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      SOUTH IiAJIC «« aniB . —DELEGATB MEETING . —This Tmwtin m held la tbe Chartist room , Brownstreet , Bast Manchester , which had been called for the tfxpress purpsse ol taking into eonaidexftttoB the reseace of the Chartist primer * , and to adopt means whfch to tbea night mm beat to get up a deraonstrafea fag theirreceptiwiInto Manthwter . It was agreed that tb * yqr ' Hfr *' . which bad already been formed in that purpose in Manchester , abcmld b » Te a vote in tbe delegate meeting . Pretest—Mr . John Carttedge , Juraji Hurt . Manchester ; Mr . Jonah Scnofield , Drorlsien ; Mr . BichardHadm , OlAam ; Me Janes Bowen , Kalybridge ; Mr . Roger Green , Middleton ; Mr- Jama * Barlow , Stookport ; Mr . Wood , Mandbaater ; Mr- David Booth , Newtea Heathy Mr . Jehn

      ? oynson , Hardstan-street , MaiwJHwter ; Mr . Williaa Platt , Salter-stsreet , Maachester ; Mr . John Howaith , StteHSs Szidge ; Mr . Jeton Baflev , Oldlanj-COftd , Man . barter ; Me . Gabriel Hargraves , Manchester ; Mr . peterShorrocks , and Mr . Wsa . Griffin . Me . Peter Sboerocks was eaUed to the chair , and commenced badseat by «» -rpi » fa'i » g te them , the reason * wfey they bad been called togetfeer a week earlier than , their usual time ol meeting , and then proceeded to read three letters wbkh he bad received ; the first from Feargus O'Connor , Ebb .. ; the second from Mrs . O'Brien , sad the third from Mr . Wb . Benbew ; after which a long discussion coBtmeoosd amongst •** " > -delegates u to the day oa which the above aafcrioU should be resetted to arrrive at Maaehester . © ae party « oateoded lor Saturday , whilst the other party wished for Monday , which terminated in a resofetioa te the following eSecfc : — "That the Committee at Maaefaester shall again discuss the subject relative to the day on

      ¦ which the demonstration ihall take plaoe , and that « aea delegate lay the same before his constituents , who shall decide which day they wish , and to meet again in the same room to-morrow < 8 onday } , aad when a * aembl&L , th * t day oa which the majority « f delegates tome prepared to « t * te woold best suit tbeir constituents , the demonstration will be held whether it be Monday or Saturday . " 2 nd . " That three persons be appointed to draw up an address to the prisoners . " Mr . John Bsfley , Mr . BieBard Hasten , and Mr . William Griffin were chosen for that purpose . They were requested to retire into the Committee-room while the Others discussed other business which would be brought before them . But as nothing definite bad been received from either Feargos O'Connor er the rest of the prisoners opoa the subject of their release , no resolution -was passed . Shortly , the Committee entered with ih * following address , Which wuread and carried with SCriailiatffTn ;_

      TO FBABGUB O'CONNOR , BS ( i ., MB . BRONTEBRE O'BRIEN , AND MB . WILLIAM BENBOW . Patriotic Sr& 3 , —We , the delegates assembled in Brown-street , East Manchester , on Sunday , July 4 th , 1811 , baring heard that you * re shortly to be released from your dungeons , hef most respectfully to inform you , both on behalf of ourselves and oar constituents , that it is with joy inexpressible , that we receive such glad tidings . Sirs , we hail with delight , mingled with anxious expectation , the approach of the time when we shall < mce more bare the pleasure aad opportunity of seeing you , and to enjoy your company ; and when your faTuiaceiHiant talents shall be called into action ,

      unfettered aad free , both with your tongues and penal When 70 a , as you are ever welcome , shall take your proper stand amongst and assist those who hare . fought the battle in your absence . Without flattery on our part , we assure you we haT « many times bad to lament the loss of such men as you in one of the most glorious , gigantic , and enterprising straggles , that has ever occupied the minds and attention of the WorMn ? millions , camely to burst the tetters at slaTery , and stand np in the dignity of freemen , to gain those rights , liberties , « nd privileges which of right belongs to uniTersal mas . Deeply hare we grieved that tyrants at heart should be allowed to torture and insult you , and Injure you both bodily and mentally , especially when we are conscious that the very extent of your crime , Ins been

      because you possessed feelings of sympathy , generosity and affection for , and manfully and indefatigably laboured to better the condition of what has been tanned , by those who liTe upon the fruits of our industry , " the swinish multitude ";—feeling , as we do , ecmrinced that if you had . considered your own individual interest to the exclusion of ours , and had takes an opposite course , you could and would have been blessed with every privilege—bad you consented to go hand aad glove with those who are now your and our oppressors , you might , instead of being where you now are , have occupied the highest seats in the senate House , extolled and rewarded for your abilities by those who , through the medium of sn hireling press , brand you with the epithets of fire-brands , rebellious ,

      dis-Sirs , —We tin working classes , judging from your station in society , are sufficiently aware that you have been actuated by the purest of motives ; and seeing tbe poverty , misery , tyranny , and oppression , the effects of fins * legislation , everywhere abounding amongst the enslaved millions ef your fellow-creatures—a Jove for them , yourself , posterity , and your country combined , propelled and stimulated you to exertion in the great work of universal redemption , liberty , and happiness to alL We have come to this conclusion from an impreesion wrought upon our minds by watching your conduct for yean ; and , from the bold and disinterested manner you . have proceedei when all the power and influence of tyrants was arraigned against you-, from the manner in which you have braved the storm , be thin danger

