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TEE ffORTHEKTSTAR; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1842.
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TO THE PEOPLE . ' - 1—" T Vzx-r Pbiexds , —1 regret to - ^ dress T « a _ cn £ 27 r : ' - - ¦ - ; : tthlch has not a airsct ecrze-tkn vrith CiiS- ji . - - . J ,. still mere , to ajln ^ e to mutters- ^ hich corner - n . T £ e -j , ss-i trhich ie- ? ea ^ H ! sny difi ' -rti ^ ce of or :-::-- 3 ccr bocr ; tut -wie = I am ah *^; I ia so irV-v ^ = T 3 , " -x > - . h t 7 Use GoTr-Tmseisaivd the Eiiiors cf Ch ^ rr '» t Ee-K-sjsx ^^ j I think 1-should be destitute c ! th- r .-i : of a " mm , if I uid cot rppea ! is those Trhor i rjira faitLf- 'ij" ierved , the "sreiking n .= n of ~ E : zl" ' . 5 _ -itisE : l , and V- ' sJes . 2 _} . ; . —In regard to the GDveramrSt . 3 _ i - rr . prepared , acting on the aJvici of my friends . £ -: - - t- ~ ir . r a dne regard for tie ss ' ctv of my colleagues £ 3 iL \ -J . \ . to appear in cur : . , tad thtT-2 defend on crirc" - - ^ t I hope , Lire a maz &--c a Charts :, the p-xt i - - -e Uike-, not os ] y in the rcTvemt-t generally , 4— - u . nilj , I have imswEifcd Mr . OSriin , sid Lisinslr . " - .-. " . , -.- " . ir a letter -which I expect he vriil publish in Li- t r . 5- ; » - y . Ico'Wcitdo'wctciEeettr ; cri ? Ti 3 Pdc 3 Tert cb = ; - - -: "> lr . H ! IL the eiiV . T < J C - S ^ -U ^ , - < Sizr . I h . vr re ; d , I btlisTe , eTi-7 5 / m / - l ^ u- > i since rcy erZ-. .. - " : I have cot cvsrV . ied tb- caJE-ns miariEg cf It- = - ; : ori&l remarks in the Star . " I ir . eT , frcm priT---- Iiiionnstion ,. ironj letters iliri-itti to the Exit— . ~ -. and ircm genera ! otctrralio- . iLzt I vrculd BctET ^ or iiter have to piss riroTish ar ; c : ^ eal cf de-E 2 T . c " ..- \ -n : th- ; rfcft ; re , I iras in i i ? c 2 :-are prepared for &-. c-ri .-v bet , I must coeT :- ^ I Oid not belitTc thai U . Eh . r > --5 t erony , or the fali-esi Iriisd , wcali have ci ' j s-ii " --s present moment for an attack upon my ± an : : rr or to destroy my =.- I :: " c 2 l tx- > iK : cs ; * sir less
trc : d I D- ; ttTe that a Chxiz-lzz . minister , a fillinrtr .-cursr in the cause ; 2 nd once s . real or prof—sed Ii- < ind . ~ : iild hsve moutheu m ; or : the ens sice , whilst I had : h _ Government on tie other , End around about E ^ 5 »^ - - ~ - ™? , diSculties -x ' e ' eh . r : q : ire my -Kfcole E ^~ T i ' --=. i-j ffi&ei oa . d tuKItie . Bc ^ eves , tspciierx = Li- ^ - ^; i . t me to : " &el surprise at no STecr , £ - " -r ^ r imprjbatjs £ nd n'jj £ t , or -aibeeoialrs { .- > ths cr - ¦ . ¦ . t 7 of rr . sn : it his t ; n i ,: k t ? expect op-rvs : ; -: erer from icy fri'o'n ^ v ' t ' i'Vhcm I h ^? i Svrv ^ dj - ; ii certaiijy it istmethit "when you cm Fccce ^ : 7 i :- 'txt ! ng anything to a ir := n ' s tharactfrr ; the £ c ; n £ J -ill be very igncrant of brniMiiry , if bs tspset-. C 0 i- ; - >';" . i . n or aid from his compas . cr . B . Firtoxate ); , I Ht ' ijr-r i ec-d it nor seek ii , itcir = = I have an honest £ - _ u Ei i-br jary in the TyorkLcg-icti :, ana a perfect i-i-ii--. - : a the jisi ^ c of my cauie .
C — * - = - -d 1 ^ 0 abc = ! Te lanruige Did ice ; I ¦ w : " make ur = cf no base insinuitlcis s ^ sirai thu chaxzc ' -t : f isy ican . I wiHsidk to < l ~ str -y 10 f-. i ' ov-Trorkrr "fflth cownrrllj bictrs , > tc ; c-a I r = Uh : r i nvy the p-= t en , ncr hate the cc -ra : t * r of &z . j ikj viih ^ "hcra I haTe t _ -Leii . S ^ , jtit fritn ^ a , I need IK t '_^ , =. i . " sof iijjuitk-e £ ii e ^ uTi ^ y , b = sau ~ c I can
fni fiv better Treapons ia it ' - fact 3 I . snail st . te , zdi ? . I- t " - . e cprl ; ttness anfl cz- ^ . Eacj of my polit i cal C 3 ^ 3 : -cr . frcni the first m rm- ^ z I Qrdared myself a CtiT ;; : doTB to the present tiffie . I \ Hil-not shield Ey ^ l : i- £ . irr a caniter-sKUradori , r . or trouble myself vi : L .-r - ^ rchir ? the recaris cf the lives of my oppo-E-. ii-s ; the £ rst I leave to the realiy pillt" ; the second to th- c ^ n 5 c : ence of erery r .: a . - . ar > d the ciscrimicsti ^ 3 ^ -gni-i :: of thepiople ^ -whr- u : e fr . 3 « - ¦ ' . ; irsejn 2 .-s of Err . I tjte up the ¦ weivon ' of iol . a and t :. t ; r thf Erer 3 lh firmly to defend lay chsi ; c '_ r fr ' -a the EttRcks of my o'sra party as I 5 hiii do : o a cmt of Jr ^ tSc- to straggle -vritii ths " jcTsraciLt ^ 7—In the outset I might av ^ il myself cf the pl £ a of E ^> = r-fc- . 1 & . 2 cJsim excmvtlcp from nrtact : bzi sir . es ihe K-se of justice ef my opp .-ieats has not Eng ; est € d to thtm r . little patience and : n-: L-.-r nnrsirg of their hs . te ; I fn . not cry mercy thoc , h I id on ir . y ' rack . I
li - --- - to them , and 1 : I sn 3-it Tr ' . - . h my last 1 _ . . . viidTraste it in n ^ iyi ng thrTH under every ciieuEistance . Why am I thos fiart . ss of w .-arlt and ealmnuy ? Beescs . I isoTJc--hit hjj-.-crTicss nnvenot gone unnoticed ; t . c ^ u -ffc : } :: ! : ; : sii . 3 * Jy , - 'J : e wo . ti-g Xaen BST 6 Been "What I hare ;" ., -. e , aid it \ rill require able adTocates and weighty ibr . rrcs to mats the wcrking class "wheel abaaS like a "wea . theresck , at the psfi" of Every -Trit ^ r in a newspaper . r —I - . - . ht like'wise avsi ! myself of srclh-rr argnr : _ : rgainst entering the lists with ? Jr . H :: i . It is that tie contest is r-nfair , ii ' S 3 far as my present letter ha 3 to pass throngh his hinds . ai 3 " 5 rUl haTs En answer appended to it bifor ? it iaee ^ th : public ej-i ; thus sSbrdiag hiu : attad : r . n-1 reply , or : fo blows for ray one . Tcit £ T : " tnt £ "• : ?; r : jr ? du-Sdv 2 Eta ; e 1 iriH not f-r-nip ' --. ia cf . It is Mr . HiJ's fcrfcme to haTP the hi- h ' -Or l" : he . 5--IJ . aiu Lii !; e tohaTL ' the opr-o ::: ; . If he itiai-s my letter , it is all I
