North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-08-05

sarIly appointed that the members of m,
said COMMITTEE So chosen and cnnt,n.
ued, have the honour 10 addres,
i your Lordship on behalf of them.
selves and their constituents, the subscri.
beers TO the aforesaid Petition OF I7s4. and
to shew, thst, by your Lordship,s con.
drsceusion, the inhabitants of this Pro.
vince have been lavourej with publiea.
ton, in the Quebec Gazette, of Tie Peti.
lions TO his Majesty and to your Lordship,
lately presented 10 the name of the Cana
dams, bearing date the thirteenth dav OF
October last past, and signed hv cohsi-
I drTsble body Of landhoders and others.
his Majesty'S new subjects, to the number
Of seven hundred and lorly-four. in oppos-
ition TO the objects Of reform proposed in
the Petition of 1854, already mentioned,
and TO the steps which have been taken in
conducting il.
That your Memoraists, in attending
10 the interests Of their own, have thought
| it their indispensable duty to take into
consideration the various matters and as
sertions contained in the aforesaid Petition
Of the 18th OF October, and humbly To
state 10 your Lordship in reply thereto,
that his Maesty's old and new subjects,
by their Petition Of 1884, praying for a
House Of Assembly, aud the introduction
OF the laws of Enean regarding COM
merce, had not the most distant wish or
intention 10 procure the abolition OF The
ancient laws and customs OF Canada, as is
asserted by their opponents on the con
trary, continuation OF the said laws and
customs is eXpressy and particularly pray
ed for in the said Petition Of 1884, Arti-
Gle lV.-as will more fully appear 10 your
Lordship by a printed copy thereof here
unto anneXed-that contrary TO the con-
duct and assertion o! their opponents, The
Petitioners Of 1884 proceeded candjdlv.
publicly and impartalIy, in framing their
Petition, which was printed in The French
language, and dispersed into all parts OF
the country, accompanied with explana-
tory observations and arguments which
yet remain unanswered.
That his Majesty's Canadian subjects.
who joined in the said Petition of 1884, to
the number Of one thousand five hundred
and eighteen, and achose sentiments and
wishes are still the same, are more than
double in number, and not less respectable.
than The Petitioners Of The 18Th of Octo.
Der last, in point Of Loyalty, wealth, char
acttr. or knowledge ofthe true interests
Of Mis Prorincc.
That the agen; Of the said Petitioners
of 1884, in carrying forward their Petit
ton TO the notice and discussion of
Parliament, was not guilty either of temer-
itv or injustice in presenting himself in the
name Of, and as agent for, those Petition
ers, being unanimously chosen and en-
powered for that purpose by the English
and Canadian Committees, representing
the whole body Of Petitioners, whether
old or new subjects.
Your Memorialsts beg leave TO observe
to your ExcelIency, that many of the Pc
titioners Of the 18th October hast, did, in
a Petition to the Throne in the year 1888,
complain Of the actual legislature in
more pointed manner than is set forth in
our Petition of 1884, yet they do not
now ask for any reform in the present sys-
tenn of government but prefer distinc.
ton among his Majesty's subjects: not
withstanding that in the aforesaid Petit
ton OF 1888, they pray, that whatever
!" form OF government it shall please his
F" Nj aiesty 10 establish in this Province,
I" they may be admitted freely, and with
" out distinction, to participate in the pre-
(" cious rights and privileges which his
i" NJ aiesty's subjects enjoy, in whatever
F." pari Of the empire they are situated. .
Your Lordship being fully sensible that
British subjects consider as one of their
most valuable privileges, the right of be-
ing represented in the legislature, your
Petitioners humbly conceive, that TO them
it more properly belongs TO remark, that
TO refuse them this distinguishing privilege. |
implies a doubt Of that loyalty and attach |
ment which they have never ceased to de-
monstraie.
Your memorialists yield with reluctance
to a necessary part Of their duty, in re-
10 your Lordship, with all due |
that in the list of their opponents
appear the names OF Judges, CounselIors, |
and Others, in the enjoyment Of pensions |
and places Of profit under the present sys-
TEN of government, 10 the amount Of two
thousand seven hundred and forty five
pounds, upon WHICH Circumstance they
lorbear TO comment. That in the said
list, particularly among the seigniors, The
names OF some appear who are not seign-
Iors, and of Others who have assumed
titles to which they are found to have no
we submit 10 your LoFdship
what weight persons OF those descriptions,