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T . DTJITCOMBE , M . P . "With the Northern Siar of this day , the snbscribers will receive a most excellent likeness , got np in fist-rate style , of the Presenter of the Rational Petition of 1 S 42 , signed by 3 . 500 , 000 British subjects . To make that memento of the form and figure of the Chartist M . P . as valuable as nay be , we hare procured from a friend the following notice of the political labours of Mr . Dineombe ; BO that the reader will hare his life in words along * r itt the pictoral represeatatioa of bis person .
PUBLIC LIFE AND SERVICES OF THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P . « i Though bom of the aristocracy—he be ' . engs to the people . " The Honourable Member for Finrbnry is one of the jgW -who prefer the approval of the people to the follies of party . S purning to soil his hands with the misdeeds of the aristocracy , he has left their rsnks . in which by birth he was placed , and be is now the pride and the hope of democracy . He is the eldest son of Thomas Dancombe , Esq ., of Copgrove , a very small Tillage in Yorkshire . His father is tke only brother of LorJ Peversbam , ef Duncombe Park , and his mother was the eldest danehter of Doctor Hinchliffe , late Bishop of
Pet erborough . The founder of the Dancombe family appears to hare been Sir Charles Dancombe , who was lord Mayor of London in 1709 . In 1747 Anthony Duacombe was created Lord Ftversbam , tut the title bec ame extinct in 1763 in conscqnence of his dying without issue . The present Lord was created in 1826 He mirried the daughter of the Earl of Dartmouth . Two of Mr . Duncombe ' s brothers are in holy orders , imd Lord Feverabam has considerable church patronage . Several of the family have occupied seats in Parliament . The Hon . Cspt Arthur Dancombe eat for East Rstford in 1 SS 0 . He was rejected afterwards ferhis opposition to Reform ; but in 1835 he was re-elected . Major the Hon . Win . Duneombe represented North Yorkshire for some years ; and at length for his violent Tory politics he lost bis seat Surrounded with relatives such as those
whom we bare enumerated , educated in the lap of liixiiij and fashion , gifted with great personal attractions , and with a disposition lively and social , it might ttave been expected that other pursuits would have entirely occupied Mr . Dsncombe ' a mind , and that the —protection of the poor -would not have been tho otgect of his t&H . This , however , has happily not been the nee . He entered Parliament for Hertford in the year 2826 , together with Mr . Byron , and from that period he has been the unflinching advocate of everything conducive to the public welfare . Before ths election bis opponent was Mr . N . Calvert , the late member for the Borougb , but he withdrew ; and on the day of noaii ation , the candidates were Messrs . Byron , Duncombe , and Bulwer . There were 393 votes for both Danconibe and Byron , and 301 for their opponect .
A : first the Hon . Member spoke but little in Parliament , although he voted very regularly . With the except !» n of presenting petitions , his debut in the Hon * e was on January 31 , 1828 , when he defended the conduct of Sir Edward Cjdricgton at Navarino , alth ough be considered that engagement an " untoward event" Oa this occasion he spoke very briefly ; but in the following month he made a bolder tfibrt . It was concerning the mysterious change in the Ministry , which took place in 1823 . This speech , which
pro-Tote 4 Sir Robert Peel to attempt a reply , at OOCe stamped > Ir . Dancembo as a formidable opponent of the aristocratic party . It was one of those trite , dazzling , independent speech&s which characterize the subject of onr sketch . The next effort was in favour of Catholic Emancipation , for which he presented a petition in March , 1829 . from Sheffield and the neighbourhood , signed by 22 , 000 adults . Upon the introduction © f the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform , in Hay , 1 S 21 , he ' gave it his strenuous support , alledging that it was the commencement of the downfall © f
monopoly . About the middle of the Session of 1831 Mr . Dancombe rose rapidly inte notice and estimation . The borough of Aldboroueh ¦ was originally placed in Schedule A of the Eef orm Bill , in other words , it was to be disfranchised ; but the Tories made an effort to place the borough in Schedule B , which would leave it with the right to return a member . Mr . Buncombe , oa the . 27 th of July , showed up this job , and moved that what he called " the rotten stinking borough" be placed again in Schedule A . He proved that it was a mere nomination borough , tbe only real elector being the Duie of Newcastle , lord Stormcnnt said Mt DoncoBjbe ' s own brother was one of the constituency of Aiaborpugh , and he asked the Hun . Member for Hertford , if he meant to include him , in the chance of
corruption which hB had made against tbe borough geterallj ? Mr . Dancombe replied in gallant style ; and after a sharp debate , his motion was of course lost In tae following August , an affair took place in the Honse of Commons , which showed the bullies and plunderers that in Mr . Duncombe they had caught a Tartar indeed ; G-Dulbonrn brought a charge against Lord Durham for baying acted improperly in respect of a northern election . Mr . Duncombe , as Lord Dorham ' s friend , said lie wonld not tit still and hear him traduced ; and be added that "be would meet the side-wind charge as it deserved to be met , and pronounce it to be a base and wicked calumny . " Amidst roors of chair , chair , '' and other Babel-like noises , the chairman told Mr . D . that " in his calmer and more sober
moments he would not use such terms . " Dancombe nobly replied " that he was calm and sober eueugb , and that he meant what he said . " Peel , Hardinge , In ^ Ios , and a host of others , fell foul upon the Hon . Member ; but he wonld not budge an inch . He declared that " nothing should induce him to retract the seatinifcnt he had uttered , until that which produced it had been withdrawn . He cared not what penalty he mirht incur . If that penalty were imposed upon him far telling the truth , by that truth he tr ? s nevertheless ready to abide . ** Amidst all kinds of threats and intreaties to " explain , " Mr . Dancomfee stuck to his
text , even to the last ; and , from that day to this , does Goulbum stand accused , without any palliation , of baring uttered " a base and wicked calumny . " It was a glorious triumph for the young member , and it caused the brawlers of faction ever afterwards to observe towards him a respectful silecce . Snch a man was not likely to find favour in the eyes of any of tbe aristocracy . The Marquis of Salisbury , who had great influence in Hertford , was much annoyed that Mr . Dnnccmbe should represent it ; and this annoyance was greatly increased by Mr . D s . bringing the conduct of the Marquis before Parliament , for i llegally interfering hi elections .
