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Ofpice. • • • • 188T. ' ' i' i : I.IIIII4I,I^III THE POLITICAL UNIO.'^ OF UPPER CANADA, TO WILLIAjM warren BALDWIN, ESQ., M. D„ President of their Society^ S^c. Sfc. ^c. Sm: \ Dedications arc not without their use. It is both proper and pleasant, on snit- ir*ble occasions, to express those eontimenls of ostccin and gratitude, wliich are duo to ^4)Uohc men fir their public services. Great is the debt we owe to you ; - and both our y^duty and inclination concur, on the present occasion, in offorir.g this tribute to your » .P^'tf^® virtues and undoviating patriotism. The seat wliicli you held (or many years, V^njwe earlier period of our history, in the Provincial Parliument, was devoted with n^^ honorable consistency to the cause of civil and leligious liberty; and wh«n the . exigencies of the country lately needed your manly and active interpoHition, we wit- nesscd the readiness with wiiicli you (one of its brijihtest orniunents) lofulie rctironu-nt of private lift, and engaged in the vindication of the people's rights against Exocutivo corruptions, which will be transmitted to the execration of tlie same posterity that will cherish your conduct in grateful romombranco. For your manly and patriotic bearing you have fallen a victim to Executive resentment — but Sir, the utmost oiforts of Executive malignity cannot lessen your distinguished reputation with the people who behold in yo\i, in your advanced age, the winter of time having already shed upon your head its prophetic snow, a champion full of unabated affection for his country, nobly contending tor the inviolability of public liberty. Your name will be associated with that of the great Joseph Hume and other illustrious benefactors of mankind, who for their uncompromising principles are a constant theme of cn'"mny for a selfish and venal faction ; and your memory will find an honorable record in the history of this unfortunate, because misgoverned. Province, whilst the name of its oppressors will be forgotten or only remembered for their injustice to you and general oppression «f the country. It will be some consolation to us who have been made to feel the baneful effecis of the present Administration, that the character of the Vonorable Dr. Baldwin will not float down the stream of time towards a dishonorable abyss " in the same boat** in which Sir Francis Head has invited the Constituency of Upper Canada to embark (beir interest*. With the highest respect and consideration, We have the honor to be, &c. &.c. On behalf of the Union. T. D. MORRISON, V. P. WILLIAM LESSLIE, V. P. PETER FREELAND, V. P. JOHN McINTOSH, V. P. JAMES E. SMALL, V. P. [By erder.l JOHN ETXIOT, Ste'y. U. C HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Monday^ January SO, 1837. — The House in Committee on the lit port of the Select Committee on the petition of Dr. Charles Vancombc, to the Itr'Uish House of Comment. Dr. J. Roi.pii. — Mr. Cliuirnian, Pcrliaps never did a day, wciiryig ii more lu'vorintj aspect than this, da\Tn upon a British Co- lony ! The glory of provincial nioiiarciiy, 8ul)ject«'d i)jnominiously to tlieso procord- inss, is sullied beyond the powor of your acquittal to redeem. , Kings are sometimes tried. But nations ar(5 their judges. And when a peo|)ie, goa- ded by injury, rise in their majesty to occupy the judgment-seat,grand is ihos[)ec- tacle and vast is the result ! Popular sym- pathy generally mingles with ilie royal fate, and an interest is transnnited witli ihc very block, which is dyed with their blood. But Kings even in Europe would dwindle into shadows, were they arruigncil aiirl tried before subordinate tribunals. Only in) -(-rino it ; King William the Fourth tried by a se- lect committee of the House of Conunons ! The proposition. Sir, shocks you. And behold the treasury benches ; their very hair, at the thought, stands on end. Yet I charge them with a crime of little less atro- city. For they have not decorously ap- pealed respecting his Excellency, to the paramount authority of the parent slate, and then humbly awaited from the King or tlio Lords, or even the commons, their high umpirage ; but, intoxicated with power, unconscious of its legitimate bounds, and strangers to the due limits of the constitu- tion, which they boldly vociferate others infringed, they have, with Tory temerity, erected from among themselves, a little tri- bunal of members, to propose for our adop- tion or rejection, the presumptuous sentence "guilty," or ''not guilty," against the Vice- roy. It has filled me with amazement ! When first made acquainted with the course thus pursued by the honorable gen- tlemen opposite, I exclaimed, impossi- ble ! Can this be the (Tspriug of their monarchical professions] Are these the high-mi&ded statesmen who would direct the al"iM'S c.f a na;i(in, and yet thus throw sticha mantle ovrj- {U\ occupit;; of a luroiie ? Have ih'^y so iiiiji; credit in the very com- munity they aid in governinir, as to stand halt convicted under the so'iiary petition of C. Duncoinbe, and so little weigiif^ or so little generosity of character, as to be in- conip(!ient to siiield even provincial majesty from this Imni'liaiino; |)rediram;'nt ? Had Reformers a prcvnilii)!r voice, 1 sliould be iislianied to see the coun ry in this condi- tion, .'Mid its local nrji'sty made dim with tliis i iipeachnient. IiHj.e.ji linient, d'd 1 say ? Oh no. They have doomed their iilusirious |)er«ona<;e to (Irnik the cup of huniiliaiion to the very drtgs. 'i he trial has iir t lecn coi. ducted even beCu-o the Lr^islative Council, our provincial [louse of Peeis, who v.ould per- haps regard agiillly parti.jip ition, little less thanietit treason! It h;!s not fcvi n been conducted before liiis lion, house, whik; the chair, sir, was occupied by ilic Speaker, in whom is embodied, besides his [la'.liamentaiy |)hylacteri(?s, the aLfgrcgaledigniiy of the As- sembly, with the JMace, sumiounicd with a Crown, lying massively on the lable, and defended by the Sergeant-at-Armle, the iuvesliuatiou was repudiated by the House, and iiisultiniily transferred to an ordinary Coniniitlee! ! Behold some gallant general, doon^ l>y an uncontroiab'o fate of war to i*^''^' '^'s unfortunate career before theJ-**'*^'^'* inqui- ries of a wounded nation*' Conscious of hii integrity, ami proud to offur his honora- ble vindication, ho chcorfully appears heforo a court martial organized according to his rank. But tell him that such u tribunal is denied him ! Toll him ho is ordered to a drum-head court martial ! ! lie no lonL'<^r wears his lofty mien or feels the buoyant spirit of the soldier's hreast. IIo would in prospect of such a fate, break his sword ia irai^ments rather than return it to llio scab- bard. His very heart would be wrung with agony, yea, rended and broken, before you could consummate his degradation and in- flict your sentence. Ho would command the sympathy of the whole military world. And were there no honorable gen- tlemen opposite to sympathize with tho representative of Majesty, and save him, and the consiitnlion too, iVom the, perhaps, mortal wound indicted by this unprecodont- ed humiliation'? Do none of you, boast- ing of you«* loyalty, and professing your admiration of the man and devotion to his service, feel conscious of shamo for having thus unceremoniously turned over the trial of the Viceroy to (I mean no personal dis- respect) two or three country attornies ! — He who is the depositary of tho Royal prerogative ; ho who lately ascended the Andes, traversed the mountains and plains, and even explored the mines of Peru ; he who, enjoying 'otium cumdignitate,' issued his elegant Bubbles from tho brunens of Nassau ; he who is covered with the stars of knighthood, from the guelphic order, to that of the Prussian order of merit; he who is a co-ordinate branch of the provin- cial Legislature, and who, clothed in the semblance of Iloyal robes, sits in the Le- gislative chamber upon a throne ; ho who there nods our bills into laws or into noth- ing ; al.is ! even he is here doomed by his own unconstitutional majority, virtually to stand at the bar, while you, sir,put the blush- ing question "guilty," or "not guilty 1" " Alusa, mihi causas memora ; quo nutnino IcDso, ^niilve dolcns regina Doum, tot volvero casus, ln3ift«em ptetato viruin, tot aJire laborea Impulei^(/> What \f^\\ tbo British Government say to this impolitic proceeding "J You who ought to b§ the first to i^p wtthin, at least, the bouiuls of impeachment in the mother couti- try, have assumed to try,and either condemn or acquit the representative of the King ! The (lovernor has been charged with inter- fering, to an alarming degree, with the puriiy and freedom of the late general elec- tions. It is a charge of treason against iho people. You are \\a? day teaching them a lesson they will not easily forget. Thny fmd themselves, through the ptirsons oftiieir representatives, bringing under the ordeal of this enqtiiry the head of the Executive Government. If it is thought expedient to exempt him from civil and criminal respon- sibilities i\) the courts of justice, by what law do you now assume a jurisdiction, of which even tho King's B(!nch is ousted ? If found guilty, will you put him into the custody of the Sergcant-at arms? Will you as it were dethrone liim? or bring him to the block? You may have an authority from tho British Ministry to exercise this inquisitorial func- tion ; but I cannot even then acknowledge its wisdom. When you familiarize the people with theso summary proceedings against Kingly functionaries, you make them compare their own strength and importance with that of their rulers. There is a prevail- ing opinion in favor of rendering the Legis- lative Council elective. But although it is easy to account for a belief that those who obey tho laws should elect the law makers, and that qualifications to elect one house, cannot be disqualifications to elect the other; yet it is singular that you should invite po- pular expectation a step higher ; for whije you practically display your power in this cursory manner to try the Lieut. Governor, the people will say, if onr servants ought to try him, we, who are their masters, ought to elect him. Heedless, however, of public decorum, and constitutional boundaries, j'ou oblige this side of the house to engage in the Parliamentary adjudication. Under these circumstances I am bound to put aside what might, otherwise, be a becoming de- licacy, and with that freedom, demanded by the magnitude and justice of the case, closely examine this report and the fearful events out of which it has grown. The following is the language of the T ^p Qtiicr corni- er coiulernn tlio Kin{^ ! with intur- , with the >npral cloc- iii^ainst ilio ng thoiu a ret. Thny ions of tiioir tiio ordeal Executive xpcdient to iial respoii- 2, by wiiat Jiction, of