage of the monu-nt for procuring a good condensation of Chartist news from tin ; several districts represented by bix *« y-fcur of t ' . ie most efficient men I ever met I ' . hen stated that I would

      pay so much per column , for netcs , ma : k news -, but that a half column must be the extent allowed to any one locality , in justice to all men . Immediately Mr . Abraham Duncan said , what will you allow me for reports ? The sime , I answered ; but mind , I bar speeches . Well , Messrs . Daneati and Lovrrey made a a mrst efficient tour of agitation , and sent their own speeches at full length , without a line of news , and frequently complained if press of more important matter delayed their publication for a week , and sent

      me in a bill of £ 10 , which I paid . Thus , you will see , that I wns compelled to pay dearly for publication of garbled reports of my own speeches ^ while I was obliged to pay others for report 3 of their " own speecht s ; aul I aui sure , if those speeches had a beneficial effect , which I believe they had , they were welcome to the money , while I merely relate the fact , to shew how different were the means open to me , from those which I have opened for others . And also , in justice to Lowrey , I must say , that he thought he was writing according to contract

      These letters hitherto have been upon two subjects , which may be considered as personally relating to my- j self . For three days to come , I shall write about matters ; wholly appertaining to you and your cause . I shall j place the question of the Corn Laws , the attempt to j establish a hungry dissent church , instead of a gorged ! state church , as the dominant religious state establishment , and many other questions clearly before you ; j while 1 do expect tiiat my ha ving occupied two letters in self-defence , upon the vital point of physical force and political traffic , will be pardoned , when you consider thAt I stand alone of my order , and that my character is of some value to my party . In conclusion , let 0 " . e direct your attention to the great value of publicar' On of the national will You ill find the most e& . « ent

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      proof in the fact , that the " Establishment" does not publish Chartist practical intelligence , as it publishes the humbug speeches of the tribe of practical Reformers , if it did , we should never hear of physical force ; in fact , we should be over strong In our moral strength . I am , my friends . Your true , and faithful friend , Feabgus O'Connor .

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      THE PROPOSED JUNCTION OF THE WORKING AiVD MIDDLE CLASSES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sitt , —An eventful week has slipped away , and Chartism has received good or harm , as the friends and admirers of tho measure may hereafter determine . I have narrowly watched the movements of both parties—have heard and read much of . their sayings and doings— and I am convinced , that unless many of your excellent readers mind , what they are doing , and keep ii sharp look out , the enemy wil entrap them in the meshes of a . deep laid plot , which is to juggle the whole pt-dpU : out of the Charter .

      Coliir . s is a most rt-sp'jctab ' e , eloquent , nnd honourable man . Chartism owes liim much ; lut I am told , in a speech delivered iu the presence of " Dau , " and the rest of-his comptors at the "Feed , " he assured them , thut if tho pnndpied embodied in tho Charter weru hvoiiijLt forward l .-y tli ' -m , ho could promise the ( jo-oper . i . Uo : ' * of tho Chartist body . Ar . d I find in ihe address , as published , in your Third E li ' . iun , by the Delegnu-s , and signed by Mr . Joints Gieaves r . i-. d Mr . Samuel Ileaiey , a ! t-a : iing towards muldle-el . - . xs union ; a kind of currying for favour and support ; a sort of mawkish pquo . imisnv : > . is and mincing of truth recommended—hints , I

      i'ut . - ;; , for a ' gentle compromise of position , when We c ! i :,.-: t rather t <« Litve £ > r ; : L d in the divine power of j . : ri"i e ; truth , f oM . ' y sp-. lun , as manifested in tilt ; proud ; u ; . l txiiP . ' .-il attitude v -o now hold , aa a respectable , powerful , and iuttilK ' -tual political body of working uie-u ; in their onw iii ! car . e-r , ciole and wining to work out ,. in deplanes "f every obstacle , their own poikic-. ii rcd-cmptit . n . In this a tinu-. to show a white fui ' . ' iiir ? The U ' . ikj of vidory \ mj . ar : i ' j ! u ' ii tl ! Ba steady , I ' . ' . y I rulhe-rs ! stick to t ! iy v . :. !• ' \ v .-ikies" und you will r ^ L'uu tho cquiliiiriiiin -. l \ . t , "e ' . il cumiiiuiiicationa Ci'in :-jit epod maiiLic-K , " and this is bu ^ , a moment of fj .- ' -.. U ' uhiLf--3 .

