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MB . H . HETHERINGTON , AND HIS " NEW MOTE . " Below we pre Mr . H . Hetherington ' a second Jetter to Hi . O'Connor , the paragraphs of -which , uensa . jered for convenience of reference . We give the letter gftire , that Mr . H . may have no cause of complaint on gat bead ; though he has not yet given in his paper Mr ( r ffan&rs castrer to hit first letter . Ad answer from j £ j _ OConuor t * the letter now inserted immediately faflow . Will Mr . HetheriDgton pobUah it ? We shall jee . Perhaps he trill pnblish botA together . He ought to de so—and to get both the San and Leeds Times to An it . H e has interest at both places . . We have-not
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TO TEAKaiTS O'CONNOR , ESQ , " ONE OF THE
ARISTOCRACY . - f Three is he armed who hath his quarrel just , jLnd he bat naked , though locked np in ateel , ¦ RTiose conscience with injustice is corrupted . " —— Shxkspeek . Queen ' s Bench , May SO , 1841 . 1 , Sia , —Yon hare acted dishonourably . You haTe ^ ali gned the character of those who are seeking to obtain tie Charter by adopting what appeared to them jart and jndicious measures ; you and yonr Editor , Sir , hare expended nearly twenty columns of vitupejjiiTB matter against the originators of the " New gore , " in which you hare designated men who haTe been m » J years struggling for political jurtioe— in fact , ja the principles of the People ' s Charter—as " tramps * "assassins , - " conspirators , " "traitors , " -and « damn-nations ; " and when 1 vindicated the conduct
ml character of mywuf and mends , yon postponed the jjssertion of my letter for a week , that you might neutnljxe its effect by accompanying its publications with 1001 c olumns of mystification from your own pen greedy perrerting and talsifying the truth ; and in the ^ me paper we are informed that this is bat a " portion" of your answer to my letter , the Editor jftring , that " the remaining portion of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to Mr . Hetherington , being a deTelopment of plots yfr nn , and conspiracies , we- chose rather to whithhold tiQ our next , than to place it at the end of that portion ¦ jbi cfc we now gt * fc . " In your last week ' s psper , howjts , instead of the " retoaining portion , " out comes a jettersignedPeargus O'Connor , not deTeloptngthe " plots , plans , and eonpiraeies , " but hypocritically pretending to " tender the olive branch to all who wished to unite Tjth him against the oppressor . "
S . After the recent deTelopment of your unprincipled eonduct , who would unite ¦ with you , Sir?—who would trust you who knew your character ? What must the people think of the character of a man who could talk of "tendering the olire branch" to " traitors" and " conspirators ? " You must first , Sir , acquit us of the charges you hare udjustly preferred against as , or ackn owledge you hare done us a hasty injustice , On no 'C&er conditions can you expect the public to believe you sincerely desire to promote the success of the -Chartist cause . For seTeral weeks past , you have published the most unblushing falsehoods against me and my Meeds ; and you pretended to appeal to ' public opinion , " through the Star , to decide upon the merits
of this " new mere . " How de you seek to ascertain 4 be public opinion ? By calling uponyoor hired tools and paii correspondents of theS&ir , at meetings held in low besxshops and public-houses , to pass resolutions condemnatory of the " new more ; " and the few rational readers that you have are constrained to admit that the resolution * sppeared to partake more of the jtnpifying quality of the beverage consumed , than of . truth and reason . If yon could see the innumerable letters reeelTed by Mr . Lovett , all highly approving of the Ifew MoTe , " » ad would contrast them with the resolution of your party condemnatory of it , you would see reason to regret the UDjust and as you will doubtless find it , unprofitable couxse yon hrre pursued .
3 , What is your position ? You are in the position of an unprincipled footpad that has attacked , wounded , ud robbed an honest traTeller , who , -lvheB detected and about to be brought to justice , strives to avoid the Exposure and punishment tbalawaits him , by eadeavouiicg to effect his escape . If I can prevent it , howeTer you £ aH not escape . I will compel you to retract your calumnies—confess your error—or I will so clearly depict your true character , that henceforth you shall be powerless for humbug and mischief . i . Now , sir , come back to the question in dispute . Amplifications and mystification will not do so . You assert that Messrs . LoTett , Collins , Hetherington , £ 2 esve , and those who act with them in forwarding this " New More , " are " traitors" and " conspirators . "
I declare you are a false calumniator for so saying -, and then when I am anxiously awaiting your proofs , the Bfiiior kindly leares out that " pertion" of your letter which contained a " deTelopment of plots , plans , jsd conspiracies , " till next week j when lo . ' sod behold , next week , yon withdraw that portion of the letter altogether . You know that you are a Tile ohnoniator ; but it answers your purpose to publish iilseSoods against those whom you can neither dnpe bci intimidate ; and then , when called upon for proofs , to decline to proceed further in the matter . You did the same a short Him back . In the Star of Oit- 10 , liiO , you charged the committee-men of London with not allowing a public subscription to progress on a krze scale under their manajzement , unless they
re-Kired a per centage profit on the amount of the subjeripSoa ; and when you were written to by myself Ed sereral other active committee-men of London , ie-Sastiug you to name the committee , or the men who composed it , that eTer took a commission upon a public Rbeeription , you basely shrunk from , the proof , in the hope that your false and wicked assertion might be be-2 kved , and that the imputation might rest upon those tho would not be yonr tools for snjuit purposes . In yoci litter to me , in the Star of May 5 th , ib this pasag--: — "I defy you to charge me -with ONE , even 0 > vE , single dishonest , inconsistent , unpatriotic , mean , at ungentlemanly-like act , during the whole period , ' ' Siat is to say , the eight years you haTe been before the English people .
a I do charge yon with an act that is all these things—it is dishonest , inconsistent , unpatriotic , mean ' lad uiyeBileman-like , to publish in the Xorihem Star ttaJ the Committee-men of London received a per cect-Ue profit upon the public subscription they managed . » ai when called upon to prove your assertion or retract it , like a shuffling coward you had not honour or cour-Ht to do either . I now dare you to let the readers of tie Hanker * Star read the correspondence that passed between you and the London Committee-men on the Subject . I challenge you to give me the opportunity of pahiisMng that correspondence in the Xorihern Star , ted then let the -public pronounce upon oar respective esracttrs .
6 . Having now , I trust , shown that you are an un-Prarpied traducercf the characters of honest men , I " » S 1 brzt-f y animadvert upon one or two points in youi Kplj to my letter . Lit me call your attention to the kiiowing isrtaEce of yonr inconsistency , shuffling , and 5 jis ; and I will plivcs the passages in juxtaposition , that the public may see how deeply F . O'Connor , at frsry step he takes , involves himstif in inconsistency * 2 i iyiag , by having departed , ia the first instance , fiom tu ± ana EiLctrity . Northern Star , Hay 8 . Northern Star , April 2 i . ' ¦ Yon rupoose that the " I call up-Jn iiessrs .
