Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 21st October 1843, Edition 3 of 4, Page 4, THE N0ETHER5 STAR. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1843.

Page 4
Page 4
4 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (2)
    • THE N0ETHER5 STAR. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1843.
    • THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATES.
  • Text (9)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      fc- ~ MR . F . O'CONNOR AT NEWCA 5 TLE-UPONTYNE . Mr . O'Connor lectured in the New Music Hall , on Saturday evening , Mr . Sinclair In the chair . Mr-UrpD , in a Yeryable manner , moved the . following resolution , nsing many arguments show-Ing the necessity of carrying it into immediate practice , as the best means of commanding that respect and icluenee in society to which they 'were entitled as the producers of all those comforts which the more eomfortably-Eituaied classes enjoyed and robbed them of . - At this moment Mr . O'Connor entered , the Hall , in company with Mr . Roberts , and was received with deafening thunders of applause After-ii had subsided , Mr . lL readme resolution : — u That in the opinion of this meeting the plan of

      appealing to the different trades which has been adopted in several districts may , by proper management , become highly osefol ; we do , therefore recommend the various trades to call meetingB of their different bodies to bear deputations from the Chartists , -and to form themselves into bodies fox the carrying oat of the same—That it is the duty of the Chartist public to encourage their friends amongst the middle classes by exclusively dealing with them ; and we Tecommsnd that a canvass be immediately set on foot , and that such electors as agree to support a Chartist candidate only , shall bare the support of a Chartist public . " Mr . Bobeets in a Tery eloquent speech seconded the resolution , and was loudly cheered at the end of

      each sentence . He declared his unchangeable attachment to the cause of equal rights , and contended that nothing short of the "whole Charter conld remedy the existing evils . He fully concurred with ibe object of the resolution moved l > y Mr . Kjdd , and begged to second the same . JJpon being submitted to the meeting it was carried unanimously . The Chi my in then Introduced Mr . O ^ Connor , whowas received with the most enthusiastic cheering and clapping of hands . After it had subsided Mr . O * Cohhob said , he felt great pleasure in again addressing his friends in Newcastle . He was sorry that it should be said that Ms absence- affected the cause of nh * TtfcTn in this district . He could not

      believe that principle could ba affected in any suoh way . It might afreet the appearance , bat never the principle . He approved of the resolution proposed by Mr . Eydd . Mr . K . had referred to a letter of Ms { Mr . O'Connor ' s ) on the subject . Mr . O'Con-Jior said he always urged npon the Chartist 3 the Qtility of exclusive dealing ; it was a great means of bringing people to their senses—( hear ) . The real object of the Charter was social happiness ioalL fiewoald not think it worth bis while to spend the best of Ms life in sacrificing the more congenial pleasures of domestic bliss in agitation , if fee thought it was to end in what was commonly called a mere political change . There are other agitators in existence , whose sole rim is the

      aggrandisement of monpolisang capital . They never talked about the powers of that earth which God save as an inheritance to man , without crossing to the continent for the basis of their assumptions . It were a misconstruction of language to call them arguments . He < Mr . O'C > looked at home for the means of accomplishing Ms object . Land and labour were ~ aH he asked for bis purpose . They asked money for theirs from those who •» ere , by the social influence of wealth , coerced into their measures . They went round their factories , begging shillings-from their starred operatives . They hare already thrown to the eockB 447 , 000 . Now , be believed they wanted another £ 100 , 000 ; and what did they promise in return for it ! Long speeches for the

      peoplegood dinners for themselves—( hear , hear , bear)—and " plenty 17 for the gullible about "big loaf , " and * high wages . He CMr . O'Connor ) said to the working classes , you are poor , and I want nothing from yoa for myself ; but I say , if you hare anything to spare , give it for that object which ia for joar benefit—namely , a security against want , and the fear of want . I say , take the working classes out of the slave-labour market , and establish for them s free-l abour market . I contend , when one «> ii « yp » l of trade is dosed , open another . The one I propose is , 'to locate the people on the land . If this was acoomslisbdd , it would then remain with the Basses to choose between the healthful vocation of agricultural labour and commercial misery : they in their

      jtoald then please themselves about living omfortable cottage or the miserable cellar . At present there was no each eioice = j every improvement in machinery was a sure forerunner to an additional surplus in the labour market . The master then said , "Accept my terms , or starve . " The operative had no power in the matter ; it was despotism , and thai , too , of the worst description . His Boul sickened , when he walked the streets of our jaanufactoring towns , at the misery he everywhere fceheld . He -felt warm when he saw those who caused thai misery pretending sympathy for the objects of their ^> wn creation . Many of the millocxacy had mads almost incalculable fortunes ; sad could mo portion of that wealth be spared to relieve the distress they themselves had caused ! The dirty rascals ate , drank , and rode at the expense of their slaves . T \ V liliiai ^ - ^ ff T . i ' ui ^ m-wktk-turning their

      att&B-faon to the qassbon of the land ; they were dragged to it . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) would take this opportunity of correcting a mistake into which many honest men had fallen , and a few rogues had taken the advantages . It hid been said by some that he bad deserted the Charter for the question of the Land . Tkiswas not the case . No one who hao read Ms speeches attentively could come to such a onclBsios . He would not give a pin for the Land in the end , if it was not hedged in by the Charter . AH he asked was , a few practical experiment , by which to prove the benefit of the Land to the people when they gained their political privileges . Mr . O'Connor continued in this strain for nearly two hours , ' and was loudly cheered throughout . After tb £ cheering at the conclusion bad subsided , . he enrolled 209 members of tie National Charter Association , all of whom took cards of membership .

      Mr . Ktdd moved a vote of thanks in his usaal eoezgetie style , to Messrs . O'Connor and Boberts , which was carried by acclamation .

