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TO THE WORKING CLASSES . 'Word * art tk ! agi , u 4 a intU dr » p fUk JglHmg—lik « far—flfoa a tkaoflit , frodtuu Tk&t walah sutkw tboiwadi , pvhtp * millloiu , tUak . * Bimit . THE PRESIDBNOr OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . BaOTHE * FUUTARUXS , TOo ibattbaftoadent of the French Republic ? t qntition concern ! more ths&tbe French people ; it is of surpassing interest to ion , and to the reritabk peop le of every country in Europe . On the tort ot m an chosen to fill tht highest cffiee in the French Comoonireaiai greatly depend * * , not merely the pre-TO THE WORKING CLASSES .
serntion of the French Bepublio , bat also whether the cause of Democracy ihall advance or retrograde throughout Europe . If a dilguiHdRojaliatii elected , the emmter-molution , already adtancingwithgiant slridei , will , in all probability , ba er « jwh « re necessfnl , and all tiat hu beea von for hnm&n progreu in 1818 will be tort in 1819 . If the election esla a mere creature of the bourgeoisie in { he President * chair , the results may bs anticipated to be seareely more faTourabte to our cause ; for experience mnit by this time hate taught the most unthinking that a grinditg and bloody despotism may reign roder the guise of Republican forms , and of all despots a profitmonger it the mat pitiless and detestable . If , on the other hud , the name of a
rentable Danocrst should isroe from the electoral urn as that of the people ' s choice to fill the office of first magistrate of the state , then , indeed , we may hope to see the Repnblic established ngon indestructible focndations , and secured against the assaults and in ' . rignea of its perfidious enemiei . We may hope also to see the brigaids of ' reaction' everywhere driven back , and finally crushed by the victorious nations . Even to this country , the remits of the election of a Democratic President could sot fail to ba of vital importance . A . red Republic ia Fraiee would —in lea than four years' time—shake ' the English system' to its foundation—and more , could iardly fail to bring that accursed system to the dus * . Ths candidates who are at tills momeat serioDB ' y
tjoutendiug for the Presidency are—Cmiosic , Li-1 U 5 TIKS , Mister Special Constable Loma Namisos BuosmfiiB , and IJdsu-Rcllih . ThatCAVAicxicis a sincere 'Republican , ' as far as abhorrence of the form * of kingcraft are concerned , I am williDg to admit . Bat even were ha oastained by the crimes I shall presently charge to hb account , ia would be perfectly unworthy of the suffrages cf the people—unworthy of the office of President , because unfitted to take the initiative in projectingthose measures of social reform which the miteries of the people demand , and which are absolutely necessary | o ensure the stability of the Republic . Cavjiosac ' s electioneering manifesto , published in the London capers of Monday last , though occupying * column
and a half of the Mobniko Hbhald , coatains sot ese word ealoolated to throw light npon the intentions of the author ia the event of his election to the Presidency . His manifesto deals with the past , not with the future , and is merely an elaborate attempt to conciliate the Untrgeoitie at the expense of the veritable Republicans . But , indeed . it would be as Tain to expect grapes from thorns , or fi ? a from thistles , as to look for the qualities of a statesman in Gesebal Cavai 85 ac . It was not his own , but his brother ' s ( Godxjeoi Cavaiosac ) reputation , that won for him a place in the Republican government after the expulsion of Ltms Pbilippe . The general is a general— nothing more . Cavajgnac has no mere chance than Weuhgios of ranking with .
Washesotos . Bat independent of his want of intellectual and political qualifications , the name of Cataigsac stinks in the nostrils of every true Republican throughout Europe . It if now notorious that he iJeaigntd ' . y permitted the erection of to barricades of June—the collection of the insurgents , and the commencement and extension of the insurrection , tbt the purpose of hating a pretext fcr committing wholesale massacre npon the unfortunate proletarians . Tnat mamere won him ths dictatorship , and the power thereby conferred he used with pitiless energy against the founders of the RepBblic . Daring the hundred and seventeen days of the Btate
of siege , eleven thoneand prisoners were arrested , and of these , after mock trials by court-raartiab , three thousand three hundred and seventeen were trans ported ! The exile of Louis Blasc and Caussidirre , the arbitrary suppression of the publio journals , and other acts of infamy , worse than ever ChablxsX . imagined ot Loots Phiubhs perpetrated , have rendered the name of Catatonic unutterably odioUB to the friends of democracy . Lastly , he has com-Bitted the government of the Republic to the hands -of notorious royalists , renegade ? , and crestnres of the English government : Gome who may , ay earnest prayer is , that Cataiokac ' s doom may be sealed on the 10 th of December .
I may be told that the crimes I lay to the charge of Cattatgnac I ought rather to eharge to the account of Vaatwrgemsie whose instrument he was in the ¦ days of Juae and during the ' state of siege . ' I grant'he was a tool . ' 'but as a tool bo let him be condemned . ' Retribution has already partially overtaken Gen . Cavaishac . Having performed the part ef gaoler , exiler . and executioner of the Republicans and thi bourgeoisie having no further occasion for his services , they now repay him with the most barefaced ingratitude . Tbobs has openly repudiated the ¦ General as not sufficiently reactionary ; and nearly all the chiefi and journalists of the * moderate' party tare followed the example of Thrbs . The hour rapidly approaches when the measure of retribution Wl be filled , and Cataiqsac will be remembered only aB one of ' Tfco broken taob that tyrants cut away . '
LaUihtiNE il . sodonbt , a man of 'good intentions , ' but variable as the wind . He is neither revolutionist nor statesman ; neither fitted to pull down bid , nor erect good institutions . His vanity prompted Mm to embrace the favourable opportunity which the 24 th of February opened to him of seizing upon power . Placed at the head of the young Republic he might have won for himself immortal glory , by devoting himself to the revolution , but for BHch a mission he possessed neither the necessary convictions , aor the requisite energy . He' paltered Id a double -sense' between the enemies and the defenders of ths Republic , and ended by ooaiigning the latter to military execution . He even degraded himself by calumniating the men he had betrayed to their ruin .
Vanity is bis great patsion . In the discussion of thecosstitution , when advccating tha necessity of having a President at the head of the Republic , he said—cbjecting to the system of committees— ' We who have written the history of the great epochB of toe revolution—we are obliged to admit , that it ia impossible to attribute to whom is dne the remuneration of gratitude or of honour whioh any particular act may deserve , as we cannot say if itproceeded from 'Conor d'Hxhbdis , from Babrkrx , from Robes-¦ PIshhi , or from Dastom . ' In these words we see rerea' ed the character of Lauabttse . It is not great acts but the glory of great acts he aspires to . To him 'the bnbble- reputation' is everything . He aims at the Presidency , not eomuch for the
purpose of accomplishing or even attempting great reforms , as with the view of being talked of as' Lamar-* nre , the President of the French Republic . ' He is a gre&t orator , that is to say , a splendid babbler , for , fik ? Gratiam ( or Lord Bsotjghah ) h&' speaks an isfu He deal or nothing . ' But' words , worda , Horatio ' " Will not bring ths June victims back to lifd . nor efface ¦ fce national misery and dishenour for which Lamab 5 bk must , ia a great measure , be held rejponi ble . Yes , Lakibtutb is more than any other man responsible far the evils which have fallen upon the Republic acd , therefore , every true Republican will S oics that there ia bo likelihood of his election to tha Presidency . He mighe havo been tho man of the people , but he preferred being tha tool of the Imracoisie , and he has his reward .
