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 THIS Htile Pamplilet is introdiicod (o llii» notice oT (h* 
 t*iil)lic, not ns a rnero • caftrfipf^nnt/', hut wiili '.lie iiiteiitiou 
 of laviii'i- before the fr'n'iidsof Consiitulional Kefunn — llu* 
 fvippoilei ■ of the Institulions of Great nntaiii iu lhi« Prtj- 
 viiK^o, llie sonthnents of two persons of some notoriety, oji 
 a subjfft of vital importance to tho Cutnro liappinessf ansl 
 pro.ip(!rily of titis I'rovince. Uuiil the publication of Mr. 
 Hume's Letter in the Advocate, thnt part of the pcojjiu 
 commonly called Reformers, rpa;arde.l .Mr. Mackenzi; «!< a 
 persecuted and attached subject of F.n^land — eeekiny^ wiiJi 
 imiiriniif zeal and indefatigahle industry to procure the ro- 
 dresd of what they conceived to be existing; grievances; 
 audio ha vecliargnrl him with any intention of alt mptioij 
 to undermine the institutions of his adopted couiJ ry, wit \ 
 a view of planting a Republic on their ruins, would have siil)- 
 jected the accuser to the execration and \he scorn of every 
 Liberal or Reformer in the Province. Mr.Mackonzi ham, 
 however set this matter at rest ; and as it is highly impor- 
 lant that his friends and su-pporters should no Ioniser re« 
 main in ignorance as to the objeets of his pursuit, lie com- 
 piler of the following pages has d^'emed It proper to lay 
 Mr. Hume's Letter before (he public, with tlie comments 
 made upon it by the Press of ITpper Canada. That Presp, 
 which now is^sues aboutthirty weekly papers, has been almost 
 unanimous in its condemnation and reprobation of the view* 
 and feelings of Mr. Hume; and when it is borne in njiiid 
 that several of the leading' Refcnin papers have m',)st severtly 
 animadverted upon the conduct of t!jat ;rentl»?n!an and ol' 
 Mr. Mackenzie, it wili not be doubted that the only inter- 
 pretation which can be given to the letter of tlie former, is 
 that given to it by the correspondent of the Coitiier,0. P.Q, 
 «nd that the only view which can be taken of the feeliui;, 
 and qlterior views of the latter is that taken by the sam • 
 
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 wrilpr. If <lio lnnn;naro of Mr. Mtiino r\0Y0 !(»)«?« nnp(jiiiv«- 
 ral, (iifloront opinions nii'jht be ontertniiiod ol llie iiiliMpro- 
 tntion put upon it by iNIr. Miickeii/lo, and his Irioiwis mifilit 
 at least hope that he san- in it nothinjj of a treasonable dia- 
 meter; hot when the ptiblie journalists, \^ ho had lieretofore 
 ^npported Mr. Mackenzie, ^ive (o the hini;na(;e of Mr. Hume 
 the same inteiprelalion as that given by tliose wiio have 
 nlway.« opposed him; and \vhcn Mr. Maoixcnzie himsol/ 
 oj)enly and boldly avows himself the admirer and supporter 
 of the principles of i)is corresporident, all must reg^ard him 
 '* as the long- concealed, but now oj)enly avowed entiny of 
 British cojinection." 
 
 Mr. Hume, in addressinrj Mr. Maclienxie, had two objects 
 in view — one to blacken the character of Mr. J-Jyrr-on, and, 
 if possible, to destroy his injliience aniou^st that loyal and 
 re^pectable body of Chrisstians, of which he is the hig;hly 
 intolligent and able supporter; and the other, to hasten 
 that crisis whicii he iias the ignorance and the impudence 
 1o suppose is fast approaching; in thcail'airs of this Province; 
 or in other words, to promote our emancipation from what 
 he calls "• the baneful domination of the IMother Country." 
 Mr. Ryerson's admirable reply to Mr. Hume's unprincipled, 
 false, and malevolent attack, has placed ids character in its 
 true light, orrather in its detestable darkness ; and the ar- 
 ticles which will be found in this little pamphlet, sho(ild 
 they ever meet his e>e, will alKord him ample means of ar- 
 riving- at the conclusion, that his traitorous purposes bnvo 
 met with a reception in this Province, alike honourable t<^ 
 lis inhabitants, and disgraceful to their vililiers. 
 
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 TO WM. I.. MACRENZZS, ESQ. 
 
 My Dear Sir : — 
 
 r lately received filoi; of 
 the Vindicator 'tXwA Uaformpr .UnwwdU, and am pleased 
 to obsyrv'^c that the Klectors of the County of York 
 continue tirin and consistent in their support to yo\i, 
 and that yon nianife.^t the same determined spirit of 
 opposition to abuse and misrule. 
 
 The government and themajority of the Assend)ly ap- 
 pear to have lost that httle portion of common sense and 
 of prudence which society in general now possess, and 
 they sacrifice the greatest of principles in gatilying u 
 paltry and mean re venire against you. 
 
 Your triumphant election on the Kith, and ejection 
 from the Assembly on the 1 7th, must hasten that crisis 
 which is fast approaching in the affairs of the Canadas, 
 and which wilt terminate in independence and freedom 
 from the BANEFUL DOMINATION OF THE 
 MOTHER COUNTRY, and the tyrannical conduct of 
 a small and despicable taction in the Colony. 
 
 I regret to think that theproceedingsof Mr. Stanley, 
 which manifest as little knowledge of mankind as they 
 prove his ignorance of the spirit and liberal feelings of 
 the present generation, encourage your enemies to per- 
 severe inthe course thev h ive taken. But I confidently 
 trust that the high minded people of Canada will not, in 
 these days, be overawed or cheated of their rights and 
 liberties by such men. — Your cause is their cause — your 
 defeat would be f/tezV subjugation. — Goon, therefore, I 
 beseech you, and success — glorious success — must 
 inevitably crown your joint efforts. 
 
 Mr. Stanley must be taugh. that the follies and wick- 
 cdjfiess of Mr Pitt's Government in the commeflC?ment 
 
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 of tlie Fi'C4U-}i Ri volulion, Ciniuot be rrpcnled now. either 
 nt lionie nv iibroud, witluMit ri'sulta very diircrent from 
 whjitllicn ti)ok ))laco. 'I'hc jiroc^codingM between l77'-4 
 nud 178'^ in AiwcviCtX ourjht not be for (jot Im ; and to the 
 honor of the ylinaricnnSy and for the uilrrcnis of the 
 rivilizrd wcrld Id TlIElll COi\DUC;T and the RE- 
 SULT bo cror IN VIEW. 
 
 I have lately seen, Avith ininiijled feelings of pity and 
 of eontenij)t, the attueks made by Mr. Ryerr^on against 
 uiy pul)ric and |')rivate conduct, and also against those 
 ^^llo generally act with nie. 1 candidly acknowledge that 
 of all the renegades and apostates from public principle 
 and private honor which during a long course of public 
 life 1 have known, and with regret 1 say Ihave known 
 many, I ne\er knew^ a more worthless hypocrite, or so 
 base a man, as lV!r. llyerson has proved himself to be. 
 I feel pitti iov him, for thesakeof ourcommon nature, 
 to think that such human dei»ravity should exist in i\x\ 
 f nlightened society, and I fear that tie pangs of a guilty 
 and self condemning conscience must make his venal 
 and corrupt breast asecondl.lell; and, 'ere long, render 
 his existence truly miserable. 
 
 1 fecluttcr cow i'e;;j^;/ for any statement that Mr. Ryer- 
 json can make of my private or jmblic conduct, altho* 
 he has had every opj)oi'tunity of private intimacy and of 
 public observation to know the tiuth. 
 
 It is humiliating to the character of man ; aye and par- 
 ticularly of a pretended religious man, when I recollect 
 withwhatearnestness he soughtand obtained my sincere 
 and Zvjalous assistance to forward the cause of civil and 
 leligious liberty which he then advocated — You who 
 witnessed his expression of thanks and of gratitude 
 to me in public and in private, verbally and in writ- 
 ting, for the aid 1 had given him — You who heard his 
 vbjcciions to any rel.igio2i& sect receiving any pecuniary 
 ((fusistancejrom the Slate, as subversive of religion and of 
 'itiorat independence, must view with detestation the 
 course which Mr. Hyerson has taken. When you re- 
 collect that 1 invariably treated him with kindness and 
 
attention, as the representative of a p:nod cause and of a 
 distant people, — tliut my time amidst public business 
 ol importance, was always {:i;ivcn with pleasure to attend 
 1o him and the objects of iiis mission: you will agree 
 with me that the black and heartless ingratitudeofsuch 
 a man deserves to be received with pity and with in- 
 eiTable contempt. When moreover, it is known to you 
 that there is not one w^ord of truth in Mr. llyerson's 
 Satanic eifusions, 1 leave his pious and religious friends 
 in Canada to unmask the hypocrite, and throw him, as 
 he deserves to be, an outcast from every honest society. 
 
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 In the hope that I shall never again meet with so 
 abandoned a character as Mr. Ryerson has proved him- 
 self to be ; and trusting that the people of Canada, in 
 vindication of truth and honor, will treat him as he 
 deserves. 
 
 I remain, Your's sincerely, 
 
 JOSEPH HUME. 
 
 P. S. The people in Lower Canada are taking the 
 means of forcing their affairs on the government, and 
 will, I hope, succeed. 
 
 J. H, 
 
 To W. L. Mackenzie, Esq. M, P. York, U. C. 
 
(frtih Iht fdi'WvVr •fJuntith, 1S34. ) 
 
 MaLLZAltt LTON XiaAOKENZZS, TSa 
 
 Mayou of Toronto. 
 
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 Wlipn n mnh ?if« ilotrn a) a<l(^re9S nn individiml filling 
 t'.« <'xj\If('il silualion lo which, l»y h series of " untoward events/' 
 >ou liH.ve been called ; an indix idiiul who, like yon, Sir, has so lorijf 
 riietained .so con^pieiiuus a characlir in your adopted country, and 
 particularly when the subject of his letter is little calculated to 
 ttatter your pride, to support your cause, or to smooth your path to 
 hijrher honours, all will agfree with me that such a writer must be 
 i.ifluonced by private animosity, personal vanity, or public good. 
 With regard to the first, and perhaps the least worthy motive, you 
 will not deem me nndef Its direction when yon read this epistle; 
 and as 1 write under an anonymous signature, you will ns certainly 
 acquit me of being actuated by the second, as you will believe me 
 to write solely under the guidance of the third. Dr. Johnson, in bis 
 •• Lives af the Urilish Poets," observes, that *' there are certain 
 authors whoso writings are beneath the dignity of criticism;" and 
 1 have heard It more than once asserted, that there are certain 
 *' Demagog iJKs" whose political tergiversations are so notoriously 
 at variance with every principle of honour and honesty, that io 
 fiinke them the subject of even common conversation would be nt 
 once degrading and impolitic. Those sentiments might both be 
 entitled to serious consideration, if mankind were for the most part 
 freed from the shackels of ignorance and prejudice, which, fortu- 
 nately for the brainless scribler, as for the brawling demagogue, 
 yet letter the mind of a large proportion of the human family. It 
 therefore becomes as necessary at times, cooly to sit down and ani- 
 madvert upon the conduct of the pretended patriot, however at 
 variance with reason, religion and loyalty, that conduct may be ; as 
 it is to apply the lash of criticism to the productions of the illiterate, 
 when the principles which they advocate (however feebly) may 
 have a tendency to disturb the peace of society, or to undermine 
 the institutions of long and well-established governments. The 
 bite of tue meanest reptile needs as much the healing hand of the 
 physician as the wound of the well directed rifle— for it is unhappily 
 the condition of nan, that the health of the physical body, as ^lell 
 as that of the b(; y politic, may at any moment be impaired by the 
 roncealed treachery of the most grovelling reptile " that licks the 
 d»«t," or struts *• in purple and fine linen." It is, however, 
 wisely provided bran overruling Providence, that «0AJ«K«««im«/# 
 
<«}io«f» •tiiijr i" f^^^^"^ rH\cuhtU<t\ in iwiWi't prrmanenf injirnr, or iir» 
 >tantiiiH><Hi?« ilfNitLi, «'ith«'r iri^'*' s"Mnt* unniiiiir of tht'rr iiilciiiU'iJ ii(- 
 tiu'k, or l)iiv<> tli'Mf hunnlH iiia(J<> kiunvii, liy lh(ni|i|)t:urjMic(f in (licir 
 imnu'diittc lu'iirlili'xirlxKfJ <>( CHrtiiin an(i(iot(>H lo (luMr poiiioii. 
 
 \ on will, Sir, I Iiimc no doiilil, lu* niahlctt to iimk<^ .soint* oppli- 
 ration ol tlxsc nMiiuiIcs to wmr pre>i<Mil <'t)in)i(ion, whnj I t«'ll you 
 lUoy hive iirisrn in my loiiici hy lti<> perusal of a letter in tlit> Advo- 
 «'al«» of the 'J2d May, 5»i;xno(l Jos<»ph IJiirno, nnd approvinjfly no- 
 ll'-ful hy yoti ill tiifiit paper. 11" tlial letter ivj're int<>n(led by iu 
 titlthwr lor (Mdilrcatioi) in (hi:* Provniee, and if yuti ^ave it to tlm 
 fMiblie will) thn vimv of 8Up|)ortinu- the cnu»e which you bavo 
 I'spoiised, however the fr-iends of (he ('on«titutioij may rejoice at 
 l)efomin<x acqnatiited with yoirr ((riru'iplca. and with thosu of Mr. 
 Hume the MorU^ will ^ive him or yon little credit for that prudence 
 to which, hent least, had heretofore »«>aie claim. That th(» senti- 
 ments contained in that letter are in exact accordance with youi 
 «►>»■,, \a manile.-^t, ns well from ihe fa(?t of your jfivinjf them pub« 
 iicity in the manner yon have done, a» from their coincidinsf exnci* 
 )y with your own lanjru'^g'H vvhen en^ajjed in yonr memorable con* 
 test with the Editor of the Ciuardian. In order 'o brinij Mr. Uyer- 
 Fon into coiitemfxt, yoii said on that occasion, " Tlw^ Fath(r of th« 
 Kditor of the (ruardian lifted his sword apiin!>it Ihe throats of hiv 
 owncf)i»nfrymen,struj»'!irlino; for freedom from Kstablisln^d (.'hnrches. 
 Stamp Aet>*, Military Domination, .Scotch (Jovernors, and Irish 
 Goveriiinent ; nnd his brother CJeorjye fiifiired on the frontiers in 
 1812, and ^ot wounded mid pensioned for liuhlinjj to preserv** 
 Crown and Clerj?y reserves, nnd all tin* other str<wi<rhold.s (»f cor-^ 
 ruption in the hands of the locusts who infe.«<t tuid distiiro the Pro- 
 vince." This larij»«uin:e, Sir, highly complimentary as it was to Mr. 
 Ryerson,and disgraceful as it was to you, miijht l^e for^<»t(en, were 
 it not for the appearance of Mr. Uume'ii lotlor in tlm columns of 
 the Advocate. 
 
 But for that letter the people of this Province might long remain in 
 ignorance of the real motives by which your conduct has been actu- 
 ated. They might long regard ytni as a persecuted patriot, nobly 
 and constitutionally contending for the redres.s of actual grievinnces, 
 nnd you might for years to come remain in your lair, nursing your 
 strength and nurturing your cubs, until a more convenient season 
 should arrive for openly declaring yourself lord of the forest. You 
 might have crawled through the Pro\ince, until the sun of pros- 
 perity, which has been gradually rising over your head for some 
 time past, should have attained its meridian altitude, when warmed 
 by its rays, and basking in its beauis, you couki nM>re eifectualiy 
 infuse your hateful poison into the heart's blood of a deluded people. 
 But your imprudence, or your vanity, has been the means of com- 
 pletely unmasking and placing you before the people of this coun- 
 try in all flie naked deformity ot an acknowledged traitor, ifencew 
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 «f a nation whose \)tm- :• and dominion over this Province, you 
 liftv»', it now appear?, I)fen so lonjjf and so sedulously engnjjed hit 
 ever toHnnihihite. Had you pubiished Mr. Hume's letter with- 
 out note or conimen't, somo few of your most violent partizaiis 
 tni^ht at least pretend thiU they could not idenl^fy you with tiie 
 pentimentg which that letter contains. But when you not only 
 publish it but rect^nmend it io others to be by them published, and 
 promise the original to the Methodist Conference, few, I am sure, 
 will have the hardihood to re^ani th?i sentiments it contains as 
 other than those by which your own actions have been poverned ; 
 and I shoutd venture to say, that fe,v of your most devoted follow- 
 •»rs, few of the raest noisv advocates for reform, after reading the 
 following: extracts, will regard you or the author in any other light 
 than as the long concealed, but now openly avowed abettor of 
 /reason, tchcllian and bloodshed. His language is noi to be mis- 
 construed, nor is the exulting manner in which yon trumpet it forth 
 lo the world \o be misunderstood. He says — 
 
 '• Your triumphant election on the Kith, and ejection from the 
 Assembly on the 1 7th, must hasten that crisis which is fast approach- 
 ing in theaifairsof the (Panadas, and which will terminate in inde- 
 pendence and freedom from the baneful domination of the Mother 
 Country, and the tyrannical conduct of a small and despicable fac- 
 tion in the Colony. But leonlidently trust that the high minded 
 people of Canada will not, in these days, be overawed or cheated of 
 their rights and liberties by such men. Your cause is their cause 
 — your defeat would be Iheir subjugation. Go on, therefore, I 
 beseech you, and success, glorious success, must inevitably crown 
 your joint eiforts. 
 
 " The proceedings betwsen 1772 and 1782 in America ought 
 not to be forgotten ; and to the honour of the Americiins, and tor 
 the interests of the civilized world, let their conduct and the result 
 be ever in view." 
 
 Once more read these parngrnphs, and ask yourself if such lan- 
 guage is in accordance with the allegiance which you owe to your 
 Sovereign. Cast your eyes over the words of the solemn oaths, 
 which you have to repeatedly sworn, and ask yourself /Ai's night, 
 when you bend the knee to your Gjd, if without any cause, other 
 than Iho&c which exist in this Province, you can, without the gross, 
 est perjurj-, the vilest perfidy, avow yourself in favour of the views 
 i)f a miscreant., who Iiope.s that the crisis is fast approaching when 
 your petty s,lniggle with the House of Acsembly will terminate in 
 freeing these Provinces from the baneful domination of the Mother 
 Country. To whatever conclusion you should come, Sir, should 
 jou be at ail influenced by my advice, 1 sDould like to know if Mr. 
 Hume's sentiments and your's are ihn sentiments of the Reformers, 
 the Liberal?, or the Radicals of this Province i they are. Sir, 
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 —let tlioWinp lOTftlty nnt) tfovotoduoas (« EuTjIi'n.f iipvrr mftrn i|»i- 
 ver on i\mr lip'< while Ireuaon 'intl rclelliou lurk in Uioir ii«\nit«. 
 Let them openly and iione?tly avow llieirol.j«»cl; n-ul if I knmr 
 anything of llie Provincp, yon and llipy will sliorlly jir-iccrtuiii tiuit 
 there is quite t'Jiou<>:h of Biitish i<loO(l,evpn in this n^nruiteqimrN'i'of 
 Iho gflobe, speedily to brrnqf about results ver}- jliflerent from those 
 which were experienced in America from 17 72 (o I 71^3. IJtit, ftir, 
 Hlthoiijjh your influenee has been parent, and allhoujvh the jtoitson of 
 your principles lias pprend far and wide, .enjyenderiniEr discontent 
 and disaffection in many a well allecled and ori<'e pe;»eeful bo^^oln ; 
 yet do ( fondly hope, and sincerely beli«»re, ih it few, very few, 
 even of your lonja^ abused and devoted tollmvert--, however faith* 
 fully they may have supported you thrcti^h g;o«»d and thronjjfh evit 
 report, will, after readinji^ the paragraphs which ] have quoted, 
 acknowledge you as their leader, or subsi ribe to your traitorous 
 principles^ No, Sir, ] mistake the people of the Province much, 
 if the developement of your sentiments, ns contained in Mr. Iluine's 
 letter, will not be \h^ instrument of drawiujr a line of demarkulioii 
 between you and them, a line at once broad and distinct, over 
 which the utmost ingenuity, tlie greatest effort of your cunning, 
 will never enable you to pass. If, Sir, I do not egregiously err, the 
 die is cast->** the mandate has gone forth,"** and its language is the 
 language of inspiration — *' Thus far sbalt thou go and no fdrther." 
 No sophistry, no finesse, no subterfuge, no scheme, however cun- 
 ningly devised, can ever more place you before the people of IhiR 
 country as the friend of constitutional reform ; you must henceforth 
 be looked upon as the secret andtreacherousenemyof the institutions 
 of Kngland, as the avowed aid\ocate of rcpiif/titanism. the open and 
 declared enemy of your king and country. You may keep in your 
 mind's eye the proceedings in America between 1772 and 1782; 
 you may look back to the achievements of a Washington ; you may 
 hope, ardently hope, to deliver these Colonies from the " baneful 
 domination of tht mother country ;" but you can never again hope 
 for the support, the confidence or the approbation of any man who 
 is proud of British connection — of any man who prefers the mild 
 and constitutional rule of Wif.liam thr IV, to the tyrannical and 
 arbitrary governmeAt of Andrew thr I. ! Do not think, Sir, that 
 these are the sentiments of a violent political opponent who approves 
 of the measures adopted towards you by the House of Assembly. — 
 Do not flatter yourself iiiat they are the sentiments of man who ex- 
 ults in your exposure, liecause he always believed you to be a rebel. 
 These views, sir, are the \ lews of a man who has ever denounced the 
 course your adversaries have pursued towards yon its unwise, nnjust 
 and unconstitutional.— they are the sentiments of a man, who, if 
 he had the power lo punish the persons who (irst ros^you from 
 poverty, ignominy and ruin, to comparative affluence and popular 
 notoriety — would nave sent lUe destroyers of your press to loss favor- 
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 public mind becausn by agitation nloneyou could expect to marn' 
 tainyour popularity, or to attain the objects of your ambition — vfJUtf 
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 Never, sir, till the publrcation of Mr. Hume's epistle did (he wriler 
 of this letter br'ieve that in conjunction \fith that pound, shilling;* 
 and pence philosopher, you were secretly plotting the overthrow of 
 Brilrsk principles m those Colonies, never till the publication of 
 that letter, did he regard you as the secret enemy of (he institution:* 
 of a country, for (he maintenance and support of whose laws and li- 
 berties, myriads of your heroic countrymen have fought and bled. — 
 never till then. Sir, did He know of the (rue motive by which your 
 condnct has been actuated, and not till now, Sir,did He believe even 
 assuming you to be, as you now too evidently are, a rebel and a 
 rrai'/or— that you would have the unblushing eifi'ontery — the bolt* 
 and daring (emerUy to publish a le((er cun(aining sentiments infiniie- 
 ly more treasonable than those which once doomed an £ m m rt to th4t 
 scatfold. Knowing now, however, your real sentiments, by what 
 means did you intend to cronsummate your treasonable purpose? Was 
 it by slow and secret machinations, or by open and daring rebellion? 
 If by the latter, did you not calculate upon appalling difliculties: 
 npun obstacles to overcome w hich would require the genius and the 
 courage of a Napoleon ? — Or had you the vanity to think that thtt 
 thousands who oppose your expulsion from the House of Assembly 
 Mould rally around 3-ou whenever you might think proper to sound 
 the conk shell of rebellion ? If so, you will learn, ere long, that with 
 all your industry, with all your intercourse and long acquaintance 
 with the people of Upper Canada, }ou know not their real churac< 
 ter. You will find, however indignant they mny have felt at th» 
 treatment evinced towards their representative, they will to a man 
 abandon you to the ignominy which awaits you, the instant they 
 become acquainted with your traitorous purposes. 
 
