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      EOUT 8 LANCASHIRE . —Delegate Meeting . —This meeting was held in the Chartist-room , Brownatreefc , But Manchester , which hod been called for the « w £ rrv < pi purpose of taking into consideration the release of the Chartist prisoners , and to ad opt means which to them might se « m best to get up a demonstration for their reception into Manchester . It -was agreed that the committee , which hid already been formed fat that purpose in Manchester , ehonld have a Toice in the delegate meeting . Present—Mr . John Cartledge , Brown-street , Manchester ; Mr . Jonah Scbofield , Droylsden ; Mr . Richard Haslem , Oldham ; Mr . James Bowers , Stalybridge ; Mr . Roger Green , Middleton ; Mr . James Barlow , Stoekport ; Hr . Wood , Manabetter ; Mr . David Booth , Newton Heath ; Mr . John

      Toynson , Hardman-stree * , Manchester ; Mr . William pjafct , Salter-street , Manchester ; Mr . John Howarth , Batcliffe Bridge ; Mr . John Bailey , Oldbam-ro&d , Manchester ; Mr . Gabriel Hargr&Tea , Manchester ; Mr . Peter Shorrocks , and Mr . Wm . Griffin . Mr . Peter Shor-1 xocks was called to the chair , and commenced business by explaining to them the reasons why they had been called together a week earlier than their , usual time of meeting , and then proceeded , to Tt&d ; three letters irhjcij he had received ; the first from j Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; the second from Mrs . O'Brien , and the third from Mr . Wm . Benbow ; alter -which a kog discuadon commenced amongst the delegates as to the day on which the above patriots ahoold be requested to amive * t Manchester . One party contended for Saturday , whilst the other party wished far Monday , which terminated in a resolution to the following efiect ;— "That the Committee at Manchester shall again discus the subject relative to the dsr oc

      which febe demonstration shall take pteee , and that each < l « leg » te-lay tfie same before Ms ¦ oeafitittteirt * , who shall Aedde ^ rbich day they wise , and to aeet&g&in in the sarae room to-morrow ( Sunday ) , and -when as-• exakted , that day on which the aagority ef < ietegates eose prapered to state wo « 14 best writ their constitoflBts , the demonstration will be held whether it be Ximday 'er Saturday . " 2 nd . " That three persons be appointed to draw up an address to the prisoners . " Mr . Jobs Sc 3 ey , Mr . Richard Hadeia , and Mr . William Griffin were chosen for that purpose . They were re-^ Bested to retire into the Committee-room -while the otfeerstdiscussed other business which would be brought before tflem . But u sothing definite had been received from either Feargus O'Connor * er the rest of the prisoners upon the subject of their release , no resolu-Ucm was passed . Shortly , the Committee entered with Ifce "following address , which was read and carried with acclamation : —

      T 9 "FEAKGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., MR . BRO > - TEBRE O'BRIEN , A 2 TD MR . WILLIAM BENBOW . Patriotic Sirs , —We , the delegates assembled in Brown-street , East Manchester , on Sunday , July 4 th , 1 * 41 , having heard that you are shortly to be released fcom your dungeons , beg most respectfully to inform you , both on behalf of ourselves and our constituents , that it is with joy inexpressible , that we receive * nch flAd tidings . Six * , -we iail with delight , mingled "with , anxious 4 KpecUtion , the approach of the time when we shall once more have the pleasure and opportunity of seeing yon , and to enjoy your company ; and when yonr tanscendant talents shall be called into action ,

      unfettered and free , both with your tongues and pens . When jou , as you are ever welcome , shall take your proper stand amongst and assist those who ha-re fought the battle in your absence . Without flattery on our part , we assure you we have many times had to lament the loss of such men as you in one of the most glorious , gigantic and enterprising struggles , that has ever occupied the minds and attention of the working millions , namely to burst the fetters of slavery , and stand up in the dignity of freemen , to gain those rights , liberties , and privileges which of right belongs to universal man . Deeply have we grieved that tyrants at heart should be allowed to torture and rnsHlt you , and injure you both bodily and mentally , especially when we are conscious that the very extent of your crime , has been