Editor cf the Star , when Hill and Hobson to ajj " , on Vating mad ] y on the 10 th their Word of honour as sf Aurii , -sras in posse-- men , whether or noi i infc » of the facts wLich I formed them cf this pre-Kittd on the 24 th ; he "was ciss 310 TE , and ' of the l-t . kit one of them . " precise parlies trho ict't to riiBGrs O'Co > " 5 OB . make it , hqntiis ago ; and whetiier or not 1 put Hr . Hul on liis guard , before Christmas . I know it wa * before Cflristmas . * * * 1 asi him if 1
did not tell him tiit names of the prime movers , and Vie zeiy plan which uxndd be resorted to " Feakgcs O'Co ?^^ QB . * 0 a the 20 th of February you appear to have enterfesd & favonrable and Tery different opinion of Wm . I f ett to what yon liave recently expressed ; for in the ^ "Jntitrn Star of that title , you declined that Mr . ^ Trt : }^ d " unliesitatinglj' , antqaivocaUy , and indig-^ tjy rtf csed to join in any agitation which had for its £ } = et my other principle th *^ that contained in the ? « pie - s Chirt-r . "
ScrUiinj Sur , Feb . 20 tt , >" cr them Star , March 6 tb , 1841 . 1 S 41 . "la justice to some of "Let Lsvett and Yin-^« TiB . 'j best OP iiES , cenfs speeches be read I dtcy Mr . Hume ' s a-&er- also ; to which we shall £ * n , that the leaders of return next week , and ^ - wwiiug classes , gene- again let the factions trem-^ 7 , hid arreed to join bie ; " and here let tis ob-^ bis definition . I assert , serve , that 1 OYETT wai TfPon behiif of two of the one of the two men re-* " » k adisg men « f Lon- ftrred to in one of Mr < mb , that an appeal was O'Connor ' s recent letten V )
?^ e them , asn that & . S . Feb . 2 ») , as having f-7 ryHESITATIKG- indignanUy spurned all of - " ^ KEQUIYOCALLY , fera of compromise . Again J ^ 1 > "D ! G : NantLY , hurrah !" ^ P ^ SZl ) to join in any Editor ofSoritern Slar SfW ion which had Jor S *>« t , direcUy or im-^ J . ae erioWMiwfflC j / ^ 6 &st principle . Ass *» ttXbfoeoT i * tte PSOJf » Charter . VoWf I ^» fcs upo n authority ,
Ds » np the Charter . " ^ 3 In the aiove fuotations you assert that Mr . Xovett » nua who iadignanUy sDcrned the idea of aeitat-^ iw anr-b-ing ltss than the ' principies of tho Charter ; - ^ ° ^^ aer had his excellent Address made i : s apl ^^ ee , t ^ anbe and his associates were " Household rer . ^ f icmbusa , - an < j yt > a lainured to tum the curiflVv t'CD 1 : c opinion Rgaicst the ' New Move / acd of th ^ ^ ° faToarai Jt > by-the most artfaPj-trversiocs » L 6 r ^ ' ^ Take the following as an example , where ^^ tsrattij ana unblushiiisJy atsemp : w make it
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appear that I looked upon " Household Suffrage and Triennial Pariiamenti as the Charier in ail but the name . " Northern Slar , May f . " Mr . Hume ' s plan of " You know that every Household and LODGER Chartist in England would Suffrage , Triennial Parlia- be rejoiced at any extension meats , Voting by Ballot , of the Suffrage in which No Property Qualification , they were not compelled to Payment of Members , and sink the only just one , by Equal Electoral Districts , joiningfor a clap-trap j and
? . * * I thought Mr . yet you insolently leU us that Hume ' s proposition so good you look upon Household and so extensive , that , SufrigeandTrienniaiPar thongb I would never aban- liaments as the Charter , in don the agitation for the all but the name . " Charter , if I saw any pros- F&& . B . GU 3 OCoxjsor . pect of carrying Mr . Hume ' s plan immediatel y , I would give it my best exertions , as I considered it , in £ act , the Charter with another
name . H . Hetiieeikgton . 9 . Who , after reading these passages , can doubt for Hn Instant that this is a wilful misquotation on the part of Feargus O'Connor ? What will his poor dupes think of him , when they hear that this great stickler for their rights—this leading member of the first General Convention—was deputed , with Messrs . Rogers and Whittle , to wait upon the proprietor of the Sun , for the purpose of inducing him to report the proceedings of the Convention ; and a * they were proceeding to the office for that purpose , this champion of " Universal
Suffrage and Ho Surrender , " exclaimed , "If we keep up the steam a little longer , by God . ' they will be forced to giTe us Household Suffrage . " "And would you take it ? " said Mr . Whittle . " Would I take it ! I would go down upon my knees , in Parliament-street , and kiss the of every Honourable Member as he passed along , if they would give us Household Suffrage . " And yet you can now basely traduce the characters « f those who have strenuously opposed Household Snffxage , merely because they are honest and independtsit , and will not be precipitated into acts that judgment disapproves .
10 . Now , Sir , in conclusion , I call upon you to answer plainly the following questions : —I want no amplification—no mystification—plain categorical answers either affirmatiTe er negative . 11 . First—What 1 b the NAME of the gentleman of " wealth , of honour , and of station , " who told you that this " New ilovs" -was concocted at Mr . Hume ' s , " by Mr . Hume and Mr . Francis Place , on their part , and by come of the signers of the New Prospectus upon your part ?"—that is , on the part of the "Fustian Jackets . " WHAT IS HIS NAME ? 12 . I affirm that the gentleman of wealth , of honour , and of station , is a LIAR , if he made the assertion ; and that you are a liar if he did not . Neither Mr . Place nor Dr . Black were present at Mr . Hume ' s with any of the signers of Lovetf s Address , and neither of them knew of it till it appeared in print
13 . Secondly—What is the name of the London Committee that charged a per centage profit upon a public subscription ; and who were the persons who acted on that Committee I 14 . Let me hive no shuffling . Be explicit The public should know who those base men aro whom you charge with plundering a public subscription . I never knew a London Committee that ever acted so dishonestly , and shall be curious to hear the names of the parties to whom you allnda 15- Thirdly , —What did the OTgafRadical Association that you established in 1835 , ever do to restore the Dorchester Labourers , or ta reduce the Newspaper Stamp Duty ?
16 . I know you did comparatively nothing . The struggle had been carried on by others for years , and yet you would now basely appropriate the glory of success to your own efforts . Your vanity is inordinate ; but you shall not deceive the young men who have entered upon the struggle for liberty since our untiring efforts were erowned with success . The persons who deserve the thanks of the country , for their indefatigable exertions on behalf of the Dorchester Labourers , are the numbers of the Dorchester Committee . They
conducted the subscriptions for yeare ; they superintended the petitions for the restoration of these honest labourers to their homes and their eonntry—the Committee , -composed exclusively of working men , made great sacrifices of time and money , and you would now arrogate to yourself the result of their noble exertions . No , Sir , the Dorchester Labourers and the working classes are indebted te the exertions of Mr . Hartwell and the members of the Dorchester Committee , and not to Feargus O Connor ssd the great Radical Association .