A strong contempt of the assumption of Hierit -when It does not exist , has at all times been & strong point in Mr . Duncombe ' s character . On Lord Ehrington ' s celebrated motion , just after tbe Lords bad thrown out the Beform Bill , he delivered a speech , at ¦ which the hair of Sir Charles Wetheral fairiy stood on end . Whilst BdkiLins tbe peers , he ( Mr . Dancombe . was called te order ; and therefore , he said , as he mij § ht not talk about the peers of the present day , he would say What D ; Foe said of them , a century and a half ago , Viz . — " Wealth , however got , in England , makes Lords of mechanics , gentlemen of rakes ; Amiqaity and birth are needless here , 'Iis impudence and money makes the peer . "
Ee followed np this attack upon the peerage by exposing some discreditable trick of Lords Salisbury and Ycruium , relative to a pretended address from the coucty tf Hertford , to William IVth , by which it was stught to represent that county as hostile te reform . The exposure of the practical falsehood of -which the two aoitLe Lards were guilty vaa most complete ; and their ire against Mr . Duncombe knew no bounds . He made himself still further obnoxious to this " order" by askirg the most searching questions relative to the intrigues which was carried on May IS 32—and he riaicu : etl the idea that any reform was to be expected from ib * Tories In exposing their imbecility , from the r . 'jal D . ikes downwards , he spoke of the illustrious Cumberland and tbe sapient Gloucester—and amidst the fierce party contentions of the day , Mr . Dascombe ever occupied a foremost part , true to his principles and the peopld . ____ _ ...... _
Late in 1832 a Bill was brought before tbe House to prevent Bribery at Elections , into which Mr . D . vainly eideavonred to introduce clauses which Would materially have improved it He sought also to prevent Peers from interfering at elections , —and with these labours his caretr as Member for Hertford closed . A gentral election took place , and it pleased the ilarquis of Salisbury that Lords Mahoa and lngestrie should sit for the town which Mr . Da 3 ccmbe had represented so welL Their Lordships weie returned accurda ^ Jy , the numbers of the votes being , for Lord lngestrie -432 Lord Mahon 3 S 1
Mr . Duncombe 329 Mr . Spalding ... . _ 1 & 6 3 Ir . Duncombe petitioned against this return , and the two lordlings were declared to have been not duly dated . The Committee also reported that bribery and tre&tir . g had been much resorUd to at the election . The new writ for Hertford was for some time suspended ; and a formal resolution was passed by the Htcse of Commons condemning the corrupt practices In the town . Mr . Duncombe being relieved from Parliamentary duties , showed by his attendance at public meetings , * t , that his most ardent desire was still to serve his country .
A vacancy occurring in the representation of the en-Ightened and liberal borough of Finsbury , by the departure of Mr . Grant for Bombay , in 1834 , Mi . Dun-« ombe was most honourably elected to succeed him ; and never was a representative more beloved by his -constituent * He waB no sooner in Parliament again than he commenced T" » fanner TJgarous onslaught npon cerxnption . In July he assailed Church rates : he opposed and defeated an attempt to carry a robbing tithe Bill for TJpwell in the county ef Cambridge : he also brought forward a motion against logging in tie army , * cd he spoke in favour of a searching inquiry into tbe corruption of the lordly borougb of Warwick . In 183 S ts spoke very ably in favour of Lord Morpeth *! amendment npon the address in reply to his Majestys speech : the object of the amendment twine tbe extension of
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reform ;^ and during the " Sibbath Observance Bill " he resisted a canting attempt to close thu coffee . bouses on Sunday . The Spanish missiou of Lord Elliot was exposed by him : —he espoused the case of Colonel Bradley , and he oppossd the Lords amendments in the Corporation Reform Bill In a feeling speech on Foreign affairs , in February 1836 , he recommended the Eoglish Government to urge upon the French Ministry to grant the prayer of Prince Polignac , for his liberty , upon condition that he , bis wife and children expatriated themselves . He said that that wife and the mother of those children was a British subject , and consequently had an additional claim upon British sympathy .
From this period tl £ 36 ) Mr . D . has spoken bo often in Parliament , that it must suffice to notice some of the more important measures in which he has been engaged . Foremost amongst these must be placed his co-itinu&l remonstrances against the manner in which magistrates are appointed , and also against the fantastic tricks , and odious injustices , which they perpetrate with impunity . The trickery of what was called " a Parliamentary Survey of Church Jaotfs , " was laid bare by the Hon . Member ; and ever since May , 1836 , tbe New Poor Law has had iu him a resolute foe . Again
and again has he endeavoured , though in vain , to improve ths Registration Courts . No man laboured more strennously against tbe stamp duty on news > papers , and he has done his utmost to shield benefit societies from the disastrous injuries which pragmatical legislation has inflicted upon them . The exposure of jobbing in railway shares was a subject to which he successfully applied himself in 1837 ; and whilst supporting the Beer Bill , he told a humourous anecdote of a Yorkshire parson , who let his parsonage house for a beershop .
Mr . Duncombe began the session of 1839 , by moving an amendment to tbe address , in reply to the Royal speech , the amendment -was Btoonded by Mr . Ward . It was to the following effctt;—" That the amendment of the representative system , enacted in 1832 , ha > l disappointed the people : that it was not and could net be a final measure , and that it was the duty of the house to take immediate steps towards its further improvement " He supported this amendment iu a most powerful speech , and after a long debate , only 86 members voted for it , whilst 426 recorded their votes against it . At the commencement of Lent in the same year an obscure attempt to suppress theatrical repres ntations on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent , was made by the Lord
Chamberlain , at the instigation of the mawworm ecclesiastics , who delight in curtailing the happiness of the people . Nothing could exceed the folly of this attempt ; for , as the Lord Chamberlain ' s authority extends only to Westminster , all the theatres beyond that district might be ; open as usual . February 28 th , Mr . Daneombd Blade a moliorf In Parliament by which this foolish endeavour was upset . On behalf of the actors he said , "he did not see why , if Mr . Rice , of Downing-street , received his salary on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent , Mr . Rice of the Adelphi ( Jim Crow ) should be deprived of hiB . " So completely did Mr . Duncombe turn this humbug into ridicule , and so thoroughly did he display its cant and hypocrisy , by enumerating tbe Lenton dinners , &c , in which the
clergy and others indulged—that be earned his motion by a large majority , much to the joy of the Thespians . But her Majesty ' s Ministers , did their best to prevent the resolution thus passed from being acted upon . Undaunted by their petty intrigues , and firmly attached to the independence of Parliament , Mr . D . on the 11 th of March , moved a resolution , condemnatory of the condnctof ministers ; but he withdrew , on a pledge being given by Lord John Russell that all he wanted shonld be conceded . Frequently did Mr . Duncombe urge upon Parliament the necessity of further reform , and , in March , 1836 , be did so in a speech which may be considered his masterpiece . Only eighty-one voted with him , -whilst more than one of the pretending Reformers str ongly reminded him of " the impolicy of taking such a conrao at the present time . " After holding np to
scorn , the bungling and dangerous nature of the City and Metropolitan Police Act , he resisted an attempt to get £ 10 , 000- for the police in Birmingham , and only found two others to rapport him ! In Stockdale ' s celebrated cafe , he showed that the House stultified itself at every step , and that it was afraid of coming into contact with the Courts of Law . It was Mr . Dancombe who first called the attention of Parliament to tbe atrocious case of John Thorogood , whose cruel imprisonment tor several months for non-payment of 5 s . 6 d . church rates , will be fresh in the memory of alL The House lamented this imprsonment , and pledged itself by a solemn resolution | o amend the laws concerning Church Rates ; in the following &&udon . Mr . Dun com be introduced a oil ] to effect this amendment , which was thrown out T > y a minority of 117 to 62 . He was equally unsuccessful in bis opposition to the Poor Law Bill .
