North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-11-20
NOVEMBER 90

imposed
upon.
10. Henry Desrivieres, the tool Of il.
one who wishes TO luake use Of him. y.
is a, present under the control Of p.,..
NIGH, who has a judgment agaios M.
for a large amount
-. P. ID. Debartzch, a member IF =,
legislative council, who supported "a.
views of The House or Assembly NOR. -.
licuIafly during the struggle Of the 0! ,,,o.
%Iulions. Offered in the tall Of 1884 :,
Joseph Roy's house at Montreal. n Nv
vide money 10 hay up arms to upse, Il.
English Government, made the same ~.
posals in the fall Of nexi year, nj q eon,.,-
ton of the members of the House of 4.
scmbly holden at Three Rivers. Tp,,l
his Goa during Lord Gosford's adnip;.,,.
lion Z; had his brother-in-law, the la,..
Roeh dc ST. Ours, named Sheriff
of Montreal advised Lord GosCo,s :.
issue warrants for The apprehension Of n.
leaders. He is now scorned IN.
despised by both loyolisis and patriots. .,
an inveteraie and worthless old reneead.
who las neither honor nor pst,jo,i.m
about him.
81. U l.. Fl. Laiontaine- q, Who
would have believed it! Mr.. Lplon,si,o
who since the beginning Of his parIiameD.
AIRY career, has been an uncomprom;ane
eformer-who, if I'VE are rightly informed,
efused Lord Aylmcr's invitation to dine
With him at. the chateau, because Bis
had sanctioned the proceedings Of
be military, who had sayageIy bulrhcrd
hree unofendiDg Canadians in The stftets
# Montreal, on the 2lst Of May, 1885,.
Pray, Mr.. Lafontaine, what has become
# the %fiereeness and Indignation which you
expressed in the letter you wrote to Sir
Iohn Colborne from the jail OF Montreal,
nd into which place you had so receRllY
'hio"H Wy 'C HlltIHSS u tHN
Has injustice disappeared totally
rom your native soil! Has the blood Of
our twelve generous compalriots, who
we're s~trangu'ated on the scalioId, by order
f the cruel Colborne, been redeemed By
ONE kind acts Of Gov. Thomson Have
our countrymen, Sent into slavery and
xile, been recalled to The arns of Their
eart-broken wives and children? Have
be doors oi the prison-houses been thrown
pen TO those political victims who yet
roam and expire in the dungeons Of thet
pp%ressors? Have those grievances, Offer.
mes pictured by you 10 your suffering
ountrymen, been redressed ; or is there
ny prospect Of their being so? Oh! La
blush at thy degradation!! Bct
rumou be true, your late cONrtoHtU
re representative Of HER who ORDERED
our countrymen to be butehered, is not
re only sin of which you have been
uilty. II is said that On the duyn
'hich those victims Of the political ptltc'
les Which you had always advocated, aS
whose transactions you bad patttr
ated, left Canada for perpetual bansh'
Ient and slavery, you gave a greG! Snnf
a grand BALI For the sake Of con-
ION humanity, we hope this is untrue
%. Alexis B~erthelot, a merchant Of se
.enevieve a man Of no weight or pow
Il character.
%. T. Duchesnay-a very insignih'"
srson. belonging TO one Of the a%risIocfs@
reneh noblesse. His great; gFandl'tf
as an ornament to the reformers Of Nv"
iring thepersecutions OF the unlotiua@
u Calvet. Blu, this person is almost
for notice. He is craving I"
me minor Office in the gift Of the go''F
ent.
"a. Louis Guy, The "royal notary
%Iontreal ; a legislative councillor. We
miles reduced to beggary by the k'n'7
this holy man. His political ppm
ere always in favour of the EngHaA
IS. HypoIite Guy-the son Of
/; a young lawyer, without Pr"