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      ^^^^ fSrHERINGTOK , HIS ' "NEW 0- ^* and THE NORTHERN STAB . : ED ITOR 01 XHK BOETHESK 8 TAB . . fB *** ; Qneen ' s Bench , April 27 » . 18 il . i the Striker * Star of the 17 th , instant , and S ^ CfVeek yon haw thought proper to antmadi&zLrS' Andres * issued by Hem . Lorett , * * *!* l others , for tba formation of a National C # * Jl ; for promoting the political ana social imhf ^ tj the people Yon hare , 1 regret to say , ppfff * f -pap duty with a flippancy unbecoming the p *** " ^ disregard of truth unworthy of a proco ^*!^ t 8 of tee principle * of the People * 0 **—asjeefin * by falsely asserting "that thia T * . •^ T ^ rn-conneU . Home , and Roebuck ' s eon-^^^^^^^^^^^ . ^_» ^^ * ^ » f ~* rV ^ ^\ ^ V ^» ¦»¦ ^ ¦ / m »^ » — ¦

      * ° fjTWiA reject to your second assertion , I «« s * -Jmma to question your propbetie espabili-* 'j * 5 fjOT have , in this instance , published a *** £ * ° tbe people think , Sir , of a public writer ft ^ Trf democracy who can commence with a jj ft * ^ Lnan of the troth—aye , a wilfal perrersion ? tiS ^ STeCtor of the Ncrr&er * Star , some months I # ** jL . . « myof chartism , written by Lovett and <* "f « r « wick G * ol . in which a National Asapd-° !^ artwsed , and the "d * 8 for governing sneH an & ** £ ~ ts ! &mitt 6 & for pnblic approbationT Did >* S" * sttrT » bliely promise to review that work t—^ fSSjctTVben he found the work had elicited ** ^! 2 i &ffl <* ^ S * Cb * » tl > " ^ eTen o * t *» * -2 ! iaf C& » rtistn , meanly break his premiss , by ^• " ^ j-jit ? The editor of tie Northern Star

      *™ Swell Then he irale the assertion « a : Lorett fc' ^ -Lj . ' Chartism" not only contained a pto"S fars » Sotional Association , bat defined its P ^ fj T gmfr '""* its rules ; and now that it is in-*^ IfndM 8 the proposal to practice , he measly SfS a to rob tisese -worthy men of the honour they SL—tjfled to from their labours in the people ' s | SJ te laiftly asserting that it is of O-Connett , al nd Eoebnck ' B concoction . " This may accord B ^* j ^ p , Star Chartism , " but it-will suit no man * S « d « f hoEoar and honesty in his composition . r ~ &Ssx < & the Northern Star , through ignerance , « &Ba $ » f tf ** which emanates from Lovetfr and !!!*! * « flbstim" with an Association projected , and ( fluff * ' . „ , » _ -r ^_ Ttt .. 1 . ¦**— ™ j ind iace the and the

      r" ^ jjg ^ eionneo , oy . »» i . ra-r . x- , sou ^ T ^» liberal enlightened of middle 7 * S fo « dap * and carry forward Mr . Home's plan of nSaiaod Lodger Suffrage , Triennial Parliaments , vS ^ Hifl <*> J' ° ^ P 6 ^ Qualification , Payment ' J ^ JL so& Bqnal Electoral I > istricts . The inr ^^^ to form an Association exclusively at the •* that -would co-operate -with the Chartists ?~ f ink » d laudable measores for extending the rvrj ^ fitntire of the unenfranchised millions , and ^ jLniiaj tbeir intellectual , social , and moral con-^^ Vx- Hume , and those who act with htm , <^ i fiat the waking classes might be inclined to

      rXwiieirB ameasBie of reform—little less , in fact , JrTgj , wjiole Charter—if it were fairly and bowj jthm ****^ to their consideration , and jj ^ xj i » issztain whether the Chartists would ^ 8 AaosiSai formed fox the purpose of carrying ¦ j ajaSdage , without adhering to the name of the -jjjjjj , B » requested an interriew with Hessrs . [ 4 j& , Qu , n , Watson , Hetheringtan , Collins , and yizai . Tbt iwo latter not being in tows , eocld not trtay . ^ tj lad a subsequent interview with Mr . gem £ >* Reject Three of the former , Lorett , 3-- jaaHeesermgton , attended . Lorett and

      Mii wjeld not yield the name of the Charter—they cnsjfoi Mr . Home ' s Lodger Suffrage was a large tns to ** rd » the Charter , bnt would not consent liciK * ajitatkai far anything less than the Chart , aidisjiiang not bearing me name . I differed iihirfnewkr *» thought Mr . Btune * s proposition guiaiBe extessire , that , though I would nerer aB « a » sgftatks for the Charter , if I saw any tep-s cf osyiBg Mr . Hume ' s plan immediately , I OTliETsitmy beet exertions , as I considered it , in et , s * Qarier with another name . Messrs . LoYett id Oent soth set their faces against the plan , as did » affisi ssd Tmcent ; and Mr . Home then said

      at gaig ceold be done , and both parties must , xtfin , tate their own coarse . Tat meted , Sr , inreferenee to this " XewMoTe , " Sea &k atiii on you as a public writer . Tou e e&a&J destitute of that democratic spirit of = edMi * j equality which i » eaaential in an adToeate tie risfo of the people . When tht Working esilsnas&n pet forth an address to the people of Bin * iniaaf their co-operation with the Chartists , taps ¦ * the address was sent round to all the BoodBB test we knew of , inviting the signatures

      ibeaismea or secretaries—if the address met eo iflnhawi , and their suggestions and corrections it fiea * . The Sorter * Star then highly approTed ti * mm taken to obtain unity at sentiment , and gmipebficity . The same coxme sow meets with toaaaHxatOity . It is called a " secret moTe" to rnrfa address that reflects the highest honour on e badssd bsart of him who penned it , enclosed in \ HtaemDmdng tims . — » Dear Sir , —The following Una a intended to be submitted to all the tiESCtelKTISTS THaoVGHOCT THE KIKGDOM , in cato obtiia thwr signatures , wbes it "will be

