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s : S ^^ HETHERlNGTo ! s , HIS " > 'EW ^ V ^ O'D THE NORTHERN STAR . Vu ¦ ~ " > " " ^_ ___ ^ rr r-: rC ' 7 . Or THZ 50 P . inEr . N- STAS . Qaeen ' s Beech , April 27 , 1 S 41 . Tri iV . v-r :. l : -r . 5 ; c : r of the 17 th , instant , and S- *^* " *~ £ , T - tiTc th .-usLt proper to animadiZ& ^ l . \ lj _ v . . 'Iress issned by Messrs . Lov&tt , "& ^ vT * "t ti-rs , -- ¦ tbs formation of a ? s ' stional C * - * ?^ " -i ^ Mjri . 2 : - -t'Sg the political and social imissc ^ f ^' . Vj j . ^ p' . e . You have , I regret to say , p ^^ l ^ l ^ dn ' -T with 3 2 : rpancy unbecoming the y s 2 & » j " ^ iisrrzard of truth unw orthy of a prol-tfJJS ' rL ^ f ± e principles of the People * wsc »^ _ _ ======== __
O ^ ^ rK « : by fals-. ly asserting " that this ^• ' ^ u'pO'O .-ssell , Hume , Lnd Roebuck ' s eongx ^^ ^ . j , r « pe :: to your second assertion , 1 s ^' . crwetss to " question year prophetic capabili-T '! vlS ^^ ^ - ^ ttia i 115 ^^ published a i > isP- _ tn -ve x ) r > "T- " 2 think , Sir , of a public writer ^' - ^ vf dci-jcracy who can commence ¦ with a *?• ^^ rssvz of the trath—aye , a wilful perversion .-^ jtv /^ Jiror of the yor ' Jiern Star , gome months ^^^/ c- . r-y of Chartism , -written by Lovett and ^ ' " /^ R " sr « ick Gaol , in 'which a National Associ-L- ^ f . tUiCKii- ^ 'i " - rnl * f ° germing each an ^ ¦ " ^" sk saisitted for public approbation ? -Did ^»! r- r paViic ] y promise to review That work ?—^' - ' ^ t ^ et , "" ¦ - " ^ fo 3 D' 3 the -wort had elicited J "^ C 5 i ktf : » - 1 " * S ^ Chartists , and even of the "*^ Tinf Chariiss . mearJy break his premiss , 'by
? f -1-Sf i * -- Ths e 5 i ; - T of the X ' - > rite ™ Slur z&K _ : ; whir he r . a : e the assertion ¦ k » Lovett • sffiarJ " Chiriia" not only contained a pro-^ Ij ^ ta >' itki : il Association , but defined its V ^ f ai eassaia&i i " " rules ; and now that it is in'& ?* f areQK- — rrjpc-sal to practice , he meanly ^^ L _ a rob tbese -worthy men of the honour they | C ? - ^ gtsisd to from thei r labours in the people ' s s l ' tfc > T te *^? asserting that it "is of O'Coontll . s J 5 . *' ^ concoction . " This may accord dZ ? P-rwx $ ^ "' Chsrtisa , " but it -will suit no man ¥ ' jj ^ i r 5 hJC 3 ar and honesty in his composition . r j ^ jj ^ jof the Xorthern S : ar , thro ' -gb ignerance , '< ad » W t ^* - " ^ ^ emanates from Lorett and - % ** " CbJrt ' -s ^ " -with aa Association projected , and S ^ sJ to be formed , by Dr . Black , Sir . Place , and jSj . £ B 0 BZ tbe liberal and enli ^ httned of the middle \ ^ ssrippi ^ d c ? forward ilr . Hume ' s plan cf » id l £ > 2 ? er
i ^ 2 ^ a SiL&age , Triennial Parliaments , f ^^» Billot , >" o ProDerty Qualification , Payment f jL&a , & £ d E- ; aal Electoral Districts . The in-^ a ni to f- -na an Association exclusiyely ef the -ya ciB , t £ ii ¦ wo'eIJ cooperate vith the Chartists a £ kS srf laudable raeasnrss for extending the Bdscd 32 » ertles of the nsenfranchijed millions , and ' m ' ssffeS ^^ iE » fe " - ' * aal ' BDcbJ , and moral cong ^ ' * jjj . Ease , and those -sriio act with him , jv ^ ei fia * the -workirj classes might be inclined to jastjc Ikk » ni ? asure ^ if reform—little less , in fact , ijjji fee "iliote Charter—ii it -were fairly and i » - n ^ g 7 jdnEi tied to their consideraiion , and ~ sd to sscatain -whtthri the Chartists "srcnld
jii c Isscc * " -- f :-rmrd for the purpose of carrying ' ^ e Siasje , viioat adhering to the name of the ' QX& Be jegswtrd an internet -with Messrs . 3 / te . Gave , Wilson , Hctherin ^ ton , C- 'llins , and . fass lif f " ' - ' -ter not being in to-an , could not y-ai- fes >> i a subssrauent interriew -wdth ilr . Esi e ie sal-ject . Three of the former , Loyett , . Csn , ltd SetaerlMton , attended- Lorett and GsR Tjdd act y - * -d the name of the Charter—they ! { fcsr : ' ^ s ; Mr . H' ^ mes L > ieer Suffrage tnu a large ajixs KBirds tie Charter , tat -would not consent . b £ i 2 « sr-titios fur aaything less than tie Char- \ tc ? cri ' irniisr rot bearing the name . I differed i I
ir / lrj iaais , and thought Mr . Hnme's proposition K-rscsiiH ertciii : T =, that , though I -would ntTer siaisfe is it&ticn for the Charter , if I S 3 W any pr : £ 2 t sf arryicg Mr . Hume ' s plan immediately , 1 ¦ rsiipin E ; best exertians , as I considered it , in &K . tiQiKt » "with another name , Messrs . Lovett » zs San > ott set tieir f ^ c * s against the plan , aa did tta Cd&s sad Vincent : and Mr . Hume then said listriiEf e *^ i be done , and both parties must , Uste , tits tieir o ^ ra course . Tjcs&iKt , Sir , in reference to this " XeifMoTe , " tei = a nsk oeiit on you as a public -writer . You IK fdkrij destitute of ; hat democratic spirit of Jrsscxjad wsalitj Tfhidi is essential in an adycxate ¦ £ lit r £ : 3 of the people . When the Working Ms ^ Aai = idc 2 put forth an address to the people of SnlKuiTiiE f tbeii co-operation -with the Chartists , i tcj ? 0 . thf iidress -was sent round to all the L £ 3 d ±£ > that -we kis-w of , inviting the signatures i i ± diir = ; £ n or secretaries—if the address me :
