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      00 VOXEL THOMPSON AND THE CHARTISTS . 10 THE EDUOE OF THE KOBXHEBS SIAB . era . —I have ins * ^^ letter fa tbe ' fftor ° f Jast s ^ rdsy , purporting to hrobeen Trritten by ColoneT 5 « np « oaJ - in reply to air . P . Anderson , of Edinburgh , rTgfyect matter of ^ rhich has reference to a lecture &" Corn laws , delivered by the Colonel in the Len ' i Theatre in this town , on Tuesday , 30 th Not . CiSEd to toe report of said lecture and the proceed-ZZ thereat , -which subsequently appeared in the ZrQitrn Star . Had I read such s letter purfitiM to emanate from the pen of Colonel JSJson , Prior to my waiting on Mm as part 5 T deputation , or listening to his lecture on the ? Laon I alluded to , I "would have conceived mysalf SJd to reject it as a libel on the eharacter of that JSemsn ; because all that I had theretofore read , wTrmz his signature , Was . plain , lucid , unambiguous , « 4 « w * le of coining home to eTen the meanest capa-Sv- but I ma * in candour acknowledge my inability t ^ J-iTe just coEctoionB as to tha precise iaferecces SS to iect sMr . Andean , or the public generally , * * w-m the pernsal of such a- document as hia & 2 ? fc > tSW of the 1 st inst The main object of &e letter I can however discover . It ia to invalidate the authentici ty of , and negative tJze statements conhdned ia , tks report to -which it alludes . It surely « nst haTe required an extraordinary amount of laboor -Tike part of the Colonel , an amount to -which I -would

      jjot be desirous of subjecting myself , to have so success Mt brought forth a creature to the world possessing neither the distine : attributes of the negatiTe ror the affirmative character , although partaking of the nature ^ oualJty of both ; something like those unacconnt-^ e freaks ef nature -which are colled hermaphrodite , ycrsr , Sir , as regards the authenticity of the report 5 a question , I shall hold myself responsible for its ccraccess . I pledge myself t # its every sentence ; and I farther prepared to produce & host of -witnesses to -sjoborate the evidence -which I here voluntarily

      gardy , Calonel Thompson cannot have read the « wrts of the proceedings in the Liverpool press , &e Mercury and Journal , for instance , the xecogjaea crgzzs of the anti-Corn law party , or he mild cot have listed his reputation for veracity w tie -smtlEg of such a letter . I shall , I trust , j& * to the vrcrld that although a -working , toiling ( Bi -sfsshed if yoa like ) mechanic , and the -writer of ga repcii in question , I have as jealous a care of my gpaiaricm and " fair fame" for truth , as & man—aye , S t Chartist— £ 3 any and every of the haughtiest of ease -k-so fear that I , sad such as I am , should come « brrsriit the -wind and tbeir nobility . " The gallant Colonel says in the outset that" It is always d : Sca ! t to distinguish how much of a iHXBt may be ¦ wrong from malice , and hem much from reistske or pngadice . "

      frith recard to any portion of the report fceicz " -wrong from malice" I believe that I , as the ' -writer , am exonerated from being actuated by motives cf a malicious nature , by the fact of my having up to last -week , oi perhaps the night of the lecture , fully coincided in the opinien of Feargns O'Connor , that he ( the Colonel ) -was about the very best nan of bis cisss in the country . Malice could not then be my motive . If 1 have been " mistaken" in tbe jepon , many , very many indeed , are so in common

      ¦* fcfc . myself . Acd vrhen . I fed the report in the Star to be ia general accordance -with the reports in those JourjsSsTriiDse reporters attended for tiie Fpedal purpose of preTertiiig mistaitn statements going forth , I surely jgsst at once conclude tnsz I am not so utterly lost in t 2 a labar / ziii of " mistate" as tae Colon tl "Would eceaTcmr to insinuate . So much for the gratuitous jiEETiiiion tirr-own out at rsndoia in the B = eond ¦ j asgraph . la the fnird paragraph , the Colonel

      says"lie deputationTrere not successful in explainirg » iit their oWsct -was , or that they had any distinct K ^ stal L " 5 oy , it -would hare been but feonest on his part to Isn s : the same linse sated tbe precise reasons "why £ cj- « ei = not- ' -s ^ cceisfiil , " h ^ asserts ; the iaierrcp-Sia to the coEfertnce v ? hieh -we ( the Colonel aau EpeS" ; Trere tiicn koldicg , having arisec from -srittLin E irni ' s-leEgth of Ms psrsan , and by one of his friends , jj explained in the report . Si Colone l asks' Did it depend en bis £ &swer Trhether he iras to be ilbired s hearing or not 5 "

      . SsTcly iwScient transpired during the brief intermv to point ont to kim the absurdity cf asking sadi a qpse&in . Bui doss ha deny tbe precise -words , as reported in . the Star , of this interview ? lis , bet by nrc lines of EjitlS-d reascrarg , an ^ tfro questions Esk-aied in £ ts Unes , he eiideaTyurs to zasXe the EsKiicy if he cannot directly grappla -with the authai-Zct ? of the r ; pert Id the fourth paragraph he ssys;—" TThen the objection -was adT-jnced , that the BTerage T *| es in the cotton departraer : t ia 1797 ^ "was 26 s . Sd . T-iSuy . and in IS 40 . only oa . Cd . f / etk' iy . "

      Ib ? ie seems to give as the entire question . Not ? 17 icf ^ rtcce to the repeat it -srili be . seen thci the Oi ' . 'Zil , for soms purpose best ksc-tni to himself , h ^ s r : c ti ? e siziecl cne-balf the Questios . So e -vrho was TT : ~~ zii s . Z tie intarvietr—not even himself , can deny sa : its Izczs Trere these : —the Colonel had stated in Sis ec-urse cf his lecture , cf — hJch I tcoia note , that a trsit k-creased tie better con-Iition cf the v / orfcir . gria increased ia the same ratio , or ^ rords to that effect . I iiifre 4 she mettle ? , in c-j ^ tradistiiLction to ths . t Zs' ^ -r , zhzz our icssu&elnre cf soi-. on hadincreasiu fc = r _ e : \ . r ^ ier period . 97 , to th ? latter period , 40 , fcr-i : ^ rz : y-: hret ! Eiriiions piaxris to four h-andrcd ci £ : x : Tia : iIoji = pccrds , se ^ I then Ehs- ^ -fd tL-s deeesFf in Traies . Tiiia he aniullj j ^ se 3 si § ht cf , " and kuc ' -s iLe j-- ; rt : cz - . rLicli brit j-uits his purpeso , rsaticg i : s ^ ca s xaf ^ tt -iLtiUanand -bus raises a tecimisai l-JJ -v > UJ »« i 1 AJ kA 1

      q , . " - > - ~ » ^ . . ^ -- ^ •—^ J . W ** J -i - ^ r ^ a ^ v *; A * t J 7-,, IIIIHfi Kj-icrL-z si- ^ a ; its -srord "tcrdiocm" rat biina ss-cbed to tlie t ^ nn " c- cavs ?/ ' ani thea says he Siie-i rp ia roid -Biieh I hid Itii . Hi teen attempts tc ± . s * ± i faHscy of iay riasonizg . by lufgiog in the T-rnikits , ai--d ttLi ; : g the iLC-eiir ^ that tee one re-Jrf = zo = -sr , .-aii ba xi 3 j , cod or as rsssocsble in my argti-« rt £ 3 ti-t : c-tisT . E-t after L . bs . 1 G ^ nied tie evil eS = ;^ cf macliae y , I Li 2 relr - ^ riiiii-d to ascertain to vhit sezres vre ct-uiil Irace ti . 3 d ^ prcisicn of those en-S ^ i ^ i ii tLt m&nuL . c := re of cci ; on , -wliea that manutczri li-i iLcres ^ id fsr = Ety fold . 1-- C / .-iZzl z . isz soys ufier this it is unnecessary for E-i ^> st tiat tilt asiiucn tfc ^ t—J i CiEiti -iat the hsnd-lo-om -sroSTers-were badly C-. lid -if Its c-Jzig reseiTcd frith tli 2 marked indignat :- -s -x tha lasctinj , is cjcireli" / vriihoui Ioundat . on in

      __ > - ^ , I -Pish to kno-w from the gaUent a ^ lonel , 7 ^ = r Ls - sii 3 that the &ss < r ;; c : i 3 impnt&i to him is' ^ srrr ort , are vri-Jicut foundition in fact , rrthe ^ —sr of iu rtcs-ptica by the mt ~ - . ing . fcr the r ^ s-dirc ¦ p-ifear btth intcrfrrtEiians . If he nesies niaJdcg — - - a u . e tspreSiiozs , -rt ttse Liverpool Journal bear ^ . ¦ -tH . 1 g ; T& the re ^ y iu fail , and t ^ ar in mind s : r ; -: r . 2 fri-i that « ic-e -sras specially xctjiuec . t "—Tsplring to th » a ^ crtion , CoL Thcmpson said ^ " ^ it hsd jastbWn ' statefi E ^ r-iJi "i ; a -ha : he 1 *^?^ ^^ He ts : 3 stitrc . liar rciiy on as the / Vi -- *' = s-et'ETi ^ ves frere coir-p ^ I ! o'l to Cj 2 ir-5 te -wiih