      Untitled Article

      THE DOXCiSTEBFBEE-TBADE MEETING . On Saturday last , the Great West Biding Eras-Trade Meeting iwas holden in the Cattle 'Market , where a large sod commodious , hnstiugs had been erected . The meeting was called for two o ' clock , in the Town Hall . At that hour Messrs . Cobden and Bright , accompanied by Earl Fitzwilliam , Mr . Childers . M ^ W . S , "Wrighison , Esq ., and otheis , proceeded to the Hall , and Mr . Johnson , an exien-Eve mUlowner , was called to the chair . The meeting was then adjourned to the Cattle Market . There might be from 1 , 500 to 2 , 000 persons present . Great exertions bad been made to procure the attendance of the farmers : bat there were very few present . Mr . Bright was the first speaker , and dwelt at great length on the Id jurions operation of the Sugar and

      Coffee Monopoly . He advanced no new argumentsj but broadly asserted that every approximation io Free Trade had been attended with blessings io the country ; and that England ' s existence as a nation depended on the ^ stabfishraent of Free-Trade principles . A Farmer on the hustings several times interrupted Mr . Bright during bis speech . Mr Cobdea next appeared , and m a long speech -endeavoured feshew thai thefarmers gamed nothing "by the Corn Laws . The boasted protection of the political Landowners , was no vroleehon a 4 : all . § he farmer must not be frightened by the bngbear of foreign ^ xan petition : forthe foreignerxo ul d not £ fn « rwkWn into this country at a less cost than

      aTfaiMrs psM forthe wboleof iheir xenu tans they had a protection to the whole of their rent . After stating that tithes wire no burden ; and tiwt our ~ ta * a £ m vat no greater than other countries , owing to our means of prodapng wealth , he concluded a long speech of sophistry and fallacy , by SffiX on ^ rTliixwillJam and the oth er landowneritoeomeonlfor ^ FreeTrade . " Mr . West then requested permission to address ihe m eeting , when Mr . Cobden said , * O , for God ' s sake tlon'tlet ra have any more speeches to-day . " Mr . West- ^ "I thiBk your principles erroneous , and fraught with great mischief ; and I wish to provB that to the meeting . " The Chairman— " When yon are wanted to * speak , I wW call on you /*

      Mr . Wrighteon in lie meantime came forward to propose a resolution in favour of Free Trade . He spoke at length on the usual topics . Earl Fitewilliam seconded it in a loag speech , principally condemnatory of the sliding ' scale . He said he had made inquiries how many quarters of wheat passed through Doneaster , and up the Don navigation , to Sheffield ; and he fbnnd it to be 100 , 000 quarters annually : and if the Sheffield trade was £ * ien&di there would be more wheat consumed , and they would be benefifcted in ' proportion . After some farther remarks about Sheffield , he retired amid great cheering . Mi West and Mr . Gfllenden , a working man , now ¦ wished to speak ; but Mr . Chflders , M . P . pressed JbxwardL evidpntiy to speak against time , to tire the people , and thus prevent the Chartists from making an immressMm on tbB farmer ; . At length , -when

      they saw that West would not be put off , Mr . Bright ^ Baidf" All parties sb . ooWbeheaTd . Mr . SiHenden then came forward and said , thai , as a'working man—one " whofelt that he was a slave mliis native land , he would never shrink from doing Ms dniy to Ms country , even though surrounded by Sfled peers and wealthy cdmaoners . He bad Txxsn ScTomploymait for two years , ana , in common Stth ; ftbnsands ti bis exnmttjmen , lad « Buffered VnSE ^ Se ^ S tion ! He faiiwiuil weU ttat the StfSlSed this state of ^ ftings was cuss ^^^^ w ^ iffi ^ S ^ SetolToTra g amendment . --^ ^ bat vrHle this meeting enters its proteit , « uoS B 0 WI » iJ ( Dl xsj VA « oi kind ; yet feels

      Untitled Article

      it incumbent to declare that there is no hope for the destruction of monopoly until the monster monopoly of class-legislation is destroyed by a thorough Badical Reform of the Commons' House , on tile principles contained in . the People ' s Charter . " Mr . West came forward to second it amid considerable confusion . He said he came forward for the purpose of stating to them his opinions on the question of Free Trade ; but as their patience must be nearly exhausted in listening te the long speeches of the members of both Houses of Parliament , it was impossible for him to enter into the subject to the extent that its importance demanded . Before , however , replying to some of the fallacies they had that day heard ,-he would Btate his honest conviction ,

      after many years ' Bhidy , that the establishment of Free Trade principles , ander the existing arrangements of society , would be a curse instead of a blessing , and bring ruin upon hundreds of thousands of industrious men . Mr . Cobden has laboured hard to prove to you that the Corn Laws do you no good ; bat we had a right to expect him to point oat the benefits that vould follow their repeal . Has he done so ! ( Cries of " yes . " ) Well , he ( Mr . West ) did not hear him . Pray what were they ! Are we to have " cheap bread V ( Cries of * no , no , " from the Whigs on the hustings . ) Well , thai it something gained / They used to tell us in the manutaoturing towns we should have

      " cheap bread , high wases , and plenty to do . " We denied it . Many of ns were persecuted for our opposition to them ; and now they are coming forward and admitting all our positions io be true ! and appearing before the world , as mendaciou 3 delnders of the publio ]! ( Mr . Bright !—" Come , now , West , don't be too b » rd . " > Are jou to have extended markets ! Earl Fitzwilliam saya H Yes" i that "if the Sheffield trad * is extended , you wiD have more corn come through your town" ; out what s ^ vs Mr . Cobd en ! for he is th-b authority . Wbj t " if we have Free Trade , the Sheffielders will send their goods to America ; and the Americans will send their corn in return " . TMs will

