Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-01-03
THE CANADAS

Wchave nothing new or interesting from Cana
da. The most that relates to the upper province
we got from Buffalo. The Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser of the 18th, contains the proceedings
of the meeting held at the THEATRE on the evening
of the 18th, which was full to overfiowing. Mr.
Mackenzie appeared upon the occasion and, was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers. He addressed
the asscmblage in a speech OF more than an
hour, upon the various topics connected with Ca
madam affairs.
In relation to the late rising in the Province he
said il was in consequence Of mistake in tho
time specified in one of their dispatches.
were organized, acting in concert with the poo
plo of the lower province, running almost daily
xpresses--despatchcs had been sent to the diff
farcnt towns who had joined in the league, but
one of them by accident or design, was written
Tuesday" instead of Thursday ."-They came
on Tuesday, and mado forced march to the
neighborhood of Toronto, expecting to meet the
citizens of the whole province. They were to
weak to attempt the town that night-the gov.
eminent took the alarm-the munitions Of war
were placed in the hands Of the retaincrs OF the
Executive, and the opportunity was lost. They
had a slight skirmish, in which some three or
four lost their lives-and being destitute of arms,
were obliged to retreat. Parties were coming in,
IN every direction, with bold hearts and strong
hands, but they were unarmod, and there were
no arms to give them. Why There are not
probably 300 muskets in the upper Province, OK.
ccpt in the hands ofthe government. Arms and
gunpowder are, and have long been, contraband.
They have nothing but pitchforks to oppose to
bayonets.
The patriots, he said, had little to contend with
A few thousand men would settle the business in
hurry. He said, he had by chance seen some
dispatches from government officers in the lower
province, which got into his camp, instead of
going into the post-offico. One of them, to the
commandant at Niagara, said, they were all
rebels below, and made inquiries in regard to the
upper province, recommending, moreover, that
spies should be sent to Buffalo, they npprehen-
ded danger from this quarter.
Thirty five hundred men, he said, had como to
them they had no arms to give them; they were
| Obliged to go homo. They wanted arms they
wanted blankets. OF those assembled in the
neghborhood of Toronto, there were but two
hundred armed
After Mr.. Mckenzie had concluded, other
gentlemen addressed the meeting in favor of aid.
ing the Patriots, and suggested that those who
had arms to spare might send them to the Eagle
tavern.
| The Commercial Advertiser of the 18th, says
that on the 18th, guns, swords, pistols, amuniton
and requirements, poured in at the Eagle tavern,
| and patriot volunteers were enrolled throughout
the day in considerable numbers---ordnance
from various quarters was contracted for. A.
| bout in the evening the volunteers assembled
| in front of the Theatre, where thoy were presen
ted with tri-colorod flag with two stars, by Mr.
Dean. From thence they marched towart
| Black Rock.
The Commercial, of the 18th says that thu
State arsenal, at Batavia, forcibly entered tn
night previous. and about l40 stand Of arms takeI
and distributed among the patriot volunteers a
Black Rock. The arms were, however, deliver
cd up, the next day, to the sheriff on bis demand