In March , 18 iO , Mr . Leader moved an address to tbe Queen for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and Mr . Duncombe supported it As a question of law , he held that the statute of the 7 th of Anne , c 12 . with regard to the delivery of the lists to persons accused of treason , was so clear that it only required a reference to Johnson ' s Dictionary , and not to tbe fifteen Judges , to understand it . It was bo plain that the feeling pf the country was " thai tf thtse unhappy men eou- 'd not be legally executed , they could not be legacy trxuigported . " Only seven members voted for the motion , viz . Mes&r * . Leader , Hume , Dancombe , Fieldeu , Disrae li , Hector , and Wakley . Tbe protection of individuals has always been a feature in Mr . Dancombe ' s conduct . When a poor man named Cone was sent to prison under circumstances of unprecedented cruelty by a parson justice , Mr . Duneombe V 6 ted for a Committee to inquire inte the case ; and he exerted himself nobly U rescue L ? vett and Collins from tbe hardships they
endured in Warwick gaoL In May , Mr . Dancombe presented a petition from a large meeting at Brid worth , in Yorkshire , complaining that Mr . Feargus O'Connor was treated in Turk gaol the same as burglars , felons , and reputed murderer * . They stated the indignities he ha > 1 to endure , aad contrasted bis treatment with that of Sir F . jBurdett , Cobbeu , and others . The facts of this odious case are well known , and will never be forgotten , so Ions ; as a hatred of oppression lives in the bosoms of Britons . The treatment of Henry Vincent was also denounced by the Hon . Member for Finsbury , and tbe tyrants who were its authors were made to quail before his sarcastic and powerfnl eloquence . — When the petition of Mr . Baines , the Leicester Church Rite martyr , was presented , and the Whigs wished to refuse it , Mr Duncombe gave it his support , and warned the Honse asainst persisting in making further encroachments upon the right te petition , which he said the pwiple Would not and ousht not to bear .
To Mr . Duncombe were entrusted an immense number of petitions for the release of persons in gaol for political offences , in 1841 . On the 25 th of May , he called attention to these petitions . One had 1 , 300 , 000 signatures of the industrious classes . There was also another from Manchester , with 9 . 1 ) 97 signatures , and others from sundry places witii signatures to the notuber of 48 , 884 . Thtise prayed , first , for the liberation of the political prisoners confined in tbe gaols of Great Britain ; secondly , for a free pardon to Frost . Williams , and Jones ; and thirdly , for tbe Charter . The debate upoa the nr * t of these three prayers was so recent that we need only say it was lost by the casting vote of the Speaker . Mr . Dnncombe ' s exertions for facilitating the registration of voters are well known .
Having been again triumphantly returned for Finsbury , he elicited from Sir Robert Ped in the first debate of tbe session , that there was alarming distress in the country . In February he voted against there being any duty on corn , and he voted also against a twenty shillings duty . Well aware of the dreadful abuses of the gaol system , he moved for a committee to enquire thereinto , but without success , —although recent disclosures must now compel tbe legislature to take the subject up . To the Income Tax he gave all the opposition in his power , —and also to the Rural Police . Of the " Gilbert Unions" he has been the nncompromising friend , and spared no pains to rescue them from the merciless grasp of the Poor Law Commissioners . Of bis more recent proceedings it is
unnecessary to speak further , tot they are fresh in tbe mindB and hearts of the public In Mason ' s case he behaved nobly—the insnlters of M'Douall , at Deptford , were duly chastised by him—and when he stood in tbe House of Commons , presenting the great National PzTines , he occupied a position which he would not exchange for all the money which corruption could collect , nor for all the tinsel hononra which power could bestow . Throwing to the winds the sneers of the " ignoble great" who surrounded him , he proclaimed himself tbe champion of the poor . He forced upon their " dull ears" the heart-rending tale of public sufferint :, whilst grateful thousand * of those upon whom tffliction had fallen learned to pronounce his name with respect and affection .
The above statement of the services of Mr . Dunoorabe relates eta ' efly to those which be baa performed in Parliament But in point of fact these ar « only the key to tbe great exertions which be baa unceasingly seed for the public welfare . There is no great question aflfeeting public liberty to which he doea not devote himself , by attending pnblie aeetinga , by giving andksoea , and bolding a very extenai « e correspondence . One of the best tests of hl » popularity la the » maztsg nssriw * of petitions with which ha is entrusted for presentation . Courteons and accessible to all , he ia a gensial favourite . Even Bis enemies in politics give him the praiee due te a kind , gentlemanly , sincere , and upright man . His personal appearaaoe is greatly in hia fcvour , —and whilst the aid of his tailca and « £ the toilet are not disregarded by hi ' jn , * a is aaything but a fop . As a speaker be is fear ' . ess , but campoaed ; . and it is impossible-1 » turn bira fr . csa . his
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purpose . Whenever he speaks he takes care to understand his subject . He uses facts with great adroitness and applies sly sarcasm with immense effect Toe renegade Sir James Graham has had most painful proof of this . The popularity * . f Mr . Duncombe is * rapidl } increasing . He is in the prime of life , and much ma ; yet be expected from him . There ia not in Parliament a more sincere and determined friend of the people than "HONEST TOM DUNCOMBE , "Finsbnry ' a Pride and England ' s Glory .