      heeaane you possessed feelings of sympathy , > £ Bnfiro&it 7 and si&ctiGn for , &nd nx&nftzlly &s < * t iocief&ti * i f&bly laboured to better the condition of what has been . termed , by those who live upon the fruits of our in- i iotuj , " the swinish multitude ";—feeling , as we do , eonriBced that if you had considered your own indi- ; Tidual interest to the ezclnsien of ours , aid had taken i an opposite course , you could and would have been j Messed with every privilege—had you consented to go > Jtand and glove with those who are now your and our i c ^ jpreasors , you might , instead of being where you now are , have occupied the highest seats in the senate ! House , extolled and rewarded for your abilities by those who , through the medium of an hireling press , brand yon with the epithets of fire-brands , rebellious , dis-1 affections , ic . i

      Sirs , —We the working classes , judging from your ' station in society , are sufficiently aware that you have \ been actuated by the purest of motives ; and seeing the \ poverty , misery , tyranny , and oppression , tie effects of ! class-legislation , everywhere abounding amongst the eaalared millions ef your fellow-creatures—a love for j them , yourself , posterity , and your country combined , propelled and stimulated you to exertion in the great ¦ work of universal redemption , liberty , and happiness to alL We have come to tiiis conclusion from an impression wrought upon our minds by watching your ' conduct for years ; and , from the bold and disinterested ' manner you have proceeded when all the power and Influence of tyrants was arraigned against you ; from the Banner in which youhave braved the storm , beth in danger

      and out of danger , throngh evil as well as through J good report , bidding defiance to police magistrates , attorney-general , judges , and juries , because you were armed and fortified with truth and justice , and engaged in a righteous and glorious cause . They , poor short j sighted , empty-headed fools , fancied that when you— j and the rest of the good and true , ' who have * nobly i suffered like yourselves , were taken from us , that the * erj against oppression would ceasfc , and that it would ' abate toe thirst for liberty in those who irere left be- \ hind ; but , alas I think God , tbey nerer made a greater I aiStaSe J for , in the fint plate , they have not , bj- their : dungesns , erased the love of liberty from the breasts of ¦ those whom they have bad under their iron grasp ; but , cm . the contrary , they , the patriots , have come out of ;

      the furnace purified , and as giants refreshed with new ¦ wine , filled with zsal and determination , have entered the field with more vigour , and are going forward , advocating the principles of liberty through the length and breadth of the land . This ought , above all , to eonvince the despots , that neither the dungeon , the « word , nor the scaffold , will be sufficient to uphold oppression , or stifle the cry for liberty . In the second place , those who have been leit behind , those whom the blood hounds of the law have n * t thought sufficient game , have taken the place of yourselves and others , and hare supplied them to the best of their ability —the Ui-uscd working classes likewise began to read think , judge , and act for themselves , and thus it was that the fustian jackets , the unshern chins , " and £ hs

      blistered hands fcave met the tyrants upon the same « tage ; stood forward in tlje majesty of their cause , and in thousands of uutaaces ha-rejbeat teem in open and fair discussion , until at length , though we as Chartists have sufikred more persecution , met with more opposition both from the law , the Government , the middle and higher classes , and all those who wish for things to remain as they are , and have had our tanks broken into , and ont of them ibO of our best men imprisoned ; in a word , history does not record a Boeiety so much persecuted and prosecuted as ours-has been , from the commencement of our agitation for the Charter . Yet , notwithstanding all this yon have never finch pd , you have not bended beneath your sufferings , and it is with exultation that we can without fear of contradiction , say , nay we rejoice ; and exclaim in a Toice of thunder , that we are in a better position titan we were when you left ns . That we are now

