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      „ . -GssrvexESF-By yorar iealp yonr conrag ^ ijonp Energy your unanimity , your watchfulness , and your honestyj you naire succeeded in'maMng the cause of T aboar triumphant in your locality ^ and throughout an extensive district wBnenceA'by . your ! example . wienIoonaderTOurpoaition , sociallyandnoliticjdly , — sociauV wfth reference to those powerful interests aiv rovedafiainst you » and politically " as regards tiie inflnenoe of a hostile press , —I cannot toomuch applaud the combination of those-sirtues by which : yott : have L en enabled to hold your position in the iworst of times . When circumstances have warranted- bold-™>« you have been the first to move ; andduring : the j 0 VJ jark night of despair yon have never desponded . Genflemen , for these and many other reasons -J « ++ a <> h ereat importance to your bodv := and when ,

      many years ago , I expressed my willingness-at all rimes to s nhnutmy conduct to the judgment of the Porting classes , I w ^ perfectly persuaded that laud jjl others would receive impartial justice at the hands of any tribunal ' selectedby the people : nor have I any reason to reverse my opinion up to the present moment . Having a great respect for you , and anxious to inspire all others with a similar feeling , I left J . onuon on Saturday night last , in direct violation of jjie recommcndaiioniVnay , the injunction , of my physician / to aidyouby iny evidence'in the investigation of tlte charge , of M ^ otfatt " Gentlemen . ' no pusiiie ^ of inVown would have in--uueed me to . 'iake"the * jdurneyV . while , the expense /> nn < &duent upon it , ' nearly eight-pounds , would have

      flinch more than paid the disputed amount ; not that j should have ' objected : tq the . risk or expense , had the matter-endea ' there ; J )' nt the development of ¦ ] onwand ^ e ^ atie abjise of myself , rather than the Tncnts of tile case upon" wliehyou were called On to ' decide , dli 3 , asfe : aslwas concerned , and indeed as &r as the whole Chartist , body were concerned ; present to you , to me , and to the audience , fresh matter pnwMchtphe ^ cmtwould be crimuiaL . ' Gentiemen , before ' il refer to the matters more -especially concerning ' myself , I-flunk ' you will agree ivith me whenj saythat neither surprise / vexation , nor horror m . tfmoment of great excitement , induced ie to strajfiomiiiB ? point liefore you ; and that I -save iny ; CTidence ^ fiirly , impartially , and without Bias ; - ¦ - r ~;^ ' . - " ¦ " ¦ .- ; - ; . ¦

      ' Gentlemen , rcainiot conceal from myself the fact ihat ^ yb ^ feefings sippeai ^ d' to be highly wrought nponj'Mid'much- ' excited , , 'by the developfcments made' fe ' ybuj and to thariTjjow beg to ' direet your attrition . ' Sfrrl « ach stated , that . Dr . H ^ Dpuall foldhWthato ' n Ma return from France , and oniriatr ing me , Isnappcd my fingers and said , '"there ' s nothing for you at Manchester . Leach has spent tout money . " That I had told him to publish Leach' s delinquency to the world ; and that I had written iwo letters to Dr . M'Douall , to France , denouncing Leach as a rogue . These circumstances having been communicated to me by Leach upon the appearance of Dr . M'Douall ' s letter in the Northern Star , I very naturally thought they would be lugged one way or other into the investigation ; and therefore I took the precaution of arming myself with evidence on the snbiect whieh I read for you , and which you will find at the foot of my letter .

      Gentlemen , I had been long aware—aye , for four rears—of the manner in which I have teen secrefly and artfully denounced : but I feared that any complaint or justification might have teen termed "dcvwdatim" upon my parti as I have always found drat when I am attacked , and have attempted to reply to long and systematic treachery , the conflict has always ended with "Fcargns O'Connor ' s denunciations . " Gentlemen , dangerous and unjust as those assertions made by . Dr . M'Douall were , I should still have borne them , relying that Leach , who was the only individual concerned , would receive my contra diction as a satisfactory answer , backed , as it was , lv the admission of Dr . M'Donall himself , tJiat the atteijatiemuxre vnj ' minded and untrue ; but , gentlemen , there were othercommunications made to you by Mr .

      Leach , in which the whole Chartist body are as much concerned as myself—communications which must be true or false : * and the truth or felsity of which I am now determined shall be established . Gentlemen , Mr . Leach told you in my presence , ihatBr M'Donall assured him that "I had sold the Chartist cause at Lancaster to Government , " and "that I received money for many years from the Government for destroying the Chartist cause ; " and that he ( Dr . M'Douall ) had good and irrefutable authority to substantiate these charges . Dr . M'Douall did not deny them ; but attempted to qualify them : whercuDon Leach said , " If you attempt to deny them , there are many persons in this room who Icard you make the charge as well as me ; and I can get people in every town in Lancashire and Yorkshire that you have been in since your return , to

      pr ove thatyou have circulated the same reports everywhere ; and throughout Scotland as well . " Gentlemen , it is quite true that your countenances told me that you did not believe those reports : but then , while you have known me personally and intimately for nearly ten years , there are others amongst whom they have been circulated who do not know me as well or as intimately ; and their minds must be disabused , or the truth of the allegations must be established . Gentlemen , Mr . Leach snhseqnentlv informed me , beforesome of the council and many valued fiiends , that he ( M'Douall ) averred that "he derived his information from a Government cffieer whom he met in France , and from the counsel who uefenaw him at Lancaster , " and that "he { M'Donall ) was now detenniried * W crush me , and to lake the movement out of mylanus . "

      Mr . Lonsdale , an amiable , & dear , and valued Mend of mine , was present and said , " it really is too bad : M'Donall eametome , when on his tour , and said , in talking of Mr . O'Connor , ' Well , have you found Mm out yet ; if yon haven't you will in six months from this time : I have found Mm out long agoand I don't go behind his back to tellit , for I called upon him before I left London to tell him that I had no cosfidencein him mxg ago . ' " 2 jfow , Gentlemen , 1 trust that giving this wide publicity to assertions wade by Dr . M'Douall will be considered rather aiding hhninihe circulation ofmatterswhichhe says he can prove , than '" denunciation" on my part ; and 1 think you would say that I was deficient in ilie common feelings of a man , if I was to remain silent fora single hour after I had the opnorhmrfcy

      of vindicating myself , oratleastof explaining : nay more—I think that you yourselves would be fully justified in believing those reports , was I to leave them unnoticed , as you cannot be unaware of the deep impression such things are calculated to make upon a very suspicious , because often deceived people . * . Gentlemen , I produced my cash-book for your inspection . I showed you the date of Dr . M'jDonall ' s iast application to me , from Fiance , for assistance . I showed you that , by the London post-mark , it reached me on the 11 th of January ; and that by the same post I sent him £ 5 . That upon that day month I sent him £ 5 more ; and in the following month £ 3 more—all out of my own pocket : and I also showed vou that iroon the very ere of his leaving London ,

