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Nov ember 18, 1848. THE NORTHERN STAR. 5
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Nov Ember 18, 1848. The Northern Star. 5
_Nov ember 18 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
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* «¦« _? PRESIDENCY OF THE FRENCH 1 _THEf _* REPUBLIC . BaOIHBR _PaOtKTARIAKS , « _-xhTahall be President of tbe French Repnblio ? J" _. _Lr fion concerns more thin the _Frenchpet pie ; ™ ™ _YmtDannnf ? interestto yon , and to the Teriiable ft _ia a , _s ox _» r _conatrjr in Europe . On the sort ot _•** - _^ flho-en to _fi-lthe highest offioe ia the French 5 _^ 5 _-mnnwealth greatly depends , not merely tbe pw-° _S ° SSrf _ttaFreBchRepublic , but dab whether _S . _SSinse ef Democracy _ehall advance or retrograde An _SSltEurope . If _. _dtigoued _RoyaKstiaefeefed , i * a _rtiMunter-revo _lutioa , _alresdy advancing with giant _ifnifttfes wid , in _dl probability , to « _'erJ wilere _buo-SL EU-l ' and « U that haa been won for human pre-25 _S- m 1848 will be lost in 1849 If the election
% % _ 7 . _-uere creature ot the _bourgeetste in we rre-« tt rident ' _s chair , the results may be antici pated to be " * « Melv more favourable to oar cau « _e ; for expe-\ % \__ tYw- * by this time have taught the most nn , ? hi IhinkinE that a grinding and bloody despotism may h _£ Sen usder the guiee of Republican forms , andoi aH ! ud « pota a profitmonger is the most pitiless and date testable . If , on the other hasd , the name of a veritai table D _^ iDOcrat should _iBsce from the electoral urn « ss that of the people ' s choke to fill the office of first indeed
mi magistrate of _tbeetate , then , , wa may hope to to seethe Republio estsb _' . uhed _nson _uideatrnctibia foi foundations , acd secured against _theassaulte and in _in'rigues of its perfidious enemies . We may hope a "! a ' sb to sea the _brigwdB of reaction' everywhere di driven back , and finally crushed by the victorious js nations . Even to this country , the results ofthe el election of _aD-mocratio President could not fail te bi be of vital importance . A real Republic in France vr would —in less than four years * time—shake ' the I __ z li s b s stem ' to ita foundation—and more , conld
h hardly fail to bring that accursed system to the dust The candidates who are at this moment _wrionaly c contending for the Presidency are—CavaigsacLaj _jiabhsb _, Mister Special Constable Louis Napoiro * I ] _jcosAPAi « , and _LiDRU-R-iiiif . That Cataigsio ia a sincere * _republican , as far s asabhorrence of theforms of kioBcraftare concerned , ] I am wining to admit . "But even were he uEataraed I _bythectimesIshaUpTfesenUy chargetohisacoount , I he would be perfectly unworthy of the gnfirages cf j the people—unworthy of the effica of President , bei causeunfittedtotaketiieinitiativeinpn-jectingthoBe i measures of social reform which the miseries of the peop le demand , and which are absolutely sec-ssary to eBEure tha stability ofthe Republic . _Cavjigs-ac " : electioneering manifesto , published in the London
papers of 3 Ionday last , thoneh occupying a column arid a half of the Mobnikq _Herua _, contains not ene word calculated to throw light upon the intentions of the author ia the event of his election to the Presidency . His manifesto dials with the past , not with the future , and is merely an elaborate attempt to conciliate the bourgeoisie at the expense of the _veritable Republicans . But , indeed , it would be as vain to expect grapes from thorns , or fL _* s from thistles , as to look for the qualities of a state-man in Gesbkal _Cayaicrac . It waa not his own , but his _orother _' _s ( _Godbfboi _Cavaioxac ) reputation , that won for him a place in the Republican government after the expulsion of Lens Philippe . The general is a general—nothing more . Cmiaxic has no mere chance than Wmlugioh of ranking with
Wash-But independent of his vant of intellectual and political qualifications , the name of Cavaiosac Sinks in the nostrils of every true Republican throughout Europe . It ie now _netorioHs that he _deagmd-y permitted the erection ofthe barricades of June—the collection of the insurgents , and the _cerameDcement and extension of the _i-uorrectiOD _, _feTthepurpwaofhwinga pretext fcr wnaMuf wholesale massacre npon the unfortunate proletarians . That massacre won him the dictatorship , and the power thereby conferred he used with pitiless energy against the founders cf the Republic . Dating the hundred and _seventeei d _* jB of the state
of siege , eleven thousand prisoners were arrested , and o ? these , after snook trials by court-martials , three thousand three hundred and seventeen were transported ! The exile of Louis Burtc and Caussidiere , the arbitrary suppression of the publio journals , and other acts of infamy , worse than evsr _CharltSX . imagined or Loom Phu t *? f * j perpetrated , have rendered the name ot Cavaiokac unutterably odious to the friends of democracy . Lastl y , he has committed the government of the Republic to the hands of notorious royalists , renegades , and _creatures of the English government . Come who may , my earnest prayer is , tbat Cavaigkac ' s doom may be sealed on the 10 th of December .
I may he teld that the crimes I lay to the charge of Cavaiosac I ought rather to charge to the account cf the bourgeoisie whose instrument he was in the days of June and during the ' state of siege . ' I grant * he waa a tool . ' 'but as a tool so let him be consumed . ' Retribution has already partially overtaken Gen . Cavaignac . Having performed the part of gaoler , exiler . aud _ex-jcutioner of the Republicsns . snd ths oJ > ur <** oi _* ie having no further occasion for hia services , thev now repay him with the most barefacel ingratitude . Thiebs has openly repudiated the General as not sufficiently reactionary ; and nearly all the chiefs and journalists of tho moderate' party have followed the example of Thiebs . The hour ra p idl y approaches when the measure of retribution mil te filled , and Cavaigxac will ba remembered only bb one of « The brofcen toils that tyrants cast away . '
_Lauastisb is , no doubt , & man of ' good intention s , ' bat variable as tbe wind . He is neither revolutionist nor statesman ; neither fitted to pull down had , nor erect goad institutions . His vanity prompted him to embrace the favourable opportunity which the 2 £± of February opened ta him of seizing upon poser . Placed as the head of the young Republic he might have won for himself immortal glory , by devoting himBelf to the revolution , but for such a mission he _pos-essed neither the necessary convictions , cor the requisite energy . He' paltered in a double sense ' between the enemies and the defenders of the Republic , and ended by consigning thelatter to military executioii . He even degraded himself by calumniating the men he had betrayed to their ruin .
