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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1841.
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      TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND , AND MORE PARTICT 7-LARLY TO MY OLD FBLENDS IN MANCHESTER , LEEDS , SHEFFIELD , KEIGHLEY , BOSTON , A > T > THE OTHER PRINCIPAL TOWNS OF LANCASHIRE AND , YORKSHIRE . Mt dear F&iesbs , —In consequeaee of renewed 1 invitations to aiteud the forthcoming demonstration * , I and of aoiaa dissatisfaction having been expressed by < certain parties , at the resolve already published by me through the Siar , I find myself obliged once more to Bhow cause vhy I cannot , if I iroald , and why I * ottl < L not , if I ccnJd , take part in the demonstration ! . The reralt I shall then leave friend * to candour i i i i

      , my , your , { OOUJk A . PU > il * t »** w »» . - ™ . » j ~* rf ™ 4 — — g w »^ •¦ v > w »^ and your generosity , j In the first place , my health is extremely bad . My i itomxch has discharged nearly everything I ate during I the last tea days . I am very , very weak ; indeed so j ¦ weak , thai I am sure I could not make myself heard i fifteen yards from a husUngs la the opes air , though I spoke at the top of my voice . In fact , I am , at-pre- i sent , a fitter subject for a top-room in some country i hospital , having a good look cut into the green fields , i than for anything else . I Now , I leaTe you to judge , my friends , whether such t a man be fit to undergo the fatiguing noise , bustle , and I excitement of a series of demonstrations all over the I country ? Your candour , to say nothing of your huiaa- i I

      nity , will , I am sure , say , fo w not ft . I In the secood place , my private circumstances are men as to preclude the possibility of my attending the ¦ projected demonstrations unless I travelled and lived at the public expense . To that I could not be a con- j eenting party . I shall never consent to travel and live ; at the public expence , unless I can make some better i return than the mere presence of a sick ,, useless man j at a demonstration . All the good that . can be done , ! through the dexnonstr&tions ^ can be so effectually done i without me , as with me , by Mr . O'Connor , who will t trsrel at his c ^ n expense . My presence at them could > therefore serf e no other purpose than the gratification j of my own personal vanity , and for that wprse than ] idle purpose , every city and town I entered should i have to pay a tax or subsidy . NowI ask ycumy I

      , , friends , whether it would be right or seemly in me , to hare the people taxed in this way on my account ? I leaTe this question as I did the other , to your own good sense and candour . The only expenee I can conscientiously consent to hare the public incur on my account is the expence of cm ptxny for each person who may desire to hear ; lectures or addresses delivered by me within your walls , i To that I can consent , for the one penny is absolutely i neoessary to coyer both my own expences , and those I for rent , ghting , placards , he , —without the payment i of which we can bare no hall or place to meet in ; and ; also , because I think I can give a poor man the worth 1 of his penny in the shape of solid informstien , while , at the same time , if the poor man thinks differently , he-j seed not come at all , and so escape his share of the ex- ; I I

      pence . This I take to be a just and reasonable "new of j the matter . I haTe still strength enough to address ! Email meetings within your walls . I could do some ; real good at such meetings , but none at all at demonstrations . And the only sacrifice to be incurred by any ]» ody is but one penny , and not eTen that , unless at his own option . If I permitted demonstrations to be held on riy account , I should cause the loss of a day ' s wages to , every man ( not already out of work ) besides the risk of losing bis employment altogether , not to speak of the expense of bands , flags , banners , fcc which in some of our former demonstrations cost upwards of oce hundred guineas , and fer part of which expense several towns are still in debt . Now , the one penny coTers all

      expenses , leases nobody in debt , is paid only by those •* rho can afford and choose to pay it , —and , above all , brings nobody into trouble , from loss of wages and employmest . Need I say , Brother Chartists , that , if I could afford no man shc-uld pay eTen a penny to hear me ? Now , I say , that wheceTer I ean get a hall or building for nothing , and the means of travelling at my own expense , no man or woman shall ever be charged one farthing at any meeting eonTened to hear me ? 2 » ted I say , in short , that my object in lecturing or delivering addresses to you is not to make money of you , bnt to do all the gosd I possibly can in the- only way that my enemies and persecutors haTe left it possible for me to do any good at all ? If you haTe any doubts on this head , wait till we meet , and then you * t ™ n know

      So far I haTe only shown cause why I canrot a ' . ter . d Semorstritioixs , if I would . Let me now briefly explain why I would not if I could . Well , then , my friends , let me t « D yon frankly ted a * once , that I cannot consent to parade the country in mock triumph , while my heart bleeds with the recollection of my own wrongs , yet nnredresied .- ^ tke wrongs of hundreds « f my old political friends and associates , who haTe been persecuted ou ; of bouse and home since the commencement of the present movement , and masy of whom are now wanderirg exiles in America , Australia , and other distant lands . The wrongs of these good and true men , and the wrongs of the millions of car fellow-slaves they haTe left behind are still nnredressed , and cry to heaTen for vengeance ,

      in default cf justice from the oppressor . By all that is sacred I can Live no heart oi stomach for triumphant processions , or costly orations , while these wrongs are nnredresEed a ^ J unreveaged , I find no fault with others who can triumph under such circumstances . I question not their motives , or the propriety of their acts , but I claim for myself the same right of free agency , which I concede to tham aud to eve ry otter Gunman beinr . And in right of that free agency , I exclaim in the language of my heart—no triumphal entry or public rejoicing * for me , while the country is in her present tribulation and fetters , —millions of sons and

      daughters in rags and wretchedness , and myself a bankrupt in health and circumstances—through rcy hitherto fruitless effons to stem the torrent of oppression or to raise a fallen people . No , no , let us fim dawn both the oppressor and bis system , and then for the orations and the rtjoicingi , but no rejoicings fer me till I haTe first haJ a Tictory to rtjoice at . No idle pageants or mock triumphs for me to day , while my oppressors hold the power of sending me " back to my dungeon to-morrow . >" o harrest ball for me whi ' . e the crop is still on the rrosnd exposed to rain and ttrnpert . I am for first gatheringin the harrest—and then for the h&rrest bail and reaper .

