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TO THE EDITOR OF TH8 MORTHKttH STAR.
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TO THE - WTMBEBS OF THE NATIONAL CHABTER * ^ ASSOCIATION.
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' ¦ ¦ -hli & * k * r- ** ' all times it has T « en tor & * to Bft ^ > 6 fore yoti in my real character * , Sr TM ^ oiafee ofite Tine ; and of my eonsis-I ^ V id j » fft fte » is . no person Tor whom ! have ^ lorei&oTongi contempt iban for ~ 4 £ e man who -Ldbb » double -eJaa ^ w-... ^^ Te ^) poung ofihe ^ ncstion . ofiheE »< aitiTein Tsst weeft 5 tor . TrifiKrnt any apparent ground , S , i iaa hoped andfe » people tad thought that ^ fpar i ^ renees werebealed , has / placed ine in a -SUnl stoatioiu On Monday lain-fooDd in
com-St Trith James Leach , : * cting ; wiin mm ana fSjgjsiij ? idinjisl Rank ifcaaeTiD «_ deserye j and ^^ Igifjiay he Sb represented xa the Northern Star - ^ ons wifli whom nehonestman wonldbe associated S » n cffiaal capacity . I imagine * hat the inuaf t . of chairman presiding over a meeting of Qiirtl stB , b an official capacity , and I eongraw ^ tsd the meeting upon his appointment } theref « . h * TB Iassodited with James Leach ; and as I i j-p . jiall times , to he consistent it ~ now becomes my &trto 3 » y before yon the part that I haTe taken - A e dBpate ^ ielstiTB to the Balance Sheet of the ^ g ^ trre , and the mode resorted to by . Mr . H > 1 L , in VjopwStJ" of Editor of the Northern Star , in fctfrHTn * iheireondact before ihe Chartist body .
1 w * i always ; aware of the 4 difficnlty of my HtBs&si' To interfere capriciously -with the Editor —pjiiais » Tel > een an act of despotism ; and to allow -jkeflOBffiet to proceed , when , as the Proprietor of fia taper * I ~ wss 3 U > t safened wiih file position - ^ gjjij the Editor , would TiaTe been weakness j . Hi jgtsSSaiion . r " --i . ; "Win paHi 6 notice was £ rst directed to the B ^ ibcb Sheei , I thought that it was done in a
be-^ jgjjjg-jmiHijr ; but when the _ intemperanee of the Secretary forced ihe Editor from bis impregnable MSlicaof sentinel and induced him to assume ihe rait of accuser , then 1 was of opinion , and remain so thai ha abandoned his strong hold . I * aw the jj ^ sesssty ^ jfilose adherence to all the roles of our XhginiHiion ; law the fatal consequences of any jjjgraBi violation of those rules ; I read the whole tkzxgB igiinzt the Executive , and also the carcum-^ vncjl . eridence from many parts of the country
lj wKel a charge of neglect was sustained ; and . Bough sernpalons , I irast , as any man , I never iara sees in their eondaci that amount of goilt , «^ which it has been characterised . 5 ol » Te passed OTer ihe neglect would hare been " u njnsSca , j » ot only to the Charnst body but to fia Eificntire themselves ; while to haTe magnified fesr errors would be to deal uujn 3 Uy with them . iTssiffirioiisf'ort ' h * correction of the wrong ; and _{ Kwpfara desirous iisi the deviation from the pre-UerifedmleeshouldhaTebeenlaid before the country
; s > flat tie opinion of the Oiaiiist body might be ; fsSj tested npon the question : and it was because ; l&reaw , in the manner and language in which - , fl » durge was made , the probable froitraiion of : gaj desirable object } that I the more regretted it . Hasy persons hare supposed that I was not only ts ^ niniitofjbutfaTOurable to , the course pursued by ; 2 a Editor of the Star ; and , had the contention l « iswij I should haTe preferred labouring under this NcpBed censure , tore-opening the breach . The time ? -1 bs m * come , however , when I must justify
I Ejself ; and with that intention I beg lesre to state . . * t ibe oaisei , that so far from being a consenting f j » tf to the controversy I waa most nnequiToeally l _^ 5 pcsed to it- ; in proof whereof I feel myself ^ 'lissmi to l * jl > efore yon thB following correspondence * Meh passed between ilr . Bill and me . . The £ rst notice of ihe matter which appeared igmjpaaVtotb ] feelings , I resd in the Star preceding Mi . Duacocibe 's Tiai to Manchester ; and immediildj upoE perusing it I sat down and communiiatefi 3 iy disgife&etira of the course pursned by . ; Mr . Hill ; and that is the fret letter referred to "by vto in is renty . _ Tfaeseond letter had reference to
nt » ywM « m - lttrrLjnnTri P ^ -gigjfl useffTowaras Se Execatrre , and also to an article upon the Ii& « ainutryDocnment , "or the Addres ^ sappobed febTeieeaissaed during the recent strike . Inerer isejajifflflf-niy letters , asIneTer anticipate { he WHaSySuangihem for the purpose of justifying Bjself ; ie-sreTer , in the sntjained letter you Tiffl sas imple quotations from these letters to lad jm te the conclusion that , from the first , 3 was iflcet&hiiis course pursued by Mr . Hill , or rather U&taodeiyf making Us charges . _ 33 » Mowing is Mr . Hill ' s reply to my iwo fejinipm this subject ; and as the date is important , V &joct attention to it : — -
heeds , Satnrday erwimg , Dae , 10 th , 1842 . : JHt ixis Sa , —I nerer do aBythiiig hasti ^ if 2 onhslp ii , because I generally find things hastily is * to be 21 dime . I haTe therefore teien time to i 3 st tie feelmp of sorpnse and sBtoaidiment with * a 41 read yom last letter t » snbade , before X sat fcn tpas ^ it 1 fiaH bo-, try to aunrer so mnch of it as I can tt ?»» i * adM ) 7 ; or at least as fully as may be aeeeswn im tua flnT j -intft pTrty-T ^^ Tng f *?> ch otiier . Cat lnajorait soQQsg in replying to it , I ahaU 6 i odijaaraph aa I go on .