• One step into the right hai mads This man the Washington at France bstray'd : One itep into the wrong bas given His name a jest to all tht winds of Heaven . ' Strange to say , there appears to be ground for anticipating the election of Louis Nat-olios—the most contemptible , as regards personal qualifications , of aU the candidates . This adventurer ' s so ? e Btcck in trade is a name—the name of a despot who strangled the first Republic , crushed every vestige of liberty a&dbroughtFrancetothe total verge of destruction . « t in spite of all the mischief Navolbos wrought to Fracce , his name continues to be a talisman with ^ altitudes of the ignorant peasantry . Still it must ta confessed' the Emperor' possessed genius ; it
ttnst be admitted that he was 'the foremost man of « IthU world ' duringthefirst fifteen years of the Present century . But the nepkew iB another sort of Taaai altogether . He brings to the electoral ore BBitaer tne fame of a warrior , the elcqaenca of an orator , nor the intellectual qualities of a statesman . *¦ scarecrow' transplanted from a corn field would «» we asgooaaPttsident Youth cannot ba pleaded ^ ap ^ ogJ for his deficiencies , for he is in his 5 [ y-Wear , and it has pitted into a proTeirb that afeolat fortyisafooliudeedl' For Loo ts Nam-•^ J ocoNAPASH to pretend to p ats for a Republican Wjciaiau bis hypocruT . On the occasion of hit
™ "raiOM invasion at Strasburgh , and again on the ^ aicn of his stillmoreludicrous attempt at Bon- 1 2 £ iuicompany with ; the celebrated tame eagle , his SiSii ? I * t ^ eoMtJng of hzva feaxen , not 52 ?^« ft e RepnbKc , but to erect a burlesque « we tapenal throng Ha distinctly repudiated r » a « i with the Republicans , and employed the * £ K « terms to express his disgust for their princi-I * * M , but sines the 24 th of February he has l « j !* P | ef ; . aie Republic' tea , justas Tmaas has ¦« 9 pted it—for the purpose of undermining and If ^ WOWinjit LonnPanjPi'sandGuizorwould , SSW *«* t «» happy to ' aeeept' ihs Ralm * W ^ emumn ud Kith likA ^^ ' ^^ tte yeara he s pent in this conntry Loom stJ . fl ? ^^ known only as the companion of db > gg . J ^ 'e * la bour-grindinr . Uberty-hating " WJoajiiiocru ^ Lart Aprii tk nao
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Napomok actually got himself sworn in u a ' Special Gonstabu / to assist the aristocrats Whie eovmnpant in putting down a peaceable publio meeting , called for the pnrpose of forwarding the principles of Parliamentary Reform . I as indebted to the Buoun for the following copy of the certficate of ifwter Loom Natjuok Bdonaparw ' b championibip of the pmilegM of the EBgli » h » r « . to «»« y . Hire ia tbs certificate in English and * rencn :- londoi , St Jamert pa . Londres , parolne Balnt-Nat oim * actually got hinwelf Bwornin u a ' s » .... n ., ™ ., ii » .. ^ . i il » * .. Ji .. "
» . « , ^ 81 Oct " 1848 * aeq « s U 81 Oot ., 1848 . At Murlboronjh Street lB 6 A » rll , lePfiic « Loul pollw coart , on tit Bixth Kapoltea , demeurant Kinr day of April . Princ * lonii . Street , No . 3 , St Jacquet Japoleon , reiidteg at 8 , a pi * 6 lermenk oommi E » ggtre « t , StJ » meg , was comtable special , pour 2 sw « m In ai jpedal con . moil , i la coup do poHoe lUWt for two monthi by de M « riboronfh Street . » . P . BinjhKB , Bnuire , and tre lea mains de P . Sine . Was « n duty the loih of ham , ecuyer , et II ataU ' ra Aprn ai ipeclal comtahle fonetionideeonstablepour for St James ' s pariih du . la pirolus da St Jacquei , riog the Chartiit raeettng , le lo AwU , pendant le undttthecomnanaofEwl meeting Chartiste , cons le diGrsy . commandement du C » taU de Grey .
T « gods and men , think of the nephaw of the tiotimof Wateriooand St Helena takingupa ' special ' s ' baton to fight / or the privileges of the English aristoeraoy ! Think of this would-be President of the French Republic placing himself at the orders of an English aristocrat , for the purpose of fighting again the principles of Liberty , Equality , acd Fraternity embodied in ths Chartist petition I Having to si * , nallydisgraesd the name of the man he professes to venerate , will he honour the Republic , he is known
to secretly detest , if elected President ? Impossible To subserve bis dishonourable ambition , Lom » Nahuxok Bcoxambte is at this moment appealing to Universal Suffrage . Seven months ago he cave his feeble aid to the Eaglish aristocracy to prevent the triumph of Universal Suffrage in this country Is he prepared to defend the principle in Franca which he declared himself . ready to fight against in England ? Or what he here opposed by force , dow he intend in France to undermine by fraud ? French men . beware t
tt A ]! J 5 " « f to B « wfaHoB-aU ; the enemies of the Republic , all the dynastic intriguers , are working with ardour to recure t&a election of Loots NatOLSOH , A thoutand delusions are propagated omongBt the igaorant peasantry , and the papers assert that the game 89 well commenced will be sneeessfnlly played out—first , the imperial pretender , and then the restoration of the Bourbons . Even were the intentions of Lotus Napoleoh honest , he must from his incapaoity be at the mercy of such conspirators as Thbbs ; hiseleetion , therefore , to say the least , would endanger tht Republic , and could hardly tofail to lead toa new sanesef straggles in the streets . Happily , all the men of February were not slaughtered in the days of Jone . I have fervent faith that the Democrats of Paris will yet be found strong enough to save the Commonwealth .