      aad out of danger , through evil as well &s through good report , bidding defiance to police msgistratSB , tteroey-generaL jndges , and juries , because you were armed and fortified with troth and justice , and engaged in a righteous and glorious cause . They , poor short sighted , empty-headed fools , fancied that whem youand the rest of the good and true , who have nobly suffered like yourselves , were taken from us , that the « ry against oppression would ceast , and that it would abate the thirst for liberty in those who were left behind ; but , alas > thank God , they never made a greater mistake ; for , in the first place , they have not , by their dnngeens , erased the love of liberty from the breasts of those whom they have had under their iron grasp ; but , on the contrary , they , the patriots , have come out of

      the furnace purified , and as giants refreshed with new wine ^ "filled with zaal and determination , have entered the fieTdjwith more vigour , and are going forward , advocating the principles of liberty through the length and breadth of tbe land . This ought , above all , to convince the despots , that neither the dungeon , the sword , nor the sca&ld , will be sufficient to uphold oppression , or rtifla the cry for liberty . In the second place , thoe * who hare been left behind , those whom the blood hounds of tbe law Save n » t thought sufficient game , have taken the place of yourselves and others , aad have supplied them to the best of their ability —the ill-used working classes likewise began to read think , judge , and act for themselves , and thus it was tbitthe fustian jackets , the unshorn chins , and the

      blistered hands hare met the tyrants upon the same stage ; stood forward in the majesty of their causa , and in thousands of instances havejbeat them in open and fair discussion , until at length , though we as Cbartista have suffered more persecution , met -with more opposition both from the law , the Government , the middle and higher classes , and all those who wish for things to remain as they are , and have had our ranks broken into , and out of them 450 of our best men imprisoned ; in a word , history does not record a society so much psrsecuted and prosecuted as oars has been , from ths eommencemeut of OUT agitation for the Charter . Yet , notwithstanding all this you have never flaiched , you have not bended beneath your sufferinga , and it is with exultation that we can without fear of contradiction , aay , nay yre rejoice ; and exclaim in a Toioe of thunder , that we are in a better position than we were when you left us . That we are now

      better organised ; a better understanding exists with each other , and by the circulatien of information through the medium the Star , and the Chartist press , the working classes in every part of England and Scotland , and many part * of Ireland , have been enabled to read our principles , which cannot help bnt prednee conviction in every honest and candid mind of their correctness and purity ; and thas have they become more intelligent And , again , many who once looked upon us with scorn and contempt , have been led , for the sake of the novelty of tbe thing , to examine and give those principles a proper investigation ; and as many have acknowledged , with a prejudiced mind , who after have come honestly forward , joined our Association , and have aUoired themselves to be put upon the plan 0 ! lecturers , to expound those principles which they at one time presumed that they were justified in treating with contempt

      Then , honoured Sire , if such has been our progress without men like yourselves to advise with and direct as—if this has been aad is now our position if we could meet the factions when we had only a fustian jacket , aad amid all tb « conflicting and numberless difficulties , and when even he ran the risk of losing hu employment—if we could mate ahead against sucb odds , what Blight we now anticipate when you onoe more take yoar post—when your presence shall gladden , and when vo * r fcon / ruas . a * if broken loose from

      bandage , shall excite our coaobymtn , and stimulate them so that tftnnrandt will step out of the routine of their former energies and be alive to their own interest ia pushing forward our glorious and immutable Charter ? Tea , noble O'Connor , we , judging from the elements of "which you ate composed , expect great things from you ia addition to what you have d » ne , in routing the whole nation by yoar eloquence , determination , perseverance , and generalship , cutting ! right and left at those factions who dread your approach . :

      And yon noble O'Brien , termed as you have been by jonr companion Feargus , the schoolmaster of England , i we jadgeyou likewise from your former conduct ; we ! have a pledge from you written in almost every page of < the Poor Man - * Guardian , and from your eight years ! democratic writings we feel confident that yon are np { te the mark—that your mi ghty fingers and your pen wfll again be brought to bear against the citadel of cwrinption , and that you will hold np the present corrupt ¦ system to the blase of open day , shewing its foul and j danorslisiBg character ; that you will shew the absur- i dity sad imbedliiy tf oar rulers , wbje&sr Whig ori

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      Tory , in their trying to prop up f ifclliaf Bailoafcy artificial means , and shew tbe renu tij for saving a sinking wreck . < Noble s ^ wcnt ^« rfn « TBr-r *> und-waij ting , undtnnted Benbow , yon wffl give no quarter to the enemy . If every one had takes your ad 7 ice , they would all have been elasuned to tieath long o ' uiee . Judging from your defence , from the fartitnde which yoo show under yoar sufferiBgs , and from long duty performed with honour to yometf ast satfsfaetlorn to your fellow-creatures , as recorded asA registered ia the demosratie press for the tat twenty years . We wish *• « onvey to y « L , honoured Sir , that we do not despair is yon , bat , on the contrary , you live in our breasts , and , like the aforesaid nobles of nature , possess oar etnfidene * and esteem ; and that we hope sod trcst w * shall be able to convince you that we appreciate y # or exertions on your and oar behalf .