      better organised ; a better understanding exists with each other , and by the circulatien of information ihroogh the medium the Star , and tie Chmtist press , tbe working cl&saes in eTery part of England * ad Scotjand , and many parts of Ireland , have been enabled to read our principles , which cannot help tat produce conviction in every honest and candid mind of their correctness and purity ; and thus have they become more intelligent And , again , many who once looked upon us with scorn and contempt , have been led , for the sake of the novelty of the thing , to examine and give those principles a proper investigation ; aod as many have acknowledged , with a prejudiced miad , who after have come honestly forward , joined our Association , and have allowed themselves to be put npon the plan of lecturers , to expound tiiose principlei which they at one time presumed that they were justified in treating with contempt

      Then , honoured Sirs , if such has been our progress without mea like yourselves to advise with and direct « s—if this has been and is now our position—if we could meet the factions when we had only a fustian jacket , and amid all the conflicting and numberless difieultiea , and when even he ran the iuk of losing his employment—if we could make ahead against such « dd » , what might we now anticipate when you once ¦ ion tak » JOOI post—wh « n your presence shall gladCen , and when your tongues , as if broken loose from

      bondage , shall erdte our countrymen , and stimniat * them so that thousands will step out « f the routine of their forma energies and be alive to their own interest in pushing forwird oar glorious and immutable Charter . ' Tec , coble O'Connor , we , judging torn , abe elements of which you are composed , expect treat things from you in addition to what you have dene , in rousing the whole nation by yoax eloquence , determiBation , perseverance , and generalship , cutting « l « ht aod left » t those faction ! who dread your approach ,

      And you noble O'Brien , termed as you have been by yonr companion Feargus , the schoolmaster of England , we judge you likewise from your former conduct ; we have a pledge from you written in almost every page of the Poor Man * Guardian , and from your eight years democratic writings we feel confident that you are up to the mark—that your mighty fingers and your pen ¦ w ill again be brought to bear against the citadel © f ccrmpMon , and that you will hold up the present corrupt ; . system to the blase of open day , shewing its foul and i demoralising character ; that you will shew the absur-Ait ? and iabtfiiiij of out rulers , wfcetber WbJf or ;

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      Tory , in their trying to pro p np » falling nationiby artificUl means , and shew tbr , remedy for wring a sinking wreck . Noble and well tried anfl never-found-wanting , undaunted Benbow , yon will gi re no quarter to the enemy . If every one had tsken y oar advice , they would all have been dammed to deaf j iOng since . Judging from your defence , from the for itude which you show under your sufferings , and from i 0 Bg duty performed with honour to youiself and sal i » facfcian to tout ftUow-creatUTes , u recorded and k gUtered in the democratic press for the last twenty ye ag . We wish to o ^» T ey to you , honoured Sir , that we do not despair in y 0 Uj bnt , on the contrary , you live in our breasts , « a ^ iik the aforesaid nobles of nature , possess our cot fidence and esteem ; and that we hope and trust we ' jhail be able to convince you that we appreciate yor j exertions on your and our behalf .

      Sirs , we lo < jt forward to all three of you to join the ranks of the rest who have left their dungeons to assist in opening the eyes of the millions to their true interests , to , organise them , and raise such a phalanx as will , b < / ore no very distant period , wring from a worthless , despotic , and tyrannical Government those rights an r' i immunities which the laws of the omnipotent Ruler of tbe universe , and the Jaws of nature entitle us to . Hon- / mea Sin , there are thousands whose heart ! pant -s rith anxiety for the day on which they can pay a

      debt of gratitude for yonr past services ; only a hint that you are about to be released , has put fresh life into , the whole country ; and the question universally as ) dug is , how can we sufficiently repay you ? How crm we do to get up such a demonstration as England never saw , and to carry out which , money has been called for , which comes in beyond our expectation . Flags and banners of the most costly and splendid description are beiag provided , and with everlasting credit to the females , we are compelled to fay that they bid fair to be foremast in the field .

