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J|^ , iJf fHE CASk 0> f riE KiNG V. ildBBRT GOliRLA w- JRLA^ y f>' f -";■■, %.^ «S. i^oji * •f -'J i?j-:'^ii . ■^- ■^■s<^^^*:4m Aj/f ■;-^, 1:#^ witii Ji MpORT of fHB TRUh f ic. ic. ^^ ^^-<^ -#■ ''A ■-.■: '. ii^^ ■■■'' •■■# "' t. PUntedat tlie Gazette OFn&-m,Kmgtiom ..* . » «.• ••••••••*•*•••*••••• 4^ 4uguat^ 181S. .U ' I ^ % :i ^r" i. ^j \ \ \ J V X / t'^'-i' V \ t ;'-">i' ;• «■' RiNosi'OK, 20th August 1818. / To you I dedicate this Addf ess, -^oi/ou ^^ho ihave confided in me,'"JK)ho have honoured me. Jt r^ords the confirmation of our most vatuable nght o^ British subjects ,; Imd, surety, ymi will continue to ^^i Upon if, with sincerity and vigour, — sUrebf, aU will ^^mjnin us in calling ft/r enquiry into the state of this province, which irmy he productive of infinite good, ,iind never can do harm. Our new Governors must wish enquiry, of all things. It mill rid them qf unplea" sant feeli^s : it will make clear the course hn which they are entering ; and facilitate the performance of Uttt i/ieir duties. ^ ? . . Gentlemen, God has been with us. Ma§f he ever ^^OBERT GQURIA V. * j^ ,, J, t -3^'m i) '^% , »' «► * » ^ aj-,- '' . -^ ' ' 'i " i' 4 ^^ ,*?•' ,>*%»-^ ■m # \, iitilirr ^?- '"' «* *wpnigmn a4fc,.,.afau^ "if $ I .;,( a Me. 2ght te to Ithis ood, nust tleo" hick e of ?VCf \\ '3 ^■ r ,-n;*' *' ■Hr ■'At: ^iil '%% ». ;> 'T^ IPtlELIMlNA'nVNOTE, &c. 'rilE fulje&of the following Addrcfi, and (he manner m vcKicni i: ha.i been brought forward to notice, will, I am convinced, induce fcrit^oo icflcd^ions, and m?:ke alafting imprcflion on the public rafnd. The ri^ht of free pttitionin^, hax, for years, engaged my own fpc- cial attention : — it is a fuhjeii which I have again and again agitated* at home, by my writings ; and, the more it is confidered, the more ifnportant will it appear, , , From the moment of my arreft. I looked forward to the trial, now over, a« an occafion, almoft enviable, for difplaying, to full fffcft, thi^» ii)waUiaWe privilege, and, for having a cleat and ftrong fenfe, of the iib^rt.y of exercifinj^ it, Aamped on the minds of the people of Upper Canada. a • 1 had fefolved to do my beR In preparing for the trial, fo that ev- ery particular, and every view of the fubjeft, (hould be exhibited. For this purpofe, 1 had reft^Vfd on goin^ to New York, to haveacceft. to law bookx, &c- not, here, to be found ; and, from thence, meant tohavc brought a (hort -hand writer, that every word fpoken on the trial, might have been handed down to pofterity. The unexpeAed appointment, of the afliKes, nearly a month earlier than ufual, balked thefe purpofct : — it left me only time to crofs the lake fromNiagara ; aird, ftfll more lucklefs, a bilious diforder held me feeble and feveri(h, alo>oft to the hour of my appearance in court. CohP.dering the gr«at«efs of the fubje^, 1 am truly forry that I havi: not been able to do it juftice. My Addrefs is far from being equal to my Wiflies : it istnnch inferSot to what it might have been made, under other circum* fiance*. ; but, I truft, thefe explanations will find for it fome excufe. A copy of the warrant of my arreft is fubjoined,in lieu of the indid- ment, refufed ; and I truft, recording the names of the worthy meii who were empannelled as Jurors, will make .others zealous for main* taining, unimpaired, the blefiings of our glorious cbuftitution, fbould any attempt, be ever again made, to depriv« us of them. R. G* ♦v 'Ai fi .4 r^vti'VJ% .'■ ■^■ N. B. The folloxdng note referi to vchat is said in the middle^ of the 'iXstpage. Dicing to the hurry of printings some typogra» [''' phical errors will be found in some copies which are not in others. ii '} V i i % i mm ^■I'^'i^ / ^^ r «..' iil^i ^ WARRANT: V\. ^ f" ?*//£ ^/A'G i;. Robert GounLAti * __ - UPPE'i CANADA. MIDLJNDl fT[lO /?o^?r/ J^oM«^, %/j cottJfaLle, or to any ottf^ DISTRICT 3 I conjhble in the Totvnof inssi on— Greeting. - Wlxreas, informatiom and lonrpfaint hath been mode bejore tne, (Tlsomas AlarkbnJs Vfqu'tre. one of His I^ajejly^s Jujlices of the peace ^ in and for, tf)^ fitiJ Dtflrid ) on out h, that Robert Vourlay late of Kin£;ttont in the /aid I.'ifiriff, ientleman. at Sing II on, in the f aid DiftriQ,on or about the Jirjl day of June injiant uidanvfulh malicioujly . and wickedly t did fmlh Ijjh.and utter, a falfe tvicked an d feditious libel,.Jiy!ed Principles anm Proceedim'x of the Inhabitants of the DiJlriQ of Xiogara.,for addreffing His Rftyal Himhtieft the Prince Recent refpeSiug claims of fujfferert in ivtir . lauds to militia men, and the j^eneral benefit of Upper Canada, print' eda! the iaj^ara peSator Jjiie, |H»8 ; pric^ one Jlnlling^ Halifax^** intending thereby the peace and common tranquility of our lord the ing% and this his Pr0vince of Upper Canada^ to disquiet, mokfl, and difturbf atud' to brin^ the Government tf our aid lord the King, in this his Prov- ince, into great hatred contempt, and fcandal, with all hit faithful und lifge fubjeds of the f aid Province. Thtfe are. therefore, to charge and command you to apprehend and ar- r^ the faid Robert Gourlay, if he fball be found within your Bailiivicit andbrittir him before me. or fame other of His Majejly^s Jvfiicet ef the ^ace, to be deh with as the law direSs, Given under my hand andfeaU this eleventh day of June, one thoufand eight hundred and eighteen, at Kingston.in the Midland DiflriS. (Signed) THOMAS MARKLAND, J. P. (L..>.) / do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original warrant. (Signed) ROBERT YOUNG, High Constabk, , ■ A-'-' JURORS EM PANNE I LED ON THE TRIAL. OLI VKR THI BODQ, Foreman, SAMUKL MKRRILL, rHOiVl AS SMITH, JAMES MEAGHRR, LOOMIS NORTON, JAMJ^McCiEE, ELIJAH TENNY, ALEXANDER WATSON, JOSEPH RANSIER, JOHN iiOWLlNG, ANDREW DENiKE, GEORGE OLIVER. ■#,-«/?l" ^DIjRESSk^^.^^^,^ :fy, 'm ^■')ty<' MY LORD! GENTLEMEN OF THE JURT, Midw .^j> r-ia.' I stand before you, accused of << unlawfully, nwliciouilf , and wicliedly, publishing, tkjitlsey wicked^ and seditious libel, stU led Principles and Proceedings of Inhabit nnts of the District ^ Niagara^ &c.-^intending thereby, the peace and 'rommou trao* qutlity of our Lord the King and this his ProTince of Upper Cana- dia, to disquiet, molest, &nd disturb, and to bring the GoTernDeat ' of our Lord the King,* in this his Province, into great hatred, con* tem|it, and scandal, with all his faithful and liege subjects of th* ; said Province.'* These words I take from the warrant for my ar* < rest, as a copy of the indictment has been refus d* ; and it is imW possible for me to know, accurately, the charges preferred, from A mere hearing of the indictment read before the court. You have just heard. Gentlemen, this accusation supported an4 enforced by the trained arts and eloquence of a lawyer Gentlemen, you fee that I address you from a written paper, and in this, had I given the Solicitor General credit for eloquence. I mud rrtra6t my complioient. Never till this day did I witness, before C ? court of justice, auch weakne8»-->sucb vulgariim«MSUch illibcrality. Gentlemen, the speech of this Solicitor General of Upper Qanad^ needs no reply < it haa not set forth a fingle argument : indeed fcarce* ly two of tti sentences hang together ; but I (hall recall to yamt inemory a few of the Solicitor's pretty assertions and insinuations. In the outfet ke told you that it was not his intention to me mfa* , inoure»presiimUt at the prisoner attbebsr would do t And* immediate- ' ly afterwards, he declared that you and the boJy of the people were dolts. It muft rest with the people and you to determine if this it - not infamous. He told you, in proof (if the bad effc^s of my wri- ting&4 that two perfont were indided for fedition at the preCent Ali* sizes. Gentlemen, it is infamous^ even to hint at fuch occurrencei* Their bearing on my cafe is nothing :->towards the partief> inJi6^ed« it is bafe and malignant. Every man stands innocent in the eye of th« law until he is ptoved g uUty \ and no man, efpecially in the sita< 4tion of a Solicitor Generals ha fMii^pKa("'-^aad this is th« sedition ! ! In finglaaU a maa would -fr--."