yi ^ nt 0—Lffr its Ynfin then ir'th s f ecl 3 rrt 3 r -a c ? princ ! rl =, as fsr ss rrgirfs the 3 T' jr - -= d Mr . Hul . Si-o ^ Id fir . y ore = ur-pDEc thit in thi =. l = it-= r I am ai ^> -sr = rLag ilr . E : U , or n . akii : j dv arpfararsa asil in a conr : a : the v ^ n-. ri' r : of tie Editor " of thc . S ' . ' ar , he ir . Etl cirabase . h := n ; -. ; - ! of that islief . 's rpred'Jj ^ 3 porfMe . I neTer fc ^ -Te , n : re 7 ir TrOl , a-im : t for a m-rment lhat I cm res-Ej . r ^ i' ^ e to Mr Hi 2 . or to the i . '^ r , fo ? T' -y-ppisicna or ' Ect .-= ; -critler T » : il I be t ? :=-i ty t ^ eZii-oi * nor yEt ' ¦ r : 'l i : ; any sttsr . t : on tc his s ; nter _ c 5 iip . n m =, or ary d ~ j CL-Iiesgnfa . I ¦ cill ro ? eivo uny ec ^> unt 01 s ^ j c-T' -act as a meiii er < -f the Hs-: c"tiTe to ire Editor cf t £ > . i' ar . orin aiy pab ' . ic papfT , an 1 I de ^ y fa toto ibe ¦ nib ' , of > It . Hill to ar-nmv to h-iaf . lf the censorship cf the national Ch rter AF 5 ? ciation , or of the Ciirt : -r :- . "" y . Htr ? are ay ret ; -Tia- — li' — Fimly- If I . xknorf' --dje my rerpnnsirility to the "E' : < . 1 cf the 5 jar , or ary other psoer T-hireTer , I
¦* rca'd deliver into the keeping 01 snothtr man that irhich is always best in icy own custody , t ' z ., the free-C \ . r ~ : f-f ? rrtC 3 . thc-neht , nr-i action . I "w ^ iild submit rr . j ^ f to the juigrneat , "i-d be b > nt 5 d Vy the d = c : s : c ? n c 1 ~ r . r ; . vhoni I n-. 7 rr e ' . cctoii , troposs-i or dreiaic-d cf sppoferc ; , ? to tt-j effic- ? "f ji ' 3 over my actions ; I-rther 1 wc-nld 1 ^ snbaittiag rayscif to cne who is the EcrTsxt of r . ncther ; vbi is a ^ iin the Kie proprietor of the Star , the Star izs- ~ J being a priTEte , and not s pnMic spccclation , over which I have no coctrcl , no check , and no kind of ir . f ! arses "whateTer . If I Tctc'i lei X-t . Hiil . as Eiiior cf the Siar , or if I Lsd a vct- - in disp ' . scing him , I then ~ cnld be bound by bis acts , to a greater or less d « jrte ; bat £ Tei then tie rsspocs :-iiiiiy \ TOuId be from the elected to the elector , fruin Jlr . Hill to me , aid not from me to jIi . HiiL As -57 C are now situated Mr . Hill did not appoint ma as a Ers . bir :. f the Executive , th-jrefore I um neb rtsposii-H 2 to him txcrpt in es far as he is s menibtr of the Ifsti' -n .-d Casrter Associati- > n , nnd then Mr . Hill , * be E&Hii . er i-f aa association , is not tic Mi . Kill the Z it-oi of the Siar . I did cot . appoint Mr Bill E-iitor of the Sur , therefore I claim no ro-Efocsibiiity frem iSm , on ccrotait of any tbiEg ! : ¦? Jrsy > aj or do . He is solely reypo ^ Jibie to tie e ^ vnsr cf the paper , in 20 \ ray cr-n he be ii fl ^ er . c ? -d by others , ar J in no way ought others to re iiifiu- ^ ee-l by him , nn'css ttty conient to be so , cc-unst vrhich cc-CvSsi : n I ert ^ r i ^ T pzotcft as an individual "wb-rni he- his aiteirpt € -Q : o call to tceonrt . I ackaoTfivt ia tl ; t the p-es 5 uoes and cnjht to exsreise s psnlic 2 L £ ri = r . ce , but tk . t can as-i ought only to extend as Lj as tte rerso : ; eihI justice of its articl :-s , and it all tir-i-rs vr ? sTouM recollect th-: t the freed-.-m of the ltcss is in fsct a ft rcies cf despotism -which eives to one i ^ in ¦ sriiii ha chooses
to ex rdsc it the poirer Gf d-jing -gr'it ccc ^ or teiuidls = t . L I f-jr cne have no sr-w . it £ s : th in tri fourth Estate , l . h < 1 I shall always ta £ ll : e " -r-.: " f r ^ hii it is t « -cr h r , ^ d no more , tIe , t _ e op-idea of VXE isai ! it . ^^ . i ly CAUSES irhia . ?« -. ¦ - ; ? ..: > -.-r itc n ± , - € ; :. ;„ :. F . naIIy . I sill sl \ tl the sL . ve cf -he pveso , En ^ I fhwill acknc-wle ^ re nc nlV .- ^ iaace t = it ; at the same tioie I itill not interf . j-r ¦ vritc jt . 11— 5-Condiy , I Ts-fosi vj acc :- ^ . t to Mr . Hill , E ii .-r , for njy acts , or t ! : e Exr .- ^ ivc , and alro to T « - lr-.. ywIedge his rishi cf c ^ T . iorsLiA , ever tie CLart ^ r Asr ^ cln ^ on , b ; cn ?> I . C n : c > i cfS-rV — . 5 c =. n ; . n : jia . ed tj tie frnier cf Ite ral . r -s---: r . rnl ^ rivL ^ ; aud if £ 0 , I OwErand a To : ce ir : tie-tirr r ^ . m .
1- —A ^ ain . . I t : ~ \ . i- ^ - ^ . . - pror-riety cf br ^ Dfirs ^ Tf ^ y ir' . ittr c " ::-s" ; I Tvith frrr th- ^ uyann associat . d ?> , n bii ^ r- —uiiia ^ , — •" , sa ^ jrc-rlcg : h . associated Ch 2 itfi-3 to _ ¦ _ -.- iLflaA- »; - .: l ya ' . ^ ci sen wlio fciTe v > r-. rre r ^^ bt to ii : t : rf ? -e ^ rivh . tbf A ? = « 2 t : on t 2 _ sn th .= iirpp-. r-r cf M ? rrw « T *\ .-i as the surrefilance cf the Grovi-mnifcii . Xo mzn , or set cf men . ccgtt to i-trrfere -5 n- -b tte I-: if .-. ral Charter Asrocia ' - ti .-n , cri ! -. £ 5 tbry belims to i : : an I hav ? jet to ! -arn tiiit 1 . i ? . ot -e ^ s ; a T ; ir . - 1 m ? en-. y . to buw xo a cer . wr . O . ^ tr ? nisy c-. » su ; ir ? I r . ir a Ciartist , -a i Trill bTST . ; T :: t i-. r c- r-r-. ' rjt the aanbeur , 1 ^ - mit ilr . Kia t ^ : h-j T- it ' . li-T VTrr over iiie . IS ^ l LcVc tt . ' .-d " . - ; : t I Trill n-.-t cc : I = h _' : r . OT SliieT- h ^ t I sL . ' i ¦' - 1 " . r L-Ttr- -rt uf nrnp . ¦« :. rr . " -. ' - '
