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TO THB EDITOR OF TUK NOBTUKUH STAR.
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TO THE - irrHBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHABTER : *^ ASSOCIATION.
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- - ^ J jj ^ o ^—Ai aD fimra it has "been my ^ jSifr to stand before yon in my ' real character j ; SrVwi ^ o > fe « 5 ite T ^ fle : Md * f ttJ : 0011 ^ i ^ f id fact fliere is no person Tor whemi have ^^^^ ipTOD ^ contempt ih" for Jflie man who ^ g ^ ao ^ e ihaaeterV , . , ' ^ Qi reopening ^ ^ ^ uestioiiof the Executive in isi treeft Sto ** : ? 3 tonk any apparent ground , ~ S ^ . ougfirenees we » hea 3 ed » jbas plaeed . Bie in a Sj alsitastioiu On Monday IMjaftrand in comwisn mm
^ ay wife J ames L ^ n , ^ acting - ana S jsiBg luin , aslttink iisaernces . aeserfe ; and " ^ gjkjjjfdaj he 5 b represented in fee Northern Star - ^ oia iofli wliom nehonestman wouldbe associated 2 » n cffieal capacity . I imagine ihat the insert of chairman presiding over a meeting of GuaiLts , is an official capacity , ana * I eongrawjjied the meeting npon his appointment , ' therefore , h » TB I associated with James Leach ; -and as I C gn * jisll timesjto be consistent itnow becomes my fo t . jo ] sy before yon the part that I hare taken - Ag fispBte 3 TelatiTe to the Balance Sheet of the V _ e jJTe » and the mode resorted to by Mr . HUL , in '" jjy ppstaty of Editor of the Northern SUtr 3 in l v ^ B ^ ng ihar conduct before the Chartist "body ,
1 Toe always > ware of the difficulty of my H &aiioa- To interfere caprieionsiy -with theEdiior ^ nHlsre be an act of despotism j and to allow - ^ fla sfiiel to proceed , when , as the Proprietor of A g a ^ ffj I iras n 0 * satisfied with the position ^ jjggjty the Editor , wonld Tiave been weakness j ~ £ jsc siSsfion . ' ^ -t ; TEhea public . notice was first directed to the TjJiBea Sheet , ! thought that it was done in a beecBJur jsannfr ; hut when the _ intemperance of the Secretary &i » 4 ^ Editor from his impregnable
Motion o ? sentinel and induced him to assume ihe ¦ par t of Meaner , then 1 wa 3 of opinion , and remain so thai he abmdofled his strong hold , I < = aw the jj ^ esatyijfatlose adherence to all the rules of our { hjanisiKHij law the fatal consequences of anj jjgnat violation of those rules ; I read the whole charge against ihe Executive , and also the drcnmgjisal . erideaBS from many parts of the country , ij wMeh a charge of neglect was sustained ; and fhoagh scncpalous , I trust , as any man , I neTer iin seen in their conduct that amount of guilt ,
jgi which it ha 3 been characterised . Ifolsre passed over the neglect would hare been phijustieBj ' not only to the Chartist body but to ga Executive themselves ; while to have magnified &gr errors wonld be to deal nBjn 3 tly with them . iTOsanxurasforihe correction of the wrong ; and jjareibit desirous Siat the deviation from Vie prekeabeiideB should haTB been laid before the country , 99 fla * the opinion of the Chartist body might be { sidy tested upon the question ; sad it was because I&reaw , in the manner and language ± 3 which , &b ( surge was made , the probable frustration of 2 aj demrable object , that I the more regretted it .
Msbj persons hare supposed that I was not only C togMaatGfjbntfaYonrable to , the course pursued by ('¦ it Editor of ihe Star ; and , had the contention *¦ eased , I should hare preferred labouring under this f jBjBea censure , tore-opening the breach . The time | -las now come , nowever , when I must justify i Bjself j sad with that intention I beg leave to state . : at the oaiset , that so far from being a consenting ; f jHfcj to ; the controversy I waa most unequivocally | i * ¥ posed to it- ; in proof whereof I feel myself ' Jlbmi to l * y before you the following correspondence ^* Meh pissed be tween Mr . Bill and me .
The first notice of lie matter which appeared igmjpunt to ^ ^ mj feelings , I re * l in the Star preceding Mi . Daneombe ' s liat to Manchester ; and immediatdj upon perosmg it I sat down ^ nd cosununi-JBatefiay dissafis&kefion of the course pursued by 1 b . mi ; and that is the fest letter leferred to "b y ¦ kimhB renln ThesecondletteriadTaferaneeto -r . ^
: ™ »^ m " " ^ Tnf . ^ yp nswrXotraids ySjlExecatrre , and also to an arfide upon tie *^ aaacdm » ryI ) ocument , oT theAddrsss , supposed > feterebeeBisBued during fterecentstrikei I nerer layesjBSfifmy letters , ss \ nerer anticipate ihe j TW'tJijrSnsingthem for the pnrpose of justifjing : arys ^ f \ Hswerer , in the suljained letter jon jM sas impla quotations from these letters to lo& jm to the conclusion th&t , from the first , I was : « 8 * S 8 dioihe course pursued by Mr . Hill , or rather btkoodecf making Us charges . ^_ Ba WtewiDg is Mr . Hill ' s reply to my two ktfaipoa this subject i and asthexiate is important , T 114 joor attention toit :-
—I Xseds , Saturday ereaJng , Dae , 10 th , 1842 . V ^ . THisSa ,-- ! nerer do anything hastily if 3 anhtJp ji , because 1 generally find things hastily i Jsa&bsiQ done . I hare therefore taken tame to fiw a » Jee&ip of sarprise and astonMunent with * a 61 nad your iast letter i » snbade , before I sA ien to usver it . 1 iaB sov try to answer so much of it as I can ttjmfaaaially ; or at least as foily unnay be neces-* J fat oot dulj tmdeistsDdiDg each other . 1 M Inay omit noaflng in replying to it , 1 abaQ ; & odi psagnpa a * I go on .
