North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-02-11

estion Of the History OF Canada. for a les
rsmeers, 10 consequence OF the Illness o
N, Asihor. We have therefore, c"nclo
bed To publish the Ninety two Revolutions
., intimately connected with The same.
APPENDIX
TO THE HISTORY OF CANADA
Cd
Conclusion Of the % Resolutions, passed
by The House oil Assembly of l.. Canada
1884
-. ReYoived, That this House and
peopls whom II represents do not wish OF
intend TO sonvey any threat; but tina, rely.
ING as they do on the principles of law and
justice, they are and ought 10 he political
IL strong enough not To be exposed TO re-
esiys insult from any man whomsoevef, or
bnUud 10 suffer Il ia silence; that the style
Of the said extracts from The Dispatches
n the Colonial Secretary, as eommunica-
ted To this House, is insulting and incon-
sherate 10 such degree that no legally
s,nsiituted body, although its functions
we're indnilely subordinate to those ol
Legislation, couid or ought To tolerate
thrm; that no similar example can be
fouad even in the dispatches OF those oi
his predecessors in office least favorable 10
the tights OF the Colonies that the ten
ar OF The SAID ID spatches is Incompatible
with the rights aud privileges Of tins
II use which ought not To be called in
question ar defined hv the Colonial Secrr-
tsry hui which, as occ aston may require,
will he succrss,vrly promulgated and en-
forced nv this House.
so. Resoired, That with regard TO the
folIpwing expressions IN one OF the said
Dispatches, should events unhsppily
lnrce upon Parliament the exercise vi it's
supreme authority to compose the inter
nal dissrntioR OF the Colonies, it would
" h my ubject and my duty as asrrvant
"oi the crown, to submit Ia Parliament
"such qualifications of the charter of the
Canadss AZ should tend, rot To the in
Production nj institutions inconsistent
with Monarchical government, but 10
maintaining and strengthening the con-
neciion with the Mother Country by q
elase adherence To the spirit Of the Brit
" i.h constitution. and by preserving in
their proper place and within their due
limits the mutual rights aad privileges
of all classes of His Msjesty's subjrcts;"
If they are to be understood AZ containing
threat 10 Introduce into the constitution
snv other notifications than such as are
asked far BY the majority OF the people Of
this Province, whose sentiments cannot he
legitimaiely expressed by any other au-
ihority than its Representatives, this
House would esteem itself wanting in can
daur To the people Of England, IL il hest
tatsd tn call their attention IN The fact that
in Iess than twenty years the population
oi the United States NJ America will BE- as
much greater than that oi Great Britain,
as that ol BRUSH America will be greater
than that of the former EngIish colonies,
whoa the latter deemed that the time wac
come tn decide tia, the inapP,eciahIe ad-
vantage Of governing themselves instead
al beiuv goyernrIi, ought ta engage them
20 repudiaie system NJ Colonial govera-
'leat which was, generally speaking. much
better than THAI of British America now is.
81 Resnired That the appreciation ex.
pressed nv the Colonial Secretary in his
said Disps,ch of the present composition
Of the Legislative Council, whnse acts since
its pretended reform, have been marked by
party spirit and by invidious national dis
tinctions and preferences, is . subject Of
just alarm to His Msj-siy's Canadian sub
jecis in general and more particularly to
the great majnri,y Of them. who have no,
Welded at any tine 10 any other class NJ
the inhabitants of this Province in attach
@en, TO His Msj~siy's Government, in
,hesr love Of peace and order, in respec,
for che laws, and in their wish to effect
that union among the whole people which
10 so much 10 he desired, TO the end that
oil may enjoy freely and equally the right
and advantages Of British subjects and OF
the Iastitutioas which have been guaran-
teed TO and are dear TO the country ;-tha,
the distinctions and preferences Aforesaid,
have been almost constantly brought into
play BY the Coinnisl Administration OF
this Province, and the mslariiy Of the Ls-