k : ^ . I tr-liapi ^ r ^ ' ui--T- ? r ! -ef-. ' re = i _ :-: y « a . e « :. r : d ' ope = rcb .-cn-. esriir- cf rcy izAoyv-c ^ -a ^ zr ^ rB-Jii , r ten r . T'i li-ere to : i : i—tr £ :: y chirr prrfcrxi-d 11 ; . Mr . ii : i , cr ET . y qurs'J ^ a rnr by aty ¦ .: ' my frllr ^ r 2 > n . A public meetinc i 5 the JTirtice hall for ns . If 1 -m to * be accn = ?< i bj sy o's-a P ^ rty , then let aV > my acts be ca- > taiijd . . r . \ motives Eiarched into , ana a icrsnii-irg gliss -pi-lLc to every trivial act and - « r ..-rd , s £ d whtn ii is c-. er . I btlicve 1 « h . ; " ntither bw fv-un > l to be z . n sgent c-fibs G-vemniejit , of the iaiiiic-i-ds . or c ¦ . ' . -i \ Icic = - Af- ^ r th * scrutiny is c ^ nc . u . it . d I £ _ -& !; i-crr ^ tt tte lens , ind probably find the old ais-re rcali ? -: i , t z . list tii : ^ e vho li ^ e in g ^ . 3 £ S hcssei S-io-L'd tot ' ? : ro < sr Et .-it ; . " Fcr every act c ; miic , as j . jo : r .. c ^ r -. 1 thx Exri ^ t-re , I sbji ! app-i .- asa -zsttct biv .. -e tiu E .-2-bis of sny localiry , then ard \ hm t .- > hive all acts . Eecfsats , asd deeds fairly b ! : z :- - c-d K : \ . » the aitetirg , irhere , at leist , th = ¦ vr ia > n £ 5 s cf otu Sf 3 ociat 5 e-i vill Ect r ^? rs ' ciiihea to our ececleB , not cur c : ~ I : kr £ 1-j c ^ r frieE 3 i I ¦ will- answer any suestic-i peiscraiiy or in ^ rritins , put to iae > y any raenber of the >^ tiona- Chaster Associstion . 1 have always ccciarti ny r ^ sdinsis to resign . even if one locality called rp .-i ! 1-3 . - to-do so . sntljct all fcces I h ^ Te treated ¦ wiib rtspect and attention the iwjciatioas of ic-caiitles , c-r the wishes of ny brother cErirs . > iy t .-n-iraticn srd el >; c :: = .-r -sreie th-ec . s o : th ; - people , ard t .-13 tie present salary p ^ i'i tc- a : y ¦ w if : ii ia ciesrly not Cne 10 n ; e . ss I cszmct riricm ! lie duties of tit 1 £ ^ . I : " j 2 j ! rep'j , TrL . EtT-. r 1 ' . is ir . : jj pCW « -T , XCB SHHi L .: » lGv . LCTil : Ci ; d ilUIiH 2 L-J" ilbiil- ^ c ' . &eJ J aisurt lLl iL ' i : Ll ? ii •_ : zlc A- ± ccL ~ . z . Uxi ize ur prc-T-fcuu cou .. ir .:: ' _ . : rr : . ;|>^; -:. ' : ;? :: . " ...: r .: ' . o rectivc it . I ! 1 ; . ¦ : > . - a , r iira . ; :..:: i > . ir ::- - ^ V > the Ass-: jiatic-r , I " . :. ' ; .-i ; - " . -- ' r - ' ¦ ¦ h- ¦ . _ 0-iL- ^^ -, iE-2 : , . - ¦/ - — iic :... ^ , : _ . % . .. ; i ^ si - ± . t := it -= :::.. . .. : . : r , ^ . ; ¦ : . - . . ; .-. i- ^ r x : p >¦> " - i 7- ' . - - - ¦ -. - r - -- * . - --Kow of tyrjuii i ^ . ^ . ^ ciy cr , ;" : ";; - . - -. '
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li—IiisTEilT eauj said that Iwillaotafibrdaprecedent f 01 istroiedtg csplanauons c JEHtcted with the Association in the S : a- \ b « cius- the proper c 3 Erie b f .-r the members of the Xat acal Charter Association to meat acd deliberat-3 on sny ac - of the Extcut ^ e , and thronjh their Enb-stcretariea cr-nimsicate their decision to the Rxjcutive , Pairing care that tbe charge and defence are heard by thtm as a jnrr ; or a committee of enquiry , as one sensible man proposed , can be enjpinnelled acd proceed to consi der the matter at issne . The most fatal step is to make thepnbiic and tie GiTtrnmsnt parties to yonr quirrels . The lcokers-on mb ihtir Lands wii glee , and thry trill find agents to hunt the Siar-on the gtaie they rejoice to see started .
15—jlr . Hill has preferred a very lame and miserable charge against me cazchiA ^ the sum of ten shillings a ¦ week having fe ^ n paid me in addition to the thirty shi ; iing 3 , and vhich sfems to b ; tke bead and front cf my oSendicg ss 3 intict-tr cf the Executive . He tveu proe 6 e 43 te > fir i » 3 tc dinuacce ns z& tiiives—a charge whii ; h no man of a ^ -y s : rse cf honour or pride could for a riioment endure . That is an eld card in Mr . Hilis has « s , and I thi . \ k bo p ' . oTec it first at Hull . Any one who knows me will never charse me with a selfish lovs of mosey , a = d E ^ re ' . v evuiy one must know ttatif I Lid scught £ -.. 3 . I ^ vculd nst , in the Sxst instance ^ b- ~ f- teen a EtnVLcT cf the Isstional Charter
Association . If 1 £ oa £ ht DiCB&y in th ^ Xationa ! Charter Associ 2 t : on , I wcti-d h ^~ e remained a lecturer , a ^ d if I w = _ nt man .. y kxoT , I have osiy to Kzo'jnca Cksrti £ t principles . Darrg the time 1 have been on the Executive . I ha 7 e t-e-. n " rtS- ^ . y to lettnre , ag'tite , or -work nkht ard day RL-uacTcr required . . I have opened new locilitisi ; atd is Lonucn , Nanchtster , or any pert cf the ii gdom , I hire iept my appointments reg-rd' -Si of exre ^^ e , End iqnally so -srhetlier I was remunerated or net . O-ie month I traTrllt-d so iccessantly tLat mj coirh fare alone cost me fifteen pounds . D . U I charge tb = sonrtry vrith that ? L > ck at all the bjJiiica sb * ets since I was allowed ten EMIlicrs
addi--SottI . Y- - . 3 S 2 . J that ^ s-as contrary mle . So -was ; bu ; —ss i ; not aUo contrary to rnle for roiy locality to ? xprct a Eiember of the Executive to leciure f .. rit , when it' - . j wtre to . i poor to pay either coach hire , or any pa ? : cf the incidental expenses ? If the localities had lcohed as much to rnle as the Ex-cutive , Wr . Hill vr ^ dd noi have bee n so luu i ia his a ¦ ou ^ e . 10—Xow lit me ask Mr . KLl what inciC .-util expen ? f 2 m-. ra ? "What limit there is to the half ? andwhethtr w ; u ! d there net be room there for heavy charges ? Let ni . t ^ sk the people if it was not more democratic for me I- - - ac :-ipt of Is . ( 3-1 . per day for incidental expiccLs , than to e ^ sr ^ e tie co untry pL-rh ; ps five or ten shillings ? L :- - iid aik them if it is . not cheaper on the whole t-i nc-p : that plaBj snfi . then let me inform them that ' I iound snch an a'lo-srance on th- ^ a ^^ raee a vtry err-ht
Ioes ; nnd let me also say that hod it been a very great aiin , every penny would have gone to serve them as it hitherto has done . 17—lii 9 subject is , fcowever , so mean , so despica-V . e , a :: d "vrithal so exc ? L-aiEgly like the pstty but annoj't ? bile cf a bug . that I loathe and . detest the a ^ jert iiiirit which conia fct . sbie any ain to cry aloud , th ; f— rubber—on such s . eEder pounds . The subject 5 ' SL' ^ gested by miilice , s : ; d no d-jabt - ^ ill be fanned Ly tho 3 e who expect to stin 3 hi the shoes of the prei ;^ ct Exrcatire . They ars we ) cc ! jie to do so , but they ni'T depend upon it tkey "' i' . i n ; ver prosper by ruch cfctitfai work , their osn tdifiii will tumble on tbtir h . ~ .-: s , i- . r . d , like the pieiLing un . lermining rjoLe , they ¦^ Ti . its crushed in thtirfrr . gilec . en by the heel of an exasperated pso ^ 7 :.