TrahqpittiB ;— ' I did think that Sre year * inti-V lBq , « ftto ipeik of friendship , shoold hiTBinsnrea rjo ^ lie&r jeception for my oteerratiana , I uerer I an toxA . the Unguage of dictatien nor often of ie-I WiRitrnifg , I aboald mot now -writs if I -were able I vv > fcieeag . But I did afl in ay power to start I la Bazmsg , but tna ohligca , i » hili 3 dresain | r , to * end I »^ Itertar again instead of a « rriaga Hot now I » 0 ijiIbiTs been Tery 21—dangerons ^ r so , otherj * , 1 dHRadhaTB sooner interfered . *
Ja . flu fntplace , I do feel assuredihrt yon win \ & anas Trtsai I » y thai the news of your anew flUs »» ifli ^ gi £ t ; and I hare the sincerest hope that by BatonsU nay be ailerriated . The flist part of the ^ injfc I so . utterly unable to understand , as I **«* ioa tmt to what " obserrafionB- yon refer . If : ^* ean fl » obssrrations contained in your pre-^ r ^^* * nicst remind jou that I did Dot receive ^ J ^ r , - mt in &ct did you write it , nntil after ?^ fi « 8 tion of the articles referred to , and comi ^ i ? « » this . In proof of this , I need bnt refer 1 - j jy ^* -loOowing estracts from it ;— - As to the % ifZ *** - ' ^ opsnditnreof theExecutiTe , I think
IS ^ L ^^ - * - " "aiaeartideTipontheExe W ^ ™ mas * 1 do not exacHy comprehend . " It liSi . ^ ' k" 8 oeen ^ y ohservationa in this II lfiL ?^ ^ Jon EXPfccted that J should defer , in B ^ sSUT *** & * P ° n "wbich your present letter » S ^ K *!* aEly- 1 **** ^ tex had from yon any 3 las ^^ 33 ™ 102 * bearing at all npon the matters at H Jan-w ^ * th £ rdore ' compelled to think that yen I fea tllS ?! —1 nadei toms misconcepfitai ariaing I ^ ^™! bD <* recoBecBon of fecta j as I do truit I ^^ i bT 11811 ^ iaT 8 * no' ! rn me ^ a 3 gtren yon I * * in » r ^^ I 1086 that any ohserrataon * froa yon I fiJJ ^^ V * Respectfully receiTed by me . I I -fef »^ ^ the assmance sugt t not be necessary ; 1 Seiirn ? ?^ 7 ' : amA beg to assure yon that I in&ft ^ llTin « froni ' » honi I "would receWe
oB-I ^^ S ^ S , *! 1 ^ mroe respectful deference and more l ^ JaSS ^? 0111 ? 011- And I « gret jnnch »** a ^ f ^ ttaJ * -as yon seem to do-that 1 m ; ** tosLlfSJ ?** 3 ^* to J 0111 obserrations when ¦ : 1 fF £ ^ WT ^^ " Blien delireied personally . ar * > a& j ^ 3 ^ irxj 8 l > eei 1 ' ^ donbt w > t x » itra T » a ^ « 4 ^ rt 3 ectiTe ^ J" 0111 obserrations , xugf es-3- fcfe&B / YfcT T most respertfol and attenthre ^ t ^^ ^^ eideaToured in whateTer con-¦ - ^* a " im « l ^ ^ oTtniBnt , * o to art as to I- * . * aS 11182 * ' ^ called for . As to " dicto-¦ >»« eea fL *^ 01011 * to talk of that when it is ¦ # . l ta * ia 1 £ ?* ! « « & Ton ^ ttiat you b 3 Te # ^ 5 m is ** Jou EeTer " ^ i 3 - l t * 0 " o * ^ fcttto ^ rf «* or character that ahonld induce 4 ^ J ^ fe ^ ^ ' »! =-* S 55 ^^^ ? oaiD Jlma last thatl did hope fl » J ^? J 5 ™? *» » hich it was going on .
^>» a 1 ^^* T ^ 3 Ert to i" * s but I aiSt to ¦ : l- S ? >«< fi !? S ? : th * ^ y J " * Tfom 3 » - 1 -f-Sk . ^ W ^? ®!^ to the Hun conn-• I ^^ S ^ K ^^ iMtead rf ¦ '' W ^^ i ^ ^ expressed yoawOf in " » - r 5 '& *^ SjS ^*" a « - - Iperfecayremem - ¦ - » 'lfc 2 ? --W'S ^ SF " 7 C 11 * ^^ ""a J 11011 * m ^ ZSZ&toSS ** ' ^^ the leiceatersbire ¦" - ? S 5 ! ' « 6 t ^ T ^ * onae ' 7 ° ? again expre » ed Vi ^ JW ^ ^ y wouldact on my 1 -Kfc ^ ftalo , ^! ' ? 11181118 ° P ° > ' <* theman' ^? «« 4 W ? maeDe 6 " go ^ gon . Indeed , ¦ ¦ "" - ¦ -V * 5 ? »» aiat ^ L ? tty communiating with : ^^ W& ^ flare t « not " going ^ ^ attane i and •*« waited till
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a » appeaiance of another balance sheet to note its effect . However , I am to conclude that you are right ; and that my recollections are aa wrong as they are strong and clear . It may be matter of regret to the Hull conncUlors that they abonld not hare your approbation of the& proceedings ; but I hare yet to learn that that fact should render their proceedings nngatory , and deprive them of their right to act on their own judgment If thl * paragraph mean that the Hull eonncBlora ought Dot to use their correspondence , heeause you axe not favourable to it , 2 fear your enemies would deem this a Trery dose approximation to that "language of dictation" -which yon affirm that you neTet osed ; if it do not mean this , I confess that I am unable to discover any meaning in it
Yon say that you are not to me or any one " a false fricnd . ** God forbid that yon should -, J , at least , hare suffered enough from falsa friends without flndiug one in you . You go on in your letter to say . — "The moment seized for denouncing M'Douall , was ha eTen a robber , was most unfortunate ; while the terms used in branding the acts of the ExecntiTe blamabieVihough not -renal , were highly offensive , and Tre-eminently calculated to lessen the feeling of proper regret which a ealra Exposure would bare ensured . "
Never were words hi ore adroitly and righfly DsedthsB yours in . apeaktos of tfcras acts . They were , indeed , *** fasmofe thoagh koi ixatzJt Ibey were mortal " atas against the -rtry Hfe ^ od ptindplB of demscracy 2 ? ot theTEsnlt of a hasty and thoughtless indiscretion , bat committed ddtbertdelg after repeated caution ; cloaked over at first wiih as much low sunning as could iave been exhibited by an Old Bailey pick-pocket , aud afterwards , when stripped of the disguise , brazened out with an impudence but seldom met with , even in that fraternity . It is not Tery easy in " branding acts" like these to find terms in which to do it which shall fee other than oSfensive to the perpetrators ; and 1 trnst that no person , save , perhaps , yourself , honestly disposed to Tiew the subject on its merits will think the terms I have used in this matter to be at all stronger than the case required .