      HE ) iKB PCB 118 HED AS THEIR JOIST ADDBl ^ S . " !?»«! a Kent more ! You may by sophistry iWwd 6 « fcd « the unthinking , and treacherously T Mr einse , but you will make so impression on HaaasBas of the working people ; your falseitrfhjistiee oaly tend to destroy the influence ¦ aiad , by opening the eyes of the people V ) the 'astira sod © Meets of the conductors of the fei&cr . > $ « a yoa truly and justly urge against the * rf tin » Association—this " New Mo-re , " as you y . Anyoa iTersa to the first object— " to estab-*« ejEBaal body persons of all creed * , datsea , ^»» , T [ ho are desirous to promote the politim ipdal iiBpreTemeat ^ jf the people V Do yon Ktiwill

      ¦ sdmU some few honest men from the « She nnddle class ? What do yon call Mr . ?•< £ >»» & ? Is he not a middle class man ? * f » pifem you , then , to assume that Mr . Pear-° « aorembodies in his ownperson all tbehonesty ~^ pa » « f hi * class ? There are thousands of ™* KBaBgihe Hiiddle class besides Mr . O-Connor , ^ Jmt om of promoting the political and social ¦ " ¦¦ I of the people , but are deterred from co-£ ** to the attainment of that object by the un""WeocdBct of the conductors of the Norther AsockticB opens the door to them if they ! " *•» to enter . ^ o&erx Star averse to the second object of the ^ "f ? "— " To create and extend an enlightened is

      rv « Bn rxTots o ? the Peoplb ' s Chak-. _* J 7 eTery jcst md peaceful means seccbe ¦ ^ . soth « the industrious classes may « o possessjon of the franchise—the most ^ step to al l political and sodal refewmation I " ^ y jTtree to tbt adoption » f just and peaceful lft l ™ ^* the object ? Tou , Mr . Editor , Sn , ™ jett * " "P 1 * 1 to Cltcb a Packard . " tSsT *^ d J hiTe no doa 0 t manT others aUo , « r uZ *^ ^^ tee editorial articles in the J *«> fe 2 « a the e > . jectyouhayein Tiew-in * tead Xsw

      ^^ " MoTe" yeu strengthen it , ^ ttTj ™ saeets 3- What pretext can you rake up ^ : tf 1 ,, !^ ^ J 5 ^ " Oh , " you will exclaim , 8 ! , r ^ ^ say against the objects , but ^• Th * Xatiocal Charter Association in T-a . ~ r ** ^ no such thing in existence . Mr . ^ trtT ^ A ^ ociation , which is always issg ^ garter , bnt doiog Tery little towards fe ^ ' ^ 'f ' Sod no valid ground of objection you

      ssi ^ j ' j i ^^ e fear that Borne good may be 5 i W * i " Xew MoTe ' " " and T < ra ^ o' ^ t 1 " jesff ^ l to its Euccess in working out its fcLj ^^ aKe of the Northern Star decline ; «^ IZr yJ 0 ay . i « upheld by delusion , and * ** t o * P 60 ? 16 " ^^ i 1 not -M 1 " - ' C 3 Datk ^ r . Fn forth such balderdash as is con-^ ' ^ rfL ^ n * ^ lreek " 8 ***** OQ « bt he '* bi » Z . aBm 8 men " assassins- and " trait-1 *?»< ktt ^ " **** 7 ° k *™ be ™ compeUed ^ t ^ Wfi Ator of the Wth of April , in the fol-^^ JOT ^ f 56 a 53 in fc the six genUemen whose ^ te i » Z !^ ^ ^ oenment We know some *>** . ^ p **** of a nything dishenest or dis-^ fc » " " » » nothing to the contrary of 126

      ^ feteT ^ L * t treble to read *^ KSWn ^ -a lette r " fnll of sound i ?^ ^^" -wUl immediately per-^ ifid i ^ . Chartiim is to be saenfieed to HX ***®*! malignity of two of as great »* fCa ^*« ever fegured in the political arena t X- aTrt ^ . . » O-Conaor , one with an ^» rt Zs £ * , aa * ^ ChartoB , Feargus j *^ *^* with humbug . He makes ^ « a em aaj m ^ leUer ^ ^^ week . ^ ifi «« » geatleman , of a genUeman i ^^ T ^ f JP- m ^ b 7 Mr . Hume and ^> e Se » tw ^ 11 I « rt » "d by atme of the aT't&'Bu . ^ i" ?? * * upon your tart . " That

      * < ** d C " fttfti * i «* eU , blistered S * s ^ h ? J ?^ v . *>> & **> Scotland , L W ^ f ^ SSed-baeledv barefooted Irish . " ta ^ Etei f * "a « ted an untruth—he has & *«««»« , Dot J" » nd if he make the asser-£ * 8 wL ? J naorit 5 ' " » gentleman of 1 k ^ ' - i T ^ ® Waage of the Nortk 6 rn ¦! S » tff £ ^^ ^ ^^ of his assertion , 1 * ae db * f . ^^ an ^ P ^ tation upon fc * *?* ' * Cfc ^ 'f PwmolEnf the success ^ t T ^ T " * " * *• People , is con-• M *^« l m * ^*^ ^ o ^ ty-tnuluc-W : * Kft ^ * taw ¦»»« , in any in-S > pSect , ^ 11 " 11 tte «*« <* liberty , or " PeonlP ^ 011 aad oPPr «* rfon' when the

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      ThR . NortJiern Star begin * nMf to feel the effects of its unprincipled conduct , in" its declining influence ; and -heace Its Angry denunciation of the " New MoTe . " Mr . Q-Oonnor and his Editor may sneer at political education , but a glance at the Star will show its absolute necessity before any good can be accomplished . Mr . O'Connor is welcome to the ten imbecile creatures who signed tbt Address , and then withdrew their names . Do they not require instruction t When a time of trial or persecution arises , who would trust , the ten poltroons who withdrew their names from the admirable Address of Lovett , Collins , aad then , at the dictation of Peargus O'Connor 1 Who would expect victory in any

      cause with as army of ten thousand each men ? 2 isy , if Mr . O'Connor ' s Association out-numbered the army of Xerxes , four or five hundred firm and honest men would defeat and root the mighty host , if it were composed of such men as these ten seceders . In conclusion , let me tendn the disinterested and patriotifl proprietor of the Northern Star a word of ad-Tiee . Cease to calumniate and traduce the characters oi men quite equal to yourself in honour and honesty ; don't expose yourself by calling upon the people to "throw the traitors OTerboard , " or else your fate may be a " watery grave . " You are betraying the people now by seeking to establish an odious despotism

