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      COLOXEL THOMPSON AND THE CHABTISTS . JO 1 HS EDITOB OP THE KOBIHERJf STAB . S !« _ I baTB just read a letter in tie Star of last Satarday , pnrporKng to have been -written by Colonel "Thompson , in rep ly to Mr . P . Anderson , of Edinburgh , the subject matter of -srhicn has reference to a lecture on the Com Laws , delivered by the Colonel in the Caeezfs TfceatTe in this to-srn , on Tuesday , 30 th Not . Ust , and to the report of said lecture and the proceedfcjrs thereat , which subsequently appeared in the \ orihem Star . Had I read sucb a letter pnr-TCr ting to emanate from the pen of Colonel Thompson , prior to my waiting on Mm as part of a deputation , or listening to bis lecture on the

      occasion I alluded to , I -would have conceited myself bound to reject it as a libel on-the character of that fentlemsn ; because all that I had theretofore read , Lirijjg £ 13 Bgnatnre , -was plain , locid , unambiguous , end cs pa > le of coming home to eTen the meanest capac ^ v - bat I ™ 3 t in candour ackno-srledge mj inability to ' arrive at jnsJ conclusions as to the precise inferences ¦ wticb he exveds Mr . Anderson , or the public generally , to dra ^ && the I ** 0831 « f rack & document aa his r ^ jer ^ tho Siar ef the 1 st inst The main object of the letter I can however discover . It is to invalidate « j 8 aufeeatieity of , and negative the statements contsiaea in , * h e report to -which it alludes . It surely

      jBnst have required an extraordinary amount of labour on tie P& 1 oi the Colane \ sa &nionnt to -which I -would cot be desirous of subjecting myself , to have so snecessfnl ] v broBcht forth a crearnre to the Trorld possessing ceitnertiia divine : attributes of the negative cor the affirmative character , aithoagh partaking of the nature sad quality of both ; something like those unaccount-» tls treats ef nature which are called hermaphrodite . Kow , Sir , as regards the authenticity of the report in " question , I ^ hall hold myself responsible for its correctness . I pledge myself t » its every sentence ; and I un further prepared to produce a host of witnesses to corroborate lie evidence which I here voluntarily

      Surely , Calonel Thompson cannot have read the reports of the proceedings in the Liverpool press , the Mercury and Journal , for instance , tfea recognised organs of the anti-Cam Law party , or he ¦ would not have risked his reputation fur veracity by the -niifng of such a letter . I shall , I trust , saow to the -world that although a working , toiling ( unwashed if 7 oa ^ > mechanic , and the writer of the report in question , I have as jealous a care of my reptiwti ° a a 3 li " ^ k fame" for truth , as a man—aye , and a Cnsrtiat—as any and every of the haughtiest of those who f ^ sr that 1 , and sush as I am , should come 11 betwixt the "Kind and their nobility . " Ths gallant Colonel says in the outset that" It is always d'fScuit to distinguish how much of a resort may be wrong from malice , and how much from mistake or prejudice . "

      With regard to any portion of the report being " wrong from malice" I believe that I , as the writer , am exonerated from being actuated by motives of a malicious nature , by the fact of ruy having up to last week , or perhaps the Eight of the lecture , fully coincided in the opinien of Feargus O'Connor , that he { the Colonel ) -was about the very best loan of his class in the country . Malice could not then be my motive . If I have been " mistaken" in the report , many , very many indeed , are so in common ¦ with myself . And when I f nd the report in the Siar to be in general accordance with the reports in those Journab whose reporters attended for the special purpose of preventing mistaken statements going fi .-nh , I surely mast at once conclude tbat I am not so utterly lost in ths laiarynth of " mistake" as the Colonti would endeavour to insinuate . So much for the gratuitous iasEustlon tlirown out at random in the second

      paragraph . Ib the third paragraph , the Colonel says" The deputation were not successful in explaicirs That their orgsct was , or that they had any distinct cljeci at all " 1 \ ow , it "vfould have been but feonest on his part t j iare at the fame time siattd tht precise rt&iciis why filer Yrtii not " fcuccsssrul , " & 3 he asserts ; the iaterrcpncn to the conference which we itfce Colonel a ^> i Eysclf ; were then soleing , having arisen from within ta arEi ' s-lengtii cf his person , and by one of his friends , sj expiaiEed in the report . The Colonel asks" Did it depend on his roiswer -whether he was to "be allowed a he&rinz or not V

      Surely tntesient transpired during the brief interview to point out to kim ths absurdity cf asking sneb a question . Bui does he deny the precise words , es Ri > ortfcd in the Siar , of this interview * 2 \ e , bet by tira Uses of myttifi-ed re&EoniDg , and two questions Embodied in £ ve Hues , £ 3 endeavours to Bkske the sabiiity if he cannot directly grapple with the authaniidty of tl * e repcrt-In the f ourtli paragraph lie says;—" When the objection was advanced , that the average iraresinthe cotton cepirtaert in 1 / 97 , was 56 e . SH Wcrkiy . sad in 1 S 4 D , only 3 a . Ci -sreekiy . "

      TM ? he seems to give as the entire question . Now i " y ref-srence to the report it wiU ^ e seen that the Colonel , for seme patpose bsst kco-sm to himself , hzs Kt Lere stated ose-half the qaSiUon . No ^ e who this priest zz the interview—not even himself , can deay teat the lacts were these -. —the Colonel had stated in te course o ! Ms leclnre , cf vrhich I took a note , tha : &s trsde ircreased ti ; e better csjsdition cf th = workipg--r- ' -n irciascd in the same ratio , vt words to that effect . 1 she—td-the EiK-tlrc , in cc-itradistincticn to that tie ; . " , zhzi get icinti&sture cf cotton liad incrt . i £ ; d fr-z-zi f . f -crm *? perial , 97 , to tie latter Derfod , 4 '» ,

      fecn t ~ t 2 ty-ihrec im : aon 3 T > znz . is io four fcuEdrcd u . iiix : ; -2 iliik-2 sr curds , scii I tb ^ t . shewed the decease \ n irat !^ . T ais he c ^ r-.: u . 'Jy 1 5 t 3 k \ zhz of , 2 nd Kcicts-iev-JiiIcs vtL ' cq tai i ' -: Lbh : s ; -nrtMSi . msiinc i : seen v . teifi-vt qi t ^ iion , s ^ d ihu = rils- ^ s 2 . tetiaiica ] crjicz :- - -n afctni tas -sre-rd ' iaseiooia"' not bfij 3 £ Ktuhe-i to the t-rr ^ a ¦ s-fciTer , '' aci thea ssys fee Sli ^ j zp'J _~ raid -p hlcl : I hid luz . Ee tien atteiupts to £ Li . w tlis . fallacy of ray r < as- - ^ i-g , by iuggLig ia the ¦ Ei nuak-iis , and telling . tLe iLct . izg that the oce rel = Tsztz iTould t-s es fcood or es / e ^ onsbi-3 in my argu-E £ - ; as the vtitJ . Bxi afttr Li Lid d-nied xhs evii

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      Grf- ^ mzei ^ neiy , I mcrtlj T-Labed to aicert&ln to ¦ sbst scares Tre c-:-uM ' . vice iLs c-preiiicn of those ensnrd is tie xii £ rn £ = e :- ? c of cci ^ a , wtea tLst isaxiU-£ it .= re tad ircri ^ K . u twenty fold . L-c C . ' . &Erl nist says uf ; er tLi 3 it is uzmeccssarr for ^ *> nj tiit lie iisciuoa tcit"Idicie-i tE ^ t tiie iiiiil-liJin wearers trere badly c ^ s ^ i cf its btlnz rece : T = d wiiii thi ; marked

      isditna-£ , is ciuie . y wiinyut ii > ucast . on m 5 , is ciuie . y wiinyui luucaat-. on in

      -- w : _ i = Ei 6 c _ iS Sew , 1 insi to know frozn the p Hant C-ilc-2 rl , 7- ' -i-3 ' he nicies that the £ sscr : Icas imputed to hLii a ^ ierBpu : :, are wii ^^ t fcund ^ tion iu fact , cr the Eiiifcr of its reception by the aic-fiting , fGr ths T = adicg * : . ] box both iL . terpr'sti . Uviia . If Le neai = s mating fc of the esprtEiicEs , let the Liverpool Journal 1-ear ^ - " . iLtas . I gire tie r ^ i-ly in fnii , ana tirar in micd arri-r . er frca tbit c £ ce - ^ as i >^ i : iaiiy rttdned . "Is . replying to Ih 5 ci ^ tiva , Col . ThosirsDn said ^"¦ =-b . t had just teer . " st £ ted screed with ' what'he " i slrtEuy sua . He ban stated that going on as they Vi - & ortriilTes we-e con . i ) e'l 2 d to Cimr- ^ te vri : h

      . ^ ° -3 . aa-i " » h 2 t otiier conJd rts : ! t from the sT 5 t = t 3 * - ^ 2 ~ - zL-J . their w ^ is « i in _; d be redaccd ? TL-e trade of C ^ :-725 t 77 had la rK-nred { iarirg the tine ueder an in-^ : 7 . zz $ therefore ih ~ objector had only cor . Srmed ~ / - -- ^ - " --p « n' £ prc-L <; sIt > ns . The previous speaker ^ hswcTt r . omitte d oi . e -word in Lis statement , vrhich -J- ^ bt to hs 7 e mtutionud . Ee sa-J omitxed the wc ri" Lsrd-icom , " before the term weaTers , " in his ^ aai Ee-. C-i .-ncl Thcmpson , Ceded tr-. ttae ^¦ - ; lo :-3 : weaver was at the present time badly off ; * " ^ t iapstas wire given to cvmmtTca , in one r ^ r ^ ^ ^ ? that those na ^ a woald rot also i > & gaiaers , ^" > "" ^ Q tie veracic-as Cclcrel disotte tha autaority ^ o-vz crrsn ? But how b : s lie jicrnal i ^ i the j ^" ^ ? . ^^ - ^ £ --P throcsh its Sr . gtM ? F ^ r the ' -s . r--i-02 ir tie -roi'd : Legalise it v , as EeT-. r utt&rcd

