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To all I have uniformly replied in perfect sincerity and good faith, that the fatigue caused by the anxieties aad by the deep moral responsibilities which belong to public life made me wish to retire from it 1 told them that I was ahungered and athirst for repose ; that, af- ter forty years of incessant strife, I thought I had a right to my discharge. Having lived to the age of sixty-five years in the midst of agitations severe and painful as those which have so rapid- ly succeeded each other in Canada since 1809 I sought in the bosom of my family and in the so- litude of the banks of the Ottawa, for peace and tranquility during the few years which perhaps remain to me of my earthly pilgrimage. In the situation which I had thus marked out for myself, I have been therefore surprised to re- ceive an invitation on the part of more than five hundred electors, praying me to accept the candidature for the representation inPariiament of the City of Montreal. The links which en- chain me— duty, love, and gratitude— to the tree and independent electors of the finest, most en- hghtenp.d, and most important of Canadian Cities, are strong and numerous, and they date from •the period of my entrance on the Parliamen- tary career. To the appeal v/hich mv friends make to my proved patriotism, they add, that I cannot, in the diflScult and pecu- liar circumstances of the moment, when so great a number of those who formerly served the people's cause, have lately deserted it, allured by the love of power, of honours, of official pa- tronage, and intoxicated by the incense of base adulation offered to those who exercise it, and en- chained by the excessive emoluments attached to almost all the public functions— that I cannot by an ill-timed refusal, prejudice the cause of the great democratic party, which I have been always ■0 active in forming, in rallying, in encouraging, oOin in good ana evil foiiuiie. They say that this refusal would be interpreted as a censure— a disavowal of the noble efforts, which are being mode in Montreal and tbrou«(boul the Province, for the largest possible renovation of the repre- sentation, of which the majority in the last Par- liament forfeited their duty and their engage- ments taken at the Hustings. The Mani- festo of the Committee of Reform and Progress, published at Quebec, was the profes- sed political symbol— the wisely and mo- derately liberal flag displayed by ev here, by honest and moderate labour, i landed proprietors and independen Democracy socially constituted, who, because they admire the rema/k ty of the English government, wish i copy its laws — who admire for exam gislative Council because tbey admir of Lords — simply show that they h; read texts ; but no intelligence to intf and to apply them to the manners, and the necessities of our country, precedents in legislation, just as Attoi ral copy indictments in the Quoen's in so doing make nothing but These men of precedents, who believe statesmen, do not understand our sc tion ; and they throw it into con\ trouble by their essays at constitutio making in direct opposition and contn the manners, instincts una tendencies o and vigourous society, which is strugj velop itself and to attain its maturi those political quacks are endeavorinj in the swaddling cloths and tinsel of ing Monarchism of Europe. The mad throw their sceptre to the tide, in hope ing its waves I While all around us, colonies found ter oura, and for a long time its inferiO! respect, have since outstripped her, ai nations, and are now numbered amon of Nations, those narrow-sighted men, heads and small hearts, tie their count ary, in torpor and inaction. All its spent to counteract and neutralize the empiricism : in the meantime, every guishes, perishes ; elem-^ntary instru professional ; education, social and which a good system of local mui and of decentralized administration c develop ; the clearing and the better c of land ; manufactures and indusi merce ; the accumulation of wealth ai At present but one class seems to pro of the high functionaries and of the s who handle the public works and publi He who does not advance-, will fall back, in which all proceeds so quickly ; esp this continent. Can this state ofti ought it to continue ? It is for you, E gfivn tho ansrrer. You have one day in four years, your sovereign voice can be heard. 1 you have now come. Let the great vc people thunder, let its breath drive awa men of narrow and retrograde views w the history of old Europe to find the young Canada ; and who seek to impc m mm nmm I TO THE ELECTORS OF THE [P HKDH^IBIBiilL' ire, by honest and moderate labour, may become nded proprietors and independent. Thus is emocracy socially constituted. And those, ho, because they admire the rema.kablc stabili- 01 the English government, wish servilely to ipy its laws — who admire for example our Le- slative Council because tbey admire the House Lords— simply show that they have eyes to ad texts ; but no intelligence to interpret them, id to apply them to the manners, the desires, id the necessities of our country. They copy ecedents in legislation, just as Attornies Gene- 1 copy indictments in the Quoen's Bench, and so doing make nothing but blunders. — lese men of precedents, who believe themselves itesmen, do not understand our social condi- •n ; and they throw it into convulsion and )uble by their essays at constitution and law iking in direct opposition and contradiction to 3 manners, instincts una tendencies of our young d vigourous society, which is struggling to de- lop itself and to attain iU maturity, whilst 3se political