I now oome to Lsdro Rotiw , the oandidate of tiie Democratioparty , the oandidate pledged to developethe principles of . the Republic-democratic and sMial . ' I have no hesitation in s » ying that Ledrb Rottwis the candidate who must coamand oar sympathies , and the good withes of the democracy throughout Europe . He is a man of ta ' ent and energy , and by tie force of that talent and energy . cDojoinod with his irreproachable antecedent ! he pwpsriy leads the party of the Mountain in tha Assembly . About his principles as a Democrat there can be no mistake . He is not one of the Rang of bypocriteswho have ' accepted' the Republic ; his republicanism dates from the time when it was held wiminil to ba a Republican . In tbe corrupt
Chamber of Deputies he was ever foreaost to vindicate tha rights of the people , and sver ready to unveil the corruptions , and unmask the intrigues , of the peoph ' a ¦ enemies . He greatly contributed to bring about the revolution of February , and was onB of the few members of the ' Oppeeition , ' who declared themselves ready to proceed with the banquet on the 29 ad of February , in spite of every danger . On the 24 th of February , wh « n OwLum Babboi attempted to thrust thfl regency upon the people , Lbdsu Roiun « . posed and prevented that treason , by proposing the formation of a Provisional Government . His voice was amongst the first to proclaim tho birth of the Repablio . The hnrricane of denunciation raised agaiasthim by tbecounter-revolutiooiatg , constitutM
the best possible proof of his fidelity to the Revolu turn . It may be asked what did he do for the people when im power ! The proper answer is ¦ What csuld ho do ? fle was almeat alone ; at any rate he could novor oaloulataonmore than three supporters—Louis Blasc , Amekt , andFwcoK-iaa body numbering eleven or twelve . The revelatioaa made before the Committte 8 of Inquiry into the movements of May ndJuae—theavowataof Abaoo , Mark , Lauarkm is ., < bo ., show that the honest minority had no power , over-ruled as they were by the anti-democra do majority in the Provisional Government . In tho Esecntive Commission it was the samo one sgainst four . No wonder the representative of the democracy was paralysed . I am not a blind admirer of Lidko Roixin ; on th » contrary , I am strongly disposed to queatioa tha propriety of his acceptance of office as a member o <
tue Meeubve Uomoiesion , when it must have tee : dear to him that he could do ao good in the company of such tricksters and traitors as Lauartisb , Arago , Maeib , and Garsibb Pack . At all evento ha oogut to have retired from that Cammusion befcra the catastrophe of June . The resolntion to shut up the National Workshops , without at the same time making aay provision for the thousands of men absnt to be thrown on the streets , wm so clearlv a design iopror » ke an insurrection , that Lbdru Rolh s - should not have hesitated for one moment to qait the camp . Had he done so , he would have saved himself from much popular suspicion . That impicion may have been unmerited—it might , however , have been averted , which would have been much better bsth for LwBuReuiN , and the cause which I believe he is faithfully attached to .
I have one other objection to Lbdru Rolun . It was aot for him , nor for a professed Democrat like Fucoir , to assume the luxurious trappings of the caatout Royalty . Revolutions are not made to dapriv * one set of men of palaces and equipages for the benefit of another set of meo , leaving the people to starve and suffer under tha newBystem as under tbe old . What though JffloriMABBAST calls himself a Republican , 'lie is naturally and justly detested by the people , who see him aping the ariatoorats at the cost ol the suffering children of labour . Robssfierre ' s humble garret is more to be admired than all the gorgeous vanities of Versailles . Republican simplicity should be one of the conditions of Republican power ; it must be the chief safeguard cf Republican virtue .
Whatever may have been the errors of Lbdbtj Roiixf—and who is faultless ?—I cannot hesitate to earnestly desire his election to the Presidency . I regret , therefore , to observe—if the reports ot onr enemies may ba believed—symptoms of division in the ranks of the Democrats . It is said , that the extreme Democrats and Socialists are determined to nominate Raspail , and that IUipah , himself assents to that nomination . I yield to no one in my admiration of the illustrious prisoner ofVinceanes—tbe pure , talented , philanthropic , incorruptible Raspah . I doubt not , that if nominated , RabfaUi would command an immense number of vote ); but would he command anything like the number which Lnsn
R ' . mjn will poll if presented as the sole candidate of the Democratic party ? I think not . To nominate bothLroau Rohan and Raspail would ba an act of political anicide , most injurious , if not fatal to the interests of the Democracy . With the vast extent ef ignorance , ptejudice . and delusion at pressnt existing , ic would l » vain to hope for tha election of Raspail . There is , I conceive , a Eaach better prospect of the return of LedroRoluh , provided he receives the undivided suffrages of the Democratic and Social Republicans . Even should he faU , that failure will be but the stepping stone to a future victory , provided Ms name commands the votes of an undivided party .
Again , we are told that 'Psomraoy , and a large portion of the Socialists , will abstain from voting for any candidate , on the ground that the office oi President is contrary to their principles . ' I hope this is not true . This kind of policy (?) would ba what we Englishmen call' cutting off one ' snose to be revenged on one ' s face ; ' a very stupid and suioidal sort of ' satisfaction . ' I am opposed to the office of Presi dent . I consider it , by far , the greatest blemish of the cew Constitution—a blemish that must be coi
rid of . Nevertheless , were I a Frenchman , I would vote for Ledbc Rounr as President . The Coniti tation must be worked to reform itself . Suppose the policy ascribed to Pbocdhox acted npon , the result would bo , at the best , the election of a candidate devoted to all the evils of the Constitution , or , parhaps , the election of oneseeretiy pledged todeavrej all that is good in the Constitution , and even the Republio itself . The great name of Prdudhox is , I trust , saffieiept guarantee for a wiser policy than that imputed to him by the English journals .
The Turn , speaking for the aristocracy and bourgeoisie of England , demands the election of a President who will crush the Democrats of Paris , establish the rule of the French moaey-mongen , and abandon th 8 struggling people of Eurepe to the murderous conspiracies of Kings and nsurers . Through th * N 0 B 7 HUM Stab , I speak for the English proleta riani , in demanding the election of a President who will carry out the programme of the ' Moantaia 'who will labour to realise ' all tbe consequences of I the three great principles oi the revolution—Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity—that ifl , thegovernment of a'J , by all , and for all . ' Brother proletarian ? , I know I express your scnt > timentavhenlpnytnafcnnionand wisdom may guide the councils of our Democrats brethren across the Channel , and that their labours may be rewarded by the notorious election of theeandidattof the 'Itoul-1 Itque—dmocrttiqut et iociale . ' VAhi »« form . Nmab « 16 tb , m
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' i ¦!¦ '" ; MR O'CONNOR AND HIS CHARTIST FRIENDS . ' 'Nothlageitennate , Nor set dowa aught in malice . ' In fte florihern Star , of the 4 th instant , there appears a letter from Mr O'Connor , addressed to the Chartists , wherein the character of Mr Henry , delegate from Aberdeen to the late National Assembly , is limned in rather strong ; colours , and my name is given as one of the parties consenting to the publication of the discreditable story . Our principles being just and righteous , cannot be attacked successfully by our numerous and powerful enemies , and they are , therefore , continually on the watch to discover any errors or failings on the part of profess , ing Chartists , that they rcay hold up the whole body as a set of low , despicable characters , with whom no good men could associate , and thus many are deterred from joining our ranks , and the good cause is materially injured . t ] 7 i ' Mn ULUfiNOR AND HIS CHARTIST
Nothing delights the common enemy more than personal quarrels and divisions among the Chartists themselves , and it is nothing but ihe most stern necessity that can justify the bringing before the pubhe of personal matters , which should scarcely be done even after every other meanB have failed to effect an amicable settlement of disputed matters . It is , therefore , with great reluctance that I eater upon matters involving tbe private character of men who have long professed Chartist principles , and I certainly would not have done so , had I not been compelled , in justice both to Mr O'Connor and to myself , to correct some important errors into which that gentleman has , I believe very unwittingly , fallen , in regard to Mr Henry and myself .