Y » b proceed : — " The mention of the document and the mods of mixing M'Bouall ' s name as part in it was unfriendly . " This , as applied to my remarks on the balance sheet , I cannot understand ; for the plain reason , that in none of those have I said a single word about " the document . " I am sot in the habit of thus jumbling things : nobody ever does who has not some sinister end to aerre . You go on : — " And good God ! just now , while all are under prosecution , te have lighted such a torch among us l " You forget , Sir , that IT was KOI I , btjt toxjb owa tsts , the Executive , tfbo lighted thb torch . I did all I could to prevent its being lighted . Bat to ait calmly and see the people robbed and laughed at without speaking did not comport with my disposition . I envy no man who could .
You say " plunderers , robbers , transportation , and ao forth , are scarcely the fit terms to apply to men upon the first announcement of their fault " If the fault be *« plunder and robbery , " as in this ease it is , I know sot why these should not be the fittest terms of alL But without arguing that point with you , I beg to remind yon that it vxu not in the fiat announcement of their fault that those terms were used . Their " fault" had been announced to them by at least three different and separate parties , before the Stmr said a sirgle word . The Hull CcnacDlors , the Leicestershire delegates , and the Metropolitan delegates had severally announced the fault ; and it was not
in " announcing the fault" at all , bnt in exposing the impudent " brazening out" of Campbell , that they " expected the country to be delighted" with the robbery , that I adduced the parallel ease to show how very " delightful" it might have been under other circumstances . 1 should not have been surprised to find Campbell or M'ltau&ll placing this in the light in which yon have placed it . It is very natural for them to seek to wriggle , out of the " mess" by all sorts of misrepresentations and quirking falsehoods ; but I have no right to expect you to aisrepretcnt what I say for the pnrpose of censuring it . Prom you , at all events , I have right to expect justice ; I ask no more from any Trmtt
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vZfcgg-ffi II nfl r im yiia — j » i —** ¦ Atxi-it * mu Abenltosioa to Leaeh ' s and Campbell ' * shops was in bad taste . " Now , this is a gross perversion ; and one that from you . I had no right to look for . It assumes that I sp * ke of their shops per ee . I did n » such thing . If yon had taken the trouble to read the article , instead-of tilting Mr . Campbell ' s version of it , you would have known that Campbell was complaining that he bad no funds to pay the wages of himself , and Leach , and Bairstow . I Bhowed that the Organi zation gives them so title to wages when not sitting . They are not sitting now ; and I did ask why -we should pay them wages tune when Leach and Campbell are minding their shops , and Bairstow is getting wages as a lectnrer ? I ask it yet . I sever hinted that ^ Leaeh had no right to keep a shop ; thengh I do maintain that the Secretary has no right to do anything , but give his whole time to the dniiea of his office .
Yon " fear that much private pique will be Bet down to the account where remonstrance alone should have stood . " There can be-no donbt that the feUowi will labour hard enough to make it seem as if my honest watchfulness for the people ' * cause and purse was the resn . t of some petty personal feeling . That is their game . Bnt . though they seem to have played it successfully upon you , I dont think they will succeed with the people . And whether they do or not is all the same thing to me . I seek to serve the people , not to pleat them . Your next paragraph is a strange one . It runs thus : — " I have no donbt that the country would have taken a calm remonstrance kindly , while they will , and 1 think justly , look with disgust and suspicion npon many ot the charges and terms ; especially any reference to the 'Executive I > ocnmentf' which was lugged in , head and heels , without any ostensible cause . "
Now , from you , this is most incomprehensibleindeed it is "too bad . " I once more repeat what , if yon have read them , yon must know—that in no ariide which J ftaee trriffen % pm { he Balance Sheet business , or upon ihe Executive -at all , have 1 said one word about thai document . There was a distinct article npon the "document" separate from any consideration , of "Executive" matters at aU , headed "The last Shift , " and you seem Bomehew to have jumbled them To that article yon refer in your previous letter , and yon say : — ° The article npon the Executive Document I do not exactly comprehend either the meaning or the utility of , " Jfow Jet me try ir I can help yon to comprehend both its meaning and its utility . In the Stalesman of November 5 th , Mr . J . B . O'Brien published the statement which I send yon here inclosed .
" Talk of spies 3 ndeed j ef informers too . ' Why , spies and informers are gentlemen , in comparison with those black-hearted , peifldions demagogues , who can look on cold-bloodedly while conspiracies are being formed to involve innocent people in ruin , and who , fer the « ke of the after-consequences to themselves , can coolly see those conspiracies explode , and scatter rnin and disgrace all around , while , with a single breati , they might have blown the conspiracies to atoms , and thus saved aQ , withoat as mach as naming orionehinga hair of toe head of any of the conspirators themselves . Look at the ease of Griffin , too ! What occupation would there have been for that fell » w , had there sot been & perfidious demagogue base enough to draw up a boastful , lying , document with his own
hand , in whlchiie" deliberately tells the country that everything "was ready , and that , in eight days , the turnouts might calculate on the movement being universal ? 2 f ow , this wickeddemagogue knew well he vraa uttering falsehoedB ; ior he not only took good care not to father hia own offspring , for be actually disowned and spittiponit ; and while in the document of his own drawing ( bnt the responsibility of which he took care to ttrow npon others ) he nndisgnisedly invited a general rising of his ' Imperial *' -dnpes , he had afterwards the unparalleled baseness to damn Ms own work In his own newspaper , and te treat aa madmen ana fools those who might act npon Bis advice : thus not only making a laughing'Stock of the people , but , after bringing them into danger , basely deserting them , and denouncing his own acts and advioe , in order toseenrehis own cowardly carcase from the consequences . Talk of Griffin , indeed
God forbid we should be Grifiin ' s apologist The fellow * condnct has been bad as bad eould be of ihe kind : but » aeveTtheles * , iti « innocence itself , in comparison with that of the coia-blooded monster who , while he was teUIngiiain bis newspaper , that the strike could sot raeceed , and that » would only do damage to the eanw , nerextbelesa , did aecretJy draw np a public anoa y ^ u » ddref » , i » wbJ < k he few theChartWipubUo ersryaisuTanceof neom , teHingthem that the whole SaAlnery w « perfert , and that in efeh * day * the tOTontswoildhaTeiiallihBtrowaway . m * dirty tool andfenatiofollowerinay . fry to glow over thii condnet as they bert ean , bat to m « of plain sens * and Tirta-OB 8 feeling itadmiteof but one construction . They wfll Me fattWthe « m 4 « tof a Heargea tUMu who carediwth ^ for thedwgerB in wMeh be inTolTed otheM S ^ UtWM lyhu r address , while he took pnelongood own acts **
care ofhimself , by disavowing !^ a own policy , iithis own newspaper . To a » t wMch brought danger on others te took care not to appenS fcli name . To what was intended to provide for hl » ^ own nfety ie 100 k good care to spprod ' Peargua O'Connor' in
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There is , at all events , ao ; mistaking that ! Its object and purpose are quite Jufficientty plain . It was copied the week after into the Weefy Chronicle , and would , if not stopped , have' " gone the round / ' I wrote that article , " Thelate Shift , " for no other purpose than to atop it It did stop it It has not been copied into aby paper since . And even your way of thanking me for tha service does not make me regret having written it . . You remind me that " just now , every spare line should be devoted to the Birmingham Conference . '' I think yon must see ( if you read the Star , which npon my word I begin to doubt if you ever do ) that the Birmingham Conference has not lacked its share of attention .
