Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 4th February 1843, Edition 6 of 7, Page unpag, Untitled Article

Page unpag
Page 1
1 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • TO THB • aO j THE NAHOXAL CHABTEK ^SBEB5 U ASSOCIATION.
  • Text (6)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      " t * td 3 . — At ** " times n has r > een my : * f - ^^' before " yea in my Kal character ; JSfr ^ iojQ &reotits Talne sou of my eonsis-Ts ***? ^^ ^ ere . ^ no person for -whom I bare & * * LieD& contempt tnan for **» man -who ** fisY : do * cio ^ ^ - ^^^ jjjag »> f fefrqaestionof fee Executive in / S - ^ Sr » - TTiSbont any sppazent greund , >^ ped « ndth 8 people had bought that & } gfigebes Trerehealed , iua placed -me in a ^ ian »» * © B-3 Joadayl an found in eom-• djjfi "^ » ¦ __ Tr ^» n «]*» tinff "wi th > ran slttcI

      j § lgns ian * * 51 think Ms ssrviees deserve ; and i ^ Sjry ha is-xepresented in the Jforibcrn Star *^>* fliom a © honest man Twrald be associated f & £ & » J » dtt- J inagine -that the * " "^ jebsinasn presiding over a -meeting -of ^* SL 13 » official capacity , and I oongra-. ^ T ^ e meeang apon *» appointment . ; fliere-?? Y jassocsted wi * k Jame 3 ieacb j and as 1 'feiiaillsnesjiobe consistent ii . now l »* aines my : ) j ^ * w before yon the part &st I have taken - ^ js mtes relative to the Baknce Sheet of the ^ L jj- ^ aad the mode resorted tc by Mr . fflljin f ^ Ljiv of Editor of the Northern Star , in ^ yyTgieir eondnct before the Chartist body .

      l ^ ga .- JwsJ aw _ je of ice difficulty of my ie . To interfere capriciously sdih ihe . Editor \ * ti \ &t been an act of dsspotism ^ andte allow ^ nSiBi io proceed , vrhet , as the Proprietor of ; te « peri ^ 5 cas BO * sati £ S = ^ vn £ k the position "L ^ ikT ^ a Editor , wonld hare beea sreafatess ; 4 g 5 BS _ xi vj ~— - -j si sBiaasi . Yjs -f-W » notice was £ rst directed to the jL ^ jaSsei , lihonght that it was done ia a 2 > e-¦ Z g& [ iaja& % i at wiai ^ ifi ± emperanee of the jgjajj loresd the Editor from his impregnable aojjasf senfisaLand iadaced him to assume ths

      ^ iie fMOEsr jfefiB I was of opndon , and remain j ^ fisS is ibsndoacS his . strong iold . I saw the jg ^^ j rfji-ifiea-hereaea to all the rnles of our iQ : £ lI 2 IiSia ^ Issw the fatal consesaences of any 'itpsti tisb&z of those rales ; I read the whole , « j aigs g *^ * Esf ^ fr ^ j £ &d also the cirenmliEEsI sndaisa from many parts of J&e country yt ris&itkngs of neglect was sustained ; and j ^ jjs azEjalcras , I trust , as any man , I never w 5 KB is & ^* conduct that amount of guilt , j 3 jti __ & it has been characterised .

      li ijTepssssdoTeT the neglect would hare been jsisjs 2 ee , > EOi only to the Chartist body bui to 2 } __ scE _ T 9 taeB 5 elTe 5 ; while to hare magnified _ S 7 men would be to deal nnjnstly with them . Int ExiOHsfor the correction of the wrong j and jja ^ a ? dsarons irzi the dewation from tie prejEtedraksshould hsre been laid before the country , * tbi t& opinioa of the Chartist body might be iSjisJedupon the question : and it was because Ii 3 ES » ir , ia lie manner aud langnage in wiiich s thsge me made , the probable frustration of * K _^_ Ke object , that I the more re ^ refted it .

      JJet persons haTe suppased that I was not only _ gEB _ tcf , bntikTcnrable to , the course pursued by CsEfiar of the Star ; and , had the contention tssd , I £ ho _ Id hare preferred labouricg under this 5 spM ceDHsrej . to re-opening the breach . The time is- jsnr come , however , when I must justify jja ^ Jj aii d with that intention I beg l eaT e to state . _; tss ^ s-tsei , that so far from being a consenting 3 _ ttjt 9 ih 3 coEtroTersy I wa 3 most uneguiToeally ^ sd to it ; in proof whereof I feel myself SKsdtolajbifore yon the following correspondence e 3 & passed between Mr , Bill and me .

      Safe notice of the matter which appeared sjsnaoik to my feelings , I re&d in the . Sforpreceding & . Iha » ab ^ 3 thi to Manchester ; and imme-£ » Selj upoa perasng it I sat down and commnni oted ay &s ^ J 2 KEon of the course pursued by Mr . B 2 } j » d ihsis the nrst letter referred to by iiaia iisrg ^ rv 31 ie second letter had reference to the Made is « iieh hard names were used towards tJ » Ex&asrt , and also to an article noon the

      'lilncnEBsrjDocument , "or the Address , supposed Vans beeaissued during the recentstrike . I never i » a 5 * 3 * f bit letters , as 1 nerer anticipate the sasjt ? sang them for the purpose of justifying Jj £ ; loweTer , in the suljained letter yon ¦ fisttqile quotations from tnesa letters to * cji »» the conclusion that , from the first , I wa 3 oaia the course pnrsued by Mr . Hill , or rather iiitsdrnf making his charces .

      Si { Sewing is Mr . HilFs reply to my two ffis ^ ca this subject ; and asthedate is important , ^ josuttention to it : — ^ f * Leeds , Saturday sTenIug , Dec , 10 th , 1842 . * BUS Bib , —I EcTer do anything hastily if I a&j it , because 1 geaeially find things hastily fate be ill done . 1 htTe therefore taken time to ^ SaJeefingB of sorpriss and astonishment with SS I-Tad jemr last ktta £ subside , before I at stitaiarrgr it . liaB sow try to answer so much of it as I can ''^ fcsdfniljj or ai least as faDy zs may be neces-¦ J ferair cBly imdEastaiidinj ? each othEE .

      mil nay omit nothing in replying to it , I tihrin oafii jsagraph as I go on . inb ^ n thru .- _ ' -1 cid think that fiTe years inti-- ^ i Msto Epfcii of friendship , sioaJd hare insured tel i& $ » reception for my oeserrBtions . I neT £ t aft Bsi Jhs l&ngnase of dictstsun nor often of re-BsSlE w- I ihould not now write if I were able IP to leedi But I did aH in my power to start * ausa 2 ujf t imi -was obliged ^ while dressing , to send » ^ r 08 * " * S 3 ™ iBst&ad oi a carriage . For now * wji J hjTB trai Tery ill—dan ^ eronsly bo , other-»* l&aaa haTe sooner interfered " * ia

