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T2E I-EEPS CONSEKVATIVE JOURNAL.
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LETTERS OF MR. O'BRIEN TO THE EDITOR OF THE" NORtHERN STAR 1 ' AND TO THE TJNBEPRESENTED GLASSES.
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fp HE Publication of the FIRST NUMBER of JL this new Leeds Saturday Paper , announced in the Prospectus and Posting Bills for Satcbdat , the 30 th Instant , will not appear until SATURDAY , MAT 7 lh , owing to the impracticability of completing a- part ol the requisite Arrangements in time . Orders and Advertisements received by the Publishers , H . Pesbisg and Co ., at their General Printing Office , No . 23 , Commercial-Street ; and by all the Agents , of whom tbe Prospectus may be ODtained . R . PiKEiKO begs to present his heartty thanks t © those numerous friends -who have tbuB early sent him orders for Papers , Advertisements , and Printing . The earlier communications are made , the greater the favour . 23 , Commercial-gtreet . Friday , April 22 , 1842 .
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Will Mr . W . Jones ^ Chartist lecturer * send his address to W . Foster ^ of Bmgl ey ^ as soon as possible ? A . j of C . —No . We suppose we must have answered the question twenty times in the Star . Dcxdee . —The report of the unemployed next week . Salisbu&y . —The address to Feargus O'Connor neat week . CaiGDAiB . —No room this week . Beightox . —Our friends must excuse us : tee fear the election correspondence they have sent us would not have sufficient public interest to compensate for tl > . e space it would occupy . John Bcbbotts , Bubbles ' . —His communication is received : ire shall use it next week .
A Sxiptcct ChaSTISt informs us that in that { food town a vase of embezzlement was made mat \ fy of magisb erial investigation on Saturday ; bnt thatthe parlies implicated being " respectable "—the cons table teas posted at the door of the Courth&jseto prevent the ingress of the working men V ; ho were curious to hear how the administrators of justice would talk io "respectable" delinquents , and anxious to see the practical enforcement of the maxim , that in England the same law governs both rich and poor . T . Paxkeb . — It vAll be all one sheet . James Datvson , of Lees , begs to acknowledge the receipt of £ 1 45 . Aid , from his Mossley friends , during his incarceration . Ubjstoi . Chartists . —Their address to Mr .
O'Connor next week . "William Kussell , late of Nottingham . —Thanks for his friendl y private note . We wish all those who have complaints to make would evince a like spirit . —We have no recollection of the resolutions he alludes to . If we had received them tee should certainly have published then . As Old Radical , —We are a little sceptical as to the conversion of Mr . Baines to Chartism . John Simpson . —We cannot give long subscription Rsts in detail—our space trill not permit it .
BtEMiSGHAJt . —All persons holding petition sheets are requested to bring them , either filled or not , by Monday nest , to Mr . E . Sjpink , l 45 j Lancaster-street . The Sttbge Cosfebevcb . —Mr . Bernard McCartney , of Liverpool , terites -us a letter from zchich ice are glad io learn that the " workxes" had one more representative at this assembly than we v > ere aware . Mr . APCartney was elected at a public meeting , and was one of the five who voted for [ Mr . Dewhursfs resolution of thanks to the working classes .
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W . N . Textsob . had better say how many Plates are ? anted , and hare them in one parcel . J . E . —It is not necessary . A Pabcel addressed to G . WMtby was enclosed to Mr- Simeon , Bristol , and forwarded to Mr . Cleave . "Will the parties detaining such parcel forward it as addressed ? Carlisle—a Kcsbzs op Ghastists . —Csnnot find any account . YOB THE MASCHESTEB SITFPEB . EBS . £ B . d . From a few friends of the Political Institute , Sheffield 0 2 6 „ Kensington andKnightsbridge 0 17 6
FOB THE EXECUTIVE . Prom the Chartists of Morley ... 0 10 0 TOB HBS . JOKES , UBS BOBEBTS , AM ) 3 JBS , WILLIAMS . ¦ From several persons in London , per John Simpbon ... 1 17 0 rOB THE TA 34 ILY OP G . F 1 T > K , OJ BBADFOBD Transferred from the Chartists' Contested Seats Fund , by the Carlisle Association 0 5 0 POB THE COSVE > "TIOX . From a few friends at Mr . Holdforth'B silk mill , Horsforth ... 9 4 8 „ IVavidBashforth 0 0 6 _ a friends at Swain Green ... § 2 9 _ W . Traagbtoa , Holma 3 tdl ... 0 16 „ a few friends , per 3 d . Garbntt 0 2 6
P 0 B MBS . PB . OST . From a few friends at Swaine Green 0 9 4 .. Mr . Sswell , London e 1 FOB THE O * BBIES ' S FBESS FCSD . Transferred from the Contested Seat Fuad , as ordered by the Carlisle Association , being half the amount sent by them , the other half to the land y of G . Flyna , Bradford 0 5 0
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( Continued from our eighth page . J transported Frost and his companions , and imprisoned the other political warriors ! He could but look with surprise , when , on the vote of thanks question , the eloquence of a Vincent was dumb , the tongue of an O'Brien "was mute , and even the voice of a Lowery ¦ was silent ; he was proud to see that ibis motion had originated in the Scottish delegates ; they hid never teen accused of violence or physical force , they were not mixed up in our party questions . He was sure Mr . Moir -would have the thanks of his constituents . Mr . Doyle—The Chartists of Cheshire directed him Io suppoit a motion on that subject . He believed that if that party which had been alluded to had a pincers desire to do justice , if " they felt an ardent love of liberty , if they were in earnest in their professions to emancipate the working classes from their
state of bondage , they would never hesitate abont adopting the name , if it would farther the cause . THb c # nrtituentB were , though not numerous , very brave and active in the cause , they had struggled trough many privations , they had been thrown out of employ , they had been irednced almost to starvation , bnt in defiance of the power of the middle class , they remained firm to the Charter . Every man has & right to his opinion , and I have a right to my own , which is that they are wrong ; it is our duty to let them enjoy their own views , but if they come to a poblic meeting with them it is our duty to shew them that they are wroDg , by boldly and fearleEily showing , by argument , that the two associations cannot exist -without injuring'each Other . I have , the same as others I see aronnd me , received a portion of my education in the Whig Political Boarding School , and would go again rather than forsake one item of the Charter . He was
glad to see the dispute conducted so amicably . When they met this party on the stage of political opinion , he was sure they would meet with the support they mer ited ; but let them agree to differ . Let them throw aside all weapons but fair arguments . Mi . Leach : There were many persona { who had east a stigma upon them , because , at public meetings , they had moved amendments in opposition to those calling the meetings . The fact of their appearance at public meetings was the signal for clamour and abuse : yet the odium of this was thrown npon them . If the public go astray , it is in general the fault of their leaders . The people are compelled almost to have leaders . There must be some to take an active part ; and , perhaps , it J 3 right to visit these leaders with rather severe reproof if they are suspected of
misleading and betraying us . He respected those of the middle class who do come out amongst us ; but we shall neTer have the support of the great body of the middle class until they have been ground by poverty unto our own position . In public meetings -era are ever more than a match for them ; but we most not allow ourselTes to be led away . A rose , you have been told , will smell as sweet by any other name ; true , but will it be as well known by any other namei ! I have net a moment's doubt that if thev had not an interested motive they would aot deb ' ase half an hour about the name . The Sturgitea eat five days and could do nothing . Tney did not represent the people , He advised them to stick to their name , and at the ntxt Conference send delegates to it from every town in England .
