North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-02-05
FEBRUARY 4

/ ke"'fHian mads
an understandable attack upon hi, o,n.,
five rightly understand him, he G,s,,
Gates the course pursued hy the Nah
american towards the doubtful and ,;ro,
Gus friends OF our cause 10 Canada.
Verify, this Rev Mr.. Charter !,
strange man, and full of inconsistepe.,
He finds our course impOliiie and iniur,ov,
10 our cause; and pray, what have n.
donel Wherein have we erredl We Inv.
spoken of the cowardiee of our great poG.
teal champion, the Hon. Louis Jos,,h
Papineau, who snraked away 10 Fam.
10 AVOID the responsibility and danger thar
attends the patriot cause; aud we bsy.
deprecated also the disgraeeiul seryili,v Of
those Canadians who attended Goyetuo,
Thonson's ieree; and this our doubtful
friend calls I" mpoIitc and injufjou, -
Perhaps an expose might strip him Of III.
Jcsuils' mantle that covers decri,(u hear
We shall see. Although Mr.. Chsui,,
finds fault with, and attributes 10 us N.
" mania Of denouncing" certain charse,rr
spoken of above, yet this same Mr.. Char.
tier has been jealous, yea, over-zesou,,
IN his endeavours not only 10 unmask thes,
men, but even 10 cast a stigma upon the
names OF some OF those who have petined
their lives and sacrificed their fortunes IN
The noble cause OF freedom, because thew
iid not see fit to adopt his own views abou,
The expedency Of certain measures.
To convince our readers Of the mental
liberation or hypocrisy of this man, We
hall here quote few passages from letters
md documents Of his writing: and if any
Ioubts arise in the minds of any of his
riends as TO The authenticity of these OK.
racts, let them call al our Office and exam.
ne the originals in his own hand writing,
nd over his own signature.
In reference to some of our political lead.
RS. the Rev. gentleman in a certain public
ocument, says:
owe have not keen helped. but on the contrary
re have been opposed by the perfdious and coz.
rdly Paplpeau and O'CaIaghan, who never
new any thing but to ba,ci and write against the
,nglish Government; who, since St. Denis, have
THANKFULLY abandoned the people, whom they had
,0!ishly pushed rebellion; who, instead Of
ountenaRcing a contest that they had themselves
cd snGu
yOLFRED NELSON, the fransitory hero Of
t. Denis, who had nevertheless sworn 10 sythgs
is captivity; a Robert Boucheuc a Mcdard
ebert, Capt Goddu, DuverDay, Is PEI.
'ult, Desmarais, DR.. Davignon and others
no this day artieua,e (proftrrnD words ofp,acs
lly, and who have intended for some time past 10
How about thirty Of the refugees of Tho lower
ass, who have already purchased by an oah Of
legiance TO the Queen, leave TO go and hide, in
e bosoms OF their families, The shame fther de-
,rtion."
Little did our accuser think we were able
} meet him with his own weapons, or
lther TO confound him with his own words;
Ut thus j, u.s.. We exceedingly regret
,wever that his indiscretion shouldhiw
'lled US out upon him; but, since wehave
1t our hand to the plough, we shall not
ok back. The North American has been
lid and honorable in it's opposition TO The
lbious conducllof certain doubtful patrols
e never hattered, nor sung the praises Of
ose men while in their presence; nor
we we attempted 10 stab them IN me
rk. But the very man who dares secret.
10 deiract from the well earned fame Oh
r. Wolfred Nelson, 10 capable oil sOeh
'semblance tina, he can appear as l'Ieoo
his presence Scarcely had the lDs
led with which Mr.. Charter RECORDED
at man as a transitory hero, when' Il"
good jesuit, he took the doctors hand"
friend.
Mr.. Charter is undoubtedly ignorant Oh
. fact that we can put our hands at 80!
'ment on certain papers, which Woum
mask his conduct, and show thai NC"
her hypocrite or brain-cracked msD'
'es he remember a long ecsh NJ
II written epislIe, dated ST. Albans VIZ
". 1889. To prove to Mr.. Cha'"f
It we know something OF the contents"
L episile, and TO show The conss'en''
his conduct, also, we hae quote "'
sons for advising Mr.. Papineau TO g"