New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-28


,yav. Dr. Nelson, in the House OF Assembly de
bounced this as an untruth, and others have swO-n
hat itisso Formerly. Pspinesu SAID that tbs
rider 70 get ont OF the wsy Of Drawer men vss in
writing. bot he was dehed 70 produce Il. Had he
had a spark Of manhood IN him, be would have
.purned the idea OF fight az such time, and from
! place where bis presence and example might
ave done 30 much for his TOO generous and con-
idng friends To leave women behind, aiding IS
best they could their husbands and brothers and
his too, on the appearance Of a little speck Of
" ar. the fret IN . yesrs-iOr TIE GREAT PAPl-
sEAU 20 DO this after all his gssconading. his big
words, and marital strutting through Canada was
truly humilisting % bis friends. Montreal pnnt
remarks that " If Dr. Nelson bad thought i neces-
sary, for his tactics, 70 put Mr. MAORI Paplnesu
in petticosts. such is the latter gentlemsn's Dis
erection and obedience that 10 clash Of arms would
have reused bis valor to the loss o; bis seposses-
sion" IL IS difficult % define the exact boundary
between courage and rsshness. between prudence
and cowsrdice bat III. LIBERAToR's keg.ra from
81. Denis is fortunately for casuists, no boundary
cass. Gen. Armstrong, IN describing Hulls con
duct a. Detroit, strosgly reminds US OF Paplneaa
at St. Denis
AT asst, in An agony Of terror, 'chleh cunning
c1uid NJ Lnger d.ssemJk, and which History q
ashamed 10 describe, the fort, army and territory
we. surrendered without pulling a trigger he
portrays coHardioe that IN Us terrors lost a..
sense Of national interest personal dignity and
professional duty" PepiDeau, when ssubsltern'
escorted Hull into Montreal, and, as We are told,
sympathized 9Th him He well might a iei-
low feeling makes US woDdrous kind.
TIE Vcled Propiefs Rei,so..
After passing eight years in sffluence abroad
Mr.. Pspinesu returned 70 Canada. pulled Pee,
dined y ith Metcalie, glorined England &c. tn he
got sis.S00 out Of the Government He then
abused the Liberals, who had recalled MN, ana
was thus answered by the .Nelanges Relgienr
nToday We know you You wpsid lead Us again
into the plains Of 81 Deni'-you wo1d incte us again
10 battle and bsfyrs he fqHno f9oud Ao.e ooo"f@
you ,rosld hare toysGko1 - again ~ ttek rJest
sfrangs lqnd and pass eSM yeors on ne s0u ~ Ia
Beik Frqrcc IN peace and plenty wh..s we snou4o Ds
paying nth ibsrfy and or A,s for the ie" N mem,
tn We shOU have devoted 20 the struggle "hlch ioC
had cOunselled and got up
Ia DR.. Theners book he says that Papineau
witnessed the battle Of ST. Charles two days a.
ter the fight At ST Denis), and that be led from
il lie witness it lie took care not 10 be
within 80 miles OF that sad sight
"Can you not says Nelson to him, "in contemplst
Inc vour vile YOUR children and your property, cAst
Glance ON the unfortunate females who were exposed
10 the most brutal outrages ON the peaceabe homes
become q prey 20 the flames i-on the properly de'
,royed or torn from those unhappy people Do you
NOT believe that .hete wives and children were % Gear
10 the de,oae hearts Of their husbands IS yours are 10
you or are the mislortunes Of others but sst for
you :"
DR.. Robert Nelson, who was long in exile in
New York, wrote 10 Mr.. j. i. Ryan from Patts-
burg, Feb. -, 1888:
"Paplnesu has abandoned "a, and this through Sc
fab and family motives regarding the segniories, and
inveterste love Of the Old French bad laws. We can
do well without him. and better than II we had lin ;
a man only ne for u0ids, but not for acfi0n.'