quacks are endeavoring to bind it the swaddling cloths and tinsel of the totter- 5 Monarchism of Europe. The madmen I they row their sceptre to the tide, in hopes of check- ? its waves I While all around us, colonies founded long af- oura, and for a long time its inferiors in every ipect, havo since outstripped her, and become tioiis, and are now numbered among the first Nations, those narrow-sighted men, with small ids and small hearts, tie their country station- ', in torpor and inaction. All its vitality is mt to counteract and neutralize their political piricism : in the meantime, everything lan- ishes, perishes ; elem'^ntary instruction, and )fessional ; education, social and political, lich a good system of local municipalities i of decentralized admiaistration could alone irelop ; the clearing and the better cultivation land ; manufactures and industry ; com- rce I the accumulation of wealth and capital. present but one class seems to prosper — that the high functionaries and of the speculators handle the public works and public treasure, who does not advance, will fall back, ic this aire which all proceeds so quickly ; especially on s continent. Can this state of thingii last, {ht it to continue ? It is for you, Electors, to *^ the finawer, foH have one day in four years, on which ar sovereign voice can be heard. To this day 1 have now come. Let the great voice of the iple thunder, let its breath drive away all those a of narrow and retrograde views who look in history of old Europe to find the future of ing Canada ; and who seek to impose upon < tern, in depriving the Ezecntive Oonncil of its patronage, and ita consequent corrrr>t means of infiuenciof its employes and Mc opi- nion. Municipal Corporations wonlu also have within the limits of their attributions, Qtuiier~ ous administrative and legislative local duties, which now embarrass an honest Executive, while they enable a dishonest Executive to interfere in a thousand war - in the affairs' of localities, to barter their interests. Put the House of Assembly a'Oove the influ- ence of corruption, and, on the other hand, render the Ministers really responsible to the House, by enacting a law forbidding the acceptance of any office under the Crown, by the representatives of the people, pending the exercise of their mandate, and for one year after its expiration, unless the appointment is ratified by re-election. — The scandalous trafBc in parliamentary con- sciences during these latter years, by the distri- bution of public offices among the representatives of the people, eloquently pleads in favour of the passage of a law, by which it might be stopped. Extension of the Suffrage. The want of this extension is above all things felt in our towns, where many honest artisans and heads of families, householders and respectable citizens, are deprived of their right of voting et elections, because they pay a few dollars less rent than their neighbors. It is a fact that a very large portion of our citizens are thus disfranchised in our towns and cities— this ought not to be. It often happens also that the peaceable elec- tor, who desires to perform one of the most valu- able and holy rights of a citizen, that of decUring at the poll the candidate of his choice, cannot do so without being insured, intimidated and as- saulted by scoundrels hired and paid to violate the electoral franchise by the candidates of the minority, desirous of being returned by brute force. There is a simple and efficacious remedy for this disgrace of our elections. It is the vote by bftUot. Every six months, throughout the vast extent of the United States, thousands of polling places are opened, and millions of elec- tors resort to them, for the purpose of deposit- of the candidates of their choice, and never do we hear of riots, or mobs, or of any citi- zens being maltreated, with very rare exceptions, at long intarvals, and that ouly aa *iio«* <:U*riat« of large sea-ports, inhabited by the most lawless and worthless of the community. These are grand reforms, of the greatest importance, and the influence of which, if effect- ed, would be most beneficently, immediately felt throughout our country. There are still others, such as a good system of elementary instruction, both in good and evil fortune. Tliey Wy that this retuaal would be interpreted as a censure — a disavowal of the noble efforts, which are beinj^ made in Montreal and tbroughout iha Province, for the largest possible renovation of the repre- sentation, of which the majority in the last Par- liament forfeited their duty and their engage- ments taken at the Hustings. The Mani- festo of the Committee of Reform and Progress, published at Quebec, was the profes- sed political symbol — the wisely and mo- derately liberal flag displayed by every candidate chosen by constituencies where popular and democratic influence prevail- ed. Four years ago, there was not one of Tour candidates who would have dared to refuse his approbation to the doctrines enunciated in that able document ; but candidates, transformed into ministers by the importance which you lent them, have quickly thrown that declaration to the four winds, and the crowd of parasites who swarm at their feet, did not find in it one iota, which they thought proper to vote in Parliament, after having proclaimed it and sworn to it at the hustings, as the programme of their future le- gislative labors. Under these circumstances, considering the si- tuation of the country and of the party, and from whom this appeal comes, I cannot give an absolute refusal I leave it to the Electors of Montreal to dispose of me. If they judge