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To The-Alaa T Chestek Council
TO THE-AlAA CHESTEk COUNCIL
Qsttttsass,—Br Your Zeal, Roar Courage, ...
Qsttttsass , —Br your zeal , roar courage , your ncrey tout unanimity , ynor . waichrulncss , and your JL esty yra lave succeededin making thecause of Jtonr triumphant in your locality , " and throughout o ertenaira district influenced by ; yourexamp le . Hi EiJcondderyourpositionjSociallyaadnolitically , — . JiaJjy wallreferenceto those powerful interests ari ywT against you , and politically as regards the inoence of a hostile press , —I cannot too much applaud ie combination of those T-Trtuca ^ by which you have jrn cnahkd to hold your position in the worst of ^ 3 . "When circumstances have warranted bold-* a yon have been the fast to move ; and during the mo dak night of despair you have never desponded .
Gentlemen , for these and many other reasons 1 ttach great importance to your body : and when , , aDT years ago , I expressed my vmwgucFS at all ^ to submit my conduct to the judgment of the xgtfng classes , I was perfectly persuaded that I arid Both §^ H > uld receive impartial justice at thchands ' any tribunal selected by the people : nor have I 5 j ieaaott to reverse , my opinion up to the present loniettt . Having a great respect for you , and anxas to inspire all others with a similar feeling , I left ondon on Saturday night last , in direct violation of & recommendation , nay , the injunction , of my jjaoaii . to aid you by iny evidence in the investiition of the charge of M'DouaH against Leach . Oendenicu , no business of znv own would have
iniced mc to take the journey ; while the expense , ascguei > i upon it , nearly eight pounds , would have uchmorc than paid the disputed ampunt : not that should have objected to the risk or expense , had ie matter ended there ; but the developenient of ogand systematic abuse of myself , rather than the erits of the case upon which you were called on to ¦ cide , did , as far as I was concerned , and indeed as r as the whole Chartist body were concerned , prent to you , to sic , and to the audience , fresh matter i which to be silent would be criminal Gentlemen , before I refer to the matters more pcciaDy concerning mvsfilf , Ttlunkyou will agree ith me when I say that neither surprise , -vexation , » r horror in a moment of great excitement , induced
e to stray from the point before you ; and that I re my evidence iairlyj impartially , and without 19 . Gentleiuen , I cannot conceal from my «? lf the fact at your reelings appeared to be highly wrought < 6 n , and . much excited , by the dcvelopeinents ade to you ; and to them I now beg to direct your tention Mr . leach stated , that Br . M'Douall Id him that on his return from Fiance , and on rlsitg mc , I snapped my fingers and said , "there ' s Sling for you at Manchester . Leach lias spent mr money . " That I had fold him to publish Lcaeh ' s rlinquency to the world ; and that I had written io letters to Dr . M'Douall , to France , denouncing ; ach as a rogue . These circumstances having been mmunicatctl to me by Leach upon the appearance
' Dr . iMtoualTsletierin theJVorthem star , I very [ hnaDy thought thej . would be lugged one way or beriiito the investigation ; andtherefore I took the ecaution of arming myself with evidence on the bjeet which 3 read for you , and which you will find the foot of my letter . Gentlemen , J- Lad been Ion" aware—aye , for four MX—of the manner in which I have been secretly ; d artfully denounced : but I feared that any coniaint or fustification might have been tcimed "dcraaation" upon my part , as I have always found at when I am attacked , and have attempted to ply to long and systematic treachery , the conflict g always ended with " Fcargus O ' Connors denunitions . " Gentlemen , dangerous and unjust as those
= ertions made bv Dr . M'Douall were , I should still ire borne tlicia , " reiving that IiCach , who was the lymdividual concerned , would receive my . contraction as a satisfactory answer , hacked , as it was , the a-luikaoH of Dr . M'Douall himself , i 3 tat Hie { dictions were imfovjiihd and wttrtiej but , gentlemen , ere were other communications made to you by ilrach , in which the whole Chartist body arc as much accrued as myself—eommunieations which must true or ialsc : " and the truth or falsity of which I i now determined shall be established . Gentlemen , Air . Leach told yon in my presence , at Dr . il'Douafl assuitd him that " I han sold the artist cause at Lancaster to Government , " and hat I received inoncy for many years i « mi the and
Government for destroying the Chartist cause ; " that he ( Dr- M'Douallj had good and irrefutable anthoritv to * vbsto > utiate these charges . Dr . M'Douall did not dor * tbein ; but attempted to qualify them : whereupon Leach said , "If you attempt to deny them , there arc many persons in this room who heard you make the charge as welhas mc ; and 1 can Cft people in everv town in I ^ mcashire and York shire that you have been in since your return , to prove thatyoa have circulated the same reports every where ; and throughout Scotland as welL " Gentlemen , it is quite true that your countenances told ine that you did not believe those reports-, but then , while vou have known me personally and iutimatclv fur nearly ten vcars , there are others
amongst whom they have been circulated who do not know me as well or as intimately ; and their minds must be disabused , or the truth of the allegations must be established . Gentlemen , Sir . Leach subsequently uifenuedmc , befiwesome of the council ana manv valucS friends , that he ( M'Douall ) averred that "he ' dcrived his information from a Government officerwhoni he met in France , and from the counsel who defended him at Lancaster , " and that "he piDonall ) was now determined to crush me , and to take the movement out of my hands ' . " Mr . Lonsdale , an amiable , a dear , and valued friend of mine , was present andsaid , " it really is too bad : M'Douall came to me , whenonhis tour , andsaid , in talking of Mr . O'Connor ' Well , bare you found
, im out vex ; if von haven't you will in six months ram this ihnc : 1 have found him out long agocd 1 don ' t go behind his back to tellit , for I called pon him before I left London to tell him that I had oconfideneeisi Mmiakg ago . '" Now , Gentlemen , trust that giving this wide publicity to assertions iade hv Dr . M'Douall will be considered rather iding Sha in the circulation of matterswhichhe says ie can prove , than " < toiaHciaiwn " onmypart ; and think vou would say that I was deficient m te common feelings of a man , if I was to remain lent for a single hour after I had the opportunity f nndieanne : myself , or at least of exp laining : nay lore—I think that you yourselves toould be fully utikd in . Mievfoa tltosereports , was I to leave them
