North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-10-14
OCTOBER ;

glish nobility are memh.,,
s''"'hs' and even "my AlAet,s !; =
tron of The metropolitan ,o,,,, ~
il would be highly i,uprop., - 80 * b
other forms of the grrs, .v.,,r ~
Than that particular i..,ur. -, go
serbs apparently ell Mr.. o.. ,n.,.
which these Robber.Lm4.. d.
Doehesses. who ride roOgh..Ao1
Liberties OF their specie. ., hon.
abroad, are too intrresiea, .,ls,..
,si0u' 10 examine. The .ti.,oto.'
Britain have laid their graspip, &,
every 'h'na--'hsy have dspri,,s ~.
pie Of their RICH, to the .oil--,.,.
most exorbitsn,ly for place eve, -. ~
on-oblieed them to lsbor e,,,,r'
then robbed them Of ell III.
their toil-made all msnner n soi.. !.
to punish them ior doing rb,,
them no,-treated them as bru,,.
ted their developing their in.l6s,,.
used all possible exer,ions 10 mai.
mere beasts Of burGen,-y.t N, r
there is no slavery in Britain. n. -
sands Of her population ere p.,,l..
lood-steeped 10 The chin in ,,;..n
wfetchedness, and yet the 'llled Ootr.,
nl The old world have secured the L,,4
ficers of this modern aboIilioDjs, ia -.
glse Tor and eytenuate lis con50,,
aud the institutions ola country, Who,
baTbarlty, commercial tyranny and IA
grasping avarlce transcend The histoy Of
all ancient times. The iniroducln0 n
Mr.. o., among the EngIish Aris,ocr,,y
has operated upon him, IA il loo (r,oo,,,
ly does upon those, who cross The At,o,i,.
and his conduct at Glasgow, in refud0o
to sympathise with the Thousands o( n,
own color, who were perisbing for huror
through the avarice and fraud of his An.
tl-Slavery brethren," stamp him and b,
associates as great opposers Of slssery-ip
the abstrac:-at distance.
Tha, Mr.. G. was equally in error with
respect 10 the Dependencies Of Britain,
IS easily determined by turning 10 Lover
Canada. There, since The. unjusliGab,
suspension of their constitution 10 1881. 10
the present time, and (none know how
many months longer it will con,nue)
what is, the situation OF that county bot
slavery, what can lis population be cal.
led but white slaves The government
Of the country is vested in a Governor and
Council the former appointed BY power
three thousand miles oa--ignorani Of the
wants and wishes Of the people, and en-.
IS
tirely recklessDess thereof the recipient
OF this Office, being eslranged as much
in feeling as by brln from any connection
with, or responsibility TO the people, in
different as 10 every thing sppeHanng to
the welfare OF the country-caTelul only
to secure the salary promised him, and 10
fulfill the will of his masters at what
ever cost of principle or honor 1t BE-
required. The members of the Council,
associated with him in the government o.
the country, holding their authorities from
the Governor himself, the slave Of the
this body--the obedlen'
tools Of the Governor, entirely ifrespons
BILE to the people, or any portion Thereof
for the exercise Of their important dules--
the sessions Of this body holden with CLOS
ed doors, the Governor proposing y"
lawsuits myrmidons adopting it--ano '''
~ - a:
people entirely in ignorance Of them un''
published and beyond all remedy VIVA
ether than that Of slavery can II be cans'
TO live under similar institutions! ~
three consecutive years has such s'a'
Of things been in operation in that '-s'''
red land, and this, within the cogn'aan'
Of Mr.. G. yet we have him declaring W
there is no slavery in any of The bn'''
dependencies. Shame upon that recfesi
TO the cause Of Liberty, who fot me ss'
Of psndering TO his own popularlty'o' 0'n'
questionable motive, will herd with the
mics Of his race, and obtain ibelf las0l
a 1.il;a re the pefiu VI