Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-05-16

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Il the devoted loyalty and attachment of the |
people of Canada to the person and Govern
ment Of our beloved Sovereign, and of their
earnest desire to preserve the connection
with the Parent State.
We farther beg leave to express to Your
Excellency our deep sense oil the justice and
impartiality which has uniformly charac-
terized the constitutional Government OF
Your ExceIleney while assisted by the coun-
sells of your former as well as your present
advisers, without reference to the policy OF
either. While we sincerely hope that the
tranquility Of the city is now substantially re-
stored, we feel it our duty to assure your Ex-
celleney Of our cordial support OF any mea-
sures which Your Excellency may find it
necessary to take for the preservation of the
public peace, and we pledge ourselves to
make good any expense that Your Excel
lency may have found it necessary, or yet
find it necessary to incur for the accomplish
ment of that object:
His Excellency replied as follows:
Gentlemsss: lreceive with gratitude. your
loyal and dutiful address. l lament the out
RACES OF which this city has been the the
atre during the past few days, and more
especially the destruction of the building oc.
cupied by the Houses of Parliament, with
the valuable libraries ofwhich the Province
had SO good reason TO be proud. My con-
fidence in the good sense, moderation ane
loyalty of the body Of the people is, how,
ever, in no degree shaken by what has oc
CURED.
1t is satisfactory 10 me to receive the MS
.sa.aaee that the course of justice and i'm
partialty which have fllowed in the dis
charge of the functions Of my high office
meets your approval. That course is pre-
seribed to me by my duty to my Sovereign
and to the inhabitants OF the Province.
free people can hardly fail to discover, ir
the faithful observance Of all constitutional
guarantees, the best security for the preser
vation of their rights and liberties. No ct
forts will be wanting on my part to secure
the preservation of the peace OF the city
and sincerely trust that by the exerllon o.
the legislat and Executive authorities
and the CO operation Of all the friends o
order, this object may be accomplished.
The ruffanly conduct of class of mel
who sneer at any act of violence COMMITTED
by laborers or rowdies in the Unitead States
is graphically described in the Montrea
Herald, as follows.
"a long pause had occurred in the stree
while The Governor was within, which was
diversified by several street fights Al
length the troops were ordered to right.a
bout.face, the Governor General had left
the Government House. The men in the
street were imediately on the alert, and that
the carriage was travelling at the most rap
id pace lowari She. brooke-st Some of the
persons who had been standing about Cos
tord-st followed the carriage as speedily as
possible. Oilers took cabs, caleches, eve-
ry thing that would run-it was chase.
His Lordship was oyertaken at Mr.. Moul'
sons corner, St. Lawrence Suburbs. Al
thstime furious attack was made With
STONES ON the carriage; THE BACK OF
IT WAS coMPLErELY SMASHED IN, and Its
course was changed to the road which goes
round back of the NJ fountain. In this sad
manner did his Lordship depart yesterday,
from the Capital Of her Britannia Majes-
ty's possessions in North America. We
learn tina, the Goyernor,on coming to town,
was pelted from the end Of Great St. James
street and that on entering the Govern
ment IIonse he carried in his hand large
stone taken from the bottom of his car.
riage; and that Col. Bruce received con-
fusion in the back part Of the head By
stones thrown into the carriage.