      "A bc-iii-ficial union , " says the duress , " mny bo , pi \> uWy , . t . Tu Ion ? , ; 'C (< : )] ;> ii J :-. d bjtv . vcn the working ci : i-. es and tlw . h > i :.. si ;' .:: voc .. ' . l *; of right of every other c ! a s . " Now , . Sir , I qu ; .-iy Lii-.--. v .-oiv 3 bt'iitficiiil union " itiid the " li'inest inlvi . cates . " Suvi uuiimshave hnppened b ;' ji-e , and'when did thtyv .-o . k well for tho people ? XvY .. 'T ; uj'al \\\ y opinion is , th : y re-ver will , lit . s ' . ilea , tin 1 union ri > ntei ! i ; ii . itv'd hy th ;!! , is , that wo should liti . er ai ' . ow i / ii ' r pi-ineipk-s tj r ^ c . ive a new embodiiii- 'Ut , or j . hi tiuia ror r .- 'mi'thinj Iesj- . Can v > e do iit ! . i .-r , and 0 j righti' ii ' ue- latter wo cannot ; the fij . 'iii' .-r ' . v « ( in-Jit jj-it . J-tt it 1 ) ¦ . v .-i ;< j !; il » . m ! hy v : h ; i& 8 imwearied and di 3-i ;; ti . i- ^ . sti ; d -ex' . irioiis v , o i . oiv txiit , i > y whose virtues , h-. T <" -ty , c- - ur . i :, o , and . '• • . iIF .- ' .-ings v .-e have a being —who it ia has placed us in tho mest indeve :. Ji ( ii-t and >' : V-.: i ! cd ix / sit ' . on , tho foes of England

      > -Ti-r taw up .-jii l .-er Vosom , end say , can we , ; us ! , t vf , io Vv .-iikc ilrs iiiiuntable j'osiiien to ' . vhich he ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ . v ; - ' . . ' < i r .-i . lor tliti ami ) priuciph-s in a n-. w form , >> : ; ' : o-ing tl . e'in to Ik- tiio same . i when tJii- ^ is the hiallcuius act of em- orrn : ia-i beat friend ' s grmtrst enemy , done ( or no otlie ^ purp . -ise than that e > f crushin . s ; one of tho iircertst ? . •;<; trr . t-st men that ever breathed , if nothing more ? Tho whole world wetild blu ' -h lit our . •; h : ' . ; no . 3 Uit- whyn . en the other hp . ud , \> y such a ecu pr . iniUs ? , wo must f ; ivo up the lendurfchip out of our u vii harm ' s , i ' . i ' . o those of our former betrayers , ( who would "lory to rt . pe-. it th < - dose , no matter by what : uni / ii ! jt of t ; ijoi * Ty , in the hbiipe of " promise to pay , " t !^ p-jwur is < i '; . t . tin' : il ) v . - b couiriiit suicide upon our ( " ' . u-. o , atid- ( -ouiily rainod are all our further tfforts . ( . ' . a we ii . / Jcc sii'j . i ovi-rt :: re-j > , without giviug » thu direcfii . ; i of hiii- .-ilKtirt to '' our su £ -uri < M's ? " I answer , uol ilflV . ' •' . ' . IV'Vi ! ' !

      " i ' . e . st not for frft- ' om to the Franks , j hey liuvo a King who buys and sells ; In nativo ) inii , ia and native rauLs The c . nly hope for frcedoiE dwells . " Hitherto , Ji . ivd we not done our own work—done it we !! ; ni ^ d are we j ; ut prugressing gloriou .-Iy ? What , Llien , liiiiy huid-r us fiom proceeding ? We inertase iiuiiicrically , and move abundantly in real knowledge and mental capability . Look at our union , sobriety , the anoihte'd but- unsophisticated oleqiftnce of our Hpoakei' 3 ! What body of politicians , or of anything . i ¦•; . ' , caivf , xt up and couiUict mcetinis , write and pas 3 resolutions , -hi su .-. h busiiicss-ake order and ability , as the Chartists ? A ' one ; no , not even Members cf Puriiamont thcm . se Iv-s . taken as a wha ! c .

