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V 1 :' V 2 •;. 3 ,■' 4- . . 1 6 z> h i\ . •; TO THE .PUBLIC; IT having been stated to inc by sbmo of my friends tbat the pjiiblic mind was im- pressed with the idrt» of my having participated in, and saivctioned the recent impro- per and iinwawantaWc publications of Mr. Robert 66urlay ; I conceive it a duty wliich I owe to the Government, to the province, and to myself to/(Ieclarc, that be- yond publishing a statistical report of this province, he::lkad neither my approbation nor my countenance. - In making this declaration, I trust that the tenor of my life justifies my asserting that factious discontent never originated in'my breast. Havingsaid this much in in- dication of my own sentiments, I shall, in^ order to prevent error in, and rescue from ' distress the heedless proselytes of Mr. Goi^irlay's one thing needful-^viz. » radical change of system in the government of Upper Canuda^ transcribe for their informa- tion an^xtract fron^ the common law of tlie British Empire, which bears on the point >|)f unlawful me^ngs or conventions, viz. "The constitution of Great Britain havin| "placed the representation of the nation,'andthej|icpression of th% national -will, in "the parliament, no other meeting or convention, even of every individual in the ■Kingdom^ would be a competent organ to express that will ; and meetings of such .^ a nature, tending merely to sedition, and to delude th^ people into an imaginary "Qswsrtion of rights, which they had before delegatedt^their representatiyei inpar^ "liament, could only tend to introduce anarchy and confusion, and to byerturn every « settled principle of government." An act of parliament was passed in Ireland, in the year 1798, to pi|^rit any such meetings or, conventions j and a few ignorant in- dividuals, who in the same year had dared to assemble under thtit title in Scotland, were quickly dispersed, and their leaders convicted of seditious practices j for which Ihey wWe sentenced to transportation. ^ ^- '■- 1 shall concluife with recommending to all^. to weigh well how they attend to vis- ionary enthusiasts. ^ . ^ » "^ THOMASCLABK. XiagarOf JlpriliS, 1818. , . ; <>. I'rintcd at the Spectator Offict, Niagara. /'I^^i^fl*!.*^ .J^ .rw<^ '" X «' r • / * -« • • .- / * ' ^ ^- -. . ; . '\ k^. ■ ;.'' ^ ' .