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President af iht Executive Council, to the effect that Colonel Lounfs ttatiementi, given shortly before his death, reloHve to the flag of truce, Dec. 5j 1S37, was untrue. '•W„ It fy n .tir i.,.|. rf, BY W. L. MACKENZIE. ) •' %'>lt.- 1 .r,^.;?*^W. ,■■'■' ■' X-. "1 ■ -I T ** The rerj n«ni« «f • Pollticiaii or rtntwrniiii, i* nire to eiiMO terror imd hatrod -, it hM alimy* cmner.fd with k Uw id«M of tre«cliei7, cmelty, fmad and tyrnnny ; and thone writArn who have faiUifulIy unvailed the my^teriea if Htate ftm tPMMfnry, hare evei been held in genera) detestation for even knowlngr i^ perreotly a theory M> dK>>fi(«hlc." Knmvtia Bubxb'i /indicatiom or Natceal Soenrr. CHAPTER I Trarellinfir Charfres. The Flai( of Truce. Accusation of Lount Flag Bearer's Cer- tificate. In the fall (vf 1852, in the Iloune of As- Moiblv, at Quebec, one day, a discussion aKNM botwsen Dr. Rolph and Mr. Wm. Boul- tou, abuut Dr. Rolph's having charged the OOoaUy $400 for moving from Toronto to Qoflbeo, Ml Crown Land CommiKsioner, on the 22d of Sept. 1831, the daj the order was e'lPtai^ llUbo' he 1mU|M> ftttoe %t that time, It WM-. uu'Vk'azfittch 28th of Octob«r^tii' which time Mr. Price held the Crown Loudn. Other inntturs were alluded to, and Mr. B. added, that " Ho had Iwen charged with a proas brench ot con fidencc, hut, he asked if a traitor, if Dr. Rohili liail a right to charRt? any man with a hrcacli of confidence — did tie never betray rontidence t He iiid not desire to Charon tlie (Commissioner uf Crown Lands with such disfrracf'^il conduct, but he coulri not help stat- ing ttmt, ill 18^7. he did hear of an hoiiornble eentle- man wlio had accepted the most confidential and bo«n>nible poaition tliat conld ho nasiened to man by the hands of tlie Representative of liis SoverHif deluded people ; but that iiistea*! of suprijestiiip pence, he recommend- «d lire iMil slnn^jhtcr to his frllow citizens, tKxA then •knlkcil frdin tlie country, lenvinv his victims to ruin and misery. Whether tlie individuni referred to was the hoii. member for Norfolk or not, ho would not pre- tend to deciilc ; hut the name of this celebrated char- acter wns John Rolph, who, by the .lournala of Upper Canada, appears to have been expelled the House for reaaou by a in.ijority of 37 to 2." I askou thi> Speaker, whether if Mr, Boul- ton wore permitted to go over all *.ho events of a man's life, and into a long detail of what took place in 1837, suitable answers would not be given, ill blood generated, and the public harmony indoors and out endan- gered, as in 1849 ? ' Mr. Speaker considered Mr. Boulton to be arguing hypothetically, and that that gen- tleman might, by oourfcesy, be allowed \o ex*- plnin — he t;aw nothing porsonnlly oifentdve m Mr. B's remarks. *• ** Dr. Rolph advised Mr. Boulton to put his charge about the fll^f of truce in n tungibld form, as he (Dr. Rolph) "had the declara- tion in writing, nnder oath, of those wha were near him the whole time, that the stata« ments that had been made with reference tc the flag of tmee were untrue ; and Mr. Ro- bert Baldwin knew that everything cunuect- ed with hiM (IVr. Rolph's) conduct, on tfeMKie- ession «' the flag was prof.T, honorrtb]*-, !^ strictly correct." Mr. Malloch also advised Mr. Boulton to - put his chargt) against Dr. Rolph in the flag of truce ill a tangible shape, as ho (Mnllocn) had arrived at quite a diflFerent cuuclukiua from that of the doctor. It is impossible to describe the bittemosa with which gentlemen spoke. I tried ngnin ■ to check the irregularity, remarking that if we thus accused each other of dlshoiier and dishonesty, woiild not our evil cxiimplc in- fect society, and recall the bitterness of 184^? Mr. liangton and others tot)k the same viepr, but Mr. Boulton persisted amid much con- fusion and noise. • Sometime thereafter, a member of the House died of cholera, and Mr. Boultoii took an opportunity next day to bring the ques- tion of the flag of truce again before the A-tsomhly. On both days. Doctor UolpU tone and pohitively denied the charge made against him of having accepted in good faith the office of envoy for Sir F. Head, and thei% while acting in that capacity, privately ad'^ vising Colonel Lount and I to attack TV>nni- to immediiitely. He saidne had proof on \ oath to the contrary; that Mr. Baldtiiuicneir | that Mr. Boulton charged himfiUaaly; aw CARMICHAEL WITH THE FLAG. ROLPH SCOLDING. fhnt he regretted thnt the late Mr. Lount had stuted what whs falnc* Except to try to restore quiet 1 mnde no remark either dny. I had rocovdcd the real fSactH, and wanted to go on with tlio busiucHH of the countr}'. Not HO Dr. Rolph. He instantly caused to Im? published In the Quebec (hizelte [Nov. 1, 1832] H long cerlificnteor.iffidavit which, ^n scorning anticipation of a Hcen<( lijtc this iiad been obtained from Hugh Carmiehuel, cabinet maker, Toronto, dated at "Queitee, 80th Aug., 18r)2," [see it in Messoire, No. 62], in which all that Mr. Lount had assert- ed in 18^7 is declared to be untrue — and that none of the parties got off their horses, but were dose together, not a yard apart, and bad no private conversation whatever. CHAPTER II. Mackenzie's Version of the Flag. The SC' cond Visit. The Burnings. Rolph Scold- ing. iStewart ScotVs Message. On seeing this statement I tol^ Mr. Chris- tie and Mr. White lo advise Dr. Kolj 'i that ho had placed nie in a positi*tn which • ide it my duty to defend the memory of on.' de- oeased friend Colonel Lount, and thiit I would do so when the House met. Dr. Uolph dc- urod an iiit' "vinv previously, which I de- olined, and before the doors were opened, in- formed the Houfc that Cohmcl liount had • stated the truth — that when Mr. Ituldwin ond Dr. IJolph came out to our camp on the Tuesday, with a flag of truce, the doctor took ud aside, Mr. lialdwin sitting still upon his h'>r.-e, tit .'onio distance, as nuuh a no- vice cmicerning the law of flags of truce, I presume, as v<^e were. That Dr. Itolph, the first time they cimc out, privately advised QB what answer to give. 1 had said "inde- pondence," hwt the answer sent was a de- mand for a free convention in the place of the Ibgislatiuc they had packed, and that any mcsatiges mi;;;bt be in writing. 'J'he ex- act woi'ds were on Rolph's suggestion, for he was the executive or head of the move- ment, whom we were all bound to obey. I •I CHU jiriKiiicc hioitlri lis lo \Nliimi Coiokwi Louiit relaU'd Dr. llolpli'ii ctiiiversittioii tiiid coii- diiGt fxtictly !i8 I liav(; 8tatetl tlieni, in (uiiik xioii wiih bis first jniiincy, made in coiiiixniy wiili Mr. Baldwin. Tii^tead of wriiii-fto Mi'. Diildwin .<> eeriify ihut he (Kolph) Imd i.ever (lif-mn.n.ti il or "had any private cunvtrsiiiioii with Mr. Lount and -.s(>eiale to Kill?, 3-2 niilcH behind Toronto, wiili u ceriiticutc Jbr OuriiiicbHei to sign, and tiieii dales it as fjiven at Qiiebtc. Never till now did Dr. R. pnbiickly (leoy the part he took iu that niuiter. VVliy do it nbwT I houestly diilVr from' Mr. Daldwiu in IDRUy things, but btive no idea th>it lie would trs- iifyhiliety to serx'e Dr. Rolph, who appears tu be of my upiiaou iu that matter. added, that ho advised us to follow liim spce- dily, and we would find Head paralized with feur, few foUowors, and the city easily to be taken ; and that Lount and I set about it in- stantly, one division marching down Yonge Street, and the other, in which I wa.s, pass- ing thro' the College ;\ venue, both to um'to near my dwelling house, opposite Osgoodo Hall. We h(\d got near the city, when both di- visions wert! checked by Messrs. Holph and Haldwin, and I went to meet the messengers, who brought us Head's refusal. Dr. licdph then advised us not to go into the city till towards dark — told us that Dr. Home had employed a woman as a spy [De (Jrassi, I think he cidhul her] whom we had h t puss, nnd Dr. H. had persuaded Head to hold out, assuring him our numbers were less than wai supposed. Dr. Holph advised the Imrning of ,Jarvis and Home's houses, as it wouhl strike terror in the city, and induce a speedy ca])itulation. The Crown Lands Commissioner denied all this; declared that uidiaj>pily tie knew of the intended insurrection, l)Ut had bad nothing to do with it whatever — that Mr. Lount had persisted in a false statement, which he had proved to be so by Carmichael, and could by Mr. Haldwin and others — that when I wos mayor of Toronto 1 showed my ungovern- able temper by jjutting a womiin in lh« stocks— that I did more harm than good wh'-M iu Kngland, and that my friends had ovei-jiuid me for that journey, t-hielly under- taken for my own persomd objects — that I had never strengthened my party, redressed a wrong or beiiejitted the country, either in th«' legishitttre or out of it ; Jiiid that a more useless or trouble.soim; person never sat in the legislature; nor was 1 capable of doing