IS—Mr . Hill , in his article on the Exjcative balance sheet , szjs , "Tie zsc-j ^ of Mr . C-nrpbeN , an-3 a ^ l the talk of the talent , the honesty , (!) and the judgment : ?; of the pnrty , " &c Mark the pttty spirit which rules the writer her-- ; see the printer ' s nurk of txclamation when Campbell , in hi 3 w : jmth of heart , attributed honesty to rno , and then mark a 5- ; c ~ nd time the printer ' s mark of question ; qiestion v =-2 _ fcn my friend applic 3 iha terra jartguitnt to my char ^ 2 ' -r . Mark altogether tha animus which guiJts Hill in his charge , and thtn tell me if the Attorney-General ha ? &v _ r been mure subtile , mean , or bitter towards a Chartist prisoner . Then read further , and mark how he smoothly and adroitly asseiis , thst ' - We have no irhh to depreciate the icoiih , or to urjierraie the services of Dr . ZlBou ' jJl : Ah ! he would wish you to believe that , zs oae cGmbatsst would ¦ vy ; = h to convince tbe onlookers , he has no wish to strangle him he h ^ s thrown down , no with in tie world , only tin ; 3 to gr ^ sp h : ci more securely by the throat in— "R ~ 1 \ cvp me . wf )? £ ii ; 2 men . Mr . Hill has betn
icng tninirg his small anns an-. ' great gun on the Executive . He -srait-Qes -lway = his time , -and he ? aid at Manchester , he would ; but a 3 certainly as there is hcn ?; ty on enrth , he will be defeated . He may press cpon a perjrcure . 1 and absent n : 3 n , he may serve up a 1111 of fer . arc-a ^ cn against me ; at the same time , the GoTermr . e ^ t prepare cne to outlaw Eie ; but tb ^ native iove of frir-pi-iy which its in tte heart of an Englishman , and cluriStS his character amongst nations , will cry eh :: *!? noon him , . ir-d force him to sneak away amicLt 'Jit hc-. fef s ; .-f society . 20—Mr . Hiil wy- ; : — '' TTe hnppen to know that the Executive b / v ? e been -written t-j > privately on these En >> j-: " ts 2 "iin enu ? . ? z \ n . " £ < they have , no doubt , but they were wr : t : en to on othsr Eubjecta , of which I have roTr to speVs , ai-. d to which I beg attention , as they w ;] i prove thi . taat watcuiulnfeiis is net for tbe mere love 01 democriCT , which , ilr . Hill would lead us to suppose , only actuates him on the watch-tower he Ki = picredj cnHddea , in the Cb 3 rtist vineyard . Krcollec :, 1 speak ¦> £ facis which I know ; and in two of wi : ~ h tbe Ex-: cntivt- had documentary and personal
evjdsnc ? . rsndy at trse Marichester meetins ; , but which vrere rendered unnecessary at that time ; first , because a thirge was preferred against ns by Mr . Hill , and ctbsrs ; Ecroz ^ iy , oa account cf a vote of thanks , inrtesd of cor . ceui' ^ ti . 'vn , teing proposed by O'Cjnnor , and Eccz-r . i ^ i by Co « per , of Leicester . I may also say , that I informed Grf-ssby , of Hull , publicly , that his c- - 'T- ! r ) -3 ii ; itagiinst-tae Executive , -us far as I was concerned , should r . o longer exist . Now , mind that fact , bsc . uM Mr . Hili kaew it , and row he raises the old abjection , although a consenting party to a vote of thinks , u-n cne who calied ou the nation for a tribute to the robbsrs . 21—The Exccnrrre received letters from various ¦ Dirts , inferming ua that a conspracy wis being formed izainit * hc-m , and particularly a letter from Leeds , wtich rt-ted that Mr . Kill an-i others agreed there in a certain house , to pursue b certain course of condnet . ^ Kir . Ft the Executive , the basi ? of which was—thai Vie c ' h-mic ' cr of ihe Eiecuiir * u-as io be st ^ flcienlly shaken . rirs-t in prirjit , and thev 6 « a simultaneous public assault . - . " the li" ? uE § e was rep srtfcd , and the names of the re-= r Executive actually put upon a list I need not nieiitioD that cri-fler Learii , G := Jpbell nor myesif were on thit list . The plot -was v <; ry cleverly cot np , bn- it txr-lofk-t ! too soon , and tho people happened to be very rusty en the matte ? . Yv'here are the letters ? I know that * will be tbe cry . I had three of them which I csvc to Mr . 'O ' Connor to read whilst in Nottingham , a-a 1 must record a fret in that gentleman's favour ; he no : only expressed his in-iignation , but he wrote frivntdy to parties svrho know the truth of what I wri ' . e :, md publicly to tbe people , declaring that he would en . r > ose and put 'iown ail eabalB of such a character . -Vt here are the mtn ? o ' a ! both men and letters can easity be furthccmiEg . entl my respected colJeagnes can hiive co cifficalty in producing them if they are wanted , an event wheh certain parties will not demand to be realist 3 .
no ~ R"ha = dees ? 11 this ecgw ? Nothing more than that the rrcfent Executive are very u : pa ] : tab ! e to Mr . Eiy . ' and jrany others who have leagued with him for tb-tir nestrustisa . ana who have nibbled away with c : cs . t criirDV for s ^ nie time -it myself and my brother i-Sct .-s . ifniw wiil Ticfoid ihe success of th&ir labours , ;; -. ^ ja 4 ^ 1 . mjin time , I ln ~ e pointed out the fact i ' at t ere has be . n a little more than pure democracy c ^ nc-VnV ; with tfe discnarse cf tbe sec » Ed ecd largest zr . a agiinst the Executive . I psss on to another sab' ] ri . t . vrhich coucetls myself ; and , as Mr . Hiil hss an-: v . un :-: < i his ini . n :: r-n of reiujving the msntlc of his protection from those helovesj I hope he wiil take it eaUrsIv awav frcin those ^ hom he hates , and in a cold ^ ni o-D-in n : ar ; Ecr wri te down their nair . es in full ¦^¦ jto the crime and sentence in rn ! ed columns . Mr . Ili-l < a- « s in the same Siar , of Nov . 19 : h , in his
ap-¦ Tir .-priitriy named article ' The X ^ st Shift , " - when , loezsis of the Executive address—I will pass over tie cries -srir . cb . are users echoes of Abin ^ er and th ? Puss , y . rb ns msd , mischievons . and criminal docuizent ' sr * -: baldly confess that I am prepared to defend cvtry entente of that address , toseiatr with the pro-: pr ety anrl justiee of issuing it ; and 1 only refrain from Lamia tbi author on the ground that it vrculd be c-ivu-. ; " inVorni 5 tion to the Government , which others ; m-y i ' , "d get paid fc-r if * ney like . I despise that \ : m ; : in ana grovdling cowardice which wonlg crawl and ; critce ^ t the feet cf persecntion , and whine omt . ir sj " rably . I did not wiue it , it is criminal , and the j ^ utb : r otcht to be punished for it Out upon such j piiifal poltroons . So help me God , I aai so utterly ' disgusted with the general cnA abject renunciation of i-at adiiress , that if the pa . ple wiil secure my five jr .-. rs" bail frcm all hirm , ki : d prepare me new bail , 1 will r =: ci 2 and defend that ad-. ' . Kss , acknowledge my- : -If ihe author , and meet Mr . Hill in public meeting , at i L- ; e . ' . s . " . ' I - ! 3 Mr . Bill siys , trSerscr the author is , he rnvsibe casif-ah 'he pccp ! e ' . Mr . Hiil knows perfectly well who is the author . He was at the Conference ; he heard ¦ srhat G : tgoryra d ; he knew then , now , always the Eaa be was stsbb ' .- 5 under the convenient name of Mr . Whoever . He also insinuates , bno-wiug whose character he is destroying , that the autior may be an agent of the Corn Iw Htpial&rs , or of the QjTemment , tut not of the kniords . Ke even takes advantage of the bonds of the lf . ^ 7 , and knowing thit it was neitberwite ner ju ? t ri t' e :. u * horto give the government the required iuorcr-iica , he st ^ Vs away , ssti ^ fi . d that his n . an is fist , tad : e s and srnj , bound together ae well as seas :.- 'ijss bftwetn ibem ; = n < 2 all the t me he cries rut , ir . -he --b . i ~~ . ee ¦ : ¦ / € riJ . t ' . ce ;; c : 7 if ?> 7 cou " . d be mere base ll . in io l- " .- - - . ¦ - -: " := do ' . ; . ??; - " - " ury ere . Ksiciful God ! " Glvr r _ r i .-: t liiv . i r , : y sr . d TVLiij cruelty , but sy-are me I-..-: - > c t = nd-. T rr ' tr ; :-. ? cf n ~ in . ncs . IScvr raiiid , i-: ; ' ,::: go cd ¦ ' { . 'Ihn il-ikj It ¦ ¦ mar . / . - fr .:. V > fi ii , cj < d ¦ " .- -- . : .- ' . - ; - . ¦ 7 : ; " .- . r- !/ . V '» j a ' "' t- "tr-. i / -Js Let . him g-t ~; - p a ; -. :- ; . ; ; :.:.-i-i- * . ' ¦ -. " th- ivl .- ^ iSj srd : ben cut c > u . £ s - ¦ ¦ - ~ -f ¦ ' u li r . ' - ' . - . - -- -- :: -.- " - - : : ; - -- -- "*• - ' : e i - Lt : E = ; . n : i _;; 2- " . u' : 5 ~ i ::. z : ~ > .- ~ - ± ^ c zi , it .. » t ct tub tas ¦¦
