North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-02-18

E 80 is'rfl ia tAfs haxafsiouz AHd nFw rshTutr
Vhich. nv many wa, cailei ehimriirsl.
He n,gigsgrsi his ftopfiy, he rxcfltd aa
ihe uGarurr thst hjs wri know n hanesiy
gave hlm end rs uaweAird csrtinns,
WHICH eefr Ib,,sr al .irady Had sfnvva.
( lrnt mind. he sarrecled 10 Its plan -
building slucinu~ and cnmnndious rIi-
+ ljcr which noN stands as az b.anatabl. ar.
namrut u tie village aud Di,tict 10 which
( II was erected. Before his death The .rn-
Grated phi gentleman bad lhe uanns led
pleasure 20 seeing his collrge trsourd To
IN preference 10 mauy athrts 10 il,r Poe
vince. And now s.. Hyaeinlhe College
ranks high aS The I!nt place wlcfc collrgi+
ate rducalian can be- obtained on y more
1 liberal scale than a, many other places ~
( The same descriptions. Although not our.
selves enamoured Of the rfrsent system az
collegiate e,ucaiion in Lower Canada, yci
we think il oar duly Ia mention The most
Iandahie and pbiIan'hrnpic endeavnuts 81
/ the noble heart who fret conceived the
benevolent plan ol educating hlt couh'fy
men. who through the wiluI neg lgence
and eare'cSsnrSs II the Bfitish government,
were lrlt in drgradiac state If ignorance.
applaud :he noble feelings of the late
/ Reverend Priest and we heiirve that hr
deserves to be lonked upon as one NJ hr
tire projections aud lovers oi the freedoms
III The Canadian people. Had his noble
example been followed hv The Roman
/ Catholic clergy since they came into pow
er aud wealth 10 The Colony, the Canadians
would now he generally educated and 10
onr opinion the moral influence Of cduca
ton might have given quite another iutn
country. The name of the reverend min.
lister oi whom we now are speaking, will
ever stand high in the recollection Of his
cnun,rymen aud viii never be pronounced
! but with generation.
/ The transportation Of HE public mind
! brought on by the partial and unlawful
/ protection WHICH bad been extended h.
I those who were looked upon in ~ be,trr
/ light than foul mutdcrers who bad deliber.
alcIy split The blood Of some of he Iladrsl
party hut with the view oG satisfying thrir
own baued, was heightened hy The inipru
dent Steps of Lou! Avlmcr who took upnn
himself the responsibility oi Ibis wnntn
act by approving oi the conduct Of both
the civil and military authorities which
had perpetraird this saneuinarv and wilful
murder. When all The tribunals of Justice
were entirely closed against those " ho ap
piled for the just rciriburion Of i nocenl
blood, and when all the competent author
tiles in The Province which could have
sooihcd the public mind in This critical
juncturc, were 'eagned with the perpelrn
iors al this awful outrage upon the lives oi
the citizens, the only hope which remained
io The people, in which they could vet re-
pose s0ue confidence, was an appeal Ia
The great national tribunal, the Colonial
Leg isaiure. 1t wa, then natural for The
people In call upon the Governor and urge
from him the immediate convncatiou of
the Provincial Legislature. A petition
got Up 10 that effect and which had been
4 signed very innmernusIy, was presented
: 10 His ExceIlcncy but 10 M avail. Blood
; had been. II was pretended, nnjusily sbrd
and The Province bad been scourged with
: The most dreadful pes, Of The world which,
il was commended, had cut short The lives
of nrarly Twelve thousand individuals in
SO small populations; the laws passed
at Ihc last session 10 prevent the intrnduc.
linn OF the Asiaiic Cholera had proved un-
successful and Totally inadrqaare io the
: waGls 81 The Province, di>cnntrnt was
prevailing through all the rouutry a. man.
! ifested by Use numerous meetings nf the
people, yet HIS LpfdsbiP wnuld not con-
sent tn call the Parliament together heiore
= lis usual period 81 convocaiioa.
IL was on the 18Th of November. 1882,
that the THIRD SESSION of the fourteenth Pro-