ousted ? If tlio custody I) as it were the block ? the British [orial func- ;knovvIedge iinrizo the iroceedings make them importance s a prevail- the Legis- jiough it is those who w makers, one house, t the other; invite po- ; for whije i^er in this Governor, Its ought to rs, ought to of public idaries, you igage in the fnder these put aside coming de- manded by ase, closely rful events age of the 8 llcport : — ••The conimittoe havinc; thus disposed of •• the minor parh of Dr. J)un(:ouib(j'8 petition, *' will now advert to thai [lurtum of it that may ••justly be considered ua of the gieatvst iin- '• parlance, viz. the accusulioii au;ainsl His Ex- *' celkncij lltt Lieut. Horn mo r ; and it is witli "no cointnon decree of satisfaction that the ••committee fuel ilioiiKselvesi justitied iu dc- ♦• clarinj; that every chavgo, and inHinuatlon '• made against a man to wliom the Province •' of Upper Canada owes so large a deht of *' gratitude, for firmness of principle and pa- •' triotic conduct, is wholly and utterly dt-sti- • tute of truth." iJy the adoption of this report you acquit, and l)y the rejection of it, you convict Sir Francis Head of the high crimes and misde- meanors charged against him. IJut it may be well for the house to pause for a moment, and review the very peculiar situation in which they are placed. The community will certainly regard oiir judicial proceedings in this matter with more than ordinary jea- lousy, and it becomes us thgrefore to observe more than ordinary circumspection. Immediately after the late election, Sir Francis openly boasted, as the public do- cuments shovv,of his parliamentary majority, and with singular prescience communicated it to Downing-St.. By what method he made his computation, by what unknown means or unofficial intercourse, he possessed himself of the views or pledges of members, I leave among the arcana of government ; but this significant anticipation of our conduct, upon whatever it was grounded, became the ge- neral topic of animadversion, and by no means indicated upon such a subject, the dispassionate and dignified demeanor of a man filling a throne either for himself or anoiher. And this prophetic spirit about us, is the more striking when connected vrith the unhallowed moans, vvhich were directed against the freedom of election. The very question before us, therefore, involves the constitution of this Assembly. If the potent influences which were so sys- tematically put into active oporation,did not fail of their intended effect, this House has no claiiii to the representative character. On the other hand, if those influences were really niijatory, the purity of parliament is sustained. lI(,'nro tlio fate of this FIoiiso and of Sir Francis, is identified. If for in- stance he employed the means, and wo avail- ed oursclv(!S of them, there is nut much to chuse between the guilt of the two. lie is, then, tlie principal,& we are the accessaries: tho' in this sort of treason, pculiaps lawyers we'd class all as principals. While fli- Iionse is thus under tho im|)utatioi! of being 'partic- eps criminis,' it might have been more satis- factory had the trial been conducted by somo other tribunal, altogether aloof from this unfavorable presumption. Tako a vulgar example, which is ofiontimes tho best ; if one set of men should steal merchandi/.d, & another set should receive them, it would bo a singular arrangement to appoint the ono to try tho other. And if, to carry out tho illustration, we and Sir Francis combined to defraud the people of their liberties, they will not bo satisfied wiih his praise of us, or our acquittal of him. This is not the only (piesiionablo condi- tion of the House, and of its Select Com- mittee ; for out of thirty witnesses, fifteen are honorable members. Now it apfiears to mo that the people (they aro a shrewd pcojile) will not be satisfied, when they seethe judges, jury and witnesses principally selected from a suspected source. The Committee, too, from which this re- port emanates, has, like the camelion, so of- ten changed its color, and has been so sin- gularly metamorphosed in the course of its inquiry, that one almost needs a directory to find one's way. The committee first sate on the 25th November, composed of Messrs. McNab, Draper, Parke, Sherwood & Wood- ruft". On the first of Dec. Messrs. Jones and Norton were added. And on the 22d, tho hon. &. learned gen. for Toronto ihouglit it proper to retire, being succeeded by Messrs. Prince and Burvvell. I cannot but commend the discretion of the hon. gentleman in washing his hands of the whole transaction. Some, indeed, hinted that his acceptance of the office of executive counct 'or, operated as a point of delicacy, inducing him to aban- don the investigation he had begun. But, surely, the same delicacy, had such been th« case, would havt Iwd him to r«tire from t^- ^ n scrvicj* of Ills ronstiliionts; for if it crcnird an im'ompf'tcncy iipon this inaltcr, it ni'isi equally have dmio so iipcn nil. Wlu-n va- rious uii>tlv(«s iiio lit tlw !*auw! tinio iiiHnciJO \n^ tlic iniuti Willi various ilcyices «if loice, it is oflfii (Jiniciilt fitr ll:(i wi.M'.sf and licst of men, so to i\-\i\\y/A: Hicii' own inord and in- tellvctii.il opiratiuiiH, as l>i ascrdx- to cadi motivfi ils spocilic cHrit and coulrdiiition in influonoinc tl'<-'ii' di'tciininalion under tryin;» clrcnni>lanc('s. 1 tnisi it will not br flccinL'd an unparliiinicntiiiy or unconrlcons tiling to express wy belicf.tliat wliilc; tin euolluT lion. ninnilicTs of thai tonimiitt'c, as tin y liavc |if:n opi.'td) dccliircd, iCL'ardcd lie pro- cccdinjis partial and nnsati.^liictory,(\viilioi.t however retiring,) tlio riq^Iit lion, peiiileman nltli.'inj^Ii prcvenied.hy Iod fivorablo prepos- session^-, from ascribing,' a diiofoieelo the same objections, yet n-aliy soiig'.it a dis- cliarfio from what Ids Iioiiorable mind could not a!»provp, and his greater sensibility could not I.Hnjjrr Oiidiire, liy ii;is nuiMii-Miverin ^witli tho j;tructiiro of the committee, it is graced with many names and yet li'ts been viitually mana'»d 12 ; and mure devoted sc-^ants and better managers, a uovernor never had. jMr. Draper having sale nine days took his leave of them; and wao repbiced by Messrs. Burwell and Prince, of whom the former bestowed fou lajs and the latter 2 ! Mr. Jones sate five days and then absented himself oa his judicial duties in the Eastern pislricts. Messrs. Parke, Woodruff and Norton were treated in a way which has (ailed from them the open expression of their indignation in the House. lienco the whole iiflair has been conducted by two warm, iho' honorable partizans, and the re|)ort is upon the face fuction at the treat- ment they had rerrived, he (Mr. McNab) franklyexplained the novelwayinwliichit was framed. The report be pronounced a month old ! Each of bis friends, it was said, had mad'! a morsel of it, as the evidence came in and the inquiry was going on. And my worthy friends were openly rebuked for being so conscientious, as to desire to hear all the evidences carefully determine its suf- ficiency and compaie it in all its parts before deducing their report ft.m it. The bon. and learned chairman (Mr. Macnab) deserves a patent for his new method. It is piece-meal fashion. It must have been borrowed (roni the patch-work of old wo- men. It is net impossible that this very docu- nit lit may claim something of a noble birth, though of an illegitimate kind. In the Speech from the Throne, at the pro* rogation of the late Parliament, Sir Francis Head indulged in a complaint agninst the the Select Committee upon the Executive Council quesiion, because, as he alledged, " contrary to form it made its existence known to him by directly applying to him^ instead of thro'' the House, for other documents and information which he immediately forward- ed, without objecting to the irregularity of the application.^* This, Sir, was evidently an affectation of delicacy, for the pur- pose of criminating the late Assembly, to w bom I desire to offer the tribute of my ad- miration and respect. For since the success of the various intrigues at the late elections* the above coovecient delicacy has Tanitbed; It was nature i passed . left the \ pel lime ! gular j only II J gentlen ider a / J learned ^ pnragrd ' mitte(! a pa rag vicious genileni culpate Genera eriimen I elonueii I llie ver I verv 01 1 Head 1 1 j on reia the imp learned dignati( i W iih w I precede j spoke o I rity of i de|)end ihis owr such c: I But wl I of His assigne £ senibly cret coi lating t here ii who ca ces, di' interfei cised ( would rages z would even I ^ very b! Consti late y. wliich has sionof tlieir I) tlio whole I warm, iho* xirt is upun unicn)|)(M(>d conclusiuns iicquiro nny dtr the pc- riniitiuii ac- . Sc l< 01 tied al menibjrs iht'ir places, t ilio troat- Ir. McNjiI)) wliichit was ed a n)unlh iis said, had (lenco ciiiiie I. And my f'hukud for siio to hear mine its suC- II its parts i-ni it.The Ir. Macnab) ruthod. It t liiive been of old wo> very docu- )f a noble kind. In It the prov Sir Francis agninst the 1 Executive i« alledged, fence known im, instead umenis and li/ forward- gularity of IS evidently the pur- sonibly, to ) of my ad- the success e elections, Tanisbed; n it was of a transient, perhapn, pphrmrrol nature ; it was a sort cf paroxysm, which passed l)ri<'fly thro' its moibid stHg"<«, find left the illiisii ious patiint in his niiti'.i.>l \v\W' pciiirni'nt. lli'iiil, a:, cvidcnrc' ol it, ilic sin- gular sceiK! whidi tills House |)ios(i)t('d only i\ few (liiys (ipo. 'Ilic lion, luid ItMirncd j,'nntl(Mnim for VViiiitworili (iMi. iMcNal)) un- der a lapsus I. ivfrtur, rebuked ilu* lion, and learned iSolit iior-(ieiitral for op|)osiii;:j a pnriij];r/iph in ilu; Ilcfioit of ilic Select Coni- n)itti'(> on tile Lauil (Jiantiii^' l)e|iartniei)t ; a panigriipli, indeed, which he ileiioi.ncrd as vicious anil corrupt. And when the l'.:arni'd genili-'nian lor Weutwortii, proci otied to ex- culpate himself, nnd involve the Solicitor- Geiiuial in lIu; crime of opposing]; the gov- ernment, he (iMr. IMcNab) expatiated with eloquence and warmth upon the i.ia, that the very paragraph so denouucid was the very one which, <»f all others, Sir Francis Head hims:>lt most pariicid.irly insisted up- on retaining! Oh, that I could now imitate the impassioiied langi.'UL'C and iidclrcss of tlio learned Solicitor-(jeniral ! With what in- dignation he condemned ihis coiut-intiigue ! ^Vilh what honest /-(ialhcdenoinicjd this un- precedentcdcaucus! With what sym|)ailiy he spoke of the privileges of the House, the pu- rity of its proceedings, and the untainte d in- dependence of its members, as well as of his own exeujptioii from all participation o( such extra-parlianu ntnry con>l)inaiio:is ! — But when wo luarihis innocent disclosure of His direct interfeiencc with the duties assigned to select connuittcM-s by (his As- sembly ; when we discover Him to b(^ in se- cret communication with members, and dic- tating the terms of Reports which are to be here introduced and hurried into Laws ; who can, under such appalling circumstan- ces, divest himself of the fear that a similar interference and control have been ex'r- cised over this Report.'' — a Report, which would in its rejection, establish such out- rages against the liberties of the country, as would dissolve the elements of society, and even bring a King, guilty of them, to the very block. 