Yon speak of this as " an nnpropitions moment fur the revival of old or planting the seeds of new controversy . " Once more I must remind" you that these charges do not apply to me ; and I protest against your thns applying them to me , for the purpose of shielding those to whom alone they do apply . What may . be your reason or motive for thns pertinaciously misrepresenting my acts , and then censuring vour own misrepresentation , you best know ; I eannet divine it In my avowed enemies , I can perceive a reason , and a motive for it ; in you I cannot : so that I have ih » mortification ot smarting under effects which I cannot trace to any cause ,
Yon next say : — "I really am more than at a loss to furnish a sufficient reason for the mode of attack , and mean to propose the appointment of a committee while at Birmingham , to investigate the whole affair . " I really am more than tired of reiterating protestations against this cruel and systematic perversion . I have mad 4 no attack upon any one . When the Balance , aheet was published , all 1 did was to ask the people to read it 1 did not give an opinion of my own ; I did not even hint an opinion ef my own . The Metropolitan Delegates examined and censured it Campbell published a letter of explanation . That letter of explanation was a public document , and it was my tiuty to comment npon it- I did comment upon it in finch terms
as my judgment dictated to be the most appropriate . It may suit the Executive to call this an " attack . " It is their game to divert the people's minds from the question by making them suppose it to be a quarrel between them and me ; I expect them to take that position ; but I have no right to expect it from yon . I have a right to expect tbat you , at all events , will withheld your censure nntil you have made yourself distinctly acquainted with the facts . I don't ask from you any more favourable construction of what I say and do than 1 have a right to ask from any impartial person ; but I demand that you shall not do me an injustice ; that you shall not misrepresent facts and pervert reasonings , and then censure your own misrepresentations and perversions .
Yon will , of cenrse , do as you please about moving for the Committee at Birmingham . I can tell you , that I will never T © cogn 5 « nor answer to any such committee . That is the very tiling they want ] To divert attention entirely fro » their own malpractices , and fix it on " the brutal attack of Mr . Hill on the Executive . " 1 shall not permit you thus to play their game for them ; at all events , I won't help you to do it And , independent of that consideration , the press shall never , in my person , be degraded to such a position as you would thns place it in . The public at large is the true censor of the press . What I have written is before the people . They will judge of it ; and I have no fear that the major part of them will judge correctly . I have
never given forth an opinion fer which I have not given the reason on which it was founded . They have it all before them . I have given ample room for explanation and defence . They have both sides before them . I take the verdict of the whole people ; not of any individual clique of persons . [ Upon reconsideration , since my letter was written , I retract this paragraphreserving to myself the right of using my own judgment whether I answer the Committee ( if one be appointed ) personally , or refer them to what I have written . In any case , I shall deny the right of any such Committee to treat the matter as a personal matter of crimination and recrimination between me and the members of the Executive . —Monday morning— W . HJ
And now , my dear Sir , permit me to retort upon you yoor own Words , "I did think that five years'intimacy —not to speak of friendship—should have secured some better reception for my observations . " You ought by this time to know something of my temper , something of gj , jnd * rpeni and something of my honesty . ; how is itIshat , ; whMeWrtffle - of aHBeuMyiata XbBfre sent come»—when a storm is to be encountered for the interest and safety of the cause—when duties of the moat unpleasant and painful character are to be performed—not only is the guidance and battling ] of the storm entirely Me to me , but the work is made
harder by throwing into the mess jour own mlaeonceptions , and your heavy private eensnres , levelled always al those misconceptions ? It was thus in the ease of O'Brien ; it is thus now again . How is it that your confidence , and your affection , and your kindly regards seem to be entirely reserved for your enemies ; while yonr suspicions and your groundless censures are equally reserved for these ' whom yon know to be entirely devoted to principle , and to be as thoroughly devoted to you as such men eanbe . 1 have thought much about it I am puzEled with it It is a very curious and painful phenomenon .
I must now bring this long letter to a clese . To no other man that lives wonld I have condescended the explanations and remonstrances contained in it ; seeing that they would be all precluded by a mere reading of the facts and arguments to which they refer . I do not think that in like circumstances , I shall ever again permit my personal regard for you so far to overcome my natural pride of character . 1 am , dear Sir , Your's , most sincerely and faithfully , William Hill .
Now , altbongb I am not very ceremoniously dealt by in tbat letter , I shall not make more comment npon it thaa is necessary for my immediate purpose . Wben Mr . Hill says tbat he did not receive my first letter until after the article complained of had appeared in the Star , he is quite right ; nor could I have written it upon anticipation that such an article would appear . I wrote it on the day on which Mr . Buncombe was at Manchester ; and by reference to the date it will be found that that was on the Monday after it had appeared ; and , therefore , that I did not lose much time , nor did I wait for any expression of public opinion to form my own notion .
