Papers of the Manchester Literary Club (Volume 3)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1877 Excerpt: ... Town. This advertisement is followed by a characteristic notice from Whitaker, the Enemy aimed at, in these terms: --The ridiculous resolution above is scarcely worthy even of a smile from the author. He is infinitely above the reach of such pop-gun shooters. He should not therefore have taken the least notice of it, if he had consulted only his own feelings. But for the sake of others who may fancy something terrible in the brute thunder even of such a resolution, he just deigns to say in return That he was the author of the paper alluded to, and believes that every suggestion in it to be literally and punctually true. That ready to acknowledge whatever he does, and glorying in an address so virtuously meant and so honourably conducted, he dated it from the place of his abode, on purpose to shew that he was the author, and That, as long as he is blest with the power to speak and the ability to write, he shall think himself obliged to employ both against that Tyrannical Party which for many months past has disturbed the happiness of the town by their bold and desperate attempts at the government of it. John Whitaker. Salford Bridge, March 25. These advertisements were continued for two or three weeks. On 9th April the newspaper contained the last part of Whitaker's letter, now headed with his name. In it he completed his narrative of the proceedings, describing how the agreement between the two parties was broken by the representatives of the Commissioners. Whitaker's friends were accordingly reduced to the alternative of either foregoing the fair and honourable ground which they had taken for the good of the town, or of forming an immediate opposition to it. They did the latter. The writer then dealt with the matter of the surplus; and he argued that a...