The native American., 1838-10-20
From the Richmond Inquirer.
SCENES IN LONDON,
Mr.. sTEvENsoN-AND MR.. o'CoNNELL.

LoNG's HOTEL, LONDON, Aug. Is, 1888.
Dear Sir: Knowing the deep interest which
you feel in every thing which concerns the Ame-
rican Minister, | hasten to enclose to you by the
packet of tomorrow from Liverpool, his cores
pondence with Mr.. O'Connell.
'You will Of course have seen the reported
brutal outrage, which this Irish Caliban made on
both our country and Mr.. Stevenson on the first
Of August at Birmingham, where the abolition OF
the negro apprenticeship in the British West In
dies was celebrated with very extraordinary man.
lfestaons of blackguardism and abuse.
1.-The moment Mr.. Stevenson read MIR. O'Con-
nelPs speech, he fastened to my lodgings and
requested me to convey such message to Mr.
|OConnell, as should leaUe no doubt of its import
AS was perfectly aware, if he placed himself
in the hands of this patriot, who is as false to his
friends as ne is mean and treacherous to his ene-
mics some unfair advantage would be taken, and
that if Mr.. S. and myself were not handed over
to the police, message would only irritate fresh
cataract of Billingsgate from the most copous
fountain of low vituperation any where to be
found in her Majesty's dominions-in this state
of the proceedings, | was SO fortunate as to have
the counsels Of that gallant and intelligent officer
of our Navy, Capt. Matthew C. Perry, and of
Dr. NJ Cauley, Of Maryland, gentleman who is
also SO highly esteemed and SO advantageousv
known by US all at home, who both happened ac-
cidentalIy to be in London. These gentlemen sug-
gested to me, from much better knowledge of
Mr. O'Connell's character than possessed my
self, that he ought to be approached in the form
OF an inquiry, in the first instance, whether the
report of his speech was correct-and if he
avowed it, that then should wait upon him with
an open letter. to ask whether he held himselfre-
sponsible, according to the sense in which such
responsibility is acknowledged for an outrage
and monstrous upon the feelings of al
gentleman bearing SO high and distinguished al
personal and official relation TO his own Govern
ment, as the Minister Of the U. S. If he did
avow such responsibility, at once to tender him
a p"rempory challenge, without an ''i'' or "but''
IN the whole context, in strict conformity to the
instructions Of my principal.
"As Mr.. O'Connell, however, had publicly
avowcd, from the fact of his once having acci-
dentay killed his man, free doubtless of even the
crime of homicide, as question from his valor.
whether he ever took sight at his opponent,) that
he will not fgM whilst he claims special imn,t,ai-
~ and impnaify to abuse every man, not alone in
the United Kingdom, but in the whole world; |
was satisfied that satisfaction could have been
obtained even by this course. | therefore readily
consented to plan which enabled Mr. O'C. to
ne himself ont Of the di1iculty-whch he has
successfully accomplished at an expense which,
considering the small amount of character which
the Rint master of Ireland has left, he could ill
afford.
"That Mr.. O'Connell not only used the Ian
guage reported and attributed to him in the Lon
don SUI and Spectator, but was more offensive,
there can be no doubt.
q shall not leave England, without going to
birmingham, investigating the facts, and fixing
the LIE upon has brass in indelible characters.
Indeed it is said that he made, Likewise in his
speech, an outrageous attack on the character Of
the great Parent of our country-a man, the pur-
Ity OF whose memory is outraged by the very ap-