17 . I think your readers must have laughed outright when they read your claim to the honour of repealing the Fourpenny Stamp duty on Newspapers . Se then Watson , Hetherington , Cleave , Dr . Black , Mr . Place , Mr . John Travers , Dr . Birkbeck , and many others , who expended time and money in upholding the cause in enij possible way , are to yield the pzim of victory to Fesrjrns O'Connor i These good men , who paid the expense of public meetings , headed deputations , and Watson , Cleave , and Hetherington , who sustained repeated fines and imprisonments , and ruiEous seizures , till victory crowned our efforts , are all to be thrust aside , and the vfreath cf laurel is to be torn from the brow of those who have honestly earned it , and placed on such an empty vain boaster as Feargns O"Connor . ' Ne , no ; all men are entitled to respect for their exertions in a gooi cause ; but one man has no right to rob another » f the merit he has honestly acquired by disinterested and persevering exertion .
IS . Answer these qaistions honestly . If you find your precipitancy has involved you in difilcnliy , be an honest man—make all tha reparation you can by acknowledging your error— do jastice to the characters of the hocsst men you have calamn / iated , and then hold out the oliTe branch , and I for ene will seize it with pleasure ; bu ; I will hold no communion , nor will I act with one who has do : tho courage to be honest 10 . 1 am , Sir , notwithstanding the vile calumnies ¦ srith which you have assailed me , a faithful friend of truth and lii = rty- Eenkt Hetheri . ngton . ¦ ^
TO MR . HENRY HETHERINGTON , ONE OF THE SH 0 P 0 CRACY . " Jbe higher a monkey climbs , The more he shows his " York Castle , 7 th 14 th Month .
sir , —You have written a second letter tome , in which you addreEB me as "Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., one of the aristocracy ; ' and yon commence with a quotation from Snakspeare . You appear very outrageous because ysar first setter was withheld fur a w&ek , in ordLT that -wbsl you are pler-sed to designate " my four co ' . uiuls of mystification" might appr&r in juxtaposition , snd which four columns yen c ^ . n ; plain neutralise ; the ptodigious effect -which your ktttr would othei" ? rise hare produced . No doubt , Sir , you wuaid have much pre ' erred a dignified , silence npon my part ; arid very little <; -jabt but t ' az prea of " guilty , " implied by tLat silence , ¦ wcuM hare been more to your taste . As to the " mystification , " it extended no further than in showing joursrlf to ycurtfcif ; in holding up your omi mirror for self-reflection .
You appear to forget th&t my letter vras a reasoning npon a portion of your own which I reprinted . But , Sir , whit must every lover of justice thu ; k of the Honourable Mr . Hetherington , so " anxious for inquiry , " ar . Q so clamorous for publication , "when it is known that , the said Mr . Hfctheringtcn never published mi ; oJiS-rer le las letter at ail in his oirn paper , though he gave insertion to his own ! : i Sir , yoar second leticr is such a compound of folly , vaaity , and balderdash , that I scarcely know how to comuitnceunaaaijticairepiy . In troth , Sir , yenr mysterions apportionment , of facts , charges , incidents , and compiaiuts , very forcibly rtruinds me of the exulting housevrife , who boasted that she had so artfully concealed the pea , the wadding ring , and the bean , in the twelfth-night cake , that the parties were ail obliged to submit to a course of m = dicine , before the lucky fiader could be discovered . Sir , I defy any man , except ons who knows your propensity for mischief makicg , to guess at your object .
1 shall , however , attempt to snatch a line here and there , for wniELit You tay , ' What must the people thir . k of the character of a man who could talk of tendering the o ? ive branch to traitors and conspirators ? " Sir , " as an Irishman , allow me my country ' s privilege , of answering your qutstion by askiDg unother . What must the people think of tU » character of a man who invited " one of the grea ; est political humbugs that ever appeared on the public stage " as a director of public " education , " morals , and politics ? Stsch , Sir , is your position ; while to prove the sincerity of mine , I have actually shaken bands with tho 36 of your original party , who had no such objection to urge against the propyScd terms .
You next say , — " What is yenr position ? You are in the position of an unprincipled footpad , that has attacked , wounded , and robbed an honest traveller , who , when detected and about to be brought to justice , strives to avoid the exposure and punishment that awaits him , by endeavouring to effect his escape . If I wa effect it , however , "xoc shall not escape . " Will you be kind enough to ask Dr . Black to define what you mean by the use of the term " unprincipled footpad ?" and in the mean time , as there must be more than meets the vulgar eje at a first glance in every tbing coming from the " educational" depot , I thall affect to consider you as an assassin upon principle , who way-lays his victim ; and who , when discovered with
bis dark lantern in ambush , defends himself by saying " it was a most ' unprincipled' thing in ¦ whosvtr discovered my privacy , and still more so in you who took advantage of it" Eu :, Sir , let me speak to you in langnaee which children may comprehend . I was once present when a very fond inotLer called her eldest ban . about nine ye ^ rs of age , to her side , for the purpose of allowing bis youngest sister , a > aby of four mouths , to aiuusc herself by pulling his hair and scratching his fac 3 . The boy himstif had been fur a long time a vc-ioateer in . tl >» ZBQiu . d 5 porf ; till at lcctih the little nails got ro sharp , and the " r-sw " btfca : ;; u tu sore , tka ; it c ^ asid to be fun , and the boy gruni-
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blingly refused ; when the impartial mother boxed his ears , and said , " Get away , you nasty disagreeable brat ; see how yon have made year little sister cry . " Now , Sir , fox yean you have been in ambush , aiming the assassin ' s blow at me ; and I bave , like the boy , allowed yon to pull my hair and scratch my face till it ceased to be fan , and until your nails grew too long and you had nearly " established a raw" in my face ; and now I am a nasty disagreeable brat , because I kick against the amusement ! I go on , or rather I go about ; for I'll be hanged , if the most tender nosed fox-hound , or blood-hound , can have a fair run at yon , you bare bo "foiled" the scent as yon dropped your stink .
You complainof havinghad twenty columns respecting the " new move , " and yet yon bitterly inveigh against the Editor of the Slar fer having suppressed about ; four more , in which the " plots , plans , and conspiracies " were detailed . You write , In fact , as if you were the " new move" yourself , and as though you were to keep np the battle upon yonr own account . However , Sir , you shall have all in good time . I am pledged to tbe country , and my failure will be your acquittal ; but , artful as you are , you shall not be judge , jury , witness , and accuser , and then force the accused into your own time and terms of defence . I next reply to the allegations contained in paragraph numbered 5 . Read it—and then hear what I have to say upon it .
Now , this U something tangible and substantial , and just mark bow I meet it . I adhere to every word in my letter of the 10 th of October . You , and five others , wrote to me for an explanation . I gave you that explanation , refusing to retract or qualify what I had said . You asked me for my authority , and I gave you Henry Hetherington , and mentioned the two specific acts of defalcations of which the said Henry Hetherington complained , in person , to me . You say that " I basely shrunk from the proof . " If giving my proof , and refusing to qualify or retract , is shrinking , then I did shrink . But with respect to tbe publication , jast observe your nasty , dirty , shuffling , shrinking , lying , scheming move . Yousay " you dare me " to the publication of that correspondence in the Star .