 It is an old adage,*' Give him rope enough, &c/* You have a 
 moderate quantity, and if the avowal of such sentiments as you 
 have lately promulgated, do not afford you a few yards more, you 
 may regard yourself as infinitely more fortunate than many better 
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 I HAD ititendfid, as | have for sprae lime past, to abstain from any 
 liirtliHr explanations ot my proceedin{rs in Eng^land on the Clor^ry 
 Jleserve qdostion, or to notice any further attacks on that score, 
 ilfit one hiis recently beerj made, so novel in its source and charac- 
 ter, held up by its prompters as so decisive in accomplishing the 
 obj('(;t for which it has been put forth, and withal affording me an 
 opportunity of throwing light upon some matters of importance t<» 
 the C/Hnadiun public — that, in compliance with the suggestions of • 
 some judicious frjends in Kingston and other places, (who tirst 
 directed my attention to the attack referred to, whilst on ray return 
 Irom l^ower ('anada,^ I am induced to give the whole subject, 
 once for alj, a grave and careful examination. 
 
 A letter from Joseph Hume, fisq,, M. P., addressed to th^ 
 *Maypr of t!<is City,' and copied from the Advocate into last week's 
 Guardian^ has doubtless attracted the atterjition of most of our 
 Readers 1 ^m g^ad of its insertion for the reasons then assigned, 
 ^specially accompanied its it was by the appropriate observ^ationii 
 of my excellent friend the Rev. E. Evens. Coming as it do3sfroia 
 what is deemed good authority by a considerable number of per- 
 sons in this Province, I shall formally notice it, both &s to the false 
 glatements which it c<)ntains, and the revolutionary principles it 
 inculcates. 
 
 Jt has doubtless been observed that Mr. Hume's statem^^nts refer 
 entirely to private interviews ; which will impose upon me the un- 
 plea!<ant and mortifying necessity of stating the circumstances 
 lender which I became acquainted with him, aiiu the extent and 
 character of that acquaintance. Tbfa "Mayor of this City,'^ who 
 Uas published and added his testimony to the truth of this '^ inter- 
 esti ng letter,'' (tjis he palls it) is fully acquainted with these cir- 
 cumstances, and must not therefore complain if my statements ara 
 not quite so gratifying ^o his vanity as the publishing of the letter 
 was to his malevolence and fepubljcanism- 
 
 As nearly as I cai^ recollect, the eircumstanc. j are virtually 
 inese : Two or three days before Mr. Mackenzie left London for 
 Canada, he called upon me, and kindly offered to be the bearer of 
 any letter;;) I might wish to send to Canada; at the same time re. 
 «|.ie5tins? a personal favour, the particulars of which it is not inate<. „ 
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 coiiduct uii tiiu Colonial Slave question, and the .Sabbntb Obserr- 
 Aiiutt Uill— tor which Mr. M. uttem{)ted au apology. On thw 
 inorniiig of Mr. Mac'kHnzie*s depurture 1 gave hhn the parcel of 
 letters, &c. for Canada, and in the conversation which ensued 1 
 mentioned the receipt of a letter from the Secretary of the ('lergy 
 Reserve Coranwttee at york, U C, enclosing the petitions oa 
 that subject, to the care of Mr. Hume, requesting me to call upon 
 him, and to do wbiit 1 could in conjunction with him towards ob- 
 taining an equitable settlement of that que:?tion. Mr. Mackenzie 
 olFered to conduct me to Mr. Hume's residence, i accepted hiik 
 oiFer. The interview with Mr. Hume lasted almut fifteen minutes^ 
 which time was mostly occupied by Messrs. Hume and Macken- 
 «ie, as Mr. M, was just taking his final leave. Now this is //// 
 .the " intimacy^' (as it is called in Mr. Hume's letter) that ever 
 Mr. Mackenzie witnessed between Mr, Hume and myself; this i^ 
 what Mr. Hume calls my " earnestly seeking and obtaining his 
 
 ' sincere and zealous assistance to forward the cause of civil and 
 religious liberty;'' — and says to the " Mayor of this city,'' (who 
 endorses his statement) '•' you witnessed his expression of tkanks 
 and grnfituUe to me in public and in private, verbally and in wril- 
 ingt for the aid / hetd given him." Now 1 will ask any reader of 
 common sense, ifthe *' Mayor of this City'' must not have knowu 
 ^heii he published the above statement, lliat it was utterly and 
 jlolaUy false; and 1 affirm, that up to this day I never wrote Mr. 
 Ilume so much as o/ie iiiic. nor ever felt or acknowledged myself 
 under the sl^iglitest obligations tt> him, as the sequel will more 
 fully show. 
 
 1 learned from Mr. Hume, in the few minutes interview abov« 
 mensioned, that the Clergy Reserve petition had not arrived, I 
 ,4jalled i^uin a few days allerwards, "/hen I was informed that it 
 had been received, and that Mr. fJume had been referred to nie 
 4'or information on the subject. The account also of the portage 
 (the ship charges having been paid at N. Y,) was presented, which 
 J paid, in this interview, which w«s about iilteen minutes long, Mr. 
 Hume proposed to present the peti-tion to the King through Lord 
 Cioderich, instead of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Stanley, jissign- 
 ing ai hijs reasons, his detetitatian of Mr. Stanley, Mr. S.'s treat- 
 iiaent of Mr. Mackensie, &c. and that we ought thus to express 
 our abhorrence of it. To this course I strong'y objected, stating 
 that Lord Goderich ha<l a few days before informed me that ho 
 had no connexion with Coloaial affairs. 1 also insisted that Mr. 
 Stanley had always expressed himself in accordance with the prayer 
 of the petition on the question of a Church Establishment in 
 Canada — that he was the only official organ of communication 
 nith the Government on Colonial affairs — that by the coarse pro* 
 
 .^^osed, we should of Course insult Mr. Stanley, and arouse him to 
 ';iM*tiiity aij^niufit the pbjectii of th9 petition, Mid the petitiouor# 
 
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 ♦hcmsolres. Porcoly'mg that I wns inflexible, Mr. H»m« e«n« 
 •Hiiteil to pre:ieiit tlie pelitioti in (he re^rulnr uuy, and ugroiHl to 
 write me a note, infornain"^ me of the time wiieu Mr. Stanley would 
 receive it. 
 
 In a few days I received a note from M. Hume, stating the day 
 and hour when be would meet meat the Colonial Office, to prt^eut 
 the petition. 1 met him at the time appointed, and when the petition 
 was presented to the Colonial Secretary to be laid before the Kin<r, 
 niter stating that Mr llyerson was acquainted with all the circum. 
 stances connected with the petition, he proceeded to remark upon 
 the general alFairs of the Province, attributing the expulsions of 
 Mr. Mackenzie to thw Kxecutive, stating the corruption of all de- 
 Hcriptions of public officers and Magistratt)r>, from tlie Lieutenant- 
 Governor downwards— that the " ruling faction'* in the Colojiy 
 ought to be utterly put down— and reading extracts of letters irhirh 
 he said he had received from persons of respectability in Canada. 
 While, in answer to some of Mr. Stanley's intjuiries, I wJis stjiting 
 the circumstances and objects of the Clergy Reserve Petition, Mr. 
 Hume apologised and departed ; and here terminated my private 
 intimacy with Mr. tlume, and 'ais ^' invariable kindness and atten. 
 tion," " amidst public business of importance, always given with 
 pleasure," together «vitb my '^ expression of thanks and gratitude, 
 in public and in private, verbally and in writing, for the aid he had 
 given me," — for so ungrateful was I (and I may add,8o disgusted 
 with his conduct and mode of proceeding, in addition t^my pre 
 vious unfavourable opinion of his principles and conduct on .some 
 great questions,) that I- never afterwards called upon him, or hiul 
 one word of correspondence with him. I proceeded to remark (o 
 Mr. Secretary Stanley, that the introduction on that ocjasioii ot" 
 the various political questions discussed in Upper Canada, had not 
 taken place by any understanding on my part — that 1 anticipated 
 the introduction of no other topic than what was immediately 
 connected with the specified object of the interview — that, thpugl,i 
 I was ready to give any information relative to the state of affairs i^ 
 Upper Canada that I possessed, if desired, I begged to he consid- 
 ered as not ofTering any opinion one way or the other, on thii 
 several topics t^. .iich had been introduced ; and that the Clergy Re< 
 serve question might not be identified with iiny of them, the prayer 
 of the petition bein^ supported to a great extent by all political 
 parties, as \ had shewn a few days before, by references to tho 
 Journals of the House of Assembly. In answer to Mr. Stanley's 
 inquiry, '^ whether the proceeds of these Reserves could not ba 
 divided among the leading Christian denominations in the Pro- 
 tince ?" I replied, and turned to the Journals of the House of 
 Assembly, in successive Sessions, to prove, that there was, if pos» 
 «ible, a greater unanimity of opinion and feeling ia Upper Canada 
 again&t thus dividing the Reserves, than in giving them all to th^ 
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 ;t}M> 'l<^ASi( ; l))Kf (h« MoMiodUt Minititers desired ^nd }^o»\A r^fieif 
 jrio pari of (lie Kubnrve.s tur their ovni vuppurt ; thnt tbey dt'fcirfil 
 ^othinff by \i-,ay pf indiviituai support from thn Ouvi^rninent but 
 ** equal and impurtial protection.'* Tin's 1 stated more Hrguriient- 
 fitively Ht larp^e iji the /bur distipnt e^odinuniciitions which [ nl'tero 
 nards drew up, luul delivered into the Colonial Secretary, (ha 
 evening bep)re J tooJ|^ uiy iinnl leave of London, and which 1 pub* 
 lished in the Guardian of the 23d and .'30th of last October, and 
 (he Cth of November. Indeed Mr. Uume himself, in thin very let« 
 (er of contumely, admits that he henrd me state my " objections to 
 nny rolffious sect receivijigf any absis^tjince from Government." 
 Jlere then from (he (uuup of my a\o\vf)d enemies themselves there 
 is a complete refutation of Ihe calumnies M'hich Mr Mackenzie 
 and his coadjutors have been propu^afin^r'and reiterating ai^ainst 
 jnc for the last six months, that I have laboured, whilst in Kngland, 
 to promote the establishment of a '^ vindictive dominant priest* 
 hood," 
 
 So deeply was J impressed wjth the unsoundness of Mr. Hume's 
 principles, and his utter unfitness to advocate efCciently any things 
 like constitutional refuim in the Colony on any question, that I 
 ^ot only expressed my opiniop to Mr. Mackenzie in London, (su 
 ptrongly that pne of the iir&( questions propos^^d to me by Mr. 
 Mackeu'zie, after my return to Cana<!a, was, '* Do you still enter- 
 lain so unfavourable an ^)pinip» of Mr. Hume?" (o which I aiu 
 swered in .the affirnvitive,) but I at the same time expressed my 
 aentiraents in no less tUau three letters addressed to particular 
 friends in this tov>u.* 
 
 • From one of thefc letters, dated Mattqu Garden, I^'ndon, June 25, 1833, 
 I give tliefulluwing extrtict; " I receivfti Mr. Kiclfardtion'tt letter on SatiirdHv, 
 Tneniiiiiiing the petitions to the rare rtf Mr. Hnire — not the persou to present a 
 Ipetition to His Majefliy uo roli^jiouH liberty in the Colonies, an<l e«pei-iaily alter 
 the part he has taken in op^iosin^ the bill for einiuicipuiing the sluves in the 
 West Indies. It has inconf^ed ilie rciiy;iou8 part of the nation a)>a:nsi him. (de is 
 connected with tlie West India interest by his uife— And hi» AbandonitiK all Ids 
 Ttrinc'iples of liberty in such a heart-Atirring question, <ic(>liuyt> eonficlence in the 
 ai!>intereii«tedite»6 of his general condnet, and liis rt:){aid |ui' ihe great intcresu of 
 .religion. J fiiuyll call upon ^iin this morning." 
 
 Such was my opinion of Mr. Hume even beloie I advocated the Clergy Reserve 
 Petition— such it was after I conversed witli him pei>onally, and witnessed liix 
 proceedings — such it i^ now- and such must every British subject noiv acknow* 
 ledge to be conect, after reading Mr. Hume's revolutionary ktter. I stated to 
 Mr. Mackenzie, moie than once, when he called upon ine in Loiidon, that I 
 could not associate myself with his political rheasuiex.any more than with tbo»e 
 of his opponents-^ that it was as «n intlwitfuat 1 lef^arded him— that sotne of his 
 measures I .as an individual approved of, though not bis manner of advocating; 
 them'-that on others, (and named the Bank, L^giHlative Council Reform, niiem^ 
 tions) I had not formed any opinion. But notwithstanding all my cauti,oii, I in 
 f&ct, got itito bad company,' for which I have paid a pretty fair price, but I' hope 
 not too mudi for the advaritages I trust I shall derive from the lesion it lias 
 taught me. And i rannot but regard it as a blessing and happiness .to the Metho* 
 dist connexion at large, that tb^y also, by tlie admission of alj parties, stand »o 
 mmpletely diMinrt from Messrs. Hume and Mackenzie, as to be involved in na 
 tcf'ponsibiiity Knd d'ttgracc by this premaCurc aniiounrcment of their revolutioa- 
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 Did my " Imprfssions'' then express any newly formed opinion 
 of Mr. Hume? It' 1 hiid been, (before I tveiit to Kiinrland) mi:<- 
 taken as to Mr. Hume, supposing him to 1)0 a dissenter, wlwn ho 
 was a sceptic ; supposing him to be a reformer when he was a re- 
 publican ; supposing him to do?' -^ the removal of abuses in tho 
 Colony, when he aimed at its " INDEPENDENCE and freedom 
 from the baneful domination of the MOTHER COUNTRY ;' 
 and if, under the influence of these favourable prepossessions, I had 
 led any portion of the Canadian public astray in respect to his 
 principles and conduct, so that they bad indulged expectations 
 from him which never would be reali/.ed, was I not bound by every 
 principle of consistency, truth and honour, to confess ray error ? 
 This I did in my " IMPRESSIONS." Hut what attack was thero 
 in those Impressions on Mr. Hume's private conduct? The fol . 
 lowing is every word in those impressions which relates to Mr 
 Hume: " The third political sect is called Radicals ; apparently 
 headed by Messrs. Hume and Attwood; the former of whom, 
 though acute, indefatigable, persevering, popular on finunciul 
 questions, and always to the point, and beard with respect and 
 attention in the House of Commons, has no influence as a religi- 
 ous man ; has never been known to promote any religious measurti 
 or object as such, and has opposed every measure for the better 
 observance of the Sabbath^ and even introduced a motion to defeat 
 the bill for the abolition of Colonial slavery/' 
 
 Now could I have justifiably said less, and in a more compli- 
 mentary manner, under all the circumstances of the case ? When 
 I had heretokore been the means of creating an erroneous impres- 
 sion in the minds of a large portion of the Canadian public in re- 
 spect to Mr. Hume, when I knew that be neither represented 
 their character, or feelings, or wishes in London; that his policy 
 was calculated;, if not intended, to irritate the King's government, 
 and urge it to unpopular acts towards the Colonies, rather than con- 
 ciliate it and obtain concessions; when I saw Mr. Hume vote for 
 the erection of a Church Establishment in Indi.i, (bis interest in 
 that case leading him to do so) with one Roman Catholic and two 
 Episcopalian Bishops, with a salary of jf 1000 a year eacb, whilst 
 he pretended to advocate the abolition of a Church Establishment 
 in Canada; when I bad read his speeches against the Sabbath and 
 Slave questions; when this same Mr. Hume had, whilst professing 
 a deep interest in the religious welfare of Canada, headed an infi- 
 del petition, presented and advocated it in the House of Commons, 
 for the remission of the sentence against the notorious Richard 
 Carlisle, who had been condemned by a jury of his country for 
 blasphemy, — I now ask even a candid opponent, if I was not more 
 blameaDle in not speaking more fully of Mr. Hume^thau in saying 
 4$ little as 1 did ? 
 
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 trt-n nnti(ipntr<I kft week. It majr', however, he proper (o ob«i 
 MH\e, U\ ii(l<li(iuiu that tliiit pAtt of Mr. Hnme'iR letter fully con- 
 flnii.s whiit I have I een .shamefully abused for saying, in my Impres- 
 tions, that '^ Itadiciilism in Kntfland oppeured to tne (o bo another 
 w(>r(l for Uepiililicitni^m, with thp naniKof King instead of Pre!si'< 
 dent.*** It ali^o proves that wliat I .^aid would be the tendency of 
 tiTtain measures, was even dtaigned by the promoters Of thera, 
 thouirli then sfoally denied. 
 
 VVhen the " Alavor of this Citv," denounced those who adhered 
 to the lirjlish Government durinjj the American Revolution,as'*cut 
 tnroulij of their own countrymen,'' and {supporters of " sLimp nets, 
 military domination/' t&c, and that those who defended thecoun« 
 try anainst the American invasion in the late war, merely " fought 
 to preserve Crown and Clergy Reserves, and all the other strong 
 holds of eonnption in the hands of th« locusts who infest and dis. 
 turh the Province/* — it was cavalierly replied, this ia only one of 
 the *' Mayor" s" imprudencied — he does not mean so. When this 
 «ame " Mayor'' again declared thai it was " owing to our neigh* 
 bourhood to the United States, and not to ftnt/ principle of honesty 
 in the British Government that the Canadas are not ixa basely 
 tyranized over as India or the Cape of Good Hope" — '• that the 
 local authorities have 710 means to protect themselves against an 
 injured people'—" that the arbitrary proceedings of Sir John 
 Colborne's government ARE such as would w.^rrant the people 
 to an open and ARMED RESISTANCE."— notwithstanding 
 thesy successive statements, avowals, and seiiitious nppeai.% the 
 " Mayor's" supporters could not even yet believe their oWn eyes, 
 and ^tiil reconciled it to thefr consciences and professions of at- 
 tiichment to the HriMsh Government io sustain and advocate him. 
 When I published an article, a few months ago, headed " Revo' 
 JuiioiUiri/ f^yinpidms,''' in which 1 drew a clear analogy in several 
 important Characteristics between lh6 proceedings of the promot. 
 ers of the American revolution and, the measures of the unnamed 
 " Mayor of this city" and some of his coadjutors in the Province^ 
 the whole was pronounced visionary and hypocritical, by a certain 
 description of loyalists, and the " Mayor's" loyalty was still de- 
 clared pure and patriotic, though now he himself declares his inw 
 tention to endeavour to accomplish, what I have been traduced for 
 imputing to his measures. But now, as the cloak is thrown off-> 
 preraatarely to be sure— there is no room for further excuse or 
 reconcilement between an acknowledged intention to terminate 
 British rule, or a renunciation of the ** MayOr," bis patron, and 
 h\& revolutionary scheme. For novr has the cool and calcalating 
 Hume, in a letter, written far from the scene of contemplated war* 
 fare, and evidently the result of frequent interchange of thought, 
 and of perfect mutual understanding between him and the" Major 
 of this citj-," proclaimed the** fast approaching crisis in theaR'airir 
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 I say not but Mr. Hume and the " Mayor of this city" may be 
 fsinoere, and reallv think they are actin^ patriotically in hastenin<>' 
 this " crisis" of'* INDEPENDENCE.'' but why has it all alon<r 
 been disclaimed ? Why has the " Mayor" been heretofore declar- 
 ing that he desired nothing but constitulional reform, and to 
 strengthen the union between the Colony and the Parent Slate, 
 and yet negociatin^ with Mr. Hume iu devising the best means 
 of hastening the skpa ration ? Was the " Mayor of this city" 
 sent to London for this purpose? Have he and Mr. Hume truly 
 represented their constituents in this project? Have they ad- 
 vanced the value, the honour, the interests of the Province, by 
 labouring to create such an impression in England, and promotin 
 such an object in Canada ? Or have they not misrepresented the 
 sentiments and character, and abused the confidence of a large 
 number of faithful British subjects ? Have they not thus done 
 more to disgrace them, lesseiv^he value of property, prevent tho 
 investment of capital, deter the influx of wealthy emigrants, and 
 retard the internal improvement of the Province, than all the ob- 
 jects of theli envy and abuse ? 
 
 One general remark, and I am done. In how different u senso 
 is the term Reformer employed by the ** Mayor" and some others, 
 now, from what it was a few years ago ; and how different are the 
 measures pursued. Lately Earl Grey and ' Lord Chancellor 
 Brougham were regarded as the leaders of Reformers in England, 
 upon the reputation of long public lives ; now they are denounced, 
 and Mr. Hume, their sworn enemy, is held up as the " leader of 
 the Reformers of Great Britain." Lately Dr. Rolpb and others 
 were regarded as leading Reformers in Canada ; now is the Doc- 
 tor most shamefully attacked by the Mayor himself in the very 
 Advocate which contains this patriotic letter of Mr, Hume's. 
 Lately the people were taught to look affectionately and confi- 
 dently to the parental care and attention of the Imperial Govern- 
 ment for the security and promotion of their interests \ now they 
 are exhorted to have the measures and result of the American 
 revolution ever in view. Lately the King's ministers were re- 
 spected and honoured; now they are insulted and abused. Lately 
 attachment and loyalty to the British Government was professed; 
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 Mk. Gubnett — On rising to submit to tlic Court tlio Resolution 
 of which he had given notice on Saturday, eaid that lie I'olt lio was 
 nhout to tread on delicate ground; and that ho miglit perhaps sub- 
 ject himself to the reproach of being the first to depart from that 
 line of conduct which ho [Mr. G.] was the first to suggest to Iho 
 Court — that of avoiding nil party politics in their discussions. The 
 nesolution which ho was about to submit, however, although it was 
 of a political character, involved no question of parly politics, be- 
 cause it contained no proposition about which any ditlerenco of 
 opinion had ever been entertained, or could ever bo entorlaincd, 
 among politiciana of any party who pretended to the character 
 of British subjects. It contained simply the declaration of a prin^ 
 ciple to which every subject had either actually or impliedly, and 
 which most of the members of that Court had actually sworn to 
 maintain : it was a declaration of our attachment to our {Sovereign, 
 and to the institutions of that great and glorious Empire to which 
 the inhabitants of this Colony had the honour to belong. To tho 
 expression of such sentiments he [Mr. G.] could not tor a moment 
 anticipate any hesitation on the part of tho racm^rs of that Court, 
 because there was not one member of that body, whatever might bo 
 tho designation of his politics, whether Tory, Whig or Reformer, 
 who had not repeatedly avowed and boasted of his loyalty and 
 attachment to his Sovereign— least of all could he anticipate any 
 opposition to such sentiments from tho members of that Court who 
 called themselves Reformers; who had, of late ^ears, in their peti< 
 tions, in their speeches, and in their conversations, set up a sort of 
 exclusive claim to loyalty and attachment to what they called their 
 " Reform King" and the '* Glorious Whig Ministry." (A laugh.) 
 