This was the opinion Of him which his colleague
for the City of Montreal, IN the Legislature, held
The Earl of Durham wrote Lord Glenelg, Sept.
~, 1893:
III It be polite TO allow Mr. Papineau to return and
resume his former course. it were merely needless
and petty cruelty Danish from their homes HIS BOLD
ER and therefore less dangerous tools
Lors Phiippe and Loui' J0seDh.
Fourteen out Of fifteen Of the guard Of Louis
Philippe were put to death while bravely fighting
in his defence. They fell while obeying his order
after he had gone of unknown t. them and care
less OF their fate. His son, the Duke de Memoirs,
in the prime Of life and expecting 20 be regent Of
France Jumped out Of a window and escaped,
leaving his soldiers gailantly fighting and dying
Tor man who was craven enough 10 run. while
ordering others 70 struggle 10 the death Tor HIM.
Mr.. Papineau's conduct, | regret 10 have to say
H. was still less eXcusable. He went from one
end OF Lower Canada to the other procamins
that the misrole Of Britain justified physical re-
sistance Everywhere be was met by vast masses
of the population, who proclaimed him their CHIEF,
the champion of equal rights and laws His friend
l.. NJ. y. whom he niterw ard lett 70 command at
St Charles announced through the e~- 07F ET-
press. OF which he was the able correspondent,
that every Canadian was prepared with a shoot
ing iron-that the people had wary leaders-that
were already commenced winch
would render the revOutionists invlnclhle when
ever they chose to say re are TeddY and that
It was better to expire IN arms a martyr for a
country's wrongs than live a wretched slave in
sensible to her miseries from the Express, this
extraordinary letter 1.-The 10th copied into the
Vtndicaior and La Minerrc, Mr.. Papinesus espe-
cial organs, issued in pamphlet form at Montreal,
and duly endorsed Ii gves the means, Offensive
and defensive, whereby the British forces could
be assailcd and the country delivered from " ages
OF misrue'
DID Papincau Agitate Canada jon Rerot
When the hberator OF Canada Is reproached
from time to time with his want of courage, he
replies that he was opposed TO fighting, aud sd-
vi.eI the people TO submit or fly to the United
States On the attn of March ls4s, IN Assembly,
he complained that members had called him a
base and seryile courtier, adding
when England Invaded our rights seized on our
revenues and distributed them In an unconstitutional
manner aud tramped on the tt principles OF RespOn-
sblc make tho keeping OF the Colony OneTous
10 the mother country 90 40 % ooge her TO DO us JUS
iice ! advised the refusal OF the suppes-the most
torcbe given 20 the representatives OF the PEG
ple-n order 20 seek the removal OF abuses. To
the at moment advised the people not 10 think of
armed resistance, for which they were not prepared
but TO discontinue the OF all taxed articles and
thereby make the revenue rs small ss possb.e.'
At great meeting OF the people OF five conied-
crate coantles, held at 81. Charles, month before
the outbreak, DR.. Wollred Nelson IN the char,
Messrs. Papineau. l. NJ. Niger, DR.. Cote. I :.
Brown, aud Rodier spoke. They resolved to elect
militia officers, train the militia, and desired the
young men 10 organize and be ready when called
upon to act. A pillar was erected IN honor OF
Pspineau. and the young men lsays the l'adicat-
or marched IN procession 10 tins pillar, before
which they sang popular hymn, and laying
their hands on the column, swore tina, they would
De faithful to their country AID coNQUER OR DIS
FOR HEK. This solemn vow was registered 10
the hesrts OF all present. amid voeys OF musketry
and the thundcrs of artillery.
Two years after the outbreak, Mr. Papineau,
being then m PARIS issued sort Of plea or com
plant against the British Government, IN which
| find this passage;
Among the actors IN this bloody tragedy the
troubles 10 Canals there 10 not who regrets hsv
ing attempted resistance and among their fellow Gin
rsns there ia not one IN thousand who reproachs'