Now , 1 dar * you to the publication of it in your paper , and as you have all the correspondence , and J have not , I dare you to its publication in the Slar . You foolish man , bave you not copies of your two or three letten ? and have you not my original answers ? while I kept no copies of my answers . You have a paper ; you are not scrupulous about publishing one side of a question ; and why not have published your own letters , or my answers , which ever served you best , in your own paper ? But send my original Utters , of which retain copies , and send copies of your letters to the Star , and I pledge myself that all shall be published . This is the first complaint I ever heard about their non-publication . You have the documents ; publish them . / dare you : and then we shall see who is the shuffler .
You next proceed with what you suppose to be two faces under one hood . You try , in paragraph numbered 6 , to fix upon me a charge of " Inconsistency , shuffling , and lying . " Bead that paragraph again , and then say , cenld anything be more ridiculous ? Before Christmas , I mentioned to Messrs . Hill snd Hobson the circumstances connected with a " moy ^ " for the purpose of insuring a junction between the middle and working classes . I reminded them of tbe previous " move" in 1839 , when the Birmingham Council , the Scotch moral philosophers , Daniel O'Connell , and the London Working Men ' s Association , did , as if by magic , turn simultaneously upon the tame pointa denunciation of Oastler , Stephens , and O'Connor , and tbe torch-and-dagger-men . I mentioned other circumstances , which left no doubt upon the minds of Hill or Hobson , as to the attempt being made ; and , just
for one moment cast your eye over the events immediately preceding the meeting at Leeds , which , was to have been the " precursor meeting , " for the purpose of effecting a union ; read the history of the whole affair , and ask yourself whether or not cihcumstances justified the precaution . But , although I was sufficiently aware of tbe / uci . and in possession of much more information npon the subject , I neither mentioned to the one or tho other more than to put them upon their guard . Moreover , 1 was not myself aware of all the fasts which were connected with the circumstances . I was not aware of the secrecy by which a council was to be appointed . I was not aware that I was to be shoved out of the door th&t admitted the honest middle classes . I was not aware , till subsequently , that Mr . Hetherington had told a deputation that waited upon him ) n the Queen ' s Bench , that " Ftargus O'Connor and the Northern Slar must be put down the first thing . "
Now , -what do I say on the 24 th April t I say , " I call upon Messrs . Hill and Hobson to say on their word ot honeur , as men , whether or not I informed them of this precise move of the precise parties who were to make it , months ago . " Now , what was the " precise move" ? A move to unite the middle and the working classes foT a bubble cry for the real Charter ; and who were the parties ? Daniel O'Connell , Mr . Hume , and Place , the Scotch philosopher , and the London Workingmen ' s Association . New , here again , you assume , frem your former
truckling career , that in every charge against a whole body you are individually meant ; but , here again , for plainness sake , just read over , for the twentieth time , the declarations of Messrs . Hume , O'Connell , and Roebuck , ma / le at Leeds , on the 22 nd of January , as to the concurrence of the leading working men , and Mr . Ruobuck ' s assurance that inch an association was in process of formation ; sad then read your own Srst letter , in which you relieve the matter of all mystery , by telling us who tho precis * men of the precise party were , while jcu affect to inform us of tka precise move also : —
" Mr . Hume was called upon by the Chairman to state his opinions on what he considered to be the best means of producing a unien of the middle and working classes , and carrying on the movement . Mr . Hame remarked that one of the first things the Association ought to do , was , to put out their definition ef Household Suffrage , as few were at present agreed upon what that ought to be . Mr . Hume submitted a definition of what hfc considered Household Suffrage ought to be , which was to be taken into consideration by the Association . He stated that the leading men of the working classes generally concurred in the definition , and had promised to give their assistance , were an agitation for such a Honsehold Suffrage to be set on ftot .
" Mr . O'Connell cordially concurred in the suggestions of Mr . Hume . He consiuered it as of the first importance , that the reasonable portion of the Chartists should be g « t over to the aid of the rational reformers . He urged the necessity of some central body being established in London , for the diffusion of knowledge upon political subjects . The public mind should be saturated with facts bearing on the present gross defects in the representation of the people . " Mt . Roebuck said that such a body was at present in contemplation in London , and he trusted that it ¦ would yery speedily be set in operation , so as to act in concert with t ! . e Leeds Association . Now , Sir , what say you to that ?
But , Sir , 1 now charge you with bavin ? gone further . 1 charge you with having b ? en parties to drawing up , or agreeing to , an entirely new draft of r o ! Hical principles . I call for that , with the APPRENTICE CLAUSE and all . 1 know more about the whole aft ' iir than you imagine , or than you could desire . You next quote my praise of Lovett and other of the " pneise parties" from the Star of the 6 'Li of March and 20 th of February . Why , to all that I sorrowfully plead guilty . My instructions U Mr . Hill were : " Give no man a chance
of retreat ; ktep them up to their tracts ; call after each who st * ps out of tbe Charter road , but not tilt he has crossed the bowuls , and then warn him before you expose him . " I am the person who picked up tvery word flattering to Luvett , Coiins , and all otters , and who communicated it to Mr . Hill , with directions to communicate it to the country ; but . bear in mir . d , that both the 20 th of i ' eb . and 6 th of March are days previous to the 10 th of April ; and it was not till th « f latter day the " move" was placed before either the Star or the country in a taiieible form .
Now , just auppose that the Editor of the Star , or myself , with a knowledge of both circumstances and facts , had opened a battery against the preeise parties , before their circular had appeared ; what would have been ths reauit ? Why , a juvt denunciation for having strangled what would then have been suppressed , or presented in sc formidable , altered , and popular a tvrm , as to have cast odium upon me , and credit upon the concoctors . Yet , again , I plead guilty to the charge of Laving praised you all , while you were secretly stabbing me . I f- 'id so to divert you from your wicktd course , aud I faTied : so ends that portion of my folly .
