North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-06-23


The most shocking par, ~ iha, nviatious
letter is where he openly acknowledges that
he il So devoid Of Christian feelings and
ceniesscs 81 much vinGirliyeness as per- /
Secute The dead bodies nf ihost, who were
politically opposed 10 him. and 20 refuse
the rights Of burial 10 the mangled corpses
nj his counirymen. Can depravity oil
heart, can meanness Of sonl exeeed this
Is not such a man 10 he despiscd and soorn.
ed by all rational ard phisnlhropc beingss
Is this, what is called Christian charity !?
Can serviIism and religious despoilsm be
more shamelcssly Displayed Were We
10 allow our private feelings To overcome
our duty as historians, we should wish that
/ drspicabie individual to share the same
! fate, which he finally brought upon his de-
voted countrymen, who persisted by the
sword or by the halter and that his
shGck!ed bones might, for ages 10 come,
stand as a monument Of national peridy
and Of the mos, corrupt depravite vi heart
But alas be is no more, he has rendered 10
his offended God a strict account ri all the
woes, which, nv his nefarious and unlimely
interference, he has inflicted on his opptess.
ed eoun,rymen and If we were allowed
10 pass Judgement, we should assert that
J he is now Justly suffering for his love ol
; despotism and his unmeasured ambition
( which was the prima eausa OF all hls er'
rors through proiracied life. With al
the sincerity of our heart, we can 50,
, /" Peace 10 the ashes Of all those, WHOM
4. his cruel and inhuman edict prernded iron
Christian burial, hut to his mortal rerrain
we cannot give the same benedlciion, W.
, leave to Divine Justice its attribute, an'
: lei Bishop Lartigue's name, IN The esiima
. ZION ~ a4 ,...- t4....,, ,,f f,ecFidm stand
a svnonyme for ipfamy and political pollu
ton.
Y let us now leave the Province 81 Low
$ or Canada, where the rebellion bad bee
5 crushed in the bud, ard follow ihat IN
5 daunipd pa,riot, McKen2ie, in, his miiar
! movements in the Upper Province In
d fortona,eIy the day selected 70 strike III
rs hlow was. bv fatal misunderstanding
is fastened, whereby the forcr, which III
u patriots had promised IL intn out, was Cor
-. =.
n siderablv diminished The confusion III
n sad mistake caused among the insufgeni'
J. led to their final disconisiufe. and le'
p DAYS witnessed the rise and fall 81 N
le standard or rebellion 10 Province, wheI
is the great majority Of The people won
as have hailed with triumphant jnv The dow
" fall Of British domination. The devote
ID and courageous Mckenzie, who, durlr
a, m. t.ssemblaac Of the patriot forces
/. Montoomerv's house, showed that he "
he fearless and disposed TO fight for his con
ne try's freedom, was obliged to leave Il
ne Province and after many hair-breadh
ne csnes he finally succeeded in landing I
he the American shores which he bad be-
,ir ,aooh, to call "ihe land o! the Tree a
at the ASYLUM Of the oppressed" How bit
d, mus, have been ais reflections, when IN I
ne American Baslie at Rochester, he alt
as yards discovered that the American 81
er although freed from the actual dominion
oil Rri,aio. vet vihrated TO the gfowl oil I
MS British Lion, and that the feelings oil
OF certain, numerous portion OF her peol
da were shamelully influenced by their sor'
xe cove,ousness Of British gold Let US 4
,ill however anticipate this painful eveI
en- which will ever cast deep stain upon
it, American Government and more partit
ur larly upon the Chief Magistrate Of
OF Union, who wreaked his vengeance on q
he Of Liberty's pures; martyrs. Let Us
OF ,urn 10 McKenzie's operations.
ed sympathy Of the generous people OF
no civ OF Buffalo, was very soon enlisted
he favor Of the Canadians oppressed b.
he iron rule OF British bsyone,s. Meelii
n. lie ,hose held on the northern frontier
he New York end Vermont were held 10
ND western part Of the Empire State
az, n..os wrre generously supplied 10