      In conclusion , we , in behalf of our constituents , of ourselves , of our wives and children , return you our sincere thanks for the past , and place unbounded confidence in you for the future , and remain yours truly and affectionately in the cause of democracy , Universal Suffrage , and no surrender . Signed , By order of the delegates , Peter Shoerocks , Chairman . Chartist-rooms , Brown-street , July 4 th , 1841 . After tbe reading of the address , it was resolved , " That the Editor of the northern Star be requested to insert the above address in the next publication . " A vote of thanks was given to the three individuals who drew up the address , and also to tbe Chairman , and thus ended a pleasing and animating meeting . [ This report was received for our last , but was accidentally omitted . —Ed . ]

      The Nokthern Star. Saturday, July 17, 1841.

      THE NOKTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 17 , 1841 .

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

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

      moment be listened to . They have had too many " fair trials ; " and in each and all the people have fonnd them wanting ; and however the proud flesh of Whiggery may for a long time hare covered ' and partially obscured the deep and festering wound of Toryism , yet will the caustic of public opinion very speedily remove the outward skin , and expose the running sore of constitutional disorder" Thk i Kisg ' s Evil "—to the naked eye .

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

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

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

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

      What , in Euch case , then , becomes the bounden duty of the veritable Chartist 1 We have over and over again shown that law is a farce ; and that , as Mr , O'Conkob has well observed : " There is more danger to the peasant who shoots at the squire ' s hare , than to the squire who shoots at the peasant ' s head . " This iB true ; moEt true : but , then , unopposed tyranny acquires the stamp of custom ; and usage and cnitom are most easily transferred to the country ' s records as common law ; whereas vigorous

      opposition to the infant abnse wonld have prevented the monster ' s strength . Hence have the people been most culpable in olden times . Indeed we have no right to lay equal stress upon popHlar acquiescence at present , inasmuch as the storm of popular indignation so successfully kept up against the New Poor Law Bill and the Rural Police Bill , is likely , if not to crush those monstrous iniquities to the earth per se , indirectly to annihilate , not only them , but the power of their framers .

      What then , we say , becomes the people ' s duty ! They must create a power stronger than oppression ; a national feeling stronger than party or class prejudice ; a Eense of justice greater than the laws' persecntion ; and if attacked unconstitutionally behind each & rampart of moral strength by physical one , then necessity , which is the mother of invention , will of itself , and npon toe moment ) create a force stronger than gunpowder . The Toiee of knowledge has almost silenced the cannon ' s roar , and nature , ever ready to am right against Slight , will be prompt in supplying her children with the means of self-defence against their enemies .

      The mode of accomplishing all these desirable objects is by a dissemination of cheap political tracts—the support of that preas which comes op to the Chartist principle , not only the support of those principles , but the establishment of a principle ; that is the English Chartiit Circular , for id . ; the Scotch Chartut drexdar , Ad . ; M'DoualTs cheap publication , which we are extremely sorry to learn is not suppported as it ought to be ; the Odd Fellow ; Vincent ' s National Vindicator , and all the other ; * nd tboflfb jast , not least , the glorious

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      Cooper ' s little Leopard , which tb < mgfc compiled often to change its skin , jet never changes its flesh ; to meet in doaeas . in scores , in hundreds to talk about the Charier and its blessings ; to hold public meetings now and then , to prove the advance of publio opinion ; to insist upon a perfect union between all parties struggling for the same end ; to look upon ererj man ' s brain aa having something which may be beneficially extracted from it ; to

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

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

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

      Now , although it is highly important that such petitions should be numerously signed , yet as Mr . Duncohbe only moved on one of the prayers of our former petition , and aB the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones was another of our prayers , he can constitutionally call the 2 , 000 , 600 spirits from the dusty archives , or rather from the burying ground for popular , opinion , and make them plead for his clients .

