IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 gitt IIM I.I .'.- ■- IIIIIM I- m 111112.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 M 6" — ► / / o 7 /A Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14S80 (716) 872-4503 p CIHIVI/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques ©1987 Tschnical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibllographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below L'Institut a microfilme le meilleur exemplaire qu 11 lui a ete possible de se procurer Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut>tre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier u-'e image reproduite, ou aui peuvent exiger une nr lification dans la m^thoda normaie de filmage soi t 'ndiqu^s ci-dessous. u Coloured covers/ Couvarture de coulaur '■ I Covers damaged/ I 1 Couvertura andommagee Covers restored and/or laminated/ Couverture restaur^e et/ou pelliculee n Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manqu n n G que I I Coloured maps/ Cartes g^ographiques en couleur □ Coloured ink II. a. other than blue or black!/ Encra da coulaur (I.e. autre que blaua ou noire) I I Coloured plates and/or Illustrations/ Pfanchas at/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ RalKk aver d'autraa documents Tight binding may causa shadows or distortion along Interior margin/ Lareliure serree peut causer de I'ombra ou da la distorsion le long de la marge interieura Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es tors d une restauration apparaissant dans la taxta, mais, lorsque cela ^tait possible, cas pages n ont pas ixi film^as. D C u D D D D Coloured pages/ Pages da coulaur Pages damaged/ Pages endommagees Pages restored and/or laminated/ Pages restaurees et/ou pelliculees Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ Pages decolorees, tachet^es ou piquees Pages detached/ Pages detachees Showthrough/ Transparence Quality of print varies/ Qualite in^gale de limpression Includes supplementary material/ Comprend du material supplementaire Only edition available/ Seule Edition disponible Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc , have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Las pages totalement ou partiellemant obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata. une pelure. etc.. erst 6te filmies A nouveau de facon a obtenir !a meilleure image possible. r~7] Additional comments / Commentaires supplementaires Some pages are cut off. This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est filme au taux de reduction indique cidessous 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X 12X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X Th« copy filmad h«r« has b««n raproducsd thanks to tha ganarosity of: Harold Campbell Vaughan Memorial Library Acadia University. Tha imagas appaaring hara ara tha baat quality possibia considaring tha condition and lagibility of tha original copy and In kaaping with tha filming contract spacificationa. L'axamplaira film* fut raproduit grica i la gAnAroaitA da: Harold Campbell Vaughan Memorial Library Acadia University. Laa imagaa suivantaa ont titt raproduitaa avac la plua grand soin, compta tanu da la condition at da la nattat* da l'axamplaira film*, at an eonformit* avac laa conditiona du contrat da filmaga. Original copiaa in printad pap«r covars ara fiimad baginning with tha front covar and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illustratad impraa- sion. or tha back covar whan appropriata. All othar original copiaa ara fiimad baginning on tha first paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- sion, and ending on tha last paga with a printad or illustratad imprasaion. Tha last racordad frama on aach mieroflcha shall contain tha symbol — ^'(maaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol V (maaning "END"), whichavar appiiaa. Maps, plataa. charts, ate. may ba fiimad at diffarant raduction ratioa. Thoaa too larga to ba antiraiy includad in ona axpoaura ara fiimad baginning in tha uppar laft hand comar. laft to right and top to bonom, aa many framaa aa raquirad. Tha following diagrama illustrata tha mathod: axamplairaa origina-ix dont la couvartura 9n paplar aat imprim^a wnt filmAs an commandant par la pramiar plat at an tarminant soit par la darnidra paga qui comports una amprainta d'Impraaaion ou d'illuatration. soit par la sacond plat, salon la cas. Toua laa autraa axamplairaa originaux sont filmte an commandant