As to Mr James Shirron , I shall say nothing but what is essentially necessary ^ fo r my own defence , for Mr Shirron is now no more ; he died on Sabbath last in the Aberdeen Infirmary . Mr Sbirron was not wholly unknown to the Chartists of Aberdeen , as Mr O'Connor states , but for several years previous to the election for the National Convention , he had taken no part in Chartist affairs . Archy M'DonaU was not elected by the Chartists of Aberdeen , because they , as &ho&y , elected no oneit was left entirel y to the public meeting , of which I decidedly disapproved , because I thought that the Charter Union should have first elected their roan , and then submitted their delegate to the meeting . But this was not done .
It is true , that none of the parties who had all along taken a prominent part in Chartist affairs , even for a moment imagined that Mr Shirron would be put forward as a candidate—and I believe that he owed his success more to the strong language he used on the election night , and to his connexion with the National Trades Union—though I cannot confidently state that ha canvassed that body , as it was subsequently stated—than to his talents or services as a Chartist . Of course , this is merely my opinion .
I have little to complain of in regard to the late Mr Shirron , though he did decidedly take a rather unfriendly advantage of me in reading a letter stnetl y private before a large public meeting , which could have served no purpose beyond proving that I bad seen reason to change my opinions in regard to Mr O'Connor , and the state of the country as stated by him in the Northern Star . In that letter I urged Mr Ernest Jones to bring out a paper on his own account , which might be called the People ' s Star , and it only remains for me now to state the reasons that induced me to ao so . Both Mr Shirron and Mr Henry repeatedly wrote in the most glowing language about the enthusiasm of the « men of London , '
that they were arming and ready for revolution , and that before a a few weeks « England would be a Re » public—Then again , came letters denouncing Mr O'Connor and the Star in the strongest terms j stating tbat Mr O'Connor and his tools were doing everything ia their power to break up the Assembly , to thwart the intended victory , and damage the moveuent—writing through thecouutry to stop the Delegates' supplies , and starve them out—that the whole of the Assembl y ' s reports appearing in the Star were cut from the Tory papers by Mr J . Harney —that the business in the S tar office was conducted in the same mean and shabb y manner as Lloyd ' office—tbat the star had repeatedly refused insertion
to important documents from the Assembly—that Mr Ernest Jones bad been dismissed from the star and Labourer because he would not become the easy tool of Mr O'Connor , who had done everything in his power to prevent Mr Jones from getting to Scotland before the meeting of the Assembl y , &c , &e . Was it a wonder then that , relying on the truth of these statements , and firmly believing then—as I still do—Mr Jones was an honest , an able , and fearless advocate of Chartism , I should recommend him to establish a newspaper of his own , seeing that he was thus entirely thrown on his own resources . Mr O'Connor himself told me that he gave Jones the
same advice , and offered to supply him with the means to start with . Why should we longer keep up the miserable delusion that we were not deceived as to the real state of London during the sitting of the late National Assembly ? It was triumphantl y stated that the men of Halifax would not even allow Mr Jones to be arrested . Alas ! where is that noble-minded enthusiastic champion of Chartism now ? The * men of London' were so prepared that England was to be a Republic in a few weeks . Has this come to pass ? Or will Mr O'Connor ' s calumniators allow that he has so much influence as to be able , by a single letter in the Northern Star , to stop a whole nation determined on revolution ?
Really Mr O'Connor must be a very influential personage , after all ! Bat , apart from jest , I apprehend tbat Mr Jones , and Mr Cuffey and his companions , who are doomed to perpetual banishment , through the hellish machinations of a set of the most depraved despicable scoundrels that ever disgraced huinanity , would be indeed delighted if a mere change of . opinion was all the punishment they were obliged te undergo , as the consequence of their former folly 1 Now , as to the portrait of Mr Henry , drawn by Mr O'Connor , as already referred to—and this is a subject on which I am loath to touch—I must state that Mr O'Connor bas made some very important mistakes . I am fully aware that it is not by lowering the character of another that our own is exalted , and I shall not therefore refer to anything that bas not already been made public .