      upon this tour of " denunciation / ' that I had given him what he it pleased to caUa "loan" the small Emu of £ 50 , to establish Mm in his profession , and an advertisement , duty free , in the Jfort / iem Star for twelve months , or as long as he liked . Gentlemen , I have made many attempts to establishDr . M'Douall in his profession : andupontaldngleaveofme , when le had got my £ 50 , instead of telling me he had no confidence in me , he thanked me most heartily , and shook hands with me most warmly . Onhis observing that he had decided to establish himself at Manchester , I said , " then I will give you a letter of introduction to Mr . Lonsdale . He is a good friend of mine ; and if you are steady and determined to get on , he'll be a friend of yours too . " Now . eentlemen , what must have been my feelings

      upon learning that I had been held up as a rogue and a deceiver bv one to whom I had thus acted ? And what wilLyou say wien I tell you that I have now before me " a letter of Dr . M'Donall ' s , learing date the lltkof October farf , thankingme forthe previous £ 50 , and isssso me roa £ 50 moke ; and aU this at the time that he was " denouncing" me on information witch he had received long before ! - ,,-.. ,, Gentlemen , when Mr . Leach chargedDr . M'Douall with Jiaving stated that I sold the Chartists at Lancaster , I putyouin possession of a fact which I never before made ' public , but which I can now proudly publish and honourably substantiate . Itoldyou that after the evidence of Turner ' s apprentices , we had a consultation of all the counsel engaged in the case , which Mr Eoberts and I attended . The evidence

      fceingvery " dead" against Dr . M'Douall , counsel susgested that as he was away and stood in no danger , and as it was impossible to get over the evidence gainst him , more weight might be thrown on his shoHldersinordertnatlandothersmig htescape . Iinstaatly jumped np , and said : "Serjeant Murphy , you arc counsel for Dr . M'DoualL Though he is alsent , I am in the boat with him : < xndifyott , eiilier Ktross-aaminalion or in speak , attempt to damage fei « r &e poorest man at the bar with me , for the i * 5 > o «; of saving me , I wHHnttantiy get up , plead S ^ ftj to die whole indictment , and father the Executive tfoajHent , and sverutiiing else , is I Jii JDEIEBIEKED QlaSK 10 BE rJJHLT BATED , 0 B 10 SKK WITH THE Quar . " Serjeant Murpby told me the next morning tt « mi ^ that i bad won the heart of Mr . Dundas ^ every one of the counsel , who declared that they Se * erTritaessedmoresfocereorlonoiirabIe devotion

      ?* eprt of a gentleman , hazardously situatedas 3 to a set of poor working-men . tW ° * ' S «» tlemen , I ask you , after the farago of f ^« mnaeulatefooL John Watkins , about the sale a Jz ^ artkts at Lancaster , and after thereiterated ffcrtrens of Dr . M'Douall on the same subject , am i . * *» I not bound to demand , and entitled jto * S" m > fa * . ^ d searching inquiry into the *« Me matter ? At all events , my own feelings , my ^ Pnde , and myOwn conscious innocence , deter-ZT . ^ to demand that justice at your hands which ^ honest man in England , no matter to what GeJfl ^^ Wo ^ wfflsay 1811161161163 -, ^ 3 scJSf ra , Iwiffno longer be made the butt and tot ia ?^*^ My character Bhall no longer he ticallit , * * 1 * 1 fte country as merchandise for polib fo-thT - I have abstained for years from tnraoUle * ttkmg elasseswith . ecuaralatiou of in-

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      sult that no other man living would have tamelv ^ | - ^» P ° ticianhasevermadetheatfempttbstart any description of business-depending upon " popular support for success—without making the destruction of ieargus O'Connor the firsUtep in that career . Gentlemen , for now nearly six years I have been Dr . M'Douall ' sfnend : and , -will you star t when Itell you , that daring his imprigopiment in Chester Castle , and during my imprisonment ; ini York Castle , when 1 was borrowing money to live upon ,- heneverwanted his pound on Saturday night for fifty-two weeks from my purse ? - It was paid to the- dayi-but perhaps I gave it lo btoshim . -Ishould not now announce the "JfVhad not reports of my " cnm > L " . treatment <> f Dr . M . Douall been extensively circulatedthrouehout thecountry . ; . .... ; .-.- -.-,: ; - ¦ _ - ¦ > ; : - - :

      Gentlemen , I have injured myself to serve Dr . M'Douall , and to serve others too : and I have reaped a handsome . reward . Gentlemen , you have heard that I have been extensively charged with high treason by Dr . M'Douall : this fact being spoken to by , Mr . J . Leach , ashonest , asupright , and as useful amember as ever belonged to the Chartist ranks . You have heard me denounced and vilified ; , and one of . these conrses you must now adopt . ; Dr ^ M'Douall .-Au recognized your authority , by submitting his case to your decision ; Mr . Leach , has recognized your , authority , by holding himself bound" by that decision ; and I have . recognized your authority ^ by appearing as a witness before you . And now .-I . DEUAKD * ! tHAi 100 thy me , . OAtiiat you . publish-. tWi the world ; your unanimous ; resolution that : leviS ord-uttered by

      , ., ., ery . . Leach ,- Lonsuale , vand others , is false and calumnious or that yo ' u allow me to retire . iitp : priYate ; life , 'leav . - ing Dr . M'Dpuallin tlie possession of that prize which lie anticipates from my ruin . ¦ -.. - . ' . " Gentlemen , it has long been the custom to judge me by very different rules to those applied to the conduct of others—others who , when they exhibit a very sensitive feeling , even about a pot-house rumour , are highly applauded for their " nice honour ' and " . timely exposure : " but if I remonstrate against repeatedslandere , Iaraa "denouncer . " Surely when you have considered a pounds-shiUings-and-pence , dispute worthy of public exposure , you must look upon'& ' chatge of high-treason as demanding instant and searching , inquiry : and I begiurtherto remind you , that although cognizant of what was going on ,

      1 never once complained , or made my grievances asubjeet of party dispute . I was silent , relying on time as an antidote to the extensively administered poison : but now that it has reached your ears , and the eats of tens of thousands , "Bvesticatiox" is the only antidote—as my every exertion , while under such a charge , must but tend to increase the belief in my hypocricsy . I can only be useful so long as I am believed to be honest : lam worse than useless if even . suspected . You must , therefore , give me an opportunity of establishing my honesty , or you must confirm the charge T of my accuser . Gentlemen , I shall attend no more Chartist meetings until you have decided on this matter . I shall remain a paying member of your body , and I shall

      continue to act as Treasurer ( without funds ) to my colleagues , because , after nearly eighteen months of service together , I have found them to be sincere , honest , upright ,, and trustworthy . Such , gentlemen , is my resolution—not hastily come to , but calmly deliberated on . I shall have been amongst you for twelve years on Tuesday week next ; and during that period it has been my aim , my object , and my ambition , to stand out from iny order , serving you honestly , facing perils and dangers with- you , and fighting the common enemy , to the end that Labour may achieve its rights . I have worked as man never worked before . I have paid as man never paid before : but I will not longer work and pay , and receive slander and denunciation as my reward .

