Excerpt from The Substance of an Address: Delivered by Charles Pearson, at a Public Meeting, on the 11th, 19th of December, 1843 Mr. Hickson I understand pretends to palliate the application to me of such expressions as mendacious assertions by saying that I also can use hard words: he will be pleased to note the distinguishing difference be tween his conduct and mine in this particular; his attacks were secret and assassin-like, made against a man who had given him no provocation, and who was supposed to be bound by the duties of his ofice to sit silent under the attacks: whereas when I applied hard words to Mr. Hlsod, it was in his presence and hearing, and in return for the grossest provocation. Let him further understand, that in my life I never applied such expres. Sions to any man behind his back, and never published a line against any human being that did not involve my personal responsibility by carrying upon its face my name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.