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Bboiher Cowspiratobs . —You who have " conspired" with me for now more than Seven years to propogate the glorious principles of democracy b > argument and reasoning , and who met on the 17 th of Aug ., at Manchester , and there " conspired" to save life and property from destruction , a „ to guard the poo from the snares that were set for them ; you , " conspirators , " who were unknown t 9 each other until you met upon the 17 th ; you , " conspirators , " who were openly elected in July to meet on the 17 th ; you , ' conspirators , " who are charged in an indictment for having originated routs , riots , and tumults which took place on the 1 st of
August akd preyiousdays ; you , " conspirators , " who sat with open doors , and admitted every person who chose to seek admission ; you , " conspirators , " wfeo refused to receive a depatation from the Trades' Committee because it would be illegal ; you , " conspirators , " whose manly address hid the magical effect of turning what threatened to be physical revolution into a sudden calm ; you , " conspiiators , " who were comptlled to abandon a pubiic place of meeting , lest tbe flocking of crowds about you should Itad to a breach of tbe peace ; you , " conspirators , " who are all honest men , and many of whom , to my own knowledge , have walked ten miles in pelting rain , and in the dead of night , in hunger , refusing a purse of gold from the League ; you , " conspirators , " Authority is greatly alarmed at you !
I learn that many poor fellows who have been served with a law process which they did not understand , went off to Liverpool under the apprehension that they were to be tried there ; and I write this letter to set your minds right upon the subject The effect of tbe paper with which you kave beeen Berved is to remove your trials into the Court of Queen's Bench ; not that yon are to be tried in Westminster Hall , but that you are to be tried at Liverpool in the Nisi Prius Court , and by special jury instead of being tried in the Criminal Court by & petty jury .
Now , you " dirty deviU , " what do you think of yourselves and your leveling syBtem ? There is elevation for you ! bringing you nearer your peers . This course , however , enables me now to answer many applications which before I could not reply to . Asa matter of course , you who have families will be anxious as to the probability of being tried at a Winter Assizes ; and as you suppose I can answer everything , many look to me upon the subject ; and one querist actually asked me— " are you going to have another special commission to try us ' ! The effect of this process is , that we cannot now be tried at a special commission , as the Queen ' s Bench has not jurisdiction over such a tribunal ; we must now be tried at the General Assize , or at the bar of the Queen ' s
Bench , before tbe Judges of that court . I have complied with all that the lav require ! for those under bail , and those in the indictment who have not yet been taken . 1 have so far saved them from being attached and imprisoned without tria l . Ji'Douail and all have compiled with all that is now required of them ; and , although I am very cautious about giving advice , I would strongly recommend every man , against whom true bills have beeu found and who is now in tbe country , to procure tbe required amount of bail and surrender , in order to save themselves from being out-lawed , tbe effect of which would be to deprive thun of all their civil rightswnst a looa ; mad to p * "" n them in a much worse position if taken .
Many parties write to me to know how they are to get a copy of the indictment The way I got it was by paying ten pounds , ai . d I know of no other means . I cannot spare it for the present , but on next Saturday it shall appear in ths Not them Star , For my own part , except for tbe enormous expense , I should be well pleased with tbe dodge ; although the object is to make much ado about nothing . It is
evidently done with the intention of making scarecrows of us , to frighten the League npon the one hand , and to unite the landlords and money-lords upon the other hand , by showing the great importance that Her ilsjesty ' s Government attaches to the affair . For myself , I would much rather be tried by a special jury , than by a petty jnry for any other political offence than that of opposing tbe League ; and 1 would much rather be tried at Westminster Hall
than at Liverpool . However , you may rest assured that the best defence that the profession of the law will admit of shall be made for you all . I kave no more to say now , but to call on you to set to work for tbe Birmingham Conference . The elections have commenced well at Birmingham . I thai . k my friends ; and assure them that , tvith my consent , they shall not be sold to tbe League . Let every delegate elected be a man of sound bead and honest heart , incapable of being tempted by money , or swayed by
"barney ; " men who will come Chartists , and go home with their NAME . " THAT 3 THE TICKET FOR SOUP . '" Mark , again I tell you , that in my opinion Mr . Sturge is a man who would make any sacrifice to soe his fellow men happy ; but then it is not with the man , but tbe party , tkat we have to deal ; and tluy are " free-traders ' to the back bone in every thing but legislation . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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insidious rascal , who chooses to play the part of spy under the mask of monitor . No , no ; I am not going to aid villains in the tupport of tyrants . Surely yon mast see the plot ! at least 1 do . "Bat observe how this poor silly man blusters away about what he knows nothing . He raves about minorities being governed by majorities , and about the propriety of men acknowledging their cwi acts , and rants away about the cowardice of O'Connor and the Executive repudiating the " Extraordinary Document , " and receives the evidence from the examination before the Manchester magistrates . Now , just bear this one fact .
The placard in question never was , DIRECTLY OR indirectly , passed OR adopted by the delegates 1 and yet this silly fool is raving away . But , don't you see that be is just looking for that which he shan't have ? evidence to back Mr . Griffin , correspondent and reporter for the Statesman . Now , Brook , hear another thing . So far from repudiating the "Extraordin art Document , " the Northern and Evening Stars were , I believe , with few , if any exceptions , the only papers in the Kingdom that did not even publish it ; and I never , in either , wrote a word , not one word , of comment upon it I
Now , then , I trust , I have said enough upan the subject to set it at rest as far as I am concerned ; but I cannot allow a false impression removed from my owa shoulders to fall with increased weight upon others . iJ&ever shrink from more than my share of resppMjtrrTOy , and I will net stand justified at Mr . M'D . odaU ' i expense . The flfght of M'Douall , and the pitiful insinuations , and denunciation of him by the Siatesman , ^ &to breaking his poor wife's heart , and arming authority for hia destruction ; while the resolution which yon transmitted to the Editor of the Statesman would lead to the belief that M'Douall had
fled the country in consequence of the " extraordinary document . " It is too hard that I should be thus dragged into a controversy about such matters . Why , the Government could not have applied any portion of the secret service money to a batter puipoae . But still you shall know it . M'Douall did not fly the country in consequence of the "extraordinary document . " Mr . M'Douall fled the country upon MY ADVICE . M'Douall fled the country , because four honest working men had given bail in the amount or £ 600 or £ 700 for his keeping the peace ; and I knew , had he been tried before a jury of the League ,
while the public mind was mad , that be would be convicted , and four honest men reduced to beggary ; and besides my regard for him and them , I did not wish to have all future Chartists prisoners , a portion of whose sentence may be to find sureties to keep the peace , obliged to rot in gaol for want of such surety ; and I will undertake to say , that when the public mind is purged from that prejudice created by Lord Abinger and the Statesman , that he will come and boldly stand his trial , and establish his innocence . M'Douall deserves the thanks of every honest man for leaving wife and child , and country and borne , with a broken heart himself , rather than break thev hearts of those who placed confidence in him , and whose ruin would hive been
a certain consequence of his facing the raging fury of a disappointed fiction . I am sure that your own good sense and the good feeling of the delegates whose resolution you transmitted , will point out ihs injustice , indecency and impropriety of allowing our enemies to make tools of yuu for tbe furtherance of their own base and mischievous ends . One tbing I must assure you of , that , as I have carefully avoided every topic and expression upon which controversy may be based , not one single line of further comment upon the subject shall be admitted In the columns of the Star with my consent . Mr . Lovttt need not explain , as I am wholly indifferent upon the subject ; and if he should feel any desire to do so , it must be in hia owa paper , the Statesman .