-.- ■■»,- -;--.'— **-T . ^.1 r.-,- ^:i-m-~l^ ■*-■ «--. * 4 ■■n i-; n ( X ■< ■■;» J\ ■■>. V ■1 %m tfie afRitinectfl Ml 700 that t labour tii oWniA {t !^Hc1)i| tolJ you that all the ftditiouf people of thtt Province come froiq ^ome ! He haa compared mYcon4"A to that of Wilcox { and e^- •refled ht« ei^peAation tl^^t nny ^ate will be the fame ! — He lias aflccd [f you will Join my bfnnera in ^ time of peace to orertum the conkti- tution 1— •He faya that 1 have not courasfc fo con^e before a Court ef Juitiee 1 but that I tako refuge bebjnd ^ printer'* dcflj;, from whence I abufrthe GovernroentT Gentlemeni I have no patience for the whole of hi* •tufF—- i^ ia qU '^nfymou^. It ia ■ difgrace to the Bn'tilH Covernmcnt ^o H«ve fiich a thjng af thia a£|ing aa^ Solicitor General ;-<->!( iaUmentabl^ and ruinouf for thf province t — but let tu proceed* ^ .. . jfloii the ijolicitor Qeneral proved any one couat^ set forth jn the indictment^ ^ut i|iy having given the pamphlet, spoken of, for si^le \ Gen^l^men^ the whole jburden of pfoof, us to what baa been i|HHerted, reats ift^b Mp)) And lie ahowld sbe^v, ne^ only this siniple art to have bepq cprnn^itted by me, but the cmqninality of the act, and my b^d inteutjofi ii| l^rfoming it, befoff you can biing in a verdict of guilty^ Gentlemen of the Jury 1 — \ acknowledge that ( gave, for sale, the pamphlet entitled ^'' prindpleg and proceedings 0/ Inhabitantt of the Di9tri(^< of Ningqra.** 1 acknowledge this, but flatly deny the charge of bad intentiofi ; and, I trust, you fvill readily and firmly dtetermine, that I CQuld not possibly bripg the Govern- ment of our Liufd the f^ing, into great hatred, contempt, and scaa« ^al, with all hia faithful and liege subjects of this Province;. •/Were it for myae)f, only. Gentlemen, that I had thi« day to con* tend) my care would b<^f comparatively, little. What is now to 1)e contended for is not my honor an^ my r'lffht : — it is the honor #.nd right ef thoutandt or your fellow subjects. It ^ill be proved fo you, Gentlemen, by the piearest evidence, that I was not a prin<; be htwed Qi(( of Mclety fpr entrrini; a serious complaint af;ainRt such a vaf^ue «nd unfneaning speecS. A few years ago, an action wasi brought against an in- iKvidiiai m YiSrkshire, for some incli foolish nords, ^ppiiedtQ'the Prince Re- |l«ent, 6ttt ihfi 4ury dinmissed the (;harg« with contempt. This indictment haf evidently been |»rodght forward for the express pui-potie of scandalizing my pro- ceedings.and giving the ^licithr (Qenerai an opportunity of c'xriling prejudices fcy his atlbiiibiis, tfiasdpubfy infamous. The fello]|ir, who h|ui been made a tool of, to/et himself up as public accuser, is, | undrfttand , the same, who, under the signature OpsBRVBR, h^v' pf late exh|l)ited so much trash against fne in the XingAton Gj^iette. li is only sufficient to look thisi|ian in the face to read his characteir : it*tsa'picture of dirl, depravity, and defection. The man is mucb io be'pitied. ipbe pther indictment, I uiiderstand. sprai^g fropa 9pmfi hasty wmds ottered in a t even an excuse— 'Where indeed it would be impossible to eaeite it. f ^nce tbe tri^ I find by my notes, piopg |i44y ot^er ridi^alooi aMertioaa of the solicitor Oi>nera}, that my advice to dissolve Parliament wasftvep in or- der (hat I amy get a seat. ' |f Ibfi present psseiniily siis dbt |t» ^'atnral time^ (' may have a chance fifbei1^;«)«|l;ted two years b^Dce. If il^^aow dissolved ^ cannot' postiibly be chosen,. beiqg lioiyet'iresidcnt Ja-lhecpttiKr, %nd p ii atiti Bf Aoly a tract of land in tt| whitih ^iel^ noUunf . ' '^^ ' I clptl It I only at ing thu true ail yen fr onutlic Gentle inuRt e Thi* clearlj when ( felf a repel h Get know it circi reason to you will t'l to pro brou|;1 free ai po caN this c< attepti obnox thisP titc gf thing climu: purpo tious — tha open. while veaki and. y Provii \i will it wilj — itol Attor and a sertio Ge pliijg- Sy esi •Jti y -^ 5 ) ctpi! In puMlsWrtg ihn pampMrt in qnfitton — thttIhnw%,1nfMl, the lowest drudge employed togiro it circulation is actionable ; but what is the practice? — what is. reaNOn P*— I will ank the lennicd Judge, whu \» to deliver a charge to you on this question, most !»pecinllv to «p(>tik to this ;— nay, I will challenge his utmost revcarch in the volumes of legal record, to produce to yon a single precedent, wherein an ncces^ary was brought tn trial, while knovt — acknowledged principals, were left free and unchallenged. VVn^n the learned .fudge can make out po case of the kind, I will ask himr- 1 ^iH ^^^ y"") — ^ ^'iH ^^^ this court, and all mankind, to weigh well that w hirh now occupies attepiion. Gentlemen, if to crown all which is alleged in the obnoxious pamphlet against the administration of publicaiTairs, in this Provinct* (and it is only against the administration, not against the government (hat nny thing is alleged) 1 had sought for some- thing appropriate — something which might worthily finish the clima^ ol public complaint, could any thing be tonnd more to the purpose t[ian lh|s, ^hat (he Attorney General, in whom our gra- tious King reposes confidence, rigidly to hold the sc^ales of justice — that (he Attorney General, so contided i^should, with his eyel open, depart fropi practice and reason, and bring to trial a servant while his einployeis were to bo found. Gentlemen, iK>thing but veakness or wickedness could set its face to such an undertaking; and. whatevej" reprobation such conduct may meet with in this Proyincey at home, I t^vn sure, it wjll no sooner be heard of than ^t wilt create tlje utmost horror and disgust in the public mind :-• .;j It will shew that party feeling, — ^^nay, personal spite, — not justice — noi necessity-— not the true spirit of our law%iias urged on the Attorney General of Upper C^pada, in his accusation of me :— ♦ and a more dreatlful di'reliction of duty,-^a more barefaced de-L sertioq of principle^ cannot be conceived. '^^L Gentlemen, the Attorpey^Gpneral of this Province is but a strip-; pliog-r-the fpfter c^ild of a ceftgiq pleripo-poUtical schoolmaster ;':i &>i(l»^tV«.Witnest the pub- lication of the foolinh Committee of Augusta, led on by one of the|9 pupils, — witnoHs the gifini^ away of my property out of the p6st olhce of this place by another of these pupilH,->-witness the burning the papers and pamphlets, at Cornwall, by a whole squad of them. Such acts dcmoniitrate a degree ofphreDzy very extra- ordinary ; but, to be traced wholly to the same source ; and^ mainly, from that source may we trace this prosecution against me, indiTidually — the first prosecution of the kind that ever dis- honored a servant of the Crown. Gentlemen, when I am ac- cused of wicked intentions, and not a single proof can be givep of such intention, — nay, when there is not a single motive to be dis» covered which could tempi me to evil ; and, when a most glaring; irregularity of procedure presents itself on the part of my accusefj^^ who should not only be regular, but impartial and above all influ- ences, ( am entitled to bring forward a surmise which may throw light on motions and motives otherwise so unaccountable ;— >but,. Gentlemen, let us quit this theme, so sickening, and proceed ta • oxamine witnesses as to the fac^already advanced, that i am only an accessary, not a principal, in publishing the pamphlet com- plained of, — a pamphlet, with which I have no more to do, as to its publication, than hundreds besides, nor any thinglike lomuch as some others. , Call, JOHN CLARK, Esqr.