feonoticed , as you cannot be unaware of the deep [ impression such things are calculated to make upon a very suspicious , - because often deceived people . Gentlemen , I produced my cash-book for your inspection . I showed you the date of Dr . M'Douall ' s first application to me , from France , for assistance I showed you that , by the London post-mark , it reached me on the 11 th of January ; and that by the sainepostlsenthimjEo- That upon that day month I sent him £ o more ; and in the following month £ 5 more—all ont of my own pocket : and I also showed you that npon the very eve of his leaving London , upou this tonr of " denunciation , " that I had given hna what he i * pleased to tall a "loan , " the small sum of £ 50 to establish him in his profession , and an
, adrertisement , duty free , in the Northern Star for twelve months , or as long as he liked . Gentlemen , I have made many attempts to establish Dr . MDouaH in his profession : audupon taking leave of me , when he had got my £ -50 , instead of telling me he had no confidence in me , he thanked me most heartily , and shook hands with me most warmly . . Onhis observing that he had decided to establish himself at Manchester , I said , "then I will give you a letter of introduction to Mr . Lonsdale . He is a good friend of atine ; and if you are steady and determined to get on , he'll be a friend of youratoo . " Now , gentlemen , what must have been my feelings upon learning that I had been held -up as a rogue and a deceiver toy one to whom I had thus acted ? And
* hat will you say when . I tell you that I have now before ine a letter of Dr . MTDoualTs , bearing date ike lift of October latt , thankingmefor & eprevions ^ £ 50 , and asking me toe £ 50 mobs ; and « ff this at tiie thus that he teas " denomKtruf' me on information vMekte had rutived Imp before J ^ i Gentlemen , when Mr . Leach chargedDr . M'Douall tohavonjrstated that Isold the Chartists at Lancaster , I put you in possesrion of a feet which I never ibrfore made public , but which I can now proudly { ttftush and honourably substantiate . Itoldyouthat * ft » rihe evidence of Turner ' s apprentices , we had a Mnsttltation of all the counsel engaged in the ease , * hieh Air . Roberts and I attended . The evidence being very "dead" acainst Dr . M'Douall counsel
^ Spestfld that as he was away and stood innodanger , B « as It was impossible to get over the evidence jpunst hjjj ^ more height might be thrown on his louldersmorderthatlandotiiersinight escape . Ihv ta jumped up , and said : "Serjeant Murphy *? are counsel for Dr . M'DoualL Though he is tb , I am in the boat with him : [ jndij you , cither 1 Qroa-ixxminatioii or in ' ^ ee ^ ,. aitmpt to damage m die poorest w / xsi at ihetar vitlt vie , for the *•**« of tavim wc ^ wfflmtaiitly getvp , i ) kad ™ fc to tha wMgindictmaa , and father the £ xenitive **»*« , and svtTuilung ehej as J , am nEXEEMTSEn *?** It ) BE FAUui-SAVED , . OB . XO SIKK WITH THE j ° - ' Serjeant MurohvtoldWthe next morning
¦** ° nrt , that I Ijad . won " the heart of ifr . Dnndas ^ ery one of tlic eonnsel who o ^ clared that they " ^^ aessedmoiv sincere or honourable devotion ^ t & epart of a gentleman , hazardousl y situated as ^ . a set of poor woriang-men . ¦ * £ ** * Sentlemeii , I ask von , after the farago of 5 * nMa aculate fooL John ' Watkins , about tho sale l ^ - * * " 1815 at L « ineaster , and after ihereitcrated •^ nous of Br . M'Douall on the same subject , am u ^ liiot bound to demand , and entitled to d , dL ltt 1 L & ir , and searching mquiry into the « Sff rttt ? Itall events , my own f (? eliinjs , my . Fnac , and my own conscious innocence , deter-* £ LT T » demand that justice at vour hands which jartd ^ sjest man in England ; no matter to what G ^^ yh * ng , wiHsayiani entitled . .. - iwZr ^ I wifl no limwj . ba made the butt and
awklT : i ? ?»• My character shall no longer be i « d tef ? ^* wintry as merchandise for polifin-fR" i ? feTe abstained for yearsfrom tton o ^ e TT orta ^^ jjgggg ^ jj , ecumulation of in-
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sult that no other man living would have tamely borne . No politicianhascvermadetheattomiittostait any description of business—depending upon popular support for success— ' without making the destruction of heargus O'Connor the first step in that career . Gentlemen , for now nearly six years I have been Dr . M'Douall ' s friend : and , will you start when ltell you , that during his imprisonment in Chester Castle ; and during my imprisonment in Tork Castle , when Iwas borrowing money to live upon , he never wanted his pound on Saturday night for fifty-two weeks from my purse ? It was paid to the day , but perhaps 1 gave it to ncrx hbi . I should not now announce the fact , had not reports of my " cRrai . " treatment of Dr . M'Douall been extensively circulated throughout the country .
Gentlemen , I have injured -myself to serve Dr . M'Douall , and to serve others too : and I have reaped a handsome reward . Gentlemen , you ¦ have- heard that I have been extensively charged with high treason by Dr . M'Douall : thisfactbeingspokento by Mr . J . Leach , ashonest , asupright , and as useful a member as ever belonged to the Chartist ranks . You have heard me denounced and vilified ; and one of these courses you must now adopt . Dr . M'Douall has recognized your autliority , by submitting his case to your decision ; Mr . Leach has recognized your authority , by holding himself bound by that decision ; and I have recognized your authority , by appearing as a witness before you . And now I hexkhv that iou inr mk , or that you publish to the world your unanimous resolution , that every word ottered bv
Leach , Lonsdale , and others , is false and calumnious , or that you allow mc to retire into private life , leaving Dr . M'Douallin the possession of that prize which he anticipates from my ruin . 1 Gentlemen , it has long been the custom to judge me by very different rules to those applied to the conduct of others—others who , when they exhibit a very sensitive feeling , even about a pot-house rumour , are highly applauded for their " nice honour ' and " . timely exposure : " but if I remonstrate against repeated slanders , Jama " ' denouncer . " Surely when you have considered a pounds-shillings-and-pence , dispute worthy of public exposure , you must look upon a charge of high-treason as demanding instant and searching inquiry : and I beg further to remind you , that although cognizant of what was going on .
