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      * >«) TiffiiDEMQfiRA . TIG ^ OBKINGH x ^^ C ?^^ z : S ' ^ TZ ^ r :. JIT }^ i ^ Mhiffte ]) aje « oftioHtn-tftern gar of 1 *^ Saturday there appeared- directed against me , rather more than two" columns of © penabnse , and of sly iririrado ^ from the peri of one ^ f itsbditorX ^ We . ^ mpris ; JQ . GIHjLrxey . / I "biive now to replyV ^ efiudon , ; a task so loathsome , that nothing could induce me to stoop-to i £ but that the elegant ep istle inquestion . _ haVari mniportance "belon ^ rig to it , / "tfpm ¦' " ^! 8 ' ^ fa . . tnat ^ it ' ; "l ] k 8 appeared in the . Tforttern Mdri : and , that-dn noticing it I shall be able to call your attention to matters : of much more importance" to you than the simplejjriestiori- ^ tbe dispute "b ^ the J < Tofc' & rney : and myself . ' . , •" ' \; ., . - " ' .:..

      ' Had I but the object of " personal defence ; in view , I would have allowed the " Billinsgate " fohave found its own / level ,- amidst the other onclean firings which'have originated , at various times , in the . same quarter ; and with 3 fell confidence that it-would have passed into that oblivion , which has so long held from pobh ' c gaze the ~ ancient Bed : « $ and dagger , Ttith which ? the writeV ^ iradeliis" debut upon the stage of reform . -11 ought , not , perhaps , to speak of the dead , but having introduced them , I may , from charily , in passing , consign them to " J * ppse-in"j » eiiee . ' ¦ *"• ' _ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ i : ; ; _';; '< - ¦' - ¦;•" ; ;;; After a ; dc ^^ tipn q f . twol-vrnfers in / the Dispatch— which , / io / ihywwA / yia & r almost admirable likeness : of himself — -he . proceeds thus : — .... ' >; - - '; -- ^ •?¦* - ' •' - ¦ :: ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦! -- ;¦ - ¦ . t .

      It has bemtrnly said , that a man ' s , worn enemies are those ofhis oyra household f' and . jhe same . may be ; said , when enemies take toe guise of a ' man ' s 'friends and fellow-labourers / . Th & 'Dispatch ? wirile' denouncing -not merdjmvself andMr . O'Cennar , butalso the Chartists in general , and the attempt to reYire the Chartistsgitationin parfiraJar . takes care to & vburably notice < the , veryjudi -CMJU 3 speech bf Mr . Clark . * TO'te'bnggsine to the corisidezation of a matter of more importance than the stupid and ^ baM aD 05 ein " ralgedhihyuiel ) ig > ate"f t , " *" ¦ ' * " '' ¦¦ ' ¦ JJy answer to this id , that I am of the'" " houses "hold" of Harney only so far as we are both " meiribers of the yational Charter . Association ; and / ' that whilst I am a "fellowlabourer , " I have ; long ,. felt ,

      -that the manner of labouring pursued by' "Mr . Harney has been most mischievous and ruinous to our cause , and serticeahle to those who riaaKe disreputable advocacy an argument against the movements of the working classes . For the compliment paid to me by " Caustic , " —one of the vmfers in tlie J ) ispateh ^ -for my speech at the meeting at the li > n-< Ion Tavern ; Iafl " , of course , not responsible ; but , I nevertheless thank him most sincerely for'it , " arid ¦ will add , that his remarks upon the speech of "Mr Harney upon' that occasion ; ; have iriy hearty concurrence , as it . is . to ' sriieh ' speeches"jthat I aitribntfi the ungraceful defeats of the " several agitations for thei Charter . r " ; / ' ' . Mr . Harney , in stating his reason ' s for making me the subject of his elevated criticism / observes : —

      Ifeel hound totals this coarse in" consequence of the manner in which Mr . Clark ' s admirers—the "Whijr and Sham-Eadical . Press-gang—haTe thought fit to echo Iris sentiments .- Ihave another reason for taking this coarse . This week "Mr . " Clark has been addressing public meetings 3 a Yorkshire and Lancashire , and I am creditably informed that his peculiar mission to Manchester Was . to set'himself right with the Manchester men , '—I believe in relation to his patriotic conduct at Stepney ; it "" spbssible . fion-ever , that he inay have been trying to 'set himself Tight- * — either publicly or privately—in matters with which t have connexion ; and as , unlike Mr . Clark , I . hav « neither leisure nor money to travel about the country , I must address yon through the only medium open to me—the OTBlic Press . - ""

      Passing over the -vapid nonsense about the - * ' Press- ^ ang , " under whose "justifiable rebukes Mr . Harney is smarting , I can assure you that the attributed motive of my recent visit to the north is a jwre fabrication , " as the men of . "Manchester and Leeds can testify . " Set my self right with , the men of Manchester" for ihy " patriotic" conduct at the Stepney meeting . Ay , indeed , if it were necessary , the best mode of setting myself right at Manchester , would be by doing the same thing there —should similar circumstances occur—as I had the

      honour and gratification of having done at Stepney . Let the emissaries-of the Tories go to Manchester , and propose such resolutions as were proposed by them at Stepney , and they will find that tbe men of Manchester , whom I went to conciliate , will beat their post , and there I will be also . with ,, ' my * ' patriotic" amendment , and ready to carry it against even the formidable"L ' Ami" himself .. ; But Mr . Harriey saysj "that , unlike me , he . has neither the leisurenorthe money to travel about ihe country . " Mr . Harney knew , "when he wrote

      those words , 'that his income was nearly double the amount bf mine , and that , therefore , with respect to means , he was nearly doubly riiy superior . But It served his noWspnrpose to insiniiate-A-yrhzt . his -craven liearfc-would not penneit him to to say , and he chose to leave the " inference , rather than openly assert that T was paid by . your enemies to proceed tipon a tour of self-defence . The meanness bf this conduct can be equalled by nothing but its infamy and cowardice . Mr . Harney , in fhrfherreference to the Stepney meetmfsVsays ; - " .

      I meddle not with the question at issue between Mr . Clark and Mr . Kydd ; but must say that the treatment experienced by Richard Oastler , —the victorious champion of the Factory Children , and the life-Ion ? defender of the claims of Labonr—was disgraceful to all concerned . The paadsrsaf this journal mast have blushed to see the report of that meeting in the Xorlhcrn Star I a jonrnal in which Mr . Oastler advocated 'Protection to "Labour * years before Thomas Clark could hare imagined he would ever become a 'leader , * and the -associate of ' -respectable reformers "; * and when , probably , his ideas on the question of Labour ' s -wants were widely dffiereni from what they seem to he now . The feeling excited at the meeting , was entirely owing to the shallow pretext by which it ! was sought , in the name of the" Trades , " to cheat the ¦ working , classes into an alliance -with the Tory Protectionists , and the disgust of the people at seeing a mixture of professed Chartists and Socialists

      lending themselves to the miserable scheme . That Richard Oastler was not heard at length was no fault of mine , as J several , times tried to induce the meeting to hear him out , but all to no purpose , as they declared that they had heard enough , and were fully satisfied of the corrupt character of the meeting . I have respected Mr . Oastler ever since Ihave known him ; and had Mr . Oastler presented himself in less questionable company , and upon a more upright occasion , lam satisfied that the . same meeting would have listened to him with delight . I will not notice the small wit of the allusion to , " respectable reformers , " but will say , that my opinions of laboar ' s wants are " the same now as they have always been , and that the insinuation of a change conveyed in the above paragraph , is another of the inventions of tbe noble-minded and truth-loving Mr . "G . J . Harney .