Vani t y ia his great _pa-sion . In the discussion o « thecoaBtitution , when advecating the necessity of having a President at the head ofthe Republic , he _Baid—objecting to the system of committees—* We who have written the history of the great epochs of the revolution—we are obliged to admit , that it is impossible to attribute to whom _isdue the remuneration of gratitude or of honour which any particular act may deserve , as we cannot say if itproceeded frora Corns i »* Ubbb 3 is , frora _Barbekb , from _Robespkbbe . or from _Dastok . ' In these words we see rerea ' ed the character of Lahariise . It is not great acts but the g ory of great aots he aspires to . To him * the bubble reputation'is everything . He aims at the Presidency , not so much for the
purpose of accomplishing or even attempting great reform s , as with the view of being talked of ss' Lamariixe , the _PrtBideut of the French Republic' He is a greit orator , that ia to say , a sp lendid babbler , for , lik - Gnitiano ( or Lord Bboughau ) he' speaks ac M . it © deal if nothing . ' But' words , woid _* _. Horatio ' wi _; nut bring tha June victims back to life , nor efface t _. e national misery and dishonour for which Lamas - _iue must , ia a great measure , be held respons _ibl e . Ye-, _Lamabtisk is more than any other man _re > p -. nsible far the evils which have fallen npon the Re p ublic , and , therefore , every true Republican will rejoice that there is no likelihood of his election to the Presidency . He might have been the man of the people , but he preferred being the tool of the louraeoisie , and he haa hia reward .
* Oae sup Into the right had made This man the Washington of _Prance betray'd : Oae step into the wrong bas given His nhme a jeit to all the winds of Heaven , ' Strange to say , there _ar-pears to be ground for anticipating the _election of Ixitis _Napjlios—the most contemptible , sb regirds personal qualifications , ot all the candidates . _Tnis adventurer ' s _sj _' e _stcck in trade is a name—the name of a despot who strangled the first Republic , crushed every vestige of liberty , and _bicDght Fiance tothe verge of destruction . Tet in spite of all the mischief Napolkos wrought to Frat . ce , his name Continues to be a talisman with multitudes of tbe _ignorant peasantry , Still it must be confessed' the Emperor' _prs-easedgenius ; it
must be _admitted that he wss' the foremost man of all this world * during the first fifteen years of the present century . But the _nephew is another sort of man altogether . He brings to the electoral urn Eeither the fame of a warrior , the _eltqaence of an orator , nor the intellectual qualities ot a statesman . A ' scarecrow ' transplanted from a corn field would sake as good a President , Youth cannot bs pleaded as an apology for his deficiencies , for he is in his forty-first year , and it has _psssed into a proverb tbat ' _sioolatfortyisafool indeed ! ' For Lotus Kap ) - Z £ G )* Bdokapabte to pretend to pass for a _Republican proclaims his _hypocri-y . On the occasion of his _ridicatensinvausn at Strashureh , and again on the
_Oxasion ofhis still more ludicrous attempt at Ban logne in company with the celebrated tame eagle , his _showed object waa theoasting of Louis _Pmuppa , not to establish tbe Republic , but to erect « burlesque of the imperial thronp . He distinctly repudiated allia nce with the Republicans , and employed the foulest terms to express his disgust for their _prinei-Pta . * lh , but since the 24 th of February he has _^ aocapted' the RepaVic' Yes , just as Thikbs has accepted * it—for the purpose of undermining and _Pjerihrowing it Louis Ph * lipp « and Guizoi would , « allowed , be only too happy te ' accept' the Republic in like manner and with like objects in Tie * -- .
Daring the years he spent in this _coustry Lours "apoleos was known only as the companion of . die * !?« rte . hearties , _latosr grinding . liberty-hating ta 2 & haristo"ra _{ s _Ls § t April tf _& woe _Lw «
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_Napolkox actually got himself sworn in as a 'S _?* _- eui . Constable , ' to assist the _aristocratio Whig government in putting down a peaceable public meeting , called for the purpose of forwarding the principles of _Parliamentary Reform . I am indebted to the Rifobks for tae following copy el tbe cer tficate of Mister Louis Nap-lton Buonavartk ' b championship of the privileges of the English _aristVxxary . Here is the certificate in English and _1 ' _rencli : — londoa , St _Jsmei ' - pa . Loudres , paro ! -ge _Saintilsb , 31 Oct ., 1848 . Jacques , le 31 Oct ., 1818 . At Hariborengh Street Lt 6 A-ril , _UPrlsceLnul _8
police conrt , on tke * sixth Napoleon , demeurant King day of A p ril . Prince Louis- Street , No . 3 , St Jacques . Napol-on _, _resldlcg at 3 , a pie e lermeat comme King 8 _treet , St _i-mts , was conBtable special , pour 2 wera in as specid con- moi « , a la ronr da police _tkblo for two montbc by de Marlborough Street , _ea-P . Bingham , _E-qnlre . and trs lea m-Jne de P . Blogwas an e _niy the _lOA of bam , fcuyer _, et 11 etalt en April a * _ipeclal constable fonctlons de constable poor for St James ' s parlih du- la _psraine de St Jacques , riof the Oianlst meeting , Ie 10 Arril , pendant le under the command of E » _rl meeting CbartUte , sons le diGrey . commandement du Catnto de Grey .
Ye gods and men , think of the nephew of the victim of Waterloo and St Helena taking np a * special ' s ' baton to fight for the privileges of the English aristocracy ! Think of this would-be President of the French Republic placing himself at the orders of an English aristocrat , for the purpose ol fighting against the principles of' Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity ' embodied in the Chartist petition 2 Haying eo signally disgraced the same of the man he _professes to venerate , will he honour the Republic , be is known
to secretly detest , if elected President ? Impossible . To _subsexve . his dishonourable ambition , Louis Napoisoh Beonapabte is at this moment appealing to _Uawetsal Suffrage . Seven months age he gave bis feeble aid to the E « glit > h aristocracy to prevent the triumph of Universal _Soffrage in thiB oountry . Is he prepared to defend the principle in France which he deolared himself ready to fight against in England ? Or what he here opposed by force , does be intend ia France to undermine by fraud ? Frenchmen , _bswarel
AU the foes ofthe Revolution—all the enemies of the Republic , all tha dynastic intriguers , are working with ardour to secure the election of Lows Napolson . A thousand delusions are propagated amongst the ignorant peasantry , and the papers assert that the game so well commenced will be successfully played oat—first , the imperial pretender , aud then the _restoratioa of the _Bsurhons . Even were the intentions of Louis Napoleon honest , he must from his incapacity be at the mercy of such conspirators as _Th-bbs ; his eleotion , therefore , to say the least , would endanger t he Republic , and could hardly to fail to lead to a new series of struggles in the streets . Happily , all the men of _February were not slaughtered in the days ot June . I have fervent faith that the Democrats ef Paris will yet be found Btrong enough to save tbe Common * -ealtb .