Tie next point on which I woald briely dweD is the correspondence between the Hull Councillors and the Executive . My impression respecting that correspondence was , that it was wise and judicious ; and as a controversy upon the same subject was going on in Leicestershire , I recommended that instead of publishing resolutions upon expurte evidence , a similar course should be resorted to by the Chartists of Leicestershire ; convinced that such a remonstrance would have the effect of correcting any error that had been committed . I do not Bay tbat it was intended for publication j but had it been so , the Executive shonld have been warned of it .
It is folly to talk of the virtue of man , We must treat him as a fallible being ; and , at the time , it struck me as if some of the correspondence and resolutions passed had not the genuine stamp of virtue npon them . Iby nomeansrefertothelettersof the Hull Councillors , which were most judicious ; but I do refer to the long withholding of them from the public , if intended for publication . I learned from all that was passing at the time , that there was a disposition to fall fonl of the Executive ; I did not gather this from any particular source , but from general observation , and I warned the Executive of it .
As to Mr . HiII ' b h honest watchfulness" I never , for one moment , doubted it ; but I did doubt , not only the prudence but the justice of the coarse pursued by him in , presenting the conduct of the Executive to the public , and , the more especially , for this reaton ; because , I was anxious that pnblio opinion , fairly expressed , e&onld operate as a warning , if error bad been committed , and at the same time , present a recurrence of the evil ; and I was conscious that calm jadgment would be led from a consideration of the offenoe charged , to rtfieotion npon the language used in preferring the charge .
As to the charge in the Statesman relative to the ^ ExtraordinaryDo « ument , * IthonghtIhad answered that folly myself in iaj letter to Mr . Wa . jBmke . With respect to Mr . O'Brien , I was at all timea averse to any controversy being kept up with aim ; bnt , of course , I did not attempt to sway Mr . Hill ' s eondnot beyond mere suggestion ; and I do nob think that I shrank from my portion of it , whep . I was forced to it . ^ I have now commented npon some of ihe passages in Mi , Hill's reply , and from which 1 imagine the
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readers of the Star will conclude , that , at least , Mr . Hill is no tost of mine . There is also a letter from Mr . Watljins in last week ' s Star , against the whole import of which I most unequivocally enter my protest , as well as to its publjoatioD . The whole is written upon an assumption ; Bad from that assumption a conclusion is come to . The assumption is that the Executive are guilty ; whereas , I deny that any verdict of guilt has been pronounced against them . It is true , that the Secretary , by withholding the means of judging , has furnished u prima faeie" evidence of guilt against himself ; but I niust protest against the " sequitur , " that , therefore , the whole body is guilty .
Mr . WatkiDS writes in a : very fascinating and impressive style ; buthehas not succeeded in convincing me . He draws a parallel ¦ between the acts of our oppressors and those of the Executive : and cites the payment of ten shillings a week to M'Douall as proof ot bis guilt ; nay , calls him a " swindler . " Here again J . protest against any such term , being used to M'Dojjall . Nay , I will not allow that man to be called by any debasing ; name . Here my blood gets warm , and the more so , because it has been Ions pent up . 'What , however , is the difference ?
Just this . The aota committed by our oppressors we would not assent to , had our assent being asked ; while some of M'Douall ' s accusers Bay , " had he made known his wants , the country would have cheerfully acquiesced in the augmentation of his salary . " Would we acquiesce if consulted in the acts of oar oppressors ? No ; certainly not . What then is the difference ? Just this , that M'Douall , without asking , has committed an error , which , had he asked liberty to commit , would have been cheerfully granted ; while our oppressors commit sins to which we could not be reconciled .
Why appoint a committee of five to examine the books of the Executive , if they have been already condemned 1 and is it not a maxim of English law , that" all men shall be held innocent until they are convicted ! " Good God , how can I marvel at the slight evidence upon which a middle class jury would find me guilty if I am to be no more charitable to men , some of whose characters , are , in my opinion , beyond reproach , however some of their acts may be highly censurable .
Mr . Watkins says that the Executive have injured our cause , instead of advancing it . I deny it . I assert that James Leach , Dr . M'Douall , and Bairstow , have materially served the cause . I assert that we had no Organization before the appointment of an Executive ; I contend for it tbat we have now an Organization . However , I will rather rely upon innocence than presume guilt , when the whole of life Bpeaks in favour of the accused , What , then , has been the character of James Leach I Hard
working , sober , industrious , and poor . He has , to my knowledge , returned money gratuitously given to him , in more than forty instances . What ! then , are we to suppose that this man prefers gain acquired by plunder to that volunarily given ? Is he such an adept in trick and chicane that he would wish to grow rich by fraud , while he rejects the proferred bounty 1 It is nonsense , rank nonsense . Then Dr . M'Douall ; is he to be branded with cowardice by Mr . Watkins , because he had ihe manliness to brave
torture and separation from his family , rather than entail misery upon working men , who went bail for him t On my , soul , I 'do not understand this refined logic ; nor do I eee how those behind were to be bettered by M'Douall ' s swelling the number of victims . I have always said that the difference between W higs , Tories , and Chartists is this ; that the two former magnify the virtues and throwa veil over the vices of their party ; while the latter , in general , magnify the vices and throw a veil over the virtues of their friends .
I was of opinion , from the first to the last , that a calm judgment could not be expected upon the question , nntil the sober mind was again brought back to the question at issue . The question then is this —The Executive were elected to see the Organiza . ' tion of the Chartist body carried out under certain roles . They are charged with having violated those rules ; and are charged in such a way as furnishes them with an excuse for not replying to the charge in that form . The evidence is in the hands of the Secretary ; he refuses to give tip that evidence until he is paid certain monies , which , he says , are due to
him . A verdict we must have ; and therefore it is the duty of the Executive to force the Secretary to give up the books : and in order to facilitate this desirable object , I propose that the Secretary should hand the books over to Mr . Cleave , with an undertaking from him ( Mr . Cleave ) that in the event of a verdict being given in favour of the Executive , the Secretary shall receive the monies claimed . Should the Secretary refuse such a proposal then , there will be fair grounds for presuming guilt ; and then the county will not be slow in giving a fair and impartial verdict .