any good in any position. He pouied out a volume of iibuse that ast<»jiished« verybody, concluding by the remarks that my vUe, vul- gar speeches haus charges i had made that evening. On returning to Toronto I asked Hugh Carmicha(d (now at .Jacques \\ against tlie hnilher of Chief ,Iustice llohiMsoii, was thrtt of a bold, fearless, upriglit iefornuT. At the electoral contest in IH.'M), the whole ppaci! round the hustings was lilled by an infurliited drunken inub, iirmed by dirks and kni»«'S and urged to shed Idood, by the eon- duct «tf the Queen's Lieut«'iiaiit governor. Seoiug no oUier mode of avoiding vioU-iice, Mr. Lount lett the hustings, im>b law pre- vailed, the country w.is iii-ry, by ass<*rting to Lord Urougham that he UjA "died publickly acknowlodging tho ju^tico of liid fdtc." Tho not then favorable to men ol' Oolonol Lount** politics, huin»nely petitioned for his life an4 that of his brother farmer, Win. Matthews, who, under Rrock and hiH sucoeseorB had« with his brothers, helped to«ave one-seventh of Canada West to — — — — the Canada Company — — — — in 1813. When tho fulso charges agniuut Lount and Matthews were brought to lisht, thro' a motion of Canada's true friend, Joseph Hume, in the House of Commons, Mr. HincKe tlius noticed them iu his Examiner, Aug. 2]t 18;i9: " Tl)ci« chnrgra calumniating the dead are made fal a aecrct dca{iat< h wlikli tli« author never eipecte4 would lue tlio light. 7'key nre grMtljf untive in eveiy partic.ilor. How horrible I how inoiiRtroaa ii| Riicli c-oii(iui't ! Loiiiit nnited with iia in hii linn* cnt cvt-n it uiLotiiktu « ti«irt tu I'tntovu n gHiliiig yoke from liit; HJionUlcra of an e.pprecRed cti'tuiy. LoiMU ia ill liJH griui— Rol|ih, vtho liati imt lMfiir« (Iciiieil Iii8 own liin^inige iind coiidiict in 1837, M now ill olTicc lit Qinber; iiini in onler ilhit lio iiitiy Miind well wiili his new num ciiitcr, wiintou> ly ii«|i(icr C.inad.-i. inm jiwt betja creuted a| Eloiii, witii iisiilioy of £4U0. uud heavy iniveU lin^ Lv» — uiid to imbue the Lower CaiiHdu folks lit ciiiiseiit lo lliis ii'iiuspiin lit j ib, lliey nre nilow- ed j iHt Hiuli aiuciiir iia< It kr drone lielow ut £40% tor iiiiiririiiily'i! HiiUe. The iiieiniibeiit at Klora Wiis coiiceriu il lit iii! rt.-asoiiHbly coiiltl to ii a'le up any loss lie susinined, iiy uiviiig litin ivcuiit Inciiiliveiobs. 'J'liis •ielieiiHi of ttie H;;eney iiiHpec- toiHliip ia M coiiti'ivaiiot of the dovtor'ii, mnd what iiio.it displeii:>i ' luii iiboiit it ii^, tliut tho new Hedged inouiiilieiit lias, uh my Yoii*;e S.rtrt^t frieiiila tell me, boasted ditU he is R dph'a 'champion, and bus u brochure ready iu liia piitroii'a iluft ni^e should any utiempt bu made in do jiistice to l.iiiinl'a memory in the queer uft'uiroflho Yuuce Street eiiibasay. If thia new bariheii nu the puiiK . lie ia really the reault of a curmpt bHrguiii t» slander lliu niemory of the iiolile dead in ordtir to hide the polirooiiery of the i^-noble liviiifr^ tHti iiurrativu will enable tli« jNtrtiei to acqnit them- selves of I heir political ubli|fitioua uihid ilmrif abort notice. ftOLPH IN 1837. PRICE, BALDWIN AND THE FLAG. -^ CHAPTER IV. VlNt WaU0n CeHifiMte. Angling for a Lovl tk^Mtition. take Your Part Optnly.— OtittlMttimnmer on Skulking. Instruction (to W. Kttetntm. ¥tK-i-o i« •uniutliiiig very menu in tliHt iiiai* v^ho Mn itrgo utticrii more RpiHicil ilinii iiiniaelf into tMurreclina, U|»oii pabiic grmindg, bikJ tli«ii nIiiiii fhe reii|!wiMiliilily l>y dmyiiig Uiu triirh. In iliu fCninifr <4 1839, Dr. HuJmIi hhIckiI Mr. \VMlM>n, th« Hoii of Mr. Wutaon, wk EiigliMliinuii wtioin MeurH. Hiimo and Roebiii-k's o|i|iMrtiiiie kiiiiinvM Kberated in LoikIom, to inuke out niitl aiL'iia aat«s meiit to the (fft'vl (hut I IihJ act«'Hru- fraph: ••'A letter in the Rochester Democrat ,ihiU'il L»*w- ''iston'Dec, 10, states, and H|>|iarent y iijton the "au^brity }f Dr. Rolj)h himself, that he look no ''{Nirt in ilie iuMirrietiun any more ihiin Mr. Did- VMf«U. ThiM we fiiMl that the whole outbreak ** waa the work of Mr. Mickenzii-.'' - 'Mr.'Bhep nrd, the grist-miller of York township Mlied on lite iuat SatunJuy, and n niiiid«-tl me that #hen be ami the other Canadian prinouirs in Fort .Henry effected their escape, u number of ttvBta came up to Rochester, I Iteing then under CruB<'viltioii and Rolph residing in llie same city, at iirofcssiiig to keep in the back <,'n>iinil of the Nvulutioiiary picture. That tliey called on Kolph ki the forenoon, and that he axked them to sign a certificate wiiich he would draw (i|i to tlie effect that ^Mackenzie's cowardice had rnini-AY OP DANGER. NOll WOULD 1 DKNY IT AFTER A DEFEAT. Accept my nsaar»>ices of the hiirhest respect. Napoleon Lovia Ho.naparti:. 17 Carieton House Terrace, May 17tli." Dr. Rolph's tactics are rudi r diHi-rent. Mr. Olinknnbriiomer, my neighbor, teiln me lliuf on the Monday or Tuesday night .hr* ' Mr. Ilincks. Fnun me, neiiii) r he tmr llimka knew anything — but as Sir F. Head says he knew and assented to the movement, intending to Ubc i; in the way of a trap; tis it was the common talk of the presK, in the bank purlors,every where, I donl know uhul the Mini. RidM-rt Uahlwin may have known, but I rutiier suppose he knew nothing.— His cinaluct during the time was perlVetlv pio iMT — us to what conversation heiind Rolpli nnij lave had, I caimot even gucM, and have never bten told. One day. Sir Allan MacNab, whose prineiples, liki.' his panlultMMis, sit easy on him, attack* d Mr. Uiddwin in Assembly about the flag if truce, when Mr. J. IJ. Price remarked that Mr. U. " was indebted to him (Mr P.) for that mixsitti , and was inn cent of having any thing to do with i-e- bi llion. The Hlnrifl' of Toronto came to hini and said "for Gud's sake, .Mr. Price, will yon not lend your influence in assisting to stop the pro- ceeding of those men who are going toailack un?" He [Mr. P.] said he had no intlurnce, and if ho should go out ii would be said that he was flisi i<> join th>:-m. Why lait go tu Mr. Ralilwii:, Dr. K.itpli, or Mr. Uidwell, who no doubt wouIm h i.d their assiKiance in putting a stc»p tu the iiisuir< i< lion T Tin Slierifl' went to Mr. Baldwin, uod iie wen) out to meet the people With the Hag of truce." On It ferring to page 40(j of the appendix to tlin A^istmbiy's Journal, 18;i7-8, I lind a ntatt im nt ■nude by Mr. R. Baldwin, datvd Jan. 3, 1838, liul it exchiileK his iirsi jiMirni y to the insurgi iiis. H»-re ii is. " Robert Baldwin, Esq. — On the return of Doctor Rolph and myself the second time, with the LitutoU' a.il Governor's final reply that he would not ).ive anything in writing, we ibund the insurgents at tlio first toll gate, and turned aside to the West of Yo ge i^treet, where wedeliv»>reil this a.iswer — after whii-ti Doctor Rolph reipiestcd me to wait a nM)iueiit tiir liini — I I. ill wait soiuu time, during which he was out of my si|.diS, and hearing : I was then directed to i ido westerly, this wcn| icd the time while I was liiirig ato common walk ln)ni Yonce Street to the Ct- v-gu Avenue, probably three ei^-hlhs of a mile. m: r.i- rectierod Carmichael. CHAPTER VI. Atvfs on the Flagr. Lloyi and Dufort. — lirolherson on Kolph. IVare^s Statement. Kdinhurgh Review on M-ickenzie. Ti " the Frt'fiimu'a Clircmiclu for 18-10," 50,000 co|ti>n tif which wt-re |iiil>li!«li>.M| at n(*cliebter, - Turuuto ont- br(>nk,fi-etty dpH(iutifliii •*' lliiitiiay no longer, resotveil to |>iit it down or p<-riHli in ibe utiur', and here ia liia ncconiit : ** O.i Tuoaday, at noon, wb were on our ninrch to the city, qreatly increaaed in itrength, when wo luct DiM^tor Itolph, our own executive, and the Hon. Uo- bcrt Ualdwin, with n flaf; of truce from Hir Praiicin, aakiii^ wliat we wanted. Our reply waa — " A free convuntion of the people." They returned, and Dr. R. ii.iviHt-d na to tollow liiin in half an hour, which Wc (li 1 i.i two divisions. " Wh'Mi a mile froui town, the same mosaen^^cra retnr.ieil, and bruu!,'ht Sir Francis' refusal, and then D ictor Rolpli piivatuly advi8e4l that we should not eiit.-r the city till dark, w. ilo he, meantime, could pri;paic the town folks. Wn ninn^hed for Toronto ag'ii.i, as soon as it wiis dark, about 7.W men, for I •toot! and counted them aa they passed onwards." Mr. .Vacs whs I()iij{ III prisiMi lien-; wut Itanisii- rd In V iiiDifiiPin'it Liii.l ; Mc!isr.s 11 iincuiid Itu- biick liiiiu>iii<-ly iiitcrfi-red at. L:iiid(>ii; ntnl lie i.i DdW in ilie Uiiiletl 8 utcs, iiiid r< j liccs when liu bt'iii.'* of tlie proapi riiy i>f Can niu. II iii.livdii, bi .tides liiiii, vvcil know, iljiii. from fiiHt to iu.'.t, Wt! did M8 wu vvt re liid by Dr. Uiieral, (tiien on bia way west to Detroi',) we n- •i.r:e.l to force, were ndviat'il to coiiiiiiiiiii- caiu widi him (Dr. Uolpli) in hia capacity as th(! execu ivi, ur clii< f of (ho iiiHiirrcc- lioii. W.ieii the news of the revirsM below re.iclit-d Toi\>utu, Dr. K. went to my ullicu here, and earned a aiipplement b« ImmI pr«p«i«d !