      . - *• Uafca p ^^ ce , j fio feel assured ttat yon will T » - ^^ I ay that tfca news of yotu fflness fills J ^^*" - ^^ I feafe the nncerest hope that by *» ™* : | t aay bs ii-syisteo . The firet part of the 2 ** P 8 1 am Btteriy unable to understand , as I *«* lad out to -shit " observations" yon refet If ^ J ^ = tie obserriuoEs contained in yonr prerr *^ O j I niCK remind ¦ von that 1 Hid no * . w » i 7 p — —

      OH ^^^ 1 ' ^ — ' ^ ¦ ¦ _ ™ — - ^ ^—— — ^ ^ w-v - ^ & ^^ ^ ^ t iiid yon write it , nntil after ^ asoda cf the uScies referred to , and com-CT *« m this , la proof of this , I need bnt refer f'ffiftfouOTring oSracta from it : — "As to thB t" ^ Si ^ eEpu : Ditnre of the Executive , I ftnvfc « sa 6 TRsfsa , ia . » - The article upon the Exe-£ *« tonmaii 2 do not exastly compreliend . * ' It rf * . aSrefoxa , hiTB lif ^ n h ^ -v nhwrrstinm tti fhis

      S ^ ^ di Jca trpecteo . that I shonld defer , in . ^ gS yB aEieiss npon T ^ hich your present letter ^ r ^ a K > srTertly . I iave neyeariad froni yon any ^ : K * 3 TKJoa hiring at all upon the matters at fes » M ? t rEfcEe ' co ^ Peiled to think that yen 5 ^ 5 w ^ v ? *^ f ^^ er some misconception arising asi Ssf ^ EK rwalifcction of facts ; aa I ao trust * J ^ a tn ^^ r ¦ y ~ " " ~ ' — - ^ - " » " » J > ju > iriTpji yon ** H » r " ? 053 tiat acy obierra&ina froai yon ^ JtoTft v ^ srespectfully recayed by me . 1 H ^ v " ^ ^^^ ce might not be necessary ; & _ . ¦ ' * "S-necessarr . I Tvn « w t ^« o « ti « . < nn «« t nTin ? fruai hoa

      * «»^^ " * J wonld receiTe ot- ' * SafSs ^ t ° y sa' ^ <* nn&ciea with the interests j ^ SaliS *^ : more ref I > 2 ctfnl deference and mora l ** Jt e ^^ ^^ feom * - -iad J regret mocQ I ^ JaSS thlci-as y 0 T 1 s ^^ to do _ that I tetjojjiv ? ^ 3111 " 11 to Jonr observations when "SSiSg I if * r * ^^ ^^ tn deliyered personally . ] ** 3 ls , ^ j ! t ' ? 1 ) e £ n » asI ^ onbt not 1 always ^ f edCS ;" I £ ceiTe a T 7 osr observations , Eugges- J ^^ e , !^ ' mo £ t ^ spectf " and attentive ^^ Q a S * ^^ T esde ^ ywired in whateyer con- ' : ' ^ em ^^ ^ OTcment , so to act as to « fi ,-lt ^^ Scrail R : ' -OECElled for . As to " dicta- I J 8 *^ 64 KH ^ f ^ acn ^ h to talk of that when it is i ^^ sdit f ? ' Yon ^ ytiiafc y ° n haTe i JB 2 Ss ^ is sit ^ EETer ¦ wai- I know of ^ - ° a » te iteJ ?^ iln ra characUiitaat shouldinduce ^ aV ^ J TonlflbeaTit . V S £ 2 ?? rlettwtoaff ^ - *^ 5 saB ^™ yon ^ Jnne ^^ S 2 ^ hope Ihe ^ OBaife ^^* D £ Ter -B-onld bexesed , as I was not ^^ Jaiiii 1135110 » ""'bich it was going on . i ^ tSlc ^ J * to in it ; but I am not to »* TWt&I *« e * false fuend . " ad to

      TBaJr ^ o " •* & ^ xeeonnnended the Hull counsSrf *? " te ?' 3 to Campbell , instead of i ^^ i ^ ijjj ? P ^ oBc , y « u expressed yourself in ^ t ^^ tn ^ ^ Probation . I perfectly remem-3 a ^* - " b j ^ ** * 7 on in ^ flie awne month of i iSKh ?* *^** C ° oper , "that the Leicestershire ^ S ^ fc ^ jJ ^ » Eke eonrse , you again expressed » b » * mi ) ta » * ^^ that ^^ y " » onId act on my ^ S ^ ?» i ^^ ^^^^ fion of yonr ever , till * it 2 ^ 3 at ! ZJ ^ y < mx * opinion of the mari ** " - ¦*• " aSx ^ S 6 M te m «; l » ca « Be the two ^ f *^^^ iad been both sent by tbe H .. J ^; to aj r ^ to my communicating with ^ ««( ^^^ espende nce was not' going - " ^^ ict that time ; and we waited ffil

      Untitled Article

      t * e apparance of another balance sheet to note its -erect . However , I am to conclude that you are right ; and that ayTecollections are as wrong as they are strong -and clear . It may be matter of regret to the Hnll -councillors that they should jiofc haye your approbation of tbeir proceedings j bnt I have yet to Jearn that that -fact" should render their proceedings nugatory , and-deprire them of their right to acton their own judgment If this paragraph mean that the Huil councillors ought not to use their correspondence , be-« anseyoa are not favourable to it , I fear your enemies TPouia deem this a very dose approximation to that " language of-dictation" ¦ which you affirm that yon aiever used ; if it do not mean this , I confess that I am ¦ unable to discover any meaning in It .

      Ton say that you are not to me or any one " a false friend . " God forbid that yon should ; J , at least , iave Buffered enough from falsa friendB without finding 6 oei » you . Yon go en in ; rour letter to say : — 11 moment seized for denouncing M'DoubTI , was he even a robbe * , was most unfortunate ; while the tarns used in blinding the acts of the Executive bUmable . ^ roaghnotaenal , were highly offensive , and pre-eminently calculated to lessen the feeling of proper regret which scalm ^ cposure would have ensured . "

      Never were-words . *> ore adroitly and righUy nssd than yours in speaking o ) C * those acts . They were , indeed , "llostsOtieJJuai ^ . sot" venal . " They were " mortal " sins against the yery life and principle of demecracy . Jfpt the result of a has . ^ y and thoughtless indiscretion , ont committed dtHbanu ^ lelg after repeated caution ; cloaked over at first wiih as mnch low cunning as could have been exhibited by an Old Bailey pick-pocket , ard afterwards , when strij " » ped of the fiisguisB , brazened pnt with an impudence b . ^ t seldom met with , even in that fraternity . It is not very easy in "b . landing acts" like these to find terms in which to d . 3 it which shall be other than offensive to the peroeti ators ; and I trust that no person , save , perhaps , yonr . ^* f , honestly tisposed to vie'irthe subject on Ht men . ' * will thinfc the terms 1 have used in thia matter to be at all Btronger than the case reqnired .

