North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-07-03

PROVINCES m America, which are under
our immediate Government; we have also
gwen power 10 our said Governors. with
the consent Of our Council that the rep.
TesentaiiVes of the people, SO convo-
Gated as Aforesaid, do constitute and ordain
laws, statutes, ordinances for the public
peace, their welfare and the good gov
government OF our said colonies, as
also of the people and inhabitants there
OF, as similar as possible, TO the laws of
England and under the same regulations
and restrictions as in the other colonies:
and IN the meantime and I'LL the said As.
sembttes may be convocated as aforesaid
all those who inhabt or shall retire to our
colonies, may expect our royal protection
Tor the enjoyment of the benefit of the laws
OF the Realm Of England; and TO this eff
lect we have given power uuder our great
seal, to the Governors of our said colonies
respectively, to erect and constitute, with
the advice Of our said Councils respectively.
Courts OF Judicature and OF Public Justice
IN our said colonies, 10 hear and Judge all
cases, civil as well as criminal, according
to the law and equity and as much as pos
slbIe in conformity to the laws of England
with liberty to all persons who may think
themselves wronged by the decision ofsuch
courts, in all civil matters, to appeal to US
in our Privy Concil, under the usual con-
dltions and restrictions"
ave have deemed it proper, with the
advice of our Privy Council as aforesaid,
to give to the Governors and Coun
ellis of our said NewCoonies on the Cont
nenl, foil power aud authority to enter into
agreement and bargain with the inhabitants
Of our said new Colonies or with any 9th
er persons who may settle therein, for the
ands,posSesslons and inheritances OF which
It may now or hereafter be in our power
to dispose, and to grant them to such per-
sons under such conditions and for such
small annual sums, servtudes and recon
notSsanceS as have succeeded in establish
ing and settling the other colonies and I'M
Ter such other conditions as may appear to
Us necessary and convenient for the advan.
Iage OF the grantees and for the ameiora
hon and settlement Of our said colonies. n++
"Gven at our Court, the 18th day oil
October 1868, in the third year of our
Reign.
Good Save the King"
Before we proceed any farther in the his.
tory of Canada, let US examine how far the
Canadians had right to be satisfied with
Their new Government. lst-Coud they
forgive the horrible and atrocious
murder OF their innocent countryman Mr.. |
Nadeau, and further, the cruel and in
IernaI manner by which he had come to
his death ? 2nd-Could they be satisfied
with their new masters after the ungener-
Gus, ilberaI and inhuman treatment they |
had received from them when their own
generosity had actuated them to volunteer
their services to go and punish the Indians
II MichIimaknac who had scalped their |
unjust and tyrannical oppressors' What
and attachment could the Cana
lians feel for a race of men for whom they
the Canadians) had generously incurred
he greatest peril & privations, and who in
eturn had cruelty abandoned them without
my succour whatever, and at the mercy
If those very barbarians against whom the
canadians had taken up arms in defence OF
he unknd British
9d-Could the Canadians who had been
lways ACCUSTOMED to be governed by
french laws and the Coutume de Paris,
e content to see new code Of laws intro
uced suddenly and that too 10 language
1reign TO their country, whilst those
Avs and nsageS by which their properties
'ere held and their trade was regulated,
yere totally annihiialed?
4th-With what satisfaction could the I
anadian people see their country d.
ded and sub1ivided among the neighbor- 2
g English coIonies' True enough BY ;,