Mr . Wheeler , in his very judicious letter , declining to act as a juror , merely states himself to be an acenser , not an executioner . I also am an accuser . I accuse the Secretary of mal-pr&ctices . I wish to see how far the other members are concerned in those mal-praotioes ; but I am r . ot going to give my verdict without a fair and impartial trial : neither have I , from the evidence already adduced , seen any , the slightest , reason to decline the acquaintai . ee of M'Douall , Leach , or Bairstow , or to make me ashamed to meet them ay friends and associates , or to deter me from acti ' . ig with them in an official capacity .
I have had a friendly explanation with Mr . Hill upon this sabjeot . I told him that his comment of last week would Compel me to take this course , and , at the same time , we came to a mutual understanding that not one word , more pro or con , should appear in the columns of the Star upon the subject , until the decision of some accredited body shall be reported upon the case . While I was supposed to be an idle spectator of passing events , no one was more
alive to the question than I was ; and , in justice to Mr . Hill , I must Bay , that while much dissatisfaction was expressed at the nonappearance of resolutions , said to have been semt for insertion to the Star , in this case he is not Wameable . One instance ,, particularly , I deem it right to mention . The toast of the Executive , proposed and supported by me at the Duncombe Demonstration at Manchester , never appeared in the Star ; and for the best of all possible reasons , because it neybr was s £ Nx . The whole report ,
without deduotion or alteration , was printed as it teas sent . Now , this I assert , after having made the fullest inquiry ; and , in fact , Mr . Hill never saw the report , until H waa in print ; as that is no part of his duty . There are : two other persons under Mr . Hill to arrange all matters for publicatien ; and correspondence from our own reporters goes , generally , at once to the compositor , without his inspection .
I have now said all that I have to say upon this painful subject ; and shall conclude my letter , by expressing an anxious desire that the pnblio will suspend its judgment till after a fair and impartial " inquiry ; and then , if the Executive , or any of them , have been in error , let them be told it in such language as will convey a proper caution for the future . But , for Heaven ' s sake , let us not condemn them first and try
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jr them afterwards . For myself , I say Ij wonld truBt M'Doaall , Leach , and Bairstow , with untold gold ; and would risk my life npon their devotion to the peoples' cause ; and thank God , I see Leaeh overcoming accusation by increased exertion instead of making it a pretext , as many have done , to abandon the cause altogether . I hare now " made a clean breast ; " and I trust I have convinced the world that I am not hypocrite enough to meet Jame 3 Leach on the public platform on Monday , and wink at , or countenance , censure upon him on Saturday . God knows poor M'Douall has suffered enough , without those who should be his defenders increasing his sorrows ; and I am sorry to learn that throughout the country , too many such are to be met with , but I neteb will be ose
OF THEM . I am , my friends , Your faithful friend , FbaRGUS CtfCONNOR .
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TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mr Friebds , —By the subjoined announcement which appeared in the Evening Stxtr of Monday , yon will learn that I have ceased to have any connection with that paper . Much and deeply as I regret the loss of the only daily paper that has ever , within my memory , advocated the oause of the people , the fact of that paper abandoning the principles upon which its fame was founded , cannot fail of pointing your attention to the useful moral—that faction works its way through the press , while you appear to attach bat slight importance to it . Further , it may furnisn my friends with a ready reply to my denouncers , as they can now say , here then are we once more thrown back upon our old and only friend , the much calumniated Northern Ster , still
Jnotwithstanding the heavy fines and persecutions to which its proprietor has been subjected , standing alone in its dory to uphold the cause of right against might . Your favour has been courted , and you have been deceived , not by one or two , but by scores of journals . The Statesman , " a real Chartist" paper , passed into Tory hands , and sections of manworshippers would have still upheld it . The , Evening < &arhasbeeneutoff ; but , likeother newspaper stock , I have not gone with the type . I trust that if we failed in our poor endeavour to push tbat paper , tbat we shall not fail in our allegiance to our principles ; and that instead of seeing the long list of Coffee Houses where it might , while Chartist , have been read , that now no Chartist will read it . While I write
thus , my friends , 1 feel no pique personally . I never have had one word of dispute with any of the parties connected with the paper j and after six months due attention to it , the proprietor must confess that my gratuitous obligations were most cheerfully discharged ; and that , in the outset , I pledged myself to him that so long as the Evening Star advocated Chartism , I would continue : my unpaid services , and that in the event of the ' concern becoming profitable , I would not even then accept of a farthing for my services , as I never would receive money for the discharge of a pleasing duty .
The proprietor informs me that a loss of , £ 3 , 500 has been sustained by the Evening Star in its advocacy of Chartist principles . I can only say that the Northern Star sustained a loss of £ 3 , 640 before ; I knew where I was ; and thatthen . andsubsequently , enticing offers were made to me to sell it , but my answer was then , as it is now , whenever the Northern Star ceases to advocate the cause of pure democracy , it shall cease to exist . If to-morrow it was out of my power longer to carry on the Northern Stari which , thank God , it is not , it should perish ; but [ all the money in the kingdom would not purchase it from me for any purpose . )
I mention this jtu , t now as I am aware that our disappointment must considerably shake public confidence in the press . ' I had arranged with the proprietor , before I left town , that in addition to my daily services , I would attend the HouBe of Commons nightly , and write the Parliamentary analysis , to save money . Thus I was to have been the principal reporter by night , and the Editor by day , without pay , and paying my own expences . j Mr . Cleave has told me , Mr . Hobson has told me , and neaily all my agents have told me , that I was
injuring the sale of the Northern Star beyond conception by writing , and recommending the Evening Slar . My answfcrtootieandallhasinvariablyibeen" We ll , L know it ; but what do I care if I am perving the cause . " I have sent many articles of great importance and matters of news to the Evening Star which I have withheld from the Northern Star , in the hope of giving it a good stan ding . j Sach , my friends , has been my connexion , which has now ceased , with the Evening Star . Henceforth , I understand , that it is to be conducted upon high Tory principles , and yoa will mark the increase of advertisements . i
These facts will awaken you to a knowledge of what I have had to struggle against , and convince you of the fact that my crime , from first to last , my only crime , has been that I would neither prostitute nor sell the Northern Star . At this particular crisis the loss to us has been great ; and I flattered myself tbat I could have made the Evening Star a really powerful organ , and hemce its purchase from my management . Therefore , while I regret it , it proves that faction trembles at the very thought of an honest press . Now , my friends , the usual Sessional struggle is about to begin , and never was there such a struggle before £ all parties will bid for the people to ueeUhem for their own purpose . }
