New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-27

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that ne was utterly unit for the task Of governing
Vas cars Head in page . o. his Na--siive] REALLY
GROSSLY IGNORANT or EvEzY TzsINe THAT ~ AsT
NAY RELATED TO or COLONIES AID again. page E'l
TOLD him was an inexperienced man.
Yet this eccentric man avowecly grossly ignorant Of
ais important duties sanctioned By the british Cab
met in governing without sny advisers responsible 10 The
countrT-in stern. u1colcliating resistance 70 he
requirements Of the Consuton-n suovsrtinE the Leg
isa,ure and IN goadinc the county 70 premature
provincial revolt which had weri-h ended IN EeHer-
81 war in Europe and America and al the horrors.
bloodshed and misery attendant in is train.
Had Lower Canada :sEeu different cou.=e from
ours or New Brunswick there might have been some
for the sleepy officials il Do~n!ag $; but "e
were united You, ny Lord voted n Mh-ch
1881 OF the majority 70 continue as had been
the practice 70 take the peoples money without The
peoples consent aad in defiance Of law you refused re-
dress 20 their real grievances Eou continued TO inter
pose Council OF hirelngs each Colony between the
people and the crown and thus baked every hope OF
useful legislation and when you and your colleagues
mad the exanpie-too often reso-ed tot destroy
ing the last popular check on colonial rnszoveTnnent
your colleagues employed sir John Co!borne, who had
been virtually removed from The Government OF Upper
Canada Tor misconduct commander Of the forces be-
low and authorized him 10 draw Tor oneT 20 put down
the revolt you had excited and between July and No
veua1or he did accordingly draw half million OF money
IN bills on the Lords Of the Treasury. Dr.. Caaghans
press destroyed. 10 put down compliant ana
Lord Durham after inquiry, mentions the Canadian
Government FaECPITATFD the revolt, and forced 4 Oh.
Grsh l79s fashion, that il might crush tae T=r spE4t
OF freedom in the remaining Colonies OF Enslantl
Your department has hanged and bsnishct Lowe
Canadian eCislstorz-it has hanged and 5anisncd Upper
Canadian LcCislGtors-!t has offered immense rewards
for apprebendnE certain men and then offered them
pisces OF 5000 and 5000 year-yOG incarcerated
Messrs Laiontane and Viger who urged on resistance
far more cfccuRlly than did, IN l-t many month IN
gloomy Jail a. traitors and then you gave the ciOOO
wear and the other SJO0O-lhe the head OF the
law and the other the head Of tie Executive Council
you offered $1,000 for papneau and $1,000 Tor Mackenzie
you sent Judges Washington aud this city 10 demand
my body be offered up acceptable victim 10 he
Moloch OF Toryi~m, and you ordained death 20 NJ
Papineau If he should dare 10 enter Canada where his
home was. You invite him 10 retUrn-you pay MN
Slc 600 OF arrears which he had not soughyou place
his eldest in a lucrative public ofice-you besow
upon his brother $500 year as Crown Land Cofnins-
sioner and seat in The Canada Cablnet-you aeap
power and hOnors his other relauves-and al! this
in the of his terrible condemnalons OF your con
Duct ard policy You do his and yet allow his colleague,
Dr. Robert Nelson, TO remain in exle--and your pro
scription OF myself and refusal OF compensation Tor the
immense pecuuarypo=ses sustained remain as before
This policy do not yet fully understand
advised the Government, personally. b. letter IN
print in oical memorials that would resist. When
the coercion resolutions were brought IN by Lord John
Russell, Mr. OConnell told you that il was " robbery
OF the money and OF the rights OF the Canadians which
no argument could justify ana that would be cravcns
il we did not follow the example sci Ne in l556.
On the 9th OF March l..7, Mr. OCoSSELL recon-
mcuded armed resistance in his place IN Parliament
The people OF Canada say tia, the Government should
their hands their money they nslst ihal rs ey
power OF raising the supplies, hey shall also
have The authority 10 appropriate them. Il perfect
mockery that freedom OF raising supplies could
exist hen power of disposng OF the puoc money
was taken away This il which led The resistance
OF America and blessed be God the people there had sue
sfy resisted attempts enslave them that
instead OF beirg Colony connected with country sink
ing debt of thousand millions they were IN such
state prosperity that they had paid OF theirs 10 their
last farhing Aforementioned by surplus that
they knew what Ia DO with II. loud cheers-J They
were told that necessity obliged the Government 10 take
the course hey proposed necessity was ever the
yraDis plea. and would justify any lhng oui why not Try
ia-ce, justice for Canada
on another occasion, Febr uury. 1888, | heard Lord
Stanley reply 10 O'Connel, in the House OF Commons
that
America complained that II taxed, and oppressive
" isNed without having voice in The imposition OF ihe
that il compelled 10 obey laws IN the framing OF
which share Whatever; that II was IN fact 20
shacked and oppressed that II mad no appeal but TO force
10 assert penGeEce Il did appeal AND JUSTICE
BEING on IFS SIDE, Appealed successiuAy'
My lord had we not every OF revolt that the -
Colonies had and many more Did not Mr. Fox de-
clare in that tsE famed debate in which yourfator took
part opposition Pit, when Canada go, its Constitu
ton in FOL that
Inherent rights of the people, AS MEN, which pre-
scrpou could supersede no accident remove or obhi-r
ate ,"
and speaking OF himself and Mr. Burke did Mr.
Fox add that
" Drmg the Aner.c aJ they lad ysjo,cei gstr at Tx
4ecss Of Gansfo' and 'y"Pafal;td G,nG 70 teati ~
B1rkel he had learned that the revolt whole people
must have been provoked
Forty seven years Thereafter British authority upset MAJ
oaii.spsa , esNes %. uie p P,c 81
t,1 80. 49, -. ~ S Sneater 1t ,bs ss,er colony in
order that that they might try him Tor h patriotism.
and hang him by the law martial
greatly regret my lord. that We did not take OCon-
n,s W. di5 nor ts the svice Of Thai pro
,,,S snSS TO- seai,s Statesman Nv Humc when ne
ioua spu 'H ne seet's a, - lay e W5;-s
VIE mt ~ = -, ~ 80, .,'| =, ,I Pric - r-c5sn
man IA, III - VIC - ~ -. - CT - a.
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poI,lH a nc o9 - I'D 800
W. IN n5i ~ snoyt
iS re-, and nnot srys ycaTs Of my life in eforts 10
avert the necessity OF an armed resistance was aprac
,icol wornp.man IN the legslat,lre ana every vote
1sv and every erot made WIS Tor the attainment of
sopaJ i,s,ire and homes, government Where is the
- IN Ca,sds who can ssv tina, REGARDED wealth
-; 80 ,o,To-. b.s,,I or ION ,ar+v !, The
once, means I"'t,olN neal, " ~, ~.
pea9eIu -. ~ ~ ssst. 10 80, - =. ib ~ go r..
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80. ,; - re- -, foiio.,cS sincs rbs -sroi-! br, :,
80 d. tooiste
Thsn vcT lsf, The Colonial office nv lord wss told
bv Mr. Vcer that he feared that Mr. Stanley the new
Minister would be unfriendlv to Cansla irnmedi
ately asked for an interview with him and not