      ^ -- « ifr , srd -sc-hit otter could rc-s : ! t froru the systen ^ ii : t Lar th ^ js Hhol d bertductd ? Tie trade of ^ - . ri ^ 7 hid iab- ^ -cfid ourlr g the tim e under an in' ^ r ' . } : * - ' - thnfefore ; he objector Lad only cor . finned t 7 ; j ' - ^ -- ^ PKB s : rr-:: posit- > ns . The pr = viox ^ spsaier , '* " - " - ^ Vfer .. r-nuttcd oi . e -word in Lis sraV ^ -. &nt , - . ^ hith ^" ' ---: to cm Eiintkcfci Ea kaj c * iiUa the T - ^ J" ^ ii-l » m , " 1 tic-rc tl-s ttrru " Trovers / - ia his ^ . rs ^ s . He ; C : ; . n ; l Thznipi sa , c-deJ th-r tie r ~ : ;; ~ . ~ « Ter ur ^ sn .: tee present time tidij oa ; ^¦¦ z £ 2 iispirtus Trer ; ziT ? n to coin ia'rce , £ : > oue -j- . - - - ^ 7 iat thtss mm Trouid 20 t aiso b = gaisers

      - ; ' - ^^ v £ raci ' , -33 Colcrei dispute the authoiity ^ it ^ - ^ 1 ' But Low has ihsj'juinil ict the b ^ - 't ^ J - - ^^^ ' i > 1 " > - ^ i ^ Srg « = I "; - tks ^• ¦ ; - ; iS 3 'i the Torid . ' lec-tuse it w :. s nev ^ . r uttered "' ^ - ? 2 c' the prc'cs .-cinw . if Altered at alt With e—T-i * ^ ^« -P&a uf this c ., nLil of the actual con-: _ T * V ; * - ' i ^ --i . v ^ i TT ^ Vjjs , it -R-. uId argufy little

      ~ . i , ' ^;' X ' ^ tiliigesce of a n ~~ v ~ ug oi Trortins V ^ T'Jl "" " / V ; tI ^' - titrate seen aiicTtions as I L-ve ••^ " /' "T ^ * ' J 5 rf to loss -criihca : fcxprtEurg their ^^¦ " ^ a Lc 2 s £ : < i ^ knat ^ a . " ^^ 1 ^ " £ ' ?^ Ki £ rr : ph , tKe Colonel ' abours trith an c - ~ . ** 'l {" ' c ' : ^ y - i > - ' -= r otjfcct te escnss his purpose i ^ y . ' T ¦ " ^ ? ^ - ' " - ^ 1 - - -c-Te the erf . t 5 = cts of nia ^ bisery ; i ^ J ^^ - . *^ £ t in Jfctf-r-pre £ 3 T-riiiUB ? . micb : c-ry . R- " ^" t ^— -g eleuiI labour , has actuaiiy in-^ " 7 ^;^ -a-: t _ i < . v . jo , zxi < t Ssuirg fiult vrilL my ¦\ .. ' ^ . ? . " ' ' -i- i-E-IIccin treavers ! is ^ r ' s . 'V * ^ * ^ - ( S " - set my ez ~ z of tto -reavirH v- "_" - "" * - ^ = 6 c-f r-rlntinr . 3 ^ t me < nt&ct his atttnti-. 'E

      i ~ "''" - l'i £ rr instinct vrh--re micLinsiy has beea m-( ¦ V . ^ ^ - Eiaiost utisr p-. citrautn cf the internet ¦ ^ , T " ^^ kbcrrtr . If cos man hi th = p : pci-italri-^^^ s- th- pr « , nt t ms can . -with the aid of jj , ^""•» co-srhit v .. u : a hive required iixty Eitn to Ss *^ " t ? c ^ 3 Ifci ? s mo , I " ^ art to kno-ff if the fifty-^ » -Bs tirosnj -ap ,. ihe -world haTe received such a g . i /^^ g amtunt cf goc-u from the ictrcducuon ^^ E ^ hiae sa - ^ -lii frrce them to proncuuc >; it a ^ " ^ - If , in the coircc-priaticg depzitmtr ;^ ts " ^ sn _ be Q . vne t E-7-r . ty xuen in tkiee months , h > i * I T 1 ^ c * ^ acLiritxy , as some yeor 3 ago -would WV ^" ' "' J " £ vfr - ° ^< ir&i men ninfc mciiths , I beg to ^ ^¦ a , its gaiJa ^ t O .-iunel if machinery in th ' at ^ . ¦ J-f £ ^ -Q to ihs -workirg man- rather a b £ Bt-5 t V ^ TV ^ - ' ^ J—r £ - thfer a V : « 5 ui g than a cursfc ? ' * Tet , ^; 2 i - ? hirery his *' . se *> n prc-Gnciiig , it has con-Ij .- ;^ - ' - ; - ^ c-f tL-i ; Thic-b it h : ; s produced ; and , ^ j ' ¦ ' ¦ ^ as renaertd tct Lcree n . 3 Tfct Taiueles ^ by ^ ¦" - ¦^ destitute en tha irof'd those " ^ ho -were our ^ ' . r- ^ t ^ w ^ in th _ - h-. ; r ,- .-i 2 i-r k ^ . i . anuiy , the vork-V-Cff' ^ u a - '• - ' C ' u ' -jUi . l c-ii - U-r ^ s the oj . rat . " : " ; ' -v £ tTExiretL ::: r "th : "rrr hin bettered thflr W ,. . '* - ^^ " ^ I : ; UliTj ¦ ' . ;; v . ^ . 7 i CI ^ -u 2 c C ^ JHwIl ^ ITS rtdt-Hit -. V \ . - ' - - ; j ^ v . 7 ^ - ¦ - ? - y- - ~ -: ^ , i-e ii ^ r-z-ies ; .: s re-grs : at Sj ^ T ^ ' , . " - - ^ - :- " -- ^ ---i u ^ . -.-ii u _ = w .-rkicg cassea tj ^?^ ^^ ¦ =. t-s i :, i ^ r . ; .-.: itanv :. -: ; of tLci e -fiho a . ; - fiii ^/ H , ^ 't & ¦ t t-H tit { i- ^ i ^^; Gc-UiEau ¦« ixiiiridiiil v > Lo u : sdc the tl-icCUun , or ritLer

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      put the gcestion , iraits yet for a reply . With regard to Mr . Ambler ' flunderslandingarjadgment being at all compromisedbyputtingthetiuestion . the Colonel would have acted a far more becoming part had he answered the qnwtion , than in deploring or expressing hia regret at it being put ! But he himself avowed that it was rattier difficult to answer : perhaps that canted him to regret it being put I again quote the Journal for his answer in full ;—" Colonel Thompson said the objector had stated a difficulty ; but he thought it also remained with that person to shew why , therefore , thf people of this country should abut -themselves up . ( Laugtter . ) Let the numbt-r of inhabitants be great or small , they had a right to get as much as they could , but they were not to say they were to do nothing because we had machinery to do the-work of six hundred millions , and there were only eight hundred millions of people on the earth . "

      I now wish the Chartists fairly to examine the question in the report , ana the answer here given , and then say whether the Colonel did not fnlJy shew tbe difficulty of answering to the satisfaction of any man , save a Corn Law repealer ? The next paragraph is not worthy my notice . In the following one the writer says" Thst I denounced the Chartists for their Interfe rence , after being invited by the Chairman to ask questions is utterly unfounded ; on the contrary , I regretted msch that the Chairman did not prolong the questioning as the meeting was manifestly on my aide . " Kow , let the world read the organ of the free-trade men at that meeting—the Liverpool Journal , in reference to this denied denunciation : —

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

      It would seem as if all , both friends and conceiTed foes , had entered into a f&ul conspiracy , for tbe purpose cf misrepresenting what the gallant Colonel really did say on the occasion ; or if this be not so , when all are found to approach so nearly to each other in their various versions of the matter , the Chartist public will know how to appreciate the denial The Journal has certainly omitted- the words " for ever , " if they were not uttered , I trust they v / ill fee acted upon by the gallant Colonel ; as I think the sooner they are put

      into practical operation the better for ths cause in -which I , in common with others , am honestly engaged . As to the Colonel ' s regret at the conduct of the Chairman , 1 could wish to know if it was on that night , or the next morning , or after the receipt of Mr . Anderson ' s letter , or when reading the report in the Star of the 11 th Dec ., that thiB request arose in his bosom ? as I was engaged in conversation with him on the platform whilst the Chairman was endeavouring to prevent Mr . Ambler from being heard , and none of those rc quests then feund utterance .

      Lastly , the Colonel says , in quoting the report , that he is" Bound to stamp it as a misrepresentation by all the obligations which bind a man not to be a party to a ¦ wilful fraud npon ths pabiic ; the truth is the Chartists - wrT 8 c small minority , 50 or 60 at the most , in aa assembly of 2000 ; and collected in the corners of the pit -where they eould make most of their strength in concert . " Now , Sir , if I was aware of the motives which prompt the Colonel to jnake this statement , so utterly hi variance -Kith truth , 1 "R-onM better know how to rneetit If the . assertion-is made on the authority of bLs o-R-B observation , I must accord him bat little credit

      for his accte perception . If the statemeEt is raade on sutbority cf some individual or otaer than himself , he oniht in common justice to hia own character , to Lavs instituted a more strict inquiry previous to giving ir the seai of his authority . If the Chairman had conceived that the nusibers were so iciigoificant as ihe Colonel here asserts , why did he cot put to the meeting the resolution , moved by Robert Jones , of Com Law notoriety , in Liverpool , in the same manner as the resolution , moving a- Tote of thinks to the lecturer ? No ; the Chairman was over well convince ! th 3 t the cambers cf those who despised their theorising -weald haTe been ina-3 e too glaringly manifest ; her . ee vrarience overcasie . z > al , and the resolution vras put in a manner utterly at variance with all forms of public

      ussse . As regards the icnendoes thrown oat in various parts of the letter acairit the Northern Star , all that 1 shall say in reference thereto , is that , so far as the report complained of is concerned , the Slar Is wholly and entirely irrr = p 0 B 3 ibie , for either its Vrracky ct its falsehood . And permit me here to direct Col . Thompson * £ attention to a fact , which tt once goes to siioir that the Slar instead ol having a desire to misrepresent him as a paWic m 23 , or enciesvotir to create a pre-jailed un ^ rar . ratJtabiy agaicst him in the pnblic znLud , is actuated by a feelinj pTs-cistiy the reverse of this .