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

      O'Bkikn , M'Douall , Sankey , Vincent , Hanson , PlTKETHLT , HaRNET , LEECH , WlLLIAMS , BlNNS , Lowfbt , Col . Thompson , Cooper , Richardson , John Duncan , Abraham Duncan , Thomasson Mills , Moir , M'Cbae , Mabtin , young Thompson , and many others ; in fact , Scotland the land of martyrs , and consequently of patriots , has nearly filled up the list ; however the deficiency will be easily made good .

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

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

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

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

      Such are the weapons with which the country should be armed to resist Tory domination ; while the Whig alternative should be to transfer all the combustible elements of popular discontent into the House of Commons , as a national safety valve . To talk now of longer holding power by majorities and gunpowder , is child ' s play—a farce 1 We are told that the government of a country is , in general , a correct miniature of popular opinion . In this folly the Leeds Mercury joined during the days of Whig ascendancy ; but what

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

      It is plain that the Whigs cut a stick in 1832 , with which the Tories have thrashed them soundly in 1841 . What , then , can the Whigs do ? Can they go to the Bhrubbery again and select another Whig switch ? No ; impossible ; they must £ 0 to the fvrest and cut a Tory wattle , of which they may hold one end and the people the other ; and then all may hope to annihilate the whole power of Toryism . The Whigs cannot regain power by the present constituencies of their own creation : that is

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

      What , then , mast they do \ They must , a » they have tried juggling for nine yeara , now try a fair game . They must show the people every card in the pack , and tell the people , in the event of a fresh deal , how many trumps they , the people , shall hold to stop " a bad lead , " or change a dangerous game . They must DISSOLVE AGAIN S and without appearing ridiculous to all the nations of the earth , by another " v ision , " or " night mare , " they need be at no trouble to go in search for the proper bait for the season . We will bait the hook , and tie the fly , so as to catch the | £ sh ; but the fish mast be

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      thirty Chartist Member * , onstitnting the anti-Tory and Chartist staff in the H « nse . At this notion , which we were the first to broach , and which wo rejoice to find the Chronicle and the Sun support , the bloody eld Times , sad oar Great Grandmother , are outrageous . So much the better . If the Whigs allow the Tories once to get possession of the gunpowder and the treasury , then farewell all hope of suoh organic change , short of revolution , as will ever again transfer power from Tory to Whig hands .

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

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

      The Tories , it is true , have been much relieved by the rejection of Herries , Sir George Murray , and Mr . Fitzboy Kelly—all aspirants for office ; but then there are ample combustible materials left for a grand blow up . Peel and his old followers , Knatchbull , Goclburn , Egerton , Lord Mahon , Sir H . Hardinoe , Lord Ashley , and all the old constitutionalists , will not like to be removed by Lord Stanley , Graham , Tennant , and their expectants ; while Sir Robert Inglis and his disciples will each press for a curacy , or perhaps a plurality of benefices ; as we are now essentially represented by the Protestant counties .

      H A little leaven leaveneth the whole loaf . " Howick and Charley Wood kept continually poking and hiccupping at the Melbourne Cabinet , in spite , for breaking up his papa ' s family circle ; and when one scabby sheep was able to infect the whole flock , what amount of " scab , " and *• foot-rot , " and "blackleg , " and " liver-rot , " may that shepherd expect who has so many infected sheep on one confined pasture 1 To hold office on Tory principles the Whole flock must be kept together ; whil e to keep the whole flock together , abuse most be multiplied for the Reduction of each lot .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      This rampant Proteus , now for ever dismissed from his position , is frantic ; and , in his madness , be still , even in the heat of election contest , throws his venom at the only powerful party in the State—tbe Chartists . We thought he had been taught a lesson by the chastisement recently administered to him by the New York Repeal Association . Our readers are perhaps aware , that in a letter to " the real Old Goat , " ( Lord Charlemont , ) "Old Mortality" denounced the Irish patriots of 1793 as traitors ; and that Robert Emmett , the eon of Thomas Addis Euhett , late Attorney General