      I hasten over thai part of Mr . Harney ' s letter ¦ w hich relates to ui 3 ; 0 \ vri ; insiguificant " protest '" against my conduct at Stepney , and his threat of the disposition . pf the Trades , whom I there saved from disgrace and sale ; and in reply to his query respecting the probability of any but the Trades joining us in our demand for the Charter , Ianswer , tl : at had it not been for the criminal violence and systematic fury of himself , and men of . his stamp , that the Trades , and many , even above the Trades , would have been , long since , in our ranks , and that the term "Chartist , " , instead of having become allied with folly and madness , -would have been tlie designation by whiclTaB . " gbod "" and patriotic men would have delighted'to'have" been known ; Men

      do not object to the Charter in itself , . so " much as ihey dislike to be known 1 af" Chartists , ? because the past career of the movement hay : been stained by the abominations of froth and fury which have ieen belched forth by the ; Barneys , and the various risings and riotings to which their' writings and speeches have given occasion ; -This brings me to ihe London Tavern , and the ' cause of the : dissent to ¦ which I gave utterance upon the occasion of- the meeting which was held there . ¦ - . ¦ ¦ x :.- \ --:.:-i You must understand ; that the meeting wascon--vened for the { . urpose of-inangurating the new amoves mentforthe Charter , and that it was held in-the very heart of thecity of-London ; and thati after tbe -reverses of 18 i 8 , it ^ was : hi ghly-desirable that the -speakers should have adopted such a tone as wOnld tue

      ^ xe country , ' not only with hope in ^ d risereton . ^ The ^ canses of the feilures of pre - ^ eoin ^ efiorte ^ have been admitted to have been incautious advocacy , and the consequent -opportu--nity for the employment ' of government spies . = The $ lace , toopat ' which -the meeting was held , rendered necessary-eveh 'inore ^ -thatt ordinary caution . Besides , we bad prejudices to destroy , and enemies to convert , we had a mangled reputation to repair , aad all things combined to - make bombastical rant and : sanguinary- expressions , ' not only distasteful , hot absolutely criminal . ' In the ¦ ¦ teeth of all * these "reasons Mr . "Harney , in lis usual style , sneered at the friends of tbe "litfle Charter , " as he termed tie measure of tieSational Kefonn Association ; and in allusion to his favourite doctrine of " blood ^ orblood , " -said : ^— -i > - ' ¦ ' — - - ¦ •—¦>'* : ; - ^ - - He reneated , there wasno need tedespairof Prance , and ** J > ea France . moved , ; she moved the . world . The people « i £ urope would tise again , and then : theyrwould treat '' wpitfless . and . remorseless enemies ... asjtbfy ; deserved , and show them that merer th & briprtesiars had dealt to ^ epeqpfc ^ = .. ';' . '' , . ;; - * ;;;;' :, " - '/ . f ? : ' - ^ :, k ' - - " i-. ' : . . For tb ^ kbouMbleidealdidI express my most , pQadti gatedabborieniie , an'd tbisI 6 ^ . "re adiness from a "knowledge of " some of tieCariiecer -yflnts of itaauaior . VTOiat , then , vras ^ tbistb ' e ' strain la . wliich . tb ' mtrodiice a i ' esf . andimprove ^* a " eitaiion ^ Mfpfa- eT ^ perer ' of Uiis foul ^ afid "' a ^ wipW ;| enfir ^ t " na */ e ^^~ ^ y ^ wuvenaen ' tajTa ^ iiiM ' i ' va ' meeting « ( aarhsts , for the expression ; bf a ^ oj"tnfOT * , '* iore j S'witoBSY * gea iiatt M- ^ s ^^^ 9 WBaxSSfj

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      ofBi Sh 8 br ^ ea ^ Or , -aoesJtfolfow ; i ^^ "P ™\ $ ^ ; m * qX : tber ^ fore SK connect Jiun ? elf ^ itMpinions that , the most ^ nltra S ?^\^^? p iyi Ppn ^ . wb 4 cTi ; "Mr . , Harney bad delivered himself of tbi 3 6 bD 0 iibus opinion . Hb much notice wpuld . not hate been taken of it ; but the truth is , that he hasdone the same thhig repeatedly and : when he'last tittered the atrocity , he was aware that it would provoke afepudiatibn from , some of « 1 TC ° 'fe ag « eXonihe . piatfofm : "Mr . ' HarD ' ev . iiithe Star of the weekbefore lasti informed yoti " that ; the majonty of . the Hieetiiig vyere with his ' views arid against mine . This ^ . is another , coinage of -his . imagination : for . I- ' fearlessIv assert ' that . ' no . public '

      meeting of Englishmen could'b ' e found that would sanction' such ' . ' an" ! opinion . as " that which Mr . nafney delights to call his own . It is to the hondui" of the ^^ working elas ' ses ^^ ^ ihat th ey ^ abhor blood ; arid ' tiiey have too high a n 6 ti 6 n ' . ' of . themcaning , of true greatnes ^ to . " sarictionVthe . atrocious . do . ctrine , 3 hat to secure its liberty a nation jeijuires to ' massacre , its defeated . enemies !"'; Another : reason why I . disclaimed the ; ?' bloody " suggestion of Mr . Harney , wasi as I have already tola jbu , thatIhad a knowledge of so ' ' of . His . previous : doings , and liad seen their consequences , not ,: only ; to ., the . movement itself , jb ' ut yso . to . thb ; imprisoned victims ,: many of whom were excited by the madness and fury of his

      sayings , in . print ^ and upon the platform . . J- : nau seen him ' play ' the'braggart before , and I had seen him act the part ,, vfhich 13 common , to all that-kind of people , ; and ' : shrink , from '" the " .. responsibilitiesbf his own ' delinquent ; conduct , ' arid , therefore , . ! would not . be . ' a party to a . " repctition . of . the proceedings which had before brought upon usiruin , and upon the movement shame and dishonour ! . Why . should you and ^ wbrkihg men , allow a cause "which is dearto us , 'to : be again made aprey to the miserable ambition of sham-ferpes , and . pen-and-ink "Warriors ? 7- I ' at least will raise my humble Voice ' agajnst ' j it , and will struggle against every ^ atteinp i * " t ° veturh to the course of adiJoeacy" ^ hich has heretofore , made us a bye-word and ascorn . V .-r J-. " ' . V-- ' ¦ ¦ ' - . ..

      : But that ? you ; may not think that lam ^ ddmg . ' any ; injustice . to ; . Mr . ; Harney , and ,-that youmaysee in its proper light , my horror . of the braggart class ,--1 will give yon an instanceof thebravery of Mr . Harney , under circumstances which were calculated to bring but in ' ' bold relief all the f * nietal of -his soul . " It is known to . the readers of the Star , that from the time of the Trench Revolution in February lSi 8 , up to the meeting-of tbe "National Convention ! in April of the same year ,, that Mr . Harneyjwas one ofthe . most terrible . of the : violent orators ^ wh o were then " up to the mark , " and ' . ' ready for anything . " In the Convention , he ^ was ftraweand daring ; and upon the occasion of a deputation . from that body—consisting of Mr . "Wilkinson , of Exeter ; Mr . , G . W .. M . Reynolds , and myself , being appointed to

      proceed ; to the Home . Office , to : assure the government of the pacific disposition of the Convention , and- to . ascertain what were really theintentions of the government , respecting the demonstration . and . procession : announced ; for theribllowingi Monday , the famous , 10 th ,. and against , which the ; government had issued a proclamation ,. . , jMr .. Har- < ney rose and moved , that " whatever might be the intentions of the . government , that thedeputation be instructed to inform the Home Secretary ,: on behalf of the . Convention , that ; both the ; public meeting and the procession shall take place ,. and that if anv interruption be offered by the government , that upon their heads shall rest the consequences . " This is not the exact phraseology of the resolution , but it is quite correct in . substance . The deputation

      went to the Home Office , and after a consultation with the Under Secretary , Sir D . Le Marchant ( who officiated for Sir ; G ., Grey , the latter being then at a Cabinet Council ) , the Attorney-General , and the chief magistrate from Bow-street , Mr . ' Hall ,-iwe learned that the government intended to . enforce the law as they called it ,. and the deputation in reply , left with . ; the government . the determination of . the ! Convention , as expressed in the resolution , of Mr . Harney . Immediately on the return of the deputation to the Conventio ' n , the answer to the government , ( Mr . Harney ' s resolution ) , was ordered to be printed , and was extensively circulated throughout London . ;; Thus you will see the Convention was . by this very resolution placed face to face j with : the government , and , the author of it , above all men ,

      was bound to have observed it . "What I have just described occurred , as well ; as I can now recollect , on Thnrsday , the 6 th ; and npon the afternoon of Saturday ,, tbeSth , anote was handed . to mein . the handwriting of Mr . Harney , inviting me tQ ; meet him at a public-house in the neighbourhood ; of the . place where the . Convention met , ' that evening , after the adjournment : of-that ; body . I accordingly repaired to the appointed place , and on my arrival there , I found about six of the lead ; ing members of the Convention , all of whom had , like myself , been invited by Mr . Harney . Ihad no knowledge of the object of * : the meeting , except that I expected to havehad to combat some dreadful and sanguinary proposition ,. from the violent firebrand Harney ; - but judge of my astonishment ,

      when pale , trembling , and with a manner , anything but consistent with his warlike tone , in the Convention and on the platform , I : heard from . hishps , a proposition to retire before the opposition of the government , and . to abandon both the public meeting at Kennington , Common , and also . Vie procession I I had never before been mixed up in anything of a dangerous . character , with this man , but I had heard of the " Ship-yard" conspiracy , where he . was said to have been absent , upon a . certain . occasion in 1839 , when the police presented themselves , and arrested his colleagues , and where he also , was expected to :-have been npon that ; occasion .. Ihad heard of his invitation , to the working classes , in the same year ,-to ' Hack up their sleeves and go at it ;" . I knew that he was , at that time , set down throughout the country as a spy , owing to-the extravagance , -audi bloodthirstiness of his language

      and- the fact of ; his continued security when his jnore moderate compeers were safely lodged in gaol . I knew that in 1842 , he was accused of playing the partof a " Puling Spooney , " in the proceedings of the Convention at Manchester ; .: Iknew that the working , classes of Sheflieid , onthat same occasion , were so exasperated at his duplicity , and betrayal bf tbem , as . they , regarded , it—first , exciting , them by . the brutality of Jus language , and . when his position with them became dangerous , trying to skulk from the post of "honor "—that . they would have inflicted personal chastisement upon him ,, had he not kept himself but of their reach . I say , Iknew most of these thingsupon the authority of " some of the oldest arid ablest meri in the movement , " but . I had . never , before . been personally a . witness , of . a trial of his valour .