      Gentlemen , trusting that this reiteration of calumny , thathasbeenakeadyindustriouslyandexten sively circulated , may not be set down to " denunciation , " I beg to say that I wait your pleasure ; that I will obey your summons ; that I dm ready for trial ; iSl > 1 DEMAND rOUB VERDICT . - . I remain , your faithful friend and servant , FeABGUS O'CoJOiOB . r . S . The following is the testimony of Mr . "William Hewitt , alluded to in the beginning of this letter : — 18 th January , 1845 .

      I was in Mr . O'Connor ' s sitting-room one day last autumn , when Dr . M'Douall visited Mr ; O'Connor , Dr . M'Douall introduced the subject of monies due to him by James Leach of Manchester ; and said that " there was nothing for him there ; ' that Leach had expended the fond , and that when he went down to the country he would expose his delinquency , as he was determined not to be a party to such a trick . " llr . O'Connor reminded Dr . JI'Douall that Leach Was poor , but honest ; and if he would not press him , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would either accompany Dr . M'Douall in his forthcoming tour , if he thought two lecturers would he more attractive than one ; or , if he ( Dr . M'Douall ) preferred it , Mr . O'Connor would follow , and give a course of lectures , the proceeds to he devoted to the payment of Leach ' s debt , upon the condition that Dr . M'Douall was , neither publicly or privately , to expose or denounce James Leach ; and that Mr . O'Connor , though not then in cash , would undertake to pny ; Dr . M'Douall himself if his lectures should £ ul to do so , provided Dr . M'Douall did

      not quarrel with Leach about it , or . publish it to the damage of the Chartist body . Dr . M'Douall , on parting , shook hands with Mr . O'Connor , and pledged his honour that he would not press Leach , or male his debt the subject of public or private comment . IneardMr . O'Connor more than once say to Dr . M'DouaU , " you shan't suffer for the want of Leach ' s debt " and subsequently , on procuring a sum of money for Dr . M'DouaU , I heard Mr . O'Connor , upon handing him some document , say , " there now ; I told you that you should not suffer for Leach ' s debt , or for not exposing him . " These conversations 1 have set down from my own recoUection out of a great many that took place on the subject between Dr . M'Douall and Mr . O'Connor . The latter portion , as to the handing of the document to Dr . M'Douall and the observation of Mr . O'Connor , I reminded him of myself , as I was present when it was handed over to the Doctor : and if this document should be required in aid of any investigation , I am willing to attest its contents , just as it is written , upon raA WintAS Hewitt .

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      FRANCE . .. , Dceetit Thouabs as » his Sword . —The National announces , with what feelings may be easily conceived , that the " enemies of England , " " haters of perfidious Albion , " in a word , the penny and fivepenny subscribers to the fund for purchasing- a sword of honour (?) for Admiral Dupetit Thouars , had figuratively had their proffered present thrown in their faces . The admiral , very frankly and very sensibly , told the deputation of the subscribers , when they

      waited on him last Saturday , that nis sense ot duty would not permit him to accept the intended bribe to break his oath of allegiance and refuse obedience to Ms super iors , nor , consequently , to lendhimself to an attempt to embroil his Government with that of Great Britain , and what would , perhaps , be worse , to contribute towards perpetuating in France the diabolical spirit of enmity towards this country which has been the undisguised aim of a large portion of the French press throughout the last five years .

      SPAIN . Accounts from Madrid are of the 13 th inst . Ministers were actively engaged in preparing the new electoral law . The CatUllano announces that upwards of eight ? inhabitants of the valleys of Hecho and Anso , who had taken part in the recent revolt and emigrated to France , had claimed the benefit of the roval amnesty , and returned to their families .

      WEST INDIES . Southampton , Jaxuabt 19 th . —The Medway , royal mail steam-skip , BichavdRivett , commander , arrived this afternoon , at half-past four o ' clock , with the usual majs . The Medway does not bring any news of importance . The fever is represented to have been very bad amongst the civilians at Jamaica , and was still raging' when the Medway left . Mr . Freeman , the collector of customs at Kingston , had had a severe attack , and was not expected to recover . The milittay , generally speaking , had escaped , and the whole of the troops were healthy . The weather had been extremely hot .

      MOROCCO . Akabchtaii State or thb Coustet . —News from Morocco had been received by way of Gibraltar , giving the most deplorable account of the internal state of the empire . The Kabyles were pillaging the towns , while the emperor is described as having lost authority since the battle of Isly . - UNITED STATES . THE NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE IRISH

      O'COMELLITES ., Gekat Ash-Irish Excitement in tub United Siates . — The anti-Irish feeling in the United States , wMchfu ^ manife steditselfinthetinnult at Pluladel phia and which appeared subsequently to be excitea TO the highest possible pitch , has , as we find , been mown rSS ! n-fol 5 rage » byite ^ eches « , fMr . O ' ConneU and the Rev . Mr . Moriarty atthe late Lima-ick Repeal meeting . The Philadelp hia and New Jork naner ? reeeived by thelatest arrivals fromthe States , 5 ? SV ^ SnLciationsofthe « mgte ^ endi canii" and . «* priests . ; We select a few extracts ,

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      Wfirrt ^ of ^ American ; : I ) ec ;' 28 rd : — ¦; - "" r— -- . . ¦ - - : / iKepeai ., O'Consell , Dr .. Mobiabtt , and Libbis os our Codntet .-1—By . the Acadia we have the usual record of repeal meetings , donations , and subscriptions . " We extract the following notice of the weekly meeting , held Dec . 2 , at Conciliation Hall , Dublin , in which * it will . be seen that the old aud weU-known libeller of our , country , O'Connell , has been assisted by Dr . Moriarty , late , of our city . "We can well imagine with what feelings of just indignation every true American wiU read these mendacious slanders on our city . O'Connell has caught the spirit of some of our journals , and falsifies in every important particular the origin of the Kensington riots . in May last . Here follow the offensive speeches of Messrs . O'Connell and Moriarty , delivered at the Limerick banquet : —

      The doctor [ Mr . Moriavty ] in this address has certainly given us Fhiladelphians news from our city , via Dublin ! He _ took occasion before he left this country to caution Ms people against reading the Korfh American , TFe , however , are willing to give . him the opportunity of advertising his views through our columns . We have no wish to ^ say one word detrimental to the character of this doctor , for the falsehoods -which he has uttered in relation to the character of Philadelphia niust sink * lriiri to a depth of infamy ^ which will need no thrust of ours -to send him lower . "His life three times attempted in the streets of Philadelphia" ! A fouler libel was never penned nor uttered . The rev . slanderer would not have dared give utterance to a statement so utterly destitute of even

      the shadow of truth whilst , remaining in the United States . Conciliation Hall , in which ribald abuse of the United States from the lips of O'Connell forms a large portion of the proceedings , was a fitting place for the utterance of this falsehood . We forbear further comment , At the same meeting a considerable sum was received from this country . We wish only some Irish gentlemen could he present at one of the Philadelphia repeal meetings , in order to judge far himself how many " of the educated , enlightened , and civilised men of America , " " described by the speaker as friends of repeal , ¦ were present . We have yet to hear of the first man of any weight of character in this community who ever took part in them . '