      of New York , who was expatriated in 1798 , and nephew to Robert Ejiuett , the patriot , who was butchered in 1803 ; that this young patriot was chairman of the Repeal Association of New York ; and , upon reading the insult offered by the Liberator to his father and uncle , he instantly sent in his resignation , whereupon the Association met , approved of his conduct , denounced the' * Liberator" for his time-serving , expediency policy ; and , after pasting a spirited resolution declaring that more self-devoted or braver patriots than those of 1798 never lived , requested Emmett to resume his office , which however he declined .

      Charlemont and the Whigs , the Duke of LsiKnm , of Anti-Repeal notoriety , and Piekob Mahomet , his whipper-in , are now sought to b * conciliated by O'Connkll . Ab Mohammed would net come to the mountain , the mountain resolved upon going to Mohakmed . If the caase of liberty derived no other benefit from the expulsion of the Whigs from office , than the destruction of Daniel O'Connell's wholesale borough power , the viotory would have been great . Talk of the rotten boroughs , indeed , while one sales-master holds forty proxies ; the only difference between them and the hereditary legislators being that the puppets must be present to vote themselve * -lavee " in propria persona . '"

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

      because his end , his aim , and object has been to remove , from the House of Commons , such men as Colonel Thompson , Roebuck , Sharmak Cbawfobd , Whittle Harvby , and Fkar « os O'Connor , whose advocacy of popular rights might have held popular feeling for yet a little longer in abeyance , also have formed an incorruptible barrier between him and the people upon the one hand , and between him and the Government upon the other ; thus rendering his corrupt support of less value by exposure . He well knew that to insure unopposed power , he must destroy in the House , and banish from the

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

      Anti-Repealer ) to become his colleague for the representation of Dublin , passes without notice ? Does he imagine that the Repealers forget that" Irehind ' s only "—the Duke of Lbinsteb , with the help of his tool , —Pierce Mahony , got up the memorable anti-Repeal Declaration ; and does he think that they , the Repealers , will not recolleot his , O'Connell ' s , recent declaration , that " the Marqnis of Kildare teas the son of a man who , though he took but little part in politics , was , nevertheless , always ON THE BIGHT SIDE . "

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

      anti-Repeal banker ,, or trader , or barrister , all anti-Repealers ; but none of them poor ones ! Suoh men we find started , supported and returned for the Repeal county and b # rough of Carlow , for New Ross , for Kinsale , Yougbal , and for many other places ; while the gallant General who was slandered and defamed AS BEING A REPEALER , notwithstanding the contradiction of the libel by the Newry Examiner Repeal print , is alone defeated .

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

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

      tor Irish Catholic place , pension , and emolument , should now turn npon the Repealers who have been sopped off , and declare them place-hunters and sold 1 Is it not strange that , in the face of Irish denunciation , the miller Baronet , Sir David Roche , and the Whig Baronet , Sir Denham Norreys , and the Whig Attorney-General , David Pigot , and the Trinity grub , old Dr . Stocks , and the Right Honourables Thomas Wyse , and Little Dick Shiel—is it not strange , we say , in the midst of all this

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

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

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

      which he promised to redress , still in existence , notwithstanding his mighty power 1 Nay , more ! after so long a possession of power , do we not find that the Tories , upon their re-occupation of Government , have now all the machinery of police , and arms Bill , and mitigated coercion , all furnished by the " Liberator , " made to hand and ready for use ! And shoald the Tories now abuse that power , who is to blame—those who finding it , use it , or those who furnished it 1

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

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

      John Lawless , Pcrcell O'Gormam , Mr . Lambert , O'Gorman Mahon , and all who honestly opposed , or exposed the " Liberator , " were cheerfuly offered up as sacrifices to expediency : to this blindfold subserviency , and to the fact that Dan being