I regret , indeed , that a gentlemjm of Mr O'Connor s standing in society , should have thought it necessary to descend to such personal squabbles , because they can be productive of no real good to the cause iu which we are all engaged ; however , that is his matter , not mine . I shall not attempt to deny that when Messrs Robert Findlay , George Smart , and myself , were in company with Mr O'Connor at his hotel , Mr Henry ' s character came casually into consideration in the course of ordinary conversation . Mr Findlay slated that when Mr Henry come first < o Aberdeen — ? rhich was some six yean ago—he was entirely un . known to the Chartists of Aberdeen ; and it was shortly after that time , that the circumstances in connexion with his wife arriving from Dundee , and the presentation of the plaid by the Aberdeen Female Charter Association — of which 1 was
chairman—took place , and this might probably be about five years ago . It was our friend Mr John Legge—and not Mr James M'Pherson as stated by Mr O'Connor—who was in the chair at the Female Festival . Before Mr Henry ' s wife arrived from Dundee , though I cannot say tbat Mr Henry himself ever explicitly stated that he was unmarried , yet I can state as my conscientious opinion , that it was generally believed throughout Aberdeen that he was a single man , and Mr Henry acted as such , by keeping company with a single female , and allowing them to believe he was single too . It was after he returned from the Assembly that he told his wife to set up as a prostitute , and this has no
connexion whatever with the previous affair . Mrs Henry did not send for us , but Mr George Smart and myself went to her , in consequence of bearing that she was at the point of starvation , and that she had not sufficient money to pay her passage to Edinburgh after her husband . I understand that Mr Charles Logan can also corroborate the statement she then made to us > , tbat Mr Henry had told her to set up as a prostitute when she complained to him of his bad treatment , and the disgraceful manner in which he was
neglecting his family . I am compelled to deny in ioto Mr O'Connor ' s statement that he had my permission to publish this discreditable story . The fact is , Mr O ' Connor never sought my permission at all , and though he had done so , he would not have got it . The whole affair occurred in tbe course of private conversation , and was never intended for publication . Not that the affair is net strictly correct 511111 the corrections I have made as to the time of the taking place of the different matters , but because the publishing of these personal matters never produces good fruits ia connexion with the Chartist
04 * 36 . I am , indeed , surprised at the appearance of a letter in the North British Emm * of Saturday
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IaBt , in which Mr Smart attempts a defence of Mr Henry . This defence is shert—Mr Smart having evidently acted I'non the wise maxim , ' the least said is the soonfc ^ t mended . ' Mr Smart has taken an unfair advantage of Mr O'Connor ' s mistake as to the time at «• £ ' « & the different matters referred to by Mr O'Connor took place . Mr Smart knew , from general report , tu'e correct lime , and could have easily corrected Mr O'Connor , and attempted an answer to the charges , as M knew them to be generally credited in Aberdeen But thia , ln » t in wViinh M « c ~« . i . a . * . - 3 ~ e -i ¦»*_
would not answer the conscientious , fair-Jealing Mr John Smart ! He assures us that Mr Henry was always a consistent Chartist . But I am at a loss to see the honesty or the consistency of Mr Henry , in allowmg Mr Jones to state what he knew to be decidedly « nfr « e-that there were 6 , 000 armed men irpiS ' . fl dy J toinarch U P London , merely tncrease their enthusiasm . Alas ! the men of Lon-5 ? he » Tftn t ae ? f deC 1 > aS Mr Ernest 3 o ™ «* tZlJ W \ cannot see the insistency of BWe ^^^ ^ -i -K ^
Heiv ' s i ; r / , ereismUch « " »' '« ta > cy in Mr 12 L g ** ***™*** ' « ' "hen he went to the riTAf am , Navi 8 ationCom P anT ' desiring to be ! . ? , v f credit ' had i « 8 t five * 1-£ ? -. iW * * and then quietly stating that he was obliged to pled ge two coats before he could get from London to Newcastle , though he happened to have just twelve shillings in hi 3 pocket , and the fare being only ' per steamer . But all . these are very small matters ; yet a straw will shew how the wiud blows . Mr Smart further very kindly assures us that Mr Henry left Aberdeen with an irreproachable character , " 0 / sisicomnes . ' Surely Mr Smart forgets himself ; he frequently told his own son-Mr George Smart-and myself some
little anecdotes of Mr Henry , which proved him to be a ws ^ hI liar : and several other little matters , which it may not be convenient to remember , and yet he w ill publicl y pretend to be Ma friend . Mr Smart know that it is generally believed in Aberdeen , that Mr Henry denied his wife when she first came to Aberdeen , and that she was darned out of Dundee , as she likewise was out of Aberdeen some months ago . During the time Mr Henry was earning good wages in Aberdeen , his vtite was starving in Dundee ! These are her own wobds to Mr Charles Logan . Mr Smart knows that Ms own master can give him some information as to Mr Henry ' s 'irreproachable character , - ' as also Mr Ogilvie , ropemaker . He also knows that Mr Henrv ' s
own wife let him into * few facto on that head ; and he knows the condition of Mrs Henry ' s house before she left Aberdeen , and sumptuousl y she fared every day . He knows how he himself has been pressed by the men of Newcastle to repay a certain sum borrowed by Mr Henry , and which he said had been collected at some lectures delivered in Newcastle by him . Perhaps our Newcastle friends can inform him on that score ! ' . A ut 6 n ° S iJ am disgusted wilb the 3 e discraue .
ful details , and I certainly would not have entered upon them at such a length , but for the double deceitful conduct of Mr John Smart , in privately ac « knowledging Mr Henry ' s bad character , and publicly pretending to be his friend . Having some slight idea of Mr Henry ' s vindictive disposition—as exhibited sometimes to his nearest relations ; and being made aware ofhis irreproachable character as a dealer in every kind of falsehood , bv his friend Mr G . Smart-illustrated by a variety of very edifying anecdotes-I shall not feel much surprised though Mr Henry shall attempt to vindicate his own character by a false accusation or two against mine , as a bad man generally imagines that the only way to get out of a bad name is , to try to make everybody as bad as himself .
In conclusion , I beg to assure Mr Henry that this has not been a matter of my seeking ; I have been dragged into it , and what I have stated I believe to be true . I hope , therefore , if possible , he will harbour no ill-feeling toward s me on that account ; I frankly forgive him for the unprovoked personal attack he intended to have made , through the North British Express , on roe and others ofhis late loving companions in Aberdeen ; and I trust he will as
kindly pardon me on the present occasion , more especially when I solemnly assure him that 1 have suppressed altogether the instructive anecdotes—illustrations of his religious abhorrence of the truthwhich Mr John Smart took much delight in relating some time ago . These , as well as other personal matters coming from the same channel , I shall now , and from henceforth , bury iu oblivion , sacred to the memory of his * dearl y beloved friend '—Mr John Smart .
I trnst that this will rot be deemed worth y of any reply , and that Messrs Smart and Henry will have so far reformed as not to descend to notice anything coming from so humble a person as Their very obedient servant , Aberdeen , Nov . 16 , 1848 . D . Wright .
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My answer to the reference made to me in the above letter , will be best furnished by the note gwen below from Mr M'Gowan . The reports connected with the Assembly were inreSpI ^ l entire ' they cam" ™ ^ r reporter , with the exception of Mr Jones ' s KftV ?* were 8 Upplied * yhimself And I beg to assure the Aberd een delegate , fe * 1 h e amPle . employment without inter ' - with
, tenng the duties of sub-editor , wlddi were then discharged by Mr Jones . As to the reports of the Convention , they were selected , partly from those furnished by our own reporter , and partl y from the morning papers . Mr Jones made the selections and prepared the reports , I doubt not , to the best of h , sjudgment . At allevents , I had no hand b Mr Jones * " exclusively performed G . Julian Harney .
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TO THE EBITOB OP THE NOBTHERH STAR . Siiy-With reference to the report of the proceedings of the National Assembl y , I bee S r ^ nd you that in accordance with Mr O Connor ' s instructions , I engaged an eminent London Reporter to furnish the "Northern Star" with an accurate account of the proceedings ; that the copy was brought daily to me , and by me washanded to the compositors , without alteration , addition , or mutilation and that not a line of it was Been bv Mr O'Connor . '
It may not be out of place here to add , that , during the momentous period that has elapsed since the French Revolution of Feb-™ ar &n during the critical time of April , Mr 0 Connor has never made a practice of interfering with any matter sent for insertion in the paper . Your Obedient Servant , D . M ' GOVAN .