I now come to _Lsdru Rounr , the candidate of the Democratic party , the candidate pledged to develops the principles of the Republic—democratic and swial . * I have no hesitation in saying that Ledbu Rouis is the candidate who muBt command our sympathies , and the good wishes of the democracy throughout Europe . He is a man of talent and energy , and by the force of that talent and energy _, conjoined with his irreproaohable antecedents , he properly leads the party of the Mountain in the Assembly . About his principles as a Democrat tbere can be no mistake , fie is not one of the gang of hypocrites who bare 'accepted' the Republio ; bis republicanism dates frota the time when it was held criminal to be a Republican . In tbe corrupt
Chamber of Deputies he was ever foremost to vindicate the rights of the people , nnd ever ready to unveil the corruptions , and unmask . t b e intrigues , ofthe _peoplc'n enemies . He _greatly contributed to bring about the revolution of February , and was one of the few members of the * _Oppseition , ' who declared themselves ready to proceed with the banquet on the 22 ad of February , in spite of every danger . On the 24 th ot February , when Odillos Babboi attempted to thrust the regency upon the people , _Lkdru Rollin exposed and prevented that treason , by proposing tbe formation of a Provisional Government . His voice was amongst the first to proclaim the birth of the Republic . The hurricane of denunciation raised _agaiosthim by _theoounter-revolntionists _, constitutes
the best possible proaf of his fidelity tothe Revolu tion . _Rmayba asked what did he do for the people when ib power ? The proper answer is : _Whatcsuld he do ? He wss _almest alone ; at any rate he csuld never calculateonmore than three supporters—Louis Blahc , _olbebt , and Fioc ** j—in a bod y numbering eleven or twelve . The revelations made before the Comaitttee if Inquiry into tbe movements of May _andJnne—tke avowals of Arago . Marie , Lahariise , _&! _., & :., show that the honest minority had no p ower , over-ruled as they were by the anti-democra tic majority in the Provisional Government . In the Executive Commission it was the same one against four . No wonder the representative of the democracy was paralysed .
I am not a blind admirer of Lmku Rollin ; on the contrary , I am strongly disposed to question the propriety of bis acceptance of office asa member ol the Executive Commission , wben it mast haTe teea clear to him that he could do no good in the company of soch tricksters rod traitors as Lamartine , Abago , Marie , and Garkibb Paobs . At all events he ought to have retired from tbat Commission before the _catastrophe of June . The resolution to shut up the National Workshops , without at the same time making _asy provision for tbe thousands of men about to be thrown on the streets , wai bo clearly a design to provoke an insurrection , that Ledru _Roli ii v should not have hesitated for one moment to qsit the camp . Had he done so , he wonld hav e saved himself from much popnlar suspicion . Tbat _suspicion may have been unmerited—it might , however , bave been averted , which would have been mueh better beth for _LsBBoReuiN , and the cause which I believe he is faithfully attached to .
I have one other objection to Lbdbu Rollin . It was not for him , nor for a professed Democrat like FljCon , to assume the luxurious trappings of the cast-out Royalty ; Revolutions are not made to deprive one set of men of palaces and equipages for the benefit of another set of men , leaving the people to starve and suffer under the new system as under the old . Wbat though J / _tfonf _Maurast calls himself a * Republican , ' he is naturally and justly detested by the people , who see him aping the aristocrats at the coat ot the suffering children of labour . Robes * ; rsKB £ ' s humble garret is more to ba admired than all the gorgeous vanities of Versailles . Republican simplicity shonld be one of tbe conditions of Republican pjwer ; it must be the chief safeguard cf
Republican virtue . Whatever may bave been the errors of Ledru Rolli»—and who is faultless?—I _canaot hesitate to earnestly desire his election to the Presidency . I regret , therefore , to observe—if the reports ot our enemies may h * believed—symptoms of division in the ranks of the Democrats . _ It is Baid , that the extreme Democrats and Socialists are determined to nominate Raspail , and tbst _Rupail himself assents to that nomination . I yield to no one in my admiration of the illustrious prisoner of _Vincennes—the p ure , talented , pbilanthropic , incorruptible Raspail I doubt not , that if nominated , Raspail would cornmaud an immense number of vote '; but would he command anything like the number which Ledru
_Rcluk will poll if presented as the sole candidate of ( he Democratic party ? I think not . To nominate both Lidru Rollin and _Raipail would be an act of politioal suicide , moat injurious , if not fatal to the interests of tbeDemocracy . With the vast extent of ignorance , prejudioe , and delusion at present existing . ic would be vain to hope for the election of Raspail . There is , I coneeive , a mHch better _prospeot of the return of Ledru Roixirr , provided he receives the undivided BEtTrages of the Democratio and Social Republicans . Even shonld he fail , that failure will be but the stepping stone to a future victory , provided his name commands the votes of an _undivided party .
Again , we are told that 'PfiouDHO . v , and a large portion of the Socialists , will abstain from voting for any candidate , on the ground tbat the office of President is contrary to their principles . ' I hope this is not true . This kind of policy (?) would be what we Englishmen call' cutting off one's nose to be revenged on one ' s face ; ' a very stupid and suicidal sort ot ' satisfaction . ' I am opposed to ths office of Presi dent . I consider it , by far , the greatest blemish of the new _Constitution—a blemish that mast be got
rid of . Nevertheless , were I a Frenchman , I would vote for Ledru Rollih as President . The _Consti tation must be worked to reform itself . Suppose the policy ascribed to Pboudhox acted upon , t h e resul t would be , at ths best , the eleotion of a candidate devoted to all the tvils oi the Constitution , or , per . haps , tbe election of one secretly pledged to destroy all that is good in the Constitution , and even the Republio itself . The great name of _Proudhox is , J trust , _ssfficient guarantee for a wiser poliey than that imputed to him by the English journals .
The _Tuos , _ipeakiag for the aristocracy and bourgeoisie of England , demands the election cf a President who will crash the Democrats of Paris , establish the rule of the French _rooaey-mongers , and abandon the struggline people of Europe to the murderous conspiracies of Kings and usurers . Through the Nobthebs Stab , I speak for the English _proleta rians _, in demanding tha eleotion of a President who will carry ont the programme of the ' Mountain 'who will labour to realise * all the consequences of the three great principles of the revolution—Li » berty , Equality , aid Fraternity—that is , thegoyernment af all , by all , aud for all . ' Brother proletarian ? , I know I express your _eentitimen s when I pray that union and wisdom may guide the councils of our Democratio brethren across the Channel , and that their labours may be rewarded by the victorious eleotion of the candidate of tke' _^ m ' --lique—demecratique et sociale . ' _L'Ami DU _Pjjuple . _Nofember lfitb . 1848 _,
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MR O ' CONNOR AND HIS CHARTIST 'FRIENDS . ' Nothing extenuate , Nor set dowu aught ia malice . * In the Northern Star , of the 4 th instant , there appears a letter from Mr O'Connor , addressed to the Chartists , wherein the character of Mr Henry , delegate from Aberdeen to the late National Assembly , is limned in rather strong colours , and my name is given as one of the parlies consenting to the publication of the discreditable story . Our principles being just and ri g hteous , cannot be attacked successfully by our numerous ahd powerful enemies , and they are , therefore , continually on the watch to discover any errors or failings on the part of professing Chartists , that tbey n : ay hold up the whole body as a set of low , despicable characters , with whom no good men could associate , and thus many are deterred Irom joining our ranks , and the good cause is materially injured .
