Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-04-13

who would be glad to promuiga,c such n re-..,
stock ioblinr objects lie clt very great J.,i..
the authenticity of this report, and why'-Ic~,r.
ware of the good understanding Of the inhatn,o,,
the United States he could not think they wouIl r
tain such doctrines.
lie was convinced that If the inhabitants ofroi.
ted States would hut cousidor-u they womb
around to the situation OF their finances The, -
recollcc that there wcro three million oI ucsr, M
IN their country, and great body of Indian. ,- .
back sctilcmeutswh might be induced iu ,arSss,
OF wrongs they complained of 10 take part In The ~
test--ii they cast their eyes towards Canada vi.
there was as loyal set OF men as any in the en- -
and asked, chad they not the power of getting Inn.
hands an individual belonging TO the nt,d S,,,.,.
and also il they rocolleot the large bo1, of ,,
troops that had IN Canada, and the efficient r,
force which was now ai our disposal, ~ conScog,,.
OF the Eastern Question being scitlcd-thcy would u
they considered these points, anNiouslv abstain s
hostlitics. They were calculating people and h.,
would see that they must sustain an immense n,, ,
such an event For these reasons he was of orir.
that the document not a true one. lie ther,f-
asked the noble vlscount whether her MaIcStys Nina
tiers had received any official information rc,act.
this report Under all the circumstances, he cI n
ho was perfectly justified in putting tins question
The report had appeared IN the public papers and
was necessary that some information should be NIL.
cd respecting it. At the present moment he dI n.
think II right to make any observations ON the Sl.r.
but if they given % understand that the r.,-
was to be considered official, lac should feel l.
his Duty al proper time, to bring the matter h,t.
I house, for document more insulting to this na...
n could not possibly be conceived.
NisCount Melbourne said. he was unable 10 lI,aa.,
other answer to the noble Earl than by stating that
Il was not aware whether any communication had be5
received that morning from her MaIcstys Minister Ia
u. States relative TO the subject referred TO- Bm n
apprehended from the form in which tho documen, a.
pearod that there could be doubt of It's auhenuc
On the 9th March there was no auSon in elAe
house parliament to the Mcleod affair or Mr. Pie,
Y ems report.
u In tho house of Commons nothing very inpor,a
was elected
4 Mr. ). OBrien commenting on the Maine rcsoIv,,,
SAYS:
lie did not know what authority there was for bct
ing these resolutions 10 be genuine but if they wc
authentic they amounted to nothing less than deca
4 ration OF war against Great Britain. clear, hcat HI
was more adverse to war than any individual IN hl
house He looked upon with the United Stale
to be deprecated than any other, inasmA
it must be OF fracricdal character. clear hear
lie likewise that the vast commercial Interests
this country must be exposed 10 disaster 10y its cona
uanCe.
Still, If war did take place the present occasion
4 it would not be war of our seeking. Besides VI
should loose high character a nation If We Oh
n not defend our colonies when attacked neither c0u
we claim that allegiance if we did not give them pro
lection when they were acting under AUTHORITY
CLEAR, hear.) lie had seen a great exercise Of Oh
vgor under the auspices of the noble Secretary OF Fol
egn affairs in another part of the globe, where il
"A OF more ambiguous character than it would be on til
present occasion and that he trusted that the mob
lord would on this emergency display the same ygl
4 which he had displayed elsewhere. His movement
\ however were secre-and lac did not blame the M
bic lord for it-that the house had no opportunity
forming an opinion upon the efficacy OF his direction
n QIcar) 1t was however, his duty, membcr .
parliament, to say that our interests would be hc
secured than they at presentin case we had
X fleet in front of the harbors Of the United States and
N strong army on the frontiers Of British America.