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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 AN ADDRESS •y '■' TO TBI PEOPLE OF CANADA; WITH THEIR REPLY TO TBI WORKING MEFS ASSOCIATION. ** The tyrant's chains are only strong While slaves submit to wear them» And who could bind them on the throng Determined not to wcarthem."~GoL3( Sontlon: CLEAVE, SHOE LANE, FLEET STREET? ; WATSON, HAr>L OF SCIENCE, CITY ROAD; HETHERII^(jf?.rONt STRAND; AND ALL llOOKSELLERS, ^ " [PRICR ONr TEN NY.] y^i^-i- THE WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION TO THE CANADIAN PEOPLE. Friends in the Cause of Freedom, Brothekl^ UNDER Oppression, and Fellow-Citizens living IN Hope,— We have witnessed with delight the noble spirit you hare evinced against the despotic ordinances and tyrant mandates of your oppressors. Inspired by the justice of your cause, you have nobly begun the glorious work of resistance ; may the spirit of perseverance inspire you on- ward till the basely-concocted resolutions arc witiidrawn — your constitutional rights and wishes respecteii — or your independence secured by a charter won by your bravery ! While freemen stand erect in the conscious pride of thinking right and acting well, their honest front will oft- times scare the tyrant from his purpose, or check his mad career ; for experience has taught him that liberty in a smock-frock is more than a matali for tyranny in armour ; but if they chance to crouch submission, or yield but a hair's-breadA to his wish, their doom is fixed — for tyrants delight to cnfeh the yielding suppliant slave. OnAvard, therefore, brothers, in your struggle — you have justice on your side, and good men's aspirations that you win. Nay, we trust that the wide-spreading information of the present age has so far enlightened the minds and expanded the sympathies of most classes of men, that even the British soldier (cut off and secluded as he is from society), on turning to the annals of atrocious deeds which mark the track of kingly despotism, and more especially those which characterise its career of cruelty against American liberty, when the savage yell, the tomahawk, and the scalping-knife were the frightful accompaniments of the bayonet, must blush for his country and his profession. Yes, friends, the cause of Demochacy has truth and reasoii on its side, and knavery and corraption are alone its enemies. To justly distribute the blessings of plenty which the sons of industry have gathered, so as to bless without satiety ail mankind— to expand by the blessings of educa- tion the divinely-mental powers of man, which tyrants seek to mar and stultify — to make straight the crooked paths of justice, and humanize the laws — to purify the world of all tho crimes which want and lust of power have nurtured,— is the end and aim of the democrat ; to act the reverse of this is the creed and spirit of aristccracy. Yet of this latter class are those who govern nations — men whose long career of vice too often forms a pathway to their power — who, when despotic deeds have stirred their subjects up to check their villany, declaim against "sedition," talk of ''designing men," and impiously invc^ e the attributes of the Deity to scare them from their sacred purpose. It gives us great pleasure to learn, friends, that you are not so easily scared hy proclamation law — by the decree of a junta against a whole nation. Surely you know and feel, though Governor Gosford may not, that " a natiov NHVER CAN REBEL." For wheu thc liberties of a milUon of people are prostrated to the dust at the will of a grasp- ing, despicable minority — when an attempt is made to destroy their representative rights, the only existing bond, of allegiance, the only power through which laws can be justly enforced — then has the time arrived when society is dissolved into its original elements, placing each man in a position freely to choose for himself those institutions which are the most consonant to his feelings, or which will best secure to him his life, labour, and possessions. If the mother country will not render justice to her colonies in return for their allegiance — if she will not be content with mutual obligations, but seek to make them the prey of military nabobs and hungry lordlings, executing their decrees with force, she must not be disappointed to find her offspring deserting her for her unnatural absurdities and monstrous cruelty. Your legislative and executive councils, feeling the ^eat inconvenience of submitting to your constitutional rights, have endeavoured to frown you into compliance by British legislation. You have wisely questioned such authority, and justly branded their decrees with the infamy they deserve. T^ey now loudly threaten you with Gosford-law of their own enactment. Should you be firm to your purpose (at' we think you will), they will have recourse to diplomacy and cimning ; they will amuse you with the name of royalty, talk of your youthful Queen's affection for you, and resort to every specious art their craft can dictate. But they will carefully keep back from royal ears the wrongs they have generated — the crimes of open plunder and private peculation which have made the breach betweer. you; they'll tell their garbled tale of " treason and sedition,** poisoning the youthful mind to suit their purpose. Cana^an brethren ! hear us, though we be only work- ing men : — trust not too much to princely promises when, your own ears are the witness ; less so, when oceans roll between, and interested chieftains tell the tale. Trust to your righteous cause, and honest deeds to make that causa secure. We have received, with considerable satisfaction, your resolutions approving of our humble exertions in your behalf — though we did but our duty in endeavouring to arouse the feelings of