Nothing delights the common enemy more than personal quarrels and _divisionsamong the Chartists themselves , and it is nothing but the most stern necessity tbat can justify the bringing before tbe public of personal matters , which should scarcely be done even after every other means have failed to effect an amicable settlement of disputed matters . It is , therefore , with great reluctance tbat I eater upon matters involving the private character of men who have long professed Chartist principles , and I certainly would not have done so , had I not been compelled , in justice , both to Mr O'Connor and to myself , to correct some important errors into which that gentleman has , I _belieyd very unwittingly , fallen , in regard to Mr Henry and myself .
As to Mr James Shirron , I shall say nothing but what is essentially necessary for my own defence , for Mr Shirron is now no more ; he died on Sabbath last in the Aberdeen Infirmary . Mr Shirron was not wholly unknown to the Chartists of Aberdeen , as Mr O'Connor states , but for several years previous to the election for ihe National Convention , he had taken no part in Chartist affairs . Archy M'Donald was not elected by the Chartists of Aberdeen , because they , as a body , elected no oneit was left entirely to the public meeting , of which I decidedly disapproved , because I thought that the Charter Union should have first elected their man , and then submitted their delegate to the meeting . But this was not done .
It is trne , that none of the parties who had all along taken a prominent part in Chartist affairs , even for a moment imagined that Mr Shirron would be put forward as a candidate—and I believe that he owed his success more to the strong language he used on tbe election night , dnd to his connexion with the National Trades Union—though I cannot confidently state that he canvassed that bod y , as it was subsequeatly stated—than to his talents or services as a Chartist . Of course , this is merely my opinion .
I have little to complain of in regard to the late Mr Shirron , though he did decidedly take a rather unfriendly advantage of me in reading a letter strictly private before a large public meeting , wbich could hav £ served no purpose beyond proving that I had seen reason to change my op inions in regard to Mr O'Connor , and the state of the country as stated by him in the Northern Star . In that letter I urged Mr Ernest Jones to bring out a paper on his own account , which might be called the People ' s Star , and it only remains for me now to state tbe reasons tbat induced me to do so . Both Mr Shirron and Mr Henry repeatedly wrote in the most glowing language about the enthusiasm ot the * men of London , '
that they were arming and ready for revolution , and tbat before a a few weeks' England would be a Republic—Then again , came letters denouncing Mr O'Connor and the Star in the strongest terms ; stating tbat Mr O'Connor and his tools were doing everything in their power to break up the Assembly , to thwart the intended victory , and damage the movement—writing through thecountry to stop the Delegates' supplies , and starve them out—that the whole of the Assembly ' s reports appearing in the Star were cut from the Tory papers by Mr J . Harney —that the business in the Star office was conducted in the same isean and shabby manner as Lloyd ' s office—that the star had repeatedly refused insertion
to important documents from the Assembly—that Mr Ernest Jones bad been dismissed from tke star and Labourer because he would not become the easy tool of Mr O'Connor , who had done _everything in his power to prevent Mr Jones from getting to Scotland before the meeting of the Assembly , & c , & c . Was it a wonder then that , relying on the truth of these statements , and firml y believing then—as I still do—Mr Jones was aa honest , an able , and fearless advocate of Chartism , I should recommend him to establish a newspaper of his own , seeing that he was thus entirely thrown on his own resources . Mr O'Connor himself told me thathe gave Jones the
same advice , and offered to supply him with the means to start with . Why should we longer keep up the miserable delusion that we were not deceived as to the real state of London during the sitting of the late National Assembly ? It was triumphantly stated that the men of Halifax would not even allow Mr Jones to be arrested . Alas ! where is that noble-minded enthusiastic champion of Chartism now ? The ' men of London' were so prepared that England teas to be a Republic in a few weeks . Has this come to pass ? Ur will Mr O'Connor ' s calumniators allow that he has so much influence as to be able , by a single letter in the Northern star , to stop a whole nation determined on revolution ?
Really Mr O'Connor must be a very influential personage , after all 1 But , apart from jest , I apprehend that Mr Jones , and Mr Cuffey and his companions , who are doomed to perpetual banishment , through the hellish machinations of a set of the most depraved desp icable scoundrels that ever disgraced humanity , would be indeed delighted if a mere change of opinion was all the punishment they were obli ged to undergo , as the consequence of their former folly ! Now , as to the portrait of Mr Henry , drawn by Mr O'Connor , as already referred to—and this is a subject on which I am loath to touch—I must state that Mr O'Connor has made some very important mistakes . I am fully aware that it is not by lowering the character of another that our own is exalted , and I shall not therefore refer to any . thing that bas not already beeu made public .
