North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-08-19
NORTH AMERICAN:
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WHAT'S TO BE DONE


take an interest in the principles Of self
government for which its people are con.
tending, as well as those who desire the
removal Of a foreign and Jealous enemy
from the neiehboIhood OF this Republic,
seriously to reflect on their duty for the
future.
Those familiar with Canadian politics
need not here be told the causes which
the recent collision. They need
not be reminded Of the Bench polluted by
ultra partisans being called 10 act as Jud-
ges-of the utter prostitution Of Justice
OF the robbery Of the peoples money
the destruction Of Elementary Education
the conversion Of their colleges into bar
racks and their library rooms into drunken
les Tor the military the continued suspen-
sion Of the Habeas Corpus-the abolition
81 trial by jury, and the annihilaiion of
their Constitution and all forms of Repre-
sentative government. Too well they
remember the many long and searispme
years, during which they petitioned, nor
have they forgotten the scorn and con-
tempt with which their petitions were
treated and made the signal apparently for
rivetting the abuses complained Of, and
securing the eviI-doer o firmly in his
Office. They well know the pertinacity
which characterised the entertainments Of
the government on the peoples rights, un-
I'll at length the oppressors by powder,
lead and the bayonet crushed the whole
country under the blacklist and most heart
less d~espotism, laying in ashes beautiful
aud thriving villages, and running its hap
by, high-spirited inhabitants. These atro-
are still green in the memory Of the
Canadian people, and death alone can ef-
face their remembrance.
Under these circumstances, why should
we look for relief from the other side of
The water. The question is not now a
"redress of grievances" B!ood-Ameri-
can blood has been shed, not only on the
field, but the galIows and gibbet have been
called in to satiate their thirst for blood.
The torch and the sword have carried des-
olation and death over the land. The
prison has been filed with victims, and
these men, the best friends of liberty and
their country. A wall Of separation wider
than that Of Babylon, and more extensive
than that Of China, has been raised be-
tween the Canadians and Britain, and new
er again should there be peace, friendship,
or union, except such as may exist between
independent countries. When all hope Of
redress from beyond the sea is discarded
when men feel, as indeed they should, that
Canada is shut 10 all, except the few who
may consent TO crawl like worms beneath
British d~espotism, then, and moi till then,
will the great obstacle TO her ultimate re-
generation be removed-symppthy will be
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will be obtained-and
the Declaration Of Independence promul-
gated by the Canadians, will then be sue
cessfully ard securely established.
The Canadians should not forget that
they have climate, position, and more
than that, they have the right on their
side. The distance Of England, three thou
sand miles from the field Of battle. Any
troops or materiel she might lose must be
replaced, and at considerable expence, from
the other side of the ocean. And again,
that the victories which the British arms
have acquired, have been dearly bought,
and that such conquests, If attended with
as much expense to Britain, would in a few
wears make her anxious TO acknowledge
Canadian Independence. Her own vitals
are being gnawed by millions of discon-
tented subjects, who cry aloud for relief
from o~ver-taxa,ion ; how could the Eng
lish ministry amefiorate their condition, IL
required half dozen millions yearly 10
put down freedom in Canada?
Such being the situation of things, the
Of Canadian freedom should lose no
opportunity TO harrass the enemy in large
and small bodies-cut of their forestry