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TO THE RIGHT HONOUR ABLK THE EARL OF DURHAM, G. C. b. &c. &c. &c This vlndicaiion of His Lordship from tho charges brought ag inst liin. on behalf of the "Family Compact" of Upper Canada, in a Ilcport of a Select Committee of the House of Assembly, signed by C. A. Hagcrmaii, Attorney General,— Henry Sherwood, Q. C, eon of Judgo Sherwood, and nephew of Judge Jones,— W. B. Robinson, brother of Chief Justice Robin- son and Superintendent of the Welland Canal,— William Chisholm, a post- master, Collector of Customs & Colonel of MiHtia,— John I'rincc, a Colonel of Militia and late Commandant on the Western frontier,— J. A. H. Powell, Sheriff of the Bathurst District during pleasure,— R. Rollo Hunter, a Lieu- tenant Colonel of Mihtia,— is, on behalf of a grateful and admiring people, most respectfully inscribed by His Lordship's most obedient And very humble ;crvx.Tit, THE AUTHOR i R E V I E W. if a laii, iiiid jiiel ,'ell, ieu- iple, The favourable .iianner in which Lord Durham's masforly Report has been received in all parls ofBrilish America by the groat majority of the people, and the tnanifcst disinclination <'vinccd by the organs of the Oligarchical Compact to enter on nny discussion of the principles of government, the applica- tion of which to these Ojlonics, his Lordship has su strongly recommended, have hitherto lendered it unnecessary for the supporters of those principles lo do more than give expression fo the general admiration felt by the community. AVc feel warranted in asserting that no document has ever been |)romu!- gated in British America that has given such general satisfaction as this Report. Copious extracts liave been published by ncarlv all the journals in the Canadas. Thousands of copies have been distributed iu pamphlet form, and the demand instead of abating, is greater than ever. Although public opinion has been tlius clearly manift^stod in ils favour, the baneful Compact, whose misdeeds have been so ililly, so ably, and so eloquently exposed, have not yielded lo the force of trutli. They feci' that if Lord Durham's views should be carried out by tiie Home Government, tlierc will bo an end lo their influence and power, and they have accordingly spared no exertions to damage the political character of IJi.i Lordship and shake public confidence in his statements. A select committee of Ib.c House of Assembly was appointed '' on the State of the Province" at an early period of the late Session, on the motion of some of the Compact party, consist- ing with one exception, of members who have voted Vn the jiii. norihj on all the leading qu(>stions which have come before Par- liament. The chairman of this committee was Mr. Hagerman, Attorney General, and one of the principal joints of the Family Compact, and it is generally understood that the Pvcport, which has been presented and of which 2000 copies were ordered to be printed, was drawn out by liim, and although signed by all the members of the comuatteo, we feel warrantr'd in asserting that some of those gontlemon are dissatisfi d with considerable poi-)i(in'5 of it. In the first page of this IJeport, we find in largo capitals, '* i;\AM.MorRj.y Annrrr.D," while the dale at the conclusion is '^Commons flou^^o of Assembly" instead of "Committee llnom," a piece ol' cliicanerv which if perpetrated by a Refor- mer would have been the theme, and justly so, of afl the Torv papers of the Province. We entertain not the slightest doubt that 9 out of every 10 who read this docmnent, parlicularlv in England, will suppose that it was adopled /;-/ Ihr IJou^r, insiead of i)y a Sclec! Co/,invl/ee nominated by "the Compact. The IIousc of Assembly has not prolited by tiie lesson, taught them m the case of the (u-ievaiice Repnrt, ihat it is dangerous to or- 4cv a large number of copies of a document to be printed n>: tvliicii tliey do iiol a|H)i'oVi'. 'I'lit; luuri; lad ul" j.nutiii!