I regret , indeed , that a gentleman of Mr O'Connor ' s standing in society , should bave thought it necessary t o descend to such personal squabbles , because they can be productive of no real good to the cause in which we are all engaged ; however , that is his matter , not mine . I shall not attempt to deny that when Messrs Robert Findlay _, George Smart , and myself , were in company with Mr O'Connor at his hotel , Mr Henry ' s character came casually into consideration in the course of ordinary conversation . Mr Findlay slated that ( then Mr Henry came first to Aberdeen—• vhich was some six years ago—he was entirely unknown to the Chartists of Aberdeen ; and it was
shor t l y after that time , that the circumstances in connexion with his wife arriving from Dundee , and the presentation of the plaid hy the Aberdeen Female Charter Association — of which I was chairman—took place , and this might probably be about five years ago . It was our friend Mr John Legge—and not ; Mr James M'Pherson , as stated by Mr O'Connor—who was in the chair at the Female Festival . Before Mr Henry ' s wife arrived from Dundee , though I cannot say that Mr Henry himself ever explicitly stated that he was unmarried , yet I can state as my conscientious opinion , that it was generally believed throughout Aberdeen that he was a single man , and Mr Henry acted as such , by
keeping company vrith a siagle temale , and allowing them to believe lie was single too , I t was af t er he returned from the Assembly that he told his wife to set up as a prostitute , and this has no connexion -whatever with the previou * affair . Mis Henry did not send for us , but Mr George Smart and myself went lo her , in consequence of bearing that she was at the point cf starvation , and that she had not sufficient money to pay her passage to Edinburgh after her husband . I understand tbat Mr Charles Logan can also corroborate the statement she then made to _us > that Mr Henry had told her to set up as a prostitute
when she comp lained to him of his bad treatment , and tbe disgraceful Banner in which he was neglecting his family . I am compelled to deny m toto Mr O'Connor ' s statement that he had my permission to publish this discreditable story . The fact is , Mr O'Connor never sought my permission at all , and though he bad done so , he would not have got it . The whole affair occurred in the course of private conversation , and was never intended for publication . Not that the affair is net strictly correct , with the corrections I have made as to the time of the taking place of the different matters , but because the publishing of these personal matters never produces good fruits in connexion with the Chartist
cause . I am , indeed , surprised at the appearance of a letter in the North British Express of Saturday
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last , in which Mr Smart attempts a defence of Mr Henry . This defence is short—Mr Smart having _ev idently acted upon the wise maxim , ' the least said is the soonest mended . ' Mr Smart has taken an unfair advantage of Mr O'Connor ' s mistake as to the time at which the different matters r e ferred t o b y Mr O'Connor took place . Mr Smar t knew , from general report , the _correct _& me , and could have easily corrected Mr O'Connor , and attempted an answer to the charges , as he knew them to be generally credited in Aberdeen . But this would not answer the conscientious , fair-dealing Mr John Smart ! He assures us that Mr Henry was always a consistent Chartist . But I am at a loss to see the
honesty or the consistency of Mr Henry , in allowing Mr Jones to state what be knew to be decidedly untrue—that there were 6 , 000 armed men in Aberdeen , ready to march upon London , merel y because it might deceive the men of London , and increase their enthusiasm . Alas ! the men of London were indeed deceived , as Mr Ernest Jones and others can testif y . I cannot see the consistency of a person publicly breaking his tobacco-pipe , and renouueing the use of that instrument for ever , and just quietl y taking it up again that same night , even before he goes home !
I do not think there is much consistency in Mr Henry ' s public statement , that when he went to the London Steam Navigation Company , desiring to be taken to Aberdeen on credit , he had just twelve sh 1-linjs in his pocket ; and then quietly stating that he WHS obliged to pled ge two coals before he could get fiom London to Newcastle , though he happened to have just twelve shillings in his pocket , and the fare being only per steamer . But all these are very small matters ; yet a straw will shew how the wind blows . Mr Smart further very kindly assures us that Mr Henry left Aberdeen with an irreproachable character , ' . ' 0 ! si sic omnes . '
Surely Mr Smart forgets himself ; he frequently told his own son—Mr George Smart—and myself some little anecdotes of Mr Henry , which proved him to be a wilful liar : and several other little matters , which it may not be convenient to remember , and yet he will publicly pretend to be his friend . Mr Smart knows that it is generally believed inAberdeen _. vthat Mr Henry denied his wife when she first came to Aberdeen , and that she was starved out of Dundee , as she like w ise was out of Aberdeen , some months ago . During the time Mr Henry was earning good wages in Aberdeen , bis wile was
starving in Dundee I These are her own wobds to Mr Charles Logan . Mr Smart knows that his own master can g ive , him some information as to Mr Henry ' s 'irreproachable character ; ' as also Mr Ogilvie , ropemaker , He also knows that Mr Henry ' s own wife let him into & few facts on that head ' , and he knows the condition of Mrs Henry ' s house before _% b & left . Aberdeen , and sumptuously she fared every day . He knows how he himself has been pressed by the men of Newcastle to repay a _sertatn sura borrowed by Mr Henry , and which he said bad been collected at some lectures delivered in Newcastle by bim . Perhaps our Newcastle friends can inform him
on that score ! But enoug h ; I am disgusted with these disgraceful details , and I certainly would not have entered upon them at such a length , hut for the double deceitful conduct of Mr John Smart , in privatel y ac knowledging Mr Henry ' s bad character , and publicl y pretending to be his friend . Haying some sli ght idea of Mr Henry ' s vindictive disposition—as exhibited sometimes to his nearest relations : and
being made aware oi his irreproachable character as a dealer in every kind of falsehood , by his friend Mr G . Smart—illustrated by a variety of very edifying anecdotes-I shall not feel much surprised though Mr Henry shall attempt to vindicate hiii own character by a false accusation or two against mine , as a bad man generally imagines that the only way to get out of a bad name is , to try to make everybody as bad as himself .
In conclusion , I beg to assure Mr Henry tbat this has not been a matter of my seeking ; I have been dragged into it , and what I have stated I believe to be true . I hope , therefore , if possible , he will harbour no ill-feeling towards me on that account . I frankly forgive him for the unprovoked personal attack he intended to have made , through the North British Express , on roe and others of his late loving companions in Aberdeen ; and I trust he will as
kindly _pardon me on the present occasion , more especially when I solemnly assure him that I have suppressed altogether the instructive anecdotes—illustrations of his religious abhorrence of the truthwhich Mr John Smart took much delig ht in rela t ing some time ago . These , as well as other personal mat t ers coming from the same channel , I shall now , and from henceforth , bury in oblivion , sacred to t he memory of his ' dearly beloved friend '—Mr John Smart .
I trnst that this will not be deemed worth y of any repl y , and tbat Messrs Smart and Henry will have so far reformed as not to descend to notice anything coming frora so humble a person as Their very obedient servant , Aberdeen , Nov . 16 , 1848 . D . Wbibht .
1 do not think the above letter requires many observations from me . The onl y apology that I can owe Mr Wright is for having published the circumstance ; but Mr Wri ght , and those who were in the room , will do me the justice to acknowledge , that , when I heard much more than 1 published , I exclaimed ,
" GOOD GOD , WHAT AN ESCAPE WE HAVE HAD I AND WHAT WILL THE CHARTISTS SAY WHEN THEY HEAR IT ? " If Mr Wright had said , "Bo not publish it , " my reply would have been , ' What then , are you a Chartist , having a knowledge of those circumstances with reference to one who has done so much to destroy my character and injure your cause , and will you ungenerousl y withhold from me my only means of defending myself and our cause ?''