1^3 who would thus violate the Constitutioi., m the very way which, at the late [..orogation, he exposed \o public con- demnation in order to criminate the jntc As- sembly, cannot be above suspicion of exer- ci>ing the same influenc«! on this occasion, for his own sidvaiiou. It is, too, n roiuci- dence worthy of notice, that the hoe. and Icarn'd member for Weniworih (Mr. M'Nab) was Chairman of both committees, vi'/. : the ene on tlu; Land (iranting Depaitmeni, xnd the other on his Excellency. And he will excuse my presuming with those facts bet'oio me, tbat if the committee had no insupera- ble repugnance in the former rase to accom- modate themselves to the views dictated from Government- House, the hitter com- mittee would experience less ropugnance to maintain similar communications wih the same quarter upon a subject, to which a man of honor must bo exquisitely alive. I w ill not, in either case, impute this conduct to the committee as h fault, however mo- mentous the error. It is difiicult to repel the pr«!suinption or rebuke the encroach- n)enis of men exalted in oOlco and clothed with power. It needs a high degree of mo- r;d coiiraize niid an extensive acquaintance with the world, with dignity and eflect to coirect the ambitious advances of a Gover- nor, temper him with constitutional princi- ples, !ihd keep him within the vice- regal limits of his authority. The censure, there- fore, must primal ily be imputed to him, who seduced the committee Iroiu their usual strict duty and natural high- mindedness. This Re- port, indeed, bears internal evidence of intense party feeling a ndunjudicialhkeinvesiigat ion. It has not the generosity and ingenuousnessof youth, or the temper and dispassionateness of maturor years. It has all the suspicious char- acters that would ascribe it in no small degree to the same head and the same pen as gave birth to the memorable addresses, which must presently be the subject of humiliating commentary. It is matter of susprise and regret, that this House negatived the nr.otion, m..de by the lion, and learned Mayor, immediately to print the message and documents bear- ing upon the question: because it would have been a practical assurance of a dispo- sition to conduct the enquiry bona fide, to acquaint the country with th« details, and ♦.» e thereby ppprizo lliein of ilio ttstiriiony le- rjuiiecl. Tlio siinie end i\ng\it have been galiiod by adopting the courso suj,^gL'sted to ' tlio conunitteo by my bonorablo friend iVoni Crenvillo (Mr. Norton) wlio, us appears iu the Appendix of this Report, moved tiiat a series of quesitions, necessi'vy to elicit ilio desired information, should be printed and . circulated : a frank and honest course which H' would have induced from various (juarters, both the complaints the people bad to make and the testimony in support of tliem. But this proposition was unaccou:.;ably re- jected ! No official notification was to be given the people of the facts alledyed, and no queries circulated to facilitate the ac- quisition of proof. Surely, in a matter com,;rehending the whole face of tiie com- .nunity, and the alledged infringement, more or less, of the whole elective fran- chise, a coextensive mode of investigation ought to have been pursued. The absence, nay, the rejection of a courso so obviously suitable and just, exposes this Report to much suspicion, and may well make ns pause before voting for its adoption. For it is not a question of pr'mciph only, and therefore determinable, like a constitutional point, without an appeal to public testimo- ny ; but it was a matter of fact chiefly within the knowledge of the great body of the electors, and susceptible of no satisfac- tory scrutiny without their co-operation. It is, therefore, not so much the language of justice, as of a parliamentary majority, now to challenge us, as you do from the other side of the House, " to disprove the Report if we can." An opportunity has been asked and refused. Had you not felt that the more freedom you gave to inquiry, the more would the wickedness of late trans- actions have been exposed, you would have both silenced objection and satisfied the demands of truth, by giving a further scope to investigation by those who, know the facts which you doubt, and are aware of testi- mony which you never sought 1 When, Sir, I proposed the other day to refer this subject for additional evidence, it was met and avoided by a motion for the orders of the day, by the hon. member (Mr. Ro- binson) from Siincup, a county which is said to have been, during the late election, spe- cially deluged with executive corruption.— It is a mockery of justice, it is an absolute de'ision of the pei)j)le t) invite ns to dis- l)rove, and, at the same lime, deny us the means. Give even now a fair opportunity, and it shall be done. Rut is it according to the laws of honor, or of parliamentary co\irage, for a majority to challenge a min- ority into liie held, and deny them the free use of the san)e weapons as they use them- selves? Think not, however, that you haye even by these means achived a vic- tory. This document, like all its kind, contains the elements of its own condem- nation. What is this ? The opinion of the Select Committee. But where, alas ! is the evi- dence comprising the Appendix ? Oh, Sir, that is not printed ! If the Select Com- mittee needed evidence to arrive at these printed conclusions, do you think the House can by parliamentary magic, or a son of hocus pocus conjure ecus, arrive at the same conclusions without any evidence at all 1 Assuming solemn inquiry to be the object, and that we are bound by an obli- gation scarcely less sacred than an oath, to " render a verdict according to the evi- dence," the duty becomes impossible by the temporary suppression of the testimony in the Appendix. To judge of this Report every member ought to see that on which it is founded. Were there no intention of imposing upon us, the Appenr'ix would have been first printed and distributed ; and af- ter the lapse of a reasonable time for its careful examination, one or two resolutions founded on it might have been proposed for adoption. The order of truth, however, is inverted, and we are now called upon to draw a conclusion in ignorance of the pre- mises ! A jury of honest farmers would never give a verdict on a Lawyer's Record without firsi comparing its allegations with the testimony. It is equally preposterous for us to adopt this Report without first care- fully compai ''0 Appendix. Amidst a pres- sure of business occupying the House from ten 111 besides the niM I sure*, 1 have at asolita / scientin I '^"^ I object i< I times that clu made n I stated a word nouncec occasioi Wentwi and tlio of Cant out ani that th( correct : the sam occasioi pleted 8 out the liberal r and Pa stateme raitted t "Thai in this H tee to \v cellency tlic petit Commor Saturdaj ingof til day mor chairmai when ob room, h( found hi Sherwoc said, — " then saic report t< Burwell day" — notice ; that the he wou Parke h of the e knowlet >vl)icli is said cctioii, spo- )rru[)tion.- - an absolute > "s to dis- deny us the tpportiinity, iccording to rlianiontary nge a min- cm tile free y use tiiem- tliat you ived a vic- II its kind, ■n condein- f the Select is the evi- ? Oh, Sir, ilect Com- e at these the House • a son of ive at the vidence at to bo the •y an obli- in oath, to • the evi- assible by testimony lis Report on which itention of 'ouid have ; and af- me for its esolutions )posed for )wever, is upon to the pre- rs would 's Record ions with posterous irst care- 1 the tes- t a pres- use from ten iti the uiorning till a late hour at night, any opportunity of cxamininfr or knowing the besides thft duties of select commiticcs and the necessary examination of passing mea- sure*, it is iinpracticabh; for ()2 members to hare access in the course of a few days, to a solitary manuscript of evidence, so as con- scientiously 10 form an opinion. But Sir, there is still further [)rima facie objection to this report. It h.is several times occurred during the present session that chairmen of select committees have made reports when members of them have stated in their place that they never heard a word about the reports till they were an- nounced to the House. Upon one oi" those occasions the lion, and learned member for Wentworih ('Mr. NcNab) was the chairman; and those instances (the first in the history of CanaJian Legislation) did not pass with- out animadversion. It is to be regretted that the exposure of those cases did not correct so discreditable a practice. But sir, the same mooneuvre was resorted to on this occasion. The report was prepared, com- pleted and introduced into the House with- out the previous knowledge of the three liberal members (IMessrs. Norton, WoodrulT and Parke.) They severally made their statements to this House; and I then sub- mitted the following motion ; "That Mr. Woodruff has stated in his place in this House, as a member ol the select commit, tee to which was referred the message of his r]x. cellency the Lieutenant Governor together with the petition of C. Buncombe to the House of Commons in England, that about 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, ho received a notice of a meet- ing of the select committee on the following Mon- day morning at 9 o'clock, but did not sec the chairman at the house till about halt past nine, when observing him go towards tiio Committee room, he followed him in about ten minutes, and found him there, with Messrs. Burwell, Prince and Sherwood ; upon which Mr. Prince immediately said, — '« we have adopted the report ;" — that ho then said to Mr. Bu.well, " it must be a very short report to go through it so quick" to which Mr. Burwell answered, — " we read it over on Satur- day"— of which meeting Mr. Woodruff had no notice ; but that had he received any intimation that the committee were about to prepare a report he would cortainly have attended. That Mr. Parke has also stated in his place, as a member of the said committee, that he had no notice or knowleu^e of the preparing of the said report, nor contents thereof; that ho receivod a notice, lato on Saturday night, to j.ttcnd at nine o'clock on the following Alonday morning, not ppjcifying the object of the meoiing, and that ho hnrrd tho report was adopted a