North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-11-18

ntl'l'a sad Is NC shaA lave ureaslep ~
Sc, their numbcr wee vrgv great. b,u
oel"fe taking up 'h.s sahjeet we shall no.
''ee soo'c oihsf events which took mace
Immediately alter the Pforoca,ioa al ,as
Parliament.
Asionnded at tie boldusss and tie AZ.
dseity OF the accusations urged against
thrm by the Governor General In HI. clo..
lnE SPEECH, some indrprndsn, mrmhyr ~
Tue lionsr, sreing that the Gnvrrno,,.
speech was Intended tuf elsciionerrinv NM.
pos"s, as Hls ExceIenry had given ia nm.
drrsisnd that he would appeal tn The voice
81 the people, ihnught IL thrif dniy 10.
wsfdS their constituents tn make n tp,lv
'h'on2h The newspapers ~ the rhstees
which Lord Dslhonsie had ~ impruJen,.
" and so maIaeioosly made against thrr,.
In Ih's sddrees 10 their constituents WHICH
"nr readers vii find in the sppendiy on
'he inst page, marked (M). a complete
feiuiati"n ut the charges made against the
House by Lord DaIhoosie, and The feasal.
which moved HE Housc To sdopt The con.
stItutloBaI course whirh they Ind ,sts,
are gwen IN very mastrfy anl Ibed
manner.
The Governor nciing upon the infntma.
ton given Ia the Legislature when lie
pfor"e ued IT, dissolved The twelfth Proyin.
e'aI Parliament, by proclamation. on The
9th Of July. Or readers viii find a STA.
l's'lcal table of Ibis Parliament on tie la.,
page 10 the appendix, marked letter IN
| When the people were informed 81 ih.
arbitrary manner in which The Governor
had proroeurd the last session oI the Pro.
vineial Leg stature, hy which means a
gfca; number "f bills most useful "a ,hs
county had been lost. more par,ieulsrly
the education bin and the net granting
money lnr The internal improvements Of
the country, meetings. were held in alnos,
every county at The Province 10 approve
vi the conduct OF the IIonsc nf Assembly
for its constitutional exertions ~ establish
The principle oi voting an annual civil l.t
and ior is constitutional resistance to Ihr
unjust pfetensions of the two other brap.
ches al the Legislature; oil The cpn,grr K
responsibility were thrown on Lord Dat
house and his advisers for the unfortunate
and unprovidrd state in whirh The Pm.
vince was thereby left Commuters we've
already organized, which proved n he of
great benefit 10 the country afterwards, AZ
we shall see.
II is impossible To describe The extent NJ
the corruption, Ia which the govern
ment party had recourse, Ia influence the
general elections in their favor. Threats
and violence were also used but 10 no pur-
pose. The people were aroused and PROV
ed faithful 10 themselves. Far from gain
ing any new recruits Ia their ranks, the
government party had the misfortune ie
lose some Of their best and abea sunpnr.
tiers, who were defeated at the polls. The
borough of William Henry which from ;s
serviily and devo.sdness 10 the ineumbrn,
~ '"N OoS''~ ~ istHt9 was EMltFu tnF
rotten borough m ade a powerful effort aud
returned a Radical in the person Of DIR.
Wolr-d Nelson, who was opposed hy the
Attorney General of the Province. Indeed
but very few II the admirers ri the ty-
TsRnicaI administration of Lord Dali
house obtained On entry into the Houss
OF Assembly. The Covrrnnr in person
endeavored to influence the elections, bat
il awaited him not. The Canadians IN.
ders;ood that they must be united and not
suffer themselves 10 be awed into mac.
ton, If they wished To sscure those CON
siitutionsl rights which the House had
proclaimed end so ably supported. The
union among the people had been 40 great,
that Il was with tie greatest difficulty the
administration could number four members
IN The House 10 support is oIious acts.
So rxhsperated were the champions ~
the aristocratie government OF Lord Ds'-
housie, that they devoted themselves ry-
eiasively '0 the devning Of the sureft