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

gianee--if she wall not be content will
mutual oblig atoms, bot seek TO make then
the prey Of military nsbobs and hungry
iordlings, executing iheif DEGREES viii
force, she must not be- disappointed 10 fint
her offspring deserving her for Der unnat
ural ahsufdiiIes and monslrous cruelty.
| Your legislative and executive councils
feeling the great Inconvenience of submits
log 10 your constitutional rights, have en-.
deavored 10 irown you into compliance BY
British legislation. You have wisely ques.
toned such authority, and justly branded
their DEGREES with the inTamy they deserve.
They now loudly threaten yoa with Cos
ford law of their own enactment.
Should you be iirm 10 your purpose, Gas
we think you wilI) they will have recourse
TO diplomacy and cunning, they will amuse
you with The name Of royalty, talk Of your
youthful queens affection for you, and ey-
cry specieus art their craft can dictate.
But they will carefully keep back from roy
al ears the wrongs they have generated
the crimes Of open punder and private pee
uIation which have made the breach be-
tween you; they'll tell their garbsd tale OF
"Ieason and sedition, poisoning the youth
ful mind To suit their purpose.
Canadian brethren! hear Us though we
be only working men:-trust not too much
10 princely promises when your own ears
are the witnesses; less so, when oceans
roll between, and interested chieltains tell
the tale. Trust your righteous cause, and
honest deeds TO make that cause secure.
We have received, with considerable
satisfaction. your resolutions approving of
our humble exertiens in your behalf-,ho'
we did but our duty in endeavonng TO
arouseihe feelings OF our fellow men a
gainst the injustice we saw was about to
be pefpetrated on a distant portion Of our
brethren; aud in this weshaye been success
full TO degree we did not anticipate, for
we have received letters of approval from
considerable bodies of Working Men join
ing their feelings and sympathes with ours
towards yon. Do rot, therefore, believe
,hat,the Working Millions o! England have
any feelings in common with your oppres-
sors; they have not unitedly condemned
their nlamy,it is that the severity Of their
own misfortunes and expressions divert
their attention from those of their neigh
bors. When the voice Of millions shall be
heard in the senate-house, when they
sh all possess power 10 decree justice, our
colonies will cease to- be regarded as nur-
series for despots, where industry is robbed
10 pamper vice.
We beg to congratulate you on the num-
Der OF choice spirits which the injustice ia
f1icted on your country has called into ac-
ton. With such leaders to keep alive the
sacred fame Of freedom, and such devoted
ncss and sef-denial as you have evinced
from the outset, we augur your success.
Hoping that you will continue to stir up
the timid and cheer on the brave-to teach
your children to lisp the song Of freedom,
and your maidens TO spurn the hand OF
the slave-and that you may vet witness
the san OF independence smiling on your
rising cities, your cheerful homes, tangled
forest, and frozen lakes is the ardent wish |
Of the Working Mems Assertion.
Signed by the Committee in behalf OIL
the Association.
VIM. Cummings
Henry Vincent
Arthur Dyson
John Danson
Seraphino Calderara
VIM. Pearce
James Jenkinson
Robert Har,well
Henry Mitchell
Richard Cameron
James Lawrence
VIM. Lovett.
WIN. Pearce