OUR LAWS.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3856, 9 May 1881, Page 3

OUR LAWS.

(T^4fe SdftoV of-file Evening Star.) ' Sib,—Wbftgr/tr : cji angfis -the intTodtiction «f macljif^ry has made,and it roust be adaiUM Ibara>eTolution has been made in otfr^Bfii** of fifing, »o eitfnge for the, better nas been made in oor laws in regard tl?"tfcfe'tibfrirfer. * 'ltcairbe'seeri rtiat the labourer was neyer/ri^jnpre.iijaecure position #m iw%<e(seht, if 4w^ Tobit at his posttiov rt'Home "and here. Notwithstanding :'"trt nsve labor - saviiijt maeline^L^fid societies increasing yea* bj Jte^r f'/6r^e benefit of mankind, yet whel^jtios^, of. these are men arc l not satidied^apd ,'tj c only remedy o«vlaw;s can ,£p'd/|ojp khjs is to immigrate or emi> gratjß,'ai)d the people who compose-these societies; seem-to be of opinion the only way to benefit the masses is to keep them contttf«»lly roving that they shall gather , no »osb.«*-J am, &c,'' v ■ t ; " - P.B.P. May9th,lßßJ.

(To ft* Editor of the Evening Star.) Snt,-^sbe* vsacred cause of public freedom hafr been grievous-ly violated $ a eitiaen, ja. .the'^ercige pf his-political rights,,Jhij|rb?en Violently and brutally obnti^ele^jfpd disgraced; by a ; file and cowardly amult. • He applied immediately and durably totkt chairman ofJbe meeting at which this offence was apminitted for infonaatioa as to its authors, and was met, not answered—ry a mean and paltry subterfuge, ~ He^ked a fraction of the Press' in aJiiMty and, undet%ifee peculiarly provoking ctMttmstaneea, * very calm and nnder wkwt fc^*Sfc.tad been so Mftwi days no reply w baffi vouchsafed to fahiMM#rifJk, JB»«ry eitiwo feeli that his lifllJU W»'l mwt!|i nupenltra and . jeopavd»M*"itt iMprfpajw of- Mr gurley. They fcaoWtht |f ipnijbipkgg, Hnpniiished, apd spared wjtii^ifinky, sfmilVifurults may gt'any fMipent' happen to'kky of tliemr:*eV |tni^r that oppre?«on and pertenitibn grow b,y degrees ; fhat TidnaV #«»»««? '.ir*sd!j, by •ufferan«/wtTOj|irfclfi »to«^ment fit periecati«£ ta De m& poly by rebellion or retoljJtioD. The pablje dewnd* to know hy.whfpi. the.jdoorj.keepersiiit Sir Georgts.^ey/a megtnx we» seleictedi and witn what powers they were assumed to bein*e»trt A public naertinff. announced and paid for as publi*, without any reatrntlbn a«;4o pnr*t« platform, i* open t»all Ike jndtoc ; none th'ru«t themitlfes^ bflweyer, v«M platform bot those haTing a rigjif; there or businesii, leafing to the eßairman anfl tjle goocl>ense of the meptipg^W"6o,^^0 * "R*?"M 1 rheWr«: main. ' 'Mr {f^rlef'is one of the most ad.?anced and profound thinkers upon Booial subjects. ~rfiß Tiews upon the land and labor questioip ar« minute, eomprehenstTe and practicable, they are receiring the attention of the jjraateftfstiusameo, and under-going practical solution. He is a member of the f Thames Liberal Society, and itswWi for tK» public good that he^ attended the. meeting, and his. ill treatmeat &/two tired bullies amounts to a rVSbberf'of'ftK t)«bple's sorerejgnty, and is a crime of whfth they jußtly and loudly Smptain. ' Hf. Ifnriey V»« not Btand Alone. |^i»ate_ peFsecugw,j? «o here and,, publip ; qppli#Jjt 18-j oeiqg oarried opt. \£ftbbugh we. hav^ nol the rack, ws bare the rack-rent, its collectors and bailiffs, to aoUce those who dare comply of wronTf. If a satisfactory •xphwrite? »8- not-furnished. .the^puWjo will offag the joffM«grvbefor# a criminal court, for a braye, haaftty, *nd spirited, though patient v .people .will demand, Tepgearipe/or'aU the^ disgraces whioh v are Wkned'tipon them. T«»e day is not far sr^*w*iP*™: *:&**& T«oV?rt>le of «U tjranme?, government of insolence without spir^ v)ojeppe 3jU»oßt Tigodr/ an,d ignown^ wjthq H t. dSdeßpe'<Tpe4ayi3 not far'off when tiSae insults will be resented most ■everely, and humamty .Hself will not be able to keep them from the perpetrators, though their heads should be\ on ; the BcaffoUL—l am,:W.;