New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-09
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A WINTER JOURNEY
THROUGH THE CANADAS.
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49,. t.aves or fools would have attempted 20 per-
"a tn excited. imPu slye mob. ttat 10 barn
,,.,rov with fire AID sword. ia the cold Of
tD.,.ber less the dwellings aud ELECTS OF thou
Ny.d inohonsive Canadian families. and drive
pDI,,,eless sufferers into the wOOGs-aud then
~.ke some lltto compensation - some Ci the
800. IN 1912. IN toe form OF promises u psv
's.rs hence, " as an announcement t0r-be.lion.
-, for remed, they ought 70 destroy more prop
. thau the value OF the sam voted. and then
uss,hs Queen 70 prevent the Canal aa people from
Nv using their Own money or credit, By disai-
..sa. the b..l, aud puuishlnI the Governor Gen
-. for not Stopping the payments Tie mob De
e.,sd rs leaders ans now Wc have fHgukNs
a,,rd. George Nohat,. James Tcrricr. John
uo..on John Jones, " q. Mack, j. " Fcrrcs.
y 8. Mou,somere. Vim BENJAMIN. J G.. Mac.
.snue, Kobt. Esdailc, Robert Abraham A. II.
t,poar 4. B. Anderson, AID others, out with .,
,,cisma alton, begging the loyal Tor the sake ol
useen and country. 1, preserve property f.
Local riOtIng and personal outrage must cease,
of lbs very existence OF the city on orderly
,onmgnty is a. az end Experience teaches
fos-" the lOya' are students at her seminary
Ia.l now. and some who would not See have been
rsie % feel.
Tie K,lohoa Los'c..
Iregret 70 SEQ oid c)qntryiaca ia Canada cX-
biting their sense Of the duties Of loyalty by
s4oing Libraries Of useful know ledge official rec
,,as aad public buildings in time oi peace aud
tg siOnipg unarmed men ~ hi'c acting as Govern
a Representatives, &c because said iIuctona
rs did not H all things choose T. net ln strict con
f,mity ith their ideas al hat as ut and proper.
Too many well IHtentIoncd Europeans arc trc
hiod Instruments OF gamblers. iand spectators,
,nia sdyenturers and public deisulters seeking
70 escape responsibility J Vas ~ some re
,oec,s ID 1881 Few mon think FOR themselves
Permit me now - show briefly what the Re.
hslion Losses hul does, end what II does not DO.
and Why oppoS..!0 to 1t IS unjust.
The bill provides Tor paying the losses sustain
ed years since by all Lower Canadians who
we're not convicted OF the crime OF rebellion. How
ooad an inqulsIiion into the loyalty. IA 1881, Of
nearly 900 applicants for redress, be inirly en-
tered upon IN 1919, alter an act OF amnesty and
obiyion had passed for all, unanimously An act
passed nine or ten years since providing Tor pay
neni Of losses 10 those only whom Roman CathO
he parish priests and other ultra loyal persons Ger
TIED for. Ought tbs 10 have been huai course
Of procedure 70 compel the executive, or any
branch Of the Government 10 inquire and decide
sOg " no were loyal and who were not, IN 1881,
yould be 10 exclude many Just claims altogether.
NJ Peter McGlll and his brother professors IN the
Council do not affirm that cue hall or quarter 81
the money voted was to be PAD 70 men who were
aup' in the 81. They object to paying any such,
and demand star-chambcr lnquislton into The
past lie and politics Of all.
The Tory ministry, whose selfish agitation
aused the excitement Of last month. when they
were in possession OF the Government, in lrl5,
objected ard placed on the journels the claims
now to be inquired into, and proposed to pay them
As their SUCCESSORS now propose 10 dO--yet there
WAS no loya outcry then. The party of Macken.
lie and Lunn the Tory candidates last election H.
