North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-01-26
swANToN, VT. JANUARY 90. Is4l.

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with ard brought hefafr their Lor9shipI
ia answer 10 tie charges Against them.
These two gentlemen were consequently
arrested in Montreal on ,hr l5th January,
1882, and were dragged to Quebec through
q hurried and painful journey. Brought
before the members ~ The Legislative
Connect, M. Duyrfnay refused 10 give
the name of the author 81 the etimiua-
ted communication and took The whole
responsibility on his own shoulders, whilst
Mr.. Tracy acknowledged the editorial re-
marks in his paper as originating from his
own pen and he added that lac believed
them TO be perfectly correct Both, of these
gentlemen, were consequently condemned
TO lay in tie Qurbee lail iil the end nt the
session which lasted forty DAYS. Such a
fragrant s. Iyraunicsl aggression upon the
press, was resented from one end ot The
Province to the other. The two prisoners
were declared 10 be martyrs oi ihr liberty
Of the press and their captivity did notl-
ing but streue hen the Ties OF love and rs
TEEN from The people towards the two
champions Who were then immurrrd wilhiR
Tie cold walls Of a British dungeon, Tor the
only crime oG having dared 10 express their
real feelings on the composition oi n Le-
gisiatve body, which had rendered ITSELF
a nuisance 10 the public welfare Of The
Colony. We are sincerely ot opinion that
had The members Of the House 81 Assem-
bly, shown less teYgiversation aud more
manhood in their different votes during
that unfortunate session, the members OF
the Legislative Council would have never
dared Ia make snch coup d'etal. The
weakness and iimitiiy Of those who voted
for the continuance Of The presen. system
in The formation oi the Legislative Coun-
ell, encouraged the proud and selfish mem
beers OF that body, who by tho imprison
meni Of Messrs. Tracy and Davernay, ex-
pected Ia give the fual blow TO that spirit
Of Innovation which according 10 ihe votes
lately given in the House 81 Assembly
appeared To have been crushed in the bud.
Fl ad the House OF Assembly adopted Mr..
Is. Bourdaeris resolves, the Legislative
Council would never had recourse to such
violent prosecutions 10 sustain their toter-
ing dignity. The imprisonment of Messrs.
Duvrrnay aud Tracy resulted in their
triumph over their prosecutors.
As soon as the session OF the Legislature
was prorogued, these Two gentlemen were
each with o gold medal Of the
value Of $50 by the people Of Quebec.
The citizens of Montreal feeling anxious
10 pay to these gentlemen all the marks OF
esteem and iespec, for their noble condpc,
during their painful incarceration voted
them also each gold medal and prepared
FOR them a triumphal entry iato the
city from which they had been torn away
as feIons and carried of as men guilty oil
some heinous crimes. Instead of being |
under the strict guard Of some OF the off
,ers Of a body for whom the whole public
eli but the most extreme disgust, Messrs.
Tracy and Duvernsy entered into the
City of Montreal IN The company OF more
han 10, 90 OF their felow-coUntrymen who
~ their presence and by the mottos on
he flags they bore, expressed their dissp-
,rovsI of the high-handed and oppressive
,et The Legislative Council had committed
n imprisoning these two gentlemen who,
trough The press, he'd expressed the opin-
m OF the public on the vicious compost
ion Of that body. The medals which
we're presented TO Messrs. Duvernay and
Tracey by the citizens of Quebec were
urmoun,ed BY the Liberty cap, with three
'reeious stones taken from Cape Diamond.
fhe inscription bore testimony 10 the firm
less OF the prisoners in the Canadian
ause. The one presented By the people
4 Montreal 10 Daniel Trssey, Esquire,
'ore an inscription 10 commemorate the
ause Of his unjust imprisonment and Oh
he back Of il was Harp with an Erin
% Brah; whilst that presented 10 Mr.