Mr . Duncan was placed in such unfortunate or fortunate circumstances that they had bo Sfurgites among them , bnt they had often talked over the subject of a union with the middle classes ; bat they were convinced that no party would be of the slightest service to them unless they stood firm to the six points , name and all . If a public meeting Bhould be called for the six points of the Charter , they would attend and baptize it by the name of the Charter . But the time was now come when they must be unites ; there were many weak-minded individuals
who could not yet admit the whole of our principles ; but still they were not to be denounced . There were also many weak individuals whom othfar parties would be willing to boy . No doubt they would give a good price for this Convention . He trusted that after this discussion every member of the Convention would feel themselvtB more than ever pledged to the principles of the Charter , and also that they would be mere narrowly watched than ever . Mr . Moir should say bnt little in reply , as the question had beea so fully oiscussed , but he must * c&ia inform them that it was by the orders of the
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people of Glasgow that he brought che motion before £ em L J faeyh ** f n led to tb-j ftom the treatment they had met with from this Dody iu Glasgow . A meeting was called for the ^ m Laws ; he attended , as he invariably did , and . movedan amendment for the whole Charter . Another amendment was moved by . Messrs . Jack &r Malcolm , for full , fair , and free representation , f DB Whigs would have adopted the last amendmer bu t he remained firm . They per-8 5 aSw ™ - I ? ? ut witb these gentlemen , and two ot tne oa uigg of the town accompanied them . One of tnes ^ ^ d that he had no objection to the full , a » a 3 r ^ Presentation , but he was opposed to Annual Parliaments . The other bailiff agreed also with this full and fair representation , hut said he
could not consent to the ballot . This just let the secret out of the bag , for if he had six middle men with him they might have objected to the six points of the Charter . If they gave up the ri ght of attending pnblic meetings , they might as well go to sleep , as think of obtaining the Charter . He was not for denouncing any man , but he would denounce their actions , if he thought they were wrong . He was happy to inform them that they should be unanimous upon this question asMr . Roberts had , previous to his leaving the room , handed him a note withdrawing his objection to the motion . The motion was then carried unanimously . . Mr , White gave notice of a motion on the subject of the resolution .
Dr . M'Donall stated that he bad received a letter from Mr . Duncombe respecting the motion of Mr . Shannan . Crawford , and that a deputation was requested . Mr . Ridley moved , and Mr . Powell seconded , that a deputation , consisting of Messrs . M'Douall , M'Pherson , and Moir , be appointed . Several members then gave notices of motion . The roll was then called , and the Convention adjourned nntil Thursday , at nine o'clock . Mr . Pitkethly handed in petitions from the following places : — Signatures . ] Signatures . East Brierley 400 Mytholmroyd 2 , 800 Batley 2 . U 0 Hudder * field . 23 , 181 Birstal 1 , 800 Halifax ..... 36 , 400 Hebden Bridge 3 , 400 Bradford 37 , 800 Dewsbuxy 5 . 201
Thursday , April 21 . Absent Mr . Philp . Mr . Duncan in the chair ; Mr . Leach vice-chair . Minutes having been read and confirmed , the delegates reported from the various localities whieh they had visited . Mr . Ttoberts stated that he had been informed by Mr . Hetherington , that a garbled statement of the letter of Mr . Sharman Crawford had been sent to the Nonconformist . He wished to know whether it was by order of the Convention ? The Secretary explained that the letter was published whole and entire . The standing orders were suspended to hear a statement from the Finance Committee , respecting the funds in hand , and the deficiency from some districts . Mr . O ' Connor moved , that they take the report into consideration . Mr . Beesley seconded the motion .
A long discussion then ensued , which was ultimately concluded by Mr . O'Connor moving , and Mr . Pitkethly seconding a resolution that the Finance Committee be instructed to prepare an address on that subject to lay before the country , and that the several delfigates be requested to correspond with their respective constituents . Carried . Mr . Beesley moved the following resolution : " that it is the opinion of this Convention that some measures ought to be adopted to bring out more lecturers , and in order to do this , it is necessary that the plan of organisation should be altertd in that part of it where it requires oce-fourtn of the
subscriptions of the members for the support of the agitation , and instead of one-fourth to be paid by the members , sixpence shall be paid weekly for every fifty members , and threepence for every twentyiive above that number , and that quarterly collections shall be made throughout England were practicable , to carry out the object . " Mr . Beesley ably supported the proposition he had laid down , it had been said that this was the province of a delegate body elected for that purpose ; but the same men would most likely be elected as now . -Taking it into coasideration now would save great expense , and the Executive could recommend it to the country . Mr . Powell seconded the motion .
Mr . White , in an able address , spoke of the necessity of appointing lecturers to those country districts in which so great a necessity existed for them . At present where they had a large number of members , and funds , they had plenty of speakers and lecturers , but he wanted to see the other districts organized . If this Convention did not do this they would disappoint the expectations of the country and of his constituents ; he should move " That a committee of seven be appointed to draw up a plan for the purpose of supplying those places with lecturers who cannot afford to pay for them , and of otherwise placing the Chartist movement in a better position . "
Mr . 0 Connor seconded the motion , and delivered an able address upon the subject . They were not to suppose that beeause they were now enjoying the sunny side of Toryism that it would long remain so ; no sooner would Sir Robert Peel have finished Ms finance schemes , and firmly seated himself and his coadjutors in office , than he would take steps to controul public opinion , which now , as ever had been , the grand aim of a Tory Government ; it was therefore preeminently necessary th&t they should have a well organised body of lecturers . The present body of lecturers had exeitsd every nerve in producing a good public opinion ; there had never existed a body of men more calculated to produce good , and he thought that this plan of extending their operations was one of the best resolutions yet made in the Convention .
Mr . Thomason supported the motion of Mr . White . He was sent there not so much for the presentation of the petition , as for the purpose of spreading the principles of democracy in the whole of Britain . Mr . Thomason Ihen laid before the Coavention a plan for the payment cf lecturers , drawn up by his constituents . Mr Beesley withdrew his motion in favour of the appointment of a Committee . Mr . Bairstow was afraid that they would not be able to carry it out under present circumstances , but he bad no objection to the Committee . Messrs . Stallwood , Ridley , Leacn , Powell , Lowe ry , and other delegates supported the motion for a Committee .