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To the Friends o ? Truth and Libertt — In the month of September last a warrant was issued br the magistrates of Bradford , against David Lightowler , of Manchester Load , Horton . on a charge of < unlawful drilling , ' who was apprehended and committed ( but now out on bail ) for trial at the Assizes , to be held in December , upon evidence of the most doubtful and disgraceful character , and which it ia confidentl y hoped , will , if there be 8 D impartial and unprejudiced jury , beset at nought and totally disregarded . In order , therefore , that this result may be brought about , and as great expense will be incurred in the engagement of an and
Attorney Counsel , and the taking of witnesses to York , it is necessary that considerable efforts saould be made in a pecuniary point of view , by the FRIENDS OF DAVID LIGHTOWLBRS , and by those who are the advocates for constitutional freedom of thought and speech , which , in his case , it is submitted , has been faithfully , boldly , yet morally , exercised at the various public meetings which he has addressed during the present year , and for the purpose of stopping , for a time , his advocacy of true political principles , it is believed this trumpedup charge has been preferred against him . A committee has been formed to superintend and conduct this defence , and to obtain donations towards
defeating this unrighteous attempt to suppress , in D . Lightowlers s case , the expression of public opinion , in a moral and constitutional manner , on national grievances ; and they respectfully solicit all who are favourably disposed , to render aid . The members of the committee , and others duly authorised , will thankfully receive contributions . Each book will contain a printed label , with the collector ' s name inserted therein , signed by the secretary , and persons are desired not to give to anyone except he be provided with such a book . The committee will meet weekl y on the Friday evening , at eight o clock , ( until the Assizes , ) at Wilson ' s coffee-rooms , Southgate , where subscri ptions or communications , for the benefic of the accused , will be received : or by the secretary , at his residence ^ York Street , S pink Well , Bradford . r Signed on behalf of the committee , Thomas Wilcock , president .
Jeremiah Dbwhirst , treasurer . James Steel , secretary , Committee-room , Nov . 4 th , 1848 . CflELTENHAM . At a general meeting of the members of this locality , on Monday , Nov . 13 , it wm resotved :-- ' That we adopt the old plan oforgaaisa tion , includin g the alteration agreed to at thi meeting fiwS K eg ales a , BirmiD 8 fcam . ' ' That the Mowing members be elected to form tbe council :-Messrs Sh yrtad . Hand ) , Marohwt . Knight , and Hwoos ; Glenister , sub-tmaurer ; liemmin , aub BSK ' f ^ i *?*? eeting inertly fquel alHrienda favourable to the enaotment of the People ' s Charter to meet then at their rooms . Queen ' s Buildings , on Monday evening text at eight o ' o ' . ook . to asaut them in forwarding that noble work
Star abbGabhb , KumsH Towa .-At a meeting of tha members of this locality , it was unanimously resolved :- < That we adopt the old plan of oreanisation as agreed upon by the delegates at the late Birmingham Conference ; and that we have the fullest confidence in the persons ohoaen to aot on the Executive Committee . ' But the majority of the membero preuent were of opinion that it would greatly ndvance the cause ol the people , if a National Convention was called at the earliest opportunity , and they will pledge themaelves to give it their utmost support . Hbckmohdwickr , kbar LE « os .-Mr 8 Theobald , of Manchester , delivered three excellent lectures in tlie Red Chapel on Sunday , Tuesday , and Wednea day evenings , and received the hearty thanks of her
Sheffieid .-Thk Exne RAnoalluHBnG . -OaMon . day last , » t a lecture given by a Mr Sidney on Emil Sh at T ° ? Ha 11 the ^ lowine resolution , moved by Mr Taylor , and-seconded by Mr Jackson was unanimoualy carried / amidst tie cheers of thi meeting :- ; ihat this meeting deeply deplore the dutrasB raging through this country , and , are ' of opinion that hmicration can only prove a lasting Rernedy to the noa-producing classes . We , 4 he working classes of this town , therefore , eater ouy solemn protest against any scheme whioh had for its objects the banishment of our order . '
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Manchester . —The monthly Land members raeetiBg was held in the People ' a Institute , on Sunday morning , Nov . 12 th . After the minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed—Messrs Su&fou and Donovan gave iu their report of the proceedings of the Cont ' orenoe which was listened to . with great attention . Tbe delegates were then aekod sevoral questions with respeot to the future waging of tia Company , and their answer * gave genejsjf jatisfactif . n . All the members present Beemed to osinr / ide with the decision of the Conference , and a v # Q-r > jf thanki was unanimously given to the delegates , &R ; their servicea . It was then proposed that , for the , % ^ iire , the officers ihoald attend on Saturday evenip , g . froxn fljj nine , to receive monies far tl » L and j ? UB (| wdths
Bank . SffiNDON .-At a- meeting M'ta on Monday last to hear a report of the proceeding ! of Conference , it was unamnurariy rwolwd . ; -That the report of the delegate be reoeived . l TbAt a voto of thanks be ({ iven to D . Morrison delajate , for the explanation he ? ave of the pt / , Widingi at the Conference . ' Levies Im boev , reoeived from Salisbury and Trowbridge , Bambubt . —A general meeting of the shareholders » ^? P ^ i * heid lMt Mond » 5 e ™" « at tho ? i i * *' m 8 Inn » * hen Mr B ° l t 0 D » d « l « W *» to we ut » Cenfewnce , pva » report of the proceedlngd to » . 9 Wtisfaotion of the members , andavoto of K ? . ^ « TOn t 0 hlm ' ° ffi <* wiwew elected , and WIvMqwi&i penoji . Jim OfevMB tOftm ft com
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—w ^ nv mittee : —Saauel Colman , William Fenn , Uftrgg Wft ^ on Jan .. Willivm Bonheil , Janes Row , Thomas Griffin , John Cox . James Bolton , scrutineer ; Georga Grant , treasurer ; John Hone , seoratary . It was deoidedtiutalerj of threepence upon each member is to ba paid for the nut quartet ^ expeniw , Bbiohtoh . —At a meeting of Land members , held at the Artichoke Ion , Mr Mitchell in the ohair , 'the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " 'That this meeting highly approve of the explanations given by Mr O'Connor in the National Lsnd Coaferenca , aad do hereby tender th « r sincere thanks to that gentleman , and . beg to expmi fall confidence in him . This meeting also Under their tbankB tothedelegatea of the National Land Conference , for the manner in which tb » y conducted tha bUemesSi but mote especially for their attendance at the Ship inn , Birmingham , to ro-o « ani « e the National Charter Asaooiation , which this meeting believes to be tho only means that will ever benefit the forking claues of this country . '
Bubsmct . —A meeting of the Land members took plaoa on Sunday last , in the ChartiBt-room , Hamerton Street , to receive a report of the proceedings of Conference from the delegate , MrSouthworth . Aflec the report , a vote of thanka was moved to the delegate for his conduct in the Conference , and the meeting separated . Dbmjbik 8 . —On Thursday evening , November 9 b , a publio meeting of the inhabitants of this and tha neighbouring borough of Maxwslltown . was held ia the Trades Hall here , called by the ' Right of Way Committee , ' a bod ; elected by their fellow-townsmen to watch the by-waya in the vicinity , tBBny of which have been stolen by the proprietors of the lands
whioh they inteneofc . The committee have already opened one of perhaps the meat romantic and pleasant retreats near tha town j and measures toreolaim others are in progress . Mf Andrew Watdrop , who may be called tho father of ' the right of way movement , ' presided , and delivered a dear and concise statement of the position of the committee . Tbe principal point was the accedence of the Norths . dale rail company to a passage up- the Nith to tha footway along the left banfc-of that rirer , under their bridge at Martinton Ford .- Tbe © ther details are so local in their bearing , as to be unsnited for dig-0 Q 9 SIOK in a national papar Tike tbe Nobjuern Stab . The affiirg of tho committee ., whioh was re > elicited , leem , howeverto be in a healthy state .
