North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-03-31
NORTH AMERIC AN.

Fflrtt and uTEefst Necessity 81 uiTnductng
The principle oi elecGiaa into that body, as
ilie only method 81 enahling the Pfoviaci.
al isegislaiDre 20 proceed beuellcisiiy o.
the .lispalchri public business
Oar municipalities are utterly .icstFayed;
the cougtfy parts n lhr prnviGce, as b
disgfacriul exception 10 the other parts ~
this Continent, ere totally deprived oi All
power pi regulating, in corporate capa-
city, ihei. local shaifs, thfn' freely elected
Pafsh aud Township officers: The rising
generation is deprived oi tie blessings OF
edncation, the primary schools which pro.
sded for the instruction of 10000 child
zen having bern shut ~ by the Leg isa-
i've Council, body hostile 10 the pro.
eress oi useful knowledge, and insligaicd
10 this act by an Executive lnimiral 10 the
spread oi general information among The
penplc--she Jesuiis' Cnliege, bounded and
endowed hy The prnyilent government
which cupnizfI this Province Tor the en-
Encouragement ald discrimination ~ learning
| and the sciences therein, has, with bar
bafiiy unworthy the rulers ol civilized
stale, disg acelui Ia The enlightened aye in
whici, We live, and unparalleled even a.
nloDg The Golhs and Nandals, heen CON
vcfted into, aud is still retained as q bar
rack for soldiefy, whilst the funds aud
property devoted TO The support OF ihis
anl similar institutions have been, and
continue To be, squandefed and NAL adj
minis,eIed Tor lie advantage OF the faynr-
ties, creatures and tools OF the govern
meni; our citizens are deprived Of the
benefit o! imparliay chosen iafies, and
are Arbitrarily prosecuted by cIown officers,
who, 10 suit the purposes oi The yindicive
government Of which they are creatures,
have revived proceedings Of an obsolete
character, precedenis for which are 10 be
found only in the darkest pages Of British,
history. Thus our Judiciary being sulied
by combined conspiracies ot a wicked Exc
cutive, slavish Judges, partisan Law or
fcers, and political Shefitis, the innnccn,
and patriotic are exposed To be sacrificed,
whilst the enemies Of the country and the
yiolators OF all law are protected aud pa
tronised, according as ii may please the
administration To crush and destroy, To
save and protect. Our commerce and
domestic industry are paralyzed; our pub
lic lands allenated, al nominal price, 10
a company Of spectators, strangers 10 the
country, or bestowed upon insolent favor
ties as reward for their sycophancy; our
money is extorted from US without our
consent, by taxes unconslitutionally i'm
posed by a foreign Parliament, to be alter,
wards converted into all instrument OF our
degradation by being distributed among
howlibg herd of officials, against our will,
without our participation, and in violation
OF all principles Of constitutional law.
In the midst Of their hottest and nnwear-
red efforts TO procure redress OF the fore
going grievances, our fellow-ciiizcns have
been lnsolently called on to give an ac.3
count OF their public cunducf, for which
they were responsible 10 no Individual,
least OF all 10 the person whom chance or
ministerial patronage may place 10. sea-
son at the head ri our Provincial govern
ment. They have been bauassed and
annoyed by dismissais from offices Of mere
honor, held for the benefit and al the re-
quest OF their own immediate neighbors,
because they vindicaled the rights OF their
country like American ifeemen; and as
an index OF further intended aggression,
armed troops are being scattered in time
oi profound peace throughout the country,
with the prrsunii'tuous-and wicked design
Of restraining by physical force The ex-
preston 81 public opinion, and Of com
plotting by violence and bloods.led our sia-
very and ruin, already determined upon
beyond the seas.
Such an aggression as this ,lEight justify
the recourse, on The part OF an outraged
people, to all and every fieans To preserve
the last OF their insulted prisiIeges-lbpl
right 10 complain. But, thanks to he
blindness OF The aggressofs, the wicked
ness Of The measure viii be proyiden,iaiIyl
nrniralized by its folly. The regiments
ABBOTT 10 be quartercd among Us are com
posed Of men sprung from, and educated
with, the Democracy oil their county
They. for the most part, entered on their
present profession, not from choice, but
because they could mol find any other eu,-
ploymeni in their native land. Instead OF
being stimulated 10 good conduci by the
hope oil promotion, too poorly paid, they
are exposed TO every sort OF petty tyranny, |
and il mnrmur escape their lips, they are
subjected, like The bonded slave, 10 The
jgnobie punishment OF the lash. Con-
iFasIng this hard late with the freedom,
conieni, employment, and high wages TO
be obtained ia the United States, aud GER
th.. hin ants n ,f,.sa