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TO THE RIGHT HONOTTBABLE THE LORD JiAYOR OP DUBLIN.
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"WlLLUM CoOTEB . must have read the Star moltenlively , or he would have known that the convic turn by the magistrates of the fellow who burnt his petition-sheet teas inserted the same week that he sent U . HESBT "R aJTSXH . —We have had quite enough of the ' discussion htiViten . hit . O'Brien andMr . Dun-1 can . . - Yetoex . may he a friend to truth ; but we must take leave to tell Mm that tee require other evidence of it than reprimand without authority , and denunciation without proof . Sows TrjlZeb ~ - ~ We never notice rejected p&elry . Whxiah Azkissox . —His communication is an ad' ¦ vertisement : but we will willingly insert it on
' payment of the duty , which it is . 6 a \ Sheffield . —Our space will be badly _ occupied in - replying Jo the ravings of Mr . Ibboison . A Blocs J ' bintes- —We have no room . Ai Old Democrat- —Mr . 3 Ioir lives in the Gallgw - gale ^ -oi-gou :. B . C . Caebcihebs may send whatever communica-¦ Hon he mat / have for Mr . O'Connor to that gengentleman direct . The Northern Star is no postoffice-JjZCTVZXBS SEG « : cnSG THEIB APPOINTMENTS . —jiff . John Crotether , of Lower Moor , Oldham , writes us , in reference to the lale disappointment at Slockporit that the fault rested not with kirn , but w ' UhMr . Slorer , Ashtcn-under-Lyne , whohadsorne weeks before , inrelum for Mr . CrovethePs fulfill ing an appointment of his ai Jifettram , promised Co attend as Mr . Crowiker ' s substitute alStockport , m Easter Sunday : why Mr . Storer did not keep
his promise Mr . Crowther does not know . W . H . Dtott , Secretary io the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , has to gratefully acknowledge the receipt of several Stars , and would be more particular leith regard to some written communitations did time &nd circumstances allow . He begs further assistance asregards the newspapers which are regularly transmitted io the provinces , end are sure to do extensive service to the cause . Direct 26 , North King-street , J > ublin . CosTEsnos Fcttd . —Thr . followin g monies hare been received by Mr . J . Cleave . — £ b . d . Norwich 4 7 0 Sheffield 2 0 0 Hunslet , near Leeds 0 IS ft Todmorden 4 0 0
Oxford o io 9 Bisbsp-sreaTnotttb . o 12 0 South Shields ... 100 A Republican , Rochdale ... 0 1 0 " Tenths , Stocfcport" 10 0 Salisbury ... 1 10 0 Ardsley , If ear BarnsJey ... o 10 o Sfcutford , near Binbury ... o 10 O Bradford , per T . House ... 1 10 0 ChelmsTord ... ... ... 080 Selby ... 10 8 Selby Female Society ... ... 0 10 0 Keighley lot Chartist Meeting , "Wateorth ... 0 7 6 Stokealey ... 10 0
£ 22 12 6 MB . WaTKIXS . —The conclusion of his sermon is in type but is unavoidably postponed till nest week . BiTH . —The , address of our Correspondent at Bath is Mr . Basttttt , 19 , GloJKtster-road Buildings , Swanswick , Bcdh . ¦ W lU-1-i . M JOSES . THE XfEKTHTB TrDTIL ASSOCIATION . —The letter has been duly received , but the Plaits cannot be sent vxtil the amount they owe to the office t * paid . We hope to hear from them inane diately . A PC 1 X statement cf aU monies reeeived 6 y AhelSeywood for those who wen injured , and repairing the Sail of Science , wiU ~ be given in oar next . A Chabhst . —The " Child at Home" may beprocured of Mr . Fox , neas-agent , Bridge street , Sheffield : Mr .
Croirther , Pigeon-lane , Roiherham ; and Mr . T . B . Smith y Leeds . Mr . Smith is also the zcholcsalt agent jbr the sate of Pander ' s blacking . Fbask MrBTTEXT , and our other good Barnsley friends hose our thanks for their continued appreciation of honest seeking io desert * approbation . We think , however , that they should not be too hard upon the person to whom they allude . Long and bitter suffering works heavily upon the laini . A TEETOTAL Chasxist . —If you ad vp o newspaper into separate sheets you can only then send through the Post-c $ cs that part which happens io hare tti $ stamp vpon it . "I , " o / Bristol , and 1 . P . Gbeb : * must excuse us : we have not room . THO * AS E £ LL 1 > " must take a like answer .
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Messrs . Harrison , Birosley ; T&sker , Skipton ; Storer , T > : > ncaiter ; Pratt , Howden ; Hodson , Betford , ¦ would oblige us by making their post-efnee orders payable to Mr . John ArdSl , our clerk . Ws neve * supplied any Papers to K . H . C . Cmtbers , Newcastle , and consequently hare not any account to send T ) iTp-Ihe Papbbs of those Agents -who have not paid their accounts irill be stopped alter this week . J . WHIDD 03 S- —App ^ y to the Agen * . J 0 H 5 T 0 KLI > SOS , SUTTOS-Ii ' -ASHFISLI ) . —Tef . FOB TH 2 JiAK CSESI . EE SUFPEE ^ ES . £ » . < 3 . Prom a few Psrronport friend ! ... 0 5 0 «» a lev Frieads to Freedom , at Stoarbridea » 8
TOB THE CHABTIST CAVSE . From Friends , Eregmont , per Adam ¦ K eifli ° * °
FOB MBS . ? BX ) ST . From the Cb&rtists of Sowerby , near p *« fnT , ... 0 7 0 P 0 R HBS . JOSES A ^ D KBS . ZEPHA 51 AE WILLIAMS . From Mrt . B « dweII , Stourbridge ... 9 0 6
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Mt Xoed , —Only a te-w treeks hare passed since I m &nn « ed by the happy int ^ % encs " that your Lortihip "sras decidedly a Ciartist , " and that Dotting abort of " "DniTeisal Sufl ^ age" ironld atisfy jt-u in behalf of your suffering fellcw-eountryinen . Many persons were ao certain of the honesty of your declarations , that I haye been requested " to bexaoie kiad , sndless seTere , in my addresses to your LoiflsbJp in futare . " Not , my Lord , Trhaterer othe- s may think , I do most charitably assure yon , I look ¦ with caution to every measure which emanates from the source of which your Lordship is the head , and which holds ita councils at the Cora Exchanze .
It u bow certain tbat your Lordship ' s cry for TTniTergal SnfFrage tt * s not the bold sod intrepid cry of a patrict . and the leader of a suffering nation ; but the puny half-sspiiiBg whimper of a defeated faction , who would fain be thought the friends of the people , but who ha * re not tie honesty , er the courage , to agitate for a full and unqualified measure cf jostles , without any compromise "whatever . "When a man is ( Hie your Lordship ) In possession of paramount influence , and when it is known that that
influence is . upon occasions , directed towardfl the furtherance of your own views , and the subversion ol every measure which happens to be at variance with your policy ; when we find this influence keeping in subjection End awing into c » XJttmptiWe fertility the ipeuters cf joui party , we eannot belp holding your LwrasMp responsible for the politisal acts of your creatures , and at the same time despise the efforts of the master and the man—she demagogue and the slave , who would , reckless ef principle or patriotism , still endeavour to keep the people in misery .
