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H W ' Gen Be pie tinnks to have con me for th Parliame my past 1 condemn nineteen- the wholi nounced in its liea Tlie tn Sovereig lias prefe soul of t has flee loiisly St] Parliame tliat hisa remain v th'!/ (ire lie and f every hu perspica( MKR, tlie " level o " binntio " tiiein " rapidly Does Governo in Canai selves til The : consider taneousi solemn million < which I whom tl a time c which tl every d Election tlisguste tion, as 1763, an has, the cannot, i t/e fact ADDRE^i^i^. Gentlemen, Be pleased to accept my most sincere tinnks for the confidence witli which you have continued to honor me by re- .lectins; flieforthe eigh h liine to represent you in Parliament. T..is solemn approbation of my past Parliamentary conduct is a solemn condemnation which you, in common with nineleen-twentieths of the people tiirough- the whole extent iif the Province,l»ave pro- nounced against an administration corrupt in its head and in all its members. Tlic man who was commissioned by liis Sovereign to be the father olalltlie people has preferred to be the chiefof aparty — the soul of that fraction, of that taction which has elected that rickety minority, ndicii- lijiisly styled " His Majesty's opposition in Pdrliainenl." The consequence hiis l)cen that his ample authority and pompous tides, remain well written upon ptirchnunt. Jiiit they are null in the heurta of all honest men. He and his creatures have been scouted from every hustings by that party which, in the perspicacity of his powerful genius, Ayl- MKR, the clear sighted, saw, " sunk to that " level of insignificance from which a c(i:ii- " hination of fortuitous circumstances raised " them fur a time, and to whieli they arc " rapidly descending." Does my Lord now comprehend that Governors pass away, and tiiat rapidly, in Canada,the moment they attract to them- selves the contempt of the People ? The Election which you have made, considered in connexion with those simul- taneously made in both the Canadas, is a solemn condemnation pronounced by a million of men upon political Institutions which oppress iheoi — upon guilty men whom those Institutions have fur too long a time clothed with irresponsible power, which they have so scandalously abused in every department of the state. Those Elections prove that the people are as much disgusted today with the present Constitu- tion, as they were in 1774, with that of 1763, and in 1792 with that of 1774. It has, therefore, ceased to exist dejure. It cannot, therefore, be any longer preserved tie fncto, except by force and violence employed in oppressing the many for the b. nefit a few hirelings, who admin- ister it for their own profit, and who, for the good of the Metro- politan State and ol the Colony, cannot bo t (o soon driven from public lite, inasmuch as they are too corrupt to be reformed, and too roiien and too gangrenous to be healed. Th ir touch is contagious — no honest man ought to act with them, or associate with them, and therebj grant to their calamitous administration a lew days' longer existence. These Elections made under the circum- stances which jirereded them, impose upon the Representatives elect, the ohiiaation of working with redoubled zeal in prosecuting to piini*liment the guilty who were accus- ed in the last Session ol Parliament — in reforming abuses— in elTecting an alteration of a vicious Constitution — and in extending the Elective principle, iheonly refuge from the murderous lead of their assassins, and from the more revolting partialities of the Courts of Justice, which remains for ted people who have been yond the protection of the Law ilirit niournlul day — the iiloody 18:12. This mission 1 accept with all mv heart. To the accomplishment of this trust I (livote al! the moments of my life. Next to liipsalisriiction ol having united tite sull'rages of so great a niimher of my fellow Citizens, wliosezeal in the midst of tiie must violent outrages was supported only by tiieir conscientious conviction that the Candidates whom they supported were devoted to the interests of Canada, the most lively satisfaction that I could have experienced was to be the object of an op- position so immoral and extravagant as thai which was excited against me. The minority of a part of Montreal esteeming itself of superior importance in the country, imagi- ned that a victory which would have ^iven it two Representatives in a Houseso inc'e- pendentas that of the 15th Provincial Par- liament, would have drawn it from that perfect impotence in which it is placed by Its foolish opposition to the rest of the po- pulation of the Province. It thereby ex- posed the silly pride, the sanguinary antipa- a persecu- put be- ever sineo 21st May ''5^ tliies, the em] ty prcfcn'^inns, of ihe'Tory' — 'Conservative' — ' stulii, ijhd ' — ' rtcoieh ' — ' Bank'—' Hiinlsm; t' .111(1 tioveill- ment ' paity, in so suon^'a liL.lit, dial I could not litlp enjoying ivcry day wiili ili- liglit (lie lurture.'j anJ a<^onii.'» wlueii, in its powerless raije, Isaw ii (eit n^ ii ilail) re- ceived llie news ol'ilie re-eleelion ol my linnoral)ie colleafjiies of ilie ni.ijoriiy, aii'l tlie rejt ("lien ol' llie nienilier.- oj" tlie poor, rel'u-e, eniaeialed luinorily. .'^;i reiliici il auii battered as iiui to leave to His Mnji'>iy — to Geor;^e Auliljo — lo.lnlin Mii^-on, Ji:n. — and tlie other precious relics oi' tin- llrilin'i party, luit a very in^ignilie.ini, and pitial) u opposition. Tlie censure of bad men is praise to the good. I cannot but be ''.itlered with a fruitless opposition, which has cost its prin- cipal instigators enormous sums, and num- berless crimes, which stain and dis-rracu them. Some of the valiant bankrupt mer- chants who instigated that opposition, sta- led with the siion;;est ar^ruuientation of which they were capiihle, li.al they wtrt ready to spill the last dioj) of liicir blood lo achieve the Ciuixoiic aiivenuireof putting down the Relonii p.Mty, ihai is, the nine- teen-twentielhs ol'tlie population ol Lower Canada, and the niac-tcnth- ot that of I'p- per Canada. Could they more elo(pieiitly announce that they were n fortiori very well disposed to steal thiir ciedilors' last ehilling (or the con^ummatiou ol'so i,'oo(i a work as the achievenn'ut of llicir chivairic adventure? The Scutch fi.uty r:ii :i(l in 1831, as in IS'Vi, a Lu;^^ sul.scrijuion lor the purpose ol gaining by conuiiiiou an Election, whereir, if t!ie electors were left totheirfrcennd independent choice, it would not have dared to enter into the struuqle. From the outset, that party manireslei! its contempt for the law, and for the partizaiis which it wished to rnid in the luaiki t to be bought and sold like kess oi' heriiii::-., or of whiskey, which it iin|)Orted to distribute among them, (xirrupiion wa^ lo jjuvc heen so very extensive tlial hinds which were destined for that purpose nut L'i.iu^iasily le- vied upon the con.-ideraMe portion of f^ritisli mercaniile ca,'ji il, cousuming and ili-sipai- ed among the party, they liad the iiiii)udence to present their subscription iisi to virtuous Canadian citizens. They did not succeed iii making tlie latter as bad fjubjects as them- selves, shamoless conspirators as tlity were, against the existence of tlie iiio.t precise laws, and against the fir^t principles of puL- lic morals. Their conspiracy was diiected not against laws uf which tiiey dcinanded the correction, hut against ihose which they admit to he salutary. Tliev love the enjoyment of vice, they give themselves un to it witli eagerness, but (hey do not like to be called vicious. They will tell you (hat corruption and violence ought to be banished from Elections, in presenting yon with Subscription Ijists to defray (Fie expenses attendant on violence and corrup- tion at nn Election. Certain inllueritial citizens, idnrmcd aiid ))eireiving in these prepiiiiilidiis of the parly who were tiic nulliors of the tnciits of llic 21x1 May, (be danger thiU I bey would make (lie 'ilsl of November, more nlier their own hearts, that is to siiy, that they siiould cause d greater number of Canadians to be destroyed — (bought tUey spoke to men whilst tiiey spoke to tigers. P'roni an exoessive love of pence, thi'y proj:H>sed, by way of compromise, to leu'. c to (hem (be choicie of n n^presentndve, u step wliicli would render the murderoim means they had pre|mreroacbing Assembly was so cir- lainly murl el out by (he course pursued in (he last Assembly, and appro\ed of by (he formal demands of Ihe people— arc things which can be lit;lc understood by tho.ie nho aie ignorant undN into his pocket, and wiiidi disho- nored the British (jovernment, by disrcgard- in|>pthe engagement whiuli it made in i77H, relative to the Revenues to be raised in tho (jolonics. Those intriguers Iihvu written that the election of Dr. Tracey had been carried by aci'i of violence so that the correspondents and their friends dared not n|iproach the poll ; that the corres[>ondents were the masters of the election of the West Ward ; that the House of Assembly knew it well, ai d that it was in conse<|uence of this certain kiutwledge of an incontestable fart that the Assembly had suspended the issuing of the Writ of Mon- treul, under the pretext t lat no elrcti(m could 1)0 carried on in safely in the then agitatetl and riotous stitle of the Ward. Mr. SShinley, instructed and inspire I by these honest und ditiintercsled corresj>ondenls, repeated that Montreal represents a consideralile portion of British commercial capital, and that he did not doubt that such was the reason why the \V rit was not issued in a year and a half. He had learned from the same source, and knew with the same exactness, that the |M)pulution of Montreal was oidy 20,0(K), amongst whom 7,(MM) male adults had signed an address cx- prt^smg their g'ratitudc for the murders of that nionrnfui oay — the 21st May, 1832. In Canada we know we.l th .t only 300 fa- natics had participated in this nnirdcr, by their approvitig address. Is the forjji ly or adding thereto f5,70O supposed signatures • lie crime of the correspondenls in Cana- da, or of those in Lonihin, or of the Cas- tle of St. Lewis in tiuel)cc, or of Down- ing-strect ? Time will reveal this ini- tjuitnus mystery. But the authorities who were sufliciently dep»aveil to have prepared, or simple enough to allow themselves to be du|>ed, will no longer go\ ern the Canadas. — They have given the Canadas the extension of the elective system. They have rendered it of indispcnsibU- necessity by this striking ttroof cither of their stupidity or of their vil- any. It is from t!iosc premises that the intriguers of London have written to those of Montreal, " if you do not render yourselves masters of the Westward of Montreal, we can no more present ourselves at Oowning-Strcet as your moutli-picce ; we slrnll b« driven thence with contempt ns having too lon^ bcrn the licnrrrs of your Imasliiigs and your lies." We nuist not thcrt>fore he surprised al the (crimes uhji h they ha\e eoiiimilled. It must he tvidtnt timt nothing but thi; milJiuss of the l.aliils of the CauiKJians, joined wilh llie <(»iiviction th:il tluy were in istirs of tlie I'^lection, have etiubl,!il them to bear, wilhonl crushing their oppressors, the ouiriiirvs which hi.ve been daily heaped iipin tlieni. From the \ ery duwn of ihe Klcclion, a great iiunil)er of " open houses " have li» en e!