North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-11-25

housis in hls conduct on the financial AZ
fairs Of the Province. bad acted frem The
special distractions lfem the mother coan-
nv. In this message. although in csatra-
dieiion In the re~ommrnd stioa af the Spe-
eial Committee of the House o( Commons.
the pteiensions If the Executive Govern
ment 10 the sole control III a cSrtsin pot
ton OF the Provincial feveanss vas Urged
and it was said that II was necessary "a BE-
authorised Wv an Imperial sci ol the Brit.
ish legislature 80 asio pu, under the eonttoi
and superinsendance Of tha Colonal Heuso
OF Assembly. the monies raisrd by the i4,h
and 9ls, George the Sd as aso the easual
and territorial revenue Of the Province
thereby admitting that ihcre existed In the
Colony money which did not belong to the
people but exclusively TO the Crown.
Torendcr this proposition less bitter and
less objectionable 10 the House Of Assembly
which had declared that all the monies lev.
led in the Province belonged to the people.
and could not legally aud constitntonally
be applied without the consent Of the pee
pie through their Representatives, II wsa
promised that the monies derived from ,he
above sources should not be applied OF
touched before the question should be f.
naly settled. Any one acquainted with
The ulteror conduct ol the Colonial author
tiles, will readily admit that this was bait
throws ont to the members Of the House
10 induce them 10 consent 10 the wishes OF
The Executive government. The remain
der Of the message on which we do not
design to dwell long, was no more eaisfaO-
tory than what we have already quoted.
The Legislative Council thanked the
Governor for this graeiCa' message but
the House went into a srriops considefa-
ton Of it, and aGcr deep and ma.pre de-
liberation reported on the 5th Decen.sr
l6 resolutions. the substance Of which was
thet the House saw with grief that the
pfetension Of the last administration about
financial matters seemed to be persisted
in and might he renewed that the House
would not and could not abandon its inhe-
rent and constitutional rights about the
Provincial monies that all Imperial acls
Of the English Legislature where tibet
Province was not represented, could not
tend TO settle the difficulties now existing.
and that all Intervention of the Imperial
Parliament in the local affairs OF The Col
ony (except in matters which directly al
feet the relation between itho two eoun-
tres) would tend 70 aggravate the prescn,
state al affairs instead Of mending .hem
that the House was ready 10 grant sup
plies for the next year with the expectation
that economy will be strictly observed in
The demands Of monies made Of that body
by the Governor and that when the fiscal
department Of the Province shall be SET
tied on permanent and equitable basis
with the consent Of the House Of Assem-
Bly, then it will be expedent to render the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Execu-
tive Councillors and Judges independent
Of an annual vote for their respective sal
aries that the House could not eonsen,
to grant an act OF indemnify TO those per-
sous who had applied the public monies H.
legally and contrary TO the principles Of
The Constitution, before an inquest had
been instituted into the nature and extent
Of such application OF the Provincial rev.
enue that the House was grateful that
it's demand oi q Provincial Agen, shsuld
have been nceeded 10 by the Metropolitsa
government, and that as soon as the f.
naneial difficulties are permanently and am
icaby settled, then the House will provide
for III use persons who, before 1918, held
lucrative Offices in The Provinces and which
Offices have since been declared by the
House unnecessary end useless 10 tho
Country that when The townships, which
are not now truly represented, obtain their
due representation by new subdivision
Of the Country, the Honse will then al
,e md 10 those measures which more psriie-
uisrly interest those portions OF the Coio-
ny Thr .adeaen~seee If fka frAx.