i never once complained , or made my grievances a subject of party dispute . I was silent , relying on time as an antidote to the extensively administered poison : but now that it has reached your ears , and the cars of tens of thousands , "Lvvestigatiox" is the only antidote—as my every exertion , while under such a charge , must but tend to increase the belief in my hypoericsy . I can only be useful so long as I am believed to be honest : lam worse than useless if even . suspected . You must , therefore , give me an opportunity of establishing mv honesty , or youimist confirm the charge of my accuser . Gentlemen , I shall attend no more Chartist meetings until you have decided on this matter . I shall remain a paying xaeinber of your body , and I shall continue to act as Treasurer ( without funds ) to my colleagues , because , after nearly eighteen months of
service together , I have found them to be sincere , honest , upright , and trustworthy . Such , gentlemen , is my resolution—not hastily come to , out calmly deliberated on . I shall have been amongst you for twelve years on Tuesday week next ; and during ' that period it has been my aim , my object , and my ambition , to stand out from my order , serving you honestly , iacing perils and dangers with you , and fighting the common enemy , to the end that Labour may achieve its rights . I have worked as man never worked before . I have paid as man never paid before : hut I will not longer work and pay , and receive slander and denunciation as my reward . Gentlemen , trusting that this reiteration of calunmyjtliathasljeeuaheadyindustriouslyandexteusively circulated , may not be set down to " denunciation , " I beg to say that I wait your pleasure ; that I will obey your summons ; thal ' lom ready for trial ;
AXD 1 DE 1 LVXD VOUR VERDICT . I remain , your faithful friend and servant , Fe & kgus O'Cossor . P . S . The following is the testimony of Mr . William Hewitt , alluded to in the beginning of this letter : — 18 th January , 18 * 5 . I was in Mr . O'Connor ' s sitting-room one day last autumn , when Br . JfDouall visited Mr . " O'Connor , Dr . Ji'Douall introduced the subject . of monies due to him by James Leach of Manchester ; and caid that "there was nothing for him there ; that Leach had expended the fund , and that when he went down to the country he would expose his delinquency , as he was determined not to be a party to such a triet . " Mr . O'Connor reminded J > r . 31 'Douall that Leach was poor ,
bat honest ; and if he would not press him , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would either accompany Dr . M'Douallin his forthcoming tour , if he thought two lecturers would he more attractive than one ; or , if he ( Dr . M'Douall ) preferred It , Mr . O'Connor would foUow , and give a course of lectures , the proceeds to be devoted to the payment of Leach ' s debt , upon the condition that Dr . M * DouaU was , neither publicly or privately , to expose or denounce James Leach ; and that Mr . O'Connor , though not then in cash , would undertake to pay Dr . M'Douall himself if his lectures should fail to do so , provided Dr . M'Douall did not quarrel with Leach about it , or publish it to the damage of the Chartist body . Dr . M'Douall , on parting , shook hands with Mr . O'Connor , and pledged his honour that he would not press Leach , or make his debt the sub .
ject of public or private comment . I heard Mr . O'Connor more than once say to Dr . M'Douall , " you shan't suffer for the want of Leach ' s debt ; " and subsequently , on procuring a sum of money for Dr . M'Douall , I heard Mr . O ' Connor , upon handing him some document , say , " there now ; I told you that you should not suffer for Leach's debt , ' or for not exposing him . " These conversations I have set down from my own recollection out of a great many that took place on the subject hetween Dr . M'DouaU and Mr . O'Connor . The latter portion , as to the handing of the document to Dr . M'DouaU and the observation of Mr . O'Connor , J reminded him of myself , as I was present when it was handed over to the Doctor : and if this document should be reguire 3 in aid of any investigation , I am Willing to attest its contents , just as it is written ,. upon oath WitiuH Hewitt .
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FRANCE . D » etit Thoearb as » ms SwoED . —The JV an " o » aI announces , with what feelings may be easily conceived , that the " enemies of England , " " haters of perfidious Albion , " in a word , the penny and fivepenny subscribers to the fund tor purchasing a sword of honour (?) for Admiral Dupetit Thouars , had figurativelvhad their proffered present thrown in their faces . * The admiral , very frankly and very sensibly , told the deputation of the subscribers , when they waited on him last Saturday , that his sense of duty would not permit him to accept the intended bribe to break his oath of allegiance and refuse obedience to Ms superiors , nor , consequently , to lendhunself to an attempt to embroil his Government with that of Great Britain , and what would , perhaps , be worse , to contribute towards perpetuating in France the diabolical spirit of eiunity towards this country which has Been the undisguised aim of a large portion of the French press throughout the last five years .
SPAIN . Accounts from Madrid are of the 18 th inst . Minister * were actively engaged ^ preparing the new elec toral law . The Gastellano announces that upwards of eighty inhabitants of the valleys of Hecho and Anso , who had taken part in the recent revolt and emigrated to France , had claimed the benefit of the royal amnesty , and returned to their families . .
WEST INDIES , Sodthampiox , Jaxcabt 19 th . —The Medway , royal mail steam-ship , Richard Rivett , commander , arrived this afternoon , at half-past four o ' clock , with the usual mails . The Medway doea not bring any news of importance . The fever is . represented ; to have beenverv bad amongst the civilians at Jaumica , and wasstillraging when the Medway left . Mr .--Frecman ^ the collector of customs at Kingston , had had a severe attack , and was not cxpected « to recover . The milittay , generally speaking , had escaped , and the whole of the troops were healthy . The weather had been extremely hot .
MOROCCO . AsAncnuu . State or ran Cocstrt . —Ivcws from Morocco had been received by way of Gibraltar , givinff the most deplorable account of the internal statt of the empire . The Kabylcs were pdkigmg the towns , while the emperer is described as having lost authoritv since the battle of My . UNITED STATES . THE NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE IRISH
O ' CONNELLITES . Gseai A-vn-Inisn Exchemext is the Uwied States —The aMi-Irhh feeling in the United States , which first manifesteditselfinthetumultat Phuadel nliw , and which appeared subsequently tobe exerted to fheMghestpossibfepitcli . has . aswefinotkm-Jfowii to seven-fold rage" by the speeches of ifr . O ConneU and the Rev . Mr . Moriarty at the lateLimcrich Repeal meeting . The , Philadelp hia and Ne «_ lork papers , received by thelatest arrivalsi ftomthe States , overflow with denunciations of the " monster mendicant" and She priests . .. We select a few extracts ,
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the first of which is from the Philadelphia North American , Dee . 23 rd : — Kepeai ,, Q'Conneli ,, Djt . MoiuAair , ano Libels on our Cocnthy . —By the Acadia we have the usual record of repeal meetings , donations , and subscriptions . We extract the following notice of the weekly meeting ; held Dee . 2 , at Conciliation Hall , Dublin , in nhich it will be seen that the old and well-known libeller of our country , O ' Connell , has been assisted by Dr . Moriarty , late of our city . We can well imagine with what feelings of just indignation every true American wM read these mendacious slanders on our city . O'Connell has caught the spirit of some of our journals , and falsifies in every important particular the origin of the Kensington riots in May last . . Here follow , the offensive speeches of Messrs . O'Connell and Moriarty , delivered at the Limerick banquet : —
The doctor [ Mr . Moriarty ] in this address has certainly given us PhUadelphians news from our city , via Dublin . ' He took occasion before lie left this country to caution Ids people against reading tlic Forth American . We , however , are willing to give him the opportunity of advertising his views through our columns . We have no wish to say one word detrimental to . the character of this doctor , for the falsehoods 'which he has uttered in relation to the character of Philadelphia must sink him to a depth of infamy " which will need no thrust of ours to send him lower . "His life three times attempted in the streets of Philadelphia " . ' A fouler libel was never penned nor uttered . The rev . slanderer would not have darefl give utterance to a statement so utterly destitute of even
the shadow of truth whilst remaining in the United States . Conciliation Hall , in which ribald abuse of the United States from the lips of O'Connell forms a large portion of the proceedings , was a fitting place for the utterance of this falsehood . "We forbear further comment . At the same meeting a considerable sum was received from this country . We wish only some Irish gentlemen could be present at one of the Philadelphia repeal meetings , in order to judge fcr himself how many " of the educated , enlightened , and civilised men Of America , " described by the speaker as friends Of repeal , were present . We have yet to hear of the first man of any weight of character in this community who ever took part in them .
