North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-07-17


Uttered the house, began io weep, ioT
which one Of the dragons felied her 10
he floor with his broad Sword. |, was in
VAIN that her daughter begged these mon.
s'ers, TO allow her TO remove her mother I
rom the floor where she Law welterlnr n /
her blood. Strict orders were given NOT
&c permit the Old lady TO be moved from
her suffering situation. One OF Col. Gag
mons sons, who was secreted under the
bed, was bayone,ied dangerously in FIVE
different places, though but twelve years
Of age. Mrs. Gagnon, who had recently
been confined, was kept close TO the wall
with cooked pistol aimed at her head
while Two rufians stood, each with sword
pointed OF her breast. Even her helpless
infant, which was crying, did not escape
their brutal violence. Another Of the Co.'s
sons who had taken refuge in the chimney,
was discovered in his hiding place, large
quantity OF straw was Immediately put
into the chimney and set on FIRE. The
young man was so sulIncatpd that he fell
10 the hearth and was Immediately seized
with violence, manacled and a chain put
round his waist, and on bis refusing 10 tell
where his father was, he was hung up to
a ladder on the outside Of the honse, which
caused him the most severe suGerings
After while he was taken down from his
painful situation, hnt having de moro de-
clned 10 reveal the location Of his father,
tie big chain was again fastened round his
body aud he was orcc more hoSted up FOR
The qualification or those Internal wretrhcs
who amused themselves bv making him
swing backwards and forwards which only
increased his suferings. Another child Of
the CoIonel's, very small girl, received a
severe blow in the face with broad-sword.
After having committed the greatest havoc
possible in the house which they pillaged
from garrett to cellar, and not having sue
ceeded in finding the gallant Colonel who
suspectiug that some such trick might Or
played upon him, repaired 10 Trends
house at some distance from his own, TO
pass the night, they took with them the
CoIone's son whom they had nanacled &
hung up with log chain; they put the
same chain around his neck and forced
him TO walk in this painful predcament
through mud knee deep, from his fathers
house Ia ST. Johns. Mrs. Gagnon's
mother was found 10 be very badly hurt;
her collar bone was broken into several
pieces and very deep sword-cut ON her
breast while her body was badly bruised
and cut by the severe blows which she bad
received from those ruifians. Let any
christian read attentively ali these horrors,
and then If they can consistently, laud The
humanity and philanthropy OF Britain who
Dives freedom To her black slaves in the
West Indies but massacres her trhite sub
iecis in Canada, only because they dare 10
utter INC shCICu Hdh'C W
modern abolitionisis of the United States
and Great Britain, may cry down the black
slavery OF the Southern States, but VIII
they saw o single word about the white
slavery which exists in its most hIdeous &
aggravated forms, not only 10 Canada but
in Ireland and even 10 England itseli' Oh
no. all their affections and svmpathies are
bestowed upon the poor Negroes, whose
condition is far less deplorahle than that OF
the white subject-slaves Of British despot-
ism, though oominally free. This seems
TO us, an anomaly in tic feelings Of men,
who douiless have many claims 10 philsn-
thrnpy. When we speak thus, we do mol
wish 10 be understood as advocating even
black slavery, for we are opposed io slave
~ Of every kind, but we are too well &C
ouainied with English maDeuvering 10 be.
lieve that the pretended emancipation oil
the Negroes Of the West Indies, has not
Tor its immediate object, the ultimate over
throw Of the American Republic, which
has always been a source OF annoyance TO
naughty and despoiie Old England. That