• cheer iht) faithful, lobe drawn up I WMtb«a fiiifilKii}{ bis orders in the country, and ll|a)i WM uiir last iaaiie. Alvea gave himself tip to Major P. Lnwreno*, being entrapped by ileail'it falae proclamati«>a off ainnealy, auu was aliippeJ off for Van Dieinau'a Land. Lawrence loatle oatb that Alvea " lived ill Ilia iieighborbotMl, and that he o(HiMder.>d him an holiest, upright and well diapoaed man, of good moral character." P. C. II. Urotberaon, Bsq. of Qneeiiiton, waa in L«>wistoii, it sepma, when Dr. Rolph arrivvd there, on the Tliiira«iay the inaiirgenta weredeft;M> ed here — he havinu left hia Canada friowda \m the lurch, aftvr plodging hiniMli aDleninlj t« abare iheir aucceaa and cheer them «n. Mr. UrotherNon made oath, Dec, 12, before Cbaneof* lor Jameson, that on the Friday (8tb)i h« met Dr. Ibilph there, who suid " That he had been sent by the Governor with a flag of trnce, and that after getting thro' with the Governor'a bu^ineaa, he bad aaiu to Mackeo- zie that if be would come into the town be tbotigiit he could take the place. He aaid tliat Mockei^ zie bad ac'ed unaccountably in not coming into the town, and that he expected biin in Imlf ati hour after he returned with the flag. * * * And that it conld Vte proved that he had aeat nieaaages to Mackenzie.*' [8<'0 the affidavit ^t length Ap. to J Ms. 1837-8, p. 40.'>.] The la»e William Ware, Eaq. made oath, Det 20th, 1837, before Judge Sullivan, as follows: I saw Dr. Rolph and Mr. Robert BaMwin go «• with a flaij of truce ; alter their oomBaatiiaatioa^ wi||p M:ickenzie, Mr. Baldwin returued leiaarely down ^k* hill ; Dr. Rolph remained for a abort time. apeakingVs Mackenzie, 1 thiidi ti)r about two minatea ; Mr. BaU- wiii walked Ida liurae aboat three roda, and tbaa aioppcd, and looked around for Dr. Rolpb, who thea came up, and they went nfffor town together. When the discusaion waa going on about my paaaiiig ap Yongc-Struet, Dr. Rolph aaid, he muat not go ; I waa much aurpriaed at Ida interference. I was up Youge- Htreet that moridng, and I aaw a large party iu fraat of Montgomery 'ii, and I was told by aume bftne people on the roiid that at luaat Kfleen huixlrcd were comiDg from Lloytttowii. I waa aa near the body at Muutgo- ni'jry'a as I dared. When Dr. Rolph remaiued bf- liiiul Mr. Balilwiii, Mackenzie laid hia baud apon R the aid of the Governor. Vuluub^ers ke|tt coining in during that evening and night; and oa Tliursaa>' raorniiig Sir Francis found himself at tha h ;ad of a force ao 'overwhelming,' aa even to en^ bolden him to lisk the chaiicea of an eneouuter." All honorable iiiun, in Dr. Rolph'a position would not have allowed a comrade tO be slauder* • VERSIONS OF 1837 BY FLETCHER, ELLICE, AND THE PRESa •d M I WM for mmiy yean without mHiifuly Mvowiiip IliK piirt lifl l(H>k, mill iickiinwli'ilgiiig that I hiul no (ifflft*, niiliiiiry or civil, in ilin iif l.f •iirirdioii, hikI nil rrly iKtrd iin lui iiiHii»'nMitl iiN |m iliviifiinl fiiimdly Jrt n rJmii^'i' ill ilic CiuihiIiw-— bill Dr. K , oven now, would {{ladly cover liii mnrtyi-«-«1 frirnfl SiHiiut-i I.oiiiii'h nirinory, nnd ni^ nnim*, with oMiHjiiy, in order tlmt nii h fiolili riuii iiH inieht ho fnuldcd longf*r to Uftriiy tha faruaera of Ounatia, whom ho liim duceived. CHAPTER VII. Col. Fleteher^M Narrative. Mackenzie Slan- dered to Screen Ralph. Courier Sf Enqui- rer. Ellice. Montreal Herald, S/r. The following ■tulrniftitx, liy lute Colonel rit>lcl.«'r. and by Mr. VVnlHoii, mv n lit comna-utury On Dr. U'stpeech in AMrnibly, Oct. 18 j2. *'"" ' . Frkdo.nia. July 2!)th, 1840. fV W. L. Maekenzif, Rochester. DiAR Sir :— On the Saliii-tliiy aftprnoon provi- oni to tho onthreuk botk of Tor nito, between 3 •nd S.I called tu aeo Dr. John Rolph at his hoime en King [ Lot] Htrtiet, nnd asked linn, an be wim the Bxfonlive, whether any nllrnitioii was to l>e made Or orderc«l Ity him in the time of rising. lie nfiid that as ihoae who hail the direction of the ulTuir 6ad, with hia consent, fixed the duy for Thiirsduy tho 7th Deo., at Montgomery's as a place of ren- dmveiis, he would make no chiiii'o or alteration whatever. You had left the city p.oviously. to •arry into rflect the gfliierni agrrement to rise on the 7th, on Thursday, and hnd informed me that yoa waa on your way tu Stouilville to give and aend round the circnliirs agreed on, so that all Diiglit come promptly at the time settled upon — Dr. Rolpb'a exact words to mo were — " No, by no meann; I shall expect every niiiii to be active •nd vigilant so as to be nble to <^*X np the exf>edi- lion and come in on the 7tli nnd tiikc the city." — On tho same afternoon (Salunluy the 2iid) I n - turned to Newmarket, and met with Thos Lloyd •nd other friends on the Sunday, who told mo that Dr. Rolph h^id sent Win. Kilinondsoii on tho aaine evening OS I had seen biin, with orders tu raise a snifioient number of men to come down •nd take tho city within the next 48 hours, (that is, by Monday night.) I told them that if Dr. Bolph had done this he would knock all our de- signs in the head, fur it would Ijc utterly iinpos- •ible to get up such an expedition to do the work iu an short time. They oaid that Governor (lead had received a letter frum some one in the cniiii- 4ry, and lind called a council and given nut some •rnis. Mr. Lount at Montgomery's, told me he thought the move a hasty one, but ho hud compli- ed with it, I was very sorry that it was insisted Oti, b'lt had to yield and when I did »n, I went to work and got as many as possible to prepare I I go down, and we did so. The result you know. 1 uiii, dear 8ir, Yours truly, SILAS FLETCIIKII. J*. B. — I met v%'ith Dr. Hulph nferwaiiU at • hotel in lloiliester, the R igle, then kept by Mr. VaeRciiHseli r, Mini he In gged of ine iMit tn tmy one word of v\hut liud tuken plui'u on the miIkt side, and appeared to feel bud about it. I Kuid very little to him, tho' displeased ut the course he had taken, mid made no {ironiise one way or the other, ilail the original day been held to, we woiihl hiivo had u force of fonr or five thniiMind men, who would have gi\en each oilier eoiiS deuce, anil carried all btfure iheni, for (he towiia were rtuily and willing (') turn unl at the time app' tinted. The tones Heiniingly expetti d notliing less ihiiii that we would snciutd, und niiidu at fust but little opposition to us, 8. K. The Conrirr and Eiupiinr, N. Y. stated in Dec. 18:17 [and the N. Y. OliMivir copied it, Die. 16] that my tlofnum oHeiiiled Uolph ! " Mackenzie, witli about 350 iiisur|{eiits, toi k poa. session of Muiitgonicry House, a Inigo hi'ili iiig near Toronto, on the 4tli, ami insteao of niiikiiig •n imnicdiste attack upon the town, as was the wish of his followers, he sent his denmiiil to the (iiivcriior, that he should dissolve the Provii cial ?arliauiei.t and leave the province within fuuiteea days. This gave otl'once to Hul|4i and others, who ceiiteniled that it was only givinijr the Unveruor time tu strengthen himself, and they thuretbre aliundoned hiui. The Govt, .lor plai;e, 18J8 [Sec HullHIIld,] " When he saw Mackniziu nnd his nnrortiuiate followers fairly henteii out of tlio provi.ice — wlien he saw tlu-ni signally iletViitcd ii tin ir iUtciii|it, nut to ohtiii.i the reilresH of ^: iovnureA, but In I'ult aad plunder the city of Tot'oiito, liu i.iliiol feci IWrldeni III the same way ns li.: fidt tor the iusurgcnts at the lower province." I am now in the midst i>fu people who imve known me well for 34 years — a people for w luo I rifked life, Inallli, liberty, properly, iliiacUr, everything. Tiny ^'llw iny cii:nlii(:i in 18!7, and they saw Dr. Uolph'«. Their frii iids, iclaiivfs, connexion*, and many ef ihi'iiiselves, Hiillii'i il iiii. priMonment. banislimi'iit, lo^s and dainag''. Had my cowardice, nr Dr. U<>l)ili'!i eoiira'^e ihe moat to do Willi the niiilli r? 1 alniont lH-li«'ve he urg- ed on the preHs to abiite ine, iho' keeping in the dark hiune men who had much to lu.se und uolbing to g>tin by burning and robbery. The Hnniiltnn Gazette says — " An event long expected by many, has at length come to (laNS — the petitioning for the return to (/aiiada of tlint no. toiiuus coward and triiitnr, Mackenzie." — li"j)'al9 Morning Expre»», Dec. 6, 1847. " We really can see no very valiil reason for eX eluding Mackenzie from the imrijon which has been extended to all his aceouiplicea. It is true he bo. tr re rai tit ha •r th MACKENZIE'S POSITION DEFINED. SIR F. HEAD ON THE FLAGS. trayeil r qooil deal nmri' ol th« daiitanl tlian tho reat.-A'. Y. L'u Tor I ro 'oiirier «V KmiHirrr. "Till! ilmfanllv robol lialor, [Miclietuie."]