      Sirs , we *» k forward to all three of yon to join tbe rsab-oftb * test wfcoiusve left their dungeons to assist in opening the eyea of the millions to tbeir true interests , % > organise them , aad raise such a phalanx as will , before bo very distant period , wring from a worthiest , despotic , and tyrannical Govemm « nt those rights and immunities which the laws of the omnipotent Ruler of the universe , and the laws of nature entitle as to . Honenred Sirs , there are thousands whose hearts pant with anxiety for the day on which they can pay a hint

      debt of gratitade for yonr past services ; only a that you are about to be released , has put fresh life into the whole eountry ; and the quesUoa universally askktg is , how can we sufficiently repay you » How can we de to get up such a demonstration as England new * saw , and to carry out which , money has been called tar , which comes in beyond our expectation . Flags and banners of the most costly aad splendid description are being provided ; and with everlasting credit to the females , we are compelled to say that they bid fair to be foremest in the field . of constituentsof

      In-conclusion , we , in behalf our , ourselves , of owt wires and children , return yon onr sincere th&nfca for the p *» t , and place unbounded confidence in you for the future , and remain yours truly and affectionately in the cause of democracy , Universal Suffrage , and no surrender . Signed , By order of the delegates , Peter Shoheocks , Chairman . Chartist-rooms , Brown-street , July 4 th , 1841 . After tbe reading of the address , it was resolved , ¦• That the Editor of tbe N « rthem Star be requested to insert the above address in the next publication . vote of th&niB was given to the three Individuals who drew up the address , and also to the Chairman , and tins ended a pleasing and animating meeting . [ This report was received for our but , but was accidentally omitted . —EdO

      The Northern Star. Saturday, July 17. 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 17 . 1841 .

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      THE MONSTER . Apteb nine years of lingering hope between life and death , ihe monster Toryism , refreshed by Whig delinquency , strengthened by Whig treachery , and emboldened by popular hatred of Whiggery , has been , resuscitated ; aad in the plenitude of its reformed power , will no doubt vainly hope to hold the reins of Government and to rule British slaves according to olden custom and constitutional prerogative . Silly thought ! They must learn , and that at once , that tae people rejoice in their newly acquired strength only as indicative of their approaching and instant and irrevocable destruction .

      Whiggery , which for nine years acted as a foil to Toryism , was not the great opponent of Tories during the past struggle for pre-eminence . No ; those sections of the people who brought Tory strength in advance , in order to have a fair shot at the enemy , whom , for nine years , the Whig ranks had covered , were the real enemieB of Toryism , and the real friends of constitutional liberty . The cry of give us a fair trial" will not for a

      moment be listened . to . They have had too many " fair trials f and in each and all the people have found them wanting ; and however the proud flesh of Whiggery may for a long time have -covered and partially cfesenred the deep and festering wound of Toryism , yet -will the caustio of public opinion very speedily remove the outward Bkin , and expose the running Bore of constitutional disorder" Thb Kikg ' s Evil "—to the naked eye .

      Give them a fair trial , " indeed ! Have not our fathers and our grandfathers , our children and ourselves , given them a " fair trial" I And what has been the results 1 In power , they have been rampant devils ; in opposition , they have been panting bloodhounds ; cautious in every step , lest in a moment of over-zeal to attain office , they should , by a lipoffering to liberty , liberality , or justice , establish a precedent dangerous to the tyrant ' s rule .

      To us the plea of Whiggery—tk&t the Tories made them villains , is not gocd ; to it , therefore , we demur , and reply " Not so ; for had you relied upon popular support , you would have been independent of Tory moderation , and guiltless of the villany . " But let not the Whigs suppose , meantime , that they can in turn play the part of negative tyrants , in the hope of again resuscitating Whiggery upon Tory hatred . Let them not imagine that Tory oppression ,

      unopposed by them , will of itself replace Whiggery in the ascendant . No , it will not . We have now created the monster ; it is for them in opposition to deal with it inside ; while for ourselves we are nothing daunted by its electoral strength , so long as the people have th » command of the electrifying machine which is now charged , and ready to csmmunicate a shock to tyranny , in whatsoever form it presents itself , whether abroad or at home .

      What then have we to fear ! We are aware that the bold Chartist stands in much greater danger than the boldest Whig ; we are conscious that the Whig jury-class will applaud as patriotic all Whig attacks upon Toryism , bo long as they , the jurors , look equally to Whig and Tory rule as sufficient protection or class legislation , by which the juryclass thrive ; while the Bame " sworn jurors of our Sovereign Lady the Queen" will haTe no difficulty in seeiBg a gross vislation of law , and practices requiring , immediate correction , in the case of a honeBt Chartist .

      What , in £ UCh case , then , becomes the bounden duty of the Yeriiable Chartist ? We have over and over again shown that law is a farce ; and that , as Mr . O'Cossos has well observed : " There is more danger to the peasant who shoots at the squire ' s hare , than to the Equire who shoots at the peasant ' s head . " This is true ; most true : but , then , unopposed tyranny acquires the stamp of cuBtom ; and usage and custom are most easily transferred to the country ' s records as common law , * whereas vigorous opposition to the infant abuse would hare prevented the monster ' s strength . Hence have the people been most culpable in olden times . Indeed we have no right to lay equal stress upon popular acquiescence at present , inasmuch as the storm of

      ; popular indignation so successfully kept up against ' , the Kew JPoor Law Bill and the Rural Police Bill , ; is likely , if not to cruEh those monstrous iniquities i to the earth per se , indirectly to annihilate , not ( only them , but the power of their framera . j ' What then , we Bay , becomes the people ' s duty j They must create a power stronger than oppresj sion '; a national feeling stronger than party or j class prejudice ; a sense of justice greater than the \ laws' persecution ; and if attacked unconstitutioa-| ally behind such a rampart of moral strength by J physical orce , then necessity , which ifl the mother j of invention , will of itself , and npon the moment , < create & force stronger than gunpowder .