Mr . Leach stated that the Executive were preparing a repott on that subject . This they could lay before the Committee . 2 VJ ucb bad already been done : three years ago they had only twenty towns in the Association , and now they had 350 towns in their organisation . Mr . Campbell also addressed the Convention . He in common with hiB brother member of the Executive , Mr . -Leach , thought that the present plan of organisation was sufficient to carry out the plan proposed without effecting any alteration in it .
Mr . Mason considered there was some defect in embodying the power they had at their command . The Executive in his opinion had done everything that laid in their power , but he wished the committee to be appointed to give to the Executive a greater power of organizing the country , and they would also co-operate with the Scotch Executive in forming a plan , for mutual action of the two countries . Mr . Doyle moved an amendment , " That they refrain from appointing a committee uEtil they bad received the report of the Executive . " They would then see how far the Executive had gone , and how far it had been possible for them to go with regard to the appointment of Lecturers . Ha agreed with the necessity of it . He would also propose before the Convention dissolved , that they take aome neans of enabling Ireland also to hav , e lecturers from England among them .
Mr . Morgan Williams seconded the motion . Mr . Beesley contended that the plan of organisation was not perfect , or else their Executive would not have been placed in the condition in which they often were . The plan he had proposed would greatly improve their condition , and supply them with larger fends ; and y et it would lessen the amount of the taxation in their local districts . Hehadreceived letters from various quarters requesting him to press . a motion to revise the present plan of
organisation . Mr . Woodward supported the amendments The Executive had done wonders , considering their means . If they had been property supported they might have accomplished more . Mr . Philp thought that , as the Executive would be able to report in the morning , the appointment of the Committee would not interfere with it ; he knew his brethren of the Executive would b » glad of the aid of a Committee . . Mr . Pitkethly thought they had better wait until the Executive had given in their report * Mr . White then replied .
' Mr . Doyle would withdraw bis motion , on condition that they did not act until they heard the report of Executive in the morning . The resolution was unanimously carried ; and the Ballot decided that Messrs . Beesley , Baiietow , O ' Connor , White , Lowery , Doyle , and M'Douall be appointed . Mr . White moved , — That a committee of three be appointed to draw up an address to the country , embodying the spirit of Mr . Moir ' s resolution , and that it oe signed by each delegate . " Mr . Pitkethly seconded the motion . Mr . Thomasson moved , as an amendment : — "That the address be postponed to a later sitting of tho Convention . " Mr . O'Connor seconded the amendment . The general feeling being in favour of Mr . White ' s motion , the amendment was withdrawn . A committee consisting of Messrs . M'Donall , O'Connor , and Lowery , were appointed . Mr . White wished for information respecting the procession ; he had written to Birmingham , for flags , &c .
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The Secretary read the commiuuioations from the Attorney-General respecting the application to him iu regard to Frost , &c , the political prisoners , &o . It appeared from the letter tb ' afc he had no time to receive a deputation , and requested them to communicate by letter . A similar letter was areceived from Sir James Graham . Morgan Williams trustod they would not allow the matter to be thus evaded . It was then resolved 'onanimously that the Committees appointed wait on Sir Frederick Pollock , and at the Home Office , and demand an audience . The Committee appointed to wait on Mr . Doncomb © then reported . Mr . Duncombe stated that he had seen Mr . Crawford ' s letter in the Nonconformist , and that he should
vote for that motion of Mr . Crawford ; but he should reserve his observations until the presentation of the National Petition . He thought the party of Mr . Crawford was acting in a very factious manner , and that they would give him every opposition . Mr . Duncombe wished to have letters regarding the state of the country forwarded to him from all parts . He still entertained great hopes that Ministers would be compelled to hear the Deputation at the Bar of the House . He wished the Convention to correspond with him when occasion required . A deputation was received from the City of London Chartists , stating that they had engaged the Crown- and Anchor Tavern , Strand , for Tuesday next , and desiring the services of the Convention .
The services of the whole of the Convention were placed at their disposal . A * yote of thanks was given to the deputation from the City of London , and after notices of motion had been given in , the roll was called and the Convention adjourned * till nine o ' clock on the following morning .
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Staxybridgb . —Mr . J . Crowther of Lower-Moor , near Oidham , will deliver a lecture in the National Charter Association room , on Sunday evening , the 24 th , at six o ' clock . Birmingham . —A collection will take place at the Aston-street zooms , on Sunday and Monday evenings , for the Convention Fund . Hanley . —Mr . Candy ' s route as follows : —At Wolverhampton , on Monday the 25 th ; Stourbridge , on Tuesday ; Kidderminster , on Wednesday ; Bromsgrove , on Thursday ; Worcester , on Friday ; and at Bedditch on Saturday and Sunday , the 30 th , and May 1 st . - ¦•" ¦
Delegate Meeting . —A meeting ? of delegates from the various districts in the West Riding , will be held at the house of Mr . Carrodus , tho North Tavern , Bradford , on Sunday , the 1 st of May , at ten o'clock in the forenoon . It is particularly requested that each district will appoint a delegate . Derbt . —Mr . P . M . Brophy ' s route for the ensuing week : —At Swadliacote on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock ; Burton-on-Trent , Sunday , at six in the evening ; Tutbury , on Monday , at seven o ' clock ; Yoxhall , on Tuesday ; Derby , on Wednesday , in the Association rooms , Willow-row , at seven o ' clock ; and at Belper , on . Thursday . Manchester . —Messrs . Ross , Dixon , and Smetburst , will lecture at the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday afternoon and evening ; after which letters will be read from Mr . J . Leach member of the Convention .
Rochdale . —Mr . Edward Clark of Manchester , will lecture next Sunday ( to-morrow ) , in the Association room , to commence at half past two o ' clock , and six in the evening . Mr . Bell ' s Route . —Mr . Bell will lecture at Halifax , on Monday the 25 th inst . ; Ovenden , Tuesday ; Mixenden , Wednesday ; Luddendeu , Tbnrsday ; Lower Wortley , Friday ; Ripponden , Saturday ; and at Sowerby , on Sunday , the first day of May . London . —A grand gala and ball will take place at the Royal Albert Saloon , Shepherdess Walk , City Road , ob Thursday , the 12 th May , for the benefit of Mr . Lunt , an old stager in the cause of democracy . The whole to conclude with a splendjd drama . — Tickets ° d . ; reserved seats , Is . ; ball room , 1 b . Castle-stbeet , Lsicksteh-squabe . —Mr . Beesley , delegate from Lancashire , will lecture at the Clockhouse , on Sunday next .