par la pramiAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'Impraaaion ou d'illustration at an tarminant par la darniira paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Un daa symbolaa suivants apparaitra sur la damiAra imaga da chaqua mieroflcha. salon la caa: la symbols -^ signifia "A SUIVRE", la symbols V signifia "FIN". Laa cartaa, planchas, tabiaaux, ate. pauvant itre filmte i daa taux da reduction diffirants. Lorsqua la documant aat trop grand pour itra raproduit an un saul ciich*. il ast film* i partir da I'angia sup4riaur gaucha. da gaucha i droita. at da haut an baa, an pranant la nombra d'Imagaa n^caasaira. Laa diagrammas suivants iilustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 4 5 6 y^n I REjW XVZ) pass it to your XElGHBOVn. •r^ /' ^^^.^ TENT4f LETTER OF «-c"v ^4- li. M. N. k THE CEl^EBRATED CORRESPONDEIVT of' the ^1 7VEW.YORK DAILY EXPRESS, f iJ ON CANADA AFFAIRS. 1S37. T I I T i I From the .Veu»- York Exprett, June 29. Canadian AifairM. The following closes the first series of let- ters from our Uanfidiiin eorrespoiident. The series now roiiclndeil have ernhniccd muny interesting toitics of discussion fnmi llic fr st setilemeiit of (.^an:ida down to the present day. Doth the peograpliical and political character of Canada has been shown widi a masters hand, in the letters we have puldish- ed, and the attenlive reader must have added not a Uitle to Ids former s oek of information in regard t • Canadian nrcn. manners, politics, &c., the general rlmracter of the people and the condition of tiie country. L. M. X. will rorainue his correspondence with the Express, anl his letters hereafter will embr.ice a varie- ty of topic* interesting to the miscellanefKiS and literary reader. CANADIAN CORRESPONDENCE- L,. M. ir.-f*'o. X. Mo.vrRR.\L, Jir.VK 19, 1S.37. To ike Editors of the N Y. Dully Express. (.iGNTLKMRN,— I have already memM)ned that our Lord the King was graciously pleas- ed, m IrtJ.'), to send out three Commissioners lo inquire into and rr]>ort upon tlie grievances jf Cana'la. One was Sir Chr.rles tiiey, a Judge iVu r> India, and a Tory ; another Sir Creorge Gij'ps,an artillery raptainrflnd IJemo- orat (o t of Canada; : and ihe head and chief. Lord (I'lstord a '• co intry sq :iie," h gentle- man with no "opinions in particiilar." Wick- ed people have railed at the appointment: hut as the Ministry. Iiaving all the iiifornuition before them, want''ii, like some ot your bj-o- ken merchants, " notiiing but tiiiie," no three gentlemen could have been more judi- ciously selected. Of the expense o( this com- mission I can know nothing until an answer is returned to the enquiry of Karl Uipon; hut of its value I may jud je Ir^uii the staiemeiitof the hohle Earl, thai long ago, when he was I'olonial .^ecrp'ary, there was in the ofii<,'e .snfii -ieiit inlormiition upon eviiy thing con- nected svith Canada. I'he reports m4' these coiumissioners have been publish* d. attd lia\ e fo'Hid ihiir way back to thel'ro. ince,co\eriiig many voluminous pages of tti t p^jht, s |;ni- tiiant y called liio!s"-r!\p, Tiicy Uere in tie House of Commons failed unstalesniaiilike and a disgrace to ii;' table. 1 know not wiiat it requires to disgrace that a;i^ist table, b ,t these rt ports are ctrlainly remarkable lor twij things— m11 thc«/-,e, but he signs them all, exprem- Jng regret only at the dissensions of his con- freres ; m consign to perdition the liberties of the people was of minor consequence. When James the Sixth came to London, he at(i_-nded a Court of Justice, where the counsel for the plantifl" performed so admir- ably that tlie King advised the Judge to give judgment at ones in hi;* (avor, but his Honor told theSovereign that inEngland they still fol- lowed the perplexing custom of hearing both sides ; whereupon he listened patiently to the counsel of the defendent, who aeqnitted him- self so w€ll that the pious monarch ejaculated '' Guid Ljord, they're ba ili tight." Poor Lord Cosford. with cqtral connoinstince de cdiise, w! bout precisely understanding whe- ther his fri iidi^ wc:e " buith right" or " baith> wrong," couM ordy express sorrow when tliey differed in after-claps to a unanimous report.- The two antagonist knights lef: Canada befoc* these disclosur.