      And why , then , s : ay now to " softtn our speech and smooth our tongue ? " Is it lets iitcss-savy to spe-aktho truth—to - c > . ir things by their ri ^ Ui nan us , than forttifirly ? X : iy ., I should think we have gveattr license to he pi ¦ liner and bolder than tver—not to be intoxieatuil with bjccbss , but more assured of the rectitude andtiiuh of our p . s ' . tion . I know our opponents havo lona writhed in agony at our sayings and doings ; but now their moral and physical opposition aro both of no avaii—our heresy increasing the- more—they come to treat us with their wheedling twaddle—half censurefcnlf rnb-ctown flattery . " Xay you artJ too ba I , we own your principles in tho main to be right , but you are too harsh—too severe in your

      censure—unreasonable in your demands—take a little at or . ee—you make enemies where you ' might make friends—bo wilder , awl join the middle classes—denounce the Tories as much as you like , only , don't call us , " and so on , < kc . &c . Now , if ' the Chartists speak untruths , whether in smooth language or srosa , it is wroi : g ; but if the strong language be nothing more than a rea ! and just ck-seription—be truth—in the name of God let us go on : this mode of ' cuuduct never was known to be wrong ia the long ruu * and never will;—while mincing the description of crying evils , by which , for a tivie , we gain a few fair weather pi'oselytts , has always been baneful iu the en . d -, tue evils complained , of remaining the same .

      This union with the ini . ldle classes is a subject which ought to bo . fairly canvassed , and , I trust , the Chartists as a body will look to it . Let me ask those middle-class men when the Chartists ever refused a legitimate and healthy union with any class of men ? Did they ever refuso to receive into their association any who have offered to become members , unless tbty have been criminal characters ? No , never . Their arms have always been , and are now , thrown wide open to receive all ; who are willing to aid in the righteous struggle ; and , therefore , if the middle classes have not united , the cause is with themselves . It is evident

      they are not willing to joiu on equal terms . Having wormed theiusel ' ves , at the expeuce of working men , into an aristocratic niche in society , they think to carry tbeir obni / xiouis nsnseuse of " superiority" along with them , remain * part , cr bring us over to the notion that we ought still to do their bidding , and remain slaves . But our position is a truly godlike and primitive one ; obtained , tuo , by diut of much painful labour and cost : intellect aud virtue alone can rule among us ; and we are belter able , uay , almighty , to conquer without tha middle-class men -, and ere long , if wo maintain the advantage we now possess , necessity alone will compel these to come—to beg to come on our own terms .

      To this we cheerfully exhort them . We say , " come with us , and we . will do you good . " There is no obstacle on our part , but our determination is as immoveable aa our causs is just ; and I trust we shall go on in the sanfe straight-forward course—courteous to real friends ^ and a " tertot to evil doers , "—conquering and . to conquest , until the top stone of our superstructure be brought on , with shouting , by the soUfceign and united people . 'While I advocate an unflinching decision , let me be understood to discountenance the least approach to vulgarity , . much less , brutality , in the advocacy of our cause ; and that I am aware many of our friends nave havo not at all times manifested as much discretion as became them ,- yet what of this ? We are to improve , and not run into the other extreme , which has ever proved worse of the two . The time has come , when I will have all or none—all we ask , or something more ,

      rather than something less . Let the expediency-mongers dub me mad , if they choose , for refusing thai * " gradual" reforms ; I judge of what I ought to do , and every one else ought to do in this matter , by the past , the present , and the future ; by the signs of the times , the construction of society , the misery of the millions , their wants and weight of oppression , the safety , honour , and wefare of my country ; and if I am mad , there shall be method in my madness—method that shall defy the " political trickiats , and murderous jugglers of the age , whose itinerating lounda are taken to coil reund new-victims , and leave a slime aa they crawl to poison the very a ^ r we breathe , spreadingnew confusion , fresh doubts , confounding truth , simple honest truth , with treacherous sophistry ; and , if possible , doing their worst to widen the breach , icorgao ising , . instead of healing and cementing in one bond of union and affection , the lovers of justice and falrplay .

      In truth and soberness , I am , dear Sir , Yours respectfully , WIM . UX filCK ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct364/page/7/