Tralepttttio : _ " i dia think that fire yean intitoq . Kitto ipai ef friendEhip , ahoold fcaTeiasttred : ii ^^ fer jEception for my ofeserrations . 1 nevez o » oed the iK ^ Bage of fiictstien -nor often of re-* "wfr" « & 1 &oold not bow write if I were abla » P te leeds . Bnt I did all in my power to start fa acnnnjj , bat-was opligcd , -while dressing , to « end ^^ Itertar agsin instead of a carriage . Tot now eoijj ihiTB been -rerj 21—dangerously bo , othez JpxiiosmiGcn sooner mterfered . *'
Ji _ a » £ at place , I do feel asaured ^ hat yon wffl beanra » iea I b » j that the hbwb of your illness fills SiWhMgrei ; and I hare the smcerert hope that by sa ins it nay be aUeriated . The first part of the Fsiajfc I aa Btta-ly unable to understand , as I = »« ana xmi to what " obserrafions- jon refer . 11 •*® tt 1 ' fl » obserrafioia contained in your pre-|™ r «^ s , 1 mest remind you that I did » ot receiw *• « b , sot in && did you write it , nntfl after rjg « stj 0 n of the artkles referred to , and com-Jsa ^ oriB tins . In proof of this , I need bnt refer - *?*? - ™ folhnniig attracts from it ;—' . ' As to the ««^ ioB _ th 8 Eijenuiture o ? the ExecntiTe , I tbick s— . «« , t ^ iEuuiuuBUi UlSJUfcCUUTBi i UUBK fe
* ~^ J » Mir , ke . - " 31 ieartidBTiponttjeExe-^ "Wfflttnt 1 do not exacBy comprehend . " It j ^ ttesfore , haTe been any ohserrations in thiB ^ T e ^ 70 E E 3 5 * cted **** * & * & defer « ™ - | ^^~ ?* ttes upon wMcb your present letter jjT *^?» wrerely . I haro neTer had from yon any SBtri ™ 1025 besiil « ^ *** BPon the matters at : -t ^ 1 QlErdor ^ compelled to think that yen lea » T *? *» unaes some miscorjwpfion arising ^^ " ^ a * lecollecaon of facts ; as I do trust * J ^*^ fc 7 eSa * on ^* T 8 ^ notniae bas giren you 1 |)| r ^ to mpoae that auy obserrations from joq SilaatSv te ^ raespectfally reeeired by me . I X ^ P * " ^ assurance might not be aeeessaiy ; ^ ia ^ aae ? ajy , 1 must beg to assure yon that Jejj ^^ ^ * from whom I would receive ofcmore
^ jj ^^ Ttita lespectful deference and iuozb i '*«« 5 ? f ^ tlaik-as yon seem to do—that 2 ^ telfceiJf ? ** 16114100 to y 0111 obserrations when 1 ^ S ^ S ^ 9 ttan "" ^^ delireied persoDally . [ rtaB ^ jjS !!^* ! 8 ^^ , as 1 doubt not 1 always I ^ eaS * tolH * iTe all your obserration » , ingges-- i ^ scC ^ V ® 1 mosl I 6 S P tftl * ad aHtenfire * s « 4 g » - j ?^ ¦ "' ays endeaTourea in whateTer con-- ¦ ¦**» "Jl ^^ ^ moTement , * o to * ct as to i 6 V a ^^ MSEee" ™ = alled for . As to " dicta-: *^^*» J ^ &DnghtotaIk of that when it is K ^ s ^ jffcPamedoL Ton say that you haTe ' ^ isB- * , ^ !* 7 ou Eerer wHL I know of | i ^*"» WaL ? r ° * « haaet 8 r " aa * -ahoBldinaneB r " ?** 2 K * bear 3 t tfcJ' ^ SiP * ?" » T =-r ;' fcSl ?^ M - iB ^ una last ttatl did hope a » l ^^ K ' " V 0 lild ^ «» d » as I was not h ^ K 3 ect to * fts te * I am not to -lJcf t * Mse
fiiend-; »««>* . fi ^ firS ? ^ ttHt a Jn ] y & * t , Trben I in-¦ 22 . ' m -Sj ^ WMMaaaa to 12 » Hull conn-SS ^ Sffi ^ Campbell ^ -iurtead rf W » 2 ^ & ^ P ^ ra "pressea yosttelf io S ^ SfcSS **** * Iperfeilyremea-4 »?* VS ^? 7 CU * ^^ "a ^ o * ^ ^^^ aS ^ . ^?® ' ^^ the leicesterabire ' ^^« S 4 jw ? ' you again expressed Vv ** l W tT * 6 tt * t &B 7 would wt on my ^ ta ^ tta t ^^™ * 1116 v&fo * of the maii-^^ Itwa ^^^ enw was going on . Indeed , S ^^ jS ^ * ^^ ^^ ? tte % « ^ ^ tia ^ Ki to tty coramunicating with ^** eBie ^^ Prndence was not " going «» 1 tit ^ a »; sna we waited till
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a » appearance of another balance sheet to note its effect . However , I am to conclude that you are right ; and that my recollections are aa wrong as they are atrong and clear . It may be matter of icgret to the Hull councillors that they should not haTe your approbation of the& proceedings ; but I hare yet to learn that that fact should render their proceedings nngatory , and depriTe them of tfveir rigbt to act on their own judgment . If this paragraph mean that the HuU councillors ought Dot to UB 6 their correspondence , because yon are not favourable to it , I fear your enemies would deem this a Trery close approximation to that "language of dictation" which yon affirm ttiat you never used ; if it do not mean this , I confess that I am unable to discover any meaning iu it
Tou say that you are not to me or any one " a take friend * . ** GoS forbid that yon should ; J , at least , 2 » tb suffered enough from fidsa friends without finding one io you . You go on in your letter to aay : — " The moment seized for denonncing M'Douall , was ha eTen a robber , was most unfortunate ; while the terms used in branding the acts of the Executive HamableVihoughDotTehal , were highly offensive , and pre-eminentiy calculated to lessen the feeling of proper regret which a ealm exposure would have ensured . "
J » e vet were words hiotb adroitJy and rightly osed than youra in . apeakins : sA thoss acts . They ware , indeed , ¦" Haaatble { hough koi tjbhax ^ OPfeey were " mortal " sins against the Tcry life ^ nd principla of dem » cracy Not thexesiilt of a hastyaid thonghtless indiscretion , but committed ddiberaid g after repeated Caution ; cloaked orer at first wiih as much low canning as could have been exhibited by an Old Bailey pick-pocket , aud afterwards , when stripped of the disguise , brazaned out with an impudence but seldom met with , even is that fraternity . It is notTery easy in " branding acts" like these to find terms in which to do it which shall be other than offensive to the perpetrators ; and I trust that no person , save , perhaps , yourself ; honestly disposed to "view the subject o » its jaerits will think the terms I have used in this matter to be at all stronger than the case required .