«lHlilislied for the use of the ]iarlisiins of Walker und Donnellan, und a great innnber of men, who were not Kleelors, allrneled thillicr from the distant |)iirls of this I'ro- vincc, and even from I'pper Canada, by iho oHer of nmney. have been I'trmaiiently sta- tioned al those houses, intoxicated by drink, and maddened by the speeches of Walker and those of (air sublime counler-arisloeraey, wal- lowing night an sicret, ere it ■came and dfiiiurralizcd s(» fstronjjiy as it did hy remloriiiii homasfi' Ki tlie inar- Itcd superiorily, enliiiliieimieut and iiillii- ence which it aitnltutedto John Donellan, file new idol which ii p'accd on the pedes- tal. As to the puhlir, it could see iiotliiiig in these prostriitioii^ ol the British noliility at the feetol'the illiterate jjardener, hut ihti saturnHliaolDemiiijouueisui. As for myself the abject ness alone ol their conductconvin- ced me that it was truly aristocratic, inon- arcliical, loyal and British, and thai it (low- ed from the maxim which our colonial gov- ernnieni has ever jilaced above all laws, human and divine; Divide to reign. At the thought of the vast lei r torial pos«j,->sions which his newly borrowed loyalty was a- bout to procure for I is fortunate colletficuc, whalgolden visions must have smiled upon llie iinapinaliun ol Mr.Wjilker if he became tiie cltii/' e of being behevcd, the infamy of imput- ing their criiucs to those who have been the victims. The Reform party committed no vio- lence. It was its interest that none should be committed. The servile part> hud from the outset an interest to commit violence. — That interest became every day more im- perativ.e, every day violence became greater. It was commenced on their pan with a view ol procuring a factitious major- ity, which it had no hn|M3 of obtaining by a free Klection. They concluded in the hope when defeat luul liecome certain, of prevent- ing any return being made. It was the party of 183'arty were so sure of the result of the Kliction tliat it could ittill o|i|M)sc three ({ood votes to uueli ({(hhI vote re- iiiuiiiin|3;\viili iis iiilverNiiries.To iiiereitse their little li»it of voters which remuiiied. the latter inscribed thereon the iiuincii of uieii who re- fuNud tiled) uiid sent them nwuy ten times over, mid who iiidicniiiit ut the eoiiliiiimlly incrcusii)({ risks tu vvhicli they cxiiosed the lives and properties of citi/^'iis, tidojited the deleriiiiiiation to hnsten to register tlieir votes u>riiiiist them, and imiiii.diatcTy to |)laee tlicni ill a grtitWr minority than that which already iiiado their nolile British blood boil with iii- ilifTiiation, and which made us burst with huighter at the sight of their grotesque con- tortions. The Liliend jmriy could not wish for vio- lence. It is convinced, it linn declared with, and in a similar manner to, the Assembly, ilint the King's llepresct'.tativu was guiltv of jmrtiality and injustice in the exercise ot the duties of his oHice— that his Majesty's Otti- ccrs, as well Civil as Military, were Cur tlio iiinjor part combined as a faction, induced by interest alone, to struggle for the snp|iortof a corrupt (Government, inimical to the rights, uiid op|iosy to the Judges sutliciently ignorant and iniquitous to submit to him — " I interdict you from theex- ercise of your functions. I will not that you should listen to accusations brought against the munlercrs who are my friends or who have bribed me" — It knows that Canada is ilie only country which has ever aflbrdcd the exhibition of 13ritisli Judges so complete- ly abject as to be heiird (o sny to ihe CouiiKel s|NMil>iiig on behidf of private iiidi\i- duals wishing to proMC'iile the arcusniion for the inurder oi'tliiir hiisluind— llieir fiiih< r or their child— '• We would wish to hnir you, but the ^>'olicitor (iciicral is not willing" — and where this .Soliritoi- would shortly iifler be promoted to the Otliieof Atloriity (Mine- ral for having had iIjo merit of gagging the Judges iind (lie l.iiwycrs ol' the piiviilt; party, and icndrriiig vain and illusory the Oath sworn by bis King never Id refuse nor to retard justice to any of his subjects. Tilt' Liberal paity lias seen the Counsel' for the accused in tliiil cause pruiiioied lo' the liench upon ilie recoiiiiiieii(!atiuii of thene very Judges wlioin he bad ci>nlribitt- ed to gag and degrade. This, of all iio.sbi- Mu selections, was llie most worliiy of Lord Ay liner, becau.'^e of all possible se- ail no insuiti lections, it was the niosi insulting to Ca- nadii, and the most iniquiton!<, it being that of u fanatic political parti/iin, engaged' all his life, in plots to overlhrow the present system of laws. It knows Jiat the Jury law, Well undeiNlood and well executed by tlie Slierill's of Ciuebec and Three Rivers, has been outrageously violated by the- tilierilf of Montreal bfcause it was neocs- sary, ut all hazards, lo save those aguins-t: whom tliey entered a pretended prosecution — a prosecution by which lifu was at stake- i( it were serious,niid which concluded by. compliinuDts because it was a faice. It has nu doubt but that prevaricating* Judges can, witliout having seen the depo- sitions, decide of themselves to»et at liber- ty without bail, persons who liave been le- gally arrested upon the warrant of a Justice ol the Peace, for Wilkui, Mukdck — thatv Judges violently prejudiced can of ihem-- selves falsely assert that the Magistrate who issued his warrant to arrest the aucus- ed & bring thun< before him was liable to a fine ol — .'WO Pounds.— It is. persuaded that the greatest ofTences uf the self-styled loyal and British party, are protected under, the magic of those talismaoic names by. the sympathies of power and by the pros- tration of all the public functionaries at tliie- feet of that party — on the contrary thatow'- ing to the antipathies of public functiooaucsv the slightest peccadilloes of tbv liberul! party are spied out and punished, with the most maligncvntjpyy and the most vindic- tive severity-«it knows thai the divint^- laws which say that "whosoever shall spilb '' man's blood by man shall his blood bu "siiilt" are muteinCanada before the words- 'British,' 'Loyalty,' * Support of Gavcru- meal' — words coiiiing from HelUif ihey, are to bear the meaning too frequently given them by party spirit. It knows, that, in politics, blood demands blood in order that its cflusion may be stop- ped, and that if impunity and rewards had not been dealt out and distribut- ed among the miitdcicis of BiixiiT, Lang- 1 i' . "ft •if 'I" i!i;i)'iu mill C!ii,\i"iN, llir Mitml nf lUliiii'Ai; — tlii> liloDil (if M,Mi(;iii:x wdiilcl no( have HiiiiM- hi'i'ii iIh'iI— iliiU if tilt' imirdcTtTs of llu! lirsi liiid iKit Ix'cn set iil lil)irty without hiiil, ihf imiriliMcrs of Maiu orx woulil not huve h'rii oiilar,i'(l iindjr iridin^'" and ridliMilo'is sccmiiicv, which st-rvc as a tncru pa'spoii to a lorcc'ii eoiittirv. [t is cviih'iil ih:it iht' hliiod of II Ciinu- di:ui is of IV,) iivirt' v.iluu ill the estimation of ilic Hiiiish JiidiTos «l the District of Mnnlii'ul.tliiiii thi' hlood ofiiii Irinh (Catho- lic li'doif nti OraiiL'e Jiid:j(." and Jury pruv- idii-i lo ( Iiilholic cmaiir'pation. With iii(i«i' lai'is hi'fore ihi'ir eves, how niiihl till' liltcrii! parly desire violence wliich would liavL' only tirouijht about the repi'iiiioii ot' the !»amu dis;isii'r ami the dis- frilnition anew, hv false weii^ht? and (alse iniMisures, of that jiisiice which is humane and protectins; to loyal .«lau'.