that I may still be of some ure in their service and that of my country, I shall employ, as heretofore, all my efforts for the progress and development, moral and material, of a land so richly endowed by nature, but so much behind the age in conse- quence of the defects of many of her social and political institutions; but still such as she is dear to all her citizens, native or adoptive. If, on the other hand, the majority of electors refuse me their suffrages, I shall remain satisfied in my retreat. I shall have quitted public life without disgrace or regret ; without hatred or rancour ; happy in the remembrance of my labors of forty years in a good cause — the good cause of the De- mocracy — happy in the certainty of its speedy and certain triumph throughout the ex- tent of our American World. Yes ! our country, then consoled and prosperous, will one day be Republican, and that day you will see — you, the youth of Canada 1 though I and the other old athletes may have descended to the tomb before the advent of that great and glorious day I The citizens of Montreal like those of Canada in general, are of divers origins — Celts, Franks, Anglo-Saxons ; some born here, many come from afar to make it their adoptive country ; all sincerely desiring its prosperity ; all having here their hearts, their families, and their interests. All of them, a little earlier or a little later, came from France or from the British Isles, to seek in America, for them and for their children, life, li- berty and happiness. No one commits the ab- surdity of quitting Europe to seek here aistinc- tions, institutions or privileges of aristocra- cies. All know before setting out (or learn at once on arriving) that there is not in the world any society better adapted for liberty and equali- ty than that of Canada, wliere there are neither oligarchs with excessive fortunes and still more excessive pride and pretension ; nor paupers ob- liged to crawl through their lives, often decimat- ed by hunger, pestilence, and war. All the world in which all proceeds so quickly ; et this continent. Can this state of ought it to continue 7 It is for you, gpivi^ the anfliver. You have one day in four years your sovereign voice can be heard, you have now come. Let the great ' people thunder, let its breath drive a,y men of narrow and retrograde views the history of old Europe to find tli young Canada ; and who seek to im| society perfectly democratic, 1 the semblance, the budgets, the pati'onage and the corruption, the ce and arbitrary power, of a monarchical { Especially let it drive away those i your chiefs in the road to reform a: who denied their and your principl day when Lord Sydenham put in p: fundamental axiom of the political sye ed by his predecessor Lord Durham THBs Ciiisrs OF Canadian Dbmocrac OUBS, AND LUCRATIVK HLACIS, AND TE CY WILL CEA8K TO EXIST, THE FEOPLi b3 NOTHING." jWe all shuddcrcd with when Lord Durham threw this insult Alas ! that we should have to blush, a our heads to day, when this audacio' has been realized with so many of j fenders ! Free, enlightened and progressiv proclaim the maxim : — Wb wish here. PERFECT ACCORD AND HARHONY BBTWI CIAL STATB AND OUR POLITICAL INSTIT enjoy this harmony, which, without lence, would cause to disappear the e our actual condition, and the elemen tion and trouble, which now retard t mentof our country in every respect, sary, above all other things, to have tl legislation : — The extension of the elective ] the Legislative Council and v can be applied. The people can j judge directly of the choice of its ser tices of the Pea'je, Officers of Militia, i can do it by the intervention of the Council, whose patronage is a source tion, very extensive and dangerous, i which threatens the independence opinion. The establishment, on a firm t nent basis, of a Municipal systei organized, which shall not be subj tinual changes, and which, acceptabl pie and understood by them, would f come the most valued of their instit the safeguard of all their liberties. 1 nicipality which makes the power ai the democracy in England and the U: and despotism never triumphed on tl Continent till it had destroyed'the n The municipality, it is the politic) the people, it is the temple of their 1 the citadel of their rights. Without pality, democracy can never be long We cannot too strongly insist upon i ment, immediate and perpetual. The foundation of municipalities decentralization of the Administratis cial and even the Legislative Pow ing privileges to the people, it, t time, removes the radical vice of our /AMES rOTTS, raiNTBB, HIEAIiD OF: 1 which all proceeds so quickly ; especially on lis continent. Can this state of things last, Light it to continue 7 It is for you, Electors, to iTw the anfliver. YoH have one day in four years, on which our sovereign voice can be heard. To this day 3u have now come. Let the great voice of the eople thunder, let its breath drive away all those len of narrow and retrograde views who look in le history of old Europe to find the future of Dung Canada ; and who seek to impose upon a )ciety perfectly democratic, the forms, le semblance, the budgets, the taxes, the ati'onage and the corruption, the centralisation ad arbitrary power, of a monarchical goverenmnt. specially let it drive away those men, sc long our chiefs in the road to reform and progress, ho denied their and your principles from the ay when Lord Sydenham put in practice that indamental axiom of the political system invent- 1 by his predecessor Lord Durham : — " Boy up UBS CniKra of Canadian Dbhocract withhon- L'BS, AND LUCRATIVB PLACXS, AND THE DEUOCBA- Sr WILL CEA8B TO EXIST, THE