-; ii takpu ;i'i a iiiMili of nppru'talioii, and wi- sliall llntl accurJuitly that thi-i KopMrt will Ix'talu'ri as iljo dclihornfo opinio,!! of ilio IIouj-h of Assembly of rppci ("aii.\.'.i. It lias, \vu undcistaiv.l, boon assorted in tlio Houso by one of ihe monibcr.s of tlio coininiUco, that Iho words '• urianitudiisly Cidoptod'' and the dato '•('oinnions House of Assonihly*' in- • toad oi' " Coniiiiilleo Uooin'' womo iiisertod Iji/ inistakc. How iico errors of this descriplion could be insorted by mistake m dili! rent, parts of llio doeitniont ; and how l\Ir. Ilagornian who v,-c luulfM'.stand corrcc/fd llw yjrow'i-.'could avoid seeing them it is not lor us to deleiniine. \\\) give it us our opinion, and we vhall Ix! sii[)p<)iled in il by all who nnderst.ind the character of the meinbeis of tin' I'aniily t\)mpact, that there was ?jo misluLc about the mailer, f'opios of tlie lleport are already on the ivay to the leading jonrtmls of ICngiand, and it will be roeeived ;ii^- the unanimous opinion of the JIou.se of Assembly of I'pper C'oiirida. The Report of ihe f^dt'ct Conimiltee is divided hito two parts. The llrst is taken ui) with an account of i,ho various incursions made into the I'rovim^.' iVom the L nilod Stattjs, lt.\r whicli the Home (loverninenl is almost ordered to demand sa- tisfaction from t lie American governmont ; in other wonls Mr. I'higerman and his friends want to invohe the two countries in •.V 11', Thi; .second part of the report is that in which the people of this I'royinco ure more particularly interested, and to that alone shall our attention b-^ ul present directed. It is in fact, a ri'\icw of liord Durliam's Mt'[)ort. It commences by informing us of the disappoirilment felt by the loyal pojiulation of the I'vovince, i. e. the Compact, at the uppointnient of Lord Durham, and tlicir further apprehensions \. liL-nthey heard the names of his Chief Siicrelary and other nltaches. Finding however that there was no remcfli/, the com- pact determined to receive his Lordship with confidence, in the liopo that he would fall into their hands, as his vain or weak pV'*«l«f-essors had invariably done. We deem it unnecessary to Hvitioe the censure bestowed ujjon various acts of f,i0rd Dur- h.iar s adininistralion, particularly his ordinances disposing of Iti;^ political prisoners, because the aitl/ior of the, Urfiort, anil the leading memltors of his party ONprcsscd ihnir strpnfrcsl ron- Jldence ia Lord Durham oflcrnW these acts had been conmiiltcd, and we are therefore bound to believe that their present disap- probation is the result of disappointtnent at finding that his .'..ordship ha.'; escaped their snares and given a faithful account, of the stale ol' the Province. .Mr. Hagerman thinks thai the statements f>f TiOrd Durham ."liould be received with caution because his Lordship never re- ':ided in this Province, and paid only a twenty four hours visit f'l Toronto. Mr, Ilagerman has perliaps forgotten that one ol' Lord Durham's first acts wa.« to invite communications from all parties In (he Canndn^;. TJie effect, of Ihi.s wise and statesman- I'J-.o course was, that his L*?rd^liip received ;fas his R'.por^ Wi. r.!(jai-ly prove.- ;i Dns^ of valuable! inrormatioa /'/'i-J/i //^';'.V(ji;.s' <;ed at the impudeit barefaced assertion in defiance of [jublic opinion Lind of truth that the notorious "compact"' lius any piotension to represent "the great body of the pco|)Ie." Surely people will ask themselves this obvious question. L' the " (-'ompact" repreS'Pnt the great body of the peo[)le why are they afraid of responsible governmeni ? 'J'lie next porliiin of Mr. Ilagerman's report is a denial of the truth of fjord Durham's assertion that there is a British party jealous of the Family Compact. Hero again we are astonish- ed at the assurance of tin learned gentleman. The i'act is ns %(;eU known to Af--. ffiiix^.'nnan as is his own existence. Tu prove a negative, tjiree m"mbcr.-: of the se!'