Our next extract is from the Philadelphia Daily Sun of Hec . 23 : — Feesh Siksnsna fboh O'Cossell . — Not an hour passes hut brings the true issue of the conflict between the foreign Roman Catholics and the native Americans before the eyes of the world—and that issue isProtcstant freedom , or Roman Catholic slavery—whether mankind shall profess and exercise the rights revealed to them in the Bible , or bow down in abject thraldom to the infallible dogmas of the Papal Church . Religious rights are involved in this question—but the main question is political-power . By the arrival of the Acadia from Liverpool , we are furnished with a fresh importation of select slander from the foul mouth of that — : [ here we are compelled to omit a very gross epithet , hut it is to he
feared a not undeserved one ] demagogue O'Connell—accompanied by a choice specimen of Papal anathema from the lips of Dr . Moriarty , who has come forw & vd , with bold and open front , to declare a war of extermination against the Protestant natives of the United States—and this declaration of Papal hostilities comes wafted to us from Limerick , in Ireland , by the mouth of a rev . doctor of what professes to be a Christian Church ! More inflammatory and incendiary language , to deluge a country in all the horrors of civil and religious warfare , was never before made use of . He exhorts his countrymen in America "to raise up the cross , to be encircled by a wreath of shamrocks ! " "He trusted he would be heard-across the Atlantic . " "He would make" them ring , through the United States . " Here , then , we
behold a Roman Catholic priest of Philadelphia , in a foreign land , acting the part of an incendiary , to stir up the citizens and aliens of the United States ' to insurrection , violence , and bloodshed . He pledges himself that his brethren wiU never be frightened from America , but die battling for their " cross and fatherland ! " They are not to fight for this country—not to die for this country—but to fight for the Pope , and die for Ireland . Here , then , we behold the lore of liberty , which we arc so often told animates the bosom of the for reigner . If this be an illustration of it , and who can doubt the word of one so deeply interested , what docs it amount to but devotion to a foreign land , and a death struggle for the Pope of Rome ? "Yes , " with their dying breath these patriotic aliens are "to crv alovid & r
their cross , and their glorious fatherland ! " These are the very words of the Rev . Roman Catholic Father , Dr . Moriarty . "Why did not this reverend father fulminate his incendiary appeals here , that Ms military allies might have shown him the value of that " law and order " decree , which made it unlawful to think or speak of the causes of the Popish riots ? No doubt he felt more secure in Limerick from the military , for in , Great Britain they seldom employ such coercion , to put down thinking and speaking of any kind—much less philosophical speaking—of causes . We rejoice that O'Connell and the rev . father from this city have thus openly declared their intention to wage a foreign Popish war of extermination against the natives of the United States , because while we have no fear of their open war , it gives
us so signal an opportunity of showing , from their own mouths , that they design the subjugation of this country to the Roman Catholic power of Europe . Who can now doubt the plot of the Popish Crowns of Europe to empty all the refuse population of their own crammed poorhouses , on our shores , under the whip and spur of monkish discipline , to exterminate Protestant natives ! Who will now maintain that we have no dangerous foreign influence lurking among us , to he fanned into a flame by Popish priests and Irish demagogues t And this country must be libelled and slandered as wanting in " gratitude , " because native Americans will not tamely submit to be butchered like sheep , as a sacrifice on the altar of Popish ambition . The graves of some ten or more American - martyrs afford an appropriate Commentary to this Insolent abuse of . our beneficent Republic from the black mouthsof monarchists , bigots , King and Pope worshippers . . Yes—it is over the new aade graves of native American marljrrs to the
Bible cause—the cause of liberty—and the cause of mankind—that O'Connell and his co-conspirator dare to charge us with want of "gratitude . " But we mustpause . Thehcart of a native is ready to burst over such insult and indignity , which transcends aU former vituperation from this foul source . "We pass over the artful misrepresentations of O'Connell and his colleague . Who could expect facts from O'Connell when addressing the people of Limerick in relation to a republic of heretics ? . To hear O'Connell discourse of bigotry and fanaticism remiuds us of the old saying , that Satan , when he wants to do most mischief disguises himself in the cloak of a saint . When will the Americans acquire the dignity of selfrespect , and spurn the votes of these foreign monarchists as fraught with infamy and pollution ? . The time has come when this must be , or we shall cease to be seen . The same journal of the following day proceeds in a calmer niooa , but with increased vigour :-r ..
The Tocsis of O'Coxneii ,. —When we consider that the object had in contemplation by the Rev . Father Moriarty and Daniel O'Councn was the building of a church , we become better able to appreciate their-libels upon the American people , and the defamation of our laws , government , and institutions . A church is to be raised on the foundation , of slander , misrepresentation , and calumny against a people who stand out against the world as . a solitary example of free republican government ! 0 ConneU denounces us as the worst people that ever blackened the page of history ! And he lives , and feeds , and fattens in idle luxury , like a monk , on money-tribute / daily
extorted from the American people , under the shallow and uusorable mountebank h-k-k of " Repeal . " Yes , O'Connell denounces us , the Americans , as more ferocious and bigotted than bloody Roman Catholic Mary of Englandand if he means the Irish Catholic portion of our population , he is not so far from the truth ; hut when he has the insolence to apply such a comparison to the American people , he richly merits universal exeeraflon for his audacity , especially when he applies the term " miscreant murderers" to the whole American people ! But wha can be expected of a vain , bloated mountehank , whose
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ribald invective would dare to pollute by his foul tongue the sainted Washington ! Noris the Rev . Father Moriarty behind O'Connell in traducing and libelling the American people , lie says , that "his life had been three times attempted in the streets of . Philadelphia . ? Now , we ask , where was the mayor 1—whwe j : he sherifU—where the police ? -wliere " the military , " whose wings were extended with more than maternal love over everything Roman Catholic ? Who can believe such a monstrous fable of the Reverend Father Moriarty ? Why not cause the assassins to ^ he arrested ? But is it possible that SO flagitious tl ' crime should be thrice attempted in Philadel phia , and no one hear of it but the reverend father himself 1 According to this reverend father accuser , our whole population is made up of cut-throats , and it is " for our constituted
authorities to vindicate themselves from a charge of collUSlon With tlltSO " miscreant mm-de ' rers" of the Reverend Father Moviavty . VTe repel the ,: whole charge with eontempt and indignation , as one known to be false in . every particular by " the " reverend fabi-icatdr himself . He does not even exhibit the skill and dexterity of ' the'Reverend Father Dunn , iwho did receive an " anonymous letter " from "Mary , " i » rie of his Sunday-school teachers ! But the audacityof O'ConneU and this martyr to his own fears docs not stop here . The . former claims a part on our city as an " Irish quarter , " in which " Americans have no right to intrude ! : Iluw dare Americans hold a meeting in . the ; " Irish quarter ? " cries , O'Connell . . " They went out . Jpokiiig " for a riot , * says , the repeal mountebank , " and thu person who wait among Irishmen for such a purpose
was not likely to be disappointed . " Here up have the bold avowal that Iiislimen will make . a riot against all Americans ' wild " attempt to invade the "Irish quarter . " . 'Already is our country parcelled out in sections . ' as belonging to aliens , exclusively , , to be governed by the Pope himself , and under the imperial nod of that rank monarchist O'Connell . If wc have an "Irish quarter" in which no American dare show his face without being shot down by " miscreant murderers , " we may for the same reason have a "French quarter , " and a "Dutch quarter , ! ' where no Protestant dare show his face without receiving in his brain the ball of a Popish rifle ! . ¦ Is this to be the tenure of our American liberties ? So says O'Connell—so says the Rev . Father Moriarty ! But what say the people of these "United States ? What say you , natives ? Shall we surrender up our country , piecemeal , to foreign domination and Papal supremacy ? Shall O'Connell rule us ?
