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we answer nlm frankly, we did and if
we are asked why we did it, our answer
shall be here recorded. When that large
and respectable meeting was organized,
Mr.. b. Paul was unanimously appointed
Secretary Notwithstanding as in contempt
of the wishes of the whole assembIage, he
bluntly refused to act. Although he re-
mained during the whole proceedings a
passive looker-on, until the motion to
adjourn was made. then MIR. Paul rose in
his place and moved that the proceedings
be published in the TocsIN,' and naming
no other paper, yet he knew that the meet
ing, the largest one held for four years in
the city OF Albany, was indebted to the
proprietors Of the NORTHERN STAR and
its friends, for getting it up to allay the
excitement that existed, and were then
actively engaged in the proceedings Of that
meeting. After so Aagrant an insult Of
fered to the editors and proprietors of the
Northern Star, as MIR. Paul's resolution
implied, did MIR. Benjamin suppose, or
Mr.. Paul, that we would take notice of
it. We can assure them if they did, that
they are mistaken in their men. On the
other hand, we treated it with that silent
contempt which it so richly merited and
we should have never referred to it again,
had it not been for the twattle and toa-
dism of the Tocsin.


In Mr.. Benjamin's letter, we are dri.
ven to the task. We should not have no.
ticed il, but common respect for our
selves, and common justice to all with
whom we come in contact, induced US on
the present occasion, as we ever shall be
found ready we trust, when respectfully
applied to as in the presen, instance, how
ever widely we may differ from those whom
We have unwitingly come in collision
with. But in conclusion we would say
to Mr.. Benjamin, that his request 10 have
his name 6iotted ont FROM the book of the
Association, came rather too late, as his
name had been blotted out some time pre-
yious to his request by the Association,
they having weighed Mr.. BIS frmness in
the balance and found it wanting. There
fore, he need be under no apprehension
in future about his being held responsible
for any thing that may be justly charge
able to the Association, or its present edi-
tors.