* JVhat is j/our name ? John Clark* IVhat is If our age f 30 years. ^ I Where do you reside^ and how long have you resided in Upper Canada .* Township op Louth and District or Niagara, I HAVE BEEN ALL MY^VE IN UPPER CANADA. Are you a Justice of the Feace ^— Yes, I am. Doyuu know this pamphlet, entitled ''^ principles and proceed t»g.9," SfC. 1 UATKSEEN IT. /* Ml* your name attached to the preliminary Jddresi $ — It is. Was your name placed there withyour will anddesire f It was. Are you the same John Clark mentioned in the pamphkt-^in (he 9th page as Representative for Inhabitants of the Township of Louth^t—in the X^^page as chairman of a meeting at St. GiUhe- rines, and in the Whpage as Representative for Niagara Dia* trict and member of the Committee ? — Yes, I an. * When this fint witoess was called, 1 asked the court, if 1 might examine witneMes,«a one point after another, a* I went on with my defence } but thi WasrefuneA, and the whole examination of witnesses was put otT till I had doae , Idonot see good reason f«r this^ but such it seems la the practiced" our courts In this primed tepprt, I tbiokit is best to iotrodaee tht §nmlfmtin»mttio* yliesasawasinteodedbefcreUMtriallDbavetheqit ^ iniquity m artifo sets ; and auie their the pub- ' one of ut of tho tncBs tbo ole squad ry extra- e ; and, n against ever dis- [ am ac- gifep of } be dii« st glaring accaser^ all infltt* ay thro\7 ;— but, "oceed ta- [ am only let com- do, as to e so much f« Upper Niagara, proceetl^ $ — It is. ^ It WAS. ^hkt — in vnahip of It. CiUhe' tra Dis* it exainiii(> e I but thi [ bad doae . our coort» ft) jit metnhfl^ ofikit Committee^ ttnd by destft of your eomWti* 9Htii did you join in ordering this pamphlet to be printed and puhlithed f Yes. Did jfou^ in the tame capacity^ order payment to the Printer for the same f Yes. tn the name capacity^ did you order sundry persons t0 carry the pamphlets into dijferent Vittriatsqf the Province, for publico^ ^on f Yes. Did you so carry any of them yourself , and where .'—Yes, iit f HE District or Gore. Did you authorise me to do the like through the Midland f Johnstovon, Eastern andOttawa Districts P Yes. fVas I paid mu expenses for doing so; and, did you author isB the same P Yes. Do you krtotD or conceive that some hundreds of people wer0, uttimately concerned inpubli'/^hing this pamphlet P 1 do. ', Can you df aw any line of distinction between my conduct in. fubtishing the pamphlrt, and that of any one employed by the Gem" mitiee to do so f- None. After huuing attached your name to the preliminary Address f and ordered Us publication, did you shrinkfrom any responsibili- ty incurred f None. Do you think me equally responsible as to the printing and pub* fishing the pamphlet as yourself, ^ ^**^ 'if '^^ Committee ?■■ ■- 1 00 NOT. Do you know the Administrator and Attorney General, andf 0teyou known to them f Yes.* Gentlemen, although the first .glance at this Pamphlet must have made it manifest, that ( was not its principal publisher, you must now be perfectly convinced of it — You mnst now see that I officiated in its circulation only as an agent, and as many- others did, — indeed, that \ was repaid all expences incurr^^d in the employment. Thi<; will not only be proved, but the further fact, that the principal publishers are tho^e whose names are dis- tinctly set forth as introducing it to the public — and that they are real, acknowledged, and respectable men in the Province ; well known both to the Administrator and Attorney General. Two of ^■■^•■■^Haa^M^H ■ ■■ ■■ _N ■! MM^i^^W.I - I- Ml ^> I ■■ I ■ Hi IXH L I mill III H ' ■ I II III ■ ^ * * Robert Hamilton and William Kerr, Esquires, from Niagara District, had been served witb subpfipnas and were present, for examination, on the .<-ami; ]H>intiaa those put to Mr. Clark) but, the Gentlemen ^^c Jury declared (hetnaelTes satisfied with Mr. Clark'ti single evidence. J aa ve since rrgretted that Messrs. H. and K. were not called, as a few additiMB questions, meant to be put to them, and which they could have answeied tnay and fijmly, would have thrown more lig hton the general subject. Sen^questions I shall here in- ^ Bf'rt to support the text, as originally written. In the expectation,, that such would be actually put and answered satisfactorily. ^Ifr. ferr — Look on thia manuKript writing and lay if it is the arigiual of the pcelininary addrrss pablisbed in thisnamphlet } ,00 you know Dr. Ovfus Suianer, and il this his signature ? t>e>i«1tM#tt4MkLWmialRlltiirtlbfr,aM V ^ \ »: ,,* liiem As Manci strains — dnd who neter coitj^ haire fiiirorik rrdmadi •usation — far less fro|n^ an ar<;usbHon of libcilting the Government i— thereby intending mischief which never was In their tboufhts--^ S' n imputation whiclii they would have been insttliitly anxious 10 isprove and discliiiiii. THere wti^ not a min out of hundreds who ^M not as culpable as I was : thefe yfi% riot one; of theni whose pr6««ciition nirould nvt havd answered jihe purposen or fhe law; as iirell as me : there was ribrie so obviously fit i6 be called upoii as tile principal piibiishers whose names were printed on the ffoa| of the pamphlets ; but prosecution Was hot the only thing soujfbt for i—persecHtioHn revenge, delay, terror, ware all objects id vi^W|' >lirhpn I was relectea as a victim. ^ Gentlemen, I have already said ttiat if you (nd ma ^il^y, th^ tnnsl respectable men ot ihe Provinc^, must ^Iso be f uilty, au^ i)ot a few only, but hundreds of ,yoar falfoir su^ects — bay, thbusandU, altogether unconscious r>i' crime, wh6 have circulate^. ilte pamphlets^ ana rejoiced in the deed. Do riot yoUr hear^ rli* volt within you at the idea of a single iridividuaf Wing lelected oril of a crbwd to be made a sacrifice io malice and pique, for nothing else could have su|^ested mv accusation ?— ^n individual, riot on^ Ty so situated as to be peculiarly suscecHtible of injury bj fiitsii implication, but cruel! t disappoirited by delay, — at a disCance froni. bis family. Was I a bHtet flittering to justice tban ari^ or all o^ tfio Gentlemen, who wcf^ priuci{^aU in thei publicatiori ? or, dtf tnv accusers think so little of th^ Crime alliige'd, as to sappose th^ wisery of a single ageut, sufficient to atone for it? — Gejrif i^tnerij if itiefe is crime it is a great crime, not K little one ; and, GeritleiF tDet||fiince I am pitched upon as ati offering for gerieral tfarisgretft siori, it shall be sheiirn that the offeiing for the sii^s of Upper it)an- ada is unspotted and pure^— 1 shall again caifl in the same gentle^ men who have attested luy being a mere agent in tfiis business, tb prove by them who knov^ me as weU as any of the uatiVes elf tbHf (Country, Uow my character stands in their apiuion.' Call, MR. CLARR. . JOo you know nie f ...» . ; . • YesI. How long have you known mtf Sinc£ las! April iNTiWiTE^ir. In yoiir conversations with tne^ did you ever mtwte any thing^ discreditabk tp my character , uty indicative ^' disloyalty f %, Do you think t zeould hitve circulated thi pdmpKlei, inliiledi '^ ^* principkiwdMmedtrigs, Sfc."if I had thought it coniamed (dny thingto di»^f^^di9*Mrb^ot' moksi the Govefttment oj oat Lord the King, o#>, ti^JH^ng his Ooiier, ment Mo great hatred^ conteii^ ciiid scandcd^ mth all his faitl^M and Uege stU^edsf I Da MOT. Gentlemen, io mj^.riati^ couotry, I s^boufd orot here thaiighiit u^ci^sary i<^"«8 ona wbo bii a«artf4 