      After saying ed much against demonstrations generally , you will wonder , perhaps , that I am about to make one exeej taon . Ytt sueh is the case . But I ' trust the special reasons which induce that exception , will satisfy you of ita propriety . The exception is Hsr . chestei ; and the following are my reasons for attending the proesssien aud demonstration in that town . 1 st . I wish to show , by the evidence of ray attending one demonstration iand that , no doubt , the largtst of them all ) that it is no : from / ear or any other an-n-orthy ZBOtiTe , but from prixrif ? - and conscUnct only , that I decline demonstrations intended partly for my own honour and eratificaticn .

      2 nd . Alarehester ; s the Uwn in which I dellsered the speeches and addr «; as f jr which I Lave suffered eighteen months' iasar 5 < . ation amongst , felons on the criminal side of a common gaol , and I hold thsi stntenco to haTe been b * ih \ , rasrrieaJ and unjust . I wish to show the largest b >< y c : men that can be biouet : together in Manchester , t ~ the 2 " : h September , that I till hold by every sent-ecce and letter of the speeches and addresses for which I LaTe undergone lie urjust sentence . I remain , my dear Friends , In the bonds of Cfcartira and Brotherhood , Yours , affectionately , James B . 0 ' 3 eies .

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      TO TEE MA ^ rFACTrilZHS A > T ) PUBLIC OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES . Gestlexes jlsd Friesds —An unpleasant differenos hsTing arisen between Mr . Wm . DiTenport and that portion of his workmen auied gilders ; tae iength of time which has elapsed since its commencement , which is now about ten week *; the improbability of an immediate settlement , together -with the calumnits and misrepresentatucs which are fiflsat in society respecting this difference , induce us , the operative painters and gilders , to lay before 70 a a correct statemerit of the whele proceedings , with a view of vindicating the conduct of the men . , and of doing justice to all parties concerned . To bring this unhappy difference to a speedy and amicable conclusion , has been the principle object of the operative painters and gilders . Every concession ( short of an ' entire abandonment of principle ) which iM £ » n could suggest , or the most rigia j- ^ ice demand , has been conceded ; but , we are sorry to £ 3 y , without

      ¦ access . When it was intimated that the prices of the patterns , which haTe been the cause c f this unpleasant affair , should be amended ; but thai Air . Wm . DiTenport , from the state of trade , could not employ the whole of bis oid hands again , the pr-pjsrd was immediately agreed to , from the coaviciion that it was not fof us to dictate the number of hands that should be employ td , but merely to expostulate as to the price at which we should dispose of our labour , anj this , seatiemen and friends , is all that h&s been exercised from the commencement of this nnfortunat . ; struggle . It was , then , with surprise that we learned , after we had nominated one half ot the men to go in on the amended prices , aad had come to the resolmkn to support the otlttr half , until such time as they sL-. uld have procured new situations , that Mr . Win . Davenport would not be dictated to , but that those who wisbe . 1 to be again employed by him must come in-Airiviually , a * d then their claims should be coneidertO .

      Far be it from us to dictate to Mr . Wm . Divenport , er any otter manufacturer , the nujober of Laniis that be , 01 any other gentleman , shall be compelled to leceiTe into , his employ , or otherwise to Hieddle in the internal policy of bis , or any o-. fc . er mauuf . iC . wQry , bo long as that policy does Dot encroach on the acknowtedgad rights of labour . Far also be it from us , -when tbcie rights are encroached" npoa , to sit tamely dewn , and w . ur-ss the Tiolation of claims which the laws of Go 3 and of ciTil society call cpon us to defend . Labour is the commo-« ity , \\ i w » say be tlfewwL tt » tens , by the > aie of

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      HORRIBLE DESTITUTION AT STOCKPORT . SYMPATHY OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES . We claim the attention of all our readers to the following letter irom our S : ockport correspondent , received last week , and Ehnt out by an accident iroia our la * : number . We claim especially for thidocumeut , the attention of all ikoss who are vront to eulogise the " good feeirag of the middle classes , " and recommend that the middle classes be conciliated , and a rxioa ¦ with them effected . Before a word of comment , let them first read the letter , from o ^' j on "whose veracity and impartial judgment ¦ we pkee the utmore reliance : —

      " This town is one scene of poverty , misery , distress . and discontmeat . Hundreds are walking the streets , destitute of fevod , who rise ia a morning wkhoat knowing where they shall get a meal betwixt tUen aad night . The hands belorging to two very large firms are turned cut and piquets are placed by the spinners to watch the mills , to see if the masters procure " nobstieks" to take the iituatioss of those turned out at the reduced price . The workpeople have placarded the town , shewing their grievances and exposing . 5 n a masterly manner " , the conduct of their masters . There are thousands who have pledged and sold every ves . ige of clothing to purchase food to live upon , whikt others are selling thsii furniture , and going to America . Starvation and misery

      was never more prevalent in the memory of the eldest inhabitant . One large mill , which employed a thousand people , is stopped altogether , and no signs of it starting again . The weaTers of another mill turned out on Saturday ; but such was the eagerness of those who had walked the streets so long to £ et work , thit th ; ir places were filled up by Tuesday morning . Never was tyraxny and injustice and braesn-fs-ced villany , cruelty , hard-hesrtedness , and bntality , more g ' . ariagly exempjifitd , than it has been by tb 9 British cotton lords this week ; Euch is their sTtnpathy towards their unfortunate workpeople who are literally starving to death , that when tliey approach ism for the purpose of reasoning with {

      hemthey laugh like a host of laughing hyenas . One of these kind-hearted wretches—' save the matkj—in the shape of a man , but without any of his attributes except the ferocious and savage portion , had the unblushing tffrontery to tell one of his spinners , who has hands as hard as my desk on which I write , that in order to make up for the redaction , he would find his wife and children work if ke would send them . Another had tbe impudence to tell one of his spinners that the lust tenant he had in one of his small houses had left £ 1 16 s . owioz for rent , and the next person who engaged should