      The voice of knowledge has almost silenced the cannon ' s roar , and nature , ever ready to arm right against aight , will be prompt in supplying her children with the means of self-defence against their enemies . The node of accomplishing all these desirable objects is by a dissemination of cheap political traets—the support of that press which cornea up to the Chartist principle , not only the support of those principles , bat the establishment of a principle ; that 13 the English Chartist Circular , ' tot | d . ; the Scotch Chart ' ui Circular , Jd . ; M'DoualTs cheap publication , -which we are extremely sorry to learn is not suppported as it ought to be ; the Odd : Fellow ; Vincent ' s National Txndicalor , and all ! the oilier ; and thoogh last , not least , tbe glorious

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      Cooper ' s little Leopard winch though « ompelled often to change its skis , jet never change * its flesh ; to meet in downs , in stores , irn hundreds to talk about the Guurter and its blessings ; to hold public meetings now and then , to prove the advance of publio o pinien ; to insist upon % perfect union between all parties struggling for the same end ; to look upon every nan ' s brain as having something which may be beneficially extracUdfrom it ; to

      make every man who is for tbe principle agree with his brother ; to live soberly ; never to give the enemy a handle over us by any infraction of the peace , bat always to be in a state to defend ourselves against aggression : this wholesome precaution kept the peace at the West Biding nomination , whereas , all moral appeals to physical ruffianism would have been disregarded . So much for the organisation of a proper public opinion . '

      Let us now see how such a force—presuming upon its completion—could be beneficially applied . For argument ' s sake , we ahall for the moment suppose a possible evil , namely , that the Whigs , who for nin e years have played most fantastic pranks before high heaven for the mere posseBsioa of office , should now constitutionally deliver power into Tory hands without a just aad constitutional struggle in which the people could and wonld take part ; we mean without another dissolution and an appeal to thb people , of which moreanon . Suppose , then , that we have such a force , our duty is to skirmish with the enemy according to our means during- the short

      supply campaign , which ib to commence on the 19 th of next month . We could not be prepared to meet them efficiently at that time , and defeat would be disastrous . We could not get our forces together bo soon ; therefore the country should petition for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jonks in the first instance , to try the mettle of the new House . We say for Feost , Williams , and Jonks , because we must keep their case alive ; we never can forget them ; wo never will abandon them : moreover , whoever signs for such a petition , would cheerfully sign for the Charter ; and this both parties will understand .

      Now , although it is highly important that snob petitions should be numerously signed , yet as Mr . Duncombe only moved on one of the prayers of our former petition , and as the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jokes was another of our prayers , he can constitutionally call the 2 , 000 , § 0 f spirits from the dusty archives , or rather from the burying ground for popular , opinion , and make them plead for his clients .

      Should the Tories not commence the shooting season" in Ireland before February , when the House will meet again , and should they allow us to live in peace in England during that period , ( which is very doubtful , ) we must meet them in full Convention on the 4 th of February , the usual day for Parliament , assembling . We have already more than two-thirds of oar -49 representatives ; we say 49 , for still will we remain within the lavra * sanctuary . We have

      O'Bkikn , M'Dodall , Sankbt , Vincent , Hanson , PlTKKTHLT , HaENEY , LEECH , WlLLlAMS , BlNNS , Lowert , Col . Thompson , Coophi , Richardson , John Ddncan , Abraham Duncan , Tbomasson Mills . Moir , M'Crae , Martin , young Thompson , and many others ; in fact , Scotland the land of martyrs , and consequently of patriots , has nearly filled up the list ; however the deficiency will be easily made good .

      If these forty-nine representatives are backed by the country , and supported by 4 , 900 , 000 ] signatures , which they will have and more , it will then become the duty of the people of London , headed by every member of the Convention , to go in procession to the Home Office with an address to the Queen ; and to the House of Commons with a petition to the House , of such nature and quality , as the country shall decide upon . Meantime , as full notice of the day of presentation will be given , it will become the easy , the pleasing , and the imperative duty of the people of every town throughout the empire to set

      one Monday apart , supposing the petition to be presented , on a Friday , —UbuB giving ample time for the knowledge of the treatment which it and the procession shall have experienced , to travel to the most distant part of the country)—we say , it will then become the people ' s duty to set that day apart , as the Chartist jubilee ; and , without any nonsense of declaring their determination to have recourse to physical force , it becomes their duty to meet and 6 ay WHAT nixt ! and it becomes the duty of the delegates to remain in London to receive the decision .

      Let these things be done ; and let no funds , not a farthing , be placed in the hands of the Convention , beyond the mere necessary supply for advertising , stationery , and rent of meeting place . Let each delegate receive full and ample wages from his own local treasurer ; and let him receive it , like other honest workmen , on every Saturday night , and none in advance ; and let a detailed account of the proceedings be printed at the close of each week , a few

      copies of which should be sent to each town , to be read in different places upon a given day ; and let a Committee be chosen to draw up such report ; and let it , when dr&wn . np , and before publication , be submitted to the whole body , and its truth and correctness be thus authenticated ; and then the country will have an unstamped national weekly organ , divested of falsehood and party spirit , and bearing the Bterling stamp of truth .

      Such are the weapons with which the country should be armed to resist Tory domination ; while the Whig alternative should be to transfer all the combustible elements of popular discontent into the House of Commons , as a national safety valve . To talk now of longer holding power by majorities and gunpowder , is child ' s play—a farce J We are told that the government of a country is , in general , a correct miniature of popular opinion . In this folly the Leeds Mercury joined during the days of Whig ascendancy ; but what

      will the Mercury say now 1 We say note , as we before Baid in reply : " that such was only a political truism , when the existing government did actually represent a majority of the nation . " Will the Mercury now Bay that the Tory Government represents a majority of the nation ! and if not , will it say that the government is a constitutional government ) and , if he admits that such is not the case , is it not our bounden duty , and the bounden duty of every good man to arrive at the means of attaining an object upon which all appear to be agreed .