- vnto .'ill rial, ICI7, "Hill M idi(nii nroriiiitnncy an nMhtiuNK, aiil iiltiiwoit H(il|>li nii'l Hulwull tn iiintnr tlioir iiliiiii", tltf i't^uiTPctioii witil.l ai'incMionaMy havo liiVMi iiinrc p^fMiurnl, ari"> who were conroriird in tin* iiimirrrctidii of Dif. 18)7, iiiovi'il lit thn n (|'H'.n of Ldwtr Onimlit ; lui I, mm I Htutrd in my (iutrltc, lit Now York, M IV, 18J8: " Alxiiit tlij tliird week in NovcmlM-r it wim deter- minod thill on Thiimdny tlin 7th of Ufremhor, niir ibrcot ahoiild Rocrotly aiitti'inhlo at MoiitKOinury'a Hntol, 3 miliiN buck oi' Toronto, hotwoen (i Hiid 10 at night; proceed I'ruin tlienro to tho rity ; Join our friondu thorc; ; ii'izu 4000 Rtnnd (if iirtnK. widrh htid been (diicrd by Sir Fra'iciM in tho rity linll, taki; him lute cu.itody with his ihiol' advisors ; |duet) tho gur- riaoii \i\ tin; hiindN of till! liburuli ; dochiro tlin pro-' vincd free : cnll a convention toRotlirr, to fraino a •nitahio c'ltiittilution; kikI moniitime np(H>int our frieml Dr. ilolph, adininistrat«iruf the Kovornmont." Dr. Kiil|ih wim ii|i|iointc>iJ tlic ixfcnlivf, to «'or- rcHpoiiil v\ ith tli(> g«Mitl< uifn nt Motiiriiil, (iiwln-c, iic, iitliii-d IIS iiiti-ili|{('ii('f, mill itiil our i-tl'ortH to l»riiip aliidit rtforin: umi hi- nu'roi-d to join what- ever forc'" iiii,i.'ht usHcnilileon Yoii{,'e Street. From that diiy to tlii.t hour I iiuvo never doubted but that fonrtifdis of the people of C'linudu, nt tliiit lime, eiiriieHily d«-Mired a change — and tliosu who require tlie re.-Mon linve oidy to perusu Lordit Dur- UanL Hnd Sydenliain'8 reports ami JespateheH. In flio Mioveilient of 18117 I bad no official en- pncily whatever. To military ikili I made no prct'MiMioiifi — liut had ri-Holved to risk everylhiiif^ to ensure nt deserve tiicceKj. 1 left Dr. Rolph'H house Koiiiciime btf >rc the movi-nieiit, aiiii was tberrnfier em|iloyed in organizing tlie townships, wLtMi, on ri :ii liiii<; .Mr. (iili.son'K faini on Sunday nif;li', Di'e :). I Ii-arnt tlint Dr. 11. bad (uderell Co). L'liiiii and olIiiTM, I'lir iiorili of iii', to nr.ii ut onci', if ;mv niins tliey liud, niiil iiitiiili upon To- ronto on tiie Monday, four iliiVM b<'fore tiie time previously niiined to me. I tried to ntop tliis change, Hi did Dr. II. (thro' Mr. liolton) when be found ill- iiad iieled upon faLse iiitorinntnni, but it was too Iiiie. H<' iifirrward im t D. (libson umi 1 on the ISIiindi.y :it .Mi. Price's boii.*'-. The iiiiliiipositioii of tlie men who rnine down that iii^bt to proceed to a city fioiii wliii li not one friend li:iil come to meet tlieni, nnd w ho i ou!d iieitlMT iicl to d nor.irink, af!« r a weary tniiiip of •10 mill .s, limy lie readily ima^iiiMl. They wi re chielly armed with pikes — a few bad rides, Imt there w.n iKil II bnyriHt iiiiion^ tb tii ; the news «f til" I'tiilni'i- in Lower Caniida bad renclii'd llieiii — b-- arms tlr y v.crc In tuc* Wi re Ij^"^ in tbe eifv b-iM.» •mlt. watson on tub voncjb stubet i;eti:eat. [RkmarivS.— We do not wonder lliat the f;irm- ersbr-hiiiitf d. TJK'y bad seen Kolpb and Baldwin in Sir K. Head's service; tbey knew that Macken- rie w;iH i:'iiniiiiil of the condition ( f the city, and •uUrt'Iy uuuctiuaiuted v/ith miiitury uiuUcrs ; uuU CHAPTER VIII. An Old [Vuman! Rolvh'a Denial. l/ead** False acrounl of the rluff of Truce. lium^ iug of Home's House. itolph's instrvc- lions. Ill piif^e 18 of Coloiu'l Fiizi^ildxin's Narrntivi^ be exidaims, speakin<{ of (toveinoi lii ml, '* CiooJ (iod . what an oltl woman I liavt- Inri' l'» di'itl wilb!" Many an old winiian MilllVel inMultid by the comparison. Sir Kruia in Head was a butl, (lisboncHt man, sent bun) to diceive, and boiiona with a baronetcy for lutraying bis lrii»l. Nuib- iiig VI xed me mere limn %%ben I hiiv ibe Uiitisk ^'overnment apidand and rev^ard bix luc'eiKsri. Dr. Ilnljdi withbolds the trntli that he may af^ iieur never to have been the < hit f inovt r in tM insurrt'Ction of 181)7, because it failed, and iberM- fore he is a.Nliamiil of it. The Bullish (ioveruor, Head, asserts what is uiitruc, from tiist to last, to bide bis own pnsillanimiiy. In pa:;e IIJl of hid " Narrative," and also in bis b ttt r to l.taii (iieuvlg of Dec. 1!), Iiu tills bow lie despatched two ^etv tiemen to tho rebel leaders, on the Wrdii* Ndiiy^ will n be bad received reinfoici mi iitc, and wiu sinni^'. lie conceals the truth tliiit it was on tliA TucNiIuy be hi nt lliciii, wl.vii be laid m.t ITtO fol- lowers, lie says be eddied upon ns like ii parenf, iK'iiig nnels, &c. Mr. Watson is a puiein af;eiii in ^Vusfa* iiiKton, partner with I'roftsMir lUnwiik's i.on, of Cobindna College, New York. lie is Bi glish« and bis fa'her was mie of the twelve tukun to England with Alves and J. G. i'arki r.] HociiKSTKR, Nov. rjtli, 18]!). When Mr. Mai ki ii/ie found (al'icr die n iriiU nn Tne.^diiy nigli!) tint nioKt of ibe men wt re im* willing to rnlrr the city that niglil and pi iccixv. ing the disastroii.s consetpiences that nin.st inevU tably rcfsult from drjay — to iiu.'uiiiiijic ibi in. and yliuw that be hiinttelf was not liuking in tho (jiiulity f valed bis gnu lo .sbcoi bim (Mr. Mmi keii/.ii ) and was only previ nted i'loin doing fo by tiie inleiv I'lMucc of four or five of Mr M's iriimls who well' aianiiing by and oi>.'4eiv('d bim. Many of ;lie nicn went away ;o tbeir liomiy; ibe ri.sl went to .Moiitgoinery 'j<. Tiie above narrntive of facts occuri'ed to my pcisonul knowledge ou ibc 5.b Dec, 1837. r. 11. WATSON. e A COLONIAL CJOVERNOR ! FOLPII FROM 1824 TO 837. •ml DnMwin p mi««ioii wmknird thr iiwirrprfion •Yfry%*lHT»', l»y Iniving ihn M»f im|tr»'«mo.i I nl »h«'y wt'ii* with llf froternimiil. It •prfiul tliroiigli ilie wliol«' pnn-incr mi imprrMiuii ilmt Biilpli w iiH in fiivi-r i>r tlif (Jiiv«Tnm«Mif , ami iftninit MH llit ftitiiio nnii-.oii, the ■Hiiii' im|ii»(iKion pn-vHihil with n'l-iHtt to kim Ho thiit imlil Thiiiixliiy ihi- Bov.ii,m«nt bad tho full iiilliiinc*' of Rolpir* niiil Biilwrll'i ■nRim ill ihiir favor with lh«> nfoniMid. " Oil TiirmUy forrnoon |ii«y» the U. ('. lirrnlil] the Pivenmirtit fi.rce inii(i»rro l>i"«? '" •'"" threoteniiiK j^merffptiry. ■nil the furl t!int, .\ftfr hninu l>ffit hftilniff to nrm» mil Hi/ih/.the RovrrimiPiit roiilil only ninstor a forcpof ■bont:iOOout of lO.DUO, ihowi iti deplorable weak- How Iiolilly Sir F. Ilenil lie.l when the dnngrr waa pnaiicil ! In hiaapfrtii from the llironi', DfC. S8, liroapcrt of n lan- gainar)' conflirt with the drluded aiinjpcta, Ac, I dea Sitfbed to them two of thoir own parf.v to tell them at I parentally called upon them, aa their Ooveruor, to avoi I the effuaiou of human blood." Dowca, Ko!|di, uiiil ll*-ai), in tiieir tieninis nnii ■ffirinationf), Bi-rm to •»•• npiiiHv camlifl, p«pinlly •incn-f ! In Hie flaxeit>' I jmlilislieil nt Rorlieniir I atitli'il that " in liiiriiinjj that hoii»p [Home's] •• w«« followeil thti tliaiinct and I'Xjditit onlt-rs of •• Dr. Rolpli, our exi-rntive, which wrro to do "bo III fori' we dtt ofl" for the city. There were ** tin' fill tliiii;;H in il, Imt we took not to the vnliiu *'of iinlioe iHtchri;" hut I wnrd .I'ldfie I'owcll, wtioii fiisl iS'i-iioImn aiul Mr. Roliiiinnii (pmirolrd v^ili) tli.u fniiciinn- ary, and in 18i.'.') he took up ihr ciimo of R. Rnn- dal. wfio had hfon iriK-lly poisocniod and nlianio- ftilly d< fiandod, nor could I antiripiito that he woiild do«' rt il u'lioii in ofTico. ovon while ndmit- tiiifr itn piHtici — Md h<- did in iho niattor of lot 'M. concoKNion A., N' poan, and also whon 'he vcito Was taken )a»t session, upon prinlin pie in 18>l, and ti7 to put down men known to Ih^ oppoaed to him, in order that he ini^ht bav« increaaed influence T I had Imiked on while other popn,'ar charactera tried their hand at logialution and government They had aignnlly fuih'd. What waa to be done? Dr. Rolph had profeued much. Ilia practice could not be worae, and iniaht lie much liittor tlian that of the other diacanled atate phyiiiciuDa. I 1) fused to f{a to the Hincka and Rolph tocret meelings, believing them a deception, but canvaa* Bed anil wrote till the elections were nvtr. Dr. Kidph has sinco had a full and fair trial. It waa his right. Dr. Rolpli sent mesaengera wno are now io ofTice to us, on the Tuesday night, after our people had declined to enter Toroiilo, and I wrote a brief atutement of aflaira and a«at it to him. I ho-ird no more of him till my arrival at Uuirulo. Ml* had started for tho United Slutoa early on WoliioBday morning, without giving any one of his coinrudes the slightest hint of his iiitonlion. In I8:i7 he deserted um — in 18-')3 he ih niod us and saiil we w«Te traitors ! Bofure we w oil, at Toronto or about the some time, Dr. Rolph was in Li-wiston ! It soi'iiir-d to be an object with him while there to net as sooretly as pos8ib1(\ H(^ did w hat ho could at niitrdo, Lowiston, and Roi hester, while wo wore upon the island ubovo Niai;ura Falls — ho visited Navy Island from time lo lime, but not til! afior llio Caroline waa sent over ilia Falls and tho dispute seometl about to take a ua- tioiial form. Ill Mr. Suthorland'H address nt ihe Eiifzle Tav- ern, Hiiiriilo whon Rolph was called for, ho said, '• In- ^vi.iilil i-ftnnt to or nn hit I'liot in OimiimIii ■gHin, hi'i'iiURo h«' hnil no i h-M tlouhlful M *o Rol|ih • (rtio I'harnctt'r. Ii in tliiii: ^Vhrn II hi'cnnie fvidf-nt ihat my mtiip on Yon^'«« Strtet, conlnining 20,000 vohimi ■ of hiukii Hud Biuch MtNiioiiHry, h nnd ankt-d liiH uilvicr, whether it would not ho well to (.'t*t frientia ti>|(flher, luid carry to mirc nnvHtc iioimei ii Ittrgt* KJiiirp rf my pn>|iertVi nnd tiiut »uvo it rrom rii>k. " (iive jrourieir no Irouhlr, Mrs. Miu ken/ie," Mtid the ductor, *-f[;ivf> yuurMoU iMtlrunhle; whtnth« new government in inaiulied \(iiir hinRct will Ik- amply coniprnKHted," or woni* of likn import. 