As to your mortification alwut Household Suffrage , and my acceptance of it , just allow me to set you right as to the difference between agitatixg for a measure &Dd accepHug tbe same measure . I bave always told the people that " there was no such thing as a Household Suffrage party , upen principle , in the countrytLa ' -if the praters about that measure weresineerein their acvocacy ,-they could carry it of thewselvts without our help—that so far from opposing them , I for one , would Lake off my hat and make a low bow , if it meant the vote to every man who inhabited or dwelt in a house ; but that , upon the following day I would be at them for Universal Sufluage . But I have also always told Vie people th&t if we . for a moment , joined in the agitation for Household Suffrage , that and Universal Suffrage would be buried in the same grave . "
How do you prove my inconsistency ? Why , by quoting my-words from . the Star of th « Sth of Marck , which prove they are in precise accordance with thotte expressed at hundreds of . meetings for years past ; and let this be , in part , my answer to Mr . Whittle ' s information—upon which just a word . I did not say what you attribute to- . me in paragraph numbered 9 , to Whittle , and J will tell you my reasons for not having said so upuu the occasion xefentd to . Firstly , then . I did not walk one step of tbe way with Messrs Whittle and Rogers upon tbe occasion referred to . 1 was of the deputation ; and when we had nearly pt-rfectau our arrangements' in the Convention room , Ai'leiman Scales came up and euti-red into a long dlsfertatiun upon the Churur , wlieitupun I observed to M ^ sia Rogers aud V . ' bittie , " Weil , Gentlemen , if you are gi i : i ^ tj rtiuam with . A&ttman Scales , I will go on and prepare Mr . Yuung lor your arrival , " I went en . : ii u 1 uivt Mr . Young between Somerset House aiiu jour shop , when Mr . Young told me that the Auoiiity General had xuoved for for a rule against
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me in the Warminster ease ; and , after announcing the coming of Messrs . Rogers aud Whittle , I returned with Mr . Young to Um office and remained there till they arrived , and remained with Mr . Young after they departed . If that is not enough , bear a farther reason . From the time that James : Paul Cobbett left the Convention , to this moment , I have not opened my lips , except upon duty in the Convention , to Mr . Whittle . Again , for the last six months , while the Champion was on its death-bed , Whittle was tramping up every possible charge against me ; and , do you suppose , he would have preserved such a plum , as he thought it , for yon ? :
These observations , observe , are only to prove that I was not guilty of the meanness of speaking to Whittle ; while he was a filthy dirty beast for saying it , and you were a filthy dirty brute fer printing it ; but the people must think me most sincere and devoted to their cause , wken I was ready to advance it upon the performance of such service > u But why not ask Mr . Rogers , who issaid to have been present , if I did say so , or walk with them ? If he says I did even walk with them , I will believe myself mistaken against my memory and judgment ; and then I shall plead guilty of having spoken to Whittle , and take credit for having said , in 1839 , what you Bhow I have repeated in 1841 , and what , in substance , ( barring the stnack , \ I have said at various publio meetings .
Just let me direct yeur confused thoughts to th » difference between accepting a thing and agitating for a thing . I have been abused for not agitating for a separation of Church and State , and yet , think you , that I would not bail the divorce as a boon , if forced upon us ? I would not agitate for Annual Parliaments ; but do you suppose that I would refuse tke change ? I would not agitate for tbe sponging off the National Debt ; yet -would I leap for joy at the news . So with many other measures , for the accomplishment of which I look to the Charter ; but to agitate for which , would be the surest means of putting the Charter to sleep for the present .
You then go on , and ask me three questions . To the first I answer you shall know in time ; but , fer the present , tent satisfied with tbe fact , that yon have more than corroborated every word he uttered . To the second I reply , you have the whole correspondence ; I dare you to publish it ; and , till published , I answer : — The name of my informant is , Henry Hetherington . Tc the third I answer that I , single-handed , in the House of Commons , kept up the agitation for the Dorchester labourers , till June , 1835 , and when tbe Radical associations were established , in September of the same year , they pushed the agitation to its consummation , and they , the associations , not Feargus O'Connor , but the associations in conjunction with the committee , had , before your working men ' s humbug was in existence , insured the restoration of the men .
With regard to the remission upon newspaper stamps ; again , you write in ignorance and talk nonsense . I did not claim credit for myself in forcing the Government to a reduction of stamp duties ; I claimed credit for the Radical Associations , and I do so still . We had accomplished it before your Association was in existence . Dr . Wade , Mr . Bell , and myself , with three ethers , composed the last deputation who waited upon Spring Rice . I think your readers must laugh out right at you * catalogue of sufferers , when they find the names of Dr . Black , Mr . Place , Dr . Birkbeck , and Mr . John Travers , among the list of suffering vicMrns , and those of John Bell , William Carpenter , Joshua Hobs&n , Mrs . Mann , Messrs . Brady , Tinker , Ibbetson , and others , who " braved the battle and tbe breeze , " while you were sure of a happy result from the undertaking .
Sir , you may with as much propriety omit the name of the Duke of Wellington from an account of the battle of Waterloo , or that of Nelson from the battle of the Nile , as omit the names of Bell and Carpenter from an account of tbe unstamped victims ; but your reusan , I presume , is because they were two who failed to make a good thing of others' sufferings . Do not now mistake me . I not only do not wish to strip a single leaf from the laurels of those who braved prosecution , even with the hope of gain before their
eyes . Such hope , in one shape oi other , ever has bean , and ever will be , a strong incentive to noble actions . I am actuated by a simitar hope in my present career ; bat , I trust , it is not a selfish one . I honour those who straggled , and respect those who suffered in the struggle , whether they won or lost ; but when one man assumes all honour to himself , or to a few , which is due to the Radical multitude , then do I waver in bestowing upon him any praise . I have never assumed more praise than is duo to one man ' s exerticn , and even that I don't ask for .
Sir , you speak veryboastlngly of the numerous letters and resolutions received by Mr . Lovett , upon the subject of the " new move , " -while yen insolently call its opponents my " hired tools , " and " paid correspondents . " Let me tell you one fact I never , in all my life , wrote a letter to an individual , or body , to back me in anything ; and , as to paid correspondents I have yet to learn it is dishonourable in a journalist to pay fur the information be receives . Further , let me assure you that I bave a number of highly-paid correspondents whose faces I sever saw , and from whose pen I have never , personally , had a lino , and to whom I have never wrltitn .
I do not doubt that Mr . Lovett has had many such letters as yoa hiut at . He knew who to ask for themhe has been drugging the " moral-force Chartists" with appeals , and he was sure of a favourable response ; but why not publish them in your paper ? If your modesty forbids , send them the best , that is , the most effective , to the Star , at the rate of one column por week ; aud let the tame approvals appear alongside the wild and drunken reproofs of my associates . Sir , you are jast now in a sad predicament ; you all thought to swim on the surface of the tide that was to have swept me from the helm ; and , being disappointed , you . are trying to make au under-current which you hope will guide you to ' some sife port .
Believe me , you are mistaken . I never expected anything from you . The fustian jackets never expected any thing from you when the tug came . The storm is now about to rage , and , before it lulls , you will stand mute on London Bridge , while you , who have saved yourselves by taking to the long boat in the first squall , will Bee me steering the good sbip , Charter , without a river pilot , keeping hev head up to the wind and upon the flood-tide , running down every Whig and Tory craft th . tt comes in my course , aud mooring my Vissel at the choice berth , whild the " wild" crew ami their " wild" pilot shall land in safety in that metropolis , which but for the rottenness of its leaders would long since have been the seat of national independence .