 [Here Mr. Gurnctt read the preamble and Resolution to which 
 he was about to call for the sanction of the Common Council.] and 
 «aid, he assured himself that every member of that Court would 
 give him credit for having, in the drawing up of tho Resolution, 
 carefully abstained from the introduction of every thing like party 
 politics, or which was in any way calculated to elicit conflicting 
 9entimeni« from the members of that Council. It was a mere dis* 
 avowal of tho doctrines contained in Mr. Hume's letter. lie [Mr. 
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 <i I'orpuruto \nn\y. lint lio wii'* prrpari'il to hluw tliat tlii-re wns ul)iiii« 
 tliinco of prt'cctlenls in ravonr ol' nuch u htcp. 'I'lio C'orporutlou of 
 tlio City of London, a mujurity ot whom, liko u tnnjoiily of oiir« 
 woIvcH, liud always Lotiii grout " Ui-fornHTs'' anil " loxcrn oi liberty,'' 
 iiuil lrc«j<iontly Hiojtt asiiio froiu tlieir ordinary uiuniuipol dntioH, und 
 tukon u|t questions of gcne/ul or national politicH ; and upon nurovr* 
 ous occasionH liad addrcdHod His Majesty tliercon. 'J'iio t'orporutinn 
 «>f tliu City ut Diildiu iiud Iretinoutiy donu tlio Haniu, and su liud tlio 
 Corporations of most of tho otiior lurgo towr,« of the bimpiru, oh bo 
 Would slu.'W to Ibo Court from llio work which lio held in Lis hand, 
 The first in tunco which ho would read was from tho Annuid Regis^ 
 te/' for 17NL*, when tho Common Council of London wont up to tho 
 Kini; with an address, thaiikin^ His MajeHty for having changed 
 Lis ministry in " compliance witli ihi; wishes of tlio people/' Again, 
 in 17!)0, Nov. 24, when the Council of tho same City went up 
 with un address to tho King congralulating him on thu treaty of 
 })eace with S[)uin. In JH*20, whej Ihcro wcro great distuibunccs 
 throughout linglund, the same '• lofurining" Corporation went up 
 with an address to their Sovereign " to testily,*' tu use tho lunguugo 
 t)f tho addrcHB, *' to tho country at large, in this evil hour, their 
 iesuluti(;n to defend the Monarchy, as well as tlio other brunches of 
 iho Constitution, against the attempts openly and industriously niado 
 Ay llif iustigutom and abcttats oj sedtlion and i/ijidetily.'^ 'J hosd 
 coses Mr. Gurnetl contended were strictly in )»oint, and completely 
 tstahlished tho right ot corporate bodies to take up questions such 
 auH that which ho had that day brought undt-r tbo coniiidcrutiou of 
 the Council of the City of Toronto. 1 1: v, ." 
 
 The present occasion, in his opinion, not only justified the Corpo- 
 ration of the capital of tho Province in stepping forward to disavow 
 the ])rinciples ascribed to the people of Canadd by Mr. Uunie, but 
 imperatively demanded of them to do so, unless they would submit to 
 the unavoidable inference (from their silence) of concurring in tho 
 scntinients and opinions contained in Mr. Hume's letter — an inier^ 
 cnce which would be as just as it would be inevitable, seeing that 
 the letter in question was addressed to a very high functionary of 
 this City. In this letter Mr. flume advises the people of Canada 
 to free themselves from 'vhat he calls •' the baneful domination of 
 the Mother Country," — to establish their independence, and rolers 
 them to the example of the American Colonies between tho years 
 J 772 and I7fc<2. (Hear, hear, from Dr. Morrison.; " Yes, JSir,*' 
 sdid Mr. G. reading from Mr. Hume's letter, he tells us that '* a 
 f^risii is fust approaching in the Canudas which will terminate in 
 independence and freedom from the baneful domination of the 
 Mother Country.'' And then lie tells us, in a subsequent part of his 
 letter, that '* The proceedings between llTiand 1782 in America 
 ought not to be forgotten ; and to the honour of the Americans^ 
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 uf Mr. lluino in Ibis b<lli>r? He tulh llie poopUt, tbi> Inyul and trnu* 
 hearted Brilinh people ul Upper Cana(bi, lliat lliey are to fn-e ib««m. 
 KolveH from what lit- is pleast'U to call " tlio baneful dominntion ot llm 
 Mother Country; " to establish tlieir indepnnileiuM.' ; and tlirti ciilU 
 upon them to imitate tho example of the people of the United .Suite« 
 in 1772 and 17H?. So ho first tells us what wo aio lo do, and then 
 liow we arc to do it — pointing to the American revolution as to a linger 
 post wliich is to guidu us in the paths of rebellion and indenendenoe* 
 (Hoar, hear, from Ur. Morrison.) Jie, (Mr. 0') could not lieliovo 
 that tho people of Upper Canada were prepared to adnpl suelv 
 ndvicc : ho could not, would not beliive, until ho should sou it witli 
 Jiis own oyos, that the majority of that Council would belio tho pro- 
 JcsHions and protestations of their whole lives, by astionting toadiMV 
 trino 80 pernicious to tho interests, as it must bo repugnant to tho 
 ))oat principle3 and feelings of evory true I{rit)u. One part of tho 
 mombctH of that Council might be called Tories, and another might 
 denominate themselves lleformors, liut whatever njiaiht bo tho d'is- 
 tinctions of J)arty, or tho dilTorences of opitjion upon questions of 
 local politics, ho could notyoi bring himself to contemplate the possi- 
 bility of there being any ditferonco of o|tinion among them upon th(» 
 vital question, of whctlior tho peeplo of this Province wero to con- 
 tinuo to adhero to tho Hrilish form of Oovornment, to the institu- 
 tions of their fathers And tho land of their fathor^i, or to set up lor 
 ourselves a democratic Republic, like that whoso growth, and tliw 
 commencement of whoso doclino, wo h&vo witnessed, and are now 
 already witnessing on tho other »idoof tho Canadian frontier. For it 
 was this question, and nothing less than this question, which was nou<- 
 to bo decided in this Court, by tho adoption or tho rejection of tli»» 
 Resolution which bo (Mr. G.) now held in his hand. (Iloar,hoar.^ 
 Jt might possibly bo attempted by gentlemen of that Court — for 
 Homo of them wore very ingenious — to twist tho letter of Mr. llumrt 
 from its natural position, and to distort tho tpeaning of its more o>i« 
 jectionablo passages, in order to render thorn less 'opugnant to tha 
 principles and feelings of the Canadian people, and less at variance) 
 with truth ; but the meaning was too plain and indisputable to admit 
 of the success of any such attempt. No two opinions upon tho mat-* 
 tor can be entertained among men of common sense. ICvory body 
 with whom ho (Mr. G.) I ad conversed, and all the pu>)lio news- 
 papers, (save one) without regard to party, which ho had road, bad 
 given to those objectionable passages tlieir literal and obvious inter- 
 pretation : and those persons, and the [<]ditors of those papers, Mkr> 
 true British subjects and honest men, had expressed tho most un- 
 qualified condemnation of Mr. Hume's doctrines. Some of th» 
 persons with whom he had conversed had heretofore attached thein< 
 Helves to that cluSs of politicians called Reformers ; but who now 
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 rtio doctrines inculcated in Mr. Hiimo's letter, they would l)a Re- 
 formers no longer : llio reform which they sought was Hrilish Re- 
 torm, Jind not revolution and doraocracy ! Such ho (Mr. G.) still 
 hopod would also be the declaration of the Gentlemen of that Court 
 who culled themselves Reformers. Rut if there really were any 
 persons, either in that Council or out of it, who were prepared to adopt 
 and defend tho sentiments of Mr. IJume, their decision upon the 
 ijucstion now before tbe Court v/ould bring the matter to issue. Let 
 them now avow themb vfls— lot them now stand forth, and by re- 
 jecting this resolution, boidly avow that it was revolution, and not 
 reform, which they have really been seeking ; that all trt,e Reform- 
 ers may know their foes, and conio forth from beneath tho deceptive 
 banner under which they had unwittingly arrayed themselves. Ho 
 (Mr. G.) had no right to assumo that there w«re in that Council any 
 such wolves in sheeps clothing ; nor would he believe that there 
 were, as bo said before, until it was exhibited by tboir rejection cf 
 the Resolution which he had oubmittcd to Ihem. 
 
 liCt us, said Mr. G. enquire for a moraent what are the advantages 
 to be obtained from the proposed "freedom from the domination of 
 the Mother Country ?" Are we to set up an independent government 
 for ourselves? or are we to transfer ourselves over to the United 
 States ? and. in cither case, is it expected that the Canadas will 
 improve their condition? It was not his (Mr. G.'s) intention to 
 «>nter at length into an estimate of the coraparaliye merits of tho 
 forms of Government— tho British, of King, Lords and Commons; or 
 the Araencan Democratio Republic ; but he might lake this occasion 
 to observe that some of the greatest men which that republic had 
 ever produced, had questioned the superiority of their own institu- 
 tions ; and some of them hod actually gone so far as to openly express 
 their conviction of the superiority of the former. At a Cabinet din- 
 ner held at the American seat of Government, some years subsequent 
 to their revolution, at which Jefferson, Madison, the elder Adams, 
 Alexander Hamilton, and others, were present, Adams gave his 
 opinion, as stated in a letter from Jefferson to La Fayette, that the 
 British form of Government, divested of the corruptions which ha,d 
 environed it, was a better form of Government, and better calculated 
 to afford permanent security to the liberties of the people than their 
 own republic. But Hamilton (one of tho most able and amiable 
 men that America had produced) openly avowed that, with all its 
 imperfections, tho British Government was the best on earth ; and 
 contended that were an attempt mad 3 to divest the British form 
 «f Government of the corruptiens complained of, by reform or other- 
 wise, it would brir.g about un undue preponderence of the democratic 
 branch of the Government, which tvould uitimately degenerate into 
 un Elective Dkspotism — such, Sir, (suid Mr. G.) as vve npw 
 witness in a neighbouring Repuljlic. 
 
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 cil, Rora« testimonials of tho great superiority of tho Brili»h form of 
 Ciovernmrat over that of thoao naughty Democratic Republicaui^ 
 tho Vankccs, from a n^uch higher authority than that either of tlani' 
 ilton or tho elder Adams— from an authority, Mr. Mayor, which 
 must always have great weight in this Council, and to which every 
 member of this Couit will ever bow with all due deference and sub. 
 mission. Tl>o authority from which I shall now prove Iho vati, 
 Buperiority of a Government of King, Lords, and Commons, over 
 that of ari Elective Republic, is a paper of great celebrity, Sir, called 
 the •* Coioniat Adoqcate!"' (Loud cries of hear, hear, and shout> of 
 laughter, in which the Mayor joined ) I happened, Mr. Mayor, 
 to be tumbling over an old file of papers this morning, when I acci- 
 dentally put my hand upon a few numbers of this renow.ieu publi- 
 cation, iijsued about ^oven years ago, in which I found so many and 
 Buch powerful argutnenU in favour of the superiority of Monarchy 
 a^d Aristocracy, over Republicanism and Democracy, and those 
 b.^'umenU too sustained with so much greater ability, and more 
 ardent zeal than I could presume to, that I at once determined, Sir, 
 on availing myself of their powerful aid in support of my raotiou 
 befqre you this day. For I felt, Sir, that although all the arguments 
 which I might adduce should fail in convinciug this Court, the testi* 
 mony of such high authority as that of the Editor of the Colonial 
 Adyocate, would carry conviction to the mind of every member of 
 this Court* and ensure their unanimous support of tho Resolution 
 now before you. (Continued laughter.) 
 
 The first extract wflich I shall make, Sir, and to wbich I am suro 
 you will be quite delighted to listen, is from the Colonial Advocate 
 datad 6th April, 1 826— it is as follows : — 
 
 " The United Stf^tes and vv© are hoW on good terms ; long may it 
 continue to be so ; bui Ifear, I fear, that they only wait a favourable 
 opportunity to effeot their favourite object, which, as far as I can 
 Kce by a most intimate inve; tigatlon of their newspapers, review* 
 and Congressional spoecheS), is to drive the British Government out 
 oj this Continent altogether. Yes, and unless more prudent tnen 
 fire sent here, they wi'C do so,. I mav he laiighcd at for saying that 
 those very men who now grasp at the pacific ocean and its shores, 
 may yet confiscate the estates, and bunhh the persons of some of 
 those men whose measures are tendmg to alienate the hearts cf tho 
 people of this country from tho best and most virtuous? and noble 
 government on earth — that of Great Britain."* 
 
 . - The Editor OP THE Advocatk. 
 
 • " The hanly sons oi tlic North were never Oonqucicd by flie South in anjr 
 part of the world. The I'arUrs overcame th? Chinese— the (JotI . aiul VantiaU 
 became niAstcrj of Uome— the Scatiiliuavians subdued th^ Anglo-Saxons; and 
 In more inonern times, the Northern American States liiivo obtained an asccn- 
 di'incy aver their more voluptuous Southern brethren i and if ever tiie Yankrr* 
 obtain the mastery over us, it iviil be because ottriason within, and not owina l« 
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 Th lljcse setiUmonlu gf the Editor of tbc Colonial Advocate, said 
 Mr. G., wc nui. t all most heartily concur. Ho tells us, Mr. Mayor, 
 fust, that " Great Britain is tho best, most virtuous, and most noble 
 Govornmcnt on earth ;" and that " if ever tho Yankees obtain tho 
 mastery" over this Colonial dependency of that " best, most virtuous 
 and most noble Government," it will bo '* because oi treason within, 
 and not owing to an enemy without oqr gates !" I will give ^ou an* 
 other extract from the same high authority, Sir, dated April 19th, 
 1827, -nd is a commentary on tho then troubled state of Europe. It 
 is as follows : 
 
 \iSote by the Editor of the Colonial Advocate.] 
 
 [Tho above picture ia ptrhaps too true ; and at such a time, and 
 in such a Colony, it well becomes us to evince our warm and affec? 
 tionate attachment to the lovely isle of our birth by a declaration of 
 our sentiments on some important subjects deeply connected with 
 the futiiro prosperity of tho Empire, in which, however humble our 
 lot, we hope to close the ' few and weary days' which ypt remaiq 
 of oui earthly career.''] >' ,- . u .\i > .; ?- .- k^-iv. 
 
 Here, Sir, said Mr. G., We have the patriotic Editor of tho Advo- 
 cate making, in most pathetic cadence, a solemn vow that he will 
 " close the few and weary days which yet remain of liis earthlj 
 career" under the wings of that great Empire, " whose government 
 (he assures us) is the besty most noble, and most virtuous on earth." 
 With such high authority as this. Sir, lor the chararter of the British 
 Government, is there one member of this Court whose blood does 
 not boil with indignation when Mr. Joseph Hume dares to talk to us 
 about *' the baneful domination of the Mother Country." (Much 
 laughter.) 
 
 ! shall now, Mr. Mayor, present you with a quotation from a 
 8till more celebrated production of tlio same author — it is from the 
 far famed letters. Sir, of the Editor of the Colonial Advocate to th^ 
 Earl of Dalhousie. (Hear, hear.) Here it is. Sir-— 
 
 ''■ To THE Right Honourable _.» 
 
 " THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE. - - 
 
 " My Lokd, 
 
 *' There is a holy and heavenly principle of love towards his ria- 
 tive countr^ implanted in the mind of every good man, whieh, though 
 it is not always perceptible }ven to himself, causes him to rejoice in 
 the triumphs of his nation, and to grieve whexi misfortune or defeat 
 overshadows his j ople." 
 
 * * * »-«. m * 
 
 ** And has a Briton less reason to desire the happiness of thfr em- 
 pire ? Shall thiai little island, the brightness of whose glojHes hatb 
 cast a radisoce over the face of the habitaible world, be forgotten' in 
 tke dusky atraoi-phere of Washington, and the lewd luxuries of Ne>v 
 Orleans ? Never. The high nationaj character of England nmstbo 
 

 ate, said 
 Mayor, 
 Qst Doble 
 )tain tlio 
 virtuous 
 n within^ 
 I you an* 
 >ril 1 9th, 
 iropo. U 
 
 ime, and 
 irid uftVc? 
 iration of 
 ;ted with 
 imbloour 
 it remaiii 
 
 ho Advo- 
 Eit be wiU 
 is earthly 
 vernment 
 m earth." 
 ho British 
 )lood does 
 talk to us 
 * (Much 
 
 ion from a 
 i from the 
 i\\Q to tho 
 
 rdshisna< 
 eh, though 
 ) rejoice in 
 o or defeat 
 
 of the eM- 
 ones hatb 
 urgotten' in 
 iesof New 
 nd must b« 
 
 kept sacred, tbo heavenly flame must bo Hlaned ; until from Naw. 
 lull ml laud's bunks to the tihoros of t))e Puciiic, the pridu aud the glory 
 ul tlio land shall be in the name of |]iitiah IVecraeo." 
 
 " At this moiuonl the eyes of all America are <urncd upor> ih'yi 
 country. I'hcy think to profit by our intestine divisions, they laugh 
 ttluur inconsistencies, and seem to await the dty as fast approaching 
 when these colonies shall vainly seek independence in a separation 
 iVom their parent sslate, or humbly court neur alliunce-s, in the slave 
 traders ol' the Caroliuas, and their Presidcctial favorite, " the hero of 
 New Orleans I" 
 
 "That our country is suflTerinj; under the eflfects of great and un« 
 prtA:odcntcd oomiucrcial depression your lordship well knouts; that 
 the supreme govcrnmeut desires the happiness and prosperity of theso 
 provinces is equally apparent. And if at a moment like this when 
 the finances ot England are straitened, she extends the hand of U* 
 borulity and kindness to her colonies, strengthens their means of de- 
 fence, and expends her treasure on canals to encourage their trade 
 and agriculture ; it is no less a duty than a pleasure to m.} to offer 
 humbly and respectfully to tho representative of my king an honest 
 opinion as to the mcaps whereby they may be for ever attached to 
 our laws and government." 
 
 Really sir, (said Mr. G.) these are as noble sentiments as ever 
 wore conceived in the bosom, or uttered by the lips of a patriotic 
 Jirilon ; the ideas and tho language too sir, are really splendid; and 
 coming as they do, JMr. Mayor, from tho Editor of the Colonial 
 Advocate, will inspire every member of this Council, I hope, with 
 similar sentiments upon this occasion, [ Hear hear ] 
 
 But, sir, I will give you another quotation or two from the same 
 famous letters :— 
 
 " A colonial peerage has been ridiculed, but my lord, Mr. Pitt 
 suvv its usefulne.ss; and if merit either on the bench or in tho arm 
 uud navy has deserved a iScottisb or Irish coronet, it surely would not 
 be less prized by a Canadian or Nova Scotian. The people would 
 submit to taxes imposed by themselves through their representatives, 
 the aristocracy would add to the national dignity, and be a blessed 
 exchange for legislative councillors, whose honors are consigned to 
 tho tomb with them who wear them.'' 
 
 IJere, Mr. Mayor, we see the Aristocratic Editor of the Colonial 
 Advocate recomending to tho Earl of Dalhousie, t/ie creation of a 
 halchof Canadian Peers I [Great Laughter.] Envious people, 
 itir, may perhaps insinuate that the worthy Editor might have been 
 " casting about in his mind's eye" for a seat among the new nobility, 
 and that, he expected a Viscount's Coronet at least would have de- 
 corated his own brow in the new Canadian Peerage !--[a laugh.] 
 
 The " people'' too, Mr. Mayor, the worthy Editor tells us, 
 " would submit to he taxed in order to support auch an aristocracy^ 
 because thep *' would add to tho national dignity, and be a blessed 
 
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 ■Mli I 
 
 28 
 
 cxclmngo for Icgiiilatlro councillors, whoso honors aro eonsignod io 
 (Ije tomb with those who wear thera !'* 
 
 Here, sir, wo find the Ijcgislative CoancUloni complained of; not 
 on account of their politics; ()h no sir ! butbeaause, poor gentlemep, 
 *' their honors die with them"— because their titles are not hereditary t 
 A grievous offence most truly to the aristocratic feelings of the 
 £ditor cf the Colonial Advocate. [Hear, hear, and a laugh.] 
 