!:t eomieiilee '.d^a. $ m - ■■* r, Ml-:vll',\\. Ii;t\.; Iiilfl) emigrat.d aii.' iristiinnctl. 'I'lic- liisl is Cdl. I'riin'i'. Now t;veVy one faiiiilitii' witli l'p])i- Htiintially correct in bis statement. It is well Known that under proclanialions iVoni (rovernors Simcoc auit (tore, Ainericans were invited into this Province after its lirst setdcinent, and that it is owing to the nxertions of these enter()ri:siiig men, that rho present emigrants arc indebted for tlie great improvement of tiic country. I'revlous to tbo time uliuded to by Jjord Dur- ban!, the law, which Mr. Uagermaii infoi-ms u^, iiad always existed, " preventing tbreigncrs from holding land, uidess na- turalised," was virtually a dead letter, l-'oreigners bougiil and sold land in the province at pleasure, and wiijiout obstruc- tion. After the late v.-ar, however, at the timi' lliat Lord Dur- ham thought that a bill had been passed, doubts were raised by Ibc Family Compact Parly in the province as to liie right of these persons to flieir lands and other privileges nhtiotigji tiiey bad settled in the province on the faith of lloyal proclamation. We need not enter into a history of iho long contest w hicli fol- lowed on the subject of the *' Alioii IJill,'" in whicli Chief .hisl ice Robinson soem'ncntly distinguished himself A bill was finally j)assed in 1828, confirming to those American citizens, then in the province, their titles to property, and all (ither rights and privileges. To all new emigrants from the United States, the law against aliens lias since remained in full force. It wdl clearly appear from the above remarks that Lord Durham's inaccuracy was only to this extent, — that he mistook the revival or enforcement of a law, heretofore a dead letter, for a new en- actment, a most natural mistake for hisLoidship to fall into, but one of not the slightest consequence to his argument. It would be unprofitable on this occasion to discuss whether Lord Durham's doubts of the policy of excluding American citi- zens from the province are well-founded. We cannot, liowcver, forbear to notice that but a very short time has elapsed since .some of the members of the very Select Committee whoso re- port is under consideration, were strenuous advocates for their admission. The encouragement of emigration from all quar- ters seems to be lield by the Governments of all new countries, to be the soundest policy, and it is paying but a poor compli- ment to our system of government, that while our neighbours encourage emigrants from all countries to settle on their lands without any fear of their institutions being overturned, \v(; lire obliged to restrict ourselves to a class of emigrants whose prejudices will, we imagine, prevent Iheui from being (h- Mtrfli d. (t i,.-, hoW("-\er. nil (^)<;re'Mriu-. ei'/:>; to suppONW tha? h(in<; ui':\ji':\v w \.]h: Atncni'.an |ni|iu|;itii of die '* Com[»aet ' and are frequently induce*.! to lend their liil to sustain an oligarchy who are in reahty their bitterest ene- mies. After a f(;w years residence in the country they begin tv) understand its |)ohties, and to quote tlie words of Lord Dur- ham '* none are more hostile to tlicni (the Family CoiiiiJaet^^ than the greater part o[' that large and S|)iritcd Ihitish horn popidation A:c." Were tiie princi|)le of the British Constitution iairly acted upon in the government of L'pi^er Canada, not only would there be n« serious political disconti-ut, but we (irndy be- lieve that so far from there being a necessity to exclude Amerieai: emigrants, onj)olitical grounds, to our Rcrious loss in a com- mercial [)oint of view, it would o'! impossible to prevail on any considerable portion of the people, unrfer any circumstances, to withdraw themsches from the proteciioH of the greatest nation in th(! world. We are, howevei", wamk'ring from our subjeel. Ijord J)urham's ai'gumunt is not that foreign enn'gra'lu'M sljouhl bo encouraged, but that while it isexcluded, the country s'hoidd be made ^/* atlrly, that he solemnly believed that the object of Lord J)urhaut was to divert British emigration to the I'niled States { On the subject entitled *' Policy towards the Catholics,'" Mr. llagerman asserts that none are more fully aware than the (Ca- tholics themselves that "no invidious pdlkjy" iias been acted 4q)on towards them. Now what v.