Star.
London, England, 1828-03-03 00:00:00

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Address from the Magistrates and inhabitants of the
parish of Nicolet, are so widely different from those
which are now circulated as the sentiments of the
Canadian population in general, that I might have felt
some surprise in the perusal of them, did I not know
that they came to me from a seat of learning, %Are
education is spreading all its happy influence, and
where the agents of a factious party have not dared,
or have failed, to introduce the gross misrepresentations
against Government, by which the Canadian peasantry
have been deceived and misled in other parts of the
Province.
" I know how toappreciate the feelings of society
residing near Nicolet; it affords me, therefore, peculiar
pleasure to receive this address from those whd, by their
personal character and condoct,have not only shown the
example, but have spared no exertions in spreading wide
around them the principles cf good subjects and un-
questioaable loyalty.
" When I thank you, Gentlertel, for the eer•testions
of such sentiments, in regard to the administration of
the Government which his Majesty bad entrusted to
me, I hope the people generally will take a lesson from
your example—principles of wise, prudent, and peace-
able subjects of his Majesty the King, cannot be derived
from a better source than from Nicole!.
(Signed) " DALHOUSIE."
" To his Excellency George, Earl .of Dalhousie, Berms Dal-
floosie. of Dalhousie Castle, Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Captain General,
• and Governor in Chief in and over the Provinces of Lower
Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia;and New Bromwich
and their Dependencies, Vier Admiral of the same, Lieute-
nant General and Commander of all his Majesty's Forces in the
said Provinces and their Dependencies,_ and in the Islands of
. Newfoundland, Prince Edward and Bermuda. Ike.
la We, the undersigned, inhabitants of the County of
Glengarry, Upper Canada, approach your Excellency
*ith the sentiments of respect due to your exalted sta-
'Sion, the virtues that adorn your private character, and
the general principles of your public admi..istration ard
conduct.
" We have lately observed with much regret, the
violent measures of a party in the sister Province; -and
without pretending to give any judgment on the poli-
tical questions at issue, or wishing to obtrude ourselves _
on any arrangements beyond our legitimate sphere, a•e
cannot but regard it our duty, as peaceable subjects, to
reprobate the proceedings to which we havenow alluded,
as discreditable to the actors, if not to their cause, undu-
tiful to our Gracious Sovereign and his Representative,
and hostile to the best interests and improvements of
those Colonies. We fully believe, at the same time, that
our population of French origin in general, as well as the
rest of our fellow-subjects in these lands, are most devo-
ted in their loyalty and attachment to the British Go-
vernment; that the same spirit which they formerly, and
with so much horiour;displayed in the defence of their
country, and on the field of batue, is far from being
on the wane among the sons of Canada, and that the
partial appearances of an opposite description, which
have recently occurred, are to be traced to the sinister
' influence of a few individuals, and their interested par-
tizans, who have artfully laboured, under the specious
mat k of patriotism and loud professions of public zeal,
to disguise their own schemes of ambition and selfish
policy ; and have thus imposed on the unsuspecting
confidence of a quiet people, and excited their distrust
of the measures of administration, by imaginary evils
and alarms. We acknowledge, did we see the rights of
the people invaded, that we woul I be among the fore-
most—but without forgetting our due homage and al-
legiance—to present our respectful memorial for redress
at the foot of the Throne. But when, instead of suffer-
ing from the encroachments of power, we behold our be-
loved Monarch himself in the character of the friend and
father of his people, viewing their prosperity and happi.
ness as the true greatness of his empire and lustre of his
crown,and commanding by his mild reign, yet magnani•
mous conduct, the admiration and applause even of fa
reign and far distant nations—when o e consider our pri-
vileges and moderate public burthens, the fostering care
of our Government and the mother country, and the
noble improvements from their own resources, which
they are now carrying on in these provinces—we must
indeed have been unworthy of such blessings, and
traitors to the name of subjects, which we bear, did we
not deem ourselves hound, by the most sacred calls of
duty and gratitude, to love our King, to honour his
name and representative, and to cherish, in the best
feelings of the heart, our connection with Britain, long
the most favoured of kingdoms, ever hallowed to us by
the repo.ing ashes of our kindred and forefathers, and
this day the glary of the whole earth.
" We generally offer to your Excellency the unank
n.ons expressions of our duty and our most cordial
testimony to the able integrity of your conduct, in ycur
office of Royal Representative, as Governor in Chief of
the British professions in North America—we sincerely
regard the appointment among the benefactions of
our Sovereign—we trust that you will I mg preside
over us, and ate confident it will he with the same
unwearied zeal for the public good, and with the
same unsullied honour as in the period th it is past ;
and permit us, under these impressions, to state our
unhesitating assurance, that, by continuance in the like
discharge of the legal functions of your authority, by
the recollection of what is due to the Royal Personage
represented, and to the just claims and the welfare of
the people ruled, your Excellency will obtain, not only
from 11,, but also from every man in these provinces
that feels with the heart, or that cherishes the loyalty of
a Briton, the willing tribute of affection and esteem, that
your name, amc.ng a people true to their country and
King, will beheld in grateful remembrance in Canada,
p and that your retirement will be followed by our best
washes, and our prayer for your happiness and noblest
honours in your native lard.
HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY.
*, Castle of St. Louis, Dec. 22,1827-
" This Address, which yi u present to me from the
inhabitants of the county of Glengarry, in Upper Ca-
nada, speaks power fully she sentiments of Highlanders,
alive, in an equal degree, to the interest: c.f their adopted
country, and to the honour and support of the Crown.
" I aro highly gratified by this expression of their
approbation of my conduct, and request you to assure
them that, entertaining with them the same opinion of
tl e unquestionable loyalty of the Canadian populaion,
I view the recent events as nothing more than the vio-
lence of a few individuals, who have so far succeeded
in misleading a well-disposed people. I feel confident
that the good sense of that same people will ultimately
see and correct this error.
(Signed) '• DALHOUSIE."
" To the Rev. Archibald Connell, Martin
Town, Upper Canada."

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