      *• —? Ks § e of the prwciinrs , if u' . ter ^ d alL With ^ i to tht ircsptlca of uiis d = runl of : be sctus ! c-jtir ^^ t-i t n = hzsd . i ..,- -3- sivcrs , it vr ^ uid argufy little r . " ^ " ? , f ^ ^ ^ t ' - ^ gtcce 0 : a m-ctii ^ g of working t . ^ ' " ~ -5 " s' 2 Hi-: to > iite ssch Sii _ r :: oza as I iuv « ^ pitrtd Were lscJ to ^ oss without cst > rt £ iii , g tLtir s ^^ Z . nsxt , ; pMi £ r 2 ph . tks Ccloatl labon-3 -with an ^" ^^¦• {^¦' " ^ J altt ^ r object te er cu : c L ; s purpeir £ rd " ^• ¦^ S ^ - ^ i roT - « -= = ^ tiTusts-. f i ^ a : £ irery ;; j T" * f * * that in Ittttr-press vrlntir ^ . machintrv , c ^ ' t ? - ^ Eiri < Li--s maucal labour , Las actually in- ' ¦ ;^ i- An-i tl is , too , Efter £ sdi ^ i- fiult ^ -ith ev + KS * cw of th , LLi ^ a wearers ! " . J . " ^ iE S ^ an . ( f :-: t my ci £ = of tie —ca-reis cfrrlnlis

      { rrr - ' ^ e- 'e z , I £ t me uiiect L :-s Lt ^ nti-.= i : s 'i J- ether iasta-. c- ^ s -R-here m _ diiiiery L 23 been inu . ^ = c « to tie albeit niicr prcstntica cf tie inttrtst £ ~ e Eaial laic-jrer . If one man in the pr . p ^ -s » . n-^ , ^ asss &i tht pT . ; s-.--at t-me can . with tLs aid of ^ ^ T * ^ " ^ ' ;! 't ^ t woul d t .-ive Trocired iixty zr . i : ; to gj ^ ^ ^ fc lTe T ££ rs 2 ro , I wat . i tu kaow if ibv £ iij-^ -- ^ t iio-srn up ,.-:- tee world haTe recuved £ = ch a ^ ^ ap .: rd : r . f ataour . t cf good frcm the in " j-oficction ' fej- 3 E :: c ^ as will ferce them to proEour . ee it a ^^^ S- ' If , in tie cil-Ico-prlnting fiepaitnieiii t £ » ^ v . ^ . ° one !> y £ -T ^ ty men in tLree iiioutlis , j ~ ---= e ; i 1 of macbisery . as Ec-me year 3 ago would ^ ''^ ijif-y ed fire hundred meE nine morths , I b « to ^ j- ' -tntEe gallant C . lonei if m-cLiaery in that ^^ . t ^ to the working man ' ratrtr a c-ensst >; : , "Sil ; Jt : r 7—ratier a tk £ s : se than acarse ?' - ' . Tct , t

      ^ -- ffisc ^ insry Las tvae en prodecisg , " is Las con-£ « t-.-lhiEg cf test ~ h ! cb it ins prbducta ; zrA , ^~ f , _ has _ rec . 'iered the Lom-i i ^ aik-t VEiuelrs-, by U ^ * " 5 6 = stitcle on the wc-rid tb . ^ = who were our . • t ^^ trs in xh-s h = n :- ; -murtc-.. nasd ; . tii T-orkt - ^^ -i "WL ^ n t-- Col . rt ; c-y-ii .-. - « ti ; e ti-ra--J / i ^ 3 empire tb :-. t n . ^ tlii ^ 'rj - has b ; -ttcrtd th . i : r ¦¦

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      ^ " . '"'¦ •'• " '« Ui . iIiVsr ^ U . V ' ioTfcClui .-lL- CCIi 0 . U ; ' 5 " = * » . ' . s-- .-t-. . - ¦ --Ca , iie > -. iiiiiVc * -n . l >; o ~ c iluo "¦• CC -C " . U * f c' ^; 5 £ ' - " ' - ^^ l ^ i ^ x V ^ dl Ibt ^* ' " ^ : rt P-iJ- "" -:- ^ . i = e rSi-. - ; v : cS Liire ^ rtt at isT ^ " ° ' -i « - ' - ' - -a v . iiiix .. d Er ; --u t ^ e W- ^ aa c . &iirs ^^ isci tab-etaue tiidr rsta-iirs ; ^ 1 m , se ^ ho a ..-^ i it . Pcru h ir ..- t Mi tie G , ILn : G ^ : ;^ ic : ^* *^ e individual wLw u . s . de the o * r j . cu-. u , or iLtier

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      pntthe quesKon , tnMa jet for a reply . With regard to Mr . Ambler ' s underetandingor judgment being at all compromised by pulttngthe question . the Colonel would have acted a far more becoming part had he answered the ques-tf . on , than in deploring or expressing hiB regret at it being put ! But he himself avowed that it was rather difficult to answer : perhaps that cansed him to regret it being put I again quota the Journal lot his answer in f ull : — " Colonel Thompgoa said the objector had stated a difficulty ; but-he thought it also remained with that person to shew why , therefore , the people of this country should Bhut themselves up . ( Laughter . ) Xet the numbsr of inhabitants be great or BmalL they had a right to get as much as they con ! d , but they were not to say they were to do nothing because we had m * - chinery to do the work of six hundred millions , and there were only eight hundred minions of people on the earth

      -I now wish the Chartista fairly to examine the question in the report , and the answer here given , and then say whether the Colonel did not fully shew the uimculty of answering to the satisfaction of any man , save a Corn LaT repealer ? The next paragraph is not worthy my notice . In the following one the writer says" That I denounced the Chartists for their interference , after being invited by the Chairman to ask questions is utterly unfounded : on the contrary , I regretted much that the Chairman did not prolong the qnestioning , &s the meeting was manifestly on mj aide . " JTow , let the world read the organ of tha free-trade men at that meeting—the Liverpool Journal , in reference to this denied deaanciation : —

      *• Tne Gallant Colonel here administered a very becoming reproof to the Chartists , who had most impertinently obtruded themselves upon public meetings , for no other purpose than to interrupt the proceedings . He himself had been a Chartist , and had assisted in drawing np the Charter ; but the management of the affairs of that body Laving been entrusted to very . indiscreet and unwise hands , who txpe-cted to gain something by throwing the nation into a state of convulsion , he had withdrawn from them . "

      It would seem as if all , both friends and conceived foes , had entered into a foul conspiracy , for Vhe purpose of misrepresenting what the gallant Colonel realiy did say on the occasion ; or if thia be not ao , when all are fousd to approach so nearly to each other in their various versions of the matter , the Chartist public will know how to appreciate the denial The Journal has certainly omitted the words " for ever , " if they were not uttered , I trust they ^ ill fes acted upon by the gallant Colonel ; as I think . the sooner tlioy are put

      into practical operation the belter for the canse in which I , in common with others , am honestly engaged . As to the Colonel ' s regret at the conduct of the Chairman , I could wish to know if it was on that night , or the next morning , or after the receipt of ilr . Anderson ' ^ letter , or when reading the report in the Siar of the 11 thDi ^ , 'that this request arose in his bosom ? as I was engaged in conversation with him on the platform whilst the Chairman was endeavouring to prevent Mr . Aajblerfrom being heard , and none of those rt quests then fsond utterance .

      Lmiy , the Colonel says , in quoting the report , that he ia— - " " Bound to stamp it as a misrepresentation by all the obligations which bind a man not to be a part / to a wilful fraud upon the public ; the truth ia tfee Chartists were a small minority , 50 or 60 at the most , in an assembly cf 2000 , and collected in the comers of the pit where they could make most of their strength in concert . " Now , Sir , if I was aware of the motives which prompt the Colonel to make this Btateraent , bo utterly st variance with truth , I would better know how to vasbi it . II the assertion is made on the &t » Lcrity of h . s own . ¦ bscryation , I must accord him but little credit for bis acute perception . If the stateiaest is msde on

      authority of some individual or otaer than himself , he oustt in common justice to his own cliaracter . to Lavs iofliiurtd a " more strict Lnq-ur-y pre-fious to giving i-. the Seal cf his authority . If the Chairman had coa-^ ired that - the " numbers wers so insignificant as 100 Colonel here asserts , wLy did he not put to the meeting the resolution , moved by Robert Jones , of C . Ti ! law notoriety , in Iuvtrpocl , in the same Hunner C 3 the resolution , moving a vote of thanks to the ]• . _ r-rer ? No ; the Chainmn was over well convinced tbat tiifc unmtJers of those who despised their theorising vrculd lu . Te been made too glaringly manifest ; hence prudence overcame zeal , and the resolution was put in a niznner utterly at variance with all forms of public U ^ ECe . in

      As rc ^ srds ftmeudoes thrown various par ts of the letter ainir . st the KosVieni Siar , aii that I shall say in rvferti . ee thereto , is that , so fir ls the report coinplaised of is concerned , the Star is wholiy and entirely inesp--: u 5 ! b : e , for eitheT its Veracity or its faisebecd . And permitsne here to dirc-ct Col . Thompson's attention to a fsct , which at once goes to ahovr that tie Star , inrtead of having a desire to misrepresent him ss a pablic rain , or cud-ar-jur to crtai-c- a preja-iiee uenrarrantsbiy arraLtst hum in the public mind , is actuated by a fetiin-.: precisely the reverse bf tLie .