^s saw the light, leaving the l»erinaphr.tlatwre, as ni' eh moiiev as he tliiid^s ])ri(pt r to divide atnong the Colo'iial offi iais. Fnan the earliest pepi'en e\!en(ieii to ail C'llonies iiavnig inde* penJentLejjislaturts : and the Hritisli Parlio JTbentllKetf. after the infamy of the rcvolution- l«fy WHr.declarcil, in I' TH.that it had not the I right ol taxing; t)i*! Coluiiies. The llngH&ii Huuse of (Joirimon*. holdinj; the purse-i>li iii<;;s 1 of the nation, exercufs n control over Gov- «rnment by refusing supjiliis to an unpopu* . imr ministry, and the ColonialAssenibius claim the same right, nor has it ever been Jispt'ited ; but nuW, when the.Vssemhiy orLoUtrCunada attempts to act ujwn it^* privileges, the Ini- peral Parliament interferci by ordering the Governor to take tlie supplies without refer- ence tu the representatives ot the people, who have withheld them because their griuvances remain unredressed. The plea of course is stern necessity. Tlit; king, kind man, cannot |>ermit tiu; salaries of kia servants to remain unpaid. As these servants of kings are apt to be tnaatcrs among the people, it is no wonder that the Canadians are in no great hurry to pay them until public officers become, according to the American doctrine, the piirple's ser\ ants, and do something for tiieir monev. Nothing is said about useless dr.mf s fattening on sine- cures; it is for siiHer'ng judges that cash must bt stolen. The judges of course do buffer with the otlier ravenous creatures ; hut as we give a rrcdil price, that is.as much for one as you give for three, they might ani)rd to wait a little until an ear is opened to the prayers of the people, and then tiiey would recover their pay according to law, in the Yankee fashion. But after all, what matter is it to tlie peo- ple of England whether we pay oki- judges or not? If we choose to dispense with courts of justice altogether — tu lea\e our debtors un molested, or to invite rogues into our drawing rooms instead of confmitig them in prison, ■why need it trouble Johiiny Rusisell or li s willing majorities. i ho vote as Curopean par- liaments always vote when the liberties of A- merica or an American csn be assailed. If destiny ha- ordained that we ruust be miser- able, lor Gtnl sake let us have the choice of miseries. If we prefer the endurance of certain evils, in hopes of dissipatinij others swaying over us, what business is it to people 3UU0 miles away ] The only difl'erence between free and ar- bitrary goverimicntrt — between your govern- ment and that ot Turkey — li«-s in the control which the people have, by their own voice, in the management of their atliiirs. In Ca- nada we have an American tlieorv of govem- Illont ...1,1 « T....1-...1, .:_^ ri'.i .._ all are equally eligible to ofiice : practice gives every lucrative oilicc to "I'ritoiis." and none to Canadians. Hotter make the Cana- dians at once a degraded ''caste.-' or makn religion and origin tests of office, than thus to trirte with delusive ho[)es. Theory says, the people have the undisputed right of con- trolling their own money ; j>ractice says, the executive shall take what llie people's repre- sentatives refuse to vote. Better adopt the the more honest custom of Turkey. Let the I'aclia collect his tribute directly and econo- mically from the |)eop!e. who will then know what '.hey pav and what becomes of it AVhy support a useless drove of rcenue officers to collect revenues by law, if they are to be plun- dered without law after they are collected into the treasury ? A British House (»f Commons that will, at the bidding t>f a minister, vote away its uwn brightest privileges, merely because ihe appli- cation is only to be made in a colony, is forev- er unworthy of respect both abroad and Lt home, and the Canadians, believing the pro- tection of a government and the obediet.ce of a j)eoi)le to l>e co-relative obligations, will jusily consider themselves absolveil Iroin all allegi- ance to the liriliMh crovvn. .Never again, I am confident, will they abuse theinfreUcs by petitioning the adder ciir of that British parlia- ment. They will look for sympathy to a pow- erful nation on their imineiliate lorders, and for protection to their own ' right arms.' V\ hut will they do { Thev will not, like a crowd of Spaniards or Italians, run out into the niiuket-| laces and cry " d(j\vn with the King," and be tlieinselves shot down directly by a troop of soldiers, No, no ; tliiy are reading American history, and alrtady prove themselves a])t scholars. Throughout the country they are prai tisiiig the lesnons taught by the people of iMassachiisetts, between the years HfirS and ITTi), who began by learning how to live widiout