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*^ ACROSTIC . Tjfe wb&t is it?—toil and woe ; l nfern&l Whigs hare node it so ; B lood is on their head *; and -ireeping e Tes bedew the » od , -where steeping B ests a victim . Hark ! that cry ! T -ji from » Toiee that cannot die ; y oE thfcl , smiling , LIBERTY . James Claskb . - ^ west , Hay 19 th , 1841 .
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2 > -5 VTER TO ELLIOT-S CHARADE . ipj friend Elliot , your charade , as you call it , i * fll answer , though it be but « hy ; , *_ mastered by time , and lam no hand at ryhme ; 'SPli ^ ebty . ° ^ Philo . p ^ ington-
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« p APFORP . —Chcbch Rate Meeting . — Another attempt has been made to lay a churcb-: Srv thousands of rate-payers were present on the ^^ on . The meeting was adjourned from the Sjrrtothe church-yard . The Vicar occupied the ^ Lu tad read a something called a monitio n , por-\ L&ii m > have come from a Re ? . Father in God at VSl . A great deal of hubbnb and nonsense ensued . i ^ L g { hen moved that a rate of one halfpenny in A . pound be laid . As an amendment , it was moved Si 20 raws should be laid , which was carried by fjBjiorrtT of at least twenty to one . The Rev . Tjeir next inquired in whit manner , and by whom , a . old edifice was to be repaired ; when immediately jmt » s moved and carried that the " needful" should L aised by voluntary subscription , in which the
• BBOsaonist s promised tneir utmost support , iiowl £ g [ nothing would suit bnt a compulsory rate ; and n accordance with the monition , the churchwardens yd % rate . A protest was then entered against the -jeeediugs of these individuals , and a fiery dis-Egkm easaed as to whether it Ehould be inserted in & town's books , which ended by its insertion , nd ins afterwards signed by a large number of the ijlabitt ais . ffAJfCHESTEB . —On Sunday last , a pro-- ^ on of Modern Druids was formed in Manchester , a iceompaiiy lEe remains of a deceased brother to is resting-place . It was truly cheering to witness 4 ^ 0 jrorkiug men assembled to pay the last tribute of jgpect to one of their own order , and to see the jo ^ sn decorum manifested by all the body curiug &e-whole of the proceedings .
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E » gbatio >\—Three hundred agriculturists from limaici , Tipperary , and Kerry , embarked last feet as Cork , for Sydney . —Dublin Piltt . It ii reported that the proprietors of the South Western Railway haTe taken up the subject of a aflnj to Salisbury . Tes riDS of emigration still runs strongly towards &e Uiiiied States . In the absence of goods , the jiips £ 11 with steerage passengers . Thi Augsburg Gazette gives a frightful account rfthe atrocious massacres perpetrated by the Turks ooa the Christian insurgents of Bulgaria ,
The ConstUtitionnel has a letter which says , * We know not on what authority , that another sets Russian expedition is on ii 3 march against the ureassians . " A STLiM frigate has been built at Bordeaux for &e Spanish Government , and is just completed . As goo as some gun 3 expected from England arrive the vessel will be ready to sail for a Spanish port . Thi Ibosmastkss of Staffordshire and Shropshire lid » necessary to blow ont forty-two furnaces , by ifejch many persona will be thrown out of employvst . Coloszl Pasixt ' s operations against the wreck tt the Royal George are now going on with great jfimty n ' nder LieHt . HntchinsoDj as the executive ameer .
The cojipzrrnos among the steamers has become it great , and their numbers have so much increased «? & « , that seventeen vessels are daily engaged in earreviisg passengers between Gravesend and Lon-&B . ' Deaths rx the Metropolis . —The weekly state-K&s of the number of deaths , registered in the ¦ etropoliian districts , shows a considerable decrease MBjared with the weekly averages of 1838-9-40 . Ws are informed that the magistrate who , it was aid , o 2 ~ red to procure the remission of the sentence rfificou-sict Medhurst for tue sum of £ 3 , 000 , has be&srcck off the commission of the peace . —Times Garrtrpondenl .
la France states that M . Guizot had applied to fhe &mrt of London to unite with France in as-¦ mbiing an European congress , but that the British government had refused to accede to his request . Two corporals belonging to the 2 Cth regiment , ( ju&nered at Eysses , near Agen , fought a duel a few diys ago with swords . They wounded each other at the same moment so severely that one died on the sp « , aad the other ' s life is despaired of . Is the French Chamber of Deputies the question of i uniform postage wa 3 brought forward , when the Minister of Finance declared that the Government kid no intention of inuodncing such a measure into Fanee a ; present .
Foule Lec tures , —List week two stranger ladies delivered lectures on Tee-totalism in the South Season meetiitg-houfe , Perth , and so successful had Skj been m making converts , that at the conclusion d one of the ieetures 200 females enrolled themselves nader the banner of total abstinence bv signing the Pledge . A sessatiox has been crested in Madrid , by a rowffli thai an English vessel , captured for smugging by a Spanish preventive-service boat , and car-Bed iaio the harbour of Carthagena , had been cut jaiof tie harbour by two English brigs of war .
A letter dated Bremen , states that a vessel be-Hftrjng to that port had just arrived there in the Barge of a British naval officer , who had captured ie off the coast of Africa , suspecting her to be ffiSed npfor the slave trade . The merchants at » eae , h was said , "were indignant at the bare suspoon of being engaged in such a diabolical com-Berce , Six Joh 5 Beckett of Leeds , says the Manchester Gvardian , Mr . George Jackson the Mayor of Pres-Kffl , ed Mr . Robert Gladstone of Liverpool , have aeb . been named as the second Tory candidate , with Mr . Parker , for Preston .
As nsrssEcnos against the oppressive taxation «« Porte in Bnlgaria , according to the Leipzic yuetu of May 16 th , is a very serioua affair : there ** general anarchy ; and out of 150 villages near "Si , only twenty have escaped destruction . Soxb smugglers on the Swiss frontier have adopted ~* Pka of conveying light parcels of valuable artiv « over the frontier line of customs stations by * saas of a balloon- They freight the aerostatic * aemne with a load of from 160 to 200 EDglish jwmds , tod then , guiding it by a rope , take advan" # of a favourable wind , and walk with their Una ] Tehicle into France .
