The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-12-22
Con: Tn: Jefferson Sutherland.

1t WA" oe seSn ny the copies OIL CORES
prudence which follow that the gentlsma n
whose name is al the head Of this article,
isstill subject to exclusion from Her Maj
estys Dominions, on account Of the part
which he took in the revolutionary move
msass Of Canada, IN 1897 and 49,
HARRISBURG, PsNxA., J
d. February 22nd, ls4s.
To Els ErseHency Lord Eisin, Governor
TsHsTai ofCanada, &C., &C., SC.
The undersigned, TIL: Jefferson suther-
lsn', citizen Of the United States, late Of
New York, and now resident of Penn
ssylvania, would respectfully represent
That in 1887, after a civil commo.ion had
taken place in Canada, and when he had
been made to believe that the people of
those Provinces were about to make a
hearty struggle for liberty, by the advice of
many ct the most exalted of his own coun-
Try, and at the solicitation and by the EN-
ploy'nent Of a body OF the leading and inhu-
"nllal inhabitants of Canada, he was in
duced to join, as military officer, those
persons, whs-in the said year and the sue
ceeding one OF 1888, took up arms for the
purpose OF maintaining a political revolu-
ton, and for the establishment of COW
eminent for those provinces independent
oi Her Majesty, The Queen of the United
Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ireland.
The undersigned, would further repre-
sent that on the 4th of March, 1898, he
was taken prisoner by Her Maiesty's mill.
tary forces serving in Upper Canada, and
by them conveyed to Toronto in said Prov
lacc, where by order Of Sir Francis Bond
Head, then Lieutenant Governor, on the
18th day of said month, he was put upon
trial by Court Martial, which court on
the 18th day of April, thereafter, fixed a
sentence upon the undersigned, whereby
he was directed to be transported to one Of
Her Majesty's penal COLONIES for life; from
which sentence the undersigned appealed
to her Majesty's Government in England,
on the ground of the manifest error in the
proceedings and sentence of the said Court
Martial.
The undersigned would further repre-
sent that sometime in the month of Au-
gust. 1888, while detained prisoner by
Her Majesty's military forces in Canada,
he was informed by the Hon. Charles
Butler, chief secretary to Lord Durham,
Her Malesty's High Commissioner in Can
ada, that Her Majesty's Government IN
England had determined the proceedings
of he said Court Martial, and sentence
passed against the undersigned to be irreg-
nlar and that on that account Her Mai
esty's Government had ordered the under
signed to be set at liberty, upon his enter
ing into bonds, himself in the sum of $4,000
with suretles inthe further sum OF $5OOoD
conditioned Immediately to leave Her
Majesty's Dominions, and not again to be
found therein. To which requirement
for security the undersigned objected in
communication addressed to her Maiesty's
Secretary of State for the Colonies, at the
same time rendering stipulation binding
himself not again to appear IN Her Males
tvs Dominions without the permission of
the Government thereof and on the third
day of June, 1888, the undersigned was
set at liberty and permitted to return to
his country and friends. Since which
time the undersigned has not been within
any of Her Majesty's Dominions.
The undersigned would further repre-
sent that he is unadvised of the condi-
tons OF his release from imprisonment
by Her Majesty's Government; but he
supposes that the same was allowed I'M
der soms kind of pardon, granted with
out the petition or prayer of the UNDER
signed, as Otherwise the sentence of the
Court Martial, as aforesaid must still re-
main in force against him, as he made no
other appeal from the proceedings and
sentence of the said Court Martial, ex-
sept by memorial, as aforesaid, addressed
TO Her Majesty's Secretary OF State for
the Colonies; and the undersigned would
fucther represent that be is by profession
a LAWYER, in the prosecution OF the BUSH
ness Of which profession he has been, and
is still liable TO be required to visit Her
Majesty's Dominions, and therefore that
his exclusion therefrom greatly operates
against his interest and advantage, and
he would further represent that he has /
not ever had any other connection with
the poiitiea! affairs of Canada than az
herein before set forth; and that he pro-
poses no further connection with the peo-
pie Of Canada for political or revolution
AIRY purposes
Therefore, the undersigned respectful
ly requests that. if any pardon was grant
ed by Her Maiesty's Government in ia
vor OF the Undersigned in the year 1888,
or afterwards, vacating the said sentence
OF Court Martial, he may be furnished
with copy ofthe same, and that if
there be in existence any sentence of
Court Martial Or condition of pardon
whereby tho undersigned is debarred or