our fellow-men against the injustice we saw was about to be perpetrated on a distant portion, of our brethren ; and in this we have been succowfiil tQ ik degree we Hid not anticipate, for we have received l%tter» of approval tVom considerable bodies of working men joining their feelings and sympathies with ours towards you. Do not, therefore, believe that the working millions of England have any feelings in common with your oppressors ; if they have not unitedly condemned their iikfamy, it is that the severity of their OAvn misfortunes and oppressions diverts their attention from those of their neighbours. When the voice of the millions shall be heard in the senate-house, when they shall possess power to decree justice, our colonies will cease to be regarded as nurseries for despots, where industry is robbed to pamper lice. We beg to congratulate you on the num])er of choice spirits which the injustice inflicted on your country has-,, called into action. With such leaders to keep alive the eacred flame of freedom, and such devotedness and self- denial as you have evinced from the onset, we augur to you success. Hoping that you will continue to stir up the timid and cheer on the brave — to teach your children to lisp the song of freedom, and your maidens to spurn the hand of a slave — and that you may yet witness the sun of inde- pendence smiling on your rising cities, your cheerful homes, tangled forests, and frozen lakes, is the ardent wish of tlie members of the Working Men's Association. (By Order) W. LOVETT, Secretary. THE PERMANENT AND CENTRAL COMMIT- TEE OF THE COUNTY OF MONTREAL, TO THE WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION OP LONDON. Brothers : — We have received the Address of the London Work- ing Men's Association to the People of Canada. It has been read amidst enthusiastic cheeis, at a meeting of our Permanent and Central Committee, and pub- lished in our newspapers. It has gone abroad over the American Continent, as evidence that the bold demo- cratic spirit which shook off the grasp of sordid barons, and fixed limits to the prerogatives of arbitrary sovereigns, etill animates a portion of your citizens. The glory of your nation has ever been the existence of its recognised democracy, which enabled you, throughout long and bitter struggles, to maintain a degree of liberty and political power superior to that possessed by your European neighbours. We accept, therefore, with grateful thanks, the sympathy of a democracy endowed with such exalted and correct sentiments on the nature of govern- ment. Aristocracy is a stranger to us. With it we hold not> feel not, have not, any principles in common. Thanks to the facility with which our ancestors bav^ been able to onhiiti f»'itil(; laud in a tnrritory of nnliniitcd extent, und u> our laws which prevent th('i\c«Munulation of hureditary wealth, nearly our wliole population is dependant for sub* sistence on manual or mental labour. \Vc respect men' for their good works ; wo despise them for their misdeeds, whatever may luive been the deserts of tlieir fathers. We honour him who causes two blades of corn to sprout where only one grew before ; who goes forth and makes tlio forest disappear from before his footsteps : we despise the idler who vegetates on the earth a mere consumer of what better men produce. The distinctive names of your various mechanical occupations appear to our eyes more honourable than the pompous titles, oppressive privileges, and unnatural hereditary legislation, wliich have been, usurped and granted by sovereigns, and registered in heralds' offices, in the vain attempt to create two orders of intelligence where nature has made but on»3. We live in a hemisphere chosen for the untrammelled action and free growth of democracy, unstinted by any proximity to an exhausting, deep-rooted aristocracy. Th© few exotics of that tribe transplanted from another world, wither and disappear from a soil which affords no nourish- ment to their order, and upon which equal rights was stamped in everlasting characters when it iirst emerged from chaos. The aboriginal master of the American wilderness knew neither lord nor king, but freely chose the best deserving as head in council, and chief in war. When the pilgrim* from England, imbued with a dignified taste for freedom, first landed on the bleak shores of New England, they brought good seed to a land already prepared for its reception, and from which it was to spread and fructify ; and though Europe endeavoured to quarter her minions in various parts of this sanctuary, the corruptions which fol- lowed them disappeared before the flood of light proceed- ing from principles recognised, proclaimed, and acted upon by a body of virtuous and enlightened democrats, who braved and overcame the difficulties of their new settle- ment, not through any motives of wealth or thirst of plunder, but to establish on sounder principles the science and economy of government. Long connected with you as fellow-subjects, with you we have shared the withering influence of an aristocracy which, pampered in the Eastern hemisphere, has, in our unfortunate case, been permitted to annoy the West. However confident we feel that such an unnatural and baneful principle cannot long keep enthralled this demo- cratic continent, yet we fear for you that the hereditary reverence for particular families, the dangerous accumula- tion of enormous masses of wealth in the hands of a few, and the corrupting practices of a Government depraved in the distribution of its patronage, have so marred the benefits which should arise to von from the charter of your rights, that years must olapso before you can ro- assume and completely enjoy the liberty which you should inherit from your forefathers. The accession of a young Queen afforded a