^hterer» — in fi'inal and revenijeful towards those who would difcnd iheuiselves fronj their hlows. Were not the Maijistrates, with a few lioni-rahle exceptions, as corrupt this ) ns in thirty two 7 They are the same, rewarded, moreover, with the price ol their iniipiily. Has in- "vho in \KVl reiirelted that a fool of a constahle as he called him, came hetween the Soldiers' Muskets and Mr. L\ioNi'AtNK, whereby the latter was saved, lias lie, I ask, a soul less atrocious in l^Ut ? And if an armed force had beon calli'd on to interfere, would he have direct- ed it asainst his political adversaries less certainly than it was directed in 1832 by those ferocious brutes. calledJustices of the j>eace, who, armed with stones and clubs, pursued the people and cried out to their parti/ans ; "friends otHastar, fall back — tall '' hack — the troops are advancin:» as fir as " Dr. Uobertsoa's, ami there they will fire "on the Rebels." A fanatick brute, like Colonel Mc Intosh, because he was in the habit of dining; everyday with the other fanatick brutes, Councillors, and employees, who spoke to him about the burning of the town and the cutting the Soldiers' throats, may well say upon reflection in Scotland, eihat " he bitterly regretted not having fired "on the place D'Armes when both parties " were pell mell, and having marched under ■" Dr. Robertson's direction as far as his "' house in order to allow the complete se " paratioa of one paity from the other," but after what had occurred there, the generality of the Liberal party had reason to suppose that the military even to-day might erroneously have considered themselves as lilind and passive instruments obliged to go wherever the fury and vengeance of the Magistrates would order them to fire. Ought the various obstacles to procuring justice induce the Liberal party to support lor a still longer time the indignities of which they are the daily victims ? Cer- tainly not. It could have surmounted all t'.uue obsiacks during the Election, and every day of the Filection. It hut not, it oiii^lit not to etitoTlain, a shadow of hope that it will oitiaiii any justice whatsoever, from any ol the autliorities, constituted as they are at present in the Country. If it entcrtiinc I tl o same o| inion of the au- thoriiiis in I<^ngland, that it entertains ol the authorities iu this Country, all those iili- stiiclcs it hail overthrown. Hope is not dead in all henrt-<. Many demand ami expi'ci justice yet from the F.n!»lish Par- liament. Tbiit is the clue to the enignm which explains why citizens, too moderate perhajis, have prevented the Klectors, dis posi'd todo Itieiii'i'lves jiislicp, from shew- ing tliemselves sulTioienily stn^ng to remain nl the poll where the law was too weak to protect thciii. The poll commenced on Friday morn- ing theSlstult nl llie hour agreed to : but seven votes to one having bejn given by Ihe Liberal party, and Walker's committee being certain from the great number of Re- formers in the neighbourhood of the poll, that the majority would go on increasing all the day in the same proportion, nolhiiiij more was necessary to persuade the loyal nariv — the Government party — that ihcv had the right to knockdown the Liberal Electors, in support, alter their accus- tomed manner, of our good Provincial On- vcrnment whirh, according to these knock- me-di)wn apostles, has so many titles to our love. K band of several hundred in- furiated wretches sallied suddenly out of Englir>trs Tavern— the Head duarters ol the Walker Party — for the purpose of com- mitting an aggression the least foreseen, and the least provoked that it is possible to imagine. This was the first appearance of a borde of unknown people, not belonging to the city, who were previously collectoil in the house from which Walker and Don- nellan had come out only within the pre- ceding half hour, and dnlled to attack and disperse the Electors. The Returning Officer immediately adjourned the poll. Fortunately Walker had not yet thrown off the hypocritical, but transparent mask under which he as yet only hall shewed his inordinate love ol the most excessive vio- lences such as he has since openly appro- ved and excited. He approved or the ad- journment, but notwithstanding this forced approval, the lives ot his adversaries and of the Returning OfTicer continued to be a moment in danger, when those furious rufTiins endeavored to burst open tlie poll room door, if the reflection had not imme- diately presented itself that forced to sell their lives, that of Walker would probably be the first part of the price of the sale. For more than three quarters of an hour af- ter the close of the Poll, and the dispersion of all opposition, those cannibals continued yelling, danciug, threatening and commit ing absaults throughout the adjacent strcciik hus not, It t)W o( liopt' wlinlsoever, nsiiiiiivd as intry. IT it I of (he nu- 9titertain!i of nil those ol)- [Idpi* is not Irmnnd and ?.n<;lish I'.ir- I the enigmn DO moderate I lectors, dis Irom shew- >fi!Tto remain tuo weak tu ^ridrty niorn- reod to : but ?n given hy 's committee iinher of [lo- of the poll, n increasin;; lion, nothin;' de the loyal f— thai ihcv the Liberal their accnu- ovincial Oo- these knock- ny titles to hundred in- ilenly out of duarters ot 10SR of cora- ls! foreseen, i possible to ppearance of }t belonginir sly collected ter and Don- lin the pre- attack and Returning I the poll. t thrown off arent mask shewed his ccessive vio- tenly appro- d or the ad- g this forced ■rsaries and finued to be lose furious ten the poll 1 not imme- jrcL'd to sell uld probably of the sale. r an hour al- e dispersion lis continued ind conimit- accnt strcctik Slid British Gknti.f.mkn, Batik I'irectors, iiiembLT'; of lla' Hoard ot'l'riido uiid oi' W'nl- kur'sivjuimilli'O liiirriii.'d in the midst ul ihom ciiiiiiliiils. And us tin; [loojilo of this ciiii- (ry li.'ivi' wiiiii'ssuil si;;lits ol n siiiiilar d i- rTi|itii'ii ri'iii.Mic 1 a tlioii "I'ul timi'-, it \\\ i [ii>~->il)lv.'tor thuiii to cuii' idcr as tiali"nal tiiu -ru^^^ and briit.tl ni;i:iiK'rs ul U|isl;iri'<, who li,'i.Mii by «.'ruld)i:i:^ ^!ioe.■l aad swcfjiiiiEf >liii|)s ill order, viiin'.' limt; ialL'r, to sit iu the I.i';,'i>ialivj Council. It is an injus- i:i;c, Imt tin.' ai't.^ of an A.tuiiiiisiration u liiidi lias Sii olii'ii cli'.iscii such Kcpros- riiiativcs of IJi-i(i:.li nationality, liavo rca- il.Ti'd it iiu'vilaldo. lilt' jfiiiry (ifintUhnmmcric') win) dinctcd iiii< iiidvi'iiuii', Mciin; ilii' li iiicit clictiiri), ulio r,'{ir'i;i' !icd llit'iii vvilli liii'ir inl'miy, (li'ti-riiiiiicii tu ;■ ^iiii lin'ir lusl ^rrmiiid (111 Mniniiy, iu\i| warned ■.\u\ tlli'v wrri' di'li'iv.iiiicd to take ll, IimI i'ro.iitlio |Mid, lull I'roia tlu- |'ii\inj^, iiss.Hsiim, r.iiiiij it iiimrnl !» i'X|Mis(' iu »ri^t lender :iii I SI) Mirt — to lli>' ciJiiliel iifllie hurd \ tmi^di plc- hi ,ni dluii ol'llie elli/.eiiy i.iid .irtiiiliK 'i'liey eii- li leil iiiii) >i liu'ealnin^ liei.'<)(.i,'lMii u . It the |to- Miiijiii^' (.Miii'i r— ml) u ir.mdnlent nejjivhilion Mill iJaiiiuli.iM jji'iilleijieii— and iuti) ii n< ;,'.)ei;i- 1; '11 Df alhiliro olleli-ne iiiifl deleli-.ive IMlh thu .Mi^jiHlMtci of .MdiilK ill I'l. y \U')tc to tho il'iiiriiiii'.; ' '111 'er inri' r t'e' iinlimrily »(■>■ luiii'ii .^ luii»i-i'U' ;is thai III' \\ .ilk;r, ili.it !• w.inui- i.i wl i;uilly lU n .iiicliiiir^r very like In^ji ireusoii. Wiill.er, li'ilh Jiidje and Jury in liin uwn ca^e, :iMii>; 1.1. vlicior.-! uii »'xaiii|i'e uf the r.ieiiiiy with . lueli o. litis (iiii!;llt iiiiM'ni|iiiliiii.sly In lie t.ikeli ill . uud c.iuse, Ir.iiHiiiiiied lo Ihe Jiii'Hecs i.rtlu :\ .ii-e his iii',"iil.i\ll of llio alleged iTIiMliiilily of l:ii Uiliirniiiif Ol'.ii'er, iiiid of the |ire(i>i.iii ul'h.s mUI'iiis or( 'riiiiiiiid L:iw, wliii-h ieil iiiin liiiiiiko :i iliieii\4Ty Ko (jralifviii!; to the lovally ul'lhc Jiis- th'es 01 the I'e.iee, I'.iiilriliiilors lo llio e. minion I'.ind, r.iised lo |iriMiin|i' ihe cleeliuii ot'lhe io, al. I'lie wliole was rolilideil on what the I'eturiiiiii; ('lliiur, il is said, had iiiiiturcd "very low, li- iwet'ii hici leelli' on tho |ire\jou.s F.iilay, "lii.it lie waa 111 dimmer— thai he tlin not know v.luilier lie shoiilil not lio under the iieL'e.s.-ily, in orthr to jir siT\e \\U life, iit'|ilaein^ hiinselt'on the lollow- in; Miiiiil ly iiial. rl'H' [iroleeli.ai of a I 'uniii.ii.y 01 .Militi 1.' Ce'laii,l\ lojilU hliuselt'in a p Lsllion I I pruleel liiiiiieir iVolil the assas..iiis (.,inii\s) of Mr. Walker, was, aeeorilin^j to .Mr, Walker, I'l dert.irc wnra;; linst the S.ivereifMi whose I 'ro>vn 'voiil,! 1)1! i'iid,iii;^erpil it' Mr. Walkir were not lie. led. I leneeiorwaril liiuliy jiersons sincerely lielicved Ih'it.Mr. Widker was leally and truly mad. 'I'liey .iitriiiiiled ihis deraiig. in 'ill to tho sudden inv.i^i.iii ul'loo ijri al a ipMiiMly ol hue ut llie puhlie i^'on.l into tiie narrow an I oppressed rc- ^'ioiiM ot'liis hi.un, uliieh uiilil ih.t lime l.ad lieeii Void ot'lhat hninour, iiiid llic no.;;lil'oiirini,' |inrls, Uatil thai inOMieiit swollen and 111 led with sol f-io\e, persoiKil inloieui, and lluUiloni;y, Lieeomin^ loni- protisi'd Willi a craekiinjj: noise (^t)a(/i(cmt/i6)and lefrilile snlleiini,' caused ih isn c.vlernal convul- .■^ions which every one leinarked. Albr liawiiir thus alariiiod the Majjistratc^i for tlie.safdy ot'tlie, ,-iale, and the lleliniiini; Olllcer lor tile .safely uf his hcail— dispo.^iiej;, after the manner of ihe ('n)vvn Otiicers in iklJ, of the conieieiueofilic .Soicrei;.;n, and as if he was al- ready deetej, and thenceforlh AttorneyGoneral, or Chief Justice, or uiie and the other liolh lojje- ihet, and liiul bucouie similar to thobe whuui he had «i> juitly diinoininatcil rofutii, ho retolvrd to hiay tliocouriic of jtisiiif, .and not to eausc th« IMuriilii;^ Ctlieer to I'c cxecnted if llm laltet would only fi.'hiiiii to hiricinidilioiiH, A few (lays' r(!S|)itn would ho grunted liimlo prep.'re lor hii latter rnd, before Qtlarkiii<{ hint une.' on thu Cultlu MnrKrt iiinrc treacherously til II Vi i. provided il did not occur acain that ll" had to .I'l.civj .-oven Votes lor tin; Dcinocrnt- je. (,'aiidiilali H ii^ai.i; t ono luriiio cinhryo of a f'l'eat iinii (/(' ifiii.i..' i.uin.ht in iicfbe.) lli: tran.'-- linlti'd ill writin;;; tin) aaino i.oiiHencieiil propo« utioiiii til tliii opposili! ( 'andidates, adding' that 111-, ICIeeJoi'' pn i'rrcd not lo vote tor him at nil than Iu he oIili!,'rd to ini.t in Ilie crowd. 'I'ho iidvert.i; (.undnlalcH oui;lil to have hui;;hed mid Paid iioihiii',', in aiconlaiiei' willi wise old sa)- in;; -.Aiii-wer noi lonlisii iiiieslion". Neverthe- less this III turniii"; ( Miieer, who had hei n he- f ire and alter I his day soundcservdl) ill-treated by this insolent man and his insolent fiiendn, whom, on inoretlmnono occasion, he oiifjht to have iinineiliatcly sent to jail, th;oii;;h an c.\- cecdii-.