And now , as there are many , very many , waiters upon Providence connected with our party , and who look to ft mixed agitation as the only means of subsistence ; and , as we are too poor to pay them , I shall be extensively and systematically denounced for standing between them and the gold dust . \ Bat I will do it , and bear all the consequences , j My policy is to keep our party together , as an army of observation ; te let all other parties fight it ; out without any assistance from us ; and then , when the Whigs and Repealers bee their own weakness , they witl assuredly fall back upon us . But if we were mad enough co give them the least countenance , they would use us for another Reform delusion , and then , when we were broken up , they would
assemble to carry out the details of ; the new Reform , or Free Trade , which would be in character and value precisely as valueless aa all former changes made by the class legislators . I shall take a bold stand as 1 ever have done , trusting to the triumph of Toryism over Whiggery and Freetrade . As a ChartistIreoruiting-sergeant , 1 willinot oppose Toryism with the view of restoring Whiggery . No policy could be worse . Yon have now no more to do with policy than you have to do with ( the moon . Machinery , will beat both Whigs and Tories . I defy them to conquer that all-devouring foe , by any act Short of the Charter , which would developeall our resources , cultivate our resources , and equitably distribute the produce , thereby W-
gulating demand and supply , by opening ! a natural market for man ' s labour and establishing therein a standard rate of wages , below which the labourers will not work in the artificial market . la the end , you will believe me , that , until that is dons exchequers , tills , pockets , treasuries , and bellies will be empty ; and strife and civil war , and confusion and distrust , will only be suppressed by force or frand—by the force of Government , ! or by the fraud of those who have an interest in upholding injustice . But such means of preserving order in a country are unrighteous as they are unjust , and will fail when the sufferers constitute & majority , which is now being brought about by the- operation of MACHINERY . t
Toryism is no longer yonr main enem ? , Whiggery is no longer your main enemy . Machinery haa rendered all their acts comparatively powerless . ; and all that Machinery now requires to complete its temporary iriamph , and to insure a revolution , is an " extension" of its already unbounded power by the establishment of what is called Free-trade , whieh means neither more nor less thaa free plunder . | WhUe I am upon subjects conedcted with our own movement , I m » y here make a passing comment upon the state of our Organization and the proposed remedies for its reconstruction . I shall only speak in general terms . I » m , then , decidedly id favour of an Executive ; I think we cannot do without it . I am obstinately opposed to
an unpaid Exeouhve , aad far this reason . If you hava an unpaid Executive , you must have a purely middle class Excutive ; becausa you cannot get working men to'live without wages , and the very moment yon elect working men . as yonr officers , that moment every door is closed against them , Mid at once they are marked , and if in work are dismissed . Moreover , { the very notion implies the office is to be a sinecure , or that we are to be unpaid . Iia sinecure , we do not require them ; if not , the labourer is worthy of his hire , and Bhould have it . My opinion is , that the lice upon the back of Chart-. ism'have become top numerous and devouring ; and hence much jealousy among them towards a permanently paid body , while twenty times the sum . requisite to pay all the expenses
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V / / 1 (—< {> ^ — - £ c > of a paid Executive webtd not ¦ amount , in thd year , to one-hundredth part of what has been snatched up by Political Pedlars , most of which could have been spared . Besides , nothing can possibly damage bur cause more than frequent announcements that Mr . So-and-so will be here and there upon such and such a day , without further notice , and whose expences ^ iDust be paid , while , h : ' g services arc rendered unprofita&Je from a want of any knowledge of his honesty or capacity . The
lukewarmnees is pat down to defection , and thus v ? e enffer materially by this itinerating system of Chartist mendicancy . Let us have our paid Executive , our paid lecturers , and our unpaid volunteers confined to their several localities ; but let as have no moro ) of this system of unconnected and disorganized agitation . I shall be more at liberty now than I have been for the last six months , and shall , as usual , devote my whole time to the reconstruction of oar machinery . As far aa J am concerned , my policy , as it ever has been , shall be to keep our patty together , to heal all differences , to unite the cons of labour into one firm bond of union , and to care little who I shall offend in the undertaking ,- never
needlessly giving cause of offence , bat oo 5 allowing delicacy to stand in the way whezr necessary . I shall never exercise more controul than I have done over the Editor df the Northern Star ; while I have solemnly sworn to myself that it shall never be made a mesas of achieving a triumph of one section of Chartists-over another . Before I conclude , I must fstate that I received a letter from Dr . M'Douall , sent by Mr . Cleave to MB as Editor of the Evening Star , on this morning , at twelve o ' clock , and when I bad ceased to have any * controul orer that paper , otherwise the letter should ' have appeared ; however , in justice to Dr . M'Doaall , I must make a few extracts from it : —
He says , in speaking of the 10 s . a week , " what wa 9 my duty if the 10 s . was objected to ! To resign it . Well , an objection came from HulL A corespondence between Campbell and the Hull councillors ; the end of which waa , as far as Iwasooncerned , the transmission , by Grasby , the secretary of a written resolution , purporting to be the deliberate vote of the Hull councillors in which they declare their perfect satisfaction with the payment of 10 s . additional any week to me . That document I have in my possession ; ami I hereby inform Mr . Hill that I accept of his challenge to produce fhat and the letters I showed Mr . O'Connor at Nottingham . " Here I must observe that the letters shown to me at
Nottingham did not , as far as my memory serves me . reflect in any way on Mr . Hill , but there they are . I referred to them in a letter written at the time from Nottingham , and from them I was con * firmed in my opinion that a cabal was being got up against the Executive , but not by Mr . Hill . The Doctor goes on— " Now Sir , when I received the Hull note of approval , I informed the General Secretary , that I wonld not acept of the 10 s . because an objection had been raised , and I wrote to Hull offering to resign it , and my office on the Executive , if they would send a written demand to that effect .
which I never , to the best of my reoolleetion , received . Again , " on the Conference at Manchester ^ which place I was advised to resign the 10 s . publicly , with my reasons for receiving it , without any question asked or motion made ; but I was not allowed to express my reasons I was stopped , Sir , with your resolution of confidence in , and thanks to , the Executive , for our p ast sebvices . " In justice to Dr . M'Donall , I give those extracts , and the more readily , as it unfortunately happened that some of the Hull correspooenca was not forthcoming , in consequence of the prosecution of the former Secretary . Mr . Grasby .