Ksw . 'Sis , and tieir suggestions and corrections I t . ciisi Tzi Xonhm . Sktr then highly approTed i —; errs taiea to obtain unity of sentiment , and 0 enu pcblidtj " . The sa : i-e course now meets "with is g rari hssaiity . It is celled a '' secret more" to omi e iddress *^ it rtdects the highest honour on bi lad a 3 heart of him -who penned it , enclosed in 1 » sa cacs-acicg thus : — " D ^ ai Sir , —The folio-wins pa a irtsaded to be submitted to all the |^ 3 CEi . 2 TISTS THao tGHOUT THE KINGDOM , in fi toobtsh their sigaatures , when it will EE P-3 I 3 A 53 ? rriI 5 EED AS THEI 2 J-jINT iDDSESs . " mI 3 io ! l \ ncni inoTe ' . You may by sophistry fc ^ siaci df ^ uds the unthir-king , and treacherously fc&Er aza , but you -will make no impression on | Esa seEM of the working people ; your faketmiJt . Tadce only tend to destroy the it 3 uence I-3 a bid , by opening the eyes of the peocle to the ? = 31 : t 8 i &sd object of tiie conductors of the I'Tfl $ '¦•'
2 t sz T 33 truly and justly urge against the "a af tia Association—this " New MoTe , " as you * ' Are jsz ST ? r « to the Srst object— <; to eatab-^_ e ; EnsrU tt-ay persons of all crc-fdi , classes , ' ; -f . * i » are desirous to promote the politi-^ s : « il is . Tr ? T em = nt of the peopl e ' : " Do yots * 8 S n- » i 3 admit some few honest men from the » ef ± t adddle c ' . ass ? What do you call > Ir . ^ O'Cc rsor :- Is he ajt a middle cl ass man ? t e ^ £ ? ^^ * rjZ ' the 3 ' t o assamc ^^ - Fear ' gv ^_ iT KjibMUs in his ct ^ person all the honest y ^^ ace cf tis c ^ ss ? There are thousands of r * s i = ; oi-g- . he Kiddle class besides Mr . O'Connor , p&J ! ^ /^ P rolaotiEg the political and social U ^" ~ * ° ' " - ?' :: ; 0 P ' -e , bat are deterred from co-£ H ^ ' ir : > t attainment of that orjrct by the unj ^ f ^ K-acac : of the c-n- uct . rs of the y or them jg ^ r ^'^ i - n opens the dvor to th = m if they ^ x ; , ~ . ;_ ' - ; -- - arerseto the second object of the pi ;^ J " "~ " ^'" ' CTS 3 - ^^^ exterd an cn ' . ightened riDr" :: - ' - "• - ' " ?¦ OF THE PE 0 PL £ " S Cl ] A Jill ; : i ^ t ^ - ' iJ a-3 peaceful means seci'ke t ; C "' ' ' - J tilt the industri .-us classes may R ^ T- ~ . l ' ?"' Ja . ' ¦ the franchise—the most fo ^ . , * . ^ "" ' ^ P-.-i-cal acd » -jciaI reformation : " y ^^~? stc « ^ the a , i , -T tion » f . , " : «; and pru'T ,- '¦; , ' p- ^^ ii ^ the object ? You , Mr . Editor , [•• 5 ^ . Tf , ^; e : t , " f ra : M C 1 - mactareL " p ;^ .- ^ 1 ^^ - ^ e - " - ' J- 'tibt many others also , N ' " ^ ^ ?; - 1 : i : ° " tLe feii - ^ rial articles in the P t ^ X "" . ^ - >' ;^ ct yo n hiT in view—instead p-t ^ 4 " ^ ^ - Move- y ~ u strengthen it , Msiii . " :. - . !* ' . WLat pretrs : can t u rake up K ~^ T ., V :: . - ' - - ' ; : -ct . ' ¦ Oh , " y .-u-will exclaim , M ; i ^ if " * "*^ "? ag ^ tni : the objects , but Pk _ . ~; _ . ^' " "C-rii Ciar .-r Association in pt -i t . =- ^ 7 C * nj s " " " ' ^ ^ & xistence . Mr . f ^ i-Trv "'' . " ¦* " - ^ - ^ ' ^ tation , -which is always f ^ i ^ VJTi . ^ ~ - * ' " ^ t c-itg Tery ii : ti-j lo-wards P' ^ v . ^" . *!^ ~ ' T - - ' ^ groan d of objection p 5 t ^ - " - > "'" -isijeiition , why ail ibis out-F ^^' - ^ " ^ i y- ^ n fe ^ r that some zt *> d may be K ? = ? vv-:- 'r " " - ; MoTfe ; " an * i J- ^ know that rl *~*~ " ¦ - * " ~ ~ * " 2 - success in "Wuxking out its P ^ i ^ r- ^ cf ir yor ^ em Star decline ; F ^^ Wi ' ' ' ^ - ' ^ CLheid by delusion , and Kf" ^ " -- r \ 7 ' J' ^ P 1 * - U" «; tt not Mr . O'C 3 nrff i 5 , X "»' - ^ ~ ia ' l ( itId 25 h ^ c >;) n - fc *^^ ' - ^ ** i's paper ? Oagiit he t ^^ pC ^ : ? a " ^^ ss : ^ " and " traitl ' ^ ~ . :-. T ~ ~" ' VLirz , ? r ,-s . hire been comoelied I ^ v ^ ttjT '' ' ^ " - - ' Ih cf April , in the folpr "" ' '' !^^^ *^ - S 3 ; = 5 t thesis eenilemen -whose fc ^^ itT-v- ' ' -V ' ^ - ^' - * - " W = kecTrsorae L ' r ' TH- :- „ iT ' 'l- '" - '* ^ y ' -hisg diihencst or disf ; « ^ , - * e kr , w n > ± iflg l 0 tte CvC £ riry of
" ^¦¦ s rj ^ v ^ v ^* "' - ^ We to « a < 3 4 " ? ^ if- -r ""' ' ~ a : l ' " "f ^ of sound - •^^ ti ? , ; ' ^'' - ^ i ^ mediat £ ) y j « r-!' - -. « i 2 i -- ^ - < -- » t ^ m is to be sacrificed to . tT ^ v- ;' - ! ^^ nity of two of as great ¦ i ^ de r" " * i ^ rf ia ^ P ^ - ^ Se ^ " f % » v --s . T-d ! . s Ui O'Connor , one Tr : th an C ^ X 7 " ^ . * m E - ^ cne . ^ i " ' . ''! . T \ ^^ e < -f Cha rtism , Feargus ^ ' ^ I ' i-t ; ^ - ^~ humbug . Be makes ^ ei * ""•* ETJdF ' K . -f : t ^ « tir ^ , . , j ^ -enian , of a gentleman tss , ^ Ksee o " n ? C HsiEfc > s . by Mr . Hume and U . to ^ XtTrp , ^ - F ^ rt . and by stme of the « O a » ' wrt ^ f ^ , Bpoa ^ 0 I 11 P" - " Tllat d * . t e ^ r l . CT ^^ n jackets , blisUred
3 iif * Cii : Vt _ „ " ¦ " = . - E-giand , Scotland , k-s ^ -i has " ^^ " ^ cied , barefooted Irish . " fcB . '? fcai-j £ £ T \ " * Itea » aTOtruih-lie has ^^ act 1 *" . V ^ ^ make the aMer " be > JW ^ a J C : hor : t y " rf » gentleman of RrZ ^ r , in t " v r auoa , " it is ne-rcrtheleas a kij . ^ : " " ilTff f 5 ^ e of the . Yorttwa ^ S- « Ma " r " ^ C-oanor giTe the genUe-K ^ c th ^^ . ^ truth of his assLien , P ^ t j ^ Ged by fa ^ ° Ca 3 t ! m i ^ pntation upon L 2 : Hf ... '' i ' ' " ^ stca-d of T-. » r . ^ ,-v : x-u - i
" ¦•^ v t - ^ art = r v " - "'"^ - " * me success ^ JPtomote btL' enaea T ou ring to heal aui-^ 4 >? atlT . f ^ ' ^ P » Ple , is con-V ^ ats 7 of ^ 7 haTe f « J ^ rs been ^^ toi rt Wif-f ^ ^^ lity-traduc ^ iZ ^ set to ^ JTk . v a afeTer - ^ ^ 7 - ^ pl * 2 L ~ fFPwsioa whBn the e wc ^ ira to be sustained .