jik frdmaci Government, r thoughts— y anxious tij undreds whtf theni whose of jfhe lawj valje^ upoii on the fi-oui thing sougjfjtft ec^siti ii^w^ |«ri^, th« fuilty, au4 hjicts — tiajr, I circulaleil ir hearteri* ktiected oul for notbinjf ual, not on^ Jry by fitlsg isiance froni, i> 4r all o# »n ? or, dd Boppoae thk e|if I^^neii, if d, GehiUd il tfaus^eW Upper €an« ame gentle^ busmess, id yet 6Y tbKf i.TiWiTEitr. lisioifaUjf P contained tnt pf our at hatred, kdtf ID6 thvifgirtit (9 ) V him?p|f fo tho utmost for thp puhllr good of fh's Province, wJieth- er 1 intended tran^poHin^ ms fninily, and the i'-itrrrst** cf^*^ich I ua^ eonsequeiitiv ai»xiou> to advance, 1 have Ijecii most 'lian»e- fiiM) nhused, and no uhcre to such extreme as in Kingston. — • Slander of evei- kind and degree, has heife been lauiuhed out a* gaifisf my rharneter and proceedings, while hot a single fact hits b«'en breught iorwai-il ir, iustinoritioil frtt ^'such audncity;, Oie thing seems to be the grand stumbling bloek of rny enemies t — ;thi'y ^catinot think that any man could take so much trouble, as I do, M'ithout havina; wicked and sinister motives in view. What a her- Kible dii'grace is this to humanity, that there should be wretclr'B so iiiiberal — so damnably iiasc, as to cunctive evil of others, o\\\f because they themselves ate distorted and blind ! — but, so it has always been : ^remember the treatment of ////«, vi'ho «a-f the I)i- '»ine pattefri of virtue : — remember the pors^cuticms of his f<;!- ■Jowers :— remember the hard struggles of the Christian world.— , l^ince 1 wds last in this totit^ii, 6 or 7 weeks ago, the Kingston (ira« _ *ette h«* teemeik his own ch;iract.>r and fortune, tiiat mine mi^^iii be laiia tow. — Gentle nen, does n >t all you witness itidicnte something vety singular in the conteiM ■tion nowg^»ingon ? 1 would not wish ti b* suppo-ed siiper>ri- tioils ; but, ir seeirfs as if the pawersaf darkn >S9 were tr Mribling for ' , 4jieirreii;n, and milcing a last ai»4 desperate etTc>r{ to ki-ep to their hold. Gentlemen, bew ire ! have some of you not altowifj^ bast) ; suspicions or lov^ prf^judioes to g^iii entrance to your hearts, ihiu t iipo*n you fr m all sid'»s ?— for m iny have been the iusidi-^us arts •which have labound to -reduce your charity. — T.iese have inihrii- ^i;8a:;ainst me. — {fcnmc ft • but, though th- public should give woy to evil impr 'sisions, forced upon them by d.;cf;itful arguments, :iii(f brazen f iced presumption, / shall not git^e way, — iro, thouj;h ( should again be attackr^d in your streets, by an armed rniiiau, worked up to phren/y by envy and by malice — a wolf iu che h lulV- Irke clothing of the Compmsioimfii Sacieiff of King-ton, — 'Cirta^- - ly r shall neither Shrink from my daty, nor yield wp my h«»ui".>" .** .pinion without reason, and conviction ftesiietnber this, :GeutlenuMi, Chat if ihe Paging spirit of the times, tovy, and jraU 4>usy, and muiic.e, coinmU me to your no 9 'ine jail, Metv m> {(C Vnt aloivg with me, f'our country'* repiitltitou, and yuur coun- try's frc?ut-my family ; and before ciosisig this p^rt of my dv>fenee, wU.^li rftVttt(t!f««>ioly to vtxpcUyl %\ii\\xii\ him in efldeace. as to my ciiar* 1 r w ) ,^ ^ . Cftti, .TAMES \VILKTF,,t::8q : Umat is youf Name f •••• James WiLkib* .5f*fltfr aj^e ? — ■ - • • . . 34. Tnur place of re/idence f Point Hbnry. Tour cfii/itijT in life ? Ordnancb Store Kb^pkr.. J Do you knnivme f . • • ♦ • - > • Yes. ^ How long have you inown tne 9 As lonjjf as 1 can reco11«(9f. Do you nlfo inoto all my conneSiont tvett ? Yfs, Pbrpbctlv. Did my father pojftfs more and more abufe the high trufls I Tcpofed in then} by oin^ King and cnnftitution. Gentlemen, while i^ you have fuch awful rcfpopiibility before ycu-~DO ief« than this de«i^ ion youi ■':jr lY. TLV. tj of Fife^ f connediotte difcre£t 16 'lie notoruty y of calling Viduntterii as a loyai tir upfefUm Y NOT. ^S^ of for''- BS. tQ any mj/^. L'curion-«- id, the^- : Tyrone, It fpirit of 1. The and yo'X : learned % of this * wan not •." Gen- jftion of ly Court >le and t minifteri h truflf n, wh^e he de«)9^ ( n > ion of yrtur country** freedom, 1 would be forry to overburdci» your imagiracions with the magnitude of the fubject. By fubftan* tiating fadls as we go along, your minds will be rcfiefhed and your rcfoiution!) to perform your duty kept clear und decifive. All human adinn, Gentlemen, muit be mainly ruied by circufll*! ftancea ; and, the ctrcumdanceR which have cieated agitation in this Province, ate drilling. Such citcumllanceR laws, and greatly reduced its credit and its property. «> This mgn went hnmeiand th« people of the Provmce began to retlcCit. They had a refource in their Parliament ; but their Pailiamcnt lai'^d, tqigiifeld them the expefted comfort. Every branch ot the Legilla- tiaVe feemed to be running fader than toother attray ; and, the lal^ riling of Parliament dtfcnvered the country, as if bereft of its contti-, tuion : the Commons played the fool j the Legiflacive Couucil attempted to play the rogue ; and the Royal prelencc difapp^arcd. It was at this draoge jun£):urtt that the p(X>ple of Upp>g ^or any praiie or trembling under the dread of puni(hmept for. what \ have done, X, know that tp the lated hour of my life, pleaii^at ret)(3(:4iort!> wlii cun- fole me, as to my conduct beret even already, much good hafi been ef- fected ; and, were I and all ^he n^achin -y. pijt in n^Qtiun by my ado ^^, tf> fink iiilo the earth, l|iU many bendhts W^qld remain. Ocnitcmen ! the recent popular tnowcmcnt^ in this Province have, IMf t citciim^uncQi} bceft prai&woribj^ »u4 mad«iAt« iu |ac ejt\icfQ«, iVi, j a. r^cbmstanrrt rxJflte^ wliich wmilJ have jiis»rfi?(J the pronle U n|« J»Jtiij pow.rlut;) th^ir «»wn hjlr^* } but they 'liH thf vcrv "ppofitc of- tTvH; xhrj mfinfftr.teH a fptrit of pnitience with th'^fe who hail t^e ad. wiini-* ration of public affairs, and proceed^'d. in the moxt ordTly and jJ^BcraWc coiirfct. tncall in the hiifhent authoM'ty to their Bfli(»iance« bnly that fonlsnnd dtprtrdators rrig;ht he chicked I'n thfir career— 1 iilf men aftujiied by bad intention*, is an abfurdity which you cannot be jiittifjed in admitting. Not one of the Gen- tttnien compofutpf this met-ting had been out of the country durinjsf t^e war ; and all had acqnitted ihemfelvea well~>bift 1^ uv call evi* ^encc t" pfove the truth. Mr, CLARK. Tou h(Voe alreaify told us that you tvtre prrfrnt i^t the meeting of 'Toivrijlnp Reprepnta{ives at St. Catherines, did you inow all the per- fpm ihere prefent ? . ^ OST OF THFM, ilMD 4IL THR JtJSTICKg. Did you thhi^ any one of them had evil intention in his mind when tJi&\ i^ldtefs to tJje prinee Recent yeas ordered to he publifhed ? ' f kIlievr not. [y ■ ' • ■ ; ' W hat jHiiation did ynn Jill during the loar ? iN ssisTAHT Adjutant Generai. of thb I^iaoaka FRONTict, ifrriH ThiB RANK o? Captain. j' Now, Geiitlethen, the chamcter and rpspectsxbility, not omy ubt'ed. Vou tnny say tvliat more is to bu Ar^n^. ? — ^'wejtwelyemwii of !(ingston,never cau think of cTjndHmhinj; seventeen such characters, arhoui; whuin are t)ix magUtrateii, for publishing what they thought right, and acting ib behalf of 9 JQ of iftuV fellow s jects." — (rt^nt^emen, thie occ%-^, slon is great^ aiid yoii^u!>tn1ake in>proyemeriC of \i^. It will not .*k) vy>fry day for the loyal subjects of this FroVince to be barked at by rninisterial ciJin^ while in" the course of exercising their mbs^ savred, most essential, and uiialitMtable right of freely petitioning the Thronei : it will not do every day for such % person as niys»lf,' wishing to come out here as a seitler,aud, only requiring the VaJ-. to be cUan'd that he mi^^ht briiig (huusttiids after him :— it will it^ft do for«|)eri>oa oi^ »uuh enaads^aud with su^ yiews; to be|».uy|^ ppofite of- la.l the ad. uderly antl Bfli«tance» rarfcr— •;■ iilfillfd. 