New Road . —Shoemakkbs . —Mr . Woodward , the delegate from Brighton , will lecture at tho King and Queen , Foley-Btreet , Cleveland-street , on Sunday evening next . Mastleboke . —Mr . Leach , president of the Executive , will lecture at the Working Men ' s Hall , No . 5 , Circus-street , New-road , on Sunday evening next , at half-past Eeven o ' clock . Victoria Theatre . —A benefit for the Convention will take place , this evening , Saturday . Dockhead . —A raffle , consisting of three portraits , numeiy , Frost , O'Connor , and Emmett , will take place , for the benefit of the Convention Fund , at St . John ' s Coffee House , on Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Tickets , 3 d . each , can be had of Mr . Jeanes , hair dresser , Saowefields . 55 , Old Bailey . —Mr . Powell , delegate to the Convention , will lecture here on Sunday evening . Mr . Doyle , delegate to the Convention for Cheshire , will lecture here on Tuesday next .
Rothrrhithe . —A Citizen of London will address the men of Rotherhithe—subject- ^ " The Repeal of the Union , and the means to obtain it "—on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock , at Bailey ' s Temperance Coffee House , Church Passage , near Rotherhithe Church . Pnblic discussions take placo here every Wednesday evening . Eastern Division , Bootmakers . —On Sunday evening next , a lecture will be delivered at the Star Coffee House , Golden Lane , by Mr . Christopher Doyle , at half-past seven o ' clock . i&ilAlUn ± / £ AUOtSfaUJ VI VUO
X > a-z . -O . UJKUUU ^ JD 6 rmondsey locality will be held on Monday evening next , at the Horns Tavern , Crucifix-lane , at halfpast Beven o ' clock precisely , to elect a new Treasurer , in the room of Charles Jeanes , who has resigned . Lambeth . —A lecture will be delivered on Snnday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening , at 1 , China Walk , which will be continued weekly ; also a lecture on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock . An East and North Riding Delegate Meeting will be held at the Temperance Hotel , Selby , on Sunday , the 1 st of May , when it is hoped a goodly number of delegates will be present .
Mutual Instruction SociETT . —A lecture "Will be delivered at the rooms of this society , the Magnet Coffee House , Drury-lane , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , by Mr . Wall . Subject— " Oratory . " Walworth . —Mr . Balls will lecture at the Ship and Blue Coat Bay , on Monday evening , the 2 nd of May . Shoreditch . —On Snnday next , two sermons will be preached by Mr . George Harrison , delegate from Nottingham , to the Working Men ' s Convention , that in the morning at ten o ' clock , in Shepherd and Shepherdesses'Fields ; and that in the afternoon at three , in Weymouth Terrace , Hackney-road , A public meeting will beheld on Tuesday evening , at six o ' clock , at the Crown and Anchor , Strand .
A general meetiDg of the members of the Hatters National Charter Association will be held on Wednesday next , at eight o ' clock , when business of importance will be laid before them . Dele g ates are requested to be sent to the Albion Coffee-house , Church-street , Shoreditch , on Wednesday evening next , at nine o ' clock , to take into consideration the best means of carrying out the forthcoming petition demonstration in the Hamlets . Old-Street-Road . —Mr . Clarke will lecture on Sunday next , at the Cannon Coffee-house ; subject — "Trades unions and their connection with politics . "
Dukinfiei-d . —Mr . William Aitken will deliver a lecture in the Association Room , Hall Green , Dukinfield , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock in the evening . Oldham . —Mr . John Bailey will lecture here on Snnday evening next , at six o ' clock . Waterhead MiLJi . —Mr . John Bailey will lecture at this place on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Holungworth . —Mr . R . Wild , of Lower Burn , will lecture here on Sunday next , April 24 th , at halfpast two o ' clock in the afternoon , in aid of the Convention . Glossop . —Mr . R , Wild will lecture here on Sunday evening , at Bix o ' clock . The Sodth Lancashire Delegate Meeting will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) week , in the Brownstreet , Chartist room , East Manchester .
Dewsbubt . —Mr . West will deliver a lecture on Sunday , April 24 th , in the large room , over the Cooperative Stores , at six o ' clock in the evening . He will also deliver a lecture at the Market Cross , on Wednesday , April 27 th , at half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . Lane-end . —Mr . Swinglehurst will lecture , if convenient , at Lane-end , oa Sunday the 1 st , at two o'clock in the afternoon } Handley in the evening ; Macclesfield on Monday evening ; Hazel-Grove on
Tuesday ; Bolton on Wednesday ; Chorley on Thursday , and will be in Preston , at borne , on Friday . Sheffield , Fig Tbbb-Lane —Mr . Samuel Parkes will preach a funeral sermon for Henry Frost , son of the exiled patriot John Frost , on Sunday evening . Service to commence at seven o ' clock . A Public Meeting will be held in the above room on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Long Whatton . —Mr . Pepper of NormantoH , will lecture here oa Sunday , May 1 st , in the forenoon and afternoon . : . _
Wakbington . —Public Discussion . —On Sunday next , a discussion will take place in the Chartist Room , Bank-street , at h&lf-pabt six o ' clock in the evening , when all parties in politics are earnestly invited to attend . Snbject— * Is war necessary V Mr . Thomas l *) we opens the discussion . Hollimwood . —Mr . Thomas Storor , of Aahton , lectures here on Sunday next , » t Bix o dock in the evening .
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Dewsbury . —A District Council meeting will be held in the Room Over the Co-operative Store , on Sunday next . ¦ ¦ : ¦>¦ . . . '¦/'" ¦ - - - . / : : : ' .::, r ¦ ¦ Mb . Taylor ' s Roots- fob , the ensuing Week : — At Nottingham Forest , on the afternoon of Sunday next , and at the Chapel , Rice Place , in the evening ; on . Monday , at Hucknall Torlrard ; on Tuesday ^ at Old Basford ; on Wednesday , at Lambley-:- | and on Saturday evening , at Ruddington . i . .. Debbvshibb . —Mr . Dean Taylor will lecture at the following places , at seiren . o'clock each evening —At Belper , in the Market Place , on Monday , April 25 Ji ; at Duffield , on Tuesdav . the 26 th : at
Heanor , on Wednesday , the 27 th ; at Swanwich , on Thursday , the 28 th ; at Matlock Bridge , on Friday , the 29 th j and he will preach in Belper Market Place , at five o ' clock on Sunday evening , May 1 st . A collection will be made at the olose of each lecture to aid the funds . ; Macclesfield . — -A delegate meeting will take place in the Association Rooms , WatercOtes , on Sunday . the 1 st of May . The County Seoretary must at the same time inform the different Associations that a county lecturer cannot be engaged until the next delegate meeting , as the whole of the Convention and Lecturers' Fund is not brought up .
