The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-03-20
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'aae, 80 the LIST of FEBRUARY from Liverpool, and the
81" s,nocedinr day from London
sTbo nSpers are filed with accounts from Can
,ao md the proceedings OF parliament in relation
~ ,Le troubles in that province.
,TLe Earl of Durham has been appointed Gov
ornor &C. over the British provinces. His vice.
royalty will comprise Upper and Lower Canada,
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton,
and Prince Edwards Island. Sir Colin Camp
bell will have the command of the military for
ces in Nova Scotia, Sir John Harvey ofthose in
New Brunswick, and Sir John Colborne of the
troops in Canadas.
Parliament re-assenhled on the 10th, and in
the House of Commons Lord John Russell inn
mediately laid before the House the plan of the
ministry for the government of Canada BY this
plan the constitution hitherto existing in that
country is to be entirely suspended, and Gov
ernor General and a council ofadvice are TO per-
form, the functions Of the former Legislature. 1t
is intended that the new body shall remodel the
constitution and submit the nc draft TO the Brit
isb parliament for ratification.
On the second day of the session, Lord J. Rus
soil obtained leave, bya vote of 100 TO Z to bring
ia The Canada government bin, drawn according
10 the above plan. 1t was accordingly laid be-
fore the House, and long debate took place on
lis Massage. Before its tiual adoption, Sir Rob-
ert Peel moved to strike out the clauses which
went TO invest the measures with fraudulent
color of liherality," by setting upa council of
some twenty-six individuals, ms if they were to
constitute Il full and free representation ofthe
two provinces under the pr asidency of Lord
Durham :and that which enabled the Queen in
council to repeal the bill after it had passed into
an act of parliament. The motion in both these
points prevailed, and the bill was passed as
amended wihouta division on the 29h, and
sent TO the House of Lords where an easy pas
sage was anticipated for it,
On the goth, petition was presented in the
Commons, by Mr. Grote, from Mr.. J. A. Roe
buck, asking leave to be heard at the bar of the
House in behalf of the House of Assembly of
Lower Canada aud in opposition to the meas
ures of ministers in relation to that country. At
ter much opposition leave was granted, and Mr.
Roebuck addressed the House 0ta great length
on the 22nd. He argued very earnestly OH be-
half of the Canadians, but his cXertions appear
TO have produced no effect, as the bill was pas
sed through one OF lis stages HhhedateIy alter ne
had concluded.
In The Lords. on the 22nd, the Dnke ofArgyle
communicated the answer of the Queen to the
address of that body. 1t contains nothing but Il
general expression Of the determination Of the
throne 10 make effectual provisions for the res
toraton of order in the provinces.
Lord Durham, the new Governor General OF
the CanadaS, appears to be invested with extra
ordinary powers in his own Office. He can, il he
pleases suspend the Constitution of Lower Can
ada, and has It in his power to grant pardon to
all concerned in the revolt His Lordshp de-
livered speech on the 10Th of January in the
House Of Lords, and from the following remarks,
with which he closed, an opinion may be form
ed octhe course which he intends to pursue in
relation to the government.
"NIy lords, my duty, as conceive it, is to as
seri in the first instance the supremacy of Her
Maiesty's government, and to vindicae in the
next the dignity and honor of the law, taking
care that it is not set at nought in the remotest
cabin, in the remo;est settlement IN Canada and
| shall feel that have not performed that duty
whilst the dignity and supremacy of the crown 81
of the law continue TO be assaed. Having set
tied these primary and preliminary objects,
wish, casting aside considerations of French, a
British, or a Canadian party; for will know moth
ing of a French, ora British, or Canadian sub
lect-I wish, lrepeat, to extend to them all equal
JUSTICE and equal protection"
And agan-"Niy lords, will not trespass
upon your indulgence. go to Canada, not to
exercise any discredabIc power with which
the noble the learned lord has charged me with
being invested, but go to the supremacy Of the
crown and of the law in Canada in the first in
stance, and in the next to give TO the two prov
inces of that colony a Constitution which may
lead to their taking their proper station among
the other colonial dependencies of the empire,
and tend to their own immediate honor and adj
vancement"
In the debates on the Canada question the duke
of Wellington and Lord Melbourne are shout
der to shoulder i'll the intended measure Of coer-
cion. Lord Brougham denounced their policy
in n slashing speech, remarkable for its vigor,
eloqnence and The most whitening sarcasm. The
ministry said to have literally quailed under
his fageaton. In the commons
Lord John Russell encountered feeble oppo-
stion from Mr.. Grote, Mr.. Hume, Mr.. Warburt-
on. and two or three other members of the radi-
cal section of the house. The speech of the last
named gentlaman was arsunentative, phoso-
.plcal and StateSmanlike. He urged the DrOnri-
ETY. of giving up the Canadas, and declaring their
Independence proposition which every one
seemed to scout, but which all admitted must
sooner later be entertained.
One thing is remarkable throughout those dis.
cnssiOns-that the course of the people OF the
United States on the frontier does not appear to
have been complained Of.
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