1 of M»y,T u'rh !♦ f-ii(f . ikJ of ptr-' fcftjix ma* fril town- day, about leir natne^i To fiijj- 1 abfiirdity ' the Gen- try durinjf lit call evi^ meeting of ail the per- d when tlUh RONTlEt, not on\y , III catts- and the mny say never cati tvhum are iid ncting \.\\e pcc%W, Will not ? barke4 lieir inos^ !titioning 8 myself,' the Vay^, —it will .0 bepti^ f 13 ) «n«lor «''r<>j'*,-'-<'xrf sjiU* bMl (}»?mi!iH<]f>d for bh fnliir^irpmoiit.frott jail, — and to be drtiiiinMl for m 'Uths from ivturniuij to (hr; bosoixi of hi.s anxious famtiy^pnlv to qnswpr fo a vlndicJiiT snif,* Uiulei** , s»|ch usimPH, thosettUMnPot of Canada «ill ii)d(}pd move Klowly on: under »*ii rh in-aijes littl<^ Y >rk nmy triumph in its lifthnoss ; but* *f M<' desert will not ftjuia: and blossom as th^e rose.** ' GeiitifimMi, therp is not a syHahle of Hbc! in fhr Addr(>5is to the Prince lli'rffiit, publishf'd by the Comrnittee qf Misuari)— not a syllable — no, i)ot a Ictttjr. It is worthy qf the people who stocxj jthH brunt of \v(ir for thrive years r-T-it is (f manly, a dutiful, anci trye declaiatiuH of their stntiinonts, and any thing; lesH ^oul(} bave been cqwardiceand hypocri»y, under existinjj; circuuistances, ---any thing short pf it would iiav." b<^en a uii'^^iTing of the mutual alToction which shoqid always subsist bot^yeeii a virtuous people Und a generous Prince., Gentlemen, both the word libel and the law of libol have beeq of^.iMi woeful V mis«;onstrued. Tliey are liabltt t'> miseon»itructiou from the inliiiile variety of circun>stancos which aff'Ct I hem ; and,- liecessUy may often interfere to render that not libel, whtci^ otherwise most 48sun!dly would be so. I might, with much ap- pearance of reason, say, that the indictment a>^ainst e^e, openly read-aloud in thi»i Court, was a libel. It ift untrue in mjiny parts of it : — it scandalises tny character; atid ascribes bad liifltives an^ ' intentions to my actions. The reading of this in open court, may wake impressions on the tpinds of ignorant peopio ; afitTthcir bad opit ion of nie, thus gj'nerated, may operate to my discredit nnc^ b'lrt in my worldly aflairs. Notwithstanding all this f am Allowed} no redress, even alter 1 am proved perfectly int|ocent Of t\i'fy cri- piinal charge. It is neces^^ary for the main ends of justice, that Sfiinethin^ should be sacrihced that more may be gained. Thjg law warrants my temporary and partial suft'eiing ; but it is forth^ geueral (;oud. In the words of the indktincnt, tn-re is no mali» ipioi^s purpose against me ; and as soon as I prove :viyselfinnocent} the whole fiction is let go for nothing, as the dead letter, in working an algoltriac questton,is blotted out, when the solution is obtained. The simplest detiuition of lib'^U •«» the setting up of juiiGifEffT utfwarrarffaffl^^ and making decLaralions thereupon tp^ ^he prejudice of those who are not sultject to be judged oy suck m tribunuL Nothing )« more necessary than lAwa to prevent liberties ;0f this kind. If not checked, the natural arvogance and self suf» ^cieiicy of the human mind would b*^ contliiually tising them tqr *In hi>conr!ie6(*speuk.iiifr, aftvr this was feodi I had occiitiOiV lu .^^ay, Uiat •• H !>o h;£p})Cnf«d ihai m> slay »n Caitadudid not much eO'cct my private atlkit-S) . •8 thfM" wer«» ilia t|-^in of settlemeiit b^ my friends." Tins tlie i-illy holicKar. 'Jbrou|riit in as iii'uiii.xistent wiih the above. Anyone wri] see ttiai the alM)v.e iBa»^p/>o&W '-^einif pf*ndeiit of my rekl tjintation. In many respects the priHiecut'.')!! ha^l)ee1^ crueiiv harden me \ but under ever.v trial aitd dU'ai.pouir- mV>tit{n life, I iildiilj^ein tliitf8eutuaeat|nc»t afood Ptftvideiuie w^U uUf^imtel^ irdBrftUtvrUiislifiti -,:..^ ..t:-,.,;^,«-t-,^S.:.i-i,v# ( 1* j maliolous ends : society would be kept In continanl brolli, an4" fhu b«.^t esttblishod rcimtadon and credit would be Hubjectto con- stant alarm ; but, Gentlemen, it is the very nature of a petition op «ddn!!(s,such as that publjihcd by the Committee of Niagafa^ to ^httvow jud^jment : it leaves judgment to the legal and authorised tiibuiiaU and humbly^ppeals to this tribunal in Xu prayer. Oa the saniK piticiplo that the lav admits of the advancement of fktrong aHsertionii,in bills of iud':tme(it,itadmits ofthemioapetition^ or hAAto^%^ t6 the proper ftuthoriti/^ ciny, it hos been admitted Ihat even the publication of false and scandalous matter in a pe»' tition.is not criminal : it must only not app>'ar to be printed aod' |l;iblished with a mali(;if)us iutention. This waa dieieripined {^ n>ng back'HS the time of King Charles the 2d, in the case of Lake X'crsus King. Lake was a man of rxceltcnt chara^er, althou){l^ Vi'mg charged him in a petition to a Committee of Parliament witb' many grea: and horrible abufca in his office, fuch as cxtQitipn^ pp- preflion, &c. &c. ' Saunderd^in h'S Repot ts fays, of this cafe, " if was agreed^ that' ■^' the ^(^rhibiiing of the petition to the committee of parliament was- *' t(fT;^/\tt^ andthiU no jetton lies for it^ although the mutter con-r' '"*' taiiieil in the petition was false and scandalous, bectiuse it is in ** a siimmarj/ course of Justice, and before those who have power y ^* to eJi(tfuine, whether it be true iw fulss.** He further reports, tliat *• Ji-i»eniber ofparliamenf, said at the bar, that when it was ^' n question in the' House of Commons, whether it should be ai^ *^ lowed to print and deliver copies of petitions and cases to mem-f " hert~tff parliament, it was resolved in the affirmalice theft it ** should be so allowed. And after this case had depended twelve f* terms, jm\gment was given for tfte defendant by Hale, chief *^««//ct'."-»- Hawkins, in his pleas of the Crown, feys, **Jlh(Uh heenr •* resolved, thai no false or scandalous matter contain d in a peti- " tiun to a commit ee of parliament, or any other proceeding ma ** regular course ofjusii*:e, will make the cQmplaint amount t6 a ** libel ; for it would be agreed discouragement to suitors to salh- ^^iect them to public presecut ions, in respect of their applications '^ to a court of justice. Andthe chitf intention o^'the law inprohi' ** biting persons to revenge themselves by libels, or any other pri" 'f vate manner, is to restrain them from endeavoring to make *' themselves their own judges^ and to oblige them to refer the de" ** vision of their grievances to those whom the law has appointed tq " determine them.^^ . Th<* fame rcfptflable author again fays, *' that no writing what- ** soever is to be esteemed a libel, unles it reflects upon some parf ^*ticular person ; and^ it seems that a writing full vf sbscene rijbn '• aldry, without any kind ofnjtection upon any one, is not putt" '** ishabie at all by arty prosecution at common law.