8iiiee my return, I huve nKeertiiined timt while he wilt llnm cnreleti of my tnhMnnee, lie wnt ez- cee<)iiiply tiirefnl of hit own: nnd piukid nu cvt ryliiiiii likely to he t ndniigt n d, in ( ii.<v< iiii'iitt at Dull'itlii iiiiMie him a luoat detirtdilc w itiii 8n on my Ix'ji.'iir, and I fully eiiliuhited on hit presence in coiirf — hut irne lo his plu'i of keeping ilurk he deeeived iiif, tliii' I waited ii day for liitn, and bud hill pledge that ho would a]>pear. Ah it wan, llic jury. I'.o' siltcted by ihe inar.-liall, lo please V.ni Bureii (who wanteil Heonvielion) «ere At (li'Mt 8 to 4 lot nil niniii tnl. My nnutikt in •'Tlie Fn eifi-inV Cliruiiii le," v\ ere iiie.'»«' : "Mackenzie depended m'icli on Dr. liolph'i) cvi- "deneetiir an oci|i'ittal in the court at Cnnninlni^iin, " anil had a tet of nncstioiit ready for him, but the ** Doctor gave lam the aiiu in hit hour of iiee<', Jnit •• as before at Toronto. Mr Montpomery liad wiiit "•d on the Doctor to aak if he would attend if lerv- "ed with U. 8. nrocatf. Ila rephml thnt lin rcrtnin- " ly Would, and Mr. Ilohertaon (now ntiiliiiff in Bel* ** laviJIej aervcl him with a auh|Mnna in ilie aiual " way, throu/fh whom alto h« intimated to Mnckon- " sie that he iniuht be fully depended on. Wliea 'the trial came on Ur. Rolph neither came nor tent '* an exrnan nnr enquired on what puiiitt h« waa to " be eaamiiied." And ninne : " Mr. Miickeiicie canted the nroeeii nf the Cmirt tu Itediily terved on Ur. John Hiilph. ot Htwhenter, who wat in lluflalo, at the KhkIu TnH)h'8 coinfortiiiile miuihiiiii — but h« iiover viHttod me there — he even ciiinu to the prison profoMaionally, hut forpot niy exin- tence. For the first four or fivn inonthH I wn« never once allowed to cross tlio threshold of my in>n prated apartment — for ten months I never wos once outside th» pri.>-'.t (siii 1 he) suildenly and forever leave my "home an.i country (Canada,) with all their ties and "connexions, the scene of mv dearest attachments " and happiest rectdlections, the birth-place of all my " chilirmi and the burial place of three of them." If Bidwcll was " ruined," tho' possessing a fine property at Toronto, another at Co- hourg, another at Kingston, and lands all over, merely i)Ocause he chose to go home to his native country, where his father had been congro.-isuian and attorney-general, how try- ing was my lot ? Innnurcd in a prison — tra- duced all over America and Europe — drag- ged from CMur* to court ; branded as traitor, coward,n'belaud runaway; without means or a proft's.-;ion : with a large family to support, and often in ill health; and with such friends as Dr. IJolph! 1 lirmly resolved to deserve a better fate, and am nn* unrewarded. CHAPTER XII. Was Bid well a Rebel in 1837 .' The. Berk- shire Juhihe. A Reminiscence. Dujhrt. Rifcrsoit's Dtfencc of Bidwell. Mackenzie JlcpudiutcU. Thf que^iticm is often asked me — What part Mr. IJidwell tt)ok in 18.'i7 ? None that I know. His whole life shews that he would have rejoiced at the success of the insurrec- tion, for he always avows his preference Rtr his native country and her institutions ; and at the great Berkshire jubilee, August 22 & 23, 1S44, he was the first man Governor Briggs «>f Massachusetts called on for a speech, when he said (page 158) " I have come here simply to enjoy one of the "dearj.st wishes of my lieait — that of revihiling, of- " lera long aOifc/ict: iit ajoteign luiul, the scenes auU "frijnda of my childhond. I comr;, I know, with tha "same lentiments and feelings which arc expurionc- "el by the thnusands around me; and it doo.i my "heart Kool to stand here, as his Kxrellency our "honored president has said, a scm of Kink^liire. It " is the proudest title to which 1 have over aspired.*' MiiHMUcliiiKClts is H Moliit* Rtiite. anil Mr. hidwell nuiy well be |iriMiil of it. Utiier uii ii inny, like llie Minfirnil jiuitn. he anncxationiBtri IVoui iiitrr> est, liiit Uiilwfli is for niuiexHtioa in enntie taaght fnnn his very iiifanuy to detest unr « <)!.)aiiil ayi- tcui. What passed between him luni llolpli, and the |inrli«-H that met nif^htly at Kolpli'M bt fore the 7tli Ufc, I know not of my own know leiifji — and if Mr. Hiilwuii's Btatcnient, that lie lunl nothinjf to do with the movemetit, be trii^', as perhnpa it is, tho folliiwiu^' extract from a tetter adtiiessed to .Mr. of this city, coiituiiis some capital UTors : " When I was in Toronto, in tho fall of 1837, I be. ciilae acquainted with Mr. Ilidwell. From him 1 learned the projected revolution, 'ind g^Mieral caica* lations to be entered into. To him, my brothcr-in: law, Judge Butler, made several pledges in relation to my rendering assistance to tho Provnicial Army, if a general concert was re(|uirod. Bufore leaving To* ronto, a gentleman by the name of Dufort, tiom Mon- treal, iiitmduced himself to me, as one of the magia- trates, who was forced to leave Montreal by reason of his political sentiments, &r., and that to liini was entrusted despatches from Pipinean in relation to the prosecution of the intended campaigns. 1 intro- duced Mr. Dufort to Mr. Bidwell to consult ou the pr(i|)()sed connection of the provinces, &.i'. "The next day I lefV, with Judge Butler, Dufort and others, for D.urt the provincial cause. As I passed through the coniitry, meetings were held at almost every town ; ami tm exritoment was such as to justify the belief that the people were ri|>e for a general revolution. When I arrived at Detniit, by the solicitation of ra^' brother in law and Mr. Dufort I concluded to remam in that city during the winter, instead of prosucutiiig my journey south to my family. "Judge Butler, then a pmminent member af tho Hmiiie of Representatives of Michigan, and Mr. Da- ''ort who was authnrizcd to get up nn nx|>cditi.)n, set on f(M)t i 1 the Inst of the month of November, what was ternu'd n war council, which emhrncfd promi- nent and influential members of the Hon!)e of Re- present.-itivcB, together with th(^ oliicerR of the stata anil United States, and the wealthiest citizens of tha city and ntate (Detroit and Miubi^tn.) This council will in tmie, &u." .Mr. D.ifort n in the povernineiit employ at Q:it'l)cc, noil can corntt. errom in ilie above.— A. I know i.H that hi; was here as staled. Rev. Dr. llv'icoa, between whom am] Mr. Biiiwell ilirre irt a cloxo intimacy, iIi'in nihlresaed ll)i;;< rninn. Atti>nn-y (itiit ral, .May '.»!». I«t8: " .Sir Francis comes and 'regenerates thtf province, and nt the end of two years our currency was do* ranged, or rather destroyed, commert'e waN parniized, the public debt increase*! beyond precedent, th'^ vtilua of property was greatly re<':-ceil, and eniigratioa scarcely seen, and hundre 's of inhabitants whom an obeiUence to royal concilir'ory instructions would have made peaceable and '.apf y, and won over to the government, are leaviiij the province for other climes." " Was not Mackenzie's famous declnrntion pnb- lishcd in An;;nat last, and all his mecti igs and organi- zations from that time to the 1st of December, pub- lished ill his paper accompanied with secitiooa appeals 7 Did not all these come under yr.ur owa eyes I Wore they not tin|| II iniiy, like * iVoui inters •IMINt! tHIIgtlk i'<>';iiiial ayi* Uolpli, and H U low the ■lf(lf{c — and Itinl iiDiliinji I |>erliH|>a it ' uiiili'ftsed )aie fupitkl r 1P.'J7, I be. (•■"rom him I iieral ciilca- .' brothcr-ior s ill relation ;i«l Army, if lenviiiff To> . tiDiu Mon- I tile ni.igia- I bv reason toliim wa« ri-intion to »■ 1 iiitro- tult ou the tier, Dufort lijeil inyaelf mppuri the le country, :i : ami the ief tliHt the ■ When I ay brother iiti ill tirat cutiii^ my ibcT ef the >(l 1^. Da- • liti.)