      coma into Liverpool , or Hull , and be conveyed up by railway ; and not from the farmers of '^ Yorkshire , or by your ** Don navigation "—^ ( great interruption ) . But Mr . Cobden says , " iuhes asb ao ; bttbthbn " to you , because other nations have to pay for their religion a ? well as you . Yes ; but they dotyt pay as much as you do ; and I think you will agree with me that tithes , which are a tax upon industry should be abolished , and that speedily too . But will a Bepeal of the Corn Laws do it ? Ho . Mr . Cobden knows this , and so be would fain persuade you that tithes are n » evil . Ho also S 3 vs taxes havb nothisg to do with your competing with the foreigner ; but bow stands the fact ! Daring the war , when paper money was plentiful , and prices high , the farmer had to give bo many quarters of wheat , or the price of it , as his share of the taxes : when Peel ' s Bill was passed , prices feU ; BUT TAXES EID SOT FALL IN THJB SAKE P £ . OrOBTlOM 1 and the farmer has to give to the tax-eater nearly

      one-half as much more of his produce than he did before I Has the foreigner this to contend with ! No ; and Mr . Cobden knows it . The tax-eaters , the drones , the locusts , the fnndholders , the parsons , the placemen , and the pensioners , are the great incubus that presses down British industry . The interest of the National Debt , at 3 per'cent , is £ 24 , 000 , 000 a year ; or equal to the earnings of nearly one million of labourers at 103 . a-week ; and if those labourers had , on an average , only three to a family , there are three millions of persona handed over as ; slaves for ever and ever to the fundholders ! Mr . W . then went into the " extension '' question , quoting a variety of tables , and proving that redaction of wages had accompanied every " extension of commerce . '' He concluded by asking Mr . Cobden if it teas true that he had been selling Mousslin De LaXnesfrom his print tcorfcj , at about 100 per cent , of profit ; xim at ihe saicb tjkb kedccis « his WOKKXEIf 5 d . OUT OP EVEKT 1 b . 5 d .

      The Chairman then put the amendment and the original motion to the meeting ; when the amendment was lost ; although it was cheering to witness so many hands held up for it in such a qaarter of the world . Mr . Cobden then came forward t # answer Mr . West ' s question ; and said , that " as to the profits he 9 os getting , he wished he could make Mr . West prove his words i and , as to ihb other , hs al-~ WATS PAID AS HIGH "WAGES AS AST OKB K 1 QA 0 ED in the trade , and would continue to do so . " Mr . West—*• That is do answer to my question ; Hare you reduced your workmen of lot * id . out of tvery ls . &f . f " Mr . Cobdsn— l CAN GIVE NO OTHER ANSWER" ! 1

      A vote of thanks to the deputation was then carried ; and , after three eheers for Free Trade and Earl Fitswilli&m , the meeting separated . It is but fair to state that Mr . Bright , Mr . Cobden , and Earl Fitzwilliam treated Mr . West with every courtesy and respect .

      The N0ether5 Star. Saturday, October 21, 1843.

      THE N 0 ETHER 5 STAR . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 21 , 1843 .

      Untitled Article

      THE BEPEAL PROSECUTIONS . THE BASS COMPROMISE ! THE IRISH PEOPLE SOLD FOR THE PERSONAL SAFETY OF THE 44 LIBERATOR , " Thb all-important intelligence , given in car last , will have in some measure prepared our readers for the ** second blow" of tbs Government , struck within the last week j which blow , if Ireland had been u led" by honest" leaders , " might have receiled upon those who aimed it 1 but which , as it is , bids fair , even without ihe promised M Wowb ** to follow to annihilate the Repeal agitation , and send , —not back to

      its cradle , for it has outgrown that , —but to ltsgrave , the giant power that might hatb won a katiow ' s tKOSDOU ; but which , misdirected , or rather treacherously sold by Us leaders for the sake of personal safety , seems to be doomed to add another to the long list of popular faflures , wMch , in every country under heaven , have bo often beenrecorded : strength ' ening the hands of rampant despotism , and burying in the tomb ihe hopes of enRghiened patriotism !

      We again present our readers with a mass of information taken from the best sources , and giving the views of opposite parties ; by comparing which they may arrive at something like the exact truth . Indeed we may Bafely challenge comparison with any Weekly Journal in the empire , for the wellselected and ample intelligence to be found in our pages , on all matters connected with the " Irish Movement , " or indeed o ; any " Movement" affecting the mass of the people ; placing us as it does in an unrivalled position compared with our contemporaries .

      Our readere will lack no means of judging whether our remarks this week are warranted by the events that have transpired . First , then , Mr . C'Conskix , his son Joks , the proprietors of the Prtemcri and Nation , certain members of the Repeal Association , and two Catholic priests , have been held to bail to appear in the Coorfc of Queen's Bench , next term , on a charge of Conspiracy , " * Sedition , " and " Illegal Meeting , " and with sundry ether offences : all , however , coming under tue vague and undefined charge of " Conspiracy ?'

      Here we have the game of 1839-40 and 1842-3 played over again : the scene Icing now Ireland . 'Tis true there is some difference in the mode of " playing the game" ; and "play" it iB , compared with the treatment which the Chartists Lave suffered at the hands of both Whigs and TorieB . We have said Messrs . O'Cokkkll and Co . have been " arrested . " We vrere not correct in so saying . First , a B very polite note" was sent to Mr . O'Cojjkell , from the Crown Office , apprising Mm that

      " the Crown Solicitor had been directed to take proceedings against him , " and requesting to know when it would « uit Mr . O'Cowibll ' s convenience to attend to enter into recognizances . " Then we are told that " Mr . Kucmis waited upon Mr . O'Conhj-ll , to know at what hour it would be convenient for him to give bail . " Mr . O'CoNiCELL " goes , in his own coach to ihe Judge ' s house f ** inspects the splendid and extensive collection of paintings ; " asd , quite at home , " shakes hands with the Judge" i

