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

give below and which were rsSsrd hY az
votes, members alone (Mrssfs. Oedro,
Stuart, Young AID Christie voting N the
minority. Those resolves read as follows:
1si. Tharro fuif0 the duties imposed
upon ibis House w: To- give III advice
4 To His Majesty On the eoaclmenIs OF laws
I Tor the peace, the welfare and the good
government of the Province, ~ conformity
fu the Parliamentary act OF Great Britain
/ 10 virtue 81 which this House IS consttu-
ted and assembled, il is necessary that It's
1 Speaker be a 3rrson ot its Tree choice, IN
IdcNcndently ol the will and pleasure o the
person vested by His Majesty with the
| administration OF the Local government
tor the time being.
! Cad. That LOUIS Joseph Paplneau, Esq,
one OF the members Of This House, who
has been Speaker during SIX consecutive
| paIliamentS, has been duly chosen b. this
House 10 be lis Speaker during this pre-
sent Parliament.
Sd. That the Parliamentary act OF Great;
| Britain under which this House is consi-
tuted and assembled, does not require the
approval OF that person thus chosen as
| Speaker, by the person having the Admin
stration of the government OF this Pro-
vince, in His Majesty'S name
9TH. That the presentation Of the per-
son thus chosen as Speaker, to the Kings
Representative for his approval, is found
ed on a custom only and that such appro-
val is and has always been similarly an
act Of custom.
9th. That this House does persist in its
choice and that Louis Joseph Papineau,
Esq, ought to be and is its Speaker.
An humble address to the Governor was
based on the above resolutions and was
conceived in the following terms,
&c To HIS Erceliency the Earl Of Dak
housic, &c. Sc. SC.
We, His Maiesty's loyal and faithful
subjects, the Assembly OF Lower Canada,
convened in Provincial Parliament, having
taken into our most serons attention the
communication which has been made to Us
by the Speaker oil The Legislative Council
by His ExceIency'S command, about our
choice Of Speaker, humby beseech your
Excelleney to be fully assured oil our sin
cere respect for His Majesty's rights and
his ROYAL prerogative that we acknow-
ledge TO be annexed To His Imperial crown
for the advantage and protection OF his
people. We are fully convinced that your
ExceIlency would not entertain any views
which might destroy or diminish our con
stitutlonal privileges without which we
cannot fulfil our important duties towards
His Majesty and his people of this Pro-
vince and with this conviction 9 most
humby submit TO Your ExceIIency that it
is the ncontestable right of the Commons
Of this Province to have the free election !
of one o! their members to be their Spea- |
ker and fulfil the duties Of their House
that the Speaker thus chosen and after
wards presented TO the Kings representa-
tive, according to usage, must always, by
a constant practice, be continued as Spea-
ker, and fulfil his Office as such, unless he
be excused from bodily in6rmity, given as
an excuse by himself or by some of his
friends for him in open Parliament that
after such usage, Louis Joseph Papneau,
Esq, has been duly elected and chosen in
consequence of his high ability and ca
pacity which we have experienced during
ScVeTdl faT!ldineHlS, ana mas Deen DY us
presented TO Your ExcelIency as an indi-
yitual worthy Of our confidence and who.
we have thong ht, would have been agreea-
bile to Your ExceIIency; for which reason,
we hUmbly expect that Your Exceencv,
after having taken into consideration the
cid precedenls, will be satisfied with our
proceedings and not deprive rs Of the SER
vices of the said l.. j. Papineau as our
Speaker, hut that Your ExceIIeacy will be
pleased 10 give US favorable answer such
as His Majesty and his Loyal predecessors
have always given in such cases to their
faithful, Commons, so that we NAV proceed
without further delay 10 the despatch Of the
important and difficult affairs for which we
are convened, in which we hope to give
convincing proofs of our affection for the
Kings service and Of our soIicitude for the
peace and welfare Of this province"
Messengers were named by the House
to wait upon His ExceIIency to know a,
what time he would receive them with
their address, when the Governor answer
ed that no message nor communication
could be received from the House until
Speaker was duly elected and approved.
The same evening a proclamation was is
sued, proroguing the Provincial Paria-