It vilx be gratifying to those who have corres-PraGesis m India to know , that agreat inconvenience ^" be sooa done away with—viz ^ the obligation of gjffig the postage on this side , and that in a short Bffie postage may be paid both here and in India , gQ boih on the transmission and receipt of the Tbeasube For ^ D . — Property to a considerable STL * flalbeeD foDDd lately on the beach near Wey-5 ™ -. George Trent , in proceeding homewards wan his cart last week , saw an old pair of cloth ^ sers lying on the pebbles . He put them in his «« , and on examining them , found in one of the B « et 8 a leather EOte-case , containing four Bank of * ind
« rores to the respective amounts of £ 5 , £ 20 , « £ aaa il / joo . The man got the three smaller tet » t J tbe same ^ J ba : the MfiOO note " ^ nm ch defaced and torn , apparently by long g » n of tne sea , has been sent to the Bank of EngfeT ^ ¦ Z ose means , probably , the note may be « **»• icere was nothiDg about the trousers or « e note-cas e to sfford any clue to the owner . A Patsi otic Bill-Sticker . —At Marlborough-£ ?"> on ^ ttrday , J ohn Speechley , one of the iOTuty oi external paper-bangers , vulgarly called ZZ , , cke . ^ charged with having plastered the & J £ J ,. /* T ffipty house ^ Oxford-street with defojTs ? ,. ^ ng been detected in Jligranti W ^ pt . '« l 7 i P ° liceinan lock him at once into custody . n » called upon for his defence , the bill-sticker » fi £ Jl ? ¥ loft * indisnation . He said , " I'm Km ,. _ . T ° ra ? D « lishman , and I ' ve a rieht to stick
r £ htto ^\ A like" iIr - Long- « Y ^ hare no 2 PL ? fi bl ^ on people ' s houses , " Defendant bilk tk f } rigi ; ' M one of ^ e People , to stick » I'd a rf \ l put nP a EOtice t 0 ' 8 tick n 0 bmB ' ' faaon v * ° exercise the privileges of our protittK Pr , i 5 P uoil c duty to perform , and in these Hi Lotf ^ , 61 ? 60 " every man to do his duty . " * lso-in % ,, d I k *™ * PQbiic d ° ty to perform IW eBdLit- " I ? " K ^ f ^ from beiD « broken " Mr . Phniin . imbni-stiekerto Mr . George Robins , ** wS ^ T n J Mr- SimP «> ° » aa <* ^ the great » j self mf tv i ° my P ublic dnt J f > T I'll sacrifice ffiXnV ^ my «» " > i . We are all I *« - ^ wlfi ^ b » t ^« i wid I can prove it . " Mr . * fa mm * ji lvrisiim 7 brother would behare **• U ^ i Tfef d s lnt- K I 1 " rti * ^ oy rights . " ¦¦ t- * I »«!••? Ifine y ° * shilling . " Defend' ^ aed from A ' ! 7 yon * fwrtnng . " The defendant ^ Uhonrt h" ^ t ie air of » Political mar . ^ PaSo&T ^^ wwn * in the back cell cooled *^ Waa released ? c <> Dseilted t ° surrender bis
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Fibb . —We bars the painful intelligence to eommnnicate of the total destmction , by fire , of Tetcotthouse , the property of Sir William Molesworth , Bart ^ on Friday afternoon last . The house , which was bail * about seren years since , cost upwards of £ 5 , 000 in its erection . A report was spread ascribing the fire to be the work of an incendiary , but it has been ascertained to have been purely accidental , resulting from an accumulation of soot in a crack of the flue taking fire . The fnrniture and papers were saved . —West of England Conservative .
CoNvicrios op Thetoixlehs fob Street Preaching . —At the Longton Pottery Police Court on Wednesday , Thomas Hurley , William Ashford , Richard Horn , and John Kent , four members of a Teetotal Society , appeared to answer an information , laid under the 66 th clause of the Stoke Police Act , which charged them with creating or causing a nuisance , by preaching in the open air , at PenkhuU , on Sunday last . James Hope , a policeman of Stoke , said on Sunday morning last , about half-past ten , he was at Penkhnll , and found a large body of people coagregated together at a Teetotal meeting . The defendants were all there . They had a waggon and a cart . Huxley was preaching , between the pool and the barn , on the left-hand ride of the barn . The
preachers did not obstruct the way , being on private property ,- but the crowd did . There was no noise except "laughter , " "hear , hear , " and general approbation . Nothing likely to cause a breach of the peace occurred . The topic generally was to abstain from strong drinks . Mr . Williams inquired of the Magistrates it the defendants wen called on to offer any defeice . They had a host of witnesses to prove that there was no obstruction in the road » or breach of the peace . He could show that they were on private land , and that they had leave oi the proprietor to use it ; aud that he also lent them the cart and waggon used to preach from . Mr . Alcock and Mr , Williams then called witnesses for the defence . The first was Mr . John Rathbone of Norwood . He said he was a member
of the Teetotal Society , and presided at ihe meeting . They had leave te use the land from Sir . Rhead . He would swear there was no obstruction of the road . Heard the policeman say , they came by Mr . Rose ' s order to disperse the meeting , and an answer was made , that Mr . Rose must send a note . Mr . Williams said , if the singing in the streets were declared a nuisance , the children of the charity and Sunday echoolB , in which they all felt great interest , must be stopped , which would be a circumstance much to be deplored . Mr . Joseph Davenport said , he was employed in keeping the road clear . There was room for a carriage to pas 3 . If any one stopped on the road , he requested thi m to move nearer the
waggon . Now and then a few stood , but they were not generally on the road . There was six or seven yards between the waggon and the road . Messrs . Wm . Tarns , John Brooks , Win . Woolliscroft , Wm . Cotton , Luke Garter , R . Vivian , George Salt , aui Thomas James , were successively called , and spoke to the orderly state of the meeting , that they did not consider that there was auy obstruction of the road , or any nnisance whatever . After a short consultation with Mr . Broade , Mr . J . Harvey said the magistrates were of opinion that the defendant ? were guilty of creating a nuisance , under the provisions of the Police Act-, and they must pay a fine of Is . each , and the expenses .