^f hiVc fur that pence which, when the law was iiLsiiHiciont lo prcnn vo il, h'j had no ripht to expect eitlii;r iVoin the honour nor from the ^'uod I'aith of those by whom il was disturbed, conde.-ecnded to iicipiiesce to tho proposal to till..' il vole, iiltcrnaicly ul one window for one jiarly, and a Vote ul another window for tlio other parly. A\lieii be nnnonn.'cd this his dc« t'Tinination, on .Monday, it the openin;; of the Poll, Ihi.- popular (Jundidates ^Miid that they Would nol coUHcnt In it. It was illi(;al ond nneipial. It was us injurious to the pop- ular parly, whiih was thai of tho innjorily, na il wn.s ailwiniajeona to the Tory parly, wliich was that 111 Ihe niiiiorily which had he^'nn the riots, and was orfaiiLsed to eoiili'iue tlcin— which had tho most ainplu ineuns at its diflpo?- al — eorniplion ui.d no seriiphs — and which would thus appear for siivcral day.*, as an cn- couru^'cincnl to the 'I'ories at a ilistanee, to ho on an npial foulin;^; in puinl of iiinnliprs Willi the I.ilieial parly. Sevcr.il I'.lcctois who pcrieivi'd this inpislice retired ilisi;ontenled, and aonie did not return. Trick and violence wi ro the iiie.'.ns ri>-orted toby the Aristocracy. Con- tidcnct; ami p.Uiene.', even unto dupery, wcio tlii^ popular weapons. Jminediatciy oinr tlio frightful tumult of Fri- day, tilt) I'alhoi'of Lies, assiiiniii;,' the features and liyiirc of Doctor Uobektson, ran from door to door saying' that Montferand bad arri- ved with a (Vihi'li tilled with a.xo liiiiidltS wlii'di the l.'uMUiJians ininii.'diatcly laid bold of in oriier lo knocl; down the Eiislisli, but wdiicli a fcudfth" I'ltter iind wrenched out of ibeir hand.-', niui put tlcm to tiiijht. lie was not then iijnorant ol wiiiit all the world knew, that n ereat luimher of Walker's partisans had sal- lied out oI'MiiLdish's house, armed w ith axe han- dles, and clnhs— that the premises of the Widow MiCiraih hiid heen forcihiy hrokeii open by those of Walker'.spartizans who had come from Kiiijli' h's without sticks — that they had stolen wbeel-spokcs, which a man named Alonarqne bad stored there, with pitch-fcrks, rakes and hroom-handh a, lor tho purpose of retailin;;, as a means of saining a livuiihood — and \V olk- cr's Coinmiilec has sonic short time uftcr paid for those eaiue wiiccl-.s in scjnads, to dilierent and opposite directions, so that they may be the more easily overpowered. Verily, verily, there is no? another man in the world, with a soul so Satanic under a mcin so smooth and so false. AVIien he smiles on a Canadian, be peisiiaded that it is with the same smile with which the .Serpent smiled en Eve to des- troy her and all her posterity. Afler havitiij; hawked his lies about during the d.iy, he ])roceeded, m the cveniirir, to deli- l)eratc on tlie Aliidavit of alleged High Trea- son, and on the meaiip of seizinir upon the di- rection of the I'Icttion, as he seized on that of IS32, with results so satisfactory to himself. Well assured by the deliberations ofthe magis- trates tliat it may (iarf anything, Walker's jiarty dared every thing. The liberal jiarty found in these new ein'i\instanees new motives for endur- ance, becaus- i(s inexhaustible patience towards its enemies w oidd prove, more and niore, that the same men, wilh the same dei)ravily which caused I'lem to spill Canadian blood in IS.'W. had the same inextinguishable thirst lo spill it afresh, and would furnish a lorotaslt! ofthe horrorsoflhcir re- gime if their ravini.;s after domination were to bo realised. A great number of Canadian lamilies have been separated — wives and children sent to the country — houses invaded — some fortilled for de- fence — others abairloncd lo the fury of tho Loy- als, afler rclleeting that luvini; provided for the safety of tho dearest objects of their allections, the preservation ofprojieriy was of secondary im- portance, and that it.-; destruction would have shown that the British Government under the presidency of Matthew Lord Aylmer, will not, mill cannot, wake the laws be respected, Iiccause this Governor, and the authorities by himcho.sen, are integrant parts, the slaves of iliat power, whicii they have put in motion, and cannot arrest, through dread of being branded by it, traitors to their parly. In the midst of such grave disorders, the min- ority ofthe magistrates, acting with a view to the j)ublic interest j)r(ii)osed precautionary measures, riio majority spoke against their adoption but voted in their favor, so as not to compromise itself too much. Thus, among other things, a Procla- mation prohibiting meetings at night, which had already caused so much evil and uneasiness to peaceable citizens, was nubliahed in aceordn"co with their orders by the Town Crier. The troops were jjlaced under liie direction of th. magistrates. If the latter had acted honestly they wi>uld have energetically condemned their friends, the rullians who, to tho immiiitnt danger of the citizens by whom they wen; mel, paraded the streets in such i;umcrous bands, to confine themselves wilhui their frightful dens. They would have perempto- rily signified to them that the public force would constrahi them. Instead of making lheinselve« respected and obeyed the magistrates jireforred posting up how insincere was their prohibition, tor several of them paraded the streets along wilh tt:ei)rohibitcd processions. Several of them did t.0, no doubt, with the intention of praying Ihe gentlemen bandits not to Iiave recourse to ex- tremes. Silliness, net malice was «|>parent in th-.' .' conirndietiDiis ; in Iheir orderb to the people toremain (luiclly in their h<>uses, and in their ac- companying the riots which they had prohibited. As for tiie other magistrates who notoriously i)ar- tiri|)atcd in the fears and hopes of the hottest of Walkers parlizans coiicerninij the result of the election ; who, by all means, lionest and dishoii- est, by tales, aii>l stories, similar to that Doctor Rol)ertson retailed about the axe-handles, in their zeal to bring up voters, and who by the dirtiest in- trigues in fa\(>r of Walker ai 1 against his adver- p:tries, were among the most acti\e ofliis suppurt- t'ls — the jmblic, on seeing them mixed up with mobs, never accused them of having done so con- nivingly, for it had good reason to regard them as chiefs ol the band— as the instigating agents of all the violence that was committed. t>ii Friday the 1 1th >fov. the adjournment took place at 1 o'clock. At the moment when it was about to take place, some Kleetors stepjied abide, to resolve on demanding the adjournment to eight o'clock in the nuirniog in order to foree Walker to exhaust during a longer time of polling his reserve, many of whom had vi,tcd on that <)ay so as to l)revent ihe lapse of the fatal hour afler the procla- mation. He had the art ;;iid arlilice to succeed, under the pretext ofthe bad state of his health, in obtaining the ailjournnuni ofthe poll to eleven o'- clock in the forenoon. When the electors came forward lo demand the adjournment to eight o'- clock, he told llieni that Mr. NeUon !iad just pro- mised him that it shoulil remainclosed untilclevcn o'clock. Tills teeble state of his health was but a lyiMjj pretext, since, long betbre 11 o'clock, lie left Lnglish's accompanied by several hundred men armed with clubs, caused the jioll booth to be opened— look possession of it and of the environs wilh n force sulliiiently large and sulUciently threatningto )>reveiit the approach of any person otherwise than with the permission, and under the controul of those club bearers unless they came in as great numbers, with similar arms, and wilh the determinntion already repudiated of doing themselves justice. The Hcturnitig OfFicer fully convinced that he was perfectly at liberty, if he .'ame, lo |iroclaim Walker and Doiiellaii or to be li'fl under Ihe blows of their body guard, did not go to Ihe poll, but sent^to adjourn the poll by pro- clamation to MoiKlay at y o'clock. Then eomme need' the most gloriously degrading farce that the Hriiish gentry ever perlbrmed in a country w here tliey ollcn shewed off in tragico co- mic character. At this very instant no less than five or SIX hundred cudgellerg— a proof that thny cime prepared to make theinselves musters of the poll— accompanied by four privy cleaners, and .» iiumber of oIIht worthy gentlemen were on the ground, all ready marbhallerre Walker to iij; Ills reserve, day so as to fler the procla- ce to suceeid, ° his health, in ill to eleven o'- eleetors came lit to eight o'- 1 had just pro- ed until eleven :ilth was hut a A o'clork, ho 1 hundred men booth to bi. ■ the enviions sullicieiitly i)f any jierson II, and under ess they eaiiio nis, and wiUi ted of doing Omcer fully liberty, if he llan or to be uard, did not e poll by pro- sly degrading rlbriiied in a in tragicoco- : no li'ss than lof that tliey laslcrg oftho waiters, and .i were on the tlags Hying four victors, solemn spec- 1 of the ever of the proud- irislocraey — 'I hey Were on— the tri- Ihe reign o{ personified cuiulo tha rfot. Wo have often seen a chairing after an election had terminated, but what pretext was there for one before, and when there was a cer- tainty of a defeat? Was it a drunken crowd who ciragged through the streets their slaves, too vile and too trembling toolfer any resistance, and ulioni they thus [lunished tor having remained on tliii preceding evening iji the minority when they lind promised to be in the majority J The sick man who deir.aiided the adjournment of the poll loeli'ven o'elock, because he could not bear the fa- ligne of opening it at ten, was cirted, without iiiiy compassion for his bodily suH'oriiigs, (all mo- ral sentiment appearing cxiiiiguished and dead within him) on one of the coldest days, for a much liingir time than the poll continued, as well tliroii<'li the lanes and coiners most frequently re- siiiteilby the four privy-cleaners, as thro' tliost iio- Mo ([uarltrs frequented by their genteel associates. Tins was a proofthathis pretended sicknesa was a mere triek wliieii he employed so as to be able to enjoy for a lon^^er time, and in open day,tlic plory, "festivity and pleasure which his trusty I'rionds had for a long time promised him over tli3 nortnriiai potations which he partook with tliem Ml the ccllarsand ;»iogshops where they riiiispircd together. Days nf triumph alter an I'.lcetion gained were lornierly days of rejoic- ing when unarmed Citizens-, without fearing or provoking their adversaries, bore on their se- rene coiinctnancc, the expression of happiness without alarm or danger to any person whatso- ever. Was tl'.o delirious procession which drew the four ilelirious men, of this character ? Old not half of the mercantile men of Montreal march, armed with sticks, pell incU in the midst of several hundreils of persons brought iVoiii a dislniice and paid n;id retained and ar- med with clubs, vomiting forth together the most sanguinary impfccaiions, uttering all to- gether the most inurderouA imprecations against their political adversaries, halting with these i^ame attitudes and dispositions before their residences, into which stones were thrown at noon-day, in the presence and from the midst of at least twelve hiiiidrcd people .' Did not Jus- tices of the I'eace form a part ot this aiili-paci- lic Cortege ? Dill it not take place within eight hours of the publication of their I'roclaiiiatioii prohibiting Innmlluous meetings? .