      Tfeu proceed !— "Themcntio u of the doenment and the mode of mixing il'Doatil ' a name as part in it was unfriendly . ' * This , as applied to Hiy r « n » rk : i on the balance sheet , I cannot understand ; for the plan . ' reason , that in none of those have I said a single wo . " ^ about " the document" I am not in the habit ot th us jumbling things : nobody ever does who has not bo < Iie sinister end to serve . Ton go on : — " And good God ji u - now , while all are under prosecution , t « have lish ^^ ^^ a lorcQ among ns J " Ton forget , Sir , that IT Was soi I , BrT T 0 T 7 E ow ; * Pirrs , the Execufive , who lighted the tobch . I did all I conlH to prevent its being li » nted - Bat to at calmly and see the people robbed ai ld laughed at without speaking did not comport with m 7 disposition . I envy no man who could .

      Tou say " plunderers , robbers , transpoi 'tatl < m > ^ so forth , are scarcely its fit terms to apply t- 1 mea n P the first announcement of their fault " If the fault be " plunder und robbery , " : « in this « ase it ib , I know not why these shonld ni * ^ ^ fittest terms of alL Bnt without anruini ? v at P oint with you , I be « to remind you that il uras not ¦ a " tlie first announcement of their fault that those tern u were nsed . Their " fault" had been announced to tb em 0 ^ at least three different and separate parties , feefo . ** tbe Star said a sirgle word . The Hull Councillor * > the leiceBtershire delegates , and the Metropolitan * ele " gates had severally announced the fault ; and it -wai '

      in " announcing the fault" at all , but in exposing " * impn ^ ent " brszsning ont" of Campbell , that t ^^ " expected the country to be delighted" with t be robbery , that I adduced the parallel case to show ho w very *• delightfnl" it might have been under other ct cmnstances . I should not have been surprised to fin . Campbell or STDouall placing this in the light in which you have placed it . It is very natural for them to seek to wriggle out of the " mess" by all sorts of misrepresentations and quirking falsehoods ; but I have no right to expect you to misrepresent what I say for the purpose of censuring it . From you , at all events , I have right to expect justice ; I ati no more from any

      man . And th-sn again you say : — " And then the a'lusion to Leach's and Campbell ' s shops was in bad taste . " How , this ib a gross perversion ; and one that from you I had no right to look for . It assumes that I sp-ke « f their shops per sc I did no such thing . If yon had tatPT > the trouble to a-ead £ ha article . iiutuuuJ of toting Mr . Campbell's version of it , yon would have known that Campbell was complaining that he had no funds to pay the wages of himself , and Leach , and Bairstow . I showed that the Organization gives them no title to wases when" not sitting . They are not sitting now ; and I did ask why we should pay them wages ittnv when Leach and Campbell are minding their shops , and Bairstow is getting wages as a lecturer ? I ask it yet . I sever hinted that Leach had no right to keep a shop ; though I do maintain that the Secretary has no right to do anything , but give his whole time to the duuea of his office .

      Ton " fear that much private pique will be set down to the account where remonstrance alone should have stood . " There can be no doubt that the fellows will labonr hard enough to make it seem as if my honest "watchfulness for the people's cause and purse was the resu t of some petty personal ieelhtg . That is their game . But though they seem to have played it successfully upon yon , I don't think they will succeed with the people . And whether they do or not is an the same thing to me . I « eek to serve the people , not to please them . Tour next paragraph is a strange oua It runs thus : —• " 1 have no doubt that the country would have i-s > ft > a calm remonstrance kindly , -while they will , and I think justly , look with disgust and suspicion upon masy of the charges and terms ; especially any reference to the ' Executive Document , ' which was lugged in , head and heels , without any ostensible

      cause . Jfow , from you , this is most incomprehensible ^—indeed is is " too bad . " I once more repeat what , if you have read them , yen must know—that in no article trhich I Tiaoe icritien upon the BaUi 7 ice Sheet busine-s . or upon the Executive ai all , have I said one ¦ word about fliaLdocument . There was a distinct article upon the " document" separate from any consideration , of " Executive" matters at all , headed " The last Shift , " and yon seem Bomehew to have jumbled them To that article you refer in your previous letter , and yon ssj : — " The article upon the Executive Doenment I do not exactly comprehend either the meaning or the utility of , " Now let me try if I can help yon to comprehend both its meaning and its utility . In the Stalesman of November 5 th , Mr . J . B . O'Brien published the statement , which I send yon here inclosed .

      " Talk of spies indeed ; of informers too . ' Why , spies and informers are gentlemen , in comparison with those black-hearted , peiidieus demagogues , who can look on cold-bloodedly while conspiracies are being formed to involve innocent people in ruin , and who , ffer the sake of the after-consequences to themselves , can coolly see those conspiracies explode , and scatter rain and disgrace all aronnd , -while , with a single bread * they might have blown the conspiracies to atoms , and thus saved all , without as much as naming or 3 XJutiaiB » . 3 »« i » nt the hea £ of any of the conspirators themselves . Look at the case vt a >; f £ =, *¦¦**> : Whst occupation wonld there have been for that feU « w , hid there not been a perfidious demagogne base enough to drawnp a boastful , lying , document with his own that

      hand , in which he deliberately tells the country everything was ready , and thai , in eight days , the turnonts might caknlata on the movement being universal ? Now , this wicked demagogue knew well he was uttering falseboads ; for he not only took good care nut to father his own offspring , for he actually disowned and spit upon it ; and-while in the document of his own drawing ( but the responsibility of which he took care to throw upon others ) h * undisguisedly invited a general rising of his •' Imperial ' dupes , he had afterwards the -unparalleled baseness to damn his own work in his own newspaper , and t « treat as madmen and fools those who mi ^ ht act upon hia advice : thus not only making a laughing-stock of the people , bnt , after bringing them into danger , basely deserting them , and denouncing his

      own acts and advice , in order tosecurehiB own cowardly carcase from the consequences . Talk of Griffin , indeed ! God forbid we Bhonld be Griffin ' s apologist . The fellow ' s conduct has been bad as bad could be of the kind : but , nevertheless , it is innocence itself , in comparison with that of the cold-blooded monster who , while he -was telling us in his newspaper , that the strike could not succeed , and that it would only do damage to the cause , nevertheless , did secretly draw np a public anonymous address , in which he gave the Chartist public every assurance of success , telling them that the whole machinery was perfect , and that in eight days the

      turnouts would nave it all their own way . His dirty tools and fanatic followers may try to gloss over this conduct as they be * can , Imt to men of plain Bense and virtuous feeling it admita of but one construction . They will see in it only the conduct of a heartless villain , who cared nothing for tbedangexs in which heinvolved others toongh his lying address , while he took precious good care of himself , by disavowing his own acts and his own policy , in hiB own newspaper . To that which brought danger on others he took care not to append his name . To what was intended to provide for his own safety ' hevooksood care to append ' Feargus O-Connor' in full "