lheiroppre>sors,and endt;d by learning how to thrash iheiii. Allegiance will be a loose lioiid until tliepeojjle are /"<owpr of Great Britain .' Ve*, she can, and provo victorious. A guiding destiny controls the re- volutions of America. Her free born sons came not into the world to remain the Helots !'' = =upc. 1.00 I stretching from Cape Horn to our own bor- ders, and does not the unerring lesson of uni- a v«rsal cxpcrieiico teacli us that «he S[iirit of Liberty lias directed the ciuncils ot every Slate, wlntever its position, wliatever the origin of us iiihahitaiits.tliat has bt-en ivilUnf^ ti> be free, and that the (ieiiiiis of America, lias in evt ry instance preserved her children from h:irni. while she h.is driven from their territories the enemies of their repose. An American needs but to raise his hands and Iho chains fall unshackled from his arms. Althou(rh, however dark may have been her prospects, everi/ Amcricun 5"latc has been triumphant in her contest will. Lnro|)e. I sec the Kuroptan sneer at the idea of rebellion in Canada. These sneers are not victories. General Grant declared, that with five regi- ments he could drive all the disatlected in the old colonies before him. Piiy he was not employed, for Burgoyne, who more cccnomi- cally oflered to ride thro;igh the en mtry wilh a •* troop of horse. ' was not precisely success- ful as a victor. IJe and his army *' rode throuy;h "the country"' certainly — but us )>ri- sonersot war. The jirescnt Nona American colonies contain a population nearly ecjual to that of the old colonies at tlie;'ommencement of your troubles ; but. leaving the «)lhers, I shall con- fine my obser\alions to the Canadas, and principally to the lAver province, which rela- tively, now stLinds in the jiosition of AIas>a- chusetts in 1770. The p(>i)uiation of that t!» ate was iluii ;{4(),(X).) ; ours is now over GUO.OIH). Of ihese. three-fourths are of French extraction, united almost to a man. Of the rcmainini: fourtli, one-half are Americans, \\[u) would never fiixlit to nuiiiiltiin E'lropean supremacy : the reinaininif half contains a majority of Irish, about whom there is '* no mistake,"' sol' :it ti-.e upliolders of monarchy, ■whenever 5 conte.-t begins, would be reduced to the Bi iti>h merchants and otruia s of .Mon- treal and (i,uebec, and their imuiediato depen- dants. Ujiper t'anada is mure equally ba- lanced ; but in a day of trial shewduld, like the old colonies, notwithstanding their pre- vious indifieri'm e, make conimon cause willi an abi:s>.'d neighbor. The white population of your thirte:?n States CO lid not, ill 1775. have much exceeded two millions. Your Tory, or British, part}', was stronger than ours, for it vaunted that it could eat up tlie rebels if it only "' got leave."' You had half a million of .-laves to keep in sub- jection, forming a majority in the Southern «t;jta. onilo'n'-fifih fifthe eutire oonu'nti'it! iif the whole. Yo.i had thousands of Indians, under English intluence, hovering about.ieady Rnd excited to h itcher every defencel family. There whs h province in your r filled with British troops, who commanded al the Northern waters. In front you had ti broad Atlantic, and Britain's tliousund shi ready to attack at miy season of the year, an- there lay your thirteen colonies, a mere ri bon of 1,40, 1 miles in length, and your iw million of inh;d>nants. almost within read of their ships' guns. Your far west was the the Susquehanna and the .Xlleghanies. B what mirai le did you succeed .' How much brighter are the prospects o: Canada! .Massachusetls,which may be conni dercd to have commenced ihR war singly, hai then but !HO,Ol)() iuhabitnnts. Lower Uanadb I'.as f)iK),0,jO, and with the U|)()er I'rovince may form a conifiact million. \Vc have a few Tories, who, like yours of old, would be loud wliHii protected by Britsh guns, and get paid for it when the troops removed, as they j)fii/ ships — with a coat of tar, and feather otnameuts. Wc base no slaves to rise upon their mas'ers : we have no hustile Indians to dread. If they acted at all it would be as allies to Mie (.'anil lians. inst;ad of savpges, we have seventeen millions of sympathizing freemen on ourborders, from w hom thousands, whatever might be the laws of neutrality, Avould come to ourassist&nc<;, to prevent Eu- ropean butchery from ag.iiii suiuryling Ame- rican soil with iVmcrican bhxKl. Instead of 1 100 miles of scacoast constantly exposed, we have only one inlet — at Q.uebec, only two-thirds of a mile broad, and closed by ice four months out of twelve. By commencing a revohitKMi in Nov ember, we should remain in peaceable possession of ihecountry for six months. Nor would it be safe at any time to send shipsof war into the river. Th^y would be hemmed in by sunken rafis, " snags." and '■ sawyers,'' that could be placed at an hour's notice. Then there is the danger of tire, from which there could be no escape in u narrow channel, with aliernutely a strong current setting one way and a strong 'ide the other. The whole Briiish navy, if it came here, would in 2 years be desnoyed by fire-vessels. Th' cities ol' .