Your Lordship is &waze tiat yonr creatures of the Corn Exchange dare not Btii in inch , or move a reaolalion , contrary to your wishes , under pain cf denounoenent . Thtn how comes it that the brave Tom Sleele is to be found in the " Conference of Joseph Sturge , " heaping abuse on " O'Connor , and the mad Chartists of England who follow him , " and stamping himself with fee chs . Ts . etEr of a ninny , snd an animal very like what in Irelaod they call an a—es ? The answer ia a plain one . He either has been sent
» the expense of the Irish people , or he has obtained or hopes to obtain a place on the Starge pension list . To the" former , I only say to the lriBh , their money ffiigbt ba better expecded than by paying an agent to support a Tvhig measure , snd for abasing their only certain remedy for political evils—the People ' s Chark *; and it the laltti , it only tusura that , either the fimds of the Corn Exchange are a discount , and poor Tom is obli ged to seek another market for hi » genius , or that jour lordihip prefers any suffrage to a full , fair , anS . straightforward one Hke the Ch&rtists .
it wooid ^ be wiser , my Lord , to adopv the People ' s Charter without any compromise ; for be MSWttl neither the policy of Sturge , nor the oratory of Tom Steels will ever be the means of benefiting the people , w altering the present fystem ; acd much a * the Whigs shoffls and quibble abcut detail , they will in the end have to come to the people , and , what is more , to be honest with tbe people ; and although your Lordflnp may not Tdiih tha prophecy , I nevertheless feeg to inform you , my Lord , that yen will erelong be compelled to become a Chartist in name and principle , or forfeit Jour popularity . As for poor Tem Steel , I have litfla few for him ; for , as soon as yonr lordship becomes a
Giartist , he will , become one too . I wcnld , however , ftguest yonr Xcrdship to order " Xh = sx Raj" to recal ^ m ; It ia really &pity to ltt him go * t large . He ia either d&'t" or politically rsad , to think himself wiser 8 » n thrmiliioEs of honest men who declare * ' that the B * rter * s it is , is the on y remedy for existing evils . " my Lord , have him brought back , and sent to S'sifts" until a " lunar change" is effected in him , Jft let his keeper be chosen from ansongEt the mem-**» of tiie Iriaii Universal Suffrage Association , who 2 J , I have no doubt , administer proptr treatment to ^ 7 big reason , and cool his head . I have the honour to be * My Lord , Your L ? rd » hip ' B most obedient servant , "WVH . Clifios .
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TO PATRICK O-HIQQIKS , ESQ . Mansion -house , 2 d , April , 1842 . " O'Gonnell is a knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion . "—Paibick OHiggiss . Sib , —In replying to your letter I very properly begia by making you a free present of the above text , which you have hitherto 60 often used without my permission . 1 now not only forgive you for your
past use of it , but allow you to employ it in future at your uncharitable discretion ; and 1 gratuitously add to this permission a plenary license to abase , calumniate , and vilify me as often , as londlv , and as long as you please . You shall not only have tbis license , but my cordial forgiveness beforehand , with theknowled ^ e superinducedthas it is my determination never again to reply to any one of yonr chances . Lei those who chose beiiere you—I consent . Thofe who know us both , or know either of ns , will have no difficulty in deciding without any
intervention of mine . Let ihls be vnderslood between us . In the present controversy this letter will Berve to aid right-thinking persons in coming to a proper judgment , by having the facts of the case before them , stripped of some of the distortions , foreshorteniDga , inventions , and ludicrous absurdities with which it has pleased your piety to surround them . Now for t ¥ e facts . You have called upon me to make reparation for an injustice which you say I have done you .
That injustice yeu allege to consist in my having signed , and having been , as you allege , but allege nctmly , actually engaged in procuring signatures to , a docnmeEt which you bare set forth in your letter , and which I think it right to repeat in this place it bears date the 18 ; h of January , 1833 . It involves three distinct propositions . ¦ The first is contained in these words" We have heard the charges and such evidence as Mr . Patrick O'Higgins produced , and we are unanimously of opinion that the charges are totally false and calumnious , and wg do mo ^ t fully and honourably acquit Mr . John Reynolds thereof . " The second proposition is contained in these words—
" And it appearing that these charges originated in malice , we recommend Mr . Dwyer to return Mr . O'Higgin 3 bis subscription . " The third proposition is contained in these words^—"Being of opinion that Mr . O'Higgins ought not any longer to frequent these rooms . " Yon-call ppon me for reparation for having signed \\ A \ doWffitenl . You then , strange io say , complain that this document was signed without the institution of any trial—withont any investigation of written testimony
which you prodnced . You also accuse me of influencing my sons , and other members of the Committee , to sign the document . Why do I dwell upon Ihese drivellings f The French call such things niaiseriet . " "Why should I then take any trouble with these gross and palpable distortions of the facts 1 There were four-and-twenty gentlemen who signed that document . I have now before me the original entTy in ihe late Mr . Edward Dwyer ' s handwriting , and it appears , by tbat entry , tbat no other persons attended that investigation except those four-and-twenty gentlemtD . Not one I
It is a favourite point of yours , that out of this number three were my sons , and one my son-in-law , whom you Bay I influenced . Of my sonB I thall say nothing . It does not become me—except this—tbat since they came to man ' s estate ( and they were
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at that time in Parliament , the three of them ) , they have more influenced my conduct than I have done theirs , and I am glad of it . They were present during the entire investigation , and were capable of ft lining their own judgments . As to your charge of my son-in-law having signed by my influence , I need not say how totally untrue itis . It would be shameful of him if he did so ; and he never has done any thing for which he ought to blush . His name alone is a sufficient defence . When you speak of pHBISTOPHEa Fitz ^ imon , a man who has this ind ^ t singular good fortune , that he is esteemed by every body—he is loved by those who
agree with him in politics , and he is respected by the most violent of those who differ from him , whilst he is perfectly firm in the assertion and the carrying out in action of his own opinions , he with courteous cheerfulness allows all others to do the same with respect to their opinions . Influence him to sign a yerj-ict without his own judgment being convinced of its truth ! Is it Chbistooheb Fitzsimoh ? Why , if it were possible that the angel-wife I have given him should endeavour so to influence him , it would be in vain ! Aye , I fearlessly say it , notwithstanding your paltry taunt , that if ever there Jived a model of & Christian gentleman in conduct , character , and feeling , he is chat man I
Let me by way of parenthesis remark , that you might as well have confined yonr Chartist virulence to me alone , and have passed by my sons and son-in-Iaw in the same silence with the other twenty gentlemen who signed the verdict . But you make several other odd assertions . You boast that the Hon . Colonel Butler did not sign the verdict . Qiite true . It would have been wrong of him had he done so , as he was not one of the gentlemen to whom the case was referred . These were in all -44—Colonel Butler was not one of them . You also alleg # that my respected brother-in-law , Mr . Finn , refused to sign it . I do not know that any body asked him to do so . But I am quite sure of this—tiiftt if afked he wonld have refused , because it appears * rom Mr . Dryer ' s entries that he was not present on the 18 th of January , the day of the investigation ; nor even on the 25 th , the day on which the charges were given in by you .