      pay that rent whether he had the house or not , besides being reduced as much as 12 s . from the original price . Another master told one of his Epinners , who merely wished to change wheels , that he sbonld do so on condition that he would pay les . fer the rent unpaid by the last spinner . These , and many others , are the tricks of the Corn Law repealing cotton lords , who are the pillars of the Tarious religious places of worship ; the sons of whom are keeping any quantity of women of loose Tirtue , hunting horses , and dogs who live ten degrees better than their workpeople . Sueh ar « the bad circumstances of one master who was first in

      offering reduction , that he has bzi c span new carriage brought him this week , and a rcnn come with it from London to show him how to get in and out of it . Every body I meet in the street cries » hame of the masters , and declare that nothing is so likely to bring on a pestilence as hunger , wretchedness , end destitution . " We ask , and we a = k sincerely , how long are these things 0 continue ! How long will it be ere the people will make common cause together , and tell their inhuman blood-suekers that their tyranny and oppression shall proceed no further . These are tiit meo who prtftsd to commiserate the distresses

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      of the poor , -who rais ? the cry of cheap bread , " and who complain that the Corn Laws are reducing them to the verge of rain . Ytt , though they cannot pay a moderately fair price to the labourer , they can keep their strumpets , dogs , and hnntera , in unlimited proportion , and canBport their new carriages as if to mock the misery they had caused . We hope that Committees will be appointed to collect and receive subscriptions on behalf of the starring thousands which now throng the streets of

      Stockport , and we trust that meetings will be held without delay in every town and Tillage in furtherance of that object . Especially we implore the various Chartist lecturers to devote their energies to it . Let the Chartist preachers lecture themselves . They have been put out of the pale of the church by the Scribes and Pharisees lately assembled at Manchester ; let them and their Hocks , prove their title to be considered Christians , by the exhibition of that Christian spirit which will feed the hungry , and clothe the naked . Let the words of the Saviour

      be on thiB occasion not only remembered , but acted upon , ' Ye have the poor always with you , " and " it is more blessed to give than to receive . " Since the sbove was written , we have received several other equally melancholy relations . We give one of them : — " Great privation , misery , destitution , hunger , and discontent exist in Stockport ; it is computed thai five thousand axe out of employment , and walking the streets , many of whom have sold both clothing and furniture to support nature , while others are selling off and emigrating to America and

      Australia . In consequence of the unfavourable circumstances into which two honest men have been plunged , through being out of employment , driven to despair , and seeing no hope of recovery , no cheering prospect before them , we are sorry to say , from strict inquiries into each case , that they have committed suicide , in order to relieve their distracted minds . A man about twenty-eight years of age , clean and decent , came to the door of the writer of this on Monday morning , and appeared much abashed . In a short time , he mustered courage , while the big tears ran copiously down his face , to

      Bay that was the first time , and the first door which he had approached , for the purpose of begging ; he was sorry to do so , but it was out of dire necessity . He had a child in his arms , and another by his side , four more at homo . There seemed to be an inward , honest pride , which spoke volumes to an observer ; he appeared heart-broken , and his faco flushed , as his eye caught that of his donor . On being questioned , he said he was an overlooker for Mr . tfradshaw , at a place not 300 yards from where he then stood , and had tried all the places he could for employment , but without success . This is the condition of a hard-working factory slave . In a 6 hort

      time after , six young men , respectably dressed , had bundled up their linen , and were starting on a journey of begging on their way to Birmingham . Shops aro empty ; provision dealers and drapers are idle ; pawn-tihops and furniture-brokers are crammed ; benefit-societies are suffering ; religious institutions can scarcely be kept up ; poor-houses are filled ; many factories are ttopped ; thousands are in a state of starvation ; wages aro lowering ; winter is approaching ; and the people are walking the streets with pale vhages , sullen countenances , depressed spirits , and aching hearts . Thero are not two pinions as to tho distress , though parties disagree as to the change required . "

      It is impossible to read these heart-rending details and not feel that" the beginning of the end" is come When beings , wearing the form of men , can thus openly mock the misery which their infernal system has created humanity becomes impatient of forbearance , and the arm of resolution is more firmly nerved . We cannot hear of such things and not , in our very heart of hearts , applaud the manly bearing of a people whioh can bear such sufferings—knowing too their source and origin—with dignified continuance in the narrow pathway chalked for them by th « laws which they have had no power in creating ; by whose operation , as a whole , all these ovils hare come on them , and which , by their superior intelligence and virtue , they will yet convert into the means of accomplishing their own enfranchisement from the foul thraldom in which labour is held down by its ungrateful bastard , capital . Yet this is the people whom the scoundrels affect to fear iavesting wi ; b the Suffrage lest property should be unsafe ! Pitiful drivellers ! Do you dare to trust yoor property -within arms-length of those by whom it has been made , when hunger , nakedness , and death asEail them , and do you affect to suppose that it will be less safe when they are in possession of that power to protect themselves which you now unjustly withhold from them I "

      There is not a man in the whole batch of plunderers who believes hi 3 own hideous cant of the " levelling" and " spoliating" disposition of the working people . They all know that tbeir present property would be much safer then than it is now ; but they know that the system of unrighteousness which gave it to them will be svrept away ; and hence their horror of the Charter . Mouth , however , as they may about it , there is no alternative but one . The middle classes , if not jet convinced , will soon be so—it needs but a few more Stockports—that an obstinate adherence to the present state of things will merely jeopardize their property without prolonging for one day the continuance of the system . The alternative is surely before them ; a peaceful and undisturbed possession of what Utcy now call their property , with just rights for all , and a fair recognition of the labourer ' s share in future , or the dire shock of frenzied over-trampled-patience , which , while it takes no lesa certain vengeance on the system , will probably ho much less inclined to respect present aad vested "rights " . This we have ever seen ; and this wo havo ever feared . We have been , and still are , the only true Conservatives—the only true friends to the middiecla ^ es , in exhorting them to a cessation from their systematic effort 3 to pluck down ruin on their own head 3 ; and in our imploring of the people , while they bear manfully their wrongs , to fortify themselves continually with , all moral msan 3 to bring about a change .