      Now we dont envy Mr . O'CoKitEti . his good fortune . ; still we must congratulate him on Ms being a Repealer we beg pardon ; a FEPTTR ATJST " we mean , and sot a Chartist . Had he been the latter , he might not have fared so well . He will remember that there was no " polite note" . sent to Mr . 0 'Co ? raoa , nor any anxiety shown to consult Ms u convenience . " On the contrary , he was vraylaid by a common thief catcher , and trapped on the road as if he bad been a Mghwayman . The only " gentlemanly calls" made at the hous& 3 of Chartist victims , have been those of brutal policemen ; in many eases dragging men out of their beds , and tearing them from their families without a moment's warning . The only eoach"for English netims has been the

      Untitled Article

      prison van , in which mea have been licked together like wild beasts , hand-cuffed , and leg-chsinsd ! la * stead of " shaking hands wUa the Judge , " we hare seen Magistrates insulting and oppressing , and Judges fulminating their coarse-abuse aud political spleen against the men they were required to honestly and impartially try . Instead of M inspecting paintings in Judges' houses , ' * Chartist offenders have been , crammed into filthy and abominable dungeons , made to herd with felons ; and treated with the utmost indignity and cruelty : and all this bepohs ibjax « ' befobb BXAWHUTiOM 11 before being ALLOWED to enter into tueih recognizances !

      When the Chartists , me poor Chartists , spoke their mindB , they were persecuted : and Mr . O'CoMKBLii and his party denounoed them for having brought themselves within the power of the law . But then It was Whig law : the la . v which was necessary to keep the Whigs in office . Now ht gets a taste of Tory law : and cries out against the injustiee I Have we not often told him , that the law is held in leash by the party in power , ready

      to be slipped at their caprice ! eaoh using it for their own respective purposes . The law whioh persecuted the Chartists , is the same law that now persecutes the Repealers . When it persecuted the Chartists , it was justifiable ; but now that it persebutes the Repealers it ib tyranny 1 and instead of trying to alter the law , Mr . O'Connell is even now actually trying to make merchandize of its abuse .

      We remind Mr . O'CoNNEu . of these things , because many a time and oft has he made brutal jesi cf the treatment of the ChartiBts ; and hounded on the Government to their persecution . We renvnd Mr . O'Connbll of these things too , because , when the Chartists were in bis present position , and fcuffjriug brutalities and grievous wrongs , to whioh he h not subjected—they did not shrink and whine , as ns is shrinking anb whining ! They did not eat their own words ! renounce their solemn pledges !! offer to TAKE LESS thaw thb whole of the

      pbin-CIMBS FOB WHICH THEY HAD PBEVIOUSLV CONTENDED !! 1 AND DASTARDLY COMPROMISE THEIR CAUSE for the sake of personal safest till No ; they were men : and stood stedfast in the hour of trial ! We request our readers to peruse attentively the copy of the warrant on whioh Mr . O'Connell and the others have been held to bail . They will there find that the Government-ne / has been so widely and dexterously spread , that Daniel , with all his popularity amongst the jury class , will be fortunate indeed if he obtains a verdict of acquittal . First , it will be

      seen that the acoused is charged with " haying unlawfully and seditiously conspired with certain Other persons to excite discontent and disaffection ; ' thuf , as in the case of the H Lancashire Conspirators , " Mr . O'Coicnbxl may be made amenable for , —be&anse made to be connected with , —persons whom he never heard or saw ; but who may be charged with sedition uttered at Belfast , or Cork , or anywhere else ! We Bay u may be ; " for it may be that the arrests are not over yet . The " muster " -order for the Clontarf gathering , and for which Mr . T . MoBBAif , the Corporation Solicitor , saya he is " alone responsible , may be made to support the charge of "demonstrations of physical force , " to say nothing of the " monster "

      meetings themselves . The denunciations of the "SAXON , "—now cringingly , bdt too late , withdrawn , —may bear oui the charge ofexcitiug "jealousies and hatred between her Majesty ' s subjects . " All the harangues , laudatory of the private soldiers ; all the talk about " fixity of tenure "; is met in this document . The M Arbitration Courts" form a Btriking feature in the warrant ; on these is grounded a charge of " assuming and usurping the prerogative of the Crowa" ! M Illegal meetings " follow ; ** seditious libels" are lumped in with seditious speeches" ; and finally , the collecting and obtaining of the * Repeal rent" ia made an accasation , as having been " a means to promote and effectuate " the alleged objects of the alleged " conspirators " .

      Here is , as we have said , a net large enough ! We shall see whether Mr . O'Connell will make of that net a cobweb ! With the wicked and treacherous conduot of Mr . O'Connell still fresh in our memories , when similar snares were laid for the reviled Chartists , we still will not designate him and bis friends as " wretches wortht of the notice of the Aitorxet-Gsnb&al . " No ! Had we no other cause of dislike towards the " Liberator " , we should be content to forg ive , and , if possible , forgst . But wo have other and weightier charges against Mm . -

      These prosecutions , if the Gor : rnment can procure a conviction , may serve it for a time . O'Connell may succumb under ihe lash of the law , as indeed he has alkeadt done . He may calculate on shelving the agitation , with a few lawyers' dap-traps in the Four Courts , and a few mouths of " martyrdom " in Kilm&inham Gaoi ; hoping that this will do for * his time . " Aye , and ho may succeed , too . But will the struggle for freedom end there 11 Will the new awakened masses be for lone content with Bucb

      a return for their " shillings , " which , like drops from the heart ' s blood , have been wrung from their miserable incomes 1 Will * ' Young Ireland" unlearn its " war songs , " and the " Spirit op the Nation" wither or die with the treachery of O'Comnell ! We shall see ; but it strikes us that persecution , —found so utterly powerless to crush Chartism in this country , —will sot be found more efficacious in dealing with the democratic spirit of the people of Ireland , r appretssd though the cry for Repeal may be in a whine for

      " FEDERALISM" ! !! Do the Tories suppose that the means by whioh the Whigs immortalized Chartism in England will suppress Repeal in Ireland 1 When did persecution ever yet change the current of opinion , except indeed it was to divert it for a moment from the principle , to thu consideration of the best means to destroy the oppressor 1 Chartism was persecuted ;

      and appeared for a season to slumber ; but it rose , not bo much to advance ita own principles , as to destroy the Whigs , who persecuted its . votaries 1 So with Repeal . The unjust and extravagant use of the law may for a season arrest the external progress of Repeal ; but the moving mind will go on ! and when it again breaks out , it will be in indignation against those who used persecution as a substitute for law !