Shall a monk rule us t Shall the Pope interdict us from penetrating " the Irish quarter , " to which our constitution secures us ingress and egress without let or hindrance ? Never has so wanton and galling an insult been offered to this country iu any previous era of our history , and justly has it roused a spirit of indignation among all parties and all classes , that gives unfailing promise of our speedy redemption from the royal outbreaks of insolence and slander , by aliens abroad , who claim , by patent from the Pope , an "Irish quarter ! " The tocsinofwai " , sounded in Ireland by a Roman Catholic priest and a Papal demagogue , to ring over the . United States , must certainly create a new era in American feelings highly favourable to the disruption of all ties between this country ami Europe . Let us cherish the recollection of this indignity only to nerve us in stUl more determined resolution never to susvoMOr ovwiMa , o £ o \ w rights to the bullying of anj foreign " miscreants , " whether cunning demagogues or fiction-dealing Jesuits .
REPUDIATION JUSTIFIED—THERE ARE NO STATE DEBTS . We extract the following able letter , written by the Editor of the New York Working Man ' s Advocate from that paper of the 7 th of December , 1844 : — To Fearous O'Coffxoit . Sib , —Certain gambling clubs in London , it appeara , have resolved not to admit American blacklegs into communion , because some of the latter have refused to pay their debts . This is all very well , for even thieves cannot get along without some sort of a standard of morals . There is some apology , however , for our gamblers : there is no doubt that they would have paid the debts to the uttermost farthing if they could have got the people of their States to have furnished the money ; but there lies the difficulty . The people have too much morality to encourage this gambling , especially till there is a reasonable assurance that , if the debts are paid , there will be no more such immoral practices earned on . .
Seriously , however , this question of Repudiation isasuming such importance ; and there is no political topic so important as this is , on which so much error prevails among lvell-meaning men . The first error is in calling certain debts contracted by parties invested with limited authority State Debts . Itake the ground that there is not and cannot ; be such a thing as a State Debt in a Republican government , unless in a case of necessity to maintain its own existence , and it is doubtful whether such an emergency could ever , arise .. : ' . I : ; The powcrof a Legislature to contract a debt would completely nullify the right of suffrage . Suppose a case : the . people are divided into parties , one in fii-rnnt . aF mnlrinor n . rertnin imrn'nvamnv >* + K « ^ 1 > a > .
opposed to it : the party in favour of the improvement get the majority in the Legislature by one vote ; they decide to make the improvement , and borrow money , for which ; they agree to pay interest for twenty years , to do it with . Next year , in consequence of new voters coming of age , the other partv get the ascendancy , and desire to put a stop to what they were opposed to ; but they are told that the work is done , and they must abide by it ; they are bound to pay a tax for the whole term of their existence for an object which they were opposed to ! Of what use , in this case , would lie their right of Suffrage X Remember , that all who votedlast year for the debt , are now out of power , and those are in power who have had nothing at all to do with creating it . Is it
hot evident , then , that it would be unjust to make a set of men pay , through life , for a work to which they were opposed ? It would be wasting words to argue this point . : Again : Congress is invested with authority to borrow money to carry on the government , if necessary-: SappoK tfle States have run in debt to the extent of their credit ; then suppose the emergency to arise when it becomes necessary for the general Government to borrow money to maintain its existence ; if the States have gone in debt singly to the extent of their credit , would it be likelv that , they could borrow money collectively ? ' . ' P ^ Sit ? ' Constitution gives . Congress the power , Sxc . Till . 2 , To borrow money on the credit of the United States . And it prohibits to the States the power to borrow money , as follow : — ; ., ¦¦
Sec . X . 1 . No State shall enter into anvtreatv , alliance , or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; . coin money ; emit bills of credit , & c . r 3 . Ko . state shall , without the consent of Congress , lay any duty on tonnage , keep troops , or ships of war , in time of P « ? . e > «»<«• into any agreement or compact with another State , oricith a foreign power , & c , ] : Am . Art . 10 . The powers not delegated to the United States by . the . Constitution , nor prohibited bv it to the states , arc reserved to the States respectively , or to the people .
The - power to borrow money » V delegated to Congress , and ?* , therefore , prohibited to the States ; and yet certain State authorities have usurped the power to " borrow money , " to " emit bills of ci-edit , " anct . to make compacts " with the subjects of " a foreign power ; " all in direct violation of the Constitution and of the right of self-government ; and vet nearly all the presses of one party , andmanv of those of the ; other , are endeavouring to stigmatise those patriotic voters aiid legislators who have refused to sanction violations of the Constitution for a purpose wluch strikes at ; the vital principle of Republicanism , n otdxatomiimtlimitiepresentaiion / . J ¦¦¦¦ .- -- ¦• ' .:: :, « S | d ^ that foreigners have lent their money in good taith , and therefore : they ought to be paid . Certainly , they ought to be paid bv those who bor rowed . the money ; but not by jeople who had nothing to do with the business . The constitution was before them ; { and if not the constitution , common
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sense ought to have told them that a Goveriuueht * of the people had no right to saddle their burdens on generations ; unborn , or not having- a political existences But it is said that poor widows and orphans are sufferers : so much the more heinous , then , is theoftenceof ; thoso who have conspired to carry on this fraud , fnuumerablo widows and orphans would have to suffer . if . it . were successful . The manifest adsurdity of the system ought to have prevented men with brains in their heads from engaging in such speculations . To suppose tha t seventeen millions of people , with a territory capable of supporting all the population of the globe , and with all the elements of wealth , could not ditch their own fields and make their own roads , canals , and bridges without aid from a foreign country ! ' ' ,
Was ever absurdity like it ? If the money was really lent as a business transaction , the lenders must have been destitute of the ordinary sagacity of professional usurers , oi \ they would have asked the lenders why they wanted to scatter the population all over the continent ? why they did not settle the country compactly ; and , like prudent men , pay their way as they went on ? But thejvobability is , thatcevtain * M forreign powers , " jealous of the example of a peo }) le free from debt , and in possession of a vast Unoccupied territory , anticipated what , is ; coming to pass , and thought , byy an evasion of our constitution , to get the lands pi this country pledged to canyon gambhng speculations , 'thus perpetuate the curse of land-ownership among us , ana thereby prevent their own people from their i , , , j j « ^
turning attention to their only means of emancipation . European caiptalists and Governments may rest assured that there is a Large and rapidly growing party in this country who look upon a public debt as a public curse ; who deny the right , either moral or constitutional , of any Government to get in debt ; and who will only consent to pay any unconstitutional debts that may have been contracted to the extent that the money has been applied for the public benefit , and when " they can have a guarantee by alteration of the state constitutions or otherwise , that no further attempts on the rights of the people will be made through such means . As I have seen it announced that an agent has recently gone to England to endeavour to make further swindling loans in the name of the State of Illinois 4
, and as there appears to be a general movement among the loan-mongers and rag money swindlers here to revive the game , which they'had hoped to succeed in through the election of Henry Clay ,- 'I think you would"do well , 'sir , to republish this article in the Northern ( Star , in order to prevent any more poor widows and orphans from being duped by the loan-mongers , and at the same time to vindicate the character of the people of America , who , being scattered widely apart , and without proper means of education , by the system of land traffic , are liable to be imposed upon by usurping speculators who get iiito their legislative halls . . The people of England should know that those
who deny the validity of State debts contend for the honest principle , that improvements should be " paid for as they are made ; that if all men had their right to land restored to them , and no monopoly was allowed to scatter the population unnecessarily , abundant means might be obtained b y a tax to make all desirable improvements ; that each generation receives more from its ancestors than it can transfer to posterity ; and thai it is dishonest to attempt to saddle upon our children the burden of supporting a set of ususures , native or foreign , who live by the interest of capital wrung from honest labour . " . ' Geouoe II . Evaxs . New York , Dee . 1 , 1844 .