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      THE "NEW MOVE" CHAMPION AND HIS « CHALLENGE . " Mb . Hbhbt Hkthkeingioh has challenged Mr . Feabous O'CoNifOB to a disoussion , and Mr . O'Conkob has accepted the ohallenge . We regret for his own sake that Mr . Hetherikgion should have been so unwise . We have not lost our recollection of the services of Mr . Hethebingtoh to the good cause in years gone by ; and we regret much to find him now pursuing a course which must , to some extent , however small , damage the cause he professes still to advocate , and which cannot end otherwise than in confusion to himself .

      We regret not less that Mr . O'Connor should thus waste his time . He really has not an evening to Bpare for any such purpose an the gratifying of Mr . Hbihkringtoh's penchant for political annihilation . The challenge , with Mr . O'Connob ' s answer to and acceptance of it , will be found in another column . We have read this challenge , and can really find no point for disoussion in it . Mr . Hethkbington talks about "the merits of Mr . Lovett ' s Chartism , " aDd about " Fkargcs O'Connor ' s Chartism , " pretty much in the style of Mr .

      Daniel O'Connell . We are loth to believe Mr . Hethebingion so very ignorant as not to know that there is and can be but one kind of Chartism . Chartism ia Chartism , whether advocated by Feabgus O'Connor , William Lotett , or Henby Hexhebington . Its principles are contained in a certain document called the People ' s Charter , . Those principles can alone be recognised as Chartism . Whoever gives up anything from them , or contends for any less sum of justice , is no Chartist ; whoever goes for more than is contained in those principles , may or may not be a Chartist , according a 3 the matters which be would superinduoe may or may not olash with the operation of those principles . To talk then of " Mr .

      Lovett ' s Chartism" and " Feargus O'Connors ' s Chartism" is evidently a . mere bandying of words to no honest purpose ; and proves to ua quite sufficiently that the only possible object of the " challenger " is to damage tho . cause of Chartism by raising a dust , under the cover of which the enemy may strike it . It was on this ground that we attacked in tho first instance the originators of the " New Move . " It ia heace we infer their dishonesty . All that they contend for ia the way of intellectual progress is equally practicable in connection with the already established organisation as under any other circumntances ; it is impossible for two National Societies to subsist , without damage to the cause ; and hence it becomesevident that the" New Move " men were either

      actuated by personal ambition aud a thirsting after leadership , or that they wiahed , by weakening the general force of the Chartist army , to give an advantage to the eaemy . A 3 long as there remained auy probability at all of tho " New Move" becoming in any degree general , we ware willing to adopt the more charitable alternative ; but now that " it has been so long dead that by this time it stinketh , " wo cannot regard any attempt to resuscitate its carcase in any other light than that of » traitorous disposition to do harm to our glorious agitation . We believe tho country generally , and London in particular ,

      understand this subject so well that there is no power in these men to do harm if they are let alone . We think the most effeotual damper for them to be just that eort of contempt which shews them that they are known , but neither feared nor trusted . For this reason we have in thia day ' s Star given insertion to a somewhat pompous document , signed by two " Savages , " a surgeon and some . other parties , addressed to the originators of the New Move , " and calling upon them " again to take the post of

      honour . " We have no fear whatever for the cause from this . Tho people know , now , how to estimate man to whom " the post of honour" is everything ; and who " would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven . " But all public notice taken of them invests them with an importance not their own , and gives room to the enomie 3 of Chartism to point to our dissensions . We do wish , therefore , that O'Conmob had allowed Mr . Chanticleer Hetheiuncjton to clap his wings and crow , without taking the trouble to crop them .

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      We trust , then , that we shall see the noble example of the Metropolitan Trades speedily followed through the whole country ; that there will not soon be one trade society in the whole empire that does not lend its whole energies to this glorious objectthe attainment of a power by the whole people over the law which disposes of the produce of their labour . The Trades of London deserve , and should have , the heartfelt thanks of their brethren in the provinces through the whole conntry . This is what we have long wished to see . The mighty phalanx of the Trades and of the Benevolent Societies once turned with united energy to any object—that object is obtained .

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      AMERICA . THE BANK MONSTER STRANGLED . All honour to that beau ideal of a bravely honest man , President Tyler . The liberties of his country , threatened by one of the worst , because most insidious , forms of despotism are safe in his keeping . The monster capital , ever grasping at the possession of absolute power , and suiting its sinuous and tortuous forms of advancement to the various peculiarities of time and circumstance , has met with a rebuff which sends it to its own place " in a hurry . " A Bank Bill had passed both "Houses" — in tho Senate by a majority of one—by whioh the

      independence of the several states was de facto grossly violated , though a specious appearance of adherence to its forms , was kept up . The majority , secured by the dollar-mongers in both Houses , was doubtless regarded by them as a "tower of strength , " bat the worthy and patriotic President , in the following manly sentences , levels it with the dust : — " Tho power of . Congress to create a National Bank to operate per se over the Union , has been a question of dispute from the origin of our government . My own opinion has been uniformly proclaimed to be against the exercise of any such power by this government . On suitable occasions , during

      a period of twenty-five years , the opinions thus entertained have been unreservedly expressed . I declared it in the legislature of my native State . In the House of Representatives of the United States it has been openly vindicated by me . In the Senate Chamber , in the presence and hearing of many who are ai this time members of that body , it has been afnirmed and reaffirmed , in speeches and reports there made , and by votes there recorded , lu popular assemblies I have unhesitatingly announced it ; and the last public declaration which i made , and that but a short time before the late Presidential election , I

