North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-02-03

vi their dislike.
IS Reaoirtd, That in nantes, violation
ol ti,v Constitution, there are among The
peFaons last mcnllonrd prvetal who wrTp
bern citizens 81 the Uaaed States, OF ate
natisrs 81 other sofesen raanules. ard
who al lhe tine OF lhmr appointment had
net been nsia1sIized ~ Aris of the Bfts-
sh Psfjaineni; that The residence 20 one
Of th-se persons (Hotatio Gstes) IN this
Country dutinV the laet war wllh The
United STATES WIS only Tolerated; he re-
usrd io take pp arms for the defence Of
the country 10 which he remained merely
for the sake OF lucfc, and alter ibcsr pre-
vious iscts, took hrs seat IN the Lcgisla-
tive Conncil on 10th March 1888, and III
teen days afterwards, to wit, on the lat og
April, vuled for the Addfes before men~
toned, crnsufinC those whe dniirg The
last war were under arms on the frontiers,
To frpulse tive a,tscks ~ the American
armies and of the fellow citizens o. tho
said Hotatio Gates: that suoiher, (Jamrs
Baxter vas frsltcut during tho said laie
war, within the United States, and was
bound hy the Jaws OF the country Of bis
birth under certain circumstances ioyibly
To invade this Province, 10 pursue, destroy
and eswure If possible, His Majss-
ty's armift, and sueh ct Ills Canadian
subjects Ms were IN arms upon the frontiers
to rrpulse the attacks al The American ar
rnies, and of The said James Baxter, who
being 81 the same time bat slightly quail
fled, az Tar property is cobeeuned,) be-
cane by the nomination at The Governor
in Chief, Legislator for life in Lower
Canada, on the 22d of March 1888. and
cight days afterwards, on the hrSt oi April
aforesaid. voted that very Address which
contained the eaumnous and insulting ac-
cusaliou which called Tor The expression
ol His Mairsty's Just regret :" tina, any
T" word had been introduced which should
" lave the appearance Of ascrbIng 20 n
" class oI His Subjects Of one oriein, views
A." nj variance with the allegiance which
" they owe 10 His Majesty"
20 Resolved, That it was in
the power of the present Gov
ernor in Chief,more than in that
of any other ofhls predecessors,
(by reason of the latitude al
lowed him as to the number
and the selection of the per-
sons whom he might nominate
to be members Of the Legisla-
tive CounciDto allay,f for a time
at least, the intestine divisions
which rend fhis Colony, and TO
advance some steps towards the
accomplishment of the wishes
of Parliament by inducing a
community of interest between
the said Council and the Peo-
pie, and by giving the former
a more Independent character
by judicious nominations.
81. Resolved, That although
sixteen persons have been nom
mated in less than two years by
the present Governor to be mem
bers ofthe said Council, Ia num-
Der greater than that afforded
by any period of ten years I'M
der any other Administration
and notwithstanding the wishes
of Parliament and the instruc-
tions given by His Majesty's
Government for the removal of
the grievances of which the
people had complained, the
same malign influence which
has been exerted to perpetuate
in the country a system ofirres-
possibility in favor of public
functionaries, has prevailed TO
such an extent as to render the
ofthe legislative coun-
Gil more inimical TO the coun-
try than at any former period:
and that this fact confirms with
irresistible force the justice of
the censure passed by the com
mittee the House of Com
mons, on the constitution of
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