Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-12-25


places IN that section are at present occuplet
and guarded by British troops, they hatins
tfavcrsed the banks OF The Rchelleu and lakct
possession OF ils villages.
/ 1t is true that petition after petition has beer
presented 10 the Home Government by th,
House Of Assembly, but II is not frno iha
these peli ions have been spurned. a creal
part of them was made up Of efetancts which
never existed, compliance with the prayer Of
which, could moi be, without compromising The
dignity of The British Government and Laws.
Many of these petitions have been answered.
ana others are IN progress so SON az times
will warrant. In tn sc petitions, The Ameri-
can and Old Country population have scarcely
at all united but they have been prepared, cir
culatcd and TO- wardcd by individuals who have
always shown themselves hostile TO the inter-
rsts of the Ameri an population, and whose
leader has publicly declared, among other @.
qnuly absurd aud untrue statements, that the
Americans here "would sell the country OF
their adoption for dollars" In one way, and
one only, can the Government be said 10 have
been the cause Of recent Disturbances, namely,
IN having been too lcnient To those who have
long been promul =a;ing tbei' reasonable IN.
lenlohs in different paris Of the Province
Had Papenrau and O'Calaean, who, by their
scdilioIs and revolutionary writings x speech
es, long since deserved death, reapcd the re-
ward Of their deserts, we should not have been
troubled with our present fficules. IL is
such men only who are mainly IN fault, a.
having brought on these Disturbances, for five
sixths of The radical party throughout the Pro.
vince are as ignorant of the consequences Of
their attack upon the Government as possible,
and in fact, are so shrouded in Ignorance that
they can be led TO The commission Of almost
any deeJ, TO which reasonable and designing
men may instigaie them. To the statement
that "Govcrnment and lis pnrtizans have mad
ly cour,ed rebellion, aud dared the people 10
resistance" beg leave most respectfully 10
demur and, as proof that this has not been
the case, would point you 10 tho expression Of
sentiment la.ely made by our fcllow-cuuntry-
men in Montreal, who, dwelling on Brush
ground, must be well acquainted with the facts
in the case, and who with one united voice,
"cxpress most soiemny and deliberately their
opinion, founded upon long observation and
experience, that no just cause for JisatIcctoG
exists, IN this Province, but, on the contf0ry
its government L. calculated to secure the al
tachmcnt and support Of every honest man,
and that the attempted revolution is TO be as
cribed solely 10 the false representations and
reasonable designs Of a few ambitious and
unpriDcipled leaders," Look again at a re-
porl oil the meeting at Siars,ead, Of the inhab
iianis Of Am, rican origin, and you will per-
Ot,.ax, ~ r's, 49," ,ta' a''o Jo"u'."I"'
..,1'rt, So" .'' 'N' '""' Is D
or a foreigner. If there were any cause for
revolution, would not the bOne and muscle OF
the country be as much ems aged III bringing
it about, as those who are natural" guic, x
peaceable, but stupidity ignorant ard supers l.
iious people, like the French Canadians q
The fist attack made, was bv The "Sons Of
Liberty" upon few peaceabe aud quiet in
habitsnts in Montreal, who were driven about
The city until their number become strong u
nough % drive the aggressors in return, and
then, so great was the indignation oi HE 10y
alisis at the wanlon attack upon iew OF then
number, that they could not be restrained uuii
they had laid vi0lart hands, upon the press &
type of the Vind9cafnra " hfrh llc& sfftufAs, en-
deavored TO Gxcita ~ kop9Shed slsgKciyl) T'ei,
or these iacis,itie best ct viaenc e ON " hats
t|iSuo. man wh0k>st;sss WE ~ fs8ci cons. "
The present IA esn{ 4, 4nndu has beeN 1pal<
pared 10 thai OF thes Ip1i}e Ia IA 81 ls4efy
one acquainted with The sYfnntson Ct 10th nin<'
know, that between the two there exists no ore
feature Of similarity, save their connection with
Great Britain. Taxed and oppressed hey ond
measure, the Old colonies had grievances Of
! which no one in Canada can have the least j.
dea, save what can be gathered from tho his
tory Of those times. That our case is differ
ent from theirs, is most clearly shown from
the fac, thai. among The rebel party in the pres
ent contest car be fcuud scarcely an Amcli-
can or foreigner. Was il thus in The duys Of
TIE revolution Of l7761 Were not The excep.
tons few in which every man did moi onSag,
heari aud hand in that real contest for liberty
| And who were foremost in that patriotic 5andi
who fought or 'mnn's FIRST, best birlhrgbl'l
In thai contest, those who had been most &C
tive in stirring up the people TO break the OPP
prcssivo yoke,-ihose who had talked loudl,
Of their wrongs, and hravely and earlcssl,
proclaimed their real oppression those wer,
liberty and freedom. Did Gcorqe Washne