M » . Cloawo haa denied tbfl Ahprga in the most positive terms , < and I give him perfect credit I have known him for nearly ten years , and I never yet knew him to be guilty of a single act of meanness . In conclusion , I must say , that I have heard and read of many , very many strange and curious things , but never one at a ) l comparable to this NEW MOVE for destroying , ¦ Y « urs , truly , Feargus O'Connor .
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BUDDERSFIEXaD . —Mr . T . B . Smith of Leeds , preached three sermons in the Association room , Upperbead-row , on Sunday last They were attentively listened to by a numerous audience . A Chartist Delegate Meeting was held at Yew Green on Sunday . The greatest unanimity was exhibited . The meeting was a very animated one , and a more determined spirit in favour of ; tbe Charter could not be desired . The following resolutions were passed : — " Teat the secretary be instructed to correspond with T . S . Duncombe , Esq . inviting him to visit Hudderefield the first opportunity . " That Mr . James Leach be sent for to take a fortnight's tour in Haddersfleld and district . " " That a levy of twopence be made throughout the whole district , to cover the lato expenses .
SHEFFIELD . —Lectures . —Two crowded and enthusiastic meetings were held in Fig-Tree-Lane Room , on Sunday and Monday evenings . On Sunday evening Mr . Sauiuul Parkes delivered a lecture on "Prison Discipline . " Mr . P . delivered a most interesting and eloquent address . On Monday evening , Mr . Evinson having bee i called to the chair , Mr . Edwin GUI read the Editor ' s address from the last Saturday ' s Northern Star , on the threatened new Special Commission ; Mr . G . afterwards delivered an impressive speech , urging his hearers to take up the case of the victims . A number of collectors were appointed to receive subscriptions for tbe Defence Fund . Mr . Harney then addressed the meeting and was followed by Mr . Parkes . The meeting concluding by singing the old favourite " rally around him , " and giving three hearty cheers for the Charter .
Chartist Ball . —The first of these entertainments came off on Tuesday evening , and was well attended by a highly respectable company ; dancing was kept up with great spirit until near twelve o ' clock , when the last tune of the musicians warned the lig ht-hearted and light-heeled votaries of this lascinating amusement , that it was time to resume sober thoughts ot home ; the hint being taken the company separated highly delighted with the evening's pleasures . Another ball will be held on Tuesday next , and every Tuesday during the winter , in the Fig-tree-lane Room , in aid of the local defence fund . So laudible an object will , we are certain , ensure the attendance of all well-wishers of the cause . DEFENCE FUND FOR MESSRS BARNEY AND PARKES , NOV . 15 , 1842 . £ 8 d Cash in hand . November 8 th ... ... 112 4 A
Collected by Samuel Dale 14 AFriend ... ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Hoole ... ... ... 0 0 C Haxtnonic Meeting ... ... ... ... o 4 5 i Mr . Cartledge ... ... o l i ] Collection in Fig Tree Lane Ruom , Nov . 14 th ... ... ... ... ... 0 7 3 Collected by SamnelDale ... 0 1 4 Small sums under sixpence ... ... ... 0 1 6 * George Green ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 * AFnend ... ... ... ... ... # 02 Proceeds of the Ball Nov . 15 th ... ... 0 8 6 £ 3 0 0 Samuel Clayton , Secretary .
The " Plasve" And tub "Press Gang . "—The Independent of last Saturday contains the programme of the " Great Anti-Corn Law Demonstration" which will come off on | the 23 rd instant Mr . Richard Cebden , M . P ., Mr . John Bright of Rochdale , Mr . Rawson of Manchester , and Mr . R . R . R . R . R . Moore , of the same place , are announced as the evening ' s attractions ; nothing ia said about our 'liberal" M . P ' s . " This splendiferous affair is to be held in the Music Hall—the tickets lor the tea to be one shilling and sixpence each , the "dons' to be accommodated with reserved seats for
two shillings and sixpence . The mobocrary of Complete Suffr&gUts , &c , are to be , admitted to tbe gallary at sixpence a-head ! Of course we , Chartists knew better what to do with our sixpences than to replenish the pockets of the Stephensons-sqoar . e boides with them . The Independent in the first pbice announced that on the day following , namely , the ? . 4 th , there wonld be a private meeting in the moral * jg , of tbe principal merchants , 4 c , to hold a confr . b with Cobden and Co ., and in the evening ' a meeting of a move public character . ' This would just b 4 Te suited
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the Chartists ; but , well says the proverb , ' blessed are they that expect nothing , for they will not be disappointed ; ' for , ' tell it not in Gath , ' the Independent of last Saturday announces that ths intended ' public ' meeting bad been abandoned ; the reason assigned for which was , that ' that the gentlemen from Manchester could not slay in Sheffield a second night' (!) Ha ! ha I very good—very . Of course , "Breakers a-head . " has had nothing to do with it ! That discretion is the better part of valour has often been asserted ; the Sheffield Free Traders show that they understand its force and propriety by acting upon the good old adage— " He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day . " Oar Chartist friends may be on the look oufr , for , if all ' s well , we'll find them better employment on the 23 rd , than giving their sixpences to hear the humbugs of the Free Trade jugglers .
