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

Gently taken place. They have taken the
government papers us their sources Of intor-
nation I'VE have taken beth these and the
Radical reports. We readily conceds 10 them
that the Radicals exsggerate and they n't'f
concede to us that the Tory presses equally
exaggerate. To the opinions and argu'nen"
Of the gentlemen we coneede the same snesrt-
"; and al tho same time we must suggest 10
our readers, that they are the opinions ana ar
gumen,s ofmsn who are, and necessarily mus'
be, partizans in Canadian politics; and 'heie-
fore more or less Influenced by the prcJudlces
ard interests which always and everywhere
affect all pur,zans. And now TO the main
point: the correctness OF our facts is called
in question. Indeed, the svowed purpose Of
our correspondents is 10 und,csive Va, and
place us on what they really and honestly be-
lieve TO be tho right ground. We thank them
all for their good Intentions; we thank them
all for the information they have given US
and we particularly thank "A Yankee in
Canada for satisfying US as to the entire gen.
sral eorrsetnsss OF our facts as we understand
them, and as we intended they should be un-
derstood by our readers. Let US particular
ize the fret mentioned fact that 'the Radi-
Gals constitute large majority ofths province
and deem themselves aggrievcd,' is fully adj
United. The fact that troops wero 'qIartered
among the Radical population is also admit
ted with the qualification that they were there
quartereG at the expense Of the government:
we did not intend 10 say to the contrary. The
fact that numbers were arrested for high
treason before the commission Of any overt
act of resistance or rebellion is denied-and
howl Why, the gentlemen take the meeting
OF the six counties and the driving the officers
Of the crown 10 give up'their commissions, as
overt acts OF resistance aud rebellion PET
haps they were SO, technically speaking; but
this is not what we INTENDED 10 say we cid
intend TO say, that arrests, forcible arrests, BY
armed men, >a0ere made before he Radicals had
actually commenced The tUar; or, ia other words,
that the actual conflicts between the parties,
were preceded and occasoncd by the arrests
This is not denied. Our'St Johns correspon-
dent, whose denial is the strongest, ne,erthe.
less expressly states that the first fighting was
a; The rescue of Demaray and Davisnon.-
The fac, that the radical presses were sup.
pressed by the government is denied; this
being the work Of individuals. We at once
admit cur statement too strong: but we beg
TO ask, Has The government punished the
mob2 Has any thing been done 10 punish
them2 Did not The leading Loy0lists eneuur-
age and government rejoice at the suppression
Of those pressesl Are not the mobitcs al
large, and even many Of them employed BY the
government as volunteers against the Radi-
cals7 Is it TO, fact that any man now who
would dare TO publish Radical paper would
son? Well does the Yankee say that tho
mobiles are as liable 10 punishment as the
murdcrers of Lovcjoy! Liable iorsooth !
are they punished? No!-and The govern.
ncnts' ia Illinois and Lower Canada are nc
cessory parties, after The fact, 10 The mobs. The
remaining fact that the government purpose
iy provoked the radicals premaiurely 10 take
up arms, is not denied in terms, though the
gentlemen PROFESSIONALLY mean 10 say as
much. This is matter of.gpinion: We believe
thai ,uas Che Intention Of The government, and
we're we Tories, should applaud i, as an .x-
cellent scheme % mp tho budding hopes Of
I Liberty. Tss sft-g
Already havsSws given more space 10 ,hese
remstks than was intended. but we cannot
refrain from noticing some oil the ridiculous as.
symptoms and arguments OF "A Yankee in
Canada particularly touching tho popular
will. He ASSUMES that we consider the 'popu-
lar will' omnipolent: he assumes that which
is sheer nonsense. We do not consider the
popular will above the law Of GoG-thereiore
We would not have bowed TO il in Jerusalem
1897 years ago, had VIC then lived. He as
sumes that we consider The popular will' a
thing not 10 be combatted: but we hold that it
may he combatled--with argument and reason,
until these are useless. Thus we have always
combatted the popular will" when we he.
lieved it wrong and yielded to ii, I" We al
ways must and ought 10 do, unless in the
rnost extreme cases, when we cannot peace
ably resist it. Thus he may combat il in
Canada: we only ask had he not better yield
to ii Than to shed bioOd7 10 he not morally
bound to yield to it, when yielding is not
viois,ion OF The higher obligations to God
Our correspondents argument and illustration,
10 Justify forcibie resistance, have no sort oil
relevancy to The case in question. He charged
iha IN Nth The nnil. nf ,niIrhsr In a for.