litllo before 10, on iho sanio n)orniiig ; and that ho was refused by tho said committee a view of his eridence, as taken down that ho might bo satisfiod of its correctness, as was always allowed witnesses. And that Mr. Norton has stated in iiis place, as a member of the said committee, tJint he attended every mci-t- ing of the said comniiltne although to his mind conducted unsatisfactorily, of which he recei-od any notice, which did not exceed throe sittings, not having been informed of any others ; that ho received no notice and had no kno\,ledge of tho preparing of tho said report, except a notice late on Saturday night to attend at nino o'clock tiio following Monday morning, not specifying the object ; and tlia*. on 10 o'clock of tho sjuiie morn- ing the report wassdoptad without his knowledge or consent, and theroforo that the said rpjjort be ref'errod back to a select committee, a)id the order for taking it into consideration on Monday next be discharged." This motion. Sir, was lost by the pre- vious question ; the hon. member for Sim- coe (Mr. Robinson) moved the orders of the day. Admitting that these proceedings will bo "perfectly satisfactory" in Downing-street, will they be so to the British House of Commons, or the British nation, or the Ca- nadian people ? Would a verdict be re- ceived by a Judge, unless as corrupt as a Scroggs or a Jeffreys, when rendered by a foreman without the knowledge of three of his fellow Jurors 1 It appears as if it had be- come known that evidence had been quietly collected with great trouble and expense, as well as unavoidable delay ; that it was about to pour in from all quarters upon them with shaming and overwhelming force ; and that utter discomfiture could only be avert- ed by this bold mooneuvre; a course which no martyrdom could induce my honorable friends to sanction. Every appeal to the honor, justice, candor and dignity of the House was made in vain. The three hon. gentlemen 1 have named, were doom- ed to submit to the indignity ; tho House refused them its protection ; and the report under all these eircumstances was received, and will undoubtedly be adopted. But all this is in perfect harmony with the proceed injC^s upon the contested election for the 2nd riding cf the metropolitan Co. J\lr. Mnckenzlo in behalf of liinisolf and the electors of the Second Ridiiii,' of this Disirict, petiiionnd the Uimiso against the sitting iniMnber (Mr. Thompson.) Hy onr rule it is provided "that all petitions to be introduced sImI! be brought in innncidiately after the minutes are read, and that such I)etilions shall he read by the Chuk, after tlie third reading of any bills that may stand for that [)urpese on the order of the day ; provided such pt-tition shall have laid on the table two days." In this rule, to suit our modification of English practice, the Icvm presented \s avoid- ed. The p'ltiiion "to be iutroiluced" is *' brougiit in," then " lies on the table two days," and is thou "read." Tliesy stages constitute its presentment. Euiciion peti- tions luve (properly or impiopeilv is not now the qiK stion) always been subjected to this rule. Hence the one to be introduced in the above instance of Mr. Mackenj'.ie was " brought in" on t!»e 20ih December, laid on the table two days, and on the 22d was read. By the Provincial Act 4!h Gno. chip. 4: it is eiiacted, — " That whenever a j)etition, complaining of an undue election or return of a member or members to serve in Parli- ament shall be presented to the Mouse of Assembly, a day and hour shall by the s,iid House of Assembly be appointed for taking the same into consideration ; & notice there- of in writing shall be forthwith given by the Speaker to the petitioner or petitioners, and the sitting member or members or their res- pective agimts." By another act in amendment of it, the petitioner is required to enter into recogni- zances within 14 d.iys afteu" the petition is pre senled. It appears, therefore, tluit both the House and tlie pe.iiioner had a duty to per- form when the petition was presented ^'hc one being bound to appoint a day md hour for its future consideration, and the other to enter into security for costs within fointeen days, I first asV,j|ie question, when did the house coDsider the petition presanted so as to re- 8 quire them to name a day and hour ! Was it when it was brought in ? — No. Was it when put on the table'? — No ; hut after it was brought in, aiul had laid on the table two days, aud had been read. Then, and not till tluui, did the house act en it. But if tli(:y did not consider it presented under the law till read, surely the petitioner was eniiilcd to the same construction. The pe- tiii >ner sei'ing them adopt this rule of com- putation in th;;ir own conduct, a|)plied the same rul(! lnr his own L'liidauce, justly sup- po-^in'i that if he regulated his proceedings by those of the Assenibly he could not be wtoiig. But i)'thou:li they did not consider on their own part the peiition fully pri'sent- cd till it w IS rend, yet on the |)ari of the pc.litinner it was considered as presented when it was brought in, altho' under a rule of the House it was in abeyance till read. One Ywh of law for the h()use, and a diOer- ent one !'or the petiiiouer ; one measure of justice for oiirseK(!s, and aiioiber for the pt'ople praying us for relief! Generous to ourselves, ungenerous to others ! Excusing om- own ()mi;->ioiis, & y.n dijaling to our con- stituent?, such riyidness as we'd discredit the sharpest aiul keenest Aitorney. And this sharp lu'aetice, too, und.-r our unjust con- struction of the law, for the improper pur- |)ose of stilling inquiry ! Calculating the 14 days for Mr. Mackenzie, from the reading of the p'-'iition, when the house themselves acted on ii, and it was unfolded and its contents disclosed and thereby presented to them, he had the vvhole of the 4th Jan. to enter into the recognizance ; yet on that v(;r\' day this house struck the order, for taking the |)etition into consideration, off tlie order of the day ; and, as it were, signed judirment ; although it was notorious that the petitioner was at the bar, anxious to avert that course and give tlie required security, &, prosi^cute his complaiet. Such conduct will not bear inv( sti'ration; and is calculated to excit(; a distrust of the power and justice of this house, and a belief of their fear to al- low the alleged corruptions at ths late gene- ral elections to undergo a fair and full inves- tigation. An inquiry involving the charac- ter and cotistitution of this Assembly, the The lour 1 Was 10. Was it but after it n tlic table Then, and on it. But )iitt;tl under liiionor was 1. Tho pe- rule t^f coin- applied the , justly sup- proceedings luld not be not consider illy pri'sent' |)-iri of tlie IS presented under a rule ^ ce till read, and a diOer- nieasuro of lier for the jonerous to '■; ! Excusing gto our con- discredit the . And this ; unjust con- iproper pur- ating the 14 the reading themselves ded and its y presented -.. the 4th Jan. ;'| yet on that I order, lor >| oration, oflf | i^ere, signed j| nus that the )us to avert I security, & '4 L'onduct will ilciilated to id justice ol" fear to al- 3 lato gene- d full inves- the charuc- lembly, the 9 conduct of the Executive Government and and convivialities of tho season, Mr. Speak- the freedom of the elective franchise, ought er and all, forgot to give tho 14 days* notice not to be arrested by captious objections, or to the petitioner. It was pardonable. With a convenient two-fold interpretation of the stomachs greeted with all the richest delica- law. The act enjoins that notice shall be cies of the season, and with heads and hearts immediately given to tho petitioner by the bathed in Madeira and Champaigne, you Speaker upon a day being appointed for could not rationally be expected to conde- taking the petition into consideration. From scend to smaller things. Granted. But the the Journals of the Englis'i House of Com- epicurean pliilosopl:;/ of a Roman age should mens I find that it is their practice in such breathe generosity towards others amidst cases to introduce and read the petition ini- self-enjoyment. Mr. Mackenzie had his mediately, and appoint a day for taking it Christmas relaxation amidst an amiable and into consideration, notice of which is forth- interesting family ; and wrapt up in the with given to tho petitioner. This notice christian duties of the season, ho was ab- instead of being given forthwith on the 22d sorbeJ in the hope of seeing ushered in, a was omitted till the 30th December! The now and happier year. He might have negligence of the Speaker is the negligence thought the absence of the Speaker's notice, of ourselves. Ever" member must impute intended to express the philanthropy of the to himself parliamentary laches; we are House extending to him tho same seasona- individuaily convicted of abridging the notice ble recreation as they enjoyed themselves, which woild otherwise have put Mr. Mac- But — will posterity believe it.? — while you kenzie and his Attorney on their guard, were relaxing from all the cares of the coun- Having been thus guilty of laches ourselves, try, and forgetting even the duty required ought we rigidly to have held the petitioner by the Law from you to Mr. Mackenzie, unexcused, even had he been guilty of you would allow no correspoi.ding rclaxa- laches too? We ought to have allowed him tion for his still enfeebled health, no apo- 14 days from the time the Spe iker actually logy for his supposed forgetful ness, and no gave the notice in fulfillment of tho law. So pardon for laches not greater than our own ! rigidly do they adhere to thts Statute in Eng- Had he come here for the Speaker to enter in- land that they immediately upon reading the to the recognizances during the vacation, he petition give notice to the petitioner of the would have found nothing but the three- day appointed for taking it into considera- cornered hat! Our high court of Parliament tion. The law in force here is a copy of was closed, ourselves dispersed, and our that in force in England, and are we not as worthy Speaker lost in city festivHies and much bound by it as they are in England 1 Highland bliss. Trn days of the fourteen The only difference is that a petition has allowed Mr. Mackenzie, were merged in our here to lie two days upon the table before holidays!! If His Honor went to his coun- being rend and acted upon, but when acted try-seat at Perth, was Mr. Mackenzie to upon, notice should be forthwith sent to the follow him? Oh, melancholy display of party petitioning. Parliamentary infatuation ! History will re- Mr. Mackenzie, too, was fairly entitled cord this injustice, and Sir Francis may to 14 business days of this House. But in praire it, and Lord Glenelg may ratify it; order to deal out to him the most scanty but posterity will rise in judgment