** ]^Crentlemen, a ncton\)u»CiA! of this kind w»» lato^ tfied in Lon^ jagaiOiit K^je. Tim ii»n ^Mbliihdd, 4bottl «igHtfC9 m»aMtt ject to cun> petition or Hagafa, to authorised lyer. On icement of fjapt^titiony II admitted r ill a pe- ■in ted aod' eripined r9- 9 of Lake , a)thou){tV rncnt witt^' )iii9n, pp- reedy that' ument zoas utter con*' se it is in ■oe pozsery cr reports^ ten it zvus lit I be at^ t to mem^ ce thift it ded twelve iLE^ chief : hiUh heetk- in a peti" Jding ma taunt (6 a n iht more to culo.,'iy,c V t condiift of tUt-Kl'prefcnrativcd of Nia,»arii, in pub'iiTliog ttieir propol'cil aildt^-f'* i IkX themlelvrt had rUHde up their itdnds as to the propriety of all w^l'oh it coni.iin. t(\ I but in (lie Ipirit ^'Fc^iidour, ai>d that all (ni)^ht kfive tlioir opin- ion, tluy fub'nitted it foi a month to public iiifpr<::tion, for ameod- Incnt and ii!ter,-ition. Some p<"ple did ekurefs iheir op.'nions on the - 4*nhje''f, biit at rh - iri'>nth's end it was again taken into cortfideration, ht a mccTinjf hcM tit >t. Catbtrinet. It then appe«red fbat th re was n.i fufncieut reifnn ^iveii by any one for diteration { and it was fiinlly adopted f)y the ReprcfeiitHtives, and urtpies fent into all the Townfhip* f rit to allofy 'i^thiat flith«)nttlicri^lit of priniinjj fucha P'litiht a^ ^r|l n<)t r^xirt. To deprivt the people of lubmitting % petition td general iiffpcfition. wpnid indeed be tf^kin|^ away their bond of union ; and no doubt thofc iu povVer moft feivently wirtf Inch a bond to be tal'j^hc bundle of nvh and tnade the whole ealtly broketV and «Ie*lroved. A Bof-onjfh n (jngerinjr Rarliirt>*ni, tjiue w^akenrd tht' people ;it hrvme i but iVirely y'>u, the people of Upper ( 'anadu^ wi'l not affill in dert«*»yi'i(f y U'-felvea, while yoh are r«aily free ; n ir tvoiild the ComTionji.ftoiifc- of alfembly, really and fairly ch'cfeo hf the people of ( hil* Pro»ioce, fvei cttitntenance statuteii t6 introduce fuch tyranny. If the peo^rte of England highly ap'preq^ate thctr free right of petitfoninof, and of jtiinin^ co ledtivcly to give re'fpeda- bttity and force to their prayers you may wt?ll cifccive how mnch tnore nectfTary fuch free txcicife i« for you in this diftatot Colony, e p >int witiiout ptiblifhing : - y u cannot enmbine your wills wfthont g"'"g to (bine expenfe, and having a dr)rrrfpondence throughout, to co^ifult as to endit hi vtew, and to eol- Itdl fTioney to carry all into efFutt Oentlemtn, thenradew of h'story knr>w too Will What has been t^e faic of Proviijccs in past titnes. Their in hah i^aikt«^ worfe dealt with than chnfedweltinf^ nearer to' the titk of poWwr ; bilit^ GentlemenV noW thnt pri;rtibgi« inVeiited^— itoW thlt mankind aft ittCfinc' ^» wife it thieir cakriu this. evil ^ay Cutely «iid ci^'^y bt go^ ove Thi boil pie — o 1 qiinl fuch titiQ — w the I term T hom( .— P, rninii the a — O ^rtiit n.iins » genet the ' hade held \ cnfera (onal 01 giv and tl the w feel fa tfiem? really be tnai on th ' guilty — Th. wrong fi>r iu get all willg canviit' ei^qair j«»dgm oht a^ petition td nd of union ; bond to be ;lie fu[,rcme rt check or eo't to thler ( anadni ,- free ; n >r chcfeo hf ) iiitrodiice •cylate thci'r ve Te'fpeda- how nrjMch r»t Coiot.y, Jtion. y<)ii y cannot haviitg a and to eoU htn been re un-ifofm'' rhiiy anltind a*« i'jr btgoit ( ^t ) over ; and it will be for thofe of this Province, T trn«l, to ff^ake QfoWd the pciiiil J it will 'ic f* ^r tlicir honor tu piowe, tli it, disianfc frDin the Throne ri/ed not eoil th'- rays of roya] prot^'tti »n, nor Inorni iha boiuU of a Uiiiiou's jfrcatncf*. It will be worthy of che Bn'ti{h peo- ple to pruvc, that, the woifdcan be ^^iri by one unitonn aoneof libcTi^ —of ki"'l''»?unly at the tribunal competent tor dtsw tcrmining as tq it. . f The retitiim of the Niaj^ara Conmittee iinot^ ordered to be fent home, adt'ialiy to be prefented to fhe Prince :— it i» now m the way. -^Pray wh u w >ald be thought if I was lyinj; in Jail, while a Jom- pidion froTi the Prince, fent ojt to Upper Canada, fh Mild A id all the allcffatioiB of the Addtefs to be '* as true as vfards of b"iy iti ii" — Onlytliink, Gentle ncn, o* fnch a (itu.ition of .affi ri — fu h inconrfc Ijruity — fuch uiadaefs, fuch inj ittice— that Ilhould be hiffering the n.iim of impiHoninent while the whole Province wa4 cxuitio],; in t've general relult produced by the condituiioial and manly appeal lo the Throne, — that 1 was in prtfon for advifing the meafures whi li had delivered this Province from being preyed upon by fhai ks, and held back in its profperity. In fuch an evtjnt, where wmld ny a> cnfers and julg;?9 hide their keaJj ? W mid th; .^ratilivjation of' prr- (onal fplte ?— would any pr-»iniftr or reward whi^.h hid been otF-?- ■ I 01 given, for the betrayal of truft, tlien avail ? — wiiH n of guilty dread. N me but villa! rs and c iwardi fly from iavjilig'itioi. — Thoufandi of che people of. rhii Province are asfreel rhii m j h i« wrong, & wi ;h enquiry to be m.tde. Enquiry ha* U^^n re leaie lly mo-'cd for in parliament. A few people in York, the iupparreddelincjiicnt-j, get alarmed when eFPectivb steps a e idken to hive the ;;ener:xl will gratified, and the truth etlabli»hed. As a bir ag linl their o.va canvidi >a, they have recouri'e to judicial trial tvi iinimidwitc an 1 dilay eijquiry,-7;-tO throw olium p » their ac.ca^-"^> aod a r; ft 'he c >j f>.* of j«ldgmeat Never, Gent emen, was ftivh unbuthing efF oiicery-i- Oefer vyu it f.i clear th»t the allegjitiona of the iNfuijara .'Vddreis were .true, till legal procefs we u forth to put It doWi (^eadcmca, ihia addrefi h^s i|ow beea paktUihedat^l ibid aU o/^ ■ c n III < 18 ) 'ttte f^rbvlricc for thfipf rt»onthi, *nd before it wai cYiarf^ed-with li'hel t frtit it humc f>>i repriuiing, and dtfncd copies to be prelented ti. -.Lord Bathurft and 6ther«. Does any one fuppofe that Laid Patliur» W\n)l(i tnke any unfair %tept a^ainet miitiiitcrs hcie, brcanfe he rra a pamphltt }n Londun, fetting forth cflfcrtiuns a>i;aiiut theii condu^ ;' ci() cninly not t even were i CoihmiiTton to go home to i(f ciife the mi* fliatcrH of Upp^r Canada, they would not be condemned til) enquiiy \v:fcquence» blazoned forth in the indidntfut ? has it brought the Oovernmcnt of our Lor J the Kiiig into great—" hatred^iontefnpt^ aiid^ scanJol with aH his I'ugi Suijfas Ittthis Provinct^ fYo\i kn>w thai" it has do^e no fuch thing :-* now, that the matter has been fully put! to tire tell, fuch' charges aie rf iiculoiirftn tht extreme. tl pnts UH tn mind «f a ftor^ told by Addifbn, fn tht SpKAator.«i«k An honed Frenchman tiavelliug ^o Paris, run (hioxi of caffi, and could not g( t rn. As an expedient, he tfcd up three fmall {NirceU, filled with britfc duft/and ruaiked upon them,. »efpt6^ively, — Pmfohfor thu Kinf^^—ho'ijtu for ihi ^eeH — pnifoft for the Dauphtfi. Thefe paicrla heleftfxpofed in lifs chamber, and they were no fooner difcovered than he wan fei/.ed, on the fdfpii^ion of treafotiable intentions, and fent off t ) Pul-,iii high ftyle, as a ffate priToner. Arrived af his jour- ney's end,- h^r defitcd fhc King might examin^the parcels t# fatikf/ himfoff that they c6n^ained nothing but brick duft ; and, to be furc» the moment rhi* was proved, the King, Qiyeen, a'nd Uauphin had a hoirty laugh at the faceCioffS aiid fngenious contrivance to getfpeedily fo town. — Let no one try fuch a trick in Upper Canada* for after tijcre is J^roof of innocence, Itill, crime v^illbc theordei'ofthe day, and hiick duft will be poifon Th'e Comtffittcsof Niagara faW aii lit- tle hrffm in their pohh'ihing th« Addrcfs afs the Frenchman did in bis contrivance, and their conduft was ftill more fnaocenf^ for wiiht tjiem there was to trfck. The refuh, at this moment, is as harmlcfb J» brick dufl-^r>ot a ftngle foul has been injured by it j and every man remains as loyal as before t one confequence is moft evident : — the people in little Vcrk are alarmed^ and fo they may vi^ell be. My Arreft far pub^ifhing the pamphlet made not the flighteft rmprefBon aviong t!»e people of the Province as to this a£l of ptibAifhjng bcici||^ crime ; and the very nian on whofe oath I have been arraigned coit» tiuues to fell t^ie pamphlets complained of. As to this I have a vtr>ti« '^11^ if you require evidence ; but ic is fufitvicntly nuloiiout'. '^ ( 19 ) It Wi« tliouglit that noCnnd Jury could find ablll in thMe»f(»,««^ riL'h wati the ftcling uf the iablurdtiy of accnlatibii. That rhcy have