A similar reason wcnld of course have induced the other persona whom you stme , not to sign , as none of them were present upon both days . In abort , no persons signed , except those who attended the investigation of the 18 th of January . You must really be endowed with great confidence in the effrontery of assertion , when you have the face to assert that the document I signed , stated , "that the committee unanimously agreed to it . " Why , it states no such thing . It does not refer to any committee at an . Even you yourself set it out as beginning thus , "WE Have HEARD THB CHaRGBS AND SUCH EVIDENCE AS MR . PATK . O'HjflGJlS - S PRODUCED , AND WE ARE ONAJiiMorsLY . op opinion , '' & 6 ., &c It is followed by the signatures of the twenty-four gentlemen who attended the investigation . It does not say the committee was unanimous . Sat it is idle and foolish to reason with a man who sets forth & document , and then directly contradicts it
Even hi the number of signatures you were wrong . Tbere were 24 , and not 23 : — Three barristers , Counsellor Close , ( who was chairman at the investigation ) , Counsellor Stephen Coppinger , and Counsellor George Kernan ; the late lamented Mr , Lsvelle , Of the Freeman ' s Journal ; Mr . Xaurence Finn , Mr . James Sheridan— -But why should I continue ? You have them all before you ! But I cannot omit one name more—as pure a spirit as ever breathed—my respected friend , General Clooney . Yon next call npon me to mate a public reparation to you-, because , as you allege , " I know that the resolution to which I affixed my name seta forth npon the face of it that which I know to be untrue . "
If your premises were true , your conclusion would be irresistible . I would be bound to make you reparation ; and I would make it to you most publicly , and moat cheerfully ; but I know HO such thing as you &ll * ge . I do net believe any such thing . I believe every word in that resolution to be perfectly true . I am quite sure it was called for by all that appeared before us in evidence ; and if such circumstances again occurred one thousand times over , I would sign that resolution as often . But What were the circumstances ? These you keep back . These you cartfaily cushion . You give the verdict , bat yen dont condescend to explain what may be technically called the pleadings and proceedings , and which can be more familiarly denominated , the circumstances that created the necessity of a verdict You thus mistify the matter , and prevent the public from seeing on the face of your own letter how glaringly absurd your calumny la .
I will , however , put the matter beyond a doubt I will state tbe circumstances as briefly as possible . The facts were these : — First—An associatian , called " The Volunteers of Ireland , " was . formed on the 3 rd of January , 1833 . You and / Mr . John Reynolds , with many others , became members of it Mr . Reynolds was shortly after named a member of the standing committee . You were noL Secondly—Immediately afterwards you commenced a career of insinuation of the grossest and most debasing criminality against one of the members of that committee , whom you did not tnen name ; but you Kave strong grounds for the conjecture that you meant Reynolds .
Thirdly—Yon cannot probably forget , though yon may be ready to deny tbe fact , that I endeavoured to Induce you to abandon that line of conduct I begged of yon not to introduce personal quarrels into our proceedings . You , however , persevered , and rather Lu ^ mented the virulence of y our insinuations than otherwise . Fourthly—The gentlemen forming the committee felt themselves obliged to call upon you to explain who it was that you meant , and to state what were your charges . Fifthly—Ton wrote two equivocal letters , alleging that yeu could prove gross criminality in a member of the committee , rendering him unfit to be associated with —but still declining to same him , lest , as you said , you should subject yourself to legal proceedings .
Sixthly—It having been rnmonred and tolerably well known that yoa alluded to Mr . Jehn Reynolds , he ( Reynolds ) came forward and declared th * t he would not take any legal proceedings whatsoever against you , but wenld submit your charges to the investigation of any of the members of the association . Seventhly—You therefore persevered ; and on the ISth of January produced no less than ten distinct charges agaicst Reynolds . It was agreed On that the matter should be investigated by such members of the standing committee , unconnected with either party , as should attend . The three principal charges were these : — You charged Reynolds with being a public liar in a matter relating to the Trade ' s Union . Yea charged him with having committed gross and corrupt perjury in the case of a person called James Ahem , of Charieville .
You charged him with having committed subornation of perjury in the same case . Yeu will admit at once that charges cf more atrocious criminality could not posaiWy be made by one man agaii ; st another . A public liar ! a grOBS and Wilful perjurer ! a vile suborner of peijury l If true , Reynolds would have been ruined—and deservedly—for evf r ! If true , ho would be a beggar ; for his station in life depended altogttber upon his character . Reynolds would have been a disgraced pauper . His wife and children would have been beggars , or starved . Such vrere the charges yoa repeatedly insinuated ; and which you ended by directly , and with full premeditation , charging against Reynolds .
The investigation took place on the 18 th of Jannary . Twenty-four mtmbers uf the committee attended . If you had succeeded In establishing your charge ; if you had evtn mrwlo out a probable case against Reynolds ; nay , if you had made ont such a case u t ) the unhappy malignity of human nature would have even created a doubt of his guilt , he was ruined for ever . Mr . Reynolds has since then brought np in respectability a fine family . He has held a situation of great trust with large emoluments for years in a public establishment . And when , from raotiTes of economy , his offic * was suppressed he got from that public body a large sura by way of compensation for his services ; and a tnoBt flattering teatimonia to his character and conduct ; and be is now mote confidentially engaged in forming another establishment of great prospective utility .
What would ha have been , Mr . Patrick O'Higgins , if you nad succeeded in blasting bis obaracter ? What would he have been , if you fiadeveu teen able to create a miserable suspicion of his guilt ? ATeyou become at length ao seDBitive about yourself , that you totally forget the envenomed stab you made at another ? Recollect that you volunteered the accusation—tbat yon persevered in spile of every friendly admonition in bringing forward your charges . Recollect that you deliberately and with the fullest premeditation produced those charges . Recollect also that you hod no pecuniary interest , nor any manner of property to be affected by establishing those charges . You wonld not be one shilling tbe richer if yon established them . He would have fceen a wretdl 8 d pauper . You would have been in nothing the better , gave in the gratification ol your personal malignity .
The investigation tock place on the 18 th of January , 1833 . You produced , and we examined two witnesses in support of the charge—yourself and another . And though yon now insinuate the contrary , y .. u produced your vouchers , md vre read them and considered them . Let me tell you that this fact appears on the face of Mr . Bwyertbook , in his own handwriting . We were ready , and we ofivred . to hear any other witness , and to consider any other documents tbat yon could produce . We fully considered the entire case ; and tbere was not the least dcubt upon the mind of any one of the twenty-fonr gentlemen , that the charges you brougfct were toUlly false and calumnious . We , accordingly , fullj and honourably acquitted Mr . Reynolds . .