against it, and niggardly measure of justice, we re- and transmit it with your unenviable heral- fused to give him the holydays which we dry to future generations \ sumptuously bestowed upon ourselves. On Mr. Mackenzie, it must be further ra- the 22nd of December, the day the peti- marked, acted upoa the computation of tion was read and a time appointed for tak- time, which he learnt to be the proper one ing it into consideration, we adjourned till from Mr. Patrick, an experienced and in- the 2d January in order to eat roast beef telligent officer of this house. Good faith and plum-pudding. Amidst all the feasting required that ve should not allc 1 vroag to B 10 any indiviJual acting upon information ga- thered from such a source. The House had power under the act to cnhirj.'e the time for entering into rccogni7.:ii)':es ; the refusal to exercise that power for the promotion of en- quiry, affords a grouiiJ of suspicion which no explanation can de. away. Supposing a full and satisfactory trial to have hoen our solo and hearty desire ; the f?udden arrest of all proceedings upon the above petition, and thu periiiiacious refusal to allow tlienj to bo continued or in any way renewed, have defeated our own honest views ! We had an object to attain ; wo forgot the most eflectuMl means ! I beg, Sir, your f)ardon ; we did not forgot — the means were in our hands, and we h-t them go : they were in the very course of opera- tion, and we stopt them : our memory was jogged and jogged again to recognize their justice and importance, and we did not : we were again and again solicited to revive those proceedings, and we refused. By this conduct v/o lost an opportunity of taking the evidence, affecting tlio charges against Sir Francis, upon oath. ILul the trial been conducted before a Grenville Conimiltee, the very members of it constituting the judges, would also have been sworn to the faithful and upright discharge of their duties. It would have been a tribunal acting under the solemnity of an oalh, and receiving cvi dence under the same hanfMion. It would have been guarded, therefore, by those sen- timents of honor, to which this House is properly alive, with the superaddilion (not to bu spared) of tlie higher motives of re- ligion. Had this Select Committee been held to their duty by the sacred obligation of an oath, would they have met in so de- sultory a manner ? Would members have; so unceremoniously retired from the judg- ment-seat, and others as unceremoniouily taken their place and duties without having seen the earlier stages of the inquiiy, and scanned the deportment, appearance and very physiognomy of the witnesses 1 Would iiot all huve followed the industrious and punctual example of the hon. ;ind learned members for Wentworlh and Brocklile (Messrs. Shewood and McNiib) who res- pectively sate 12 and 14 days, while others sate 2. 3, 4 ind 5 days? Would they have solemnly adjudicated upon the whole elec- tions of the country in 14 days wiih as i'cw witnesses, except themselves and half-a- doz(;n other members 1 Would they have drawn up this Rei)ort by [dece-meal as tho evidence was given 1 Would they have offered the indignity which has been received by my honoraI)le friends (Mes- sieurs Norton, WoodruU" and Farke,) and have drafted, considered, and adopted this report witlioiit their knowhfdge or consent, tlio' associate judges 1 Would they havo acquitted .'^ir Francis of all undue iiifluence anil executive corruption before and dtu'ing the late elections ? Let the people answer the questii.Mis. It is, tlierelore, one of my objections. Sir, 19 this report, that it is an inferior substi- tu;o for a more complete investigation. It was forced upon us, when a far better was at command. It has compelled us to ac- cept the judgement of the judges and the testimony of tho witnesses upon their Par- liamentary honor, instead of their oath. — The uncharitable world will say, we shunned the clearer light because our deeds were evil. W^e appear to have evaded the truth as an enemy, with whom we dare not grap- ple in I'.is strength. Pray, Sir, lot us yet t ik(f that course. It is not too late. Do it out of justice to Sir Francis ; for such an inquiry as this, so conducted and so com- pletiid, will make him appear to be guilty, even sliould he be innocent. With these facts before us, is it matter of surprise that so few petitions have been presented against retnrns? What suitor would institute a law suit in a court which he ariprehended, or misapprehended if you please, to be corrupt 1 It is notorious that there are loud and universal complaints of every species and degree of executive cor- ruption exercised at the late contests. Now the very circumstance that those complaints are not embodied in petitions before us, implies a distrust, well or ill founded, of tlio constitution and purity of the Assem- bly. In limes past there have been nume- rous contested elections without a hundredth .ii, , while others jld they liave i whole eh^c- s wiih as few uiul imlf-a- Id tlicy liavc cce-mcal as Would thoy ch has been icncLs (J\J(.s- I'aiko,) and Eido|jtcd this or constjiit, 1 they hiivo liie influence and dtiri'^iT oplo answer ociions, Sir, rior SLibsti- i,j^ation. It hotter wiis d us to ac- ?cs and the 1 thi.'ir Par- leir oath. — wo shunned Jcods wf^re id the truth e nut grap- Itt us yet ate. Do it or such an id so com- ) he guilty, is it nnatter Imve been ^hat suitor ourt wliich ded if you orious that nplaints of cutive cor- ists. Nou coniphiinis before us, iindrd, of lie Assem- 2en numc- hundredth 11 part of the dissatisfaction which I lea'^n from every section of the country. SomH to my personal knowledge reluctantly ab- stained from taking this step froni the appre- hension tliat the House was so constituted as to justify their fear ot being seriously ;:. d un)ustly involved in ruinous costs by an ar- bitrary dccUiration that the complaint was frivolous and veriatioiis. Such a fear was of course, unfounded. But wiiat betur fate could they expect than Mr. Mackenzie? Wiiat better fate than Messrs. Norton, — Woodruff ai;d Pa;ke ? The select committee, as I before iemark- ed, dispose of what they call " the minor parts of ^''r. Duncombe's petition" and tlion "advert lo t!iat portion of it that n),iy just- lij be considered as of tJie greatest import- ance, viz : the accusation against his Ex- cellencij the Lieutenant Governor^ — Very true — This is the key to the whole proceed- \\\". Not a word of concern is there from the beginning of the rsport to the end of it about the rights & liberties of the jjcople, — or the freedom of election. Here you at once detect the bias of the mind. The grand thing, the one of greatest importance was the "accusation agtiinst Sir Francis." Are we the representatives of the people or of Sir Francis 1 In n)y apprehension with all imaginable defert nee to the committee and the House, the question of greatest import- ance is, has the confidence of the people been abused % Had they secured to tlum a peaceable election 1 Had they extended to them every facility to exercise their fran- chise ? Were they protected from orange- istnl Were they unawedand uninlluenced by the undue and corrupt exercise of exe- cutive power 1 Sir Francis, on the contrary, is mentioned as their first care ; the people, the last ! Let me then, proceed to inquire from the internal evidc-nce of this report, and from acknowledged facts, whether Sir Fra.icis is or is not guilty of directing unconstitutional means against the elections. The allegations may for the sake of arran- gement.bo classed into 1st. Orangeism — 2d Returning Officers and places of election, &. new patents, — 3rd every species of :nis- cellaneous influence which high station co*d command and corruption exercise. Orange iiilluence is more easily /e/Mlian proved. It is not unlike that oppressive condition of the atmosphere, which is felt in al! its un(.'asy efiects, but is otherwise in- tangible, undiscernable &i, beyond detection. The very secrecy of those baiicful societies necessarily imparts to tiiem this character. Nine persons cut often in the Province we'd acknowledge the prejiulice which sprang frnm this Orange source, and exerted itself, whenever it was deemed an expedient aux- iliary, throughout the country. But to put )our fiMgi.r u])on it, is the dilTiculty. The existence of these combinations is known, and many places of their meeting; but the moment you attem])'i a cioser inspection of the composition and operation of them, you are eluded and defied. You mi£;ht as well try to grasp and examine globulea of ({uicksilver scattered on the ground. You remember, Sir, the mysterious disappear- ance of Moigan among the secret fraternity of freenmsv>us. The most exact, laborious and protracted investigations were institut- ed, but all fruitless ; and his fate up to this hour is wrapt in dark conjecture and painful su; mise. To declare, therefore, that the lute elections were not pervaded by an Oraiige influence, so univorsa'.iy experienced, be- cause not specifically and personally prov- ed, is not more unreasonable or untrue than to deny the pievalence of a peculiar condi- tion of atmosphere in the cholera seasons of 1832 and 1834, because the chemist could nut exhibit it in his laboratory. Dr. Dnncombe, therefore, might be cor- rect in point of fact, and carry with him, as he undoubtedly docs, the belief of the great body of the people, and yet be unablo to demonstrate the Orange agency in detail. And perhaps the Select Committee, even h.ad they really endeavored with the full extent of their authority, to scrutinize the thing to tlie utmost, would have failed.