      over the rights and opinions of men ; bnt yon mistake your powers if you imagine yo * will succeed . If 1 standalone , I will resist your attempt to coerce me into a submission to your will against my better judgment , . while I have a mind aad a will of my own . If I am compelled to yieM to despotism , it shall be intellectual and powerful despotism ; not the ignorant , mean , pitifalr despotic efforts made to crush the free expression of opinion , and the honest and safe combination of good men in a just cause , by the despicable poltroons who manage the Northern Star . I , as one of the signers of Lovett aad Collins ' s address , will exert myaelf to the utmost to carry it into snocessful

      operation ; I despise the fellows who would attempt to injure me for acting upon the honest dictates of my own judgment . 1 laogh at their impotent threats ; but , at any public meeting of my impartial and honest fellow-countrymen , 1 will defend the principles and objects of the address , and its superiority over the O'Conaorplans , if fsirlyand extensively adopted by the working classes . Mr . O'Connor may promise his poor , deluded dupes , by a resolution of his hired Convention , that they shall hare the Charter in three months from the present time ; but I am satisfied it will take a much longer period to move a nation . If he could obtain the People ' s Charter within the time specified , of what

      use would it be , if the people were not better prepared to appreciate it than the ten aeceders who erased their names through fear of Mr . O'Connor and his hired tods ? , If the people had the Charter to-morrow , and were destitute of a knowledge of their political rights and duties , how long would they retain their liberties 1 Brief would be the tenure « f possession ! However , those who really seek the liberty , prosperity , and happiness of the people , from a pure motive , are not easily crushed by unprincipled men like the managers of the Northern Star . I have no doubt the honest and

      undoubted signers of Lovttt and Collins ' s Address will zeakmaly pursue their object Let us not be diverted or intimidated . If we hive bnt one or two hundred firm intelligent men , properly alive to the importance of the objects we seek to accomplish , great good will be effected ; but no good can be accomplished where men prostrate their minds before a would-be despot , who would use the public press for vile and selfish purposes , and to crush men who have maintained the principles of the People ' s Charter , for many years before he was ever heard ef , and who have never done one act to dishonour the cause they espoused . I am , Bir , a hater of despotism , whether exercised by Tory , Whig , oi Radical , H . HETHBBIWGT 05 .

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      Sir , it wonld hare been wisdom to . wait tot to * Saturday ' s respoa « e ;< to my appeal , before yon haterded so very silly aa observation . I fancy you have felt the annihilation of your own Influence . You say : — "Mr . O'Connor Is welcome to the tea Imbedle creatures who signed the address , and then withdr ew their names at the dictation of feugus O'Connor .-

      You must have been in a wonderf nl hurry -when yon wrote your letter ; because , had yon bestowed one moment ' s thought upon the subjectyon woald . haTefound that everyone of these names was withdwwa before my letter appeared ; but . Sir , if I am welcome to them , they are mast heartily weleome to me ,- and It reflection was not sufficient justification for the step which they hastily took , year letter will have afforded then snch , and ample . You next say that : —

      "Mr . O'Connor may promise his poor deluded dupes , by a resolution of his hieed Costbntiom , that they shall have the Charter in three months from the present time ; but I am satisfied it will take a much longer time to move a nation . " In truth , Sir , I believe your greatest satisfaction to consist in the long period which you hoped to pass before the nation coold be moved to the attainment of the Charter . But one word about the " hirt& Convention . " Of the ten persons who compose the Convention , and who were elected by ballot at a publlo meeting , out of a number nominated at other public meetings , by the

      people themselves , I did not even mention the names of five ; and four of the others , Messrs . Pitkethly , Deegan , Smart , and Skevington , sat in the old Convention ; bo that James Arthur , of Carlisle , as honest a man as breathes the breath of life , is my only nominee : just as Messrs . Rodgers , Carpenter , Lovett , Cleave , Hetherington , Moore , Tincent , and Hart well , were nominees of " the Working Menu Association" in the General Convention ; but with this trifling difference , that I merely recommended him , as a fit person to be nominated , while you would not allow any one else to be pat in nomination . And what say you to the six gentlemen who wanted secretly to appoint a whole provisional Government ?

      Now , Sir , I must have a word upon the subject of "despotism and dictation" at this most seasonable time . In the National Convention it waa supposed that about thirty-three would Bit , and that thirty-nine should be elected ; and pray attend to my •« dictation" of those thirty-nine . You in London modestly nominated and elected eight , barking like bull-dogs at every poor man who dared to sit for any other part of the metropolis . Attwood returned Munta , Edmonds , Salt , Douglas , Hadley , Pearce , and Collins , seven . The Cobbett Club returned three Cobbetts , Nightingale , Wroe , Richardson , Fletcher , Whittle , and Mills , nine ; making of parties

      most likely to attend , twenty-four inalL When the Birmingham gentlemen ( will that word suit you ?) resigned , Collins cocked up his nose at poor Brown and thers , and said that" Uiey did not represent the people of Birmingham . " Now , Sir , to that Convention I never recommended a single man . I was asked , at Hyde , to propose Mr . Deegan , which I did cheerfully ; and would again , after my trial of him . While the elections were going on , —[ pray mark this proof of my "despotism and dictation ' " ]—Mr . Lovett wrote to a member of the Losdon Working Men ' s Association , then at Hull , and io bis letter was the following passage : —

      " We have decided upon sending to Norwich , to oppese , Feargus ' s man , to counteract his project of filling the Convention with his creatures . " Now , Sir , who is the despot , and vTwse was the hired Convcnli » n ? I never saw a man from Norwich , to my knowledge . I never was in Norwich . I never wrote to a man In Norwich . I never heard from a Norwich man . I never canvassed a man for a vote dnring the whole time I was a member of the Convention , except fer my own motion , to remove the Convention to Birmingham . Who can say that I did , or that I ever used any , the slightest influence beyond recommending the return of working men to the Convention , and in healing every difference and dispute In Con-¦ vention ?

      Sir , I now come to my ease . With even such a Convention , constituted as I have stated that of 1839 to have been , you wonld not have dared , two years ago , to have proposed Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments , even to that Convention ; so that we stand thus : —In 1839 , you and I were parties to a compact , by which we stood pledged to the nation to do a certain thing ; you violate the compact after two year ' s agitation for it , and 1 abide fitmly by it . Have we , Sir , derived no greater benefit from our two years ' increased knowledge than to fall back twenty in our course ? Who is now the traitor ? The man who insolently confesses his violation of trust , or the man who offers to surrender his office rather than violate

      that trust ? Now , Sir , I come to the ( to me ) most valuable part of your letter . In my address of the 24 th , I say ;—" I have the evidence of a gentleman , of a gentleman of wealth , of honour , and of station , that this new move' was concocted at Mr . Hume ' s , by Mr . Hume and Mr . Francis Place upon their part , and by some of the signers of the new prospectus upon TOUE PART .

