North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-03-24

o. me administration ard savocatrs NJ ne
|" Syaephash polics p and where found an.
sss'leg, fecoufse was bed to violence. and
the most brutal acts Of leroeliy and baf.
baFiiy were pefpslfs,rd BIZ The tory mob.
al ,be insiiga'ion Of the rnagis,tases md
.oihef Officials 10 whom Lord Sydenham
bad previously issued hypocttscai proc.
iainaiion enieinlng them 10 preserve prae,
At The polls, supported asd encouraged hy
The miliisry--the plant and ready tools Of
British dcspoiism. II truly Notifying
- witness the development ol this s,upen.
dnus system oi fraud. dissimoiation ard
crime. ss il adds another practical lesson "a
the already deariy-bouaht experience 81
'hs Canadians Of the pe,iiiy and Iapc,y
that has ever characterised the British CO.
lonial administration. Aside from the gross
injustice of The bin, which, il is pretended,
iasfsis them with representative iasi,n
iions--the shameful and disgraceful con.
dsious which this act ~ spoiiaiion Gun
badied--lhr hagrant aud paipablc intefle-
renee 81 the Executive in the purity of
eireilons--all which we've seIf.exident aud
unaeniabie, aud with lie result before their
eyes in the recent contest between tie As
semhiy aud the Executive of the eniife III
llllity--thc absolute madness To hope 10 a.
ulciioraie their. enslaved cnnditinn by ans
Legislative intercourse with The British gov
Iernmrni. aud again, Taught hy the dine re-
suits ~ the bloody 2Ist ol May, the vio-
lence 10 which the tories would resort, when
projected and aided by the military, and
still more recently, hy the incarceration ~
iheir principal ciiizens, the devastation by
fire ADD sword Of their headtiild villages
by the judicial murder of twelve Of their
compniriuts, lbc Punishment % penal coi-
! any of hundreds OF their copnifymen Ia
drag out there miserable existence ia the
most ahrct slavery, by tie delivery Of an
entire section Of their country 10 the Tend
er mercies o.. an Infatuated mob and ruth
| less solderv, by oil these and hundreds
more equally revolving facts, were the Can.
adams bound in honor, by principle, by n
feeling of seIf-respcct, bot more Than all
by a regard 10 those principles Of Liberty
10 establish whchsn much blfod had heer
I spill, somany lives voluntarily sacrificed
! not 10 disgrace themselves By condcscend-
ing again ~ become The dures OF British
EariGce, tie victims Of tory vengeance, the
apparently voluntary instruments OF allix.
| ing an indeiihle disgrace mon their natipn-
nj character. Ii is hnniilialing--ili sennuel
10 make a consistent republican strike his
Eclenched fist against a stone wall out o
pure vexaiion 10 witness the snhseirief1i
trucking, craven, base and despcahle spir
/ IL manifested hy the clasSe inS.ruite o
! Canada, the solicitors OF executive pat.
ronage and influence and the would-he re-
cipienls or popular iavors and parliament
airy hnnors. Their conduct will be dolly
appreciated by an outraged and insult
led community. The radical party must
now be satisfied that they are in complete
bondage. All ihat can now be done, is Ia
wait patiently, but with undiminlshed al
tachment 10 free principles, the dawn oi
their day Of liberty and deliverance.e
We suhloin some more returns made
s;nc. thr last nuhlicnfiOn