— In England and Ireland the same Orange Lodges long existed, and carried their ma- chinations to such an extent as to endanger the liberties of tha people and the stability of the Throne ; and when the British House 13 of Commons instituted a searching inquiry, posed to protect tho peojile in the exerciso it is evident that much remained unrevealed, of the elective franchise. though enough came to light justly to ahirni the nation. Such, and far worse, is our si- taation. Wo have the same latent evil without an adequate inclination to investi- gate on the part of those who have the pow- er. The minority cannot,and the majority, I believe, will not do it. In the absence of positive proof of Executive countenance to Orangcism, let me remind you of the signi- ficant conduct of Sir Francis Head upon this subject. When he assumed the government of this country, orange violence was bold in its po- sition and disastrous in its operation. Tho history of three successive elections in Leeds, affords a painful testimony, upon which I could, but must not dilate. Tho honorablo member for Lanark (Mr. Cameron) touched upon that subject with much effect. And who that entertains an atom of respect for the honest, worthy and peaceful farmers of Upper Canada, did not feel a hnripilatio upon hearing that in approaching the hust- ings in 1835, they were insulted and beaten; that their clothes were ript up in the crowd ; their bodies pierced and lacerated with cut- ting instruments ; and their blood made to fill the very boots they wore ! [Dr. Rolph then turned to Mr. Cameron and said, is this a true picture ? To which he answer- ed affirmatively.] On that occasion Deputy Grand-Master Gowan and Attorney Gene- ral Jameson were associate candidates. It was not without heaps of acrimonious scur- rility and abuse, that the election was set aside. Beverly, in Leeds, was the scene of Lot me read the resolutions reported by the Grcnville committee upon these memor- able occasions. Upon the first trial I find the following : — ^^ Resolved, That it is tho opinion of this com- mitlco tliiit at tho lato election for tho county ot LooJg, insult, intcrt'crcnce, riot, force and vio- lence, wore used to so great an extent as to inter- fore witli and prevent tho freedom of election, and that tho excitement had so increased by the mor- ning of tho fourth day of tho said election that it appears to tho committee to have been conceived by tho Returning-officer and civil authorities on the ground to be hcyoiid their control, and that tiio supporters of Messrs. Buell and Mathew M. Howard Esquires, candidates at ihe said election, were deterred and prevented from exercising the elective franchise in peace and safety, and voting at tho said election." Upon the second trial I find the follow- ing :— ** Resolved, That in the opinion of tho com- mittee, violence, riot, and intimidation were car- ried on at the lato election for tho county of Leeds to so great an extent as to detor peaceable and quiet electors from going forward to give their votes at tho isaid election, and to materially in. tcrfero with the frecdein of election, and to pro- vent the voice of tlio electors of tho county from being taken, and that therefore the election and return of Robert S. Jameison E.sq. and Ogle R. Gowan Esq. to represent the said county be do- clared void. "Resolved That in the opinion of the com- mittee there is no probability that a peaceable and quiet election will be held in the said county of Leeds under the present excited feelings of a por- tion of the inhabitants of the said county, and under tho present law for holding elections, and therefore the committee deem it proper to recom- mend to your hon. House that no writ for a new »i „. .. J .1 n J. • (K election bo ordered until steps are taken to secure these atrocittes : and the Returning officer, the freedom of elecf.ions, and enable peaceable high Sherifl of the Johnstown district, swore and quiet electors of the said county to excercise before the Grenville committee, that it was their elective franchise in peace and safety." in every respect an unsuitable place, one in An ardous duty ('evolved upon the late which he did not think a peaceable election House of Assembly, and they discharged could be attained. The Executive govern- that duty with a wisdom and firmness which inent, however, again ordered the same re- ought to endear their memory to all the turning officer to hold a second election at electors of the country. Satisfied by the the same place. The same tragedy was evidence produced at the trials, that the in- re-enacted; the sarne cruelties were practis- habitants of the County of Leeds could not, r.v."r /i? the loss of life; p ainly withoutsome remedy against the perpetration mealing that we had a Government indis. of this violence, obtain a fair representation exerciso orted by memor- al I find this com- county ot and vio- 8 to inter- ction.and r the mor- ion that it conceived loritics on , and that [athew IM. d election, cising the md voting e follow- tho com- wero car- y of Leeds iccable and j;ivo their tenally in. .nd to pre- )'jnty fiem Bction and d Oglo R. nty be do- the cnm- ceable and county of 's of apor- unty, and ions, and to recom- for a new to secure peaceable excercise »ty." the late scharged ss which all the 1 by the the in- uld not, etration ntation, 13 tney passed a bill which provided for the learn f irom the history of the colony its ex- conduct of the election at, I believe, 4 dif- isting condiiipn ; and if ho shut hii eyes to ferent places ; by which arrangement, the the events of the past, how could he judge of n> 3u and ihinsrs for the future? In the sani'3 evasive manner he talked of redress- ing ''only real grievances;" by which con- veijcnt political formula, he armod himself wii,h a ready excuse that any assignable grievance was not sufficiently " real" to d 3man(l redress ! While he would himself Canadian Deputy Grand Master of Orange- ism found his forces weakened by subdivis- ions, and obliged to array themselves at places where tliey were not so well reeeiv- ed or so safe in their operations, as at far famed Beverly. This bill so reasonable in its provi- sions and so patriotic in its object, was scarcely lop ofi' the top of the most noxious at first rejected by the Governnipnt, or, \^ceds in the process of shedding their seeds. which is virtually the same, by the Legisla- tive Council. At Farniersvillo, too, in the vicinity of Beverly, a riot not less shameful and out- rageous had taken place. The farmers 'he has in unmeasured terms denounced the people who desire to take them up by the roots. Notwithstanding their dis- trust of his sincerity, the late House of Assembly hoped at all events to obtain from were peaceably assembled at a public meet him some relief against this Orange combi- ing, for the purpose simply of voting their nation, then so alarming in England, and not thanks to Earl Ripon, then His iMajesty's less so here. They therefore sent him tlio principal colonial Secretary of State, for hij following address : — celebrated despatch, and generally for his benevolent deportment towards the people of the Province, for his generous consider! tion of tbfiir wants and wishes, ard for his constitutional lespect to the infant institu- tions of the country through which he Ji])- peared desirous, as far as possible, to ad- minister their public affairs. The Tories and Orangemen, hating Earl Ripon for his liberality, made a violent attack upon the chairman, dragged him from his seat, and inflicted severe blows in addition to other indignities. The existence of this kind of combination " That your Excellency will be pleased to in- form this House whether the government of this province have taken or determined to take any steps to prevent or discourage public processions of Orange -societies or to discourage the forma- tion or continuance of sucli societies." To which address Sir Francis Head sent the following answer. "The government of this provinee has neither taken nor has it determined to take any steps to prevent or discourage the formation or continu- ance of such societies." How, sir, could any man with the history of this colony before him, give such an ans- for outrage, violence and intimidation, was wer to such a request from the representa- thus abundantly established ; and it became tives of an almost bleeding people, unless the duty of the late House of Assembly to he was, indeed, devoid of all sympathy exercise their constitutional power and in- for the people he governed ; insensible to fluence for the further and future protection the valueof their dearest rights; indifferent of the people. Sir Francis Head professed to their peaceful exercise of them ; & abso- thecharacter of a Reformer. Suspicion was, lutely steeled by his Poor Law Commis- indeed, justly awakened by his evasively al- sionership among the poor in Kent, against ledging to (he late Assembly that " he had the essential sentiments of humanity. Here better steadily look forward to the future an evil existed affecting the peace, welfare Mian he observed in occupyinghiraself solely and good government of the country. He m re-considering the occurrences, of the was asked by the late Assembly, in the past ; and that although the latteir occu- most delicate manner, not to correct it, but pation was not useless, yet that to at- if he intended to correct it ; and he answer- tend to both was impossible." This ed in the negative. This pretended refor- ianguage showed but little disposition to mer was pointed to a real grievance of thfli n.st niagnitudi?. Ho wns asked by 'Jit? rc- lorincrs to redress it. lie ref'iitu'd ! WItli t!i(!.so facia, sir, before nic, cm I jiisiify myself to tlie coui.iry, if I vu.'e lor tlio adoinion of tliis report, which ,\c inits Sir Francis ll(!:id of dircictiv or iiidir( cily countfMiancing tlieorangeconihiiialions L r.)'i to hear ag.iiiisi the |)eo|)lo at llie hite el Qc- tions ? Impossible ! VVIiot better encouragement could oran '(T associations receive, ilian this peiempioi J refusal to prci'nit them ? What more e(r(H - tual cotiiit'inance than this refusal even "t' > (liscoinai^e their foinialion"? What more C(.'rtain support, than tliis refusal to interfere against their" continuance"? lie must bt; an oran'^eman liin-iSelf ! Ho must be one of ihe initiated ! lie was conscious, under this appeal for their suppression, of tender sympathy for his own fraternity ! His con- duct admits of no other explanation ; it in- volves a difHculty, which is susceptible of no other satisfactory solution. And ncvrv will I vote for this Report, which rcprosi-nts him as tiie enemy of oran!jcism, when ho haj thus professed and proved himself, it's friend and patron. I am aware of the apology ofi^ued for him. He was not at that time apprised of a similar request from the British House of Con)mons to his most gracious majesty, and his Majesty's most gracious and patriotic answer. Let me consider it. In tlie first place I observe a singular coincidence of wisdom and patriotism between the House of Conmions and the late House of Assem- bly. Compare Sir, their respective address- es. The House of Commons on the 24th Feby., 183G. " Resolved, That an humble addreps be prepen. ted to Ilia Mnjcsty, praying that His Majesty will he gracioufily pleased to take such measures as to His Majesty may sceiu adviseablp, for the effectual discouragement of Orango Lodges, and generally of all political societies excluding mem. hers of a dillerent religious faith using secret signs and symbols, and actions by means of associated branches." This singularly comports with the ad- dress of the late Assembly. Each, careful and anxious for the public tranquility, ap- 14 peals to the Throne for tho attaitnnrint of tlie same end ; tho King is requested to do it, while? his Representative is simply asked if lin intends to do it. Each was engaged nearly at the same time in attempting to secure the same redress of the same griev- ance in tlie same manner, and nearly in the same terms. This fact alone confers a glory and dis- tinction upon the late House of Assendjly, which history will record and perpetuate. The m;in who has traduced them, and se- duced a guileless pi^ople unwost interesting point. The House, indeed, iiilormed tiiat he is ordered to do it, but he accompanies his instructions with no inti- mation of his readiness to comply. Was such !,i"nific;.t ? sileniie intended lo avoid a pledge which l;i.