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spoke to , nor do 1 personally know him ; so much for me being connected with any part or portion of men in new moves , cliques , or factions . Your letter makes the foulest charge against me that one man could make against another , if you will insist that in giving in a report , I make a charge ! I positively deny it . You have the portion in the statement that bears honour to you ; that clears you . Is it not in the question pat , 1 what did he think Mr . Frost wonld say now , when he heard you was in prison , under the power of the same Ministry ! The reply was , he doubted not Frost ' s opinions were altered before this . He heard something to that effect before he left New South Wales for the East Indies . " After this explanation , it must give on its own bearings of merit or demerit
the troth of my intentions . I now with pain tou ? h on Mrs . Frost ' s letter She does not consider mj intentions good . Morgan , of Bristol , and Morgan Williams , of Wales , I doubt not will prove the desire of my intentions for good , if they appear to have worked evil . Now , Sir , you have received the whole statement—the true statement ; and if you require any information regarding my character , private or public , I shall , on being requested , gladly refer yon to persons of standing and reputation in society . If yon can receive at my hands any other service to do justice and honour to your name , pray put me in the way to perform it . The only circumstance that I can call to your mind regarding me is , I took the chair at a public meeting in Chelsea , for your atteadanca , sixteen or eighteen months back .
To conclude , our cause requires union . I feel proud , in one respect , that my statement baa drawn forth a glorious account of your exertions on that unfortunate affair . You have laid before the public a statement that will give fresh vigour to our cause , fresh excitements to our principles , and remove from the minds of many doubters , entertaining suspicion . Yonr account of that trial will iedound to actions there stated . Now , Sir , to conclude , I belong to no faction—you ask for an answer , aud you have it . I do not ask for grace or favour at your hands ; let my actions stand on their own ground . I request you to disprove the truth of my statement , if found , on investigation , incorrect , and remain Your ' s , respectfully , RCFFY RlDLBY . May 25 , 1841 .
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE . From ihe 23 rd of February to the 20 th of May 1841 Dr . £ . 8 . d . Feb . 28—Money in Mr . Hey wood ' s hands as Treasurer 0 1 8 ~ Ratcliffe , after a lecture by Mr . Leech , per Richard Hamer 0 7 2 „ Newton Heath , per David Whit taker and Edward Travis 0 5 2 March 2—Nuneaton , Warwickshire , proceeds of a few Sunday evening ' s readings of the Northern Star , per T . Winters 0 10 0 - A Republican at Castle
Dornngton 0 10 .. Mr . Hardy , of Stapleford , per Mr . Sweet 0 0 6 _ 3—From Irvine , proceeds of a lecture , by Dr . M'Douall 0 15 0 „ Trowbridge , and the Chartists of Warminster , per John Moore 0 4 9 ~ 4—Tenth subscription of Smiths and Engineers of the East District of London , per an enemy to oppression ... 17 0 _ From Sunderland , per J . Rainsley 0 16 6 ~ 13—Mary lebone and
Paddington Victim Committee ... 0 14 7 Collected by Mr . ; Chnrchyard ... 0 10 0 i - ProfitsofaConcerton i Thursday , Feb . 18 ; b , 1841 , ... 3 8 1 4 12 8 „ Fourth subscription of a tew flint shoe-makers of the East District of London , per Wm . Holliday ... 10 0 ~ 26—St . Pancras Political Victim Committee , per Mr . Wall 5 0 0 Mr . Arnold , of Nottingham 0 6 0 From N . C . A ., of Middlesbro' 0 15 0
- 30—From Westminster Victim Box , per W . Y . Souter 0 10 0 Proceeds of a tea-party at New Pellon , near Halifax , per John Cockcroft ... 1 2 0 April 11—From E . Clayton , of Huddersfield , peT Mr . Campbell 0 6 0 ,. Eleventh subscription of the Smiths and Engineers of the East District of London , per an enemy to oppression 1 10 3 - From Burrhead Benevolent Chartist Society , per Mr . Pearson 10 0 „ From Worcester N . C . A ., per
J . Blackwell 10 0 _ From Leicester , per John Seal to Mr . Heywood 0 10 0 From Cbambers ' s Werks , Carlisle , per John Bell .. 076 Stroud N . C . A 0 3 6 Per Mr . Bartell and a few friends 0 0 6 ~ From Croydon , per W . Hodges 0 6 0 _ Norwich , per Samuel Goat ... 0 14 0 „ Birmingham , collected from a few friends , per C . Steward 0 3 6 Trowbridge , collected by E . Payne , per J . Biggens ... 0 7 0 ~ Trowbridge , by the members of the democratic chapel 0 3 0 Honley , by J . W ., from nve friends 0 2 6 Honley , the Easter penny collection 0 2 6 -. From Mr . Maddock ' s sale of Mr . Cleave ' s pamphlets ... 0 2 0 May 5—Westminster , the penny subscription 0 18 0 From St . John ' s , in Westminster , per George Taylor ... 0 5 0 ~ 14—From Northern Star office ... 76 0 2 Total money received by the Committee 101 li 10 Total money paid by the Committee 44 4 1 Money in Mr . Heywood's hands , as Treasurer ... 57 11 9
Cr . March 9—Mrs . Hawarth , of Denton ... 1 0 0 ~ Mrs . Armitage , of Stockport 10 0 .. Mrs . Burton , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Whareham , ditto ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Johnson , ditto 10 0 - Mrs . Livesey , of Manchester ... 10 0 Mrs . Barker , diito 10 0 ~ Mr . Timothy Higgins , of Ashton-nnder-Lyne ... ... 1 0 6 „ . 30—Mr . Howarth , on his coming out of Chester Castle ... 100 Mr . Harmatage , ditto ... 1 0 0 ~ Mr . Johnson , ditto 10 0 Mr . Burton , ditto 10 0 Mr . Whareham , ditto 10 0 Mr . Livesey , ditto - ... 10 0 « . Mr . Broadbent , of Ashtonunder-Lyne 10 0 Mr . Duke , ditto 10 0 Mr . Carrier , of Trowbridge ... 2 0 0 Mr . Crabtree , of Barnsley ... 1 0 0 Mr . Hoey , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Ash ton , ditto 1 0 0 llrs . Smethies , of Bradford ... 19 0 Mrs . Hutton , ditto 19 0 Mrs . Holdsworth , ditto ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Brooks , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Walker , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Benbow , of London ... 1 0 0 ~ Mr . Charles Morris , of Bolton , ( released from Kirkdale ) 16 0 Mrs . O'Brien , of Lancaster ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Peddie , of Edinburgh ... 1 0 0 - Mr . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester ... ... ... I 0 0 Mrs . Foden , of Sheffield ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Booker , ditto 10 0 Mtb . Clayton , ditto 1 0 0 Mrs . Holbury , ditto 10 0 Mrs- Penthorp , ditto 1 0 Mrs . Duffy , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Marshall , ditto 1 0 0 ~ Mrs . BenniBon . ditto 10 0 „ Mrs . Barker , of Manchester ... 10 0 Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham 10 0 Mrs . Brown , ditto 10 0 Mr . Weevers , of Macclesfield 0 10 0 „ Mr . Dan . Bell , prisoner , Kirkdale 0 10 0 Expences of Committee in rent , paper , &c 14 1 £ 44 4 I Audited and found correct by James Leech , Robebt Green , Thomas Davis , Abel Hetwood , Treasurer , Samuel Chamberlain , President , Pstxb Shorbocss , Secretary .