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The Xorlhern Star begins no ^ v feel the effects of its unprincipled conduct , in its declining ibfluence ; and ¦ hence its angry denunciation of the " >* etv More . " Mr . O'Connor and Lis Editor may sneer at poliiical edncai tien , but a glance at the Star -will show Us absolute necessity before any good can be accomplished . Mr . ' O'Connor is welcome to the ten imbecile creatures wjio signed the Address , and then withdrew their names . . Do they not require instruction ? When a time of triai * or persecution arises , who would trust the ten poltroons -who withdrew their names from the admirable Address i of Lovett , Collins , and thers , at the dictation of i Feargus O'Connor ? Who would expect rictory in any i cause with an army of ten thousand such men "?
: Nay , if ilr . O'Connor's Association oot-nnmbered > the army of Xerxes four or fire hundred firm an-1 , honest men would defeat and rout the mighty host , if j It were composed of such men as these ten seceders . . In conclnsien , let me tendtr the disinterested an < l , patriotic proprietor of the Xorihern Star a word of ad-, Tice . Cease to calumniate and traduce the characters ] oi men quite equal to yourself in honour and honesty ; \ dori ' t expose yourself by calling upon the people " > " throw the traitors overboard , " ox else yonr fate ; may be a " watery graTe . " You are betraying the people now by seeking to establish an odious despotism over the rights and opinions of men ; but you mistake your powers if you imagine you will succeed , li I
stand alone , I will resist your attempt to coerce me inte a submission to your will against my better judgment , while I ba-ve a mind and a will of my own . li I am compelled to yield to despotism , it shall be intellectual and powerful despotism ; not the ignorant , mean , pitiful , despotic efforts made to crash the tree expression of opinion , and the bonest and safe combination of-good men in a just cause , by the despicable poltroons who manage the yorthem Star . I , as one of the signers of LoTett and Cullins ' s address , will extrt myself to the utmost to carry it into successful operation ; I despise the fellows who would attempt to injure me for acting upon the honest dictates of my own' judgment I laugh at their impotent threats ;
but , at any public meeting of mj impartial and honest fellow-countrymen , I will defend the principles a ^ id objects of the address , and its superiority OTcr the O'Connor plans , if fairly and extensiTely adopted by the working cldsses . Mr . O'Connor may promise his poor , deluded dupes , by a resolution of bis- hired Convention , that they shall ha ^ e the Charter in three months from the present time ; but 1 am satisfied it will take a much longer period to move a nation . If he could obtain the People ' s Charter within the time specified , of what use would it be , if the people were not better prepared to appreciate it than the ttn speeders who erased their names through fear of Mr . O Conner and his hired tools ? If ' the prople had the Charter to-morrow , and were destitute uf a knowledge of their political rights and duties , how long would th-y retain their liberties ?
Brief w , ould be the tenure ef possession . ' However , those who really seek the liberty , prosperity , and happines ? of the people , from a pure motive , are not easily cnuhed by unprincipled men like the managers of the J \ or ' Jiern Siur . I have no doubt the honest and undoubted signers of Lorett and Collins ' s Address will zealously pursue their object Let us not be diverted or intimida « e . L If we have but one or two hundred firm intel . igent men , properly alive to the importance of the objects we strk to accomplish , great good will be effected ; but no good can be accomplished where men prostrate their minds before a would-be despot , who would use the public press fur vile and selfish purposes , and to crush men who have maintained the principles of the People ' s Charter , for many years before he was ever heard ef , and who have never done one act tu dishonour the cause they espoused .
I am , S : r , a hater of despotism , whether exercised by Tory , Whig , or Radical , H . I 3 ETHET 1 INGTON .
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, it would have been wisdom to wait for last Saturday's response to my appeal , before you hazarded so very silly an observation . I fancy you have felt the annihilation of your own influence . You siy : — " Mr . O'Connor is welcome to the ten imbecile creatures who signed the address , and then withdrew their names at the dictation of Feargus O'Connor . "
You must have been in a wonderful hurry when you wrote your letter ; because , had you bestowed one moment ' s thought upon the subject you would havefound that every one of these names waa withdrawn before my letter appeared ; but , Sir , if I am welcome to them , they are mest heartily welcome to me ; and if reflection was not sufficient justification for the step which they hastily took , your letter will have afforded them such , and ample . You nest say that : —
" Mr . O'Connor may promise his poor deluded dupes , by a resolution of his hired Convention , that they shall have the Charter in three months frum the present time ; but I am satisfied it will take a much lunger time to move a nation . " In truth , Sir , I believe your greatest satisfaction to consist in the long period which you hoped to pass before the nation could be moved to the attainment of the Charter . But one word about the " hired Convention : ' Of the
ten persons who compese the Convention , and who were elected by ballot at % public meeting , out of a number nominated at other public meetings , by the people themselves , I did not even mention the names of five ; and four of the others , Messrs . Pitkethly , Deegan , Smart , and SUevington , sat in the old Convention ; so that James Arthur , of Carlisle , as honest a man as breathes the breath of life , is my only nominee just as Messrs . Rodgers , drpenter , Lovett , Cleave , Hetherington , Moore , Vincent , and Hartwell , were nominees of " the Working Men ' s Association" in the General Convention ; but with this trijiing difference , that I merely recommended him , as a fit person to be nominated , while you would not allow any one else to be put in nomination . And what say yon to the six gentlemen who wact-. -d secretly to . appoiut a -whole provisional Government ? *
aow , Sir , I must have a word upon the subject of "despotism and dictation" at this most seasonable time-In the >'* tionaJ Convention it was supposed that about thirty-three would sit , and that thirty-nine should be elected ; and pray attend to my " dictation" of those thirty-nine . Yeu in London modestly nominated and elected eight , barking like bull-dogs at every poor man who dared to sit for any other part of the metropolis . Attwood returned Munta , Edmonds , Salt , Douglas , Hadley , Pearce , and Collins , seven . The Cobbett Club returned three Cobbetts , Nightingale , Wroo , Richardson , Fkteber , Whittle , and Mills , nine ; inafcing of parties
most likely to attend , twenty-four in all . When the Birmingham gentlemen iwill that word suit you ?\ resigned , Collins cocked up his nose at poor Brown and * tbers , and said that " Pity did not rfpregtnl the people oj Birmingham . " Xow , Sir , to that Convention I never recommended a single man . I was asked , at Hyde , to propose Mr . Deegan , which I did cheerfully ; and would again , after my trial of him . While the elections were going on , — "pray mark this proof of my " despotism and dictation : ' ]—Mr . Lovett wrote to a member of the London Working Men ' s Arsociatiun , then at Hull , and in his letter was she following passage : —
" We have decided upon sending to Norwich , to oppose , Feargus ' s man , to counteract his project of filling the Convention with his creatures . " Now , Sir , who is the despot , and whose was the hired Conventibu t I never saw a man from Norwich , to my knowledge . I never was in Norwich . I never wrote to a man in Norwich . 1 never heard from a Norwich mam I never canvassed a man for a vote during the who . 'e time I was a member of the Convention , except for my own motion , to remove the Convention to Birmingham . Who cr . n say that I did , or that I ever used any , the slightest influence beyond recommending the return of working men to the Convention , and in healing every difference and dispute in Convention ?