^ oppusitpdeterminai ion wo'd not allow to be .A' leemt,\l? Was it to forbear H proinis(! which he ku'jw ho never would fultill ? Or for wli it other reason coidd he so |);tiinedly abstain from ti'iideriiig on two suitable op[)oriunit;v's, an ass. trance; "^hicli was needed to connteiact t!ie ;i)'prehen:;ion ocasioned by his former answer, ;\nd convey to all band-i of Orangemen tire expression of his displeasure, and the veto of his authori- ty ? But he did not chuse so to oxerc'se his Maj(isiy's prerogative ; and with suc'i facts b.'fori! me, can I Justify myself to the coun- try if I vote for the adoption of this report, which acquits hiu) of directly oi indir.', who woM yield office, fniolumeiw and liif itself, ruthor than sully ihcir honor, yet suf h heroic mor- ality cannot f lirly ho assumed for those, who are thoii|j;ht fie snbj'jcts for I'.iis new-fashion- ed impeachment. Culprits have heen known to protest thoir iiiiiocenco to the very last. The view of de jth ; the certainty of being ushered afU;r a lnief strugi^le into a fearful eternity; find the prospect of a final doom, thfiduraiion of which no tiniu can measure, the pang* of which no toni^uo can tell , have not heen overwhelming enough to awe some men into repentant confession. But with the most solemn protestations upon their dying lips, you launch iheui into another world. Tills is your ordinary course of justice. — It is founded upon the maxim, that the ac- cused cannot be witnesses for their own ac- quittal. Yet with boastinij and exultation you spread out certain returns furnished by a Government impeached for Treason, and call upon us to admit those returns as the moans of exculpation. The exculpation too, which you so promptly and unhesi- tatingly recognixe, B is also an exculpa- tion of this House ; for it equally proves on the one hand, that the government inflicted no wound upon the liberties of ♦he people at the late elections, and on tlie other hand, that we are the free and independent representatives of a free and uninjured constituency. This kind and source of proof (to say the least of it) needs, liud ought to receive abundant corrobora- tion ; or the question never should have been agitated. It is impossible for me to decide what further information might be collected from a variety of quarters ; nor "would the House favorably entertain a mo- lion recently made for the purpose of a more extensive investigation. I am obliged to form my opinion from this Report and its ^appendices, which I have had an opportu- nity of cursorily reading only once. ' The evidence upon this subject, furnished by the Committee, is open to suspicion. — Take the testimony of Mr. Richie as an ex- ample. It if not veiy long: and I will r«ad it. 16 •* Wbixkhlt RrciiRT Esq. A/rent to the Comnn. aion^r of Croien Itunda lives nt Rurrio un Laku 8uncoc, took out Noinn doodH for tho pnrBons set- tlod in tlnit part of the cmiiitry tho Heltloiiient of which he hiitl hoon MupprinloadiMg — Muny of tho porsons for whom lio took outduods had been on tiioir lands for four yonrM and upwards, and none loHH than thri'o — That ho took out no deeds except III- itiiiH aitt/ioii»i'(l In do so liy the ownrm of the land That ho distributed tho Hnino opuiily and without rofoionco to whom tho patontfioH would vote — That ho niontioni'd to thu Lieut. Governor that tho porsons wlio wanted thoir docds wore entitled to thorn, and thought theij would vote for con8ti~ lutional candidates — That Hir F. B. Head strictly commanded witness not in any manner to interfere as Govt. Affrni or use any influence his situation gave h'un at the election, but to hand tho doeds openly to thorn that were entitled to thotn, which witness did — That out of a number not exceeding 130 patents which persons residing in tho country were entitled to, and which were in wituoss' pos- Bossion for them, only about thirty wore called for, and only ^art of that thirty voted. Witness states it was slric^y his duty to get out tho deeds for such persons as ho had settled and wore enti- tled to them ; no deed was issued except all tho conditions of tho grant were complied with — At- tended the nlcction of Simcoe — Is an Orangeman — There wore no bands of organized Orangemen at tho election, and if thero had been witness must have known it." This witness presents himself in tho two- fold character of " agent to the commissi- oners of crown lands," and private agent for other persons. This mixture of public & private agency, often produces conflicting duties. He had in this case to serve divers masters : and if the allegations against tho government are true, he had to accommo- date a corrupt executive conspiring against the freedom of the elective franchise, and numerous electors of all tempers and of all creeds in religion and politics. The task upon the face of it, would be indescribably difficult, if not impracticable; and it shews the impolicy of thus blending duties which may from circumstances become incompa- tible, conflicting or compromising. But we must take the witness, as we find him, with the further honors, blushing on him, as an Orangeman. He informs us " that he took out no deeds unless he was authorized to do so by the owners of the land." We afterwards are told he took out " 130 patents" of which " only 30 were called for." he Ctfffl/nm. on Laku nrsoni set- .tloinont of any of tho ad hocn on , und none uodH except of the land ml without uld vote — rornor that 3ro entitled for consti - cad atriclltf to interfere is situation i the doedB loin, which , exceeding ho country ituoss' pOH- voro called . Witness it the deedtf wore enti- lept all the with — At- 3rangoinau )rangemon en witness a the two- commissi- ate agent f public & conflicting rve divers igainst tho accommo- ig against chise, and rs and of The task Rscribably id it shews ties which incompa- ;. But we hiro, with lim, as an It no deeds so by the wards are * of which This U rnther mysteiious. Ono hundred person.'* giv« sp(!ciul instructions to their figftut fur thfir deeds ; and ynt are so indif- foront ujXMi thti matter us not to ctill for thouj ! r havo ofiou rcMuarkoil liio (;aL,'i!r- iK.'SS wiih whicii oiu' furniors hiy hold of the Kiiitj's patoiit lor th 'ir titlo. Tlin ustato it conveys ij tho support of I'.uirnsclves, and tho inliurit.'uico of liicir children. Itcinbd- dies iho i ilorest and fcolinlj's of tho '.vholn fjinil)'. ThrM'i; i . nlv/ays a si)(!ci.d placo for it, in tlioir ouco ha :py homos ; «fc wlicti tiu-y do grasp it in tli-ir h;ju(].s, ihi'y iod'Ty it among tiieir troasiiro. It transcends btdiof tlial one hundred persons so anxious about tlioir deeds as !i[»ecially to rimbino to einph:)y a coui- niau u'^eni, would not afterwards even call for thcMu ! ! Thi3ap;i!hy ill accords withihe evidonco of llio Deputy lle^'ister, wh ) rppr.'sotits tiie puh- jic ()('(i(:u.'o piDili^itniily thri)ii'.;t;(l hy anxioua applioauls I'Dt fidin^s al)!)Ut iju^ir iloeil j, a.s to arrest all Ijus'moss, ;iik1 blocUaiio llif huililings. It H stiaoi^t; the {.'jDU'J pc(),>Ie shiultj take a pil;;riiui:i^e to Toronto aliout Patents, wliicU wcro not, in tlieir estimation, woiili y.ekinj; for, \vIig:i brought almost to their hiMnrs.— Mr. Tarvis i-j a man of honor. How, tlieu, can ic bo cxijIpIoiuI.' Just, sir, ns y"u explain that condition of the mind, under wliicli you say, " a minute scorns to mo an hour." It »v. 3 a delusion. l^vcrv wcdccoi;) vi;-.itnr of Tory visag'.\ made the impression of a hun- dred at another time: ami with a head wliirliog rouad uub tlio intrigiojs going on, li'3 felt and believed evi.'ry thins; al>out him to panicipate tlie sain^; pres'^ure and confusion. It proves to my miml, tlr.it Sir Francis and his salelitcs were in busy motion ;ill tho whde. Suppose oucT hundred tind thirty persons oi my good old friends in Middlesex, had been on their firms throe or four years; that they had made the stubborn oaks, with their numerous rivals in the forest, to lay pros- trate at their feet under the sweat of their brow ; that they had paid the foes and per- formc.l tlui si'ttlemeiit duties; that they had with :.II ;ho lalior and under all the priva- tions incident to a new settlement, cleared a comfortable farm, erected a house, and filled it with all which coiistitutei the charm, called our hom^; and that they were then 17 told th'iir deed woid(! aw«it thrni at London on a given day. Do you beliovo ono hun- dred of tliat number woiddf:til with all tila- crity and zeal punctually to obey tin; liappy jiii.umons/ And supi)OM' further tiut tiiry had ihemsclves u i'.h previous solicitu !e, paid the same ai^eni to brin^j them. Do Vi^n not feel it to bo :i(ill more incrndiblo that lliev would stay away willi indifference? And suppoM 1 .still furiliei* tliat tho time and place oi' their own Jirran'j;oincnt and |)roviiH:a con- cert with tlieir ai;i;:it, was en evf-nlfid !;c!ie- lal election. Do you t!i:;.'.