      A report of the Best Ciurcist ineeticg -srhicb . was held htre : afttr the k-cture in the Theatre , -w ^ s s-. nt to the Star for insertion , containing eonie Ef-vc-rc s : r ; ctares on Colonel Thompson fcr V . is then recent cor . dnci ; bn « instead of giTlrg the- report is sent , the Ei " . iC' : r excluded from it ever ? - v ? eT < l - ^ blzh . h ^ l rcf-. rercc ; t th . 1 -.: .

      of public dii'y , Ssch !> ii > es I am f . > r fror ; c-ii * i . ii :.. i ;_ v ana indeed , I l-slisvo a-i , -wh o in cinnectica "Triiz i . i Chnriist K 6 Vci 3 ! -r . t n i > iverp-.-l ia ^ e witnissc-i v-h . t I hire witnsri-sati f > a tbe yirt --f the Colcne : a 3 a T"bV . c mzn , agrt-i vdih —5 tt :-t tuere ia not a hock whweer 10 Lang such a hepe . In conclusion , I 1-rr . re the men cf I"e J : srf 'ir . n Chester tJ settk- their a c lint -with the G ' -i ' nrt Ct-Icr : ?! , E 3 to thtin tri : ni zn ^ st £ :: icg zj go . Bat I vrou . vi ir : a sp-irit of tisi ? 3 i £ s ciuili-n C-: or , ii Tho . : ps _ n r _ . ^ f . its statements of co ^ ip , r ^ a" travellers ~ hc £ - -tobo u : ^ . -RitU bj r : cic ; Et , luiric'ilariy if th'y . sl . ' . uKi T' .-r g !; 22 * l hais . I trriit Cj ' cr ' . l Thompson ' s frj i : \ " t' ¦ traveller" did not WtJ a t , ' : zzen hzL The -woeful reaism&ranec of tie trivellir in Wales - «! ih the gl-Zri hat , in the case of cur iwatnted patriot Fr ' . it , is j-cbitteriy aiive in tbe bo 3 Jics of the Char : i « ts . t'

      Ltavitc this rutcsr iEr ^ t ^ y dc-enment m e i ; r . Tv . f of zay Chartist brethren throughout the tir . pire , ur : prepared to redeem every pledge here given , zmi ~ i : ' :. ajeaiotistye vig-. lir-tly cbstrvir-g ths ni ^ vfciut ^ U oi professed fiiend ? , and " 5 riti > z ( f ' . ' . cniiinEtion to s . ncvuj :-\ tr oj > en and avo-sred enemies , I beg ^ eave to EuVscvIba rsvself , In the czv . iz of fieniucracj , A very hsmKe Lnt very sicctrPiliicirTn , EEB- ^ iliD Il l CiKT ^ £ l " - 13 , Crosshsll-strett , LIvsrpwoJ , January 5 th , 1 S 52 . "

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      THE RECZM > IEETi : > G AT THS TJUSIC HAIL . TO TliE EDITOR . OF THE SOUTHERN STAR . Sia , —TToaJd you clio- ^ - me to raske c fe" ^ - ohssrvatiens upon the n-&tir : g at the ? -. 5 u > :: c Hall , on the 4 th inst , throngh ihe meai-im of ycur widely circulated and valuable jonrricl In reference to tee society frho calkd that mettsa ? , and whose proceedings - ^ fe are faistiy charced with having interrupted , Ihcg to ask vrha ^ are the real : nt-nticris of the party compoiissr thr . t socit-ty v . hich h-. ; s for Its ostensible object the extinction cf slavtry iu Afrca , ? We have tbe fullest r i ght to irquu-3 inlu thtlr motivts , as -sreli as to hold up oar hands at pc >] £ e rrtettings , hoih of which ts are d-itermiiieii to esrrciso on aJl befitting occasions . Some of the men c . - . mpofirg that society are men -who -srere violent opp-nen ' s of the eni 2 nc ' " pntion of the S . ' aves in the West [ nnies , a-jH

      seme -vrhn I savr in tiia orchfesfra thai evtniDp hoid and « pa ^ Iy avow priEciplvs utterly at variar . ee -with every 1 ¦ criseipls of true liberty , and -svho , in perfect ace rdarce w . tc their principles , hava ^ on every occasion , .--ho-K-a a strong disinclination to move in the causa of j rt ' crra at home , thou ; h continually and ci-= se ! y i pressed to do so b / thrir more liberal mindefl friends ; and even at . this moment of uniaraileied dietrers ; I wren all classes are . suucring ( exc = pt tke tix-eaters )) without exception , to-a greats feS-entthan at ary formtr ; peri-. u , these parties btiil exhibit an a pat y , an J tn-s"iliiDgriess to lend a "hacd to cstdcato the country j fr ^ in tbe heavy load that bears down her every energy , j vhe ' . jy . tctiiiy inconsistent yith the spirit of true phi- i lartbrfpy . That such parr . es as thesa should ail at \ ones exhibit such a wociurful , such an unwonted I s ^ iT--i > stav for the blacks , such a strjns (!¦ sire to aile-1

      via * .- - * rii ^ irsuff ^ rings , such anxiety to tesch them the arts j ani tciences , and to elsvate ihem iu their morai and j ph > s " : cal conditian , looks to i ^ e estrtrceiy suspicious , j If the ostensible abject were the real one , it is laudable ] enough certainly ; bnt we very much question wfcutbtr-j it is &o We cannot help thinking that behind all j these Seining appeals to " every friend of the human j rn . ee , " a BUbopriek lies concealed ; and tbit an attempt i ¦ will be made , when all ia fully matured , to fasten upon the poor negroes one of those blighting cursed and t ' e- j stri-yers of « 11 pure religion—a state priest . We shall j not be in tV- least astonished to hear , in a short time i htcca , of some holy son of the Chvuth moving a grant ) out o £ the people ' s hard earnings to my Lord JBishop of j Ferninno Po , or some other locality pn the Niger . j ^ Ye have a perfect right to infer ilr . Editor , that j this far-fameu society for the txtinction of slavery , -with 1 Prince Albert at its head , is nothing more than another atterriptto ramify society to the greatest passible extent . •^ i'Ji e . -clasa of men who have ever been , and ever -will ) be . thv njost fiery and unrelenting defenders of despo- j H ; ra . The present t : me p ' . rtiaL y fav ^ ai-3 their -arlshua ; for "n-hiist one of the bieodiest set of despots thr . t t 7 rr c--r >; a a nav . ' .-n - >? ith its rule hoMs the reins cf ' i - ^ Y-. ri-uitat , aid vrbo ^ iil not fail in imitation ot ' •¦ L « r auiriicCisv . - { . rt ^ iCi-iors to urge tb . eironheelr . f i ,., ^ . r-f-r .-n hti-i e v ! rt-r lip :. 3 the Eecks of their s ; :: vu , Lind "who rT . i ; si 5 !! on develope a vrish to set seme iK . u . Bi : 3 to hur . iiii progTcis . t ^ -stay the overwhtlmiiig tide of CtmoiTatlc liberty , backed by such a government , the sscieij fcr the tstinction of slavery forsooth

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

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

      of Mr . William Brook . Thus far all parties had conducted themselves with the most perfect order , and in accordance with the ustge of public meetings . At this moment the gentlemen who had called tee mepting , together with their friends , arose en masse , and left the room instanter , -without attempting to bring a single iota of their business before the meeting ; thus addijo ; another insult to the many already heaped upon the people . If they had stayed , they would have obtained a fair and impartial hearing . The after proceedings of the meeting folly justify roe in asserting this ; for never was meeting more orderly , or more good-humouredly conducted in this world .

      Now , Mr . Editor , allow me to direct your attention to a most gross and outrageous insult offered by tbe Leeds Mercury to a larg « Lumber of the most respectable portion of the middle class , as well as the working class generally . In the course of his comment on the Tuesday nighfa meeting , he asserts that Chartism and Socialism are synonimous ; in other words , all who hold the principles contained ia the People's Charter to be founded in jastioe , are necessarily Socialists . There is a compliment for you , Messrs . Morsel , ' Giles , Plint , Stansfeld , Marshal } , Bjg ? s , Smiles , M ' ull , and the numerous body of your class besides , all of whom have openly recognised the principles of Chartism , and who only dieagr .-e with the working class as to the best means oi obtaining the Charter . Gentlemen , you

      are all of you , according te Itfr . Baines , stanch supporters of Socialism . You want to live in community ^ nd in paraleJIogratns ; one and all of you repudiate the law of matrimony , and-otker absurd and immoral laws of tbe old immoral world ; according to the representations of Mr . Baines , as to what 1 * Socialism . You are rational religionists , and wish to convert your chapels into halls of science ; indeed you repudiate evtry thing except the sublime dogmas of Robert Owen- Gentlemen , all this is true , because Mr . Bainea says that Socialism and Chartism are synonymous , and this is what ho represents Socialism to be . But why should I pursue the subject farther ; pitiable indeed must be tha condition of the man whose latt resource is exhausted , and in order to prop up a falling— -nay , a fallen and despicable faction , muss have recourse to wholesale

      slander and lies . I do not wish to qualify the expression in the least . Mr . Baiiua knew when that sentence waa put forth , that it was a mean and slanderous libel upon more tiian nineteen-twemtieths of the people of thia country , holding really liberal opinions ; therefore it will serve as a criterion by which we may judge of other statements put forth by thit organ . Mr . Balnes is really an adept at handling tbe worn-out tools of the eld Tories . A few yeara since , every man who was known to hold an > thing like liberal opinions was denonnced as a Jacobin , Atheist , Revolutionist , and Tom Painer ; but , unfortunately foi Mr . Baines , people have novr-a-days an awkward notion of thinking for themselves ; therefore , his attempt to sink Chartism by fasttninc his Socialism npon it will prove altogether abortive .