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been devotion to and enthusiasm in the cau . 3 e of Chartism . He haa done his worst against me , and hand In hsnii he has kept pace with my persecutors . 25—He denounced the address in the Siar succeeding the Conference , and the Government followed up with their arrests . He declared it to be the cause cf the mischief , and the G-Jvemment commenced their pursuit , He denounced me as a dangerous man , and my letters as mad and mischievous ; the Government took him at his word , and set a price on my tsad . He declares the author is an enemy to the cause : the Government , that he is an enemy to his country . Ht 3 dec l ares the author's sentence to be banishment from the country . He destroys the author ' s character amongst the Chartists ,-
the Government his chance among the jury class . And to finish the measure of persecution , Mr . Kill introduces a bill of denunciation at the very moment the Government file one of outlawry . Working-men , Englishmen , Scotchmen , and ; Weishmen , where have I a chance ; ffjriied me ; ptirj-aed , persecuted and prejudged , is it not true I mide an appeal to my countrymen , and demanded their protection ? I do demnnl it as an act of justice , not one of mercy ; ' .-. b a right , not as a favour . To whern do I appeal ? to the Trades and Chattists of Manchester . Fellow-men speak out , spesk the truth if it ihc-uid kill me , and as yonr acts were my &cU , say at once whether you approve or condemn . Yonr decision will influence me much , and I await it with tranquillity end ccurage . . "
26—In the meantime let me remind the reiders of forgotten facts . Tne Conference met in Manchester after the strike . When the address was issued , there were none to strike in Manchester . Tbe address appeared only in th ^ sepbees where tcestrike was goneral , and only for one day ; above all , the Trades ' address appeared first and the other second . How than could that a'inress cinse the strike ? 27—There are bnt tvro w-. ys to blsme the address ; first , because it did continue the strike ; and second , because it did not . Mr . Hill is one who blames ' itfor the first cause , ar . cl I ara anxious totnow how marty Manchester men , and especially of the trades , aeree
with Mr . Hill in condemning that address because it continued the strike . The next charge vrould be , that the address did not do what it promised , which , certainly , to my mind , oa » ht to be thf > charge brought forward by the honest Chartists . Now why-did it not do wha : it promised ? Simply bscauEe Mr . Hiii sisd others would not take any p ut in the strike , and consequently tbe machinery spoken of broke down . Mr . Hill cams to Manchester , determined to oppose the strike ; and in ripottiug from places which he said v ? ere resolved to take no part in the strike ; news arrived to contradict him , and to state that theso places represented as being so obstinate had been the firEt to move .
28—1 repeat it that the Blackburn and Preaton murder called for the address and even revolution , but caution or cotrardice , mastered folly and mischiet Gad knows I woaid hava baan fool enough to risk my lift ! to avenge the u'urdered mtn . and if that is . Mr . Hill ' s charge , I plead cailty . In his own language I say that th ? people will in time distinguish their friends , aiid I can , i-i the mean time , live down his persecution . £ 9—I have stated that some person took away a copy of the address frcm the printer , and read it in Carpenters' Hail previous to nry devis : on on the part of the Conference , or cny alteration in tbe document itself . As it now stands , I am ready to defend it . If the chief cV . rjre against the author is that of attempting to continue tb . 9 strike , will tbe trades , who proclaimed that resolution , flrat defend their position or desert it ? True , they issue : ! another , and so might the author , had the law not been qircker than the printer .
30—As the address stands , every one denies having anything to do with it , because it happens to be obnoxious to ftovemment , and every one would have fathered it had its fate been different . 31—Some apeak of my flight Let those gentlemen beware of using the word frith my name . I neither fled nor hid myself , but remained in and nsar Manchester until all dar . ger and disturbance had ceased . I ¦ was the last man to fly , not the first . I was quite at my sase , except for my bail , one of whom is a working man . 32—Now , my friends , I believe I can give you the true reasons for these assaults on me and the author of the addrets . First , the timid think such a course will recommend ths-ni to a lenient sentence ; and , secjndly ,
think they will prevent my return to England , —and I do not know whether Mr . Hili or the Government are takicg the best eteps to tff . ct it The flvst course might be secured by a- simple no ; and the second cannot be Eocured by any such method as that pursued by Mr . Hill , who seems to think that the bett check is to destroy my character , which he moEt religiously believes he can d «> . He shoots with * -wooden arrow ; the people are uo £ at his beck ; and it will be difficult for a man who did his best to mate the movement fail , to convince the people that thai failure is a criHio . Let him remember the high gallows made fo ? Hainan , and let him know I fear him not , if I bad a good old meeting , a free stags , and no favour , which I will have sooner than he dreams of .
33 , —l » ow , my friends , in conclusion , let me stats that all tbe Hills in England will never inako " . ns change my principles , —no , if all the people were to condemn me , I repeat now that which I stated in the court t \ % Chester ; I wiil stand undismayed , between the frowns of a people on the one hand , and the terrors of persecution on the other . I have done nought which will make me fear the face of man , and armed with the panoply of truth and principJe , I take up my position on the justice of my cause , wh « re I am superior to the dart of treachery en the one side , or the arms of a Government on tbe other . '
34 . —L ke the Romnn who could traverse the known globa , repeating in pride and in safety , I am a Roman , so in passing through the shower cf shots aimed at my heart , I cry aloud , uuhurt and exulting I am a Chartist . If I am ttfended bv the people I shall glory in their confidence , which has borne m 6 hitherto , above every trial and trouble , and which has been a shield and a sword ia my hanns : as well as an honour on my breast ; which as it has been dearly bought , shall be dearly taken away . 35 . —If I am forsaken by the people , I shall still possess my principle , and I shall rind consolation in looking back on tho fate of the noble Athenian , who was banished from his cotfntry by the votes of his fellow citizens , for no other reason than that assigned by one of the voters , I bated him for his justice , therefore I voted for his banishment . " 36 . —I have done ; my case is now before you , and in its justice I anchor my confidence . ; . ' ,
37 . —I am , as I ever will ba , sincerely devoted to my cause and my country , though An Exile .
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Kevee did puddle storm more awfully than tho one which we have siirred : and right thankful may vre haTe eziu-e to be , it * the dirt throwing do not choke us before vre have " cleaneeZ out the quarr i ! "' If tver our readers have seen a batch of light-fingered lightermen on board their craft , doins ; battle with the constables , to preclude an a . qnaiutanca wi : h the "beaks , " they have seen no bad correspondence of the present conduct of the Executive . As an individual portion of the people to whom they are responsible , we have required thai they should perform the duties they are paid for , and that they should thomEelves conform to ; tho rule 3 which it is their duty to enforce ; -we-havo hiat ^ d a suspicion that they have in many t-hini . s not done so , and we have desired to brins ; them to
e . 2 plain or answer for their conduct to tho peoplj , the only legitimate authority . Instead of answeringour just requirements , and those of the i \ k ; i'opoiiian delegates , tho Leicestershire delegates , tko Huii Councillors , the Birmingham Chartists , and very nijny others of their constituents , they get aboard their mud barges , and throw dirt vdth both hand ^ , in the hope of making farther effort to bring them to a reckoning so dissfp-ecable a business that their accusers may bo sickened and suffocated with the nastincss , and so they may e = cape . They mistake greatly : we are not thus to be beaten off . The fiith and stench of their :: j . ; : v ; B ; i ! ir-rs < rate and ready falsehood may be a little annoying , but it lies only on the surface , and ca ^ . be easily washed off with the clean water of truth .