      Our next extract is from the Philadelphia Daily Sun of Dec . 23 : ~ FfiEsn Slandees erom 0 'Conneh ,. —Not an hour passes but brings the . true issue of the conflict between the foreign Homan Catholics and the native Americans before the eyes of the world—and thatissueisProtestant freedom , or Roman Catholic slavery—whether mankind shall profess and exercise the rights revealed to them in the Bible , or bow down in abject thraldom to the infallible dogmas of . the Papal Church . Religious rights are involved hi this question—but the main-question is political power . By the arrival of the Acadia from Liverpool , we are furnished with a fresh importation of select slander from the foul mouth of that —— [ here we are compelled to omit a very gross epithet . Imt it Is to be

      feared a not undeserved one ] demagogue O'Connell—accompanied by a choice specimen of Papal anathema from the Bps of Dr . Moriarty , who has come forward , -with bold and open front , to declare a war of extermination against the Protestant natives of the United States—and this declaration of Papal hostilities comes wafted to us from Limerick , in Ireland , by the mouth of a rev . doctor of what professes to be a Christian Church ! More inflammatory and incendiary language , to deluge a country in all the horrors of civil and religious warfare , was never before made use of . He . exhorts his countrymen in Amer ica' "to raise up the cross , to be encircled by a

      wreath of shamrocks ! " "He trusted he would be heard across the Atlantic , " "He would make them ring through the United States . " Here , then , we behold a Koman Catholic priest of Philadelphia , in a foreign Jand , . acting the part of an- incendiary , to stir up the citizens and aliens of the United States to insurrection , violence , and bloodshed . He pledges himself that his brethren will never be frightened from America , but die battling for their " cross and fatherland ! " They are not to fight for this country—not to die for this country—but to fight for the Pope , and die for Ireland . Here , then , we behold the love of liberty , which we are so often told animates the bosom of the fo .

      reigner . If this be an illustration ; of it , and who can doubt the word of one so deeply interested , what does it amount to but devotion to a foreign land , and a death struggle for the Pope of Rome ? " Yes , " with their dying breath these patriotic aliens are "to cry aloud for their cross , and their glorious fatherland ! " These are the very words of the Rev . Roman Catholic Fattier , Dr . Moriarty . Why did not this reverend father fulminate his incendiary appeals here , that his military - allies might have shown him the value of that "law and order " decree ; which ; made it unlawful to think or speak of the causes of the Popish riots ? No doubt he felt more secure in Limerick from ; the military , ' for .. in Great Britain ; they-seldom employ such coerciorij-to put down thinking and speaking of any kinu- ^ mttChlefispnilOBOBM

      cal speaking—of causes . We rejoice that O'Connell and , the rev . father from this city have . thus openly declared their intention to wage a foreign Popish war of ' extermination against the natives of the United States , because while we have no fear of their open war , it gives us so signal an opportunity of showing , from their own mouths , that they design the subjugation of this country to the Roman Catholic power of Europe . Who can now doubt the plot of the Popish Crowns of Europe to empty all the refuse population of their own crammed poorhouses , on our shores / under the whip and spur of monkish discipline , to exterminate Protestant natives ? Who will now maintain that wehave no dangerous foreign influence lurking among us , to be fanned into a flame by Popish priests and Irish demagogues ? And this country must be

      libelled and slandered as wanting in " gratitude , " because native Americans will not tamely submit to be butchered like sheep , as a sacrifice on the altar of Popish ambition ; The graves of some' ten or more American" martyrs afford an appropriate commentary tti . this insolent abusoof O . ur beneficunt Republic from Hie ulaekmouthsofmonarchists , bigots , King and Pope worshippers . ' Yes—it is over the new made graves of uatmi American martyrs to ' the Bible cause—the cause of liberty—and ' the cause pf " mantind- that O'Connell and his ' co-conspirator dare , to charge us with want of " gratitude . " But we ' must pause . Theheartof a native is ready to burst over such insult and indignity , which transcends all former vituperation

      from this foul source . We pass over the artful misrepresentations of O'Connell and his colleague . Who could expect facts from O'Connell when addressing the people of Limerick in relation to a republic of heretics ? To hear O'Connell discourse of bigotry and fanaticism reminds us of the old saying , that Satan , when he wants to do most mischief disguises himself inthe cloak of a saint . When will the Americans acquire the dignity of selfrespect , and spurn the votes of these foreign monarchists as fraught with infamy and poUution ? The time has come when this must be , or we shall cease to be seen The same journal of the following day proceeds in a calmer mood , but with increased vigour : —

      The Tocsin of 0 'Cokneu . —When ' weconsider that the object had in contemplation by the Rev . Father Moriarty and Daniel O'ConneU was the building of a church , we become better able to appreciate their libels upon the American people , and the defamation " of our laws , government , and institutions . A church is to be raised on the foundation of slander , misrepresentation , and calumny against a people who stand out against the world . as a solitary example of free republican government ! O'Connell denounces us as the worst people that ever blackened the page of history ! And he lives , and feeds , and fattens

      in idle luxury , like a monk , ' on" money-tribute , daily extorted from the American people , under the shallow and miserable mountebank trick of "Hepeal . " Yes , O'Connell denounces us , the Americans , as more ferocious and bigotted than bloody Koman Catholic Mary of Englandand if he means the Irish Catholic portion of our population , he is not so far from the truth ; but when he has the insolence to apply such a comparison to the American people , he richly merits universal execration for his audacity , especially when he applies the term " miscreant murderers" to the whole American people ! But wha can be expected of a vain , bloated mountebank ,, whose

