North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-09-09

'o'e TOT ineF ardent zeal an promoting The
: welfare Of the Province and their unxear.
ed industry in their former Legislative
proceedings.
On The tenth day OF the same month the
House Of Assembly made their rrply TO the
Governors speech, and except a compE-
meat paid to His ExceIency on bis assn.
ming the administration of the Provincial
Government, and on his safe arrival. il COP
tanned a mere reiteraiion of the Governors
address. The Legislative Council also
presented their reply which like that of The
House, was nothing more than mere echo
OF what the Governor had said.
This session was remarkable for the
zeal the House OF Assembly evineed to
come to an understanding with the metro
poliian Government as to the fulur man
agement OF the Jesuit's Estates. The last
member OF that religious community, Jean
Joseph Cazot, had expired at Quebec on
the 1Oth Of March Of that year. 1t will be
recollecied that in April 1898 the House
mad voted an address to the King, praying
Ills Majesty to order the property belong
ing to that estate, TO be applied to its orig.
mai destinalion--the education of the
youth in the Province.
an address was voted to the Governor
praying His Exce'lency 10 order that GER
tain papers and documents in the posses |
sion of the Colonial Government. might be
communicated TO the House, so as to es- |
tabiIsh the claims Of the people Of the Pro- !
vince to those estates and thereby convert
the property to its original object; ia.
stead oil seeing the beautiful college Of that
order appropriated for barracks, and lis for
mer library then as yet converted into
grog-shop. The reply Of the Governor
was,that after having duly taken into con
slderation the petition Of the House Of
Assembly of The 18th April, 1898, on the
subject Of the Jesuit Es'sta, His sIgies. \.
ty had ordered that possession Of the pro-
perties formerly belongin ing TO that order
should he forthwith taken by the Colonial
Authorities in the name Of the Crown.
His Excellency Furthermore said that if
The House were dissatisfied with this de-
oIeration and decided 10 prosecute this in
resignation, they could have all the papers
and documents they might require to es-
labIsh their claims. But at the same time
The Governor gave the House to under ,
stand that it would look rather disrespect-
ui towards His Majes,y's decision, if The
House proceeded any further in this
business.
With this answer before them the MEM
oers OF the House thought it more pru- ,
lent to discontinue their design of es,ab- .
ishlng the peoples claim to those pro- \
'erties. We are sorry TO see that the n
members could allow themselves thus to /;
discard their object. But If this House of /,
Assembly thought best to yield 10 the cur II
ent OF Royal prerogatives and Royal ;,
helt and injustice, it will be found in the ;,
curse of this History, that this impor- :,
ant question was again renewed, and thar :,
he ministers in England were so fully r
onyinced Of the glaring injustice of keep -
lg those estates from the Province, that :,
hey were on the eve Of giving them up.
An attempt which happily proved abort i;
'e, was made by some member ofthe COM ;.
iercial faction to introduce pecuniary
for members TO sit in the
louise. But the good sense Of the major CT
y soon put an end 10 a project which &c
ouId have deprived the Province OF the d
enefils OF many useful and talented men as
ho unhappily are not always favored by le
ind fortune. They well knew that real IN
'lents and merit were better rccommen- W
atoms than a monied qualification. co
On the End Of April the House was cal 81
d upon by vote OF 81 TO 8, to expel one re
It's members named C. B. Bone, who w
ad been convicted in the Court OF the CT
ing's Bench in Montreal, of conspiracy pr
hh sundry other persons, to defraud 'b
an named Eiienne Drouin of large sums all
money. re