      How has Mr . O'Connell met •* blow * the second * We have before seen how he met "blow" the first . We announced in our last , the astounding intelligence , that he , who had solemnly pledged himself never to enter -the " Saxon" parliament again , had backed oat of that pledge , and announced his indention of petitioning the " Saxon" parliament for . "justice" upon those who had signed the Cloatarf Proclamation . We announced that after all his revilings of the people of England , he had at length , in the hour of his adversity , implored the help of thb English people ! These were Sirange tidings , no doubt , to our readers ; but we have stranger revealments this week to disclose ! Last week Mr . O'Connell was yet a " Repealer . " Hislangsage then

      was" The only tyranny he disliked was the tyranny of the Union , and the only oppressor he recognised was the enemy of Repeal . " " The Repealers would not shrink from their duty to obtain a National Legislators again—( crieB of * No , never !*) No , they would not ; and he Tequested that those gentlemen who presented him with the address from the Loyal Repealers of Manchests ^ would inform their friends in that town that they were determined to vsm evert effort

      to effect a Repeal in a legal way , and to say that he ( Mr . O'Connell ) had no doubt of success , if the people took his advice—ho more doubt than he had of the rising of to-morrow ' s sun—( great cheers ) . " " It was manifest ihe Repeal . was coming ]—it was perfectly manifest they must havs it on one condition —their not putting themselves in the power of their enemies . But this he told ^ hem—to have confidence in him—( cheers ) . Let him be sneered at , but he deserved their confidence —( enthusiastic applause ) . " Again— ' "The more they proclaimed , the more prudent they would be in adopting the means for effectually

      Untitled Article

      carrying the repeal . So far , at least , he ( Mr O'Connell ) was not much abashed by a proclamation —by the last blow of tfee sword—( great apple use ) . No , he was not in the least daunted . Upon the contrary , he was doubly sure of success , and he called upon the people of Ireland to listen to him while he said that they then had an opportunity of making their country a nation , again—Cloud cheers ) . All they had to do was to obey him—( loud cries of 1 We will , we will . " ) And he concluded in these very words : —

      Hvrra then , for Old Ireland and Repeal—( tremendous applause )! Whoever ( they vrotild remember ) committed a oritce gave strength to the enemy ; therefore let Repealers pledge themselves to a perfect obedience to the law , and he would pledge himself , and tow solemnly before the inhabitants of the empire , that he would never be taken away from the legal pursuit of agitating for a Repeal oi' the Union until he saw an Irish Parliament ONCE MORE sitting in College-green—( great applause , which lasted for a considerable time , after which the Learned Gentleman resumed his seat ) . " At the Repeal Banquet in the Rotunda ,

      Mr . OConnell said , —The next toast , gentlemen , iB one ihat you will respond to with rapture , — "The Repeal of the Union" —( long-conlinued cheering ) . Having spoken so often on this toast , he should not trespass at length on the theme . One thing he would say , IRELAND WOULD NEVER ACCEPT OF AN INSTALMENT OF TBS

      BEPEAL . THAT JUSTICE COULD BE OBTAINED FROM A LOCAL LEGISLATURE ALONE . " Now we think here are proofs enow of O'Connell ' s sentiments as a Repealer ! There is no mistaking any one of the above sentences . Notwithstanding his absurd talk about " petitioning , " and " going back" to the " Saxon" Parliament , he was still an avowed Repealer . IRELAND WOULD NEVER COMPROMISE . " " Never accbpi an insTalm en t of the Repeal . " Such was his language . But now , —only a week intervening , how shall we astonish our readers when we tell them that MR . O'CONNELL HAS AGREED TO COMPROMISE !

      has offered to take an " INSTALMENT" OF BEPEAL !! Yet so it is f " 'Tis . true , 'tis pity ; and pity 'tis , ' tis true . " We complimented Mr . O'Connell last week on the \ vi 3 e discretion he had shewn in forbidding the Clontarf meeting , rather than xuk the shedding of the blood of the unarmed people . Mr . O'Connell , in 60 doing , did perfectly right ; and had that been his wi > rst offence , he might have laughed at the taunt oi' cowardice flung in bis teeth by the bloodhounds of the Tory press . Again , on his arrest , "

      he issued a letter to his followers , which will be found in our V Irish News , " imploring of them to observe "the strictest and most profound tranquillity . " This , too > was perfectly right . This it was his duty to do . But what then 1 His appeal to the people to join the ranks of the Repeal Association was responded to by hundreds of thousands . His demand for more " rent" was answered by the collection of hundreds of thousands of shillings , and the accumulation of tens of thousands of pounds . His requirement of the exhibition of the physical strength of his party was enthusiastically met by the

      assemblages of immense multitudes , numbering , according to the Repeal organs , from one hundred thousand to one million of enthusiastic and resolute Irishmen . And lastly , —hardest task of all , —when the crowning demonstration was suppressed by Proclamation , and the people insulted by the speotaole of two or three thousand men-butchers trampling upon the rights of millions ; and again , when the " sacred person" Of their darling leader was outraged by the grasp of

      the law , and that leader bid them preserve profound tranquility" they ' obeyed his orders . They have bien profoundly tranquil ; and thus carried out to the very letter all his requirements . Ihe people have done their duty : is O'Conneli prepared to do his ! The people have fulfilled their part of the contract : is he ready to give them their reward ? Is he leading the way to " College Green ! " Is ho ready with "Aw machinery id carrt theIREPEAL" and | g ! ve to Ireland "her Independent and purely Irish Legislature " I