      Untitled Article

      There Is , at all events , no mistaking that ! Its object and purpose are quite sufficiently plain . It was copied the week after into the Weelcjmjjhromcle , and wonld , if not stopped , have " goae ^ tho round . " I wrote that article , " The hist Shift , " for no other purpose than to stop it . It . did stop it It has not been cogied into any paper since . And even your way of thanking me for the service does not make me regret having written it . Tin remind me that " just now , every spare line should be devoted to the Birmingham Conference . '' I think you must Bee lif you read the Star , which upon my word I begin to donbt if you ever do ) that the Birmingham Conference has not lacked its share of attention .

      Tou speak of this as " an unpropitibus moment for the revival of old or planting the seeds of new controversy . " Once more I must remind you that these charges do not apply to me j and I protest against your thus applying them to me , - for the purpose of shielding those to whom alone they do apply . What may be your reason or motive for thus pertinaciously misrepresenting my acts , and then censuring your own misrepresentation , yot \ best know ; I cannet divine it In my avowed enemies , I can perceive a reason , and a motive for it ; in you I cannot : so that I have the mortification of smarting under effects which I cannot traea to any cause .

      Ton next say : — " I really am more than at a loss to furnish a sufficient reason for the mode of attack ; and mean to propose the appointment of a committee while at Birmingham , to investigate the whole affair * 1 really am more than tired of reiterating protestations against this cruel and systematic perversion . I Iiave made no attack -upon any one . When the Balance-Bheet was published , all 1 did was to ask the people to read it I did not give an opinion of my own ; I did net even hint an opinion tf ray o-wn . The Metropolitan Delegates examined and censured it . Campbell published a letter of explanation . That letter of explanation was a public document , and it was my duty to comment upon it I -did comment upon it in such terms

      as my judgment dictated to be thb most appropriate . It may suit the Executive to call this an " attack . " It ia their game to divert the people ' s minds from the question by making them suppose it to be a quarrei between them and me ; I expect them to take that pesi-> tion ; but I have no right to expect it from you . I j have a right to expect that you , at all events , will with-¦ held your censure until you have made yourself cUs-; tinctly acquainted with the facts . I don't ask from j you any more favourable construction of what 1 say and do than I have a right to ask from any impartial person ; bnt I demand that you shall not do vie an injustice ; that you shali not misrepresent facts and pervert reasonings , and then censure your own misre' presentatiens and perversions .

      Tou will , of course , do as yon please about moving for the Committee at Birmingham . I cm tell yon , that I will never recognize nor answer to any such committee . That is the very thing they want ! To divr rt attention entirely from their own malpractices , and fix it on ' the brutal attack of Mr . Hill on the Executive . " I shall not permit sou thus to play their game for them ; at all events , I won't help you to do it . And , independent of that consideration , the press shall never , in my person , be degraded to such a position as you would thus pl * ce it io The public at large is the true censor of the press . What I have written is before the people . They wiii judge of it ; and I have no fear that

      the major part of them will judge correctly . I have never given forth an opinion far which I have not given the reason on which it was founded . They have it all before th ^ m . I have &iven ample room for explanation and defence . They have both sides before them . I take the verdict of the whole people ; not of any individual clique of persons . [ Upon reconsideration , since my letter was written . I retrod this paragraphreserving to myself the right of using my own judgment whether 1 answer the Committee ( if one hi appointed ) personally , or refer them to what I have written . In any case , 1 shall deny the right of any such Committee to treat the matter as a personal matter of crimination and recrimination between me and the members of the

      " Executive . —Monday morning—W . Hj And now , my dear Sir , permit me to retort upon yon yoar own woras , " I did think that five years' intimacy —not to speak of friendsnip—should have secured some fc etter reception for my observations . " Ton ought by . us time to know something of my temper , something of ' 7 judgment , and something of my honesty ; how * it that , whenever a time of difficulty like the pre-1 t comes—when a storm is to be iencun-. tered for when duties of

      ^ interest and safety of the cause—^ most unpleasant and painful character are to be . rmetj not only i » the gui'lauce and battling' of ^" g , orin entirely It ft to me . out ther work Q made , by throwing into the xneas your own misconcenric- *"» and yoar heavy private censnrea , levelled always ** Olose miscon < xPtiom ? lk was tnns m the j O ' -Brien ; it is tfcus now again . How is it that i&ience , and jour affection , and your kindly your co . . . _ _ .., % »_ , ' to be reserved for enemies

      ^^ g « em entirely your ; while tou T jBUSP'cious and y ° ur groundless ctnsures are llv served for these whom you know to be entirely de TQted to P rinoi P ' and to be as thoroughly devoted to you M sucl 1 men eaD b 9 ' * ^ bought mncb abont **• l * P nzzied witn ifc - " ™ ry curious and ^ in fnl Phenomenon . I must no * ' * 8 ^^ loD 8 tter to a clese . To no other man th ^ lives would I have condescended the remonstrances contained in it

      crakwn ™ . . * d ; seeing S * % * , Tou . ' ? * " ?*>»** *» «» m « e >«*?** of the fc cts an * arguments to which they refer . I do not think that j u like circumstances . I shall ever again permit my per . aoal rfe « ard l 0 T * oa s 0 * " to OTercome mynaturL ? rid "IS ^ s .,. -Vnn _ . _ meet sincerely and faithfully , IcmrB ' William Hill . Now , although l * m very ceremoniously dealt by in that letter , J * ha 11 DOt make more comment upon it than is nee esEar 5 for m ? ^ mediate purpose . When Mr Hill ^^ that he did not re ceiye my

      first letter until aftc r the anic 2 e complained of had appeared in the Star beis < luite ri « ht ' could I have written it upon ^ lieipation that such an article would appear . 1 wr ^ " on the d on whic > i Mr-Duncombe was at Mai wfeester ! and by reference to the date it will be foun . 1 feat lhat was on the Monday after it had appeared ; a n < Ufcerefore , that I did not lose much time , nor did . r KaU for anv expression of public opinion to form mj ' ftWn Dotion-The aext point on whicL 11 would briefly dwel ] is the correspondence betwe , m th « Hul 1 Councillors and the Executive . My id » P «* sioa respecting that correspondence was , that it Was wise * nd Judicious ; and as a controversy upon the 8 ame 8 ub J ect waB going on in Leicestershire , I recommended that Ullons

      iastead of publishing resoj Q P exparle evidence , a similar course sho ^ be ^ sorted to by the Chartists of Leicestershire ; convinced that such a remonstrance would have tho effeet of correcting any error that had been comm l « ed - l do not say that it was intended for publicatio n 5 but had »» been so , the Executive shonld have beei , ffarned of rt « It iB folly to talk of the virtue ol ' man - We must treat him as a fallible beiDg ; an . l > tha time » struck me as if *«~» "f the corr espendence and resolutions passed had not the gei mne staniP « f virtue upon them . IbynomeanBrefer to the letters of tbeHull Councillors , which were most j ' ' ndiaions ; but