We think the preserving of the fair escutcheon of onr cause from rust and EUb , a matter of too h : ^ h consequence 10 mir-d tbe foiling cf our fingers a ' little by its . cleansing ; and hence we maii ^ e to ' preserve a narvellous equanimity under all the scurrillous abuse , axtful misiepresenta ' . ions , and unblushing falsehoods , that are had recourse to as a means of diverting the people ' s attention from ihe information , we have given them . It will net . succeed , and simply btcause we shall not permit-it . It may bo srfneier ' . ly dis £ u ; 'insr , and not a little painful , to reply to ihe Eon of stu {? wi . icu these men vent in their maddened writhir .: ; -, but we shall perform the < Iu-y , though not the mo-: r ^ ar-nt on- ? . Th ? pecple haTe a rijht 10 ha e 1 . 10 v / - - - , le -n ^ z ' .-.-r Isi" before thc-E , and so far as c ~ ir time and r ; : acs sff .-riiscppcT . uuIr / , tli . y t ? :. ' : I ' i J-sre it . ¦ ¦ Ticy .- ' iaii } -- ? the-jnear ? of fc-rm ^ ii : ' . hrir ow-2 via ^ ni-::,: iu w' . " . r : ' :. ¦ : ' . r orm princ ' ; - ' -:- 1 ... v : b •? . r-. C' ^ i'iz- d iri . L "> : v . rj c ' ti . ' -. l < .. : -l-i- c . " " ir . '"'? . ' :. x . V »' e .-1 ¦ - :. ¦ „• ^ ~ - e ; : i - " .. " . \ v :... ' .: -. ¦ ' : L : :. ' . ¦;! : a . ' CAi : rDt : Lii t . r c ^ T- ^ ; . r . ' .- ' re . v I ' . ; .. "' :. " > " \ .. h ¦ i ' i \ . \ of luir i m .: let-. cr , bv : v .- ? ¦; - . - - ¦ - fv-c- ^ ? " ' = 0 to 1 ) 3 .
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belcbinga of Leach s sour stomach , at tha Carpenters ' s Hall , and the South Lancashire Delegate Meeting . We passed these without note or comment , expecting them to be taken up by other parties .. It will be seen , from : the communications from Hull , Birmingham , •' Sheffield , " and Loughborough , that they have been so taken up . We have now to deal with the long ; "denunciation' ' of ll'DouAixi whioh appeared in the Evening Star of last Wednesday and Thursday ^ and which ought to have appeared in the Northern Star of last Saturday ; but some reason , best known to himself , induced the "denunciator" not to send it here . No
man eyer had or ever shall have any right to compJain of injustice or a want of fair play at our bands , aud hence , though we are by no means bounden to it , we givei the Doctor ' s whole document in juxtaposition with our Own .-.-observations ' , and as it is a mat |; er of most unweildly length , we have broken it into paragra , phs , aud numbered them for convenience of reference . We shall do that which , though it is our own invariable custom , no disputant had ever yet , the fairness to do by usj abide strictly by tho matters and things to bs replied to , and keep in view the question . Had the Doctor and his mates done this , instead of raising such a pother in the mud , wo might hare had much less trouble , our readers much less annoyance , and themselves a much better chance of " getting out of the mess " than they now have .
Conscious delinquency ia always inconsistentj and Dr . M'Douall forms no exception to the rule ; the head and tail and body of his letter fit so badly together ,-and form so strange a contrast and diversity , that they make the whole to look like a sad abortion . With the first four paragraphs we have little concern . The fifth contains nothing upon which we think it necessary to observe beyond the passing remark , that a Christian Miuister , arid a fellow labourer in the cause" would have ill discharged his duty , perceiving dangers and abuses , not to point them out . The sixth paragraph is on ? that we wish tho Doctor had verified in the remaining portion of his letter : it would have saved us much trouble . We givo it entire : —
" I need no abusive language to . aid me ; I will make use of no base insinuation agiinst the character of any man . I will geek to destroy no fellow-worker with cowardly blows ; because I neither envy the position , nor hate the character of any man with whom I have toiled . No , my friends , I need not the aids of iujiistica and calumny , because I can find far better ¦ weapons in the facts I shall state , and in the uprightness and consistsucy of my political conduct from the first moment I declared myself a Chartist , down to the present time
I will not shield myself under a cou nter-accusatioii , eo trouble myself with aenrching the records of the live of my opponents ; the first I leave- ' to . ' the ¦ really guilty . ; the second to the conscience of every man , and the discriminating judgment of the people , who are tho only true judges of men . I take up the weapon of reason , and enter the arena as firmly to defend my character from the athieksofmy own party as I shall do in a court of justice to struggle with the Government "
We regret much , for tho Doctor ' s own sake , thai the major portion of his letter proves that this specious seeming is assumed merely for purposes of tact ; as he deals very largely in all tho matters of abasive language and counter accusation which he here promises to eschew . In the seventh paragraph , under pretence of disclaiming it , he makes very dexterous use of tho string so much fiddled on by his co-mates to divert attention from themselves and tho matters with which they s * ahd charged . He sets up the plea of absence . He is " an absent man" ; and , therefore , ought not to be attacked ! Not a word should be
said about his dclinquencies because he is not there to defend himself ! His coadjutors have all sung this song 'in chorus ; and the Doctor pops in a very convenient chord by declaring that he won't sing it . Now , supposing that M'Douall really was absent ; this is not a matter on which the plea of absence could , with the slightest plausibility , bo offered for him . He was not absent when , for months together , he was every week appropriating public rconcy under false pretences ,. and trampliiig under foot the Rules of the Organization which he had been appointed , to enforce . He was . not absent when , in July last , his
attention , and that of his coadjutors , was called to the matter by the kindly and friendly letters of the Hull councillors , and by the very propor and spirited resolutions of the Leicestershire delegates—when lie wrote to the Ilullsecretary ¦ that if the Hull councillors were not satisfied about the ten shillings awcek it should be given up , and was answered that , " of course they were not satisfied '' to seo the monoy of the public illegally appropriated . He was not absent when at Manchester , ho publicly stated that tho complaints of the Hull councillors had been considered , and that there should be no more cause for them . He must have known , during all this
time , that the balance-sheet would appear again in due course , and would certainly exhibit the evidence of his falsehood and ill faith- Theory of " absence " opposed to these clear matters of fact , is contemptible . He was not absent while all this was going on ; he is not AD 3 ENT Now I Of his particular locatibu wo know nothhiK . Whether ho may be in England or pat of it is a matter of no consequence ; he is . ' sufficiently present for : all matters of defence . The press is open to him . Ho has aceess to it , and as .- ' ready '' a- communicaiion with it as any other man . In the Northern Star of Saturday before last , wo made some comments on the conduct of tho Executive . In the Evening Star of -Wednesday ¦ appear two colum-is from M'Douall in reply : or > Thursday two . columns more ; and in
iho Siatesmin of Saturday almost two columns ¦ rbre . Hero , is a man who , in a paper war returns three , blows for one ; and crys out that he can ' t defend hiins ' -lf , beciuao he ' s not , there ! 1 The vtry letter upon . which we . are now ( commenting , sta ' . es , that h ^ hai 3 sec ' n . ercry Star issued since his " exile . " KdtniiVs can be morij clear than that tho cry of r absence " under such cireum ^ auces . is a mere - ' ' artful dodgq" to avoid accountihg for misconduct by ozciting the ' commisstration of the people and appealing to their . prejudices- against those by whom his misco :: duc £ - is pointed oat . The "dodge" shall not serre him . He is no rcbre absent , than we are ; and the endeavour to escape censure upon such a plea is in no way creditable , though it may evince a little tacti ¦ •• . - '¦ .. '•'"¦ ¦ "