Mr , I now come to my case . With even such a Convention , constituted as I have stated that of JKS 9 to have been , you would nothave dared , two years ago , to have proposed Haosatu / ld Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments , even to that Convention ; so that we stand thus : —In 1 ^ 59 , you and 1 were parties to a compact , by which we stood pledged to the nation to do a certain thing ; you violate the compact after two year ' s aeit ^ ti ^ n for it , and I abide fiimly by it Have we , Sir , derived no greater benefit from our two years increased knowledge than to fall back twenty in our course ? Who is now the traitor ? The man who insolently confesses his violation of trust , or the man whoeffers to surrender his effice rather than violate
that trust ? Now , Sir , I come to the ito me ; most valuable part of your letter . In my address of the 2-lth , I say : — " I have the evidence of a gentleman ' , of a gentleman of wealth , of honour , and of station , that this ' new more' was concocted at Mr . Hume ' s , by Mr . Hume and Mr . Francis Piace upon their part , and by some of the signers of the new prospectus upoa vot'K 5 'AKT .
! " I Lave it , that ' it was to be done while I was in i prison , as it could not be effr-cted if I was at large . ' I 1 have it , that its object was to ' effect a ' fusion' of the ! mul'ile and the working classes for the attainment of i Household Suffrage . ' I have it , that after the Leeds i matting it was considered necessary to hold the pro-• litigation of the scheme in abeyance , until a ' suita-. ble name' was decided upon , and ui . til the principles 1 were agreed upon . "
This statement you indignantly repudiate , and ask for the nanie of my witness . Sir , if I was a shuffler , I should now say Henry Hetburingt-on is my witness : but I do not . I pledged myself to name him ; bnt you have gone farther , inasmuch aa you have proved every word I asserted , ami much more . Just let me bring Henry Hetlierington into court , not f ' _ > r cross-examination , but merely to read over his own depositions in his presence . You say : — "T-ie fc-. litor of the y-jrlhtrn Star , through ignorance , is confounding that which emanates from Lovett and Coiliiis ' s ' Cu . uU'isM , ' with an Association projected , and then about tu be formed , by D : \ Black , Mr . Piao .:,
and others , among the liberal and enlightened of the ; :: iddJe classes , to adopt and carry forward Mr . HurneV piaa of Household and Lodger Suffrage , Triennial Pur-! ii : ntnis , Voting by Ballot , No Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and Equal Eit ^ ornl Districts . The intention was to farm an Association exclusively of the middle c ! as 3 , that would co-operate with the Chartists in Ml juit and laudable measures for extending tue rights and liberties of the unenfranchised millions , and in improving their 'nteliectual , social , and moral condition . Mr . H ' . irne . an > -i those who act with him , thought that the working dasses might be inclined to adopt so lar'e i > measure of reform—little less , in fact , than the
= whole Chart-.-r—if it were fairiy and honestly submitted to their consideration , and wished to ascertain whether the Chartists would join an Association formed for the pr . rp . use of carrying Charter Suffrage , without adhering to the name of the Charter . He requesU-. l an interview with Messrs . Lovett , Cleave , Watson , Iletheringtoa , Collins , and Vincent . The two latter not being in town , could not attend ; but had a subsequent interview with Mr . Hume on the subject Turee of tt ' e former , Ljvett , Cieave , and Hetherington , attended . Lavctt and C'ltave would not yield the name of the CLarter—they tlioucbt that Mr . Hume ' s Longer
Suffrage was a large advance towards the Charter , but ¦ rc- uuM not consent to aid a new agitation for anything less than the Charter , or for anything nut bearing the name . I diilwred with my friends , and thought Mr . Hume ' s proposition bo good and so extensive , that , though 1 . vuuld never abandon the agitation for the Charter , if 1 s ^ vr any prospect of carrying Mr . Hume's plan immediately , I wouid give it my best exertions , as I considered it , iu fact , the Charter with another name . Messrs . Lovett and Cleave both set their faces against the plan , aa did also Collins and Vincent ; and Mr . Hume then said that nothing could be done , and both parties must , therefore , take their own course . "
Sir , are you now satisfied either that I had the information which I professed to have , or that I am a witch ? What do 1 say ? " I have it , that this ' new move' was concocted at Mr . Hume ' s , by Mr . Hume and Mr . PJa ^ e , upon the one par t , and by the signers upon the other part . " What do you say ? "He iMr . Humeirequested an interview with Messrsj Lovett , Cleave , Watson , Hetherington , Collins , and Yin-: cjnt . The two latter not being in town , could not attend * but had a svbseqvem interview with Mr . Hume OS THE SUBJECT . " $ £ Above , you admit , that Mr . Place and also TM Biacfc , wero two cf the negotiators , but you sLufl about distir . ct Associations ; but do you not correbojwe the testimony of my inforaruit h- - -r- ? to a nicety ? to be
Again , I say , ' I havu it . tL-i ' - :: ^ 3 done while I was in prison . " N . w , 5 ir , connect this with what is to folkw ; but , more especially , with your declaration , that your Association would open the dool for all those of tt » middle das » whom TBB Siar how
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excluded , and also with Mr . O'Connell ' s declaration in Dublin as to the primary object of the Associotion I say , "I have it , that the object was to effect a ' fusion' of the middle an'd working classes for the attainment of Household Suffrage . ' I quoted " fusion , " as you will see by reference to my letter . I did so , because it was the very term used by my informant . Now , Sir , how do yon contradict thia ? Why , by saying that it was for Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments ; and how do you exonerate yourself ? Why , by saying that you , alone , agreed to join upon the terras . Give me leave , now , to ask you if you dare to call yourself a Chartist ? Why , Sir , the Leeds Association went for Annual Parliaments ; but you are satisfied with Triennial .