      I do refer to the long withholding of t . iem from the public , if intended for publication . * learned from all that was passing at the time , tha t there was a disposition to fall fonl of the Execu'i Vl 5 * not gather this from any particular source , bu ' " " general observation , and I warned the 1 7 < x 6 cutive of it . As to Sir . Hill's "honest watchfulness" 1 never , for one moment , doubted it ; but I did doui > l * not only the prudence but the justice of the course ' P * sued by him in presenting the conduct of the * jXe * cutive to the public , and , the more especially , ' i this reason ; because , I was anxious that pub ue j opinion , fairly expressed , should operate as a wari * - j ing , if error had been committed , and at the Bam . * i time , present a recurrence of the evil ; and I was I conscious that calm judgment would be led from a consideration of the offence charged , to reflection ;

      upon the language used in preferring the charge . As to the charge in the Statesman relative to the *• Extraordinary Document , " I thought Ihadanswered that fully myself in my letter to Mr . Wm , Brooke-^ 7 ith respect to Mr . O'Brien , I was at all times averse to any controversy being kept np with him ; but , of course , I did not attempt to sway Mr . Hill ' s conduct beyond mere suggestion ; and I do * not think thai I shrunk from my portion of it , when 1 was forced to it . I have now commented upon some of the plages in Mr . Hill ' s reply , and from which I imagine the

      Untitled Article

      readers of the Star will conclude , that , at least , Mr , Hill is no tool of mine . There is also a letter from Mr . Watkins in last week ' s Star , against the whole import of which I most unequivocally enter my protest , aa well as to its publication . The whole is written upon an assomption ; and from that assumption a conclusion is come to . The assumption is that the Executive are guilty ; whereas , I deny that any verdict of guilt has been pronounoed against them . It is true , that the Secretary , by withholding the means of judging , has furnished " prima faaie" evidence of guilt against himself ; but I must protest against the " sequitur , " tkat , therefore , the whole body is guilty .

      Mr . Watkins writes in a very fascinating and impressivestyle ; but he has not succeeded in convincing me . He draws a parallel between the acts of our oppressors and those of the Executive : and cites the payment of ten shillings a week to M'Douall as proof of his guilt ; nay , oaila him a " swindler . " Here again I protest against any such term being used to M'Douall . Nay , I will not allow that man to be called by any debasing name . Here my blood gei * warm , and the more so , beoause it has been long pent up . What , however , is the difference ?

      Just this . The acts committed by our oppressors we would not assent to , had our assent being asked ; while some of M'Douall'a accusers say , " had he made known his wants , the country would have cheerfully acquiesced in the augmentation of his salary . " Would we acquiesce if consulted in the acts of our oppressors ? No ; certainly not . What then is the difference 1 Just thia , that M'Douall , without asking , has committed an error , which , had he asked liberty to commit , would have been cheer ' fully granted ; while our oppressors commit sins to which we could not bo reconciled .

      Why appoint a committee of five to examine the books of the Executive , if they have been already condemned ? and is it not a maxim of English law , that " all men shall be held innocent until they are convicted ? " Good God , how can I marvel ut the slight evidence upon which a middle class jury would find me guilty if I am to be no more charitable to men , some of whose characters , are , in my opinion , beyond reproach , however some of their acts may be highly censurable .

      Mr . Watkina says that the Executive have injured our cause , instead of advancing it . I deny it . I assert that James Leach , Dr . M'Douall , and Bairatow , have materially served the cause . I assert that we had no Organization before the appointment of an Executive ; I contend for it that we have now an Organization . However , I will rather rely upon innocence than presume guilt , when the whole of life speaks in favour of tha accused , What , then , has been the character of James Leach 1 Hard working , sober , industrious , and poor . He has , to my knowledge , returned money gratuitously given to him , in more than forty instances . What ! then , are we to suppose that this man prefers gain acquired by plunder to that voluoanJy given ! Is he suoh an

      adept in trick and chicane ihat he would wish to grow rich by fraud , while he rejects the proferred bounty ? It is nonpense , rank nonsense . Then Dr . M'Douall ; is he to be branded with cowardice by Mr . Watkins , because he had the manliness to brave tenure and separation from his family , rather than entail misery upon working men , who went bail for him ? On my soul , I do uot understand this Tcfiuod lo ^ ic ; nor do I see how those behind were to be bettered by M'Donall's swelling the number of victims . I have always said that the difference between Whigs , Tories , and Chartists is fcuis ; that the two former magnify the virtues and throw a veil over the vices of their party ; while the latter , in general , magnify tho vices and throw a veil over the virtues of their friends .

      I was of opinion , from the first to the last , that a calm judgment could not be expected upon the question , until the sober mind was again brought back to the question at issue . The question then is this . —The Executive were elected to see the Organize , tion of the Chartist body carried out under certain rules . They are charged with having violated those rules ; and are charged in such a way as furnishes them witn an excuse for not replying to the charge in that form . The evidence is in the hands of the Secretary ; he refuses to give up that evidence until he is paid certain monies , which , he eays , are due to

      him . A verdict we must have ; and therefore it is the duty of the Executive to force the Secretary to give up tho books : and in order to facilitate thia desirable object , I propose that the Secretary should hand the books over to Mr . Cleave , with aa undertaking from him ( Mr . Cleave ) that in the event of a verdict being given in favour of the Executive , the Secretary shall receive the monies claimed _ Should the Secretary refuse such a proposal then there will be fair grounds for presuming guilt ; and then the county will not be slow in gmng a fair and impartial verdict .

      Mr . Wheeler , in his very judicious letter , declining to act as a juror , merely states himself to be an accuser , not an executioner . I also am an acouser . I accuse the Secretary of mal-practicos . I wish to sea how far the other members are concerned in those mal practices ; but I am not going to give my verdict without a fair and impartial trial t neither have I , from the evidence already adduced , seen any , the slightest , reason to decline the acquaintance of M'Douall ^ Leach , or Bairstow , or to make me ashamed to meet them as friends and associates , or to deter me from acting with them in an official capacity .