\nd having placarded Ihcir infamy in open ihi)', is it not a proof ofthc Muicli greater turpitude of which they may safely boast by night \ It was to mako us respect the s(a;i(ijt(i»,aiicl ihoLcgislativeCouncil — (he present Constitution — the whole Coiisti- Intion, anil nolliin^ hut the Constitution, that the noble Hritish blood, inllaincd with brandy and rage — llic Loyals, pav ex- II llencc — the Hritish Aristocracy of Montreal — (itlbrded us a. spectacle approaching nearerto the .laeobinism ot Paris, or iVantz, in 1 794, than riny thing prcvior^sly seen in Canada, llonor bo to th;? moralist WnlKer, and his (!.'oiiimittee of Ma'iajTinent, who planned and put snrh a grand machine in motion I Thrice hon- oured would he be who had the will and the power to arrest it ! It movi'd — itdracgedeTcry thing nOcrit. Who- ever appertained lo it, should liecliaslisi il and par- take of its lishoiior. It rolled tliri>iigli the mire on >',)nday morniiiLT It dr,;gged llirough the mud every ihing coiinvcted with it. It bore to the poll, before eight o'clock in the iiioiiiing, the sharp- er who was too«ick f ogo there before eleven o'clock on Saturday, nlllioiigh he had endured all tho disgraceful fatigue of his triumph. It rolled on, and would have crushed the Returning Ollicer, the popular candidates and the independent elec- tors, if they had been in the way. It rolled on in order that there should be noolection. It would have rolled on, like an avalanche, with constantly increasing destruction, \i[) to the 2'M \ov. in order that no return should bo made. At the moment that it was bounding with frenzy, lliir:-ting and hoping for vengeance, the lleturniiig Ofllccr in it.s rear preserved the right.s o*" the electors : saved the town from destruction ; dei^lared duly elected those who had the votes of llie majiU'ily, and over- turned the baneful Colossus of liurorracy. The unwieldy niachno was upset and broken, the ob- ject of the most justly deserved and indelible con- tempt and hatred. Ill its fall it could not make itself obcj-cd even by Lord Aylmcr. It transmitted its order to him for a new writ. He also laughed at it. The bun- dle of constitutional light and science of the Doii- cllans, the Molsons, th'; Walkers, the Auldjos, Joshua Bells, andof the tenebrous Committee who prepared wholly and entirely for their mutual and c()ual reputation for knowledge, the Cattie Market Ilesolutions, all joined together, could not impose upon him. More advanced in his constitutional studies than Walker and the tenebrous Commitl.n, he gave them a rational relusid, but in order not to be in contradiction with himself in the case o[' ^^r. .Mondelet he left them their appeal. They may submit the diU'etult cxnminition of so thorny a question, as that which they have proposed, to the deliberation of Mr. Stanley ainl others as learned in canstitutional lore as he, and of the same calibre. Let Mcssra. Doncllan and Walker, anJ Jo- sliuaUcll (who in sueh case will not fail lo come in opposition to thcni.) champ the bit with calm- ness and resignation whilst waiting a Writ I'roni beyond liie seas, or a report at least which will proilnco a powerful cll'.'ct on the deliberations of the Assembly, if it be not erased from their Journals. The oti'er orders proiiuigated at the T.itler.sall Meeiing, are not less sai;i\ iiur ies.s true, nor less eertiiin ofihe same iv.-uli than that Iraiismitled to Lord Avimer. 'I'liat which might appear tho most alaroiinir is.wiliiout exccp'imi, that whiell Mr. Aul.lJolVamed aiidcoiiiuicnti'd on. Asiiec.es of seducliiin so unhe;ird of as some slight decfeo of atienlion which so grand, so imblc a persoiiauo as .Mr. Ailliljo paid a lew ( ':uini'eilson, or Stuart, the i>(lller, or the .'imi(/i(PeM/)/e,havc lied in assuring tluin that such things were never seen inBritish possessi- ons, think thut they ounht never be seen here, such hsd some excuse for holdiug by an opinion which tbey had expressed, but which they had never examined. But the result of the late elec- tions leaves no refuge but to tlie cpotislical passions of those who say ;---We are so devoid of virtue, talenis, and inforniation that we can aspire (o nothing with an Elective .Sy.-tcm; under iho present system we are so encased in meanness and adulation that we can aspire to anything. The people will liu\u no more of the present •ystem, which has been but an unlbrtunate ex- periment, accompiinifd by forly yenrs' abuses and sufTcringj under a system difli'reni lo that of any other Enirllsh Colony. 'I'he people will have no more of it. It ought to be changed at their demand. A Constitution is made for men. Not men for a Constitution. Is it not as odious as it is absurd, to see all those Britons pantini; with ariiourand flpced to surpass eacli other to overthrow all our Civil Laws, ctnturies old, the alteration of which affect* the persons and properties of all t!;e members of the social system, and bitterly reproaching our slowness, brrnuse we will not intro.luce therein the rudec!ian;ics which the People '^do not demand; and yet, flying into a rage when in the name of an uiiiiiiinions^peo(Ie, We demand an ainiMKlinont in a pait uf an Act of Parliament : an alteiMiion which would tempora- rily affect, with a stupid regret, the vanity of only a score of mischievous old men. When has been the era ofcontenftnent pmduccd by thin (,'oiistitu- liori during forty yoar.i of sorrowful experience which it has imposed upon the country'? ri;ivo net those who now defend it, with the most olw itinatc and foolish pride, the NedRong and Siu- aits (its only dcfcndcra worth naming.') paf*ed the mrsi brillinnt part of their public career in fruit lessly attncking those corrupt men which it protect, ed and the noinbcrless abuses which it eronteil. They arc v.rary of fighting. Tlieir personal enemies oppre.-sed the Canadians. A cold, studiously calculand and philosophical love ol' ju.-lice niiulo them for some time the frieii,!:: of ihe oppnsucd Caniidiiiiis. 'I'hey expected lo a:lv,\i:ce and to revenge \lieniselves in f.erv ing tho cause of ju; tice. Theirs was all calculation. Tlin heart did iml enter therein. Hence jiroeot,; the tergiver.iiiion and natural desertions wlucli we have witiiesiicd. The time is come when every Canadian must desert the odious couse ol thu Council, or frankly admit that he requires *he intervenlion of an armed force, to stdle, in the blood of hid compatriots, the opposition which Ihey all ficl in their heart and soul against the preservation of thu Coniieil. That is understood ; ami there is in the two Canadas an indissolulile union ofthe majority of the People for the pii;-. pose of destioying ibis nuisance. The noble title of IlKFonMEns, friends to the extension of the Elective principle, eoiii;ir!iends tlie major- ity of the I'.;;ropeaii |)opul.ilion, logctlur wiih the whole of the Canadian people, almost with- out an exception. Ihe extravagance ofthe dcclaimers wiio attribute to French antipathies the hatred wliieli is nianil'estid against Ihe pre- sent system, in place of atlrilmting it toils in- herent vices, will, after the more extensive re- forms which will ''c required by Upper Canada, iiiivo shortly to explain the same phenomenon that they see here, by other more fotdish decla- mations. In that Province, as in England, the majority of the Drilioh are friends to free- dom. In Lower Canada alone, a great number of them are friends of tyranny and domination, because they expect to exercise it against us. and that they shall always be the hammers ami we ul'vays tho anvils. Mow contemptible are those against whom we are stiUirgling for ?o man)' years, and how unlike the British of tho MetropolitaniSla!e,&. ofthe other colonies. They have, however, allien still more despicable than themselves, These are especially the American Toiies, they who had the happinesg of seeing more than the people of any other country on earth, b' well adapted is tiic spirit of Freedom to elevate and enlarge the mind of man, and lo coiistitnio the happiness of a stale — they have cast ofl' in erossiiig the line 4 J ° all other sentiment but that of flattering Kcotch pride in order to make money, thiir peculiar nature must be so base and clinging, that the sub- lime spectacle exhibited by their Government — at prcEMit tho terror of Kings — the hope of the nations of Europe — in unable to make them love and respect tho dignity ofthe Freeman.