I further say that the promulgation of the plan was held in abeyance until a " suitable name" was agreed upon , and until the principles were decided upon . You see that I quoted suitable namea also . Now , Sir , at once call me prophet , or confess your guilt . Hew , in the name of common sense , could I have prophesied so minutely , and bow could the evidence of one witness more satisfactorily corroborate that of another , tban you do that of my informant upon this vital point ? Let us just have your words ;—
" Three of the former , Lovett , Cleave , and Hetherington , attended . Lovett and Cleave would not yield the NAME of the Charter ; they thought Mr . Hume's lodger suffrage was a large advance towards tha Charter , but would not consent to aid anew agitation for anything less than the Charter , or for anything not bearing the name . / differed with my friends , and thought Mr . Hume ' s proposition so < jood , and so extensive , that though I uvutd never abandon the agitation [ oh ! thou virtuous humbug i ] for the Charier , if I saw any prospect of carrying Mr . Hume ' s plan immediately . I would ( live it my best exertions , as I considered it , in fact , the Charter with ANOTHER NAME . "
Now , Sir , live for ever , and get over that if you can i What ! tben , you hare always considered the Charter but a thing of sound , and the real meaning was Household suffrage and Triennial Parliaments ! I pray you what now becomes of the sophistry with which you commenced your paragraph , of the Editor of the Star ignorantly confounding the two Associations ? Have we not here two distinct parties , Mr . Hume upon the one part , and Lovett , Cleave and Hetherington upon the other parts ; shuffling , huxtering , tricking and scheming how you can , —( for you are the worst ) , —by a specious trick of merely giving a plausible " name " to tbe " move , " direct public attention from the real object !
Need I make a comment more upon this paragraph of your letter ? Yes , I will . You know , perfectly well , that there is no such thing as any party in England advocating Household Suffrage for any other purpose than to get possession of all our ready-made machinery for carrying Universal Suffrage . You know that those with £ iO qualification , consider all under as too low a standard , and those with' £ 100 qualifications hold the same opinions as to all below their standard . You know that every Chartist in England would bo rejoiced at any extension of the Suffrage in which they were not compelled to sink the only just one , by joining for a clap-trap ; and yet you insolently tell us that you look upon Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments as the Charter , in all but tbe NAME .
Sir , had I put my name to your letter my life would not have been safe—it positively would not ; while you will not be at all injured by it . What inference do yuu draw from this fact ? That you are more popular , and may resort to stratagems which I dare not hazard ? No , no such thing . But that the people are not at all astonished at your desertion , expecting no better from you when the tugcame ; while upon me they have reliance ; hence my popularity will be found to measure in exact proportion to what my punishment , upon proof of my delinquency , would be . The pt ople would have no mercy upon me if convicted of treachery ; and therefore do they justly conceive , that in my many trials and contests with you and your friends 1 am uititied to thoir warmest support . Hencu , their love for me , ami hence my gratitude to them .
" Ignorant" as the people are , i \ o you suppose that all the hired ingenuity in England would reconcile the above traitorous paragraph to twenty Chartists throughout the land ? Try it , anil then experience will have convinced you . Now , I pray yva attend to tho summing up of the evidence :- » Jfl £ wra Christmas I inform the Editor of the Star of ft certain " move- " which is to be made . In January , 'a great Household Suffrage meeting is convened at Leeds . Mr . Collins is itivited , and refuses
to attend . Mr . Francis Place subsequently writes a letter to Mr . Collins advising him to attend , for the purpose of forming a union between the two classes . Mr . Collins and Mr . O'Neil attend , and endeavonr to have all the resolutions , and the Address to the Queen proposed by tbe Committee of the Working-men ' s meeting , set aside . They coquettp with the enemy . They denounce the Committee . * They aTe to be found runniug like pet rabbits in and out of the Times office—the organ of the Association .
On Thursday , Collins attends a meeting of the people at which resolutions denouncing Ministers aro passed . On Friday he dines with Mr . O'Connell , and the Association , at a 7 a . Gd . dinner , and drinks the health of those Ministers , and backs the ol-jects by a speech , which is published in tho Leeds Times ; and when attention is pointed to one of his declarations at that dinner , it is attempted to be qualified by Collins ! Collins , in reply , asks us ( in the very terms ef your own observation , ) to point out the difference between Household Suffrage , as he pleases to define it , ami Charter Suffrage . Upon the day after the dinner at Leeds , a meeting takes place in tbe Kotnnda , where Messrs . Hume , OConnell , and Koebuck , delivered themselves as follows : —
" Mr . Hume submitted a definition of what lie considered Household Suffrage ought to be , which was to be taken into consideration by the association . Ho stated that the leading men of the working classes generally concurred in the definition , and had promised to give their assistance , were an agitation for such a Household Suffrage to bo set on foot . " Mr . o ' Ctiiinell cordially concurred in the suggestions of Mr . Hume . He considered it as of the first importance that the reasonable portion of the Chartists nhouW be got over to the aid of tho rational Reformers . He urged tho necessity of some central body being established in London , for the diffusion of knowledge upon political subjects . The public mind should bo saturated with facts bearing on the present gross defects in the representation of the people .
" Mr . Roebuck said that auch a body was at present in contemplation in London , and ho trusted that it would very speedily be set in operation , so as to act in concert with the Leeds Association . " Now , Sir , here we have Mr . Hume stating : — " That tie leading v ^ n ot the working classes generally occurred in his definition of Household Suffrage , and -Cad premised it tbtir support . " Mr . Roebuck said that : —
tl An Association was being formed in London , for the purffiee , and would , he trusted , be very speedily set in ( deration , " Aftey % ls , Sir , 50 UT battle must bo with Mr . Hume and Mr . Roebuck , and not with me . He says the leaders have concurred , while you and your friends are the only leaders who appear to have had anything to do with the subject ; so that I call upon you to contradict Mr . Hume flatly , or call upen him to say who were the parties , if you and your friends were not Subsequently to this came tb .