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A VOICE FROM WAKEFIELD HELL . House of Correction , Wakefleld , 15 th April , 1841 . Dear Sir , —Being permitted only once a month to have any communication with my friends , I am , as may be expected , nearly ignorant of passing events . However I am informed that that curse of Chartism , disunion , exista to a deplorable extent Thia is precisely as the enemy conld desire , they know that union I s strength , and therefore will exalt in our disunion . I cave long lamented thiaevil , and would most willingly sacrifice my own feelings on particular points , to obtain union in our ranks . Of this the enemy in Barnsley are perfectly aware having dragged me out of my own house there in 1829 , under a charge of seditionfor
, having at a public meeting recommended union as the only means of destroying tyranny , and having at the same time proved the necessity of such union , and referred to history for glorious examples of its uprooting despotism and oppression . Admiring as I do your unparalelled exertionstoameliorate the condition of the working classes , and feeling convinced that those exertions emanate from the purest and best of motives , I deeply regret that the bitterness of your confinement should be augmented by the insidious conduct of pretended friends . I most confess that I have not agreed with every action of your political conduct , but 1 have never for one moment doubted the purity of your intentions , and the greatest fault that I have been able to detect , has been what I then , and at this present moment consider , a too extreme desire to cokciliate men , tcfto have on all occasions evinced arty thing but a friendly
feeling towards you . I watcked with painful feelings the conduct of Lovett , and the Working Men ' s Association , during the l ate agitation , every action of which exhibited a SECRET , but persevering and implacabl enmity towards you . Whether you observe i this or not I am unable to say . However it made a deep impression upon my mind , and when I visited London , whilst the first Convention was sitting , I embraced every opportunity of satisfying myself why such feeling did exist . I shall not refer to the many convincing proofs I received of their malignity towards you , and will only add , that after remaining in London altogether about three months , and associating during that time with a great number of as good Chartists as there are in Engl and , 1 was extremely glad to find that this ungenerous and unjustifiable feeling , was confined to Mr . Lovett and a few of his immediate friends .
The above remarks apply in part to Mr . Collins also , as the whole tenor of his conduct , after the Birmingham rupture , was any thing but generous or friendly . Being extremely desirous , Sir , for union , I rejoiced exceedingly in your noble and disinterested conduct on their behalf , when they were committed to Warwick Castle , concluding in my own mind , that the exertions you made on that occasion , would obliterate from their minds any petty feelings of jealousy that might have biassed their better judgment . But , Sir , judge of my surprise , on learning through the nieiUum of my friends that these two individuals , backed by a few others , have most treacherously concocted a plan for the ostensible purpose of knowledge Chartism , but for the secret purpose of removing you out of the way of Judas O'Connell .
1 have been nearly ten years a prisoner under this and my former conviction , during which time I have suffered every privation and hardship that the refined cruelty of man can devise , yet I solemnly declare , that with the exception of wbat 1 have felt on account of my family aud relations , that I have experienced more regret on this base attempt , than I have on any circumstance that has occurred during the whole period , excepting also , of course , the unfortunate Welsh affair . Feeling confident that the ingratitude of such conduct must wound , to a certain extent , feelings already harassed and oppressed by dreary confinement , ( and I know that no man living can be more sensitive than yourself , on questions of honour , consistency , and independence of character , ) and , having witnessed your extreme desire , by indefatigable perseverance in the most disinterested actions , to keep them above suspicion j—I know Sir , that you must have felt intensely on the subject
I do not , Sir , write to flitter ; it is a mean and grovelling despotism unworthy of a man ; but I think that it is equally mean and grovelling to withhold the sentiments of one ' s mind , because in giving utterance to them we are compelled to speak in praise ; neither do J write to have my opinions published . My only motive in writing is to express my indignation at the base conspiracy , and to assure you , Sir , that it is my firm belief few men in England could be found to possess such unworthy motives , as Lovett and Collins appear to be actuated by .
I regret such disunion occurring , not because I think they possess any interest to injure you , but from a conviction that such divisions retard the cause we all profess to admire and advocate . The real intentions of those individuals must be manifest to all , since the old crotchet of moral and physical force has been so very properly buried , in oblivion . Hence they are compelled , for the effectingof their sinister designs , to introduce some new subject of contention . That their principal object isto ruin if possible your hard-earned reputation , and universal popularity , I cannot for one moment doubt , neither can I imagine that they will succeed . The base attempt will recoil on their own beads , or I am much deceived in my opinion of the Chartists of England .
I have above expressed my pleasure , that the old bone of contention ( about moral and physical force ) is buried in oblivion . But although I am pleased such is the case , I cannot admit , what may be inferred by such a confession , that I imagine moral force in itself , can or will be sufficient , token in the sense that some people define it in , to bring about the objects we all have in view . My sentiments on the above foolish distinctions , remain precisely the same as when at liberty , from a conviction , that the oppressors of the couutry will never do justice to the working classes , only through the fear of something worse ; yet such is my ardent desire to witness the downfall of the present odious and exclusive system of class legislation , that I am as willing as ever I was , to assist in every moral effort that is mode to accomplish it , witbont any regard to my own
judgment , which tells me that the people of England ( and when I say England , I mean the whole empire ) must be prepared to take their rights before the " powers that be" will grant them . And this is what I call moral determination , and not moral and physical coivardice , about which so much has been said , to answer certain purposes . And yet , although I am become , through continued oppression , almost impatient for retributive justice , and my soul pants to avenge my own and my country ' s wrongs , and , as God lives , I would prefer a glorious death , to a life of wretchedness and slavery , still I am willing and desirous to bury my own opinions for the sake of union with those who may entertain different views , and who may , in consequence of never having been subject ed to the same insults , degradation , and refined cruelties as myself , be more patient .
