New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-21
c.s.J GooDRrcH Health Physician.


DseaAcIrUL RIOTS Al MoSTREAL-We are
gad u see tue Conner 8 E@quirer uniting win
os IA an unqualified condemnation OF the rioters
IN Montreal Their conduct is indeed as absurd
..itiswicked" Is Mr. LaiOntalne. whose house
they would have burned down, "an obnoxious
Mipister." as the Courier supposes Where the
ey,deuce1 He was returned by a vast majority
a Representative Of the City Of Montreal, and At
the same time for one Of the largest counties ~
Canada. he is supported in the Legislature by
sweeping mslorities from both Provinces he
would be so were there new election tomorrow.
Whence, then, the evidence OF bis uDPopularity
Bot IL this were 80, must his clearinghouse and
the dwellings Of every man whom vile gang Of
rowdies are instgated by knot Of bankrupt
traders and specializing politicians 10 destroy, b.
burnt up, and their wives aud families driven to
seek shelter with strangers Or, II some
one individual who has suffered the loss Of
a few Thousands already legally defends
himself, must the sympathy, IN the principal
commercial journals, be all on the side OF the hire
Ing rufHsBs, in order to provoke fresh disturb
ancesl This is no revolt. no strike for freedom II
il mean, cowsrdly mode Of annoying individuals
Trials for the April riots are to come on soon the
law for the defendants is very iavorabls-ihe mode
OF selecting juries honest sthere, then any need
Of new riots because an appeal is made to the
iustice Of the country When jameson, an Or
angeman. who carried off the mace, was TO be
arrested and held to tail, he presented pistol 10
the High. C0nstable's head, and swore he would
blow out his brains it he ventured to put finger
upon him. VIII property invested in country
where violence can thus keep uppermost, be
safe Is it right to appeal from equitable laws
ures and judges 10 the bludgeon Ii club-law Is
% decide the fortunes of one set OF men to-day,
will not the penlous experiment be attempted by
others tomorrow 10y atty or Annexation have
nothing to do with such excuses. They were
well enough in those feudal times described by
Cardinal de Retz, when every Influential man had
his hired train OF DULLES and bobadils but away
with them from the free North, whatever It's form
Of Government gang OF rufhsns propose to
break open the door OF the Attorney General Of
Lower Canada, and to string him up. His house
is his castle, and he defends It. Ought the Gazette
and the Herald, in such case. TO have named the
politics of the country in connection with such an
outrage The Herald is seriously mortified
at observing the extent of mischief done by the
rowdcs
throughout long line Of lamps In Notre Dame-sL
the entire gass and frame work OF the lamps had been
demolished from each lamp post OF course the com
muni,y will have 10 pay tor THE mischief, which can
have no possible object but 10 bring disgrace upon the
CITY, excite the alarm OF the inhabitants and disgust the
entire community with that portion OF the cuzens upon
whom all the atrocities lately committed are fastened
The Herald and Gazette party have had their
L0gne Convention, who have deaiened the whole
continent with their loud proteststions OF loyalty
The laws of Lower Canada are tory made tories
have been the executive, with brief interval
since 1860, and 1t is time that they should begin
20 throw of the charge Of Interested Hypocrisy by
respecting the institutions themselves have ere
sted.
The Gaiefs abiding TO the conviction OF one OF the
nscresnis who in April last sacked and plundered la
Fontsines house. ssd
1.-THE mob were ready for anything on large scale.
involving nothing dsbonosbe. but they would not ioc-
any petty larceny under protection OF 'heif wing
These noisy. spoiled partisans, are minority
in the city. nothing at ali in the country, and no
more expect to contend with the 600 regulars IN
garrison at Montreal. for the power the people
don't want them to have, than they expect to IL
wade the 4 nited States via Saratoga. and reduce
Boston.