      " I have it , that it was to be done while I was in prison , as it could not be effected if I was at large . ' I have It , that its object was to ' tffect a fusion' of the middle and tbe working classes for the attainment of Household Suffrage . ' I have it , that after the Leeds infetting it was considered necessary to hold tbe promulgation of the scheme in abeyance , until a ' suitable name' was decided npon , and until the principles were agreed upon . " *

      This statement yon indignantly repudiate , and ask for tbe name of my witness . Sir , if I was a shuffler , I should now Bay Henry Hetherington is my witness : but I < lo not I pledged myself to name him ; but you have gone farther , inasmuch as you have proved every word I asserted , and much more . Just let me bring Henry Hetherington into court , not for cross-examination , but merely to read over hia own depositions in his presence . You say : — "The editor of the Northern Star , throngh ignorance , is con founding that which emanates from Lovett and Collins ' s ' Chartism , ' with an Association projected , and then about to be formed , by Dr . Black , Mr . Place ,

      and others , among the liberal and enlightened of the middle classes , to adopt and carry forward Mr . Hume ' s plan of Household and Lodger Suffrage , Triennial Parliaments , Voting by Ballot , No Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and Equal Electoral Districts . The intention was to- form an Association exclusively of the middle class , that would co-operate with the Cbartista in all just and laudable measures for extending the rights aud liberties of the unenfranchised millions , and in improving their intellectual , social , and moral condition . Sir , Hume , and those who act with him , thought that the working classes might be inclined to adopt so large a measure ef reform—little less , i » fact , than the

      whole Charter—if it were fairly and honestly submitted to their consideration , and wished to ascertain whether the Chartists would join an Association formed for the purpose of carrying Charter Suffrage , without adhering to the name of the Charter . He requested an interview with Messrs . Lovett , Cleave , Waison , Hetheringtofi , Collins , and Vincent . The two latter not being in town , could not attend ; but had a subsequent interview with Mr . Hume on the subject . Three of the former , Lovett , Cleave , and Hetherington , attended . Levett and Cleave would not yield the name of the Caarter—they thought that Mr . Hume ' s Logger

      Suffrage was a large advance towards tbe Charter , but would not consent to aid a-new agitation for anything less than the Charter , or for anything not bearing tbe name . I differed with my friends , and thought Mr . Hume's preposition so good and so extensive , that , thongh 1 * ould never abandon the agitation for tbe Charter , if I saw any prospect of cairying Mr . Hume ' s plan immediately , I would give it my best exertions , as I considered it , in fact , the Charter -with another name . Messrs . Lovett and Cleave both set their faces against the plan , as did also Collins and Vincent ; and Mr . Hume then said that nothing could be done , and both parties must , therefore ; take their own course . "

      Sir , are you now satisfied either that I had the information which I professed to have , or that I amawiteh ? What < o 1 say ? " I have it , that this ' new move' was concocted at Mr . Hume ' s , by Mr . Hume and Mr . Place , upon tbe one part , and by the signers open the other part " What do yon say ? " He ( Mr . Hume ) reqsested an interview with Messrs . Lovett , Cleave , Watson , Hetherington , Collins , and Vincent . The two latter not beingin town , could not attend , but bad a subsequent interview with Mr . Hame ON THE SUBJECT . " Above , you admit , that Mr . Place and also Dr . Black , wore two of the negotiators , but you sbuflle about distinct Associations ; but do you not corroborate the testimony of my informant hereto a nicety ?

      Again , I say , "I have it , that it was to be , done while I was in prison . " Now , Sir , connect this with what i « to follow ; but , more especially , with your declaration , that your Association would open the door for all those of the middle elass whom thb Star sow

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      excluded , and also with Mr . O'ConneU ' s declaration io Dublin as to ? &e > rimary object o ^ the Associotioa I lay , "I have' It , that the object Was io effect a foaton ; of the middle wad working classes for the attaioment at Hoosehott Suffrage . " I quoted «• fusion , " as you will see by reference to my letter . I did so , because It was the very term used by my informant Now , Sir , how do you contradict this ? Why , by saying that it was for Hourthold Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments ; and how do you exonerate yourself ? Why , by saying that you , alone , agreed to join upon the terms . Give me leave , now , to ask you if you dare to call yourself a Chartist ? Why ; Sir , the Leeds Association went for Annual Parliaments ; but you are satisfied with Triennial .

      I further say that the promulgation of the plan was held in abeyance until a " suitable name" was agreed upon , and until the principles were decided upon . You see that I quoted suitable names also . Now , 8 ir , at once call me prophet , or confess your guilt Hew , in the name of common sense ,- could I have prophesied so minutely , and how could the evidence of one witness more satisfactorily corroborate that of another , than you do that of my informant upon this vital point Let us just have your words : —

      " Three of the former , Lovett , Cleave , and Hetherington , attended . Lovett and Cleave would not yield the NAME of the Charter : they thought Mr . Hume's lodger suffrage was a large advance towrrds the Charter , but would not consent to aid a new agitation for anything less than the Charter , or for anything not bearing the name . / differed with my friends , and thought Mr . Humespropositiom so good , and so extensive , that- though I would never abandon the agitation [ oh ! thou virtuous humbug i ] for the Charter , if I taw any prospect of carrying Mr . Hume ' s plan immediately , I would give it my best exertions , as I considered it in / act , the Charter with ANOTHER NAME . "

      Now , Sir , live for ever , and get over that if you can . What ! then , you have always considered the Charter but a thing of sound , and the real meaning was Household suffrage and Triennial Parliaments ! I pray you what now becomes of the sophistry -with -which you commenced your paragraph , of the Editor of the Star ignorantly confounding the two Associations ? Have we not here two distinct parties , Mr . Hume upon the one part , and Lovett , Cleave and Hetherington upon the other parts ; shuffling , huxtering , tricking and scheming how you can , —( for you are the worst ) , —by a specious trick of merely giving a plausible " nahe " to tbe " move , " direct publlo attention from the real object !