, NoTTi » oHAM . -On Sunday evening last , Mr J&mca Sweet reported to his constituents the proceedings of the Land Conference . Thd meeting was numerously attended , and many qu ? Btiona asked and explained t » the entire satisfaction of all present . At the' conclusion a vote of thanks was accorded to the delegate foe the faUhfnl discharge of the tmst reposed in him . A collection was made to defray the expenses , and those branches who hid not contributed , viz . —MansfieW , Sutton-iu-Ashfield , acd Old Buford , were requested to do bo forthwith . A 86 cond subscription of 2 V 6 d . from Radford was received . ' '
Birmingham . —At a Bumerous meetin g of tha Land members and ChartUte . - 'held at the Ship Inn . Steelhouse Line , on Sandayevening last , the Land Plan , as laid down by the late Conference , was discussed , and gave general satinftotion . A number who have not lately paid anything upon their shares ojmmenced their weekly payments , and several of the paid-np members commecced paying into tha Bomb fund . From the good . feeling wbioh pervaded the members preset , it arienes well for the future . After the business of the Land- Company was dig . posed of , the report of the meeting of delegates , who assembled at the Shin for the re-oreanisation of tha
Cbartut body , was read fram-the chair , and a unanimous vote of thanks passed to those gentlemen for their determination to adopt the old plan of organisation , and for their past services in the canse of nni « versaNiberty . A locality of tha National Chartee Association was then formed ; and ap wards of twenty persons joined , who will meet -at the Ship Ipu , every Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Lybs—At a special meeting of Land members held to hear the delegate ' s report of the Conference ft vote of thanks was unanimously given to the , members of the Conference , f ; r the manly and bnsicess-like manner in which they performed their labours .
Progress ov thk Najio ' hal Land Company . —A cowdedi meeting waB held at the AsBembly Rooms , Daan Stueet , Siho , on Sunday lavt . to hear the report of the delegates appointed . bv the metropolis to attend tha late Conference . Mr Black was called to tha chair . Thb Victim CtHMliiBB . —Mr John Milne said , as Mr Kydd h ' ad not yet arrived , he would talfr that opportunity of , mentioning a oircum « stance that had arisen out of another meeting , held at Birmingham . That mor ' hing , at tbe sitting of the London Victim Committee , Mtssra Kjdd and M'Grath had waited on them , and stated what tha Birjiingham meeting had done in the matter , and requested their Banotion and , aid in carrying into praotioa the views of the men . who had met at Birmingham . Some of the Committee had come .
pre pared to assent , others half felt that they had no watructiona from the constituencies that had appointed them' aad , consequently , that such constituencies' opinion should be-taken on the matter , and abided by , which view was ultimately adopted . Ba therefore , invitsd their instructions . —Mr Stallwood stated the position and feeling of the Exeontiva Committee on the subject . At the conclusion of Me Stallwood ' g address , Mr Eydd entered the room : — Mr Grasaby said ,, that knowin ? there was great slavery attending the working of such a Committee , he much doubted if those gentlemen could or would perform the drudgery oftakin ? the several Bnms of money to tho victim ^ at a » distance of 8 ix or seven miles round th e wburba qf London . —Mr G . Wilka proposed ; - « ThaHhe preseat London Viotim Com *
mittee do retain its power ; ' which was seconded . Mr Kydd rose and entered into a full explanation of the circumstances * hich induced the meeting at Birmingham to recomm end that the Executive Com * mictea should have tbe control—vix , That all should be relieved alike , ths Central Fund having the support of all /—Mr Brassby moved : — 'That the Violim and Defencs Fiiad be general , but thai the London Committee be part of the Managing Committee , they hitherto having so ably condnoted tho business of the viotiiaB . '—Mr Milne seconded toe amendment . The amendment was adopted by a K'e * majority . Thk- Naotonal Lasd Comfaht ;—Mr K ^ dd was then called on , and delivered , in hia usual eloquent aad'persuasive style , a report of the proceedings of the- ^ Gonferencej The Comoass ' s
nnanwal position , he said , was rendered clew , distinct , and satisfactory ,, despite of the opposition . of the four estates of the realm- Qaeen , Lords , Commons , and the Press-not a fraction of its funds had been febstraeted—all ' had been proved trustworthy ,. Irom the poorest sub-saeretary up to Mr Feargua O'Connor himsett ; Mr Kydd ably treated the subject of Bonus , as-being well calculated to serve tha purpose of the Company . Under the new arrange * ment the Company would have four means of obtaining capital—vizt , Boang , Surplus Fund , Iute « rest , and Mortgage . Mr Kydd eutogiBed tha yLoan and four pet-cent ., and said , with those things in action the member a of the Land Company would nei « ther ba dependant on rascally Jew-jobbera or the knaves of Gapel Go \» t , and argued for the iustiie .
