Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-07

The following article came, in slip. by
mail, to the Telegraph Office, last Saturday
morning. 1t is given in the Telegraph as
an item Of the record Of the timeSa ,7zTsF
y ,r0t..'azas DECLARATION. '@2' s.'-.
iu Whereas the solemn covenant made
with the people Of Lower and Upper Can
ada, and recorded 10 the Statue Book of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
ireland, as the g st Chapter OF the act pass
ed in The 3Ist year ofthe Reign OF King
George I'LL hath been continually VIC
lated. by the British Government, and our
rights usurped; and, whereas, our humble
petitions, addresses, protests and remon-
strances against this injurious and uncen-
stituional interference have been made in
vain, that the British Government hathdis-
posed of our revenue without the cCnstitu.
tional consent of the Local Legislature, pill
LACED our Treasury, arrested great num-
bers of our citizens, and committed them
TO prison distributed through the country
mercenary army whose presence is ac
companied by CONSERVATION and alarm,
whose track is red with the blood of our
people, who have laid our villages in ashes
profaned our Temples, and spread terror
and waste through the land And whereas
we can no longer suffer the repeated vio-
Iations Of our dearest rights, and patiently
support the multiplied outrages and cruel
ties of the Government Of Lower Canada,
WE, in the name ofthe PEOPLE OF Low
FER CANADA, acknowledging the DEGREES
of a Divine Providence which permits us
to put down a Government which hath a.
bused the object and intention for which it
was created, and to make choice of that
form of Government which shall re-estab-
lish the empire of Justice, ensure domestic
tro nquillity, provide for common defence.
promote general good, and secure to us &
our posterity the advantages of civil and
religious liberty, soLEMNLY DECLARE,
/. That from this day forward, the Peo-
pie of LoUer Canada are absolved from
all allegiance to Great Britain, and that
the political connection between that pow
er and Lower Canada is now dissolved.
2. That a Republican form of govern
ment is best suited to Lower Canada,
which is this day declared TO be Repw6-
lie.
8. That under the free government Of
Lower Canada, all persons shall enjoy the
same rights; the Indians shall no longer
be under any civil disqualification, but
shall enjoy the same rights as all other
citizens of Lower Canada.
4. That all union between Church and
State is hereby declared to be dissOlred,
and every person shall be at liberty freely
TO exercise such religion or belief as shall
be dictated to him BY his conscience.
S. That the Feudal or Seigniorial ten
ure Of land is hereby abolished as com
| pletely as if such tenure had never exist
ed in Canada.
g.. That each and every person who
shall bear arms, or otherwise furnish as
sistance to the people Of Canada in this
contest for emancipation, shall be, and is,
discharged from all debts due, or obliga-
tons real or supposed, for arrearages in
virtue of Seigniorial rights heretofore ex-
listing.
7. That the Donaire Coutumier is for
the future abolished and prohibited.
8. That imprisonment for debt shall no
longer exist, excepting in such cases Of
fraud as sha!l be specified in an act to be
passed hereafter by the Legislature o.
Lower Canada for this purpose.
9. That sentence of death shall no long
err be passed or executed, except in cas-
of murder.
10. That mortgages on landed estate
shall be special, and to be valid, shall b.
unregistered in'offices TO be created for Thu
purpose by an act of the Legislature Q
: Lower Canada.
, IL. That the liberty and freedom of tn
t Press shall exist in all public matters an
D affairs.
: IL. That Trial By Jury is guarantees
9 to the People Of Lower Canada in its mos
extended and liberal sense, in all crlmlns
suits, and in civil suits above a sum to b
e fixed by the Legislature of the State
Loacer Canada.
: l3. That as general and public educ'
ton is necessary, and due by the Cover
: ment to the People, an act to provide &c
,e the same shall be passed as soon as tn
n circumstances of the country will PERM