      Need I make a comment more upon this paragraph of you letter ? Yes , I wilL You know , perfectly well , that there is no such thing as any party in England advocating Household Suffrage for any other purpose than to get possession of all our ready-made machinery for carrying Universal Suffrage . You know that those with £ 40 qualification , consider all under as too low a standard , and those with £ 100 qualifications hold the same opinions as to all below their standard . You know that every Chartist in England would be rejoiced at any extension of the Suffrage in which they were not compelled to sink the only jast one , by joining for a clap-trap ; and yet you insolently tell us that you look npon Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments as the Charter , in all but tbe NAME .

      Sir , bad I pnt my name to yeur letter my life would not have been safe—it positively would not ; while you will not be at all injured by it . What inference do you draw from this fact ? That you ore more popular , and may resort to stratagems which I dare not hazard ? No , no such thing . But that the people axe not at all astonished at your desertion , expecting no better from you when the tug came ; while upon me they have reliance ; hence wy popularity will be found to measure iu exact proportion to what my punishment , upon proof of my delinquency , would be . Tbe people would have no mercy upon me if convicted of treachery ; and therefore do they justly conceive , that in my many trials and contests with you and your friends I am entitled to their warmest support Hence , their love for me , and hence my gratitude to them .

      " Ignorant" as the people are , do you suppose that all the hired ingenuity in Euglaud would reconcile the above traitorous paragraph to twenty Chartists throughout the land ? Try it , and then experience will have convinced you . Now , I pray you attend to the summing up of the evidence : —Before Christmas I inform the Editor of the Star of a certain " niove" which is to be made . In January , a great Household Suffrage meeting is convened at Leeds . Mr . Collins is invittd , and refuses

      to attend . Mr . Francis Place subsequently writes a letter to Mr . Collins advising him to attend , for the purpose of forming a union between the two classes . Mr . Collins and Mr . O'Neil attend , and endeavour to have all the resolutions , and the Address to the Queen proposed by the Committee of the Working-men ' s meeting , set aside . They coquette with the enemy . They denounce the Committee . They are to be found running like pet rabbits ia and out of the Times office—the organ of the Association .

      On Thursday , Collins attends a meeting of the people at which resolutions denouncing Ministers are passed . On Friday he dines with Mr . O'Connell , and the Association , at a 7 s . 6 d . dinner , and drinks the health of those Ministers , and backs the objects by a speech , which is published in the Leeds Times ; and when attention is pointed to one of his declarations at that dinner , it is attempted to be qualified by Collins ! Collins , in reply , asks us ( in the very terms ef your own observation , ) to point out the difference between Household Suffrage , as he pleases to define it , and Chartet Suffrage . Upon the day after the dinner at Leeds , a meetinj takes place in the Rotunda , where Messrs . Hnme , O'Connell , and Roebuck , delivered themselves as follows : —

      " Mr . Hume submitted a definition of what he considered Household Suffrage ought to be , which was to be taken into consideration by the association . He Btated that the leading men of the working classes generally concurred in the definition , and had promised to give their assistance , were an agitation for suoh a Household Suffrage to be set on foot "Air . O'Connell cordially concurred in the suggestions of Mr . Hume . He considered it as of the first importance that the reasonable portion of the Chartists should be got over to the aid of the rational Reformers . He urged the necessity of some central body being established iu London , for the diffusion of knowledge upon political subjects . The public mind should be saturated with facts bearing on the present gross defects in the representation of tbe people .

      " Mr . Roebuck said that such a body was at present in contemplation in London , and he trusted that it would very speedily be set in operation , so as t » act in concert with the Leeds Association . " Now , Sir , here we have Mr . Hume stating . — " That the leading men of the working classes Renerally concurred in his definition of Household Suffrage , and bad promised it their support . " Mr . Roebuck said that : — * ' An Association was being formed in London , for the purpose , and would , ie trusted , be very speedily set in operation . "

      After this , Sir , jour battle must be with Mr . Hume and Mr . Roebuck , and not with me . He says the leaders have concurred , while you and your friends are the only leaders who appear to have had any thing , to do with the subject ; so that I call upon you to contradict Mr . Hume flatly , or call upsn him to say who were the parties , if you and your friends were not Subsequently to this came tbe negociations—aye , subsequently and negotiations : —for there uere two ! Previously to the first Vincent was In prison , and he attended at the second ; but tbe LeecJs meeting not having succeeded according to Mr . Collins ' s instruction , the thing was placed in abeyance for christening . ,

      Thus , then , is it not clear that in the beginning of January you were in diplomatic confederacy with Messrs . Hume and Place ; that you were subsequently confederated in February ; that you sent out yeur address in March ; and now observe that Mr . O 'Connell , before it was published in any paper , announced the very terms of your agreement with Mr . Hume , according to the precise terms of your own letter ; but not one word of this is mentioned in your circular . He says your object , is to agitate for Household Suffrage and shortening ihe duration of Parliaments .

      Pray , Sir , keep the latter object in view , and connect it with yo « r adhesion to Triennial Parliaments . Then , Sir , to this add the fact of Mr . Place being the author of a bugaboo document signed "An Old Chartist , " and extensively circulated among the " leading Chartists , " to whom your Circular -was sent ; and bear in mind that it was circulated jast before the Leeds meeting . The object of that documsnt was to scare all from any connection with the ol 4 and established move . Then , Sir , add the fact of Tinman , tbe Secretary of the National Association , receiving letters from Place , Lovett ,

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      Collins , Richardson , and others , " plaguing' his life out , " tousehia own term , about the " illegality . " Then add -Mi . Collins and Mr . O-Kell ^ a aVsoluW refusal to allow a delegate to be appointed to consult with their fellows in Manchester , upon the very subject upon which they professed to hinge their only objection . Then , Sir , add the fact , that on the 20 th March , Mr . Roebuck did me the henour to call upon me , and that he then told me that an Association was about being formed . I replied , that one was already formed . He answered " Yes , but there are some

      apprehensions as to its legality . " I rejoined , " Of course no law will legalize a Chartist Association . " Mr . Roebuok laughed , and said , " It looks Tery like it , " and added , " They have sent me the rules of their new Association for my opinion . " Connect this -with Mr . Collins' admission that he had applied to Mr . Roebuck for his opinion , and then say if any doubt remains as to the identity of the persons named by Mr-Hume and Mr . Roebuck at Leeds , and Mr . O'Connell in Dublin , and to an object agreed npon , but not set forth in your address . Who told Mr . O'Connell ?