      Allow me one word more in reference to the meating . We are not only prepared to defend our conduct at that meeting , both in a Couit of Jnstice or before the public , but to act in a similar manner whenever a similar occasion calls for it , netwitUstan ^ . iDPr any and every attempt to dragoon us into passive obedience and nonresistance . I remain , dear Sir , Moit respectfully yours , V . R . WZSTLAKE . 57 , Chatham-strest , LeeJs , Jan . 11 , 1 S 42 .

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      TO HAMER STANSFELD , ESQ . " Taxts are jixed mcr . etary payments , and do not lower-with the tail of prices of produce . " —J . Penny . " Ail classes -s-ill p : ry upon all otber classts just as much as they mn and du / e . "— Ka . meii Staxsfeld . Sir , —You-will recoilt-ct that , some little Vm ? ago , in tha course cf a convt- ' mtkn we ba a -wbich tbe v ^ hole question nius >* . turn ; nor oot 3 » h ( re appc-r to beany mode of esf-.: p . ; iK tiit coDftq ; ier > -. f-s , T-uZ by at once Loidly cenj--jnz the jiaid mpiit ' . aiy payments .

      \ Vh ? h -Mr . p . intttUJ usi' . at " tax- 's had nothing to < io ¦« : tii the prico of srtici&s , " conuncn men smiled at iao : at < su-diTy , aud -were ast- ' .-uisiieil at his rusurcne ^ As ihst :: 'rr . t ! cn : an has a gn-ut liesire to-appear nictaphysi . ' -ii in liis " political economy , " he niig ' it have c-jiiitji- tj , ~ l ; iea \ n a much crc-ater extent , and havo f ' . p . rU-Esly -isstrteti vhat ri .-nt , titnes , poor rates , county r . sL ' . si v . r . nes , it , as we ! l as tax-s , " are or . Jy dwiuftions iro :: i the f ^ mt-r ' s rev-.-nue . " nri'l that they have nttliing ' whatever to O . o \> ith the price of corn ; and that thu or . y cr Et price of v . hi-at i ^ the py ^ dt t > f the fhn :: er . Hy * uVrr i-c . pf'cal -jremi ^ 'ht havr been , Ibis psiiticjj is j-ibt ^ k tni * r ^ s \ hf fust ; a"d ii j noubt -sr e shall beljfcle : t -I tl : e . " iTDe tir . " .-: that M"e are convinced th ? . t th * fir ; , . j . crn- ; r uj > on our ufalt , ti ; a a ' nioit o : ' -e hundrfcj p-rjr ct-ist vc vn ocT ' sa : ; ar . vi .-i Hr . ce itza . one hunCrv ' t per cent . v ;« n our !• -n , rv . c iLe iiint ; nunureU ptr end . \ i ] in cur Tobacco , liuve noihia ^ lo do with the price ot th > > -: hTi ' yc ' st *!

      Yen tv 5 } i also recollect , Sir , that in the c * nTer . Etion before al ' iu'Ied to . aiid after you b ^ d fidUiitted that the ' pillion was fcrciKy r . nd in ^ t-iiiuiisly put , but Lb :. t tl-.-iit * v .. is a fallncy in it soweMhere , " yoci ot-t-trvtd , " ih- ; czuse lJ our be ' ivg embarrassrd by ! hc question . raj ibfe introduction cf money ; and that if We v . 'ouid ilis .-ncui-ib r thft q » tstion of all mon < -y transactions , L _ nd t-duua it te sjaip ^ e barter , -wnich , in lact . all cf > r . i > . t-rcs v . iis . "we should then arrive at the bctt-iia cf the qntsv . < . n . " Ir&t us , then , try the " sj-sttui of hs-n ^ T , " ar . ii see if ' . bit wjll inake it upprar to betiiher just cr pmc ' . icable to r-pe . il the Cvrn Lrr \ 73 , so leg as our iJTiseut nxed moncary n&jmeat remain .

      To vrocrcd , then , re must suppose th ~ . 6 the forty per ctiu . upua tur malt , th-j almost tne . hun ;" : rsfl per cuit . up- ^ -n oi . r Ei' ^ -r , V .: a _ mere than one hundred- per ctnt . up ^ . n or . r U :-, snd the nine hnntlnrl per c . r . t . u ;; on < . ur tobacco are " 11 sboiishfd ; that all cjmmut t on for tithu fcij ceascl ; thr-. t th-j poor istis , the coney rates . in ihwzt , evtry kii . d cf direct r . r . d inrti ;<; ct tas . aui-u has c-: as > c : d ; ' . ' .:. & -sre mubt r . Uo surpcie , as we did . in a fom :-. T ! ttrt-r , ' that ; hef :: i 3 dhol- ! er , the army , the navy , the recsiontrs . tLe tiih ^^ oian , an-. J tha whole host of

      thii .-s -vrho- ^ -a low : j the tasjs , includir . i ; the ' criminal Ju ' . lgts , end the Pocr Lv-v C > imnn » s : ox : ers , ( iha represeutatives of tl - at c ' zis of "inOci enritr . t i : \ bourc-rs , " ¦ which the syaifm has catistd to " tr t their beds' ); -wo njTiit surpr .. s" that thfse parties fira ail ustcrabltd in tho taxing hou e . at the entrance to L&ecis :: ! urk » -t , to take p . 'jniMit in kind iBstesd cf in money : in this case , we can -with more propriety , perhaps , introduce you ss se -su ; ^ n the " prinripV . ? cf free trade- " -with your nine yards of clo'h , vrcrth £ l per yard , to the niu-kco to b . irt- ; r for whra' -.

      Let us scpr > os < = yen . then , at the taxing-gate , and the ubu'j . ! form of iutroductv n ov < . r . That you have to : u ll'era you are an E . ; 2 iiihman ; and that you are goiir < « rith nine yards of cioth worth £ l per yard , to bart r for nlue lout ' s o ( wheit . Tbe Ux-eaters tell you that you must give them one-th- ' rd of the quantity before you can be afii'V . tfl to y . ats the tfixicg cnte and enter ths " free traile" market . You p . sk . witli cocsidxirab ^ e agitation and surprise , what is it for ? Tte Taxt'iters t-il you thut it- is to cloth the fundholiiers , the gentlemen of the army , the navy , and alse tbepre ' . ty Miss-s on the pension list ; and the criminal judges and Puor Law Co . nmissicners , add , in torses so sfreer , so biand , so " fall ot the milk of human kindness , " that they require their share for the clothing of these poor souls , who&i " txtravaganco and indiscretion" have caused to be "surplus population , " and which onr over-merciful Christian institutions have consigned to " our paternal cure . "

      Hamer Stans / eld—Focllsh , rnc-rcy . ' why not throw thfcm-upDn"thfcir o ^ n rtsources" at once ? Why not telltbem that" naturti ' s table is full , ' and that " she hns doomed them and their progeny to starve- ? '' But gentlemen , you do not clothe the paupers in fine broad cloth , I hope , and you will recollect that mine is worth £ 1 per yard . Judges a ? t& Commissioners—O , no , Sir , "nre do not clothe them in doth cf Vial kind ; but yon know , Sir , there is the jaslge . the barrister , and £ 15 ths grades of cfilcial 3 , down to the goakr ; and the commissioners , tsaistai . t-cosiimiEsioners , aniiall the grades , dewn to the " uninn-houi-e kct-per ; " 2 nd these teiag " posts tf tru't r . nc iaip-j ! jance , " ennr-ot ti- committed to any but men < - f ' rest tct-ible" cn&ncctions ; iiiiU , tb » si yea know , Mr . Sfinsttld . imist be ciovliert as " sjtntlf-mtii . " But , Sir , ths li-. tiu -which - < viii bolrft at ' tfr all the " off . ei . iis' ; are c . oibea , -we sLili * 'l . arttr" for " Gi-o ^ ram , " vzbich vrill r . t quite good er . oujh , and iudftd too scr > d , tc-clothe thi se "ivijo h : ive c

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      And then , Sir , you * seeing ^ the Twybnet peeping from underneath ¦ tihe vistirpHcfr of the tithfngman coi ; Tincea Jou thatitwm bain vain to resist You give them the three yards of Cloth demanded , and push forward into the market . - , ; . : ' : Up comes a stranger to the taxing-gate and tells the taxing-housekeeper that he is a BeJglan , who has come on " the principles of Free Trade" to the Leeds market with nine yards of fine doth worth fl per yard ; and that he is come to " barter" It for nine loads of wheit : and he is allowed to take his stand beside you with ihe whole 0 / hi 8 doth . The farmer walfca up to you both and 8 ays : ; : - : [¦ ¦ :. '' -y \ : '" ::-: ¦ -: . . " : ' r ..: v . ' ¦ . - . : Fanner—Well , Mr . Bolgian , what have you got to barter ? - ; . . .. - ' .. - : - ¦ :.- ; . ; / : ¦ .. ¦; ¦ . *¦ : . ;¦ .. ¦ Belgian—I have got nine yards of cloth , -which I want to barter for nine loads of * heai