Mouk Splits amo . no the Catholics . — hrankfort , Jan . 19 . —The Mkgdcbvrgk Gazette states that some influential inhabitants of Dusseldorf have formed the idea of establishing a " Christian Catholic Communion" in that town , and have held conferences recently at Cologne with several pupils and friends of the late Professor Hermes , in order to arrive at a full understanding of the doctrines of Hermesianism , and to reduce them to a system-applicable to their new designs . The reported Death or the Russian Miscreant . —Brussels , Jan . 20 . —It is now ascertained beyond the possibility of a doubt , that the report of the death of the Emperor of Russia was an unfounded one .
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HONOUR TO T .-S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P . 'A P £ ? LIC SOIREE will be held at the White Conduit House Tavern , FcntoJiviL ' c , on ' Monday Evening , mnB » r * " i . ™ ; ,, eeTC ™ S previous to the meeting of Parliament , in honour of " the People ' s t ? F „ t » T 5 * ' * £ following Members of Parliament are invited and expected to attend : —T . Waklev , xih'J'I , aitl f h Eai V " F l eldea ' a - «*>« " « " » , Esq ., J . Hume , Esq ., W . S . Crawford , Esq ., J . T . Leader , Esq ., J . Humphrey , Esq ., and Sir B . Hall , BarL H ' ' ^ T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P ., WILL BE PRESENT . -Tea on thb Tablb at Six O'Clock Precisely . .... Tickets to Soiree—single , Is . 6 d . ; double , to admit a lady and gentleman , 2 s . Cd / 'The Ball Room will be open at nine o clock . Tickets for Ball only—single , Is . ; double , to admit a lady and gentleman , Is . 6 d . Tickets may be obtained at the following places : —Messrs . W . Balls , 40 , COppice-row - Thome , 2 , Pros- ? S > ' H pper Bapibury-street ; Mason , - Clerkenwell-green ; R . Cameron , 12 , Dorrington-street , Brooks s-market ; J . Toome , 20 , GuUdford-street - Stembridge , 12 , York-street , City-road ; E . Medley , 42 , cricK-lane , bt . Luke ' s ; Guenigault , 11 , LowerWhartdn-street ; Henley , ; Pultney-street , Islington ; Weedon , 68 , Chapel-street , Pentonvilie ; Sharp , 4 T , Taberhacle-walk ; Coleman , 19 , A ylesbury-street ; R ; Fuzzon Alargaret-skcet ; Gabbetis , Swan Inn , Highbury rKennilworth ^ Castle ; Hopkisson , Temperance Coffee-Ijouse , Little Saffron-hill ; Taprell , 14 , Smith ' s i buildings , City-road ; T . Barratt , Secretary to the Associated trades of London , 20 , Greenfield-street , Commei-cial-road rGamman , Secretaiy to the Cork Cutters , 15 , Aorthumberland-street , Marylebone ; Grasaby , Caipenter , - Running Horse , Duke-street , Grosvenor-square ; J . Bush , Secretary to the Carpenters , 1 , Ici-k-street , ; York-road , Lamboth ; T . M . Wheeler , 243 i , Strand ; J . >> ateon , Paul ' s-alley , Paternoster-row ; Hornby , lO . vNorthaw-buildings , Somers Town : Brown ' s , Hope Cottee-house , King-street > Snow-hill ; Comrer ' s Coffee-house ,-HolwelI-street ; W . Dear , 22 , Fleet-knc ; lUiman ' s Coffee-house , Tottenham Court-wad ; Dooley , BcU Inn ; Old Bailey ; Clark ' s Coffee-house ; Edge- ware-road ; Green , Saville House , Leicester-square ; Rogm , ; Cooper , Lambeth-vtTilk ; J . G . 'Drohj Oakley- street ; Simpson , Elm-cottage , Cambcrwell ; J . Sowell ( opposite the Elephant and Castle ) , Kent-road ; ¦* -. ? - ^ ' ' New 5-agent , Harrow-road ; and ^ at the Bar i Oj £ jthe . White Conduit House TavernrJ ; Bushby , : ; Oheshire , Cheese , ; Grosvenor-row , Chelsea ; BrOTvhtJCittle Coram-street . r ' - ¦'' ' ¦;! . " ' ' v "' '' " ' 1 . •* : ¦^ -.- » -: ¦ ¦< w «* -- " - "' ' •*¦ """ .-- . . .,. : „ ¦ ¦ -v . ¦ , " " * ' - ' ' ' - - " ' — :
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STRANGE PROCEEDINGS IN GLASGOW . [ The kind friend who has for a length of time reported for us the meetings and other proceedings at Glasgow , and whose public spirit and truthfulness we have SO often hud to acknowledge , has sent us tho following account of a strange proceeding in that city by Dr . M'Douall , in relation to the letter of Mr . Smith , the sub-secretary of that locality , to a member of . the Executive Committee , and which was recently inserted in the Star , in au address from the Executive itself . Por somu timo we hesitated whether to insert the report or not , having announced our intention of closing our columns to the dispute , after we had given insertion to every word of reply and explanation that came from every source ; but when we reflected on the fact , that the Doctor was not content with hisfull " say " in the -Slat ; but had determined to appeal
to the Glasgow people—( under circumstances too , that evince anything but a disposition to secure due inquiry by the Glasgow Chartists , or fair play for Mi . Smith , )—the parties most cognizant of the facts that led to the original complaint ; that an attempt was made to cause the Stir to be condemned , because it . had done that which was its duty *—insert the official documents of the Executive ; that a false and lying report of the meeting ( as our correspondent states ) was published in the Glasgow Saturday Post , stating point blank that a resolution of censure on Mr . Smith , on the star , and on flic Executive had been carried , and which reportisusedhy certain parties for certain purposes , to the injury and disadvantage of those so abominably lied on : when we reflected on all these things , we no longer hesitated , but felt it to be a duty incumbent on us , to all the parties concerned—to the Doctor who had received the judgment of the Glasgow people , which he bad asked for ; to Mr . Smith ; who was most unfairly treated in not
