North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-04

bKlng tang usQe that n III need no Inierpfe-
ter 10 explain ito meaning. unless the wish
es Of he people are speedily complied with.
- Old DoRiaion.
The iaw that has doomed William l..
Mackenzie 20 prison will siand-so long rs
II shall stand Rt all--upon our statute
books, disgrace 10 the country which
has enrolled within it's code a pFecept so
utterly repugnant to The principles which
should predominant in land Of liberty
Warrington Metropolis.
OrrIcrAL TrRASNr.-We have before
Us Mackenzie's Extra Gazette, of Oct. 5,
containing his letter of Oct. /, 1889, ad-
dressed 10 Darius Perrin, Sheriff OF the
County OF Monroe. Mr.. Mackenzie, our
readers are well aware, is confined as a
state prisoner, in the Rochester jail, TO
which we give the proper title OF the .7ne~
rtcan Bastiie. In this prison, Mr. Mac
kenzie complains, that he has received, in
various instances, unjust and inhuman
treatment at the hands of Sheriff Perrin,
and one Mr.. Gilbert, the jailer. We have
full faith in Mr.. Mackenzie's statement !;
and have no hesitation in saying, that the
treatment he has received is disgraceiul,
in the highest degree, TO the parties con-
cerned, calculated 10 cast slur upon the
character Of our country already suifi-
GENTLY disgraced by having two OF IFS jals,
of being reccptacles for criminals
only, turned into baStiles for the incarcer-
alton OF the brave and honest defenders of
the cause of freedom and mankind. Had
our father risen from the grave five years
ago, and told US, that this would be the
case, at this cay, we should scarcely have
believed him, though attested by the mira
cle OF his resurrection 1T is a moral and
political phenomenon, in the history Of ma
lions, that free people should permit men |
10 be punished for their attachment TO the |
,ause of freedom We had, il is true,
the same thing in the eighteenth
century under the old federal Sediiion
Lac but we had hoped, that when that
aw expired, the reign Of tyranny and bar
1arism expired with it but we have lived
o see it revived in the nineteenth century,
he boasted age Of freedom and civliza
lion !-SOuth'cick's Family Newspaper.
TIE CANApAs.-The Toronto Examiner
If The 18th states "lrom good authority"
nat ttC ouNSibol etDCIdl has IuliN IT,
olved in compliance with his Instructions,
o carry into effect the union Of the provin-
es with regard TO the opinion Of any ind-
'iduas on one side or other. The Exam
ner also says,"it is currently rumored that
,ir George Arthur has sent home his resig-
ation by the Great Western" The Belle
lille lntelligencer says that "orders have
cen received from the government, 10 put
$500 "tueI an ttfc touocS Ia tIIaL IUwui
'hIch have. been occupied as barracks. so
hat they may be delivered up TO their
wners"
AT a conservative celebration, Mr.. Brad
haw, member OF parliament for Capter-
ury,accused Her Majesty OF perjury.
AMERIcA-l-Mr. 'Garrow the marshal
earthly concurs with the sheriff. must
OF see my child, though her recovery is Q
'arce to be hoped for. Judge Conklin y
10, is perfectly clear that sick or well I
lght never to pass beyond the iron :,
rate OF my dismal jail, not even for a mo- !,
ent. And TO this has America come
10 millions of debt due TO the English TO- r.
rs Tor silks to'her daughters and broad e
oths ITO her sons, and glad she is to be /,
e JArLER of those whom England has u
'ndemned, in the Gath year Of o. her p
dependence Heavens what a changei! Z
former times, when religious majorities c
led the word, the man who believed ex- T.
ny what the court believed might be ;,
lain OF the deepest dye. And what d
rong can that man commit in FREE II
nerlca who squares his actions with the h
Fed political of the majority who possess +
power which money and place alone :
n confer !-.M'Kensie's Gazette. n
PRINCIPLES ss. ExpEDrENcY.-Ifit be .
he that 'sn renegade is worse than N
irk," II is equally true that time-ser- Ell
'g, timid friend, does more harm to his II
rty than an open opponent. The man y,
10 loses sight Of principle, and hesita,es :,
do right for fear Of the CONSEQUENCES u
10 hangs upon the skirt of his partv. III
Instantly exclaiming "you are going To- Of
," "you are too radical;'' "you must mn, 8,
this or that act, for fear il will jniure
party" Is but a dead weight upon anv
Use to which he is attached. ~ Fl co
triot M
Mr.. MORN, who lately received une lei.