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


tote ,hem both hia pfnclAmalian SD his
message which wiN be fnnnd on tie Isa
page, nnAfked I'm. al. ard (a. NJ. How
strict Ma Dir. Van BsIen'a raseu,ian n
iLis passage 10 las pt.,claassina. :" that
the American Government wnsld nsilhrf
extend ad pur assistance IA those who
their rsiriniie love o. liberty - Oh de-.
parted snais Of Mnirau, wonsltua, All
hey, George, Voa Shouliz, aud 81 mary
other noble victims, YOU are destined Ia
stand as witnesses against the roifup, and
snt pntfinlc hear, which dictated thst
.ouIless ard uafeeling sentence I When
The grand day ri popular Judgement bad
arrived, your lofty souls were waited by
the breeze from one end Of the Amrficaa
Union 10 the other, warning the irpe-
hearted patriot III this land 81 hoasied
freedom, not 10 vote again for the election
ol the miseresni, who has Justly been pro-
bounced by his counifymen rs unworthy
To occupy the presidential chair which b.
had 80 shamrlulIy polluted by hls et,neing
aud base sefvity to British power. While
such an ineumten, filled the chair honofed
by q Washington, Jeaerscn, q Madison,
we can very appropriately exclsim, =" Oh
shame where is thy Hush Oh Jaslice
where is Thy reign Oh my country !
blush Tor thee % Mr.. Van buren's conrss
10 relation 10 Cansdisn affairs has Justly
entitled him 10 The rs,eem and high Goa
.d~fston oi his try friends both IN the
Cancdas and in England, and we make
bold 10 say, that in our huG'ble opinion, he
has done more towards putting down the
rebellion IN Canada than Sir John Col
horne himself Had not Marin Van Bu-
/, rem by his Irresiej p,oclamatious invited
: Tie Colonial suth0rlirs 10 dispense strict
Justice TO The American ciiixens who fell
p INTO their haads, he noble sous Of No.
4 reau, Won Schoullz, Abbey, George and
4 of all the other Americana, would now an-
= innate their earthly tenemrnis. Bul when
Sir George Arthur, with his bloody die.
position, and Sir John CoIborne, with his
!, n.utdrrous feelings. found themselves en-.
couraged by the Chief Msgistrae Of ihe
4 United States, their fendsh minds were
:, hen, upon the irredeemabIe Destruction OF
a those noble victims. II is then not with
:. ont iusl cause that we consider the late
). President Van Buren, as disgrace TO bis
:, county, and the American peorlr ~ the
last canvass for the Presidential Elrsiion,
>, have shown their good sense and propfie,y
IS in refusing lhrir support 10 an individual
80 who 10 better calculated for slave driver
y, n British Van Diemen's land. The hard
and cruel fate Of those Americans who
"A suffered on Canadian ealows, beeauss
!. the President absolutely REUSED to inirf-
fere in any manncr wha,evtr in their be.
=, half the hanlships which were sndutsd BY
:, those Americans who inhabited the dun.
.. 0eons Of Queen Visioris-- their pfesenl
-, degraded state in The land Of slavery, uine
an thousand miles from their homes asd lIi-bd.
H. the uncenefous conduct OF Vsn Buren
Le in Thellei's case, who was Az adopted Cit
n. zen of this Union--ihe ianprisonment o
ri Mckenzie and Csse--sil these are GeeE
he stains written ia l'tlers Of blood en- sl<
N. forehead Of the man. who could have ob
nd Waited them, il be bad chosen. From Mf
,e. Van Buren's course, WE nave always pro-
CIV nounced him to be a naughty, oysfbesrina
he and selfish arislosTat, and our opinion re-
o. mains unaltefed.
,o The sympathy which had been nantes
10 It'd hy the generous American peoldr from
AL The beginning Of the Canadian Struggle
IA. was augmented 10 It's highest pitch BY thi
-, news Of the destruction ri lhe caToiine
IA. which spread Eke an eleeirie shock through
:. ost the Cnion. The excitement, vas o
An. great on the western frontier of the Stat
~. of New York. ,bs, fears wTre rnicnsiar'
,;s cor q time, that the people woad not wsi
8 the action Of thrir Govsrnmeui boz wosi
:. rrsort ia TrisiisIion against ihe Bssiish
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