s^. ir IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) * J/ /'^^ 1.0 Sia iii ^ ^ 122 1.1 ?.'""^ V' Ftiotographic _SciHices CorporatJon ^ ^'^"^ ^<^ 23 WIST IMAM STRHT WnSTIII,N.Y. I45M (7t«) t72-4S03 .^ « i CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICIVIH Collection de microfiches. CanadiK'ii Institute for Historical Microraproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques Tachnical and Bibliographic NotM/Not«s tachniquM wt bibiiograpliiquM Tha Inatltuta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat original copy avallabia for filnriing. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba bibiiographicaily unlqua, which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction, or which may aignifieantiy changa tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow. 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Additional commanta:/ Commantairaa aupplAmantairat: L'Inatitut a microfilm* la malllaur axamplaira qu'll lui a 4t4 poaaibia da aa procurar. Laa dAtaiia da cat axamplaira qui aont paut-Atra uniquaa du point da vua bibliographiqua, qui pauvant modifiar una imaga raproduita, ou qui pauvant axigar una modification dana la mithoda normala da f iimaga aont indiquAa ci-daaaoua. Th to D D D D D D D Coiourad pagaa/ Pagaa da couiaur Pagaa damagad/ Pagaa andommagtaa Pagaa raatorad and/or laminatad/ Pagaa raataurAaa at/ou pailiculAaa Pagaa diacoiourad, atainad or foxad/ Pagaa dAcoiorAaa, tachattea ou piqutea Pagaa datachad/ Pagaa d^tachtes Showthrough/ Tranaparanca Quality of print variaa/ Qualit* InAgala da i'impraaaion Inciudaa auppiamantary matarial/ Comprand du material auppi4mantaira Only adition avallabia/ Sauia Adition diaponibia Pagaa wholly or partially obacurad by arrata allpa. tiaauaa. ate, hava baan rafilmad to anaura tha baat poaaibia imaga/ Laa pagaa totalamant ou partiailamant obacurciaa par un fauiliat d'arrata, una paiura, ate, ont At* filmtea A nouvaau da fapon h obtanir la maiiiaura imaga poaaibia. Th po of fill Or ba thi aio oti fin aio or Thi aha TIA wh Ma diff anti bag righ raqi mat Thia itam ia fiimad at tha raduction ratio chackad balow/ Ca documant aat f iim* au taux da rMuction indiquA ci-daaaoua. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X y 3 12X 1BX aox 24X 28X 32X lire ditailt JM du modifiar l«r un« filmag* Th« copy filmsd h«ra has b««n raproduoad thanka to tha ganaroalty of: Douglaa Library Quaan't Univaraity Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha baat quality poaalbia conaMarlng tha condition and lagibility of tha original copy and in Icaaping with tha filming contract apacif ieationa. L'axamplaira fllm4 fut raproduit grica i la gAnAroaitA da: Douglaa Library Quaan't University Laa Imagaa suivantaa ont At* raproduitaa avac la plus grand aoin. compta tanu da la condition at da la nattatA da I'axampialra filmA, at an conformltA avac laa conditions du contrat da fllmaga. lAas Original copiaa in printad papar covara ara fllmad beginning with tha front covar and anding on tha last paga with a printad or liluatratad impraa- sion, or tha back covar whan approprlata. All othar original copiaa ara fllmad beginning on tha first paga with a printad or liluatratad impraa- sion, and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or liiustratad impraaaion. Las axamplairas originaux dont la couvartura an paplar aat ImprlmAa sont filmAs an commandant par la pramiar plat at an tarminant soit par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'impraaaion ou d'illustration. soit par la second plat, salon ie caa. Toua lee autres exempiaires originaux aont filmAs en commen^ant par la pramiAre paga qui comporta une empreinte d'impreaaion ou d'illustration at en terminant par la darnlAre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. The last recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain the symbol — »• (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol y (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Un des symboles suivants apparaTtra sur la darnlAre image de cheque microfiche, seion Ie caa: ie symbole — ► signifie "A SUIVRE". ie symbols ▼ signifie "FIN". re Maps, platea, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Thoaa too large to be entirely Included in one expoaura are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea as required. The following diagrama illuatrate the method: Lea cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmAs A des taux da rAduction diff Arents. Lorsque Ie document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul cllchA, 11 est filmA A partir de I'angle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de tiaut en baa, an prenant la nombra d'imagea nAcaaaalre. Lea diagrammes suivants illustrant la mAthoda. y errata Id to nt ie pelure, 9on A 1 2 3 32X i f 2 3 4 5 6 THE ADDRESS ^ OF THE iiOXTDoir mroRKiifo niiN> ASSOCIATIOJ^ '* Frimdi in tht Caute of Frtedom ;— BrotHen undtr Oppration : — and Ftl- huhCitixen$lntng in Hope, — ** We have witneiwd with delight the noble ipirit you have evinced against the deapotic ordinances and tyrant mandates of your oppressors. Inspired by the jus* tice of your cause, you have nobly begun the glorious work of resistance. - May the ■pint of perseverance inspire you onward tdl the basely concocted Resolutions are withdrawn — ^your constitutional rights and wishes respected^-or your independence secured by a charter won by your brave- ry' •< While freemen stand erect in the con- scious pride of thinking right and acting well, their honest front will oAlimes scare the tyrant from his purpose, or chock his mad career ; for experience has taught him thai liberty in a amock frock ia more than a tnatchfitr tyranny in armour ; but if they chance to crouch submission, or yield but a hair's breadth to his wish, their doom is fixed— for tyrants delight to crush the yielding supplinnt sliive. *'Onwanl, therefore, brothers, in your struggle — ^you have justice on your side, and good men's aspirations that you win. Nay, we trust that the wide-spreading