North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-07-17

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have been kept iG the savish bondage Il
which the English Government had re.
duced them since they had taken posses
sion oil this colony.
Whilst the noble freemen oflhe thirteen
colonies were boldly discussing those rights
which SO justly belonged to them, the poor
ureducaled and oppressed people OF Cana
da were quietly submitting to those acts
which their neighbQrs regarded as uncon-
stilutional and oppressive. On the 9Th OF
july, 1906, a Proclamation was issued in
the Quebec Gazette imposing taxes on
vine, brandy, rum as also on exported and
Imported dry goods. Such a Proclamation
n the other colonies would have excited a
great deal of uneasinesS, and would have
been demonstrated against; but the Cana
,ians yet untaught in the science of con-
ttitutional government submitted quietly
o this royal order.
In the month Of September of this year,
Mr. Paulus Emiius Irving was relieved Of
MS administration by the arrival Of Sir G..
Carleton; who was appointed Lieutenant
Governor and Commander in Chief in the
Province. When the new Governor arrv-
ID in Canada he found the country in the
greatest possible commotion. The Eng
ish population denied to the Canadians
he right of being jurors as also Of being
i've Council, whilst the Canadians thought
themselves qualified to act in those capac-
les. The British wanted TO treat their
lew subjects as a conquered people, whilst
t1ese latter contended that they ought to
piioy all the privileges of British subjects.
Sch was the state Of things when Gov
error Carleton took the rens Of the gov
erment in Canada.
The English government informed of
hosa causes Of dissension and misunder-
standing and fearing that the Canadians
wouId join ;he Americans in their schemes
If resistance to the arbitrary projects of
he mother country, ordered the new Gov
'rnor to make an enquiry into the com
olanrs Of the Canadians. The Governor
charged the Legislative Council to Join
heir efforts to his, in finding the true
'auses Of the grievances Of which the
Canadians were complaining as also the
emedy they might think proper TO apply.
The Legislative Council made report
IN the 2Stb August, 1867, by which it
vas recommended 10 continue the Eng
ish laws in the colony, and that in con-
they had ordered that Courts Of
ustice should be established in the Pro-
'ince, and also that they had given orders
o the different judges Of the Province to
GLOW those laws in all their decisions
they further reported that the introduce
ion Of the English laws into the COLONY
vas the principal cause Of the disafection
If the Canadians to which might be added
heir systematical exclusion from all places
# honor or profit at the disposal Of the
government on account Of their profession
If the Catholic faith, in accordance with
he statutes Of Queen Elizabeth, King
Cha.es the end, and William the con-
Iueror.
In ITO and 1873, petitions were also
ent from the Canadians TO the throne and
imperial Parliament, renewing the same
emands they had made in 1868; but these
'etltions met the same fate as the first one. |
The crisis was fast approaching in the
american colonies. The Boston tea affair
ad exaspcrated the British Government,
vhich having no confidence in lis present
tTength, did not try TO find out the authors
Though they regarded it as an outrage.
The Boston port bill had been passed, and
was easy 10 iorsee that before long ply |
ical force would be the only Judge 10 set
Ie the matter in dispute between the I'm
erial Parliament and the American COLO |
les. II was then necessary 10 make some
pncessIons 10 theCanadians 81 as to ensure /
heir cooperation against the Americans /
il became necessary.