T * u proceed-. — " The mention of the document and the mode of mixing M'Douall " s name as part in it was unfriendly . " This , as applied to Hiy remarks on the balance sheet , I cannot understand ; for the plain reason , that in none of those have I said a single word about " the document . " I am sot in thB habit of thus jumbling things : nobody ever does who has not some sinister end to serve . Tou go on : — " And good God ! just now , while all are under prosecution , ta have lighted &ncb a torch among us 3 " You forget . Sir , that IT was HOI I , bct toub own ? £ TS , the Executive , tfbo lighted the torch . I did all I could to prevent its being lighted . Bat to sit calmly and see the people robbed and laughed at withont speaking did Dot comport with my disposition . 1 eavy no man who could .
Yon say " plunderers , robbers , transportation , and so iorth , are scarcely the fit terms to apply to men upon the first announcement of their fault " If the fault be " plunder and robbery , " as in this ease it is , I know not why these should not be the fittest terms of alL But without arguing that point with you , I beg to remind yon that it vxu not in the fiat announcement of their fault that those terms were used . Their " fault" had been announced to them by at least three different and separate parties , before the Stmr said a slpgle word . The Hull Ccuacillors , the Leicestershire delegates , and the Metropolitan delegates bad severally announced the fault : and it was not
in " announcing the fault" at all , but in exposing theimpu § ent " brezanng out" of Campbell , that they " expected the country to be delighted" with the robbery , that I adduced the parallel ease to show how very "delightful" it might have been under other circumstances . " I should not have been surprised to find Campbell or M-J > ou&ll placing this in the light in which you have placed it . It is very natural for them to seek to wriggle , out of the " mess" by all sorts of misrepresentations and quirking falsehoods ; but I have -no right to expect pea to utisrtpraevt what I say for the purpose of censuring it From you , at all erects , I have right to expect justics ; I ask no more from any TTH 1 T 1
J-UU ug « * n-yn » — y . M An A mn ib * - allusion to Leach' s and Campbell ' s shops was in bad taste . " Now , this is a gross perversion ; and one that from you I had no right to look for . It assumes that I Bj » , ke of their shops per ee . 1 did ne such thing . If you had taken the trouble to read the article , instead ot tiking Mr . Campbell ' s Tersion of it , you would bare known thai Campbell was complaining that he bad no funds to pay the wages- of bimseli , and Xeaeb , and Bairstow . I showed that the Organization gives them no title to wages when sot sitting . They are not sitting now ; and I did ask why we should pay them wages note when Leach and Campbell are minding their shops , and Bair stowis getting wages as a lecturer ? I ask it yet . I sever hinted that " ~ Leach bad no right to keep a shop ; though I do maintain that the Secretary has no rigbt to do anything , but give his whole time to the dudes of his office .
Yon " fear that much private pique will be set down to the account where remonstrance alone should have stood . " There can be-no doubt that the fellows will Ltboui hard enough to make it seem as if my honest watchfulness for the people ' s cause and purse was the rean . t of some petty personal feeling . That is their game But . though tbey seem to have played it successfully upon yon , I dont think they will succeed with the people . And whether they do or not is all the same thing to me . I seek to ten * the people , not bo pleat them . Your next paragraph is a strange one . It runs thus : — " I have no doubt that the country would have taken a calm remonstrance kindly , while they will , and I tbink justly , look with disgust and suspicion upon many of the charges and terms ; especially any reference to the 'Executive Document , * which was lugged in , head and heels , without any ostensible cause . "
Jiow , from you , this is most incomprehensibleindeed it is " too bad . " 3 once more repeat what , if you have read them , yon must know—that in no ariide which I have written « pon ( he Balance Sheet busine-s , or upon the Executive -at all , have J said one word about that document . There was a distinct article upon the " document" separate from any consideration , of "Executive" matters at all , headed "The last Shift , " and yon seem ' somehow to have jumbled them To that article you refer in your previous letter , and yon » y : — " The article upon the Executive Document I do not exactly comprehend either the meaning or the utility of , " Kow let me try if I can help yon to comprehend both its meaning and its utility . In the Stalesman of 2 fovember 5 th , Mr . J . B . O'Brien published the statement , which 1 send you here inclosed .
" Talk of spies iudeed j ef informers too . ' W 6 y , spies and informers are gentlemen , iu comparison witb those black-hearted , peindious demagogues , who can look on cold-bloodedly while conspiracies are being formed to involve innocent people in ruin , and wbo , for the sake of the after-consequences to themselves , can coolly see those conspiracies explode , and scatter ruin and disgrace all around , while , with a single breati , they might have blown the conspiracies to atoms , and thus saved all , without as much as naming or touching a hair of the bead of any of the conspirators themselves . Look at the caw of Griffin , too ; What occupation would there have been for that fellew , had there not been a perfidious demagogue base enough to draw up a boastful , lying , document with his own
hand , in which lie" deliberately tells the country that everything was ready , and that , in eigbt days , the rumouts might calculate on the movement being universal ? JTow , this wicked demagogue knew well be v ? as ntteringfalsehoods ; iorbe not onlytookgood care not to father his own offspring , for be actually disowned and spit upon it ; and while in the document of his own drawing Ibut the responsibility of which he took care to throw upon others ) he undisgnisedly invited a general rising of his " Imperis !* dnpes , ie had afterwards the unparalleled baseness to damn Ms owa work in his own newspaper , and ts treat as madmen and fools those wbo might act upon Bis advice : thus not only making a laughing-stock of the people , but , after bringing them into danger , basely deserting them , and denouncing bis own acts and advice , in order tosecurehis own cowardly carcase from the consequences . Talk of Griffin , indeed ! God forbid we should be Griffin ' s apologist The felloWa conduct has been bad as bad eculd be of the kind : in
Jrat , TffiveTtbeles » , iti 8 innocence itself , comparison with that of the cold-blooded monster who , while be was tellingus In his newspaper ; that the strike coultf jwt succeed , and thatit would only do damage to the eansB , Bererthelt * , did « ecreBy drawnp a publie anornnaat addrea , i » which he gafB the Chartist , public eTerrabnraneetf racteas / telling them thaVt&e whole oSnery wasperfert , and that in eight dayt ^« tanaouto womld bare it all their own way . HUrdirty tools » fi fanatic followerjttay . by to gloss over this conduct M they be * can , bit to ia « of plain aeon imd Tirte ow feeling it admite of but one construction . They will « e mi ^ only the « mduet of a iear tjep "ffi " . ^ caredwft ^ fortbsoiBgers in wMeh be in'rolTedothen Sroug ? iS » W address , white He took previous good ^ reorhimselfTiy disavowing his oto actsi and Wsown policy , iuhis own newspaper . To that whichi brought danger on others he took care not to appenS his name To what was intended to provide for bis <> wn safety ie look good care to append ' Peargua O'Connor m ML *
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Then Is , at all events , no . mistaking that ! Its object and purpose are quite iumoiently plain . It was copied the week after into the Weeld y Chronicle , and would , if not stopped , have' " gone the round : " I wrote that article , Thelast Shift , " for no other purpose than to stop It . It did stop it It has not been copied into any paper since . And aven your way of thanking me for the service doe * not make me regret having written it . . You remind me that " just now , every spare line should be devoted to the Birmingham Conference . '' I think you must see frf you read the Star , which upon my word I begta to doubt if you ever do ) that the Birmingham Conference has nob lacked its share of attention .