And what else could we do ? Yet , here are you requiring of me , by way of " reparation" to yon , to reverse this verdict of acquittal pronounced by me and twenty-three others , nine years ago I If I am to do that , pray -what is to become of Mr . Reynolds ? Am I te dspiiTe Mm of the benefit of the judgment pronounced
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nine years ago In his favour , and sanctioned and ratified by the entire public , amongst ¦ whom lie has since lived as a gentleman , instead of being scouted ( as you would have h&d him ) as a shameless liar and a profligate perjurer ? ¦/ ¦¦ ' : - '' ¦¦' ., '' - ¦ . ¦ : ¦' ¦ : ¦¦ ¦¦' ' "¦ ' '¦¦ . - , , ¦' . >¦¦ ¦¦ : ' ¦ ¦ " ..: " ¦ . Shame upon yon l O sbamel Yet you come ont npoa me wltii " an air ' of injured , innocence , forsooth ! And you complain of mei for having concurred in stating that your conduct on that occasion was malicious . Now , I aak yon , in ; the name of common flense , what other motives , save malice , could have possibly actuated yon ? You had no lucrative gala to stimulate you . You had no money profit to obtain by blackening Reynolds . You '¦ ¦ h od no office , no employment , no emolument to acquire by ruining the man . There is one thing quite / certain—that , whether yonr charges were true or false , hatred , malice , and ill rWill were your only motives for bringing them forward ; for , I repeat , you had no other earthly motive . r
Yet yon come ont with yonr ait : ol injured innocence to ask from me a doable reparation . First , you want me to retract my share of a verdict of acquittal in fwour of Mr . Reynolda ; That I utterly refuse . I should be very criminal , and , if possible , more absurd than criminal , if 1 did not refuse ! Secondly , yeu want me to retract that pait of the verdict which ^ declared that you were actuated fcy malice in making and prosecuting the charges against Mr . Reynolds . In this respect I really would grant
your request if I possibly could . Enable me t > do so , and I will—readily and cheerfully , tell . me whjit other motive than rancour arid hatred to the man did , or possibly could , acinateyoo . Show me that you had anything to gain , any interest to promote by dishonouring and disgracing John RByholdfl , and I will retract my 8 hare < f the verdict convicting you of malicious motives , and I will insert in its stead suoh other motives as you yourself reasonably desire to substitute . Nothing , surely , can be inore fair or reasonable ! ,. : : ¦ ¦¦¦¦ : ¦¦ . • : ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ ; '¦ ¦ - . ¦ .. ' . ¦ . - ¦ - ' . ¦ :
There only remains the third point ; the opinion was announced tbat you ought to be excluded from the Corn Exchange rooms . It was unnecessary to go so far . Yon yourself would , after the honourable acquittal of Mr . Reynolds , have , I presume , deemed it prudent to refrain from frequenting these rooms . ¦ ' ¦ ¦; .- . ' .. It happened , ' -however ; ' 'that , after my departure for London , the matter was taken up by the Association , and on the 19 th of February , wbiUt I was , as Irecol-!© ct , fighting the Coercion Bill , and oertalnly whikt I was in Landon , your expulsion wa 9 moved by the Rev . Dr . Groves , D . D .. a Protestant clergyman , and seconded by the Very Ret . Mr . L'Eatrangd , a Catholic clergyman , and carried on a division by a majority of 56 " to 23 . I nee J not describe what these clergymen were who thus acted against you whilst the matter was fresh , and all the circumstances known to every ¦
body . - - . - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' . ' ' : ' .. ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : : "' . " . '' "• ¦ .. : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' After this , let me mournfully ask you , of what avail would any retraction of mine be , under these circumstances ? ' . ¦ : ' . ' ¦ : ' ,. ; ' " . ' . . ' . : ' - ¦'¦ '" . " ¦' ¦ . ' .- '' . ' But the truth is , yon do not desire any retraction . All yon want is an excuse to vilify me to the Chartists . It is an attempt to delude those poor people , especially in England , by endeavouring to make ont that yoa are an innocent Buffering man , injured by me ; and therefore only exercising natural revenge when you calumniate and vilify me in all possible ways as you have hitherto done , and as you are heartily welcome to do in future to the utmost extent of your every faculty . - ¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦¦' ¦¦ " ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; . ¦ . ' " . : ¦ ' . ' ;¦"¦¦;¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦' .. ; . '
Two observations more , and our correspondence ends on my part for ever . The first is- ^—that you do hot state any reason whatsoever why I ehould have been inimical to you npon tbat investigation , or what motive i could have to injure or do you any wrong . Reynolds was no friend of mine . You and I were upon better terms . I had been your counsel , and I believe your successful counsel . And what is ludicrous enough , ia , that one of your charges against Reynolds—it wan the second—was for calling men together " to put down O Conned and to put up one of the Muhon family . " So strangely does folly mix with malignity in all you doi . ¦ '• . ' ¦ ¦ ¦' . '¦ ' - .. " :. ' -:- ' .: '¦ . ¦'• ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " .
My second observation is—that it in quite impossible that any bat the greatest dolt and driveller imaginable could believe that I bad atrociously injured you with your fall knowledge in January , i 833 . There are to be sure many Btupid blockheads among the Chartista ; but it is hard to think that any of them who read your letter couW possibly belfave you . Let them look only at your dates . You actually boast of your friendly services to me in the year 1835 . You exaggerate the value of those services , but you
boast they were most friendly , and I admit that they were as useful as you make them . YoU would have been of more use if it were in your poor power . You also actually boast that you were my benefactor in November 1833 , and in 1834 . Can human credulity go so far as to believe that I had atrociously injured you in January , 1833 , in your presence , and with your full knowledge ; yet that you were my benefactor in November , 1833 , again in 1834 , and again , my active , friendly , and disinterested , though not very serviceable , agent at the election Of 1836 ?
But the climax is not capped yet Your enmity to me—your malignity to me—your frequently calling me " a knave injpolitics snd a hypocrite in wllgion , " were not oceastioned by the alleged injury I inflicted on . you in January , 1833 . But—I mast use thy . own WOtAsit all arose by reason of my turning Whig ani Banker at one and at the same lime !!! Why , Mr . Patrick O'Higgina , there Is ludicroos insanity mixed with your melancholy malignity i I cannot omit one more fact . I published to the world that I became what yoa call a "banker" in June , 1834 ; and the election in 1835 , at which you gave me aoma friendly aaaiatance , was one for the express purpose of turning out the Tories whom the King had brought back to power and re-instating the Whiga !! Tue proverb truly saith— " A lie stands upon one leg , " Aye , Mr . Patrick OHiggina—however ludicrous a lie may be , it stands but upon one leg t Farewell—I kiss your hands I 1 PANIEL OCONNELt .
