| Description | Rochdale, 6 September 1882, to Dixon, The Dales, Birmingham, expressing his concern about the proposed meetings in Birmingham; feels the time and the circumstances are very unfortunate and wishes he could abandon the project; has written a letter to Mr Schnadhorst but it has not been published for fear of doing harm to the unity of the party; his letter was intended to explain his reasons for quitting the government which he feels should not be concealed; hopes the Autumn session will afford good grounds for not holding the meetings |