      referred to my previously expressed opinions as being those then entertained by me . With a full knowledge of the opinions thus entertained , and conceded , I was elected by the people Vice President of the United States . By the occurrence of a contingency provided for by the constitution , and aribiug under an impressive dispensation of Providence , I succeeded to the Presidential office . Before entering upon the duties of that office , I took an oath 1 hat I would' preserve , protect , and defend the constitution of the United States / Entertaining the opinions alluded to , and having taken this oath , the Senate and country will see that I could not give my sanction to a measure of the character described without surrendering all claim to the respect of honourablo men—all confidence on the part of the

      people—all self-respect—all regard for moral and religious obligations ; without an observance of which no government can be prosperous , and no people can be happy . It would ba to commit a crime which I would not wilfully commit to gaiu any earthly reward , and which would justly subject me * to the ridicule and scorn of all virtuous men . * * " I regard the bill ae asserting for Congress the right to incorporate a United States Bank , with power and right to establish offices of discount and deposit in the several states of this Union , with or without their consent , a principle to which I have already heretofore been opposed , and which can never obtain my sanction . And waving all other considerations growing out of its other provisions , I return it to the house in which it originated , with these my objections te its approval . "

      Thus ends the fierce struggle of capital for entire domination in America . The Washington Globe , organ of the late government , speaks truly of the veto as' a great deliverance from that fatal system of corruption , which could not fail to make dollars , and not votes , sovereign in the United states . '

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      We regret much that we cannet persuade our friends practically to observe the very clear and plain directions which we have bo often given and repeated about the sending of matter for the Star . The exteut of our circulation obliges us to go to press en Thursday afternoon ; and , therefore , our friends seem to think that if their communications reach us by Thursday morning it is quite soon enough . Tflis is a great mistake . They should remember that every word of the paper has to be put together by single letters , and the whole space filled before we can go to press , and it is impossible to do this in one forenoon . Our men are busily employed in filling up the p . ipcr with matter which , from one source or other , we must supply during the vrhole

      v ? etk , and it seldom h&ppefeB that more than one or two columns , besides the neetssary Bpa ' ce for editorial comment , remain to be filled on Thursday morning . This shews the importance and necessity of all matters of news , occurrences of the movement , reporis of meetings , &c , being Bent to us at once , iiuuinlin . tely they occur . Instead of which , it often happens , that on . Monday and Tuesday we have scarcely any letters , and on Wednesday comparatively few tili the night post arrives . The consequence is , that those letters which do arrive in the early part of the week are carefully attended to and given generally at length ; while we are obliged to have recourse to the London papers , and various sources , for matter to till the remaining portion

      of s » many culuiuus of ttie paper as must be set up bofere Wednesday night . Wednesday night and Thursday morning's posts bring us a shoal of letters from all pasts of tne country ; these coma upon us just in the hurry of writing and attending to what are called the leading articles ; while in the ewly part of the week we have more time to attend to correspondence . The consequence is that one half of theso letters are passed over entirely ; and the other half compressed into the smallest possible amount of space—and the next consequence is , that in tho following week we have letters of complaint from various paitiea about their communications being treated with neglect Some whose letters or reports may have been omitted for

      wont of space , refer occasionally to the police reports—tUe column of " varieties , " or some other portion of the coutents of the 2 nd , 3 rd , 6 th , or 7 th pages of the paper , which are always set up first—and ask indignantly if their communication was less important than such or such a thing which appeared in the same paper from which it was excluded ' for want of space" —others accuse us of partiality and unfairness in cutting down their reports to a mere annoucement , while those of other towns are given at greater length . We have had many most angry letters of this description , the cause for which has rested entirely with tho parties themselves . Now if onr friends will but bear in mind that we are tilling up

      the paper every day ; that the same column cannot bo filled twice over ; that we must give out such matter as u « have just when the hen want it , or there would be no Star on Saturday , and that therefore we can't wait for toe next post—we must go on '; if they would remember all this , ami send their communications promptly —in the early part of the week—all would stand a fair aud a good chance ; and if they would also remember that we have only one weekly paper for all England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , and that , therefore , no one place can be allowed to monopolies an unreasonable portion of the paper ,

      we should have no complaints of inattention to any party—because we know thtre would be no ground for them . Our anxious desire is to make the Star a truly national organ , equally representing all ; but we cannot de this unless the country wUl aid us rightly in the sending of their matters of communication . The above remarks apply , of course , to news , facts , meetings of the people , Chartist intelligence , &c Original papers , letters to the Editor , personal correspondence , poetry , fcc , must be here at the beginning of the week , or wo shall not hold ourselves bound even to notice them .

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      ^ . !—¦ , . II . ¦ " ^^^^^ G . L . Eccles . —His letter teas forwarded to Mr ( yConnor . A Radical professes himself aturiousfor the succesw qf Chartism . We advise Aim , therefutie ^ to lay aside his crotchets , and advocate that simple " reform of the Constitution" contended for in the Charter . Several portions of his letter evince a good dispotition , but a very slight acquaintance with the subjects on which he writes . Wk have received two letter' from Perth , one - signed J . M . C , and another bearing the signatures of several persons at Ruthven print works , dent / ing the statement of the Manchester Chartists , that Mr . R . J . Richardson " shed crocodile tears" at a late soiree in that pity . It doe * not

      appear from the letters whether the purpose of the writers be to deny the fact that Mr . Rich / irdson did shed tears , or merely to-deny , that hit tears were of the " crocodile character . TfiE Watson and Watkins Discussion . —We have received from Mr . H . D . Griffiths a letter in reply to Mr . Arthur Dyson * in vchich that gentleman is reminded , that the arrangements for the discussion had been made by Mr . Watson by whom , he says , Mr . Watkins was actually dragged into the discussion , and that ly those . . arrangements Mr . Hetherington had no ri ( jhl to speak ; that having acceded to the defence offered for him by his friend and counsel , Mr . Waken , it was not to be expected that the meeting wou'd

      hear both the counsel and the client . We have no desire to see these discussions prolonged : we think it impossible that any good to the cause can . result from them . If there be in the " new-move " men that wanton spirit of mischief which is attributed to them bysome this eternal stirriny of the porridge pot is the very thing to gratify it ; if there be not , it is unfair and cruel to keep them constantly before the public in a false position Upon the principle of the " neto move , " the country has long since spekenoul ; its requiem has been sounded , —why disturb its manes—why not let it slumber peacefully in the " tomb of all the Capulets V Satisfied that the exhibition of these fierce bickerings does us much harm , we cannot