negotiations— aye , subsequently and n&jocwuons : —jor Vicre ttere Uoo ! Previoits ' y to the first Vincent was in prison , and he attended at the second ; but the Leeds meeting not having succeeded according to Mr . Collins ' a inpvtction , the thing was placed in abeyance for chris-^ BgktlieB , Is It not clear that in the beginning of y < ujj » T ybti were in diplomatic totstetititaQt ' 7 $ Bk . ^ Sprs . Hume and Place ; that you were subseqaenEly cqSftder&ted in February ; that yon sent out you ** fti » i tepfeb ; Mdnow observe that Mr . O'CoMiJ 0 ii $ k& ptm published in any paper , atuip ' agafe ^^^ M ^^^ ' 4 &four agreement with Mr . Hume , accoraQS | . idtBe jmciiB terms of your own letter ; but not one word ; of
| Hi iB mentioned in your circular . He says your ( piject is to agitate for Household Suffrage and shortening m&duralion of Parliaments , £ ; " i * ray , Sir , keep the latter object in view , and connect Sit \ rith y ^ fir adhesion to Triennial 3 Ja . iliaments . Then , Isiir , Jo this addiS ^ feet of Mr . Pla # feeing the author PStfctogaboo document signed " Art Old Chartist , " and Lxfelljftnjlj circulated among th « ' leading Cuiittiata , " to ^™^ ite < JircBl (« i . " « a « w ? ii ^ MKlhear , in ijiinS-ijtot it was circulated just ~ $ ef < M »^§ 3 tiNIS& ^^ 4 ?? %$ object of that document was to Bcare ' &u from SWJ' ~ t <> V ^ nection with the old and established move . Then , Sir , add the fact of Tlllman , the Secretary of the Natiosal AjioeistioB , receiving letter * from Plaee , Lovett ,
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Collins , Richardson , and others , " plaguing his life out , " to use his own term , about the " illegality . " Theu add Mr . Collins and Mr . O'Neil ' s absolute refusal to allow a delegate to be appointed to consult with their fellows in Manchester , upon the very subject upon which they professed to hinge their only objection . Then , Sir , add the fact , that on the 20 th March , Mr . Koebuck did me the honour to call upon me , and that he tlien told me that an Association was about being formed . I replied , that one was already formed . He answered " Yes , but there are some
apprehensions as to it 3 legality . " I rejoined , " Of course no law will legalize a Chartist Association . " Mr . Koebuck laughed , and said , " It looks very like it , " and added , " They have sent me the rules of their new Association for my opinion . " Connect this with Mr . Collins' admission that he had spplied to Mr . Roebuck for his opinion , and then say if any doubt remains as to the identity of the persona named by Mr-Hume and Mr . Roebuck at Leeds , and Mr . O'Connell iu Dublin , and to an object agreed upon , but not set forth in your address . Who told Mr . O'Connell ?
Now , Sir , I charge you , upon your own evidence , with having entered into negociatioti with certain parties , without any authority whatever from the people . I charge you with having , in that negociation , compromised every single principle contained in the Charter . Sir , you are very "ignorant . " You speak of Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments as being the Chatter . You are not capable of understanding that even
Universal Suffrage would be robbed of its master quill by attaching so long a lease of office as three years to it . You don't understand that our six principles are all necessary features ; and as well may you cut off your nose to add to your beauty , sr extract your teeth to make you a greater bite , as hope to preserve the essence and principles of Chartism by substituting Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments for Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments .
I charge you with having issued a circular with the avowed object of carrying the Charter , while the secret and real object was to destroy our cause , and then compromise our principles . I never will submit to the Thompson doctrine that even if deceived the people are no worse off . I deny it . It has been by such freaks of fancy that tyranny has been so longup-held in England . The people are always brave enough , informed enough , determined and able enough to beat the oppressor -, but hitherto they have been invariably beaten by the friend , just as they were about to triumph over the foe . They never suall again as long as I LIVE !
I go on . I charge you with having iuvited profligate humbugs , as members of your provisional government , to carry out your virtuous principles . You ask uie to name . I do—a name that strikes terror into your coward soul—Feargus O'Connor . You invited ME as a tit and proper person to carry out your objects , while you say that " Tho cause of Chartism It to be sacrificed to the private anil parsonat malignity of two as great political humbugs as ever figured in the political arena—Daniel O'Connell and Feargus O'Connor . "
Now , Sir , have you invited Mr . O'Connall by circular 1 and which we must suppose you did , although you denounced him , with just as much propriety as you have invited me , whom you aiso denounce . You may have made him a party to your scheme , and then have denounced him , just as you have thus characterised one of your " chosen ' * government as one of the greatest humbugs that ever figured in tbe political arsna . ' Pray , Sir , what sort of moral teaching can you expect from masters thus chosen for the administration of public education ?
You speak of '' being at work in the cause before I was heard of . " Yerf fine , Sir ; but does that afford any protection to Daniel O'Connell , ( who has been at it since before you were born , ) from your j ust and wellmerited censure ? I should pity that army , Sir , wherein length of sei > ic 9 alone constituted worth . And then , as to sacrifices . Believe , me , I never should have mentioned the word ; bnt as you have , I may be allowed a passing observation . Had your conduct been consistent I should have said that you had risked much in the lottery of principle , andhad drawn aprize ; but , Sir , as you have written yourself dawn as on apostate ; fWtBMMt pardon me for designating your sacrifices as the offerings of toil and dependence at the shrine of ease and independence .
Now , Sir , I come to the most important part of my letter . I mean the " next move" that is to be . You have endeavoured to sell us all neck and crop ; and , having failed , your next attempt is to turn the guns upon my battery , aguinst myself , in order that you may hereafter say : — " Ah , there now , see what O'Connor has done ; he has caused all this disunion ; he has divided us ; he has brokeu us up . " From what do I infer this ? From two sources . Firstly , because you have done it many times before ! and , secondly , becauseyour letter contains these words : —
" Northern Star , instead of prosecuting the success of the People ' s Charter , by endeavouring to heal atiiiuosities , and promote union among tho people , is constantly sneering at all those who havo for years been suffering for the cause of liberty and equality . " Sir , this is false , from the beginning even to the end ! prove it ! You remind me of the passionate master , who cut his knuckles against his servant ' s head , and then kicking him , exclaimed— " d n your hard skull , it has cut my knuckles . ''
i \ ow , Sir , when nest you write upon this subject ; pray be consistent , and say— "d n . the St < cr , we have exposed ourselves in it" But how could the Editor of tbe Star heal animosities of which he knew nothing , and of which you and your party have been the sole originators , as I now proceed to prove , and not a word of wkich has even the Editor ever before heard from me . ' Sir , pray attend to the follow ng brief statement of facts . On Tuesday next , I shall have been eight yer . rs and a quarter before the English people . Upou the 4 th of February , 1833 , I entered the House of Commons . I s-, it thrt . e sessions in Parliament . I have been five years and eight months an unpaid missionary , and founder of hundreds of associations . I have been
three years and six months proprietor of the leading provincial journal . I have sat six months in the Convention . 1 have been the whole time before the public ; and now , Sir , I challenge you , —not to charge me with a chain of errors , or with a smothering heap of inconsistencies—but I defy you to charge me with one , even ow . single dishonest , inconsistent , unpatriotic , mean , or ungentlemanly-like act , during the whole period ; one , even one . Now , Sir , rather than eauso any disunion , mark what my conduct has been during that period . In 1835 j
established the great Radical Association . We became so powerful , that in the next year we insured the return of the Dorchester labourers and the reduction on newspaper stamps . In tho following year Messrs . Hume , Place , and yourselves * established the Working Man ' s Association , for the mere and only purpose of putting us down . "What wasyour first act ? You paid missionaries toeveiy town where I had established a Radical Association , to convert it into a Working Man ' s Association . It was a change ; and changes always retard . This " move '' was precisely analogous with what the present was in .
tended to have been . Well , from 1 S 3 C—from your incorporation till the Convention met—you made London a common sewer of Whig cojruption , not daring to avow Whiggery openly , but always opposing Toryism . You wore dragged into opposition to the Poor Law , and by main force . What , in the name of the devil , did your Lumbug Association ever do beyond frightening the jreai working men in London &om the : canse from MjWinooroarattott to ^ roiUfpreiEBBt noaoWT * . mmm ^ m ^ ¥ i ^ mwmMm
ippi ^^ i l ^^ i rai ^ cbance . k ' : 4 toti $ ^ , m ^; & ^^ ii ^ dennnelation ; ' Wto'lMiitB ^ ' ^ MW * « i # ^ f * <*«»* tfierefere yob m » y Be Judged { wAttWl ^ ftte ran mine before you censure ; atad if I bolt , ; o * jmi » ' » t tie ** mg side of the post , as you Jiave dona , tfien do yon as I have , summon Feargus O'Connor as avidenco against me , as I have oonvUted yon upon the evidence » f H « ury Hetberington .