      - I objected to the abandonment of the intended meetin ? , especially , as not only dangerous to our cause , but also as an act of cowardice on our parts , personally , and it was decided , inspiteof the begging entreaties of Mr . Harney , that matters should be allowed to take then * course . On Monday morning , the 10 th , it was agreed by the Convention , previous to starting for Kennington Common , that the Executive Committee — of which it will-be allowed 1 was the most active member , —Mr . M'Grath being chairman , Mr . Doyle secretary to the Convention , and Mr . O'Connor often absent—should have the entire management of the proceedings ; and thus passed over a day , the-glory of which consisted in the answer which it gave to swaggering braggarts , who prate of the disposition of the people to violence and bloodshed . And this , my friends ; is the man , who instead of appearing-before lis in sackcloth , doing penance - for-bis crimes against our

      cause , has actually had the audacity to appear apin upon our platform' , and there to degrade us all in the eyes of the world , by connecting the great , and purecause . of Chartism ; with the advocacypf-the resuscitation of the- guiUotine , as the enjrine ^ ofja victorious people ' s political vengeance . TBis is we man who has devoted two columns to * the abijse ; of me for what'he is pleased to term my moderation , and-who , a short time agor actually recoriimended PRIVATE ASSASSINATION through the columns of the Star , as tbe best means of establishing his favourite scheme of" Justice " and « ' Fraternity /—Head the following extract from the- letter : of "L'Ami du Peuple , " in the Northern Star of Saturday , September loth , 1849 , ' and ask yourselves if ; in your " own households , " and seated at your " own hearths , " ' when surrounded by your own offipririg , in what state of mind must the writer , Harney , hive been , when he penned the following- diabolical ad-¦

      vice;— -- ' ¦ •¦ ' ..... . ...... . .. ' -Most-probably it mB- not be on the barricade , nor in the deadly breach , nor on the tented field that the defenders of justice will henceforth combat the slaves of blood-reeking tyranny . r , "tt they would succeed , they , must fall on the , employers of the assassin-soldiery in their ouni households ! and combat th ' e ' enemies of freedom on their own hearths ' . ' The imiversal' - ' iising of the 'Proletarians-i-tiie hiily to ' ar of- the Labourers against all their oppressors—the ' combat ; not against the tools of tyrants , but the tyrants themselves . —is titegoodiDOrk whiA mostsezt be wrought , and to prepare niutu lue iacrea

      xae . geoyix , iy » , » nussum ot aU true reformers ! J , !/ . 7 : . ,- ... ' . "' :.. ' I \ There my inends , . what " tbink , you of that ? ' v 7 as I . right when ^ 1 applied . the term " bloody demoericy "; to the state , of things , which this imbecile edition ofMarat would bring about ? . A sai ^ edmission" indeed , he has chalked out for all : '' true reformers J " . . 1 am riot aware if Madam Tussaud has in , her ^' . Chamber of Horrors ' . '; a depository of liteVary . 4 Jrocities , but if she has , I think , the above cpntribntion'frona ^ : theChartist Septombrist , " wouldbe a valuable . i acquisitiPn ... . , ;; . ; .., ;;

      I \ I- One more extract from the letter of Mr . 'Harney , -andl have done ; He aays r- ^ -.= - -- - - :-. '•' ¦ - >; - Jfr . CUrk / m Ws ' speech ' as spoken ' -Mthough not as re-TOrtedfo'fte Stor- ^ eclared that he desired'to stand out to boldjeEef from the writer of this letter . I desire he should . So-soyibr . I , should be Vjery . sonxthatfrwndAor foes ' shouldimagine ' me to be of Sesame schoolas Thomas c £ ft ? itis ^ Iain . a Chardst , and Mr , ' Clark professes to ft thelum rbUtlSwe » W aU wncnnrnce-ofopnarai ind-acado lioa feeg ^ s ^ md ^ ias ; » I *^^ m ^ J ^^ *& » 6 iitifett'be « ble *>«^ . - * a * « onJe *»•*? " oldest * anu ^« ablett of the chaimiionB . of Charrlsin Mjp ^ " wifli my news M "U » j SWWtfj diSKBt from rtoCMjK ;

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      f " . Frb ' ni whistv I' haye ' already ' saM ! it wiff ^ appear plainly ' eripugh i that / G . ' J " , Eariiey ; arid T . Clark ; dp pot much-resemble each other ; and I think I have , shpflfngp ^ , cauBe , ofdin ^ r ^ rice . , /^< o ; i ^ . i ^ M - i With respect ^ o the opiflions , of the " oldest and ablest . champions , of Chartism , " I can only observe , that'u . theyhave any-plan for . getting the Charter , let them " point it out , that it may be examined . The onus | is upon theriito dp so , and if theypannot , then I . asls , what does it amount to that they agree with Mr . Harney ? , It is ' alf ., very . well for . thesor " " oldest arid ablest champions " to ; talk ' . ' gljbly . about > the Charter ; but I say that I ' , want them to mark but clearly how it is ^ to be obtairied '" ' Can this bedorie : ? If so , then why is it not done ? r I , propose ; to aid emciently- in rthe , obtainrnent of " . every , useful- and

      practical . extension ofthe ^ suffrage ^ asthej surest and safest , arid , in fact , the pnly means . of arriving atthedesefrvederid ; , ;" . ^ , j- ''' .., ' / , ;; :, ' , . ; . ..- . \_ ..,-.,, . I liave * . to state " to you , frankly , thati , am not satisfiedwheh , , upon ; leohii ) gbaca upon tho result of our labours forthe . past ten . years , Lfind the , most perceptible of them , to be % victims " . and . . ' ^ victim funds " r- ^ friends in dungeons aphonic , and in chains abroad—ourriiirty scattered , and their , hopes all but destroyed . " "Letithe ^ oldest ^^ and ablest ' champipns '' answer ;; are we not to-haye something , iriore prolific of . good in the . future ? . And if so , point to the means ! .,.,. 3 ,. ; ., i % [ . ^ . . ; .. ;" . - . ,, ' ..,.,., ; . ' ... ...-: . ' . .-, > -, ; ,. ¦ Icharge ' upon . ' platforni violence and stupidity . the iriis ' cirriage . of bur former attempts ,., arid foremost amongst ... the / most- " stupid . and mischievpii s of , the oralorslriuik . 6 .. J . Harney . ' j , ' _ ,..., ' .. ' ., * ' ; , ; . !' .- ' , ! . ' .. ¦' .- .- ' , i ' . ¦ ¦ : > . ! ,. ' , "¦ :,. ; Thomas Clark .. , ; , London , 'Jan . 30 , 1850 .,, „ . . '¦ ' ,. " , ' ,. ' ., ,. "" . ..- '" -,

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      to , ;; the DEMOCRATIC WORKING / j ' - " : _; ) -:. ; ¦; : ; ' , ' ¦•¦ ¦ •¦/¦ MBN .-ii : ' - < :.- .: ;•• . ; . ; ; -f : : ¦ : -My - 'FniENio ' s ' - ^ -Owiri / g to ' - triy connexion tifatWSta frl HAy ^ seen'Mr . / Ci ar ^ before piiI ) licatioH , / arid ^ position : ¦ ¦; to -. ranswer ' him -at oncei Under ordinary circumstances , *^ I would not' have usei the privilege / of my office , but would huye allowed iny ' pppoiient's letter to have / remairied unnoticed for ^ the time usu ^/ in iewspaper dis- ; cussions . But Mr . Clark ' s utter disregard of all tlie decencies of controversy ;; his falsehoods ; and- distortions of / facts , must not / be aUowed to difiuse ^ eir /^/ author's yenpmi / ev ^ n / for one week , 'yitHout / the counferactive truth on iny part . " '¦ :: ; " {• : - ' . - .. . ; - \ :. . '¦ . ¦ ¦""¦ : ;¦ > . ¦ : " : > ' :