      consent to encourage them ; while we are , at the same time , determined that no opponent shall have cause to complain of injustice . Hence , though we published Mr . Dyson ' s letter , Mr , Griffiths must excuse us continuing the discussion . The pith of his present communication is contained above , in addition to which we may state , that he defends the general character of the meeting against the description given of it by Mr-. Dyson , and denounces the attempt of that gentleman and his brother chairman to deprive the meeting of its " competency , " by declaring it * ' dissolved . " Of these things the London Chartists , who are most immediately interested , having been present at the meeting , will be able to form

      their o'rn judgment , and to decide on the amount of credence due to Mr . Dyson ' s statements . J . Smith , Plymouth . —We answered his questions in our last . G . E . Boggis . — We gave the report just as we received it from our regular correspondent , whose instructions from us are , to send at all times faithful reports . We have no reason to think he he has not done so on this occasion . J . T ., RocHDALr . — Although the report with which he has furnished us might have been too late for last week , tfiere was no necessity for his driving it till , Thursday in this week before lie sent it to us : we out / hi to have had it on Tuesday , when it all would have been inserted .

      " Stars" to Cashel . —Mr . W . Russell , of Nottingham , is anxious to know if the people of Cashel have received a parcel of Scars from him . Ht does not say how the parcel was directed . "Stars" to Ireland may be forwarded to Jeremiah McDonnell , at James CHea and Sons , 4 , Cookstreet , Cork . A Constant Reader , Northampton , wishes to know the address of the Secretary to the United Journeymen Hatter ' s Joint Stock Company , at . Denton or Hyde . J . Peabcey . —Our circulation is higher now than last Christmas . In London alone it has increased nearly one-fifth . We know nothing of Dr . Taylor ' s wliereabout . Thos . JVIachkning , Market Weighton . —We have no recollection of ever having received the letters to which he alludes .

      A Correspondent has sent us the folloioing , and says that it is an infallible remedy for that painful affliction , the cholic , under its most severe attack . The mixture is 3 drachms of either , and 1 drachm of the tincture of opium . Twenty-five drops for a woman ; and from thirly-five to / orty for a man—to be taken in coarse sugar . Howden Chartists . — Write to John Campbell , secretary to the Exaculive , 18 , Adderley-street Shaw ' s Brow , Satford . Carlisle . —Their report was received at half-past three on Thursday ; it will be given next week .

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      ? P . B . should have given his name , and the name of the . agent that supplies him . T . Simhonds , TauRo . —Saj / who the agent was that sent the papers from London . A Working Man , Durham . —They were sent to Messrs , France and Co . some time ago , and if not delivered , it is not our fault . The Committee for sending Stars to Ireland wiH oblige by sending a few weekly to Peter M'Brophy , Loughrca . An Old Subscriber , Newport , shall have an answer . WwTOX . —The Plates have been sent long ago . £ . 8 . d . FOR THE DEMONSTRATION AT VORK . From Colsnauehton 0 5 0

      FOR THE EXECUTIVE , MANCHESTER , From Camberwell , per James Parker ... 0 8 4 FOR J . B . O ' BRIEN . From a roan with a hard hand and a sympathizing heart ... ... ... 0 1 0 .. Q . Hull , of Wakefiold , per J . Watkins , London 0 10

      FOR PRESS FOR J . B . O ' BRIEN . From Mansfield , being collections after Mr . Dian Taylor ' s lecture 0 9 3 FOR . PETEE HOEY . ' From the Paddock Chartista ... ... 1 0 0

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      SAliPORO . —On Sunday last , we held our weekly meeting ; our , pld friend , Mr . William Benbow being present , he addressed the meeting at great length , and gave great satisfaction . An error was made in your last number ; it was stated that our Monday night meetings would be held on Touraday ; it should , havo been Tuesday . SURREY . —At the Council meeting , on Sunday last , Mr . Wheeler delivered an interesting lecture upon the evils of the present system , and U ; e benefits that would- ensue if the People ' s Charter was to become the law of the land . The lecturer was received with hearty applause . A vote t-f thanks was passed , and the meeting adjourned till Sunday next , toineet at Mr . O'Brien ' s Academy , Hughes ' Fields , Duptford . The ciiair to be taken at four o ' clookj when ail the members of the Council resi * ding in Surrey are requested to attend , a » business of great importance will then bo laid before the meeting .

      ST . PANCHAS . —The cause of the Charter progresses most gloriously in this localicy . Tower Hamlets . —At the meeting on Sunday night , a commutee was appointed to conduct the O'Counor demonstration , the sum of 7 s . 2 i . w » s subscribed for the purpose . The females met on Monday night , when la . 6 d . was drawn from the funds for the same purpose ; and a voluntary contribution , amounting to Is . 7 d ., was raised for the like occasion . SCO 7 Z < A 2 n > . —Crosshouse . —The principles of the Charter aro rapidly 8 preaaing here ; a deputation from Kilmaruock has attended a public meeting , wheu an excellent address was delivered by Mr . Wm . Carruth . At tho close of the meeting twelve members were enrolled . Since this occasion , several meetings ha v e taken place , great enthusiasm has been manifested , and numbers have joined the standard .

      MANCHESTER . —Agreeable to public announcement , a meeting was held in tho Tib-streetroom , on Tuesday evening , convened to discuss the proprfety of passing a vote of thanks to Mr . Sharman Crawford , M . P .. and the others who voted with him , on behalf of the people in the House of Commons . Mr . Murry , an Irish Chartist , was called to the chair , aud thafollowing resolution was passed : — " That th « heartfelt , thauka of this meeting are directed to Sharman Crawford , Esq ., M . P . for fiochd « le , andThomasDuucom . be , Esq ., and the glorious thirty-nine , for the manly and straightforward conduct in testing the feelings of the members of the Commons' House of Parliament , on those all-important principles that constitute the ground-work of the PeopleVCharier . " An address to Shaman Crawford , Esq . was also adopted and the meeting broke up .