Perhaps I have already occupied too much of your time ; nevertheless I must draw your attention to a subject that I think might be attended with very beneficial effects , if carried out Men unacquainted with the Bocial and domestic condition of the working classes , imagine that they , as a body , are contented with the present state of things , and if left to their own judgment would never contemplate a change . I have been told so by many respectable individuals . And this opinion is formed of their contentedness by their apparent apathy in not enrolling tnemsevea as members in Chartist Associations t » any extent . I must confess , the objection at first view appears somewhat plausible , but when we enquire into causes , we discover the injustice of such a eonclusion .
We all are very apt to say , that man is the lord or master of all created beings ; whereas were we to speak the truth , ( but this would be confessing our own weakness , ) we ought to say that woman is . It is true , man is the ostensible being that encounters the toils , dangers , and hardships of this life . But , Sir , woman is the secret influence by which men . are propelled onwards , to brave dangers and even death . This I think few men will deny , but some I know will exclaim , " O but i never allow my wife to exercise any controul ov er me . " This may be true in a few instances ; but take the great body of mankind , and we shall find that woman , by her endearments , and timid , but fond and unaffected solicitude for our well-being , directs or controuls the whole of our actions .
This at once accounts for the apathy that so many men unfortunately manifest towards their permanent interest And when we examine the social condition of the working and middle classes of society , we find that the poor man is entirely dependent upon the middle class man for employment , and consequently for bis bread , of which the oppressors seldom fail to deprive them , should they dare to think and aet for themselves ; and we know also , that the middle classes of society as a body , are as deadly enemies to the poor man s rights as the worst of the aristocracy , or our base and vacillating Government .
Now , Sir , being aware of this , and knowing also , that a number of individuals , in consequence of daring to profess Chartist principles , have been deprived of employment , and left to starve , surrounded with famishing wives and children , unassisted , allow me to ask , is not this quite sufficient to deter others from becoming members of a body so persecuted , and so regardless of each others * well being ? This has created a feeling of dread in the minds of wives and mothers , lest they should be subjected to the same hard fate , and therefore they exert all the influence they possess te keep their husbands from joining our ranks . Hundreds of individuals , in all parts of England , have confessed this to me , and very naturally expressed their fear of bringing ruin upon their families .
But , Sir , all thia might be very easily remedied , and an irresistible impulse given to the cause . In no former period of the world have the working classes possessed such means of accomplishing it ; many persons , were they to hear this assertion , would doubt its correctness ; but they must be very ignorant of past events , not to perceive that It is strictly correct ; in the possession of a newspaper , regardless of frowns or persecutions , that fearlessly « xhibit 3 to public riew and contempt , private oppressor ^ as well as public despots . This mighty defence of industrious poverty , backed by a fund to relieve the victims of petty tyrants , would ¦ peedily remove this great drawback to union ; and a very small sacrifice , if we can call such a trifle a sacrifice , weekly from each individual * would provide an ample fond , to afford a comfortable and sure mainte
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nance for all who may in future be thrown out of employment , or persecuted purely for their political principles . I am given to understand that there is an Executive Committee in Manchester , belonging to the Chartist body of England . Thia Committee could transact this additional business also ; and the Chartist ' s associations in each town could stand for local committees , to investigate and report , to the Executive Committee , any circumstances of local oppression that might occur in their different localities , and which report should be a sufficient authority for affording relief according to the nature of the case , this simple plan would also instantly do away with the necessity of so many different collections , which in themselves are a great
injury to the cause ; as all persons who may hav « a claim upon the sympathy of their fell « w Chartists for assistance under oppression would find no difficulty in obtaining such . The Star would give publicity to all the transactions ; and thousands who are now held back , through fear of starvation , would immediately join our ranks ; and those women who have hitherto kept their husbands at home , when they saw that their children and themselves were not likely- to want for bread , would urge them to join theit fellow men in obtaining justice from the common enemy . Assistance should be extended in the same manner to our persecuted brethren in ill used Ireland ; when we should be able to give the death blow to the further deceptions of the charlatan , O'Connell , as our principles would rapidly gain ground under such circumstances .
This plan may appear impracticable to some , but am confident it could be accomplished with the greatest ease imaginable , if the Chartists are willing . [ Ash ton next proposes a plan of raising money for the above desirable object , namely , by a penny subscription , and then concludes thus ] : — Trusting that what I have said will be sufficient to draw your attention to the subject , and that you will triumph over all your enemies , and live to see a ll your benevolent intentions towards the working classes carried into effect , I remain , Sir , Your uncompromising and sincere Friend and Admirer , Wm . Ashton . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., York Castle .
[ I have read the above letter with great pain and pleasure—pleasure , in deserving the confidence of my old friends ; and pain for the keen and cutting censure which it conveys . Yes , it is keen , and for this reason . The very day before poor Ashton ' 8 trial , he made a tenth attempt to put me on my uard against several parties who have since tried to injure me ; and , instead of thanking him , I rebuked him most severely , when he turned and said , " Well , Sir , you may live to repent . " I havo lived to tepent ; but it is of my injustice to poor Ashton , to whom I cheerfully teuder my contrition . —Feargus O'Connor ]
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DUFFY , THE LIBERATED CHARTIST . The following letter from Duffy , to his son at Carlisle , has been sent to us for publication : — Sheffield , May 16 th , 1841 . My Dear Son , —I have the gratifying pleasure to inform you and my friends in Carlisle , that I am ( thanks be to God ) once more enjoying the fresh and cooling breezes of liberty ! having been liberated on the 12 th instant , on account of the bad state « f my health . I bad been confined in the hospital , as an invalid , since the 10 th December , 1840 . I am happy to inform you that I am in a fair way of recovery , and what is still better , that after being confined in silence and having had to endure most cruel hardships for the space of fourteen months and seven days , and although I am much debilitated and all but dead , my persecutors have not been
able to obliterate from ray heart and mind one single letter of the glorious Charter ! No ! never , never ! I repudiate the new Whig movement of Lovett , Collins , and Co . and will , as soon as my health permits , boldly take my stand on the rock of liberty , advocating until the death the rights of the people . I am , my dear Son , most thankful to you for your noble and patriotic efforts to rescue me from my late bastile ; an event which will make you still more endeared to me than ever ; and though you have neglected me by letters , you have nevertheless done your duty nobly and affectionately . I hope you will excuse the shortness of this letter , as I assure you I am scarcely able to bold the pen through the weakness of the nerves . Believe me to be , my dear boy , Your affectionate and distressed Father , Jam es Duffy . Hurrah for the Charter 1
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A . DDRESS OP THE IRISH CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER TO THE CHARTISTS OF NEWRY , AND , THROUGH THEM , TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . FE / . tOW-SlAVES AND COUNTRTMEN , —We , VOHT brethren , exiled from our fatherland , deem it to be our most sacred duty to address you on the reasons why we are become proverbial ftr being wanderers over the face of the whole globe ; and also to endeavour , in the plain and homely language of truth , to point out to you the causes of the distress and misery that stalk with fearful and destructive strides through the length and breadth of our unhappy country . We are ef opinion that every evil to whieb the Irish working classes are subjected to arises from the fact that a few concoct and enact the laws under which the whole of the people have to live . Haying set oat with these premises , we shall proceed to demonstrate them . ¦ '
It is hardly necessary to revert to the invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century ; we will pass over all the evils to which our country was then subjected , and at once come to the period of what is falsely termed Inlands greatness ; premising that , if there is any greatness , it ought to be that which would place the producers of wealth on an equal foeting , in the eye of the law , with the proudest and most haughty in the land . Fellow-countrymen , was that the case at the epoch of the volunteering ? Were the producers of wealth , we emphatically ask , treated as men or as slaves ? The question is easily solved .