Sir , it is laughable to rea ; l your foSly , directed against me at a time when tho " tvaitor" and "political humbug" is giving practical proof of his devotion to the cause , and you are literally impeding its course . What have you done ? what has your whole party done in our lute clorious struggle , beyond an endeavour to create a suspicion against the Convention ? Is your name to the " muster roll ? " O , perhaps , you may say you were in prison . Well , so was I ; but I contrived to smuggle my name out , and to have it pasted at the end of thu York petition , while you were at large in the . Queen ' s Bench , to hold meetings there if you pleased , and to sign pttitious . What have you done ? Nothing , nothing , nothing ! J ! Who prevented you ? O , " you ¦ were so disgusted with Feargus O'Connor . " Sir , if all the world were abusing me , I would still stand by the people ' s rights and the Charter , and the more I was abused , the more would I rebuke my accusers by redoubled exertion .
Sir , 1 ! ave served an apprenticeship and worked some jonrneywork at the trade of Chartism . In the course of my comparatively brief career , I have effected what no mortal before me has ever done . I have united the whole -working population ot this vast empire into one body—I have made them political inhabitants ef each town—I bave tuntd the public voice to one note , the note of liberty—I have , in jny 'wildest" moments , kept an anxious look out , while others slept on their watch—I have been the first to announce the-appearance of ' * Breakers a-head "—I saw my danger in every step I moved ; but I am not afraid to " reap the whirlwind , " or to " ride the storm , " in pnit of my own creation . I love my monster , and fear him not ; for he will be a tyrant to the bad and vicious only .
I am now , from this dull spot , looking through the telescope of reason , ami I see the whole course of the next three months before line , which will set at nothing all previous changes . —For that also I am prepared . I have had no support , in my arduous undertaking , from a single newspaper or great m . in ; but , on tbe contrary , opposition from all ; while the disappointed mercenary now swells the ranks of the infuriate and beaten faction . My every act is before the public ; and when I come to be judged , believe me , that a slight crime in me would meet with excessive punishment ; but I have prepared a fair and impartial tribunal in an improved public opinion , which will not allow disappointed vanity to cnarge honest service with delinquency . Although you do not observe it , I am now upon my trial ; and yet I am nat trying to appease those who will be my judges . No ; let the past speak for the future .
Sir , I shall now conclude with a bit of advice . If you really profess to be honest , do not publish a parcel of foolish letters to me in y « ur paper , and insist upon their publication in my paper also ; while you do not publish my ans wers , and yet complain of those answers being published at all in the same number -with your letters . , Where pray so fit a place for the defence , as joined to the accusation ? But you are not fond of indiscriminate publication . I recollect you once wrote to me in 183 C , demanding
an explanation of words whteh I waa reported , in the londonVertnrp , to have used , relative to your speech at a meeting in the Theatre at Bamsley . I replied , and you did not publish my reply ; when I saw you , some time afterwards , I asked why you had not , and you answered " O , damn it , n would kOt suit ; it was a confirmation of what the Mercury stated . " My crime was in having called your speech " a most artful speech " and , from that hour to the present , I have never locked upon you in any other light than a most artful mnrti :
You contrived to swamp both the London Mercury and London Dispatch , fey your ^ art , your cunning , your grovelling and mischief-making ; but , believe me , Sir , you shall not injure the Slar , as the present number is the last which shall contain a word from either you or me upon what you would gladly swell into a weekly squabble . You have filed your Bill , and your amended
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BilL I bate awwered both ; and , T » ow , rest satisfied ! orconttaoe to scrawl away ; and as you invariably best answer yourself , I shall be satisfied , that , like tke Irish attorney , yon ate employed by ' 'the plaintiff and working for the defendant . Now , Sir , I think yoa will adrattr , apooa reconsideration of the whole matter , that yon have climbed too high , and the bump you have raised upon your own forehead justly entitles you to the name of " Silly Harry . " lam . Sir , " Feargus O'Connor , Esq , One of the Aristocracy ; " apropos , the use of the term , Esq , rendered further designation unnecessary !
P . S . —Virtuous patriot ! so thoroughly armed in this your just quarrel ! since writing the above I have just received a letter from an honest high minded independent working man , from which I submit to your notice , the following extract : — " Four of the fustian petition carriers - were in the Queen ' s Bench with Hetherington , and he swore to them THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THE STAR AS SOON AS HE GOT OUT OF PRISON . " Now , " Silly Harry " what say you to your forehead and your bump . Writs no more to me , " Silly Harry ; " " Silly Harry" write no more to me . F . O'C .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOB . T 1 IERH STAB . Mr . Editor , —By yonr inserting the following address in your next , with corrections , if required , from your hands , you will greatly oblige the Chartists of York , And yours , &c . E . Burle * . York , 25 th May , 1841 . LIBERATION OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Chartists , —The duties of our office prompt us to again bring under your notice the necessity of bestirring yourselves on the occasion of the release of our glorious ehief from the fangs of his and our merciless oppressors , and show to the world that you are determined to do honour to him to whom honour is due .
Feltow-cQuatryvnen , every day brings us greater proofs of his devotion and value to our cause , that although he is immured within the cheerless dungeon , his heart is still panting for the success of tho cause for which he is suffering , and that neither the cupidity and slander of false friends , nor the persecution of the open enemy can turn his mind from the great and glorious objects which he is struggling to achieve , namely , the emancipation of the whole human family from political bondage , degradation , and misery , and tbe establishment of the principles of truth , justice , and happiness . - '
Fellow-slaves , you have lately been called upon to express your feelings between Mr . O'Connor and the leaders of the " new move ; " you nobly answered that call by your assurance of your attachment to him and your determination to stand by him ; we call upon you , therefore , to prove that attachment by sending your delegates to welcome him to your ranks on his emerging from the dungeon . Brethren , the men of London have nobly expressed their determination to send a deputation . The men of SUckton havo nobly answered our first appeal ; and will the men of Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , and other places , holding a proud position , be left in the back ground ?
Fellow-countrymen , O'Connor deserves much at your hands ; he will accept no other favours : how , then , are you to repay him for his sufferings in your cause , for the persecutions he has endured by open enemies and false friends ; how better than by being present on his again obtaining his liberty , and there seal the compact with him to stand by him as he has sworn to stand by you until death . Let your cry then be—to York ! to York ! and there let your voices rend the air with your shouts for joy at again beholding your chief once more free . Then , hurrah , hurrah , hurrah , for O'Connor ; down with the cock-tailed gingers ; up with the Charter , aud down with all humbug .
We are , fellow-countrymen , on behalf of the Demonstration Committee , Yours , truly , Edward Burley , Chairman . W . Cordeux , Secretary . York , 25 th of May , 18 . 41 . P . S . The men of York hope the next week ' s Star -will convey your determination to do your duty . All correspondence to be addressed , post paid , to Mr . Wm . Cordeux , 26 , Micklegate , York . DEFEAT OF THE WHIG CORN LAW RE PEALERS AT EAGLESHAM .