      [ The reader "will not fail to contrast the tone of rhy former letter . 'withthato ^ Mr . 'Clark ' s / reply . t AvasTvarriedby friends , bpthin Eondon / ahd thfe ( jounti y , of the sort -of concoction I- mi ght expect . ;/ :, In London , several pei'sonswho \ vell know < . the man ,. warned me , * that-although it would-be-impossible for him 'to- refute " ' / the Statements and argurhents of . rri y 'letter , ' / he wpr iid giTO . rii " e * a , " pretty , " considerable" dose qf blackguardism . ,, : In ; aletter- received- from a friend in the country ^ I : was informed that Glarkhad told him that he must return to

      London to get his reply inserted in' the Star ' .. My Mend ' answered th ^/ he ; had no . " need . to put himself , , to- that trouble , because , from Harney ' s ; ..: ivelI-knownvlove ; of . fair-play , ; he would notrefuse to insert anythinghe ( Clark ) might send . - ' Clark ' s ariswer ' was : ' " 'No / not the sort of answer I iriterid / to writel'V-Thus pretty plainly , intimating that he intended his answer to be not in accordance with fair play .-Mr . ' Clark ' s : letter has not surprised' ihe .-Knowing the hian- ^ and knowing that , ' uiidei ; the too-transparent ; giiise . of bl » rr 6 w / ed ' " ' respectability '' , anid aristocratic apeishhess , there exists abeingas coarse in his ideas as he is

      *'; unclean" in conversation , a decent letter from ' himwas not to beexpected . The ; man who , as Land Director , ' 'lolling' in ah arm-chair , with his ,. feet on a fine carpet , and surronnded by aU the luxuiieSjOf" office , '' cannot give a civil answer , or - write a civil letter to a struggling allottee , ' or a ' poor and anxious " member" of the Land Company , notwithandirig that to . ' those parties he owes the bread he eats , was hot very likely , to write a decent reply to a man who had soundedthe depths ' of his political duplicity , and forced'the frightful unmasking ' ofAinwe ^ " exhibited iritbie foregoing epistle ^ ' ';//;;; "' ; ' / ,:. " ?"';¦

      ; Mr ... Clark acknowledges : himself ' , lsincerely ^ nankful / ' / for the crumbs : of laudation thrown from tbe Dispatch table '; iind avows that '" the remarks upon the speech of Mr . lLlmrET , ^ . ; ; haye his V heai-ty concurrence . ' ! Why not add , that the remarks on the speech , of Mr . , OIC . onnor , the denunciations levelled against the-Chartists generally , -the condemnation of the attempted revival . of Chartism , ' and / the . filthy outpourings against the Proletarians of Paris , stigmatised as " vagabonds of the gutters , " . ;¦ have also ; his : ¦? , ' hearty conr currence ? " I shall presently remind you of

      Mr . Clark / a former and / Avidely different estimate , of the ' praise / and / censure of the Dispatch , ¦ wheh / IRepine ; . ] tpnotice / his rakirigjup of dead and buried , calumnies . / Mr . Clark is : proud of heing : the pet , of the Dispatch j and in one part of . his letter vaunts of his influence at Manchij ' ster' I will here quote froin the report'of a speech qn th / is . yery subject , delivered by a man who . can command / the attention of Assemblages at Manchester , far larger than any that -would listen to Miv . Clai-k . Mr . jWalter / Cooper , speiakihg at Fa ' rringdon Hall , on Sunday , evening , ' January . 20 th , . observed ; that .:- — ' .. // . /// .. ' ., / ' .- " . // " ...,. , " / .- - " . '¦/¦

      MriClavTcliadbeen ^ aude'd inthe Dispatch-of ito-daj- ; - ( Hisses . ) Now , God preserve him from '' envying Mr . Clark the praises of tlie Dispatch , as , if the Dispatch were , to eulogise him , he should begin , wondering , what damnable deed be had corirniitted . Heither . did lie envy Jlr . Clarli the " podtiorihe would hold in'lh ' e' estimation of the working classes . ' But the Dispatch & i the same time had made a most -villanous and dastardly-attack : upon Mr . Julian Harney . . And why ? Becaus * he had defended the brave ouvriers of Paris , whom tlie Dispatch called tlie ' vagabonds of the gutters - —the gallant feUows . whs had . shouldered their muskets , and for three nights guarded the property of thciwurffeoweiri the streets ' of Paris , \ during the strife and- tumult' consequent on revolution .-.: Because Mr . ' Julian Harney had advocated national property in land . Because , in fact , he wished , to open the eyes ., of the many , to the trickery and humbug of the Financial Reformers .

      It suits ! ,: 'Mr . Clarks ipurpose to " pass over the vapid nonsense about the press-gang , " " under whose justifiable rebuke , ' ' he / says , f' Mr . Harney is smarting !' . ' Poor / fellow ! It is too evident he is smarting ; . In my letter , I stated that "Mr . Clark ' s admirers—the "Whi g and sham radical press-gang—had thought fit to echo his sentiments . " And I added , ' commenting oh the Stepney , meeting , '; , " one fact should ; not be lost sight of ; Mr . Clark / was

      favourably reported , and , in-several mstances , complimented by the very journals that , hot long since ^ vvere in the habit . of vomiting . the foulest vituperation on ; - ; the heads . of the Chartists , for moving Charter amendments at the Anti Corn Law meetings . " Mr .. Clark , in his . dignity , passes over all this as ' - ' vapid nonsense . ' - His silence on these arid many more matters in my letter / unnoticed b y him , vouches for his discretion . v , ; . . . " ... ,

      I have newish to meddle with Mr . Clark ' s income , "or his mode of * expenditure . < 1 have stated the fact ; 'that I have neither leisure nor money for travelling about , the country . "Mr . Clark seems to have ' both . ' . ' He , is ,. " a / " / lucky man . . / "Whether > his travelling charges ' are defrayed * from mVown < private purse , or by enemies or friends of the people , is' a matter on which he is best 'fitted to speak , and respecting whicbi Ineither / . know nor care . ; . In the meantime , ; it . may-be ; most convenient to *? pag 8 over" that mattenalso . ; - - ; ^ ¦ ¦¦ ' Mr ; Clark "« 'hastens over'' what he terms my " insignificant protect" against his conduct at the Stepney meeting . . I / fancy lie will not so easilyget over / the hostile spirit he has of

      evoked amongst the veritable working men . London ; < His attempt to ' exculpate himself from thecharge of having called up > tbaf [ hostile spirit , by raporinng ; about " briinmal y «> r lence and Bystematic ^ fury , " -preventing ; th ? Tradesand other parties joining the Chartist movement in times past , will not * serve -him . It is hy ; his own' conduct in the present , that obstructiohfl h ^ ve oeen set m ; the way of ^ e Trades co-operating -with the Chartists . He takes « red ! 4 to-himself , < fn having saved the Trades / frcm- ^ ; wiai ' th " 3 v *« Prbte « a 6 nists'" "He may ' assui © bi ? u ^ , ^ aiii £ M 1 ) e"loiig ^ ere-hewiUTecewe ^ e ^ oiuiai ^ f ! gratitude ¦ from 4 he Trades-tor I nis chivalrous performance-of ^ 'the duiaes ^ pf flaT ^ wrfl top . , Xhftt he severaU'toi «»* itrifi * 1 | o

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      Hearin ^ forRieh ^ , Qs ^& be-best 5 ? ° ?^ ' ^^ " ^ sevablwbre " *; ' thb' ' rttbetirJg . spapiigfe ^ P mm ™?^ wti ; m : w ^ M & ow & . acpountiOf , hjs own honourable conduct bii that occasion . ^ As regards . hisahreat of what he ^^ . ^^^ besterif-the bccasiori : offers ; l ; mP ^ M ^}^^^^^!;^ ^ t ppney . gam - there ; ;' unles 3 " : b ^ is / sure of , tlie absenceof Richard . " Oastler . v ' v . -y ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . ' .: ' -.- W ,