 1 will favour you, Sir, with a few more quotations from theso 
 renowned productions. — 
 
 '* When the Canadas received their present constitution, thai 
 irroat statesman, Mr. Fox, whom po roan charged with ultra-royal- 
 ism, ' laid it down as a principle ne^er to be departed from, that 
 evrr}' part of the British dominions ought to posseHs a government, 
 in the constitution of which, monarchy^ aristocracy, and democracy, 
 werie mutually blended and united; nor could any government be 
 a fit one for British subjects to live under which did not contain its 
 due weight of aristocracy, because THAT he considered to bo the 
 proper poise of the Constitution, the balance that equaliised the pow- 
 fers of the two other branches, and gave stability and iirbiness to the 
 whole.* To this doctrine Mr. Pitt most willingly subscribed, and 
 joined with his great political rival in the melnly and deUcalo cpm* 
 pliiucnt he had paid to the British Constitution." ' ". ' 'X ^ -Xlf 
 ' Again.— 
 
 " Of what elements arc our Houses oi Assembly composed ? It 
 is true we find hero and there a man of genius iand independence, 
 of talents and integrity ; but are not the great mass of our Assembly 
 men citlier distinguished for their servile adherence to a governoi'a 
 favourite, or for their pertinacious and obstinate opposition to every 
 measure proposed by the administration, of whatever nature ? I 
 ONCE vainly hoped that intelligent and independent Britibh princi- 
 ples would find their way into the Assenibly of Upper Canada, but 
 experience has tunght mo that I formed a wrong estimate. Sorao 
 represen tali vus arc sent hero, not on account of their having ono 
 single qualification as logislato/'s, but because ihey have suffered, or 
 are thought to have sustained injury at the hand? of Government. 
 Others, 1 far, are sent because they think We would lie better off 
 -^ if united to New York State than to Lower Canada; indeed a very 
 popular member stated, not long ago, in my hearing, that he thought 
 so. My Lord, I am seriously afraid that if this circle of Parlfa- 
 nicuts lor one peopfe shall much longer cohtirtue, the member >n 
 qucstionWill not bo solitary in his views. Many of these legis- 
 lators are qualified to sign their names, but as to framing and carry, 
 ing through a bill, on any subject whatever, the half of them wisely 
 nnver attempted such a herculean task." ' ' ' ' *.' ^ 
 
 Again,— 
 
 " V\ hat your Lordship may think of thi< short paragraph I ean^ 
 not tell; but to my Scotch f'celinjjs it was rather annoying to se* 
 Canadian misenes becoming so conspicuous, aijd 1 took th« 
 
 our 
 
 the 
 and 
 hall 
 fer« 
 
 the I 
 

 paint to look out a few evidences of tho blestinga of tlieir republic 
 can system, in order 'to place them before your Lordship and the 
 tiouittry, by way of contrast. I shall say nothing about Governor 
 Troup and the ' troubles in Georgia,' nor of Governor GIloa nnd the 
 • troubles in Virginia,' for your Lcrdship and all tho world havn 
 heard enough of these troubles alroa,dy; nor will I aUempt to de- 
 scribe those ' signs of the times/ in their Intelligencer, wliicii go to 
 shew that * a corrupt faction are cxei;ting every nerve, and invoking 
 every shadt of slumbering grievance, to fright their present ruler 
 from his stool of office/ .and to make room thereon fpr the slayer of 
 Ambrister." •♦<. ...i - • 
 
 Agam,— 
 
 *' Mr. Niles of Baltimore anticipates greater excitement, if not 
 violence, at the next election of their Chief Magistrate, than ban 
 occurred on any former similar occasion sindo the formation of their 
 govoi'nment. 
 
 " And is this the government, and are these the people who<io 
 alliance and intimacy we ought to courtin«teadof that of England? 
 No, my Lord ; their constitutional theory is defective, and their 
 practice necessarily inconsistent. Their government wants consi>- 
 tidation, and let us take warning by their example." - - .'' 
 
 Again f — 
 
 •* It is the candid acknowledgment, even of those who are most 
 strenuous m >opposing your Lordship's administration, that yoiar 
 Lordship has deeply at heart the good of the country. On that 
 head I have never heard two opinions." . < . 
 
 1__: . .?'.a> :. ' •f.'V ■ ••■,;c.-,( .(..1 , . : .,., 
 
 Again,— 
 
 *' That youf Lordship may long liVe to preside over this portion 
 of tho Empire, and to sustain, in these republican a'nd level jing 
 tames, the dignity of triie nobility, is the ardent wish and hope ol, 
 '' My Lord, 
 
 " ' . -(,^* Your Lordship's most obedient , 
 i , I f !: . " And most humble servant, 
 
 yW.L. MACKENZIE." 
 " rork, April 2^rd, 1827;V 
 
 In all those extracts which I have read to you, Mr. Mayor, we 
 find the same MgA. spirited Editor of the Advocate lauding the 
 British Government, more particularly the Aristocratic branch of it, 
 to the skies ; and condemning and holding up to ridicule and con- 
 tempt the republican institutions of our neighbours. We find him 
 complaining bitterly of the folly and stupidity of tlie people of Cana- 
 da for sending uneducated and ignorant men to represent them in 
 the Assembly ; andwe find him profuse in his expressions ol esteem 
 and approbation of the government of Lord Dalhousie, in whose be- 
 half the worthy writer concludes his first epistle by offering up hi.^ 
 ferveoi prayer that his *' Lordship may long continue to preside over 
 the Canadian people, and to sustain the true dignity of British Nobii- 
 
 ^>3 
 
30 
 
 in the&§ repulUcan and itvelUng timet T (Hear, Loar, and 
 laiif^litcr.) 
 
 U can hardly bo necessary after this, Mr. Mayor, for mo to ad- 
 duce any further arguments in support of the principles ok my Reso- 
 lution, in condemnation of the toul and nlaiiderous imputations of 
 Mr. Hume againat the British Government. There are a few pas- 
 sagos, however, in the second letter of the same celebrated personago 
 to Lord Dalhcusie, which are so pertinent to my purpose, so ju^t 
 and admirable in (heir sentiments, that i must cIbIii^ the furihc-r 
 patience of yourself, Mr. Mayor, and the rest of the Council whilo 
 I read tliem. ■ ;^' ' .: if-'ii'i rtA 
 
 •' To THE Right HoNouBABtB :' • 
 
 "THK EARL OF DALHOUSIE 
 "Mr Lord, .^ 
 
 Mi 
 
 i 
 
 
 « # 
 
 
 '* For it is gonerous in your Lordship not willingly to prostrate 
 the whole of the servants of His Majesty at the feet of the Commons, 
 at the mercy of their annual vote, contrary to the usage of England, 
 where the civil list is voted for the life of the King ; while the Cana- 
 dian supplies^ if allowed to pass in the way in vv'hich it is said they 
 desire, will place the Royal authority and influence in Lower Canada 
 entirely at the mercy of a majority in the Assembly for the tinio 
 being,and so oblige the officers of Government to court popular favour 
 for daily bread ; would place the judges of the land in that slavish 
 state of dependence on the populace which produced so much real 
 evil in Massachusetts, and which, in the rich Slate of Xew York; has 
 made cheap justice a bye*word, and the miserable pittance allowed 
 the administrators of the laws a reproach. -;h:l»f 
 
 " So far your Lordship's administration is just and reasonablo.^^ 
 « * * « » . « 
 
 • " So far back, as in Governor Burnett's time (son to the excellent 
 historian of his own times) there were financial difficulties in Mas-. 
 sachussets. They would not allow the Governor any fixed salary, 
 only what they pleased yearly j and when he tried to indemnify 
 himself by imposing a duty on vessels leaving the harbour, ho was 
 complained of to the King; the controversy lasted till his death, 
 when, as Sir Walter Scott informs us, the Assembly relented in theif 
 resentment, and erected a monument to his memory.'' 
 
 " * * * * * i^v^.hi^^r 
 
 " And so would the Assembly of Lower Canada to your Lord- 
 ship were.your Lordship, unfortunate for this country, called henco. 
 But while the Constitution remains as it is, no end to financial con- 
 troversy will ever be found — it is impossible. For if your Lord- 
 ship were to concede the Crown duties, some other topic, fruitful in 
 discord would supply their place — perhaps the Post Office revenue, 
 perhaps a thousand other matters -to which importance enough 
 would be given to cause dissension. Your Lordship may yettqe 
 
3k 
 
 •fi' 
 
 ■?ha 
 
 t1f<J day '^hon tlio Nvw Englond States onil tho groat Slnto of NTovy 
 York, will recode from thoirunion with tlie South and tlio West, an<i 
 being joined with tlieso Colonics form an into<;ral portion of (lio 
 country of their fathers, Great Britain and Ireland-" 
 
 ^? ^T tP ^t " ^ 
 
 ** Those who chose to doubt tho possibility of a cordial reunion 
 between Britain and her Now England Colonics, on tho ground 
 that the latter are wedded to republieanisra will bo pleased to loolc 
 back into the volume of English history and they will find that 
 Britain was nearly as long a republic under the protectorate of Crora-* 
 well, as New England has been a democracy under the United 
 States, and that the people got so tired of republicanism that they 
 have preferred a limited monarchy ever since." •» .on iv>ifu 
 
 ^P ^P ^P ^F ^F 
 
 ** With an aristocracy of more irapetishtiblo materials than at pre- 
 sent exists, with a ruler less responsible, less liable to be changed at 
 the caprice of tho opposition for the time being, and with a boude of 
 representatives less trammelled by countervailing stale lawd, the U, 
 S. might prosper.— But it is with mo one of the strongest arguments 
 which can be {iddiiced against the abolition of the British primogeni- 
 ture laws, that in those republics where they have been abolished and 
 where more equalizing laws of inheritance obi ain, alcss independent 
 and less valuable clas^ of persons usurp the places of tho country 
 
 gontlemeln of education, manly principles and honorable family." 
 
 * ■ « « « 
 
 • •*«! When T established this newspaper, in May, 1824j I sent the 
 first number to your Lordship. In my earliest address to the public 
 t avowed the principled by which I was actuated as a British born 
 subject ; and although I say it, arid say it with regret, that I havo 
 been too often led into useless arguments upon tho local and personal 
 disputed of individuals upon the measures of the provincial govern* 
 ment, and even upon still more trivial subjects, when I should havo 
 devoted my journal [as originally intended] to a consideration of the 
 wealth, power and resources of my country, I can nevertheless truly 
 declare, that 1 have ever desired the glory and prosperity of Britain. 
 In 1824 I stated that I preferred British to American liberty, that I 
 thought a limited monarchy compatible with freedom, that I disliked 
 to hear us gibed in Congress as thedistant dependencies of a distant 
 monarchy, that I would never wish to see these Colonies united to 
 the States, that I trusted to see British America thrive andprosper full 
 as well as these States, and that I hoped the time would arrive when 
 Canada would be pointed out as a model for other governments; I 
 also avowed having sworn voluntary allegiance to my Kin^ and 
 country." 
 
 " In these principles arid these opinions I remain to this day 
 unchanged, and I trust I ever shall.'' •'•i:'^-;' '-x' r-ji-' :' ■ *-* vvci 
 
 T^ ^P ^r ^P ^P 
 
 \^' That your Lordship's admiaistration mfty be a means, in tho 
 
 »' 
 
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 32 
 
 liand of Providcnco of uniting llioRe countrios to Britain bj an intlia- 
 •olubl* tie, is thoHincore and lieart t'eit wish ol^ 
 ■ ' • > ■; ''My Lord 'j , ; < •. •,,; ;.,.. ■, r 
 
 ** Your Ijordsliip'fl i , -. c . 
 
 "Most obodient 
 
 " lliirable servnnt. 
 •• W. L. MACKENZIE. 
 " Vofk, April 23rd. 1834." 
 
 »'- 
 
 . 1 ..•!.. I , . I. 
 
 Throughout tho whole of Ihcso oxtracls, Mr. Mayor, the samo 
 high tone of British feeling h evinced. The same encomiums upon 
 the British Government, and the same ridicule and contempt of tho 
 Araoricon. The people of the Northern States are declared by the 
 Editor of the Advocate to be thoroughly tired of republicanism, and 
 ready to return under the British flag, and unite with these Colo, 
 nies; while tho Canadian Houses of Assembly are severely rapped 
 over the knuckles for presuming to talk about granting the supplies 
 for the support of the Government by an annual vote. '* It is gen ' 
 erons in your Lordship (says the Editor of tho Advocate to Ijord 
 Dalhousie) not willingly to prostrate the whole of the servants of 
 His Majesty at the feet of the Commons^ at the mercy of their 
 annual vote, contrary to the usage of England, where the civil 
 list is voted for the lijeofthe King — while the Canadian Supplies^ 
 if allowed to pass in the way in which it is desired, would place 
 the Royal authority and influence in Canada entirely at the mercy 
 
 I of a majority in the Assembly for the time being, and so oblige 
 the officers of Government to court popular favour for their daily 
 
 ; bread ; would place the Judges of the land in that slavish state of 
 dependence on the populace which produced so much real evil in 
 Massachusetts, and which, in the rich Sate of New York, has 
 made cheap justice a bye word, and the miserable pittance allowed 
 the administrators of the laws as a reproach."' '* So far (conti- 
 nues the Editor of the Advocate) your Lordship's administration 
 IS just and reasonable.^' 
 
 All these rxtracls. Sir, tend to demonstrate incontestably, the 
 superiority ol the British Institutions over those of every other coun- 
 try, to afford the strongest arguments in favour of introducing and 
 
 . perpetuating tho spirit and practice of those Institstious in this 
 
 ■ Colony. ;rL:i,:/r .i Uvii .•i^x\'yiHnoiit 
 
 Mr. Gurnctt concluded, after apologizing to the Council for the 
 
 . time which he had occupied their attention, by expressing his con- 
 fident anticipation that he should obtain an unanimous vote in favor 
 
 , of his Resolution — a Resolution which merely went to express an 
 attachment to that Government and those Institutions, which, had 
 been so highly and so eloquently lauded bj the *' high authority" 
 to which he had referred, and a decided disavowal and disapproba- 
 tion of the sentiments of Mr. Hume's Ijetter. It was for the mera- 
 
 , bers of that Council i^pw to stand forth and pronounce their decision, 
 
9S 
 
 an in 
 
 inilii* 
 
 .L"',. 
 
 IZIK. 
 
 he samo 
 
 ms upon 
 
 )t of tho 
 
 id by the 
 
 lism, and 
 
 eso Colo- 
 
 y rappod 
 
 e Hup plies 
 
 It is gen- 
 
 to Lord 
 
 rvauta of 
 
 I of their 
 
 the civil 
 
 Supplies, 
 
 mid place 
 
 the mercy 
 
 i so oblige 
 
 heir daily 
 
 ih state of 
 
 eal evil in 
 
 York, has 
 
 ce allowed 
 
 'ar (conti- 
 
 nistration 
 
 itably, the 
 >tbercoun- 
 lucing and 
 )us in this 
 
 acil for the 
 ig his con- 
 )te in favor 
 express an 
 ivhioh. had 
 authority" 
 lisapproba- 
 r tho mem- 
 ir decision, 
 
 find io say \o ih« world wliolhor tlioy wero, or wore not, propa-oit 
 fci <up|)or! luch »entlmetilH arui micli p^incij)lo^ w woro contriiiod in 
 Mr. iluino's IjPtt»r ; if such a dcsiro existed on tlio pail of any 
 persons in iho Province, or in that Couticil, to remler the rotmtrv* 
 indepon.lenl of the Motlior Country, let thciu shoAr thi'msielvoi, Ut 
 thorn oponlv and manfully sny so. and for lli« purpose of givinij tlin 
 monihcrs of this Council an opportunity ofd-jingso, lio would move, 
 seconded by Alderman Dcnnison, that— 
 
 "• Whereas a certain document has lutely appeared in several of lh«* 
 journals of tijo Province of Upper Canada, dated Bryanston Square. 
 ?Oth Msrch, 1834. signed '* Joseph Homk," and purporting tf» 
 have been written by tljo Uopresontative of tho County of Middle- 
 sex, in tho Imperial Puriiuinent ; in which document the writer ex- 
 presses an opinion that '* a cri^i-f is last approaching in the alTuirs of 
 the Canadas, which will terminato in independence and iVeedoia 
 from the han«lul domination of tlie Mother Country." 
 
 He it Jherefcre rcRolved by ijje Mjiyor, AUierniii), and Common* 
 alty of the City of Tor jrjto, in Common Council assemblo.l, that 
 this Council feel themselves called upon, on their own buhajf, and 
 on the behalf of the Inhal)iiuntH of tho City whicii they roj)rtsont, 
 as well, as they confidently hope they may do, in bohult of the peo- 
 ple ol Upper Canada at large, to disavow, in the most unqualified 
 and decided manner, the sentiments expressed iti the above quotulioa 
 from Mr. Hume's Letter; and to declare, that whatever diiloronct* 
 of opinion may exist among His Majesty's subjects in this Coionr 
 relative to political questions of a provincial or local nature, there is 
 no portion of His Majesty's dominions, iho inhabitants of which, 
 — as they have uniformly avowed and declared — are more ardently 
 attached to iheir .Sovereign and tho Institutions of their Mother 
 Country than the people of Upper Canada, or who would more sin- 
 cerely de,)recate, or more firmly resist any and all attempts to sever 
 the existing ooncexion between iWu Colony end the tluipire to wh oh 
 it is related." .»; . - ■' '.'[■... 
 
 Mr. Turtov said he rose to (<xprcss his opposition to the Ilcso* 
 lution proposed— he could not see what could beelFocted by it. fle> 
 would ask the Hon. Gentleman from St. George's Ward what was 
 his object? and what he expected to obtain by hiinlo ion? Had 
 that Council any thing to do with Mr. Hume's letter? Can eny 
 reason be shown why Ihoy should intertoro with it? He thought 
 not. Su<h matters, in his opinion, belonged to the House of Assoni- 
 bly ; Mr. Gurnelt must be out of order. 
 
 Mr. Morrison said, when he took his seat at that Board, ho 
 hardly expected it would become an arena for political di-cussious. 
 but he rocoilected that it was charged against the Mayor, that, hw 
 hud attempted to give the Council a political ca^^t. ile was .sorry 
 that the hon. gontleman from St. George's Ward had takra tipon 
 himself to introduce this motion ; yet, on the other hand, ho wa-* 
 g'ai of it, for ho looked upon tije present tinio as a most cvcnUul 
 
 •- •■■■ ..■• C • . . .--■-.■ 
 
^ 
 
 lU 
 
 v\ 
 
 fi 
 
 ]»friotl ill our lii^toiy. Wo liuil n Colony to the ofnt of ui ulmotf 
 Hi a atuk* oi r«vuli ; a C'uloniul MiiiiHtor lejircsciiliDg liM in tliis Pro* 
 allien a% |icrie('tly hatibilud witli our ouuditioii, uliilu a Coniiniltoo 
 vt tliu House ot Coniinotis was invoHtigaliti^ tho whole ot our ad'aini. 
 Allliougli lie was happy tlio inolijii liad boon made, yet he must 
 say it camo willi u liad grace Irom llio lion fsonlicnian, and he could 
 not refrain Iroiii inquiring wliy the question was lirouglit I'orwurd 
 just now, thoiigli tliut could ho gathered horn what loll from the 
 iioii. geiitkniiin in the eouiso of his remarks. Tlio oleclioDS wero 
 »jomiriir un : it was known certuin moiiihcrs of that Hoard were can- 
 tlidate-t, and it was oxpucted tiie voles on this (|Uf6tion would go 
 liefotu the puldic; he, lor one, wislied lli»'y migbt; hu was not afraid 
 10 submit his vote btfiro tho public. INlr. IJume was the j^reat topic 
 cf the discus>ion. It was little thought vvlion lio was tho ropro- 
 tentative of the little dose borough of Aberdeen, but uftcrwordi 
 •railed by his country to represent the wealthiest couiilj, i.i it, that 
 lie should ever be brought into (li.suu^sion in the little )>uny Council 
 t)f the City of Turuuto. (Hear, bear ) Mr. Hume wus iiotcriously 
 tho |iersevcring and iudefati^ublo fiiend of tho Cunudas ; (heor, 
 liear} and we liirther know bo is the greatchl business niau in th« 
 iioii^o of Commons; and what a lamous thing it would bo ii th« 
 lion, gentleman from Mt. George's Ward could creaie dissatisfaction 
 iu tho people of tho Province, to induce them nevoi to employ sUch 
 u man again ; and bo (Mr. Morrison) hoped bo should be able to 
 
 IiiONc that Mr. Hume was the honest, indefatigable friend of Canada. 
 Mr. Morrison bore instanced bis assisianco on tho Alien tpicstion, 
 when an indecent attempt wus made to disfranchise Iwolhirds of 
 The people of the Province, and likewise about the question of th« 
 Clejgy Ueservo.s, &c.] Indeed, Mr. Humo was what he would 
 «;all u patriot of the first water, (Hear, liear.) Ho did not go bo- 
 iiind tho door; he comes out openly; he states things in bold lan- 
 guage, and the most candid \iew ougiit to bo given to any thing 
 ■rvbich he said or did, as every tling he did was lor tho good of thi« 
 country. Ho (Mr. Morrison) lately saw in the ( uurier an arliclo 
 Ironi the Vind^ator, in whicli was an account of Mr. Stanley hav* 
 ing recently,'^ tho Houst ot Commons, tried to slip u motion 
 through at 8 o'clock in the morning, the object of which was to sus- 
 vend the li«^venue Act of Lower Canada. Was Mr. Hume asleep? 
 No. Mr. {Stanley thought to take advantage of a sleepy houso to 
 uarry his motion, but he found Mr. Hume wide awake and at hit 
 )iosi, to prevent him carrying through such a base measure. Tho 
 liou. gentleman who brought forward this Resolution, is well known 
 10 represent the Clique of this Colony — he is known to bo the able, 
 very able defender of Colonial misrule ; and his speech, in support 
 of his Resolution, was not a fair representation of Mr. Hume s Ian* 
 i^uage. It is said, Mr. Hume wished to dissolve tho connection be-* 
 vween this country and the Parent btate. He (Mr. Moniaon) da* 
 nicd it ; he only wished freedom fiom its baneful dotuinationi IJaaov 
 
35 
 
 ful menitt hurtful;* and wu« it not hurtful that a imall nidjoril,? 
 ■huuld dopriva «o nmny ihouHand* ot thoir riglits? Tim U tiju do- 
 luinatloH wiiich Mr. liumo'spoalvH of; und ho, for oiio, us un indi« 
 viduul inumhor ot that Council, wished to ho Iroud Iroin it, (Hoar, 
 hoar, ond *' wo hcliovo it.") And an to \nn roferenco to tho Aiucrica'\ 
 revolution, it was honest und just to hold up tho polii^y of ono 
 government us u bcucou ^j anoihor. 'J'ho American rovululion wa* 
 often referred to in tho Houho of Commons in England, us u warning 
 to ministers, and if good heed wus nut taken, uh regards matior* 
 horo, tho Humo result would follow, in tho independence of these 
 Colonies as of them. lie (Mr. Morrison) would now proceed to 
 •how that the proceedin^-i of Government were banolul, and in- 
 ■tanced the ex|)ul8ion of Mr. Mackenzie, which, if not baneful 
 do"-iination, he did not know what was. Aj^ain, tho reinstatement 
 to oitice of Messrs. Boulton and llagerman. ,Viid is itnolbanofnl 
 for the people to have their constitutional ri^lits violated oy tho 
 House of Assembly and justilied by tho Homo Uovernmctit? I« 
 anything more calculated to sour the minds of tho people ? lJav(» 
 wo any proof that the Government at homo have discountenanced 
 those proceedings ? No ! but proof to tl'o contrary. If this was not 
 baneful, ho (Mr. Morri?.on) did not know what was. For himself, 
 ho was not ashamed to avow his belief ot tho banoful domination 
 practised upon the people of tho Province — their just complaint* 
 treated ivilh scorn ; and ho hoped tho tinio would come to be entirely 
 rid of it. Ho trusted tho proceedings of tliis evening's Council 
 would go betore His Majesty's Secretary of Slate. Mr. Morrison 
 then proceeded to relate other instances of* ba/ieful domination," 
 adducing the cases of tho Hon. Messrs. liaby and Pou.ll in tl»<» 
 liCgialulivo Council — tho " |)ersecution of Cupt, Matthews," *icc. 
 and was sure, Mr. Humo being well aware of all this misrule, knew 
 enough to justify him in his statement respecting the baneful domina- 
 tion of the Government here and at hoiue. llu denied tho fact of 
 Mr. Hume's desiring separation from tho Mother Country, but only 
 from its baneiul domination ; und ho trusted tho limo was coming 
 when tho Government ol England would bo identified with true 
 British feeling. It is notoriously well known, that any thing brought 
 forward by the representatives of the people, for their good, was in- 
 variably tliwarted by tho domitieciini; inlluence of the Loi^islativo 
 Council, and good government kicked under the table. Ho had 
 hcr|>ed Borne good would have arisen Irom tho excellent despatch of 
 Lord Goderich ; hut did not the baneful domination of u luutiou 
 treat it with insult? He hoped tlie time was not distant when an 
 bonest Colonial Minister, "^OOU miles diiitaut, would allow us to 
 legislate for ourselves. ^^'i-Vf ^-A^Mi v'i^:' f'H^;■ -j ' 
 
 Mr. Morrison then proceeded to read and atilmadvort upon an 
 article which appeared in the Courier two years ago, oa the subject 
 
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 <i(' tliw lu'clwirjt' of lljr i\To Crown Officer*; in wliuli arliclo, tl*». 
 v> ril»'r (alket) of" cu^liiii! nlioiil in lii« miriil « ry« lor i>(iiiio luw »ta(.» 
 (>t° politicnl c\i*tcnco/' wliich flioucd, he iniil, llittt th<> Lditt't ol th« 
 ^'oi>rit'r, v>\)ru tliiri'-^ tli«l not |j;<> 1o |»Icri*o l»iin« wan as rouily to bold 
 cut liiK {it« Qgiinnt UiL> Dii(i!<li Cntveriiiticitl at* tlio«o o.'' '.vlioiu ho nuw 
 «otn|))nin('(). 
 
