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. ^ ,..r - \-^ r ^r»<-.-j'%rir-!ir> n\ J Wb have the honor to annou tee to you the fom&tibn, in this City, of an
Association for the purpose of securing to the inhabitants of this Province practical responsible Go-
vernment, a Copy of the Constitution of which Association is hereAvith inclosed. The objects of this
Association are in that Constitution stated widi so much clearness, and the necessity for its formation
so abundantly attested by the present political crisis in this Country, as to require but few additional
observations upon the part of the Committee of Correspondence.

Great ind>jutry has been employed, since the resignation of the late Ministry, in misrepresenting
the principles upon which the administration of public affairs is to be conducted in accordance with
the Resolutions of 1S41, thereby involving in mystery both the doctrine and working of responsible
government. In expressing the views of the " Reform Association of Canada" upon this great prin-
ciple of British Liberty, the committee cannot find better terms, than the words of one of the conclud-
ing paragraphs of the Report of the late Lord Durham, a statesman who devoted more time and prxins
to the consideration of the government of this Province than any other who has written upon it. —
" The responsibility to the United Legislature of all officers of the government, oicept the Governor
" and his Secretary, should be secured by every means known to the British Constitution. The Go-
" vemor as the Representative of the Crown, should be instructed that he must carry on his govem-
" ment by Heads of Departments in whom the United Legislature shall repose confidence, and that he
" must look for no support from home in any contest with the Legislature except on points involving
" strictly Imperial interests."

Many attacks have been both covertly and openly made upon the applicability of this great prin-
ciple to a Colony, and its enemies have insidiously pretended to see in its practice, nothing short of
virtual independence of the Mother Country. The second resolution of the Reform Association suffi-
ciently explains the views of its members upon this head, expressing as it does their solemn conviction
that the love of British Liberty, and as a natural consequent, the enjoyment of British Liberty is the
best and surest guarantee for the greatness and integrity of the British Empire.

It will readily be admitted by all to whom the prosperity of the Province, and the rights of its
inhabitants, as subjects of the British Crown, are matters of interest, that there never was a moment ift
which they were more imperatively called upon for firmness and union in the constitutional defence of
both the one and the other. The very unscrupulous means which have been taken to prejudice the
public mind both here and in England, — the language of many of the leading English journals, — the
insidious manner in which the mention of the Royal Prerogative has been paraded in questions in no
way connected with it — tlie maniier in which the Government of this Country has for several months
been conducted without a Ministry or responsible Heads of Depailments — and the extraordinary use
which has been made of the name of the Queen's Representative, so as to place him before the
Public in the light of the mere leader oi a party, while he is sedulously kept in ignorance of the true
state of public feeling, are quite sufficient pledges that no possible means or exertions will be spared
by the advisers of His Excellency in order to obtain a triumph in the present contest.

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To meet so formidable an array with success, the questions really at issue must be "distinctly anfl

r^dispassicmately explained to the people ; the leading members of the Reform party throughout the en-

.tire Province must be brought into communication with each other, and Avith one common centre; and

•a unity of purpose and action by such means established among all those, who value their best nights

r as Britons, and the best interests ef that portion of the British Empire which they inhabit.

. These are the objects of the Reform Association of Canada, and in furtherance of these objects

.the committee has thus -addressed you, earnestly claiming your assistance. They will be glad if you

will communicate with the undersigned, and inform them of those in your neighbourhood, whose assist-

;ance would be valuable in the attainment of these <ol^ects, in order that a copy ef this communication

. .inay without loss of time be forwarded tq theiQ. .

By order of the Committee of Correspondence.

Your mosc obedient servants, ;, .

JOS. CURRAN MORRISON. ^CoHi«sPONmNe
SKEFFINGTON CONNOR. ) SBcaBTARWS,

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