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

MEssRs. EDIToRs:
The appearance OF your paperin this village
ON Thursday lasi, caused no little surprise a.
mong the ire nds OF peace, more particularly
those from Vermont, acquainted with lis editors
and their general character for ulering words
Of truth and soberness. The appearance OF
extracts from other papers, containing very lit-
tie truth, in relation 10 Canadian affairs, did
not excite so much surprise; us we can easily
guess, jlroW wheaees such reports have come,
namely f5ApD he e<eDss's camp But the ed
itbfidl Il ~ h,th hc ompanicd them, not
.,,stsj q t<esed. 4drsbsolurely conlounded all
who bad Eisrn VOC credit 10. cannon intelli-
gehct md boneSiy Believing, however, mar
yoa4n6 Yobr teadersNSish 10 know The truth
N tbs mdtter I would beg leave 10 correct
some .rrols which have gone forth, and briefly
20 state the iacis in the case. You say that the
war is "lor liberty" BY this il is minated, at
least that liberty is moi now enjoyed in Cana
da. That this Is as far from the truth as light
from darkness every one dwelling on Canadi-
an soil and breathing lis free air, must know
and, unless blinded by ignorance or influenced
BY sinister motives, will lear witness. Com
pare it with YOUR own highly favored country,
where liberty has foirshed in all lis greatness
for more than 60 ycars-now convu sed by in
ternal cOmmolions, caused doubtless by the
despotic sway Of the Head OF lonr Govern
mept who does acts which The King al Eng,
land darcs not do. This country at this hour,
in the enjoyment of Liberty, possessed by all
! its inhabitants, black or white, will bear com'
parison with your own. If freedom from laws
which, in n neishborins country consisns mil
lions OF human beings To the lowest degree o.
slavery, while they cannot call even their souls
their own, constitutes q want of liberty, we
plead guilty TO the charge. But if country
| possessing good and wholesome laws, witt
here and there an exception, and those exoep.
lions existing through ,he fault Of those very
men who have led us into civil war with
| out tax, save the duties levied upon imporiel
goods with the expense of carrying on The
government and of defending the country al
most entirely borne by The mother country!
with the Liberty Of choosing our own rulers, 81
far as this is possible while connected with
! foreign country, and with the liberty Of wor-
shipping God "under our own vine and fig
tree''; if country, possessing and enjoying
these privileges unmo.ested, can he called free
| the inhabitants OF Canada possess this Heaver
born boon in lis highest extent In your state
ment that The Pat lot arms have been success.
inl, you are again m error as your Postscript
| (Which subsequent accounts confirm TO the let
teri shows. On this poit there can be nc
I anu 'UC cftH' VIII SlNN w" hhIo'"'s
were the measures Of Il. S. Brown, the Radi.
cal commander. in originating and promulga
ting unfounded reports of yicio.y, when, had
he possessed even common foresight in thii
matter, he must have seen, that when the trutf
was known, il must operate much against him
The truth is, and every paper in this province
confirms the fact, as well as the testimony o
numerous Witnesses, without one solitary dis
fcnting voice, that the Radical party has beer
driven from one post to another, where the,
have attempted TO rally their forces, and tina
in no engagement have they been victorious
unless yon can cal that a viciory at ST. Den
mis-, where he troops were fred upon una
wares, and driven back with SINAI loss, bn
having recruited their forces, Immediately al
tackled their opposers, and routed them viii
a great slaughter: that at ST. Charles abou
800 Of the rebels were killed and 2e takel