      Now , Sir , I charge you , upon your own evidence , with baring entered into negotiation with certain parties , without any authority whatever from the people . I charge yon with having , in that negotiation , compromised every single principle contained in the Charter . Sir , you are Tery "ignorant . " You speak of Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments as being the Charter . Yon are not capable of understanding that even

      Universal Suffrage would be robbed of its master quill by attaching so long a lease of office as three years to it You don't understand that our six principles are all necessary features ; and as well may you cut off your nose to odd to your beauty , er extract your teeth to make you a greater bite , as hope to preserve the essence and principles of Chartism by substituting Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments for Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments .

      I charge you with having issued a circular with the avowed object ef carrying the Charter , while the secret and real object was to destroy our cause , and then compromise our principles . I never will submit to the Thompson doctrine that even if deceived the people are no worse off . I deny it It has been by such freaks of fancy that tyranny has been so long up-held in England . The people are always brave enough , informed enough , determined and able enough to beat the oppressor ; but hitherto they have been invariably beaten by the friend , just as they were about to triumph over the foe . Thxt never shall again as long as I LIVE !

      I go on . I charge you with having invited profligate humbugs , as members of your provisional government , to carry out your virtuous principles . You ask me to name . I do—a name that strikes tenor into your coward soul—Feargus O'Connor . You invited ME as a fit and proper person to carry out your objects , while you say that " Tbe cause of Chartism is t » be sacrificed to the private and personal malignity of two as great political humbugs aa ever figured in the political arena—Daniel O'Connell and Feargus O'Connor . "

      Now , Sir , have you invited Mr . O'Connell by circular ? and which we must suppose yon did , although you denounced him , with just as much propriety as you have invited me , whom you also denounce . You may have made him a party to your scheme , and then have denounced him , jast as you hare thus characterised one of your " chosen " government as one of the greatest humbugs that ever figured in the political arena I Pray , Sir , what sort of moral teaching can you expect from masters thus chosen for the administration of public edacation t

      You speak of "being at work in the cause before I was heard of . " Very fine , Sir ; but does that afford any protection to Daniel O'Connell , ( who has been at it since before you were born , ) from your just and wellmerited censure ? I should pity that army , Sir , wherein length of service alone constituted worth . And then , as to sacrifices . Believe , me , I never should have mentioned the word ; but as you have , I may be allowed a passing observation . Had your conduct been consistent I should hare said that you had risked much in the lottery ofprinciple , and had drawn aprize ; but , Sir , aByou have written yourself down as an apostate , you must pardon me for designating your sacrifices as the offerings of toil and dependence at the shrine of ease and independence .

      Now , Sir , I come to the most important part of my letter . I mean the " next move" that is to be . You have endeavoured to sell us all neck and crop ; and , having failed , your next attempt is to turn the guns upon my battery , against myself , in order that you may hereafter say : — "Ah , there now , see what O'Connor has done ; he has caused all this disunion ; he has divided us ; he has broken us up . " From what do I infer this ? From two sources . Firstly , because you have done it many times before ! and , secondly , because your letter contains these words : —

      " The Northern Star , instead of prosecuting the success of the People's Charter , by endeavouring to heal animosities , and promote union among tbe people , is constantly sneering at all those who have for years been suffering for , the cause of liberty and equality . " Sir , this is false / from the beginning even to the end ! prove it ! You remind me of the passionate master , who cut his knuckles against his servant's head , and then kicking htm , exclaimed— " d n your hard skull , ft haa cut my knuckles . "'

      Now , Sir , when next you write npon this subject , pray be consistent , and say— " d——n the Star , we have exposed ourselves in it" Bnt how could the Editor of the Star heal animosities of which he knew nothing , and of which you and your party have been the sole originators , as I" now proceed to prove , and not a word of wkich has even the Editor ever before heard from me ? Sir , pray attend to the following brief statement of facts . On Tuesday next , I shall have been eight years and a quarter before the English people . Upon the 4 th of February , 1833 , I entered the House of Commons . I sat three sessions In Parliament . I have been five

      years and eight months an unpaid missionary , and founder of hundreds of associations . I have been three years and six months proprietor of the leading provincial journal . I have sat six months in the Convention . 1 have been the whole time before the public ; and now , Sir , I challenge you , —not to charge me with a chain of errors , or with a smothering heap of inconsist . encies—but I defy you to charge me with one , even one single dishonest , inconsistent , unpatriotic , mean , or ungentlenianly-like aot , during the whole period ; one , even one . ¦ :

      Now , Sir , rather than cause any disunion , mark what my conduct has been during that period . In 1835 i established the great Radical Association . We became so powerful , that in the next year we insured the return of the Dorchester labourers and the reduction on newspaper stamps . In the following year Messrs . Hume , Place , and yourselves , established the Working Man ' s Association , for the mere and only pnrpose of putting us down . What was your first act ? Yon paid missionaries to every town where I had established a Radical Associa . tion , to convert it into a Working Man ' s Association . It

      was a change ; and changes always retard . This " move * was precisely analogous with what the present was in . tended to hare been . Well , from 1836—from your incorporation till the Conventionmet—you made London a common sewer of Whig corruption , not daring to avow Whiggery openly , but always opposing Toryism . You wore dragged into opposition to the Poor L » w , and by main force . What , in the name of the devil , did your humbug Association ever do beyond frightening the real working men la London from the cause from your incorporation to your present " move ?"

      Well , Sir , from that day to the present , It has cost me hundreds of pounds to defend myself and my cause against ypui by increased energy , rather than run the chance of creating the slightest breach by pnblic denunciation . You have run yourmce , Sir ; and therefore on may be judged ; wait till I have run mine before you censure ; and if I bolt , or ruiiat tiie wrong side of the post , as yoa have done , then do you as I have , summon Feargus O'Connor- as evidence against nie , as I have convicted yon upon the evidence © f Henry Hetherington .

      A reconsideration of the past astounds me . For years you of the old Association have passed for patriots . In what consisted your title ? If yen had an entertainment , -who were your guests , And who your chairman ? Whig Members of ParUument If you had » meeting , whwre did , you hold it , and . who were your speakers ? At the Crown and Anchor , which yon

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      . ;¦ : ¦ " ¦ ,. 4 V ^ . - ¦ :: L ^ ,: a \ ev ,- ,: ; h : ,-. ¦ :. ^ could at any time procure , never lacking thirty guinea * to pay forit ; while I was obliged to go to . pot-house and whereTe * I couii Again , why were' M . P . > year speakers , and movers and seconders of . resolution at these meetings . You were anti-Tory , and sumdently anti-Whig from the teeth oat , to Impose upon the confiding working men ; but you endeavoured to prevent me and others from- speaking at every one of you * palavers , for fear of hurting Whiggery . Then , as to suffering : Sir , I deny that any length of suffering can justify the smallest renuniciation of principle ; but , on the contrary , the " poltroon" wheae appetite for satisfaction it does not whet is a slave . ^^^^ ^ ' —^—^^^^** M *^ " ^ .