      I have had a friendly explanation with Mr . Hill upon this subject . I told him that his comment of last week would compel me to take this course , and , at the same time , we came to a mutual understand-! ing that not oue word , more pro or eon , should j appear in the columns of the Star upon the subject , until ihe decision of Rnmn Accredited body shall be j reported upon the case . While I was supposed to be an idle spectator of passing events , no oue was more j alive to the question than I was ; and , in ! justice to Mr . Hill , I must say , that while ! much dissatisfaction was expressed at the noa-, appearance of resolutions , said to have been j scut for insertion to the Star , in this case he is not

      \ blatncable . One iaatanoe , particularly , I deem it rifcht to mention . The toast of the Executive , proposed and supported by me at the Duncombe Demonstration at Manchester , never appeared in the Star ; and for the best of all possible reasons , because it never was sent . The whole report , without deduction or alteration , was printed as U was sent . Now , this I assert , after having made the fullest inquiry ; and , in fact , Mr . Hill never saw the report , until it was in print ; as that is no part of bis duty . There are two other persons nnder Mr . Hill to arrange all matters for P ubliea-tien ; and correspondence from our own re vorters goes , generally , at once to the compositor , wit ' -hout his inspection . :

      I have now said all that I have to say upon this painl ' il subject ; and shall conclude my letter , by expressing an anxious desire that the publio will suspend its judgment till after a fair and impartial inquiry ; and then , if the Exeoutive , or any of them , hare been in error , let them be told it in such language as will convey a proper cauticn for the future . Bat , for Heaven ' s sate , } o £ us cot oondemn them first and try

      Untitled Article

      them afterwards . For myself , I say I would trust M'Douall , Leach , and Bairstow , with untold gold ; and would risk my life upon their devotion to the peoples' cause ; and thauk God , 1 sse Leach overcoming accusation by increased exertion , instead of making it a pretext , as many have done , to abandon the cause altogether . > I have now ' * made a clean breast ; " and 1 trust I have convinced the world that I am not hypocrite enough to meet James Leach on the public platform on Monday , and wink at , or countenance ; censure upon him on Saturday . God knows poor M'Douall has suffered enough , without those who should be his defenders increasing his sorrows ; and I am sorry to learn that throughout the country , too many such are to be met with , but I never will be one op thkm . I am , my friends , Your faithful friend , Fbargus O'Connor .

      Untitled Article

      >^ pr ^ trmm ^ T ^^ . ^ - ' / P 7- < ^ - ' < - - >> ¦ / - /^/ i , of a paid Executive wonld not amount , in t year , to one-hundredth part of what has be snatched up by Political Pedlars , most of v * hi could have been spared . Besides , nothing c £ possibly damage our cause more than frequent ai nouncements that Mr . So-and-eo will be here au « i there upon -Such and such a day , without fuithei noiico , and whose expences muBt be paid , white his services are rendered unprofitable from a want of any knowledge of his honesty or capacity . The I lukewarmness is put down to defection , and thus we suffer materially by this itinerating system of Cliartiht mendicancy . Let us have our paid Executive , our paid lecturers , and our unpaid volunteers confined to their several localities ; but let us hava no more of this system of unconnected and disorganized agitation . s !

      1 shall be more at liberty now than I have been for the last six months , and shall , as usual , devote my whole time to the reconstruction of our machinery . As far as I « m concerned , my policy , as it ever has been , shall be to keep our p-trty together , to heal all differences , to unite the eoiu of labour tuto one firm bond of tiuion , and to care little who I shall offend in the undertaking , never needlessly giving- cau ^ e of offence , but not allowing d . lkacy to stand in the way when necessary . I shall never exercise more controul than I have done over the Editor of the Northern Star ; while I have solemnly sworn to myself that it shall never be made a means of achieving a triumph of one section of Chartists over another .

      Before I conclude , I must { state that I received a letter from Dr . M'Douall , sent by Mr . Cleave to me ad Editor oi' the Evening Star , oa this morning , at twelve o'clock , and when I had cea ? ed to have any controul over that paper , otherwise the letter should have appeared ; however , in jusnee to Dr . M'Doual ! , I must make a few extracts from it : — ? He says , in speaking of the 10 s . a week , " what was n . y duty if the 10 s . was objected to * To resign n . Well , an objection came from Hull . A corespondence between Campbell and the Hull councillors ; the end of which w as , as far as I wag concerned , the transmission , by Grasby , thegecmary , of a written resolution , purporting to be the deliberate vote of the Hull councillors in which they declire

      their perfect satisfaction with the payment of 10 s . additional any week to me . That document I liave in my possession ; and I hereby inform Mr . Hill that I accept of his challenge to produce that and the tetters I shovred Mr . O'Connor at Nottingham . " Here I must observe that the letters shown to me at Nottingham did uot , as far as my memory selves me . rifle t in any way on Mr . Hill , but there they are . I rtf ' errod to them in a letter written at the time from Nottingham , and from them I was connrrn- > d in my opimon that a cabal was being got , up against the Executive , but not by Mr . Hill . The Doctor eoes on— " Now Sir , when I rccrived

      the liuil note of approval , I informed the General Secretary , that I would not acept of the 10 s . because an objection had been raised , and I wrote to Hull offcriui : to rcijfgn it r and my office on the-Exrci tive , ii they would send a written demand to that < fiVt , whioh I never , to ihebestof my rwollection , recene < i . " Alicia , " on the Conference a-: Manche « tcr , at wbich place I was advised to resign the 10 s . publ cly , wi' ii ray reasous for receiving it . without any q lestion asked or motion made ; but I was not all , -ved to express my reasons I was stopped , Sir , nit h your icsiilution of confidence n , snd thanks to , the Executive , for our past services . "

      In justice to Dr . M'Douall , I give those extracts , and tha more readily , as it unfortunately happened that some of the Hull correspon 'nee was not forthcoming , in consequence of tha pro ^' cution of the former Secretary , Mr . Gi asby . Tne Doctor tells me , and the public , that of which I never had a doubt , namely , that his heart is , as it ever was , centred in 6 he people ' s cause ; and I do hope if he , for a moment , supposed that I had joined in bid denunciation—that the d > velopemeBt I have made this week will show that my conduct with respect to the Executive has been consistent , and that 1 have uniformly supported them .

