North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-05-22
SWANTON, VT. MAY 90, 1889.

ueHtidl iauiCal paper Oh tle i iDfIH|S, ihS
dnerve I'd August, 1882.
awe learn with the greatest satisfaction
that the electors of the County OF Yer
cheres have chosen for their representa-
tive, J. T. DroIei, Esq the election
{ took place last Tuesday. 1t is but rem
{ dering Justice to the worth Of this
gentleman, 10 say that he possesses all
the qualifications for the place to which
8 he has been elected. Besides his amiahle
manners, and extensive knowledge OF
6 public affairs, Mr.. Drolet has always
9 shewn himself devoted friend to The |
g cause OF his Country. UHaer Lo7d Dali |
. house's administration, he was the VIC |
. tim OF his patriotism. With many ether |
- worthy militia officers he was dismissed |
80 as Major, for having refused to make
's excuses to their Colonel for imaginary
50 insults. The electors OF this county,
" who always showed themselves the pro
/" tectors OF the victims Of the admlnlsIra-l
90 ton from that moment resolved upon
" eecting him at the first vacancy"
On the 23d July, same year, commit
tee composed Of "a members was named
to report Il set of resolutions TO be adopted
at Patriotic meeting to be holden at St.
Charles, on the 30th day Of July. MIR.
Drolet was one Of those named for this
Committee. They presented one of the
most ably written reports on the
State of the Province that was ever made,
which was followed by string Of spirited
resolutions. The murder of the 2lst May
was jnstly condemned, and those magls-
trates who signed the requisition to call
out the troops, were highly censured.-
The unjust and fraudulent manner in
which the public lands were squandered,
was next considered and the resolutions
passed at St. Benoit, on the 21st of June
previous, and mentioned in DIR. Chener's
Biography, were approved OF and adopted,
The defective system under which the
emigration from Ireland was carried on, was
adverted to, and proved to have been the
cause of the introd uction of the Cholera
into the Province, by the poverty and
wretchedness in which the emigrants had
left their country where that contagious
disease was then raging. The conduct Of
the House of Assembly in refusing to vote
a permanent civil list was highly praised
and the imprisonment OF DR.. Tracey, the
Editor of the indicator, and Of Mr.. Lud
ger Duvernay, the proprietor of the Nil
nerve, who were sent to Jail BY the Legis
lative Council for having nobly expressed
their opinions on the composition OF tina
BODY was condemned as an Infringement
of the Liberty Of the Press. - I......
His Parliamentary conduc. was in per
feet accordance with those principles h
had previously advocated. His motto wa
50 Fiat Justitia, ruat CPlum," and faithful
thereto, was always found siding with tn
majority of the House Of Assembly, who's
rights and privileges were daily invade
bv corrupt administration. When tn
violent despatch Of Lord Stanley ha
been sent to the Legislature, majority {
members of the House of Assembly, re
senting the violence and improperly {
such document, voted that this despatc
, should not be entered upon the journals
the House and it was accordingly laid III
der the table. This despatch of Lol
Stanley called forth the 80 resolution
which were advocated and supported wit
pleasure by Mr.. DroIet, as they gave
faithful view of the political situation
his native country. In the month
Nov. 1884, general election took plat
throughout the whole province, the count
! of Vercheres as mark of its approval
: the conduct Of its representative, again r
= elected him,
: In the month of Feb. 1885, the Hou
: of Assembly received fresh insult fro
$ the Executive Government who refust
c to advance the contingent expenses nece
: sary to the despatch of business. nj
:, Drolet sensible of the baseness Of sui
c conduct on the part of the Governor, al
: knowing also that the peoples represent
}. tives ought TO be treated with dignity al
d respect, voted for a non-session as long