The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1837-12-30
From the Boston Atlas.
CANADA.

As some details Of the causes, which have
led to the present difficulties, may not be unin-
teresting at this time, we will briefly review the
position of the contrasting parties. The great
bulk of the people in Lower Canada are Of French,
descent. very small portion of the people are
Of British origin. This small proportion Of the
people, however, have, till lately, engrossed the
whole political control of the province. The
Legislature Of the province is composed Of
House 81 Assembly elected by the people, and
Council or Upper House, appointed by the
Grown. This Council is composed entirely. Or
almost entirely Of English descent. It's politics
are, and have been, ultra Tory. The Council
has uniformly opposed all reforms, and all inn
provements in the colonial laws and administra-
ton; and these laws and this administration be;nU
founded upon the old French system. stand in
great need Of improvement in several very impor-
tant particulars.
The Canadians have therefore gone for Par.
Elementary Reform. They have demanded that
the Council, instead of being appointed by the
crown, should be made elective. This reasona-
bic request was peremptorily refused by the Bri-
fish ministry. The House of Assembly having
no other means to enforce it, voted to stop the
supplies; and the British ministry have sent out
orders to their Governor to collect the fares, NOT
understanding they are not vofed by the Provis-
attempt on the part of the British ministry, that
gave rise to the American Revolution.
The population of Lower Canada at this time,
IS probably equal to that of Massachusetts. The
Lower Canadians have strong party of friends
in Upper Canada, though at this moment the
Tories have small majority in the Colonial
Legislature. There can be little doubt that the
patriot forces will persevere until they have
achieved the independence Of the Canadians.
After the battle Of ST. Charles, there was no
mercy shown towards the Canadians; very large
number of them were surrounded in building at
st. Charles, and set on FIRE; they were thus will
fully roasted alive by the British soldiers. The
Montreal Herald does not tell us Of this fact; but
on the contrary has suppressed the truth at least,
II the soldiers who were there are to be believed:
many OF them, three days after the engagement,
told me the above. They also said they did not
bury man of the Canadians, swearing they
were tired enough killing them, without taking
the trouble to bury them-the pigs eat MANY Of
their bodies.-Nionfreai Cores. The Phila. inq.
Melancholy Fate offhc Crew and Passengers
Of the Schooner Trent.---We learn from Captain
l.. Burgess, of the ship Eliza Ann, from Liver
pool, that on the 18th Of August, sixty miles
south OF Pensacola, while bound from Mobile to
Liverpool, he fell in with the wreck of the schr.
Trent, bound from Mobile to Galveston Bay.
She was on her beam ends-her masts were
unstepped, and her sails and rigging entirely
gone. All the passengers and crew had persisted,
with the exception Of one boy, sixteen years Of
age, whom the captain took from the wreck.
From him, they learned that she was capsized
on the 7th August by squall. The following
are the names Of those lost reported by the
boy: Captain Smith and lady; crew, Messrs.
Crawford, Wicker, Bowman, and Smith; passen-
gers, Messrs. Samuel Butler, Elliott and King.
The boy saved, Peter Darner, has returned with
Captain Burgess from Liverpool. - Mobile Chron.