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appears ; by that entry that no persons attended that Jnvestigation except , those foar-andriiventy-geiUliBmen ; no-r-aotone . ' -jv ^ Now here again , on thifi single fact , I am ready to rest the case of veraoity at issue between you and me . Suielyv yoa cannct forget that you solicited several gentlemen to sign that document who refused to sign it . Is it possible that you forget the names of thegentlomen who refused to vote with you on the occasion , and . who left the room under the impression that the nattier would end there ! : With all your power , and all your influence , you could get but twenty-three to sign that document ; and who are they ?! left it to you to name them , and you have named but seven . Are you asbamea of thereat of them ! What have you done with the
sixteen I Who are they ! What was their occupation then ? What has become of them since ? These are questions which you are bound to answer . In your anxiety to make those whom you did apt name appear wren , above thiir rank in society , you have transformed Mr . George Kernan , the attornoy , into a Counsehor liernan . However , Sir , I am greatly inilebtcd to you for mentioning the name of my respected and . lamented friend , Mr . Patrick Lavelle , of the Freeman's Journal , and I still hope , Sir , that you will yet follow the example of Mr . Lavelle . Shortly after his return from Italy , he invited me to his editorial room , and there , in the presence ef Mr . Moiony , Mr . Prendergast , aud another ' gentleman , said hewished
to speak to me in the presence of those gentlemen ; that the fact of his having affixed bis name to the sentence which was passed upon me by those who signed it had preyed upon his mind , and that he had long wjehed to explain to me how he was influenced to sign it , and to apologise to me , aud to ask my forgiveness for haviu g joined in such a sen - tence agaiast me . Those ' : Who were present recollect that the very reasons which you assign in your letter of the 2 od instant for throwing the shield of your protection , around your client , were ^ the same which you made use of in order to induce Mri Lavelle to sign that document ., that is to aay"What would become of htm if you did hot protect
h im . " And : he said that yon also urged it as a reason why he should sign it , that the committee was a private one , and that the signatures to the document Would have the effect Of preventing me from proceeding further in the matter : that ic could do me no harm ; as there was no charge of any kind against me , and unless I was stopped I would ruin the other . After this explanation , which is not hall so ample as Mr . Lavelie made it , he , in the presence of those gentlemen , asked me to forgive him , and reached out his hand to mo , I did forgive him most heartily , when h © said it | took a load off his mind . I buppose , Sir , you will now say that I had just reason to be thankful to you for haviDg mentioned Mr / Lavelle's name . Who is it that will read this
but will admit he acted the part of a true Christian and a gentleman 1 It would occupy too much spaoe to follow you through every part of your long letter , and to refute it paragraph by paragraph , what I mifiht very easily do ; . but- 'I shall ceinent myself for the present by taking a leaf out of your p * n rules of evidence . That rule is , that if a witness break down in any essential part , the whole of his evidenco goes for nothing . I quote your own words , and beg your particular attention to them . They are—" you caanot probably forget , though you may be ready to deny , the fact , that I endeavoured to induce you to abandon that line of conduct . I begged of you not to introduce personal qaarrels into our
proceedings . You , however , persevered ,, and rattier augmented tbe virulence of your insinuations than otherwise . " - ¦ '¦ ¦ ; ¦¦ ' ¦/ r ¦ . :. , , "¦ . ; ' ¦ •;¦ ¦ : ''• ... - ' ' .. ' . ¦ - ¦ Itis vtry strante , indeed , that with the record of the proceedings before you , as youhavtJelated , that such a paragraph as the foregoing should be given to the world under the sanction of ypai / high name . How stands the fact I Why , the very day after I had stated that I had an objeotion to ba a member of the same committee with a person whose condHct I could not approve , and constituted , as it was , with power to try and decide upon the character of any man agatnsc whom an objection was made by any member , I was served with a co > py of a resolution , which the committee adopted the very next day , the 11 th of January , requiring ine to stato the charges " forthwith in WritiDg to the secretary . " and on the
12 th I Wrote a letter to the committee , of which the following is an extract : — " That I will not state in Writing , through the secretary , any obarges whatr oscver a ^ aintt any man , until such time as a tribunal is appointed against which there can bo no personal objection , and to whom all charges shall be submitted , in accordance with the rules of the society ; and , moreover , before I undertake to bring a charge agaiust any man , it is necegsaTy and right that my own , name should be posted up in the committeeroom for a week , and the public invited to bring any charge , political or otherwise , against my own character , and if it be found at the end of a week , that there is no charge against me , I shall then , and not till then , consider myself bound to comply with your resolution . "
Well , what waa the answer to this propoajtiah ? it is Bcarceiy orodibie . The very next day , the 13 th of January , John O'Connell , Esq ., M . P ., i » the chair , the following resolutions , with three . others , were all drawn up in the handwriting of Daniel O'Connall himself : — "Resolved unanimously—That the Secretary dp write to Mr . O'Hig&ins , to inform him that his letter is considered in the highest degree uusatisfaotory ; ' . ' ' . - ' . ' ¦;• . ' ' - . ' . '' ... '¦ - ' ¦¦ . ¦ ' ' ¦ . ' . .. ¦ . " That Mr . O'HigginB be also informed that he is required to follow up his indistinct and . . general ' charges , which , if be should decline to do , it will then become the Committee to wipe off a stain which , in such event , cannot be too iadignantly repelled /^ :- .- ' ¦ ¦ - . u ¦ , ; ' ,.. ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " : ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ , ¦ r /^ :
This is the way you 'Vendeavoured to induce rde to abandon the charges , " and not " to introduce personal quarrels into your " proceedingB . " I hope , for your own sake , that you forgot that those documents were in existence when yon wrote your letter . How could yoii say , with those resolutions before you , " that I persevered , in spite of eyerj frieridly admonition , in bringing forward tho charges i " No , no ; I am sore you overlooked this part of the proceedings . You acquit me ( and I am obliged to yon ) of being actuated by any selfish motive— -any motive Of gain , throughoui the whole of this affair j your own words are , '* Y 6 U had no lucrative gain to stimulate you ; you had no money profit to obtain . You had no office , no employmeit , no emolument , to acquire by ruining the man . " Now , this is a 116 trictly true . But be pleased to recollect , to bear in mind , what jou are pleased to call the pleadings . ¦
You should recollect—1 st . That when you suddenly changed the National . Political Union into that of the Irish Volunteers , one of the reaspua you assigned for the change was , that in the then crisi 3 of affairs it became your imperative duty to form a society of euqh a nature as to prevent the possibility of any person whatever , of even doubtful character , becoming ; a member of it . And one of the rules drawn up by your own hand was to the effect , ' * That any mtmber to be proposed for admission
should have his name entered by the secretary , Mr . Edward Dwyer , in a book kept for that purpose , for one week before such member should be proposed , and in the event of any member objecting to the person to bo proposed at the open meecing , euch objection should » o before the standing comniittee , to be there inyeatigated ; and should any difforence of opinion arise as to whether the person objected to should be admitted or rejected , the committee should at once proceed io a baUot , aud that one black bean in four should exclude him . "
Now , mind this was all to be done privately , and by ballot , and Other resolutions stated that the maH wan no patriot who should wilfully and kuowicgiy allow any person to become a member of the Irish Voiunteers agaiast whom he had an objection , without submiuiug- euoh objection to the decision of the committee . ; ; ; This resolution , I trust , will in itself explain ta the Batisfactiou of every honest and well-tninkingman , the motives which influenced me to object to the individual in ^ aeatioa . My objeotion to him went no further ( and it was so eta ted in a letter of mine to the committee ou the subject ) than that of his being a member of a committee which assumed the right aud the power t& &it in iadnment on the
characters of other men . I do now most solemnly declare that I did , ia the firat instance , conceive myself morally bound to state my objections , and tbat I never would have gone ou with them had I thought that they would have become public , and had I not been forced to go on by the resolutioos of the Committee , which resolutions I showed to the Hon . Colonel Bulltr , and William Francis Finn , on the 15 th of January , when they were both kind enough to offer me their assifctmce to quash the proceedings ; but who , on seeing the resolutions which I have already quoted , deemed it useless to interfere in the matter . I have no doubt but iheso tWO honourable gentlemen will bear teatimon ; at any time to the fact I have just tt * ted .