The supporters of the Whig Ministerial scheme of Repealing the Corn Laws being defeated in all the large towns where they have attempted to carry popular feeling in favour « f their expediency movement , bave resolved to see what can be done in a quiet way with the smaller towns and villages . The village of Eaglesham had , accordingly , been pitched npon by the Ministerialists of Paisley for the first of a series of meetings to bring over the people of this quarter to support the Russell and Melbourne proposition for a Repeal of the Corn Laws . The inhabitants here were
warned by public announcement t » attend a meetip . g on the subject , in the Dissenting Meeting-House , oa Wednesday eveningjiast , which > was to be addressed by Messrs . Henderson and Brewster , from Paisley . Determined not to beguiled by these parties , the Chartists requested the presence of one or two Glasgow speakers to di&cuss the question with the abovo-meutioned gentlemen ; on thu night specified , ami to test fairly the opinions of tbe men of Eagleshaiu . Tue meeting was called for seven o ' clock , bat it was eight o ' clock before the business commenced .
Dr . Paton being appointed to the chair , introduced Mr . Henderson , who , we believe , writes the Paisley department of the Saturday Evening Post , to address the meeting . The Rev . Patrick Brewster not having arrived , according to expectation , Mr . Henderson can j forward , and after a few preliminaries , entered into an exposure of the operations of the Corn Laws . After referring to the misery and destitution existing in th « country , to the dull trade , and the general depression of commercial business ; he spoke of the comparatively comfortable condition ef the foreign artizm He drew a number of illustrations on this head from Syniond'a accounts of the state of manufactures on the continent —and the habits and condition of the artisans ; and
after contrasting these with the -working classes here , he came to the conclusion that these things were chiefly brought about by the effects of the Corn Law . He advocated the necessity of the people supporting the Whig Government in their late movement fora fixed duty on Corn , and for any agitation that would bring about a modification of the present system . After referring to tho Chartists as opponents to the Corn Law repeal movement , and as men blind to their own interests , he concluded by declaring his anxiety to see the people in possession of the franchise—his willingness to aid the Chartists , and his hearty approval of their views—but hia opposition to their ytesont course ot proceeding , and &at dowu amidst loud applause .
Mr . Malcolm , jun ., of Glasgow , said , although a Chartist , he did not come forward either as tho advocate of the return of the Tories to power in preference to the other faction , nor as the direct or indirect opponent to the spread ef knowledge in reference to the operations of this law , but to state the real grounds upon which the Chartists stood in reference to the agitation attempted to bu got up by the middle clasats , to support the present Ministry , at the expence of sound principle and the cause of popular right ; and be would premise that Mr . Henderson bad done wrong in talking of the Chartists as the opponents of Corn Law repeal . AlthougL the Chartists did not see the propriety of joining this agitation , for the Ministerial scheme of repealing this law , did it follow that they were less zealous
repealers ? He held that they were the only seasonable and determined repealers of any party in the country . While they endeavoured to spread , and -were anxious to receive , every sort of information relative to the Corn Law—while they thanked the middle class for the pains they were taking to enlighten them , they also pointed out the only way by which they were to be repealed . ( Cheers . ) They very properly considered , that those who called themselves Corn Law repealers , bad advanced the strongest arguments in favour of their standing by their present movement Why , members of their Uaguo had unhesitatingly declared , that until the constitution of the present House of Commons was changed , they bad no hope for a repeal . Others of them , and he was glad he could number amongst them
his moral force friend , the Rev . Patrick Brewster , had declared that they did not expect the House of Landlords to yield that meaauro to any appeal tihort of one of their fears ; and it was enly by being frightened they would accede to our just demands . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Now he entirely agreed with these opinions ; and knowing , from past experience , that without the aid of the masses , the middle class would carry no great measure of organic reform , he was for his Chartist brethren standing by their present position , and selling their influence at the proper time . He ( Mr . M . I knew that united the middle and working class could effect anything , bat be was opposed to a junction which would not guarantee to tbe unenfranchised a full measure of justice . They had ne gaarantm that in supporting the present Ministry in thig late movement of theirs , that they would not be aiding their return to
power , with the prospect of misrepresenting them for other eight long years . ( Hear , bear . ) He would have them to bear in mind , that although the Middle class now came a little way and shewed their aaxiety to have a repeal of the Cern Law * , that they had not done so until the shoe which had been pinching their workmen began to pinch themselves . But , at the same time , be could not deny a fact , in connexion with the circuruatauces of these men < that although some of them were reduced to bankruptcy , the great proportion , even whiie loudest about dull trade and must zealous in reducing -wages , had been adding flat to flat , and factory to factory , had built houses like palaces , aud enjoyed all the comforts and luxuries of life in abundance , and if they were pinched a little now , it was no more than they merited . He did not mean , however , to base his argument upon this poiat . He cored net wbat were tbe motives that induced these men to come forward for Corn Law repeal The question with him
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was , could the masses , by holding to their present agitation compel thuie men to come a little farther , in a word , come along with * them for the People ' s Charter f They had aiready brought them a little way , and he felt fully confident that they would como further . At all events , lie argued in favour of . ' working . men refusing their influence t © . any agitation which did not go to place them in their legitimate position in the House of Commons , as tax-payers and citizens . He argusdfor their standing by principlo in preference to expediency , always bearing in mind that Uw g ^ M of the Charter to the people at large wa 3 an amplo guarantee that they should have not only the CovnLaws , but every other iniquitous monopoly dono away . While , on the other hand , by a repeal of the Com Laws
alone , they had no pledge -that they would obtain the . Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Bnt Mr . Henderson talked of their taking or refusing a good measure as glibiy as if the repeal of the Corn Laws were now offered them , and they refused to have It . Who offered it them ? O , says Mr . Henderson , the Whigs offer it ! Aye , they promise as liberally as ever ! Butv / hou their purpose is served , alas ! for tbe performance ! They wish to maintain power , just now at the expeuca of popular rights , and by the offer of a measure which they have not the power to give . He was glad , however , that , while the people received with gratitude the information of the Corn Law repealers , they ban st-nse enough to hold fast by principle , and refused to budge from the only course which would enable them
suec-oafully to assert and obtain their political freedom . He would wish his Ciiartist brethren n-. ver to forget th . it , in agitating for the Charter , they were agitating for a rep . eal of tha Corn Laws , and tu » t every argument brought forward to expose the system by which they were . oppressed wis just an additional argument in favour of their being properly represented , and an additional reason for their continuing to agitate and unite until they had raised up such a power as would force the aristocracy to yield to their just and legal claim * . After one or two illustrations in corrobdration of w hat had been advanced by Mr . H ., as to the effect of c ^ e Com Laws , Mr . M . deprecated the sentiment * so earnestly put forth , by that gentleman , that the . Government and the middle class brought for ward this measure , more on account of the suffering operatives , tliau lot their own benefit ; and after a fling at Mr . Henderson for his physical force notions of former times , and hia
inconsistent . conduct now in abusing and attacking the physical force Chartists through the organ in which he writes , for doing less thaa he himself had done on former occasions , he concluded by expressing a hope that some inhabitant would not allow the opportunity to escape without bringing forward a resolution denouncing the Com Laws , and declaring their adherence to the Charter , in favour of which he hoped they would also get up a petitioc . Ho sat down amidst loud cheers . Mr . Henderson again , rose , and made a lengthened response . Instead , however , of taking up the arguments of Mr . M ., he confined himself to a history of his own exertions aud sufferings on behalf of Radicalism , and to an exposure of the doings of the ; Torka since the time of Castlereagh and Sidmouth downwards . After a species of special pleading in favour of Whi ffgery and the Ministerial Corn Law scheme , he sat down . ¦ . - '"¦'
As the hpnr was now pretty late , on the suggestion of Mr . Malcolm , a gentleman in the vicinity n-se to propose a resolution . This the Chairman , Mr . Henderson , and tke manager of the Kirk who chanced to be present , objected to . Mr . Malcolm called upon them to hear what was the nature of the motion first . During the time that Mr . Malcolm stood up calling upon Mr . Henderson if he was a Chartist , as he professed , and also a Corn Law repealer , to allow a motion to be passed in favour of both views , a person near him asked in an angry tone , " VViil yen sign a petition for a repeal of the Corn Laws ? " Yes , said Mr . ftl ., with all my heart ; will you tnrn and sign the Charter ? This declaration seemed to pnttbe meeting right as to tie nature of Mr . Malcolm ' s , opposition , ' and loudc . Jls arose from all parts of the houss to Mr . Henderson to support this view .