The iris of last Saturday contains the correspondence between the Home-office and " -the . authorities of York Castle , touching the death of tho martyr Samuel Holberry , published by the Government as far back as last July , shortly after the decease of the murdered patriot , and lately republished by those Whig sympathisers , ^ tbeMorning Chronicle and Leeds Mercury . The Iris has now joined the yelping pack of Whig hypocrites , and , in a leader on the subject , strongly denounces the treatment of poor Holberry , winding up thus i— " VVe trust the whole affair , both as it affects the surgeon , the visiting magistrates , and Sir James Graham , will be properly sifted by Parliament , and that the country may be shown that the law does not sanction the retaining of a man in prison , even as a criminal , when a premature death , at variance with hia sentence , can ba the only result . "—Byron says"O for a forty-parson power To sing thy praise , hypocrisy . "
We have not forgotten , if the Iris has , that it was while Lord Normanby presided at the Home Office that poor Holberry " 8 health was destroyed in Nortballertoa House of Correction ; and so long as his Lordship was in office , prayers and petitions were all tried in vain to procure the removal of the sufferer to a better prison . On the present administation coming into power , Sir James Graham ordered the removal , of Holberry to York Castle , —no thanks to him for that , the victim of Whiggery was only removed to York Castle there to perish and expire , with none but " filthy dungeon villains" to receive his last breath and close his sightless eyes . Aye , in God's i-ame , let the whole affair ba sifted—but let it be the whole affair ; let the conduct of the " liberal" Lord , as well as that of the renegade
Baronet , be sifted to the bottom . A word with ths Iris : How is It that this correspondence was not pub « liahed in Us columns in July laBt ? Parliament was sitting then ; and if any good was likely to be effected by tbe publication , that was the time . Moreover , Holberry ' s death was then fresh in the public mind , —why did not the tender-hearted conductors of the Iris publish the correspondence at such a time , when pointing it out to tbe attention of their readers they might have appealed to them to help the widow , and thereby save from distress the unhappy partner of the unfortunate victim assassinated by Whig and Tory tyrants ? O no , that would not have served any party purpose ; and notwithstanding the mocksentimentalism of the many-culonred " thing / ' we
know that the parties ( or one of them at any rate ) connected with it are not in the habit of extending the hand of benevolence , even though the object be the widow of the very man whose cold ashes are now disturbed to serve the purposes of bis vile Whig persecutors . Is proof required ? When the publisher ( who is also , we believe , part proprietor ) of this refuge for the literary destitute was waited upon by persons authorized to collect monies to defray the charges of the funeral and for the assistance of the widow , insult , not aid , was the donation of this "Liberal . " Faugh ! the whele thins is loathsome and
revolting ; but for the sake of bringing the Tory Gjvernment into further odium , the sympathy of the Morning Chronicle , tho Leeds Mercury , and the Sheffield Iris tot po « r Holbyry would never have been heard of . The people understand this , and while they hate and detest the brigand faction at present in power , they , if possible , still more loathe the infamous crew whose tools " conspired" ( a fashionable word now !) against poor Holberry , plunged him into a horrible dungeon where they destroyed bis health , and then banded him over to the tender mercies of the Tories to finish the murder they ( the Whigs ) bad in the first instance made sure and certain .
LONDON . —Mr , Whiteborn lectured on Sunday evfning , at the Eagle , Exeter-street , Knightsbridge , to a' good audience , on tno benefit * of co-operation . Several members took shares , and the lecturer was much applauded . Mr . Cook lectured on Sunday evening , at the Gold Beaters'Arms , upon the influence of prejudice . The audience was crowded , several members were enrolled . Considerable discussion ensued regarding the accounts cf the Executive , and several items were deemed very extravagant Mr . Gardiner addressed the Chartists , meeting at the Flora Tavern , Barnsbury Park , on Sunday evening . Mr . Knight was to have lectured , but , owing to a mistake , did not attend . A subscription was entered into for the victims , and a box for that purpose purchased .
St . Pancras . —Mr . Fussell delivered a meat able lecture on Monday evening , at tbe Chartist Room , Tottenham Court Road . Mr . Boxall occupied the chair . The lecturer showed the advantage of a firm union amongst the Chartist ranks , and the impropriety of attacking any other section of the body for a mere difference of opinion . He earnestly advised them to look well to their own organization ; to keep a watchful eye on all attempts to subvert it ; and , while they showed hy their conduct that they were anxious for a union based npocr principle , and calculated to promote their « rand object—the attainment of the Charter . After the lecture , a discussion took place ou the subject of union with the middle classes in which the lecturer , a middle class gentleman , Mr . Goodfellow , Christie Wheeler , Cohen , and several others took part . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Lucas reported from the metropolitan
delegate meeting ; but , owing to the lateness of the hour , the subjects of the report were deferred . Mr . Brockhall reported regarding the taking of shares for the erection ot a local hall . Mr . Humphreys attended as a deputation from Somer ' s Town regarding the formation of a borough council . A letter was read from Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , stating bis intention of lecturing there on the Friday evening ; but , on the motion of Mr . Farrar , the Secretary was ordered to instruct him to defer it to Monday . A committee was formed to get up a weekly harmonic meeting , for the benefit of the victims . Mr . Lucas brouRht forward the Deptford affair , and the conduct of a member in reference to that sutject , and , after on explanation from Mr . Weeeler , the member alluded to was ordered to attend , and explain , on the ensuing meeting night . Tbe victim-money in hand was voted—one-half to Ellis , and the other to the General Fund . The meeting then adjourned .
The Committee for arranging regarding the approaching Conference met on Sunday morning , and agreed upon certain resolutions to be laid before the nieedng on Wednesday evening ; and Messrs . Black , Wheeler , and Neesoin were instructed to prepare an address to be laid before the meeting for their approval previous to issuing it to the public . Working Mens' Hall , Mile End Road . —The council of this locality met on Tuesday evening , when it was resolved that ws should get up a public dinner , concert , aad ball . Mr . O Connor has consented to preside on tbe occasion . Messrs . Bradford , Frazer , and Shaw , were appointed a Bub-committee , for the purpose of carrying the above proposition into effect . The entertainment will take place at Mr . Hemingway ' s Saloon , King ' s Arms , Mile-End Road .