      But , let us have a word which you never should hav * heard but for you * " move . " For what did LoTetfc and Collins suffer ? For a resolution which , if notmade matter of persecution , would not have keennoticed ; but what was- my conduct when the danger was attached to it , after their arrest ? Why , on my arrival at Birmingham niy first motion was to move i * . aj , ain , and for every member to sign it What was my next ? To offer to pay one huadred guineas towards Sir C . Wetherill ' s special fee to go to Warwick , if th »> Convention would pay the remainder . What did the trial of Lovett and Collins cost the country ? How

      much think you of the £ 209—all that was subscribed for the defence of all ? Why , about £ 4 » sy in Delegates and Missionaries , and God knows what ; and hcw > have they repaid us ? Why , om by walking off from the men who longed to do him honour upon hia release , assigning as a reason that he owed the Government some £ 6 * " for advertisement duty , " while the same Government wouH ' nt allow me to owe them 2 d ., and the other by conspiring to destroy us . Will Iowe the Government any money , or owe their friends , Lord Brougham and Mr . Place , sufficient gratitude to induce me to refuse the invitation of the men ot York , on my release , think you ¦? . ; No , faith i !

      Then , Sir , as to your suffering , and their suffering Just bear in . mind , that I am the only man who ever has been in solitary confinement for libel since England was first peopled . Sir , you appear to forget that I am now in the thirteenth month of that state of barbarous punishment , which is the greatest that Visiting Justices can inflict upon the most refractory convicted felons for one fortnight You don't know , perhaps , that if Mitchell , the murderer , misbehaved in York Castle , that his greatest punishment would be to be put , without any change of diet , for one fortnight is . that cell in -which I have now spent twelve moutha > Perhaps , Sir , you ore not aware that every letter to and

      from my family and friends , is pened and read before I receive it , either by the Governor or his underlngs t perhaps yon are not aware , that even yet , I would not be allowed to write one line for publication in the Star , and that every word I have written has been smuggled out Perhaps Sir , you are not aware that I am locked , up all day , and every day alone , and in one of the condemned ceils of York Castle . Perhaps , Sir , you are not aware that when Mr . Roebuck and the Honourable Mr . Wortiey visited me , that they could not remain for more than about five minutes , that they were literally smoked out ; that Mr . Roebuck cried

      " shame , " " shocking , " "disgraceful , " "abominable ;" but I have not seen a word of commisseration for me ,, while I have read columns for Lovett and Collins . Well , Sir , what has niy seclusion from the world taught me ? It has wedded me to my principles . It has gives , mo time for reflection upon the past and to consider of the future . It has taught me the value of an honest , upright character . It has convinced me of the value of those for whom I struggle . It has proven to me that my exertions have not been thrown away ; and it has determined me to die or conquer for those who have so nobly stood by me .

      Sir , before I commence with , the recital of the many annoyances to which I have been subjected , and the conspiracies which have been formed against me , allow me once more to thank you for your very foolish letter . Without your simple confession , so unlike your usual cantion , much weight of proof would have been imposed upon me , and the extent to which the conspiracy was carried might have remained for ever shrouded in obscurity ; but you have bronght it all tolight ! and now what must bathe joy and satisfaction of the secedera , at being furnished with so strong s > justification for what you are pleased to call their imbecility !

      Now , Sir , one . word upon physical force , and then I shall conclude by laying before the public a series of conspiracies , persecutions , and sufferings to which , for years , I have been subjected , without once complaining ; proving , from documentary evidence , that my life , my property , and my honour was assailed by hired assassins and- spies . I speak only of what I can prove ; and when I conclude , Sir , I shall indeed be dear to the people . When speaking of physical force , then , just bear in mind that , from the 18 th of September , 1835 , till the 4 th of February , 1839 , I did the whole agitating work

      single-handed , and alone ; and that during those years of excitement not one man was brought before a magistrate charged with a single crime ; nor was the term ever once mentioned at a single meeting . However when you ; and a parcel ef rascals , imposed yourselves upon us , with your " sharp shooters" and " rifle clubs , " and " patterns of muskets , " and " cold lead , " and "cold steel , '' the whole course of events was turned topsy-turvy ; and every one of you deserted , leaving me to htar your burden ; while , though 1 never mentioned the word before the people , yet did I , npon three occasions , justify the use of physical force , before the judges of the land . '

      Who were the three most physical-force men in the Convention ? Lovett , Collins , and Hetherington . Lovett said , in answer to my objection on the score of illegality to his manifesto : " Well , I know it is illegal ; but -what of that ? we mist bbea ' k the law before we can alter it . " Pretty well , methinks , that ! for a gentleman now so squeamish ! 1 Collins said , in my cwti presence , that "th © first Chartiat arrest would bff the signal for arresting every aristocrat and magistrate in Warwickshire ; " and

      Henry Hetherington will refer to his - . own- notes in 4 he Poor Man's Ouirdian , tot his peaceable conduct ; and he will perhaps say who it was that declared he " had prepared and httd ready to : Immediate distribution , alist of all the Gun-makers and Arms-dealers in the Metropolis , which list was to act as a guide to the people where to go for arms , in the event of a turn up ; " and who also said that " even if this list should be found by Government before it was sq used , they could make nothing of it , as it was so arranged as to appear to be part of a General Directory , which it wa 3 not an unusual thing for a Printer to be engaged in the production of ?"

      -Sir , let your own insolence , in sending such a letter to the Star for publication , speak far the independence of that paper ! Would you dare , they being the subject , to send it to any one of your three middle-class friends , Easthope , George Henry Ward > or Mr . Young , for publication ? Pray , Sir , when have you before seen a paper publish even resolutions abusing , reflecting upon , and condemnatory of , both proprietor and editor ? Out upon you { you know not the meaning ef independence . Yours , &c , FEARGrUS O'CONNOR .