      I must now say a word about the approaemng trials . Upon a rou&h calculation , I , as treasurer , have received , as acknowledged iu the Evening Star , about £ 250— £ 132 from Mr . Cleave , and I know not how muoh , just now , has been acknowledged through tho Northern Star , about £ 125 . These sums ttiake £ 507 ; out of which I have paid £ 20 Chester Commission , £ 50 ditto Lancaster , £ 60 ditto Staff rd , £ 71 ditto Q , ueen ' s Bench office-fees , small sancs about £ . J 0 , outstanding about £ 100 , —making £ 331 : and leaving a balance in try hands of about £ 176 , to meet abont £ 2 , 000 . to be paid between this and April . I paid £ 7 yesterday for a SPECIAL JURY I was able to meet all these exppnoes myself before I made so much profit of the Northern Star ; but now

      I am not . I have pafd in law expencos , on my own account , in four years , more than £ 2 , 000 ; on your account , moro thau £ 500 . Yon must begin to pay a little on your own account now . You will , henceforth , send to me , directed to Hammersmith , all monies for tire Defence Fund , by post office order , made payable to John Cleave , so that 1 may know how we s ; and . I am Treasurer for the Defence Fund , Cleave of the V . oiira Fund . D ; n ' t mix f hem up . I shall hand all orders over to Cicave , tut let me know how wo » iaMJ » y transmitting all monies to me in tuo nrat instanco . Your ' s , ever faithfully , Feargos O'Connor . Wednesday , l 3 t Feb .

      P . S . —I njuat state ; that my first letter to the Star wa > written and posted ou Tuesday ( yesterday ) , a ;; J Dr . M'Douan ' s nan not received till twelvo o ' clock tins day ; therei ' ore , he ^ jyill at once gee that I , at ail events , did ^ pt require his letter to convince me " of his purity in the Chartist cause . 1 cannot sufficiently express my disgust at the letter of Mr . Watkiua . which appeared in the Star oi last week , and which I trust will not bd recoivtd as proof against the Executive pending any investigation that is to take place . I only hope and trust tha . I shall , not be further forced into any controversy upon this unpleasant subjoct . F . O'C .

      Untitled Article

      CANTERBURY . —On Monday , a lecture was delivered in the Guildh&U of thte City , by Mr . J . Camp bell . I RBDSnTCH . —Mr . Mead ' s lectures on Sunday and Monday tvcttiings are uprooting the idle feais of the muidle-cabb men , and removing the prejudice of the min'i . His congregations increase in numfcsr . On Tuesday msjht , a crowded tea party and ball were held , in the CJurt ' st Hall , . for bia bzuefc . Mr . Mead , and Mr . Weeks , fiom Leicester , both briefly addressed tha meeting . D&nciQg was cat neii on with great spirit til ] ten , when a second tea whs served in the parlour of the O'Connor Aims , the worthy host good-naturedly {• re-enting a fine American 1 am f"r the occsoion , and enlivening the company with his racy jokes and truly original eh quence . > ir . Mead will lecture every Sunda ; and Mont : ay eveningB during his at&y at Redditoh . LONDON . —National Association On Sunday evening Mr . Parry will lecture in the Hall ; aud on Wednesday he will deliver the second of a course of lectures , on British Oratory , the Pulpit , the Bar , and the vSenate . National Association . —On Tuesday evening the membtrs held their . weekly meeting , when the S-cratary reported that the committee had agreed that tho coffne an- \ r « atiing room should be opened permanently on Monday week , with a convivial meeting amonght tho members : aud that they intended to call a public niseting on that 'iuy three weeks , to take the opinion of the inhabitants of London , on the national remonstrance . 1 , China Walk . Lambeth—At a meeting of mtuibeis in this iucaiity , a very smart discussion took place nn the Corn Laws . It va ..- agreed to adjourn the discussion tiil atxt Sunday evening , at half-pest seven o'clock .

      Hammersmith . — Progress of the Movement . —On M ' jaitay evening , January SOtu . a public meeting wjia h « l < I at tLe Black Ball Inn , Hammeramith-road . Mr Cooper ' s Plan of Organization was again brought forward , and tt ; e following reaotution t as unanimously adopted—'• That sfcis . meeting are of opinion that the pr ^ jent Pla n of Organ z it on is far pnferabla , but it wnl nevertb iltss ii r iinit of amendments by a future Chartist Con&vence "r Convention . " BIRMINGHAM :. —The uuil meeting was held at th . « Aiisouiati'ja ro ^ . n , Aston-street , on Sunday evening last , wuon Mr . Aiu ' rove vVebk * . of Leicester , delivered an txc' ilent lecture co'tiie principles of Chartism . Nuneato . v . —Tne Chartists of £ his place have sent ten sh-iLings for defraying the tXpences of the Birmingham C"ufererjorf .

      The CounciLelectedby th % Chartists of Birmingham held tbeir tec- , -nd moating , at the Chartist room , Aatoastreet , at three o'clock , ' on Sunday last . A motion that the directing committee should consist of nine instead of six was agreed to . Mcsars . K . light , E . Murless , and Blake were elected to the office . Mr . George White read over a code of bye-laws which had been prepared in accordance wifch the vote ot the previous council meeting , and they were ordered to bd posted in the room and discussed at tbeir next meeting . —The meeting aiijourned to the following Sunday , at three o ' clock .

      STEELHOTJSE-LA . HE . —At the usual weekly meeting it was resolved to take the offer of the Chartist Circular , and that the profits be given to the General Defence Fund . Also , that the Chartists , meeting in this locality , take immediate steps for getting up a dinner in honour of Feargus O'Connor , and that a public meeting be held to carry out hia challenge to the anti-Corn Law League . Broomsgrove . —A dinner ha 3 been given here to Mr . John Mason . It took place at the Queen Inn . Mr . Matthew Hall presided , and the usual patriotic toast * were given and responded to . We received a lengthy report of the proceedings on Thursday morning , for which v ? e are sorry we have no room . SaOTLEY BRIDGE . —Mr . Con Muway lectured in thiB village on the evening of Satnrday last . Several names were enrolled .

      Untitled Article

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . TO THE WORKING CLASSES . My Friends , —By the subjoined announcement which appeared in the Evening Star of Monday , sou ¦ will learn that I have ceased to have any conncction with that paper . Much and deeply as I regret the loss of the only daily paper that has ever , within my memory , advocated the causa of the people , tho fact of that paper abandoning the principles up > . n i which its fame was toanded , cannot tail of pointing your attention to tho useful moral—that faction works its way through the press , while you appear to attack but slight importance to it . Farther , it may furnish my friends wi . h a ready reply to my denouncers , as they can now say , here theii are we once more thrown back up >> n onr old and only friend , i

      the roach calumniated Northern Star , still , not \ vith- * i standing tho heavy fines and persecutions to which its proprietor has beon subjected , standing alone iu its alory to uphold the cause of riirht against might . Your favour has been courted , and you have been , deceived , not by one or two , but by scores of journals . The Statesman , " a real Chartist" papor , passed into Tory bands , and sections of roan- worshippers would havo still upheld it . The \ Eveniriff S ( arha , sbu 8 ticvvti . ff < , but , likoother newspaper » tock , I have uot gone with the type . 1 trust that if we failed in our poor endeavour to push that paper , that we shall not i ' ail in our allegiance to our principles ; aud that instead of seeing the long list of Cfifce Houses where it might , while Chariist , hkve been

      read , that now no Chartist will read it . While I writo thus , my friends , I feel no pique personally . I never have had one word of dispute with any of the parties connected with the paper ; and after bix mouths due attention to it , the proprietor must confess that my gratuitous obligations were mod cheerfully discharged ; and that , in the outset , I pledged myBflif to him that so long as t \\ & [ Eveniiig Star advocated CharUam , I would continue my uupaid services , and that in the event oi the' concern becoming profitable , I would not even then accept of a farthing for my services , as I never wonld receive money for tho discharge of a pleasing duty .