Permit me here to remind yoa . Sir , that the renewal of this subject rests entirely with yourself ; that in a speech of yours in August last , which was riot provoked by any act or word of mine , you said that " I hated you , and that I ought to hate yon , for it was yon who procured my expulsion from the society of the Jiisn Volunteers , for couduot uubecoming & patriot , a gentleman , or a Chrisdan . " New , Sir , let me ask yoa was there any reason under heaven for this attack qpon me , except my . having refused to vote for you at the last eleotion , unless yoa would sign a pledge tbat yoa would support no administration but one thai wonld give its ofihiai advocacy to Univergal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliament ? , Equal Electorial Districts , the Abolition of the Property Qidalifioation , and the Payment of Members 1 It was my demanding this pledge that excited your ire . Had yoa signed it I would have voted for yoa ; and to show that I want no " excuse to villify you to the Chartists of England , "' I now pledge myself to vote for you , provided yoa give me the foregoing pledge in writing . You
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iusiake if you think that people forget pnblio pro-6 eeding 8 as soon as they used to do . Every one who has seen your letter will recollect that I denuiiiiled this pledge in July last , and that yon attacked me sopnaffcrv ¦ •' ;/ . / .- \ > : ' ' ¦ -v . v . ¦ : . ; , '¦' ' ¦' ,, '; , ' 2 d . That the reported proceedings in all the Dublin morning papers of the 4 th of January . 1835 , which are worth reading even at this aiattinca of timo , will fully explain thereal object of the stringent resolutions to whioh I have already advertei . I , though a member of the committee from its t ( , rma tion till the 11 th of January , the day of the xiate of my letter requeeting to have my name posted up in the room for a week , agreeable to the rules , before I would atate charges in writing against any n ? ant
was wholly and altogether ignorant of-the stcret motives which led to the adopiioa of this bbjectioaable resolution—a resolution which , when its evil tendendy : was discovered and admitted , wis then reecinded , but not till long after the publicity of the circumstances which gave rise to the proceediuija , ia which I have , I must say , borne a very unenviable part . There wa 9 no maUgnity in my act : thena was rieithtr-maUce , envy , hatred , or illwill in it . There was great folly in my suppoaing , even ( or a moment , that any political society could be formed . iu strict accordance with' the terms of theresoiution . There was folly also in my being d aped into the belief thai the committee had either the power or the will to summon asd examine evidence on oath ,
or even to imagine .. for a moment tliat it was their in tentiQU to abide by their own rules . If it were right or just to expel a man for credulity , and implicit : reliance on the integrity arid honour of some public men , no man deservad expulsion more tKaa I did . : : . '¦ : . : - ¦ - ;; . ; '¦ ¦} ' - ¦ : ' ' ' ¦ , ' ¦'¦ ¦ : '•' ' " . " ¦ .. " : "' ¦' ' : ;• ¦" ; I had thefoliy to believe that mankind generally but pjirticularly the members of the Irish Volunteer Society , required only to be told that they were acting ' wrongfully in any thing in order to make them act rightly , I did not know thiat Mr . O'C-onnell was counsel for Mr . Steele when I mentioned to him the real state of the case of Wigly . v pxon , Steele , and O'G sTTnan . Mahoh . I was Wliolly unacquainted with O'Gorman Mahon at the time , and have had little acquaintance with him since : but I kn ^ w tho
facts of that case well , and 1 thought it my duty to mention them toMr . Q'Connell , little conceiving at the time that I should be looked upon for go doing as the partizau of O'Gqrman Mahon . In addition to this I objected altogether to the appropriation of the fund tor certain tithe martyrs , "t . i any other purposes than those for which it was subscribed . Perhaps it may be necessary to remind Mr . O'Connell that land another gentleman had aiiinterview with him upon this aubj ^ cc at hia pwa house on the Hzh of January , andthat we ment : oued to him that Mr . David Lynch , the treasurer , concurred with us iu opinion , and that Mr . O'Connell made an appoint ^ ment to meet us upon the same subject the next day , the 15 th ; at the entrance to the Court of Chancery ,
and subsequently at the meeting at the B ^ yal Exchange , where he did not scruple to tell me that I should be sorry for my obstinacy upon this subject . It it right also to remind Mr . O'Gonriell that I had repeatedly applied- to the committee of the National Political Union , between the 20 th Deo ., 1832 , and the 5 th January , 1833 , for the re-p » ymeDt of the £ 100 , which was advanced by the late Mr , Ruthven , at the close of the city election , but which £ 100 was applied to the county election for the pur pose of returning the Repeal candidate . That ; his £ 1 CO never was refunded , though the order for it was duly signed by the Finance Committee , one of whom was General Clooney himself ; that this £ 100 never was repaid .: and that the order for the payment of it
is still in my possession , drawn in the uBual terms in which such © rders wiredrawn , and signed by tiie proper number of members to assureits payment . The excuso for not paying it at the time was that there were no funds in hand belonging to the National Political Union , and ^ that the Volunteer Association could not pay the debts of tho defunct society . Now , Sir , woulii it not be just for some of those pure spirited , high-minded gentlemen , who benefitted by the swlvance Of this £ 100 , aud who ar © very well off now , to pay it to Mr . ^ Inthven's heir , Who , perhaps , may be in want of it ' . at presents I fehall give up the order to any of the parties who pays me the money , and you may depend upon it that I shall hand it over to the man who is entitled to i t ,
and shall most cheerfully publish his reoeipt for the money . Yoa asked me , Sir , to statev or rather accuacd mo for not staiing , my reason why yoa thiuld be inimical to me upon the investigation ! I stated before that your having taken part against me might have arisen from your natural disposition to throw the shield of your protection round those who were under prosecution . You answer this yourself by saying that the man would have been ruined had you not acted as you did . tnow fully admit and declare , that I know of &o other reasons why you should have turned round upon me than
those I have stated . You have said , and said truly , that you were my sueoessful counsel upon one occasion ; You were my successful counsel , and obtained for me a terdict for £ 200 ; but I am sure you did not know that your friend , the attorney , who is th p relative of him . waosecause you espouse , never paid me the money , but took the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act . I am sure you forgot , too , that you were counsel in the case of Fairelly against lieynolds , prior to your having been my succeBsful counsel , and you read your brief , and you know the witnesses who sustained that case . '"¦' ; :. ¦' •¦'¦¦ . ¦ - --, ¦¦ . " : - ' ' v ' ; V .. ¦¦;¦
I have but a few words more to add to this letter , already too long , and exceedingly painful to me , and these are , that in a letter dated tke 23 rd of January , just five days aftar you had pronounced sentence on me , and twenty-one days before that sentence was brought before the public , with ail the pomp and circumstance attendant on the expulsion , on the 12 th of February , in that letter which was addressed to the Chairman of the standing Committee , and read and answered by the resolution or that Committee , I offered the following terms , whioh were rejected : — -, ;^;/ ,. : . - . ... ¦ ¦ ' . ; ¦ - . ¦ ,:. " . ¦'" . .. > . " ' . - ' ; . ' - ; ; " 1 st . — -That your friend shoiild njuno bsx gentlemen unacquainted with the ease at issue ; that those six should hot include a lawyer , sitccrnt'y , or relative , : ' : . /'¦ : ' " ¦'" /?¦ . ¦ ' ; . ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ .- . ¦ ¦ ; . : ; ¦ " 2 nd . — -That I " should name six others upon the same terms . ; .- . .