      A report 0 : tne next Ciiarust meeting which was held heid . after the lecture in the Taer . tre , was stilt to the Star for insertion , containing bdtub EiVere strictues o- Cc-Ionvi Thompson for bis th- e recent cor . luct ; but instead of riving tie report cs sent , the E < -it-. r fscluded from it evsry word vrhieh L 2 .- ' r-rf-.-rj-cce to Csioscl Thonirs-.-r > , instead ti eTi-icr g a desire ti izsetV . zg yr ^ i& % u-. icht h ? ve to rAm prt .-7 cd crt-jj-dlcia zls a ; - ! .-: ic a ^ r :, V ' j ih . t ~ aroua-I hitu . the ufiica ' . s r ; an :: 3 jf cli 2 ntt : ' -- ; e si . ; 2 C 2 : in bip ^ s , perl-ars . ' rh . it a ; though ore h-. ' il itep h ~ d letn w ? . 2 s , iu . ' ^ quvu ; r . 3-K :: on - . tv-iIl : r-Tiln ' . nr ^ tile . ? iu . " . crr : r to ; b- j ¦ ¦ " :: cf public c . u : y . 5 utb h-. j-rs I am f ^ r fan : en ' . ' .- '^ i ^ . r . ; . v . TiZ . i 2 ?* ei : ' -, i Ic . icTe u-i - ^ Lo ia c- > nr ; -cticn Triti , t . < . C ^ aTtifct Tii-jv ^ iu-rr . in l .: v . ; rpvjl baTe wi : Qt ; :- c J vrh . . I L .. Te v ,-i ^ :.. i £ -:-a j . i ih- virt cf the Cul ^ nei a 5 a ruylic iu ^ l ., ttr . ' - ~ ih me tLat t _ ere is not a hoc-k vLyreun U > uzzig sacl ; - hc-j . -i * . *

      lu con ^ ust-u , "I Itcts tiie men of Lc ? if they il ; .. uid -xtzx aljZ ^ i 1-ats . 1 ti uat C-.-or .. -l TLor ^ peon ' s frj-jr . i " t .. ° iraTtik : " < i ' . d not tsc-j a g 5 r . z ; d hat . 'iha ¦ U ' ^ -eful Xcai 6 V . ; b : aiiCi of il .-= tr ^ vellrr in V \' a ] es with the si-z .-d h ^ . z , ir . lie ca-a cf e'or iLjntnttd p-a ' . riot Prcst , i ^ yci bitterly ailre ia tha b-j 3 j : r . of the ChimLsts .

      Luifih-S ; lis ritLer let ; tLy dt > cti : iient in tLe Lat : il . = of iByChnxtist bretLit-a taroughout the empire , ma pripared to redf-vm t 7-. ; 7 pitdstj here given , ^ rd vriin ajsaicus tye v : ^ iuitly cliierTir . z tLe iHoVeni-.-.-ts oi jrufesseu frien ' s , azd ~ ith i . tic . trmiuation to tx-tc ' iint ^ r upen and aTow-. d eaernies , I ttg ie-i . Te to mVaciioa rsyself , In tbe cause of dc-mocrac 7 , A Tery humble Lut very sircereulsE'p !? , CiR . VA 5 . ll il'C ' AETSEY . 13 , CrosshiU-ftreet , Livirpjol , January 5 th , ! Si 2 .

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      the rec :-: nt iiEEii : > g- at the zivsw hall . TO THE EDITOR OF THE > -0 HTHER > ' STAR , SiB ., —Would you Iliow me to make z few ot : ? ervations upon- the in— : ting at the Mu ' -ic Hall , ^ n the 4 : h icbt , tt-rongb Ibe medl > 'Hi of your widely circulated and valuable journal In reference to tie society - ^ ho coiled tbat me ^ tinr' , and whose proceeainqs we are faL " iy cbirped with having interrupted , I teg to as ) : vrhat ere tfc « real int-. ntions of tie party comvosir-e ; thzt cccirty -which has fur its ostensible object the extinction of slavtry in Africa ? We Lave the fuliest rigflt to ir . qnire into their motives , as well as to hoid up cur bases at public nieetin ^ s , b Ah of which ws are d « : ttnniE . e < I to cs ^ rcise en all befitting occasions . Soipe of the men composkg tLat

      societv are men who trtre violtat opponents of tbe emancipation of the Slaves in the West Indies , and some who I saw ie tat orcfctstia ttat efc-Eiusr hold ar . d * rer 3 y avt-w pripifpies niitrly at varia ;? C 9 with every principle of true liberty , and wiio . in perfect ace jrdaz . ee w . th tlieir principles , haT 3 , on-every fccasioc , rliOffn a Etro n ^ disinclination to move in tie cause of reform at h- iue , tLou-ch continually and ci' < sely pr- ^ itd to do so iff thtir mure hberai mindtd hitoius ; and even at tLis raorritnt oi unparalleitfd dic ' -rejs , wten ail das * es are suiLriEg ( except tfee tiX-eatt-rs ) without t-XCfcptkn , to a grtatt-i extt-at taau at any f orEier ^ Ti-- -d , tee-Si rart : es still exhibit an ar-sU-y . tn tm-. vii ' ADSTiSss to Ifcisd a hand t-j " extricate the cjuntry frc-ra the heavy load tLat bears down her eyerj eucrgy , vLuiir . tctiliy inconsistent witli tiie spirit of t .-ue

      phi-2 ai . tEr ,. i-. y . Tt&t such pault-i as tLese sliGulci til at one- tihibit such a wonJ = rfuS , such an unwoated syinyrtbT for Xhe VmcIis . , such a strong cu-ire to alieviat-. ' : A =-i > suff . rings , iuch acxiery to tti . ch them the arts asa Ecierices , acd to elevate Hum in their moral and ph ; , s : vnl condition , looks to iiie c ^ tremeiy suspicious . If tLe ostersiblfc object were the r-jal one , it is laudable eECiUvh certainly ; but we verv much question whether it is bo We cannot help thiaking that behind all these jh . mir . q sppzzls to " every friend of tie human race / " a BL-Soprick lies coacea ' . td ; and that an attempt will \< n n . ade , -svheii all ia fully matured , to fasten upon the poor negroes one of those blighting curses aad destroyers of sil pure rtli-ioa—a state priest . We shall not be in tiiv Itast astonished to hear , in a short time hetce , of some hoiy s-3 n of the Church movicg a grant out of thr people ' s hard earnings to my Xord Bishop of Fc-rrjsnn : ) p , 01 seme other locality on the Niger .

      We rave a pen tct right to infer Jllr . Editor , that this fu ? -- ~ : rai ~ rj . society far-the txtinction of slavery , with Price- Albert at Us head , is noJiing more than another a-t-niptto ramify sjdety to the greateit possible extent , triib a cissi of ruca wbo tsave efer been , aud e-vex wiii be , th- iiK-st Scry and unreStntiEj ; defenr . eTs of despoiism , Tct pr .-s-int rime partially ffiV ; ars their wishes ; for vi . iist one of , tba bleodiest set of d ? spots thr . t hTcrc'i ^ da rat : -if iritis its raie holds ti . e reins oi Ecv : r" ; : ' - ' -iit . ana v , ho ¦ eriil not fi . il in imitation o : 1 .-i .- us--: ? cU : ? irerttC- ; ors to urgo tbe iron heel of c-i -. '• * :.- > i ; . i i . y-er aj > -. ^ the necks of their siaves , ± i . d % ^ c > v . > * £ - ' : a ^ - " -n cc-Trfops a wish to set seme n-Mi--J-: t j LnrAzr ^ pr jzTt > . 3 t > s : iv the overwhelmiLi ; t u- ¦ . " i > Di' -jratic ursTiy . bscked b 7 such a government ,- IL * ssvie ' .-s lcr ' tte tstine-ion of ala-rery forsoo'li

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      are in hopes of adding another link to the already galling chain . Absolutism , coercion , is -written on their front It ia impossible to mistake them . No wonder then , that such precaution wsa t iken ; no wonder such fear "was manifested ; no wonder they dreaded to arouse the honest and just indignation of the people whom they wished to make their passive slaves , and whom they hoped would assist in forging their own chains . Else -why such an array of thirty or forty policemen , with the chief constable of the town at their head , and who were on the spot before the meeting began to assemble , lining the door-way , and some in the room ? And why was the riot act carried to the meeting in the pocket of one of ths promoters of this society ? Why all this , when the ostensible object ef the promoters of tbis society -was only to make an appeal to the sympathy of " every friend of humanity " ? Let Mr . Tottie and his friends answer if they can .

      Now , Sit , one -word abont interrupting the meeting . To that statement we give a most unqualified denial . The meeting was not interrupted . It was a public meeting . " Every friend of humanity" was invited to attend . As soon as the time arrived for opening the business of the meeting , Mr , Tottie ( with the riot act in his pocket } arose and proposed that the Mayor should take the chair . This motion was seconded ; and before it was put , some one proposed that Mr . William Brook should take the chair . This was also duly seconded , and was put to the meeting , when it appeared that the meeting were completely unanimous in the choice

      of Mr . William Brook . Thus far all parties had conducted themselves with the most perfect order , and in accordance with tbe usage of public meetings . At this moment the gentlemen who bad caUeii t *« inetting , together -with their friends , arose en masse , and kit the room instanfcer ,. without attempting to eriug a single iota of their business before the meeting ; thus adding another insult to the many already heaped upon the people . It they had stayed , they would have obtained a fair and impartial hearing . The after proceedings of the meeting fully justify me in asserting this ; for never was meeting more orderly , or more good-huinouredly conducted in tbis world .

      Now , Mr . Editor , allow me to direct your attention to a most gross and outrageous insult offered by the Leeds Mercury to a larg « linmber of the most respectable portion of the middle class , as well as the working cla ? 8 generally . In the course of his comment on the Tuesday night's meeting , he asserts that chartism and Socialism are sycoutraous ; in other words , all who hold the principles contained in the People ' s Charter to ba founded in justice , are necessarily Socialists . There is a compliment for you ,. Messrs . Morsel , Giles , Plint , Stansftsld , Marshall , Bigrs , Smiles , Miall , and the numerous body of yonr class besides , all of whom have openly recognised the principles of Chartism , and who only disagree with the working class as to the best Kieans of obtaining the Charter . Gentlemen , you

      are all of you , according te Mr . Baines , stanch supporters of Socialism . You want to live in community jjid in paralellograms ; one and all of you repudiate the law of matrimony , and otfeer absurd and immoral laws of the old immoral world ; according to the representa ? tions of Mr . BaineB , as to what is Socialism . You are rational religionists , and wish to convert your chapels into halls of science ; indeed you repudiate every thing except the sublime dogmza ol Robert Owen . Geiitlemen , all this 3 s true , because Mr . Baines says that Socialism and Chartism are synonymous , and this is what ho represents Socialism to be . But why should I pursue the subject farther ; pitiable indeed must be the condition of the man whose last resource is exhausted , and in order to prop up a falling—nay , a fallen and despicable faction , must have recourse to wholesale

      slander ard lies . I do not wish to qualify the expression in the least Mr . Baines knew when that sentence was put forth , that it was a mean and slanderous libel upon more than nineteen-twentieths of the people of- ' this country , holding really liberal opinions ; there ' . ' ora it will serve as a criterion by which we may judge of other statements put forth by tliat organ , ilr . " Bainrs is realiy an adept st baudling the worn-eut tools of the eld Tories . A few years since , every man who was known to hold an } thing like liberal opinions was denounced as a Jacobin , At ' ieist , Revolutionist , and Tom Painer ; but , unfortunately for Mr . Baines , people have now-a-days an awkward notion of thinking for themselves ; therefore , his s . Ueu : pt to sink Chartism by fastening his Socialism upon it will prove altogether abortive .

