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

than usarr the lhosity u al Aci ns The
Legislature nr upon al addfcss Of this
House. oui 81 the public frYenve of the
pfovfaee, al Ii,ose who NAV have author
,zcJ such payments or participated therein,
until the sad suss shalt have bvrn reig-
hufsed, ~ o Bill or Bills oi Indemnify ifee-
~ pssse b. this House shaii become a
law
~ Rrsol 'ct, Tina the course adopted
hs this HOUSE IN the supply bal, passed
during the last SessioB, al all chung CERTAIN
conditions to certain VOTES, lnf The purpose
oil preventing the accumulation oi inc1n-
patihir offices in the same persons, and ~
nbiainiug the redress 81 cefisia abuses aud
grievances. is wise aud constitutional, ant
has frequently betn adopted b. the no Sc
of Commons. under analogous cifcuu-
stHocrs: aud that II the Commons ol Eng.
laai do not now 50 frequently recaf Ia II,
II * because they have happily obtained
the enllrt control OF lie revenue oil the ia
ton, and brcauss the respect snewn ca
their opinions with regard To there dfess OF
grievances and abuses, b. the other con-
stitated authorities, has regulated The
working of the constitution m manner
equally adapted 10 give ability la His Ma
s.y's Government, and To project the in
teresis oI the people.
rs Resolved, That it was ancienilY
ti,c practice ol The House Of Commons IN
withhold supplies mill grievances were
rrdtessed; and that IN following this course
ia the present conluncture, We are warrant
ed in our proceeding, as well By the most
h,,I i.aS nj
constitution Itself.
II Resolved, That If hereafter, when
the reAtrss oi all grievances and abuses
shall have been effected, TINS House shonld
deem il ilt and expedient Ia grant supplies,
ii ought mol 10 do SO, otherwise Than IN
the manner mentioned in ts filIh and sixth
Resolution Of the l6lh March 1888, and
Nv npproDrialing by us VOTES, in an especl-
al manner, and IN order IN which they are
enumerated in The said Resolutions, the
fun amount oil :hose heads OF revenue, 10
the right o, appfopriating which claims
have been set Up by the Executive Gov
crnmeDt
IS Resolved, That the number Of in
hahilants Of the country being about 600,-
900, those OF French origin are about
sos 900, and those ol British or other
origin IS, 900; and that the establishment
nf the civil government Of Lower Canada
Tor The wear 1897, according Ia The yearly
returns made by the Provincial Admins
tration, for tie information Of the BRUSH
Parliament, contained ihe names Ul 1871
officers and Others receiving salaries, who
are apparently of British or foreign Origin,
aud the names ni II who are, apparently
natives of the country OF French uEg!n:--
that this statement does not exhibit the
whole displ opnrtlOn which exists IN the
distribution oi the public money and pow
er, the latter class being for the most par.
apnnin,ed lo the Inferior and less lucrative
Offices, aud most frequently nnly obtaining
even these, By becoming the dependents "I
those who hold the higher and more !ucra-
tive offices; that the accumulation oi many
o( the best paid and most influential and al
the same time incompatible offices in the
same person, which is forbidden by the
laws and by sound policy, exists especially
for the benefit of the former class and
that two thirds Of the persons included in
the last Commisson Of lha Peace, issued in
the Province, are apparently of British or
Foreign origin, and one third only Of
French origin.
76 Resolved, That this partial and a
busive practice OF bestnwing The great ma
joriiy OF official places in The province, on
those only who are least connected with
its permanet interests and with the mass
OF its inhabitants, has been most especially
remarkable in the Judicial Department,
the judges for the three great Districts
having, with the exception OF one only in
each, been systematically chosen from that
class of persons, who, being born out oil
the county, are the least versed ia lis
laws and in the language and usages OF
the majority Of its inhabitants; that the re-
suit of their internetldling in The politics
OF the country, OF their connection with
the members of the Colonial Admnistra-
,ions. and OF their prejudices in favor OF in.
slitulions foreign 10, and at variance with
those OF the country, is that the majority
III the said Judges have introduced great
mrrgularity ihio the general system oil our
Jurisprudence, by negleciing 10 ground
their decision on lis recognized principles
and that the claim laid by the said Judges
to the power of regulating the forms of
legal proceedings, in a manner contrary Ia
the laws and without the Interference OF
the Legislature, has frequently been ex-
tended To the fundamental rules of The law
and oi practice; and that in consequence