 Oi. Morritnn, ^rronilrd by Mr. I^rfsii'^. noc<vo«. in nmmiJmrnf, 
 thut I'll h«' «x]iMn;:''(i in llii> wlmlu o| ilio iniu;iiml Hi'soliitionn, al'tpr 
 tho word mou'«!, nml tlip follow injr inMoitt-d ; — That it lio rrsolvod, 
 thfit fort'ci nitd unlnir cori'iriM iiiui<* liiu*- l)«H»n nU<'m|)t('d to bo put 
 ii|ton tlio Irltor n( Jo«of)li Uiiiii*', K>*<j.. duto*! IJrji aiislixi Sijuare, 
 'JWlh Mrtreh, IJS.'M, l>y l|»osi« wlio ar»' ho»til« to the corrociion of th«» 
 ahij«cs in tho ndininistrttiinn <»!' onr provinciiij jifTair^. 
 
 "Thp.t t|.o Kloi:l(.r« ot" tin; (Vnitiiv of Yoik ('ullv dr«nrve Ihr com- 
 lurndnlion iiOHtowod npon them hy tho gnat Ivi'fomur, for ihn roji- 
 liniifd. firm, ntid cnnstant mippoit cf their roprosmtutivo, upon bin 
 rwprnlf'd iinlavvl'ul oxpnlvidnn tnim Iho C'onininns IIoiiho of A'<»oni* 
 tly, wlioso rash nnd uncofistiliitional conduct hclnijs a want ol com- 
 mon ^rn^fiond prnnpncc, bciiij; a snciifico of ihoproaltHt fiuhjic prjn- 
 «"iplcs, and an mvnifion of tho rights of tho whole body of Klectori 
 iu the cnunlry. 
 
 " 'I'hat Mr. Ilnmo justly rr^rnri'rt such conduct on tho part of lh<» 
 I*rp;i«laturo, 'ountcnanccd, hh it wa-<. by the Crown nllhiors, and 
 other oxociitivo fnnclionurios in tho Asscnildy, and ii tired roused hy 
 the Royal prerogalivo, n-* ovidenco of banoliil and tyranriicnl domina- 
 tion, in which conduct it is both painful and iniMtioits tu lind the 
 Frnvincial Ofncinls sy^ltMiiaii cully upheld by tho Ministt-r at homo 
 ajjain<«t (ho proplo. 
 
 '• That Jo-^cph Hump, Esq , in desiring tlteir indcpendonco and 
 frcpdom from nil such mi'^ruh,'. has no whuro cxprcNt'd a dp.siro to 
 withhold from tho poopio of this Province tljal protection from th« 
 Mother Country, which ho has for years jjcnorously laboured to sc- 
 i-uro for llicm, upon tho principles of good pjvcrninent and enlight- 
 ened policy; and that bo has evinced tho xim-erity of hi.H intenticms 
 hy IVpqueiitly rpprnted appot.ls to tho Cijjoi.ial Minister and the 
 Biitish [louse of Commons for the rodrcns rf existing grievances. 
 
 •' Ttint Mr Ilume'o opinion of Iho Provincial Kxccuiive is justi- 
 fied by the solemn nedaratir n of the people of this l*rovinco thrc;;;gh 
 their roprespritaiivo in a late I'arliaiuent, when they unaninionsly 
 «ddrP!^seil tho present I/icutenant>Governor in tho following lan- 
 
 guage — yn. 
 
 Wo fool unabated solicitude about tho administra- 
 
 " tion of public justice, arnl entertain a settled conviction that tho 
 ** continuance about your lOxcelloncy of those advisors who, from 
 " the unh.\ppy policy they have pursued, have deservedly lost the 
 " confiilence of the country, is highly inexpedient, and cal.'ulatod 
 ," sorionsly to weaken the expectations of tho poopio Irom tho im* 
 " pnrtiiij and disintorcptod justice of Ilis Majesty's Governrapnt." 
 
 *' That Mr. Hume justly recognixes in the proceedings of Mr. 
 Stanley, particulacly his re inslateinent into office of those who had' 
 
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 httpu tl'imwsiniil fioii) tli»» ProviutMMl Couiicil.s liy hi» more lihorsl an4 
 •nliglilwiM'il |ii«il»:CiN.>or. a (Ji^|io»itii»n to oiiro(un;o !hrt oiionii*>h of 
 relunu ill tli.it riiiiioiiii |iolify wliioli miiicliijvoiisly toiiHn to woaknn 
 llio cyunJciioo kI'IIu' [)i;o|iL' in ihi* justice and luniour ot ih- Uiilwli 
 Goveriinu'iil. 
 
 •' Til at till) iviso «iiij:»osli()n«» of Mr. Iliiiuo, drnwn rrmn <lio fut^l 
 policy ot tlio I'lirotU Siitt*, in uiijiHtly fitti»ii)|itiii;; t«» lax llio hii^* 
 Anioiicun Coloiiio> wiiliont llioir CDiiaotit, niul iiu»ii»tiiif)iiii; ii;^(\in»t. 
 ihoin a Mydioni ot iiUH^uverniiu-til, iit Mpitr wf their r(.>|)caUMl atid Inini'* 
 hlo rcujonNlruiiC(!s, uro uulculiitctl. us llu'v uio Ity liiui noii-Kju+Iy 
 iittciidud, to sounrc, for tliin I'rovinoo, t'\eni|itioii I'loiii tlio cmitiiii/- 
 anco of HJtii^iilur t;rii!\uiiit>H ami misriilo; vvtiilo llioy nioiit the i>\- 
 UGOuitig dilliiMiliy, it not iinprftutioal'iliiy, lor uny slmni^nr. -lOUthuilfl* 
 dirilunt, to direct tho artairn uf ihU, or any otiior country, wilhoiit 
 t>oing botrfiyej into fatal orrorn and niistloinj^^. Yot it is dii-f to tho 
 Earl ul Ri|iou and Lord HowicU, to roi:ogui::e ihojuntiuo and un- 
 
 fiarliality which diiliiignisliod ih(»ir uonduct hei'orc ilioy woro ijti* 
 lappily romovod from tho OuKmhuI I)o|iurtiiioiit, atid to doclaro th© 
 belief of thin C'ounoil, that ilu? })<'0|i|t) i;i no d<'(:;rr() imru.-ip.iio in 
 the contuiupt which was pourod upon ihu fonnor nuijloiuau liy tlin 
 ptihlic functionaries in u lute St'ssioii of llni Provincial l*iulia:iionl, 
 whicli contempt is apparently conntonaticod hy tl.o lo-in^taiiMiii.iU 
 into offices of two of tijoso public otlicors, by his less wis«>, prndoni, 
 and conoiliaiocy successor: and thai Cop on of tliis Ili.<.-i(diiiioii bt» 
 transavitted to Mr. Stanley, Mr. ilumc, iNIi". Eliico, Mri O'Uonnell, 
 and tho Earl ot Ilipoa." 
 
 Aldichm.an Carkhak said. Wo havo, Mr. Miiyor. c<'rtninly benti 
 wonderfully amused by tho Alderman'lroiu Sst. Andrew's \Var<l wiyt 
 has just eat down. Indeed he reminded me more ol a perM'ii rea lin;; 
 «torio» out of the Arabian Nij^ht"* biUteitainmonta, ihuu speuiviuj;' lo 
 tho siibjoot before the Council. 1 would ask that Jjenllcmuu whnl 
 ' baneful domination'' was displayed by tlio .MotluT Oouniry in di»- 
 luissinj; Mr. FotliergiU? N'oiio wliatever. Tlio Mother ('on iiiry 
 know nothin;; of the matter. What had she to do with Chief Ju-;.. 
 tice Powell nn;i Mr. Baby gottinj^ what ho calls " new lii^hton lli<» 
 •ubjefit?" None in the world. Not in one sin|;lo itistanoo iiu* 
 that gentleman shown tliat llie conduct of the Mollior Country to u* 
 has justitiod wliat Mr. liumo has been pleased to call the'- baneful 
 domination of the Mother Country."' 1 trust in God, ."Sir. that iij<» 
 day is far distant wliea that crisis which Mr. Ilumo ulliidos to wiil 
 lake place. Tho Alderman from St. Andrew^ Wari had rcmur'npd 
 :'rvice Mr. Huiit% had boon to Canada, i will tell 
 
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 great 
 
 that gentleman that I look upon Mr. Hume's [;ieal services lor tlii-. 
 
 country in a very dillcreiit li<!:ht from what he does. I consider Mr. 
 be-ono of Canada's givatesl enemif.s. Ha^ ho not said, 
 Canada cost the Mother Coiiulrv va-st sums of au'tiev everr 
 
 Hume to be 
 Sir, that 
 
 year, and that it would he bettor for Englunil Lo duow in;i olT, or 
 )n«kc it un appondnijo to tha Cui led .Suites, tliuu to hu\c any iLin-j^' 
 
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 lo do with it I Is thi-s the giceat frieni' o Canada whom th« Alder- 
 rran for St. Andrew's Ward spoaks so inuclj about? If so, from 
 Bucli Iriends I would sfiy, «' Good Lord deliver us." 
 
 Mr. Dennison said, the Doctor had preached them a long ser- 
 mon from the iexi of * baneful domination/ and had said a great 
 deal about Mr. JVL-iekenzie's expulsion from the Assembly. But 
 what had that tod'>".v'ilh thequestioji ? Ht*, Mr. D. was opposed 
 io the expulsion as much as any other person. He thought too 
 letter of Mr. Hume was calculated to dlstnrb the minds of the peo. 
 ))le of this country. They did not wi!?h a separation from the 
 mother countr}'. And ho thought Hume would not have dared to 
 write such a letter to any other person in the province, than Wra. 
 Lyon Mackenzie, this disturber ot the peace of the country. He 
 would not have dar«| to s^ ud such a letter to the Mayor of this 
 city; for our ^ood loyal iMayor would immediately transmit such 
 n document to his Majesty's Attorney General or Colonial MiniS' 
 ter. Hj hoped the original motion would be carried without op- 
 position. This Hume he thou2;ht must be a ver}* dis^loyal man, if 
 his friend Mackenzie published the lette" verbatim, which however 
 he very much douLted, for h3 could not believe any Member of the 
 British Parliament would be so foolish and so ignorant of the state 
 of the country as to write suca a letter to any man in Upper Ca^ 
 uada. . ' : , .','■:. '-". •;,'■ •■;■■ 
 
 After sorao further remarks from Mr. Gurnett, and the amendment 
 
 being put, there aj-peareil, for Dr. Morrison's amendment, — 
 
 Messrs. Jnckes, Lesslic, Morrison, Tims, Turton, Doel, Wright, 
 Bostwick, Cavvthra, Harpei'I Arthurs, Druraraond— 12. 
 
 Against it — Messrs Gurnett, Carfrao, Monro, Irotter, Dennison,' 
 Crarg Armstrong — 7. 
 
 Majority for the araondmcni — 5. 
 
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 We think it our duty to repeat brioQy '.vli.'.t we statotl uvsl rrnek, 
 namely, that a crisis has arrived in tlie politics both o\ Upi'or ani 
 Lower Canada, 'A'hcn it l)chovc8 all who wish, not only to n-niain 
 British subjects, but ni^t to join ♦1)0 Yankees — all, wo say. vvlio do 
 flot wish to raise tho ''star .i(ian<5lcd banner,"" and siiii:; " Vankc* 
 Poodle Dandy," al the feet of Andrew Jackson's soldiery, and j;et 
 Iheir noses plucked too, like Old Hickory hinisolf, tor not doin-; th« 
 thing gracctully. and with a good voice — to adopt some broad and 
 general measure throughout tho two Provinces, to correct tho misre- 
 presentations of two extensive factions, one in each Province, now 
 •tidently coalesced for the same object, and to U u the British Got- 
 •rnnicnt know, that in no part of liis Majesty's doni-nions has ho 
 subjects possessed of sounder hearts — stronger arms — or better dis- 
 positions, to support his Crown and dignity, than in tho Canadas ; 
 zneD who never can consent to exchange liicir high-tninded " Sailor 
 King," with all liis faults, for a " land lubber," like Andicw .Jack- 
 son, who lias bad his noso pulled in public by one of his own sailof-. 
 If this be no*, done, His Majesty's Ministers, at tho instance of Jo- 
 seph Hume and the republican levellers of the Canadas, mny tuko 
 us all for ungrateful and refractory children of tho Parent Slate, and 
 jundor mistaken impressions, withdraw the fostering parental aid and 
 protection these Colonics have hitherto received, and ?end us adrift 
 10 do the best wo can fur ourselves. Should tins take place in a ))et. 
 i«nd ur-er such circumstance, the Home Government could not enlcc 
 into a treaty offensive and defensive with Joseph Lf. Papineau and 
 Wra. L. Mackenzie, and \Vi* would become truly " independent and 
 frcG fron« the baneful domination of the mother country/' no doubt. 
 What then would become of us? Could the Canadas unjirotcctod 
 erect tbemscl, 5 into an inde|»endent free State or Republic? Wo 
 deny it. A miserable, impoverished, despicable and despised out* 
 ski.i. of the United States we must become, and our commerce, our 
 lands a.id other oroperty, must fall in value 50 per ce.it. But the 
 partizans of the .'action soy, " we do not want to join the Yankees, 
 but wish to become a free and independent state; the Canadians 
 wbipt the Yankees in the late war, and can do it again." This is 
 all flummery, and they know it. When they whipt them in ilie lat» 
 war, they had Britij-h gunpowder, British steel and Britisli shipping 
 to help them, with which also the whole American coast was sur- 
 rounded, and while the Canadians wore lighting the battles of Queen- 
 Bton, &c. General Jackson and the Kentucky Rifljmcn Lad other 
 business to mind at New Orleacs, &c. But let us bo "independent 
 of the baneful domination of the mother country,'' and let the U. 
 States be at peace with all tho world, as they now arc, and will be, 
 until they quarrel with themticlves, and .sever ihcUr.ion, and what 
 fFOuld Pronident Jecksj||y)av« to do ? Why ju«t to pick a quarr«l 
 
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 •f any hind v.ith Mr. Prtsidonl Papincait til Quoboc. Mr. Vine Via. 
 t'ldvnl Muokonzie ut Toronto, and tlien, come ii{) with the onlire 
 Ainoricnn forces, rross llus lines ut t^ueenston, inarch down to Que- 
 l>cc, without any tiling like elToctiml reoistanco, and have possession 
 of the Cunadian liopnblic in about a month ! We n«»ver wish to 
 •"oo this, and those who do n )t wish to join the Yankees at once, lot 
 tl:em cling with filial atVccfion to the Parent State, at least for half a 
 century to come, and, by the aid of tlio Parent Slate, the ('onadas 
 can put domestic traitors to the b:iyonot, and set iho Amciicans or 
 uny other power on earth at defiance. 
 
 Although the factions above alluded to have been accused of podi- 
 tion and republicanism by other Provincial presses, wo never could 
 brin<r oursolvesto f;ay that they intended to go that len;;th ; but when 
 they talk seriously about " independence from the banolul domina- 
 iion of the Mother country," and return thanks to Mr. Hume for 
 the suggest! .in— a man who in the vlouse of Commons proposed to 
 i^end ihc Canadas udrilt before, — we see nootiier view they can have 
 but to turn traitors, and join the Anierican flag as soon as possible ! 
 Y«t when we say this, we profess ourselves radical reformers, aod 
 willing to go any reasonable length in correcting abuses, because y^ 
 know exteasive grievances have existed both in the Mother country 
 uad in these Colonies... but, when wesoe, at the same time, that tho 
 Gi'Vernmentat home and hero, are daily giving way to the solicitati- 
 u.-j of legal and constitutional reformers, and lending their aid to 
 giuduul and permanent reform, wo cannot bring ourselves to support 
 >iok'nt uiid unprincipled fiction* who attempt to wrest, by intimida- 
 tioii, froiu (iovernmeut, a compliance with unreasonable demands — ■ 
 Much loss to associate with seditious or traitorous juntos. 
 
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 \We rfgr<!t being oMijjed tonniit tlip tiMOilion of a well vvriH<»n articln ivhick 
 hasaj.peartnl ill liie i'a/riot oi ihisCiiy. Tiic Editor heartily join* in cond«m« 
 uaiija of Mr, Hiuiie'* silly k'tter.-^Ko.J 
 
 iili 
 
 
( From thr Drititk frhig.) 
 
 Tliii leltor Mr. Mnckeiizirt has publishoj ^iihoul ono «iing!<t 
 rjpprobalory observation, although it uontuins, amoa<^ otUt»r equa iy 
 viulont, t\i\A verv rumark:iblo aeiitenot^ : 
 
 " Your triumpbant election on the 16th, and t>jection from (hb 
 Aesembly on the l7th, must hastt^n that crisis which is fastap. 
 proaching; in the atfairis of the Canadas, and which vrill terminati* 
 in indepeudeuce and freedom Irora the baneful domination o( 
 ihi Mother Country i and the tyrannical conduct of u linauil and 
 despicable faction jn the Colony !!!" 
 
 It ha6 often been the misfortune for those m>.o have laboured to 
 emancipate the people of this Colony from Tory misrule, to b« 
 accused of diaaffection to the Mother Country, and of a design to 
 fli'ect the ^substitution of a republican mode of Govi*rnuient for 
 tbe'r present monarchical form. That no accu:9afion is more gen- 
 eral' falie, we are thoroughly satisijed ; and yet, otving to the 
 I-rfi taeas of oert;iin writers, the enemies of political chang* 
 hjvc na'^l too many opportunities alforded them to gro'ind their 
 ossortions on something like proof. Here is a letter publisiied by 
 a leading Reformer, without one single remark in detestation of 
 the doctrine it promulgates ; but, on the contrary, is recommend- 
 ♦'d to bo copied into every liberal pape.' in the CauaiJus Does Mr. 
 Mackejizie sincerely believe that 1'^'* independence of this IVo- 
 rince would be beneficial to its inhuuitunts; or is he of opinion 
 that the domination of the Mother Country is banrful? J.f lie an- 
 swer in the negative, which we think he will, why imthe name of 
 comron sense, did be afiiird his enemies so much occasion to brand 
 him with disloyalty, as th<3 publisLing of Mr. Hume's letter with- 
 out roproqf w)U fjive them. He knows, from longer experience 
 than we do, iha* the whole population of Upper Canada, whether 
 Whig or 1> » :;i live or imported, are as loyal u body of men as 
 any in His ■ ' , &■ y's dominion nave no desire for independence ; 
 and moret V ,► r dly satisfied that the domination of the Mother 
 Country, so la- *r jir. being baneful, tends to their greatest advan- 
 tage, both in a polji.cal and commercial point of vieve. Why then 
 allow such a people to be slandered, by sending forth to the world 
 their approbation of Mr. Hume's mischievous dogmas ? We speak 
 advisedly when we say, that the Whigs of this Province have no 
 ulterior designs in view than the suppression of a hateful faction, 
 and the redress of their political grievances; and that they eschew 
 with heart and soul any separation from the Parent State, until (he 
 time sb come when such separation shall be attended with 
 mutual •«• »ntages. 
 
 In exjv'jjimtioa of Mr. Hume's conduct, it may be necessary to 
 My, that ever since his entrance in the political world, he has been 
 f oastantly advocating every species of retr enchraout in the pabiiti 
 
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 expnidiltiro; and in bis placp in Parlinment, has openly urowed 
 the opinion, (hnt Great Britain would be far belioroif if her North 
 American Colonies ttero declared independent, and obliged to 
 maintain themselves, instead of bein^f a constant drain upon thv 
 resources of the country tf> the extent of two or three millions ster- 
 ling per annum. For him therefore to advise the Colonics Ip be- 
 come independent is notbinjsc extraordinary, such doctrine beingf 
 part of his political creed ; but it does not folloiv, because a man, 
 remarkable for stranjve opinions, chooses to maintain in £np:land, 
 where ;io mischief can follow, certain i Jeas relative to her CoIo:» 
 nies, (hat the inhabitants of those Colonies are permitted, with duo 
 obser.ance of their allegiance, to disseminate the same. 
 
 We might, with some propriety, make a iew remarks upon tho 
 bitterness of that part of Mr. Hume's letter which relates to Mr. 
 Ryerson, but we do iK >>«! i' the vein. The Rev. gentleman has 
 not behaved to us well ^ >'..< to become his grntuitouus defender 
 did he need any one to sta. pin his behalf. As he was the tirat 
 to assail the private character, as well ns the public opinions of 
 Jilr. Hume, he cannot now with justice complain of that gentle^ 
 Bjan'i* reply. v ' ^ . ' - >* 
 
 (From the Colour g Star.) -v. 
 