      It is plain that the Whigs cut a stick in 1832 , with which the Tories have thrashed them soundly in 1841 . What , then , can the Whigs do ? Can they go to the shrubbery again and select another Whig switch ! No ; impossible ; they must go to the furest and cut a Tory wattle , of which they may hold one end and the people the other ; and then all may hope to annihilate the whole power of Toryism . The Whigs cannot regain power by the present constituencies of their own creation ; that is

      certain ; they have lost power by traffickuig , experimentalising , and fencing with Tery opposition ; yielding to Tory prejudice , instead of bending to the national voice . They cannot tO 88 up any other " hasty pudding" to catch the hungry electors ; they have gone further in their new cookery than they thought practicable or prudent ; and if reinstated by a majority , it tna doubtless their intention to have still relied upon Tory apposition for the non-p « rfonaance f clap-trap promises .

      What , then , most they do ? They must , as they have tried juggling for nine years , now try a fair game . They must show the people every card in the pack , and tell the people , in the event of a fresh deal , how many trumps they , the people , shall hold to atop " a bad lead , " or change a dangerous game . They must DISSOLVE AGAIN ! and without appearing ridiculous to all the nations of the earth , by another M vision , " or " night mare , " they need be at no trouble to go in search for the proper bait for the season . We will bait the hook , and tie the fly , « as to catch the tfiah : bat tbe fish mast he

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      tUrt f Chartist Members , eonstttnting the anti-Tory and Chartist rtaff in ike Htom . At this notion , whiek we were the first to broach , and which we rejoice to find the Chronicle and the Sun support , the bloody old Times , and our Great Grandmother , are outrageous . So mooh the better . If the Whigs allow the Tories once to get possession of the gunpowder sjid the treasury , then fare well all hope Of saeh organic change , short of revolution , as will ever again transfer power from Tory to Whig hands .

      Let the Whigs , upon the other hand , do that which the national voice will call most constitutional and loyal ; let them appeal to THE PEOPLE , and give to THE PEOPLE a fair representation ; and then let the Times and the Tories rave away till they are black in the face ; and we pledge oar lives that the result will be a wattle to crush Toryism , and for

      ever . These are not times to stand en nice prerogative . Society ia divided into the landed class , represented by a political majority ; a money , commercial , and manufacturing class , represented by a political minority ; and a people made paupers by both—not represented at all . Can the Whigs , then , ro hope to deal with the latter class as to regain power by their exclusion ! and can they hope to persuade them that any act which denies them representation , can be for their benefit !

      The Tories , it is true , have been much relieved by the rejection of Herbies , Sir Geobob MPRRAT , and Mr . Fitzbot Kelly—all aspirants for office ; but then there are ample combustible materials left for a grand blow up . Peel and bis old followers , Knatchsvll , GofLBUBN , Egebton , Lord Mahon , Sir H . Hardinge , Lord Ashley , and all the old constitutionalists , will not like to be removed by Lord Stanlet , Graham , Tennant , and their expectants ; while Sir Robert iNGUsand his disciples will each press for » curacy , or perhaps a plurality of benefices ; as we are now essentially represented by the Protestant counties .

      "A little leaven leaveuefch the whole loaf . " Ho wick and Charley Wood kept continually poking and hiccupping at the Melbourne Cabinet , in spite , for breaking up his papa ' s family circle ; and when one scabby sheep was able to infect the whole flock , what amount of " scab , " and "foot-tot , " &ud "blackleg , " and "liver-rot , " may that shepherd expect who has so many infected sheep on one confined pasture ! To hold office on Tory principles the whole flock must be kept together ; while to keep the whole flock together , abuse must be multiplied for the seduction of each let .

      Now in this state of things the difficulty which stares all in the face dees not appear to have struck any of our contemporaries , who measure public opinion and prosperity by the stamp returns . The difficulty is this . All the money has got into one hand , —the hand of steam ; and a preponderance of political power into another hand—the landed hand ; while , between both , the people are starving . It

      has never struck our sapient rnlera that the money has got into hands over which they have no controul , and therefore they can [ have no hope from any administrative change . They may marshal , organise , and register , each according to their respective tactics ; but poverty , the Chartist drill sergeant and recruiting officer , will prove the better general , and turn out in the long run , the most efficient and best disciplined corps .

      All legislation which does not regulate supply and demand , and give to labour its fair representation , placing its sterling stamp of value upon the fabrio , i s moonshine I " Want teaches man remembrance what man la ; The great man down , you matk his favourite files ; Tbe poor advanced , makes friends of enemies . " Therefore DISSOLVE ; " advance the poor ; make friends of enemies ? ' give to labour thirty representatives , and you may defy the devil and all his imps : on the other hand , turn sulky with the people , and farewell your power and for ever . Therefore , Whigs , DISSOLVE 1 Again we say , DISSOLVE ! and , without a blow , the full bloom of Toryism vanishes , and for ever , before the sweet breath of a great nation .

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      To this man's power , and its abuse , we trace the weakness of Whiggery , the strength of Toryism , and the rise of Chartism . The weakness of Whiggery ; because , as we have stated scores of times , the Ministers relied for existonoe upon his profligate support , rather than upon popular favour gained by good deeds . The strength of Toryism ; because every Englishman , from the princely mansion to the poorest hovel , mnst have blushed to see roguery leading folly on to national destruction , at the beck of a , tramping pauper and cameleon , prostitute politician . The rise of Chartism ;

      because his end , his aim , and object has been to remove , from the House of Commons , such men as Colonel THOMP 3 OK , ROBBUCK , SHABMAH CBAWFOBD , Whittle Hakvbt , and Fa > a « us O'Connob , whose advocacy of popular rights might have held popular feeling for yet a little longer in abeyance , also have formed an incorruptible barrier between him and the people upon the one hand , and between him and the Government upon the other ; thus rendering his corrupt support of less value by exposure . He well knew that to inBure unopposed power , he must destroy in the House , and banish from the