receiving notice of the meeting , but whose character was maintained spite of the unworthy attempt to run him down ; to ourselves , who had given no cause of , offence , and who ought therefore hot to have , been dragged into the dispute in the unwarrantable manner WC were , —to give tha report . "We therefore publish it ; and in doing so , feel that we are but following up ^ the course of policy laid down by us at the last Convention . . We then openly stated , and the remark was applauded and acquiesced in , that we should discountenance all quarrels and bickerings , and close the columns of the . Star against them : but that this should not prevent us , in cases where one party had access to the local press , and used it to the disadvantage of the other , from setting the wronged party right . The present is a case exactly in point . The < H « Sgom Saturday Post has published a report stuffed full of falsehoods—falsehoods affecting Dr . M'Douall , Mr . Smith , ourselves , and the Executive Committee ; and we publish the following ' 'to set all in their true light before , the country . ! '''" . '
In common with most of our friends , we cherished the hope that Dr . M'Douall and ohr worthy secretary , Mr . Smith , having laid their respective complaints before the country ' , the matter would end there ; in this , however , we have been disappointed . ThG Doctor arrived here , on his way to England , on Saturday , the 11 th instant , but made no communications to his friends who had got up his meetings , and who were responsible for the same . However , with these matters I have little to do . Mj" object is , the safety and success of the movement , not individuals . On Monday evening he lectured to the Power-loom Dressers and Tenters , and at the close announced his intention of lecturing again on Wednesday evening , admission free ; no subject named . On Wednesday , bills announcing the lecture were posted all over the
town . These bills neither stated the subject to be lectured upon , nor bore the printer ' s name . The cause of all this ambiguity is now thoroughly understood and duly appreciated . The attempt to wrong our secretary , though not seen through at the time , has utterly failed . At the hour of meeting some sixty or seventy persons were ih attendance . The Doctor commencedhia lecture about half-past eight o ' clock , and concluded a few minutes past nine , when he commenced a most unwarrantable attack upon our excellent secretary , Mr . James Smith , than whom a morepure , laborious , and disinterested patriot does not breathe . The Doctor was pleased to brand Mr . Smith as a mean , cowardly , sneaking spy , and lie concluded by calling on those present to express their opinion on the treatment which he had received at the hands of the Glasgow secretary . .: .
Mr . Ross was then appointed to the chair ; . after which Mr . Colcwhoun rose and stated that his friend ; Mr . Smith , was absent , but would be present ill a few minutes . He was gone , to his own hoiisc for the purpose of procuring coj / iesot the leittcre , of which they had just heard so much . ; He assured the meeting that no . man respected the Doctor more than he ( Mr . Cldid ; but . much as he respected the Doctor , ho loved his . country and the causa in which they weie engaged ' much more . He was there ,, not only readj- to ' . 'defend Mr . Smith against the attack made " upon liirii that night by the Doctor , but he would go , 'farther ; he justified the conduct of Mr . Smith . ' He' knew nothing of , the letter till it appeared in the Sta r ; neither did he know anything as to the Doctor ' s views regarding the National Charter Association at that time ; but lie knew something more now . What had the Doctor to complain of ? Nothing . The Doctor accused i / c & fe ; ..., ..-.. .. .
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Mr ; Smith of being a spy . :-- . ' "Mr . . Smith . was ' no spy . ' He was incapable of a' dishonest action . The Doctor ' s opinions and conduct were ' rio' * secret ; , 'he \ liad lectured in Irvine , and other towns in the nest , on the subject , expressing the views charged to his account by Mr . Smith . Where then was " the awful crime on the part of Mr . Smith in communicating the fiicts to Mr . Clark , who has said so much , in public and in private , recommending the Doctor as calculated to render valuable service in assisting to establish National , Charter Association . "Was there Ianvthiiig more natural under the circumstances ;
than > . that . 'Mr . Smith , in writing . to Mr , Clark , should deem it his duty to state to Mr . Clark : his disappointdient at findiiig that the Doctor W'as endeavouring to ; undo what Mr . Clark had been sent to do ? The Boetortold theiutliafc hehad a right to state his opinions freelv and independently . A o doubt he had ; but he appeared to have forgot that Mr . Smith was entitled to the same privileges . What the Doctor claimed for himself , he must be prepared to extend to others ; and in the exercise of that privilege , Mr . Smith , Mr . Clark , and the Executive , had only discharged their duty in giving more extended publicity ^ what the Doctor had publicly advanced in certain districts in Scotland , iu conclusion , he had to remind them that that meeting was not a meeting . ot .-the : Chartist people of Glasgow ; consequently , ' whatever conclusion they might come to could not in the slightest degree affect Mr . Smith ' Mr . Smith said that he felt no inclination to enter s
into a wordy-warfare with the Doctor ; so far , however , as his letter to Mr . Clark was concerned notwithstanding all they had heard from the Doctor , ' he ( Mi . S . ) was prepared to defend every word of its contents as being strictly true . Not having intended the letter to bo a public document , he would rather that it had not been published ; but now that it was published , he ( Mr . S . ) was not prepared to withdraw anytliingthat hehad said of its contents . The Doctor was pleased to charse him with being a spy . That he cmpliaticajUy denied . Tjie Doctor made no secret of his opinions during the conversation"in question ; besides , he did not seek the Doctor—the Doctor sought Mm . For ; the truth of what ho had written-6 h tho Subject , he referred to those wli ' o were present . He called upon , Mr . Robert Bun-ell , who heard all that passed , to state whether he ( Mr . S . ) had stated anything but what was strictly true . Mr . Burrell corroborated everv word stated by Mr , Smith .