— Next are the Irish Tories — they who have seen at their own doors how destructive of oil natu- ral advantages is a Government ojipressive, bigoted by religious intolerance, rapacious and cruel from fear, because it is unnatural, be- ing a government of a minority to which detes- table laws gave ilrtesfable asceiidaiie\ over ilu majority — tlicy who have seen thousands upon thousands of rabust, laborious men cultivating one ofthe richest soils of tho world, inundating the neighbouring countries with tlic supera- bundance ol the fruit of their labour, and yet rarrpr in frnil wliioli it protpcl- hicli it crcntnl. Tlicir iiirKonai iani. A cold, sopliicnl love ol' mo the frii'iiil;: iiry rxprctcil lo 'p in f.crving ll:o [■iilnilalioii. Tlif illTKH! iirocoi'il cscrtions wliicli Caiuidian must lu Council, or he intervention the blood of \i\.j ich llipy ull fi'(l he |)i('fitrvution (Icrstood ; and iin indissoIiiMe pic for tlie piir. ;c. The nolili' hi' rxtcnsion of ends the major- lo^'ctlur wiih 0, almost with- niiancc of the nch antipathies <!i dctrs- arir> over ihj ;>usand8 upon 13 cultivating d, mundating tlic Bupora- ur, and yet dying of hunfjer on the fertile soil which tlipy cultivate witli industry and skill, — they who have Rncn thousands upon thousands of men forced to expatriate lhcniselves,tu regret, to the last day of iheir existence", the remeinbrarice of the enchanting scenes which surroMndod their cradles, to deplore the loss of jiropcrty, which providence in ila bounty had prodigally show- ered all over the country wliicli they wcro obliged to floe in order not to be slaves on the soil on which they ought to coiinnand. British afTections and feelings ought not be greater nor stronger in Ireland nor in Canada than Irish or Canadian afTuclions and feelings, in Great Britain. The love ol one's native or adopted country is the first of dutie8,lhe finest of virtues in a citizen. This duty commands him ntvcr to make the happiness of the country subser- vient to the consideration ol" the happiness of thecovintry he hasleft. Let the Irish be the united and warm frieiids of ireland--Cunadians, native or adopted, bo the warm and united friends of Canrda as the British uro of Britain. One nation can never govern another. The afi'ections of the British for Ireland and the Co ionics has never been any thing else than the love of the pillage of Ireland and the Colonies, abandoned to the culling and carving of the British Aristocracy and its creatures. The jieoidn of Great Britain have, by the Reform Bill, destroyed the usurpation of their nobles, repossessed themselves of their rights, and au- thorize Its by their example and their principles, to expect that they cannot avoid restoring to us our rights. A locai responsible, and na- tional Government for each part of the Empire has far as the reguhitionof local interests, with a superintending authority in the Imperial Go- vernmenl to decide on peace and war and com- mercial relations with the stranger — that is what Ireland and British America demand — and this is what, before a very few yoors, they will be sufficiently strong to take, if others are not sufficiently just to give it to them. In the meantime I will repeat the advice giv- en by the Committee of the Convention in the course of last summer: — "You have, without, declared enemies of tlie riglils and wishes of the majority. Mr. Stan- ley represent ihem (Mr. Spring Rice is their representativ-j to-day.) You have internal enemies — the minority who makes itself so well known by placarding its antipathies to Reformers. Let the enemies of the people have more to fear and to suffer from the disconteiits of the people, than to gain by the corruptions of the Goverument. The English people have an interest opposed to that of the Minister who finds it advantaeeout to make a nursery of the Colonies, lor the purpose of transplant- kag thither and nourishing here in luxury, to which they were accnstoraed, a large number of the most imbecile mombero of privileged families. Tho mass of Einigninls de- pend on their labour fir that comfort which was raMshed from Ihern in ihiir native country by thoso same privileged classes which they will (ii;d in their adopted country, if the maxims of Mr. Stanley continue to be put in practiee hero. But they will not allow themselves lobe slriptaiid expatriated a Bcrond time. They will say to the prodt.erein England, that it is the coin Ibrt and general consumption of produce, better cncour- aaeil by popular liistimiions than by aristocratic salaries,whicli render tho (Jolonies useful posscs- siiins. They will interest tho producing chisscs — the greater number — to oppose the disastrous plan whiclican br jirnfituble only to the smaller num- ber. If Mr. Sianli'y engage ;he Parliament to ap- jiropriate your revenue, interest the British Public to put ail end to the usurpation. i'cslriet your ci iisuiiiption of British ]iroducc as geinvallv as possible. Be jiroud of clothing yoiirsi Ifwiili the (leeec of your own flocks, and with the products ofyour own fields. Thecloth and linen wliich you ninnufacturo yourselves, will give you clothes more durable tliaii those brought from abroad, and ynu will thereby interest those who will perceive a diminution in the consumption ofyooils.to make common ce use with you, against the Minister who wishes to oppress you. The reveiiius which your enemies want to withdraw from your controni, are raised principally oft' strong liijuors. What multiplied motives are I hero to stop this deadly source of revenue ! Tho crops woulil ba u.ore plenty — the farmer would bo more rapidly eiiriebed,if lliiri" were in each (Joun- ty aDisiilli ry & a Brewery where he could dispose of the greatest ([Uaiitity of .^iiiall grain that he must raise, to bring his hnd back by a rotation of crops ^o their ancient fertility. Hkfiiu.mkii.s d.-' Cwada of all languages and origins, you are iiuieh more than ten against one. Your sent! I'.ce of death aiiaiiist the pi ■= nt con- stitution ofllie Lr;;islative ( 'ouneil is irrevocable on your part. Your enemies are not numerous enoujjh to injuio you. You are sudieiently nume- rous to injure tliein. Every wluro in your county that you have a Doctor, a Notary, a .Merchant, n SurvfMir, &c , who range them- selves along side ofyour enemies, you nave ten who make eoimiioii cause with you. Break all connexion in business and interest with those who separate tlieiralfeciions and interests from vours. Pardon the ignorant who is mistalceti. Chastisa the rogue wlio deceives. Let tliose who are so presuiii|ituous as to prefer their own opinion.s and will to that of the public, learn, that whatsoever be theirtjtliv; to favors from the ad;uinistratioii, they liave iioelaiiii tolhe conlldc.iee of the people. Bow not your heads to those who insult you. Let nil those who have business with you, whe- ther they be Governors, |ilareinen, newspaper writers, or piivate individuals know, that the measure of their respect for you must be the measure of your respect t"or them. Read in the detail of the evilj which the Legislative Council has produced, the detail of the evils which it is preparing for you, if you relax an instant in tel- ling the llritish Government that it has not been reformed — in repeating constantly and unani- mously that you repose neither faith nor confi- dence in the plans of Relimn w hich extend not, by means of Election, to constitute it by the country and forthe country — ir makini.' those who attacked it ill 1827 and detend it in 18;H, feel that you do not attach any credit to their political integrity, since they approve to day of measures mora direful, of men more perverse, of an adminis- tiatioii morii vile and ba.scly intriguing, than even (vcre tlie niear-urcr', the men, tho ad- ministration whom till y prosecuted and whoso disi-raei! they ot)tained. By the efficacious cont"ro! which the Com- mons possess over »' public Rcvenne, the people have a guarantee that the men and th« abttsos which they denounce will bo cbecktdr 14 The King and the English Parliament in leav- ing to the Country tlie disposal of the the Pro- vniciul Revenue, have crciilod, have wished to give to tlicColonists guarantees suflicicntly effi- cacious for the suppression of abuses. Having conceded the prini.'iplc, tliey conceded its in- ferences. The Puldic Revenue has not been the iessdclupidated. 'I'lie Governor has given orders to piiy that which thcLaw does not per- mit liiin to authorize beit;g paid. None ofiiis Councillors, or Law Oflk ' r» ot the Crown, or Ids Judges, or bisTunclionaries, tell him that he has not the right to sign such warrants. All participate gladly in the spoil, taking good care not to look the page ftnd the clause of the S^'ti'.. lite which {.'rante it to tin in, persuaded that they have notliing to fear, for where all are guilty, no person has a right to throw the first stone. That which they had thus lilched to the knowledge and ken of all the world, Mr. Stanley knew nothing about nine months after the event look place, and affirmed that the flov- crnor knew too well the Laws and the Consti- tution, to have paid any thing whatever to any of the public functionaries whatsoever." I will add that of all the engines now in op- perntion to injure the interests of the Country, the most powerful is the bad direction which has been given to the operations of the Hank. The mo3t clliciacious and the most innnediate mear.s which the Canadians have to protect themselves against the fury of tin ir enemie.», is to attack them in their dearest parts — their pockets — in their strongest entrenchments, the Banks. They have been established princi- pally at the sollicitation of the Canadian retail trade which expected to find ihc means of devel- opment, and prosperity in thui^e establishments which have crushed them. In place of coming ijito the miiket with facilities equal to those of the British Trader — director, or the favored creatures of Ban' directors, he saw that the ex- tent o( accommodations engrossed by the latter, excluded him from the chance of obtaining any for himself. The Import trade, and the monopoly ot