      2 OERTHYR TZBVll .. —At a meetin g of the National Charter Association , it was unanimously resolved . that a vote of thanks be given to Mr . Sharman Crawford for his amendment upon the address , and also to those members who voted with him npo ; that occasion , and that the same be expressed t J Mr . Crawford , and published in the Start and also the strong disapprobation with which we have seen some of the would be-thought friends ol the people refusing their support upon so important

      an occasion . ECCLES . —Mr . Linney lectured at Eccles , oa Monday evening last , and such was the impression made that seventeen males and females joined at the conclusion , which , ia the course of six weeks , will make 108 members . They intend to provide a breakfast foi Messrs . O'Connor and O'Brien , en their entrance into Manchester . Persons wishing to be supplied -witn tickets must apply at No . 0 , Whittle-street , on Suuoay next

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      | ¦ which the working mnHmw earn those necessaries tint supply the physical wants of their nature . The disposal of that labour is as free in their handi a * the productions of it are in the hands of any inanufaetarer or merchant in the empire ; and if it should be sought by any individual to depress the price of it below a reasonable , or living standard , the owners are called upon , by every principle of noral and natural right , to defend it to the uttermost of their power . But bow much stronger is the call on the operative painters and gilders of the Potteries , -when the extreme redaction in the price of labour , which has teen attempted at Mr . Wm . Davenport's manufactory , did not , 'we believe , originate in any desire of that gentleman himself ; but , on the contrary , in an underling , whoss only motives for such base attempts must have teen the aggrandisement of his own truckling self , and

      | | + /\ fl i . JVCT . * l «« ____ IA _ :.. _ ** # tL . L ~ 1 __ m < KMM » vwWnWkKA V . A to 'whom the sacrificing of that class from whence he sprang , and to which he now belongs , forms but a small item in his code of moral subserviency , i Let it not be supposed that we make this statement ont of any desire to propitiate the fivonr of Mr . Wm . I Davenport , or to call down an undue portion of public \ disapprobation on the head ot one whose every action , ; as far as the regulating of the price of labour is concerned , is a libel on common justice and common hainanity ; for , be it remembered , nj to tho time of the installation of ' this sycophant , the prices of Mr . Wm . Davenport ' s patterns were such that no reasonable man could complain of : the painters and gilders , therefore , feel called upon , in justice to Mr . Wm . Davenport , and to the late in his to

      men employ , respectfully reqaest that the former will condescend to examine for himself the original patterns against which his men have expostulated ; and if it should be found , on mature consideration , that the men had not a just reason to complain ; that they exaggerated , in the slightest degree , to their fellow-workmen- ot have attached undue blame to any single individual under his employ , the painters and gbdera will undertake to brand those men as the veriest sl&nderers that ever disgraced the face of humanity , or imposed on the credulity gf a generous trade . The operative painters and gilders take also the ptesent opportunity to state that , in facilitating au i amicable adjustment ef this unhappy afiair , they are actuated by no motive or principle detrimental to the

      ¦ : interests of their employers . They look npoa the pot-, ting business as being differently situated to most of . the staple trades of this country . They believe that j foreign competition—that bane to the tbe prosperity of ; the cotton and woelien districts—exercises little or no : influence on the prices of the manufactured goods ef this neighbourhood ; and th&t a judicious arrangement ' amongst the maaufActorers for the purpose of regulating the prices of their goods , would secure to themselves a reasonable return for the capital invested in their several establishments , and procure for thosa under their employ , " a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , " which , gentlemen and friends , is all that they now require , and which , it is to be hoped , common i sense , common humanity , and one common interest will hasten to supply .

      Thus far , 'with a single exception , has our bisk been an easy one ; thus far would we b « content to go if justice did not imperatively demand the exposure of villaiy—villany which , for the sake of eur class , we would otherwise hary in eternal oblivion- Tis a crime to take from the superfluous wealth of another ,- 'tis a greater to take from those that have little to spare ; but how much greater is that crime which takes from those that have none the very means of obtaining any . Working men of the Potteries , blush for your order —blush for those that have no shame , no principle , no

      feeling—save for themselves—for such are to be found amongst you . Yes , when a few honest hearts , than "wh » m , for integrity of purpose , or skill as workmen , few better can fce found ! When these men had the independence to expostulate with their employer relative to the price of their labour , and had incurred their discharge from that expostulation , five creatures were to be feund bearing the semblance , bnt lacking all the enabling qualities of humanity , who were so far lost to every principle of moral right as to enter on the places of their more honourable fellow-workmen .

      We denounce these men as unworthy the countenance of every good man , as renegades to their class , as void of every sentiment that should elevate a virtuous heait , and as fit objects for the detestation and abhorrence of every honest working man . In conclusion , we beg to state , that , at the commencement of this unfortunate struggle , we pledged ourselves to support , as fir as our limited means would permit , the individuals -who have unwittingly been the cause of this unhappy dispute ; for , be it remembered , they ¦ wer e placed in their present position , not by an effort of their own free will or choice , but , on the contrary , by force .

      We reiterate that pledge ; and all npon all who have the welfare of their trade at heart—who are alive to the least spark of sympathy for those who have suffered , and are still suffering , in its defence , to come forward with their mite , to the ead that truth , justice , and the general geod , may triumph over falsehood , tyranny , and truckling self-aggrandisement . We remain , Gentlemen and Friends , Your obedient hunble servants , Tub Operative P . u . ntees a > d Giiders . Committee Room , Sea Lion , Hanley , Sept . 14 , 1841 .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, September 18, 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 18 , 1841 .