We are continually told that nnder an independent Parliament Ireland progressed in wealth to an extent unparalleled in the annals of the country . Again we ask the question , did the men who grew the food , who built the houses , who manufactured the clothing , who manned the fleets , who filled the armies , and who protected the nation , participate fairly in the wealth which they produced % We unhesitatingly and decidedly answer no ! If they did , why were not the Catholics emancipated ? why were they allowed , by thia Very independent Parliament , still-to labour under their disabilities ? and why was it left to the United Parliament to remove these disabilities from the wealthy Catholics , while the poor and oppressed portion of that large and numerous body still labour under them ? Why , we ask again and again , was this the case ? Simply , because the people of Ireland had not a voice in , the making of the law .
We now proclaim to the people of Ireland that a more venal set of miscreants ( with some very few honourable exceptions ) never existed than the nicknamed Irish independent Parliament . ; True , they were very independent , very patriotic , when their own interests were concerned ; but as to emancipating and elevating the condition of the labouring population , such a thought they were never guilty of . In the midst of tbis-a few noble , daring , and genuinely patriotic spirits conceived the project of making Ireland a really independent nation . The result of the plans of those ardent minds led to the unfortunate insurrection , and treasonable , tool Why treasonable and unfortunato ? Because unsuccessful . What was the difference betwixt Emmet and
Washington ? Simply this : —Emmet failed : Washington succeeded . The one was lauded U the skies as a patriot ; the other was hanged as a traitor . But so long as the human race shall exist , the name of Emmet shall go dowu to posterity in company with those of Ep . iHiiuondas , Leonidas , the tw » Gracchi , R-jlla , Bolivar , Washington , Tell , Tyler , Wallace , and other noble and benevolent minds who cou . d feel for the misfortunes of the great family of man , and shed a halo all atound them . And execration shall ever be the lot of the wretches- who would dare to breathe a , sentence against their immortal reputations . Well , now that we have cast -a glance at the insurrection , ( and many of us witnessed its failuro , ) we ought next to inquire , has the condition of the working men of Ireland been benefltted by any change that has taken place sinct ) ? Lgt the present condition of the people answer .
But , some of you may say , what has this to do with the question ? We answer everything ; because our object in addressing you is to congratulate yon in your sacred struggle for liberty , and to show you that there are many of your countrymen in the country , who wre > sincerely anxious to assist you in propagating the principles of eternal truth and justice . Do you imagine that if the people of Ireland had had Universal Suffrage they would ever have allowed the Parliament to leave the country ? Do you think that if the people had Universal Suffrage , they would endure to be plundered by a bayonet supported State Church ? Do you think that if the people bad Universal Suffrage , they would permit £ 125 , 000 , 000 sterling per annum to be spent by the absentee nobility of the country , in the purlieus
of St . Giles , or the brothels of the continental cities ? Do you think if the people bad Universal Suffrage theState Church would have in Its possession 669 , 274 acres of the best land in Ireland ? Do you think that if the people had had Universal Suffrage , parsen Ryder would have escaped the hand of justice ? Most certainly not . Do you think if the people bad Universal Suffrage they would have to live on a' sort of sea-weed , called wore , and on nettles , and other unwholesome herbage , while the very same year there arrived from Ireland into the port of Liverpool alone 98 , 00 » fat oxen , 128 , 0 * 0 fat sheep , and 376 , 000 fat- pigs , ugwards _ or 12 , 000 _ cwte . of flour , Besides batmfair'Sggi , dn' 3 various othtr sorts of good and wholesome provisions ; and the re * owners of it , the working men of Ireland , and their
families , were actually perishing from hunger in the midst of the provisions which they themselves toiled for ? Most decidedly not Da you think if the people had Universal Suffrage , they would toil for a cruel , antichrist ian , and unjust task-master for id ., 6 d ., 8 d . t or lOd . per day ? Certainly not . In fine , do you suppose that , if the whole Irish people had tlio power to choose their own Parliament , they would not comnel the Parliament to make good and just laws for all the people 1 Certainly this would be the case . 'Tis for this reason the Chartists demand Universal Suffrage ; in order that that which concerns all should be transacted by all . We demand Annual Parliaments in order that we may displace the bad servants , and retain the good enes . We demand the Ballot to protect the poor man
in the exercise of his Vote . We demand that there bo no property qualification in order that we may have the power to choose our servants from any part of the community we think fit ; and that a poor man , if he be virtuous and honest , may be chosen in preference to a rich man if he be an immoral character ? We demand that our servants should have a salary commensurate , with their services ; because no person will perform his labour so well as the individual who is paid for it We demand equal electoral districts , in order that there may be a member for an equal number of inhabitants . Such , fellow-countrymen , are the principles laid down in that everlasting document the People ' s Charter . Its views extend alike to England and Wales , Scotland and Ireland ; to Protestants and Catholics ; to Methodists and Calvinists ; to Christians and Infidels ; to Jews and Gentiles ; to the Black man and the White man . In fact it says to all men , " You are all children of the same Almighty Father , and therefore you all ought to
be protected by the law ; and that you may be protected by the law you ought to have the power to make the law . " By Universal Suffrage is meant that every young man of twenty-one years of age , and unstained by crime , ought to be eligible for any political office in the state ; that the poor men , as well as the rich men , ought to be fit to serve as Jurors , Magistrates , Town-Council-Men , Mayors , Boroughreeves , Sheriffs , Members of Parliament , or any other office , from that of Prime Minister , or Attorney-General , down to the most humble office in the state . In fact , the . reason why we are contending for Universal Suffrage , is , that the labour of the working-raan may be protected ; in order that poverty , vice , immorality and crime , may disappear from our beloved country ; in order that , under proper institutions , we may be restored to our Country ; and tkat when our spirits shall have returned to Him who gave them to us , our bodies may be consigned to the bosom of our Common Country .