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      paid before the job waa completed , we attribute h 5 « sale of Ireland , and his self humiliation . Had O'Connell never touched eash tin his client ' * cause was gained , we unhesitatingly declare , that if he had bad courage , moral and personal , which he ha t not , he might have been ^ greater man than either Napolhw , Alexahdbb thb Great , or Cromwell , Before we notice hia abuse of ( yCoNHoa and Char . tism at the late Dublin meeting , we may observe , that herein lies the great difference between O'Com * nor and O'Connell . O'Cokhor has , to our know , ledge , taken an oath , a solemn oath , never to accept money , or value , to the amount of one pennyworth ,

      till his client ' s success shall entitle him to a ju * reward for his advocacy of their cause . We know that very many persons , and bodies , have frit ijj . suited by O ' Connor ' s refusal of presents ; but \ rs hold his determination to be wise . There is littl * difference between money and money's worth ; and if he commenced by accepting fustian , or any other money ' s worth , he would probably end in looking fOj money . Had O'Connell made the resolution ntt to accept anything till his work was completed , and had he made his interest and the interest of tin people identical in the completion , it would ha ^ t been done , and well done , long ago .

      We now proceed to lay before our readers tk « venom of the Charter draftsman , as lately spit npoj his gaping swallowers in Dublin . After two columy of . rank nonsense , and praise of Whiggery and onj " lovely young Queen , " Old Mortality ' . ' says : — « A damp had been thrown on the cause of repetf in thU country , by the foolish conduct of hoti Ebrington at the Castle . ( Groans . ) The Government refused to countenance Repealers , but did it now refim the support of these Repealers ? Were they not thaafc ful for their votes that day ? ( Hear , hear . ) Then , there were the Chartists in England ; they did ton . aiderable damage to the Radical cause . A groan ft , the Chartists . ( The call was responded tobyadeafeg

      ing burnt of groaning , hissing , hooting , and every poj . sible mark of disapprobation from the immense moltf . tudo . ) Mr . O'Connell continued—I think it right to tell you , my Mends , that Feargus O'Connor made i most deperate attempt to have me assassinated n Leeds ; and I am informed that there are a few of hij vagabond Chartists at present in Dublin . Well , would like t * see what colour these fellows are ot ( Laughter , and cheers . ) These rascally Chartists ut onr enemies—they are tbe enemies of Inland—they an the enemies of the Queen , whom they have groul j libelled . One word more , and that is a big word , U peaL ( Cheering . ) Yes , Repeal . It to for the great measure of Repeal that I am principally struggling . '

      Of the Repeal question we have before disposed , in as far aa it has been extinguished by the " Liter * tor . " The groan for the Chartists will be answered tenfold by the Killarney eoho , whose response * 21 be ** ten groans for * Old Mortality , * and the putrid carcase of Whiggery . " As to O'Connor , " Old Mortality" knows M well that he told a lie , a wilful lie . Bat why marvel ( Could he speak truth ! He knows that Mr . O'Connor ' s only observation as to Dan s visit to Leei was , "Let no man riot ; and , should any attempt ' % let him be instantly restrained : our interest is U keep the peace ; their sis to break it . "

      Now , what will the old grave-digger say * Wlj just what we say—that a lie , to him , is muchpf t ferable to the truth ; for truth never serves the bid man ' s purpose . However , in the midst of all ibid hot contest , iti curious to see how the netted Chartists haunt tin Whig lion at large . Every opponent of the ' Libe » tor ' s , " till he met with his over-match , either fell i prey to the "Liberator ' s" slander and abuse , or a disgust foolishly gave him a triumph by changijj sides . But O'Connor opposed him from the first , is 1833 , when he discovered his treachery upon the question of Repeal ; and , without turning a hair ' s breadth from his course , he has hunted the "Liberator into the arms of Ireland ' s bitterest enemies , tin