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[ The tone and temper of this letter would have perfectly justified us in putting it into the fi / e , instead of publishing it . But we can very well afford to allow an angry man to splutter ; toe more particularly when we have given him no cause to be angry . We have never yet known a leader preparing to bolt from the course who did not fci « fc nioBt viciously at the first admonition of the Northern Star , however gentle or gentlemanly . No matter how Btill and small the voice , its sound is hateful if sounded otherwise than in praise . God knows , that nothing in the ¦ whole movement affords us bo much pleasure as to praise the leaders , whenever we can do so consistently and honeatly ; and that we have never omitted any opportunity of calling the attention of the
people to the merits and deserta of Mr . O'Brien , from whose energetic writings we believe the cause of liberty and ; sonnd principle to have received much furtherance . But though we believe Mr , O'Brien to have been a very useful man , we cannot therefore consent to fall in love with everything he may say and do , merely because it happens to be his saying and doing . We respect Mr . O'Brien much for the services be has rendered ; but we respect the cause to whieh those services have bees rendered much more . And though we are quite ready t * give Mr . O'Brien all the credit for shiewdnesa of judgment to which he is entitled , we venture to hope that the public , at all events , will see that we may chance to differ with him in opinion , and to express that
difference of opinion In friendly and gentlemanly language , without meriting the tnorcetu here bestowed upon ua We have never besitateeV to give Mr . O'Brien free libeity to disaent from our opinions , and to express his dissent in our own columns ; which he has done , ere now , with much less of courtesy than we have always observed towards him . Yet we never prated to the people about Mr . O'Brien " seeking to injure ns in the estimation of the Chartists . " We nayer talked of his dissension from our advice or opinions as the inflicting of a " grievous wrong" ! Nor did we ever vapour about "demanding redress at his bands , " or challenge him to meet us to discuss the question of whether bis expression of dissent from oar policy and proceeding was not
" intended for the purpose of bringing us into odium with the Chartist body" ? Had we done so , we should have been laughed at , and thrown overboard by the people ; and we should have richly deserved it We can tell Mr . ^ 'Brien , that if we do not greatly mistake the character and intelligence of the Chartist pnblic , the time for such letters as this of bis to do any harm to any one bat their authors , or to do any thing bat barm to their authors has gone by . The people have now a knack ci thinking ; of looking beyond the mete wordy surface , and forming Uisir opinion bom facts and principles . Mr . O'Brien has enough of judgment to perceive that bis position in the Storgite Conference was unnatural ,
and anomal « u 8 , and calculated to excite great t nrprise in the minds of many honest Chartists . The reasoning of our hat week ' s article appears to have satisfied hiB mind that he has been playing a foolish and idle game ; but he has not magnaniiaity enough to acknowledge the conviction thus forced upon him ; and forthwith be is angry with us for having obliged him to see his folly . Feeling conscious that his laudations of the Sturge men , and of their perfect exhibition of the " democratic principle , " would not ¦ office to counterbalance the proofs of their insincerity , which our article laid plainly before both him and the people , be hopes to escape from the humiliation of retracing bis steps and renouncing bis
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new alliance by an impudent attempt to brand as with the titles of liar and miscreant . He affirms that ourrepreseutatiou of hk proceedings at the Conference is wilfully'felse . fils wordsi « re : ~ " The part you represented me as bating acted at the Birmingham Conference is the very opposite of the part ' I didact , —a «<* you know it . Had O'Connoi ' been in the same place , and acted the like part , how different Would have b « ea your commentary i Yaw " leading , " or rather misleading article is , from first to lasfc ( as far as I am concerned ) , a gross and - ' wilful perversion of facts ; artfully got up for the purpose of denouncing me in the aatimation of the Chartirt public - From any other man this paragraph would have
surprised us . From Mr . O'Brien it would at one time have surprised us I it doea not now . Onr answer to it is that we gave the statements from the i \ To » cofi-/ onntsi newspaper—the official organ of the Conference ; that wa gave the statements precisely as we found them , neither adding nor diminishing a word ; that we perverted nothing ; that we suppressed nothing ; tnat we misrepresented , nothing ; and that . - ¦ ¦ ¦ as we cannot suppose tnat Mr . O'Brien has not seen th e Nonconformist , we most believe that he knows this to be the fiot We have since then compared the report given by the Nonconformist With that of the Birmingham Journal and several other papers : we find them all to agree in giving precisely the same version of the facts as is given by
the Nonconformist ; and we must have some better reason than Mr . O'Brien ' s thinking and saying so , before we can believe that all the oracles of bis new friends " are every one ot them interested i . a misrepresenting and putting him down" 1 The sneer about what out commentary , might probably have been ; had O'Connor been id toe same place , and acted a like part , ia in perfect keeping with the rest Of thisi ' yerydisingenuous and iHBidious letter . The readers of the Star know very well , and Mr . O'Brien knows very well , that we have not hesitated to express , though in his owni paper , our dissent from , and disapprobation of , Mr . O'Connor ' s opinions and policy , when ever onr regard for pnblic interest required it . Mr . O'Brien knows more : be knows that he has dissented from Mr . O'Connor ' s opinions j and that he has always had free course to express his
own opinions in the Northern Star , however adverse to those of the Editor and Proprietor , at any length he pleased . There was always , to be sure , this difference between Mr . O'Connor and : Mr . O'Brien ; that Mr . O'Connor never presumed to bluster in the style of this letter , about any expression of dissent from bis opinion . We imagine t ! ie people know us now sufficiently well to feel satisfied that if Mr . O'Connor had been in the same place , and acted the like part , bur commentary would bave been similar . We ; should have respeetfully , but firmly and promptly , intimated tbat we disagrfea with him . This is all we have done in the present instance , to call forth the very gentlemanly letter now before us . «• The very bead and front of our offending , " is in the following few lines of our last week ' s leading article : —
" What , then , is the conclusion forced upon the mind by all these proceedings taken as a whole ? The avowed object of these men is the uniting of the whole energies of the whole people , and particularly the uniting of the middle and working classes } and they prosecute this object by a means which cati have no other effect than that of breaking up , as far aa It may be ouccesafal , the union of the working classes already established . This may be sufficient to prove to Mr . O'Brien that his suspicions of the SturgeJte's were groundless ; we acknowledge , however much we may regret , to dissent from his opinion , that upon bar mind it has worked a conclusion ^^ exactly the reverae of this . " We defy any man breathing to point out a Bingle word that we have ever written of OBtien less respectful than thosei ' we have quoted above : and yet this is to use the Northern Star with a malicious intention to ruin Mr . O'Brieu ! Gad help the poor thin skinned fellow ! " . .