      ! -Mr . Clark aversthathis opinions of Labour's } R , ^ the . samrn'dw ' as ^ tliey ^ avo Sways ' be ? n- ;) f ^ Pe sb ^; , Bu t ifso , hW has be ' eii an exception ^ to . ; the ; usual order , ' of ! lact ^ wbrlc- ' ers . ; . ana . Ipredict , ! -that should ^ Parliamentary Keform , " - or the influence ; of ihig niiddleclass friendsV ever , lift Mtiv ^ into tlie Ho « sb of c , 0 . n ? mo n f » he ' w . m ;; h ave ; V very ; " ' m ' atenally change ^ h is bpmibns : ; rei " ip ^ wants , ? - ' otherwise j he ' willvnot ibrf long -wear the : honours'o £ & *' - popular im ' embe

      tectionio -Labour ? ' has'lntKertobe ' eri the prime motive ; - n % ; sc" ^ in £ tlu | Charter /[ : M \ trades are . demanding ; . protection- ^ veritable ¦ labour protection . ; The . factory workers are even now demanding further legislative-interference , and more legislative ' . pi'dtectibh /' m brcler' to makb the Ten H pursiBil ^ ayeruyi . Seeicg'tiia't Mr ; P la . l ^ : }? , ' ^ V ' ^ P ; raRt ; fpr (;( ^ arh " amentary honours , it is to be hoped tbat . on this question of ? J Labour ' s wants ^ he / will «' < tak ' a thought ah mend . ' ' - J' - ¦ .- '' ' "' - ^ i . j'i :-- ¦ :- ; ' -. ¦ . ; - ' ¦ ... ;

      j Mr . Cla ^' aTOr ^ 'thatV ^ the " caiises ^ bf ithe failuresj . of " prec e ^ ing ^ efforts , hav ^ ttea . ib haye : ;! been ! i . incautiouS'Madvocacy : ' ? ;| fho's ' o . admits . ? v Let him , speak fpr ; himself , butnot fPr others ; for he has n 6 autlibrltyip proclaim himself the . great r 4 . H >^ the ernbV dimeiit of--Puyic Olp inlon , ' . ' Mark , how genei ' ousl y he acquits the GTOvernment , Ttiie Legislature , tho Press ; the . Middle : Classes ,- &< s . \ & c , of all responsibility , . ^ - ^ blanieto ;; f'iricaiitibus adypcjicy' ' ' ' . Maintop , that , he , aiternpts , to , rnaKo' jne , i resp onsible '; for all . the ; "incautious . advocacy '' in the . past and present . "Certainly . I cannot lay claim to a superabufidaUce of caution—a quality which is ever largely ; pbssessed by ' sem

      blooded scpemers , ; and ; intriguers ... ! But siipr posing , there has ; been 1 fVincautious . advocacy , ' ' dnd ; that I have been one of the'' incautious , ' . ' can-ThomaVClarfe lay his hand 1 ot f : his heart ; and rubning pyer the , ; h ^ fecbrded . ' ., ni ' , ' tha , ^ pr /^ I have ; been , the . only , ; ' or .-tlie ^ principal Vcriminal ^ "i- ; -.::-i . v .-sy . i ' :. ' ., ¦!¦ ,. , :-i . uyi-.. ¦ ¦ ,. -. ¦ , ; -.-Mr . Clai'k : quotes' the -following- froin my speech at the'London' Tavern :-i- ' ' ¦ '" '" ' ''' . . He repeated ,-there ; wasnoneed . t ' odespnir of ^ rane ? ,- an . '" ' when France rnpyed , she moved the world . /; Tho peoples of Europe would rise again , and then , they . ' would treat their jiitlless-arid ' . remorscle ' ss - eneniies ' - ' as tliey des ' er vijd ' ' and show them that mercy theii oppressors had . dealt to the people .: ¦ ,.. ! : ! : ;; : ' . ¦ ::-, » -bvi-. ' i .-yi ' ¦¦ '¦ '• ' " ¦ "T . " , ko h-i ; . ; .

      He addsi : / " E 6 r this ! ' aboiriinable . idea' I . did express . ' niy most . ' unpiti gate ^^ He goes ph . tb . ; describe , the : aboyp : as a ; ' } , foul and aitrcci' ous sentiment ; M : as ' .. ' anopinion more suited'to savages than an ( enli ghtened community' of EnglishRieni '; To all this I have onl y to answer , thai : I . repudiate Hoi . one- / vvbrd bf the above sentiment ... ' \ Mr . Clark may : mpiith about « ' atrocity , ?) ' " savagesj" . and tell ; of his " urimitigated abboiTonce , " but I defy him to

      write flown , or ispoakdou'n ; a sentiment whJcli has taken ppssessibnpjf / the ; hearts , of millions of the cheated and cruelty-wronged ipeopies . of . Europe . ; j Mr ^ Clark ; adds-:- ^ i Mr . Harriey , 'in the * ¦¦ ¦ Star -the v week before' last ; ' inforinedyou that the majority -of the meetingwerewith his views , and against mine' I ' ,. This is . another coinage : of his imagination ; j for I fearlessly assert , that no publicrmeeting of ^ Englishmen could be found that would sanction- such ¦ - an

      opinion , as that which-Mr .- Harney delights to call his own . " . What is the use of Mr . Clark writing about '" could ; " ^ arid " would , " when the fact is , as hundreds . in ; thist metropplis : can testify , . that the majpiity : of . the meeting did applaud my sentiments' and ? expressed ; nhmistake * able opposition-to his . Mr . Clark ' s brazen assertion of the contrary , will ; enable ' ybn to measure his veracity in ; matters . I am ftbout to call your attentibn ' to .. ; -.. MivClai'k- introduces the' revelation which , he imagines is destined to crush mey with a sneer about my bein ' g $ mi * f and daring in the convention of 1848 ;^ m ' eariirig by * tlijs sneer , that I was violent and ; bragging -before all other members . I havetaken the-trouble-to

      glance oyer the report - of the-proceedingij of that body as published iri the , NoVtherti Star } arid find .-, that niy , speeches , . ' were . among ; the most :-moderate delivered at that : time . :, The resolution which he professes'to quote , word for-wordj and which hesays j ^ Inioyed , never had existence , save'in ' the coinage ' of his own imagination . It was hotoh Thursday the sixth of . April , Hhat the deputation was . sent to . the Home Office , buton Friday thoseventh ; At the meeting' of the convention' that morning , 'Mr . T . M . Wheeler moved , "That the convention

      should issueaprpclainationdeclanngtheirdetermination to hold . their ; meeting on Monday notwithstandingj the foolish ; proclamation of the' 'Grovei-nmenty-and notitie of the police . " Mr '; " 'Cuffay seconded the ' motiphj ; winch was supported !* 'by * thefollo ^ ihgdelegates in the foK lowing . ^ ordei' -: —Messrs .-: West , Child , Adams , Shaw ; Stevenson , Cochrane , Bolwell , Watson ; Wilkinson ;* 0 Connoiv Kydd , Ernest Jones ,

      M'Carthy , "Francis , / - 'Reynolds , ^^ Clark , ; Astpn ' Lightowler , 'Wild , " , I ) ixpn , Fiissell , Donovan , and G , J , Harney , who . said , "Mi" . DoiiQvan had alluded : to > foreigners ; : her could ' assure them that nothing but" the , mbst profound respecfc ; prevailed ^^ in ; their breasts''for . the rights of ingiisbnien , aii ' d they ' would ' refrain' fr ' oiii attending \ the p ^ rocpssion , fori reasons he need not : state .-- He : wished no armed men to

      surround him . ' ' -- Several ; other ^ delegates'supported the motion , ; 'which was then . earned ; I am next reported : as ' reading ; an ^ article from tiie-2 Mes : of that day , arid appealing to the Convention : . to denounce the . editor , of ; that paper as a "base calumniator ; '' -Mr . Reynolds " mpy ed : —^'' That '' a-deputation ; be 'despatched : to Sir ;^ eprge Gi-rey , to acquairit the Government ^ never had , to make any- armed ¦< display on Moridiy ;' . ' . jMr .-T . Clark seconded the motion , ^ iad ^ 4 fter isfline other- 'delegates had spokeny I ' . Mr , ; , ^ :,. J ,., Harripy supported ; ; the motion , biit . Svished -the Governhient to be informed

      that , they ; bad , resolved to . hold a procession-rpeaoefullg md -legallg . The motion was carried . \ ' ¦ ¦;¦} ¦ " ' ' »¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ i ¦ ¦'¦¦ ¦ ^ ohi-ii : - .: ; v ;; . .- . ;• : ';; ; Eyerj _; pne .. wiirsee that there . is the gt-pates ' t ppisiblp distirictiori , between ' a fbrmial res ' plutioh ,. such ; as-Miv ; Clarkhas inueni cd , adopted by , -and binding , the-Convention , ' and the ex ' pression of a -mere -individual' sentiment ,: for which the body at large could not be heldre :

      sponsible ;; . ; , ! ^ any 1 'psolutibri ' 61 mine ^ it was . impp ' ssiblo ithat any-such resolution should : have : beeni . " printed and circulated about i London ; ' ' ' Thus , likea house ' of ' cards puffed ; down'by a brpjith , falls the rnoris ^ rbus fabric of faisfeh ' ood piled upon falsehood ,, sp . punniiigly conceived , , but : so clumsily ) executed 'by my .: desperate and j unscrupulous ' opponent ; - ' s ; I'i , . - ' ¦ ¦¦ -- - ' ¦;