Montreal retired from the polls after the first day ;
voting; and these gentlemen addressed Their
friends acknow lodging that they were AFRAID 81
popular violence, and could not Conservatory
poceed with the polling with the certainty be-
,Ore them OF riot aud bloodshed." How Is 1t that
We now find them among the crafty chiefs Of the
violent destructive party
When. on Feb. ~, 1915. the DraperPap
NacNab ministry addressed Lord Metcalie, asking
hin, In recommend second act OF indemnity iOI
o,ses sustained in s37 and 80, he did So, and II
December next the torres beng IN power, nemeo
commission 10 receive and examine claims
What claims Whose claims was asked by the
new commits sioners. Every clam q crcry maH
rlo ras MT CONNECTED and sentenced IN c0nrt 81
llr was Lord Metcalle's reply, through Secretar!
DAY ! now quote it verbatim
In making out the classification called Tor by your
Instructions of the 18th Dec las IS not It's bIceHct
as mention that yon hond be R4atd ~ a"y "t0 '''
r,toa Of erdenos tlo o' furnished by mo sentences q
CoaS1s 81 Lac.
In ls47 the Tories were turned out by the peo-
pe and few worthless leaders have been since
bund among the minority, possessed o. suihclen'
power over the feelings OF n too cOntdIng people,
10 goad them ON 10 acts. the wanton brutality and
barbarity of which throws the lessons OF history
in the shade and this because the reiorners have
fulfilled to the letter the pledges given by then
political opponents!
Union of Papincau. the Family Compact, and GER
tain Montreal TRADERS.
The gentleman employed by Louis Joseph Papi
nesu to command at st. Charles, in Nov. 1897
wrote few days since TO the Ner- York Express
from Montreal, describing the riots
"Pspinesu sail hcl could pass through tho royal
crowds lsst week with EVEN TOKENS or KHsrEcr
while Holmes. tho city member, n violent royaist %
1857 and colonel q voltRours in tho Queens pay, wa
peed with eggs 10y these same royois's
The runaway at ST. Denis in 1857, had hi
price, and he got IL. As the ally OF tho rioters
though the mover OF the revolt, the word had pass
ed that he was useful, and hence the tokens q
respect" Lord Elgin's government was seeking
to effect real reiOrms-tO double the numbers q
the popular branch OF the legislature, mako ne"
railroads, confer on the people the control oil tnt
post Office, spread education and increase inc nor
nal schools, abolish leudal tonures simplify thu
laws, and render the country happy ana prosper
C~s. This did not SUIT the taCtlous men VIM uA"
goaded the farmers into open resistance, anu the'
hanged, banishcd. and plllaged thousands oil then
They had become odious many OF them are III
solvents; annexation was on the hps OF some
rule or ruin" was the watChword OF all Juda
like they were ready TO betray the pow er they ha'
sold-because Il sympsthzed with people the.
had oppressed The Montreal merchants who ia.
profted by the ancient policy OF Enslaud' whci
che has relaxed to relieve her suffering subjects
are uniting with the family compact, aud banker
who have grown fat 10y monopoly, KICK at the yer.
name of reform. The ministry proposed an an
dress la the Legislative Councu, expressing tn'
utmost indignation al the grnss insults offered l.
Lord Gin. Mr. Peter McGiil offered an amend
ment leaving oil the indignation out The bsnl
President tries 10 conceal the clovcn loot oi tory
ism under the mask OF great verbal atecton 10
the throne When the troubles of 1887 p'ser
Mr. McGlll. whose uncle. though rloh, receive
$4,000 of pension out OF us Upper Canadians
has.esed to throw up his militia commission
Ihose Losses did The Tones pay 'R s5s I
My own case bears strongly upon the questio
Of who were paid and who were not by the Tore
in Upper Caoala, when in power in ls3s.
Messrs Allan Gurnctt Draper, MacNab, Elm
sley, Hsgcrman, Head, Sherw God, Ruttau, Prince
and their oouiederates. seized all tina, had no
been trsmpled upon and destroyed or carried Of
4 -, r,,h of my aootfpc ,,r,ncre,. ~. bat