      Allow me ona word more in reference to the meeting . We are not oniy prepared to defend our conduct at tbat meeting , "both in a Court of Justice or before the puh ' . ic , but to act in a similar manner whenever a similar occasion calls for it , ntttwittiotaniiup any and every attf mpt to dragoon us into passive obedience and nonresistance . I remain , dear Sir , Must respectfully yours , V . R . Westlake . 57 , Chatham-street , Lee . ls , Jan . 11 , 1812 .

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      mm TO H AMER STANSFELD , ESQ . " Taxes are fxed ri : or . t . -t ;; ry payments , and do not lower wiih lut ) iaii of prices of produce . "—J . Pesxy . " AH clasfc-s -Bill pi&y vip <> r : aU ot ' -er classes • t'st as mutb . as they can raid daie . "—Hameii Stassfeld . SIR , —You wiil recolicct that , some little t : m « ago , ; in t ! i 3 course of a conv ; r ;> . itk a we ba on ' thb question of a rei ; fe ^ l uf t ; c C-jrn Lrws , I r ; ncsd tho cTETiiiitrTiV befwe > - ; u in tho Millie ni . i 7 iner a >< 1 dirt in my la ^ tlt V .- -T but i-nu ; anil you ohsciveil , tliat '• the v . 's-iticn was fi > rcloiv ana irii . euicvisi ; - put , but thnt lliiro V 7 B 3 a fuii&cy iu it soi- 'iev-h ' . -rc / ' 1 br . ry .-ince iaid it ht ' uii you an ! thb pablie , in print , so tL .-. t tho fai ^ acy , if tLt'e " -a ( -ar-, n ^ ay be ;! i-tt . ctt < i . It appisia to uu to be * Tb j 1 ' - ' - "T''a lvck'ii the vrhjl , ! qutticn Hi us ; tar ; : ; ncr oc-js ih ' . rn api-. ' .-r to txi-auy luj' . ie of ' escaping t ' .-j const-qu i : ^ - -s , ' . ut ijy UL oatu bolc'y licay-Lii ; Xjizjijidwohvlatvpni / niOiii . ¦

      Wri .-ii . J-. P ,. nc to . un .. ui ' ¦ t .- > XTS h ? . i uothin ^ to do "ir . t ' a tki i-rjee of f ^ rticLts . " c ; jii-., hoti iren SMiiiviI at the absurdity , aai were ast > n 5 i' - ' . ert jit hif r . ssursnca As tbat :. ¦ ntiinian has a g " iat i . tsire * o appear mttaphysical i ' . i Lis ' political ecoauiny , " he mi ^ Nt liav-j caiiinl m .-s iu , -1 . ;• . - > u \) mcb , vr ( -.-. wr ixu-nt , and have f ^ rk-sir . ' : _ -sij'tea tba ; wr . t . liir . ts , peer rates , coui . ty r :.. u , v .-: ' --5 . ic . as « e : l ai- tos-- " , " arc- cniy dtdU'j ' . iui : s iV .-ia i ) jf f : tu 3 ' : r ' s re ? , c'je . " :: n i tr . at , iLty Lnve ni-ih n ^ v ;]; : w / ci to do v . i ; h tL « y . ivv if c- td ; and tLat tLc

      c-i ^ . y crit price of v-hii . 1 ; ,. : he r ,: : iit 01 iho furiiii ; r . H' ) i > - . . vc' Lc . pticri VGTi : uL . t Liv \ i-1- ;;; t ; i ^ position i& yj . it c = ' trv . > - r . s , i . ' . ' i ± ~ st ; und no dov . ^ i , vre . s ; . u . ii b . ^ li ' -Vv : : t . r . t ti : " .-. ¦ : : ! % v . i :. ^ t ? r . t ve ate cn : vu ; cvd tr . f . t ihv f . jrt ; l-cT l ^ i , ' - b ' .. ( ixi our ni : ilt , ti . e t'lsi-jst o-e hucdrfrii j :-ir terit t-p' j : ! i . ijy Jtir&r . tL-.- juors rb ° n oae lj ^ iiirc . i it-r e ^ Et . :.: •!• : } ovi :.- ; ' , ar" ! ihn v . u ^ buvlna per c . jit uj .- ¦ ' n our luh . icco , have nuthiiu' to cio with tlic piice 01 th c-i iirtx ' -- !

      You yi ' ij . .-o re-collect , Sir , tint in tho c nver atioa before ai ' udcd to . and ai ' tc-r you b ^ d siiiuitud that the " putlliou v . u . 5 ivtCvLIy end ingi- ' . iitusly p ^ t , bui ib : t tLere w . is a faiiacy in it sonitwhire . " jou cl'itrvta , " the cause t-f our btirg tmbarrage <\ by the quc .-ticu waa'lbt ! ir . vrodcc . icn tf r . ioi ; ey ; feiui tLa ^ if wo w . iii ' iil uisriicaiii ' o-r tbe qnts-tion of a ' ii inonc-y transactions , 211 U T ' diKe it to simple barter , whicb , in tact , all c ' . n . ziiucj Tras . . vre ihoul'i tL . n airivc ; at ihe bottom t--f the qnestion . " Let us , tbtn , try the " . sy . 'C ' .-m " of 5 > ar : tr , " ar . d see if tLat wifl make it upivar to lieti' . hc-r just or pneticabie to r > -p « uu th- ; C : n L--V .-3 ,-so iol ^ j as our 1 / rt . ^ tr nt- fixed itone . ury p :. yiiieDt rtii ; a : n . Tu prcc-ci , tbtr ., we-must suppose th' i the ' orlypcr ctm . uj vn car rja ? t , th .- niinoit tne hand' .- ~ ' \ per ct- ;; t . upu-n our ioc-r , tLe mere tV : r . n one Lundr :. d \~ x Cent . up ' . n o : sr tti , rtni tbe Bir . 2 hnrdro-. i rer civ . t . utI-c-h uiir

      tobacc < i ar-3 ptl r . > 3 ii ! : - 'l ; that vM cuiuniuf t ; on f ^ r tithi .- b 53 c * a ? t-i !; thr . t the poor ir . * i = 3 , tbe cown . v rates , in ishcrt . c-Vl-it !; ii : d of circct r . r . d indirect taxa * :- ' ^ t :: a c < . a » c : ?; ar .-i Tra n ' . vi ^ t a ifo Kur-p-osa , as tve tli-. I in a former Zi-tter , ti . at iLefs : n '' .: ) oI ' . er , the army , tha navy , the pensi ' .- 'ir . . tho ti ' . h iii ^ ra . 'i , and the whoie host of there wLu wrilow i : i tfce tax- s , ir . c ' . UfUr . g the criminal Judges , Z \ n } tha Po ' - -r Lv » C ' . 'i nr . ii- < s ; oiicr 3 , ( cue rcpreser . ialivcs of tl . it class of " imkj-ender . t i :: boi ;" -.-2 S , " which tfcesjsttm i r-e caustd to " cnt their beds ';; w ^ must snprf-3 ? tJ'at tt ^ -r . paTties are z ' . l assembled ia tha tsxins hou .- ' ? . at t ' ne eritranee to Lx : e (' . s uiartct , to fake P ' -ymeDt in Jcind iEj-ie . if ] cf in money : in tni 3 case , we can -ffiih more propriety , perh ? . ps , intrcdrice you cs go ' r . g on the " prisrip't-s of free trade" with your nine yards of cio ? a , wuiih £ 1 per yard , to the m-irkct to birt > r for \ rsi > -at .

      I ^ et us suppose you , then , at the taxing-gat ? , » cd the usual'form of in : r ^ av . ct ' . > n over . That you have t :-id thr-m you ara an Er . ^ Us-liiBan ; SKd that yon are goina vrith nine yaros vi ciolh worth £ 1 per jzrri , to bart .-r for nine Ion as ot wl : eac . Ti ; e t . x-eatera tell you thru you must gitc them one-tbird of tbv « quantity btf-ire you can be E . ; lo- « fcfi to i'a « s the taxing gnts and enter the " frf-e trade" w&rSec You i-. ik . 'With considerable agitution and surprise , "what is it for ? . The Taxeiitrs tell yen that it is to cloth the fundholt ' ers , the gentlemen of the nrniy , the navy , arscl r ! 89 tbe pretty Miss-- son tbe pension list ; and the criminal jadgta and Poor Law Coiumis ^ ioiiers , add , in toces so

      sareet , so Wand , 50 " full of the milk of human kindntss , " thctthcy require their share for the clothing ol those poor souls , whose " extrft 73 gajice and indiscretion" have caused to be " surplus population , " and ¦ which onr over-merciful Christian institutions have consigned to " our paternal care . " Hamcr S ( a ? tsfeld—FuoY . sb , mercy ! -why not throw them upon " their own re ^ ourcts" at once ? Why not tell them tbat" nature ' s tafeie is full , '' and thnt " she has doomed them and tfceir progeny to starve ? ' B \ it geutiemen , you do not clothe the paupers in fine broad cioth , I tope , and you vrill recollect that mine ia worth £ lper > W .