¦; In the eighth paragraph he talks of " entering the- . lL- ' . s'with-Mr . Hill . " We beg to assure him he hero labours under a small mistake ; when Mr . Hill '' enters thi > lists" ic v . illnot be with him . His ninth , tenth , eleventh , and twelfth paragraphs are occupied wi-. h denying his responsibility to Mr . Hill , or ' . he right of Air . Hill "to try him , " or . " pass sentence upon him '; and he assigns as reason ? , therefore , ' that "he did not vote for Mr . Hill as Editor of the Slari" and that " he has no vote in displacing him " , ' and . 'that " ' no such office as public ccusbr , with power to try , and pass sentence upon men , exists in trie Chartist Organization " , and tha * " the freedom of the press is , in itself , a species of despotism . " . Had he been inclined to . realiza the fnec ' iOis seeming ' o . f hi 3 sixrh paragraph , which we
have quoted , ho would have saved himself the trouble ..- -of writing all this nonsense . He . knows ! ' . perfectly well that Mr . Hill never assumed ony ¦ suoh ' tight of censorship ; that 3 Ir . Hill never ' .-aUempted . tamake the Executive resppneiblo to him i as Editor of the Star , or to" try" aDd ^ pass ^ entence " I upon them . As Editor of the Star , "Mr . ' Hill 1 always has exercised , and always will exorcise , that ! -censorship which 'legitimately belongs to-, a free ' press—tho right of . . . canvas : inc ; the acts of public . men . and of prou"uncing an opinion upon , those aetsi . To this he has alwajs added the practice , which is perhaps less common arcon ^ journalists than it , should be , of giting his reason ' s for hi ; opinions , and ¦ of t-rrins- tc inako those reasons and opinions clear
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and we presume that no one , unless it be himself will dispute that he haa a ri « ht to : express that opinion . Now what has Mr . Hill done in this very case 1 Has he presumed to decide , and "to pass sentenca" on the Executive I In the very article " Executive Balance Sheet" commented on in this letter are the words—" we trtist ice have said enough to show the people that it u time they took up the matter in earnest ; " and in the next paper ,. to which allusion is made in the same letter , the Doctor had before him , in plain print , the following words .: — . ' - : . ¦ ' ' ¦ ' . ¦ - '¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ .- ¦'
"To our mind it is of much more consequence to prevent these things in future than to trouble ourselves about the past . That whioh is past cannot be recalled ; but the people may make past errors a beacon for the . future- We recommend' therefore , that the whole matter be taken up by all the localities , at once ; that the members aiid councillors meet together and deliberate upon the subject ; that they endeavour to keep iu mind the whole question , and to keep out of mind everything but the question—the duties of the Executive and the manner in which they have been performed ; . that they lay the balance sheet—not 4 he last merely , but the last three
balance sheets and tke erganizition both before them , and examine them together ; that they read in . connection therewith , the letters of the Hull Councillors to the Executive—the articles in the Northern Star of this and the last two weeks , and especially all that the Executive ha . v ^ said for themselves ia explanation and defence J lhat they weigh all these carefully and dispassionately , using their own clear sense of right and Wrong , and their own appreciation of principle ; not . suffering themselves to be led or biassed , either by us or by the Executive , but judging fairly from the evidence which lies before them , and recording their opinions in firm , clear , and temperate language . .
"The matteris ono fraught with as much importance as any that has occupied the public mind for a long time . We ask not , therefore , that the people should take us for a guide ; but that they should divest themselves ofprejudice , and view the whole subject in the clear light of common sense and Chartist principle . " ¦ Now with these paragraphs staring them in ' . the faco , wo ask any man ' s common sense , if the blash about Mr . Hill ' s " censorship , " and about his assuming a right to "try" and " passsentence" upon parties ,. and to make - " Blares" of them be not , maugre all the Doctor's specious seeming , an
impudent " xdunter accusation " got up without a shadow of proof to rest it on , for the purpose of shielding and covering himself ; the course which the Doctor says hi will " leave to the really guiliy . " We shall not permit hiai " counter accusation " to avail him . He is not indicted at the bar of Mr . Hill , but at thatof the Chartist public . Mr . Hill as 3 umes . no right of judgment or sentence ; he states facts and leaves the country to judge of them . If M'Douall can rbbut these facts ; if he cau prove that , as an Exccutivo councillor , ho has been guided , inhis . own conduct by Chartist principles , asd has acted in accordance with the organization ; if he can prore to the public that h ' e
has not violated the rules he was appointed to enforce ; if he can show that as an Executi ve . councillor he has not forfeited his trust , and broken faith with the people , let him do so , and no man will more readily acquit him of these charges than Mr . Hill . But it is not this swagger about not being responsible to Mr . Hill personally , and about not being a slave to the press , the freedom of which he regards as a species of despotism , that can hoodwink the people to tho plain matters of fact in question . He either has or has not been a party to a systematic and long-continued process of fraud , deliberateljr concocted , and at first iaKeniously cloaked over
with false pretences , and afterwards openly and impudently perpetrated without any pretence at all , in open defiance both of the spirit and the laws of the Association . Thatis the matter with which he stands charged not before Mr . Hill , but before the people ; not by Mr . Hill alone , but by many other members and officers of the Association as well . The proofs are that ¦ - . he accepted ofiico , knowing himself to be entitled to a certain amount of salary and no ' more ; that after some time he agreed with the other members of the Executive to increase that salary fully one ^ third ; that this was done accordingly and paid to him regularly ; that as there was no colourable pretext for this , it was put down in the Balance Sheet under the false and disguised
entry of " agitating expences , in hope that . it , might thus escape detection ; that in July last the Hall Councillors detected it , and wrote about it , and he promised that it should be done no more ; that . at Manchester he afterwards publicly stated that the complaints of the Hull Councillors . ( this being one of their complaints ) had been considered and remedied and that when the next Balance Sheet was published it appeared that the disguise of the " agitating expences" had been dropped , and the whole sum was , without any pretence of authority , put down as" wages . " Now what M'Douall has to do is not to bluster about Mr . Hill ' s " censorship , " but to meet these facts , and either show that the facts are not so or-that they accord with , the rules and duties of the effloe he holds .
But he has another reason also why ho refuses to answer to Mr . Hill . He . denies that the matter is a matter for the public at all . It is a matter exclusively appertaining to the members of the National Char er Association ; and he "questions the propriety of bringing every matter connected with forty thousand associated men before millions , and subjecting the associated Chartists to the influence and votes of men who have no more right to interfere with the Association than the Emperor of Morocco . " And yet in the very next paragraphj the fourteenth , he refuses to . acknowledge any tribunal or answer for his acts to any other party than a public meeting . He says : —
" For every act of mine , as a public man , I shall appear and answer .. before a fairly called and open public meeting of my fellow-countrymen , then and thereto answer any charge preferred by Mr . Hiil , or any question put by any of my fellow men . a . PUBLIC MSETING IS THE JUSTIC& HALL FOR ME . " How very consistent this is ! The referring to M'Douall's conduct , as a public man , in the Star is reprehensible , because it bring 3 it before millions ,
whereas none but members of the Charter Association have anything at all to do with it ; while yet a public meeting where evidently many , perhaps even a majority , might iieltherba members , nor in reality know anything of the merits of the qucsion , is the only " justice hall" for him . There is little difficulty in understanding this ; and in perceiving that it bespeaks much less confidence iu " the uprightness and consistency of his political conduct" than he is inclined to take credit for .