!), aet iber, what f "ii'I Mr. I'lilrosaed 818: pifivince, ' was de* M'trnlized, tli'^ value iiiiKrHtioa kvlioiii an IIS would I o%er to I'or other tion pab- I'l or^'ani* ber, pub. seditiooe r.nr own ilo topioe BID WELL'S LOYALTY. OPINIONS AND CONSEQENCUS OF 1837. U of represef tntion to you by vnrinua iiidividuala 7 — Have ynii i..)t since auught to convict peraous of Trca- ■on for being partiea to that very declaration and to those meetings an.l organizations 7 Were they not ■s treasonable from July to December as they are DOW ? Were you uot appointed to olHce by the Crown und paid by the Province to a -e that the lawa are not violated — to protect the lives and pntperties of Her Majesty's suujects a^'aiiist all unlnwhil ag- gressions uihI conspiracies 7 If Mr. Biilweli's silence as a private itidiviilual in regard totlioso proceedings was, as vou contend, Misprision of Treaaon, was not yonr official silence as the lirst Law Otticer of the Crown, tantamount to High Treason itaelf 7 Was not your silence in relation to those proceedings for three months, a declaration to all the unhaftpy men iuveixled into them that they were violating no law ; and that they were trausoondiug the bounds of free diocussion 1" This " fiiinnns declaration" was chiefly from Rolph's pen, but he t(Nik care nut to rign il ! It ia prn[>(>r that I should stnle ht went furtii to Rochester, he i<>nnn»-niled his family ''to that God wIki led forth A bru hum and Jacob." Like Head and (lolph. he utteiuied carefully lo No. 1, whether other folks got Abra- ham and Jucub'8 luck or uot. The Commirvtal, May 3, 1838, assures its rend- ers, " that the zealous loyalty maniftsted on Hie " ig Mr. U'.H li'tti r to O'C.iHaglian and I'lipiiieiHi, " Yiiur ^roat mid jMiweiful exertions in the cause of Liberty and JiiKtice I have iicjieed with ndniirii- tioii niid resfiert ; and 1 look with tiecp iiiterest on the Htrtig^'Ie in Lower Canada between an insulted, opprcMHed nail injured people, and their oppressors. Ail hope of justice from thu authoiitica in England seems to be extinguished." I get all the blame, and from a couple of pnli- ticiaiiK luo, who sKx'd ready, in cu.se of indcpeit- deiu t> to ( iigroiss nil the honor, power mid patro- nage ! Even Lonnl's iininory ininst be slandered lo b ils'er ii[> ilie U dpii < f 18 »4, recreant as he is to every principle of early life ! CIIAPTEil XIII. IVliat Rebellion Has Done. Public Opinion. Jiolph in Niivu Island IHmes and l\ow. — Ralph on Meihodism. Did uoi rebellion agaitmt n faithleoa prince pro- d ice luagiia eharlu 1 Did it not give Sydney, Miiinpdeii, Knr.iiig-dotr7 No, but the court that cuuilcu ued lam fur rcsisiiug the cruel oppressors of his country, has much to answer for? King Charles of France issued an illegal ordinance, and Lord John Russell declared that that outrage Jnstified rebellion to his authori- ty. Edward I. executed brothers «>f Robert the Bruce as rebels, but did that cruelly induce the victor at Bai ckbiirn to succumb to constimtcd wrong? Who now blames die Mt xiuaiis for breaking the SpuniKh yoke, or our nei^ libort acroHS the Niagara for siHirniiigoppreHsioo ? Wa« it Charles I's honesty that placed Croniwcll at the head of a ivpnblic ? Or the virtues of the French church and nobility that brought Louii XVI. to the block 7 Hud James II. to abdicate because of his love of civil liberty, or was the re sisiaiice of the rebel Hungarians, crushed by Russian power, unjust and wanton ? Has n(»t the Tope to borrow bayonets and troops to uphold his tottering throne, and shall the nieinoriea of the men of 1837 be insulted by perHons who talk of loyalty and mean love of offici — who urged on resistance out of pi(]iir,and basely deserted the dup» 8 who trusted in them ? Rulph's denial of his comrades of 1837, is even worse than his desertion of them that year. Doei he mean to admit that they complained widnnit a cause, or resisted even a tolerable guvei niiieiU T If not, what does he mean T H.ive I been less successful in Haldimnnd bo- cniixe I resisted Head's ignoble ;iile? Is Dr. W »lfre«l Nflson less acceptable to the citiz( ns of Monlreul, u.i mayor, because he drove back the redcoats whose commanders had sought lo tram- ple under foot Oanudinn liberty ? Must we con- ceal truth and promulgate falsehood lo piuve cmr tide to remain in the executive council of 18'>4t Are we to be proud as Canadians of the Van- Dieinan's j liler and his vindictive advisers, (oue of t\h(un Mr. Hincks und his colleagues, pam- pered long and then pensioned oil' at |1'.}00 a year.) because they were ready to hang Chand- ler, Waite, the «allant McLe;itcli of uiitned Canadians? I'l-oiid of wrung aiMJ asliained of munhood and gallantly ! Wiieii on N.ivy Islaml, Jan. 3, 1838, I sent to the Uotliester Democrat, a statenieiit iif wrong! vviiuen by Dr. Rulph, to which, at his reipiest, I signed my name. He said, that " Whenever executive bribery, corruption, and deceit, can realise a subservient assembly , laws are artlully secured, under the pretence of popular con- sent constituti(HiaIly expressed, to abridge or neutra- lize [lopular right, and to extend or foi tily executive iiiHueuee and lloyal prerogative. The favors and bounty of the crown are not bestowed in vuia upon nieuibers during a scaaion of Parhamont ; nor do they vol tut fa lily subserve the views and policy of the go- veninieiit without receiving rewar.Ii«, iiansked." "Until the year 18.13, the M.jtliodist Episcopal Chundi in Caea la, as its public history proves, were the open and active friends of civil ruiI relii^ious li- berty. This was, to monarchy, an evil to be correct- ed. Four thousand doliara a year was therefore, gra- ciously given them by the Giovernment fer religioua uses, and a plan was lurther consummated, for chang- ing them from the Episcopal to the Wesley an Me- tlio>s|iotB in England, where now would be the British constitution / All that men could do or say u^'uinst British power John Rolph said and did while iu the States — but he talked and acted in the dark, and huving changed his tactics is now ready to blast the memory and reputation of both dead and living who fuliowed hiin — of men who acted opeidy, Hud neither in death or in Hfe woncealed their opinions or conduct. ROLPH vs_LOUNT. ThcFrench can now l)oa(>t that In the courpc of their revo- lution there liaii nut been ihed one drop of blood more than Was nece-^tary to their own freedom ancf iil)erty. G.mI grant that it may continue so ! Speech of Charlet Earl Grey, in thr H, and that it had bet* ter be submitted to writing; I took the reply to tlie Lieiitennnt Goveriioi's message to be merely a put off. I understood c'"* the intentiim of the leaders was to take the Jity of Toronto, and ( hunge the present form of Gnveriiiuvnt. I heard all that was said by Dr. Ralph to Mackenzie, vs liiert Baldwin, who was necessarily an eye-witness of and a party to the very same fact*, and with exactly tne same op portunities of knowing their truth us Mr. Carmi cliuel hud; without the knowledge of both whom Dr. Rolph could not huvo violated the flag, us has been alleged. THE FLAG BEARER'S STORY. I have repeatedly seen in the newspapers a statement that, " when the flag of truce, in 1837, " came up to the late Mr. Lount, D*'. Rolph said " to him tie hud brou^'hl u messuge from His Ex- "celleiicy the Lieut. Governor to prevent the ef- " fusion of blood, and that at the stiiiie time he " gave Mr. Liiuiit a wink to walk on one side, " when lit! requested .Mr. Loiiiit not to hear tiie " inessajie, but go ou with their proceedings, ineuii- '* ing thiit Mr. Loiint should not atteiiil to tliemes- " sage." 1 was the bearer of the flag, uiid ac- companied Dr. Riilph and Mr. BaldwintUroughout the transactions under it. Upon the arrivul of the flag of truce on the ground, Dr. Rolph addressed Mr. Louiil. who Htootl ut a ilistuiice, and announced a iiiessuge from Sir Francis Head •• to prevent the effusion of blood, and to oH'tT nn uiuiiesty from tlie Go- vernor upon peucealdy going to their homes." Mr. Louiit accepted the terms, and iu behalf of tho8e with him ivqiiestetl of the Hug of truce a coiifirmatiou of their authority in writing. Dr. Rolph and Mr. Baldwin suid they would go back tu the city, obtain it, and return and NED. ul pro on irUk nut to aU erved Kt iq« It it had lint* I be reply to Jo Im5 merely ^ntioii of the 'oroufo, iitid lit. I iieard Mnckeiizie, hu first tiina lo wiiuii th« en ubserved kiiuw who who WHS on LOU NT. Jnii., 1838. Iawke, ommutiom. IV., Ifl53.) N. TUB spoiids with loiiio of the itemeiit Mr. ry explicitly • iiccment of ry thing wa« nf the state* lus pnt into 111 fniin Mr. ;arer of the ph's frienda flits nbi-oad. id wilh the ill, uho waa lurty tu the lo siiine op Mr. Cariui botii whom (lag, as ha« MRS. LOUNT'S IMPRESSIONS. S. LOUNT'S SUFFERINGS. 13 •RV. wspupprs a cv, ill 1837, Uolph said nil His Ex- tent theef. lie liaur he I Olio «ide, > hear ihe iiig^. iiit-aii- to till- tiics- ',:, and ac- llii'ouj;hout lice on the .ounr. who a iiicKisage le i-H'iision ni the Go- OMlfS." 