You speak of this as " sta unpropitious moment for the revival of old or plaDtJng the aeeda of new centro-Tersy . " Once more I must remind " you that these charges do not apply to me j and I protest against your thus applying them to me , for the purpose of shielding those to whom alone they do apply . What nay . be your reason or motive for thus pertinaciously misrepresenting my acts , and then censuring your own misrepresentation , you best know I eannet divine it In my avowed enemies , I can perceive a reason , and a motive for it ; in you I cannot : so that 1 have tha mortification of smarting under effects which I cannot trace to any cause , '
Yon next say : — "I really am more than at a loss to furnish a sufficient reason for the mode of attack , and mean to propose the appointment of a committee while at Birmingham , to investigate the whole affair . " I really am more than tired of reiterating protestations against this cruel and systematic perversion . J have mad * no attack upon any one . When the Balance * sheet was published , all I did was to ask the people to read it I did not give an opinion of my own ; I did not even bint au opinion ef my own . The Metropolitan Delegates examined and censured ii Campbell published a letter of explanation . That letter of explanation was a public document , and it was my fluty to comment upon it- I did comment upon it in such terms
as my judgment dictated to be the most appropriate . It may suit the Executive to call this an " attack- " It is their game to divert the people's minds from the question by making them suppose it to be a quarrel between them and me ; I expect them to take tbat position ; but I hsve no right to expect it from you . I have a rigbt to expect tbat you , atall events , will withheld your censure nntil you have made yourself distinctly acquainted with the facts . I don't ask from you any more favourable construction of what I Bay asd do than 1 have a right to ask from any impartial person ; but I demand that you shall not do me an injustice ; that you shall not misrepresent facts and pervert reasonings , and then censure your own misrepresentations and perversions .
You will , of cenrse , do as yon please about moving for the Committee at Birmingham . I can tell you , that I will never recogniis nor answer to any such committee ; That is the rerj tiling they want ( To divert attention entirely fro » their own malpractices , and fix it on " the brutal Bttack of Mr . Hill on the Executive . " 1 shall not permit you thus to phy their game for them ; at all events , I won't help you to do it And , independent of that consideration , the press shall never , in my person , be degraded to such a position as yon would thus place it in . The public at large is the true censor of the press . What I have written Is before the peopla They will judge of it ; and I have no fear tbat the major part of them will judge correctly . I have
never given forth an opinion fer which I have not given tie reason on which it was founded . They have it all before them . I have given ample room for explanation and defence . They have both sides before them . 1 take the verdict of Ihe whole people ; not of soy individual clique of persons . [ Upon reconsideration , since my letter was written , I retract this paragraph — reserving to myself tbe right of using my own judgment whether I answer the Committee ( if one be appointed ) personally , or refer them to what I have written . In any case , I shall deny the right of any such Committee to treat the matter as a personal matter of crimination and recrimination between me and the members of the Executive . —Monday morning — W . H . 1
And now , my dear Sir , permit me to retort upon you yoar own words , " I did think that five ' years' intimacy —not to speak of friendship—should hav « secured some better reception for my observations . ' * You ought by this time to know something of my temper , something of fl » y . ia 4 * fnant » , CTarid __ jgmeUling of my honeaty ; how is it that ,: whenev ^ YttfflB " or dlfflcultylike the present come *—when a storm is to be encountered for the interest and safety of the cause—when duties of the most unpleasant and painful character are to be performed—not only is the guidance and battling ! of tbe storm entirely Me to me , but the work is made
harder by throwing into tbe mess your own misconceptions , and your heavy private censures , levelled aJvxtyt at those misconceptions ? It was thus in the ease of O'Brien ; it is thus now again . How is it that your confidence , and your affection , and your kindly regards seem to be entirely reserved tor your enemies ; while your suspicions and your groundless censures are equally reserved for these ' whom yon know to be entirely devoted to principle , and to be as thoroughly devoted to you as such men can be . I have thought much about it I am puzeled with it It is a very curious and painful phenomenon .
I must now bring this long letter to a clese . To no other man that lives would I have condescended the explanations and remonstrances contained In it ; seeing that they would be all precluded by a mere reading of the facts and arguments to which they refer . I do not think that in like circumstances , I shall ever again permit my personal regard for you so far to overcome my natural pride of character . I am , dear Sir , Tout's , mosi sincerely asd faithfully , William Hill .
Now , although I am not very ceremoniously dealt by in that letter , I shall not make more comment upon it thaa is necessary for my immediate purpose . When Mr . Hill saya tbat he did not receive my first letter until after tbe article complained of had appeared in the Star , he is quite right ; nor could I hare written it upon anticipation that such , an article would appear . I wrote it on the day on which Mr . Buncombe was at Manchester ; and by reference to the date it will be found that that was on the Monday after it had appeared ; and , therefore , tbat I did not lose much time , nor did I wait for any expression of public opinion to form my own notion .