      House , all honest and independent opinion . He softened down Irish support to the plaee-and-title standard ; and then sold his country wholesale ! What ! does he suppose that the far-seeing people are blind ! Or does he imagine that drowsy Ireland has not opened her eyes to the faet , that the men who were scouted from the hustings , for lacking liberality , in 1832 and 1834 , are now too liberal for the " Liberator" f Does he suppose that the invitation to the Marquis of Kildabe , ( a Whig , and

      Anti-Repealer ) to become bis colleague for the representation of Dublin , passes without notice ! Doea he imagine that the Repealers forgot that" Ireland ' s only "—the Duke of Leinsteb , with the help of his tool , —Pibkce Mabont , got up the memorable anti-Repeal Declaration ; and does he think that they , the Repealers , will not recollect his , O'Connell ' s , recent declaration , that " the Mdrqnis of Kildare Has the son of a man who , though he took but little part in politics , teas , nevertheless , always ON THE RIGHT SIDE . "

      Pat never bad a patriot , Particularly good and wide . But tell upon St . Stephen ' s jtoor . And always on thb buttered side . Again , does the " Liberator" suppose that the extinguishment of Repeal by the return of anti-Repealers , will not penetrate even into the dull minds of his nose-led followers ! Here we find a Royal navy Captain ; here a Royal army Captain , and there an

      anti-Repeal banker , or trader , or barrister , all anti-Repealers ; but home of them poob ones ! Such men we find started , supported and returned for the Repeal county and bsrough of Carlow , for New Ross , for Kinsale , Youghal , and for many other places ; while the gallant General who was slandered and defamed AS BEING A REPEALER , notwithstanding the contradiction of the libel by the Newry Examiner Repeal print , is alone defeated .

      Here then is a new Irish sum for the solution of Irish Politicians . If it required 2 , 600 , 000 signatures and 4100 , 000 to earry Repeal in the House of Commons , with 25 Repeal Members aud a Whig time-serving administration , how many signatures , and how much money will it require to carry it with Daniel and his three sons and a Tory House f Answer . —Signatures , now no object ; money is everything . But let us expose the greatest inconsistency of the "Liberator ; " if we are justified in using so mild a term to such a moving mound of rottenness .

      Is it not strange that in his celebrated pnffa and advertisements for the sale of himself , of Ireland , and of the Catholios of Ireland , addressed to Lord Duncannon , as Home Secretary , in 1836 , he should have stated the non-appointment of Irish Catholics to places of emolument , as the great causes of Irish opposition t Is it not strange that his son , Master John , —heir to the Irish potatoes , ( the skins being for the slaves , ) complains that the Irish bar have not their full share in colonial jobbery ;—we say is it not strange that the " Liberator " , notwithstanding all this pleading

      for Irish Catholic place , pension , and emolument , should now turn upon the Repealers who have been sopped off , and declare them place-hunters aad soldi Is it not strange that , in the face of Irish denunciation , the miller Baronet , Sir David Roche , and the Whig Baronet , Sir Dbnhah Nobbeys , and the Whig Attorney-General , David Pigot , and the Trinity grub , old Dr . Stocks , and the Right Honourables Thomas Wysb , and Little Dick Shiel—is it not strange , we say , in the midst of all this

      denunciation , that the above title-hunters , place-hunters and sopped-off Repealers , should still be "My dear friend Roche , " " My dear friend Pigot , " " My dear friend the Doctor , " " My dear friend Shiel , " and so forth ! Ah ! the denunciation is only intended for the poor place-hunter , who cannot " bntter the bargain ; " and not for him who can " grease the fist" of the independent " Liberator , " who loves to have his itching palm tickled with the price of office , even at the expence of an ardent Repealer .

      Let us now distictly show why , even in his dying moments , the monster Chartism haunts the brain of " Old Mortality . " It must be matter notorious to the least observant , that Mr . O'Connell for many years has lived upon the very abuses which he professed to desire power to destroy . It must be equally notorious that every abuse complained of has , in turn , been placed uppermost in the showbox ; and that the juggler has invariably produced a new trick , or touched up the old one , for rent day . It must also be plain to the least observant , that the juggler has invariably by some shuffle or other changed the trump to suit his OWn hand .

      Let his career be followed , mora especially for the last four years , and do we not find him just at rent time dealing in abuse the most violent of everything English , and trying to court Irish prejudice which he has endeavoured to foster by such abuse 1 Do we not find him stopping short , as though he were shot , the moment excitement has served his purpose ? and in the midst of all , do we not find every single abuse of which he complained , and

      which he promised to redress , still in existence , notwithstanding his mighty power ! Nay , more ! after so long a possession of power , do we not find that the Tories , upon their re-occupation of Government , have now all the machinery of police , and arms Bill , and mitigated coercion , all furnished by the " Liberator , " made to hand and ready for use ? And should the Tories now abuse that power , who is to blame—thosa who finding it , use it , or those who furnished it ?

      Why , then , doea " Old Mortality" now abuse Chartism ! Simply because in its establishment he sees the "finality" of humbug . So long as he could live upon the wages which Tory oppression would produce , he had no objection to relinquish Whig patronage for a season . To the system of turnabout he had so objection ; but to the complete transfer of all power to the people he ia mortally opposed . He never was for any organic change ; he never affected any , the slightest , administrative change . Of what use , then , was "Old Mortality !

      Of great use . He has furnished a lesson of wisdom te all the nations of the earth ; he presents to the living the wreck of prejudice and old opinion , while his downfall will be a warning to all future politicians ; teaching them that the use of power , and not the means of possessing it , is the one thing to which the people look . The tortuous policy of this natural-born magician was tolerated as expediency ; and a blind following was a tribute paid to his better understanding , while in search of that power from the possession Of which so much had been promised , and so much was expected .