      What haB been his conduct ! What his speeches since the striking of this second blow" ? We refer our readers for tho answer , to his speech delivered last Monday , at the usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association , in the Corn-Exchange . Let every man peruso that speech attentively ; think upon it ; and then say whether { the offer to f compromise" has not been made t First of ^ 11 Mr . O'Connell attempts to wriggle out of his abuse of the " Saxons" ! He " pledged himself that he would , in accordance with ( he Chairman ' s suggestion , drop the word * Saxon' ! " This announcement was met by "laughter" and "

      cheering , " and " continued laughter and cheering . ' The Corn Exohange patriots are notorious for cheering anything that falls from Dan j and truly we are not surprised that they should' indulge their risible faculties with " continued laughter" at this Jim Crow jump of the " Liberator . " O , what a glorious revenge have the long insulted , long reviled , Saxon population , in this self-prostration ; this dirtlicking humiliation of their foul-mouthed libeller ! But Daniel does not stop here . Having , as he thinks , made his peace with the " Saxons , " he forthwith BetB about forming an " holy alliance" with them . He first announces that he " vr as readt to

      TAKE Ay DEPENDANT PARLIAMENT , " if " offered him by the British Government" !——[ "cdon't hs wish he may get it" ?]—and then , by way of steadying his bearers , and allowing them to recover from tho shook auch announcement must have given , he proceeds to say that : — " He had received a proposition from a gentleman of high station in the popular cause in England , who was exceedingly anxious for the well working of any system that would give freedom by means of their own representatives to the Irish people—( cries of hear , hear ) . " We refer our readers to the speech itself for the aotual proposition . Mr . O'Connexx proceeded to say : —

      " Hb ' met these suggestions in the spirit in WHICH THEY WERE DRAWN AND DICTATED J and he told them what had occurred in the Association already , a ? o that if the people of England , or RATHER A SUFFICIENT PORTION OF THEM , CAME FORWARD ,

      THERE WOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY IN ARRANGING THE REPEAL ON THOSE DEPENDANT TERMS ALLUDED TO . It might be said that consenting to take a dependant Parliament was shrinking ; BVT he cared not what taunt was made use of . It was no shrinking . On the contrary , it took away from their enemies every argument that they could use against them . He repeated again ; that that Association WERE PLEDGED TO THIS . "

      And again : — " He had spoken particularly of a federal Parlia ~ ment , as a means by which Repeal could by obtained , and also likely to conciliate both nations ; but it was not suoh a one aa he HAD looked for—( hear . ) He had before delated himself ready to accept a federal Parliament . HE WOULD NOW REPEAT , THAT HE HAD BEEN ALWAYS , AND WAS NOW , HEADY TO ENTER INTO ANY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WOULD GIVE IRELAND SUCH A PARLIAMENT .

      It had been hinted to him that many parties iu England would readily meet his views on this point , if , on the completion of Repeal , their arrangements should ba of a popular nature . He would tell them in England that at soon as they had formed a party strong enough to assist the IrishI people , HE WOULD JOIN THEM IN OBTAINING FEDERAL 1 ZATION—( oheers ) . HE WAS READY TO MAKE A CONCESSION so as to find out a common point of unity . "

      Now , let the reader go back , and read once more this man ' s solemn asservations , repeated ever and over again , only on the previous Monday ; to keep in mind these " sacred vows" " registered in heaven" I that Ireland would never compromise ; " " would accept no isstalmem er Repeal ; " and that "he

      Untitled Article

      would never be taken away from the legal pursuit of agitating for a Repeal of the Union , until he saw an Irish Parliament onoe more sitting in College Green "; and then say whether j he is not trifling with the -holiest feelings of humanity bartering a nation ' s aspirations , that the game of delusion may be' continued for "his time , "

      betraying the cause of which he ia the all-powerful chief , to save from a gaol his own cowardly carcase ! We call this" shrinking , " let him say what be will . Peace and " profound tranquility" on the part of the people say we : bat we also say" measurespractical , peaceable , constitutional measures , to carry the Repeal" ! Not a betrayal of it ! Not a shrinking from those measures !! Not a whining about" FEDERALISM" 111

      But our readers will be anxious to learn who the " illustrious unknown" is , that " high in station in the popular cause j in England , " has offered his assistance to the j" Liberator" to obtain Federalism . Know yej , then , ' tis Joseph Sturgb \ the Brummagem Solon , whoso legislative system is so " complete , " that it can be made to work either with a majority or minority ; a man who did his little best to bring the principles of Democracy into

      contempt by setting at defiance the voioe of the people expressed through their representatives , and violating the principle that the majority shall rule . This is the man that is now helping Dan to hoist the rag of "Federalism . " ! Ah ! Joseph , it wont dd ! Three Millions ; of Chartists petitioned for REPEAL 2 and they will not allow you to hand them over to Dan , for compromise , as quietly as Dan hands over the Irish people to the Tauriesl

      O'Connell oannol blame as for his position . We have , iu spite of himself , striven to aid him , and to promote the professed object of his agitation . We have borne patiently with his scoffs , and scorn ; his calumnies and j falsehoods . We have passed unnoticed the pitiable scurrilities of that miserable sycophant , Tom Steelk . We have refused to reply to the libels of his bribed press . We hare striven to undo the mischief he was doing in setting race against race , by labouring to promote a kindly and fraternal spirit on the part of the English and Scottish people towards their Irish

      brethren . And we beg to assure the gallant people of Ireland , that however much we may have felt it to ba our duty to comment in severe terms upon the conduot of Mr . O'Connell , we have but one feeling towards them , —that of sympathy ; but one wish , —that of seeing them successful in their struggle for self-government . With them we will struggle against coercion , and against TREACHERT ; against the despotism of their oppressord and the falsehoods of their leader . And we now tell that leader , —and in so telling him We speak

      tho sentiments of the British massep , —that he shall have no assistance ] from them for the humbug of federalism . If he has his " measures , " " peaceable and constitutional , " " prepared for the carrying of Repeal , " let him j go on withthem ; and we are with him . If he cannot carry Repeal under present legislative arrangements , let him say so , and hoist the bannor of the CHARTER as the means of rendering triumphant the ) flag of Repeal . If he will do this , we are also with him . But no compromise ! No instalment ! ! NO FEDERALISM ! I ! DOWN WITH ALL HUMBUG III