The next point on which I would briety dwell is the correspondence between the Hull Councillors and the Executive . My impression respecting that correspondence was , that it was wise and judicious ; and as a controversy upon the same subject was going on in Leicestershire , I recommended that instead of publishing resolutions upon exparte evidence , a similar course should be resorted to by the Chartists of Leicestershire ; convinced that such a remonstrance would hare the effect of correcting any error that had been committed . I do not say that it was intended for publication ; but had it been bo , the Executive Bhould have been warned of it .
It is folly to talk of the virtu © of man , We must treat him as a fallible being ; and , at the time , it struck me as if some of the correspondence and resolutions passed had not the genuine stamp of virtue upon them . IbynomeanBrefertotheletfcersof the Hull Councillors , which were most judicious ; but I do refer to the long withholding of them from the public , if h ; tended for publication . I learned from all tbat was passing at the time , tbat there was a disposition to fall foul of the Executive ; I did not gather this from any particular source , but from general observation , and I warned the Executive of it .
As to Mr . Hill ' s honest watchfulness" I never , for one moment , doubted it ; but I did doubt , not only the prudence but the justice of the coarse pursued by him in , presenting the conduct of the Executive xo the public , and , the more especially , for this reason ; because , I was anxious that pnWio opinion , fairly expressed , should operate as a warning , if error bad bees committed , and at the same time , present a recurrence of the evil ; and I was conscious that calm judgment would be led from a considerat ion of the offenoe charged , to rtfteotion upon the language used in preferring the charge .
As to the charge in tbe Statesman relative to tee *• Extraordinary Doiument , " I thought I bad answered that folly myself in my letter to Mr . "Wa . Brooke . With respect to Mi . O'Brien ,. I was at all times averse to any controversy being kept up with aim ; but , of course , I did not attempt to sway Mr . Hill's conduct beyond mere suggestion ; and I do not tbink that I shrunk from my portion of it , when I was forced to it . ^ I have now commented upon some of ihe passages in Mit Hill ' s reply , and from which 1 imagine the
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readers of the Star will conclude , tbat , at least , Mr . Hill is no tool of mine * There is also a letter from Mr . Watkins in last week ' s Star , against the ; whole import of which I most unequivocally enter my protest , as well ias to its publication . The whole is written upon an assumption ; and from that assumption a conclusion is come to . The assumption ^ is that the Executive are guilty ; whereas , I deny that any verdict of guilt has been pronounced against them . It is true , that the Secretary , by withholding the means of judging , has furnished M prima fasie" evidence of guilt against himself ; but I must protest against the " sequitur , " thalr , therefore , the whole body is guilty .
Mr . Watkios writes in aivery fascinating and impressive style ; but he has not succeeded in convincing me . He draws a parallel between the acts of our oppressors and those of the Executive : and ctteathe payment of ten . shillings a week to M'Douall as proof of his guilt ; nay , calls him a " swindler . " Here again I . protest against any such term being used to M'Dfltoall . Nay , I will not allow that man to be called by any debasing name . Here ray blood gets warm , and the more so , because it has been Ions pent up . What , however , is the difference
Just this . The aota committed by our oppressors we would not assent to , had our assent being asked ; while some of M'Douall ' s accuseis say , " had he made known bis wants , the country would have cheerfully acquiesced in the augmentation of his salary . " Would we acquiesce if consulted in the acts of our oppressors \ No ; certainly not . What then is the difference ? Just this , that M'Douall , without asking , has committed an error , which , had he asked liberty to commit , would have been cheerfully granted ; while our oppressors commit sins to which we could not be reconciled .
Why appoint a committee of five to examine the books of the Executive , if they have been already condemned ? and is it not a maxim of English law , that" all men shall be held innooent until they are convicted ! " Good God , how can I marvel at the slight evidence upon which a middle class jury would find me guilty if I am to be no more charitable to men , some of whose characters , are , in my opinion , beyond reproach , however some of their acts may be highly censurable .
Mr . Watkins says that the Executive have injured our cause , instead of advancing it . I deny it . I assert that James Leaoh , Dr . M'Douall , and Bairstow , have materially served the cause . I assert tkat we had no Organization before the appointment of an Executive ; I contend for it that we have now an Organization . However , I will rather rely upon innocence than presume guilt , when the whole of life Bpeaks in favour of the accused , What , then , has been the character of James Leaoh ! Hard working , sober , industrious , ; ano poor . He has , to my knowledge , returned money gratuitously given to him , in more than forty instances . What ! then , are we to suppose tbat this man prefers gain acquired by plunder to that volunarily given ! Is he euoh an
adept in trick and chicane that he would wish to grow rich by fraud , while he rejects the proferred bounty 1 It is nonsense , rank nonsense . Then Dr . M'Douall ; is he to be branded with cowardice by Mr . Watkins , because he had ihe manliness to brave torture and separation from his family , rather than entail misery upon working men , who went bail for him t On my ; soul , I'do not understand this refined logic ; nor do I see how thoge behind were to be bettered by M'Douall's swelling the number of victims . I have always said that the difference between Whigs , Tories , and Chartists is this ; that the two former magnify the virtues and throw a veil over the vices of their party ; while the latter , in general , magnify the vices and throw a veil over the virtues of their friends .
I was of opinion , from the first to the last , that a calm judgment could not be expected upon the question , nntil the sober mind was again brought back : to the question at issue . The question then is this —The Executive were elected to see the Organize J tion of the Chartist body carried oat under certain rules . They are charged with having violated those rules ; and are charged in suoh a way as furnishes them with an exouse for not replying to the charge in that form . The evidence is in the hands of the Secretary ; he refuses to give tip that evidence until he is paid certain monies , which , he says , are due to
him . A verdict we must have ; and therefore it is the duty of the Executive to force the Secretary to give Hp the books : and in order to facilitate this desirable object , I propose that the Secretary should hand the books over to Mr . Cleave , with an undertaking from him ( Mr . Cleave ) that in the event of a verdict being given in favour of the Executive , the Secretary shall receive the monies claimed . Should the Secretary refuse such a proposal then , there will be fair grounds for presuming guilt ; and then the county will not be Blow in giving a fair and impartial verdict .