¦" . 3 rd : —That these chosen twelve ; should act nnder a deed of submission , which should be made a rule of cowt , as ia Mr . La . wless ' 8 case , with fall power to summon witnesses , and examine them upon oath . " 4 th . —That I Bhould , in the event of a ve-rdiofc being against me , pay all the costs and expenses , as well as the oat of inserting the verdict in all the Dublin papers , if my opponent required it . " This fair , reasoaable , and equitable , proposition was refused . Howeyer , had I theu known as much of tiie world as I have learned since , I would not have gone on even if these terms had been fully coaceded to me . .
It is impoosible to overlook that species of rhetorical anifice to which some great and ; powerful advocates fcave recourse , for the purpose o £ lexding the public away from the real question at issue . Instead of calling in question the authenticity of the names which are published in my letter of , the 24 th ultimo , and upon which the truth or falsehood of the whole case depends , yoa leave that part whole and entire . There it stands ; and uutil yoa prove that those names are not genuine but forgeries , you fail in proving that I brought false charges . ;' : ¦ -.. ' . ; ;/• • . . - " ¦; ' . . ' .. : '• . ¦ ¦ . '¦ , ¦; . '¦ .- ¦ : . The case does not depend for its truth or falsehood either upon your veracity or upon mine , but upon the evidence which I have adduced , and which you do not even condescend to advert to , much , less to impeach . ¦
W ; hat would you , or what would any man , say of the jadge who would ortrlook all the eyidence , and , in his charge to the jaryV ' tell that jury that their verdict shouldbo giveu in accordance with the statement of the defendant's caaneel ? Here are . your own , words"Let those who choose believe you . I consent . Those who know pfi bosb ^ or know either of ua , will have no difficulty in deciding without any intervention of mine . " ¦' : ¦; . ¦ ' ¦ ; . ; -. ¦ : . " .- ' ; ' ::,:- ; . r :- ¦> -..-:: Now , in the name of common sense , what has this to d / vwith the question V ; v
I have now , in conclusion , merely to add that I did not see the diiBcaliy in which my demand , for reparation had placed yea , until Aloudiy , the 4 ih instant , when a gentleman , whom I had consulted upon the propriety of publishing the letter at all ^ pointed out that difficulty to me , when I at onoo made up my mind not to publish it . Wishing , most sincerely , to see you once JDOW the pledged opponent of any ministry bat one that will give its official advocacy to Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , Abolition of the Property Qualification , and Payment of Members , I am , Sir , with as much respect for your publie services as any man can feel ,
Patuick 0 HioeiifS No . 14 , North Anne-street , April t , 1842 .
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On Tuesday last , at the parish chnrcb , Halifax , Mr . Ely Rothwell , of Stainlandj to Mies Martta Showden , of ihe Rose and Crown Inn , Halifax . On ^^ Sunday lasti : ' at the parish of St . Martin-le-Grand , Coney-street ,-in York , by the Rev . Dorset Fellowes , Mr . George Robinson Donkin , of Beverley ,. draper , to Anne , second daughter of Mr . Pole , eomo > manufacturer , of York . ; v : ' * S f * JL
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To The Right Honottbable The Lord Jiayor Op Dublin.
TO THE RIGHT HONOTTBABLE THE LORD JiAYOR OP DUBLIN .
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TO DANIEL O'COMNELL , LORD 1 IAY 0 K OF DUBLIN , &c . &c . DabUn , March 24 , 1842 . Sra ,- ^ - ! h ave now for more than nine years Suffered in fortune , in reputation , and in feeling from a wrong iiiflJcted on me by you . On the 18 ; h day of January , 1833 , you were a party to the passing of the . following resolution in the committee of the Irish-Volunteers : — H We have heard the charges and such evidenae as Mr . Patrick OiLggiKs produced , and we are unanimously of opinion that the charges are totally false and calumniou 3 , and we do most fully and honourably acquit Mr . John Reynolds thereof ; and , it appearing that these charges originated iu malice , we recommend Mr . Dwyer to return Mr . O'Higgins his subscription , being of opinion that Mr . O'Hig / nns ought not any longer to frequent these rooms . "
- This resokt-on bears yonr signature , as well as the signatures of three of your sons , and of yoar sonin-law , and every member of the committee whom you could influence to sign it . It condemns me before the -whole world of having sought to destroy the character of an innocent man by charges known to me to be false , and preferred from malice , and this horrible sentence , bearing your signature , and tae signatures of your three sons on the face of it , bears also en the face of it the proof that this sentence of infamy was passed npon me by you without your
apprising me that any charge w ; as to be preferred against me—without your instituting any trialwithont your affording me the slightest opportunity of defence—and without any investigation of the written testimony which 1 produced , and upon which the charges against Mr . John Reynolds were founded . " There is no man who reads this resolution Tf ho b e lieves it te b ? . just , and who has any sense of virtue in his own bosom , who must not regard me as one of the most abandoned villains upon earth ; and it is by you that I stand so branded before my countrymen .