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      ribald invective would . dar . e . to jpoUute-by-his foul-tongue the sainted Washington ! i Nor is the Rev . father Moriarty behind O'Connell in traducing and libelling the American people . Ho , says that "his life had been three times attempted in tlie streets , of . Philadelphia . " Now , we ask , where was the mayor ?^ --wherethe sheriff ?—wljere the police ' -whsre "thtfmilitary ^ jrhos ' p . wings were extended with more than maternal love " over everything Eoman Catholic ? Who can believe such a monstrous fable of the Reverend Father Moriarty ? Why not cause the assassins to be arrested ? But is it possible that so flagitious a cr ime should be thrice attempted in Philadelphia , and no one hear of , it . but the reverend father himself ? According to this reverend father accuser , our whole population

      is made up of cut-throats , and it is for our constituted authorities to ' vindicate themselves , from a charge of ; collusion with these ' , ' miscreant murderers" of tlieHeverbnd Father Moriarty . ; We ; repel the whole charge with contempt and indignation , as one known to be false in every particular by the-reverend fabricator' himself . He does not even exhibit the skill and dexterity of the Reverend Father Dunn , TJvho- did . receive an , " anonymous letter " fronv . "Mary , " oneiaf Us Sunday-school teachers ! But the audacity of O'Connell and this martyFto"ffis ' oivn ' fears does not stop here . . ' . The former claims a part on our city as an "Jrish quarter , " in which Americans have no right to intrude ! How dare Americans hold a meeting in the " Irish quarter J" cries O'Oonnell . " They went out looking for a riot , " says the repeal mountebank . " and ' tHe

      person who went among Irishmen for such' a purpose was not likely to be disappointed . " Here we have the bold avowal that . Irishmen will make a riot against all Americans who attempt to . invade the ' " . Irish quarter . " Already is our country parcelled out in sections fas ' belonging , to aliens , ' exclusively , to be governed by the Pope himself , and under the imperial nod of that rank monarchist O'ConneU . If we have an " Irish quarter" in which no Amen , can dare show his face without being shot down by " miscreant murderers , " we may for the same reason have a "French quarter , " and a "Dutch quarter , " where no Protestant dare show his face without receiving in his brain the ball of a Popish rifle ! Is this to he the tenure of our American liberties ? So says O'ConneU—so 6 ftys the Rev . Father , Moriarty ! But what say the people of these United States ? What say you , natives ! Shall we surrender up our country , piecemeal , to foreign domination and Papal supremacy ? Shall O'Connell . rule us ?

      Shall a monk rule us ? Shall the Pope interdict us from penetrating " the Irish quarter , " to -which our constitution secures us ingress and egress without let or hindrance * Never has so wanton and galling an insult been offered to this country in any previous era of our history , and justly has it roused a Bpirit of indignation among all parties and all classes , that gives unfailing promise of our speed y redemption from the royal outbreaks of insolence and slander , by aliens abroad , who claim , by patent from the Pope , an "Irish quarter ! " The tocsin of war , sounded in Ireland by a Roman Catholic priest and a Papal demagogue , to ring over the United States , must certainly create a new era in American feelings highly favourable to the ; . disruption of oil ties between , this country ona Europe . Let us cherish the recollection of this indignity only to nerve us in still more determined resolution never to surrender oneiotaof bur rights to the bullying of any foreign " miscreants ^ whether cunning demagogues or fiction-dealing Jesuits ; ¦ . . .... ..

      REPUDIATION JUSTIFIED .-THERE ARE :: - NO STATE DEBTS . We . extract the following able letter , written by the Editor of the New York Working Man ' s Advocate fronYthat paper of the . 7 th of December , 1844 : — •¦ : ¦ To Fearovs O'CoNNon . Sin , —Certain gambling clubs in London , it appears , have resolved not to admit American blacklegs into communion , because some . of the latter h < ive refused to pay their debts . This is all very well , for even thieves cannot get along without some sort of a standard of morals . There is some apology , however , for our . gamblers : there is no doubt that they would have paid the debtsto the uttermost farthing if they could have got the people of their States . to have furnished the money ; but there lies the difficulty . The people have too much morality to encourage this gambling ,. especiall till there is a reasonable assurance that , if the debts are paid , there will be no more such immoral practices carried on .

      ! Seriously , ' however , this question of Repudiation is asuinrng such importance ; and there is no political topic so important . as this i 9 , on which so much error prevails among well-meaning men . ; The first error is ifrcalling certain debts contracted by parties invested with limited authority - State Debts . I take the ground that there is not and cannot be such a thing as a State Debt in a Republican government , unless in a case of necessity to maintain itsrown existence , and it is doubtful whether such an emergency could ever arise . . ;' ¦ ¦ , ' ] - ' . ' ¦ ' , . ¦ ' ¦ Thepbwer [ ofa'Legisktureto contract adebtwould completely , nullify the right of Suffrage . Suppose a case : the ipeqple are divided into parties ; one in favour of making a certain , improvement ^' : the other

      opposed to it : the partyin tavour of the improvement get the majority in the . Legislature by one vote ; they decide to ; make the improvement , and borrow money , for which they agree to pay'interest for twenty -years ; to do it with . Next year , in consequence of new voters coming of age , the other party get the ascendancy , and desire to put a atop to what they we opposed : to , vbut they are told that the work is done , ; and they must abide by it ; they are bound to pay a tax for the whole term of their existence for an object which they were opposed to ! 01 what use , in this case , would be their right of suffrage ? Remember , that all who voted last year / or the debt , are now out or power , and those are'in power who have had nothing at all to do with creating it . Is it nt

      not evide , then , that it would be unjust to make a set of menpay , through life / for' a work to which they were opposed ? It would be wasting words to argue tliis point . . : Again : Congress is invested with authority to borrow money to earry on the government , if neceseavy .. Suppose tne States hare run in riftbttothe extent of their credit ; then suppose the emcrgenc ' v to arise when i * becomes ¦ necessarv fortbe nenera ' l Government to borrow money to maiivtaj .-i its existence ; if the States have gone in debt singly to tlie extent of their credit , would it be likely that they could borrow money collectively ? The , U . Si Constitution gives Congress the power , U-rdSt ' t ° bonwmoney ° n the credit of the

      And it prohibits to the States the power to borrow money , as follows : — , Sec . X . I No State shall enter into any treaty , alliance , or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal - , coin money ; emit Mils of credit ; &c ; . S . JSo State shall , without the consent of Congress , lay oriE ° , "" e ? ' k 6 ep trOOps ' ? r shi Ps of war > in « me « L ^ u ^ anv W ™ " 1 ™* ° r «<™ jwt with another State , prwith a foreign power , &c . *?? ^' TUe P ^ ers not delegated to the United S a es by the Constitution , . nor prohibited by it to the States , are reserved to the States respectively , or to the people . ¦ . - , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      or «« . OT * & l rmmoney " ^ legated to Congress , and is , therefore , prohibited to the States ,-nil ^ In State authorities have usurped the ? TL « toWOTr money , " to "emitbills of ci-edit , "; Efi- £ mak t ° m ? act ? " with the . subjects of " a [ Sr £ Tf-li ¦ alK * ^^ iolation of the Consti-J 2 X ? i \ f risht , of seIf-gOYernment ; and yet Ttll * mu' Presses ° f one Party , andmany of those of the other , are endeavouring to stigmatise those patriotic voters and legislators who have refused to sanction violations of tno Constitution for a purpose which strikes atfhe vital principle of RepubuSmy n otaxatioii without representation ! < " ¦ is said that foreignerslhav « ?« i * . thai * wa «« ,, j «

      iTOS Vv na th ff 01 \ th (! y ought to be paid ; £ SSm * ' they 0 Ug ¥ t 0 be Paid bv those who borflSA'W ' ^ . 1 ' 0 ' by people who hadnothrng to do with the business ., The tonstitution was fejfore them ; [ ana £ not the congtitution , common