CROYDON , Surhey . —At our meeting , held at the Bald Faced Stag , on Monday evening last , Mr . Segrave in the chair ; the following' resolution was passed : — " That the forthcoming great Birmingham meeting is of paramount importance to the Chartist cause , and as this meeting is fearful the ultimate measures of the Complete Suffrage Association may not be in union with the strict principles of the Charter , it is therefore adviaeable , at this all-important juncture , the friends of universal liberty should use every exertion to maintain their prominent position in the country , by not
admiting interested parties to' swamp the opinions of the working classes . " As a means to this end , it is resolved —" That we , the Cnartists of Croydon , are willing to open communications with any society , or societies , in the county ef Surrey , fox the especial purpose of uniting their subscriptions to defray the expence of a delegate , or delegates , attending tbe aforesaid Birmingham Conference , men who will not compromise any part , P ** oel , or name , of the People's Chatter . " For this purpose the treasurer is authorised to receive BubsctiptiWaa .
RBASINO . —The Chartists ef this place haw derided thai the Executive who are at large , with the assistance os the Executive pro tern ., are sufficient to mange the affairs of the Association until the period of time fixed by the organization for a new election . SOWEBBT . —Mr . Barker of Manchester , preached at this place on Sunday the 13 th instant , from these words , — " Rememker those that are in bonds . " The attendance was more numerous , than for some time past . ' "• " : ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦' . :. ' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦
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\ is % ^ fa y ^ M ^ ^ m % / 2 SALPORD-The Chartists of Salfofd vis&Av £ their work nobly ; they are determined to crush the present system of misrule and oppression by every legal means in their power , as they have proved by their indefatigable exertions at the late election for the Commissioners of Police . And , notwithstanding tbe many obstacles thrown itr their way by the factions , they finally succeeded in returning seven thorough-going democrats . They have also commenced a system of exclusive dealing , which is fast bringing the shopocrata to their senses . The plan is a simple one , and at tbe same time one that is working well , inasmuch as it is affording the working classes the opportunity of
purchasing flour at twopence per dozen lower than they can get the same article at the shops , They have opened two houses for the purpose—one in Dawson-street , Broughton-road , and the other in Raffle-street , near Garden-lane ; where they sell flour at the first cost , with- the exception of one halfpenny per dozsn as an acknowledgment to the woman of the house for cleaning ; aad during the last week they weighed oat nineteen saeks of flour . The consequence of which is , that the shopkeepers in this neighbourhood have been compelled to come , down ia their prices . The reason for giving this publicity is , that the working classes may see what they can do if they are determined ; aflb * . We hope they will adopt this or some similar plan , to teach the factions that they are not the powerless things that they imagined , but that on them and them alone have the shopkeepers to depend for their livings .
BRADFORD . —The Chartists of Manchester-road met on Sunday morning , several strangers were pra 38 ;»' The principles of the Charter . were explained , discussion took place on the best means of obtainU . tbe measure . Five new members were enrolled . The Chartists of Goodmansend met at the boose of Mr . Goldsborough on Monday , and enrolled three new memfcars . Various Chartist papers are read every Monday evening . They adjourned to Monday evening , when a full attendance is requested as the subject of a delegate to the Sturge Conference will be considered . The Chartists resident is the central part of Bradford , met in the room , Butterworth ' s-buildings , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , when seventeen names were entered , the principles of the Charter explained , and a number of tracts wore sold . This locality promises to nourish , as the members are all very anxious for political information . ;
The members Of the General Council held their meeting on Monday evening , when there was a very fall attendance . Several sums of money to relieve the Victims' families were paid in , nearly all the localities are well attended , and Chartism la again erecting Us democratic head in Bradford . The following resolution was . adopted : — " That our Secretary , Mr . Smyth , be requested to correspond with T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., inviting them to a festival to be held in Bradford on the 20 th of December . " This motion was received with joy by all present All persons holding acute belonging to the Chartists of Bradford are requested to bring the same to the " council on Monday next , at eight o ' clock .
Mr . Kitchin preached in the Chartist Room , Bradford , on Sunday evening , and notwithstanding the storm of rain , the room was nearly filled . Three shillings and threepence was taken at the door , after the sermon , for the victims . An interesting discussion took place on the benefits of Chartist preaching , when it was adjourned to Sunday next , at ten o ' clock a . m . Great Horton . —Mr . John Walker , of this place , has received the sum of ten shillings from Mr . Isaac Wilson , of Brpmpton , near Northallerton , for tha family of Mr . William Brooke , of Northallerton Houa of Correction .
Little Town . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . T . B . Smith , of Leeds , delivered an excellent lecture in the Chartist Association Room . He gave a very humourous account of his arrest and subsequent imprisonment , and advised those present to act the part of men and be determined never to rest satisfied until the People ' s Charter be made the law of the land . A vete of thanks was given to tbe Lecturer , when the meeting separated highly delighted with what the ; had heard . Mr . John Walker , of Great Horton , received from Isaac Wilson , of Brompton , the Bum of ten . shillings , on behalf of Wm . Brook ' s family . DUDLEY . —Mr . Samuel Cook has received for Mr . Mason , 6 a . from the shoemakers of Nottingham , and 4 ? . for the Defence Fund from the Cnartists of Greta Bridge , and 2 d . for Mrs . Mason , from a friend .
BRIGHTON . —Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , gave two lectures at the Cap of Liberty Inn , Portland street , on Wednesday and Thursday week , on the principles of the People ' s Charter . ACCR 1 NGTON . —A delegate meeting of this district was held at Blackburn on Sunday . Delegates were present from Accrington , Sabdin-Bridge , Padihara , and Harwood . The following resolutions were agreed to that William Beesley shall lecture at each locality in Nvrth Laneashire district , to commence his tour on Monday , the 21 st . That the next delegate meeting be held at Accrington on Sunday , the 4 th day of December next , when each locality In the district is particularly requested to send delegates ; the meeting to commence at one o ' clock . The appointment of a district lecturer and other business of great importance to the district wiil be considered .
TJBWES , Sussex—On Friday last we were visited by Mr . R . . G . Ganmnage , of Noitbampton , accompanied by Sir . Allen , of Brighton . Mr . G . lectured to a delighted audience , and excited the admiration of alt present Mr . G . concluded an able and argumentative lecture by appealing to bis auditors in a very powerful manner , to support by every means in their power , the Northern and Evening Stars , and the Chartist Circular ; those enemies to abuse in every form , and noble advocates of the liberties of the people . At the conclusion , a vote of thanks was unanimously carried to tbe lecturer for hia address , also t « the Chairman , after which the meeting broke up . SOUTHAMPTON . —On Monday evening last , according to previous announcement , a publio meeting was held at the Long Rooms , to hear a lecture on the present state of society , and tbe People ' s Charter , by Mr . R . G . Gammage , who gave every satisfaction .