But Mr . O'Brien denies the accuracy of the report . He affirms that bis conduct—that his acts and sentiments were directly the opposite of what is reported jof him . Suppose , for the sake of argument , the report to have been incorrect , ( which we don'fc believe ) why then should Mr . O'Brien turn round and . abuse as f We give our authority for every word we say respecting him—we do not profess to give it as our own report , for we bad no reporter there—we take the report from the official organ of the Conference , simply because we ate determined not to be charged with having "artfully got up ' a report to suit our own purposes . Yet , Mr . O'Brien , knowing these facts , pours oat the full vial of bis indignation upon us , and affirms that we bate laboured by
wilful suppressions , and perversion and hiwrepresentation , to malign and ruin him with the Chartist public ! He does hot condescend to toll us what the suppressions , perversions , and misrepresentations are . A temperately ' and decently expressed letter informing us that the Nonaonformist report , from which we had quoted , was an incorrect one , and giving bis own version of the facts and his own correction of the misrepresentations , would have beea a communication at least as likely to obtain iuBeition in a paper which hasi always befriended him , as the insolent and blackguard epistle which he has thought , proper to send . But this , it seems , did not suit Mr O'Brien ' s purpose . He knew perfectly ' i « . e ) l that if any misrepresentatipn of him had been given in the
Northern Star , it bad been given unwittingly ; and that nothing wonld give its conductor greater pleasure than to correct any sach misrepresentation . Instead , however , of talcing the course which any decent man , conscious of having truth on bis side , would have taken , Mr . O'Brien thinks proper to place himself altogether without the pale of civilised society . There is no accounting for taste : and we have no wiab to interfere with Mr . OBrien ' 8 taste , further than may be agreeable to him , or necessary to our own protection , or that of the people . As to bis vapouring " challenge" (!) we tell him very candidly we have much better occupation for our time . He knew himself to be quite safe in making it ; because be was quite sure that
there-was no danger of its being accepted . There areone or two other points , in thla extraordinary epistle , that we must notice before we shake bands with SJr . O'Brien , and wish him better luck and better temper . He begins his letter by an insinuation that , at some former time , be has received ill usage from us . We dp apt like gener ^ Insinuation i ; and would rather have seen the when and the how honestly pointed eut . For the satisfaction of such readers as may feel any interest in it , we state thus publicly , and we refer to the whole of the Northern Star for evidence , that we have never permitted an opportunity of serving Mr . O'Brien ' s interests , or defending or upholding his character , when we could rightly and honestly do so , Wescape ub unimproved .
We have watched for oppqrtunies of serving him in consideration of his former writings on behalf of the cause , as anxiously as we could have sought bur own personal advancement , and much more anxiously than wei liaise done bo . We have bis own letters by us In which he acknowledges , in glowing terms , " the kind , the generous , nay , tho chivalrous manner" in which our regard for his interests and character bave beea evinced . He has had the fnll use of the columns of the Northern Star , during the yphole term of its existence , to write therein , upon public subjects , whatever he thought proper . His communcations on all matters of principle have been invariably inserted , at whatever inconvenience , and in every instance at full length , and without the
slightest alteration , a delicacy of opurtesy never extended to any other correspondent of : the paper , not even to the proprietor bimself I And yet this man , who fans always written in the paper whatever be liked , and of whose communications we never altered a single word ,, is the only man who has talked ot " suppression and matilation , "in reference to his correspondence . Upon two occasions he sent grossly libellons attacks on indivlduala , for which we refused to mate the Star a ^^ vehicle . One ot these was a letter from Lancaster Castle , in referenc « to certain , parties connected with the Southern Star . The ether was what he called bis " answer to the Socialists' challenge" which , be here insults us with having ' fr burked . " With the
exception of these two matters of personal attack , we repeat that Mr . O'Brien has written in the Northern Star any thing and every thing be liked ; and we think that the people will concur with iu in the opinion that if , instead of this letter , be had written a plain statement of the facts , which he says Were migrepreBented , to us , it Would have been more Serviceable to his credit . He insinuates , or ratber asserts plainly , that we make an" editorial practice of condemning and encouraging others to condemn men without a bearing . " He knows this to be falser and as all our readers know It to be faisa also , we need : say no more about it . Our insertion of this present letter of Mr . O'Brien ' s Is a proof that so far from condemning men unheard , we are willing to
bear them even when they have nothing to say . And now we leave Mr . 0 Brien and bis challenge in the binds of the people , who we have no doubt will deal with them as they deserve . Mr . O'Brien say * that we have luisrepreBented him ; he does not say HOW ; he says thatwe bave perverted facts ; be does not say what facts ; he » ays that we are interested in misrepresenting and putting him down ; be does oot say how we caw bb , oe why we should BB , 80 INTEBBSTED . We « ay thai we , have mfsrepresented nothing ; that we have quoted the statements ( for which we have given our authority ) fairly and honestly ; that we believe , from the confirmation m « de by many other papers , that that statement
is correct ; and we are the more satisfied that it is so , because we bave seen the last number of ^^ the Non . conformist , and do not find in it any . notice of any complaint from Mr . O'Brien about the inaccuracy of thereporfc - ; ¦;¦ - ¦; .- ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .- ' - ¦ . ¦ :: ¦ ¦ ¦ ,: '¦¦ ' - ¦ ' :- - Here , then ,: we leare the matter , If Mr . O'Brien can justify btmself to the people ; we have no objectlon ; but we have a great objection to be further annoyed or abused by a man towards whom we have never manifested any but a kind and friendly feeling , and for whom we have now no other wish than that be may live long , and en joy all the happiness and public confidence to which his merits and public ¦ enioeaentitle him . —Ed . MSI
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THE NEW "NEW MOVE . " MB . Ed lTOE . ^ -The subject to which Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , of last week , referred , was matter which I had to lay before the public , which I consider to be of Un » gteatesi importance ; and my teason for delaying my notice , till next week , is briefly the want of time ' to lay the matter , in a clear and simple form , before the public . Every members time has been taken up in discharge of his Convention duty , and in corresponding with his constituents ; however , I shall devote my le sure time to . the purpose Of exposing fully the tricks and machinations of the " new move" party . Being a member of the present Convention , I went , by chance , on my arrival , to the coffee house where the " new move" party meet ; and there I learned , from
Mr . Lovett's own lips , some facts which will at onee prove the objects of the Sturgite movement I shall be able to show to yeu that Mir . Lovett and his party at Birmingham , consulted how they could best get rid of the name of the Charter , which , as ^ yeb , they werei not sufficiently strong to do ; and also that it was in contemplation , at Biimingham , when it would be prudent to form a junction with Daniel O'Connell ; and other means of getting rid of the old leaders . In short . Sir , I pledge myself to lay before you such a series of astonishing , facts as will at once show the objects and tendency of the " new niove" men , and expose their treachery . . " ¦ ' . ' ¦ " . "' . . ... - - ; ' . ; ' / ' Your obedient Servant , George / Harrison , Member of the National Convention , London .