in- formation of the present age has so far enlightened the minds and expanded the ■ympathies of most classes of men, that even the British soldier (cut off and se- cluded as he is from society), on turning to the annals of atrocious deeds which marie the track of kingly despotism, and more especially those which characterize its career of cruelty against American li- berty, when the sava^je yell, the tomakawk, and the scalping knife we >« tlie frightful accompaniments of the bayonet, must blush for his country and his profession. **Te8, friends,the cause of Demockacy has truth and reason on its side, and kna- very and corruption are alone its enemies. " To justly distribute the blessings of plenty which the sons of industry have gathered, so as to bless without satiety all mankind — to exrand by the blessings of education the diflnoly mental powers of man; which tyrants seek to mar and stul- tify — to make straight the crooked paths of^ justice, and humanize the laws — to purify the world of all the crimes which want and lust of power hnve nurtured, — ia the end and aim of the Democrat : to act the reverse of this is the creed and ipirit of aristocracy. Yet of thia latter elaaa are those who govern nntiona — men whose long career of vice too uAen forma a pathway to their power — wbO| when despotic deeds have stirred their subjects up to check their villnny, declaim asainst " sedition," talk of" designing men, ' and impiously invoke the attributes of Deity to scare them from their sacred purpose. *< It gives us great pleasure to learn, friends, that you are not so easily scared by proclamation law — by the decree of a junto against a whole nation. Surely you know and feel, though Governor Gysford may not, that "a nation never can rebel." For when the liberties of a million of people are prostrated to the dust at the will of a grasping, despicable minority— when an attempt is made to destroy their representative rights, the only existing bond of allegiance, the only power through which laws can be justly enforced-^thcn has the time arrived when society is dissolved into its original ele- ments, placing each man in a position freely to choose for himself those institu- tions which are the most consonant to his feelings, or which will best secure to him his life, labour, and possessions. If the mother country will not render justice to her colonies in return for their allegiance — if she will not be content with mutual obligations, but seek to make them the prey of military nabobs and hungry lord- lings, executing their dncrees with force, she must not be disappointed to find her offspring deserting her for her unnatural abNurdities and monstrous cruelty. "Your legislative and executive councils, feeling the great inconvenience of sub- mitting to your constitutional rights, have endeavoured to frown you into compliance by British legislation. "You have wisely questioned such au- thority, and justly brantled their decrees with the infamy they deserve. Thev now loudly threaten you with Goslbrd- law of their own enactment. Should you bo firm to your purpose (as we think you will), they will have recourse to diplomacy and cunning, they will amuse you with the name of royalty, talk of your youthful Queen's affection for you, and every specious art their craf\ can dictate. But they will carefully keep back from royal ears the wrongs tliey have generated — the crimes of open plun- der and private peculation which have made the breach between you; they'll tell their garbled tale of "treason & sedition," poisoning the youthful mind to /5iiit their purpose. " Canadian brethren I hear us,thou^ we be only working men : — truat net too much to princely promises when your own ears are the witness ; less so, when oceans roll between, and interested chieftains tell the tale. Trust to your righteous eauae, and honest deeds to make that cause se- cure. " We have received, with considerable satisfaction, your resolutions approving of our humble exertions in year behalf— though we did but our duty in endeavoiur- ing to arouse the feelings of our feUow men against the injustice we saw was about to be perpetrated on a distant por- tion of our brethren; and in this we have been successful to a degree we did not anticipate, for we have received letters of approval from considerable bodies of of Working Men joining their feelings and sympathies with ours towards you. Do not, therefore, believe that the working millions of England have any feelings in common with your oppressors ; if they have not unitedly condemned their in- fomy, it is that the severity of their own misfortunes and oppressions diverts their attention from those of their neighbours. When the voice of the millions shall be heard in the senate-house, when they shall possess power to decree jus- tice, our coiunies will cease to be regard- ed as nurseries for despotSjwhere industry is rob'ied to pamper vir.e. " We beg to congratulate you on the number of choice spirits which the injus- tice inflicted on your country has called into action. With such leaders to keep alive the sacred flame of freedom, and such devotedness and self-denial as you have evinced from the onset, wo augur your succcess. "Hoping that you will continue to stir up the timid and cheer on the bravo— to teach your children to lisp the song of freedom, and your maidens to spurn the the hand of a slave — and thot you may yet witness the sun of independence smil- ing on your rising cities, your cheerful homes, tangled forests, and frozen lakeB,is the ardent wish of the members of the Working Men's Association. " Signed by the Committee on their be- half, William Cumming, ailversmith, Henry Vincent, compositor, AltTHUR Dyson, compositor, John Danson, clerk. Sera phinoCalderasa .barometer maker William Pearce, carpenter, James Jenkinson, engraver, Robert Hartwell, compositor, Hbnrt Mitchbll, turner, RtciiARo CAMSRdir, brace maker, '^ -^ James Lawrence, painter, William Pbabcb, brass worker, Wiluam Lovxtt, (cabinet makisr) 8f cietaiy. HiMfMA. MT,