      John Lawless , Pdbcell O'Gorman , Mr . Lmbebt , O'Gobman Mahon , and all who honestly opposed , or exposed the " Liberator , " werecheerfaly offered up as sacrifices to expediency : to this blindfold subserviency , and to the fact that Dan being

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      paid before the job was completed , wo attribute his sale of Ireland , and hit ffU ^ hB « abtt < m * Had O' < k )! nreu . never touched cash tffl Ws tUent * cause was gained , we unhesitatin gly declare ,, that ft hehad had courage , moral and personai ^ whieh he ha » not , he might have been a greater man than eithfr Napoleon , Albxamdbb thb Gbbux , or Cbokwblu Before we notice Kb abuw of O'Cohkor and Cha > tism at the late Dublin meeting , we may observe ,

      that herein lieB the great differeaoe between CCo * . nob and O'CoihibW Q'Cowkob h » j , to our knowledge , taken an oath , * solemn oath , never to acoepi money , or value , to the amoaat of one penny worth y till his clients success shall entitle him to a just reward for his advocacy of their , cause . We know that very many persons , and bodies , save felt insulted by O'CoNNoa's refusal of presents ; but we hold his determination to be wise . There is little

      difference between money and money ' s worth ; and if he commenced by accepting fustian , or any other money ' s worth , he would probably end in looking fojmoney . Had O'Connkll made the resolution not to accept anything till his work was completed , and 1 had he made his interest and the interest of tb # people identical in the completion , it would hav » been done , and well done , long ago . We now proceed to lay before our readers thevenom of the Charter draftsman , as lately spit upoa hi 8 gaping swallowers in Dublin . After two columns of rank ' nonsense , and praise of Whiggery and our " lovely young Queen , " " Old Mortality" says —

      " A damp had been thrown on the cause of repeal in this country , by the foolish conduct of Lorft Ebringtonat the Castle . ( Groans . ) The Government refused to countenance Repealers , but did It now refuse the support of these Repealers ? Were they not thank . fnl for their votes that day ? ( Hear , bear . ) Then , there were the Chartists in England ; ttey did considerable damage to the Radical cause . A groan fox the Chartists . ( Tbe call was responded to by a deafentog burst of groaning , hissing , hooting , and every pos . sible 'mark of disapprobation from the immense

      multitude . ) Mr . O'ConneU continued—I think it right to tell yon , my Mends , that Feargas O'Connor made a most deperate attempt to have me assassinated at Leeds ; and I am informed that there are a few ef bis vagabond Chartists at present in Dublin . Well , I wonld like te see what colour these fellows are ofc ( Laughter , and cheers . ) These rascally Chartists are oar enemies—they are the enemies of Ireland—they are the enemies of the Queen , whom they nave grossly libelled . One word more , and that is a big word , Re » peaL ( Cheering . ) Yes , Repeal . It is for the great measure of Repeal that I am principally struggling . "

      Of the Repeal question we have before disposed , in as far as it has been extinguished by the " Liberator . " The groan for the Chartists will be answered tenfold by the Killarney echo , whose response will be "ten groans for ( Old Mortality , ' and the putrid carcase of Whiggery . " As to O'Connob , ** Old Mortality" knows full well that he told a lie , a wilful lie . But why marvel { Could he speak truth ! He knows that Mr . O'Con-NOR s only observation aa to Dan ' s visit to Leeds vras , , Let no man riot ; and , should any attempt it , let him be instantly restrained : our interest is to keep the peace ; their ' sis to break it . "

      Now , what will the old grave-digger say \ Why just what we say—that a lie , to him , is much preferable to the truth ; for truth never serves the bad man ' s purpose . However , in the midst of all this hot contest , it ia curious to see how the netted Chartists haunt the Whig lion at large . Every opponent of the " Liberator ' s , " till he met with hia over-match , either fell ft prey to the " Liberator ' s" slander and abuse , or in disgust foolishly gave him a , triumph by changing sides . Bat O'Connob opposed him from the first , in 1833 , when he discovered his treachery upon the question of Repeal ; and , without turnings hair ' s breadth from his course , he has hunted the " Liberator " into the arms of Ireland ' s bitterest enemies , the

      coeroing , " the base , the brutal , and bloody Whigs . " O'Connob has never lost an oppertunity of meeting , him publioly , while at large ; and has more than once challenged him to discussion in Dublin . But no ; falsehood could not stand against troth . G'Coit nob alone , of all his marked victimB , has battled him single-handed , for eight long years ; being in the first instance , compelled to answer his daily abuse by the slow , the heavy , and expensive mode which the pub ^ lication of a pamphlet afforded . And let it be borne in mind , that O'Connell was the aggressor $ and that O'Connor wrote him two private letters ,. Asking him for an explanation of his calumny , whioh might have been erroneously published , thus giving him an opportunity of correcting any errors before he publicly defended himself .

      What , then , Bome person may ask , is O 'Connell ' s aim and end ? It is obvious ; it is to keep O'Connob out of Ireland , well knowing that his presence there would be a signal for revolt from the crooked standard of the " Liberator " but in this he will fail for O'Connor will again go to Ireland , and dare him to discussion . While speaking of Irish afairs , we must lay what is positively nattering to our great cause before our readers .

      Firstly , then , for negative proof of our strength . We find it in the fact of O'Connell ' s weakness ,. and shrinking from public opinion . No doubt it has strack all with astonishment , that the Cobourg Gardens , ( the Palace Yard , the Holloway-head of Dublin agitation , ) has not , during the whole campaign , been the scene of action ; whereas of old , 200 , 000-Irishmen rushed to the spot , as if by impulse , without more than a whisper ' s notice , upon the announce * ment that the Whigs were in danger . Why is this % Because the " miscreant Chartists , " mayhap , would attend ; and , if not , police officers , attorneys , patriotic barristers , and the tribe of fatted tradesmen who never work , would , if left to themselves , cut but » sorry appearance in the vast space .