      Judges and Commissioners—O , no , Sir , m-o do not clothe then ; in cloth cf Unit kind ; but you know , Sir , there is the judge , the barrister , aad all the grades of GfccitJs , down to the roller ; and the commissioners , afij .-.-ta .-j t-coiiirr . iii'io-ntrs , am : all . the grades , do ^ rn to the " UEir-s-boJise ke ? per ; " acd these bein ? " posts ef tra-t sna importjoc ? , c ^ -nrot bo c-mn- 'itttcl to ? uy bat nie ; i of " rest-terabls" ro&ntctk-ns ; and , th < " £ - - - you kaow , Mr . Stnnsfc-ici , n : Eit be clothed a ? ' i ; c ; . tk ; ntn . " But . Sir , thr iutie tvhich -sviil bs hftaftir all-the " offic lais "; are ciothed , we s-v-ii " l-arttr" for •' Groitaia , " which irill te quite good etou ; h , and irKietd too gc- < -fl , to c . othe tLf . se Vi'ho h ^ -fe co miaiittd the nicnstrouE ' crinie of being To ; i .

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      And then , Sir , yonr aeeiag the bayonet peeping from underneath the aarplioa of the tithlngman convinces you that it will bo in vain to resist Yon give them the three yards of cloth demanded , and push forward into the market . ; - Up conies a stranger to the ' taxing-gate and tells ' the taxlng-hougefreeper that ha is a Belgian , who has come on " ihe principles of Free Trade" to the Leeds market with nine yards of fine doth -worth £ 1 per yard-arid that ke is come to " barter" it for nine loads of wheat : and he U allowed to ^ take ^ his stand beside you with the whole ofhisdoOk The farmer waiks up to you both and says .: . - . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ;¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ :- .. - ; ¦ ¦•• ¦ . ¦¦¦ - . ' - .. "' - ' ¦ : , : " - ' '~ ~ :-- ? : ¦ - r-r ., Fanner—Well , Mr . Bslgian , vhat haye yon got to barter : ? . ' ;¦' . ¦ - - .- : ' ;; . - ;; -- ¦ - . ¦ : - : ¦ , [ : . ¦ :. "" - . ; - , - . ' -- ;¦ Belgian—I have got nine yards of islothi which I waut to barter for nine loads of wheat .

      Farmer—1 have just that quantity to dispose of , and I want your quantity of cloth : bat I wiU see what neighbour Stansfeld has got Well , Mr . Stansftild , what have Jan got ? Stan ^ feld—Well , neighbour , when I left home this morning , I had nine yards of as goed cloth as the Belgian j but when I got to t ^ e taxing-house at the entrance to the ^ narket , I was compelled to give three yards of cloth to the fundholder , the ; army , navy , tithe-man , &c ; but you feuow Mr . Earmer , all these things are necessary to the preservation 1 of bur glorious institutions in *• church and Btate . " . I " need not inform you , neighbour , that part , of the fundholders'claim is for interest of money lent to put down our American colonies , who had the impudence to say that the

      " mother country bad no right to tax them without their cpnsent . " It is true , the vagabonds succeeded ; aad afterwards with th&iir "fir frigates * ' . with- bits of buntiEg flying at their mast heads , " to lisa the Right Hoa G . Cdnning ' s description , they thwacked us upon the Uigh seas , and compelled us to give up the " right of search : " but , in recompence for this , our troops , though defeated , were covered with " glory" And theiiyoubnow what a shocking thing it would have been if the republican French bad been allowed to set the example of a nation doing without kings , lords , and tithes ! and though we did re-establish , the " damnable errors of popery , " we at the same time establiahed a king , which you , 1 am sure will acknowledge is worth , more than all we have to pay to the fundholder . > And then

      as to clothing tho army , ' you know " it ' -. ' . . 'keeps down those . " rascally Chartists , " who have the impudence to say that " Gad created only male and female , and not lords and slaves ;• ' nay , 1 once beard one of them say tbat "he did not think that any body bad n right to the fruits of his toil without a fair equivalent '' Did you ever hear such sediSiou ? But , by-the-bye , I see that tbe army can be used for . other purposes than putting down the Chartists ; for when I hesitated to give my three yards of clotb at the taring house , I plainly perceived the bayonet thrust out from beneath the surplice of tho tithelngman . But as the taxes are paid to ourselves , and 8 | sent among ourselves , and " have nothing whatever to do with the price of arUcies , " we shall all be right at last ; so you can take my cloth and I will take your wheat

      Farmer . —I must confess ; Mr , Stansfeld , that 1 do not eery well understand these kind of things . It is true that your friend Plint has told ub that * •; ' taxes have nothing whatever to do with the price of articles ; " but it plainly appears tbat if they have nothing to do with the pricei- ' tbey have something serious to do with the quaniity ! for you ' -haye only six yards left to ofTer me for my nine loads of wheat , while the Belgian , who has had nothing to give towards maintaining our fundholder or titheing-man , has uine yards , which ho offers mo for my wbeat I suppose , Mr , Stansfield , that it does not need much political philosophy to eonvtncd you tkat I would rather have his nine yards than your six yards . But as you are a " citizen of the world ; " a complete ¦ ' free-trade" man in every

      respect ; and , as you no doubt * are a sincerebtliever in tho doctrines of that grj , at apostle of *• Ships , Colonies , and . Commerce , " Dr . Maccuiloch ; he , you know , has told us that it makes no kind of difference to this country whether we purchase our cloth of the Belgian or of the home manufacturer ; " that ife only chaHge ? the species without diminishing the quantity ; " and , as I do . not understand these matters , possibly he may be right ; but I cannot help thinking that the Belgians nine yards will do more towards clothing my carter and ploughman than your six yards . You , Mr . Stansfeld , will no doubt smile at my ignorance for thinking ao ; but 1 as-iure you that th » moment 1 understand how it is that your six yards will clothe as far as , tho BeMans nine yards I will barter with you . Iri the

      mean time 1 must close in with tbe offer of the Belgian . To be sure he . will- ' I and all the nonsense 'which the " Ships , Colonies , and Commerce" men ever spouted will not ' induce htm-to act otherwise ; How do you like your position , Mr . Stansfeld ? Do yv-u think it just , that the tax 9 iter should take from you one-third of your cloth , ami then turn you into the market to " comp < te" with the Bt-lghn ? 1 b thia really what you mean by " free trada" ? And how far lms the " ' system of barter ' gone to support your sj'fltwn of Taxes kinying nothing ' to do with the matter ? Is not th * thing , as far r . s I havo jjono , too nbcurd to need another word ? But this in nothing , ns con " . j ) ared with the ( Jegieo of absurdity to which I wiii reduce it before I have done .

      What vrouiii you think , Mr . Stinsfield ; what yrould the vhola world-tiivuk or a treaty of conunorce made with Ameiica , say , and 'which fclirw ' . rt vun thus : — " That from and aiter the first day of J . 'inuary , 1843 , all fioo-Js , of w ' natever k \ u 6 , coining from Amtvicti , elis . ll Le allow . 'd to ' -come i' -to tha Ea ? Usb . ' marfeefc- 'frea ' < -f all t . 'x or toil whatever ; but that all goods-. comhig fjom Fi ince , Bc-lgium . or any ' other part of thn Kuri . 'p-.-.-in co-tiiie !; t ,- £ haU pay" a duty of one-third ' uf thah ru-aa before they shali be allowed to cuter the iraikit " What would yon think of Ifai 3 ? Woula

      uot t ' . ' . 2 " citizen king" nn < i his and our roiivtion in Btlp ; utn th't . k this a . curious iiiustrut-iw of t' 13 principles of " fn- « trade ?* Would it bss juit to the rt-mu'iniiig parts of tha world ? And wuu-Kl riot the- rest of " tke ¦ »' ui .-i'i conciucJci that , Tie the riroft ^ siuus whntever they t ! i ?>; i ; t , the act wr-8 inteu'leA for tlie express purpess of prfevc :. t i g th ^ ni Jioni coini . 'ig into the H : < xihh i . iaiket ? A : ;< J , by wLat proct ^ a of rtmsouing do you coi : ; e to the . ct > aeiu 3 ioa . thai tba ? ivliich v . 'auld he unjust to iho rest of the world would riot bcunjurt tt > th ^ Eiit ;!;?! i f ^ i mtr ? If it be unjust to compel the continental manufacturer to pay a tax of orie-tbir- . ; of tho vaiu !} < -f Lid produce iieforn enterics : the marlc-t . ami at t- e Sams : t . i .-itj nl ! osv the American to como'in fi « e ; is it not tqsiaily xs uv . ju . se to c < . nu }> el the E « K '; i& - " ' nun t ° pvy

      0110-tuird , mid at tha y-iiiu ; time < ot t ' su for .-ignur cviuo in irto ? Cume , Sir ,-wJicreis thedistiuctiou ? li there be orjB pray ( iiavr it ! aruVthattcrly . J 3 ut we are yti only ; -t tbe eownyiuczm < mt of the absumity . in the t-x-: t ? ip . ' e which . I iiave given I-left , it W be under .-it / ou 1 L-. 1 ' . tfc ^ r "' ffric Irado : * M ' iia ostiibiish&i , tie iiix-eiitiis only coiitii . ued to . tafco f » ric- ' -hird cf the aiiiouno of or . v priiAUBe . Thia wouM te by uo rnw : i « the c ^ . se ! Wv . uius . t vcc .-lltct- that there p no such a thing aa " barter" -witii tho tux-cater , lit ; gives us nothing iu exchange ftyr what' bp takos ! nor do , s he tr . lcu so many loads cf whent , nor so many jatds of cloth , for bis amount of dividend ; but so jriiiiiy pi-uuild 6 t ? rJ ] ng ! without ¦ . niycor-siil ^ rMonwl-. attiVcvp . a ' 0 its re ! . tiTO valuo in cUt ' a or corn ! In short , acc « : riiiiTg to the principle ! a ; a down in my-socoml lettpr , " the kues are i "! XKU ' monetary payments : and do

      . VOX LOWER WITH THE PALI ; OF PRICES OF VUODUCE" ¦ Keeping this pnncip !? , then , Rtcan'ly in view , let us ? . i , ;; : n tai ; o yuu into ti ; e mrirfcct ilr . Scarsfltld , mul sue the situation ia-which you-wil f bo placed sifter you have haTtemi jour cloth . If you ' refi-r to U 10 oxamples previously given , you will fiV ! tJi . tt aftof the tux-cat si-HJaad taken one third , or thr « e yards of ' cloth ,-tliat you had fcf . U six yards , or the vaiua < -f s ; -x ; 6 : id . s-o ' f whe- \ t , remaining to take home with you , for the Wages of jou :- men ard your i . wu consumption .- But this is far from tevne ' tt-. o r . yal state of tho casts" !