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      Liverpool , Tuesday . —Wo are still without any news of the steam-ship President , now 54 days since she left New York . Nothing is known of her since she was seen by the Orpheus on the 12 th , the day after she left the port ., Courts oe Justice . —Extracts from an aceoant of the sums paid to Officers of Courts of Justice in Great Britain and Ireland out of the Consolidated Fund in the year ended the 5 th January , 1841 : — Esgland . —The Chief Justices of the Cmup of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas , £ 8 , 000 each . The Master oftheRoUB and tbe Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer , £ 7 , « 00 each . Mr . Justice Patteson , £ 5 , 500 . The other Puisne . Jndgea-£ 6 000 each . The expenses of the Mounted Police , the River Police * . and Police-van Service , with

      guperanuation allowances to the horse and foot patrol , £ 20 , 000 . Towards defraying the charge of the Police of the Metropolis , £ 70 , 289 , The two-Commissioners of Police , £ 1 , 260 each . The Judge of the Court of Admiralty £ 1 , 670 , f Bj way of compensation for loss of fees in the Court of Queen ' * Benob , Lord Ellenborouga receives £ 7 , 700 , the Hon . Charles Law £ 1 , 000 , Hon . Thomas Kenyon £ 5 496 , and Lords EUenborough and Keoyoa £ 2 089 17 s . id . Ireland . —Lord Chancellor £ 8 , 000 . Master of the Rolls £ 3 . 965 , Chief Justice in W Court of Queen ' s Bench £ 5 , 074 , in the Common Pleas £ 4 , 6 i % . the Chief Baron £ 2 , 121 . The salaries of the nine Puisne Judges average about £ 3 , (> 88 eaob . Scotland . —President , of the Court of Ses ~ Bion £ 4 , 800 , Lord Justice Clerk £ 4 , 400 , and the tea minor Judges £ 3 , 000 each . The Court of Exchequer is Scotland was abolished some years ago .

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      TO MR . H . HETHERINGTON . " Pardon me , my Lord , your letter , not your counsel , hath betraye 4 you . We , your law advisers , had beaten down the load of evidence produced , till the court called yon kp in judgment against yourself ; and so conflicting was the testimony between your Lordship ' s two noble selves , that we , your counsel , knew not which was our client , whether yuur Lordship's villany or your Lordship's folly . " Sis , —It is not sufficient that a man believe * himself to be honest ; bat , if at all suspected , he is bound to prore himself so ; bat the same rule doei not apply to folly . It is quite sufficient , methinis , if a maa is thought silly , to be satisfied without publishing his miffortane to the world .

      I shall proceed , Sir , to reply fully to your every assertion , firtt tendering ycu my best tfr > mV » for having rnpplied every deficient link in my chain of evidence against theccSacoctors of the " new move" in general , and against yourself in particular . I commence with the point which you attempt to make of my being a middle-class man . You say , " What do you call Mr . Feargus O'Connor ? Is he not a middle-class man ? What right have you , then , to assume that Mr . Feargus O'Connor embodies , in his own person , all the honesty and intelligence of hia class . ' There are thousands who are desirous ef promoting the political and social improvement ef the people , but are deterred from co-operating for the attainment of that object by the unprincipled conduct of the conductors of the Northern Star . Our Association

      OPJBSS THE DOOS TO THEM JF TBBY A&E DISPOSED TO E * i : ER . " Now , Sir , I ask yon if language can more fully prove the fact of my assertion , that one , and the principal , object of your " move" was to get rid of Feargus O'Connor and the Nortiern Star ? Is it not admitted that the door which was to let in your middle-class coadjutors was to have let out Feargus O'Connor and the Northern Star f . Sir , it matters little to what class in society a man belongs ; but , in passing , allow me to correct your error . I do not belong to the middle class of society : I belong to the aristocracy , as they are called , of my own country ; and , as I have often boasted , I have been , by honest service , promoted from the ranks ef the aristocracy to a commission in the democracy .

      Suppose that I was a middle man , what an anomaly to see Feargtts O'Connor , tbe middle man , struggling against his own order for tbe rights of the poor ; and to see Henry Hetherington , a working man , struggling against the rights of his order ! Bnt , Si ? , you forget that our Association also opens the Aoor to all those of the middle class who honestly join to carry out our principles . Do "we object to Mr . Moir , Mr . Ross , Mr . Pitkethly , Mr . Jaires Taylor , and a thousand others ? No : the only difference is th % t these gentlemen are satisfied with equality ; while you require for your friends an ascendancy ; a power in fact , as I shall presently show , to destroy us at pleasure . You next

      say" Tbe NorfhernStar , instead of promoting the success of the People's Charter , by endeavouring to heal animosities and promote nnien among the people , is eonstantly sneering at all those who have for years been suffering for the cause of liberty and equality . " Sir , my boast is , that I have been the first man who has ever succeeded , in any country , in making one indivisible party of that whole class for whose rights alone I contend , always premising that by no means

      can the rights of the other classes be guaranteed , -while those of the labouring classes are withheld ; and , Sir , oall me what you please , this in your eyes , and in the eyes of many , very many more , is my great , my surpassing , my only , my never-to-be-forglven sin ! 1 found the people , even in the saver&l towns , split into Bections , and moved by crotchet-mongers . It has cost me year * of labour to unite them in one body ; bnt , thank God , I have succeeded ! and now divide them who can'

      Did yon ever know me to withhold praise from any man who deserved it ? Have yon not known me to step out of my way to bestow it upon unworthy objects , like yeurselvei , in the hops of coaxing you into tbe path of virtue ? Is not one of your present most serious charge * against the Star the fact of the Editor having praiBed y . ou all ? And here , Sir , give me leave to correct an error into which you have fallen . Tou ? nppose that the Editor of the Star , when writing mildly on the I Oth , was in possession of the facts which I stated on the 24 th ; he was not , nor of one of them . ~ He merely learned from me that snch a " move " was projected ; and although I received an invitation on the 31 st of March to make one of your

      Provisional Council , that circular Is yet on my table ; and never have I to this moment , otherwise than in my letter of the 24 th , informed the Editor of my having received it Again , bear in mind that on the 10 th he spoke as if he supposed the plot would go no further ; when behold ! on the fallowing week it is published in the Sun , with a list of eighty-seven names of peraons stated by the Morning Chronide to possess the confidence of the people ! Did this fact , Sir , not justify his increased vigour in opposing and denouncing the cheme -, and when , in the following week , Mr . O'Connell openly supported it , exultingly declaring its objects , was 1 not justified—one of those objects being to get rid of me , —in speaking with some degree of warmth npon the subject ?

      You say : — " The Northern Star now begins to feel tbe effect of its unprincipled conduct in its declining in ' - fi » eBee . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct378/page/7/