      coercing , M the base , the brutal , and bloody Whip , " O'Connor has never lost an opportunity of meeting him publicly , while at large ; and has more this once challenged him to discussion in Dublin . Bat no ; falsehood could not stand against truth . O'Cosnor . alone , of all his marked victims , has battled hiffl single-handed , for eight long years ; being in the firtf instance , compelled to answer his daily abuse by tin slow , the heavy , and expensive mode which the putlication of a pamphlet afforded . And let it be borne in mind , that O'Connell was the aggressor ; and that O'Connor wrote him two private letttn , asking him for an explanation of his calumny , whiti might have been erroneously published , thus giving him an opportunity of correcting any errors be / on he publicly defended himself .

      What , then , some parson may ask , is O'Conneu ' i aim and end 1 It is obvious ; it is to keep O'Coiraot out of Ireland , well knowing that his presence th ^ te would be a signal for revolt from the crooM standard of the " Liberator ; " but in this he will flflj for O'Cownor will again go to Ireland , and dili him to discussion . While speaking of Irish afairs , we must lay wW is positively flattering to our great cause before « r readers .

      Firstly , then , for negative proof of our strength . We find it in the fact of O'Connell's weakness , and shrinking from public opinion . No doubt it bu struck all with astonishment , that the Coboaig Gardens , ( the Palace Yard , the Holloway-headot Dublin agitatien , ) has not , duringthe whole campaign been the scene of aotion ; whereas of old , 200 , 009 Irishmen rushed tothe spot , as if by impulse , without more than a whisper ' s notice , upon the announKment that the Whigs were in danger . Why is this ? Because the " miscreant Chartists , " mayhap , would attend ; and , if not , police officers , attorneys , patriot !' barristers , and the tribe of fatted tradesmen wi * never work , would , if left to themselves , cut but * sorry appearance in the vast space .

      For our positive strength see our weekly notice * of rising Chartism in Dublin ; and especially * we recommend that in our last to the considerstJci of every English , Scotch , and Welsh workman i » the cause . From it they will learn that our DnWia friends have done just what O'Connor recommend two years ago in Convention—they have incorporate * the Suffrage and Repeal Questions . Our gallu * friends have united their question with our questioai that is , if Repeal can be considered more an lw& than an English question , which we utterly den / i inasmuch as both countries suffer immense dajstp from the incestuous union . But it is done ; andW " Repeal and the Charter" go hand in hand , * s tht united motto of united Englishmen , Scotchin g Irishmen , and Welshmen .

      We have before stated that the " Liberator" bw * every man who strengthens his monster , which 1 * never intended to haveslippedfrom its leading-string ) but which , like Frankenstein ' s , has now beeoBH too powerful for him . Lat " Repeal and our Charter" be now out watch-word and our cry . Let it be constant and incessantly repeated ; and before this day niM months , we shall be able to present the coop ^ ments of four millions of Britons to " the Hobs * ( without the money-stamp of a shilling each being affixed to their names , demanding a Repeal of th « Union , and our Charter .

      So f ox " Repeal and the Charter , " Hurrah ! Hurrah for the Charter and Repeal ; and ten groans fox Old Mortaliit , " and the P " trid carcase of Whiggery , is the responsive ed * to the " groan for the Chartists . "

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      THE ELECTIONS . The following is a summary of the returns to it as they had been received by us on Thursday : ~ Whiga . Tories . English Boroughs 176 H > ° English Counties .... 22 1 . 2 » Ireland 33 30 Scotland . 28 2 « Total ... 259 345 The Whigs have gained 36 seats , one of -which ij in a Welch County , and two Scotch counties ; ** f the Tories have gained 72 seats , of which 22 are * the English counties , three in Scotch counties , *! one in an Irish county .

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      4 J _ THB NOBTHJJy STil . _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct715/page/4/