      Farmer—I have just that quantity to dispose of , and I want yoar quantity of cloth : bat I wiU see what ntighbour Stansfeld haa got Well , Mr . Stansfisld , what have yea got ? Stans / eld— Well , neighbour , when I left home this morning , / had nine yards of as goed doth as the Belgian ; but when I got to the taxing-house at the entrance to the market , I was compelled to give three yards of cloth to the fundholder , thei-army ; navy , tithe-man , < fec . ; but you know Mr . Farmer , all these things are necessary to the preservation or our glorious institutions in " church and state . " I need not inform you , neighbour , that part of the fundholders" claim is for interest of money lent to put down our American colonies ,-who had the impudence to say that the " mother country had no right to t ^ liemwthput their consent" It is true , the vagabonds succeeded ; and afterwards with their " fir frigates , with bite of buntiDg flying at their mast heads / ' to uso the Right

      Hon . G . Canning ' a description , th « y thowacked us upon the kigh seas , and compelled us to give up the " right of search : " but , in recompance for this , our troops , though defeated , -were covered with " glory- " And then you know ¦ what a shocking thing it would have been if the republican Frenoh had been allowed to set the example of a nation doing without kings , lords , and tithes I and though we did re-establish the " damnable errors of popery , " we at the same time established a king , which , you , 1 am sure will acknowledge is worth ' - ' -. more than all we have to pay to the fundholder . And then as to clothing the army , you know it keeps down those " rascally Chartists , " who haveithe Irapudence to say that " Gad created only male and female , and not lords and slaves ; " nay , I once heard one of them say that "he did not think that any body had a right to the fruits of his toil without a fair equivalent " Did you ever hear such Bedi'tion ? But , by-the-bye , I see that the army can be used for other purposes thin putting down the Chartists : for when I hesitated to

      give my three yards of cloth at the taxing houses I plainly perceived the bayonet thrust out from beneath the Burplice of the titheingnian . But as the taxes are paid to ourselves , and s ^ ent among ourselves , and " have nothing whatever to do with the price of articles , " we shall all be right at last ; so yon can take my cloth and I will take your wheat Farmer . —I must confess , Mr . Stansfeld ^ that 1 do not very well understand these kind of things . It is true that your friend Plint has told us that " taxes have nothing whatever to do with the price ot articles ; " bnt it plainly appears that if they have nothing to do with tbe priee they have something serious to do with tbe quantity \ J tot . yon have only six yards left to offer me for my nine loadB of wheat , while the Belgian ,

      who has had nothing to give towards maintaining our fundboldcr or titheing-man , has nine yards , which be oiFers mo for my wheat I suppose , Mr . Stahsfleld , that it does not need much political philosophy to eonvince you tkat I would rather have his nine yards than your six yards . But aa you are a " citizen of the ¦ world ; " a complete " free-trade" man in every respect ; and , as you no doubt , are a sincere believer | n the doctrines of that groat apostle of "Ships , Colonies , and Commerce , " Dr . Maccullock ; he , you know , has told us that it makes no kind of difference to tbie country whether we purchase our cl . oth of thu Belgian or of the home manufacturer " that it only changes tho speciea without dhiiimshii . g the qunhtity ; " and , as 1 < lo Bot understand these matters , possibly ho may be right ; but I cannot help thinking that the Belgians nine yards will do more towards , clptbing my carter and ploughman than your six yards . You , Mr . "

      Stansfeld , will no donbt smile at my ignorance for thinking so ; but I assure you that the moment I understand how it is that your six yards will clothe as far as - . tho . Belgians' nine yards I will barter with you . In the mean time I must close in with the offer of the Belgian . . TJ ha . sure he will I and all the nonsense which the " Ships , Colonies , and Commerce" Kier i ever spouted will not induce him to act otherwise ! How do you ; ike your position , Mr . Stansfeld ? Do y ^ u think it just , that the taxeiter should tako from you one-third of your cloth , and then tarn you into theiriarket to " compete" with the Belgian ? If this really what yon mean by . " free trade" ? And how far has'the " oystcm of barter" gone to support your systtin of Tr . xes L'avlng nothing to do with the matter ? Ia nofc the thing , as far ns I have gone , too absurd to iieed another word ? But this in nothing , as cumpaved with the degree of absurdity to which I will 1 educe it before I have doue .

      vv hst would you think , Mr . St msfield' ; what-Would the wholu vrofiu think of a treaty of commerce made with . Ameiica . Buy , and tvhioh should run thus : —• " That from and after the first day of Jsnuary ,: l ' S ' 4 . ? j all kooi ' s , of whatever kind , coming from America , fball l > e allowed to come ihto the E . 'iglish market . free , of . ail tax or t : 0 i whatever ; but thut all goods eoniing from Fi-iKr : e , Belgium , or any other part of the Europe . ™ c-jr . tino . ut , thall pay h duty of ouo third of thd ' v v . ' i ' suo bt-fore they shall bo allowed to-enter Hie uiairktf Uhat would , you think " tif this ? Would not the " ckizrii king" and kia and oui" relation ict Belgium think this a curiaus illttstrntioii i of the principles of " fit-o trade ? ' W « nl < l it b . ^ jHsl . to the . rinnu . ihiv .

      jiarts of'the world ? Anr ! wouhl coc ' tho rest vf tiie Avorl'A coKcIiidis that ,, be the prcfessi ' ins whatever they mjjht , the ccc w . " 0 ' fntemiec-l for dlieexproes pnrp ^ fS of prev ^ ntii'g'thorn from comiiig into the ii-: u' ! iih niaiket ? And , by what -process of rpasonii : g do you come to the conc : us ; oa that that which would , be unjust to ti . o - . reit of the world tpohW not ba unjust to ths English farmer ? If it bo unjust to compel the c « ntiiu'nt ; il niiiuu /' acturcr to pay-a tax of one-tliirsi of the va ' ms ( f Li 3 produce ' -efor ;> -entering tho u : nrk' .-t , anit at ti e sanu ; tliiio aliov ? the Americaa to come in freo ; is it hot equally as ur . jusfc to cuinpel the Eiij ; iisbinaii to jfey onutliird , and at ; the s . ine time lot tho furdgrtev couiui in . free ? Come , Sir , where is the ' xlis . tiu ' ction ? It theiebe oug pray tlra r . 7 it ! and tLf . t eurly .

      But we avo yvf-only ; it t ! ie coiiimoncenifint qf the absuriiity . In the ( X . i : np ? o which I liavo"given I . left it to be understood thi- . * after "free tvwif ' was . established , the tax-eutiitt ( , niy contiuued to tnke onc-Uiinl of the Pauount of cur j ) i » , duce . Thid woultl lia by no menus the ense 1 W « wuht iec > lkcti that there is no such . a thing as- "barter" with ' tha . tax- ' . ^ tcs . U ' . ; . aivts us noUr m » in eschango f < jr whit bo takes I nor dots ha tako so many loc \; lfi if wheat , nor so many yr . Td 3 of cloth , for his amount of dividend ; but so fiiaiiy pcursda bfc-sriingj -withou * : ui . y eonsiderition wiiotevtr-. 'as to its restive value in c ' tth or corn ! In short ; occwdiiig to the-principle ' aia do . wn in my s&conil letter , " die lazes are tixed momlary puyments ; and do not Lowjiit wrm the fall of trices of pro-DVCE "

      Keeping this pnncip Jp , then , steadily in vie ^ v , let us again take you into tlie ' markfjt Mr . St-au&tkliV . und see the situation in vchich you wili ha placed aft-ryou liavi . i bavtertd your cloth . If you ref .-r tV > the exami'lea previously given , you will fine ) that after the ' ; tax- « : ttt-jra ; b . ad taken one third , or three yards of cloth , that you hai ' still six yards , or the -value i . f six .-loni-ia of -whent . rt-iu : un ing to tako home with you , for . the wages iif your mtn ar ' d your owa conituruptiois . But this is far from being tLo real state-of the case ! . ' ¦ -. '" ¦ Let us buppj ' se- ' yc'U again in the market , tut-n , with your niro yarcts of cloth ; and , tu uiiikc ah ' . orl work of it , that you have ' bartered" it , on the " prineipl'jo of free tiaue , " with tut ! PoianO . er J ' or Li 3 nine . ' : u < . > ex wheaf . ; and iet us also suppose , in accordance with your owti piincipiaa , that the pric ? of wheat has tallou one-h « lf , and that , cpnvftqiiently , when you huvo oolai > ie < i youv nine loads of vthuit -youeivn otsiy tr . chianm . it , ft « £ 4 10 s . instead of the . £ 0 ' "' which ' you-had formerly been in ; the

      nabit 01 ODiaimug . Now . Sir , recollect that tho taxes are fixed monetary payjneuts . and Uo not lower with the fail of tho prices of produce ; and that , consequently , though you have only bartered your , wheat ' "which you get iu exchange for your cloth , for £ 4 loa ., you icill still have £ 3 to pay to thetaxcateroutofit ! the same as you had to pay when you "bartered" for £ 9 ! Aiid lx-coileot , Sir . that the £ 6 Mt . o ' r . t . of-the ' £ 9 wbulU purchase 240 pounds of . "American . cotton , at sixpence per p : ) urid ; : x > . <[ that the £ 1 10 s . -which you . have left but of your £ i 10 s . v . -ill only purchase GO pouuds of cottpnj t > r just oue quarter of what it wotild before ! aot be ht : ghteni ; d by i ; ny thins ; which could be said-by I need not add another word ! The absurdity could Youra truly , . . ¦'' . ' . - James Penny . Millbridge , Jan . 11 , 1842 .