^lontreal and Quebec; might, until starved out, remain in the hands of the British, but the troops could never go into the couutiy. In winter, in an excursion of ten miles, the frost alone would provide frozea toes, fro/en liii.;ers, and frozen noses enough to keep half the dctatchment si.v months ia hospital. Ill SJuim.T our clay roadi'^ would ■"'''"'" i '' * .* J ........... and even tro!>[m utml>lu to wade ihroufrli ther wj lid have ta stru;z[^le throa^rli tho iuldH, a pickptl fi(T hy nny one who coal 1 load a In heliind II tree. Your |)ul)li(; men sixiicd the DcclariUioii Indepcndeiicf, willi hultcrs nhout ilu;ir cks. i\i) ret"ii(?o was provide I (iir tlieiii. I!s in ciine (»f tiinp »ra;y reverses have only I Mep across tin; Imcs Co;- salety. ^'o ir coin- leree was desiroyed— yo i 'coiild [)rorMirc ecessary siip|ilies Crorii no ipa dr. Our ihaliiiiints linve oidy to direct tlieir trade to States wliDsc water rominimicatioiw cx- Jiid to our neiiililiorliood, and carry (m iiniri- Bfriiplfdly n rejridar l> jsiness, withotit fe.ding i\v inconveniences ot war. Von liad dillicd- in raising mnney — • I'ntrioi" loans liave bince been so prolimhlo to capitalists, and Vnteri 'an llevolniions so nnivcisallv succrss- il.lhat no troiil)Ic would now interle.e on this Jjint. Tlie airent of Lower Canada won (i iw. loans even in London on better terms jhan tho ( •|mnedlor o!t!io Hxcle'C] er. because 'jj.v proriiir,: t^ prjinnd In/ not ow in a; one lill(f ''(tfltl. Her legislators have not been iiip. i.iic cry of " |)ul)lic iinpro, cments." iitoi. iging iliemvelves an'r- to ruise loans ofnK-ney, wliicli. whatever Ihe prtlence. <-'ii-s in" Colonies, for lltp lost part iijloo;i; i ,| pockets, and inorecorn- L'tely fe!(' -s lie j,,.|K,i,,^ .\ot only are we t.il of (iL;:!f, hnt w«,. Iifivc means lo puif. :'lie Assembly has decl .red that it will con- scateall the properly of the British Ariierictiii iL^nd Compan,-, whenever it has the power. iTiiese lands are on the immi'diate borders lof Vermont jwid \cw Hampshire : and Ifhen we have interinina!)lo for.-sis of pine, as lyet unsurveyed. It would be agl'-rionsspecn- jlation for a Company of enterprising irulivi- IduaU to furnish the moncv re^nnsite^Cor cir- [ryingon the war, and receive the payment in Iwild lands. It would not reiiuire n great s^ini. We I require no Navy or expensive Emb.ssies — a 'trip to Wasliin^lon costs nexi to nothing. — Forts and f irlirieations are unnecx' sary Tthe ditches nnd feneSs, running in ail dircc-tions, on our lariiis, already f.>;in sulii/innt breasl- I works, which \\\\\\ (i!jat:i.^ of fillen trees. would provide line< of ild'.in-e at no expense. Ah lo arfdle T, tiie eneniy would leivc as [many gins d)o!U \lu' eonntry, stiiki-ii in the raid, as Ui> dd lie w iiit.NJ. S.n lil arms would be wanted fop i!ie troojis. b ,; every hou*e is alren.dy furnishv-'d vvitli s.inif sort of B shooting in-iirumetit, as well as ui!';! a ,n:ii \wIio K'li'in-.i h'i'.i' III ii.-tf. it, iMass:i:-'i i>":t>. wi;h nn:r.)rin ponn^ation, ri;i-;;ir; ; < ,w,;j Ci/.rni ilani^ in i-a^'ii oi iik; f'caiji J77i aud'T.i. There are in Uiis pro- vince 12.'), 0)0 cttpal>lc of honrin^j nrms, thai is, n>en between tlie ugew of 10 and (iO. The militia returns, if completed, after deducting exemptions, would probably showaliut Hi ,OlK) raililiamen. There is not on the American coii- tine ,tany peopleso wellh (Commanders. Though admirably qu ddied for soldiers, they want of- ficers— good otlii-ers will make good soldiers of any men. Th.