lone (o ji irni to be wondert:d at. They hod no evirlence on my )art, and nevtr cnuld imagine that the Attorney Grntral, could in- jili un niakhig (Irong afTciiiniis «» to taJ latenticns, without fomcthiug ^u (hew iu proof. They did not think he cuuM be vindi6iivf, or ^iiTlialt nr iiiltii'g' On the boldnel« oi aflution only, and out uf r»fpr6t to h^i ptof- Hional chaia£tcr,mu(l they have thought the quef- tiun worthy of being put to proof, /"ou have now proof on my fide, bclievci a* ftrung and clear a^ ever was pioduccd in a Court ot jiu* tice : en the part of my accnfer you have n<>iie, hut of ihe fiuglc <>'ily *h thoufandH aie guilty •as to allelfe you have npnc, for " exertion it m/f proof, n.r uciuf%* fiuti crimp, '* Gentlrm^n* I afltcd for a copy of ihtf indictment, and it w.i« rV- fuftd. Thepraittice of theCoua, it fcewg, is to give or withhold '• Fliik at picaiure till after the trie8cuncerniiig them ? ^*They huvf taken away the key of knold viandin^ 411J JTacred anthuiity, thap the de^ iai to give a perfon arraigned, a co y of |iit indi.cttn,ent. The fpirit and intention of the law i.s juiticc ; and the law aliowt thnt if any lingle innuendo in an indid^mcnt can be pto* iret) not to hi the true meaning uf the publica. ion charged, the whole iccuj[ation fa}lx to the ground. What figniiics this Ijbrtalicy to tUn iceufed if thtre is no^ a fait ^nd fuflicient oppoitunity >;ranttd hiin to inveltrgate into thetri'th of up indidiment — if it merely reWi with the caprfce iff an i^ccufe/ tp giv^, or npt, ^ copy of an in Jiii^n^nt, or due Infpedion i I do rot makeihcle reni«rks pn my own ac- onnc. Oil this ocjcafion 1 decline ciiticdm of th' indic^ncnt againil ie. It may, very poiltbly, contain fcnt fliny or fi^UV aflVrti«)n wlucti could ^ jeaught hola of ; but, Iwifh 10 take np mean advantag^^^I wilh it not tu be faid that \fi^ were afraid of trying thff niajn queliioo if rigbf^ to ^itert fa£),8. lu a petition, and t^ke legal measures to re- IreU piibiic ryiU. 1 \fiQi to efgape by no loop hole, whil? tlvc Moor >fju ft ice cannot be ftviit withi>ut thegrofscA pervcrfiton of rtalon ait^ ^ iifcience ; t wi(ht Geiitleiii^en^ thjc moA y»luahle privilege of brit- Ih fubjeds confirmed by ^ vird}<^ of the pepple As to withholding he indictment, itmuft appear tp ^very Une illit:)cri|l ; and I only up* ice it \o (hew how tbc pra^icck o^oi^rcouitspften run counter to the pirit dkf our iavys. The law ncvjcr cpqid jufulf us will) giving tho ower oif fettJT^g afide every item of accufa^ori, if one little innuendo rove* inpQrte<^, and ipipan (o {ieny u»iair oppt^rtunjty qf difcrtvcring liether there if any thjng incorre^. W^c may always rply confidjnt- y on our lawt. ; — again||^ai|)ttrary t\x\f aud pra^i^^s^ we cannot b^ ,09 much uppu pur guard. ^ yy|i^{> ariai^net^ hcfipre (l^is coar:« I ^qpk op^({r^tiliiL| 19 e%pr^^ . {•2ft ) ITVT ofiiniort ••to R pra'*^! t in thN couotry of furniionmij jiimrn naly fofi titc I'oivn (if l\iii,ifHoOi inlli'af* of fom the roM of the wr'idte l,Vftii<'% I .!iV. fn with the foltf vi-wf of protc«tl;>>f nguintt a ora'tici, tiir C')n(i«(te'it wi:h iIk f;>irlt of our couHtittitiin ; ami foiir Hivi rc- H -f^ion h"** not CMnvItict'l 'Of thut I \vim wr itivf , even thoitk^h the lc«rn''d JiiH^r fiiifllo. I .ct the principle bc ui**'". ••!* t^** jiirort onj'ht i n»«itial'y to bt t.ik.fi otii of t'l? *»h )le cou'irry : let the prnc- ticr ol iHJiliitj them out of a fm-tll part of it, j^o iinobferv-d or iiri'ih- j«('>«i| t ), unKSy': and hye, anothir priAice rnay be cllahlifh.'d of tak- iti<» t*ien frorr a fmaller and I'rTnlK'r pjrt, till the li.nin of choir** ctn- t«fn hm twe'v/r men, to br ucrnctial Hrbitrjitors in qiictionN of law. Sirau^c to hy. becii'ife 1 re »;irkc ! upon thi« improper J|l*^.tii.e for the piTicral prr;tfcti(>n of conHintti »hhI app uiitTiciiti-^for ytiir o#n b"ncr»' Ot-iulf.neit, 1 was no fooner'ont of court, than it wan r*- porre'j fron every q^Htter thit th- i'jdividunN, to b<* OfUp^nnelled for injr triitl.had t.'»knj offen •«• : and, wo.ild thereby be prrjudioed a;T(iinft inr. I hcaid alfo tint mail- ioiii» people we'c buly workin^if tipihcfe pifjudire^ to my dila.l vantage. Yotj, Gfiitlrmen,know bed wheth- er thifc tliinjar-t arc true ; bin the chance of jnllice here in little ind cd ti ii hingi's upon fuch trlftcj and niiHHkcs. fbinking it imnollible, I hid no patieiicf in IvearinR the reports ; and, at this moment I can- rot fnppofc th'it my liberty, a* well as that of all the people of this pTovinc , IB in the handu of any but ho' ell mm — nay, I hope gentle- tTi.n, yon are not merely h»nclt, bnt ablolutely firm in your honclly. I <«ni no flatterer, Gentlemen. If 1 h ivc gained the good opiniori of any one, in thlt Prdvince, it h.i9not been by flattery ; for, 1 deleft K. In no way do I wi(h to rnov<: the pailioni Reafun and jnfticc tire w'ut r reqnire — not for my'elf fo much as for you and for all.—* Wiieo I fald that it coiiH n)t be rtriAly admitted that I was now to be trie I by v^od and my Country, I never meant to draw any line i.t dilli'td^fou between people of the country and people of the Town. I meant that the principle of beinjj tried by my cotmtry was vitiated, when only p^rt of the country was fearchcd f )r Jurora. I never intended to oSjed^l to yot», individually, as townfmen :— no more thm I wiflied to have a fpecial jury. Wh^n 1 faid that this unex- pc^ed and extraordinary ear'yptriod at which theaflizcswas fixed, put it out of my power to have a fprcial jury if I had fo defircd. 1 w-t8 afTiired thnt the adizes would not be held till the firft of Septenh- bti' ; and, behold I had only time to pack up my bundle at Qneen*. ton, and beufFfor ihin place, after I faw the appointment advcrtifed in the Upper Canada Gazette. I coniidercd the notice too (hort aft wel* as the fcaf» t'lfy thnnt^ht irhltrtrv and Impropf, oF not tUnw* ing cemofel to pleaH '*v lome c^fc«. ».fCiitUmen,arbitfafy iule» may be iMi'd down in our- C(iurt4 I but i fpirited people will Ariig(*lc to refill th m ; and, it i» by th< d'-cUration of "oini »n only, thai, fnch r«'fiiljincccan he made. — T* £ I'hrnfd Jiidgr f^id on my atraijirnfni nt, from the Bench, ih«t I hau g" x: »hiMticHi/^I put them \o j?ood nfe, I»i my own dffhe ri^hi, than Hi» Lordihipcaii be capable ul^i judf(in^ of M abilities. ^ The n4Vi)f Courti uf law, Gentlenf««n, arc frldom founded on ptrHamentati»'ftatute». They are aft en the capitcKMi* and fclfiHi detereen of men greedy of powcf ; and however uurealonahlc — how- ever bafelefi |||Ky may be, it i* often deffioult to get them chanjjed for better. [ could cDention many iolhinces ,vhere fnch rulii) now i»ift, Completely fubverfive «>f jiiltice. I .^jall particnlarizt one which wa« happily overturned, bc-raiftt it will be in point to diieft t yon in your prcfcnt duty. It had been lonj^ inOlled on thai jmon fhould give their virdift, in cafci oi libel oti/y at to the fa£l of pub* ^ lifhing ; and a» to the law, they were governed by the judge. The , prefent Lord Erfkine gained immortal honor by overturning thia rule, by the bold and perfevering eapreflion of bin opinion | ai.d an it was of infinite confcquence to the liberty of the Prefi.