      Li .-t . us suppose ym ar-.-iin in the market , tlitfn , with your nine ' yards of cloth ; nn'i , f > lunSp sburt work of it , th ; il you have bartered" it , 01 * t , li >' . " yr ' -nciplea « f free trcuie , " -wkh the Polanii-sr f » v ii-. s nine loaua -oi wheat j ar . d let us also snppok ' e . in nccordanco with your own puncipliss , that the price of wheat has tuUen onu-h » lf , and that , consequently , wbv . i you huve obtrniuVrryoiir nine loads of -wheat you c ;; n ouly c-Tchanije it for £ 4 10 . * instead of th' : £ 0 which you hiul ferraerly beer , ia the cabic of obiaiuiug . "Sow , Sir , rccoliect that the taxes are fixed monetary payments , and do not lower with the ftiHot the prices of produce ; end that , consequently , though you have only barter !* * your wheat which you get in txshungefor your cloth ,-for ' £ 4-10 . s . j you will ' still have £ 3 to pay to the taxeaicr out of it ! tho sanie as you hart to pny ' -whun you " bartewt" f * . £ 01 And xtcol'ect , Sir . tbat the £ 0 left out of tho £ 9 Would purchase 240 ps-omls . of-American cvttori , at sixpence per ptmmi ; > r . <\ that the £ l 10 s . tcJhcJi ypri hafe left out of your £ i 103 , ; wili only purclitise CO pountia of cotton , er just jut quarter of what it wou'd beforo ! aot be'helghtened by f . ny tning n-uich could be said by 1 ceou not add an ' . tMr wor < i ! , The ¦ ' absurdity couid Yours truly , J-uies Penny . 'Millbridge , J ; . n . 11 , 18 i 2 .

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      TO THE WORKING MEX OF SCOTLAND . Fellow Countrymen , — I address yon a 3 one whom oa koovir , a 3 a man iut-utifiod with your country , and 3 a Chartist whose couducfi you have 1 approved of . rhose principles you have appkuiied . : Lc-t me ba di-,-steii for a time of the ¦¦ ffice of an Executive Counulor ot the National Charier Association ; as a countryian , let me transfermysHf in 'innnihation amongst you ; ad then allow me the iiivii ^ e of aadrtssintj mysulf te 0- ; r reason . I wiii ntiih- " iirouse nor offend your ational prejudices ; I wiii neither be dejected iiOi ' disiajed by your red nt . rejection ,--in vaiioua public meetsiticn will not heed whether

      ; 3 d , oi ins National P-t ; I ° j priao tr prrjudice , the t oiicy or principle of your a ^ era muy have , by the casting . Tote ef the Charan , visually centuriivUif sp-cuiitnl Eiylish Petition ; it , dtmundipg-tliat v . ^ hich you have never uenied ,. viz . berty of speech , 1 .-liail , iu : ^ 'man , a countryni ; iu , anu Chdrtiit , tr . ter my prcUst ¦ against tho it j Action of ie >' iUiona ! Petition , " . by '" a wnjo-ity of one in "tho z < ttisii Conveulion . Tii-.- i- ^ dv- 'mgan : ciy reasons : First , the so-ca ! L-G Em >! -itk Petition is - the petition of it » majority oi the CluxUV . s ot Groafc ¦ -Britain . I \ sume iu the outset , t ' vjt tho working un- 'n of-Scotlandfuatever the uiivlai ^ Ciiws maj vlesiis ) iue «? J tQ have

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      Uniyersal Suffrage , or , in other words , that they , in common with the working men 61 England , Wales , and Ireland , intend , under the Charter , that the majority of the people shall goVetn , and : ; that the laws of the few shall not be the lawa of the many . If our principles ^ are exactly the same , then in practice your leaders , or a majority of them , have seceded from the spirit of the Charter , and have virtuaUyL-vid it dowa as a rnlo that in petitions the minority hava a clear right to rule ,: because Scotland being a minority of the people of Great Britain and Ireland , has aasumed the rulership of the remainder . . ;

      To my mind , the xejeetion of { to petition < which never had a dissentient Voice in the"Chartist ' ranks in England , Wales , pi Ireland , ) simply means that the Scotch people , or that part of them who agree with the majority of their leaders , deshre to Beparate altogether from thentiiter kingdomsin the present agitation , or still remaining in union with them , that the rule of the minority means Chartism . If you watatarepeal of the Charter tJnion , wby urge it asf an objection against the National Petition that one of ifa clauses approves of a

      repeal of the Irish ITnion , if the Irish people demand it . -If you insist upon a repeal of the Charter Union existing between England and Scotland , let it be ; made known , and the English Chartists will at once admit your Beparate sovereignty ; but if you , the working men , desire instead of a repeal a brotherly union to exist between ChartiBt and Chartist , without any distinction of countries , then I demand horn you the observance of the first grand principle of the Charter , which is that the minority yield to the suffrages of the majority . . ¦ ¦ - ''¦¦ ¦ . "• ' . ; - ¦¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ : '• '' . - . ' . ' •' - . : ¦ - " ¦ ¦ v- - '

      . That you have not the majority on yonr sidemust be apparent , first , from the whole of the English people adopting the National Petition . Secondly , from the whole of the Welsh people having done the same . Thirdly , from the Irish people having adopted it aud signed it in many distticts ; and fourthly ; from the ascertained fact , that your delegates were equally ; divided on the question . There : cannot be a shadow of doubt concerning the question as to which have the majority , although it may be urged that William Xoyett , and about flftj members of hlfl Association , discussed the question whether they would sign tho petition or not , as English Chartists . It may be argued that Scotland was not asked to vote at all ,

      and hence that Scotland's pride was touched . To this I reply that a petition was drawn up in England ; which was submitted to the people for their approval and adoption . It was open to revision , amendment , and rejection . Some' one must have drawn it up . Why did not the Scottish leaders forward their protjat to the coDCOctors of the Petition ? The Executive Council waited to receive all communications . None ivould have received greater attention than the protest of the Glasgow leader ? , but none came . The petition - . was , adopted by two nations , besides the half of Scotland , and -fter this decided expression of the opinion of the majority , the few ballotted against it , and have gained a moit un-Chartist-lite , and , I hope , temporary victory over principle and fotpripjadice ,

      Do you , the working men , justify this proceeding in your own minds ? Do you , reasoning apart from country , and only for principle , approve ? If you say yes , then you decide that no grievance endured by England , Wales , or Ireland should be mentioned in a petition , except , Scotland feels it . Is this patriotism or selfishness ? In my opiniou , it is . the purest specimen of selfish legislation ; and in my second reason for protesting , I shall euaesivoui to make it clear . Secondly , " The objections urged against the adoption of the National Petition are insufficient to authorise its rejection by the working men of Scotland ;"

      It is said the people of Scotland were not consulted . That is no reason why tfeey should reject a just complaint or refuse to abolish an admitted grievance . It has been said that grievances should not be mentioned , but Bimply . the principles of the Chartar . If this is admitted ; ike ut-xt order must be to ( ifciiue topics for the > . ' -lecturers , and that wc «! d lead .-to . a collega of Chartist inquisitors equally repulsive or icjurious te pur principles and our cause . Besides the duty of tbe Scotch people was not to curtail the statement of England or Ireland ' s grievances , but . to add as many Diore of their grievances as they thoughc right . If England rfj ^ cted a petition from Scotland , it must be or , some rational grounds . . What are the grounds for the objections of the Scottish leaders ? ¦ ' '

      Do they object because the Executive Council of tbe so-culled English association qrew it up ? If so . then Englishmen will never be euilty of such narrow jealousy . That cannot be , because the Executive Council is based-upon , a far superior principle than that ef the Central Committee of Scotland ? Why so ? 'Because . ' the'Executive Council is elected by bsvllot , tvnd by the votes of the members of th < = association , whereiis the Central -Committee is only elected by'the " delegates of the Univarsal S ' -ifrage Association without ballot , and without the votes of the members of their association being recorded . The Executivo Council represents the . whole of thsir asjociation , but tha Central-Coinmittse is only-a-sort , of senate reprcsentirifc-delegates , in the fame ivuy its if the Exfcutive Couiicil represented only tlw committees of the . association .

      I rejoice to observe that eeTernl of those who activelj denounced the Central Committee of'Scotland liav ; bucdmo , ia the Conx&iiion , its . equully active mippnrtera and after writing tha above , I am almcst inclined to s-t-ite that thevoforo tho princi-pits upon which the C ^ i . tral Committje was eltcted ; liiust have becu altered . There cannot bo any objection to the Executive , . although , it Las be . vii <' . m \ ouv . c » d in Sent ! un ; i by some crotchet-riiongcrs , " who . inmgined that Mr . O'Connor had riiurepowitt over the Executive tliari ha cou'd prccurs

      by bis single vote sis a member of tlie a ?' a"cip . tHn . I tun avraro of a little unruaniy-. jealoi'ay prevauhitr 4 n v . hat ¦ rwp » ct , asd i can only say ., ttrnt Mr . O'Conror b-: d ad iimch t' * cio with the formation of the ¦ 'association . « . s a ' prisoner could have , ' . and as much to ( io . with iAr d ; : i \ v'huru ' p ' of . the Petition .- sa an -absent man . to ; ild h& ~ ho . nilQft . 2 > lr . O'GoDiior w an arder . ii •«¦ : ¦ - ¦ rvv ? rff . r of tte-3 Exi .-cut'V (? . and , corj > tqnoiit ! -y ,-. of' tho p \ i- ? seip « y tb it nn eh-ctcd and responsib ' . e Oody shall oiily I . i-va tiic iua ' - ^ i - pliip-of the ' movdmeDfein tha-fio-calfstf Engiiaii nsi-ncirvtton . What in-re is w-mtad fr-nii man ?