      Untitled Article

      there would be no Labour at all , or social existence at all , if " all taxation" was repealed ! Bnt while the League have developed this queer " new move , " we do not hear that they have moved to let the dopes who gave them the £ 50 , 000 know what has been done with their money ! Now each a motion as that would be atteadod with some practical good . We should get to know how much John Mobrat has fobbed ! We sh onld learn what has been the amount of his M tarnation "' , and should also be in some wise able to judge whether it would not be advisable to apply his doctrine of " freedom from all taxation" to himself .

      How comes the 4100 , 000 on ? Does it come in fast ! or only dribblingly !! We fancy that folks are asking " what ' s the good of it !"

      Untitled Article

      THE LEEDS MERCURY AND THE LAND . The Mercury has given np the controversy ! To us " he has not another word to say . " How could he ! We have pinned him down so completely , thai he cannot make another shift : so he is compelled to "give in" with as good a grace as bis saturnine nature will permit of . But when " giving In , " he reiterates bis opinion , that in the M wordy" article to which he took exception , we " intended to support and uphold the statement } that a profit of £ 300 a-year might be realized , after paying the rent of the land , and the wages of labour , from four acres of land ; " and he again avers that" no one could read the language of that article , without

      entertaining the same opinion . " Now this we must again rebut ; even at the risk of being deemed " destitute of decency and good manners . " We again tell the Mercury that this is misrepresentation , * We again defy him to shew from our " words" that any man could by possibility come to such conclusion . We again tell him , " vulgar and low-lived" as it may be , that he cannot , for bis very soul , derive such an " opinion" from our " words . " We again tell him , that the " statement" was manufactured by himself ; palmed upon us ; and he then ( most honestly ) proceeded to combat , and revute it , leading tha world to believe that he was combatting and refuting our " words . "

      His conduct , daring this controversy , has been most disreputable . He first misrepresented us j wilfully misrepresented as . Of this we complained , and asked him to explain . We told nun that unless he did vouchsafe such explanation , we should be justified is interpreting bis silence into acqoiea * cence with our accusation of wilful invention . He did essay an " explanation" . In doing so , however , he passed over our " words" entirely , and adduced a portion of a letter written and published four months before our " words " were penned , as

      nis justification for attributing to us the " statement'' he put into our mouth ! We then exposed the "trick . " We called it an unworthy shift . We designated his conduct as dishonest ; we said he was a turning , twisting , eel-tike opponent : and because we did so , the Mercury now says that we " are so entirely destitute of decency and good manners , as not to be able to conduot a controversy on matter of fact without vulgar and low-lived abase " . It is "decent" to put u words" into the mouth of your

      opponent which he never used : it is " vulgar and low-lived" to expose the fraud . It is "decent" to try to wriggle out of the mess , by bringing other people ' s " words" to uphold your assertion that your opponent made the statement yon attributed to him : it is " vulgar and low-lived" to designate this as trickery , and to follow your shameless and diahonest opponent fully up , and lay him sprawling on bis back in the dirty kennel of invention and falsehood !

      If the conduot of the Mercury throughout this controversy has been in accordance with " decency and good manners" we are quite content to be considered as " vulgar and low-lived . " We know where his conduot has landed him ; and we know also that he has enabled us to crow over him most lustily . The Mercury avers that we shrink from upholding the statements of Mr . O'Connor , respecting the £ 300 CLEAR PROFIT , from four acres of land ; and that " we leave Mr . O ' Connor and Mr .

      John Linton to their fate . " We do neither one nor the other , Ia the first place Mr . O'Connor never made such a "statement . " He gave a rough ealcw lation from memort , of what Mr . Linton had done . Mr . Linton , seeing that there were inaccuracies in that calculation , forwarded to us a plain and clear "statement" of what had been the actual result of his experiments upon some three quarters of aa acre of land . That " statement" bore out Mr , O ' Connor ' s rough estimate in the main ; and oa that " statement' * have , ever since , been all

      our reasonings , calculations , inferences , and conclusions ( as well as those of Mr . O ' Connor in the Star ) been founded . We have not " left" either Mr . O'Connor or Mr . Linkin , " to their fate . " The " statements" whioh we have made on the authority of either of those gentlemen , W are still ready to uphold , if the Menurjf should again venture to gainsay them , or try to refute them . And in doing this , we will not try to pin him down , even to "decency . " He may be as " vulgar" and as " low-lived" as he pleases . The public

      will know how to discriminate between the argument and the " abuse . " The more of the latter , the less of the former . And , whenever we see a man shy off on the pretence of " vulgarity" and" low-livedness , we always set it down that he is conscious that he is beaten : Were it not so , he would stand his ground , and triumph . Were " vulgarity" or " low-lived abuse" resorted to against him—the exposure of the one , and the exhibition of the other , would be his justification . None but the really contemptible ever affect contempt .

      For the present we must desist . Other matters claim both time and space . Some other day , we will return to it . We have another Report of Mr . BAiNEs ' sto bring before the publio , to show that " the Land ; THE SOIL , is our only resource !' We shall dish that up for him some day ; and give some other matter that will tend to manifest the soundness of his advice .