" Is there a man with soul so de « d , Who to himself not thus has said . This is my own , my native laud ? " You are told that if you had the Parliament in Dublin , all things would go well again . Have not we the Parliament in this Country ? And what the better are the labourers ? The condition of the working classes in this Country is getting worse and worse every week , although we have the Parliament The fact is , the interests of the working classes are never thought of in that house . And we would wish you to bear in mind that the interest of the producer is the same in Ireland as England . The working man ought to have what he produces ; the beautiful principle laid down by Saint Paul , ought to be carried out , viz .: " He that doea not work , neither shall he eat ; " Also bear in mind that s great deal of the miseries of Ireland have been brought on by renegade Irishmen themselves .
We can mention one . as a specimen—the infamous Castlereagh , he of whom the immortal bard of liberty , Byron , said , in speaking if Ireland gave him existence" If she did , let her long-boasted proverb be hushed , Which proclaims that from Erin no reptile can spring ; See the cold-blooded serpent , with venom full flushed . Worming his folds in the breast of a King I " In conclusion , allow us . Chartists of Newry , to
remark , that some of the most ardent spirits in the Chartist rankB are Irishmen . We , therefore , tender you our heartfelt gratification ; and not to yon only , but also to the men of Golden Lane , Dublin , who have raised the flag of democracy once more in Ireland ' s metropolis . Go on as you have begun ; agitate , agitate , agitate , until the knowledge of our holy Charter—our Immortal Charter , shall wend its way-over every ptaln , valley , bog , and mountain , into every city and town—until Irishmen shall be what they ought to be , freemen ; and then we will realise the wish of Ireland * barH ,
Thomas Moore- — " That Ireland must be First flower of the earth , and first gem of the . ¦«* . , . .,, Weremain , flOHT HV . U FeUow-countrymen , j ^ TA K Your sincere well-wishers in thb T ^ OLp W ?* Cause of CHABXisii . ^ y tc * t * -. k = zi& Chartist Association Rooms , Ws i ^ V T » f- ^ Tib-atreet , Manchester , May 5 th , 1841 . ZJ if *^ - 1 * - ' . t ^ jvj . e * 4
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FROST , O'CONNOR , RIDLEY , AND THE MANDARIN AFFAIR . TO'F . O'CONNOR , ESQUIRE . " False accusations can be nobly cleared . " Sie , —In the latter addressed to me in the Star of the 2 yth inst ., if you received mine of the J 8 ih . you have allowed your feelings to overpower your judgment or not allowed justice to take its true course . " London , May 18 th , 1841 . " Dear Sib ., —In compliance with your request , I send the particulars of my interview with the steward , Mr . Douglas , of the ship Mandarin , in St Katherine ' s Dock .
" It was on Tuesday evening , the 13 th instant , at the Social Institution . Whiteehapel Road , bsing delegated to a public meeting there ; Mr . Douglas sought an interview to " gain Mr . Lovett ' s diTEcnon , he having a private verbal message to Mr . Lovett from our friend Frost I did ask Mr . Douglas if Mr . Frost bad not sent a message to any other person except Mr . Lovett ; and , in particular , I named you and your conduct en Mr . Frost ' s trial . Mr . Douglas replied no ; for it -was Mr . Frost's opinion , on going out , that you was in the pay of Government I asked what did he think Mr . Frost would say now -when he heard you was in prison , and under the power of the same Ministry ? Mr . Douglas tolcLme he doubted not Frost ' s opinion was altered before this : he heard something to that effect before he left Xew Soaih TTaJes for the East Indies .
" This is all thai was stated concerning yourself , and I thought proper , in justice to you , to have the first opportunity of making the statement , because I felt sure that Mr . Lovett , on seeing the steward , would make all inquiries about Mr . Frost ' s opinions on that unfortunate "affair , which cost him his liberty . " The steward requested me not to make any statement abent him in public , because it would tend to injure him in his employ : that is the reason I was not at liberty to state the steward ' s name or occupation on board the Ehip in Convention . I was at liberty to tell
any of them in private , and have done so . Morgan Williams , of Wales , went on board the ship with me on the Thursday following , and heard from the steward the same : Dr . M'Douall has been since ; and I feel convinced , if jon have a desire to know any further regarding our unfortunate friend Mr . Frest , the steward will answer if you "write to him . The ship is fitting out to carry emigrants to New Zealand : It goes from thence to New South Wales . Mr . Douglas offers to take out to our friend Frost any parcel or any letters that may be entrusted to his care .
" 3 Ir . Frost had about fifty letters he intended tegive to the care of "Mr . Douglas ; but the doctor of the ship , from his kindness , gained on Mr . Frost's feelings , and he gave them to the care of the doctor . Ton may guess who had them from him , he being in the employ of Government " Mr . Douglas Btatedthat Frost , Williams , and Jones ¦ w ere well -when be left them ; they were well treated out by all , and well received by the Governor . Frost is a clerk , Williams an overseer , and Jones a schoolmaster . " I hope thi 3 will find you in good health , and shall feel happy when you are again amoDg us . " I remain , " With all respect , "Truly yours , " R ¥ FFT RlDLET . " 55 , Old Bailey , and 19 , D'Oyley-street , Sloane-street , Chelsea . "
Since -writing that letter I have obtained the name of the introducer of MessrB . Smart , Skevington , and myself , to Mr . Donglas the said steward , which introducer is Jam es Wilkins , 18 , Vincentstreet , back " of Shortditch Church . Remember 1 have not seen him to hold any conversation , and remember he was present with the Steward before I saw him and after I left him to address the meeting . I appeal te all men present at that meeting zf I did not dwell solely on the injustice done by a base Government to Frost , O'Connor , O'Brien , and all our injured brethren . You may ask why did not Mr . Smart or Skevington hear the conversation The answer is , the meeting wa 3 waiting , and they the country delegates appointed to address it .
