Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-04-18


| nenu party in Lower Canada. The Cansdi-
ans have stopped the supplies. The House OF
Commons have ofirmed that they shall not be
stopped. The Canadians demand the redress
| of a variety Of grievances. The House Of Com
mons will not grant them. We would publish
the long string Of aflirmations, which have
been sustained by maJortics Of from 200 10 800,
but that the points in dispute are SO disguised
in Parliamentary phraseology, that il ia diff
cult TO search them out The London Times
tauntlngly says, AS for Lower Canada, we
care buI little about il but as u channel for the
course Of ne ST. Lawrence, the Nile oil British
| North America, and The only medium OF COM
munication between England and the far more
valuable region aud more kindred people Of
the Upper Province. The French Canadians
mean separation, and nothing else, by their
turbulence. For themselves alone, they are
not worth the keeping, but as the key 10 Up
per Canada, and the medium of intercourse
! with 100000 Of our own brave emigru,ed
countrymen in that fine country, we must pre-
| vent this pervcrse breed from tormenting us
/ longer BY their audacity and extravaganza
| One line of an act Of Parliament will do it,
without The aid Of single man or gym ilom
| Great Britain"
The debate upon this subject is not without
| interest 10 us on account OF our proximity 10
! Canada, butras it fills sheets Of the London
| Journals, we can only give extracts from VIVA,
some Of the prominent speakers had 10 say.
! MIR. O'Connoll said, he would now express
! his deep regret at having heard the PROPOSE
| tons which had emanuted from the noble lord,
| (Russell.) (Hear.) He thought they CON
tanned some Of the very worst principles Of the
worst Tory times. They involved principles
that had been the fruitful source of civil war,
and dissontion, and distraction to ireland for
| centuries. The analogy between Canada and
Ireland was greater than the hon. gentleman
was willing 10 admit. In fact il was complete
and II they came TO names, when they spoke
! of Papincau they had only TO substitute anoth-
er name with an o a, the beginning. laugh
ter and cries o. "Oh!'') The cases were
precisely similar. This House Of Parliament
was 10 lay hold Of tho monies raised by tho
J Canadians, the Canadian representatives. being
| permitted TO exercise only one Of the functions,
10 raise the supplies, but not 10 appropriate
them. But the one function ought not 10 be
separated from the other. (HeaE) 1t was
mere mockery TO give them The power OF rails
ing the money, aud then 10 take that money
away. That was the very Thing that made
the Americans resist-ahd, blessed be God
they did resist and the consequence had been
the spread of that democratic principle which
had been abused, and which ought 10 be abu-
scd, by those who disked it, and who felt they
would be losers by its growth. (Hear, hear.)
The very spirit of resistance, then, was invol.
we'd in the resolutions. The hon. gentleman,
who was chairman or director Of the company
concerned, had talked OF The necessity Tor do
ing this or that. Why was necessity the con-
slant plea Of tyrantsl Was it not necessity
that INTRODUCED Coercion Bill into Ircandl
(Hear, heur) Was there n single individual
who brought forward and supported that bill
that not talk Of the necessity for III The
plea Of necessity might be made 10 justify my
thing. We'll, but what was the necessity in
this casc7 What did it teach lhem1 Try, at
least, to do something for Cansda-justice for
Canada! ("IIear, hear" and laugh.er.) Let
them have such Legislative Assembly as
they wished FOR, and if they persevered in their
sppeals to that house. he hoped that by con-
siderable majority they would DO protected
from being deprived Of their money. He pro-
tested against the resolutions, and hoped that
the amendment Of the hon. member Mr. Lea
der) below him would be adopted. The hon.
gentleman (Mr. Robinson) had talked Of the
Canadian party. Was not that what was done
in ireland by the Orange party? The Cana
dian party were the people OF Canada. What
was the proof Of that Why, they returned
the proportion Of 30 out OF 80 OF Vie members
OF the Legislature. Was that a party p
(Hear.) What a party that elected so over
whelming majority OF the Legisatufo7 The
hon. gentleman might call /. u party if he plea
sed (; and he sat himself in q seat which was
occupied short time ago by gentleman " ho
called the Irish nation q party in precisely tho
same kind of way. The Irish nation was OPP
posed by the Orange party, and that party cal
led the nation party. But then it would be
objected the question Of religion does not a.
rise in Canada SO much Us il did in Ireland.
No. but the miserable distinction Of party did
and if religious discussions had been avoided
hitherto, he did not think, from certain hints
which had been thrown out, that they would
be long free from them.s 1t appeared from the
last authentic reports that ia high situations
and important Offices were filled. Was she
not able to protect herself, then What had
America lost by protecting herself7 In New
York, property would sell at "a years pnr-
chnse, while in Canada il would fetch only Is
or 90 years. purchase. What was the reason
Because there was sn Independent system OF
govern nent established in the former country.
Why should not Canada havo u legislative
government OF its own? What could be
| more miserable than 10 he governed by It's
present left. anded House OF LORDS (tlcar)
| Why should any irresponsible badly be elected
by the Crown? Was II necessary COR the pro-
lection of the Crown Certainly nut II twas
not the way to secure the authority of the
Crown. Did not the hon. gcnt, man rcmem-
Der that during the American war an officer
rose up in the House Of Commons and said,
"Give me an army! No, do mol want IT.
Give me the old walchmen Of the city, and |
will march from one end Of America 10 the
other" But what was the fact7 Some Of
the fines, grenadiels that ever stepped from
The ranks were sent out afterwards, and some
few Of them returned, but not crowned with
aureL OF victory. tHear.l 1t was all idle
vapor to say that people could be outraged
with immunity. He hoped the house would
join him in saving" Give the Canadians lnr-
| ther constitutional privilegeo.n In reply 10