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      sense ought'to'have told theni that a Government of the people had no right to saddle their burdens on generations unbut'iy or not having' ^' political existence . But it is said that poor widows' and orphans are sufferers ' : so ; much the more 'heinous , then , is the offence of | those who have conspired to canyon this fraud ; - 'Innumerable widows and orphans would have to suffer if it were successful . : ¦ ; ; * ' The manifest adsurdity of the system ought to have pi'evented' . men ' ^ with ^ brains ¦ in . their heads from engaging in such speculations . To suppose' that seventeen millions , of people , with a territory capable of supporting ; all the population of . the globe , and with all the elements . of wealth , could not ditch their own fieldsland maketheii- omi roads , canals , and bridges . without aid from a-, foreign country !•

      Was ever absurdity like it . ? , If the . uioiiey ^ vas really ent as a business transaction , the lenders must have been destitute . of the ordinary sagacity ; of professional usurers , or they . would have' asked , the . lenders why they . wanted to scatter . the population all over the continent ? why . tJiey did not settle the countiy COlripactlyy . and , like , prudent men , pay tlicirwayiastliey went on ? , But the probability is , thatcertain "forreign . | O ) vei-s , " jeal 6 us ; of the . exampleof a people free fromqebt , ; andiin possession of . a vast unoccupied territory , , anticipated : ; what , is coming , to , pass , and ^ "g htj , y ,- ; anlevasion of ¦; our : constitution ,: 4 oget the lands < of this country pledged to carry on gambling flpQpulations . ikusyecDetuafeeithe . curse of land-ownership amongus , and thereby , prevent , thoir own pfinpln l * Hin f . UlMlinfr fliaiV ntf <\ n 4-ir \ n -frt 4-i ^ nt * . ^ . ilir - vtnnnwn Uf

      e ^^ cJp ^ on ^ V ^ uropean , caiptalurts and Governments . , may . iriBst ' . assuredt ! thafrthere ; is a large and rapidl y growing party in this country who look upon a _ publlc debt as a . public curse ; whodeny the right , either , moral pr constitutional , of any Government to get in debt ; and who will only consent to pay any unconstitutional debts that may have been contracted ; tqthe extent ' "that the money has been appliedi for thepublic benefit , and \ yheii they ' can have . a guarantee by alteration of the state constitutions or . otherwise ' , that' no further attempts on the riglits of the people will bemadG tlu'ough such means . As Ihaive seen it annouri ' cotl that an agonfhas recently gone to England to endeavour to make further swindling' loans in the name of the State of

      Illinois , ' and as there appears to be a general iiiovcrneut ¦¦ " among the loan-mongers and rag ' inoney swindlers here to revive the game , which they , had hoped to succeed in through the election of Henry Clay , I think you would do well , sir ; to republlsfi this article in the Northern Star , in order to' prevent any move poor widows and orphans from being duped by the loan-mongers , and at the same ti ' mo to vindicate the character of the people of America , who , being scattered widely apart , and without proper means of education , by the system of land traffic , are liable to be imposed upon by usurping speculators who get into their legislative halls .

      i Ihe people of England should know that those ; Who deny the validity of State debts nontfind for the honest principle , that improvements should be paid for as they are made ; that if all men had their right to land restored to them ; arid no monopoly was ¦ allowed to scatter the population nnnecessarily , ' abundant means might be obtained b y a tax to make all desirable improvements ; that each generation receives more from its ancestors than it can transfer to posterity ; and that it is dishonest to attempt to saddle upon our children the burden of supporting a set of ususures , native or foreign , who live by the interest of capital wrung from honest labour . ¦ " ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ George H . Evans . New York , Dec . l , 1844 .

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      STRANGE PROCEEDINGS IN GLASGOW , [ The kind friend who has for a length o £ time reported for us tlie meetings and other proceedings at Glasgow , and whose public spirit and truthfulness we have so often had to aclmovfledge , has sent -us the following account of a strange proceeding in that city by Dr . M'Douall , in relation to the letter of Mr . Smith , the sub-secretary of that locality , to a member of the Executive Committee , and which was recently inserted in the Star , in an address from the Executive itself . For some time we hesitated whether to insert the report or not , having announced bur intention of closing our columns to the dispute , after we had given insertion to every word of reply aud explanation that came from every source ; but when we reflected on the fact , that the Doctor was not content with his full " say "in the Star , but had determined to appeal to the Glasgow people ( under circumstances too , that

      evince anything but a opposition to secure due inquiry by the Glasgow Chartists , or fair play for Mr . Smith , )—the parties most cognizant of the facts that led , tO'the original complaint ; that an attempt was made to cause the Star to be condemned , ¦ because it had done that which was its duty—insert the official documents of the Executive ; that a false and . lying report of the meeting ( as our correspondent states ) was circulated in the GUtSgOw Saturday Post , stating point blank , that a resolution of censure on Mr . Smith , on the : Star , ' and on the Executive had been carried , and which report is used by certain parties for certain purposes , to the injury and disadvantage of those so abominably lied on : when we reflected on all these things , we no longer hesitated , but felt it to be a duty incumbent on us , to all . the parties concerned—to tha Doctor who kad received the judgment of the Glasgow people ,- which he had asked ¦ for ; to Mr . Smith ,-who was most , unfairly treated in not receiving notice of ; the meeting , but whose character was

      [ maintained spite of the unworthy attempt to run him 'down ; to ourselves , > vho had given no cause of offence , - land who ought therefore not . to have been dragged into the dispute , in the unwarrautablo manner we . were , —to give the report . We therefore publish it ; and in doing so ,. fee ! that ' we are . but following up the course of ' policy laid down by us at the last Convention . We ¦ then ' openly stated , and the remark was applauded and acquiesced in , that we should discountenance all quarrels and ibickerings , and close , the . columns of the Star against jtliem ' : but that this should not prevent us , in cases where one party had access to the local press , and used it to the disadvantage of the other , from setting the wronged party ¦ ri ght . The present is a case exactly in point . _ . . The Glasgow Saiurday Post has published a report stuffed full of falEehooas ^ -falselioods affecting Dr . li'DovraU , Mr . Smith , om'Belves , ' and the Executive Committee ; , and we publish the following to set , all in their true light before tlie country . ] . . . ' ... .... ¦ .