      Tae Executive a :. d Mr . O'Cnimisr cwtuI ; ' r- ^ . ve ex ' - 'it ^ d the ire of sonib of tbe Stottish lea ^' efs . Taere inust be Bonie other cause . Is it . tfc « i Rep a ' q u ^ --:. : n ? Surely not . for there is 110 nation upon earth t ' wi v , ou ; a go / iiuch benefit under- - existing ci ^ uunist uic ^ -fl by n repeal of the legislative , union na ¦ ¦ Sai ^ iam ? , utid that b . 'licf has beon a'iniifctod by nt lea « t ono ir .. fi . t'rn ! : V ^ l meeting in Glasgow ,, at Which w&r . j prcsunt :-. ii .. < r-1 ; ' ijic most acute aud peuctnitiiuT niin'ds of tlio Cha - ¦ t ' " - •' , niovoluent in Scotland . "Saveral . of the obj-jct < . rs ti tbfl Pcttttou were also prtseat , : mcl I do not roc -feet that tbiij exercise ' . ! their uBiquo powers «> f o . sst-nt upon that occasion .

      It cjulduo ' clte tUal tU ^ -Ufcpeal Question . o ' nj ; c ^ r-i ' . to because ' -O'Conneli bad adapted it . If > o the ohj ^ qj tors must have a fo : ty-horse power of helit-f iri . tjr . t Kentltiuau ' s consistency , nnrJ if thpy have no p . Gi : ii < x » uu <> ia him , then tbeir courso is iikeiy to s rye ' Liiii , or : * hcr principle thafc , as he does not want tepesl , and- ^ niy usea it as a scaractow , ha ri-ocs not desire to bu compel led to acceiia in ea ^ nbst to it or renounce it . F f iiow-Cou ' ntry-mf-n , whac are the real grounds of oV jjctioq ? I must enter utioiv this sv . ljcct next ' vreak , an 4 er . dcavour toliiy b . tsfove you the remaining ¦ reasons for protesting ag .-iinst thj decision of yeur Itiaiers . Eaithtully , Y " ours in the oauso . P . M M'Dot'ALL . Ketteting , Nottbiymptonshire , January 10 th , iS 12 .

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      Sir ! I have seen what I woold fain pourtray ; bat words are useless , where wretchedness , so mtt-h abounds . ' / - ;// ¦ ¦ ¦/ : '¦' :-:: " . ' ;• ' ,. ' . ' ' - . . -: - ' - -: ; .: ; ' . ¦ /¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" /;¦ :-.. ¦ If our governors could enterlnto the fee'inp of th- ^ aa cripples and their families-HSOuld reate their pain nrid grief , and destitution ; under the accumulated causes of sorrow which they feel—coulfl breathe their , atm- * phere , and for a season exist ¦ in their cold , -damp , cheerless holes , iu , those sepulchres of the breatbin ? I and If they could ascertain the cause of all that sbrr <> % if they are human , they wauld no longer delay to s « -3 k for and provide its , remedy . But , Sir , the Leagaera will not aid them in that search--they will not as ^ i sit them in that cure l They know too well that its caxue

      is nowhere to be found but in their grasping greedin ^ a . Those poor children , who are thus sunk below humanity , are the yictims of that greedy system which the Leaguers seek not to restrain , but to enlarge ! They are the victims of overproduction—the examples of false distribution . In theni you witness the foundBti ^ n of our millionnaires , who have : succeeded intheir destruction . Sir , the same system , the same men who haT ? e ruined these children , the Leaguers , are aiming- . at yours ; and if not restrained by wholesome laws , they will accomplish the ruin of your '' order , " as eurel > aa they h ^ ve : succeeded in crushing those nnhappy children . I cannot too often remind you , that you are both in the same boat—the factory children and the

      aristocracy . :: . -. " . - ' . ' - ¦; - : ' .: - . ' / ¦ - ' : ' . How strange , that those poor , worn-out factory cripples , who are certeinlytVe most . deserviDg oVjocts of charity—( Jfo , no , I -will not thus desecrate be name)—their claim to compensatton is their -rujfcfi I But , sir , how niarvellous it is , that those cast-Off wealr-h producers , should never have been thought of by any of the Christian philanthropists of our ago . In all tha world , such claims on our benevolence cannot elsewhere be found . But they have been pushed out of the notice of Vat benevolent ^ by the self-same spirit whinh , after having victimised ' them , has . to bide its own guilty kept them outt of the misery-records of the Leagues . ' ' -.. ' ' .... : ; - ' , . ; ' : ; : ' . ' - ¦'

      Many are asking , how can the people most appropriately honour the infant Prince of Wales ? I answerand who can gainsay ? ' By founding a Royal Asyiurn for the poorfactory cripples . True , they have not b * en wounded in the outside battles of their country , but they have b 6 eh wounded in the civil wars " of capital J Their stTepgth has been wasted , their limbs have been torn or crippled , or lost , in the strife of the Loaguersthe strife of money-getting . I The Standard truly says of these child-tormentors , •' . Their money is their country ; " and ' -JSurke . remarted of such like men , •' Their ledger is their Bible , their cour . ting-honsa ; ia theuf church , and their ^ oney ia their Qod . " It is at the cost of these wretched cripples that . our ao much boasted capital has been accumulated : it is but just that a portion of that capital should inow find them a home . ¦' :-. ¦ : ' : '¦ - - - ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' '• ¦¦ - - . ' . " -

      Let then , the nation do honour to itself and to ita Royal Prince— -ay , aud to his Royal Mother , by founding and maintaining the " -. Prince of ^^ Wales ' a Asylum foi Factory -cripples ,, and let the Leaguers be first called upon to subs ' ccibeV This will at once test their loyalty and their sense of justice . ; ; The following anecdote will be interesting : — " I once visited two factory cripples . Joseph had been •• •¦ done np" at the age of sixteen ; William was finished at thirty-one . I was weary when I called . I j"tk \ iigly told them I wanted a little repose , but I could safely sleep under . their protection ; theywere iny body-guard I observed that that expression , though meant quite friendly , pierced to their hearts . They blushed , looked at their deformities , "and then one of them said , " We wish We were better able , ¦* King . ¦ ' - ¦ ' They thought that I elepfc I heard the following conversation : — '¦ •¦;'

      Whliam—Joseph , have you . got over tho shamo of being crippled wheii you meet any person ? V JoaepU- ^ No , WUHolW , I thiiik I rieivor shall . Willinm—I wish I could . I know that ifc is very wrocg , but I cannot help it . I .--. sometimes think the shame is worse to bear than the pain . . Many a t 5 me > wUtu I am passing persons in tbe street , if I see their eyesglance at ray legs , Ibe blood flushes into my face , arid I could wish myself under tbofl : iigs . I know that it is very wrong .: I pray to be delivered from it , out I fear I novershaH . Joseph—Why , you know , Williain > it is cofc ou » fault : we have done nothing wrong to canse . our . defoimityj it is our masters should shamfi ; but I aru like yourself , I get out of tha way as much as I can , when I see / people look , at me . But , if I see a gentloman , with crooked legs , I am so pleased ! I know . that it is wrong , but I cannot help it . He makes me think better of myself . : ; ' - '• . "' ' -. v .- ' ; . / . '

      Wiliiam—When I see people with fine limbs , how I ecvy Ihein ! But I don't see why we . should feel so , for , as you saj \ we arc Eot to b ! ame . I . interrupted- thenvby jayiJigv » ' If En £ rland has ? . ny cause to be proud of-her" manufacturing system , you ought to be ks proud of your wound as tuo braveBt warrior at Greenwich or-Cbelsea is of his ; without dispiirageruoTtt . to them , you are as dtserving of pausior . fi as they . " William then said , "I shallr ^ ver forget ; one day , -when . I- Y « aR in compiLisy' W ^ tb stntrgers , v : ho were c&nv&rsiHg about me . They could not sea my . crooked legs ( they were under the table ) ; but they &avp-1 had lost my arm . They took me for a soldier . -

      For a while I felt m ? h pleasure ! I reemed to ' -be quite auctber creature . But . at iei . 'gfh , uiihappily : c » ' oE rtbe ' ih . asfcsd mo What "" -regiment' I bad srtvtd in ? In wifiat battle f had been wounded- ?'* . - I could not tttl fcim a lie ; all my-brave -Dfrble' fcelinars fi'dd ' -vapfshedl ; how 1 L'iuahed '! I couid b . : iVi ? : hid -myself ucier tbo t ; vb ' . e 1 I wished lnysttlf a-. iyv ^ hera else . tbnt tbore , wbenl was faced to s-y , 'I was wounded in the fact -iry !¦ ' they thtc'knew tint the-supposed veteran was only a- pf > or factory-1 * 1 . " William conc ' . udrd by saying toJoaeph , " WeU , what in pa ^ i . eaauot b-9 helps ' . ? . ; . w « . nsusfr do . ail-we . can to . assist ' the old Ku ;? ' ia getting a& Hours' Factory Bill , aud tava oib ? rs from our fate . " . ' ¦ ' ¦ . "

      Mr . Tliornhill , T was much-sfR'cfed wit i that scene . None . , were I'liscut ; hkyi the . '' . KWg " -. as . ' . V hU two criv-p ^ ' ? . " sulijc ' cts . " Ri > aHy . ' . I wr . s rrnnd of them , and r . iisoivod te gcJ-. them an-asylum i ? I could . . . .. And now . S r , p- ? . nmt me to ' . irg <; ti :- > frknfl ? of the \> onr evci ' v whe ' r ' o to be ut ; , wad st ' . rm . g to t- e help pf Lord Ashioy . 3 EIis Loro . chip hhsltcken-his etiLfi : he h : \ s set a iiuble exinipi ^; he will , no ' dwu'bt , ein-Jy ia next aessiiMi , .-v ^ in aUt-in . pt to obtain a Ten Honirs * fjiotories" RcgB } , itjnn A at He will , of cou ^ u , be laefc by tbe keenest opposition--bf . the Leaijuera , Hib lords ? iip wiii require ' tho- aid of . . all-- " true . Oaristi ; u . 3 . I , thcrttoi'G , entreat ail ini . nisk .-r . ii of rciifirTi to umke it their business' to for - - / ard . petib'fma t <> l atiiH : » tnt , prajlng for . 1 Tenlioi ' . r . s' F :-. c ; v > tv Ja , t . Oh , fuat overy hi ; 'hop , priest , anu d ^ icon-, ' -, v uid s--c to it , thas ho obthinK one ! 1 know of ¦ noihir 54 tl !' at ' . wi ) al ( i ' ' iiii ! ch unite the pf » or to tlic-iir-e ' sthi-o ^ . 'IIow . -J- . ghals \* repwtdni ' iw . s . .. ai li ' . st ; , riiy ' laboma should he croyened bv i ' tio Cijurch .