      It is b ue , ' that inWsvyerfethe police notice , forbidding ' the hieetiiig , ^ Mj <\ a P » 'Qclania tion- '' announcing . V . the firm dptermination " of the Convention'to hold a meeting ; and processionj ; was ; ' printed ' arid ; circulated ; '• biit I nehher suggested , jnor ' . drew ^^ the adoption of , thai ^^ ; prbplamatipri . . ¦ , ^ vVliat I did propose you shallnow learn , i - ' ' - ¦ ¦' . ' > On'the-return of the'deputation from . '

      Horiie " Office ^ " and on Mr .- Reynolds having deHvered the / report ; Mr ? -Hamey mpved ;~ ^ THai \ the to * P ^ Home Seerejfeary W printedi pliicsirdedv about Lpndon ^ tian'd eirbulated-: 'in the coujitry ; -and that the tVlaafe'df th ¥ Cbriventioh -be ' givbii to the ^ men ^ M ^^ g ^^^ o ^;^ " f ^ bry - paaMerin ^ their du ; i ' y ; »> '' Mri ¦;•^ iark beingythen- iibt so

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      not I affprdj to turn' up { his ' , nose » ' bt a vote of thanks , even though'moved"by . Jiiliatf ' ^ , 1 cpme ' now to' ^ ttiat terrible cbnsjjir acy ~ the private nieeling ^ ' ., Thai suph ' a ' meetirig ; . didtake place is , ti'ue . i- 11 , will answer presently , Clark ' s account -of / my : appearance ;; on'that ' occasion ; I rhiist here observe r that , wittiiri ' f 6 ur / and twenty , . hours , eve ^ tS jha ^ prpgr ^ sse ^ i rapidly ! Tlie ; Times- " arid / other , 'jouraals , ' ; had ,- ' excited thejutmost fears of / the . f' higher' ' -and > middle classes ; the shopocracy vvere- mustering "; 'in thp ' tisaridsi' / to-be s ' wbrii ! in ' as j " . Bjpecialb . y . '; 'th " e goterhmeht ' s ffiurderpu ^ e very hour / the strength bf .. our . adversary ,, and our own weakness , ^ became . more : 'and ; more ap-. parent :-There was ' no longer any mistake that ; if !' we meant ' to proceed with the prpeea . gibii . ' it wbuld'bo ' '' a ^ gbttromthb . nipmenV / of leaving , Keririington-coriim ^ of . the . Houses of Parliament , and for , .- which , the people were certainly not prepared . It may be said this should-Havo : beeh foreseen . when

      the Convention voted the proclartatipnin reply ti p / the ' / police ;*) Truei / j . It ' was / . ^ dbi ^ a rash ¦ aet toi . / defy bur '' eiiemy , . without ¦ first well considering our own strength-arid his . 'I shared in the rashness of thattxeif arid $ 6 did Mf ;; Clark . But ^ I repeat , ; ! wasrip ^ the / authpr p ^/ the pro I asserited tbitiu ; cbmmou ; witHthe < rest , . and I think I : did not act-very . wisely . r .: B y why did not the cool . ' apd' cautious Mr . Clark- raise 'his voice agairisfcihis cbmriiittal of the Convention " face to : fa , q ' e .. witK "tlie : Gjiveiqn ' merit ;?' , *' ,, ' ,, * Gr * q back to' / my , / jjrprdsi / not my . res / olution , / for 1 tnoypd ; none ; tp v wlmtjidid .. they , commit the 'Corivention ^ if / that-body coutil be 'coriimitted

      at all by ; thb ; mrjre ^ ^ 'wbrds' of / an ' -iridmdual- ^;? ¦ ? 'W ^ axmfmaMi th ^^ OYerahfeht , "tp' / ije informed that ; they had resblved : ife hold ial procession , peaceably and legally ;!\ , Bntby . Saturday evening the 8 th : of . April /? it ' -wa & kevident to every ' man inLbridon , that' a peaceable and ; lpgal , ; procesSiori ( the ;/ Gby ' ernn ^ the ; law , / and haying marshalled its / armed forces ) , w . as , an impossibility ., * Jf ,- then ,, under these circumstances * I-had proposed the abandonment bf-the procession , ' I . should have been guiltybf neitherinconsistency nor ' ' ^ Bui by Saturda £ afternpbri it ;^ understood that Mr . Clark ; and his colleagues were not at alllikely to Ifeada fighting

      procession- '; land every other kind of procession being , under the ' / cii ' crimstanc . es / irrip ' ossible , ' the , processibn was , therefore , / already virtuall y abaiir doned .-jBut , the , Public : i ; Meeting . r Seeing | the : hopelessness of . the ; procession , I did then desire to ' abandon the public meeting . ; Why ? Because / I saw . '"' that ! the / meeting , / without tho / procGSs'iori would ; be / of little effect / , Situated as we vfero . 'I , 'desired that ; instead' of , ' th ' e / meeting , ' the delegates themselves should , prpceed ; as ' a body'frbni the / Convention with the' pe'tifion , and attempt to cafry , it . ' tp , ' the . Hbiise of ' . Commons . / 1 knew' that if thiscourse wii . s carried out it would place the delegatcsi ' iTiyself . included ; iri diiriger . // 1 Knew ' that if the police used their truncheons or cutlasses ,

      we were likely to pretty "cnerally receive marks of theii' loyalty ' . / ' 1 knew that such a course would probably involve bur arrest on the spot , arid so bring- to an issue . before the judges a , question we were incompetent ; to determioe ih . pur . 6 wii favour , by an ' ' appeal to arms / Did ^ the / course I devised savour of cowardice ?; . Tlie meeting cariie '; to nothing ; Mr . Clark and his friends , looking forward to'a field-day of ' spouting , arid - " nothing , more , could afford to'be ' valorous . / For my / part , . soriiepfiny persbrial friends ' r / ot having attended / , r'judgcd'it unriece ' sshiy to fully / develbpcjriy views ' / Moreover , ij ; was sufficient' for me that the majority / ' decided that iri their -opinion , the meeting ywas advisable under any circumstances , I at 6 nce assented , and from that moment showed as much readiness as

      Mr . Clark himself , to takomy share m the forthcoming gathering . / ' / ' ' ' / . . ; M 6 st ' ' assuredly ; if I had felt any trepidation , I s , iiori ! d wl have selected . Mr . Clark arid his friends to be the witnesses of my fears : ' I rtdrhit / that though guided by a ' pureJ motivei and a desire only to ' serve the-interests of the' movement , T was , nevertheless , * ' " incautious ' . ' — "incautious " - in placing faith ' : the honour / of Mr . Clark ; ; man has ' no more right to reveal the particulars bf ' a private iiiebting , than h ' ehas to reveal the cpritehts of'a ' private' letter . ' . 'Is Mr . tilarkqualifyihg ' to play the / piirt of ari " " iriforr iierT ' . ' - ! ' Cer tnirily his disregard or truth when 'it . " suits his purpose , to de . iiin falsehood , might help to qualify him forthat office ; /' " -- '•' ¦ •¦ : •' - - •' ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦¦• . •__¦••• -. •¦••;¦ .: ¦ nr-.-s- ;! ,

      .-..-; He pretends that I appeared at the above named meeting " pale ' and trembling , " ' and adds , ' that in spite of riiy " begging entreaties , " it was [ decided that matter s should take their course . It is impossible for nie , at this moment , to coriimuriicate , with persons who were at that meeting , —Mr . Kydd , ' the only friend at hand , was . not present , but lean refute Mr . Clark by the veiy best circumstantial evidence .- ' '" '¦ " ; : n - ¦ ' - ' / '" ' - '" : '''' Throughout the sittings of the Convention / ' ! ' was daily in tho company of John "West , Samuel Kydd / and'Ernest Jotics ; "and severiirtimes in the' company "of " , other delegates of less note . I appeal to them whether , from the first moment to the last . ' thcy ever saw me as deseribed by - Clark , " pale , ''' "' trembling , " and ' eiving expression to

      " entreaties , " based on fear ? ¦ If they are honourable men they will speak out , and convict my calumniator" of falsehood ; Ernest Jones T cannot appeal to liow—but on his liberation I doubt not 1 that he will do . me justice . You have read Clark ' s account ! of my demeanour on Saturday evening . If I was then so terror-struck , surely-twenty-four hours 'later I should have b ' eeri still moreafraid ; "Well , that ( Sunday ) evening , I was with ' Clark and others , ill company with Mr ; O'Connor and a friend of his ( whose naniel will not drag into this discussion ) , at Osborne's Hotel . Let Mr : O'Connor say if 1 was

      : then " pale , " '' trembling , " djo . The next' morninar , the 10 th of April , was I absent at the ' meeting of ^ delegates ? On the contrary , I wasin attendance ; before many others , and when the roll was called I 'answered to my name . _ On leaving the Institution , iin Joliri-street , ' ! took iriy place next to Mr ; O'Conbor / on the front seat of the : carriage :- ' 'Arrived at Kennington Common , I accompanied Messrs . West and - "Reynolds to-address the Irish section of the meeting , and my speech is on record in -the Star . Turn to that speech and scenf it-betrayed'syinptoms of fear ? - : Ask'Messrs . "West and Reynolds howlcoiiducted myself-in their company . . ' - ' '?