¦ ' A . teconsideraUoi -. ; of the past astounds me . For years yoa ot tbe die ! Assoqiatiou have passed for D ^ rjtrt * In wHafc consisted your title 1 IS Sea had ai enl ^ irnM % M ^^ rt ^ . spaeats , va \ wfaoywa chairmkr W ^ a ^^ jM ^ U ^^ M ^^ a meeting , where did you hold it , and ^ O ^^^ O ^ apetjient At tho Crown and Anchor , whSBTTW
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could at any time procure , never lacking thirty guineas to pay for it ; while I wa 3 obliged to gc to pot-houses and wherever I " -could . Again , why were M . P . 's ysur speakers , and movers and seconders of reso 1 ntior » at these meetings . You were anti-Tory , and sufficiently anti-Whig from the teeth out , to impose upon the confiding working men ; but you endeavoured to prevent me and others from speaking at every one of your palavers , for fear of hurting Wbiggery . Then , as to suffering : Sir , I deny that any length of suffering can justify the smallest renuniciation of principle ; but , on the contrary , the " poltroon" whese appetiteifor satisfaction it does not whet is a slave .
But , let us have a word which you never should hav » heard but for your " move . " For what did Lovett and Collins suffer ? . For a resolution , which , if not made matter of persecution , would not have been noticed ; but what was my conduct when the danger was attached to it , after their arrest ? Why , on my arrival at Birmingham my first motion was to move it again , and for e ^ ery-member to sign it What was my next ? To offer to pay one hundred guineas towards Sir C . Wetherill ' s special fee to go to Warwick , if the Convention would pay the remainder . What did the trial of Lovett and C ' jllins cost the country ? How
much think you of the £ 200— all that was subscribed for the defence . of all ? Why , about £ l « t , in Delegates and Missionaries , and God knows what ; and how have they repaid us ? Why , on j by walking off from the men who longed to do him honour upon his release , assigning as a reason that he owed the Government , some £ G 0 "for advertisement duty , " while the same Government would ' nt allow me to owe them 2 d ., and . the other by conspiring to destroy us . Will I owe the " Government any money , or owe their friends , Lord ' Brougham and Mr . Place , sufficient gratitude to induce me to refuse the invitation of the men of York , on my re ^ ase , think you ? No , faith 1 !
Then , Sir , as to your suffering , and their suffering ; Just bear in mind , that I am the only maa . who eve has been in solitary confinement for libel since England was first peopled . Sir , you appear to forget that I am now in the thirteenth , month of tbat state of barbaroas punishment , which is the greatest that Visiting Justices can inflict upou the most refractory convicted felons for one fortnight . You don ' c know , perhaps , that if Mitchell ,. the . m-urderer , misbehaved in York Castle , that his ^ eatest punishment would be to put , without any change of diet , for one fortnight in that cell in which I have now spent twelve niontha Perhaps , Sir , you are-not aware that every letter toaad
from my family and friends , is opened and read before I receive it , either by the Governor or his underlngs j perhaps you are not aware , that even yet , I would not be allowed to write one line for publication in the Star , and that every word I have written has been smuggled out . Perhaps Sir , you are not aware that I am locked up all day , and every day alone , and in one of the condemned' cells of York Castle . Perhaps , S r , you are not aware that when Mr . Roebuck and the Honourable Mr . Wortley visited me , that they could not remain for more than about five minutes , that they were literally smoked out ; that Mr . Roebuck ciied
" shame , " " shocking , " " disgraceful , " " abominable ;" but I have not seen a word of commisseration for me , while I have read columns for Lovett and Collins , Well , Sir , what has my seclusion from the world taught me ? It has wedded me to my principles . It has given me time for reflection upon the past and to consider of the future . It has taught me the value of an honest , upright character . It has convinced me of tfce value of those for whom I struggle . It has proved to me that my exertions have not been thrown away ; and it has determined me to die or conquer for those who have so nobly stood by me .
Sir , before I commence with the recita ! of the many annoyances to which I have been subjected , and the conspiracies which-- have been formed against me , allow me once more to thank you for your very foolish letter . Without your simple confession , so unlike yon * usual caution , much weight of proof would have been imposed upon me , and the exttnt to which the conspiracy was carried might have remained for ever shrouded in obscurity ; but y > u have brought it all to light ! and now what must bi > the joy and satisfaction of the seceders , at being furnished with so strong a justification for what you are pleased to call their imbecility ! _ . .. „ . _ .. . _ •" .. .....
Now , Sir , one word upon physical force , and then X shall conclude by laying before the public a series of conspiracies , persecutions , and sufferings to which , for years , I have been subjected , without once cemplaining ; proving , from documentary evidence , that my life , my property , and my honour was assailed by hired assassins and spies . I speak only of what I can prove ; and when I conclude , Sir , I shall indeed ba dear to the people . When speaking of physical force , then , just bear In mind that , from the 18 th of September , 1835 , till t *> e 4 fh of February , 1839 , I did the whole agitating work single-handed , and alone ,- and that during those years
of excitement not one man was brought before a magistrate charged with a single crime ; nor was the term ever once mentioned at a single mesting . However when you ; and a parcel ol rascals , imposed yourselves upon us , with your " sharp shooters" and " rifle clubs , " aud " patterns of muskets , " and " cold lead , " and " cold steel , " the whole course of events was turned topsv-turvys and every one of you deserted , leaving me tu !> ar yva burden ; while , though I never mentioned tho word before tho people , yet did I , upou three occasions , justify the use of pbj sical force , before the judges of the land . Who Wero the three most physical-force men in the Convention ? Lovett , Collins , and Hethexingtun .
Lovett said , in answer to my objection on the score of illegality to his manifesto : " Well , I know it ia illegal ; but what of that ? we mist break tux law uefore we can alter it . " Pretty well , lnethink . o , that ! for a gentleman now so squeamish ! ! Collins snid , in my owu presence , that "the flrsi Chartist arrest would be the signal for arresting every aristocrat and magistrate in Warwickshire ; " and Henry Hetherinfjion will refer to his o , vn notes ia the Poor Man's Gmrdian , for his peaceable conduct j
and he will perlups say who it was that declared ha " had prepared and had ready for immediate distribution , a list of ail the Gun-makers and Anii . i-dealers ia the Metropolis , which list was to act as a gm . ' . o to tha people where to go for arms , in the event of a turn up ; " and who also said that . " even if this list should be found by Government before it was so used , they could make nothing of it , as it was so arranged as ta appear to be part of a General Directory , which it was not an unusual thing for a Printer to be engaged in the production of ? " .
