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Quebec, 27th novetnier 184'; Sir, I have the honor, by order of the ConsMutionnl Committee of Reform and Proifress, to transmit to you herewith tho manifesto wliich it has adiiresseil to the People oCCariaila, coril'ormubly to the Resolutions adopted at the general meeting of the Inhabitants of the city and county of Quebec, held in the Parlinment Uoum) on tb« 29th July last. The Committee were of opinion that the important trust conHdcd to them would ho best orcomplislied by takinji a brief retrospective view of the political histoiT of the coinitry since the iMissing of the imperial net rounitinirihe two Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. The perusal of this document will present to your view a few of the many grievances under which the coinilry lahoius, and will doubtless induce the conviction that every Inhabitant of this Province who has tho least respect for himself, and who is desirous of procuring for himself and children the enjoyment of those free institutions which are the birthright of every brilish subject, is 'jound to exert himself to the utmost for the general good, by the faithful discharge of the duties with which the constitution has entrusteil him, and by using the inthience which his education and station in hocicly inny nITord him, to procure the co-opoialion of his I'ellow eoiuitrymen in every measure tlesigued foi their welfare. In the critical conjuncture in which the Province is now placed, — when an mlminislration sinking under the weight of universal odium, isaluuit to appeal to public opinion for its sentence, the Association, relying ujion your known patriotism and zeal, res|wctfnlly solicits your assistance in annising the attention of your friends and fellow parishi(«iets to the deepfelt dissatisfaction expressed by the country nt the existing state of things, in pointing out such measufes of reform as are ileenwd indispensable, and in explaining to them the coiu>e which the Conimitlee has ileemeil to be the nnist advisable uniler existing cininustHnces, and the best calculated to secure to this flourishing Province the permanent enjoynu'iit of a constitution nuMlelletl upon that of the mutlier country. You will observe by the manifesto that the Association recommernis 'o all those who are anxious for the general welfare, and who are disposed to contribute to it, to orsinnize themselves into an extensive and powerfid association of which the advantages must be obvinu" on tin- eve of a general election, when it is the boundcn duty of all the parishes and counties, and indeed nf the whole coimtrv, to uvoid all those subjects of •lissention which only tend to weaken our cause and strengthen that of our opponents. The Association begs thereliire that yc-u will communicate with the ntost influential ami zealous persons t your parish for the purpose of calling an linini'liali- meeting of all the electors. You nil! be pleased to urge upon them the necessity of organization, and to explain the objects in eontemplation itnd the number of ollicen) to be elected, namely : a PRESIDKNT, VICE-PKESIDENT. TREASURER, SECRETARY, AND A PARISH COMMITTEE, to 1)0 rompo, desinnis of ( whereof the parishes of MANIFESTO, sed of twenty individuals, besides :itlicers, with whom you may nflerwnnis associate sinli n« are o-operaliiitf with you, subject to siah rnles and reiiulatidnsas you may ihnik proper to adopt, and (Quebec ('(immilti'e wdl send you a ibatl as sunn as your oruanizalinn js complete in llie principal the county, and after you lia\e appninled the olhcers of the County Council as Buggesled liy llm namely ; a PRESIDENT, TWO VKIE-PRESIDENTS, A RECORDINC SEt'RKTARY, A OHRKSPONDINti SECRETARY, AND A CENERAL TREASURER. As time presses, ami the country may be taken by surprise I'rom day to day by a dissolnliim of Par- liament, It would be advisable to postpone nil Hubjects of a local naliiie to a I'liliire occasion, in older to dc\ote our immediate and sole attention to the general election which may soon take place. Conseipicnlly, (lie ofliccra ido l>ublic Archives Cguuc Library 1 Bibliolheque Arcjhives puL,l.ques Canado of llip Coiinly Council, ami llic Prosiiloiits and OlTu'Oia of the Parish CoiiiinitteeK, imist consult tojrclher and cull a cowiiiy niectini; in oiiler lo onalili' llic clccloiii to aj^rce upon the nomination ol'a canilidalo of approved politi- cal principles, ami llierchy avo'd, if possiliU", tliose injurious contests which occasionally occur between men of lliL' same political parly. Tlie Qm'lii'c Committee will always ho ready to alVord you the assistance of its counsel on every occaBion npnn whicli you may think proper lo reipiire it. Il will he the duty of al' ])ersons of iiilluence to impress upon the electors at all county and par'sh meetings, that the soneral iut,'ivsl re((ifires ihal every individual should he ready lo vote upon the shortest notice, ami that il i-i of the uimosi imporlaiice to show lluil iho-e who claim the riulil of the elc livo franchise can exer- cise thai riglil freely aad indepemh'iily. K< the sysleni ol'nvpousihie or I'oiistitulioiial L'overnmenI, conceded hy ihe inolher couiilry lo her colo nies. is essentially Ivised upon Ihe espression of ihe wishes of Ihe people liy iheu' represenlalives in I'ailiamenf, it is ind..-|i.'nsable thai those represeiilatives should he chosen hy the entire hody of llu' eleclors, ai\d not by a small numher. l"vi>ry man who looks on wilh iiulilfereuce, and who willioKIs ihe aid of his voice from his more zealoii-i f'llow civunii-ymen in their devotion to Ihe puhlie. weliiire, forfeil> die riirht lo eoni|'lain of aliuses, in as nineh as he dechiu's lo assist in eoiiwliiii; Ihem. In a free and enliiihleiu'd coiinli-v the eleelive iVanchise is more than a mere ahslraci /Vi/;/ ; every true lover of his country nuisl rejiard il as ;m //«/)rm?/(T (/w^//. The man who from limiilily, iiulilVereiiee or selfishness, hesitates to vole for Ihe representative of his choice, is a bad suhjcet who not only does not fulfil his ihiiy. hut u ho must he looked up.on as a useless and even a dan- ir'ioiis person, lie saerliees th" puUhe iiueresi and that of his children to inolives of private inleresls. He ia in Iriilh Inn the toul of men in power, who can ileeei\e, inlimiilale m ri\ate eondnel that iheir only aim is to nullify the boon which the mnther country has been pleased to iiianl to Ihe colony. You will lie paiticularly on your siuard aL'ainsI all autbiL'Uons declarations which would eii'ihle a eniididate lo vole in the House in opposition to the wisli.'s of his consiinicnis, and by n:,-an:i of which he niisihl insidiously obtain Iheir confidence and aflerT wards betray them. The charai lerless ailiifmislration wifch now retains the reins of government is loo nuich allached to Ihe power which Lives tliem a license to dispone oj' tin- public monies raised upon the iialuslry of the people, I'or the benefit of ihemsi'lves and partisans, net lo employ all the means \\ illiin iheir reach lo iiiHuenee the electors and the candidates as well duriiiL' the elections, as bcl'ore ami alier them, in order to aiijiment that semblance of a majonly which nmv covenis the ccunilry withonl at all re|iresentiiii; it. Il is only Iherefine by the mo