      - That"either on the-Saturdayevening / or any other occasion / 1 appeared " paleand" trembling , " - or at all conducted ! -myself as represented by Clark , is iifoul and villanous falsehood ' ; "arid Clark knew that he was penning gross untruths;—falsehoods without any foundation—any excuse , save the wickedness of his own heart and the recklessness of his inveterate hatred . " '•'' . ¦ -. ¦ -. ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ : • - ¦ - ¦ " - ' •¦¦ The Red- Gap , the dagger , -the tucking up the sleeves ; the Ship-yard conspiracy , are with : tbe exception of the firsttfinmed which I haye never disavowed , pure , ; calumnies , as Clai'k well knows , and > as ore ' now'he' -himself has - declared . ' The 'fPhling Spooney' ' .-was disposed . of in ,: Marcli last , in my affair withcMr ; ' O'Connor respecting Republicanism , 'when- tho following-letters appeared in the Slar . i—~ . ti ' M . - . w ' .-rji ' S .- .- ¦ '" :-,, ; : „ : f . i ;! . > . ' .:. '/ : ;¦¦ ; . -: ¦¦ : . \'

      > :, . ' -: V ,: ! : , '; £ .:, ; •; - : ' Accrington ,. March 20 th , ISIO . ... MYi DEAKjlABNy-r , —I will at once say , . what I haye often said , ' tliat a miire manly defence than / yours was never made . ' ... '' " Thine fi-atevnally , . ' ¦ ' ¦' ¦ - '" '• ' " i ; - - '"' : ' : ; , "Wllil . UM ; BEESliSV , '' ..: .: ¦ :. - :. ;! .: /; , " . ' ; il \ irkdale Prison , March 21 st , 1849 . . My Dear Ha »» ey --Ij cannot thinlc tliat ; : the portion of O'Cpnnor ' s . letfiv / Y . cfcvHhg . tojtlie Lancaster trials , can be intendei'to apply to ' yoii . laiii certaih /' tKat every maii who « -itriessed your eonriiict on that oucasioh ' , must have adlrih-ed the irihiilv arid honourable ' manner in which" yo ' ii ' acquitted yourself ..-t ... " ..- ' .: ¦ ' . ' Tours truly , ' - /¦ -. - ¦ V' --- ! - •' ¦ -. .-. ) , ¦ .,, ¦ , ( -, - i ; -. - . " ' . >;•• : ' ¦ : -,- '¦ • : ' . James L ^ CBi .

      ' -Icannowunderstand whowas the creature / that poisoned the ' ear of-Mr . O'Connor ,: and caused'that gontleman' -tbi g ive . currorioy -to ' . stntemehts one of which—the " Filling Spooney " - inventien-i-called forth = tho letters from Messrs . Beesley aiuMeaoh . ¦ ¦>" jAs : to the Sheffield : affair ; it is true that by acting iri-accordance with tho wishes of the Sheffield Chartisu : I ' , incurred the displeasure- of'men who had never -before , - nor haveithey' ever-since , been OOhhectod Avith ; the iti-ue and steadfast friends of the Charter , -v George Cavill , Edwin Gill ( in- the iStoi'Toffioe ) , 'and other old Chartists can' testily , that not for one day did I ; shrink : from tho-per- formanceof my duties . - ; . The . ' ' personal chastisemerit" is purely and-simply the coinage of ; Mr . ' Clark ' s imagination . But why would m , in the blindness of his hatred ,- stumble upon Sheffield ? No

      vote of censure was . ever passed upori me * by Sheffield Chartists ; yet something like - 'it ? vote of icensuro was passed < upon Mr .. Clark by the : Chartist Council , when he backed out of hisolection contest with Mr . 'Roebuck ; : On that . occasion , ' having sent him the Sheffield letter' before publication , be acknowledged himself in- , the ; Star indebted to imy "kindness ; " "Yes / he theaprofessedto ^ value my kindness , ' riotwithatoriding-that acedt ^ ing to his . present . revelatiOBs ? he must have . welbknown albtno atrocities— Red Cap ; r & c : ;«& c ., - 4 c , ; which : now move himsto bucU eloqdent dommciations ; ' - 3 . i- ; - >¦•! ' shall ^ nowjprodeed tbs cohviot ¦ Clark < on .- ; . the evidence'of lectori . rHia . : wordg . anithe ipasfc : shall eondemnshim in ' thei ^ resw it />;; ' ''^ - »?" -:-r' ™ £ * v i ^« Iri ® eoPmber ^ 846 j ^ riy « etfjiiy W ? ' w > e « d . Carl Schapper , tM ^ 0 am » m ^ S ^^^^^ denounvett by W ^^ tth ^ Qn ;; that occasion ; . -tat

      Geu Hearin^Forrieh^, Qs^& Be-Best 5?°?^'...

      Dispatchbrouglit tip " against ' md"thb ; "Bed cap , . _ the '' / dagger- " ;« . ' . Ship ; yard' ; " '& c ^ ' & cV . ;\^ ' ^ eeUffg of thoBbcietywas held'at ' their then place-of iaeeti ' ing iri' 0 fSry-Iari ' e ] ' arid " Thbriia ' s'Clark ; of ; the Chartist Executive , " wag appointed chairtriari " . ;!; read a . reply to the Dispatch , . ; vCarlSchapper / Christopher . Doyle ,-Charles Keen' ( ori ' o W :-the ^ Ship-yard members ) , arid others , spoke dt that lriceting ' . ; arid a string of resolutions , expressing conudencein arid ; thanks to me , and " unqualified censure" oh ' the Dispatch , ' . riipyed by Christopher Doyle , ' arid seboritieaV by .- . yd . hn' Arnott , were uriariimonsly . adopted . ' Oil that-occasion—nearly- eight years ' after thb "" Red S ?? j : ^ M ! . ! ' ? P '" y ' '" affnir , ' the ' inrerin ^^ linger , & c ,, & c . ; upwards of 'four' years' ^ after ' 'ho alleged betrayal , & C / at Sheffield '; and nearly / four years after the alleged - time of the ' " puliri * spooney" -4 ; he Chairman , MR . ' Til DMAS CLARK ; delivered the following' speech : '•'' iNortfieni Star Dec ; 20 / 1846 . ) . "" _ " /' - . 'H ' - ;' ' - ¦ ¦; ¦ ' > . ' The ; Chairman said , I think friends there ' can bo ' ho ' ' ' doubts upon yoiw minds , as to the ' viponr' of lancuaEe ' which can be employed by the editor of the Dispatch when it suits his convenience .. Jn the present instance , ' however , it must be : adnntted , that Ms ' vigour ^ bas teen

      exercised to little purpose , as I am convinced tliat no man who lias the least knowledge , ot Julian . Harney ' s ^ public or . j »! .. vate ' Charactcr /' -iviirbe found to "' s ' ymjia ' tlnse with the infamous and calumnious statcmciits , which are contained in the paragraph in ' question . ( Loud cheers . ) For mj- OTra parti feel the utmost gratification in having the ^ opportunity which my present position .-itt ' onls me , of expressing the "high pstecm in which I hold the patriotism , and . worth of my friend Julian Harney ,: ( Loud cheers . ) . I have known him for many year ' s' as a puWic' man , and ' duinng tlie last five drlsix yeal s , " I have been honoured with' his personal confidence , 'and from all . that . I . have' seen -of ; him , I am fully justified in : asserting , that a . more pure or . single' minded patriot does iiot , exist . . ( Hear , audicheerg . ) . And bear in mind , friends , that the opinion ^ Ihave expressed of 'Julian' Haniey , ' are' not ; particularly my own , . ' hut , to mv