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HOUSE QF LORDS . —Fbidat , April IS . No public business of importance . . -. Monday , April 18 . The Earl of Ripon moved the second reading of the Corn Importation Bill . Earl Stanhope moved that the Bill be read a second time this day six months . : Lord Brougham proposed an amendment , as an amendment en Earl Stanhope ' s that it was not expedient to lay a duty on the importation of foreign corn . Two divisions took place ; one on Earl Stanhope ' g amendment , which was opposed by 119 to 17 ; arid on Lord Brougham ' s , which was opposed bj 109 to 5 .
,-.-.. . Tuesday , April 19 . Lord MEtBOURNE moved a resolution to the effect that a fixed duty on foreign corn imported into this country was preferable to a sliding scale varying with the average prices . A long debate ensued , after which a division took place , when the numbeis were for Lord Melbourne ' s motion-Present ............. 40 Proxies .... . „ ....,... 22 ' ' . ' ¦ , '' . " ' ¦ ¦ ' - — 71 Against it—Present .. U 7 Proxies . 80 - — -207 Majority against a fixed duty ... 135 The House adjourned at fl quarter past two .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , April 15 . On ttie order of the third reading of the Mutiny ill in the House of Commons , Captain BEBNALproposeda clause to prohibit flogging in the army during the time « f peace , except on a march , or for theft After a long noisy squall , the clause was rejected . The House having resolved itself into Committee on the Colonial Customs Bill , a long '• ¦ " talk" ensued about the several clauses of the BUI , and the House adjourned .
Monday ^ April IS . The first reading of tke Income Tax Bill was moved by Sir R . Peel . V . ; ' v \; -:-.: . ¦¦ ¦' . - , .-:.:. ; ' "¦ - . ¦ ;¦ - ¦ ¦ - " : This wasjdpposed by tord John Bussblx , wbo moved that it be read a first time this day six months . Sir R . Peel , in bis reply , stated that he proposed to make an alteration in favour of the Scotch farmer , whose proportion of the tax is to be 2 ^ d . instead of 3 id . in the pound . A . . On a division , Lord John Russell ' s motion was rejected by 285 to 188 . The bill was then read a first time . / :: v ' - :. ¦ . -. ¦ .- ¦ :.- \ ¦ > ¦ -.-:. : - ' - ; ¦ ¦; : > -- ; ; :-- ; : . .. . -. .- : .- .. ' The rest of the evening was occupied by voting some grants in a : committee of supply ; and consider * ng , in committee , the Municipal Corporations BilL
Tuesday ; April l ? th . ' ... Lord SjAiaET , in reply to Mr . P . M . Stewart , entered into a somewhat lengthened and important statement as to the amount of demand for labour in our Australian colonies and Canada , and the degree in which that demand was supplied by voluntary emigration . ;
THE CHARTEB . Mr . T . Duncombe gave notice that on Monday , the 2 d of May , he would present a National Petition , signed by more than three millions of the industrious classes in fa ? onr of the People ' s Charter , and that on the following day he would move that the petition be taken into consideration , and the petitioners heard at the bar by counsel or by their agents . ' / ¦ - , / ' ; . v ' . " ; -. V- ' ¦ ¦ : " /¦ . ¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' : -: ' :.. : ¦[¦ ¦¦ - . Mr . Fesrand rose to move for a select committee to inquire into the existence of frauds in the various manufactures of the United Kingdom : and
also certain ) resolutions , purporting that the House would , protebt working men giving true evidence before Buoh committee . He con > eaded that it was the dishonesty of our manufacturers which had lost them their superiority in the markets of the world ; and read various communications from books , newspapers , and letters , ia support of bis allegations . * He also entered on the subjeot of the truck system , and the alleged cruelties and oppressions practised on the working classes by their employers , most of whom were zealous Corn Law Repealers . ¦' . ' ¦ > - . -V-.- . ' v ' : . ' ' ^' .:- ¦ ¦' ' .. ' " ¦ ¦' ¦' .:-. / '¦ ' ¦' ¦ ¦
Sir Jas . Graham was of opinion that the instances adduced by Mr . Ferrand " were exceptions to the general rule of the honour and integrity of British merchants and manufacturera . He took exception to the proposed resolutions ; pledging the . ^ 'House to protect workmen in giving evidence ' before a Committee , as being quite superfluous ; and as to the Committee itself , he feared that its inquiries would not prove beneficial , p eeing that open competition was more effectual in suppressing fraad than any Act of Parliament But he was willing to agree to an inquiry into the truck system ; and he therefore moved , as an amendment , "that a Select Commfttee be appointed to inquire into the operation of the law which prohibits the payment of wages otherwise thanii ? the curreat coin of the realm . "
Mr . CoBDEift reminded the House of the manner in which Mr . ; Ferrand ' s former charges had beea received , ; and contrasted it with the mode in which his present ; motion was dealt with : by the Government . He supported the motion for inquiry , and was not afraid of the result . ; Sir Robert Phel was astonished at Mr . Cobden ' s tone , and was : not aware that cheers and smiles were to be construed into acquiescence with every sentiment uttered ; - It Was no function of the Government to vindicate the Anti-Corn Law Leagn © from charges brought against it . As to the motion of Mr . Ferrand , he could not acquiesce in it , for it contained allegations against the manufacturers of the United kingdom ; Frauds in manufactures there would be while the world lasted ; and the effectual remedy for these frauds was open competition in trade .. : . '•;' : :-: ' - ' .. / - ¦ -- ¦;¦ ¦¦ ¦ .. ¦; .-- i : ¦ ' ¦?¦ . ¦ : ' ; -- ' ¦•¦ .. After a few words from Sir CJharlcs Barrel ! ,
Mr . Febhanb withdrew his motion , and Sir Jaa . Graham ' s amendment for a Select Committee to iaquire into the truck system was agreed to . Mr . Sergeant Jackson ( the Solicitor- General for Ireland ) obtained leave to bring in a Bill to assimi late the law in Ireland , as to the punishment of death , to that of England ; and to abolish the punisa ment of death in certain , cases , : ; Some other business was disposed f , and tha House adjourned . - : :
Wednesday , April V » . The House weat into ( wmmitteeupou the Iiceueed Lunatic Aeylums Bill , in which Mr . Waklby proposed that medical men , instead of barristers , ahould be appointed as commisrioners of lunatic aBylums This proposition not appearing , to find favour with the House , the Hon Member modified it by moviag that it should ^ be left to the Loid Chancellor to select members , of either profession for the ofBoe , and in this shape the House affirmed the amendment by % majori ^ of eleven . The further consideration of the measure was then postponed , and the Copyright Bill haying gone through committee with only a few verbal amendments , tne Public House Regulation Bill was read a second time . The second reading of the Barristers ( Ireland ) Bill was negatived ; and the House adjourned . - , ¦ - ; : ; - ' . ¦ ¦ '¦ " ¦ . ; . ¦ •^/¦ ¦ / . ' : ¦ ¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ¦; ¦
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Letters Of Mr. O'Brien To The Editor Of The" Northern Star 1 ' And To The Tjnbepresented Glasses.