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF SCOTLAND . Fellow Countrymen , —I address you aa one whom you know , as ' a ' . man iaetitified with yout country ,. and as a CUartibt -whose conduct you have approved of , whose principles yon have app lauded . Let me be divtited for a time of tbe office oi ; an Executive Councillor of the National Charter \ Association . ; as a countryr maa , let me transfer myself in imaciniition amongst you ; and theu allow me the yAvae ^ of ' addressing- uiysttf to your reason . I wili nuifu-r arotua ¦ n ' os offend ycur

      riational prejudices ; 1 will neither be dejected ; nor dismayed by your recent , rejection , in various public meetings of'the National Petition ; 1 will not heed Whether the pride or prejudice , the t oiicy or prjiciple of- your leaders may have , by tl ; e casting vote of tb . o Cha " rroan , virtually cerisurtd the so-ciued English Petition ; . bnt , demanding that which you have never denied , viz ; liberty of speech , I ihall , m . u man , a- ' . couutryman-, ami a Chartist , enter ray protest agiir . at the r < j action of the National Petition , by a uitjiTitj- of one in tho Scetlisu Conveniion . Ti ; o -f . illowiHg are my reasons :

      Fast , the so-called Enyi . ish Petition is tbe petition of tbe majority of the Ci . crcia ' . s of Great lirk&in . I assume in the outset ; iVU ' tbe Working ninn of Scotland \ whatever tho vai \ iuie ciasa id ?? deEke ) wean - to bavs

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      Universal Snffrage , or , in other words , that they , in conimon with the working men of England , Waifs , and Ireland ^ intend , under the Charter , that the majority of ithe people shall govern , and that the laws , ' of the few shall not be the laws of the many . It om prtncipUs are e ^ c ^ the samej then in prakice yoar laaders , or a msjority of them , have seceded from the spirit of the Charter , and have virtually laid it down aa a rule that in potations themlno ^ rifcyh ^ re a clear right to rule , boaose Scotland being'a minority of t&e people of Great Britaio and Ireland , has assttmed the rulerahip of the remainder .

      To my mind , the 1 rejection of the petiSlon { which never had a dissentient voice in the Cflartist ranks in England , ' --Wales , ' ot Ireland , ) simply means that the Scotch people , or that part of them who agree with the majority of their leaders , desire to separate altogether from the sister kingdoms in the present agitation ; or still remaining in union with them , that the rule of the minoritymeans Chartism . If you watit arepeal of the Charter Union , why urge it as an objection against the National Petition that one of ita clauses approves of a

      repeal of the Irish Unfon , if tha Irish people demand it . If you insist upon a repeal of the Charter Union existing between England and Scotland , let it be made known * , and Uve English Chartists will at once admit your separate sovereignty ; but if you , the working men , desire instead of a repeal a brotherly union to exist between Chartist and Cjuartist , Without ; any distinction of countries ,, then I demand from you the observance of the first grand principle of the Charter , whichia that the minority yield to the .- suffrages ' of tho majority . ¦ \ - . . -.-. ' . ' .- ' ; v , ¦ ¦ .. i / . v . ' -

      That you have not the majority on your side must be apparent , first , from the whole of the EngliBh people adopting the National Petition . Secondly , from the whole of the Welsh people having done the same . Thirdly , from the Irish people haying adopted it and signed . it in many districts ; and fourthly , from the ascertained fact , that your delegates wete equally divided on the question . There cannot be a shadow ¦ ' of doubt concerning the queatiou as to Which have the majority , although it may be urged that William Lovett , and about fifty members of his As 89 oiationVdisduasedth ^ question whether they would sign the petition or not , as English Cbartists . Jt may be avgued that Scotland was not asked to vote at all ,

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

      Do you , the working men , justify this proceeding in your own minds ? Do you , reasoning apa \ t from country , and only for principle , approve ? If you say yea , then you decide that no grievance endured by England , Wales , or Ireland bhould be uientioned in a petition , except Scotland feels it Is this patriotism or aelflshness ? In my opinion , it is the purest apticimen of selfish legislation ; and in my second reason for protesting , I shall endeavour to make it clear . Secondly , ' The objections urged against the adoption of tho National Petition are insufficient to authorise itfl rejeor tion by the working men of Scotland . "

      : is said the people of Scotland were not consulted . That is no reason 1 why tkey should reject a just complaint or refuse ( to abolish nn admitted grievance . It haa been sakl tBat . "grievances should not be mentioned , but simply the principles of ' the- ¦ Ch « j tsr . If this is admitted , the next order tiiust be to define topics for the lecturers , and that would lead to a . college of Chartiat inquisitors . " equally repulsive or . injurious te our principles and our cause . . Besides tbo duty of the Scotch people was not to curtail '' . the statement of England or Irt'fand ' s grievances , but to add as mtmy more of their grievances as . ' they -thoughc- right . If England rejected a petition from Scotland , it must be on some rational grounds . What are the grounds for the objections of the Scottish leaders ? ' " ¦ ¦

      Do they object because the Executive Council of tee so-Ciilled Euglish association drew it up ? If so , then Englishnien will never be eiiflty of such narrow jealousy . That cannot be , because the Execntive ' Council is bjtsed op ' ' 1 a far superior principle than that ef the Central Committee of Scotland ? Why so ? ¦ ¦ : . - .., ' : , " : -- ¦ •" '¦ JJecause the Exacutive Council is elected "by ballot , and by the votes of the ntcinbflrs of thd association , whereas the . Central Committee is onJy oiectcoL by the delegates of the Universal'Suffrage Association ' -Vfithout ballot , and Trithout the vdtee of the members of their association being recorded . The Executive Council represents the whole of . tbyir association , but tha -Central Coniraittee is only . 1 sort of senate representing delegates , in the same ' W ;; y as . if the Executive Oouiicir represented only the committees of tht ; association . ¦ . '¦¦ - " . ¦

      I rejoice to observe that several of tho ? e who actively denounced the Central Committee of Scotland- Iiavs ¦ become ' , in the Canvention , - its equally aciivo supporters , and after writing the above , 1 Hin . ahn . \ Rt inclined to f-txte that therofoFothe principks upon -wliich the Caiitrat Committee wits elected , ikuaC havo be ^ n altered . There cannot be any objection to the Executive , although- it Las been denounced in Scotlnn ^ . by . come crotchet-mongers , who iina ^' inad that Mr . O'Connor had more power over the Executives than he couWwocure

      by Ins single voto as a memoer of tbo a's'cintian . I ffwi aware of a Htt ! 8 unmsnly jt-alots ' sy nrova iinpr in . thsc rt ' . « p . " . cl ; , and I can only s-ty , tuat I *'? . OConr . ov hiul iva hjuehtV ' -do wiia the fumidtion of the ftssociti-tior . us a prisoner could hava . and aa-much to do with ' th ; drawing up of the Petition , aa an ' absent mm coii ' . t havo ; b ' t ' -ikies Mr . O'Connor is an ardent supnort ^ v -of -tho Executive , ' and , coiiaeqnoi , tiy , of the " princip l e U \; t an ehicted and responsible body shall only htiVd she ie ; : ' - < r-Rb' . p cf the movement- in the so-caliefl EugHafa -asf-crition . What more is w * ni «( l from wnn ?

      Tap , Executive _ ii « d -Mi . O'Conncicanrut ' Mve excited the ire of some of die- Sottish ! e ^ i ! t > rs . 'flier ; must lie some other causo . Is it tbivKey-ai qnwion ? S . !;' r « ' Jynot , for thpre is no uati'iri up ( . > n eartfi t ia * would so ' . much ; ' -benefit under existing circumstir . c ^ by h repeal of t ! ie' lesfsiativo union as ScoManc ! , und that bi'liff has been admitted by rt leant one infliv . nt- ' i-. l Kieetihg- ' iH CHosgow , at whieh were present i-ti ; -.. « . \ i-f liio most acute and penetratitii » rninda of the Cha-tiH . rnovo-Hient in Scotland . Several of the objectors 11 the Petition ¦ wciro' also-present , .- ; iud I' do nof r&e . 'Uui / t that thbj exercised thei ? unique 'powers of cussent upon thu , t oceaaion .

