Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-04-11
From the N. Y. Express.


inenu party in Lower Canada. The Canada
ans have stopped the supplies. The House OF
Commons have offirmed 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 afirmations, which have
been sustained by maJorites Of from 200 10 800,
but that the points in dispute are SO disguised
in Parliamentary phraseology, that it ia diff
cult 10 search them out. The London Times
tauntingly says, AS for Lower Canada, we
care bul 'tle about 1t but as a channel for the
course Of he ST. Lawrence, the Nile oil British
North America, and tho only medium Of COM
muncaton between England and the far more
valuable region and 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 600, goo Of our own brave cmigru.ed
countrymen in that fine county, we must pre-
vent this peryerse breed from tormenting us
longer BY lh,ir audacity and extrayasance.-
One line of an act Of Parliament will do il,
without The aid Of single man or gym flom
Great Britain"
The debate upon this subject is not without
interest 10 us on account Of our proximity TO
Canada, butTas it fills sheets Of the London
Journals, VIC cun only give extracts from what
some Of the prominent speakers had 10 say.
MIR. O'Connol said, lac would now express
his deep regret at having heard the PROPOSE
tons which had emanuted from the noble lord
(Russell) (IIear.) He thought they con
tuined some Of the very worst principles of the
worst Tory times. They involved principles
that had been the fruitful source Of civil war,
and dissenon, and distraction to ireland for
centuries. The analogy between Canada and
Ireland was greater than the hon. gentleman
was willing TO admit. In fact it was complete
and il they came to names, when they spoke
Of Papinpau they had only to substitute anoth-
er name with an at the beginning. Laugh
ter and cries oc "Oh! ') The cases were
precisely similar. This House Of Parliament
was 10 lay hold Of tho monies raised by tho
Canadians, the Canadian representatives. being
permitted 10 exercise only one Of the functions,
10 raise the supplies, but not 10 appropriate
them. But the onc function ought not 10 be
separated from the other (Hear) 1t was
mere mockery TO give them the power of rails.
ing the money, aud then TO take that money
away. That was the very Thing that made
the Americans resist-ahd, blessed be God
they did resist, and tho consequence had been
the spread of that democratic principle which
had been abused, and which ought 10 be abu-
scd, by those who dsIiked it, and who felt they
would be losers by its growth. (Hear, heur.)
The very spirit of resist stance, then, was invol-
we'd in the resolutions. The hon. gentleman,
who was chairman or director Of the company
concerned had talk ed Of the necessity Tor do
ing this or that Why was necessity the con-
slant plea Of tyrants1 Was il not necessity
that INTRODUCED Coercion Bill into Ireland?
(Hear, hcur.) Was there a single individual
who brought forward and supported that bill
that not talk of the necessity for in The
plea Of necessity might be made TO justify my
thing. Well, but what was the necessity IN
this casc7 What did it teach them1 Try, at
least, to do something for Cnn.da-jus,ice for
Canada! ("IIear, hear" and laughter.) Let
them have such Legislative Assembly Us
they wished FOR, and it they persevered in their
appeals 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 pariyi The Cana
dian party were the people OF Canada. What
was the proof Of that Why, they returned
OF the Legislature. Was that q party .
(Hear.) What party that elected so over
whelming majority OF tho Legislature The
hon. gentleman might call i, a party if he plea
sed and he sat himself in q seat which was
occupied short time ago by gentleman W no
called the lrlsh nation party IN precisely the
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 it did in Ireland.
No, but the miserable distinction of party did
and if religious dlssensions had been avoided
hitherto, he did not think, from certain hints
which had been thrown out, that they would
be long free from them 1t appeared from the
last authentic reports that 3 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-
chase, while ia Canada it would fetch only is
or 90 years. purchase. What was the reason
Because there was an independent system OF
govern ncnt established in tho former country.
Why should not Canada lIaso lGgi siaivo
government Of It's own? What could be
more miserable than 10 he governed by its
present left. anded House OF LORDS (Hcar.)
| Why should any irresponsible baby be c!ectt d
by the Crown? Was II necessary COR the pro-
lection of the Crown? Certainly not. twas
mol tho way to secure the authority of the
Crown. Did not the hon. gentleman rcmem-
| Der that during the American war an officer
rose up in tho House Of Commons and said,
"Give me an army! No, do moi want IT.
Give me the old watchmen of The city, and |
will march from one end Of America 10 the
other" But what was the fact? Some Of
the finest grenadIcls that ever stepped from
| The ranks were sent out afterwards, aud some
| few of them returned, but not crowned with