LETTERS OF MR . O'BRIEN TO THE EDITOR OF THE" NORtHERN STAR ' AND TO THE TJNBEPRESENTED GLASSES .
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TO THE EDITOR OE . THE NoaiftBBM STAB . Sir , —From your conduct towards me on former occasions , it was my intention never again to trouble you with any communication , public or private ; but you have so foully and basely misrepresented me . in your last paper , that I feel bound by the respect I owe the Chartist body , to notice the deception you have practised on them at my expence . I therefore demand Uie publication ef this , not less on public grounds , than on grounds personal to myself , I demand it , not as a favour , ( for I will owe you no favour , ) but as a matter of right ; and if you will not insert my letter on that ground , you need not insert it all .
The part you represented me as having acted at the Birmingham Conference , is the very opposite of the part I did act , —and you know it . Had O'Connor been in the same place , and acted the like part , how different would have been your commentary ! Your "leading , or rather misleading article is , from first to last , ( as far as I am concerned , ) a gross and wilful perversion of ' facts ; artfully got up for ; the purpose of denouncing me in the estimation of tbe Chartist public . But you will net succeed . I defy you—I defy O'Connor himself with all his popularity and influence , to make the Chartist public believe that my conduct on Conference was what your laboured article would ( by ita perversions , suppressions , and studied misrepresentations ) lead them to believe . That conduct I am prepared to
defend against you or any Other person ; and for that purpose I hereby challenge you to meet the before the public , either in your' own town of Leeds , or in Birmingham , Manchester , or London . Let the meeting be a public one , openly and fairly convened , with due notice given , &c You shall yourself name the time and place ; or if you cannot afford the time , I Will meet O Connor or any other man , or sat of men , Whom you may choose to name . Now mind , you don't burke this challenge aa you did my answer to the cbatlengt > of the Socialiflts . With all the power and popularity of O'Connor and the Star , lam not afraid to meet any or all of you in a just cause , f will not argue with you for a victory , or leadership ^ Victory I deapise . lGaderahip I abhor . I will meet you only to establish justice for myself , and truth for the public .
'Tis not of your leading article alone I cemplain . I complain also of O'Connor's letters , and of certain reported proceedings and resolutions relating to the Conference , which you have inserted in the Star , all of which cure calculated to place me in a false position before the Chartist public . This you bave no right to do—you have no right to use the Northertt Star , which you call M the people ' s organ , " to ruin honest public servants in their good opinion by false and malicious representations of their ; acts . In my capacity of delegate or depnty at the Conference , I was the servant of the Chartists of Wotton-under-Edge , in Qlouceatershira Your misrepreaeutations of mj conduct in that capacity are calculated to injure me in their estimation , and not only in their ' s , but in the estimation of the Chartitt public generally . This is a wrong , a grievous wrong , which you have no right to inflict . I demand redress at your hands , and , I think , I demand only what is justwhen I
ask—1 st . That you will either publicly accept , or publicly decline my challenge ; and that if you accept , you will name the time and place in next week ' s Star . 2 nd . That the question to be tried betweet us be , " whether you have , or hare not , moat foully : misrepresented me in last week's " . Star ; and that for the purpose of bringing me into odium with the Chartist body " --to which you may add , if you like—" -whether your editorial practice of condemning and encouraging others to condemn men without a hearing , and upon expaiie statements , 1 b not calculated to destroy our cause , by driving away from par ranks in despair and disgust , every intelligent man of spirit who tnay happen to give umbrage to O'Connor , yourself , or the admirers of the Star . " :. : ¦' , ¦ ¦; : . : ¦/ .. ;; . : '¦ /¦ ¦ \ ' ¦ 3 rd . That yon will publish In the Star ot tbe following week , a full and impartial report of the discussion , the reporter to be o peraen unconnected with either party . ' ¦ ' ; / : ;• .-. : ' ' ¦ ' ; ' - . " .- ¦ ' - /; ' . '¦ '•; ' .- ' i : ¦ ¦ . "' .
4 th . That you will insert along with this ( by way of antidote to the poison you have disseminated , ) the following address to the Chartist body . I have made it aa brief as possible , that you may have no excuse for rejecting it , on the score of inconvenient length , or the " crowded state" of your columns . Yo urs , Ac . James B . O'Bbien .
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TO THE PlFTY ' -NINE DEtEQATES \ VHO ASSEMBLED AT THE HOP-POLE INN , MANCHESTER , AND VOTED FOR THE . ^ . CHARTER ; ., ; : ' . . : ' ;;; : ;/ - , v ' - ' . ' . - ' .: - ¦ ¦ ' •¦ ' ¦ '' : : : : \ Bhotheb Chabt / sts , — -The last time ' you assembled you appointed me to collect a quota of money from each delegate , towards defraying the expeiices allotted to the Chartists incarred in gatting up the meetings . It is with pleasure that I inform you that a few have nobly come forward and paid their share . Others that I have seen say that
theirs would have been paid had they Known the amount levied . As you have given me authority to make what I conceived a faii : levy , I wish to inform you that if every one who represented auy trade , Or body of men , will { brine 1 b . 6 d- to Mr . J Leach , Tib-street , it will be sufficient to discharge all debts ;; the ; report of which shall afterwards appear , and if any surplus remains , I will hand it over tq tho Town Council . Yours faithfully , William GarFFW . - MM /^^^ V ^ I ^^^ MfUUMArA
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Tbe Crescent , Edgebasten , Birmingham . Brother Chartists , —I pray you not to believe one word said about me in the Starat last week ; sor to come to any conclusion respecting tbe part taken by me in the Conference , until Mr . Hill , or somebody for him , has accepted or declined my challenge .
I will not W judged by the repbrta pL the Star , the Nonconformist , or any . other paper in the kingdom . They are every one of them interested in njisrepreaenting and putting me down . I am neither a Sturgite , an OConnorite , a Lovettlte , nor any ether t / e . I am what you have ever known me to be , and no mistake ! I give Mr . Sturge , Mr . O Connor , and every other public man , credit for all the good they do . But I will not pin my faith to any man's : sleeve , nor belong to any party , other tban tbat of the people . My acts and sentiments on the ; late Conference were directly the opposite ot what the Star would lead you to infer . Yours , ever , James B . O'Brien .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 23, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct595/page/5/
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