-jll the public tIn'nU of iMr. IJagerman when they l(;arn that he had documents in his pos- session, when he penned these words, proving that the Irish Catholics themsclv(;s forced upon Lord Durham's nttentioii, the *' inviilioiis policy'' exercised toward.-; them. IV'r. llagerm.ni would represent Lord Durham as endeavouring lo " fiiiuent dis- i-;ensi()ns" by referring to the existence of Orange'isjn, allhough he knows perfectly well that this subject was brought before his Lordship, when in Toronto, by Bishop RlcDo-mieil and th(! lea- ding lloman Catholics of the Province, and tliat as IligiiC\)m' niissioner he was bound in duly to attend to the eomi)laiii!. 'I'he remarks on Lord Uurliam's contrast between L'|>|.ei ( 'anada anil (he I'nited )Slales evince ixwy thing but a disposiliuij lVelI known that tl«' Hon-. W. Allan, and the Hon. II. Sullivan, and wc believe Mr. llagcrn^Jin him.self, joim.'d nearly all the principal merchants of this city in recommending this project. It was brought under Lord Darhnm-'s* notice and he is now cen- .surcd for recommending, what all parties, Tories as well as Re- formers concurred in demanding. Mr. Ilagcrman assumes that the e/Tect of this arrangement would be to prevent our public works being supported. Such would not be the case. The St. Lawrence would still he the outlet for all heavy goods, and we t^)lould only obtain those connnodities via New York, suited for the Spring trade, and which would arrive six weeks sooner by this route. The matter is only mentioned incidentally by liord Durham, no argument in favour of his measures is founded on if, anif he had reason to suppose that in bringing it under the consideration of her Majesty's Government, he was com[)lying with the wishes of the very party who now basely endeavor to found on it an accusation against bin). Mow Mr. Hagerman ciould deliberately make the assertion that the project v/ould not ** receive, coinitciinvce frohi any quarter' after an expression (rnm the lioard of Trade of Toronto, from a public meeting ^ 10s. although the order for the money was (ov XS lOs. and the entry i.i the Se- cretary's book .iJ-^ 10s. Ciodit was taken on fiiis voucher, al- tered as it was. for £l^ 10s. and tlic \uatter sli/i rcnuiiii.': nn- (xphtincil. The report of a select crinmiittec of the House of Asseml)|y. >igned liv -i\ n.( niiuTs of liie pirsciil HoU'". diar- ires Mr. Ri.'l>in^"n wiihl^einfr 'hti, irul alviif X'^'CO in liir- h<- I ricil orv moiit'y sold.— c l)iit a lotu Olll' ision to '. It is iillivaii, ' all the project, ow ccn- 1 as Rc- mcs that • public The St. and we Liitcd for oner by by liOrd i/ided oil uler the implying Icavor to a germ an ,-oukl not qircssion meeting the pn- ver been ro fusion'' las given has been generous jf the vc- at of Mr. mil tec on expend- 1(1 Canal, isinuales. The h^oy. I n without a lough the n the ^'c- iich.T, al- iiitiiiis un- lliiuse ot' li^M. char- M KENIKW. 11 ■■■:miit, whii'ii was pi^incipally coiniKj.si.:.! >.f items fur ;vlnch he liail IciLcn credit (wiff orrr. 