1 In-half of uf truce a iiy would etuMi and \ meet them wilh it at the Toll Gate ; Mr. Loiint at the same time eugHKJiig to do no act of hos- tility. And they iiniiiediately returned with lue under the Hag to the city for tliat purpose. During the going out and staying on the the •ntiinil, and returning lo the city, as alM»ve sta- ted (till "f which was done promptly) Dr. Rolph, Mr. Baldwin, and myself, being ail on liornebat k, kept in close phalanx, not a yard apart. Neither of the persinis moitioned could have got oif his horse, nor have called «ir winked to Mr. Lonnt and walked aside and communicated with liim, nor have said anything irrelevant to the flag of truce, or against its good faith, as is untruly al- leged, without my knowledge. Upon retiiriiing to Toronto with the (lug, as statef the {tersons mentioned could have got otr his horse, nor have called or winked to .Mr. Loiiiit and walked aside with him, nor have said anything irrelevant to the Flag of Truce, or against iti goo2. LETTER FROM COLONEL LOUNT'S WIDOW. To W. L. MadK»:ie, New Kpt*. Utica, .Vlacomb Co., Mich. Dec. 8, 1838. Dear Kiuknd: — I Imve been jiernsiniL' a pie< e in one of your papers taken from the ChrUtifin Gnarilitin, known to be a paper of little tru'h by every one acquainted with its conductors, [Mensrs. Ryerson &. Evan*,] stating that my husband had spoken very much aga nstyou, wliith assertion I and my family km>w to be fuls*-; and I am per- suadeil you was acquainted with Mr. Lonnt years enough lo think otherwise. He ever taught his family tu respect Mr. Mackenzie as one of the most honest and honorable men he ever met with. I was with him during the three last «lays of his life. Instead of b«'niting his friends, he prayed for their sucees , as well as his country's freedom, and believed Canada could not long remain in thu power of such merciless wretches as have mur- dered its inhiiiiitanls for thi-ir love of liberty. — But he fingave his enemies and prayed they mialit rt'iwnl ef their wicketlmss, althon^'h lie coimider- ed himself niijiistly put to death by them, and wished m<' never to auk life of his enemies. But my anxiety would not iillnvv mc to leave the least undone that was in my power to do towards sn- ving his life, therefore I appeared before S"r George Arthur in behalf of my husband, as has been stated. Mis answer wan, " If your husband " is as well jirepared to die aa is represented, per- " haps he will never again be as well prepared, ** if repneved now, and I do not think he can be " prepan-d to die without bringing other guilty " men to jiMtice, aa the CouucU ihiuka be kuowa " of many whom I think, if he would roako " known, mercy would be shewn to him, and X " wish you would return uirect to the jail and " tell him this from me." He made me several other answers whieli are not stated here. I have lately been on a visit to Canada, and found the tories determined to retain the property from me and my fatherless children. I have ever wished to see you since I crossed the lines us I could tell you more than I could write. P.eusa give my love to Mrs. Mackenzie and family. I vvi:ih yuu to direct the papers which you are so kind III seiidhig me, to Utica, P. O., Macomb Co., Michigan, and oblige. ELIZABETH LOUNT. liaaat** €*Hspaai«B !■ AirvnUj. Dundas, 10th Due, 1849. I was residing at the Holland Lauding in Nov. 1837, when the late Colonel Leant requested lue to go tu Tonintu with a message to W. L. Mackenzie, who lefi iuimeuiately fur Stouflville. After church- time oil Sunday, Dec. 3, it waa rumored that Measr*. Sullivan and Draper's govaruraeut had issued war- rants for the apiirebensiun of Messrs. Louut, Uolph, Ciibson, Vidwell, and Mackenzie. OitMun. whom I visited soon aitor, had despatched a letter per Mr. Kilmondson, enclosing a note from Toronto, to CoL Louiit. I was soon alter warned to be at Muntgome* ry's at nine on Monday night. That night, Dec. 4, I accompanied Messrs. Macken- zie, Anderson, Smith and Michael Shepard from M(i>jt- Romcry's toward the city. We met Mr. Macuoiudd and another — took them prisoners — Mr. Powell wbm given in charge of Capt. Anderson — and Mackenzie, accompanied by Robert Smith, continued their course toward the city. On my return to Montgomery's. Col. Lount waa standing outside — Col. Moodie and his i. iends had tried to lorce their way thro' the patriot guards ; Mo(Miie had tired on the sentinel — it was returned, and he was woumied — one of bis compai.iuns, Mr, Prime Lawrer.re, forrcd Ids way thro'. Col. MtMMlie was carried into a room, and Dr. McCiigue instantly sent for by Col. Louut. I was reijuested to return, with Miehsel Sliejiard, to- ward the town, and meet Mackenzie, and (.id so. Ho was on his way back, with Smith, near Mike VVhit- niore's, and requested us to take Capt. Auiierson'a bot>s Lake Erie to Erie, iu January, 1638. There were four of US, viz: Lount, Dcas (a French Cai.ai.iHn, who gave as the boat), a boy, aial mysi If. F( r two uighta and two days we were in that open boat, ear sufl'eiiiigs were jireat beyond deseiiftuin, we were strangers to sleep, and toiling contii iially. We l.ad a piece of potk, but it was frozen. W l.t n near £ i ie the wind blew ua back ii.to the lake, and we diiitrd to the montb of the Grand Uiver, where we would 14 HEAD ON BALDWIN. BIDWELL. AMNESTY TO O'BRIEN. hnve frnse to death i'' a fanner who had watch- ed ui
  • Ilamiltoii jail. Louiit cxpresseil great regret that he had parted from Mackenzie, toward whom he liad the most friendly teiili.igs. When sick in the woods, he said " ii would not care if I was dead if I liad Mac along with me." 1 was never permitted to speak to Col. Lount alter wo parted at Chippawa. Our friend- ■hip had been of long standing, but was not to be renewed on this sile of eton.ity. I WHS siMiteuced to transportation to VanDicnian's Land, by Cliiuf Justice Robinson, for resisting the oppression of the family compact, but escaped, with Michael Shcpard, and others, from Fort Henrv. EDW. KENNEDY. HEAIVS ABUSE OF HOBERT BALDWIN. [From Hcnil's address to the House of Lords, Lon- don, on the Canada Union BUI of 1840.) He [.Mr. BiiMwiu] well knew that the reliels tvoiiUl not iiijiii'f Aim, iiml secure iiiider tliiM infii- moM!* protei-tiiMi, he wns content that they slioiiUl miinhr llu* rejtre.seiiljilive of his Sovi leijL'ii, the jiiil^rti, or iiiiy oi' the loyal sultjects who hiui n8- seniblcil to ojijiosc them, lie coiiUI eiiliniy see, us he did, lilt! lioiKses uf his tuwniiineii in il:iniet>, and coiilil look n|Kiii the scene as if it did not concern him. At a iiioinrnt when the Lientenniit (Jovernor well km^w that A« uoiiUl not approach the reheis witli ^a^t•ly, and that any man of acknowlt'illv fhot down by ilu;iii, >L-. Rohert Baldwin aud Dr Kolpli un- dertook to convey to the rebels a niessajie from the Lieut, (iivtinor, calling upon them in the name of ili-ir sovereijrn to stop the eH'n.iion of hnmim blood. Instead, however, of delivering this message, Di-. Rolph, who was the secret coii- cocter of the rebellion, infamoii.sly advised iheiii imniciliately to iidvance, while his bosom friend, Mr. R'iberl Baldwin, bore back an answer not iHily i!.8iiiiin<; and defying the government of his Bjveri ign, but demanding the surrender of the uilliorily wliicli the tonstitntion placed in his hniid!<. Mr. R.>l>«-rt Baldwin knew that the trai- torous demands of which he was thelmarer, could not and would not be conceited, and that instant murder aiiil pillage was threatened ; and yet, wht'ii eveiy res|)ectublu member of his profession w.'is under arms, he could withdraw to his dwell- ing as to a place of sure refuge (which to his •hame ii was), and cuiild leave his fe-llow subjects tu encounter without his assistance whatever lica- ton might litve power to necumplish ! — Pnge32d. To Jlii ExcJImcy Sir FraitcU Bond Ihad. TouoNTO, 8th December, 18.17 Sir, — In ronseipience of the kind conversation of Yoar Excellency this morning, 1 have determined to leave this Province ibr ever. 1 am aware that the circnmstances to which Your Kxcellcu(;y alluded are calculated to give ri.ii; to sus picions itq'U.ist me i:i relation to this i.isunection ; and while tliey would bo likely to rentier my fuither residence in this Province' nnplcasaiil, they make Your Excellency's kindness the more worthy of my deep and lasting gratitude. I am confident, at the same time, thnt thv^ investi- gations which will now of course \h, made will fully remove these suspicions fnun Your Kxcelleiicy'f mind, and will prove that I had no kiiowleiige or ex- pectation that any such attempt was in contempla- tion. I have the honor to b.", most respectfully, Yonr Ex- cellency's grateful scrvaiit, Marshall S. BtnwKLL. VOTES OF 1852 AND 1863. There are two Cliristies in the AsRcmii'v, nnd whem ver "Christik" is spoken of as Ix ing nh. sent or as voiiiif.', " David Cllli^lie v[ \\\ iiiwi jth uiid Brum" is meant. AMNESTY TO O'lUUEN, FJwOST, &c. I moved the House, [.iournal, p. 389], to address the Uueen and tell her how pleased we'n all he if she'd graciously forgive the Welsh and Irish political piia- oners in VaiiDieinan's Laml. Goveruuei.t gruttly suid "No!" and my [iroposnl was voted /ith the Court of Chancery i.i L|>per (.'anada as a sejiarute, secret tiihunal. (Jour «i-i | I had