Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-01-23

on the question, how much ut The cu,Crn-
ment of tho colony should belong totho co.
lony ITSELF and how much To the mother
country but most people Will nllow that
all the power ought To belong cihcr 10 the
mother country or to the colony. The coll
ony exercises its powers through It's repre-
sentative body. The mother country eyer
ciscs lis powers thro' the Governor anh
by means Of Parliament and the Colonial
Office, can hold him responsible for what
ever he does in the exercise of them. But
here is third power co-oqual with these
two, aud representing neither the mother
country nor the colony, but band Of Job
bng officials solely; not only frustrating
The wishes of the colony, but superscdina
the authority of the mother country, since
the Bills which Cinbody the demands of the
people, being rejected in the Upper House,
never come regularly before the Governor
or the Colonial Minister at all.
MIR Rocbuck, in bis pamphlet, shows con.
clusiyoly that an elective Council would
tend more than any other measure TO pre-
vent rupture between the colony and the
mother country. We regret that we have
not space 10 transfer TO our columns the
whole Of his close and logical reasoning :;
but we cannot resist the temptation of pre-
senting to the reader the concluding para
graph -
"IG" (says MIR Roebucb) "thc separation
be to take place violently, il will be a mat
ter of no moment. tina, 1t is opposed 10y the
prescn, Legislative Council. Rather, in
deed, would such opposition aid any meas
ure of separation. The decisions of the
Council have lao moral force with the peo-
pie, while the House of Assembly complete
" represents the whole population. The
Legislative Council represents no part OF
them. Whenever the time for violent sep
aration nav come, II come it must, the as
sent ofthe Council Will neither be needed
nor looked for. On the other hand, if the
Council were elected, and represented c-
ther the whole or a portion Of the people.
then It's cooperation would be looked for,
and would be needed. There is greater
difficulty asSuredly IN gaining the assent Of
two separate bodies to 80 dangerous pro-
ceed,nsgonc R662idi}t5H So RSMhoI ID rcsPon
,i.., Of ono only. Ifthc second Assembly
were composed OF older men, or OF persons
elected for longer term, the difficulty wo'd
be materially increased. In no way could
the breach between The mother country and
the colonies be hindcrcd 10y the existing
Council, while in many and important ways
it might be delayed by AN elective one. The
true friends, therefore, of English dominion,
ought to desire the change now so eagerly
demanded by the Canadians Themselves
-Ersting DtG'cai'ie', p. So.
The last measure Of the hssembly-thcir
address to the King and the two Houses Of
Parliamentary passed 10y majority Of
s. to I, on the 18th Of February, 1886 In
it the Assembly dwell upon the expecta-
tons which had been raised by the conduct
Of the Governor, aud the disappointment
caused by the disclosure of the instructions
to the Commissioners after which, in the
most temperate, yet IN the frmest language,
they rciterate their previous demand for
Ist, An elective Council
ID. The repeal Of the Tenure's Act, and
the Act creating the Brtish-American Land
Company.
Sd Complete Parliamentary control over
the whole of the lands belonging TO the CO.
louy,
9TH. Complete control over revenue and
expenditure,
The address also contains an explicit
declaration. that the redress Of Grievances
must p,eoedc any permanent appropriation
of money.
The hrmncss Of the House Of Assembly
has since been put 10 another test, and they
have sustained II most noDly.
On the 1ld Of September, 1886, the A
scmbly was called together to receive Lord
Glcnclg's answer 10 their address. The
answer was only a rcitcrat.on Of the instfuc-
tous-ihe demands Of the Assembly being
once moro refused. Upon this the Assem-
biz addressed the Governor, repeating the
determination they came % AT the close OF
the session Of 1886: namely, that the re-
dress Of grievances must proccde vote Of
supplies. This address was carried, IN
committee, by maloriiics varying from s.
to G, aud "A to the majority also threat
cnin2 to retire to their homes, and TO leave
30 quorum. The House was dismissed, al
ter session ofaboui a fortnight.
We must now rurn 10 the sister province
Of Upper Canada, IN order to sho" the pro-
grc,s ofdiscoutcnt under Sir Francis Head.
Sir Francis, like Lord Goslord, began