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

delivered 10 1t Allcn. ibe ncti senior mem.
fnes ~ the presence % his Erccllcncy and
tho whole Council"
Tie committee then adds, with diEni'
ssd drlicsoy Of language -
srhc respect winch ,our COMMITTEE feel
for b.. Encclcncy's high office ,iotbids their
dwelling upon the msiiivng subject 81 The
contradiction between hs Etcsllcucy's an
swcf nnd those eon,lcmsn's testimony; and
,hev viii only say, that IL must Of course de-
.tfoy all confidence ~ future IA his Excel
lenc,'s asscriions"
In n despatch "a Lord Glenolg, dated
elg Ap,il. 1886. SIR Francis Head attempts
10 explain the matter. but his explanation
nst tissue of m,sorailc quibblcs He docs
no, DENY the fact. but contends that ihe
doeunen, was no, "of the nature applied
70, - and concludes 10y saying Il denied
no such thing: bui"-fcadcr, pray thee
mark the Jxi-"staied that ! entered into
40 bond or agreement" What 10 tbs bat
denial
From this time forward Sir Frwcis Hcn4's
language and conduct were characteristic
rather ola mldm1n than oi person 10 sane
mind He threw himself completely into
Gus professions Of reform. and INDUCED IN
The most offensive language towards tho
tefbuners, whom he Designated as revolu-
tionists, rebels, &c. &c.
The Assembly, ia tho mean time, got
through their business with all possible dcs-
,s,,b. and 10 mark their sense OF Sir Fran
els Heads conduct, they refused supplies
iicfeupon the Governor did IN upper laIl-
4 / I ( tsasR
da-hc withheld the royal assent from all
The Appropriation Bills which had been
passed b, The two Houses. lie afterwards
thought, proper 10 htlu5pte to TIE ftlecc-
ton of the Supply Bill, amounting to "nIl
abou, 70OM the whole Of the distress aud
inconvenience which arose from the loss OF
all the Money Bills.
At the end of May the Governor dissolV-
cd the House of Assembly, The new cleo
lions took place at the ond of June and the
beginning Of July the result was, that a
House, consisting Of forty or forty one To-
RES mud twenty Rciormcrs, was substituted
for II use containing forty Reiormers 10
twenty Tories. THIS extraordinary result
a,,onlshed the whole country. How i, was
brought abou, we shall briefly explain.
In Upper Canada the Executive possesses
extraordinary means Of corruption. In the
frs, place, the Governor has at his disposal
an almost infinite number Of small places
the tenure of which is during pleasure
ali over tie country These innumcra-
tie petty offices not merely enable the Go
vernon 20 command the votes Of the lncum
bcnts aud their families. but renders sub
Including that numc 'r ciafss,. N1ithtthrs9 IS
-.
eye ltI4 fearful to contemplate the ex
tent OF decentralization in Upper Canada a
rising from this single cause. One single
Office may stand as the bait for a dozeI
hungry cXpcctanis, and were 1t not for tn
existence of a numerous and independent
yeom1nty, II would be difficult to say wher,
iha l,il would end.
The next source of political corruption
is the dsposing Of waste lands for price
o ,hle by instalments. The Land Com
liuy and other large landholders are in thu
aa1lt Of Sc ling lands al price payable il
ffur OF FIVE annual instalments. The in
ausiuous settler, ever eager to possess land
NJ sooner saves enough money to pay ar
inslalmcnt than he purchases lot. In
majority Of cases the purchasers fall behind
hand Nlui the second or third ns,alment
len their Independence Is for the prcsen
stroyed. The agents of the Land Com
plny are members Of the colonial oligarchy
80 that we may be sure they are not slow L
profit, for political purposes, by the fears O
,hasc dependent debtors. Any actual ex
: 1oo ri their ultimate power IS seldom, per
hSps never, necessary.
Another fruitful source Of corruption
the power of the Government SO to reguat
tho disposal of waste lands as TO Great
votes, by crcsting small frceholds. Thu
po~er Sir Ffsllc's Head is stated to hav
employed 10 an enormous extent, and III
',s,cmcnt is supported by an abundance {
evidence
When settler AGO uires land oithe Crow
"a Canada hc receives what Is called 10
cation ticket This empowers hlm TO e
upon the lot Of land but before lac ca
obtain good title, II Is incumbent upo
him 10 perform what nfc called the settle
Tncnt-du,ics, which consist OF clearing
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