BILSTON . —A ball was held on Monday night , ia the Chartist Room . A very comfortable party assembled on the occasion , and a merry evening was spent . The Chartists of this locality held their usual weekly meeting in the Association Room , Staffordstreet , on Thursday evening . Mr . Froggat occupied tbe chair , and in a very excellent . speech explained the objects of the People ' s Charter , its merits , and the necessity of union and perseverance to obtain it The worthy Chairman concluded by introducing Mr . Thomason , who , in a most able and explicit address , which lasted an hour and a half , set forth in a lucid manner
the numerous evils that are the consequent attendants of laws made- by a class possessing privileges from which the ' great body of the people are excluded , and the beneficial effects that wou . d be the result , if the people of this country were invested with the right to exercise their legitimate power in the choice of the Legislative > ody , that until they possessed that power which is their just and unalienable right , there was not the least prospect of any amelioration of their present degraded condition . Mr . T . concluded by most impressively imploring they would never cease agitating untU the Six Points of the Charter , whole and entire , were made the law of the laad .
Sonda ? Evening . —The meeting was numerous and a most attentive disposition was evinced by all present . Mr . J . Cadley was called to tbe chair . Mr . Thomason delivered a very instructive discourse , wherein he depicted the evils inflicted on this country by the Byatem of money-mongering , the frauds of unprincipled capitalists and gambling speculators , the grasping avarice of millocrats and their tyranny over the working clan through the desire of accumulating wealth , the poverty and misery the working class were subjected to in the producing of that wealth , and the unjust means used to prevent them enjoying that which their severe and unmitigated toil prodaced . The facts related by Mr . T . in the course of bis address excited the most lively symptoms of feeling in all who heard him . After the lecturer concluded , a collection was made for Mr . Linney , which amounted to 3 a . 8 d .
WARWICK . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists here , several encouraging letters were read , one containing £ l 12 s . for Defence Fund raffle ticke'i from " the-Chartist friends of Stratford-on-Avon . " 93 . 6 d , was handed in to complete the engagement of 5 s . per week for White ' s support , leaving a balance due to Mr . French , from the Birmingham funds , of 13 a . 6 d . for that account . Arrangements were made that a party should attend at the Saracen ' s Head , from seven o'clock till ten , every night during the week , to read tbe Evening Star London paper , after which , an interesting discussion was held on the " Sturge Conference question , " and ultimately the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That this meeting deem it the duty of tbe Chartists to send delegates to the
Conference at Birmingham , not as ' factious oppositionists , ** but as firm and rational patriots , who are resolved to maintain and guard the principles of the Charter from any sectarian innovation that would weaken the confidence , destroy the hopes , or forfeit tbe co-operation d the working classes . That we recommend firmness of mind , with gentleness of manners , honesty of purpose , and sound experience , as qualifications essential to > be sought for in the selection of delegates . That in reflecting on tbe present anamolous , artificial , and distracted state of society , on tbe evil effects of prejudice , aad the baneful influence of the aristocratic prediUctio ^ s- and vanity that unhappily operates npon every < d » ss of society , not excepting the working men themselves , in
its tortuous ramifications , we are led to think , that tha formation of a society as an auxiliary to tbe ' National Charter Association , 'is a subject requiring the g *» v » consideration of our Chartist friends , as oar great golitical agitation , under exifltiug drcncwUncet ^ nay require more than one wheel in its mKbinery $ at ths same time we Hope and trust that n « consideration of expediency , will ever induce the working classes to relinquish their own organization , or to rotate for any meeiure of reform less than ' the P '^ ople ' s Charter , * whole aad entire ; and as te the name ,, we hold it now , as sanotifled by the blood of our r ^ artyrs , and the continual persecution we yet endure , hence we *'»' m it as a virtuous designation which shall yet be the pride ot our children , and tbe glory of future posterity .
Feahgus O'Connor To His Brother "Conspirators."
FEAHGUS O'CONNOR TO HIS BROTHER "CONSPIRATORS . "
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MR . O'CONNOR OX THE " EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT , " AND THE LAST "NEW MOVE " TO DESTROY CHARTISM . TO MR . WM . BROOK , LEEDS . Dear Brook , —You will believe me when I assure you that had it not been for Mr . Cleave , your letter to the editor of the Statesman would most probably never have reached ray eye , as I neither rsad or hear anything about that paper . I shall now do merely enough to satisfy the meeting of delegates , who , in my opinion , would have done wisely not to have meddled with the
question , and would thereby have deprived mischievous persons from raking at it under the pretext of replying to questions or resolutions , I now learn that the editor of the Statesman asserted on the fifth of November that I was the author of the " extraordinary document , " and on the twelfth tbe same gentleman charges me with repudiating the " extraordinary bocu-UEJiT" in the Northern Star . Had he charged me with the authorship alone , and had my attention been directed to it , I should have left it unnoticed , and had HE charged me with authorship and subsequent repudiation of the " ExtraoRDI » ary
document , " I sbonld have still left it or him unnoticed . But wLen it appears that Mr . Lovett , who is now I find manager of , and one of the Provisional Committee for keeping that paper together , is given as the author , I shall say just enough to satisfy the public * without opening a loop-bole for controversy , wbkh , after all , appears to me to . be the object aimed at I was charged with the autheahip of tbe National Petition . I never saw that document till it was in print . I never suggested a line in it , » or did I hear of it ttU I saw it i «
the colunms of the Seofltaft Patriot . I am now charged with tbe authorship of the " Extraobdinarv Documesi . " And now hear my reply . S » trip me God , I never saw it » m « nuieript , nor did I ev « r bear of its existence until after it was in print ; nor do I think that tb * delegates were justified inattribnting it to one who is now out of the country . The editor says that I should ha-ve contradicted the rumour , 02 have acknowledged the authorship before . Upon what grounds , pray ? What ! contradict every gueaa of the Slaiesma *—every rafeikation of Mr . Lovett , ajwl vntj searching of evarj
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Y 0 L . TI . NO . 262 . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 19 , 1842 . v ^ ^^^ J ^^"'
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