The Doctor tells me , and the public , that of which I never had a doubt , namely , that his heart is , as it ever was , centred 10 the people ' s cause ; and 1 do hope if he , for a momont ,, supposed that I had joined in his denunciation—that the developemeat X have made this week will show that my conduct with respeot to the Executive has been consistent , and that I have uniformly supported them . I must now say a word about the approaching trials . Upon a rough calculation , I , as treasurer , have received , as acknowledged in the Evening Star , about £ 250— £ 132 fr , om Mr . Cleave , and I know nob how much , just now , has been acknowledged through the Northern Star , about £ 125 . These sums make
£ 507 ; out of wbioh I have paid £ 20 Cheater Commission , £ 50 ditto Lancaster , £ 60 ditto Stafford , £ 71 ditto Queen ' s Bench office-fees , small euros aboo * £ 30 , outstanding about £ 100 , —making £ 331 ; and leaving a balance in my hands of about £ 176 , to > meet about £ 2 , 000 , to be paid between this and April . I paid £ 7 yesterday for a SPECIAL JURY . I was able to meet all these expences myself before I made so much profit of the Northern Star ; bat now I am not . I have paid in law expences , on my owa account , in four years , more than £ 2 , 000 ; on year account , more than £ 500 . You must begin to
pay a little on your own account now . You will , henceforth , Bend to me , directed to Hammersmith , all monies for the Defence Fund , by post office order , made payable to John Cleave , so that I xn » y know haw we stand , I am Treasurer for the Defence Fund , Cleave of the Victim Fund . Don ' t mix them up . I shall hand all orders over to Cleave , bnt let me know how we stand , by transmitting all monies to me in the first instance . Your ' s , ever faithfully , Fbauvus O'Consoo . Wednesday , 1 st Feb .
P . S . —I must state . that my first letter to the Star was written and posted on Tuesday ( yesterday ) , and Dr . M'Douall's was not received till twelve o ' clock this day ; therefore , he will at once see that I , at all events , did not require hi » letter to convince me of his purity in the Chartist cause . I cannot sufficiently express my disgust at the letter of Mr . Watkins , which appeared in the Star of last week , and which I trust will not be received as proof against the Executive pending any investigation that is to take place . I only hope and trust that I shall not be further forced into any controversy upon , this unpleasant subject . F . O'C .
To Thb Editor Of Tuk Nobtukuh Star.
TO THB EDITOR OF TUK NOBTUKUH STAR .
sm , —You will oblige , me by insetting , if possible , the following letter . Tours , respectfully , J . Smyth . Bradford , February 2 d , 1843 . ( COPT . ) " 252 , Strand , January 31 et , 1813 . " Sir , —Requested to give my opinion on an article in the Evening Star of the 17 th of October , I beg to state , tbat on tbat day , and on many daya both before and after , Mr . Feargus O'Connor did sot euperviae the Editorial Articles , and tbat Mr . O'Connor protested against the tone of seveial articles , particularly those with respect to the Corn Laws . " I am with respect , for the Proprietor . " 0 . P . Pabdow . " Mr . Swyth , Bradford . " ^^ in ^
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THE ASSIZES , Alteration is the Days of Holding thb Assizes Received from the Judges' Clerk , by Mr . Dixon ., Before Mr . Baron Parke and Mr . Justice Coltm ? jk York—Saturday , 4 th March . Livekpool—25 th March . Before Mr . Baron Bolfe . Lancaster—25 th February . A pplbbt— 8 th March . Carlisle—lHh March . Newcastle—17 th March . Durham . —25 th March .
MIDLAND CIRCUIT . Before Mr . Baron Alderson and Mr . Baron . Gurney ^ Northampton—Monday ., Feb . 27 . Oakham—Friday , March & Lincoln and City—Saturday , March - 4 . Nottingham and Towa—Friday * Marf , a 10 . Derby—Wednesday , March 15 v Leicester and Borough—Tuesday , M . arch 21 . Coventry—Monday ,. March 2 T . Warwick—Tuesday , March 2 * . _ _ . . ^ ^^^^ h ^^ M J ¦ | - - — — — — ¦*¦
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Thb Sok Newspaper . —We have on former oeea-. ^ sions had to refer to the , exflrtipns of Mr . MtO *«* fffeN . xouyig the proprietor of the Stin riewBpaperS ^^ iOS lurAwlnng , at whatever cost , to himself , « fiT * fItfSP ^« & 1 * 2 1 / test intelligence on subjecta of general **^** $ L « r ^ Ss A Yesterday ( Friday ) morning we reSl fiSiPkfeifeM * 3 through Mrs . Mann , of this town , an exprea ^ eipto ^ Sfe ^ 3 of the Ston , containing about eight oolamn&nia % Wfe £ v f ^ . ' -J C 3 liamentary debates of the preceding aTanftrflaalyg y f ~~ ' «« giving pretty nearly the result of thenight' ^ ea ^ ^^ V y / £ §| S V ^^* J £ *^/ & ' NlW
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NOMINATIONS OF SHERIFF ? , FOR 1843 . ( From a Supplement to the Gaxei te of Tuesday Evening ) Cheshire—John Dixon , of Astle- park Esq . Derbyshire . —William Muoday , of Markheaton * Esq . Durham .-E . Wd Shipjets ^ o tof Durham , Esq . Kent . —Frederick Perkins , Of Chipsted Place , TteiZ ^ i ^™^ * Wooltaa Di ^ < LinoolnsMre—Qeorgfe Hoy aey Packe , of Caythorp , Whatto ^ ir 811116 *" 11101 * Dioksoa HaU » of ^ taftadshire .-Jolm Sh » w Manly , of Manly Hall * SSK ~ T ? S 4 y £ ' ' Samondham , Esq . Surrey—Riohawi Suramer , of Puttenham PrWy . Ifisa . * ^ WarwickBhiw-A rthur Francis Gregory , of Stivibor ^ Bart ? J # M * hWUIiam C ° ikj , of Sprot ^
To The - Irrhbers Of The National Chabter : *^ Association.
TO THE - irrHBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHABTER : *^ ASSOCIATION .
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YOL- 7 L NO . 273 . SASipjXAY , FEBRUARY 4 , 1843 . " wt ! TZSS ^^ S !!! t OT
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1198/page/1/
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