The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-27


a fighting family. His grandfather. Bar
tholomew, and his grand uncle, Conrad were
sons of Il Swiss officer in the Dutch service,
sion in the English army, fought under
Wolfe at Quebec, where he settled after the
conquest of 1860, attaining to prominence
leading part in the United Empire Loyalists,
of the Revolutionary War, became menu
Der of the Government-Canada was then
Grown colony-and was a persistent and at
last successful agitator for the introduction
of the British system Of trial by jury. He
fell II victim to the thing he advocated.
The first civil case tried by jury in Low
err Canada was one in which he was de-
PENDANT and, though he was only indirectly
responsible for the cause Of action, the jury
gave. from political motives, damages
against him to a ruinous amount. The old
man went home and died in few hours Of
broken heart.
His brother Bartholomew, was an officer
in the Swiss Guards of Louis XVI, who at
the outbreak of the revolution, finding his
men together and conducted their retreat
safely across France to the Swiss frontier.
Here he sold his horse, being, like many
refugees of the time, almost penniless for
the instant; but recognizing in the pur-
chaser servant of the inn at Varennes
who had assisted in thwarting the famous
attempt at fight of the King, flung the mon
ey in the mans face, AMI, drawing pistol,
sho. the horse dead under him. On his
brothers death he removed to canada with
mis- wife, Huguenot lady, and his son.
The son was first Sheriff Of Three Rivers,
resigning in 1872 to take command of o
battalion of militia. At the close of the war
he, like his uncle, entered into politics, was
q member of the House of Assembly and
then of the Legislative Council, aud finally
was appointed Sheriff of Montreal. He was
an ardent Tory, and his loyalists proclivities
did not fail to earn for him the hatred,
social ostracism aud even violence Of the
French Canadians, then conducting the
agitation that led to the outbreak Of 1881
8, particularly during the fevered excitment
that followed q collision between the Royal
troops and the populace at Montreal in
1892 These vexations at last broke his
health and he died in 1910.
Meanwhile, his son, who died last week,
had entered the army while in his teens,
having the intense royalst convictions of his
ancestors and relatives and the same been
delight in military matters He was destined
like them, to embrace politics, for his regi-
ment was soon disbanded, and he took up
the study of the law, attaining at once to a
very lucrative practice. He was elected to
the Assembly, aud throughout the rebellion,
led the small minority Of loyalists against
the overwhelming patriot majority under
Louis Joseph Papineau. When the rebellion
broke out he espoused the side of the crown
with characteristic impetuosity. At st.
Eustache he led the attach on the church,
where, after q desperate resistance, the pa
triots who had intrenched themselves there
were overpowered and bayoneted was the
first man inside the building, and was Sc
verely wounded After the insurgents had
been put down, he was made commissioner
of rural police, post of danger aud respons
bility, the duties of which he discharged
with his usual energy. The Canadians,
however, never forgot the part he had
played, siding, like his father, with the
government and against tie people Of his
blood and language; the gallows was busy;
theleading French Canadians had fed: prices
were on their heads-as for instance, Car
tiers was valued $500 sterling by the same
Queen who later conferred knighthood up
on him and received him at Windsor, as the
Premier Of Canada; others had been exiled,
like Antoine Germ Lajoie. whose simple
song, "Un Canadien Errant," set to q pop
ular air, was within few months 10 exert
political influence that has not yet ceased
and to be sung from Gaspe to the valley of
the Saskatchewan. Many Of the patriots
had known what it was to see the troops
sweep through rebellious section, and
driving the family from the house, upset
the stove, toss shovelful Of Goals upon the
bed to make their work sure, and move on
to the next rebels residence. So when
Gugy. with the blood Of St. Eustache on his
hands, was securing the country with ORA
goOns and police, his reception was not of
the kindliest. He was soon promoted to the
rank Of Adjutant General. and in that posi-
ton did much to keep the peace at Montreal
during the stormy times that followed le
trente>sept After the union Of the two
Canadas. he was once again called upon for
military service to reorgani1e the militia,
demorali1ed BY the rebellion, when war
with this country seemed imminent on the
Oregon boundary question. He TOOK an ac-
tive part in opposition to the annexation
movement Of the present Sir John Rose, Sir
Alexander 7. Gait and Senator Penny in
lSAS. In Parliament it is on record that,
to gain time, he-being. Of course. in the
opposition--made . speech lasting from
three o'clock one afternoon till eight the
next morning, feat of endurance subse>
quently exceeded by Sir George Cartier and
Mr.. DE Cosmos on similar occasions. 1t
will be remembered that an odd result Of the
Union was the absolute political accead-
ancy, whose 6rst fruits were the Rebellion
Losses bill, measure indemnifying the
rebels for their losses, and therefore. about
Is popular with the Loyalists As would be
here measure 10 assume the war debt Of
the south. The bill was passed and signed
BY Lord Elgin, who was mobbed By curious
political complication. the people. whose
loyalty to the government he represented.
WAS most fervent The Loyalists then gut
ted and burned the House Of Parliament,
and Gugy. one Of the hottest opponents Of
the obnoxious bill. was the only member
who resisted the attack On the Hssse By the
mob. which vas composed entirely Of his
sympathilers.