New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-24

view u wy sse, -h inv0virgthe dlsfrau.b se.
meIt OF much larger portion of the Canadian
Pecp'e. in l-je. , and Z.
ar Joseph l.. Pali-ea8. who had not been
member oi tie dissolved Parliament, contested
the election oi the eastern division ol Mll-
reaI. the other candidates beiDg Mr. solicitor
1ener al Sewcll, Sir lanes Stuart. the displaced
Crown otarcr, ali Mr. lJndele. SsWeli ssi
PaDis eau were elected.
4ne Government, It that time. was il the hands
OF P military dlcisto-. who could incarcerate 10 q
dungeon, without trlal or inquiry. snd for any
length OF time any individual IN the province the
sycophantic Legislators having, from the day they
got Tree Constitution. IA l13l. up % that hour,
annually voted 70 suspend the haoess corpus act
and right to free tria' by a-y or . any trial q;
al, thereby crushing the freedom Of the Press sld
reducing the people 10 the condition Of blind slaves
Of silent despotism.
Joseph aud has Bre,irea CrgiHg.
On the tn day OF the election. M Papinsau
wished the poll closed snd tha. standard Tory
PRINT ihe Qpebec Mercury fl.lo0 thus translates
from ths French Of ihe Montreal Ga-e'tc. bis
speech 90 tie voters
Nh Pspinesn addrcsred the assembly Of electors
presen. n euerge;.c Gni srcc;in- speech p0fqf'
qsd decdediy 0raOa0 IN al ia parts lie ssid ~ h11
no ofhfr psrs0nai nOfre IN rting % b dScfsd han
desf he t iasnfs % fie sa2DOr' OF nS
GDr.TUmCt and u 0v hGDuy c1nsffufOa that hs pas;
1c- vas proof " re- L1ffy % t1e g.
- fa ~ Al - sustain o. interests % MS s s7 sub
J-cs Eis Province. ul.aou. Distinction ci rsuk. 81
uHoon, or religion ,ai he hsd given p,oof oi ~ cf-
r,i0n 10 the pre0pdo01 o. sirid tni1H ol At Pro-
c'rc' nth ths mother oof and that ho vas Sii ready
70 Xpose his property, aud bis lia fcr the pre-
sefystou Of the hsppiaess enjoy under hs British
Government Tia. The SCI giving Canada
Constitution IN 1921 grants 70 the Pr-yinc@ a sut
ciri gree Of liberty 20 .nsIre s happiness srd . AZ
quility. Tbst BE consicref tha expulsion oi
member from the House Of Assembly, 5y simP' re-
solve o the House contrary & the spir and Letter
ci our Constitutional Act; nat hf AreAcsf gr1ft.qr
ane 10 he rorfiu rr7-fssnfaf'rf n H. VI svy t
Pr0o,ace rh0 ~ ls jast iafOF7s'oH of The aaft9r-
r3nfded 10 h8 hod doridsa rOosiuHiJrai gut ii0n,
utch he House OF sssmty tod diready 700 Qte1 fr
II 1q H., coaatsccHsga ~ ne kHRs r,prrsTfaiirs %
crflq ~. Bi0frts. and % pytJcn any J7isS Ntrpr'G
aoa hat rgh BE- PiUe 70 his c0EfrG tuiHccd his Dlcr
sai a1cigi 10 oil hs ytfs and Pririsgts ~ hs Nae
ys fCfs well M - the support ci the Co3suu-
lion under " hich We live: THAT At TINY WHEN Orr
REsTLTss AND TCRBULKST vEIGHBoEs THREATENED
~ INVASION or THIS Province. such generous con
ddct could not fsl f uniting under 80 Frcelency's
standard al Ills NJ -sys subjects wiibou. distinction
NJ English from radans whose fidelity could be qles
l ned only by pcT5ons a.-us Of ihe Ntyar, ne t7og
usd,7 our hapDg G0rTEmeqt That st this critical mo
meut, OEgM ell ~ salty "a c~dg % pee me drtSr
rih lich our ntSghbUs threaten md 10 reglse ne
aitact ihcy aed0is aga7s' hberfs and kaPpiafss
Mr. Pspineau added. that be considered all matters
of rel gion in this Province under the immediate safe
guard Of the Bilish Parliament that Constisu.