'J'hesame rc|)ort charges Mr. Ito- !)inson " trilh i;rc:tt (Icrc/iction of ilaly.'' Mr. Robinson and his fricucls would have iWim] it more ibr tlio benefit of Irs cha- racter, if they had periniltcd Lord Durham's remarks on this subject to pass unnoticed. ll is unnecessary to alhit'o to the subject of the disposal of the political prisoners. This matter has been already amply discussed, but wo positively deny the truth of Mr. Ilagcrnian's statement, that the eonununity loudly demanded more nume- r)us examples than those thfit were made. ^So far was this from being the caso that the petitions in favour of Loinit are Matthews were signed by great numbers even of the Tory party. Mr, llagorman feels \ery acutely the allusion of Lord Durham to the exeeuliun of these unfortunate men, fer'which the learned g(;nlleman fetis that he is held by the public to bo priucipally responsible. Exasperated aMhe iu)plied censure on the Upper Canada governnicnt, contained in Lord Durham's re- marks on tin's sLdjject, Mr. Ilagernuin iias been rash enough to deny their truth. Lord Durham asserted that :the.se .unfortunate iiien "engaged a great share of ])ublic sympathy; and that their pardon had been solicited in petitions signed, ll U' gcncrallii ns- scfled, by no levjs tlian iiO,Ot)0 of their countrymen." Mr. llagerinan in reply to this observation, asserts iwailiceJij that " there wore net .">,(I00 .signatures appended to the petitions presented."' UntUi-! assertion we shall make a few remarks. Lord Durham, it wii! be observed, mt;rely stales that " // /v i'cncralh) asserted^" that the petitions were signed by urwards of yO.OiiO i)cr.>ons, in coiilii'ination of which, it is oidy neces- sary to refer to theiievvspapers of the day, and to common re- port never htj'urc contradicted. When we saw Mr. IJagcr- man's report, we commenced enquiries U|)on the sulijecf, and uski'd several parlie.s who had taken an interest in i!ie petitions what the numb:r of signatures was ; the answer of one was 10,000, iuid non(> staled less then :iO,()00. ( )ne gentknnan slated, that he had seen a petitifjn measuring ;30 yards long in the possession of John ISell Escp Rarristor at Law, and referred us for further infornnlion to that g.-nllcman, v/ho had, he slid, taken rhargeof all the pi'titions. VVe innnediately called on i\]r. i'ell, and iisked hun if lie recollected the number of signa- tures, :o w hieli he replied, that he thought there were abcait :H,00!», hiif he could not be sure, One petition, he said, mnri- bered ''.•OOO. Another gentleman niformed us, that there were about 10,000 signatures to the petition fn^m the (xoro District. Ibil we hnv'^ ('///>/«/ in f(jrmatif)n on the subject. Sir (ier.rge Arthur in hi- desp-iteh to Lord (ilenelg, stat-s \\\\\\v'll kin Hires (Unis jic/ilioiii fruiwiio/ lass lluin ^,000 persons had hern pr.- seated, so that tli- repdi-'. drawn u;> by Mr. Ilagorman eon- tains ixgrtis^^ iiiiss'aih'iKn.l for which there is no e.xciisc, a; its author had e\ery opporiunity i) nsecMtain the truth. S'r Ceo, Arthur's dc^p.-iteh w iil prove to overv dispn'-'sionnle cnrjuirrr .that th;' uiilielunale indi\•idl!al^ alliidi d 'e, " cngagr d a pr' .tT naiiiiiiii 12 ur^v[i-:\v. shnrn ofpulilii^ f^ympalhy,"' howovor, M maj' suit Mv. Il'agpr- mnn's intiMvst to dniiy it, and tho petitions, no maltor what tlu: (^xact niunhor of signatures may have been, certainly do not disprove its existence. Air. Hiigcrman has the assurance to deny that innocent per- sons were thrown into prison, that lieformors were subjected Jo suspicion, tliat the dominant party made use of the rebellion to disable their political opponents. On this point assertion nuxy go .tgainst assertion. Our belief is that Mr. ITagcrman's re- port is false and Lord Durham's strictly true, and with regard to the harrassing proceedings of Magistrates, wo ourselves ftenrd Mr. Htigcnnnn himself, in the discussion on the militia bill, admit and lament these proceedings, and yet after this ad- mission he has the assurance to eall» with affected indignation, «in Lord Durham for proof of the fact. Mr. Hagcrman says, that he does not believe that any person of intelligence and c'laractcr among Reformers will be found to snslahi Lord Dur- ham in the opinions expressed by hirii on this subject, VV^c defy Mr. Tlagerman to get any such Reformer to contradict his liordship, meantime wc shall furnish some evidence in his sup- Wo ha-Ve nott before irs the Ketttfn laid before- the British House ofComnwns of the names of the several persons arrcsl- cil in U p|)er (^anada for political olK-nccs, and wc have also an oflicial account of the nwrnhov convicted either by trial or on petition. AVe lind by these documents that 824 persons were ■incsicd, and only 217 convietiul. In the INIidland District l^y persons were arrested. The Bills against 2.'3 were ignoredhy iIk! Grand .lury, •? wore tried and acquitted, — the remaindei wore discharged by the magistrates or Law Oflieers. Wc give those facts in support of Lord Durham's a!