Mr . Wheeler , in his very judicious letter , declining to act as a juror , merely states himself to be an accuser , not an executioner . I also am an accuser . I accuse the Secretary of mal-pr&otioes . J wish to see how far the other members are ooncerned in those mal-practices ; but I am not going to give my verdict without a fair and impartial trial ; neither have I , from the evidence already adduced , seen any , the slightest , reason to decline the acquaintai . ee of M'Douall , Leach , or Bairstow , or to make me ashamed to meet them au friends and associates , or to deter me from actiug with them in an official capacity .
I have had a friendly explanation with Mr . Hill upon this subject . I told him that his comment of last week would compel me to take this course , and , at the same time , we came to a mutual understanding that not one word , more pro or con , should appear in the columns of the Star upon the subject , until tbe decision of some accredited body shall be reported upon the case . While I was supposed to be an idle spectator of passing events , no one was more
alive to the question than I was ; and , ta justice to Mr . Hill , I must say , that while much dissatisfaction was expressed at the nonappearance of resolutions , Baid to have been sant for insertion to the Star , in this case be is not blameable . One instance ,, particularly , I deem it right to mention . The toast of the Executive , propoBed and supported by me at the Duncombe Demonstration at Manchester , never appeared in the Star ; and for the best of all possible reasons , becabsb it njsvbb was sent . The whole report
without dednotion or alteration , was printed as it toot sent . Now , this I assert , after having made the fullest inquiry ; and , in fact , Mr . Hill never saw the report , until H was in print ; aa that is no part of his duty . There are two other persons under Mr . Hill to arrange all matters for publication ; sad correspondence from our owa reporters goes , generally , at once to the compositor , withont bis inspection .
I have now said all that I have to say upon this painful subject ; and shall conclude my letter , by expressing an anxious desire that the public will suspend its judgment till after a fair and impartialinquiry ; and then , if the Executive , or any of them , have been in error , let them be told it in Bueh language as will convey a proper caution for the future . But , for Heaven ' s sake , let us not coaderau them first and try
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them afterwards . For myself , I say I would trust M'Doaall , Leach , and Bairstow , with untold gold ; and woald risk my life upon their devotion to the peoples' cause ; and thank God , I see Leach overcoming accusation by increased exertion instead of making it a pretext , as many have done , to abandon the cause altogether . ' I have now " made a clean breast ; " and I trust I have convinced the world that I am not hypocrite enough to meet James Leaoh on the public platform on Monday , and wink at , or countenance , censure upon him on Saturday . God knows poor M'Douall haa suffered enough , without those who should be his defenders increasing his sorrows ; and I am aorry to learn that throughout the country , too many such are to be met with , but I neteb will be one OF THfcll . I am , my friends , Your faithful friend , Feargus O ^ CoNNoa .
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TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mr Fbiesds , —By the subjoined announcement which appeared in tbe Evening Star of Monday , you will learn that I have ceased to have any connection witb that paper . Much and deeply as I regret the loss of the only daily paper that has ever , within my memory , advocated the cause of the people , the fact of that paper abandoning the principles upon which its fame was founded , cannot fail off pointing your attention to the useful moral—that faction works its way through the press , while you appear to attach but slight importance to it . Further , it may furnisn my friends with a ready reply to my denouncers , as they can now say , here then are we once more thrown back upon our old and only friend ,
the much calusonmted Northern Star , still , ' notwithstanding the heavy fines and persecutions to which its proprietor has been subjected , standing alone iu its glory to uphold the cause of right against might . Your favour has been courted , and you have been deceived , not by one or two , but by scores of journals . The Statesman , " a real Chartist" paper , passed into Tory hands , and sections jpf manworshippers would have still upheld it . T ! he \ Evening £ / arhasbeencutoff ; but , likeother newspaper stock , I have not gone with the type . I trust that if we failed in oar poor endeavour to push that paper , that We shall not fail in our allegiance to our principles ; and that instead of seeing the long list of Coffee Houses where it might , while Chartist , have been
read , that now no Chartist will read it . While I write thus , my friends , I feel no pique personally . I never have had one word of dispute with any of the parties connected with the paper ; and after six months due attention to it , the proprietor most confess that my gratuitous obligations were mo&t cheerfully discharged ; and that , in the outset , I pledged myself to him that so long as the Evening Star advocated Chartism , I would continue ] my unpaid services , and that in the event of the concern becoming profitable , I would not even then accept of a farthing for my services , as I never would receive money for the discharge of a pleasing duty .
Tbe proprietor informs me that a loss of £ 3 , 500 has been sustained by the Evening Star in its advocacy of Chartist principles . I can only say that the Northern Star sustained a loss of £ 3 , 640 before [ I knew where I was ; and thatthen . and subsequently , enticing offers were made to me to sell it , but my answer was then , as it is now , whenever the Northern Star ceases to advocate the cause of pare democracy , it shall cease to exist . If to-morrow it was out of my power longer to carry on the Northern Start which , thank God , it is not , it should perish ; but [ all the money in the kingdom woald not purchase it from me for any purpose . I
I mention this jubt now as I am aware that our disappointment must considerably shake public confidence in the press . J I had arranged with the proprietor , before I left town , that in addition to my daily services , I would attend the House of Commons nightly , and write the Parliamentary analysis , to save monoy . Thus I was to have been the prinoipal reporter by night , and the Editor by day , without pay , and paying my own expences . ! Mr . Cleave has told me , Mr . Hobson has told me , and neady all my agents have told me , that I was
injuring the sale of the Northern Star beyond conception by writing , and recommending the Evening Star . My answer to one and all has invariably ' been" Well , I know it ; but what do I care if I am serving the cause . " I have sent many articles of great importance and matters of news to the Evening Star which I have withheld from the Northern Star , in the hope of giving it a good standing . Sach , my friends , has been my connexion , which has now ceased , with the Evening Star . Henceforth , I understand , that it is to be conducted upon high Tory principles , and yoa will mark tbe increase of advertisements . i
These facts will awaken you to a knowledge of what I have had to struggle against , and convince you of the fact that my crime , from first to last , my only crime , has been that I would neither prostitute nor sell the Northern Start At this particular ] crisis the loss to iis has been great ; and I flattered myself tbat I could have made the Evening Star a really powerful organ , and bekcb its purchase prom my management . Therefore , while I regret it , it proves that faction trembles at the very thought of an honest press . Now , my friends , the usual Sessional struggle is about to begin , and never was there such a struggle before £ all parties will bid for the people to use' them for their own purpose .
