North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-05-06
EDITED BY CANADIANS & AMERICANS


dispositions Of the Canadians were favor
able 10 The designs Of Congress, and that
IL was well known that the Canadians
would make no opposition whatever to the
measures which Congress might adopt in
relation TO Canada. threads thus -
Many people about this time recolleei-
ed with regret, the inAammatory language
they had used, at The public meetings cal
led TO consult about measures 20 procure q
repea. OF the Quehec Act. After having
drawn The most hideons picture Of the dis
tresses that would be enisiled on the Cam
adams and their posieriiy, could they won
der that these ssouId mol oppose tAeir Nesp
England friends, who had come with an
avowed intention 10 give them freedom,
by forcing repeal Of that Act which was
to render them the most miserable abject
slaves.
" The agents OF Congress saw with Joy
the disposifions Of the Canadians they
saw fhat no opposition could be made By
The nstipes Of Canada to any measures that
Congress should think fl TO adopt TO get
possession OF the country"
II our readers want further proof Of
the disloyalty Of the Canadians 10 the
English crown, and Of their attachment
TO the American cause, they can find the
following note by the same author, page
IS, under date of the 4,h December -
The rebels are cautioned from Pointe
aux Trembles 10 Old Loreite, and parties
Of Them ecous the roads TO town TO prevent
provisions getting in. The habitants, a.
we call The peasants, seem TO be a dastar-
diy set II il is not cowardicc that prevents
them from insisting on going to market, 81
is werse 0aotive. Would they but frown
on the rebels, they would return from
whence they came but it 10 said that they
receive them srih open arms, and call
them nos panvres freres; they will sec
their folly when TOO late TO repair the mis-
chiefs their pauvres freres, or poor broth.
ers will have done to them.
"Fhe rebels have prevented q good ma
ny supplies from coming up by water from
below and she people or La Poinle In
CaiiIe have unioaded some craft destined
for Qnebec. This shews the disposition
of the lower parishes"
Atpage Sos of Bissett's History Of the
Reign Of George III, vol LIST, we have
another striking proof OF the disaiiec,ion
Of the Canadians towards the English gov
eminent. According TO that celebrated
author
" The garrison did not consist of above
100 men, of which very few were regu-
lars /; and the greater number OF the in
habitants were Unaffected 10 the trainers
Of their new constitution"
In the History Of Canada, published by
Jos. Frs. Perrsul., Quebec, 1854, we find
in the first volume, page lit, that Gen.
Carleton had no confidence whatever in the
Canadians, and that his proclamation,
which he Issued as soon as he found him
self in security within the walls of Que
bee, was for the most part directed against
the French Canadians of that city. We
shall give Mr.. Peuaul.'s own words -
General Carleton thus blockaded in
Quebec, issued q proclamation which go
manifesrly shossed his suspicions agoinst
the Canadssns, by the injurious expressions
it contained. that The greatest number of
these tett the city there remained but 500,
who with the regulars, the seamen, and
the British .Militia, made UP about 1900
men.
General Montgomery informed Of the
weakness Of the garrison, and of the re-
sentiment of the Canadians on account of
the little confidence placed 10 them, sum-
moned General Carleton to surrender"
Here we have the acknowledgment OF a
French Canadian. and strict loyalis, TOO,
who still derives a large salary from the
English Government, that bic countrymen,
in ITS, were irritatsd against the English
government, and no reliance could be plac-
ed in them.
Let Us listen to what Smith says on this
subject in bis History of Canada, vol. end
page 81.
GAS General Carleton had been spnrized
thai severaI Of the inhs5itanfs Of ths eifv
Of Quebec wers i'll dispessd to.sayds
Government, no object appeared more wise
and necessary than the turning the disaE
fected out OF the city. By q Proclamation,
dated the twenty-seeond Of November,
he stated, that though he had issued HE
orders Tor embodyinO the Militia Of tbs