Every thing that I do , every thing that I say , every thing that I write , is severely and maliciously criticised ; and , if character should be dearer to man than life itself , I would ask Mr Wright whether , if he heard Henry attempting to swear my life away , he would not have considered it his duty to get into the witness-box , and paint ray accuser in his true colours ? With regard to the mistake as to dates and
the name of the Chairman , they are wholly unimportant ; the facts remain undisturbed ; and as to my publishing them , ' Mr Wright informs us that they were publicl y and generall y known . And I shall ever contend that the ejectment of such characters from the Chartist ranks becomes a paramount duty with every Chartist , as their connexion with our cause furnishes the enemy with the greatest handle for abuse and distrust .
m I trust that Mr Wri ght ' s very plain exposition of facts , together with the letters written b y Mr Henry from the Assembly , will open the eyes of the Chartists to the gulf they have escaped . As to the letter written b y Mr Wright to Mr Shirron , nothing could be more reasonable than that the fabrications of the Aberdeen delegates should have inspired true Chartists like Mr Wri ght with horror and detestation of
me ; and nothing can he more honourable to Mr Wright than the retractation of those opi nions when he saw just and substantial cause to alter them . And I now tell Mr Wright , that , after I heard his letter read by Mr Shirron , I asked several of the oldest Chartists in Aberdeen as to Wright ' s character , and the answer of one and aU ivas , -- Well , sir , there is not a better conducted man , nor a more sincere Chartist , in Scotland . "
As to Arch y M'Donald not being elected , the -substantial communication made to menay , I may almost ; _say , the _terbutim communication-was , in repl y to , " Why did you send such men to the Assembl y ?•' — " Well , sir , Arch y MDonald was our man ; but Mr Shirron canvassed the shops , and we were not prspared for such opposition , and did not wish to show any division . " ... T . n oai apology that I can offer to Mr Y \ right for publishing the matter is , that had ha been m my place , and I in his-for his sake —1 should have answered it before .
With regard to Mr Jones ' s dismissal as subeditor of the " Northern Star , '' it was decided thatthe Executive should he a perambulating body , a duty which I thought very incompa . tible with that of editor , whose business was in the office of _n paper—and with regard to the " Labourer , '' so far from dismissing him I continued him to the last . I told him that as he could write for that in his leisure hours it weuld be a good means of support } and that
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if he was imprisoned and had the use of pen and ink ; i would still continue it , though it war a loss to me and a gain to him . I saw Mt Jonesi in prison—I saw him when he came out on bail . I came at great _inconrenience , and as a minute ' s notice , to offer bail for him , but being a Member of Parliament I waa rejected as not toeing liable to arrest . r „ ., to .- non-P ublic ation in the " Northern Star
, Mr Harney must answer for that , hut during the whole sitting of the Convention and the Assembl y not ONE LINE was ever suppressed by my order . I trust , my friend Wright will be satisfied with this explanation . And now hearing that Shirron is no more and rejoicing that I did not publish one line derogatory to his character , and feeling grieved that his widow is near her confinement and has a young child depending upon her for suunort
and learning that it is the intention of the Chartists of Aberdeen to raise a subscri ption for her relief , I beg leave to tender my contributien and hereby direct my agent in Aberdeen to pay one pound towards the fund . _Feaugus O'Connor .
My Answer To The Reference Made To Me In...
My answer to the reference made to me in the above letter , will be best furnished by the note g iven below from Mr _M'Gowan . The reports connected with the Assembly were inserted whole and entire , as they came from our reporter , with the exception of Mr Jones ' s speeches , which were supplied by himself . And I beg to assure the Aberdeen delegate , that I have amp le employment without interfering with the duties of sub-editor , which were then discharged b y Mr Jones . As to the reports of the Convention , they were selected , partl y from those furnished b y our own reporter , and partl y from the _morn « ing papers . Mr Jones made ' the selections and
prepared the reports , I doubt not , to the best of his judgment . At all events , I had no hand in the work , which was exclusively performed b y Mr Jones . G . Julian Haiiney .
To The Editob Op The Northern Star. Sir,...
TO THE EDITOB OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , — -With reference to the report ofthe proceedings of the National Assembl y , I beg to remind you , that , in accordance with Mr O'Connor ' s instructions , I engaged an eminent London Reporter to furnish the •* Northern Star" with an accurate account of the proceedings ; that the copy was brought daily to me , and by me _washanded to the compositors , without alteration , addition , or mutilation and that not a line of it was seen b y Mr O'Connor .
It may not be out of place here to add , that , during the momentous period that has elapsed since the French Revolution of February , and during the critical time of April , Mr O'Connor has never made a practice of interfering with any matter sent for insertion in the paper . Your Obedient Servant , D . M ' GOWAN .
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To the Friends of Truth and Liberty , —• In the month of September last a warrant tras issued by the magistrates of Bradford , against David Lightowler , of Manchester Load , Horton , on a charge of' unlawful drilling , ' who was apprehended and committed ( but now out on bail ) for trial at the Assizes , to be held in December , upon evidence of the most doubtful and disgraceful character , and which it is confidently hoped , will- if there be an impartial and unprejudiced jury , be set at nought and totally disregarded . In order , therefore , that this result may be _brought about , and as great expense will be incurred in the engagement of an Attorney and Counsel , and the taking of witnesses to York , it is necessary tbat considerable efforts _should be made in a pecuniary point of view , by tlie
FRIENDS OF DAVID LIGHTOWLERS , a n d b y those who are the advocates for constitutional freedom of thought and speech , which , in his c ase , it is submitted , has been faithfull y , boldly , yet morally , exercised at the various public meetings which he has addressed during the present year , aud for the _purposa of stopp ing , for a time , his advocacy of true political principles , it is believed this trumpedup charge has been preferred against hira . A committee has been formed to superintend and conduct this defence , and to obtain donations towards defeating this unri ghteous attempt to suppress , in D . Li ghtowlers ' _s case , the expression of public opinion , in a moral and constitutional manner , on national
grievances ; and they respectfully solicit all who are favourably disposed , to render aid . The members of the committee , and others duly authorised , will thankfully receive contributions . Each book _ivill contain a printed label , with the collector ' s name inserted therein , signed by the secretary , and persons are desired not to give " to anyone except he be provided with such a book , The committee will meet weekly on the Friday evening , at eig ht o ' clock , ( until the Assizes , ) at Wilson ' s coifee-rooras , Sou t hgate , where subscriptions or communications , for the benefit of the accused , will be received : or by the _secretary , at his reside » ce ,: York Street , Spink Well , Bradford .