' Mr . Sherrington said he would endeavour to bring the meeting back to a calm consideration of the subject . So far as Mr . Smith ' s letter was concerned , the Doctor had nothing to complain of . There wa , s nbt a word in that letter reflecting on the character of Dr . M'Douall . They had heard a vast deal that evening about iirivate letter-writing . The Doctor forgot to tell them that there were more than Mr . Smith in the habit of writingx » 'ivate letters . He ( Mr . Shemngton ) had seen by accident , a letter addressed by Dr . M'Douall to a friend in Glasgow , wherein the most dastardly attacks were made upon Mr . Smith . The DoctoV told them that , in every town he visited in the north there was a letter from the Glasgow secretary there before him . When he met with so many ot those private letters , wh y did he hot produce one of-them in evidence against Mr . Smith . The reason was obvious ; it did not suit . Mr . Smith had written nothing but what was true ; an'd what , under circumstances in which he was placed , it became him , to communicate . Very fortunately , Mr . Smith kept
a copy ot these letters . That of the one sent to Dundee , -arid upon which the Doctor had laid so much stress , he ( Mr . Sherrington ) hold in his hand . He would read the letter , - and when he had done so he would challenge the Doctor to point to asinglo w ' ordor syllable reflecting on his character ; and lie defied the Doctor or any other man to produce anything different from what he ( Mr . S . ) was about to " read to the meeting . Having read the letter , Mr . Sherrington continued : That is one of the letters , for writing which our excellent . secretary is charged with being a cowardly liar , a spy , and a betrayer of confidence . Did that "letter justify such abuse ? The letter was written to serve the Doctor , not -to injure him . But the Doctor says there was a postscript to the letter sent to Dundee . Tho Doctor . — " No such thing . " Mr . Sherrington . — " Do you deny having told me privatelv that there was a postscript to the letter sent to Dundee ?"
The Doctor . — " I deny that ever I told you anything of the kind , either publicly or privately . " Mr . Sherrington . — " After that , you may say anything . " Ifr . Smith was charged with having sneakingly insinuated himself into the Doctor ' s confidence . That was , the Doctor ' s gratitude with a vengeance . The truth was the Doctor wrote to Mr . Smith , not only regarding the getting up of his meetings , but also to procure suitable lodgings for him . Mr . S . did so . He not only got up his
meetings , but he acted as door-keeper at the whole of them . He did more to serve the Doctor than any other man in Glasgow . They now heard what his reward was . But the Doctor need not attempt to get out of his dilemma by abusing Mr . Smith . The Doctor spoke publicly in other places what he says was only private conversation in Glasgow . He made no secret of his " private opinions , " as he called them in Irvine and other places . The Doctor . — " That is another specimen of your ¦ private letter writing . " .
Mr . S . — " It was no private letter writing : the people there told Mr . Colquhoun that you had lectured upon the subject . " The Doctor . — " O ! I was not aware that Mi-. Colquhoun had been at Irvine to get the news , " Mr . S . denied that Mr . Colquhoun had been to Irvine to gather private news ; he went there at the request of the friends in that locality , to address a meeting got up for the purpose of helping to defray the expense incurred during the Doctor's late visit there , and at which he ( the Doctor ) was to have been present . There was no use in the Doctor attempting to getout of the difficulty by charging other parties with a design to destroy his character by private letters . Mr . Smith was not the party to blame ; he had done nothing but his duty .
The Doctor then made ( what he considered ) a reply , in which he pictured Mr . Smith as one of the most atrocious wretches that could disgrace society . The Doctor no doubt by this time had tound that he . had compromised himself : Ins speech was that of a desperate man . It was evident that he was sensible of his position , but too proud to acknowledge his error ; and therefore , to save himself , Ms whole energy was brought to bear , in order to destroy Mr . Smith . But he mistook his man . He failed , and he knows & I am sorry to be obliged to speak taws of the Doctor , but truth and justice require it . Every friend here is sorry for him ; but they know their duty too well to allow personal feeling to influence them in matters of such grave importance as
the success of the National Charter Association . The Doctor having concluded , a motion was made , calling for direct censure upon . Mr . S ., the Executive , and the Star . ; Mr . J . Walker moved an amendment , differing only in so far as he wished to exonerate Mr . Smith . Mr . Adams moved an amendment of a general nature , disapproving of all private letter wiiting regarding the actions of public men . Mr . Burrell said something more definite was wanted than Mr . Adams ' s amendment , to which he proposed an addition , expressive of their approval of Mr . Smith ' s conduct . Mr . B . ultimately moved what he intended as an addition , as a direct amendment . Now , let those who may have read the zyixo report that appeared in the Evening Post , where it is
stated that " a resolution was earned , conveying a direct censure upon the Executive , the Glasgow Chartists who had belied Dr . M'Douall , and the Northern Star for publishing the same , " read the following true statement of the numbers votmg for the original motion and the several amendments : — Original motion , 2 ! Walker ' s amendnlend , 4 ; Adams ' s amendment , 30 ; Burreli ' s amendment , 19 . Thus , even in this meeting , got Sup under the auspices of men with whom no man haying the least regard for his own reputation would even think of associating ; and the object of which was kept a profound secret from Miv Smith and his Mends till the . moment when the Doctor made his grand attack—only six voted for censuring the Executire and the Star . For the truth of this report , I with confidence appeal to the chairman , Mr . George Ross . —Correspondent
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WV ^/^ A ///^^^/// ' / vwiww . Opposraox to the New Poon Law . —A public meeting was held in the school-room , Cowhill , Chadderton , on Monday the 20 th instant , convened by the constables at the request of a , number of the most respectable rate-payers , for the purpose of considermg the best means of supporting the guardians of . the Rochdale Union ih their attempt to prevent the introduction of the New Poor , Law into that union . Mr . John Spencer , one of the constables , was called . ' to'the chair . ! Mr . George -Travis moved , seconded - by Mr . John Buckley , the two following resolutions ; —That , the New Poor Law is unjust in principle , and injurious in its operation ; and calculatca to subvert the rights of the- rate-payers by taking from them the power to ' mahage their own affairs . That wp + 1 ia innamtatotit nfihp tmvnsliln of Chadderton . 'ii
in public meeting assembled , pledge oureelves to use our best ; endeavours to prevent the New Poor-Law . bciiig introduced info this township . Moved by Mr . John Harrison , and seconded by Mr . John Parkinson— That this meetin g having heard with feelinp i of disgust of the . 'tyrannical attemptnow being made : by the Poor Law Commissiouei's to compel the guardians of . the Rochdale Union to put in force the New \ Poor Law , do hereby express their approval of the s independent and manly course taken by the said I giiahliahs , - and . ' , promise them all the support in ourc power , ' iii defending them against the law proceed- - ings instituted by the Poor , Law Commissioners s against them . Moved by Mr . Jojin Hari-ison , ahdl seconded by Mr . John Psirkinson—That a cbm-,-mittee of seven persons be chosen to watch the
pro-.-eeedings of the Poor Law Commissionei-s ; and should i anything important occur , this committee have the e power to call a public meet in # j " iAr ^» b »« iptioEdwas s > entered into to support the / R , Mlidffl # f ^ tt & nsjSrithh promises to be well supported : " ' ^ --- ^^ J . ift 2 \ M Mm ^ m ^ occur , tins committee nayetnee ic meet imjcriA- sid ^ iptioniwas s > ort the / E ^ lid ^ K ^ ns ^ rithh iuppoFted ^^ S ^^ j ^^ UV ^ > t ^ l
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25011845/page/1/
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