It was on the 8 th of May , 1835 , I first thought tha blame of yenr not doing me justice rested upon myself ; for , on the previous day , in a speech of yours at the CV— -Exchange , relating to the transaction in whi iir . Morgan O'Connell was engaged with Lo . - Alvanley , you were reported to have Eaid" I never injured any man to whom I was not perfectly ready to make reparation to the fullest extent in my power , i he required it . " I never required you ta make reparation t * me till then . I did so then in a letter , of which tho present one is nearly a copy ; I did so by the advice of a friend of mine who read yonr speech , and by
the advice of a Catholic olergym an , a personal friend of j onr own . All I asked then Yfa 3 , that you should remove an unjust stigma from me as publicly as you fead fixed it upon me . I sent you a copy of tbat letter at every JEaster since , in the hope that your conscience would move you to name it to your confessor , because I knew that yoar confessor should tell yon that no political expediency conld justify this font calumny upon me . I knew that he would rell you that you were bound by all the laws of the church to make reparation to me . And finding that those private letters had no effect , I now call upon you publicly to make reparation to me beforeyou presume again to approach the Holy
Communion ; because you know that that resolution , to winch you have affixed your name , sets forth upon the face of it that which you know to be untrue . - It states that the committee unanimously agreed to it , whereas you know that you could get but twenty-three to sign it . The very man -who brought forward the Tootis ^ i for the inqniry refnsed to sign it . Your own brother-m « law , Sir . Finn , to his credit , refused to Bign it . The late Mr . John . Redmond would not sign it . The Hon . Colonel Butler did not sign it . Neither did Messrs . Barrett or Staunton , nor Messrs . Dolan , O'Dwyer , M'Longhlin , Doyle , Gavendish , and others , in all twenty-eight . You led the world to believe that
, the committee were unanimous . You have certified the charges to have been malicious , falee , and calumnious , while yon know full well that their truth or falsehood depended entirely on the genuineness of the written evidence which I prodnced in support of them , and whioh you refused to examine , and yet yon publicly pronounced me guiitjj on the 18 th of January , 1833 , in the teeth of evidence signed by Robert Cully , Accountant-General of the Bank of Ireland , by Michael Roche , of the Hibernian Bank , by Obadiah Willans and Sons , Lower Bridge-street , by Robert Byrne and Go ., Lower Bridge-street , by Armstrong and Byrne , Merchants ' -
quaj , by William Lock , Linen Hall , by Blood , Nott , and Co ., Trinity-street , by Greenough and Robinson , of Manchester , by Iingworth and Co ., Manchester , by William Bolton , Manchester , and the oral testimony of Mr . John Robinson , of Delgany , of Mr . William Russell , of Lower Bridgestreet , of Alexander Reynolds , of Lower Bridgestreet , and of Mr . John Hudson , of Mecklenburghstreet . Let me ask you now , Sir , at the end of nine years , did you examine any part of this testimony , or any of those witnesses ! No , not one of them . Yet , you , with all your piety , persevere in pronouncing me guilty of having brought false , calumnious , and malicious charges against an innocent man I
Lstno one B » y this letter is written from any other motive than that of giving you an opportunity of doing me an act of common justice , even now at the end of nine years' suffering . Do not say that I am actuated b y any feeling of revenge for the grievous wrong which you did me , because that would not be true , as I have the secretary ( Mr . P . V . Fitzpatrick '*) acknowledgment , that I contributed largely to swell yoar tpbate , in florember 1833 and 1834 , and was mainly instrumental in returning you for the city of Dublin in 1835—all of whioh have occurred s nce January , 1833 ; and I would have supported you Btill had you not deserted the people by tnratng Whig and banker at one and the same time . I am , Sir , with as much respect for your public services as any man can feel , Patrick O'Higgins .
P . S . —I think it is dne to you to £ ead you this letter before I publish it , and at the same time to say that yon are at , perfect liberty to make any use of it you may-think proper . P . O'H . Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., M . P .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN . Sir , —In the Freeman of this day , the 6 th inst ., you have published a letter of mine of the 24 : h ult ., addressed to Mr . O'Connell , and a letter from him in reply , dated Mansion House , April 2 d . Both these letters have been published at the desire of Mr . O'ConneH . When I wrote to him on the 24 th , and received the following note from him on the 25 th , I little expected the kind of letter which appears in thiB day ' s paper in reply ,: — " Mansion House , March 25 th , -1842 . " Sir , —I have received a letter from you , marked private , ' but intended to be published . " I have not time to answer it at this moment , but yon shall have ; an answer before I leave this city fox London , on Monday , 4 th of April . " 1 have the honour to be your , humble servant , «• DanielO'Connell . " To Patrick O'Higgins , Esq . "
I certainly did expect quite a different answer , and I am free to admit that in the answer I have got I am bitterly disappointed . But , notwithstanding the provocation which I nave received I shall not be betrayed into one angry expression , nor should 1 ever trouble you or the public with auy observations of mine , only it might be considered that byremaining silent I bad assented to the whole of the statement which has been made against ine . I regret to see that Mr . O'Connell still aots the part of an advocate instead of an arbiter . Nod oubt it is his charitable disposition that has led him along from the beginning to act as oouusel for the accused . The odd s * then , against me are fearful .-
Mr . O'Connell has not stated the charges . He suppresses the principal charge altogether . However , ! shall not state it , lest any one -should imagine thavin so doing I was actuated by either ' malice , envy , or ill will . " I feel none towards any human being : private wrouga I am as ready to forgive as any man , but political wrongs I cannot forget . When Mr . O'Connell had the books before him he should nave stated the whole of the resolution , which appears on those books , in Mr . Dwyer's handwriting , OH the 18 ch of January , 1833 , and not a part of it . It was for the sake of brevity that I did not state the whole in my letter , and Mr . O'Connell , with , the booka before him , seizes upon that omission , and savs : —
" You must really be endowed with great ooBfldenoe in the effrontery of assertion when you have the face to assert that tha document-. I signed gtated that the Committee unanimously agreed wit , . ' - . ¦ - •'¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦" . - . ¦ , ¦;; ¦ •¦ ¦ ,. :- ; . - Now , Mr . O'Connell , for to yon I shall now address the remainder of this letter , you give this statement of mine a flat contradiction , and upon this point alone I might rest the whole case ; for if I prove that you are in the wrong here , it naturally follows that you may ' be wrong throughout the whole of your long letter . The following is a correct copy of the entry in Mr . Dwyer ' s book , as well as of the lithographed circus Jar , whioh was Bent to all my friends and relations upon tbe occasion . — ¦ " Corn Exchange Rooms , 18 th Jan ., 1833 .
" Mr . Patrick O'Higgins having instituted several charges against Mr . John Reynolds of a political nature , the committee of the Volunteers were convened , and after due consideration came to the following opinion . < We have beard the ccargea and BUch evidence 08 Mr . O'Higgina prodnced , and wo are uaanlniouBly Of opinion that tho charges are totally false and calumnious , and we do wost fully and moat honourably acquit Mr . John Reynolds thereof ; and it having appeared to ua that those charges originated in malice , we recommend Mr . Dwyer to return to Mr . O'Higgins bis subscription , being of opinion tbat Mr . O'HIggina ought not any longer to frequent those roomi' * Now this is the whole resolution , with the exception cf the twenty-three names attached to it : and if it do not convey to tbe pnblio the meaning that the committee were unanimous in their opinion , I shall give np the whole case . , The next point I shall notice ia that wherein you fay— " I have now before me tho original entry'in the late Mr . Edward Dwyer ' a handwriting , and it
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct750/page/5/
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