-re are some in the country — there are plenty in the States. Kven tlie cadets .f yoi:r military school at West Point would be found on the road to Canada at the sound of war, anxious to |)ui in practice tiie lessons now beiiiL' taugiitto them, lest they should never in llieir lives have another op- portunity. And then from your Havre [lack- els. how many a scar-worn veteran whose blood has sprinkled the grass from the liiia- del(pii\ er lo the llhiue, or from the Uhme to- tho Nieiiien, would lip seen debarking, his stiirMied limbs invigorated like the warliorse m the trumpet soutid. and hastening loeiVuce the stain >vhieh he may imagine the last re- verses of h'rance have left upon his iniiif" ry character. It is my opinion that nugland will never coerce the Canada^ if tliey only declare they will not hf carrcrd. There vonld bediflicul- ty in raising the means in the Mo ise of Com- mons, because so strong a party, upon a prin- ciple of interest, consi lersthut (."aiiadM would be more iirolitable to IJritain as an indepen- dtnit Str.te tli:ui as a Colony. 15ut suppose they eo.nmencc hosiilities, whi'l power eo dd tl>i;y briu'i lo subduu the natuial and physical stiongtii of the country I E. cry E iropeaii soldier landed Upon our shores c()sts, with his ei| lipment, be it ree((lloct d, 100 pounds. A. penny woriii of powder and ball will [irevent his doin^ any iiiisoiiitf alter he has landed; or (he penny may be saved by simply extol- ling the udvantages uf the l.'iiitcil t^lalcs and the facilties uf deaertion. Tbe schwil- mti>.ter has, unfortunately, been at)road n- mon^ thi! siildii-ry, and taught thcni tliat tliey are respovsible agents, and not j)ns.sive in- strunu !.!>• HI ihe hands ot despotic power. I doubt ii I.isliaien would fight againsitthe Co- lonists. esptciuUy when it would be so «• mighty convanieiU'' to pay a visit to their friends or cousins at Albany or '* Baity-more.' Indeed, it would only be necessary to com- mence a canal or raU-rond within a hundred miles of the lines, and whole regiments, whatever their nation, "pioneers and all," would emigrate widi drums beating, prefer- ing digging, at a doMar a day, to six|)ence and a red coat, to be die mark of a musket ball whenever it strayed thirty yaids from the barracks. vv With thepassing of a bilTfor robbing the Ca- nadian Treasury will commence the separa'' tion of Canada from the British Crown. I speak not thus confidently, because / wish, but advisedly, because Iknow. Though a nominal allegiance may for a while continue.it will be nominal. The people have wary leadei's, who will not hurry them into premature or partial rebellion merely to gratify the impatience of city loungers, but preparations are already commenced that will rende* .them invincible whenever they choose to say, " tee are ready.''' I allude not to the proeecdin|;8 ofsimulfffheous public meetings, but to the still small voice which, moving from .house to house, from neighbor to neighbor, -elowly, silently und irresistibly animates, ennobles and unites the determination of a people. War is a game of ^espwato cUances, never to ha commenced when it cau be honorably avni«' horrurs of rapine siul Moodi^hfd jrignrsM in coniparison witli a bufo t jiolitical ignominy. Heller cjpire ii. !i innrlyr for a country's wrong*, llian ». wretched slave, iiiseiuible ti> lior niiier Heller that our bones nliould lay whitening; the fields, or be raised in one vast nionuma over the departed liberties of the country, tii that they should live and move to witness ' degradation. What is there in life so loy« or III death so horrible, to make men quiet submit to Ahreatene^ insolence of olfice ? ^ The British (iovernmeni has assumed position reconciliiig no dispute ; leading to result ; which it cannot itself defend, exci upon the pica of ^jmporary necessity — a pll w'lich if once admitted, would sanction evel deed of enormity that man or government ei did or ever can commit. That govermnc has, with an imbecility inexplicable, stripp all e.\iraneous matter from the question Canadian grievances, and reduced the whole I a single point of contest— a bore naked poir upon which the whole world must decld Great Britain icron^, and the Canadians rigt whatever may bo the ulterior cons6<;uenc« The gift of foresight is misnamed. " know the future we need only look back U| the past. The scenes of the old colonies hai been i«5aeted in the new— the same catalog of charges against the British Crown has nearly refilled. The result mutt be the s For Great Britain there remains but one choic quietly and- peaceably, while she may wi honor, to relinquish a country that she cannj j-etain, that now spurns her protection, ad which can never flourish while it continues.l I am, your very obedient. I Li M,. N, I ^ ^