North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-03-31

brought down upon the ptilfipbcsS w. ="
ldilivnal outrage and persecution. mus
the experience OF the past, demonstrates
the fully oi expecting justice from Euro
pcan authorities.
4 Dark, however, and nnprnmIsang Ms
lmay be the present prospects % ms, uuf
beloved country, we are encouraged w
the public sifines oil our irllow-ciiizens 70
hope that the day oil our regeneration -
moi Tar distant Domestic manufactures
are sprineing up amongst us, with fap'-
ldity 10 cheer US IN the contest. The mn
lpuise piyen hui few short months AGO
/ by the example Of generous ana palflo''c
imiuds, OF wearing domestic cloths, mas
been generally followed aud VIII shortly oe
universally adopted. The determination
jnot 10 consume duly paying meicnandize,
and lo encourage free trade with ouI neigh
bors, matters ol vital impDrtaDcc,fis daily
becoming more general, fesnluie and ei-
ieciivr. The people are every where BE-
LOG dsly Impressed With the consict'an
that the Sacrifices 10 be made, must bear
some proportion 10 The glorious object -
be achieved, and that personal inconsen'-
Iencr Tor the gnod cause must therefore be
not only freely, but readily, endured.
FelInw- Counirymen.-- Brothers in aftiic-
lliou! Ye, whatsoever be ynnr origin, IAN
guage or religion, to whom Equal Laws
land The Rights Of Man are dear; whose
HEARTS have ,hrobbed with Indignation
.hwhiIsl witnessing the innumerabe insults
To which your common county has been
exposed, and who have often been justly
alarmed whilst bordering over the son'bre
(ulu,iiy preparing by misgovernment and
corruption Tor this Province and for your
postefi,y; in The name oi that country,
and OF The rising generation, now having
! no hone but in you, we call upon you 70
assume, by systematic organization 70
your several Townships and Parishes,
that position which can alone procure re-
spect for yourselves and your demands.
lie, Committees Of Vigilance DC al once
! pu. in active, operation throughout your
respective heighborhoods. Withdrawing
all confidence from the present admin'stra-
lion. and from such as will he SO base as
10 accent office under IT,, forthwith assem-
Die il your Parishes and elect Pacficator
MAGISTRATES, after iEe example Of your
brother Rrlormers of The County OF Two
Mountains, in order 10 protect the people
at once from useless and improvident ex-
pense, and iroln the vengeance 81 Their en-
emies. Our young men, the hope Of the
country, should everywhere organize
themselves, after the plan OF their bros
theirs. aThe Sons OF Liberty" in Mont
real, in order that they may be prepared to
act with promptitude and effect as cifcum- 4
stances may require; and the brave militia
men, who by their blood and valor have
twice preserved this country for ungrale-
lul rulers, should al once associate tngeih-
er, under officers 81. their own choice, Tor
the security OF good order and the protec-
iion Of life and property in their respective
localities. Thus prepared, Colonial Llber-
ny may haply be vel preserved. Z
10 this hope, and depending Tor a dlsfn-
,hrai,nentfrOn, The nsrule under which
we nov groan, On the Providence Of God,
whose blessing gu our ~disnierested labors
we humbIy implose; relying on the love
|ol liberty which the Tree air and lmpreg-
nable Businesses Of AMERICA should Insplrel
in the hearts of the people at large, and
upon The sympathy Of our democratic
neiphbprs, who 10 the establishment Of
arbitrary rule on their borders, wisely and
clearly iorrsaw the appearing Of a system
which might be made a pafcedeni and in
strumenl Tor the introduction oi the same
arbitrary rule into other parts Of the Amer
lean Continent, and whocan never consent
that the principles Tor whichihey Success
fully struggled in the, eighteenth, shall, in
our persons, be iramrledin the dust in the
niueternlh century, We, The Delegates Of
The ConfrdeIated Counties OF Richeliep, /
81. Hyacin:l,p, kouyillr, L'Acade.
ChambIy, Vercheres, hereby publicly re-
gisier the solemn and determined resoio-
lion OF the people whom we represent, tnl
carry into effect, with the least delay
possible, The preceding Recommendations,
and never 10 cease their patriotic exerlions
until the various grievances OF which they
now complain shalt have been redressed;
and we hereby invite our feIlow-citizens
throughout the Province to unite their
efforts 10 ours 10 procure a good. cheap
aud responsible system Of government for
their COMMON country.
Signed for, and on behalf of, the Confed-
GRAFTON 81 the Six Counties, this Gath
day OF October. 1887.
WE'D. NELSON, President,
J. L. DRoLET, v;.p,..
F.C. DuvERT,