tOaa Act specially provided that provincial ect re
sgectiDg religion. should bo carried into execution
without the sanction Of the British Parliament, DIS
rINGUIsHzD Favor which allows in matters OF reii-
gious worship the protection in the power OF
the British PeIliamcn; 10 grant
Deeply penetrated with these sentiments utierance
failed him f,ars 7sn from his eyss as well as from
number of the auditory All difference Of opinion 90
lae election Of Mr. Palireau Immediately ceased; ne
was declared duly elected with Mr. SeWeL The votes
stood-for Mr. Sewe 3l6, rspineau PSI Mondelet 2-i,
Stuart 2i7"
The F5eldo1q offte Press, IN March, lsl0
On the 18th Of March, 1910, land previous to
SIR. Papineaos loyal eausion,) Messrs. Bedard,
Blanchet and Taschcroau members Of the former
House of Assembly, had been arrested and cast
into prison, under authority Of a warrant signed
hy three mombers IF Governor Craig's executive
council on the indcisite CHARGE OF being guilty Of
trcasouabe practices. The C0H06.ca, a news
paper which timidy yenturcd to place before The
public some unpleasing comments on the conduct
of men in authority, suppressed. and ITS
tvres, prcss and papers cartcd of 10 the cellars
II the X ing's Bench Court House. Kentucky,
Georgia Maryland, or South Carolina have scarce
ly exhibited more arbitrary disposition toward
those who seek 10 enligbten their slaves. Three
other gentlemen, on the same underlined charge,
were thrust to tue Montreal jail. There was no
trial allowed Corbcil, one OF the gentlemen thus
treated soon sckenci ln the damp prison OF Mon
treel end as the jailor was a harsh sury man, hls
victim was only released by death. Mr.. Christie.
who is now Publishing history OF Lower Cana
la, that will doubtless be very instructive, has
given an account OF these transactions, which
should be generally read.
On the wear and month Of these imprisonments
March. lslo.) the Roman Catholic Bishop OF Que
bee preached sermon on loyalty, in which lie
atirms ihat IN the Revolution OF l576 " the tdel-
~ of the Canadian Catholic Clergy TO BritainI
had been irreire sably established
Ha5cas Corpus lV,7f again Srspendo5-Broeks :
COnfemri for an O5se9u0Hs Legislature.
Although Mr.. Bedard, member of the Legisla-
tare for Surrey, demanded a trial and defied Sir
James Craig to sttsch any guilt TO his name, he
was kept in close custody in the Jail Of Quebec.
the Executive Council Of that day, being the ser
vile hirelnes Of arbitrary power The Canada u
majority Of the parliamentary session OF isioI D.
we're nevertheless dastardly enough 70 renew, as
they had done every year, from 49, the act which
SUSPENDED the habeas corpus IA time OF pence, but
they added a aew clause, that every body Ia the
Colony might be thus arrested members ct Assem-
bly alone excepted The Pafr'o' PaPlnesn ieigned
reluctance but was drilled and stood In line as one
of thi. majority and Colonel Baynes thus wrote
from Quebec. on the ith Of March ISL, privately
10 General Brock. then up al Tor; George
"You will have seen by SIR Jsmess speech the very
com plee triumph his hrmness and energy nave ootsu
ed over the fsctOus cRbAl Ot thef most cohrHpuoio
Assembly Bedard will be shortly released-,haife
sone Of the whole gang has nerve and does not want
ability or inclination to do mischief whenever oppoI'
tuuity offers tie rsst old PdDHean, and he bH'iTiHg
b arc an whis hr0ed rHH0gai,s 10 a wdn' bm rh@
Sr Jarasss back - TUNED fhsy WN rally and eonlshe
The sasf 6uigia7 attac hs Successor who rGss vii
follow his example -.
Brigadier General Brock had written, from Ma
CARA, a few days before Feb. l9l TO hs brother
Irving, that
SIR James Craig has lrumphed over the french fac
lion The moment they they could not inilndAle
by threats they became obsequous az hey hsd oeen
violent The House Of Assembly passed every olii re
oalred OF them AMONG OTHERS. ONE AurHosIsI>o rHE
GovRkNOR AND rHREE CoUNsELLoss TO INPRis0N ANY
ONE WITHOUT ASSIGNING CAUSE.
Mr. Bedard was soon after this, offered hls lree-
dom If he would sign a bond 10 NEE, an Indictment,
but the courageous Canadian set Papneaus IDOL
Governor Craig. at defiance asserted his inno-
cence. and continued to demand that the proofs OF
guilt ia the hands ofthe Council mi ght be submitted
Ia a Jury This could not be done, for there were
no proofs. In the course Of the Summer OF l-il,
his prison doors were opened, and be walked our
after suffering long and severely, His SON no"
Judge OF the Queens Bench AZ Montreal, and,
Nkebis father, very courageous man, was Mayor
of Ogebec when returned from Britain IN ISL,