some great speculations, s\ich as those of the Steam- Boat Coni|)any, obtained such extensive ac- commodations that, even though there should have been a good disposition to extend a part to the Canadian retail traile, there were no means. Upon more than a Million due to the Banks, researches have led to the beliefthat a twentieth part is not due by Canadians. It is the bauie sort of Justice ns that of the Clovermnent in the «lislributionof pliicjs. They are disposed of in mi mverse ratio to the population. They have ♦ herelbrc, no more title than a partial Govern- hientto the confidence and goodwill of the public wliich they illtreat. The management ^vhich would have gained for them iciends interested in their pro.speriiy, should have been tliat wiiicli would have given tliern a groat many small debtors in every class, not that wliich gives tliein, in one sole class, a small ntimher of large debtors. It is not the Director wlio borrows from eight to ten thousand i)ounils in hank notes, tiiat as- sures to tliem the |)rolits that flow from the slow rc'luin of their bills, the issue ot which Ihey increase in proportion lo the hope they have that they will come ilovvly back. _ Those large borrowers, who pay interesr, throw into circulation bills as soon as they have received liieni. Those who with- draw them from circulation, and keep them in their hands arc the mass of citizens, \vho keep by tiicm trilling sums often and twen- ty pounds, or more, for their cufrcnt expen- ses. Whatever loss iianpens to these peo- ))Ie from accidents by which hills are des- troyed by fire, or tain, or soiled so as to he illegible, is a certain gain lo the banks. But the habit when it becomes general of keeping in eaeh family bills, instead of specie, is the great source of their profits, by the enormous dispropurtion between tjie great quantity of their bills which have no intrinfiic value, and the small quantity, in thai case, of the iirccions metals whicii they preserve and which have an in- triu.sic value, represented by the labourex- pcnJed on procuring fluiin from the mine, and the conventional value whi-cli tiie com- mon Consent of men, who deal in money, attaches lo them. II the custom of keeping ten or twenty pounds in notes is general, Canadian families being nine t<> one, do nine times more good to banks than Euro- pean families, and in return receive nine- teen times less accomniodatiun. Is the sole con.sideration of the pro- fits derived by a country from the employ- ment ol a cireulatincr medium less expensive than specie, of so high an importance then that all political and moral considerations must necessarily remain mute belore it ? Are not those profits diminished by the more frequent falsification and the destruction cd' notes than of hard cash ? What a quan- tity of wealth is by these means suddenly destroyed lo the honestnnd economical man who has witli difliculiy acquired them ! The unequal dislrihniiou of wealth when banks lavor the nirnopolies of one political coterie, is another social evil which they inflict. In Upper as well as mi Lower Canada the complainis have been universal against the scandal with which the directors have divided, dispropotfionately among themselvesjthe accommodation of the banks. These complaints have been heard formany years, and no redress has been applied to tiiem as yet. It is a proof that the public has scarcely any influence over the Banks, or if they wifili to remedy the evil, they can no longer do so. To make new loans, it is necessary to take up the old ones, and large debtors dictate the law to them, and say, we can only pay the interest on re- newing our notes. If you exact payment which we cannot n.akc, we shall fail, and our fall drawing ilown that of several other debtors, you cannot form an idea to what degree you, yourselves, will sufl'cr. Dir- ectors have not only been the first in the tnarket ready to purchase, hut they have been able to chogsea favorable moment to 15 remove competiiion by the unexpecleJ re- fusal to discount the notes r, and who invoke, with a loud voice, the preferences and partialities of the Uritish Government in its lavor, and against the rights of this overwhelming mnjorit\ . All the latter mus the indignant at the injustice of that pretension, and pun- ish its authors. Liir thkm rln to tug Hanks, and, in the terms of the law, de- mand Gold and Siiveu in excbanjfe for tlieir notes. In tiie first nlace, the lianks will resort to the evil policy of punishing their Canadian debtors the first. They will irritate but they will not ruin, because their Canadian debtors are lew in number, and in but for trifl'ling sums. But I'REstj roR- WARi). Always take back the notes, and the Gentlemen large debtors will very soon be obliged to reimburse that which they have not been accustomed to do for a long lime, and all the business which they shall give up will be gatiiered by those who are free from engagements with the Banks. They will call this, destruction of trade, whilst in reality, it will only cause it to escape from the enemy to fall intoiriendly iiands. The producers will continue their habits of labour and economy, the only ia- jiortant sources of riches for a Country. Whether the old Banks be kept up or not, uiie aero ot Land will not be cultivated more or less. The moment there will be a sur- jilus of exchangeable products, Eurojican Capitalists, for the sake ot the profits which they will derive from them, will have them bought up. It the run for cash, in exchange for their notes, could hazard the stability of the Banks, it would be proof that their director! have been criminal and speculated more than it was prudent to do. That is not pro- bable, but It is very probable that many borrowers have so speculated. It is no disadvantage for society ; on the con- trary, there is justice for the public and for individuals who have transactions with those speculators, to deprive them of the chance ol increasing their debts at the ex- pence of other persons. If the Banks be ruined because they ar -^sked to fulfil theit engagements, then ruin would be an act of justice which could not take place too soon, with a view to di^ninish the \;rcater loss wliichat a later period society would have to support. If without ruin their viroliis aru diminished, that is only a just punish- ment which the public has a right to inflict upon them for having made the jirivileges which wctc granted them for the advan- tage of the many, subservient to the advan- tage of the few. To these precautions add that of every where distinguishing your friends from your political enen)ies. You have seen the latter in their combinations employ means the most vast to master our Elections to ruin and destroy the Dailij Adferliser — to drive from their service ineproaciiable ur- tizans and workmen, who voted according to their conscientious convictions in favor oftne Popular Candidates — to form new associations, styled constitutional, for tiie purpose of requiring the violent and unjust intervention of the Metropolitan Govern ment, so that deaf to your complaints, and to your desires, it may not concede any thing to your demands for the extension of the Elective principle. They do all they can to injure you in public life and in pri- vate, They will succeed if you do not fi^jht them with tlieir own weapons. They have thrown you, in spite of yourselves into the necessity of having recourse to legitimate defence. Then depeM) your- selves. You :ire the most numerous con- sumers. Buy only from your friends. In- vite the Country Merchants, and the Farm- ers, to buy only from your friends. Be assured that these means, continued for some time, will suffice, with the constitu- tional opposition whicii your Representa- tives will make to a corrupt Government, to cause it to be very soon replaced by thai which you have demanded, in electing for your Representatives men wiio v.-ill not retreat before any obstacle, in order to obtain, without diminulion, all the Rc- toims demanded by Tlic\iiwty Two Reso- lutions. I am, with respect, Gentlemen, Your vciy Humble and Very obedient servant, ■ L. J. PAPINEAU. Montreal, Dec. Ih'Sl. APPE^TDIX. To the Editor of the Montreal Herald. Sill, — I request you will publish this note, in connection with the inclosed letter address- ed to me by my friend IVIr. Dellingbam. The ])ublication contained in the .Miiii'i've of the ■lib instant, reflecting upon my character, en- titled me to the satisfaction which I sought of Mr. Papineau. The result shews that while that jierson considers himself at lib- erty to assail the character of an individual in language the most opprobrious, he basely endeavors to screen himself by an evasion which cannot fuil to exhibit him to the world, ii I, !» it r.. 16 I* ' ns devoid of the feelings of ugciillcman ns he is uf the coiiru^e of ii man. 1 mil, >Sir, Vdui' most ul)r(lient servant, ^\\ IIOIJEHT.SON. Montreal, Saturjay, Dec. 0, 1831, (copy .) ^V(//'n%, Drr. ('., 1831. Mr Dkar Pill, — At yuur reijiiest 1 uiiil- ed on Mr. Papiiic.iu, lo iiarn from him ulio- Ihcriiewas the author ofun article j>ul>li>Iii'il in the .Mimrvc of Thmsday cveniiiii the Itii instant, whereiii rctleclioiis were made inju- rious to your ehnraeter ; and in the event of liisucliiiowiedffinntho nutliorsliii', to demand, in your hehulf, ihit >a!ih;!'aetioii to which yuu thought yonrst'lf enliihil. I called at .Air. Paiiineau's residence twice in the course of yesterday aftenioon : he ua.s not at home ; but I was informed that 1 should see him at eight o"clocli this morning. I ac- cordingly re|)eated my visit at the iiour nam- ed, when he acknowledged himself to be the author of the publication in question ; but stated, that hi."