Now , Sir , to your letter in the Star . I will not enter into controversy with you , the injured persoH , about blunderbusses or internal machines at work against yoa ; let them be so . Justice is yonr sword ; love to your unfortunate and degraded feUoir men yonr armour ; noble actions and iatentions your shield ; with these will yon glorionsly triumph . Yon say I am your accuser , and your feelings being wounded with injustice , you direct a plain statement given word for word as it took place , in order to make me so . Did I not consider you firm in your intentions I Did I not consider you to be surrounded by foes ! Did 1 not feel tru to staall that
convinced I have taken a e course y may be made a handle against you ? Did I not know what ever may be the opinions formed now , I have done good for the future , I never would have given the statement publicity . Yon say I interrupted the business of tfee Convention upon almost the last day . This I deny . I was called opon twice to make a statement of my interview , and lastly , the C hairman stated he was ready to receive it . If I was not in order , the Convention could not be so in allowing and calling on me to make it . I say after they entertained it , they were much to blame in not allowing me to finish
. After the word horrid in your letter , you say why not state that first ! My answer is , it was my duty to give the report word for word , after the manner the conversation took place . Now , if the statements of Mr . Frost ' s opinions be true or false , you and the world have them just as I received them . \ V hat i 3 in the private message I know not , it was thonghts on that and the position of all parties that brought me to a determination to give my report publicity , and I did it , knowing I may stand repudiated for the present , bnt no one can handle it to repudiate you for the future . . In yonr letter you go over all the actions coupled witfc vnnTnuse . that Drompted me to ask the
question , be it judicious or injudicious time will show . I have no desire to support the value of my information . I have given the name of my introducer ; I now ask him , through this letter , if I have made a false or just statement of the interview , I request him to affirm or deny it . Yon say you will give £ 1 , 000 if I prove to the patistaction of Collirs , Hetherington , or Lovett that yon bava ever in your life been guilty of one act of deceit or treachery to your own party or youx political foes . My answer to that is , let those who have a desire for yonr £ 1 , 000 and to destroy your fame do it . With respect to the three names quoted , Mr . Collias I never saw to my knowledge till he appeared in Convention ; Hetbenngton I never spoke to - four times in my life , was never in » shop of his | in nay Me ; Lovett I never
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IRISH " REPEALERS" AND IRISH CHARTISTS IN MANCHESTER . On the subject of the late disgraceful physical-force exhibitions in Manchester , -we have received tuo follow ^ ing correspondence for publication : —
TO THE EDITOR OF IHE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Will you have the kindness to give insertion to the address sent you , and to the enclosed letters ? to prove to the enemies of Universal Suffrage that we want fair play and free discussion . Your obedient servant , John Campbell . Salford , May 14 th , 1841 .
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Salford , May 8 th , 1841 . Sir , —I address you as an Irishman by the request of
the Irish Chartists resident in Manchester , to know whether the Repeal Association of Manchester approve or disapprove of the brutal conduct of the parties professing to be Repealers . The Irish cannot for a moment suppose that such conduct meets your sanction ; the conduct alluded to is that Messrs . Doylu , Donavan , Connor and others were brutally and violently thrust off the platform when about to move an address to the Chartists of Newry , and threats at cold-blooded assassination thrown out
Hoping that you do not identify yourselves with such proceeding , you will immediately answer this letter , in order that steps may be taken to prevent an improper impression going abroad . The Chartists of Manchester would think themselves disgraced if they would attempt to disturb a meeting of Irishmen seeking a Repeal of the Union . The Irish Chartists could not take more honourable steps than these . Let your petition for Repeal but come out , aud you may calculate on every Chartist Blgning it . I remain , my dear Sir , A sincere lover of liberty And your fellow countryman , John Campbell . Mr . John Kelly , &c , &c .
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Manchester , May 10 th . Sir , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter bearing reference to the meeting that took place in the Chartists'Rooms , on Wednesday night . As to any disturbance taking place in any meeting in which the Repealers are concerned , I assure you it bears as injurious a tendency upon the Repeal Question , as to any other , for all the repealers require is , a fair field and no favour , and an open , manly , and rational discussion ; but this I assure you , wherever there is an attempt made to vilify , calumniate , or otherwise injure the sacred name of Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., we are determined to attend to rebut such infamouB charges by every legal and constitutional means , and then appeal to the sense of the meeting . You mention that
we may calculate upon having the signatures of the Chartists ; we would naturally expect that they would sign any thing that would benefit their fellow men . Allow me to mention that the repealers signed the petition for the Charter , and also in their meeting rooms introduced the petition for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and had it signed by every person in the room . Any further information that lies in my power , you shall have any time , and I have the honour to remain , Your most obedient servant , John Kelly , Secretary , 34 , Cable-street , George ' s Road-Mr . Campbell , Salford .
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Salford , May 12 th , 1841 . Sir . —I reply to your letter of the 10 th inst , and agree with you that violence most injure alike the cause of Chartism or Repeal ; but , Sir , your letter is both vague and unsatisfactory , —inasmuch as you do aot repudiate the violence before alluded to , you neither sanction nor censure the proceedings which took place on Wednesday evening last . I can only say that I am almost confident you disavow such brutal conduct .
Large bludgeons were brought , and I verily believe had I not told the chairman that he would be held responsible for any violence that might occur , I do sincerely consider that some of our lives would have been sacrificed . Hoping that you will send me on immediate and explicit answer , is the request of Your very obedient servant , John Campbell , Secretary . Mr . John Kelly . P . S . —Our correspondence will be published .
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March , May 15 th , 1841 . Sir , —I am rather surprised at you not understanding my letter ; allow me to toll you there is nothing more repugnant to my feelings than seeing any meeting disturbed ; but I am sorry to say that is net the case with the Chartists , for they never seem to be in their element , unless when disturbing meetings . You mention there were bludgeons in the meeting on the night ; if there was , they were in the hands of your party , for I am confident there were none among the Repealers , for I was there from the commencement until it was concluded . You mention that our correspondence will be published . I am quite agreeable , but I hope you ¦ will publish it in full , and not omit a word of mine . And I remain . Yours , most respectfully , John Kelly , Secretary To Mr . John Campbell , Salfoxd .
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