      For our positive strength see our weekly notices of rising Chartism in Dublin j and especially do we recommend that In our last to the consideration of every English , Scotch , and Welsh workman in the cause . From it ttiey will learn that our Dublin friends have done just what O'Connqk recommended two years ago in Convention—they have incorporated the Suffrage and Repeal Questions . Our gallant friends have united their question with our question ; that is , if Repeal can be considered more an Irish than an English question , which we utterly deny , inasmuch as both countries suffer immense damage from the incestuous union . But it is done ; and let " Repeal and the Charter" go hand in hand , as the united motto of united Englishmen , Scotchmen , Irishmen , and Welshmen .

      We have before stated that the " Liberator" hates every man who strengthens his monster , which he never intended to have slippedfrom its leading-strings , but which , like FiuwicBWSTEiN ' s , has now become too powerful for him . Let "Repeal and our Charter" be now our watch-word and our cry . Let it be constantly and incessantly repeated ; and before this day nine months , we shall be able to present the

      compliments of four millions of Britons to " the House , " ( without the money-stamp of a shilling each being affixed to their names , demanding a Repeal of the Union , and our Charter . So for " Repeal and the Charter , " Hurrah i Hurrah for the Charter and Repeal ; and ten groans for " Old Mortality , " and tbe patrid carcase of Whiggery , is the responsive echo to the " groan for the Chartists . "

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      * v ^ ^ ^ " * *^^ ^^^^ ' ^^^^^ BSS ^ B ^^^^ f ^ rWV ^ W ^ SV ^ r ^^^ ft 8 THE ELECTIONS . The following ia a summary of the returns * o far as they had been received by us on Thursday : — Whigs . Tories . English Boroughs 176 165 English Counties 22 129 Ireland ; 33 30 Scotland 28 20

      Total ... 259 345 The Whigs have gained 36 seats , one of which is in a Welch County , and two Scotch counties ; and the Tories have gained 72 seats , of which 22 are ia the English counties , three in Scotch counties , and one ia an Irish coanty .

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      "OLD MORTALITY . " But for Mr . O'Connell ' s recent and foulest attack upon the Chartists , it was not our intention to notice the acts of treason of " Old Mortality" ( Mr . Daniel O'Connelv ) , except to warn him for the future by reminding him of the past . We have followed him through his abuse of every living patriot till his voracious appetite was palled , and at length we have run him to the tombs of the great dead , for food whereon to feast .

      We find him engaged in a vain endeavour to deface the epitaphs from the grave-stones of the immortal Emmett and Lord Edward , and trying to substitute the name of traitor for that of patriot , in the vain hope , not more of obliterating all trace of recollection of their noble deeds from the Irish mind , ( which he has debased and brutalised , ) than of furnishing a justification for his own crooked , insignificant , and cowardly policy , made more glaring by contrast with the self-devotion Qf the patriots of 1798 .

      He never dreams ( old dotard !) that if it be justifiable to resist Tory oppression with a million of Irish pikes , as threatened by his pacificator-general in 1841 , it was not less so ia 1798 . He forgets that the perpetuation of the same rule ( which justified rebellion in 1798 ) , after nine years of Reform and thirteen of Emancipation , and during which time he has held the balance of power both in the House and out of the House , is wholly and entirely chargeable upon his treachery and treason . Of what use

      was his power if , after receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds , and after the shedding of much blood in his moral and peaceful struggles * that power has not produced one single beneficial act , or one single beneficial clause in any act , for a period of thirteen years , during the latter five of whioh he was all-powerful 1 Of what use , we ask , is that power , when no man can lay his finger upon one legislative act , and say " this is O'Connell ' s , " and " this is good" I

      This rampant Proteus , now for ever dismissed from his position , is frantic ; and , in his madness , he still , even in the heat of election contest , throws his venom at the only powerful party in the State—tbe Chartists . We thought he had been taught a lesson by the chastisement recently administered to him by the New York Repeal Association . Our readers are perhaps aware , that in a letter to " the real Old Goat , " ( Lord Chahlemont , ) " Old Mortality" denounced the Irish patriots of 1798 as traitors ; and that Robert Emmett , the son of Thomas Addis Emmett , late Attorney General

      of New York , who was expatriated in 1798 , aud nephew to Robert Emmett , the patriot , who was butchered in 1803 ; that this young patriot was chairman of the Repeal Association of New York ; and , upon reading the insult offered by the Liberator to his father and uncle , he instantly sent in his resignation , whereupon the Association met , approved of his conduct , denounced the '' Liberator" for his time-serving , expediency polioy ; and , after passing a spirited resolution declaring that more self-devoted or braver patriots than those of 1798 uever lived , requested Emmett to resume his office , which however he declined .

      Charlemont and the Whigs , the Duke of Leinster , of Anti-Repeal notoriety , and Pierce Mahoney , hia whipper-in , are now sought to b » conciliated by O'Connell . As Mohammed would not come to the mountain , the mountain resolved upon going to Mohammed . If the cause of liberty derived no other benefit from the expulsion of the Whigs from office , than the destruction of Daniel O'Connell ' s wholesale borough power , the victory would have been great . Talk of the rotten boroughs , indeed , while one sales-master holds forty proxies ; the only difference between them and the hereditary legislators being that the puppets must be present to vots themselve * slaves in propria persona t "

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      4 THB NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct558/page/4/