Sir , let your own insolence , in sendiDg such a letter to the Star for publicatiop , speak for the independence of that paper ! Would you dare , they being the subject , to send it to any one of your three middle-class friends , Eisthope , George Henry Ward , or Mr . Young , for publication ? Pray , Sir , when have you before seen a paper publish even resolutions abusing , reflecting upon , and condemnatory of , both proprietor and editor ? Out upoa you ! you know not the meaning ef independence . Yours , &c , FEARGUS O'CONNOR .
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^ Liverpool , Tuesday .- ^ -We are still without any news of the steam-ship President , now 54 days since sho left New York . Nothing is known of her since she was seen by the Orpheus on the 12 th , the day after she left the port . Courts oe Justice . —Extracts from an accounk of the sums paid to Officers of Courts of Justice ia Great Britain and Ireland out of the Consolidated Fund in the year ended the Sth January , 1841 : — England . —The Chief Justices of the Court of Queen ' s Bench and Common Pleas , £ 8 , 000 each , The Master of the Rolls and the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer , £ 7 , 000 each . Mr . Justice . Pattesony ^ 5 , 500 . Tlu ? other Pmene Judges Mjmiaxb * . The expenses of the Mounted Police ^ M ^ mm Pdlce , ftnd ' Pplice-raa Jwnce . with io
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TO MR . H . HETHERLXGTOX . i " Pardoa me , hjt Lord , your letter , not your counsel , hath betrayed you . We , your la-w adrisers , had beaten : down thr load of eyidence produced , till the court called you up in judgment against yourself ; and so conflicting was the testimony bttween your lordship ' s ITO notle selves , that we , your counsel , knew not which was our client , -whether y . ur Lurdihip ' s villaay : or your LorAship's folly . "
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Sia , —It is not sufficient that a man believes himself to be honast ; but , if at all suspected , he is bound to prove himielf so -, but the same rul- _ - docs not apply to , fully . I : is quite sufficient , mtthicis , if 3 man is thought silly , to be satisfied without publishing his misfortune to the worlJ .
I shall proceed , Sir , to reply fully to your every assertion , first teodering you my best thanis fur having ; supplied every deficient link in my chain of evidence ] against the concoclcrs of the " new move" in general , and I against yourself in particular . I commence with the point which you attempt to xaake of roy being a middle-class man . Ton say , ; " What do you call Mr . Feaxgaa O'Connor ? Ia he not a middle-class man ? TVhat right have you , then , to assume that Mr . Feargus O'Connor embodies , in his own ; person , ail the honesty and inttUigenc * of his class ? There are thousands who are dt .-: ruus of promoting the political and . social improvement fef the peop ! e , but are deterred from co-operoling for the attainment of that oV-jeci by the unprincipled conduct of the condacicM of the yorlhem Star . Ovr Association OPENS THE DOOS TO THEM I ! THEY AliE Ul :-i'USED TO JEMEa . " -
Xow , ? ir , I ask you if lari ; gnage can more fully prove the fact of my assertion , that one , and the principal , object of yonr "more" was to get rid of Feargus O'Connor and the . Ycr ^^ rn Star 1 Is it not admitted that the door which was to let in your middle-class coadjutors "was to have let out Feargu 3 O'Connor and the y < jrihem Sikr * Sir , it matters little to what class in society a man belongs ; but , in passing , allow me to correct your error . I do not belong to the middle clasa uf society -. I b * l 02 g to the aristocracy , as they are called , of my own country ; and , a 3 I have often blasted , I have been , by honest serrice , promoted from the ranks of the aristocracy to a commission in the democracy .
Suppose that I wa 3 a middle man , what an anomaly to see Feargus O'Connor , the middle man , struggling ¦ against his own order for the rights of the poor ; and to see Henry Betherington , a working man , struggling . against the rights of his order : Bat , Sir , you forget that our Association also opens the 4 oor to all those of tbe middle class who hoJiesHy ! join to carry ent ovlt principles . D ' - > we ol-j-ct to > 5 r . ¦ lloir , Mr . Ifcis , Mr . Pitkethly , Sir . James Taylor , and a thousand others ? >~ o : the only difference is that these gentlemen are satL-Sed with equality ; while Ton require for yoar friends in ascendancy ,- a p-j-sver in fact , as I shall presently shy * , to destroy us a *
pleasure . Yoa nest say" yorlht-mSiar , ir . stzzi ot promoting th * -nccess cf tbe People ' s Charter , by endr-avi / nring Xj ht-al an 5-LDc ; s : ties znd promote EZ ! :. * n air . 'i ng the people , is constantly snerriag at all those wh j have for yearj been suScring fur the caiLS-e oi" L b- _ rtvan 4 eqiialky . " ? ir , rcy boast is , that I have bicn the Erst man who has ever succeeded , in any country , in making cnt indiTiDie party t / f that wholclass f jr whjs-j lits
:-- e n _; alone I contend , always premising that by na means can the rights of the o ' -h- ; r classes bs guaranteed , % vi :: ' . < - ' thos * of tbe Labouring classes are withk .-M ; and , * ir , call r : e what y ; u please , this in your eyes , asd in tbt eyes of many , rerr rr ^ ary more , is my great , my surpassing , my ' crly , my ntver-to-be-forgiven siu . ' I found the people , eveu in the ssveral towns , split into sections , and moved by crotchet-mongers . It has co-. tin-j years of labour to unite them in one body : but , thank Cr- > d , I have succeeded . ' and now divide them who
can : ! ; Did yoa ev ^ r knew one to w ' tbhold praise from any : maa who deserved it ? Have you not known me to step ? tit of my way to bestow it upon unworthy objects , ; like yanrselves , in the hope of coaxing you into the ; path of virtue ? Is not one of your present most serious j charges against the Star the fact of the Editor hiving ' praised you all ' : Ad > 5 here , Sir , give me leave to cot- j rect an error into which you have fallen . j Ton suppose that the Editor of the Star , when writing mildly on the loth , was in possession of the facts which I stated on the 24 th : he was not , nor of
on ; of them . He merely learned from me that such a " move " was projected ; and although I received an invi- j tation on the 31 st of March to make one of your I Provisional Council , that circular is yet on my table ; and \ neTcihave I to this mom&nt , otherwise than in mj Ietterof \ the 24 th , informed the Editor of my having received it . Again , bear in mind that on the 10 th he spoke as if j he supposed the pi it would go no further ; when j behold : on the following week it is published in the Sun , with a list of eighty-seven names of persons ! statedly the Mornini Chronic ' t j possess the confl- !
dence of the people ! Did this fact , Sir , not justify his j increased vigour in opposing and denouncing the ; scheme ; and when , in the following week , Mr . j ! O'Connell openly supported it , esulting ' -y declaring iu ¦ objects , "Bras I not justified—one of those object- , beiag to . ' get rid of me , —in speaking with souie degree of -warmth ; ! irp : > n the subject ? - Y on say . — " The Sorthern Sl-ir eo"w begins to feel the j -. Sect of its " unpriuciplfcd conduct in lt « declining in- j ! fiaetce . *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1108/page/7/
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