* observations were aimed at your pubiie and not private character, and such 1)1 iiig the case, he diii not feel himself called upon to give any satisfaction. I may not be able to recall to memory the very words employed during the conversa- tion, but the s|iirit of ins rcmariis as distiu- gnisiiing your public from your i»rivafe cha- racter is contained in the previous sentence. I remain. My dear iSir, Truly yours, (Signed,) SYDNLV 15KLLL\(J1IAM. To Dr. W. Robertson. Mr Papineau's addrcs« gave rise to anoth- er correspondcTice of u similar nature, which we sulijoin : — To tin- Editor of the Moiitnal llinihl. Satuiuiay l'^vK.M.N(i, Dec. (i, IKM. Sir, — In presenting to your readers the ac- comj)auying documeiiLs, I must olli'rasa rea- son for obtruding my private allairs on ilie put)lic, that my infirm state of iiealth, pre- vents me from adopting any oilier mode of iiotieing INlr. Papineau's eonvcr.saiiuu \vitli iiiy friend Mr. Holmes. A ])artial intimacy growing out of pntfes- Kional relations, must be my a[)ology for hav- ing demanded satistiiction from a person, w iio hud so recently submitted to be stigmatized as " a mail lost la all feiw of honor, ami one icho had forfeited all pnknstoua lo the ehnrae- ter of a f^entlenuin,^' Mr. Pupineun appears to have refused sa- tisfaction on tiie ground of my " infanio iS conduct ;'■ hut a reported pa.ssage in tiiat j)er- son's parliamentary life, of which, though it is not an atl'air of yesterday, 1 never huard till this evening, might justify a suspicion tiiat he has not assigned all the reasons of his caution. I remain. Sir, Your obedient servant, W, WALKlill. At the request of Mr. Walker, I waited oi Vv. Papineau, and handed to him the com- munication of which the following is n copy— MoNTKEAi.. Gth Dec, 1834. Sra, — The remarks which you have ha?:- nrdeil with respect to myself nersoually, in tliat poi-tion of your address to tiie Klectois of the West Ward, which appeared in the co- lumns of tiie last Mir.irve, e;ill I'.ir nn appro- jiriate notice on my j'art. I wilhiol enter into the nicrils of what has fallen iVoiii yi;ii upon this occasion. INIy friend iMr. Holmes is fuliy in possession of my si.nliments : and to ium 1 would refer you for a further e.viliination. I an), Sir, Your obedient ser\ant, W. WALKEK. Hon. Ls. Jos. Papineau. I intimated to Mr. Papineau, that, os the friend of iVIr. Walker, I was jirc pared lo enter iiili> .'-uch arrangt ments as rircumslaiices might render necessary ; lo wiiieh ."Nlr. I'ajii- neau replied, that llie conduit of 31r. Walker during the late election liad been •' n jiruvoru- tivr III assussinnlion," and jiislilied liiti seve- rest language being used in regard to him. — I look the liberty to iiilerruj)! i\lr. Papineau, ol>ser\ing tiiat any eonv< rsaliim I'oriign lo llie olijcctof my nus>i. n, namely, lo demand sa- tisfaction for the lanouage used in refi-'ienee Jo Mr Walker, was >uperthious ; and I desired to know whetiier he \\(aild aili)rd that satis- faction. Mr. Pajiineau rci)iied, " I sliall take no notice of Mr. Walker's eommuniia- tioii." I warned iiim of tiic consetiueiices u- siial under such cirenmstanes : and, as I was leaving tiie house, Mr. Papineau observed tlat the (onduct of Mr. Walker and his friends had been iiifaimius. JAMES HOLMES. Saturday. TO Tin: KIUTOR OF Till' 51I.NHUM;, I sec iiy the cohnnns of this moriiingV He- rald, tliulDr. Uobi rlson, not salislied with tiie dishonorable notoritly, whieli allaehes itself to llie name of u Justice oftlu! Peace, alius- ing llie powi'rs of his trust for ll>e piii-jjose of iinenting tiie most crimimd lies, in order to cause the. slieddin^ of tiie innocent blood ol unarmed citizens, seeks anotlier means to be notorious, by sending challenges to lliosc wiio take the liiierty of believing that such conduct deserves censure. Is not Dr. Ixolcrtson aware th:;t alihoiigli the love of munler lias lieeii in liisheari, mur- der, especially that of llie 'J 1st lAiay, ls:i".i, is execrated in llie hearts oft)!) in a 1' )ofilieiii- habilaiits of tlie I'rovince, and lliut if after such conduct he lias llie riglit l.» cliallenge to a du- el, any one of tho'-e who reproach him wiili it, he shows tliat he is prej)ar( d and disposi d, if such can be ellected, lo exterminate, by the same means, DU in a 1C3 of thep.;ople of this country. .Air. Sydney IMlingham's letter is no! long enough liy far. He sliould have given more 17 [ wailed ot m the corn- is a ropy— ;c„ 1834. have hix7.- soimlly, ill Hltctois of iii the co- r nn apino- jf whul hns t.ioii. 3Iji isscssion oi' hi rel'ur you [rvaiit. hat, us the ircd lo ciiliT •cunislMiii'cs 1 .Air. I'iii'i- Mi: Wiilki-r " (I jirni'oni- ■il lilt! seve- d to liiiii. — , Piipiiiciiii, irciirii lo the (It'llUUIll '.Hi- It'lcll'lll'C io 1(1 I (It'sircd t tli;il siilis- i, " ( shiiU 'oitiiminica- (•(IIU'IUTS 11- 1(1, !is I wns lu ohservfd er and his 3LMES. .ni;km;, ji'iiiiifi's 7/c- icd Willi itu! iclit's ilsclf fut'c, ahus- liiii'))(i.s(; of 111 ordor to lit Mood o! l(■tlll^s to be o those «lio iich I'oiidui't it nllhough heiiri. iiiiir- , \KV>, is (oflliciu- if after such itre to a dii- liiiii uiih id disposi d, mte, by the opie of this ■ is not long given more detaiU to the public lliuii he has ^iveii to Dr. llobcrtson. In cxplniiiiiig the object of his vitiit, ho added that iny address was of a nature to shock the ladies of the Doctor's family. I immediately said that I should lie much con- cerned to have on anj* occasion j;iven oll'ence to ladies, who had nothing to do with po- litical quarrels, and that there was nothing in niy address of a nature to hurt them. He an- nwered, that there was not, Imt that such pro- ceeded from relationshi[). W hereupon 1 said, that that was an inevitable inconvenience at- tendant on all those who were connected witli public men, whose pulilic conduct, when it was criininul, oug-ht not to be sheltered from the most just ctMisure through fear of wound- ing the sensibility of female relations. 1 told Mr. H<-lIiiighaiii that he did not ap- parently give himself the trouble of informing liiiiiself if the f.icts with which 1 nproaehed Dr. Uoliertaon were or were not founded — that as for my part they were supported by allidavits, and justiliegy or satisfaction — that, in his country, quarrels between public men did not prevent them from giving satisfaction. I answered that to sui)port himself with ex- amples from his country, it was necessary that he should find some cxain|)le anah^gous to that allbrdcd hy Dr. HolnTtson. and that I was very certain he could not llnd one— thnt, in my oi)iiiioii, so far from having flu; right to lie at large in the .streets of Montreal, provok- ing irreproachable eiti/cns to tight dm'l«, Dr. llobcrlson's place ought to lie within the lour walls of a prison, awaiting the \erdit't ot life ordt-ath from a I'elit Jury — that he ought not to tlatter liimself that his trial was aban- doned — that one day or other it would \m commenced — that the greater purl of the otiier magistrates who, on the 20th .Ma}', had decided, without tiie autlmrity of the Keturning Otiicer, that the triMips should be called out on the 2ist May, might pretend that they w ished only to intimidate hy the dis- [ilay ol that force, without foreseeing that it wcadd cause the massacre of citi/.ens — hut that Dr. llolx'rtson had no such pitiable ex- cuse — that he accomiianied Mr. i>i;)tliitt on theeve of that lnit(heiy, to Cohiiiel Mcin- tosh's and that the latler had told them not to call oht the troojis until the last extremity, because, if they went out,men would inevita- bly be killed— that those two magistrates had taken npon themselves, after this warning, the responsibility of the events which fol- lowed, since they did not re(juirc,on the '21st May.a meeting of their brother magistrates to communicate this information to them, and to demand tlicm to reflect upon the order of tlie preceding evening, and to decide whether they were willing or not toa- bide the consequences auchuj Colonel Mclit- tosh warned them of —that it wuci truly ahel-' lish inspiration in a man, thirsting lor the shedding of blood, to go under these circum- stances to Co'onel Mcintosh, at the Place d'Armes, on several occasions, and to assure liim that the Civil Authorities had received the most positive information that a plot wiin iijrincd lo set Are, at various points, to the town and suburbs, in orderto draw the troops in squads to dillerent parts and directions lor the puri:ose of over-powering tlicm — that the invention of the story of 3Iontferand arriving with u ('.dash load of axe-handles, to knock lown Mr. Walktr's paitizans, was another recent lie- on the part of a Magistrate who de- liberated, the bame night and following da3's, on the measures to be adopted for tiie safety of the town — when he was so violent a parti- zan. I adde«l that it was nothing but the most revolting partiality that n'leased, without bail, the mihtiiry regularly accused of wilful mur- der, ajid that it was ttiat |mrliality tliat had lefl the magistrate who had directed them, tliat lilK'rty which he nbusc«i at present, in- stead of taKing tulvantage of it to relieve oi his preH'iK-e that society wtiith he hiul outraged by the assassination of three (jf liis uinocent fellow-citizens. Mr. Itellingham {x-rsisted in saying that he only considcf<'d the jirivute chiiracler of his friend. I replied tliat I had nothing to do with the Doctor's private character wliich I knew nothing en the cause that I was obliged, from information of the most piecise descrip- tion which I received, to see my wite and my little ones flying for safety night alter night from their house, where, had it not heeii for accidental cireuiiistaiu'es, they would have been attacked — that his printed speeches were of such a character as to deprive him of the right of challenging me— that his writings did not oflt-nd me, because they contained noth- ing of truth against me — that of^cr all his conduct, I /Tould pay no attention to this chal- lenge, and that if he" gave publicity to his pro- ceedings, the public would judge between him and me, and tliat I did not fear its judgment. L. J. PAPINEAU. Montreal, Dec. 8, 1831. 1l