And now , as there are many , very many , waiters upon Providence connected with our party , and who look to a mixed agitation as the only means of ; subsistence ; and , as we are too poor to pay them , I shall be extensively and systematically denounced for standing between them and the gold dust . \ Bat I will do it , and bear all the consequences . : My policy is to keep our party together , as an army of observation ; te let all other partieB fight it out without any assistance from us ; and then , when the Whigs and Repealers bee their own weakness , they witl assuredly fall back upon us . But if we were mad enough co give them the least countenance , they would use us for another Reform delusion , jaad then , when we were broken up , they would
assemble to carry out the details of the new Reform , or Free Trade , which would be in character and value precisely as valueless as all forrrer changes made by the class legislators ^ I shall take a bold stand as I ever have done , trusting to the triumph of Toryism over Whtggery and Freetrade . As a Chartist Ireoruiting-sergeant , I wiHjnot oppose Toryism with the view of restoring Whiggery . No policy could be worse . You have now no more to do with policy than you have to do with { the moon . Machinery , will beat both Whigs and Tories . I defy them to conquer that all-devouring foe , by any act Short of the Charter , which would develop e all our resources , cultivate our resources , and equitably distribute the produce , thereby
regulating demand and supply , by opening } a natural market for man ' s labour and establishing therein a standard rate of wages , below which the labourers will sot work in the artificial market . In the end , you will believe me , that , until that is don « exchequers , tills , pockets , treasuries , and bellies will be empty ; and strife and civil war , and confusion and distrust , will only be suppressed by force or fraud—by the force of Government , lor by the fraud of those who have an interest in upholding injustice . But such means of preserving order in a country are unrighteous as they are unjust , and wiH fail when the sufferers constitute a majority , which is now being brought about by the- operation Of MACHINERY . j
Toryism is no longer your main enemy , Whiggery is no longer your main enemy . Machinery haa rendered all their aots comparatively powerless . ; and all that Machinery now requires to complete its temporary iriumph , and to insure a revolution , is an " extension" of its already unbounded power by the establishment of what is called Free-trade , whjeh means neither more nor less thaa free plunder . > While I am upon ambjects concreted with our own movement , I may here make a passing comment upon the state of our Organization and the proposed remedies for its reconstruction . I shall only speak in general terms . I am , then , decidedly id favour of an Executive ; I think vre cannot do without it . I am obstinately opposed to
an unpaid Executive , aad for this reason . If yon hava an unpaid Executive , yovx must have a purely middle class Excutive ; because you cannot get working men to live without rages , and the very moment yon « teet working men as yonr officers , that moment every door is closed against them , and at once they are marked , and if in work are dismissed . Moreover , Jtbe very notion implies the office is to be a sinecure , or that we are to be unpaid . If a sinecure , we do not require them ; if not , the labourer is worthy of his hire , and should have it . My opinion is , that the lice upon the back of Chartism'have become top numerous and devouring ; and hence much jealousy among them , towards a permanently paid body , while twouty times the sum . requisite to pay all the expenses
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- / Jt ^ e ^^^ - ' , <^ JL ^ y / C ^ f * ¦ ^ — 4 ' ' $ . of a paid Executive wcrjtd * not amount , in the year , to one-hundredth part of what has been enatched up by Political Pedlars , most of which , could hare been spared . Besides , nothing can possibly damage bur cause more than frequent announcements that Mr . So-and-so will be here and there upon such and such a day , without farther notice , and whose expences ^ iAust be paid , while , h > services are rendered unprofitable from a want of any knowledge of his honesty or capacity . The lukewarmness is pat down to defection , and thus wo suffer materially by this itinerating system of Chartist mendicancy . Let us have our paid Executive , oi \ r paid lecturers , and oar an paid volunteers cosfined to their several localities : but let us have no
mow of this system of unconnected and disorganized agitation . I shall be more at liberty now than I hare been for the last six months , and shall , as usual , devote my whole time to the reconstruction of our machinery . As far as J am concerned , my policy , as it ever has been , shall be to keep our patty together , to heal ail differences , to unite thf torn of labour into one firm bond of union , and to care little who I shall offend in the nndertaiinp ,- never needlessly giving cause of offence , but n o * allowing delicacy to stand in the way when necessary . I shall never exercise more eontrouj than I have done over the Editor « f the * Northern Star ; while I have solemnly sworn tomyself that it shall never be made a mesas of achieving a triumph of one section of ChartisteoVer another .
Before I conclude , I must Jstate that I received a letter from Dr . M'Douall , sent by Mr . Cleave to J& 9 as Editor of the Evening Star , on this morning , at twelve o ' clock , and when I bad ceased to have any controul over that paper , otherwise the letter should ' have appeared ; however , in justice to Dr . M'Douall , I must make a few extracts from it : — He says , in speaking of the 10 s . a week , " what was my duty if the 10 a . was objected to ! To resign it . Well , an objection came from HolL A corespondence between Campbell and the Hull councillors ; the end of which n as , as far asIwas concerned , the transmission , by Grasby , the secretary , of a written resolution , purporting to be the deliberate
vote of the Hull councillors in which they declare their perfect satisfaction with the payment of 10 s . additional any week to me . That document I have in my possession ; and I hereby inform Mr . Hill that I accept of his challenge to produce rh » t and the letters I showed Mr . O'Connor at Nottingham . " Here I must observe that the letters shown to me at Nottingham did not , as far as my memory serves me . reflect in any way on Mr . Hill , bat there they are . I referred to them in a letter written at the time from Nottingham , and from them I was confirmed in my opinion that a cabal was being got up against the Executive , but not by Mr . Hill . The Doctor eoes on— Now Sir , wLen I received
the Hull note of approval , I informed the General Secretary , that I would not acept of the 10 s . because an objection had been raised , and I wrote to Hull offering to resign it , and my office on the Executive , if they would send a written demand to tbat effect , which I never , to the bestof my reoolleetion , received . Again , " on the Conference at Manchester ^ which place I was advised to resign the 10 s . publicly with my reasons for receiving it , without any question asked or motion made ; but I waa not allowed to express my reasons I was stopped , Sir , with your resolution of confidence in , and thanks to , the Executive , for our past seevices . " Iu justice to Dr . M'Donall , I give those extracts ,
and the more readily , as it unfortunately happened that some of the Hall correspooence was not forthcoming , in consequence of the prosecution of the former Secretary . Mr . Grasby , The Doctor tells me , and tbe public , that of which I never had a doubt , namely , that bis heart is , as it ever was , centred 10 the people ' s cause ; and i do hope if he , for a mom jnt ,. supposed that I had joined in his denunciation—that the developemeat I have made this week will show that my conduct with respect to the Executive has been consistent , and that I have uniformly supported them , I must now say a word about the approaching trials . Upon a rough calculation , I , as treasurer , have received , as acknowledged in the Evening Star ,
about £ 250— £ 132 fr . om Mr . Cleave , and I know nofc how much , just now , has been acknowl . dged through the Northern Star , about £ 125 . These sums make £ 507 ; oat of which I have paid £ 20 Chester Commission , £ 50 ditto Lancaster , £ 60 ditto Stafford * £ 71 ditto Queen ' s Bench office-fees , small butjs abort £ 30 , outstanding about £ 100 , —making £ 331 ; and leaving a balance in my hands of about £ 176 , to meet about £ 2 , 000 , to be paid between this and April I paid £ 7 yesterday for a SPECIAL JURY . I was able to meet all these expences myself before I made so much profit of the Northern Star ; but now
I am not . I have paid in law expences , on my owa account , in four years , more than £ 2 , 000 ; on yoar account , more than £ 500 . Yoa mast begin to pay a little on your own account now . You will , henceforth , send to me , directed to Hammersmith , all monies for the Defence Fund , by post office order , made payable * to John Cleave , so that I paij know how we stand , I am Treasurer for the Defence Fund , Cleave of the Victim Fund . Don ' t mix them up . I Bhail hand all orders over to Cleave , bat let me know how we stand , by transmitting ail monies to me in the first instance .