-j— Mr. Fox, and he, introduced a bill into Parliament, and had it ena£ked, that Ml . cafes of 4rbel, jurorx Ihould be free to decide for themfclvea up- on the whole matter in ifTue— both fatt and law. It now only remains to be wondered at, how a free people couM be fo lonj> fubjrAcd to the contrary of this, now confirmed, right. -% ' Whoever will reflc6t on the nature of libel, will perceive that it' is (a infinitely varied by circumflancts, that uo pofitive rule could poffibly detefmioe the linr»it« of judgment ; and to leave this to thediftum of tht bench, would be a danger >ni facrificc of liberty. It is now * therefore the eflablifhtd ahd undeniable right of jurors, impanntlled for the trial of libel, to give the vcrdiA at their own difctetion on the > whole matter before them The Judge may ad ylfe, but he cannot . dictate as to the law. My fate, then. Gentlemen, and that of thii ' greSt tjueftion, which cnftcerai the inTaluable right of free petitioh- ing, relts eittirely with yonrfclvts ; and as you decide, God and your ^ confciencei will decide foi your future peace. Think not, for a mo- men]^ that this ife a cotfimoti cafe, whoever may tell you fo, to throw you Irom your guard, — think not that it only concerns me. A ver- iift of acquital #ill not only clfar roe of unwarrantable fdandal and reproach :— It #ill eftabliih for yourfelves and fellow fubjedr, fout moft valuable ClAnftitutionhl j>rivnt)ge, now motU wantonly and auda* * cionfly adail^d. A vbi'did of condemnation on the contrary, amfk caft a Rain on th6ufands ; and as I faid beft>re, (h«uld you comhnic nne4o di>rarice» yoar country'i Hputatioa and your country's fttfe- ' 400) iDufl 4^0 be imprifoaed; w p < 2a 3 BxtrmtfifJ5r9m the Kingston Ga^dte^ Jngust}8, Ifil^, ^ma Mjr. GOURLAY'S TRIAL. I ■■ m'\ r fix iiu- jOn Sat^»r4aj,tl>r 15th Wift. thecaft; of the AT/^jf y. ^plerf Gottrliff^ §lfr pnblifttngaltdkiottft JLtbel,wast»-icd before the Court of i^flizcii ; n^w fitting ID this Town. The pubh'cation chargea ^jm libcllatis fmtt the Kii»gara Pctriton to the Prince Hcgent. It bvi^^ caofe of ^rcnt.citpeftaiMiit the Court iioufe wa>> thronged bey(^i4 yvffn WM ever known onaay foinner occafion. The Tulicitor general openfd the pr*fccBt{o9, »n4 produced Stephen Miles, Printer«^ a yfritnefs, jtb prikve the pobficattonof the pamphlet, which not being precifolv prnved, vas admitted by the defendant* — Mr. Goprlay /sn^ere^ iiHo avny foil defencei .which, vwe "i»d*Bwftand, will probably be published. He called John Clark, Efq. of Niagara, to prove hi<4 character and p>iid»£l in that Dtftri^t, &. that the Petition charged to be a hbel. ahrhouf>h wi-iitea by the dffenJant, was examined, apprpved ana ptibKfted bya Connmittee of the Reprefentatives of that Difiri^^ vrith their qarDjO aonry^ (o the publication. The dtfrnd'ant alfc^ caPed J»met Wilkie, Kfq- Ordnance ftore-keeper, of Kingfton, uho teflificjr) that, f^'^m his earlicijk years, he had been well acquainte4 with Mr. IjOttHay* saving been brought up in the fame nH^hbour- hond. and fenred iradtr hts command as a commandant of vol'inteers ta Frfefliire ; alfo tVt Mr. Goijriay'i charaAfr in his native country w^ ktr and inrpioachabte, and his family and connectipns, of the fir^ relpedabiHty. The foh'citor G.eneral replied at great length, judg^ Campbell, who hadejcerctfed myph pa^i^nce an4 candour during tl|f •n^umcnt^ delivered a learned and able charge to the Jury, who «rithdrew» ssd in about h^lf an hour returned into Court, with 9 verrfia of NOT GUILTT. As fona as the verdifl w^s delivered, aK> inflantancuos and general burft of applaufe» whjch continued for iomt ipuQutea» uwrked the ftate of the public fceljng on thit inteieftiq£ fibjta. ' Thus the ir^dtfi of a Jury, after a fu!' and fair djreuijjoti in Court, Has fftahliflted the right uf uniting in a Petition to the Prince Regent. and ufing the requifite means of k>rming fiich union ; and has refuted . themoReatnovdinarycharge, that a large proportion of the luyalin- halxiunts of this Province have been guilty of ^ feditious JLiiel. ^ the circulating and adopting the RetitiiM in qurf^ioi). On M«)||d|^, the 1 7th i' ft. a number of Gcntjemeia gave Mr Gouri^ Ihy aJDttiiief at Moore's CutflBe H^ufe. At feveq o'clock* the coai>- paay, confiding of between 30 »od 4c, fat dowo to a table fur- »i(hed in Mr. Moq^*3 bed Hyle. Mr. T. Dalton prefided, affifte^ lyJir.S.Jpliaa, .gaJlr|c?preftae^|i' .^tcr^t clgth waa r^t^;>vc(^ #• ~w. ''>; 1,^ ( 23 ) himfeir to the oomptny ticaitljf la tlk«fr, 'f/tr. Daltoo a.4drc(siA Gentlemen, Fellow CountrymehV '* Ct id peculliily gratlfylnjif toine (an t am furelt wtcat ar.d dii<> |||raee to thofe who would (tifle it by criminal profec«t^« ! Robert Gourlay! whofe honorable acquittal we conimemoratc. May tis flaadercrs, aflailants, and profecutors, blufli fortLeir abufe of h;~'1 Mr^ Gourlay rofe^and addreflTcrd the company iA follows » rENTLEMEN, ♦ ** I am a poor puttie fpeaker, jfet, were t really n goo4 one, no, n|[tiag«CQrrid expjefs my frel'iTgs on thia occafion. At it eata« Erjns myfelf,individually I Itn^trely thank yo■- ff}in pcpiij5'>"!-^T fympatJuV.e with you ai fellow rMbJe<^''«»r>I r<"jr>I^ Uh you aimeii ; and all perfonal fufFninij and abufr iioi^H into , nothifij^ :— >underluch circumflanccsi charity to my encmiesi becomes ^h cafy virtue. , [ Gentlemen, whatcvec-may hive been thought, or whatevtr may have been faid, J declare, upon roy honor, that no expreliion ever dropped! from my pen tfiin,t'ud with malice ; and in no inllanc^ have I beeo thcl ,4rft to attack. An en^hufn(tic regard for the caufe which J erp«)uicil,[ Vrhile I wa# confcious of the be(l i.itention!*, and had my eye fixed on ' themijfhty good which might rtfult, has often maile i|M> fcvere \vith jthofe who oppq&id it, — perhaps imprsidently fcvere, for, it is pften the belt policy to anfwcr mean and bafe reflcdioim with filence and >-u cottempt. — Gentlemen, I coufcfs to yoij, that in onetir iwo inllaneea W^' X have erred : but error is human. Now, ihat the givat objeds in view are fo well cftablifhed, I (hall te mod happy to have done wlt!i petty warfare and party biclccring : asfojo'as the ends of juftice ij^nd ^hc law are fii^ciently fatitificrd, J (hall be moft ready and willing to exchange forgiveueis with my en? oiiea in every quarter." The Integrity tfjudga and the Independedcnce of JuneSf equally jpntit'ed to relpc^. Tht Liberty of the P Ms the faff guard of civil liberty. Impartiality uhejirjl duty of a Magistrate, Reformation or removal I from office to thofc wh • facrilice it t) perfoiial or pajty feeling*. Our worthy vifilors from other Distrids. A ftralght JKket, inftcadofa li k gown, for the advocate of thel new doi^rjnc, that the iuhabitants of this Province malAr unite i.i a| general Petition, but mu{t not p'iSlic)cly propofe or cofnmuuicate a Petition to each other for the purpofe oi forming fuch union, on Ip^in of profecution for it as a Libel, whether true or falfe. I May the rights and privileges of a virtuous people ever be fup- forted. May thofe who have taken an ai^ive part in the meafures adopted] by the friends t^nquiry never regret what they have done. The finger of fcorn, pointed at thofe, wh >, for want of rationall arguments attack their oppnaentn, ia tbe itreets, with clab<> and] • ° vrhip«, and fittft, and teeth, and nails. The immortal tVellington, the giory nf Greaat Britain, the pride of| Ireland, andthe admiration oftKe woild. May the matter contained in the pamphlet denounced as nqxiouij by the Solicitor General, prove an antidote to corruption. The evening was fpentin focial hilarity ; and before the company iGrparated, this fentimcnt was draakj; ** Happy t^ meal, k^^lfj ^ tert <(u(l happi^ to meet; a^aituA' •\ ^f'^^mmrw^i^'^im life iiol^H into emie* bccumea ;cvtr may have ever dropped ave I beco the cli I elpiiuicd, y eye fixed on fr, it is »ften h (iknce at)d • iwi» inllaneesi at objedg in ve done with f juflice ij^nd id wilh'ng tuj mesf equally I or removal! feelinga. ocaie of the L unite in a muiiicate »[ 1 unioni on Ife. I ever be fiip- ures adopted j »e. t of rational! h cluibd au4 the prid« ofl d as noixioui] the company