PEOPLE WILL THEN 3 NOTHING." iWe all shuddered with indignation, 'hen Lord Durham threw this insult in our facts, Lias I that we should have to blush, and bow low ur heads to day, when this audacious prophecy as been realized with so many of your old de- mders ! Free, enlightened and progressive Electors! roclaim the maxim : — Ws wish HERSArTEB, for a BRFECT ACCORD AND HARMONY BETWEEN ODR HO- lAL STATE AND OUR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS. To njoy this harmony, which, without jar or vio- ince, would cause to disappear the anomalies of ur actual condition, and the elements of dissen- ion and trouble, which now retard the advance- lent of our country in every respect, it is neces- ^ry, above all other things, to have the following igislation : — The extension of the elective principle to be Legislative Council and wherever it an be applied. The people can just as well idge directly of the choice of its servants — Jus- ices of the Pea'je, Officers of Militia, &c. — as they an do it by the intervention of the Executive lountil, whose patronage is a source of corrup- ion, very extensive and dangerous, and an evil 'hich threatens the independence of public pinion. The establishment, on a firm and perma- ent basis, of a Municipal system perfectly rganized, which shall not be subject to con- inual changes, and which, acceptable to the peo- le and understood by them, would speedily be- ome the most valued of their institutions, and iie safeguard of all their liberties. It is the mu- icipality which makes the power and glory of he democracy in England and the United States, nd despotism never triumphed on the European Continent till it had destroyed the municipality, 'he municipality, it is the political school of be people, it is the temple of their liberty, it is he citadel of their rights. Without the munici- lality, democracy can never be long maintained. Ve cannot too strongly insist upon its establish- aent, immediate and perpetual. The foundation of municipalities implies the iecentralization of the Administrative, the Judi- cal and even the Legislative Power. In giv- ng privileges to the people, it, at the same ime, removes the radical vice of our present syS' of the candidates of their choice, and never do we hear of riots, or mobs, or of any citi- zens being maltreated, with very rare exceptions, at lung intorvalu, and tbot only in those diatrioU of large sea-ports, inhabited by the most lawless and worthless of the community. These are grand reforms, of the greatest importance, and the influence of which, if effect- ed, would be most beneficently, immediately felt throughout our country. There are still others, such as a good system of elementary instruction, agricultural schools, the codification of the laws, the free navigatiou of the St Lawrence, and, above all, the m- <. strict economy in the public expenditure, wli.jh demand prompt and en- ergetic action on the part of the Legislature. There is a question which, at the present time, greatly agitates public opinion. It is not sur- prising that the population of a Province, already burdened with so considerable an amount of debt, buch ns ours, should manifest the greatest emotion and anxiety when it sees a Parliament about expiring, about to restore its mandate to the people whose con^dence it had forfeited, dar- ing, in the name of that people which it no longer represents, to contract new pecuniary engage- ments by which their debt will be doubled, and kaving it as a fatal legacy to generations yet to come. The friends of progress, are desirous of advancing the interests of industry and com- merce as well OS ameliorating our political insti- tutions, and as men truly practiccu, they rejoice to see the numerous railroad enterprises now com- menced, and which will soon traverse our beauti- ful country in all directions ; because these various lines of road will bind together the dis- tant Hoctions of our own territory, and tend to make of this Province the highway of communi- cation and transport between the sea-ports on the Atlantic and our own vast Lakes of the inte- rior, and the new States which are being form- ed so rapidly in the rich valley of the Mississippi. They know that the Port- land, Quebec and Richmond, Champlain, Lachine and Plattfiburgb, Western, Huron and Suncoe, Prescott and Bytown, and Bytown and Montreal railroads, will be profitable to their stockholders and an immense bienefit to the set- tler, to the farmer, and to the merchant. They are impatient to see the link between Montreal and Toronto completed. But they do not wish — on the contrary, they protest against and repu- diate the folly or the treachery of tie ministry, who wish to make us construct at the expense of Canada, for the niilitary purposes of Eng- land, a railway from Halifax, which at the lowest computation will cost $16,000,000 and of which the receipts afterwards will not suffice to meet the working expenses: This is a monstros- ity of which the late ministry became guilty, and of which the new ministry appears willing to take, in turn, the responsibility. It is for you, electors, again to decide, if you will permit this injury to your interests. I conclude, fellow citizens. Let the electors of Canada do their duty at this critical and decisive period, and our country will return to its natural course, to its normal condition, its demo- cracy will attain gradually, peaceably, its le- gitimate development ; and it will soon become the equal in happiness prosperity and content- ment of the neighbouring fortunate republics. L. J. PAPIN^AU. Petite Nfttion, 24th November, 1861, rOTT0, raiNTBB, HBEAI