      The proprietor informs me that a loss of £ 3 , 500 his beeu sustained by the Evening Star iu its advocacy of Chart . st principles . I can oniy say that ; the Nurthem Star suptaiued a loss of £ 3 . 64 u befor 6 I knew where I was ; aud that then , andsuosequontiyienticing < ft ' ers were made to me to sell it , but mv answer was then , as it is now , whenever the Nortfiern Star ceases to advocate the cause of puro democracy , it , shall ceaso to exist . If to-morrow it was out of my power longer to carry on the Northern Star , which , thank God , it is not , it should peri 3 h ; but ail the money in the kingdom would not purchase it from me for any purpose .

      I mention this jutt now as I am aware that cur disappointment mubt considerably shake p . iblic confidence in the press . I had arranged with the proprietor , before I left town , that in addition to my daily aervices , I would attend the House of Commons nightly , aiid wme the Parliamentary analysis , to save monty . Tl ; us I was to have beeu the principal report-r by night , and tho . Editor by day , without pay , and paying my own

      oxpeoces . Mr . Cleave has told me , Mr . Hobson has to d me , and ncaWy all uiy a ^ eiua have told me , chat 1 was injuring the palo of the Northern Slav btyjond conception by writing , and recommending the ' lEvcning Siar . My answer to one and all hasiuvariably beeu" Wt . U , I know it ; but what do I care il 1 am serving the cause . " I have sent many anifU-. i-of great importance and matters of news to . ho Evening istar which I havo withheld from the Northern $ ; ar , hi the hope of giving it a good standing .

      Such , my friends , has beai my connexion , which has now ceased , with the Evening Star . ' Henceforth , I understand , that it is to be condaetLd upon high Tory principles , aud you will mark the increase of advertisements . These facts will awnken you to a knowledge of what I have had to struggle against , and convince you of the fact that my crime , from first to last , iny only crime , has been that I would neither prostitute nor sell the Northern Star . At this particular crisis the loss to us has been great ; and I fiV-Urcd myself that I could have made the Evenin , ; S ; ar a really powerful organ , and hesce its purchase prom sit management . Therefore , while 1 regret it , it proves that faction trembles at the very thought of au hone ? t press .

      Now , my friends , the usual Sessional struggle ib about to begir , and nevrr was there such a struggle before : * afl parties will bid tor the people lo use them for their own purpose . ; And now , as there are many , very many , waiters upon Providence connected with our party , aii < i who look to a mixed agitation as the only means of sub sistence ; and , as we are too poor to pay them , I shall be extensively and pystematically denounced for standing between them and the gold dust . Hut I will do it , and bear all the consequences . My policy is to keep our party together , as an army of observation ; te let all other parties fight ; it out without any assistance from us ; and then , when the Whigs and Repealers see their own weakness they will assuredly fall back upon us . But if we were mad enough to give them the least countenance , thi y would use us for another Reform delusion , sad then , when we were broken up , rhey ! would

      assemble to carry out the details of the new Reform , or Free Tra'e , whioh would be in character and value precisely as valueless as all for .- * er changes made by the class legislators . I shall take a bold stand as 1 c-ver have done , trusting to the triumph of Toryism over Wni ^ g ry aud Free - trade . As a ChartistIrecruiiing-st'rgtaut , I will not oppose Toryism with rhe view of restoring : Whiggery . No policy could he worse . You have now no more to do with policy thin you havf to do with the moon . Machinkry , will beat both Whigs and Tories . I deiy them to conquer that all-duvouring foe , by any act short of tho Charter , which : would develope all our resources , cultivate our resources , and equitably distribute ihe produce , thereby regulating demand and t-upply , by opening a natural market for man ' s labour and ; establishing" therein a stanuard rate of wages , ] bnlow whioh the labourers wiil not work in the artificial

      market . In the end , you will believe me , that , until lhat ic done exchequers , tills , pockets , tr ^ xturies , and bellies will be empty ; and strife and civil war , and confusion and distrust , will oniy be suppressed by force or fraud—by the force of Governnaisnt , or by the fraud of those who have an interest in upholding injustice . But such means of preserving order in a country are unrighteous as they are unjust , and will fail when the sufiVers constitute a majority , which is now being brought about by the operation Of MACHINERY . | Toryism is no longer yonr main enemy , Whjggery is no longer your main enemy . Machinery has rendered all their ac ; s comparatively powerless ; and all that Machinery now requires to complete its temporary triumph , and to insure a revolution , is an " extension * ' of its already unbounded power jby the establishment of what is cailod Free-trade , which means neither more nor less than free plunder .

      While I am upon subjects connected with tiirown movement , 1 may here make a passing comment upon the state of our Organization and the proposed remedies for its reconstruction . I shall ! only speak in general terms . I am , then , decidedly in favour of an Executive ; I think we cannot do without it . I am obstinately opposed to an unpaid Executive , and for . this reason . If you hav « an unpaid Executive , yon must j have a purely middle class Exoutive ; because you cannot get working men to live without wages , and the

      very moment you elect working men as yonr officers , that moment every door is closed against them , and at once they are marked , and if in work are dismissed . Moreover , ( the very notion implies the office is to be a sinecure , or that we are to be unpaid . If a sinecure , we do not require them ; if not , the labourer is worthy of his hire , and should have it . My opinion is , that the lice upon the back of Chartism have become too numerous and devouring ]; and hance much jealousy among them towards a permanently paid body , while twenty times' the sum requisite to pay all the expenses

      Untitled Article

      """ V ^_ ^ / v' ¦ -- r ^^ ' AND LEEDS GENERAL ADYEETISEE .

      To Thb • Ao J The Nahoxal Chabtek ^Sbeb5 U Association.

      TO THB aO j THE NAHOXAL CHABTEK ^ SBEB 5 ASSOCIATION .

      Untitled Article

      ¦ ' — O YQL - YI- NO . 273 . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 4 , 1843 . ™ °% Z ? % ZZ ££ ? % ^ " " "¦— ¦— ' ! - ¦ . — . . . _ _ , M , . ¦ - . i-. .. ,- ¦ -. ,, — I —I il . ¦ " ' . ¦ '_ " ¦ _ [ ± ' ¦ I -- "' - ' - 21

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct968/page/1/