      It couid not be thit tho-K . fpe . ivl''question -vras objrctQU to because O'Conueil had ndoptftd it . If so the ' objectors' must have a forty-hors « : power of beli ^ i' in-thrt Kentlt man ' s cpr . sisteucy , and if they have no cbrsHOi-hce ia- 'hun , then their course- is hiely to s . rve him , on tbe princfple-that , " as he does not want Kepeai ; ntul eni ' yuses it as a scarecrow , ha does not desire to ho compelied to accede ih ' earnest to it or reiiouuc .: it . Feiiow-Cciintrjiuen , whiic ivvolhe real . groiin- 'ls of objoction ? I must enter ' wpon - . th-is . su -ject next - ^ eek , un-. i endeavour to lay-before you the reiuaininir ' reasons for protesting against the decision of your ler . dcrs . Faithfully , " Yours in tiie cause , P . > I JSI'DOUALL . Keitering , Nortbamptanshiie , January 10 th ; 1 S 42 , : "

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      Si * 'i-: 1 have seen what I would fain ponrtray ; but wp ' r . 1 s j » re useless , where wretchedness so uiujh abounds ^ " ; " :. - .- '¦' . - ' . v- '; ; - . ; ..- ¦ / -. ¦"; -.- " Vj : - ' If our governors could enter into tbe feelings of -these cripples and their families —« onld realize their pa . iasnd grief , ' and destittttibn , qnder tfte accumulated caus ^? of sorrow whicb they feel—could : breathe their : ¦ &im-aphere , and for a season exist in their cold , . damp , cheerless holes , in those sepulchres of the breatt" n ? and if they could ascertain the cause of all that t > orjn >* r , if they are human , they Would no longer delay te ? . soak for and provide its remedy . Bnt , Sir ; the I . ea . , Rars will not aid them in that search—they 'Will not aiifst them in that care I They know too well that its c&iibo

      ih newhera fo be found b . ut in their grasping -greed- ' ^ sa . Those poor children , who . are thus sunk below huraanity , are the victims of that greedy system . whicL She Leaguers seek not to restrain , but to enlarge I They are the victims of overprodnction—the exampie .- of fake distribution . In them you Witness the fouiKlt'lroa of ' our' tnilliomiaireSi who have succeeded in their dfr struction . Sir , th « same system , the same men » rno have ruined these children ,, the ieaguers , are aiming , at yours ; and if not restrained by wholesome laws , they will accomplish the ruin of your ; f order , " as suteix aa they have succeeded in crushing those unhappy children . I cannot too often remind you * that you are both in the same boat—the factory children anii the aristocracy . " ¦ ¦¦ ; - ;; . : :- ¦ . ¦' : ' : ¦ ... : ' : ¦ ¦¦¦ ' . - ¦¦ . ' : " : ¦¦ . '¦

      How strange , that those poor , worn-out facrory cripples , Who are certainly tVe most deserving ojj-ctaof charity-- ( No , no ; I will , not thus desecrate aa name)—tbeir claim to compensation is their r- ^ Uit But , sir , how mMvellous ; -. it is , that those cast-off vrc ^ i ^ producers should never have been thought of by any of the Christian philanthropists of our age . Ia all the world , auch claiiBs on our benevolence cannot elsewhere be found . But they have been pushed out of the notice of the benevolent , by the self-same spirit vhHii t after having victimised them , has , to hide It * *> yra guilt , kept them out of the misery-records of the League-. - - •'¦'¦ .. :, "" ; .. ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ' .. . ; '' ;¦ - : ' . ' . - \; ¦ ¦'¦ ' '' . - " .--. "

      Many are asking , how can the people most appropriately honour the infant Prince of Wales ! I answerand who can gainsay ? By founding a Koyal A * y mm for the poor factory cripples . Tiue , they have not Ivan wounded in the outside battles of their country , but they have been wpuiided in the civil wars of capital t Their strength has been wasted , their limbs have been , torn ; or crippled , or lost , in the strife of the LeagU « -rs —• tho strife of money-getting . The Standard truly says of these child-tormentors , " Their money is their cjuntry ; " and Burke remarked of such , like men ,. ' Their " ledger is . their Bible , their couriting-house is their church , and their ' .-moneyin tlseir God . " :. ; ; It is at the cost of these wretched cripples that bur so much boasted capital has been accumulated : it is but just that a portion of that" capital should now find tliem a home . ' . . '¦ ' . . •' .. ¦ ' - .- '¦ >¦ "¦ ¦ "¦ "' - ¦ , - ¦'¦ ¦ ' " x" ¦' . : ¦'

      Let then , the nation dd honour to itself and to its Royal Prince—ay , and to his Royal Mother .-by founding , and maintaining the Prince of Wales's Asyluui for Factory cripples , and lot the Leaguers be first cailed upon to subscribe . This" will at once test their loyalty and their sense of justice . ; The following anecdote will be interesfcicg : —* ' 1 once visitieu two factory cripples . . Joseph had been " done np" at the age of sixteen ; William was' fc < i ? hed at thirty-one . I -was weary when I cailed . I jokingly told them 1 ¦' wanted ' a little repose , but I could safely sleep under their protection ; they were my body-g « Vtrd . I observed that : that expression , though meant quite frifthdly , pierced to their bearts . They blushed , looked at their deformities , and then orte of them said , "We wish we were better able , ' Kmg . '" They thought that I slept . I heard the following converiation : — : ' ' ; : "

      William—Joseph , have you got over the ¦ shame of being crippled Wlimi yv-iuineet any person ? Joseph—No , William , I think I never soall . William—I wish I could . I know that it- is very wroug , but I cannot help it . I sometinces think the shame is worse-to bear than the pain . Ma-ny a time , when I am passing persons in the street , if I ste their eyes glance at my legs , the . blood flushes into my face , and I , could wish myself under the flags . I knovr that it is very wrong . I piayto be delivered from it , but I fear I ntvershall . . : ¦ . ' .. - " -. ' . Joseph—Why , you know , William , it is not our fault : we have done nothing wrong to cause our deformity , ifc is our masters should shame j but t am like yourself , I get out of the way as muctvas I can , when I see people look at me . ' But , if I see a gojitleman with crooked legs , I am so pleased ! I know that it is wrong , but ! caiinothelp it . He makes . me think letter of Kiynelfi ; - ¦ .. . .- " . - ¦ : :- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ . ' : ; . ; ; . -- ' . ' ;

      Williain— -When I See people with flee hmba . how I envy them ! But I don't see why we should feel so , for , as you . say , we are sot to ; b'ame .: I interrupted them by sayiag , " If Englard has any causa to be proud of her ^ manufacturing . Bystem . you ought ' to be rs proud of your wound . . as the briivest warrior at ¦ Greenwfcli or Cheleea is of his ; withont disparagement to them , yon are aa d ' . B&rving of pensions as they . " William , then-said , "I shall reTer foTgvt one 6 ay , -wh ' uh . I Was in ' company with ¦ strahgers , who were conversing about me . The" cbul ^ -n ' of-. ' - see my crooked lesja ( they were under the table ) ; but they saw I Lad lost my arm . ... T . b ? y took' me for e BoMier .

      For a while-1 felt such pleasure ! I eeetned to bo quita another creature . But at . lergfb , unhappily , wa of them asked me What resiineiit I had served i ; . ?; Ia what battle I tiad been wounded' ? ' I could rot ttU him alia ; ail ray brave nttblev fc-eHo ^ s had vanished ; how 1 . blushed ! ' I could hare hid mysolf . ' . under ; th" ta-ble- ' ! I wishftd myHclf any where , else than th ^ re , When I was f'jrcsd to say , I was wounded in the fnct'ry ! ' they then knew that the supposed ; Veteran "was only a pooS f ; tctory-laci . " William . concludc- . d by 311 inp to Joseph , " Well , what ia past ' -fcann ' ot ' -bV'h ' e'peii ';' .. we must do all we can to : ssr , i 3 t 'tte-cld Kiri . 7 in .. getting a Ten Hours * Factory Bill , and save others from ouc fate . " " '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ /¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ' : ' ¦ . ; ; - ¦ ¦ - ¦ .

      Mr . Tljotnhiil , I ^ aimn ; r . ffe < < sd " witbi Ibn . fc pcene . Kone . weve yvf-83 Vit sava thb " K . Ui . 2 " ¦ n . tv'i hia two crip ]> lod " subjects . " Rsally , I wrtis iirnnrVof tbc-n , and rcsoived to g ' . t , them an asylnin if I POTi'd . ¦ . ' Aiid-iiow . Si ? , jierm't nw to n-rgo . ti- f ?" ' ; " fT-v cf the poor fevorywhero to . bft ' -up- and stirring to- t' e hviji of Loi'd Ashtoy . Hia Lcrnitbip has tr lien his s < £ n < i : : he i . \ i ' . 3 set ,-i uoW ' e example ; tie Vr ' vlK r . o ¦ 'do'ibt ; - ' wirly ia vifXt session , nf ^ . in attempt t 6 obtain a . 'iv . a Ho'srs ' iNtStories ' - 'U ^ giiJatifsn Act , Ho wi . il , of < -or , r . fe .. Bo met by tbo keenest opposition o ? the L ? S £ jniTs . His' iordship will re ' quire the aid of ail hue Ciirrstj-s ; -, ? . I , therefore , entreat all piinjstfj'S of rsiipion to .. itisith it Iheir bu&iness to for . r . ird pf : tir ! on 3 . to 'I ' ariia . 'iient , praying for r Ten Hch ? 's' F : ctory tn -. y . Oh , that , sy&ry ' b ! -iiop ,: priest , find doacon , w .- . uid ste to if . " . tiiai ' . htf ob ' tdus oi ; o ! " I know pf notiijiii- that v / : > uM no mnch uiiih ^ the poor to t » o pnestfcori . t . Ifor ? I Muill- 'be rej .-iecdii tiihs . at h : > % my kbijui's sho'il ' d teci'osrned bv . tiie Chu-t-ch . ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' •'