      In common withi moat of our friends , we cherished the hope that Dr . M'Douall and our worthy secretary , Sir . Smith , having laid their respective complaints before the country ; the matter would ' end there j in this ,, however , we have been disappointed . The Doctor arrived here , on his way to England , on Saturday , the 11 th instant , but made no communications toBs friends who had got up his meetings , and who were : responsible for the same .- However , with these matters I have little to do . My object is , the safety and success of the movement ; -not individuals . On Monday evening he lectured to the Power-loom Dressers and Tenters , and at the'close announced his intention of lecturing again on Wednesday evening , admission free ; no subject-named . On Wednesday , bills announcing the lecture-were posted all over the

      » wn . These bills neither stated the subject to be lectured upon , nor . bore the printer ' s name . The cause of all tills , ambiguity is now thoroughly understood and duly appreciated . The attempt to wrong our secretary , though not seen through at the time , has utterly failed . At tho hour of meeting some sixty or seventy persons were in attendance . The Doctor commenced his lecture about half-past eight o ' clock , and concluded a few minutes past nine , when he commenced a most unwarrantable attack upon our excellent Decretary , Mr . James Smith , than whom a more pure , laborious , and disinterested patriot does not breathe ; The Doctor was pleased to brand Mr . Smith us a mean , cowardly , sneaking spy , and he concluded by calling qu those present to express their opinion on the" tmitoeat which he had received at

      the Hands or the ulasgow secretary .. " Mr . ' Ross was tlicu appointed io . 'thc chaw '; after which Mr . Colquhounrose and stated that his Mend , Mr . Smith , was absent , but would be present in a few minutes ! He was gone to his own house for the purpose of procuring copies of the letters of which they had just heard so much . " He assured the meeting that no man respected the Doctor more than he ( Mr . 0 /) did ; but . much as he respected the Doctor , he loved his country and the cause in which they were engaged much more . He was there , not onlyready to defend Mr . Smith against the attack made upon him that night by the Doctor , but he would go farther ; he justified the conduct of Mr . Siiiith . He knew nothing of the letter till it appeared in the Star ; neither aid he know " , till then , anything as'to the Doctor ' s' views reeardine the

      National Charter Association at the time ; but lie knew something more now . What had the Doctor to complain of ? Nothing . The Doctor accused Mr . Smith of being a spy . Mi . Smith was no spy . He was incapable of a dishonest action . The Doctor's opinions _ and conduct were no secret ; lie bad lectured in Irvine , and other towns in the w . est , on the subject , expressing the views charged to his account by Mr . ; Smith . Where then was , the awful crime on the part of Mr . Smith in communicating the facts to Mr . Clark , who has said so much , in public and in private , recommending the Doctor as calculated to render valuable service in assisting to establish National Charter Association ., Was there anything more natural under these . circumstances , than that Mr . Smith ,. in writing to Mr . Clark , should deem it Ms duty to state to Mr . Clark his disappointment atfinutogthattheDocto * was endeavouring

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      ¦ " ' : «¦ \ . . ' ^ i : o undo what Mr . Clark £ ad bgenjjc&io do \ t Th ^ 6 ct » f ^ oia * hTm ^ h ! irhe" ^ . opinions freely ,- ; and . indepeiidontly . TTam doubt he \ i had ; but he appeared to have forgot thAftlr . Smith V ^ . ¦ w as ¦ entitled to ' ' the ' same privileges . What the ar ^ Doctor claimed for hhnsblf , he-mu ^ tvbe prepared to \\ extend to others ; and in . the exerlise" of tli : it r privi- v I ¦ lege , ' Mr . Sriiitli , Mr , Clark ,- arid tlie JExec ' iitivb , * tod V . ! only disdliargeditheir duty in giving ' -more' extended ' a publicity to" whatsthe'Doctor'had publicly advanced : in certain districts in Scotland .- -In concliisiori , "he ^ had to remind them that that meetiifc . . was' !' hdt ' a ^^ $ \ meeting of the Chartist people of G ' a 5 | j b \ vi , - ' . conse- ^ VVX quenily , jwLtt . ever conclusion they might come to , Sj \ could not in ( tlie sb'n-htest degree affect : AhvjSmith . rk ' Mr . Sinith said that he felt no-inch ' nation tp : enter r ^ into a wordy ' warfare '' with the Doctor . ; so , far , how- r "

      ever , as his , letter .. ' tb ; ilr . plark , was concerned , , | notwithstaifding- all they had heard from ihe ; i ) octor , x ^ he ( Mr . S . ) was prepared to defend ever ^ , word . of its ^* contents as being strictly true ., Not having" intended V the letter to he a pqblic'document , hcwouU . rather- f ^ thafifhad'hot been ' published ; . but now tligt it was- ! 3 published , lie ( AIr . S . ) wai 3 hot prepared to withdraw v J anythingthat hehad saidof itscontents . ' -ThfeDoctor was pleased to charge'hiin with being' aspy . ¦ ;; That he CV emphatically denied . ' : The Doctormade np ; BOcret pf ^ > Ins . opinions during the conversation ^ in ifue ' stibff ; fes . ' besides , he did not seek tlie Doctor— the Doctor r ^ . sought him . ior the ' truth of what he ¦ ' ¦ had Written \ > on the subject , hepreferred to those who ^ vcre-present . \ He called upon Mr . Robert BurrcU , who heard' all VSl that ^ assed , to state whether he ( Mr .-S . ) 'had state'd ' ^ Ps anything but . what was stvictly true . ' ' - ' ¦ « i . Mr . Buri-cll corroborated every word statedby Mr . T |

      s Mr . Shcrnngton said he would endeavour to bring the . meeting back to a calm considcrYition of the subject ; So far as Mr . Smith ' s letter % as concerned , the Doctor had nothing to complain 6 T . There ' waia not a word in that letter reflccttrtg ^ h' the clinracter of Dr . M'Douall . They had bfrnl ' a -vast deal that evening ; siboii ^ jivate letterJ * riting . The Doctor forgot to itell ^ fti' that there were '' more' than Mr Smith in the habit of writing private letters . ' ¦ H 6 ( Mr . Sherrington ) had se ^ aiteifiident , a letter addressed by Dr . M'Douall-tovi'ftMPn Glasgow } wherem the most dastardly . attaoka were made upoh- 'Mr . Smith . The iDoctor . told , theni that in every town ho visited iutho iiuttu . theitj was « i letter from the' Cflasgow secretory there , before him . When he met with so many of those private letters , why did he not produco one-of-them in evidence against Mr . Smithr ' Thc reason was : obvious ' : it did -hot ' siiit . " Mr . Smith had

      written nothing but what was true ;; and what , under cu-cumstauces in which he was placed , it became him to communicate . Very fortunately , Mr . Smith kept a copy of these letters .. That of the one sent to Duni dee ,. amlupon which the Doctor had laid so much stress , he ( Mr . Shei-rington ) held in his hand . He would read the letter ; and when he had done , he challenged the Doctor to point to a single word or syllable reflecting on his character ; and ho defied the Doctor or any other , man to produce anything different from what he ( Mr . S . ) , was about to " road to -the meeting . Having read the letter , Mr . Sberrington " continued : That is one of the letters , for ' wr iting which our excellent secretary is charged witii being a cowardly liar , a spy , and a betrayer of confiilence . Did that letter justify such abuse ? The letter waswritten to serve the Doctor , ; . ' not to injure him . Sutthe Doctoi' says there waa a postscript to the lettersent to Dundee . ; ¦