Your ' s , ever faithfully , FsAitavs O'Conmob . Wednesday , 1 st Feb . P . S . —I must Btate . that my first letter to the Star was written and posted on Tuesday ( yesterday ) and Dr . M'Douall ' B wa 3 not received till twelve o ' clock this day ; therefore , he will at once see tbat I , at ail events , did not require bis letter to convince me of his purity in tbe Chartist cause . I cannot sufficiently express my disgust at the letter of Mr . Watkins , whioh appeared in the Star of last week , and whioh I trust will not be received as proof against the Executive pending any investigation that is to take place . I only hope and trust that I shall not be farther forced into any controversy upon this unpleasant subject . F . O'C .
To The Editor Of Th8 Morthktth Star.
TO THE EDITOR OF TH 8 MORTHKttH STAR .
Sib , —You will oblige , me by inserting , if possible , the following letter . Yours , respectfully , J . SMTTH . Bradford , February 2 d , 1843 . ( COPT . ) " 252 , Strand , January 31 at , 1813 . " Sir , —Requested to give my opinion on an article in the Evening Star of the 17 th of October , I beg to state , tbat on tbat day , and on many days both before and after , Mr . Feaigus O'Connor did not supervise the Editorial Articles , and that Mr . O'Connor protested against the tone of several articles , particularly those with respect to the Corn Laws . " I am with respect , for the Proprietor , *• Q . P . Pabdon . " Mr . Smyth , Bradford . -
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THE ASSIZES , Alteration in the Days op Holding tbb Assizes Received from the Judges' Clerk , by Mr . Dixon ., Before Mr . Baron Parke and Mr . Justice Coltnw < n . York—Saturday , 4 th March . Liverpool—25 th March . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . Lancaster—25 th February . Applebt— 8 th March . Carlisle—11 th March . Newcastle—17 th March . Durham . —25 th March . MIDLAND CaiGUIT . Before Mr . Baron Alderson and Mr . Baron . Gurney . Northampton—Monday , Feb . 27 . Oakbam—Friday , March $ . Lincoln and City—Saturday , March ¦ 4 . Nottingham and Towa—Friday * Marc , h 10 . Derby—Wednesday , March I 5 v Leicester and Borough—Tuesday , M . arch 21 . Coventry—Monday , March 21 . Warwick—Tuesday , March 2 * .
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NOMINATIONS OF SHERIFF ? t FOR 1843 . ( From a Supplement to the GSaxtt te of Tuesday Evening ) Cheshire ^—John Dixon , of Astle ^ park , Esq . Derbyshire . —William Muaday of Markheaton Esq . * Durham . —Edward Ship ^ tsde a of Durham , Esq . Kent .-Frederick Pertoaa , Of Chipsted «*»» ti 9 q . W Bo ^ worth-S ? KSl WfflC ^ 0 ° Uaa Bi ** < **
e LinoolnsJiire-George , Hw aey Packe , of Caythorp , WhJtto ^ f Shire *~" ThOB ' Dioksoa HaU » of Stafla » dBhbe .-JohB Sh aw Manly , of Manly Hall , HjSO . > SSJk- rr ?^? £ 0 Tlg ' Saxmundham , Esq . Satrey—Riohawi So / amer , of Puttenham Pnory , * t * . v H » rickBhy *~ Artll 11 t FwwoiB Gregory , of Stivicoall , Jiisq . boroaXBartf * P h ™^ Cop ^ . ©* Spxot-
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The Sou NEws * AM » . ~ We hare on former 6 oea » k ^ stons had to refer to the . exertions of Mr . J 4 ui **? fftes . Yon / jg , the proprietor of the Sun" newspa » ar 38 &i ^« X furaishing , at whatever cost to himself , ^^^ RT * # ^ latest intelligence on subjects of general 3 SI $ ife ^ C % J ^ / esterday ( Friday ) morning we Tedeiwd fxm * mkffi % T through Mrs . Mann , of this town , an exprea ^ eMtoOT&V ^ ^ of the Sun , ooutaining about eight oolumntaFTg ^ dfetr P ? J . liamentory debates of the preceding evenj& ^ WjJSfet r *^ giving pretty nearly the result of the night' ^ elfoA 3 ^ S . \ / %
To The - Wtmbebs Of The National Chabter * ^ Association.
TO THE - WTMBEBS OF THE NATIONAL CHABTER * ^ ASSOCIATION .
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YOL- YL ffO . 273 . SAMmM ^ , FEBRUARY 4 , 1843 T PRIC ^ t ^^ gf ^ S ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct636/page/1/
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