Si gned on behalf of the committee , Thomas Wilcock , president . Jeremiah Deivhiust , treasurer . James Steel , secretary . _CflBtTBsmM . — -At a general meeting of the mem * bera of this locality , ou Moaday , Nov . 13 , it was resolved : — ' That we adopt tho old plan of organisation , _including tho alteration agreed to at the meeting of the Land DalegateB at Birmingham . ' That the following members ba elected to form the council : — Messrs Shawlaod , llaaol ) , Marohant , Knight , and Ilieoox ; _Crlenister , suhtreasurer : Ilemmin _, sub secretary . ' ' That this meeting earnestly requests all friends favourable to tbe enactment of the People ' s Charter to meet them at their rooms , Quean ' s Buildings , on Moaday evening next at eight o ' olook , to _assitt tbem in forwarding that noble work . '
Stab _asb _Gartbr _, _Kbnxish Town . —At a meeting of tbe members ol thia locality , ii was unanimously resolved : — ' That we adopt the old plan of organisation as _agreed upon by the delegates at tbe lata Birmingham Conference ; aud that we havo the fullest confidence in the persons _ohoson to aot on the Executive _Committee . ' Bat the majority of the members present were of opinion that it would greatly _ndvance the cause ot the people , if a National Convention waa called at the earliest opportunity , and they will pledge _thcmtelves to _give it their utmost support .
Fwbbvrt . —A I a meeting of thia locality " of the National Charter Association , h »! d on Sunday evening , at Hudson ' s Academy , Crcsa Street , Hatton Garden , tho Mowing resolutions w * re unanimously _carried : —Moved by Mr _Nobbf , seconded by Mr Jones , ' That thii locality fully approve of tho nroceedinsa of tbs Uts Conference faeld at Birmingham . '—Moved by Mr Slocorab , seconded by Mr Wm . Salmon , ' That this meeting recommend the London localities to form a committee , collect _monies and hand it over to the Exeoutive . '—The Finsbury locality meet every Sunday evening , at Raven o ' ekek , at Hudson ' s Academy , Cross Street , Hatton Garden .
_Shbfmeju ) . —Tne _Ejh 6 Ratio : < IIoMBti « ,--Oa Monday last , ut a lecture given by a Mr Sidney on Emi-• _jration at che Town Hall , tlie following resolution , moved by Mr Taylor , aud seconded by Mr Jack 3 on , was unanhnouBl y carried , amidst t » o cheers of the meeting : —' That this meeting deeply deplore the distress raging through this eo _. ntry , and , are ' _jofopinian that Emi gration can on y p t ove a lasting Remedy to the noB-produoing classes . We , the working classes of this town , thorefore , enter our solemn protest against any Bchetno which had for its _objasta the banishment of our order . ' Towbr Haulhts . —A public meeting waa held on Sunday last , ac tbe Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town , for tbe purpoac of uniting the various looi _* litieB into one body . A council was chosen and a
, committee of sixteen appointed to procure a suitable building for a Chartist Hall . The meetings of the localities until they procure a Hall , will be at the Crown and Anchor , every Sunday evening .
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_Swindjk . —At a meeting called on Monday last to hoar a report of tho proceedings of Conference , it was unanimously resolved ; 'That the report of the delegate be received . ' That a joto of _thanka bo given to D . Morrison _delegate , for the explanation he gave uf the proceedings at the Conference . ' Levies have beeu received from Salisbury and Trowbridge . BASBunr . —A general meeting of the shareholders ot thia branch waa held last Mondaj evening at the Butchers ' Arms Inn , when Mr Bolton , delegate to the late _Conference , ga _™ a report ofthe proceedings to the satisfaction of the members , and a vote of thanks was given to hira . _Officers . were elected , and the following _peraow were chosen to form ft own _.
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mittee : _—Si-muel Colman , William _Penn , Goorga _Wafoon J « n .. f William _Bunhell , Jamea Row , Thomas Griffin , J . » hn 0 _« , * Bolton , Bcrntlneer ; _Gsorga Grant , treasurer ; John Hone , secretary . It _wasdetided that * levy of threepence upon each member is to bB paid for the next _qmrteA expense * . atthe _Artichoke I _» n , Mr Mitchell inthei cba ir , the following _renolutiott was un _* nir * oi _^ _r _& _4 g :-' That this meetinz hiehly approve ofthe
explanations given by Mr O'Connor in the , _«*«• ** " _™ Conference , and do hereby tender _theirsincere thanks to that gentleman , and beg to _expresi . a '' confidence in him . ThiB meeting aiso tender their _thanke to the delegates of the National Land ton . ferenoe , for the manner ita which thev conducted tne business , but more especially for their attendance at the Ship Inn , Birmingham , to _re-orpamse the National Charter Association , which this meeting behaves to be tha only means that will ever benefit the working classes of _thiscountry . '
Burbibt . —A meeting of the Land members took olace on Sunday last , in tho Chartist-room , ilamerton Street , to receive a report ofthe proceedings of Conference from the delegate , Mr Southworth . Af ter the report , a vote of thanka waa moved to the delegate for his conduct in the Conference , and the meeting separated . Dummies . —On Thursday evening , Novembsr 9 h , a publio meeting of tho inhabitants of this and the neighbouring borough of _Maxwelltewn , waa held in the Trades Hall bete , called by the ' Right of Way Committee , ' a body eleoted by tbeir fellow-townsmen to watch the by-ways in the _Ticinity , many ot _wtiieb _haro been _atoion by the _proprietors * f the lands whieh thev inter « ect . The committee have _already
opened one of perhaps the meat romantic and pleasant retreats near the town ; and measures _toreolaim others are in progress . Mr _Audrew Watdr . _ip , who may be called the _fathtr of ' the right of way movement , ' presided , and delivered a _oleer and _consise statement of the position of the committee-Tfee principal point waa the accedence of the Northsdale rail company to a passage up the Nitb . to the footway along tbe left bank of that river , under their bridge at Martinton Ford . The other detailB are so local in their bearing , bs to be umuited for _disonssien in a national paper like the Northern Stab . The affairs of the committee , which waa re-elicited ,
seem , however , to be in a _htalthy Btate . _NorrnteKAu . — -On Suiday evening last , Mr James Sweet reported to his constituents tho proceedings of the Land Conference . The meetisg waa numerously attended , and many questions S ' _-ked aod _explained to the entire satisfaction of all present . At the _coucluaion a vote oi thanhB was accorded to the delegate ior she faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him . A oolleotion was made to defray the expenses , and those branches who h * d not contributed , tb . —Mansfield , _Sutton-ht-Asbfield , and Old B-sford , were requested to do so forthwith . A _socond subscrip tion o f it . ti . from Radford waa reoeived .
BiHMiNSHAM . —At a snmerous meeting of tha Land members and Chartist * , "hold at tho Ship Inn * _Steelhouae Lane , on Sunday evening last , the Land Plan , as laid down by the late Conference , waa discussed , and gave general _satittaction . A number who have not lately paid anything upon their shares _eimmenced their weekly payments , and several of the paid-up members commenced paying into the Bonus fund . From the good feeling wbich pervaded the members present , it & rt _* ues well for the future . After the business of the Land Company waB disposed of , tbe report of the meeting of delegates , who assembled at the Ship for the re-organisation of tho
Chartist body , was read frem the chair , and a unanimous vote of thanks passed to those gentlemen for their determination to adopt the old plan of organisation , and for their past _servioes in the oause of universal liberty . A locality of the National Caarter _Asrociation was then formed , and upwards of twenty _persons joined , who will meet at the Ship Inn , every Sj-nday eYeni »» at sevoa o ' olock . _LTNrfe-At a special meeting of Land members held to hear the delegate ' s report of the _Conference a vote of thanks was unanimously given to tho ' members of the Conference , for the manly and business-like manner in which they performed theft labours .