      Oil i !! e covwot tbis Pu . e ' . er zr ? inserted tyo forma of p > t : Cion . foi ' . tha u » v ¦ of tLotc in tae fact «" 'fy disl'iiiils , wl : o uiigiii , otiu-i-wjse he . itt r < loss far ihtf woper worda . I c : \ rnesitly way , that every clergywmi vbo rcasvs this Isit .-r may become a iidp = r in this grait and good vrovk , ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ - .-¦¦ . '¦ •¦ ' Tlie iiiiKllords and agriculturists will do well to lend tlicir aid . It is ' thoii iutttostas veli ' -aa tiitu" imiyV . I L ; . p-. > tbat" ii . idfiles worth wil ! set the cxsnivle , anti-that' iroai fevtry vp . ok- and cormv of the land ptjiiitipnjj wiii now be . forwarded "to Parliament- ' for-tuy p-3 vT . iUROcOi-t , av . d cruelly ^ os . pressdd elii-, nt ? , / ¦ - . Forgive u > y iraportuiuty—I hc { iuost kcsiiiy on tbis t-u ; ject . Tiio spirits of Gouid and Sauiti 1 . luutiv . y , uvge me on war J . I ctmnot cease to plead until tlic-ir prayer and miiio is answered .

      To the fiilJtLbitantB of the factory yiibfcs and t-r . wns I jj « eti say very ; litik ' - . They k . naw and i ' oei th 3 t iheir duty teg . wires' that thoy shonif ! b < r stirring notr . I w-v . ii (" , ixor-oye ? , suggest t ' aafcthis- 'time tlie West lliaivig of . -Yorkshire and Suutli Lancashire sboiilci haire . ' a riiU 3-ier'meeting- -Msotin ^ iS in vi ' ilRgss jjurt t'if-iiB are well an'lgoorl , as f ^ r as they go ; . b it- to' ba ' .-fc L- » r < 5 ARBky triuiuphrii ; : !} ' thus * lavga distdc , ts Should ha \ e tiieir jMOViaeial giitheri , gs ! ¦ . ' r ' - / . ' . ¦ " 'Ten ilonra " . Bui man . . ¦ " evtrywaarr- look ;{/> it ; the " Kins" vril ' . s , r . Jpri ^ . -pu ' . ' . i , ' . > i ' slroni-. pali , iuu \ 11 pull altogether .- " Sr-e , victor / . wait' ; V ) c-ir-ru ycurhU ' orCs I Qh-perws , in ) ny eell , with : tholeajizitiwi oi ' . my- hopes 1 —Ashl . ' . y fur fwer- —Ashley for ever— the-Xen Hours ' Biii , and no surrender > . ' " ¦

      ¦—' -r— Poo ' s : WUUam Dodd : ! You have not forrrot : en the touching aocotirit of bis . -sufferings ? I ' .-iyr f . jiiow , how I rejotee'tbatHeaven dirtctedIiis sttips toluis cell > ratjj j kindness ot rrnny friends ma 5 e Will :: ini , as fie . tliou ^ ht , very rich ; so , vrith tb-3 few p < rincU \ v 7 hich wouiii have niaintaintid Lim in idiepess atiribs ; tho win-Ic : , be i . as beg ; u oh a tour of iiispsctioni iu . tue factory districts . He-has . - obtained . ' mcs . t . ¦ ; . valuable / iftfotrrihtioa of tha i .-refeafecundiLion of ttio factory-Wfirktxs . Re ia no w . -r ' tturnetli ami ia xciupiiing tbe journal of bis tour .-If he is aided by his friends , he intends to publish it in . 1 eeries of letters . ' : ' ¦' ¦¦ '"'¦ ¦ ' ;

      At the present juncture , willjamDopd ' afprthcomlDg wort wiii bo , -worth a Jew ' s eye ! ' What tbe price -will be , I csnaot just now ascertain . : Jf theaeoLservations should prove " , tho measa of obtaining rqy friend William . a little aid , so a ? to insure the publication of his letters , . and reward him for his exertions , I shall rejoice . * . ¦'¦'¦' . '¦•"'¦ . ; / "" .: ¦ . ' . ' " ¦ ¦'' . ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦¦ . That " brand . plackb / 2 from : tiie firs , " ia & y&ry . grdteful creature . I rtqnested him not to troubi * " himself with writing to-the tften on his jctirney . He no sooner ret ' urnefl to zo ^ m U ' . an Ue sert me . a lcitar , 'Mv ' th .. I had intended to inseit ht ^ e , becauis I lovo the -liid , acd it ia dueto him that ha ehould orice more tp ^ rtk ; f or biniseSf in my little Fj&steis . Tho T ? sbt of ri'irm , hiivover , f . orc ° 6 Rie ro delay the iiis&rtioa of Wiiliam's epistie till aeii ; week . - ' . ¦ ¦ .- ' ¦ . ; ; / I am -j'our pris msr . .

      - . ; . ¦ ' mcll . VAD O . ySTLEJl / A Man cv BIiSiness . —T ! vxo s a chap cowu at Q , u-t ; npiicjian so tavnatidii cute . - . that ho rofusts to f ay ' tho di ? btoi nature unless ' tho discount is taken i . 2 ' . —Ptiii ^ h . ¦ ' ' . : ' . '' " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .- ¦ ¦' .

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      THE FACTORY SYSTEM . ( From the Fleet Papers . ) Bat there ave still ot ' aer tbousaads of victims of the * ! iecu «; e < l factory system : unmentionDd hj the Lenpuirs —thousands of rieglccti'd , abjsct , foriorn , ciegi- ; id-5 d , cvippted , useless pieces of 'human lumber , v . hiufc th' - fjjctc-ry . syst-.-m has th ? o » rn out of itvjavrs , heci «? e t ' tcy " couiiV-miKistt-r no longer to the pratit of the Leaguers , j hiiyirg b . vn , though juvenile , " used up" in the even- ¦; tu > u of wealth for their oppressors . To see those living I cravi-lias things ( pooi . ^ ci-eutures , iny heart bke < is for ' Hivia wbile I ' -writa ) in-dark- du . tnp cellars , crouehiug ; upon . 11 ithy stra-wy . hvicltMtd up , ' & . B . ' 1 -have beV . ft ' . d thtm , 1 lilt ' - * :. lumps of waste s ^ in ,: at «! crooked stunted bones . 'j . so Wretched that they arc ashamed to mixevt-n- 'awongst r . T \ eir own kindred—the " . vtry on . tcasts oi tb « ( kst-Uuto . ¦( to ? ibvy tee \ tbewsoiyes degraded below the hur . vu : ' ¦ faiaily' )—to . thia ' k , ¦ Sir , of the bodily and the niautai !•

      dn&ufsli'cf tlisse childrus of woe , eytn if they wro ir . plenty , but now hungered almost to perishii ; - r ; , perhnpc tho last to be fed and atteiuled to in tha ' * ' h ^ nse" tlestituiiou , and glad'to feast and company with p ; gt ' ( Sir , I do not exaggerate )^ -to measure all thtir woeq i requires more perception and tenderness of feeHu ^ ' -than '¦] ia given to ma . n , "Cfod OBlycna measure their-griefvj Strive , if you can , to apprehend Bomewhnt of tha ; keenrjesT of ' the iron that has entered into thVir so ' nl . s . " j I speak of ' thousazitis of poor factory cripples who Lave j beeVcarefuIly &nd purposely : . excluded , but niust now be added to the lists of the Leaguers . Poor , abject , ¦ wretched children , they have been denied the honour of a place in tiiat scioll , because no sophistry coaLi deny tbat they were : tho indispntabie victims of the . ! ' philanthropic- (!); : leaguers . Ifc is to reserve to them- j selVua the pow . v £ of - . " uianunicturing" sucli-.-wretcueu , j missrable things , ; thst the cruel leaguers huve bqj long : opposed the . jjusiiiig of : a Ttn H ^ uis * Factory . j ¦ ¦¦

      Bill . ... : ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ -. ' ; - . - ¦ - . . .-.- ' Think of those injured ones , and of- tfaeir sorrowstheir pxins- " . i « . ' all their joiiit ^ , and , in . very niaiiy cases , nought bnt damp fctraw to lean on , on the cold stone fljor . ' vrith iron fttiaics to prop them ! Think ' . of tbeir huiigfr , aivd nought but husks to satitify it ! Tuen cry . to fetl too honor ofthcii : broken . fipirka . ,. broken so thoroughly , tbat they , if pusaible , avoid the . sight of laan , and often h . u " i 3 . tlwuist / Syes , even from Uieiv <> wii flash ,, their kitidicd ; and then , if you can , appjsfcfentl the ' -awful ruiivof taeir mi . uiis ! , Pourii'ay the anguish of .. tbeir-prireats . and'tLeir br .- ? liren * dejected , . degraded , uespontlififf : their-grief-is augmented ia the season »> f destitution , bectiuso the laoous of ' tUoae cripples iio longer hetjia 10 . Mjppjy theii wmta . Ttiey ace nowji de ^ d weight . 3 ix tii » usisty utovl ^ uu . o £ . Uis vtst . Oli .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct582/page/7/