 Thcro cannot bo two opinions Rmongmen of common sense as \9, 
 <ha object of Mr. Hume's letter. It wa» written with the studied 
 and express purpose of exciting into violence, the discontented feeN 
 ingR of a certain party in this Province, end of aeeelarating that 
 crisis in ourafluirs, which the writer, with othors, ignorant of the 
 loyalty of the Canadians, think will terminate in a declaration of 
 * Independence from the banelul dominution of the Mother Country.^ 
 That Mr. Hume should desire to hasten such a cliraax is not at all 
 singular. To us his conduct appears natural and in perfect rccor- 
 dnnce with his principles-, and bis oft avowed opinion, tha' tho 
 Canadian dependencies are a drain on the wealth and power of Greal 
 JJritain, and that it is expedient that tho latter should cast them off 
 and leave them to their own unassisted and unexperienced manag8«< 
 ment. Hence his studious depreciation of our value as a Colony, 
 nod his vigorous opposition to every grant of money which lias been 
 expended on this Province by the Imperial Government. But he 
 know thot our Gracious Sovereign would never willingly cast away 
 on offset which is an ornament and source of wealth to tho United 
 Kmpire. Ho knew the people of England to be proud ot their 
 Canadian countrymen, and that tho parent government will do 
 much to dcvelopo our resources and protect us from the insults and 
 injuries of enemies which, imassisted, wo should be utterly powerless 
 to epposo. That separation, therefore, which it is his darling object 
 
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 (o accompluli, and which England would never wlllinglr nMist, he 
 hoped lo force by exciting our silly and headlong parly jiussions. and 
 by holding up to o".r view the example of llio JStatos at the time of 
 the Revolution. But Mr. ilume is profoundly ignorant of the 
 true sentiments of the inhabitants of Upper Canada ; tiis ideas aro 
 drawn from the distorted and extravagant writings ot our radical 
 papors, and it may be from the remarks ot Colonel Hamilton, who 
 declared us to bo republicans in politics, and anarcliisls in morals, 
 and that tlie time was now fast approaching, when wo should join 
 the United iSlalcs. We an contidently assert that there novor was 
 Colony more warmly and allectionately attached to the Parent 
 •State than the Province of Up|)er (.'anaua to Great Urituin; and 
 shrewd as ho is in calculating, Mr. Hume has, in this instance, 
 " reckoned without his host." His mistakes, however, will have 
 one good ctloct ; ihey will show our honest reformers they have a 
 wolf wiihin their fold ; that the cause of Canadian Retorm and 
 that of tlie Radicals of England are not in unison ; and that they 
 are, at present, in a fabe position — a fact which Mr. Ryerson's lata 
 BEFLY will go lar to shew. But cot the Guardian alone, but every 
 provincial paper, whether opposed to the present administration or 
 not, has, with but one or two exceptions, regarded Mr. Hume's let. 
 ter as that of a traitor t:) his country, and written with a treasonablo 
 intent. We leave it, therefore, to the Press of Upper Canada to 
 give our testimony to the unquestionable loyalty, which (witii the 
 leprous and foul exception to which wo have alluded) it has displayed 
 Ob this occasion. 
 
 The excitem'-nt in Toron-o, in defiance of the personal influence 
 of the Mayor, has been so great, that in six hours, an Address to 
 His Majesty, deprecating in indignant terms tho sentiments and 
 principles of Mr. Hume's letter, was signed by upwards of Twelvo 
 Hundred respectable inhabitants, and immediately despatched to 
 England; and could sufficient time have been allowed for obtain^ 
 ing signatures, they would have been easily increased to double tho 
 Dumber. 
 
 We see by the Correspondent there is a rumour in Toronto of the 
 Government contemplating & prosecution of Mackenzie for the pub* 
 Mcation of the Letter. JSuch a measure would be singularly ill- 
 advised; and moreover, would bo so contrary to the well-known 
 policy of His Excellency, that we do not scruple to pronounce the 
 ramour altogether false. The respectable source too from which it 
 comet entitles it to little regard. 
 
 
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 Thnrp arc t«o thinffs proved l<y Ibi* documtMit; fifjl, tliut Mr. 
 Hume's kiiou ledge ul" tha cirL'unjsttmccs of {hh cotintry i« <'X- 
 lr€»uiely defVa'five, rir diM'ived Irom verv uiisp;uid<'d iroiirct'.i, uhon 
 \w could tiilk of •• the baiieJul doniiuation of the MoUu-r Counlr}" 
 over this Colony, and hint, M'ith apparent plfasurcsal our " inde. 
 jumdence and freedom" from her domination. It is not Ihodomi- 
 nation of th« Mother Country lluit lloiormers, Lib<>ruls,und Rudi- 
 falts, (jis the Tories call us) complain of, it is only " the tyranni- 
 cal conduct of a small and despicaide faction in the Colony," tijat 
 we complain of, or have reason to complain of 'i'he domination 
 of the Mother Conntry is as necessary to our prefcent h<ipr)inrBs» 
 and future greatness, as the mother'ii> breast to an iiifant. Sup- 
 j)03c the N. A. ('olnnies cotjlaincid five millions instead of one, 
 w>« tiiioald ?lill be nnuble to maintain an bonoural-le independence, 
 iiy joiiiintr She United Slates, we should be under a more grier- 
 ou.i doininiiiion than that of Great IJritain ; and a proKy set of 
 fellows we should be in setting up trade /«);• ourselves ! The 
 whoiy host of the *' despicable faction in the Colony"" would be as 
 likfly to rule in Con'rwas as in Loimcil. Leit to ourselves, that 
 is ti;e very faction that 'vould come into power; and their lii-st 
 <:bject would be to wreak their venpfeance on all such innocent 
 k:ouls as \V. li. Mackenzie, Stephen Randal, and Vicar General 
 0'Gr:.dy — Free Pre.«.scs, Advocates, Liberals, and Correspoii'. 
 dfiils, \Vv)u1g have to ' march Sp<iiiis/i/ No, no, Mr. Hume ; any 
 thiny iut suJi freedom and independence f^gin ** the buneful 
 doniiiiation of the Aiother Country." ^ ' • 
 
 The second thing proved by this document is, that Mr. Hume, 
 ivlio I. as hitherlo been eflfemed a most neeful spoke in the wheel 
 oi Caiii.idi:<n reform, can no longer be of any setNicoin the cause 
 — & Ihinar which we deeply retifret; for it is a cause to belied by 
 •' ilie dis-piruble factio;;"' of Uie Tories, and prostituted by the ex- 
 travagant iimhilion ol ihe Ultra Liberals, that if can ill alford to 
 {?|ir.re such j;n advocate as Mr. Hume hos hitherto been supposed 
 Ui be. Any tiinjar <bat Mr. Humei-an do for us hereafter in the 
 Briti;>h House of Commons, will only rel'-'ct disgrace u))on honest 
 pnd true Re/otmers in this Colony. *' The luushler of foole is 
 like the cr.ickline; of thorns under a pot;" and the rejoicing of 
 the Advocate and Correspondent over this letter, which openly 
 iivows scj: anition and rebellion, must be a pain and grief to all true 
 friends of the Colony. With what face can we hereafter apply 
 to the Erilish Ministry for redress of real g;rieviuices ? They 
 wiii point out Mr, Hume's letter, and say, " there -there are tii« 
 real designs of }r;ar Canadian Reformers ; the reform you want 
 is freedom and iiu'ppendence from the tanrjul dominalicu of tha 
 
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 Mother Conntrr. The?<» mnst be jonr renl srnlimflnlii— tho lend- 
 in«: papers of your party, the Advoi-ato un<l Ihf (^orrespondt'iit^ 
 received this langungo with approbation wui delijrht." IlHVf* wo 
 been so Iomij in (ho dark ? Is tin, accusation of (he Tory faction 
 Irue, '* Heformfrs are aimitijr at rebellion ?' We cannot yet 1m*- 
 lievo it. We trust n majority of the Liberal Press will boldly and 
 proudly disavow the scheines proposed by Mr Hume, and coun- 
 tenanced and applauded by the Advocate and Oorrespondt'nf. The 
 Jlritish Whig has lost no time in expressinjj: inn disupprohafion of 
 Mr. Hume's sentiments in terms with which we perfectly coincide. 
 We hope all (ho Liberal Presses in the Province will declare 
 themsehep upon this document, (hat wo may know whoareaj:airi«t 
 us — who are ukkormkjis, and who are SRPAtiATiSTS. The Cor- 
 respondent HI vain attempts to shuffle and to lurch. Me attemptn 
 ia blind his readers (not himself, /le is too near hijrhtrd,) with the 
 notion that all (h:s language of Mr, Hume's is jerlectly innocent 
 — that'* independence from the baneful domination of (he Mother 
 Country,' does not mean independence from the Mother Cotin« 
 try — only from her dominaliou. This is too fli^nsy to deceive. It 
 Mould be more honourable to '-' go (he whole hog" at once, and 
 raise the banner of separation, emblazoned with the words *• />>?©- 
 fitrm and hidependeuce fiom thi- Mother ('ountry,'* We wait 
 only to see how many Libti'ils will enlist under that banner, to be 
 no longer a Reformer. If a maj'>ri(y r)f Liber.il? ».\u\ Ileformeri* 
 enlist under that banner, we will relain our iutegriiy and our prin- 
 ciples, hut abandon the names ol llefonivr anc Liberal forever. 
 Our voice shall still be raised against the Sifacbans, Boultone, 
 Robinson'- , and M*Nal).s, who latlen on corruption and strut be- 
 toro the faces of honest men, detk< d in (he gaudy trappings of 
 " wejillh gotten by intrigue'"--- -our voice i^hall still be raised againgt 
 the unhallowed union of Church and Siate in this Province — 
 against the partition of honours and offices among new comer* 
 and venal parasites; against (hat l*arliament and every member of 
 it who voted enormous salaries to the officers of Government 
 that (hey might be supplied with the instruments of parade, luxury, 
 and debauchery, to the corruption of morals, and the encourage- 
 ment of that degrading ambition after wealth and its indulgencies:, 
 which their example i« last u/uking the only roiid to honour, and 
 the only pretension tovi*ine; but it shall bo sihMit in the cause of 
 sepan lion from the Mother Country, unlil we are convinced tlm^ 
 Ibe eviJs we see in the Province arc known and countenanced by 
 the Mother Country. Till then w<^ shall consider the words of 
 Mr, Hume *' a damned spot" in the history of Canadian Reform, 
 fiud fhall, with all true loi'ers of our country, cry " out with it."' 
 
 
 
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 It must be a Bource of genuine exultation to every true f nfrlot, to 
 tritnees the spirit of virtuous indigiiHtion mnnifesled by nil the res- 
 pectable and talented portion of the press, at the barelnced treason 
 of Joseph Hurae iind W. L. Mackenzie. We consider that th« 
 charges made liysom** writers of this Province, alledging that there 
 were individuals cherishing these villanous and malignant princi- 
 ples, might be the turgid outpourings of disordered imaginations, or 
 the shameless fictions of interested or hired defaraers. That Mac* 
 kenzie has all the .ngifating propensities of O'Connell, without a 
 thousandth part of his talent, m e were well aware % and we were 
 heartily rejoiced to find that the empty-headed creature, heretofore 
 lauded for wisdom and extolled for prudence, should have so un- 
 equivocally <lemonstrated the integrity of his folly, and the madness 
 of his projf-cts. Well indeed may the reii»pectable talented editori 
 of the wbig presi denounce the recent, and utterly disclaim any 
 jiarticipatiun in his views. This was the creature, the bell weather 
 of a party, who spent nearly £700 of the money of the people 
 travelling to Europe like a second Don Quixotte in quest of adven- 
 tures, and for the redress of grievances. Away with such politiciana. 
 Let the people look to them wilh an eye always full of suspicion: 
 and on them as that portion of a faction found in every land, which 
 strutting upon the stills of insolence, would cajole the people at 
 first, and trample them under feet at last. That he should have the 
 daiing audacity in a period of public tranquillity and general pros- 
 jjerily, to avow Irea&oualjle doctrines and recommend them for the 
 adoption of a quiet, orderly and loyal people can scarcely be be» 
 lieved. That in the plenitude of his malice be should describe the 
 lawful, constitutional and paternal government ot the parent state, 
 OS a " baneful domination," is preposteroup. Such a doctrine as this 
 — a principle abominable and pestiferous— a principle scat war 
 with virtue, with the civil immunities of a well ordered community 
 and so utterly destructive of social tranquillity, ought indeed to be 
 indignantly repudiated by every respectable member of society 
 that was considered ranged under the banner of Mackenzie. We 
 are quite convinced that the treasonable declamation of Greek pie 
 Jo&eph, and his man Mackenzie, describing the connexion with 
 Great Britain, as a '« baneiul domination," is a charge never 
 brought against that country, but by ignorance, whose grofesuess 
 CMramands our pity ; or a w ickedness so flagitious that it deserves 
 our abhorrence and contempt.-^ With such champions of British 
 supremacy ,as this treasonable effusion has brought into the field,we 
 are quite satisfied the result will prove consolatory and satisiactory 
 in tie highest degree, Diifering, us we may do^ in minor politicai 
 
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 topiei, we Ucartly thank tlioM publie spirited editors, and •on- 
 gratututu the province, that the treasonable projects ol' Greek piv 
 Hume and '* Mayor" Mackenzie, will find no countennnce from 
 the talented and influential portion of the press. Toronto's Mayor 
 must learn. — 
 
 ** Who sows the serpent's teeth, lot him not hope to reap a jojr« 
 oos harvest.'* • ^ - . 
 
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 {From tha Crenmll* Gaxette.] 
 
 Having in a former number {^iven an extract of a letter from 
 Mr. Hume, which appeared in the * Advocate' u few weeks since, 
 and addressed to the Mayor of Toronto, denouncin^ir Mr. E. Iiy» 
 erson's conduct as disgraceful and hypocritical. VVe have as on 
 act of justice, given in this day '2 Gazette the whole of Mr. ll's. 
 answer to it, leaving the public to judge for themselves :is to the 
 respective merits of either ; for the present we shall suspend our 
 opinion, until we see what the Advocate has to say ^ thn sulijcct. 
 But if the dismemberment of these Colonies from Greait Britiiin, re> 
 volution and bloodshed, be the object of either Mr. Hume, or Mr. 
 Mackenzie, as a reformer we disolai It) uiiy pariicijiation in thematter.^ 
 Nny, if occasion requires it, we will chuerfully wade to our knees 
 in blood, to prevent so diabolical a measure. Our object, as a re- 
 former, has always been, and will always continue to be, to seek a 
 redress of grievances that may arise from thn maladministratioa 
 of the laws and constitution, when and wherever it may appear 
 necessary, not to sap but to support the constitution ^ not to cast oif 
 British supremacy IJut to maintain it, aiming to keep the admin- 
 istration, by a constitutional opposition, in its proper chainiel v 
 watching every innovation on the rights of subjects with a wp'ch- 
 ful eye, determined to support the government in every useful 
 and constitutional measure, and fully us determined to oppose it 
 in every tad one, Theseare the only doctrines we ever ad voeatedy 
 and by them we are determined to stand or fall. It never entered 
 into our mind, that the reformers of this Province ever entertain< 
 ed any other, nor do we believe they do, but we must confess, that 
 Mr. Hume's letter, as it appeared in the Advocate, has given us a 
 fit of thr> same staggers, that Mr. Gurnett,'' cast about in hismind'a 
 «ye, fcr another state of political existence" did two years since. 
 For OLr part, we despise alike Whig and Tory, when they broach 
 on principles subversive of British supremacy. We respect and 
 admire only the friends of the constituliou^ the la-.vs, relij{:ion and 
 
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 Wc heil not inii ndcd fo iii!«<»rt llic IfMer of Mr. Huiua until \\iM 
 return oi (Ue Kditor; bul hi^ abscnc-c, from unfonnsct'n qnuges, ba* 
 N>en protruot(>(i eo much ii(>)ond our t^xpectutions, Ihnt, upon re* 
 flection, \v<« A^em it n dnty we owe to our n nders not to delay. 
 W« will not rurluil if, for it exposes to (he sight of nil Cnnftdn — 
 nnd we cannot imanfino such nn insnne productiou was designed 
 for the light; we believe (hat Mr. IMiickenzie has herein betrayed 
 a trust— it expose? to the sipht of all Canada the dark nnd danger. 
 ous machinationK of Ihe reljel. the Llood tbirsfy and wicked hope* 
 of the ciul nnanh. ^^'H enfreat oui* fenders to peruse it atten- 
 tively, and to weigh well tlie deep and sinister purport ot everf 
 line. We copy from the ('olonial Advocate of the 'i2d of May 
 this Interesting Lnter from Mr. Hume, ' '<' > •• ' '■■" 
 
 (Here follows the Letler. J 
 
 Well, render, whut Uiink you of (his Inter esting Letter ? A 
 letter nu>>lusbingly, nnd, in truth, sillily ushered into the world by 
 the\ery bein^ for whose silent rumination it was evidently written. 
 We do conceive that its every paji^e evinces a ncost sovereign con- 
 tempt for the fatuous tool to whom it is addressed ; yet a kind of 
 convicdon (bat the snnie tool might be employed and guided accord- 
 ing to (be wished of the cold, calcolnting, and wily writer. It has 
 pa!pal)ly been almost wholly composed under the excited feeling* 
 of piqne and resentment apainsl Mr. Ryerson ; nnd, to glut bis 
 paltry r*-venge against this individunl, whom he chooses to fancy 
 nn inprate lo kindness shown in England, he would hurl the accurs- 
 ed firebrand of dom'slic hnle and strife amongst a peaceful and a 
 happy ration. W bat a man to prt^acb his iear *' of the pafigs of a 
 gui/ty uvd self-tOhiUmniug conscience must make his venal and 
 torrujit heart a ^KCONn ukll"'— to chatter about the "pretended 
 religion" of another. Had he any veneration (or pure religion, 
 or the slightest respect for the understanding of his Torpnto con- 
 federate, would he have dared to pen bira such a damnatory sen- 
 tence against another ? Hnt be seems to experience a sort of ap- 
 prehension of having perchance once given to Egerton Ryerson a 
 confidence he now heartily repents of— of having perhaps un- 
 bosomed secrets which might hereafter endanger his quiet ; there- 
 fore wiys be, " I feel"— ay, and he would have others /eel—" utter 
 eonteoipt lor any statements that Mr. Ryerson can make of mt 
 PRrVATB or public conduct." I 'faith, by burping so much on that 
 chord to little AJac. the Freux Chevalier of Gingerbread Medals, 
 nnd Lord Mayor's gewgaws, it does appear to us, that poor Joe 
 is fearful the great brown soep bubble ol Discontent himself, that 
 " Animal impjume, biprs," may bin!). 
 
 This *• Interesting Lriter,'*' and intrrmtinfr^ui (bis moment, it 
 fux<~ly is, is published to grnllfy (hn vanity and ovil di.«ij»osi'.ion of 
 
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 the puny ('xlratous Chief of Toronto -the ct.dinnnt xhop Ixjv of 
 Lf'iflip A Sonu! Alas ! how is Ihn mighty York fallen I ThU 
 |e(f<'r IB inde«'<l " tntneiiitig" to every one ; /c>r it unveils the uUi< 
 inii(« and nlihorrent jiiirpoFCR of Itie faction — their endeavour!* to 
 fan up the bdil)le flnires of intestine violent'^ and commotion. W<t 
 do hope, nnJ sineereiy heJeve, that this* '* hilerei>ltng Utter" will 
 clear iiwny lliii him from b(>fore the eyes of the Ihougiitless and 
 Indifferent ; tliat it will he the mtans of Ijindihg together, in ono 
 firm and determined phaianx, every living t^oul ol our country, 
 who would not barter away peace and prosperity for anarchy and 
 civil war. On this occarion there rhiuild be no diversity of opin** 
 ion ; all (inimoiiitieh .'^hould be nb^orbed in zeal for this common 
 thiii great and holy cause. None should eOnceal their indignation 
 and abhorrence for the base ellorts ol these hypocritical desperadoeit 
 to corrupt and inflame the passions of a hapiy community. Their 
 discontented turbulence, their contracted and overwheltning self-^ 
 isbnei^s, which cannot look beyond immediate gral ideation. Uhich 
 can feel no ardour of pntriotism, nor be touched by any flre from 
 Henven, would deriicinatc institutions that have existed for ai thou, 
 sand years — would leave ihrones, and dominions, and principalis 
 ties, and powers, oho undii!«tinguisbed nm£8 of degt'adatior and 
 roin. We do think, that this »* interesting /c//er" will resUscitatH 
 an expiring .spirit through the4and to crui>h the npurious, iDalh' 
 some oiri«f)ring of their heated e.xpeetations. Let them down ou 
 their knees and thank the Almighty Ruler of nations— ay, and let 
 08 also be grateful, let us a(=k ourseUes^ what we have done to 
 loerit the milder destiny ? Let us reverence this bounty from on 
 High, and cherish and protect it as «re ou{>ht. Let them down on 
 their knees in thanksgiving that they are not swayed like brave, 
 bat wretched Poland, whose heroes and nobles depart to iliedreary 
 regions ol Siberia, into cheerless and interminate slavery ; stripped 
 oif all their earthly wealth; their wives and little cnes hurled Irooi 
 tho lap of luxury to abject want and misery ! Let tbem, and us, 
 be grateful that we cannot sutfer thus at the mere nod of u merci- 
 less Autocrat; that tieaven has &0 bewilled that we shall not ba 
 constrained to cowf r the knee at the ap[)iuach 6! a couple of mutes, 
 and to have the breath of life stayed in our throats by a bow string I 
 We wonder whether our grievance-mongers would n'juice to 
 «xchauge their sorrows and oppression— '• ike Ixmejul domma/ion 
 of the Mother Coinitrj/" — " /he Jollies arid wiikedii^ss of uur 
 Government" — for the tender knouts and cheerful mines ol Itus- 
 «itt, or the narcotic bow-strings of Turkey ? Let M^m thank 
 their God, such atrocious, 6u|£dnmned scenes cannot be enacted 
 hi^re, that there is a voice <«4|HP<>^v^>' to rampart even THEM ! 
 , We enjoy, in the highe^^rfection, all the blessing* of the 
 kocial union, equaUaws, secure possessions, actions unrestrained, 
 if they interfere not with another's rights. These blessings are 
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 >t» k'tMitiiiuuiii't' I J ^litUtor lit, \vc iiiiiel not ^lulub«'^ in licUotfi ii(>ii« 
 iliv witliiu ; but, likf tint very aiuu>»(ur« wtiu rfarttd it, rally ruuiiil 
 U. vvilli )iioti»i uni'i'tion, vvlif'ii Ihrt^atpried with uttauk by tiueh de- 
 ^rnil<>d, (tilt asliiiioiih Uwb Tliib \a the lolty cotitiidMratiun to which 
 uiir tlioiijL^itlb oii^ht 111 xUi'ti*'. Uuwtg to bo turned The hour hns ar- 
 i:iv«'d wiu'ii itoao shuiild bHsilont; th^ru romaiiin one duty for Ufl all 
 • -one holy I'lirl (o periorm — that duly bidb us stand lorth — bidi 
 un di'dait' our attaohiiient and fidelity to ii)Hlitution» coeval vritb 
 history, and 1<> Hobai^t the degenerate soul of insurrection thnt 
 wuulil Iteatdim-n our tields witli the tramp of war, and sound the 
 tearliil blast of niiii'der and desolalion. We can hardly picture a 
 iniin, framed v.ith a dispo.sition no iUi)nstrous. as to pen such h let- 
 ler, af't>r ha\iii^ \vilnes.se(|,ai« he has, tint teeinfii)-horrort»of Gullie 
 Hevolnlions. Woliavi^ read in tho fertile fictioiis of enchantment, 
 uf evil demons, to siitur.Ue a private mnli^nanoy, riding;; in safety 
 ubovo the fcilorm, aad direcline* the dreadful luirricaue that spruud 
 d»>Hth and «levuslati(ni over the earth. We suy, we have rend of 
 but'h friffhtlul iiiaiftHr spirits, but we never e.\|)fcted to see Ihotw. 
 j'udKnlied now in human shape, 'i'he writer of that letter reclinos 
 i1\ I'ontideiit i»ecut'ity upon his couch' and would let lor)Fe the dog^- 
 vfwui upon our land.'— Xcerriiua yroximorum odia, , .ft nt ua 
 