_Pnoo asss o _* thb National Lakd _Compan ** . —A . crowded meeting was held at the Assembly Rooms * Dean Street , S « ho , on Sunday last , to hear there * port of tbe delegates appointed by the metropolis to attend the late Conference . Mr Blaek was called lo tha chair . Thb Victim Committee . —Mr John Milne said , as Mr Kydd bad not yet arrived , hewould take that opportunity of mentioning a _oircurastance that had arisen out of another meeting , held at Birmingham . That morning , at the sitting of tke London Victim Committee , Messrs Kydd and M'Grath had waited on tbem , and stated what the _Birmingham meeting had done in the matter , and requested their sanction and aid in carrying into practice the views ofthe men who bidmefcatBir _.
mingham . Samo ofthe Committee had oome pre . pared to assent , others half felt that they had no instructions from the oonstituenoies that had appointed them , and , consequently , that such constituencies' opinion should be taken on the matter , and abided by , which view waB ultimately adopted . Ho therefore , invited thair instructions . —Mr Stallwood stated the position aod feeling of the Executive Committee on the _subject . At tha conclusion of Mr 8 tallwood ' 8 address , Mr Kydd entered the room . — Mr Grass !)/ eaid , that knowing there was great slavery attending tho working of such a Committee , he muoh doubted if those _gentleison could or would perform the drudgery of taking tho several sums of money to the victims , at a _distanoj of six or seven
miles round the suburbs of Loudon . —Mr G . Wilka prop * ed;— ' That the present London Viotim Cm ** mittee do retain it * power ' which was _sscondttd . Mr Kydd rose and entered into a full explanation of the oiroamatances which induced the meeting at Birmingham to recommend that the Executive Committee should hav § the _eontr-l—viz ., ' That all should be relieved alike , the Central Fund having the support of all . '—Mr Grassby _movwl : — 'That the Viotim and Defence Fund be general , bat that the Loudon Committee be part of the Managing Committee , they hitherto having so ably conducted the business of the victims . '—Mr Milne seconded the amendment . Tbe amendment was adopted by a great majority , The National Lano Compart . — Mr Kydd was then called on , and delivered , in hia
usual eloquent and persuasive style , a report ofthe proceedings of the Conference . The Company ' s financial position , he said , was rendered dear , distinct , and sati s factory , despite of the opposition of the four estates of the realm-Queen , Lords , _Commons , and tho Press—not a fraction of i ' s funds had been abstracted—all had been proved trustworthy , from the poorest _sub _* s » eretary up to Mr Feargus O'Connor him « elf . Mr Kydd ably treated the subject of Bonus , as being well calculated to _serrethe purpose of the Company . Under the new arrangement the Company would have four means of ob * _taining capital—viz ., Bonus , Surplus Fund , Interest , and Mortgage . Mr Kydd eulogised the Loan and four per cent ., and said , with those things in
action the member s of the Land Company would neither be dependant on rascally Jew-jobbers or the knaves of Capel Court , and argued for the justice , honesty , and propriety of tho & e two propositions . He i _Biid the justice of the oall of twopence per week , per ! share , on unpaid up Bhares _, must be seen at a glance ; ; and that the shareholder nog ' eoting to pay up his _> share , should , in justice as well as necessity , lose 3 all interest in such shares as remained unpaid . . In alluding to the enrolment of tbo C . upa & y under the a Joint Siook Company , he said he did not doubt for one e moment Mr O'Connor ' s honesty , nor did he btlleve e tbat a single being conld be fonnd who would attribute 9 didhonett _motives to Mr O'Connor—( loud chocrs)—bo' ' tbe enrolment would confer legal rights whioh _wesial .
no : otherwise obtain ; and he thought we might look ! vain to the Hutno " , _Brlghls _, and _Cobdena of tht t _Honsa of Commons , to pass a special meaBur * for that t purpose—hence ha bad _acospted ths enrolment nnder r that act . And that act permit- meetings oi share- - holders , aad at a meeting of shareholders so held , they y might depute Joms of their brethren to represent them n at _Nottlngkam or elsewhere ; this , he contended , would d be vir t ual l y aud p rac tic al l y a Conferen c e . Uaicr this Is act too the direotors could _gorern , but If their govern . iment did not please the Company , the shareholders _rs oouU instantly depose tbem . He ( Mr Xvdd ) had pro . 0-posed tbis matter of Compensation , thinking that as the ae _mtnwtre balloted , and that circumstances had tran . n . spired wbicb prevented their taking possession of allot- } t >
mont « , they were entitled to _Cunpsnsdtlon , the Justice Ice of whleh , he believed all Shareholders wonld , wi t h tho ho _Conference , admit . Mes s r s Buncombe , Allsop , and nd St well , appeared to bim well chosen as trustees , corn . ai . binlng as they did—worth , honour , honesty , probity , ty , and patriotism . The Auditor- were Government Ac . ic . _tuarles , and consequently men of experience , and well- _illcalenlated for their offioe . In conclusion ho wonld say , ay , irom aU ho had heard at tho Conference , f rom h ia h is knowledge of the allotmeat system la Belgium , Holland , id , Scotland , and various parts of this country , lie was ran thoroughly convinced of the praottoabUlty of the Land ! - _ Scheme , end that a good living conld be obtained from 3 m oltber two , three , or four acres of lsnd ; he therefore ire appealed to the shareholders through the length aad _iHtl
breadth of the land , to come forward , and by their ef . ef . _forts roeolve that the Company should succeed . Mr Mr K'dd was throughout greeted with loud cheers , aud tud nuny questions were put to and _eati-faotorilyrlJy answered by him . Mr Millwood said his _htnourable . Me oollesgue had so well , and eo clearl y stated the bust- _islnea _* _, ' thot it only left bim So say ditto—just adding , t kat h at on the Saturday morning , is the _Cvnferenoo rose , he he bad pointed out to the Conference a mode by whiob dob _School-honBOB might be erected at a great saying to to the Company—that the directors had faUen in with big his i views , and consequently ho bad left tbe matter in their tielr b ands . —A vote of thanks was unanimously awarded tod toi the delegates for their services , asd the _meetlngtlng separated . ....,.- ¦ _****
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 18, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18111848/page/5/
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