      The Doctor . — "Nosuch thing . " '''; Mr . Sherrington . — " Do you deny having told me privately that there M'as a postscript to the letter sent ' to Dundee ?" ¦ The Doctor . — " I deny that evm-1 told juu anything of the kind , either publicly or privately . " Mr . Sherrington " After that , you- may sayanything . Mr . Smith was charged " with having sneakingly insinuated himself into the Doctor ' s confidence . That was , the Doctor ' s gratitude with ' a vengeance . The truth was the DoctorwrototoMr . Smith , not only regarding the eettiiicr up of his

      meetings , but also to procure suitable lodgings for him . Mi " . S . did so . He not only got up nis meetr ings , but he acted as doqr-kcepcr at tub whole of ' them . He did more to serve the Doctor than any other man in Glasgow . They now heard what Mb reward was . But the Doctor need not attempt to get out of his dilemma by abusing Mr . Smith . The Doctor spoke ' publicly in ' othev places what he says was only private conversation in Glasgow . He made no secret of his " private opinions , " as he called them in Irvine and other places .

      The Doctor . — " That is another specimen of your private letter writing . " Mr . S . — " It was no private letter writing : the people there told Mr . Colquhoun that you had lectured upon the subject . ' , The Doctor . — " 0 ! I was not aware that MrJ . Colquhoun had ken at Irvine to get all the news . " Mr . S . denied that Mr . Colquhonn had been to . Irvine to gather private news ; he went there at' the request of the friends in that locality , to address , a meeting got up for the purpose of helping to defray the expense incurred during the Doctor's late visit there , and at which he ( the Doctor ) was to have been present . There was no use in the Doctor attempt , ing to get out of the difficulty by charging other partie » with a design to destroy his character by private letters . Mr . Smith was not the party to blame ; he had done nothing but his duty ,

      The Doctor then made ( what he considered ) a reply , in which he pictured Mr . Smith as one of the most atrocious wretches that could disarace society . The Doctor no doubt by tliis time had found that he had compromised himself : his speech was that of ft ' desperate man . It was evident that he was . ^ cnsible of his position , but too proud to acknowledge his error ; and therefore , to save himself , his whole energy was brought to bear , in order to destroy Mr . Smith ; But he mistook his man . He failed , and he knows it . I am sorry to be obliged to speak thus of the Doctor , but truth and justice require it . ' Every friend here is sorry for ' him ; but they know their . duty too well to allow personal feeling to influence them in matters of such grave importance as the success of the National Charter Association .

      ; f he Doctor having concluded , a motion was made , falling for direct censure upon Mr . S ., the Executive , and . the Star . Mr . J . Walker moved ran amend- > nient , differing only in so far as he wished to ex ^' oneratc Mr . Smith . Mr . Adams moved an amondr > ment of a general nature , disapproving of all private : letter writing regarding the actions of public men . ( Mr . Burrell said something more definite was wanted ,-than'Mr . Adamses amendment , to which he proposedj an addition , " expressive of their approval . of . Mr .. ; Smith ' s conduct .:, Mr . B . ultimately moved what hes ; intended as ah addition , as a direct , amendmenj ; . Now , let those who may have read the lying kepori ; i that appeared in the Evening Post , where it is : stated that " a resolution was carried , conveying a j direct censure upon the Executive , the Glasgow Chartists , who had belied Dr . M'Douall ,. and the Northern Star for publishing the , same , " , read the , following true statement of the numbers voting for the original motion and the several amend-, ments ; — Original motion , 2 ! Walker ' s amend-, u . undi 4 ; Adams ' s amendment , 30 "; Burrell ' a amendment , 19 . Thus , ' . even in this meeting , got . [ up under the auspices of men with whom no nian having the least regard for his own reputation would even think of associating ; and the object of which , was kept a profound secret from Mr . Smith and' his friends till the moment when the Doctor mni ' e Ms grand attack—only six voted for . censuring the Kxecifc tiye and the Star . For the tratii of . tBs report / 1 with confidence appeal to the chairman , jMfr . George Ross . —Correspondent . ' . . ' . ' . '

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      More Splits among the CAmoucs . ir <| ranlcfort > : Jan . 19 . ^ -The MagdeHrph Gaxette states , that some influential inhabitants of Dusseldorf have fonned the idea of establishing a "Christian Catholic-. C . oriimu ; nion" in that town , and have held , conferences re ? cently at Cologne with several pupils and .. friencls of tlie late Professor Hormes , in order to arrive at a full understanding of the doctrines of Hermesianism , and to reduce them to a system applicable to their new designs . ¦ . ' . : '¦' ., " V , . ' ,. ' The reported Death -of the BjVSSUN MISCREANT . —^^ BitisscIs , Jan . 20 . —It is now ascertained beyond the possibility of a doubt ,. that the reportof the death , of the Empevor of Russia was an unfounded one .

      Opposition to the New Poor , Law . - ^ A public meeting was held in the schboHroomi Cowhill , Chadderton , on Monday tlie 20 th instant , convened by . ^ the constables at the request of anumbei * of themost'respectable vate-payers , fof"the purpose of considering the best means ' - of supporting the guardians of the Rochdale Union in their attempt tp prevent'the'introduction " of the New Poor Law . into that . union . Mr . JolurSponcer , one of the constables , was called to , the . chair . Mr . George Travis moved , seconded by Mr . " John Buckley ; the two following resolutions :. —That the New Poor Daw is unjust in principle ., and injurious in its operation ; and calculated ; & >¦ subvert tlie rights of tlics (! aterj > ayei s by tailing from them the power to manage their own ; aifairs , : ; rhat we , the ihnabitants of the township of Chadderton , in public meeting assembled , pledge ourselves to use our best endeavours to prevent the . New , Kior : Lawbeing introduced into thia townaWp ^ Moved by Mr .

      John Harrison , . and seconded by Mr . John L ' Ktl- \ n ~ son—That this meeting having heardjWith fcelii ; 2 < of disgust of the tyrannical attempt now being made by the Poor Law Commissioners to compel the guardians of the Rochdale Union to put in force the Nejv Poor Law , do hereby express their approval of the independent and manly course taken by tlie said guardians , and promise them all the support in our power , M defending them against the law proceedings instituted by the Poor Law Commissionera against them . Moved by Mr . John Harrison , and seconded by Mr . John ParklnHon—That a committee of seven persons be chosen to watch the pro * ceedings of the Poor Law Commissioucre ; aud should anything important occur , this committee have tlie power to calf a public meeting . A subscription was entered into to support the Rochdale guardians , w ^ b prpnu ^ eg to be weil flupported . ¦ . : ' :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1299/page/1/