      personal knowledge ; - they are participated in by the' great demderatia party throughout ' the country .- ^( Cheers . ) ' I have but just returned from a tour . through the principal towns , in the provinces , ana can assure this meeting that noman stands hi gher in the estimation of the ; real , movement party than the person agnii / st whom the scribe of the Wspatch "has' shot' . h ' is i-cnomeil , ' . but ' . pointless darh ( Cheers . ) Julian Harney ei ' jpys ' pur Confidence . - ; ( Hear , . and-cheers . y . -. Aiid notwithstanding , tliatj -n-e ' . suhject onrse ^ ves to , the fire Of ihe : Dispatch ^ battery , . . we . will exjirega that , confidence . ( Hear ,. hear . ) -The . writer , ; dow . -not know ,. Julian llarneyj' . / neyer <; saw Julian ' Harney / ' - ' but nevertheless l harbour , an'instibtive ' idea ; that the conductors of the Northern Star newspaper , are not ' altogether ;* unknown * to theauthor of thisbeastly libel .- ( Hear , : and ' cheei' 3 i ) -AndaS : ^ dates' and circumstances are so faithfully (?) chronicled , by this , '/ friend , of . Poland , ' 1 ; labour uh ' der tlie impression that Julian Harney is indebted to the

      assiduity and industry of other 'friends of democracy' than the' 'we' ' of the "Dis ^ afcA / for the' / facts' which are chronicled-in the disgusting and vninianly '; article , but owirigpartly . to the exertions of Julian Uaracy himself , a jnan has . been created ; n the ^ country ,. which can distinguish between the fair . and honourable criticism of . an editor , and such Scandalous , ' arid yet ' futile a ' ttaeta , as . that . ' which has bjen ' iriade-updn ' our esteemed ; and worthy ; secretary . Julian 'Harney , - strong 'in the consciousness of his own- jntegrityi'can aflbird to despise this' paltry 'attempt to injure him in the public estimation , but : it is our ; . duty to notice it as a . base perversion of . the . functions of a public . ; writer , and . as . ' an act which' merits ' our , ' strorig ' est condemnatton , seeing that it covrupts ' the ' press , ' w hich' is . the source from ; whehce the public habitually ' derive " their * impressions of men'and-things , and is , therefore , an' abuse ' of one of < the noblest institutions of which : the . age ' can . boast . ( Great applause .. . .., - . . . ... . . , :,

      Contrast the above speech with : thernow brutal insolence of my once . eulogist who in ; his letter ^ - fouland false . calurimiator as heis-nlaresitocharge me with '' erimes " : and professes to wonder at my " audacity " , in appearing on ; . " our platform . " , ; But what shalhbe : said : of tho , audacity of-this Clarkj who , in the teeth of-his- ' former ¦ professions of . friendship , - continued nearly "to . '; the > present time ; in spite of the fact that he hag worked with rhe as a : Chartist associate uatil this time , suddenly pretends to give' a . revelation : of my '¦ ' . ' crimes " --which he seems to have - discovered only when he saw that his own intrigues were seen through by the man he . denounces ;• Hypocrite in the past ,-or calumniator in the present ; either way he is selfrevealed to the disgust of all honest men' , : -. < v

      With reluctance , I pass over some minor matters , , to come to his charge ot -PRIVATE ASSASSINAr HON ,, The ; candid Mr . Clark quotes the passage which suits . his purpose , no . more . ; The extract is taken from-a letter on Swiss affairs , written at the moment when , in Autumn ; last , ¦ Switzerland was menaced with , the fate of Rome and JEIungary .. The reader , will ,- find . the . letter -iini ifull , in the . Star t £ September loth , 1849 . Looking forward to : the probability , of a general attack of the European tyrants on Switzerland , I wrote : — » Notwithstanding" its ' limited ' population , ' Switzerland could vei-y speedily , bring a-hundred theusand troops into tliefield . It is true . that ; as regards numbers , thisforesthough enormous—could be soon outmatched by tlie numberless hordes of Russia , Austria , arid Prussia—to ' say

      nothing of France . " But over arid above thi regular troops , the male ' adults / generally are well versed in the use df the ' rifle , arid tlie-riaturalfeatures'of the " country give its defenders advantages over every other , nation in Europe . 1 anticipate , tn ' at r tho tools , i > i . the tyrants will . meet -bMi w : u-m ' , w . oi ; k , should they . attempttbe conquest of Switaerland ' ; yet , I rhiist add my conviction , that in the event of * stmggle , the Swiss will'be crushed . In these days ' mere physical bravei-y doe ' s not avail-to save ' a ' -people from destruction . / Not Miltiades- . nor Themistocles , nor even Lbd nidus , were they living now , could save their countrymen from slavery had they , to ; contend against tbe phyncal force of the modern tyrants of the world , The science (?) of war has , how reached ; ft perfection which ensures to those who can cominand the " necessary strength in men and- : metal , the triumph , however vile their cause . In

      these . days a Wallace could , r not exist : fora week , anil a Tyler would jbe crushed the moment he raised ; the standard . of . revolt ; "Were Switzerland again enslaved , I doubt if even a Tell could redeem her . '"¦ , ''' ; . ' , '" . ' ' ' Most probably it Yfill not be on the barricade , nbririihe deadly breach , nor on the tented field , that the defenders of justice will henceforth . combat the slaves of blood-seeking Tyranny . If they would . succeed they must fall upon the employers of the assassin-soldiery in . their ' owii households , and combat tlie enemies of rreedbiri on their ovvn hearths . The' universal ' rising oftfie Proletarians—the holy wa ' rof the Labourers af / ainst all tlieiropppressbrs—tto combat , not agaiust- the tools of tyrants , but the tyrants themselves , is the good .-work which mustnextby wvoughtj and to prepare the people , for which is the sacred mission of till true Reformers . v ., .: ' .. . .. '

      These sentiments are mine , and , though I stood alone ; I would , not shrink from avowing thera ; , hrit ; I do not stand alone . Mr . Clark may affect'to bold up his hands in horror , and shout" diabolical ; '" ' he ' may excite the Prcssrgangto raise tlie how ] of " bloody democracy , " but 1 have the best hssu- ; ranee , that thoso sentiments are approved ofby / a majority of the veritable democrats ; -who can distiriguishbetweori " ' ,. ' private assassinatirin , " arid the killing by the people , in self-defence , of wholcsafe assassinsr-rufBans who train " and pay their human machines to murder the people ; and "mow down in inasses . . ; ' - ' ..... " . Writing this letter within' /^ Krce" hours of tie paper going to press , I am cbrripelled to leave some matters jUrinbticed , which otherwise ; , I would have

      done ample justice to . Aword ptiohe subject ere I conclude . ' Supposing that I were all that Clark has represented mo to be ; supposing ( hat every circumstance in my political lifefroiri " Ship-yard /" to the " private meeting , '' had been exactly as stated by Mr .- Clark , let me ask you what has that to do with the question of Clark ' s efforts to make Chartism ' subservient- to the ^ middle class " nioTement ? All -this " cloud of words — " Red Cap , " "Ship-yard , " " Shcfiield , " •• " private ' -meeting , *? " private assassination , '' " bloody , democracy , " Ac . die , has been cunningly raised by my opponent to blind you to the true question at " -. issue . That he has shirked . ' It is his policy ; but a policy too transparent to mislead .- Some friends deplore this" contention . Lot-those' who ; do ; so , bear'ia mihd . -thnt this strife was commerleed by ' - ' tbeplatforro violence and stupidity" " of Thomas Clark . ' ^ Thiscontest , though an evil for the moment ; will be productive of good . - 'To tlie people generally ft whether orbothoi

      can matter little Or notbi ' n < r' one the' disputants are pplitically extinguished ; but the progress or otherwise of the principles at issue .-iss matter of the utmost importance . 'At this momeatt I anticipate a period of popular delusion , unequailsd since the Reform-BiirriioveriieuVj-butj the day rf that delusion over , the' misled -people will do Jjustaee on their deceivers , "fcr myself Ihave no fear . " - 3 flv life has been a series of struggles , ' and the present with Mr . Clark and those wh » direct him ; will not he the last . Years before Thomas Clark > was ) heard of , , I made my entrance into 'public life—not- with the > " red cap , " hut as a worker and sufferer ia & b struggle for a : Free Press : ? By years of industry and devotion totbedemoeratie ' eauso , I- 'ha \» wen an honourable : position ' j and , though I ariiiraware that my caveevhas not beenifree from eryon ^ I caa proudly say , that I have ever preferred principle to personal considerations j'and , therefore / may safely defy the utmost malice of my ^ qnomies . n . ,:. ' . ; , ) : ; Iam ,-, .-v ; , / .- iul ¦ . ' -.. -. i " ' . . 7 ' : •_ > . ' j ^ viJ :.: > --i ; ,. >> .:. Men oi . the : "WorkingDempor §< cy , H ,, -i . ; -.:., . .. , .,.. '• "• " ¦;' . ., ¦ Oneofyourown , QrdeB ,, ,. ; Jan-31 , 1850 ., / / Q . JULIAN MA ^ WBY ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 2, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02021850/page/5/