carried a smiilar million by Upper Canada vt,tc« in the previous parliament, but the Lowur Cann.dain swamped us. Uoveri.ment then, tl.ro F. Hincks, pnmiised to remedy the abuses of the 8>8teui, but have made bad worse. Brown moved ameinaueutii, giving the question the go by, but failed. On the vote for nUdishing this oppressive tribunal, as above, the nays were Bniwu! Lnngton! Christie! Cameron ! Bichards ! LeBlai e. Uolph ! .hihiison. Drummond, Hartiuan I Morin, Sicutte, Hniith, Durham, Cartier, Turcotte, &c. Fifteen Upper Canadians went for iibolitioi, Nino against it. The nine tiiumpheo thro' Lower (,'ai.aua injustice. The Wrights, Hincks, Patrick. Crawliird, Prince ! Itobiuson, Huse, Stevenson, were cUeic/ieiv when the vote was taken. Jui'ge Bichari's nnd lis family are rciuhiicanto the hack bone-— an American family — ultra liberal. — He hung to Bal twin for office, liking place better than priminle. Hating the court of chancery as a re- former he loved it oa a place hunte:-, and buIj Lia COURT OF CHANCERY. GRAND TRUNK INIQUITY. lli ully, YonrEx- |R(' tu n ninucuro jud^uHliiii niiil ultiiiintely ■ pension. Mniiy of liii votoH nru corrii|it to tliu very core. To veil liiit vicwe, ho exliihiteit, yonr alior y cur, a big liivv rt'i'urni bill, never iiiteiKJiiig to tr> ttr carry it. lOlcvon iiifmbnrfl, M-lien Hiillivnti died, rctmon- ■trnteil ngniunttho udcIcrs filling «I' hin iiiaco, ami tlio ppeii kimv<-ry o!'two superior ooiiininii liiw roiiits niid two cliicl jiiNtirea in oiio town. HiiirhK, Ricliarila, Rolpb, Moriia Ic Co. put us niF, and governor and counril mult' Uicbarda n jiidgo as tin reward of bis tmrliliiig ;aervicn(?e ; and liia wliolo connexion are dwiiiillt'il i.owi) into plnre-lioldeia and fut (■oiitrn''t or office acek*:!!. ^ AFFORDING PRETEXT TO ROUROW. VOTE OFCUNFJOKiNCE IN MIMSTEKS. Oovernmei t atnck into tlie Sup|dy Bill of 18.M, XIO.OOO tor llio (jovernnieiit House at Toronto, not intcuiling to biiibi one, but an a pretext for more bor- rowing in Loniion. Last ai'tsion ancb items as Asy- lums lor blind, deaf, and dumb. Houses of ('oiriHtion, he, iVc, to tbe amount of bundrods of tliouNaiids of d(>lliir^<, wiMM" iiisorteil, and no location for tlieni as- signed, nor plans exbibited. Some ouo oftbeni luiglit be stHitt-d bclore election if it would bribe n pliiee to vote in a oinlionest member. Tlio bill n! Cameron! Weriilt! Malkicii, Prince, Hiclmrds! WlllRor, Sherwood, Lyon. *c. Rolph and Ohristie did not vctr>. Oiily :i7, out of 84 mendjcrs, were preB»*nt — the tninority t)f a bouse which had di-clared ilse!), by a vote o{ -i to 1, a ^.■ro^8 imposi'ion upon |M)pular repn'seiitnlion, was h'gisia ting in the utiscnce of tbe iii8J'\ page 'Ci of Journals) to continue tbe $50 lux on Itjtw tSu- gar, but to reduce the 9ii. tax per cwt. to "Is. tiA., or a half penny tbu lb. Lost! Among the Noes wero Street, White ! Puti ick ! Cameron ! it i( bards ! Hincks! Christie ! Morrison ! Kidoiit, Dr. McDonald, Hailniaii ! ItdbiiiNon, Critwiiird, A. Wiigbl! Mull ice, iVe. itojldi was -itrcseiit at thy previous vole, lint (liko inc) iiirisi/i/c at this vote. I was at ten, and iiii was sure of a niajoiity. Yet wu eventuull_\ ^ot :)s. per cwt. of n dednelion. It is siii I that tlio Americana complained of our cheap tnrilf, and tbin, the bill to stop all Siiiu'ny liilior id post olUces and on <'anals, by clerk?, b(H)kk<.e|ierfl,&c., so that .'^undny mi^ht be a day of rest, wms (mII.'iI up, wbcnirnicks. seconded bv ^Iolin, iiiovimI to kick it out 'A'itliout (lisciiRKion. Hrown ninved a dny for the second rcaoiiig, and government got the wdrst of it, tho' among tbe votes to kick out the bill wem n«l(di! Moiii. IHeiiunu! Ciirtier, Hi.ieks! .'^Iierwo id. Drummoiul, Seymour, Mebiuli!ii', Stuart, Tcssier, Dixor, Ac. The second reading came on June 8, niio MoitLwo, McNiib, (iiimi)h', Jcdmson, Harlmay, atiil give it to a few ci ally la. id job- bers, railway jobbers, privileijed ba.ikei'," .sliaqierc. tVc— MS also to give other mon»cs to their charge. It provides for aa expeuiiiture of MO mil, ion liollars without any competition or division of the work into moderate contracts ; it bought up oni- fxior S^peaker (MeDonahl) whose family u'eta t>U miles of it without competitio.i ; it enabled Hi.icks iV Co. to speculate in Maine railway stock ; it connects the executive with the company as the directors; it removes responsi- bility by allowing directors to neglect the duty; and pays double the price for 1000 miles of work, or JEIO,. 000 nearly for what thouiinuds would bo gla I to do just as well ttcX'KOQO; also preimiins; the way for heavy eiubarraasmout, when Gdlt, Ilolto >. :iad other a..ncxat'ou cbisaelers will stand from under. For the 3rd readiig of the Graml Trunk bHI voted only 28 niMnbors, in miJst ot cholera, (Niv. 2, 1852), among whom were llolpb, Richards, Princp, liobinson, Crawford, Carii.ir, liidout, Dniinni'uid, Stev.-ison, ' Hiucks, Fergiisson, O. Wright, Eur.ihajo, Christie. M irin. Street, Claphau, Sicutte, iVrj -,/ T 16 PAYING LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS. HINCKS'S PECULATIONS, if , ' Tliia cnnceri wasttrigiimtod, ami very naturnlly, on the |t)!titili) tu preti it on iilugnlly, but friiitriituil ; iioxt Hiucka mtived to ■URneiKl rule ro- quiriiii{ iiniioc ot'coiiaiileration ; and Hually the Houat', 7 to 4!! votud (town Youiig'a excellent iiiotion [aee p. 3-55 of Juuruula| to amend the bill ao " thai tl shall " heai- (III ituj'.ice the fhnracter of the work to he txt- " cHleil iipcu the road, and the term$ and conditions " upon ir/iich it shall be executed." I voted nny beciiusc I had reaolved to ao a^ainat the whole lUjaMui'H, but how could Rol|di! Wliito ! Burulinui, lliiii-ka! Dhrialie ! Clauhani, Crawford, Drumuiond, Hartuiait ! Morin ! Murney, Putrii-k! HichurdH! Seymour, Terrill, Shaw, Uniith'of Durham, JJitreet! Willioii, Turcotte, audtlicTWO VVridite Jo ao 7 They were for the measure. No:ie of tnem are to be found amoii(; the nava at the ihird readiiiff (page 37:i.] The company, if it ia not, like the Hu- ron and Outurio, a aham one, will auttur deeply. Wright, Ac. A oloae vote of 97 to M. The Cnunoil ouata the country ilOO.OOU a year. jl'joo.wk) missing. In 181,1 or 1844, the British goveniment aent a let ker to the ,1'urliument of Canada, that after paying the expuiK'e of the establishment, aa annually shown by Postmaster Stayner'a bills, the Imlance woulil be put back into the province cheat. When the colonv got the control of the poat ottire there waa • bal- ance due the colony of i)100,000, over and above Stayner'N expcnoiturea- I asked an account of it, and copy of any correspondence about it, but Hincks, Lafontanie, Cuuchon, it Co. voted down all entpiiry. Last ses.siini, with Uolph, Ac. in (diicc, 1 renewed my mtilion — Kiinply for informHtion where our money was — Rnil the government — Uolph, Hincka, Moiin, Robs, Morrif> (sly and aleek), Rtcliards, &c. refused. — [Jour. p. 423. 1 EI.ECT ALL THE COUNCIL ! The giiverumeiit schemft of Inst session waa an elective ciMiiic-il or senate, to be partly iiominntcd by the Odveriior— partly electeil — a portion of the pre- sent ol I and Worn out couiieillo a to remain — another aecti'in to be chosen from men holding i.1000 in real eatute — the eler thwnttine a iv gJo*l we may do — a:id to nr^t't this onlliy, tlS.OOO were asked, iiicludi tg.louble pay to placemi^n hnviug seats there. For four dollars a day to each coanrilk)r, wh'^ther otherwise overpoi lor not, voted [See .lour. p. 1097 J — Rolph, Amos Wright, Christie, Prince, ^-.-; •■Hincks, Cameron, '.Dimmmond, Egan, Roae, Cartier, Merritt, Smith, dm.. Ferguason, Richarda, Chabot, itc. THE KILLALY BRIBE. i.... Killalyhnabeeu paid the regular aalary ($2,509 or $3,500) 'attache«t to nia olBce of Maiatant commit* aiouer, ever aiiico he hold iti but Hiiicka wanted kim to play a part on the London boarda, during the Graud Trunk rehearsal; and aome aay that at Hrst Killaly hositatotl. Bh thiu as it may, n mock aucount for pre> temled labor du*\vaa uassed in Council, nodded to by Lord KIgin. and oH'erea to the Assembly aa i:719 17a. 3ld. to Kilialy " for eixiotioriiig aervicoa on the Wetland Caiml," Feb. IS.Il to Dec. 1653, at $1000 • year. § When it came to the vote, tha artful old do nil, uotlly a« 11719 17a. lorvicoa on the 1853, at $1000 a tful old do, rould 1. got h\» bona ill piifBug for IE £10,000. the romliirt of -Vrighta, Smith ood the whuitt in romuntte« been met by iHc rhnn^ea to ^vuniinent, a ) eiKjuire iuto o three fourtha id bis poaition r jb, R)i.J bend lly ill the cmo d by bim and t '"hanihcrlaia ow( ver, tfwrcd I Hi irks witlk atofi the facta, •— Ibnt liidnul Mixl conid be ought to b« House to aee isked povem- [oriii said N«, oaker's lianda n seconder in I he withiln-w : off'oiidcd by ft^nr of the if the kimrei a committee >', and the re- tereA by it— to appear d«< Radilliiea. He I Anger endi.