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      " The Chahtists have proved themselves more accurate calculators than the siid » le classes . Whethtb their so .-tevm would have mended hatters is sot -vow the question j b « t the kesult has shew * that they were coreect in their 0 p 1 m 0 s—that in the preseat state of the reih . esentati 05 , it was vai . n to th 1 . " * k of a kepeax of the COR . " ! M 0 . N 0 P 0 L 7 . *?***?? Political power in this coit > tet , though it eesides ix a comparatively shall class , ca > " only be exercised by the sufperasck ep the hasses . "Morrung Chronicle ( organ of the Whig MimUersJ , Friday . July 16 th , 1341 .

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      THE . "NATIONAL VINDICATOR . " This Publication , under the editorial au 3 pices of Vi . \ ce . vt and Philp , is the ablest fellow-worker in the cause of Chartism -we now have . It haB Teached its fourteenth number , and goes on well , though labouring under some disadvantage from the want of the stamp .

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      THE MOVEMENT . Elsewhere we give from our gallant little friend , the English Chartist Circular , a letter from O'Connor to the " workiea , " in which he recommends that the metropolis be made the seat of a represen tative body , as Manchester is that of tho Executive body of the National Charter Association . Wo think the idea to be good , and earnestly recommend it to the country . Wo suppose that , London and its environs can easily furnish a sufficient quota of good men and

      true who will gladly give a portion of their time to the work without burdening the already overburdened people . Or , if it ba thought more advisable that men from the country 6 hould go up , let them then ba paid sparingly , and made to work hard We can not afford to give ranch to individuals , with whole masses in the condition of Stockport . Above all , let the representatives be made to keep up a weekly correspondence with their constituents this will at onca enhav . ee their activity , and keep

      tho spirit ahve in tho provinces . Tae latter portion of O'Connok ' s letter we would , if possible , engrave upon tho palm of every " worky ' s" hand throughout the whole country : — " Above all , av . d before all , my dear friends , fueserve union ! not only among yourselves , but among your leaders , making them pull together , or depart in peace ; for believe uxn , that our dissension is the one thing now relied upon by the faction , as their title to rule us by tho sword . No man in his senses can doubt , but that we aro on the eve of some great change ; and no thoughtful maa but must look with certainty for a union © f plunderers , before they will surrender what we seek for . To meet their union , we have no other muaus than , the formation of aa

      close a union , —rendered move powerful by our numbers . To this end then , let all , one and all , struggle . " Lot ' Union' be our watchword , and " Liberty " our wm cty ; aud let out motto be " Onward , and we conquer ; backward , and we fall . "

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      THE TRADES AND THE CHARTER . We trust every working man in Great Britain will learn by heart tho clear , luminous , and ungaiusayable speech of Mr . O'Connor to the Loadon Trades . The priuciples on which the reasoning of that speech is founded are clear as daylight ; they cannot but bo admitted by whatever unbiassed mind will study them . And they are capable of muoh greater practical extension than is givea to thorn in the mere sketch to whioh our space limits us in reporting this inimitable speech . The very

      bame process by which the steam monster raises competition and creates a surplusage of hands in all trades—the same infernal rapacity which robs the unprotected workman of his hire to provide the extravagant expences of mansions and carriages , and parks and grounds , and splendid buildings and costly w——s for cottoa lords—throws thousands of dependants on the various expedients resorted to by the industrious classes to preserve themselves in some degree of comfort and independence . Thus trading rapacity creates , increases , and multiplies poverty ; poverty- creates and aggravates sickness and disease ; sickness and disease produce death

      and theea drain tho funds of the various sick societies , the benevolent Orders , the Odd Fellows , and other secret societies , the " Free Gifts , " the burial societies , & . o . Thus , is every struggle of the poor man to avert destruction met and parried by class-legislation , which upholds the middle man in his petty plunder and the landed and moaied capitalist in his wholesale robbery . The savings of industry and temperance are swallowed up by fraud ; and the virtuous and the vicious , the industrious and the idle , tho sober and the drunken , are immersed in one common whirlpool of destitution , from which there is no hope of escape but by the People's Charter .

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      THE STOCKPORT SPINNERS AND SHOPKEEPERS . It should cot bo lost sight of that there are two distinct " orders" of middle class men in society the manufacturers and merchants , and the shopkeepers . The direct and p ^ rional interests of the former class are , always , to hav * labour at the lowest possible rate , and they are , consequently , always tound to be , as a class , tb . e most inveterate and consistent enemies to every liberal and honest principle of legislation . It is almost entirely from this class that che Wnig faction is made up . The shopkeepers approximate the working people much more closely .

      Their profhs are for the most part drawn immediately from the pockets of " the workies , " and any general destitution among the working people of a locality soon shows itself in the empty till and lengthened visage of the shopkeeper . This is so unavoidable a consequence that we are amazed to 2 nd any shopkeeper so absurd and ignorant as not to make common cause with his best customers-We commend to the attention of the Stockport Shopkeepers especially the Address of the Spinners '

      Committee , which will be found in another column . That address calls on them , for reasons well assi ^ ncl i to support the Spinners through the present criiis against their heartless oppressors , the cotton lords . We call on them and all other shopkeepers , for th 9 same reasons , to make common cause with their brethren of the working classes gen « rally , and lend all their aid to the enactment of the People's Charter , through the operation of which exists the only safe remedy for the infernal system which has brought things to the present pass , and will ! if not averted , cause them to be much worse .

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      ToDMORDEN . ^ -ZVie meeting referred to was not reported in the Star , for the simple reason , that no report was sent to us . We never knew of it until receiving our correspondent ' s letter . A Young Chartist . —His poem , though " set to the best of his judgment" will not do for ' publication . The same remark applies to the *' Versa oh receiving a portrait of Lord Byron . ' '

      Co -U Eating Ann Coitfgponncttttf

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      WHIG TACTICS . The war-cry of " no taxes" is again raised by the Whigs . The " Plague , " in its last agony , talks of forcing upon the Queen by popular clamour an exercise of her prerogative , intended to coerce both Houses of Parliament , and compel the repeal of the Corn Laws . Don't they wish they may get it \ I

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      ¦ 4 THE NORTHERM STAR . ¦ »• ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct862/page/4/