      On the onver of tbis Fleeter sr- ? inKcTlct ! two " forma of petition , fui ' -th ^ hs < .- of tho- - - ; - in tue fee lory districts , wIjo » ij / , 'ht otiier-wise--be -. it a loss for ihe = ; rtpzv y ^ ords I earnestly Pray , - ' thai ; every clergyman whb rcii-1 a this letter may besomo a hc-iptr " in tiiis gwiat and good WOl-. ll '¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ' ¦' ' "' ''¦ : ' - ; ' ' . ' . - ¦ : . ' ;¦ "'' Tiie iaiidiords and agriculturists will « o we'll tr > lend their air ! . II ; is tisir intercsfc : as well aa f ? ieii ' -tTu ; v . I hope that iifdtlllesvForth will set tiie example , au'i thut i > 4 ) £ ii every noolc and Cortjev of the lasd P- < ii £ ions -sriil t . ow-- bo forwaraed to-PArliaiaejit foi' Kiy peiir , innocsMit-, and cv ] io ' ily-oypress-i d clients . Fo . give . ti > y ? mportunit-y—iYee ? i » ost keai : 'j ' en this fiu . -ject . ' £ U < i spirits nt Gouid and-Sahl . ' tr . f .: ttUit : < -. urge jne ; on war ;? , rcfinnoi ; ceasg to plead unUl tii ' .-i >? grayer and mir . e is an ' sWerisd . ¦ - ... '

      . To-tlie iui :: ur : tai ; ts of the factory v ; ii ? ores utA Utcs r V'otd say ' very lHt / e . ' Thuy k . nov >'; aad ' f ' enl tbet their d'aty rcqaT . es th ' &t tbey -ahoiiid . bt- stirring wav . would , 'fcf >« ir-v- ; r , ssgges'Vtiir > tthis t ; mo the AVMt . Ki . Ung ¦ of ' Yorkshire aisiVScnth Lancsshite & 2 i 0 uUi iiavoVa " mustur ineetitie- Tiitotiiifts jb vi-iiiiges-and towus are ' -we ' ll r . ijA son : } , . is Far as they go ; ivr ,. to ha ^' r E-to Ai ' hkjr friurnph : ii : 'tiy . ' ; fhv ; & « large distucts siiou'd Lave tii ' eir provincial gatherings . ! ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ * ' , . ¦ - . ' ' .... ' ' . ' , "Ten Hours' 131 ) 1 men . "• evety-whero look to it ; the . " liinK '' .- \ vil < S "'« -.-. ' a Jon ^ . puu , a strongvuii , uml a pull alt' ? Ketlier . " ¦ S eeVv . istwiy- waits U > tvv . wn yyiT tliorts » Cheer me ,, in my ceil , with the realization oi ' ny Lots . 3 ? —Ashlr- , 7 i ' oi' ever—Asjhieyfoi ' . eyeir—the Ten Hours ' BUS , and no surrender

      ¦ - ¦; ¦ ¦¦¦ . Poor-. Wi . Uiju ;;) Doud . ' Yon ' u ^ verr-. lforf ^ ien t ! i 8 toucbing / nccoii'it 6 S his . ;» - ,, ' j : jirgs ;? P ^ -.- ' r- fjiiovv , ho ' . V . I rejoice thatHeaven directed LJ 3 . fit ^;) 9 io His cell , l-iitbfci' tiian i ) Ken-jhi Union VVarkiiOUtc , Ayli ' .-re . bad ho net come fiere , isi ;' tilVprobabilityhb .-Y . ru ' ' row , as tli-2-ve . sva . r'i-p ? his indusVry : « td Euff .: rir . j ; s in the gsrvice of the L'agusrj ' .. havo bsen lingering h ! s lifo ' ttwuy , instear * . :-f rnvvivfr ; 'jatb ' afc . ' sphere of jiitful -Jsyoar jrluchha i-a .-imavkeapuffor- 'hiaiself . - Tb . « kindness if rmny tVknds nia ^ o T \ T n . ' fltri . as he thoujiihti , very rich ; so , with tfe feTv ' -. jv uurU which wouiti have ' 'Biaintained him in idiepeoS dnvk ; z the winter , J : e hag been oa a tcur of iiispectiou ia tilts factory districts . He hns obtained rncst valuable'I hforaitjtibn of . the present cofi'lition of the factorV-wdrkc-rs . He ia ho *; returned . and is compiling the journal of -hn ? tour . If he is aided by his fric-uds , lie intends to publish i& in a series of letters . . '"' . : : ' : ' ¦ ¦¦ ' .. ¦¦'• • : : ¦ ' . '

      At the prtii ^ nt juncture , "WilliamHood ' s forthcoming work v ; ill beWprth a Jew ' s eye ! JVhat the prise will ba , I cannot just nowascertain . ; ^ : . ; If these ol servatioiia Elurald . prove tha nieans of obtaining my friend WilJiaBi a little aid , so a-3 ; to . insure the publication ; of his ietterSj and reward him ; for his iXertionfi . I stall rejoice . ,.. ' . ' ¦ ; ; That "fcrand ptu ' ekee ? from , the fire , " is . . n varj grateful creature . I rfquested him nut to . tvcuble hirosslf wi . t-h writing to ino ' eften oh hia joutrey . " He fio sooner returned to to ^ n than he sent nr !> a letter / -wMch I hud intended-to . insert-here ; hecsuse . I Ipvs the lutii and it is due to him ih . ir he should once more speak , for himself iniiiy little Flseteia . / Tbe v ? e . vt of room , however , forces kiu to delay the insertion of William ' s epi&tle till V . L-ZC week . - .- /¦ , ;¦' ¦¦ . ; ¦¦' ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' I am ycur prisoner . ¦ ' . , V- ¦' ¦ " ^ ; . ' ' '"' 1 'JiCliAF . D O / , STL £ H .

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      THE FACTORY SYSTEM . ( From the Fleet Papers . ) But thero are still other ' thousands of victiai 3 of tha accursed factory system unmentioued by the ' Leirgw ' grs . —tbousatids of negiechd , abject , forlurn , ' d ' agndad , cvippledj useless pie « es o ? human lumbtr , which Ihe factory'syftpiri haa thrown but of its ja ^ rs , because they could minister no longer to the prdtit o !' the- LeHguers , havli'g then , though juvenile , " used up" in the cieatiou cf wealth for their oppressors . To see ' those liviiig crawling things ( poor craatufes , Biy heart hlcecis for tiicm wiiile I write ) in dark damp - ' cellars , croui h \ a ^ upon ijithy straw ; hnddleti tip , as I bave" be ' ieUl th ^ ru , lits ' - ' -lunipe of Waste skin , ' and ; crooked Stunt . d vjoses ; ao ¦ . w retched that they ' are ashained to mix even amongst their own kindred— the very / osiicasts . bi tLa destitute jfw ' r they feel theniE'jlves . degraded below thf- hitn ; a : i fariiily)—to think . Sir . of the bodily : an-. ' , tire nveural

      anguish of thvse children oi- 'woe , even if they wtre in ¦ pieiityj but now hnugiired ainiost to peiiiilivrifr . i-orhaps the last toba fed aiid sittendafl tpin the " -holiti : ' ' of destitutiouj ' and glad'to feast and compat-y- « ith pigs ( Sir , I do ubt exaggerate )^ -to measure all-. iht-it ' W . OBa requires nioru perception ' and . tenderness of fecii ' ug than is given to man . Gofl oaly can raefi 3 ure their grief . Striva , If you . can ,, to appi'ehand soinswhnt of the keeniies . i of" tbe iron thai has entered into thi-irKpuls . ' I speak of thousands of ' poor factory cripples who have beeu carefully and . / purposely , excluded , but nnist now beafided to the' lists ; ' of the ; Xcaguera . Poor , abject , wretched cbildrbn , they have been denied the honour of a place" in that scroll , because no sophistry coul . i deny that they were tho indisputable victims of ' the . philanthropic- \\) , Leaguers . J % is to reserve to tcieuvaelyes the powtr Cf '• vmanuf&cturhig ? such vrrstcbeiJ , miserable things , tbfit , tho cruel . Leaguers fcu . vo 09 long '' opposed . "tb . o Pissing of a Ttn Hours' Factory

      BiH- ¦ ' : '" - ¦ '¦ ¦ . ¦ : " ' . - . ¦ ¦ - ,. ' , " ¦ ¦ .. ¦ . ; Think cf these injured ones , and ol their sorrowstheir p * . ins . in all tueir joiiita , and , ill very many cases-, ' nought but daaip straw to lean on , on the cord atdne flior ! -witli iron framts to prop theiij ! Tliiiik of their hunger f aud nought btit -husks . to . satisfy , it ! Then try to feel the horroi * o £ ¦ theix broken fapnita , broken so thbrougUly . that , they , if possible , avoid tbe sight of mun and oftea hide them « slves , oven fyoui tiivir ; own fl'dsh , -their ' . &iiidrtii ; and then , if you can , agprokend the awful . ' ruin of tiwir ninulfj ! Pourci-ay tha . anguish of ; tbeir pai-eixts iin'd tLek brothAen , dejected , dtgiaded , desppp'diag .: thui . r grief is angrner . ted in the season "of destitution , btcausa ilio Lifeour of ttiose cripples . 1 : 0 longer hei ;) H to tupply the . iv Wants . They .-aite uow a deud " . TiLLt ia Ui » J bcaaty VuuViiiuii oi tlic i : t ^ U Ou ,

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      A : JIan or Business . — TSv-i : e * s a chap down at Q . u'xi / ipiu' ^ iui so ' ¦ ¦ tavr . ati . oh cute , that ho refuses to pay tiift debt of nature unless the cii ' ssouat ; is taken

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      ¦¦ " THE NORTH ERK S T ^ R ^ }"^ & : " ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct876/page/7/