Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-11-16
WILLIAM ROWLAND, Egg, Norfolk.
CANADA DECLARATION.


tnualy violated by The British Government ana ou
rights usurped and, whereas, our humble Petto"s az
Cresses protests and "Reminiscences against '"s Jui
and have been made IN vain
and The British Government hath disposed "l our ieVe
nue. without the constitutional consent o. ne ocn' LIZ
ussiure pllared our Treasury arrested great NUMBERS
of our citizens committed them 10 prison. dstroueI
through the country mercenaty army, whose presence
is accompanied by CONSERVATION ana alarm whose uAch
il red with the blood Of our people, who have iaic ou
villages in ashes, proaned our Temples, aRc spseou et
ror and waste through the land: And whereas we can
no longer suffer The repeated violations OF our deass
rights end patiently support the multiplied onages ano
eiue,cs OF the Government oil Lower .ahada'-He, i"
the of the People Of Lower canada ackno~ egihe
the derrees Of Divine Providence which permits us IL
put down a Government which hath abused the ohJec
and intention for which ii was created, and TO make
choice Of that form of Government which shall re:essa
blish the empire Of JUSTICE assure domestic lfanquiiy
provide for defence promote general good ano
secure and poseTy The advantage oil civil anu
religious liberty,
l. That from this day forward the People OF Lower
Canada are absolyed from all nlleg lance to Great Br
ain and that the political connection between that power
| and Lower Canada is now dissolved.
9 That Republican form Of Government is best
| suited 10 Lower Canada which is this day declared 10
| be Republic
g. That under the Free Government of Lower Cana
d. all persons shall enjoy the rights; the Indians
shall longer 5e under any civil dsquaiihcaons, ou
shall enjoy The same rights all other citizens oil Lower
Canada
4. lHat a.. union between CnuGcu S'niS ~
hereby declared TO be dissolved and every person shall
be at liberty freely such religion or belief as
shall be dictated 10 him BY his conscience.
s. That the Feudal Segnoriu tenure ofands is here
by abolished completely as II such tenure had never
existed in Canada.
6. Tina, each and every person who shall bear arms
or otherwise furnish assistance TO The people OF canada
in this for emanc patton, shall be- and Is, dis
charged from all debts due, obligations real or suPPos
ed for artearages in virtue Of Segniorial rights hereto
fore existing.
T. That the Douae Coutumisr is for the future abo
lished and prohibited.
S Ths, imprisonment for debt shall no longer exist
excepting such of fraud shall be specified IN
be passed hereafter by the Legislature OF Lower
Canada for this purpose.
O. That sentence of Death shall no longer be passed
or executed, except in case OF murder.
10 That mortgages land estate shall DE special, and
to be valid shsI be unregistered in offices to be created
for this purpose by an act OF the Legislature OF Lower
Canada.
H. That the liberty and freedom Of The Press shall
exist in all public matters and affairs
l2 That trial by Jury guaranteed 10 The people OF
Lower Canada in its most extended and liberal sense,
in all criminal SUITS and in civil suits above sum 10 oe
fixed by the Legislature Of The State oil Lower Canada
Is. That as General and Public Education is naces.
sary and due by the Government 10 the people an act
to provide for the same, shall lie passed as the
circumstances of the country will permit
II That to the elective franchise all elections
shall Ue had by ballot
i That with The leo Isl possible delay The people shall
choose Delegates according 10 The present division OF
the country into Counties, Towns and Boroughs, who
shall Convention Legislative Body, 10
establish Constitution according to The wants OF The
country, and in conformity with the disposition Of this
Ueclaaiion subject to I've modified according 10 the will
Of The people.
lG That every male person Of the are Of u years
and upwards, shall have the right OF voting herein
provided ard for the election Of the aforesaid delegates
II. That all Crown Lands, also snch called
Clergy Reserves and such are nominaly in posses
&C nj md. hnl1 uuIa md
called the british North American Land Company,
Of right The property d! the State of Lower Canada,
except such portions 81 the aforesaid lands as may be
in Of persons who hold the in good faith,
and to whom titles shall he secured and granted by viz
tue Of law which shall be enacted rgalise The pcs.
session Of aud title for, such untitled lots 81 land in
the Townships under cultivation improvement.
Is That the French and English languages sIa!! be
used in all public affairs.
And for the fuflmcn, of this Declaration, and for the
support OF the Patriotic cause, in which
gagged, with firm reliance on tie protection Of the AL
mighty ard the justice OF our conGac,, WE, by these
presents, sClrmuly pledge TO each other cur lives:
fortunes, and our most sacred honor.
by order Of The Provisional Government,
ROBERT NELSON, PrrSiisnt
LOVER CAHAna.--The Montreal Herald Of The Isl,
ms, full Of fight as usualan apt illustration of The
mountain IN labor. We quo;c the following somewha.
d0Hhitui paragraph:
"Capain Whitney, Of the steamer Great Britain, has
informed the propricors of the steamers in Upper Ca
al Oswrgo in favor Of The rebels will be prudent
for them 10 allow their vessels 10 land that port -
n. Y Times.
Tue FREycH BIocKlpE- 1t will be seen by our
South American nteige nee, that the rigid focenen
OF the blockade had produced the most disastrous effects
in the Argentine Republic. War without and disatec
ton within combined To convuise that State. The high
prices OF provisions and the inability Of the Governor Of
BurDos Ayres 10 pay the troops III garrison there had
driven them 10 The very verge OF revolt that seemed
hDl
The bloCkadiDg force.
Monevideo appears TO have been in situation still
more deporahe, with victorious insurgcnt army within
q stones throw Of lis walls, and hall lis population
openly or secretly--in favor of the hesegers.
Ihroughou, the Banda Oriental, agriculture was a, a
stand the peasan,ry being all in either to the go
verrnent or the revoution.ls In MoneviGeo famine
was dreaded and belived that nothing but an op.
perfume arrival from Rio the United States could
avert II. 49,
Under these circumstances it seems likely that our
next arrival from that quarter may announce the occu
patton of Mon,evideo by tie insurgents under General
Fruchnso Rvera--and no less probable the uncondi.
tonal submission Of Governor Rosas 10 the terms OF the
French Admiral
was on the Of another great political convuson
r.f Y Times.
Soprs MuLTICAULIs-A writer in the Baltimore
PAPERS suggests caution TO the purchasers of buds this
season. which may be of some Importance 10 them
he says has been the practice TO strip the Tee oil all
its leaves before coming 10 maturity, which is great
injury the bud because when the trees has received
that nourismert TO protect and rpen the wood, the
leaves will fall of themselves without deprving the bud
of that vege,alng power, which know is pracsed 10
great extent If the bud is not ripe il requires great
care to make il vege.ae, and the standard for receiving
the buds cuttings ought to be strictly adhered to-
ceve but what ripe and perfected as the others
will shrvel and decay, if not properly managed
TO Gideon b. Smith Of Baltimore, more than to any
and TO every other individual in this country, the
country large, and the fortunate individual cultvalor
in particular, indebted for the possession and enjoymen,
of the value Of the Morus Mutcaslis. He was ono Of