 
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 ^' llr. niiMK"5 LRTTF.R — There can be hut one opinion in th» 
 minds of honest n»en, relative to the sentiments contained in thii 
 )ett»T. J /lat fhry (ire tcdilwu,« and rrvaliihonorif, is painjully 
 . riiiful : liesides tlie lan^unpe in which it is couched, the brief re . 
 hTence to the important subjects tr»fated of, and the peculiar man^ 
 iser of its appearance oefore the Canadian |)Mbllc, irresistibly for- 
 %'i's thfM.'oiK'insioii upon our mind, that it is the premature disclos- 
 ure of a pluii lonjL^ premeditated, toseparate the Canadas from tho 
 empire of (Jreat Britain, and either annex them to the confederat- 
 ♦ rl union o?"thc Slates, or establish ^e^^arate independant republic 
 t'Jovprnnients ; as far as the author or the publisher uf the letter is 
 *'<>ncei ued, it is immaterial which. -.&«•• '/i:\v ff4f-..:f=i,t"'/' 
 
 We are not amon^ those who ^mM the Insh orindisoriminato 
 eensur«>, erdeal in vituperative cm^Bk', in rej^ard either to his 
 jirivjit • or r*^'lii>i()us character ; it ^mwrns us not whether he be a 
 t'hrislian dojr, <>r a Moslemite—si'eptical, or orthodox ; but bis 
 i.olitii'.'sl printifiles. as lar as they nflVict or influence those or the 
 j/*- op It? if l'p|:fP Canada, arc quite a dilferent thinsr, •'ind may b»» 
 
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 fret\)' «omnienltHl itpou, and iiiibib<>(l niul cljoritflud, or expuisd uud 
 lidd up (o tlio extHTHtiou of iin tiidi|;imnt {)(>o|)|p. ^ , \ 
 
 In comwon, we believe, with {he jfriMit bo(l\ of noffirm^n In thii 
 Provinoe, uo liuve liereloloro looked upon Mr. HumH um th«* 
 sUiuneb friund nnd HupporUrof meiiKuroH calculated to secMiru th« 
 «nju}raent of civil und rcllf!;iou)» freedom, and the sincere and 
 diblntcrcuted advountt^uf colonial Constitutional llerorm ; and ro 
 deep wati tbo impruHsion upon our mind, that it wan with fuclinjic* 
 uf indignation that m'h rr>ad tln^ imputations that wcro cast upon 
 bis public character in the ChriHtian (iuurdinn 8uiise(|ut>nt to Mr. 
 Uyerjjon^B return from Enp;land ; and however painful to our 
 feeiingii it may be, we candidly admit their truth, ami ciincerely re- 
 {(rotthat wo were driven by the force of circumstances, into nn 
 editorial conflict conspicious for personal invective and recriuiinu- 
 tion, ari.' ;'<roductiveofno benoficial result — but ** truth is nii}>htj, 
 und will prevail;'' and Mr. Hume himeelf has ntrxed the seal ol' 
 nfllrniation, by bis own i>i<;r..>tMre, to the allegations of the Christian 
 Guardian. 
 
 But the great question is yet unasked, and nnnnswered, in rfl- 
 trard to the singular contents of this most singular docuroen. Here 
 ' is. How came Mr. Hume to suppose that the people of the two 
 nadas, the Upper Province in partiimlar, were in mi actual state 
 of riivolt, and " fast approaching a crisis which would terminate 
 ill their independence and freedom from the b»n(»ful domination 
 of the mother country?'' Who is capable of solving this question ? 
 Answer: William Lyon Mackenzie, und his notorious commit- 
 
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 The revolutionary part of this letter bears the only infernal and 
 Bufficiently conclusive evidence, that the subject of it was perfectly 
 familiar to the mind of the writer, and equally so to the person to 
 whom it was addressed. 11 there is a man in England no ignorant 
 of the loyalty and devotcdness of the people of Upper Canada, to 
 the ''domination of the mother country," as to hazard the .ex- 
 travagant conjecture, without good presumptive evidence of tho 
 fact, that they wore even wishing for "independence." that man is 
 not Joseph Hume! he would never have put bi^ reputation upon so 
 doubtful an issue, or dared to divulge such revolutionary and rc« 
 publican sentiments, and havo them'published in Upper Canada, 
 bad he not been morally cert^jin, in his own mind, that they would 
 be read by a people who had made some progress in effecting their 
 freedom from the "baneful domination of tbe mother country." 
 Would Mr Hume exhibit such symptoms of insanity as tosbuu} 
 to a peaceable and quiet people, who are no more dreaming of ce» 
 volution and bloodstied than they are of a Mohammedan paradise^ 
 " Go on, I beseech you, and success— GLORIOUS success, must 
 inevitably crown your joint eflorts," and gain you your liberty* 
 Would be have encouraged such people to ciontinued resist^ince 
 and pexscveranee, by callinjj to thoir recollection, " ;hc ought not to 
 
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 hefor^oUvn proeiroJings in America, between *72 and *82," and ah 
 (ricentivi to more active and powerful exertions, point to tlio cond :t 
 of thn Americans ilirough that sanguinary period, and to have *'tho 
 reguU ever icept in view ?'' No such tliint; ; Mr. Hume in not tho 
 JEJin to indulge in sutl) idle rli^psodies. The contentK of that letter 
 ii'as based upon informatio'i, and accompanied l»y such cvidcnco, aa 
 to entitle it to his impl.cit conlidence and belief. 
 
 Now the qucslinn recurs again^ with all its force : From whom 
 did he get his information^ and who fiirnished him with such cvidenco 
 as to create a belief in bis mind. ar;d that to a moral certainty, that 
 the CanaduS were " in the midst of a revolution," and " fast ap- 
 proachinern crisis" that would give Iherafreedou) and independence? 
 Are not all cyos directed to Mr. Mackenzie ? if fijoy are not, ours 
 iiro. We were long sineo prepa'-cd for just such a diselosura^ but 
 not from the s.iroe source; and howevef lardy we may have b„'cp in 
 not denouncing the revalntionary eontcnts ot Mr. Hume's Idler, yet 
 wo Khali claim the nierii of being tho tirst Reformer who dared to 
 raise the standard of opposition to Rlackon2ie-»*ni, and that too, in 
 his second strong hold in the province— and dearly wo paid too, for 
 oiir temerity, as more than fo.iy of our subscribers threw up the Bri« 
 tish American Journal on account of our monstrous turyinw, In 
 refusing to play "second fiddle to tho schomts of a man whose 
 measures" wt knew were diiving tho peo[.Io headlong and blindfold 
 into rebellion. 
 
 It is due to ourselves and some others^ as well as to tliecaiiHel wd 
 have espoused, io pnter into a brief vindication of our line of con- 
 duct as a public writer, and as such, we plead to tho jurisditti )n of 
 the higl court of public opinion, and sl.all cheerfully abidi its im- 
 partial decision, but not unheard. In assuming the responsibilities 
 of an Editor, we never plodgod onrseives, or even intimated to any 
 persori or persons whatever, that wo would support Mr Mackenzie, 
 or any other man • neither have wo, any fariiie. than they btive 
 Comported with our ideas of Constitutional K^form. ^^\ entered 
 the arena br po'ilics upon tho broad principles of liberalism, uoter* 
 Tnioed to maintain and defend tho rii^hts of the people against tho 
 encroachments sf an ultra tory faction ; but never with tho moat re- 
 xnbte idea of inculcaling ropubliean principles, or sowing the seeds of 
 disatfoction in the minds of bis Majesty's colonial sijbiects. 
 
 In the prosecution ot our Editirial labours, we identilied ourselves 
 ■with the general cause of the people, and studiously avoided all 
 partjf inleres's or associations whatever ; we selecterf and stood upon 
 our own ground, and itcro neither dirscllv nor indirec'Jv enyjatrcd in 
 promoting the agitating scheires of Mr. Mackenzie, or any other 
 pftrtlzan politician \r tho province ; and altliough womii^ht. and pro- 
 b*My did, entertain sentiments in common with each other, and with 
 i<<jf<iruicr*ga{ipiti||y, in re^;ard l(» tiie cotis of tljo ooltxiiul *i/A/fm, 
 yot we Were (juito di-sitrmir in our viov.-.s as it respevitcd tlie mnedy, 
 
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 publicatJon of Mr. Mackenzie's celebruted *' letters to tho Earl of 
 Dalhouiiie," wo have nc.cr had tho least conBdence whatever in hit 
 }ioIilical honesty ; moro especially when wo do Anow, that he left 
 no n3oan.« untried that his fertile luinu could invent, or his friend 
 Fotherjjill devise, to ol'tam the situation of Government Printer at 
 York! VVhai if he had Kuccordcd ? Why, ithon we bhould not 
 liavc Itcen put to tho trouble of writing this article, or incurring the 
 loss of forty suliscribers for daring to be an independent fciditor ; 
 and this plain declaralion nr.ay cost u? forty raore. We can spare 
 thein, and /i/.wr //>«(?* /or/y besides, if they choose to discontinuo 
 b^causie we will not he tho advocate of revolution, and frtcdom 
 from the *' baneful doraina'ion of the mother country.* 
 
 If Mr. Mackenzie, or any other man, has counted on our asMs'v 
 anco to biing about u separation from the parent state, thi.>y may Im 
 sure they have reckoned sadly without their host; and if they have 
 not understood our principles before, we will undeceive them now. 
 if we possess the use of language sufficient for thopurpo:e. Know 
 then, that we are tiie implacable enemies of revolution-ttfm, tory.« 
 ism, and Mackt:nzic>i£;,n/ and we trust to the undoitbted luyalty 
 aud patriotism of the country to sustain us, and an independent 
 preiv, in the course we have adopted, and assist us in putting tha 
 iseal of reprobation upon principles so dangerous to the happiness 
 nnd prosperity of oiir common country. 
 
 [trMHthe Upper Canada Herald.] 
 
 Mr. GoUHLfcV has sen! the Editor of that paper a copy o( a let- 
 ter* dated 3rd June, 1834, which he wrote to Mr. Hume iiumo« 
 di^Ltely on seeing his production in the Advocate. Alter condemn- 
 ing the languaifo used against Mr. Ryerson, Mr. Gourley says, in 
 reference to the treasonable part of the letter, — 
 
 •' Is it becoming in you, acquainted only with partial details of 
 party politics, to fling cut venom against British rule — howcor 
 blameable, at a distance of 40U0 miles?— -to flatter " the. high- 
 minded people of Canada" — or to speak of " the bauejul dominu^ 
 tion of the Mother Country, and the tyrannical conduct of a tmall 
 despicable faction in the Lolouy ?"" No, Mr. Hume ! Your lot* 
 tor is shameful ; your industry, your orderly habits and your econo- 
 my may bo commended ; but your fault-llnding, your feeling, and 
 your philosophy, arc^ to use your own words, dosj.icable." 
 
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 , -We havo soon Mr. Mackenzie, hacUod by tiilrtoen of his depomU 
 lints, iall of thom professini; liberality of opinion, act like so many 
 potty tyrants in tho City Council, and wo troinblo to think what 
 the consoqiiehce would bo. were their powers of mischief increased 
 by their introduction to tho House of Assembly. Let our readers 
 ■peruse the extract from the Quebec Gazette, and say, whether 
 thoy wish Kingston to bo governed by a band of such petty Aris- 
 tocrats. The municipal laws that have boon passed in Toronto, 
 would have disgraced the days of J)raco. We have seen the bench 
 of justice defiled by two most iniquitous sentences : we have seen 
 women placed in tho stocks ; wj have seen petitions a;;oin<t tho 
 return of Tory Aldermen immediately attended to, while thos« 
 Against the sitting Radical members ol tho Council are postponed 
 sine die. And to clap the climax, we have seen the Council, at 
 ♦lie bidding of a cral'iy ;)riest, approve of tho publication ol a letter 
 fraught with sedition. Those things have wo seen, and these iW\n>rA 
 havo proven to us, how hollow an; the professions of those men, who 
 coaxed their fellow citizons to elo^t thom to office. Of Mr. Humo'i 
 Kilter it is out intention to say a woi J or two. 
 
 When Mr. Gurnott introduced !iis resolution in the City Council, 
 condemning the publication of that epistle. Dr. Morri>-on, by a train 
 of ingenious sophistry, (^ for which hestood indebted to Dr. O'Grady) 
 •ucccssfuUy resisted it, by putting an entirely different construction 
 upon Mr. Hume's words, than that intended by the sturdy old 
 Reformer. For that construction Mr. Humo will hardly thank 
 his zealous parlizan. Ever since his entrance into the Imperial 
 Parliament, he lias always advocated the necessity of emancipating 
 the North American Colonies from tho Mother Country, on the score 
 of their expense. W'iienevor the Colonial Minister has como for- 
 ward to ask a grant for any purpose, useful or otherwise, Mr. Hume 
 has been the first to gctuj) and say, " Make the Colonies independ- 
 ent, and let thom provide for themselves." This, as a reprcsontatiro 
 of the people of England, ho had an undoubted right to say and do, 
 if he thought proper. Now, having boldly advanced this doctrina 
 at home and in the heart of the Empire, is it not the height of folly 
 io suppose that he should shrink from expressing himself to the sam» 
 purpose in the very place where his politicil wishes arc to be carried 
 into effect. What may be advantageous to Mr. Hume's constituents, 
 »ind what may be advantageous to the people of Canada are two very 
 different things. The inhabitants of Middlesex may complain with 
 lustice of the burden ol maintaining a distant colony, but the peoplo 
 of that colony would be worse than suicides to deprive themselves of 
 tbs advantages they receive by their connexion with the Parent 
 State. The attempt therefore to prove that Mr, Hume mea'^t free- 
 dom from the domiiifttion of the Coloiiidl Olfioo, instead of th* 
 .Mothor Coiitjtry, is an absurrlity which nothing but itsextromc dif- 
 tt'.iitj" to prox'e, c'.)\ild have tailed forlii tho jo.,iiitical talenU of tha 
 
gonUcnion ri'om whom the i<loa oiiuiiiial'y umanatod. Mr. T''»mo 
 tn«nnt what lie said ; ntid it lie had coiiHnod hiiiiscIF to i^xprpftHini; 
 Itiraself in Great Hri^uiti, or even to writintr oontidtMidnllr to I>h 
 Cnnni'a friends', we <4l)ould coiwider liim iiislilit'd. ii was tlio jmb' 
 li»hj»g >»i hirtopiniorw in Upper Canada that consJitnles (hn crim<'. 
 Kor tliis ort'^nco Mr. Mackeczie is uk>ne Kccoiintalile. Ih? kncvr 
 that Qmon{5 iho Reformors ot Canada, Mr. iimne's nanip and adviro 
 carried with ihom a certain degree of weight, aiul ho whoiild hnv<> 
 loen (Jautiuus, lest ho shonkl destroy tiiat wn^iil l)y iho pnhlioation 
 of advice in which the great niajonty of Kclciimeis migiit no( con- 
 enr. What reparation c'uld he have ajlordrd the country, had thf> 
 Keformers, stimulated by liis publication, risen in reitellion ? TUtit. 
 Xhey did not do 80, they Itavc to thank liifcir own luvaliy, and not 
 Air. Mackonisie. 
 
 The consequences of this injndicions pnhlicaiion ari> !ftmpnla1>lA 
 in the extreme. Two months ago, had the elections hcen call^^d, 
 hardly five members of the Tory casto would liave Ium-m rt-lnrnerl. 
 Every body spoke of a VVliig House of Assenibiy a» a niattor of aii- 
 tiolute certainty. In the conntics of which wo liave soino locai 
 knowledge, not one single Tory wfiuld have htofi rcUiined. Wliut 
 is the pro«])cct now ? You jdiull soo. in I'rinco Kdward, Mi. 
 Asa Wcrden's friends arc gaining head, and spfak of lii> flection n* 
 •secure. In Hastings, Lawyer Sainson not only oonsiil'is his cUi* 
 tion safe, but counts upon taking in a friend along wilii him. \Vi> 
 hope he may iie mistaken. Jn Lennox and Addington whore Imt 
 n few weeks ago Mr. Cartwrighfs Iriciids wcie^o dispirilrd as liar<l! ,' 
 to show their heads, it is asserted ho is gaitiing iimnnd anif zinglv. 
 were not the Reformers of tLese counties as itiff!iiL;i;nt as ihey ao 
 nnconopromising, we might clread the result; as it is. w ,ave no 
 icar; they know tlint Messrs. Uidwoll and Perry are too i.wlcpend- 
 ent and too constitutional to be led by the nose by Mr. Mackenzie, 
 and that circumstance alone makes their return ceitain. In Front, 
 liac the case is difteront. Owing to sundry canst.s, the fn:eLolder* 
 of tl)i> county arc by no means so generally well inlormed as thoir 
 neighbours, and advantage has been laketi of this circumslaiice lr» 
 instil doubts into their mind?., as to the loyalty of the present popu- 
 lar candidates. 'I he cry raised by one or two Tory emissavjivs i^. 
 that Messrs. Shibley and Campbell are Macken.^ieitts, and the con. 
 sequence is, that another county meeting has been called to reciM,- 
 5ider their merits. And iiy w'uonj has the recjuir-itioti Ik en !;i;;i;((l ^ 
 Mostly by Reformers, although the secret ol'ject of the gtltc r-< up 
 of the meeting is to btlt'g forward Messrs. i)rumuiond and Goo. 
 McKenzie ; at least a note signed .lames Ht ,.-11 i one ot the prp- 
 sent reqnipitionists) in the last ( lirouirlr .onld lead iis so lu \n: 
 lievc. This however may end m a bottle of sumke. '1 he prc.erit 
 nominees have but to derlaro llu-ir detvjtatiun ul Mr. M-iikeii;"!'/* 
 jionduct, and all \^ill ba well. 
 
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 (Prim t!it Couritr of June IPM ) 
 
 OZTY ADDBESS. 
 
 We noticed in our Satardny's paper that an Address to HIi 
 Excellency was in circulatiou tSrough the City that day, expres- 
 sive of the opinion of its inhahilanls, rehitivo to Mr. Hume's let« 
 ter. In less than six hours, upwards of tueive hinidred signatures 
 were affixed to that Address — a number whiuh would have been 
 greatly increased had more lime been given ; but it being consid* 
 «red desirable to tranifrait the Address to England by the very first 
 packet, it was presented to His Kxceljencyat 10 o'clock on Mon^ 
 day morning, by a deputation of about tifty inhabitants of the 
 Citv. 
 
 For the Address iiself, which has been transmitted to Mr. Stan> 
 Jey, we refer our readers to the Cotnirr of Saturday, the 14th 
 instant. In addition to which, the following Address from the 
 deputation was read to I] is Exceilenc}- by Mr. Alderman DennU 
 j5on; — 
 
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 May IT PLKASE YOUR Excellkncy: 
 
 As the organ of the deputation appointed to wait on Youf 
 Excellency to present this Address of their fellow-citizens ol 
 Toronto, 1 am requested to avail myself of the occasion to observe 
 <o Your Excellency, that a miijjorily of the Cr»mmon Council of 
 tills City, having lately passed and sent to England certain Reso? 
 lutions approving of the sentiments expressed in a certain letter 
 of Mr. Hume, which sentiments are repugnant \o the feelings, 
 and incompatible with the allegiance which they owe to their exceU 
 lent and revered Sovereign, the Citizens of Toronto felt tbem> 
 selves Ciilled upon thus promptly ;ind decidedly to disclaim any 
 participation in thd said proceedings of the Corporation. 
 
 Your Excellency will be able to estimate the iiature and unlver- 
 B.ility of the sentiments oppressed in this Address ainong our fel- 
 low-townsmen, when 1 inform Your E.xcellency, that tlie whole 
 of the sign.-itures, with the respective designations and places of 
 abode of the subscribers — •'^nd amounting in number to upward^ 
 of twelve hundred— were affixed to the Address within the short 
 space oi six hour-; on Saturday; and that number vould undoubtr 
 «>dly have been greatly increased, could a little longer time have 
 "been given for that purpose. 
 
 The following is a copy of the Address :-- 
 
 To His Excellkncy SIR JOHN COl^BORNE. K. C. B., 
 
 Lieutenant-G overnor of Upper Canada, and Mnjor^Genvral 
 Commanding His Majeslrfs Forces therein, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 May IT Ple-*se Your ExcRtiLENCY: 
 
 We, tile undersigned Inhabitants of the City of Toroiitr, fcol 
 ntirsclvoii failed upon In take the earliest opportunity to express to 
 Your Exi't'llcncy, m)<1 IhcougU Your Excellency to our M^st Cira- 
 
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 «iiou« Aoveroigi), liU Minintors, tho Imperial Parliaraent, and thf 
 whole BrUish Nutioa, our mont unqualified disapprobation of thesao* 
 tinients contained in a Letter which has lately made its appearano* 
 in Bf vcral of thr Provincial Newj*papers, dated lir^anston Square^ 
 ^9lh March, 183J. sitrnod '» JQSEPH HUME," and purportinj; 
 to havo been written by one of tlie K.opresentative» of the County 
 of Midj^lesex, in the Imperial Parliament: in which Letter tho 
 \yr iter expresses' an opinion, among others equally erroneous, that 
 " a Cttisis is fast approaching in t/^e affairs of the Canacfas which, 
 will terminate fn the independence and freedom from ths baneful 
 DOMiNitTioN of the Mother Country.'* 
 
 Wo bog, Sir, on our own account— aud we are conhdent1y.assur> 
 ed that wo may do so on behaljf of nearly tho whole people of Upper 
 Canada, to disavow, in the tinost un(]imli(ied and decided manner, 
 the sentiments expressed in the {^foresaid Letter; and to declare^ 
 )hat whatever -'iD'eronco of opiniop may exist among His Majesty'* 
 subjects in this Colony, relative to political questions of a provincial 
 or local nature, thet^e is no portion of fjis Majesty's dominions, thn 
 inhabitants ot which, as they have uniformly avowed and declared, 
 arc more ardently attached to their Sovereign, and the InstituU ins 
 of their Mother Country, than the people of Uppnr Canada, or who 
 ^'opld more sincerely deprecat?, or more firmly rt- t, any and all 
 attempts to sever the existing connexion bctweaq liiis Colony and 
 the Empire to which it is related. 
 
