The London Working Men's Association have published a rejoin- der
to the Precursor Society's reply to their first address to the People of Ireland. They tell the Irish, that they have Mr. O'Connell's distinct pledge, in a resolution which he proposed himself, to introduce a bill in which Universal Suffrage should be embodied ; and that he was one of the committee who drew up the bill which is called the People's Charter. They intend to demand the fulfilment of that pledge. The injustice of confounding the entire body of the English Chartists with the Ultra Tories, Oastler and Stephens, is pointed out ; and dis- approbation of Feargus O'Connor's language is expressed, though they are " by no means inclined to gratify the vindictive spite of Daniel O'Connell by injuring the usefulness of that gentleman, still less to gra- tify the enemy by dividing the Radicals of the North from the South." They protest against the doctrine that "no popular party can do with- out leaders ; " and declare their belief, that, without leaders, they shall be able to prevent the supremacy of either Whig or Tory faction. They conclude with a recommendation to the Irish to urge their Representatives "to break through the trammels of political expedi- ency, and advocate those broad principles of justice which can alone redeem their common country." In a postscript, they strongly recom- mend Colonel Thompson's letter to the Working Men of Hull.
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