      Untitled Article

      TO THB CHARTISTS OF LONDON . Brethren , —The period having now arrived when , according to the New Plan of Organization , our functions as your delegates have ceased , we venture to lay before you our parting address for your attentive perusal . It will not be necessary for us to give a detailed account of our proceedings ; suffice to say , that with a very limited amount of funds , we have accomplished a vast amount of good . Brethren , we address you as men who are determined t < Mise every effort for the attainment of oar beloved Charter . We are prepared to make every prudential sacrifice for that object . We call upon , you to do the same , if vou are men who believe in

      the ennobling principles of which we have been the representatives ; give , we beseech you , every practical proof in your power of the fidelity of your bblief : suffer not aa opportunity to escape you wherein you may be of use in disseminating the principles of unadulterated Chartism . Bear the vilification , of designing enemies with that forbearance which is truly indicative of a well-regulated mind , and the sequel will be the triumph of every virtue that adorns the character ^ of man over every species of vice that degrades him . We earnestly request you to give all the pecuniary eupport-inyour power to the new Execntive . Let not their means of doing good be crippled by want of the necessary funds .

      Brethren , we call on you to unite—to be firm j for unity and perseverance , in a natioa that is oppressed , witt secojre to it Us freedom . Let petty bickerings cease for ever in yonr ooaaseJs , and peace and harmony succeed in their place . Adhere most rigidly to the law ; but sever cease to let yonr oppressors know that they deprive you of participating in , ita enactment . . _ Brothers , once more we call on you to Bupport th » Executive—to concentrate your efforts to forward the New Plan of Organisation . Shew the world you mean what you talk about . Let the spirit of brotherly love be Been to pervade all your actions ; and in that spirit we bid you farewelL Signed , on behalf of the delegates , Wm . Matthews , Chairman .

      Untitled Article

      ~ +--- * f *^ r *' - * -+ ~^^^^ ' - ~ *> v—~ - — -- ^« , NEW MOVE } OF THE LEAGUE . REPEAL OF ALL TAXATION I ! We must call particular attention to the " new move" of the League , as developed at Wakefiold on Friday last . ' : For years We have been expounding the doctrine that our difficulties , ( including the " verge of Bankruptcy" and " ruination" have sprung from excessive taxation ; and \ that it was hopeless even to

      dream of being better , until we dealt with an almost unsparing band with that ticklish question . We have oftentimes set forth the gross injustice that would assuredly be inflicted on all classes of las-payers , by any ! measure that would further depredate prices of 1 articles of produce , while our ! ax-engagements remained fixed in money-amount . We have also , times { without Dumber , demonstrated that any measure of free trade must inevitably enhance the burden of taxation , unless the amount of taxation was reduced , so as to meet the " altered circumstances of the { country . "

      Hitherto , however ; it has been impossible to get the Leaguers to touch the question . They have fought most exceedingly shy of it . Look it in the face they would not ! Tackle it , they dare not . Now , however , the Rubicon is passed ! Now , however , the League have touched 1 Now , they have handled ! and bandied to some purpose , too I Be it known , that on Friday , Oct . 13 th , 1843 , Mr .

      John Murray , hired tool of the League ; paid emissary of that body ; and representative extraordinary of the League in Wakefield on that particular day ( having been sent down from London expressly J ; this said Mr . John Murray , being hired and paid aa aforesaid , did , before the face of hundreds of British subjects , aud when acting on behalf of the League , propose that " Labotir should be freed from all monopolies , and ALL TAXATION" !!!

      Now that ' s what we call going the ** whole hog " with a vengeance . " ' Labour freed from ALL taxation" ! What will Sir Robert Pebl say 1 There is a blank look out for him ! Labour necessarily bears the burden of ; "all taxation . " Nothing ; nor nobody else , but Labour and the Labourer , oan by any possibility pay taxes . "Labour is the source of ALL wealth . " " Free L abourfrom ALL taxation , " and you ! have no taxation at all !!! Again we ask , what will Sir Robert Peel say !

      We now get at the meaning of the League , with respect to taxation . They are for maintaining " National faith" " with a hook"I John Murray , specially representing and acting for the League , proclaims that " Labourlpught to be freed from ALL taxation . " What is ] the DEBT-man to do ? What is the army to do ? How is the navy to be paid ! Where are the " pretty misses" on the pension list to look ! How is the civil list to come on ! Where is Albert to j get his £ 30 , 090 ! What are to become of the privy councillors ! What of tbe sinecurists ! And what of the salaried mem 1 O ! John Murray ! and O ! you the League ! What a hornest ' s nest you have thrust your ugly hoof into at last ! :

      For ourselves , we have never dreamed of" freeing labour from ALL taxation . " We have maintained that taxation ought , Jin justice , to be monstrously reduced : reduced from £ 60 , 000 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 , 000 a-year : but that is the extent to which we have sought to go . John Murray- and the League seek to sweep taxation away altogether ! I ! Mr . Cobden once talked of " arresting the wheels of Government . " John Murray , the paid representative of the League , has shown ns how the League , are to accomplish the " arrest" !!

      Say not , that this I is not the intention of the League . Every Leaguer in Wakefield voted that suoh was his intention ! Every mother's son ot them voted that " ALL taxation" ought to be abolished !! ; We must mention ! another extraordinary circumstance connected with , this Wakefield meeting . All the reports yet given to the world have been

      furnished by the Leaguers themselves : and yet not one of them has set forth the wording ot Mr . Murray ' s resolution ! They say he moved one , " embodying the principles of the Free Traders . " The embodying" was such as we have set forth : it therefore follows , even according to their own showing , that it is a principle with the Leaguers that Labour ; i . e . thb nation ; " ought to be freed from ALL TAXATION" ! i

      What say the Labourers themselves , to such a doctrine $ Labour now seeks protection . Labour is tarerf , —heavily enough God knows : and for that taxation Labour ought to be well-proteoted . But what protection could Labour expect ; what protection would Labour be likely to have , if it was "freed fiom a . ll taxation" 1 Labour is badly off as it is :

      The Metropolitan Delegates.

      THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATES .

      Untitled Article

      4 THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct673/page/4/