favourable opportunity of renew- ing the conditions of the social compact, and of your con- tract of allegiance. Co-heira witli her to the institutions of yoiur country, that country you have often defended with your blood. With the persevering industry of your constant daily toil have you raised it to a pinnacle of re- dundant wealth, and now in the midst of that dazzling splendour, which has been created by your indomitablo energies, you are robbed by unequal and unjust laws ; borne down by grinding taxation^ which deprives you of the necessaries, in order to minister to the profusions of an overbearing caste occupied in entangling you in its meshes, there to limit your privileges, whilst you have been honestly and devotedly Avorking to create and main- tain its enormous wealth, which is at once its portion and the instrument of your political subjection. Whilst in some instances you were successfully acting in the dignity of conscious might, with sorrow have we too often seen some of your worthiest friends neglected at your recent elections, and a portion of the democracy indifferent spectators, willing auxiliaries, or the servile mercenaries Ox one or the other aristocratic factions which are con- tending for the privilege of loading you with their oppres- sive yoke, totally indifferent to yc 'x interests, except in so far as the relaxation of an abuse tends to the security of their own power. In the free exercise of our acknowledged privileges— in defence of rights guaranteed and dear to us, we have met publicly in our various counties, as a preliminary pro- ceeding, to protest solemnly a[;ainst the infamous invasion of powers inherently appertaining to us. Conscious of our strength and right, we treated with contempt a silly proclamation of an ignorant governor against these meet- ings. We hope this lesson will not be lost. We trust that it will prevent for the future a presumptuous inter- ference with the people's immunities both here and else- where. Wc are gratified that our conduct in promptly repelling the attack of the British Parliament upon our property has merited your approbation. Have you reflected on the mighty responsibility to the whole British empire which has devolved upon the people of this province ? The British ministry could never have introduced a mon- strous measure which aims at the destruction of the powers of a democracy, acting through their own branch of the legislature, merely for the purpose of hastening the pay- ment of a few paltry official salaries, when that object could have been obtained by a simple and honest process, were it not that your aristocracy are preparing an unholy scheme for the destruction of your own liberties. Lower Canada is made the theatre of the experiment, not because -1 •t i it dcfioi-vrs such Imrsli sovcrity, Inil bocausc il in imapuicd that the majorUy of the populati(»n, bcincr of Frcivh ox- trftction, Ihoiigli bonio down by ooiitiiiucil abii!'^3 or arbi- trary «;xactioiis, would cxciU; iio sympathy among tho Eiif^listh T'M'v by which they arc surrcmndud. Tho conviction of tho miplUy responsil/ility resting upon ns, far from discourasiu^;, invi<:joralcs us, conscious that all energetic anve Mie nut lorgutl'iil that tho dcs" tiny of continental cwlonirs severs them I'rom the Metro- })olitan State, 'Nvhenever the unconstitutional action of a egislative power residing in a-dintunt counliy iti no longer supportable. There is notliing in this prospect to separate the identity oi* interest which should exist between tho democracy of tUe old world and that of the new. If colonies are to be nuide an instrument of corrupt patron- age for providing refuge and maintenance for the poorer portion of your aristocracy; an excuse for maintaining standing armies ; for robbing the people of their sub- stance to pile up stone and mortar into fortiflcations, or a pretence for restricting the free operations of your trade, the casting oft' such as can support themselves can only give stability to your own libeities and advance your na- tional prosperity. You have the example of the United States, which in one year, as an independent offspring, does more for the honour and benefit of lluj parent statt, than she couhl have acconipli.shed in ages of weak, puling, dependant existencj?. We again thank you for tlie syjupatliy which you express for the people of Canada. It is pleasant to re- ceive such sympathy from Englishmen. You have done a noble act, for since a people is responsibhi for the deeds of its rulers, yours is a manly and virtuous determination, to inform mankind that you hold yourselves guiltless of the enormity attempted to be committed by those over "whose actions you, unfortunately for yourselves and for us, hare no control. Whatever may be the result of this your noble patriotism and generous self-devotion, we are assured that you will leave your children better fortified against your domineering obligarchs, than you were your- selves at your entrance into life. We desire, through your Association, to proclaim, tliat whatever course we shall be compelled to adopt, we liave no contest with the People of Phigland. We war only against the aggressions of their and our tyrannical op- pressors. Signed by order, and on behalf, of the Permanent and Central Committe. Raymond Plessis, President ; L. J. Paphieau; C. H. O. Cote ; Joseph Le Toumeux ; Pierre Cadieux ; Chamilly De Lorimier; Andere Ouimet; J. Plielan; C. Ovide Perrault; E» B. O'Callaghan; Robert Nelson ; J. Boulan- prt; Louis Perrault; W. Gait; E. R. Fabre; T. S. 1 iown; E. N. Duchesnois; Joshua Bell; Chevalier De Lorimier, Geo. E. Cartier, Secretaries. All Lellera rmist be post-paid, and addreased io the Secretary-^ (J, Upper North Place, Gray's Inn Lane. Cunningham and Salmon, Printers, Crown-court, Fiect-^Ucct i i ■■I