 The undersigned respectfully solicit Vour Excellency to take the 
 earliest practicable opportunity to transmit this Address to Hit 
 Majesty '8 Secretary of State fcr the Colonies. 
 
 Citv of Toronto, June Hth, 1834, 
 
 To the Address of the Citizens, His Excellency was pleasod to 
 paake the following reply : — 
 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 J shall not fail to transmit your Address to His Majesty's 
 Government; and I assure you, that this expression of (he ardent 
 attachment of the Inhabitants of Toronto to their Sovereign, and 
 to the Mother Country, will be received by His Majesty with tb<« 
 greatest satisfaction. 
 
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 ■••We slionld ihink that the " small ami ilcspicahle faction" [!! ^\ 
 who jjiinpcd so proinatiireiy at Mr. Hume's proposition for shakinj 
 ^(F Iho *• hauefut domina'ion of thb Mother Country,'' and who 
 thus so incau'ioHidy disclosed their piot heforo it was ripo for oxplo. 
 aiop, must fed cxfcssively " sheepish," now they sec nearly tii« 
 whole popiilntion of Upper Canada standing forth and openly dia- 
 ciaiiulbg nil " part or lof* in their '* banofyr' iiusiuess. Tho *' tmatl 
 and dr^picaile faction * have, in truth, " run thoir heads into a hor- 
 net's nest/' with a renjjeance. Araonu: the other numerous demon - 
 atrations wbich arc daily being made of the same naluro and tend- 
 ency, wo have tho following Addrea^^ of the Wexloyan Methodist 
 Conference, to His Excellency tlio Lieutenant-Governor, which wat 
 presented on Monday last by a deputation, consistinjj of tho Rov. 
 Ms.ssrs. Richard!«on. Stinson, and John Kyurson. It is an exceed* 
 in^ly spirited and well written paper : — 
 
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 To llts ExcKLLsxcY «IR JOHX COLBOUXR, K. C. B . 
 Jji'eii tenant-Governor of the Province of Upp/n- Canada, and 
 ^ .Major. General Commanding IJis Majesty's Forces l/iereiKf 
 &c. (Sec. &c. 
 
 MiY IT PuFASE Your Excellency : - - -■■ : . 
 
 We, Mis Majesty's dutiful and loyal snlijocts, the Ministers oi 
 the Wcsleyan MclhodiHt Church in Ciinada, assomblod in Confer- 
 ence, take the lilierty tojiddress Your Excellency, and present our 
 gratfiiil acknowledgments for Your Excellency's coiulcscension and 
 kind co-operation with tho VVesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 
 in promoting the religious and moral improvement of the Indians and 
 iiestilutc scttlcris iatbe Province. 
 
 In the new relatiou that wo sustain to the Englisli Wesleyatj 
 ASctliodist Conference, by the late Union betweon the tvvo connex- 
 ions, our means and facilities for preacliing the Gospel among tho 
 aboriginal tribes and remote settlemen s of this Province, will bo 
 greatly increased ; and in tho accomjili>liuiont >i. this great and good. 
 work, we coofidewtiy anticipate the continuance ol Your Excel- 
 lency's coDfidencc and approbation. 
 
 \Vc avail r.Hirsei!vos of this occasion to express our firm and devotrd 
 attachment to the Crown of Great Britain. We disclaim witii 
 Ftrong feelings of indignation the recent avowal of Rovclulionary 
 principles and purposes ; and we contidently assure Voar Excellency. 
 ihatwhatcvcr dificrcDce of opinion may exist amongst the mcmberi^ 
 of cor coDgregatious on political question*, they possess an unwavering 
 attachnienl to the <-nlightened and parental (Jovernment of Great 
 Britain, and chc«i?h an ardent desue and iirm dctorminalion to 
 i?'.frr^theTi, :m\ pirpetiiato the connexion which hnppily exists be-* 
 
twecn ll)i» Colony and Ibo Mother C-ounlry, ami wUiclj is no PS.^TnUa( 
 to the preservation of our ColonJul liberti*"; uiitl interests. 
 
 Wo hrg to express our most cordiul wishes for the h<niUl> an«l 
 bappinens of Vonr Excellency and family ; nnd we cartusily iniplorw 
 the Supreme Dispenser of events, to direct Vour Kxocllcjioy in th» 
 .ailoptioii of such measures, and such an administration of the duties 
 of your high and important trust, an will piove alike honouraMoRnd 
 ((.ratifying to Your Ji^xcellency, and beneficial to the gcnciul and 
 brfit in<ercsts of this hapfff'and flourishing l'rovin«:e. 
 J Signed on behalf and by order of tho Conference. 
 
 iMni UN n Grind ROD, A*rf*rrf»'>i/. 
 
 Ji\MKS KlCHABDSON, Stcrt/<J/Jf. 
 
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 .Gentlemkn :— 
 
 The expression of thescntinoonts of the Ministers of !hff \Vc9lcyan 
 Methodist Church in Canada, cannot but bo equally gratifyiugto Hi* 
 Majesty's Government, and to the Province at large. 
 
 1 thank you for the address; and I iri.stthat tho measures, which 
 you are pursuing, in conjunction with tha Parent Socieliy at hou>(?, 
 t^'ill greatly promote the interests of Religion in this country. 
 
 Sovernmtnt House, 'JOt/i June, 1^34, 
 
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 RESOt.UTioN, adopted netn. eon. by the Couforenre, and ordered 
 to be published in ihe next number ol the Christian Guardian. 
 
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 /ie^o/rerf,— That this Conference views with feelings of disgust, 
 and cannot but express its unqualilicd reprobation of the letter 
 from Joseph Hume Esq. M. P., addressed to and lately published hy 
 William L. Mackenzie, Esq., and of the slanderous attack therein 
 made upon the character of our beloved brother tho Rev. Egorlou 
 Ryerson, — in whose integrity and honourable principles we wro 
 happy to express our unshaken confidoni'e. 
 
 VVc also avail ourselves of this occasion to disclaim in terras of 
 strong indignation the revolutionary principles and purposes contain- 
 ed in said letter. We arc atfached from aflection and dufy to tho 
 Crown of Great Britain, '' believing it is the duty ;;of all Cljristian* 
 to bo subject to the powers that be ; for wo ore commanded by th« 
 Word of God to respect and obey civii Governments : wo should 
 therelore not only " tear God but honour Iho King."* 
 
 * 23rf Article n/Taith in (he Method's' Disr'pli>,c, 
 
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FrmtAt eerier of Ju'i 8, 1334. 
 
 /Of iIh! whole 30 Newspiiper* in ihe Proviaa*, only three liave openly wnc 
 fioned Mr. Iluine'v pnu|MMiibu to ..b'.! aj^Musl the ,Uriiir.h (loverumenl : »nd 
 
 |4*y Me— ■ • ■ 'w--'.' •'■ :\^ ti'ii,., i • r^' •■ ' 
 
 ne Canadian Carrctpcndent, Advoofte and Rr/ormer f , , ,. 
 
 The pnpen wliicb Imve hUherlo. to «. grvntw or Ip«!ipr fxtfut, Hclvorated llje 
 rauar of Uerorin, '.ml ivLicli lt>vc now openly »iiit tieteitninctlly cuiidomncd ibe 
 •cntimeuU uf Mr. tlunie's letter, are iLe fuiluwiii^, viz.— 
 
 73k# Iktmiltm Free Press. British /f'Aijr. (Kingston ,") Hritish /fmerifttit Jour- 
 nc/, (St^Caiheiiurs ;) Kinsam liefHsrter, Christian Guardian, and 
 UrenvUte L'azetie, (Presctitt.) 
 
 The oilier Provincial Jo'irnals wLcli Lave most deciile'lly condemned Mr. 
 Iluine'» letter, are the fullotTiii)r - 
 
 fftadwich Enigrantt 
 St. Thhmnr' JitimaL 
 4'Ondon True Patriot, 
 JFrstern Mercurjf, 
 i)»ndus Post, 
 Niagara Uleaner, 
 Can-idian ffes'et/an, 
 Canadian Freem'in, 
 
 The Courie-' 
 
 Ptttrif^, 
 
 f*M-t ilupii lyurdtr, 
 
 Vitbtm' g Slur, 
 Betlnulle " Suuidard," 
 Haltmre/l Free Press, 
 Kingitwi t 'hronicte, 
 Kingntan Utrald, 
 Cornwall Ohx'rver, aiid 
 of Vpptr Canada. 
 
 Thns we have 23 of tlie Upper Caniidian Papers, dec'uiedlv condemning ^r, 
 Hume and hi* levoluiionaiy (loctriiiei »i\i\ three only supponinn them ! 1 1— 
 Hut there are three more yet to disuuse of, aiiti iJ>e.«e threo arc the most co-J* 
 trmptihle of ihewhcle; theae three, ^to use an Aiueiicauisni) arc"<i8trideof tho 
 fcnce,"~ they are ihe 
 
 0^ BrockvUle lieccrder— Kingston Spectator, and St T/toinas' Liberal f 
 
 Tliese three at the ontwt evinced a dispo<ition (uniloii')tedly their real dis- 
 position) lo sanction ami adopt Mr. Hume's levolntionary recommendation, and 
 made one step in advance towaris(lii>i>)i; to; hot f)iidtn>; piihlie opinion so r<troni:ly 
 evinced a<;:unst them, ihcy hulled ill their career, and now btu.ud bctvreen tho 
 two parti<f:<, 
 
 *• Too timid to advance, and 
 
 " Debtitutc of courage u retreat." 
 
 tietving these three papers nlto;re;herout of the qnestion, as being, which' 
 ever arayihey may at length chiince 10 50— alike useless to their triendn, and 
 harmleKB to their enemies. We think the o|>inion ot the people of Upper Ca« 
 ntda, speaking as they always must do, through the Press of the Country, is* 
 •"j-ougly enough demonstrated U* h- as 23 to 3, ag:un--t ihe Revolutionary scntj^ 
 nieuls alltmpted to be ioculenled in Mr. Hume's letter. 
 
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 A few general remark",' in conclii'jion, mny not bo out of p1a<>f.' 
 Frdm tho precoilini; |)a{5»!s tnuy bo |oarnc(i ibo nearly iinaniniout 
 understanding and itiierj-rotuinn of Mr. IJiiinos Letter by thn 
 Upper Canada Press. 'I'ho pnl)rio Press is divided us to men and 
 tncusures on uliuost every «»iher point ; Imt on tlirs p.iiiit it speaks 
 but with onu voice, and wiib the exception of /A^*-* discordant vehi- 
 cles of scdili m and rebellion, rallies round the stand ird of Hritisli 
 aulhorily, and says, vvilli one heart and ono determination, '* Away 
 with Hevolutioiii^ts and SopixTalionisIs, and stronjjer than over bo tho 
 union between Canada and tho Mother Country !" In this sontt- 
 ment tlio Press appears to bo otdy tho echo ot tlie united feelin^rft 
 and wls'hcs of tlie idhuldtants ol Upper Canada, whiclj shows, that 
 whatever may be tins matters of di^cus-im and 0|)posilion betweetj" 
 the dilTerort politiful jtartics on public (piestious, Ihey areasawholii 
 equally loyal to Uieir Kini; and couulry, and will unite to put down 
 any republican demagojfue who dari^s insult and disgrace tlie Pro^ 
 vinCM by dennliidni; Hrilish rule ns " batiolul domination,'' anci 
 boldinj; up the oxampio of American revolutionists for imitation to 
 tlio inhabitants ot Canada. 
 
 From ftJr Munie's letter and Mr. Mackenzie's cordial recom- 
 tnendaliot) of it. tho Canadian piiblic will now fully understand 
 wh.it tnerto pclllicians have ii eaiiL by " tho p(;oplo obtaining their 
 rights, " by llie '• Colony mana{;itiu; its own atlliiis,'' &.C.; nattiely, 
 the same as iho " ki-'.sult" ol iho American revolution, which tho 
 people of Upper Canada are i.xliorted " ever to keep in A)i«w''t 
 lk)lh .Mackeoriie and ihe presses which have supported him, Lava 
 advocated many gout! and uscl'iil measures; {mit/tfij hiivo done so 
 with u view to improve llio Province as a dependency ot the Britiith 
 (lovornmcnt, hut he lus dotiM so to tliioA- (d! ih.it Government as a 
 *' baneliil domination.'' Thi? is tiro true lino of distinction, Mos4r», 
 ITume ar.d Mackenzie thcmseUcs liuiir^ witnes.sos. Jnllinonepoiol 
 of view, such measures may be wi<n and useful ; in the other point 
 of view, they are revolutiouury and uxeuiublo. ItisoDlytliotewbo 
 aro rosoUed to piirsuo such measure'^ in tho latter point of vievV 
 (whatever may bo their professions to tije couirary; that can any 
 longer i^uppori IJinne and Mackenzie. It is very probable that 
 Mackenzie has written to Hume, and will, in a month or two pul>- 
 Jish another let'.cr Iroui him, discluiniing any intention or wish to 
 revoUitioiiizu tliese Pro\inces Ijiit this will be a vain subterfuge, 
 when they find tliey cannot accomplish tliuir original purposcrfK 
 They will of cour-o Uiink that *' half a loaf is better than no brood.' 
 fiat the inlenUoo!^ and liisposUiou of tlio wolf must be judged of 
 when ho thinks he has hi.i. prey in bin power, and not when h^ b 
 caught in a trap. Several months since, Maokenaie told, the pecpfo 
 there v.as •' not one principle of honesty iiithe jjriiish Governraont," 
 that they were " warranted j.i opoo and armed resistance." Find- 
 ing that suflh deciaratJoos were pre:uaturCj imd excited alarm itntead 
 
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 eP approval, ho lolJ lh« people, iu ono of lii^ iiibscqijcut JJvooMl^t, 
 rhttt liu did not ntrnit revolution, ho only uicaut ciMibtiluiionai roi'onu. 
 ^r> lie and Mr. Humo may horouKor say. But thuir own wordn. 
 uhich arc us plain niid explicit as any urliclo in (lie Dcctaration of 
 American Iridcpondence, will be o pHrpoliuil and infallilile witneu 
 against them. The pnhlic ought to have lioen adiuonishod of thi» 
 whon Mr. Mackonaie, a f^w months a[;(>, dropped Uio word Colonial 
 from the title of his p&per, assigning us n roason, that ho could no 
 longer advocate Colonial reform ; tliat is, if his supporters would 
 have understood his fuli meaning, ho could not advocate what he 
 called the rights of the people or reform, as a culoni/ of Great 
 Britain, but only as a country seekin-^ " indepe/iUence and freedom 
 from the haneiul domination of the Niothor Country." All the at- 
 tempts to evade the obvious meaning of IJumc's lett*.>r, and the lei^i- 
 timate and natural construction pulupnn it liy the I'ross and intelli- 
 jjent public of Upper Canada, arc more eqniveeations ahout the word 
 b/initj'at. Hume's recommendation oi the ex a in pie and resitUol th» 
 American Revolution i;* passed over as silently as possible. Thi« 
 admits of no equivocation, and deturmint's beyond doubt or dispute 
 iho meaning and design of the whole letter. 
 
 The question now to be decided is, what disposal will the Electoi-s 
 bf the Toronto Ridin|», or the Electors nf any other lli Jing or County. 
 or City, which Mr. Mackenzie may prosumo to insult by oiTeriu;^ 
 liimself a Candidate for their suffrages, make of him ? With every 
 elector of any such County or Riding, the simple question is, whe- 
 ther the Kxamplp: and Result of the American Revolution in 
 this Province is his object or not? Mr. Mackenzie has declared 
 this to be his object, which ho keeps '* kveu in virw I" A few 
 months will show whether there is a ukvolutionahy County or 
 Ridini; in Upper Canada or not. Do the liilectors of any single 
 County suppose they can bring about a Revolution ? If not, are 
 they prepared to identify and blacken the name of their County with 
 Revclution, ani that too in the estimation of Reformers as well 
 as an ti« Reformers throughout the Province, and in the estimation of 
 tUa . British Government and nation ? Is any Elector disposed thus 
 to signalize bis county ? Has any man tlio heart thus to disgrace 
 bis innocent family by giving such a vole ? Has any parent tljo 
 soul thug to murder his own reputation, and by a singlb act inflict 
 upoo his family a leprous curse which will cleave to thcni from ge^ 
 nerotioQ to generation, and may bo brought up to their reproach ami 
 injury when he has gone to his long home ? Would any parent 
 wish to bequeath to his children such a legacy ? Humanity bluid- 
 ders at the thought. 
 
 Besides what advantage can any County expect to derive in re- 
 turn for this eternal disgrace and public and laniily curse? Whut 
 has Mack-cnzie done for any county ? Ho hai chattered to them — 
 he has agitated them— he has written to them— he has promised 
 thera niiich--he has got a good deal of their money — he has mado 
 

 |iU>(«9&ni Viiyogft ftcroM Iho Atlantic— lio li&a vcseJ auJ iii«n?tf4 
 (U«i IhUikli (iuvttiiitnciit i l)ut wiiat liM bu hruu^'^lit to pojik ? Wirtt 
 iiul luorc good inuasurcH ucccii)|>lislieJ unJ gri^uUT {irogn'SK laudv it*' 
 tliu cause of Itefoiii) lidoro he bocaiue a iiicuilier ui tbu IIoukm ^( 
 AsHoiuWIy lljan since ? Wuh ihero no* a Urj^o ntajorily ot «vou 
 ioiistitiilidiial loforinors in tlic first IIuum) of A»^ciiihly lu wbicli ho 
 tvas olvoti'd, itnil iti tho one proced'ng it? In the iirat liouyu of 
 A«Ronibly vvliicii wa" olcclr.d ii tor bo became a Mcmbt^r. uaft tbcr* 
 not u Uii'tjo'-ily cii the (.tlicr sidr i And is iiot tbu cause ot iruu re- 
 fer lu in u tar v\'oii>o htalo iiuw than it W(u:>ix, or fuur, ur twu yeuis 
 
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 Affoin,— look over tlifi prcct'ding pagos,*»««i read tbe extracts from 
 
 ihc J^ d\()Cato, und Loller« to Lord i)alJioU'*io, a late Govcruor of \*. 
 
 Vnnu\si,n f«\v years ngo;«..8co biin denounce tbc very Gov«:'rnmcDt 
 
 sind ii(,']iublicu.i>iHn] Ihul he uow hoUU (iji to adiuirulioii ; — see Iiiiu 
 
 doiiodViL'O tho Elective IiCf^isIutive Se»?alos that be ir»w talks about 
 
 €rou(iii(i; ;^soe him apjilaiid an aiiniiuiMiration o( Cto< crutucni fur 
 
 more di'cid(;d and d<'torniinod th/iH lljat wbicb be now says *' MVir- 
 
 } tints the ]i(ujiU' to an armed I Cfiisf^iU'r ;—r,cc him }irai<te to t!io 
 
 »:|{i«s a Ciovetn(0(!tit that ho now suysM-ver liad '' one principle of 
 
 honrsly," jitui rails a " buncful dou)i(jali>^a.*^ Wos there cvorsucU 
 
 & pohUca) chan^olitiff ? 
 
 'IMie rousor) ibr all this will, howevpT. opncnr ohviou^ wien the 
 reader rocollocls tliat /»(;/j/tV« are Mr. Mackcuxie's Trnde, which be 
 has accumiilatod cDiisidorahhi property ia Toliowin}'. IJeoocc tried 
 tiric side, — (like a nu'ichant Iryinj^ oik* Hind of bn-tiness) — that did 
 not do. lie tiien tri4'U the other Mido: (hat has answered belter. A 
 U:\\ jear.s aj^o be whs as poor as Job's turkey, lie has diligently 
 I'olJowed Uji his political trade, — as a lawyer or a fjuack does htJ,— 
 and made people believe they vvere wrou:;;ed, and iuditccd thera to 
 rDiploy him, and read hi^ Papers and Aimanacs to-^el ihrir wrong* 
 lighted ; — he has persuaded them that tiiey were |)olitically sick and 
 vf they would employ him as thoir Tboiui>ouiau |tby!«iciuu,and buy 
 Ijis nostrum;*, Uiey would surely ■^et wcJI, In bis trade be has doac 
 pretty well ; lie iiasgot " well oil," whilst many a farmer and mc- 
 ehatiic whom ho has persuaded to buy his scrvico". aud dance at- 
 tendance at his meetings, to increase bis sales acd pr«;{U-«, bas become 
 poor, and many a (.iovernmen*, Clerk and t)l\icirr, wbotn be ba<t abu- 
 sed, can scarcely support his family. It is therefon> Mr. Macken- 
 zie's trdde to delanie, agitate and distujb,j«st as mnch aj: it is (hat of 
 a huni^ry lawyer who will use any means to iucrease bi^ business in 
 Court, even if ii be by encouraging assaults and batteries ! This i* 
 the heart and life of Mackenzie's patriotism. The people of York 
 t'ounty arc no belter olF now than when they first elected Macken- 
 viio ; liul he is several thousand dollars better off. 
 
 And now what good could ho do, even if lie were disposed, and 
 vvere elected to the House of Assembly ? No true Reformer wi'l 
 i.»vc anv iliuii; to do with him, Messrs, BiJwcIl aud l*crry h»v» 
 
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 t&id ihti tb«-y will hft\e no ir.ore to do with blni, tlan tU«y would 
 with a fool, a TDodnian, or a knave ; that if th^y ara elected 
 to I'arliament, they are detcrniiiiod in cast Mm oflT at onca; that 
 tijoy opt)OH(d hin expulsions upon principle, and not on A/«occount, 
 but on tlio occoiint uf tlie clcctorM und tlie elective franciiiMo ; but lio 
 hus taktn ad\anto|;c ot tliin, and di<-gtaccd tlicm end the principles 
 tbry ad\ocatod. 'rht-no tilings itic rublishor ban tbe best antbority 
 for Klatiii|r; and he drfirH Mackrnxio to produce a declaration Iruin 
 cither ot ibo above gontlimen to the cnntiary. Will any parent ruin 
 thocbaiactiTand bestinlercHtnofbiniRell and family by toting lorKuch 
 a man ? A man abandoned by conHtitutional rofonnera— a cnnfiaMed 
 republican, and avowed rcvuiutioniot. Nay, the teriext Tory in 
 Canada is preferable to a man who^hus the American revolution 
 iAd its results " ever in view.*' 
 
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