~scrtion without nny comment, for none is required. Mr. Ilagorman will re- quire all his brazen cflVontcry to sustain him under Oh:; exposure Alihoughthe number ndfUitird by the government to have been urrf^stcd say 824 bears a very large proportiim to the number '■(ii)victcd, 217 ; yet the n\nnhcv ac/unlhj arrested was much larger. The return to the Mouse of Commons is fa/se, as wo are ready to prove. Wo have not had the document 24 hours in our possession, and we have very limited moans of testing its accuracy ; yet wc can mention the names of 3 persons all of high respectability, which arc omitted. They are J. H. I'rice, FiSq. So'icitor of this city; Rev. Geo. Barclay, an Elder of the I'.aptist church, and a large freeholdct in Pickering; Wr. John Coiner, one of the most respeclablc freeholders in the Comity of Vork. The return to the House of Commons was on motion of i\fr. niimc, and we hope that gentleman will notice that it is n false one. What stop the government at hotnc will take un- der such rirctUTistaneos we know not. Mr. Ilageiniaii next adverts to the remarks in the Report on the .'uiitiinislr.'ition of Jiixiico In T'liper Caiiadn, more partini- larly Hi;-, expression «' tliore is still some in!( grity in .Juries *' ♦'which efiuivocal forms are, " savs Mr. Ilagerman, "as of- % ll'agrr- tlml IIk: do not tent pcr- lubjcctcd rebellion tion may itin's rc- h rogfiid )urselvcs e militin r this iul- ignation, lan snys, cnco aiul ,on] Diir- VVc defy aflict his 1 iiis su}>- 1 r.nlisl! IS arrcsl- 3 also an ial or on ^ons worn istrict 7r> '^norctl l)y emaindor rs. VVc n without 1 will ro- cxposnrc lavc been c! number as much sr, as wn 24 hours )r testing ;nns all ol' H. I'rioe, or of tho Mr. John County of on motion n that it is 1 liiK-e ini- Repoit on 2 iiartii-n- II Junes y, "a^ of- I n JiKVlliW. IM ftMi-ive as ihny arr- unjust." Wi; woulii ask Mr. lin inllaouco r. man to 'resort v.vcn to il(;s|)cruto find unconstitutiunnl iv medics. ' ' On tlu; cliargo agMinist^Lard J)iirl!;ilators see J am ddennincd. lodo so, that they are endeavoring to obstruct me by every tirlilico in their power." " I was sent here by her Majesty on purpose to correct the grievances of tlie country." " It is quite certain tiiat I can render this Province poinifn! (i.tsia'tnin.' We need not continue our e.vtracts. Enoiijrli has been said to con- firm the truth of Lord Durham's assertion t!;;t„ Ihe protigcr-; of i^r V. Heal were elected as {{fforinrrs, and on a distinct understandin;,' thnt '>they would endeavour to settle tlie Clergy Reserve and other proniltuvJ questions to tlie satisfaction of the peo|)le. It is not surprising liowever that persons who could stoop to deceive their constituents, tnid obtain "seats in Parliament under false pretences, should be very sonsitivc at iiii r\posuro of their conduct. \Vq rather suspect iVIr. Hagerman has made an unfortunate *ij3.pcal lo the farai.vrs of Upper Canada '.vhen he ca!!>.. on them % « .--S ) icsorl - 1 g to (lis- le use of IS stn*.>-'(i ■ pleitgcs 1 corhiiti (.lc/iaiic(! constitii- ' elected cis f irjul il/' As , go fiir- Miimittco loiintvof ■ Parlia- o cduca- D his labt occasion c by Ills c Clergy )3 of liio s in four hcpc llc- tlie elec- inbcrs of mrrs. o tlie ad- criiifr, tlio for III m--'' i to iiiakn iiltrai't to G inollior o;ivo\ir lo Iiiw jioblu Ilefomi." rliality l/ir t;co 1 mil 1)V every l^ricvniu'cs ^•^•/^■'«?l('^.' id to coil- oi" t^r y. d\n