honesty , and propriety-oi * those two proposition ! . Ba said the justice , of the call of twopence per week , per share , oaunpaid up abarea , must be Been &ta glaaoe . ; and that the shareholder neglecting to pay , up hia share , ( should , in justice aa well a ? neoessifcy , lose all interest in suob shares as remained unpaid , In allutSicff to tbe ouro ' itoent of tbe Cimpaay tinder tho Joint S ; aol $ Company , . ho said ha did notfoubtfor ea « moment Mr O'Connor ' s' honest ; , aor d& .-he believe tbat a ulnglo / bolng . conii be found who would attrlkata dlshonaa * moltoei t » U * O'Connor—( lona ¦ cheers ) -r * ut the enrolment woaM-ooafer legal righta ^ Woh wa covild nototberwiso obtain . ;; and he thought n ^ might . loo&lo vain to , tha Humea ,, Brightj , » nd tJobdens of the HouseofOomraonSj . to . pass a Bpcclal raaasurifor that purpose—laenoe ho-, haii ocoepted the enrolment aade *
that ao * . And . thtfe lot permltg meetings of share , hoiaera , aad utanwattag of ehareholOtra bo heW , they might doputa » wa » oStheto brethren to lepreset&ithoni otSottlBghaia . ct .-eUstwb . cre ; this , ha , cqntend ' ed } . woa ) d be virtually and p , mwtlcally a Conference . Usyhr , &ls ast too the dlreotora could goverp ,., tntlf tbetogoTorn . raent did sot p ) eaw the Compaq , the tha' / ahowers eould Instantl y * degftse thorn . H » $ SJr Kjdo ) ieo /^ ro . posed this > mstter < rf Oomjunsatioay . thinking tbat * as tho ; men were balloted ^ and that circumstances had 1 tran * ! » plred wWeh . prowated ( their tahisfj poesessioa . ofallotmenu , they . wo&nntUlod to Compensation , ths iastlce of which , ha bailsyed all Shara&olders wosjd j , with tha Conferen , a » admit . Meiflra ^ s buncombe , AUbcj > , and SweMj appuood to him wtl ^ eLoien as iniBtsea , comblnlcg . ns . t& 3 y did—worthy honour , hoaesty , probity , and patrlotdeiR . The Aurora wore C ^ vwiufient Ac . tua / lcs , anil consequently mm of experience , and wello&'cultte&fG * xheiT offlca » .. In cor elusion ho would eay , from , all 5 ft had heard at the Cja-litccaa , from hia
Iiuowlndga of the aliotiisus system la Belgium , Holland , tScotlKEAi and various * parts of this country , he was thoros&toj convinco ^ ofthepracilcniuU j of tbe tantl ^ Sohtmo , and that agood living no' ^ ld , \» obtained bora : eUb * e two , thrto , ar four a . Tc& , of iasd he therefore iappMltd to the sbweboIderB tprpijgh the length and > breadth of the tetf , to co « ao foy . warO , and by their ef . ifotrtB resolve that tha Cqu # mij . should Buoceea , Mr F Kjdd wai throughout gr * ctoi . wish loud cheo » , aad I many quoatit-jis wero pujt to and aatlefaotorily ftntwerel b ; ilm . Mr Millwood said his hcsonrabla oolleagua hs $ bo well , and . u > ebatlj stkte& the bust , nesi / . that U only left hhn . to Ba ; di to—juit aiding , tkat on the Saturday nv » n } ng , si tho C . nfer « ao « rose , he had pointed out tct the Conference a wode by whioh SohooLbwitei mlgat to treated at a gmt saying to the Companj- ^ hat tha directors had fallen in with his views , end consequently he had left tho matter In their handi . —A , voto of timnkB wbi UQBQimQiuly awwdad to fee dtfegitet for their urvioei , and the westing BBporated .
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Chowba . —A oue represented as on 9 of decided Asiatio cholera , has just occurred at CoHishall , A ohild was attsoked with this disease on Sunday , ani died after fourteen heurs' suffering , aid it was eongideted adviBablt to order the burial of tht bod * OA tfeQ Mowing d » y . The molto ; tin Um Wt ,. .- ^ SH
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—Mi I do not think the above letter requires many observations from me . The only apology that I can owe Mr Wright is for having published the circumstance ; but Mr Wright , and those who were in the room , will do me the justice to acknowledge , that , when I heard much more than 1 published , I exclaimed , "GOOD GOD , WHAT AN ESCAPE WE
HAVE HAD ! AND WHAT WILL THE CHARTISTS SAY WHEN THEY HEAK IT ! " If Mr Wright had said , « Do not publish it , " my reply would have been , « What then , are you a Chartist , having a knowledge of those circumstances with reference to one who has done so much to destroy my character and injure your cause , and will you ungenerously withhold from me mv onlv means of
defending myself and our cause ? ' Every thing that I do , every thing that I say , every thing that I write , is severely and maliciously criticised ; and , if character should be dearer to man than life itself , I would ask Mr Wright whether , if he heard Henry attempting to swear my life away , he would not have considered it his duty to get into the witness-box , and paint wy accuser in his true colours ?
With regard to the mistake as to dates and the name of the Chairman , they are wholly unimportant ; the facts remain undisturbed : aid as to my publishing them , Mr Wright ' intormsus that they were publicly and gentrally known . And I shall ever contend that the ejectment of such characters from the Chartist ranks becomes a paramount dut y with every Chartist , as their connexion with our cause furnishes the enemy with the greatest handle ibr abuse and distrust . I trust that Mr Wright ' i very plain exposition of facts , together with the letters written by Mr Henry from the Assembly , will open the eyes of the Chartists to the gulf thev have escaped . J
/ V \ to the letter written by Mr Wright to Mr bhirron , nothing could be more reasonable than that the fabrications of the Aberdeen delegates should have inspired true Chartists like Mr Wri ght with horror and detestation of S w . , nothin S <™ be more honourable to Mr Wright than the retractation of those opi . mons when he saw just and substantial cause to alter them . And I now tell Mr Wright , that , after I heard his letter read by Mr Shir ' ron , I asked several of the oldest Chartists in Aberdeen as t o Wright ' s character , and the TZl f r and , was > - " WeU sir > th <» e is noU better conducted man , nor a more sincere Chartist , in Scotland "
rt , ?« S \ ?? M'Donald not being elected , the substantial communication made to menay , 1 may almost ; say , the mfatm communication-was , in reply to , « Why did you send such men to the Assembly >'' -- " Well sir Archy M'Donald was our man ; but Mr Shir ' ron canvassed the shops , and we were not irepared for such opposition , and did not wish to show any division . " w T . ^ only apology that I can offer to Mr Wright for publishing the matter is , that had i T W Place and I ^ his-forhis suke ~* f ™ have answered it before . wun regard to Mr Jones ' * dismissal a «
subeditor of the « Northern Star , " it was decided that the Executive should be a pewmbulating body , a duty which I thought very incompa ; t | £ tbat of editor , whose business was in the office of a paper—and with regard to the " Labourer , '' so far from dismissing him I continued him to the last . I told him that as he could write for that in his leisure hours it would be a good means of support ; aad thftt
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ind ir , TT i i ° n ^ an had the use of pen at « to Z f C 0 Dtinue U > thou 8 h * '« a loss to me and a gain to him I saw Mt ^ ass- ™^ ^ " M ? H " puWication in ^ e " Northern siip = « a £ . suppressed by mv order . T tru <* Z , f - \ iiu ii - ?<>«
^ oy , neanng mat Shirron is no more and rejoicing that I did not publish one line de ' rogatory to his character , and feeling grieved that his widow is near her confinement and liai a young child depending upon her for support ni l- J r that itis the Mention of the forW » rA ? , en torai 8 ff ascription hattSfiS ? f leave t 0 tendef my «» wbutton and hereby direct my agent ia Aberdeen to pay one pound towards the fund . Feargus O'Cotf j ? or .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 18, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1497/page/5/
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