Mr . Henderson tried to get out of tho business , by declaring , that altbounh he -was a Chnrtist , as the Church bad only been given for the delivery of a lecture on the Cora Lawn , he could not consent te tne passing any resolution .. In defiance , however , of th 5 wry facas of the Chairman , and the croaking of the Kirk managers , Mr . John Hunter moved the following resolution , which was seconded by another inhabitant : ¦ — " That this meeting locks upon tJie Coin Laws as one of the greatest evils that have ever iifflicted this country , and is , therefore , anxious for their immediate reinova '; ; but having no hope of ever aeconvplishing their abolition , while the landed , aristocracy have their present preponderance in the legislature , we petition for the People ' s Charter , so that the people having power , may remove the Corn Laws and all « ther monopolies . "
As the C ' inirman still refused to put any resolution , Mr . Malcolm . stood forward and took a show of han . ia for the motion , aad nearly the entire meeting held up their hands . He tlien took the opposite—all ag »< n :-t the motion , Yfben only two hands -weTe bald up . Tl ^ e result was greeted with great cheers . On the motion © f Mr . Jack , thanks were voted to the Chairman . On the motion of Mr . Gardner , thanks wora also voted to Mr . Henderson for his address , so fhr as it related to the Corn Laws ; this was seconded by Mr . Malcolm , and responded to with cheers . Three cheers for the" Charter closed the busiiii ?? , when the meeting quietly- dispersed . —Abridged from the Scottish Patriot .
THE NEWS FROM CHINA . We have been true prophets as to the course of events in China . The settlement announced in April , bad as the terms were , has proved , as we predicted , no settlement at all ; it was repudiated by the Emperor , recourse was agaiu had to arms with brilliant success , the Bogno forte were captured , and all the Chinese defences forced up to Canton , winch was thus placed in the power av > d at v ihe me \ oy of our forces . The union jack was hoisled on the walls of ; the British factory , which had been the scene of the wrongs and insults pravoking the expedition .
We are hoivevcryift all probability , far from tho settlement of . the dispute , k-r all tha .. is gained by arms is likely to be lost by negotiations With so crafty and faithless a people . Captain Elliot ' s infatuation in having supposed that matters were permanently settled , and directed that the troops in Chusan evacuate the island and withdraw to Culcuua , is perfectly w . oSdeifnl , and the sooner ; L . j negotiations are in tho bands of an officer less the dupe of the Chinese , the better will be ihe proypect of an advantageous termination of the war . Sir J . Bremer observe ? , as to the forbearauce exercised towards Canton , ^—
" It was at our r-. ercy , and it has so remained , a monument of British . magnanimity and forbearance ; / fear , however ; l / tal ihe forbearance is misunderstood , arid that a further puniihment must be resorted to before this arrogant and perfidious Government is brought to reason . " . Then follows the old story as to the Plenipotentiary s propensities to temporising , and trying what paper would do : — "Her Majesty ' s plenipotentiary being , however , desirous to try the effect of another proclamation , and to
show his desiie for an equitable adjushnent of affairs , addressed the Major-Geaeral and mjself , requesting that we would make no further movement towards the city , until the disposition of the provincial Government officers were put to the lent , as far as regards their non-interference . and we have , censequmiip , remained in statu quo , but reports ( on which ue can rely ) are daily reaching us , ichicli state that fire vessels are fitting out about seven miles above Canton ; farts , in the rear of the city , in course of erection , and , the people are forbidden to bring us supplies , while the teas and silks , snd every , other valuable , are removing from it "
The fulminations of the Emperor against tho EDglish are curiosities of an Imperial style : — " "They are , ' says-he , ' like dogs and sheep in their dispositions . It is difficult for heaven and earth any longer to bear with the English , and both Gods and men are indignant at their conduct . ' I have heard . says tke Emperor , ' that for moiiths past they Lave debauched men ' s wives and daughters—made captives —carried away property—built forts—opened ' . ' water courses , and set . up a counterfeit public officer , who issues proclamations ordering the people to pay the duties . In sleeping or eating , I find no quiet . '
" The blood of the Tartar rulers is excited by these enormities . Keshen is ordered to be delivered over to the board of punishment—still , however , retaining his eommandj and the Admiral Kivan , though descended from ihe God of War , is to lose his buttonr—Examiner
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Queen Square Police Ofpicb , London . —Ths Best Defence and an Honest Declaration . — On Saturday , Edward Thompson , a very fashionably dressed man , bat whose manners indicated that tha dress and the proprietor but ill corresponded , waa charged with attempting to pick the pocket of Mrs . Louisa Godwin Wvse , a lady residing » t > Greenstreet * Chelsea . Complainant stated , that on Thursday evening she was walking along Beauford-row , near the foot of ChelseA-bridge , in company with her little boy , who waa about seven years of age , when on a sudden she felt a hand in her pocket , and turning round found the . prisoner elose behind her She immediately accused him of attempting to pick her pocket , when he said it was quite absurd to think of Each a thing . On a , policeman coming op , she save him into custody . He no sooner saw the
policeman advancing towards him , than he set off running , and after , a pursuit of ten minutes waa captured . Mr . Burrell inquired , what he knew of tho prisoner , if at all acquainted , with him . Gough said he had known him for two years as the associate of common thieves . Prisoner expressed a wish to say something , and Mr . Burrell desired him to go on . Prisoner" I wish to say something . That officer ( Gough ) is the— -rascal in England . There , isn * t a man in London as lives by the ring but what has to pay him money , or else they ge , ts taken into custody . He has had money of me frequently , and all the thieves will tell you so . He comes up to them in the street and asks them for something , and in course they gives it him . " Mr . Burrell thought these observations proved , at any rate , what the prisoner was He was then removed to undergo thepuushjaen t *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct710/page/7/
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