Again , who does not see that if it be wrong per sc to introduce into a newspaper the ma ' . ters of the Association , the same argument would exclude the balance-sheet from the Star , and would also prevent any member of the Association from givingpublic expression to his opinions through a newspaper . And we rather think thi 3 is the point really aimed at by M'Douall , Leach , and Campbell . It is the " species of despotism , " the freedom , of the press , that " bothers" them . Take from , the
localities this mode of communicating wi ' . h each otherthe law preronts them from corresponding—and there is then tka coaneo that a little peculation might be got much more snugly over . If bnelooa " lity were qu ck enough to perceive it , perhaps all might not ; and the- one might bo bulliedr—aa wai attempted with Hull . But the rascally Star tells all of them all about it , and makes every one as wiso as tho rest . We foil no surprise at all that M'Douall bViquld have no great affection for the '" fourth e =, rate" ! ¦' ¦'¦ '
In . the fifteenth p&rsgraph , ho corn ?! for the first time to a jjrapplin . E ; with the ¦ md ' . vcr really at iriuo ; of T " . lc ' . i 2 pl'd :: achno-. vled ^ cmer . t , vrex- )! anaiion , - \ va = ali- . thzt was ever asked or \ v ; . ;; : c : ; and wr-i'icii . - ' s . ,, cL-v ! vi " " -. "! b . -o / .-n SiTiTdV ;^ it t v ^ V : k * ln--: ndihi--.-v- ! r-- . ; Lr .: iO th ;;'; we q-i ^"; d h .- - , v .-c . - ' . ] v &e : t-l-Vo ihz vrL .-U ^ i % ' . '? r ;—
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" You say that was contrary to rule . So it was . " Here then is a clear acknowledgement of the whole matter charged ; and all after this is idle extenuation and mere talk for dirersion ' s sake . The excuse that the localities did not pay the expencea we Tiave already met , in answering Leach and Campbell . It is ^ THK duty of the Executive to See that the . localities do comply with the terms of the Organization . There 13 in this paragraph much display of disinterestedness , much talk of his own labours and generosity , and a most virtuous disclaimer of all * selfish love of money . " "We should have liked all this better had we not known the fact that cither his " selfish love of money ' or something else did certainly induce him for many months to receive ten shillings every week to which
ho had no right—first under the false pretence of « ' agitating expeuces , " and afterwards , when driven from that position , openly and nakedly in defianoe ef all pretence '; whatever . Plain facts speak to us much more forcibly than professions , ¦ 'however loud . The sixteenth paragraph is an attempt to " get away" by a bold dash . Ho raves about " Incidental expences , " and the manner in which they ' . might be run up to large sums , as if ho had either never read the Organization at all , or , at all events , thought nobody else had . He has no right by tho Organization to charge to the country one farthing for incidental expencss , save when employed in-breaking up new ' ground , and he does not attempt to show that during the time in question ho was thus employed for even a single week .
The seventeenth paragraph show ' s the "honest " Doctor very uneasy and uncomfortable under tho circumstances of his own seeking . He is " annoyed ' thereat . We do not wonder ; nor need he . Had he "loathed" the " mean , despicable subject" at tht proper time , he might have missed the "annoyancei" Had he not made the "bug , " he could not have , been bitten % it . The " bug" is the consciousnes s of "the mean , petty , despicable" fraud which he first took so much pains to oonoeal , and now tries so vainly to brazen out . We do not wonder at his beingangry with Mr . Hill . ;
He asserts that we are actuated by malice against him . Ho 1 knows thai ; to be a Jio . He knows and everybody who has read the Star knows that there has never yet been one man in the movement whom we have not supported to the utmost oxtent of our ability , so long as we could possibly do so without betraying , the people . Why should we have any malice against him I We have never known him save as a Chartist : and even were we capable of being actuated by the motives of petty jealousy ' and personal animosity , what is therein him to call forth these qualities in us ! He has never crossed bur path in any way , * : 6 r ever can do so . But wo shall never sit and see the people bamboozled without telling them . . ¦'¦¦¦ ¦ - . ¦;¦'" .-
In the eighteenth paragraph , he almost poetizes because we admire his honesty and question his judgment \ We paimot help it . It seems plain to ug that either one or both of these qualities may be fairly considered as beyond all question .--, ' - -Tho nineteenth paragraph is another small piece of froth about the " absence" cry . That wo have already disposed of . The twentieth paragraph affirms that Mr . Hill was a consenting party to a certain vote of thanks moved by O'Connor and seconded by . Cooper , of Leicester . The writer knows this to bo false . He knows that so far from " consenting , " Mr . Hill did not even assent to that veto of thanks . There are
witnesses enough of that . Mr . Hill did not vote against it : ho knew that there was no use iii doing so ; he did not vote upon it : at all ; but he had previously spoken , distinctly disclaiming all connection with anything which expressed approbation either of the Strike or of the conduct of tho Executive . Mr . Hiii is taunted with having " called on the nation for a tribute to the robbers" ! Why did he do bo I Becausehe had a month before seen a letter from M'Do 0 all promising that the robbery should be
discontinued ; he had then the word of M'Douali . publicly pledged to the same effect ; and ho was fool enough to boliavo AI'Donall . ITo vrnn doaiVou ? to give the Executive credit for honesty of purpose ; and , therefore , he not only called on the nation for a tribute , but from his own scanty purso contributed more to their funds than any other man in the kingdom—savo one . He is now quvte willing to acknowledge that the folly of the act deserved tbe sneering taunt by which it is repaid . '¦ ¦' ¦¦ The twenty-first paragraph affirms that . —
.- ¦ "'The - Executiye received letters from various parts , informing us that a conspiracy was being formed against them , arid particularly a lettor from Leeds , which stated that Mr . Hilland others agreed there in a certain house , to pursue a certain course of eonduet against the Executive , the basis of which was—Chat Ihe character of the Executive wai to be sufficiently shaken - first in private * and then by a simultaneous public assault . " It goes on : — . " Where are the men ? oh ! both men and letterg can easily be forthcoming , and iny respected col-Jea ^ ues can have no difficulty in producing them if they , are wanted , an event which certain parties will not demand to bo realised . " ¦ .: '
If the writer thinks us to be one of these " certai » parties , " ho mistakes . We do demand the produc tion both of the letters and the men . We demand THE PUBLICATION OF THOSE LETTEBS . And , if thej be not produced and published , and if they do not bear oat this statement , we brand M'Douall as a liar and a scoundrel . If they be produced and publislied , and if they do bear out this statement , it will be for the writers to substantiate them .
Meantime wo give the people Mr . Hill ' s assurance on the honour of a man , that he never saw or heard anythiag of this alleged meeting , save from this lottcr and from Leach ' s speech , reported in last ¦ week ' s Star ; that no man ever named or even hinted any such thing to him , nor anything at all resembling it , or which could : po 33 ibly be distorted into ariytliinglike . it ; nor can he think that any maa would daio to do so . . ¦ "•
The rest of this long letter consists entirely of mouthing about tho unfortunately famous address which has been eo often called " tho Executive ' s Address . " ¦¦ ' He is " utterly disgusted with the general and abject renunciation of that address , " and he is valorously augry with us because we will neither praise it nor father it ; . and because we repdled tho calumny of the fonl-mouthed ruffian who charged its authorship upon O'Connor .. Well ; we cannot help it . Our opinion of that address has never altered from the first time we saw it , What we thought then , we think still . " We never did and never shall defend it . . Whoever : was ita author , we regard hiaa as a most mischievous individual , and one whom the people , if they have
heretoore tru 3 ted him , should trust no longer , but cast from ; them the moment he is discovered . " We don't say who was the author of it ; nor shall we be taunted or " scolded ' , ' by M'Douall into any admission of wheiher we know the author or not ' . W « leave him to give the Government that information if he pleases ; ha seem 3 vastly inclined that way . We are quite content , on the part of Mr . Hill , to borrow his own words : 'VI only refrain from naming the author on the ground that it would be giving information to the G j vernment ; which others may do , and get paid for , if they like . " M'Dquall knows this very w ^ U ; and so do thoss who belly so bravely upon velvet about " coward thrusta" and and" deadly Etab-, , " &c . - : ¦ We are very sorry , for the sake not only of M'Doxmll bat of many ; whom we t ! r : ik . better mtn , that ho has lugged .. " ' in this aiUchievous document at a !! . We have regretieJ aytL ' : !>' iaore'iii the unbapp % -business of the last - 'l'v , - mi- 'yths than that knaves , and . fools ' .-would not 1-j ; " ¦ -tliat address ! alone . . We have never ones named is save when compel ' . * : d . And yet , in the next pirap . raph the : ' wi'iHv , ' -f « 'i 31 speaking ' of-it sayc : —; . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' . ' . ' . "J- ' i . Jvr . c- ' sr . c ^ d i ! :: - . ' ivoss in t * : e &a ; - sue ' e-iodiag ' ¦ 'ih : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' . ; . ii ^ u , ¦' ¦ : •' . ' . ¦ „ .: Gjvc-1- -- . vi ^ u- / ; c-h > ved up -v .-:-. ' ; . ..:. r : ; :. cS'H . il ¦ d-claredk ; to '¦ ' the cuiko of : ' ¦ : ¦ . -: 'J-:- ' . aii'j ¦ i ' v . G . . - : ' ii'yj . v ? . Cv ^ 'iiuilOJii lilvll
Tee Fforthektstar; Saturday, December 10, 1842.
TEE ffORTHEKTSTAR ; SATURDAY , DECEMBER 10 , 1842 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 10, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct460/page/4/
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