-, it posHiLlo that ono hundred \^ould muler ail these circuni- .stauccs.foriiet or neglect thoir o.wn ariange- niiMit to secure their estates by pultiiir- thoir dcovls into tliJ'ir jiocis.ets'J Tliiii deli\;s my rredulity. There niust bo some mijlake. TliJ raattcr Ins not yet been siftc'd to tho bottom. It appears from the ]?eport (paffo 12,) that besid.'s liio above loU patents, cdiera aliO dosiinod for the election of Si.Mcoo, were p!acc-d in thiitation might he taken by a xealoiiH partizau to give him every scope, ex- cept the interdicted time anil place, " at the Licction." Words are known to some men in all their force and meaning — and in this case wo arc not scanning the language of a far- mer, or half-educated gentleman ; but of the author of " the bubbles of liruncn" and ••Travels over the Pampas and the Andes." A conversation between Sir Francis and Mr. Ritchie is partially related. I confess, I should like to know tho whole of it, and re- gret it was not more fully elicited. It was no doubt an interesting one ; but how came it to pass ? Men may have a chance meeting in r bar-room ; or a club ; or, in a state of society less civilized than in Toronto, a vulgar person, assuming the door always to be open, might violate its threshold and unceremonirusly bo- take himself to a little chit-chat even with a superior. This sort ot obtrusion and unde- fined intercourse, would be insufferable to a personage of monarchical refinement, and wholly inconsistent with the de|)ortment every where conceded to Mr. Ritchie. This impor- tant interview, therefore, must have been com- manded by Sir Francis : and there must have be6n ft motive, an ebject, or as lawyers call it, »n iaducethent to it. This inducement can 19 only bo solUctcJ from wliat traospfl'tc) at this gracious interview: and what wai^it^ Tli« whole conversation, the whole au «;ei'. oiattor and particulars of it, compreli' nded " fjfnerat lUclioii, thv timnhrr of dfcds Ac hail, unci tSt candiduleH for whom Iha f^ranhes won- I VtHe ; to which is added somt! demi-roy>d advico, nftf'r tho fashion of Lord Chesteriield, about his ifund hiltavimir at llit hustin;^.i. What, Sir, is all this, out a clear, positive and definite interference with our elections .' Tim nbova is but a pei'p into things us they an* ; & what should we not see, if we had u full an 1 fair view ? — I cannot bring myself to belicvii that Air. Kilchio was tho first to olFcnd Sir Fran- cis's delicacy with so impertinent a topic. It is incredible that as soon as he was ush>!red into his presence, 4ie volunteered iiswclcomo news, '• Sir I'Vancis, i have got, do you know, a parcel of dt'ecN, aye, JlO.) of tlinm, ail forSnn- coc, and I'll tell you, they will alt vote for tiio tories." Ihit for a moment suppose that Sir Francia did not by any unconstitutional and undue iii> quincj and intrigues with Mr. Ilitchie, draw from him this unseasonable and indecorous comtniinication, — still it is singular hu did not give the witness a gentle rebuke ! Suppose the judges were holding a court, and a person could he found with courage enough to get into their presence and begin to tell them a- hout tlio I rial, the means he had at command, the U) e he was about to muke of tin in, and tlio probable result; would not any judge we have, indignantly repel him from his presence, if not instantly commit him ? And how can we account for the fact that similar offcuce to Sir Francis was not similarly resented' If l\Ir. anv-one were now to wait on him anu say, " Sir Francis, f have such and sucli " bread and butter" [whatever it might be] for so ma- ny members of the Assembly ; I am going to ,deal it out, and I think thev "ill all vote for your acquittal." It is impossio. t could re- ceive or answer such an intimation with com- placency : yet it does not essentially diffar from a like communication made to him dur- ing the late contests, when '•his character and their interests were embarked in thesame boat.' Here is a case in which the vice-regal dignity is insulted by a conversation, the very intro- duction of which implied a confidence ia hia corruption. And the mystery is,that there ia no rebuke. It can only be accounted for.upoa the supposition there was a good under- standing about the whole matter between the two — Sir Francis vas the prinsipal, Ifr. «K 20 Ritchie truly llie afont. Had ilie former every use ! needed finy official information williin the Hplieje of Ills duty, that inftirmaiion could liavc been eHectually and 'outhenticaily obtained from the head of the department, the lion'ljle Mr. Sullivan, (Joinmisaionor of Crown Lijnds. Uut when we soc him ;;;oing beyond this offi- cial source, and engaged in close confabula- tion about an election with n su' oidinate ofii- cer, p. land agcut, half public nnd half private, it induces the presumption ihaf, their mutual object was cqt;aily unofiriina!, subordinate and intri,!^iiiii!r. Accordln,i to this frafijiuent of evidence, "f^irF. B. !lc;id suictly (:omman;!o(\ witnes--) not in any manner to interfere as j^overmncnt npenr, or use any influence ids siluatioi; }. ve hiin at li;e Election." I sliould hke to know what thcwilnes? had said to iiiluce a suspici- on in 8ir Francis's mind, that he would act otiicnvisc. To tell a man mt to steal, imi)Iie3 that you think him a thief — and unless ;.lr. Ritchie in his over zeal, tendered certain ser- vieef?, wliich evn Sir Francis- tlionght of n quostionable ciiaracter, lie would i-cnreely have insulted, even an inferior, with such a caution. l( ie thought him cajjable of cor- vuj)t cnijdiict, he ouglit immediately to hive dismiti?ed him, instead of c.oinnieiidiug him to Till election. If he thou;j;hl him inea'pablc of coi'rurit conduct, the uccdle-jS pioliibition must have been wantonly cruel, and so lace- ratint; to the fcelin?;3 of an houourr'ble man, as to Lave wntn^ from him an expression of wounded pride. On the contrary, ^iir Francis and I^Ir. Ritchie scorn cood friends about the whole o" it, Ivlr. Ritchie is eloquent about the number of his deeds, and their virtue at the approaching election ; Sir Francis se^'uis pleased v/ith the music, cud says, " you must not interfere nt (he elections, you know, Mr. Ritchie ;" v.'I:o perhaps responded with a wink, nnd was thea bundled oh" from the vice- regal pr?sencc at government house with 3U3 deeds, for persons known and unknown, to be dealt out ai the Hustings during the Simcoe ....... ..- .» ..„..o.>v...v. «. . election to persons nho, the agent thought, istencc of such a document, was put to shame would vote for the tories ! by the reluctant testimony of two councillors Tl^c prohibiiiou, too, merely restricted him "' "^ "' ' * ^^ . > • rr. in the c::ercise of his influence, " f/s govern- vient a^ait." This would be latitude enough for Oi) men out of one hundred. As " go- vernment agent" he did nothing ; as *' Mr It wnsi a neat application of the ^* Bond," It it the discovery of p new art, viz : — to be and no* to he, at the same time! For instance; when Sir Francis first organiz- ed his present council, we have the evidence of two of it's members, llie lion. Mes.^rs. Sullivan and Augustus IJaldwin, that the hen. Mr. Sullivan gave a writing, (tho precise l?)rin which IS still concealed) to the Hon. Mr. Allan, that in the event of the fJeath or absence from the Province, of the l/ieiir. (jovernor. the former would resign, so that the adminis- tration might not fall on him by virtue of tlie King's instructions, but ufion Mr. Allan. This writing was drawn no bv Sir Frar.eis, in the council chamber, or if you please, in the cleiU's room adjoining it, and regularly sign- ed, perhaps se; led too, and deliveicd in the viceregal presence It was, to be snre.decep. tivc and politically nefariou.s, to impose upon a ennfiding community the belief that the pre- p ding councillor would upon the faith of the Royal instructions, succeed upon a vacancy fo the administration of their aflairs, wliilcj there existed a secret document both to uefeat the Royal instructions and disappoint well founded public expectation. It was natural fur the 1"!<^ house to desire, upon an uncertain rumour of foul play being abroad, to learn upon what footing the contingent government of this country i»-sted. They therefore ad- dressed Sir Francis for, •' Copies of any bond or ajrecincnt between your Excplloncy and any of y.uir profient Execu- live Council, or between any two or more of the yaid Conned, by v.liieh it is .stipulated in what iiiaiiiier llio (JovcrnnKuit .slia.!l be administered, or wbotsliall adniinster llio Goverjiaiont of this Pro- vince in ease of the above named occurreuco." Sir Francis replied : I have entered into no bond or agreement of any sort with my pros-enl E.xooutivo Council and I do not possess, nor does there exist in Council any document of such a nature between two or more of the said Council. This denial of the transaction and of the ex- Ritchie" he did every thing 1 Of the " m- fiuence his situation gave him," he made no use ; of the influence, which vanity ascrib- «d to M). ftitehit, np Mr. ftitchie, k« msdo Messrs. Sullivan and Augustus Baldwin. To any lioKorable ov unsophksticated mind it would come under the vulgar denomination of a falsehood, and it was necessary to explain it away. Ilov/ was it done ? Sir Francis under .i modern eystem of logic, proved the Rgree- ment, " to be und not to be." There was such a bond, but not ineouneil. There w- sueh an agreement, but 't#is in t ;ion of the [» new arT, saine time ! si organiz- e evidence ). Messrs. it the hoii. t'cise (T)rin Hon. Mr. or nbicnce (jinveinor. ic ;ulmiiiis- itne of llie ll;ui. This [.'is, in the so, ii) tiie \\■^\\y sign- ired in the ?'n-o.c)ecei)- ipose uj)on lat the prc- aith of the 1 a vacanny fairs, whilcj til to (.lefoat ipomt well vas natural n luiccrtriin d, to learn government ere fore ad- nt between cnt E::r;cu. noro of the ed 111 what iiiistered, or of this Fro. inenco." Trooment of ijouncil and in Council :een two or of the ex- t to shame councillors dwin. To I mind it fnination of 3 explain it incis under the agree- in couneil. *twis in a 21 ftato of abejnRce ; not in the clouds, to ho sure, but in an hon'ble councillor's breeches pocket. Altho* it affected the future govern- nirnl and destinies of the country, yet heinf^ oft' the file of the executive council office, it became an official non entity; our public re- cords may thus conveniently bn made to vanish in Mie twiiikliiig of an eye ! — It was an ali n, without cof;ni/,al)le rights, horn in the clerk's chamber instead of the council chamber : and alihonc;h it avowedly sprai-p; (perhaps as Mi- nerva did from Jupiicr's brain) fro.n Sir Fran- cis's fingers, yet it was illegitimate ! Thus outlawed, the Assembly were assured "there was in council no such bond," with a mental reservation, liowever, that there was such a bond out of the council. This, perhaps, wo'd not have satisfied Lord Glenelc. j?ut ;|rom certain extracts, published from an explanatory despatch, it appears (hat this non ..escri[)t do- cument, this political hermaphrodite, had been guilty of treason ! Yes ; it had, we are grave- ly told, assumed a part of the vice-regal name! lIojJD. Assuming it to have been intended as an indignity, we are further gravely told, that it justified an evasive answer, a denial of its ex- istence. — Inquisilivnes3,now a-days,will justi- fy prevarication. "It is perfectly satisfactory." Very well. Were you to ask "for a state- ment of the influence which Mr. Ritciiie, gov- ernment Land agent, used at the late election" 8ir Francis would reply " Mr. Ritchie, gov- ernment land agent did not use his influence at the late election." In vain would you prove, as in this case, every point and degree of influence, of' which an election is suscepti- ble ; in vain would you prove that the ag^ni had a special interview wiih the Lt. Governor upon the very subject of Uie election ; in vain would you prove that by j'leconcert, he carried outSO.'i deeds for persons who, it was thought, would vote for the tories; in vain would you prove that tho Lieutenant Governor cvt n con- deconded to prescribe the conduct of the agent at the election ; in vain would you accuipu- latoMacts (only a few cf which even, can ou such occasions bo brought to light) to mani- fest the various kinds and degrees of influence brought to play before and during the elec- tion ! Tl answer is simple; "It was uot done as government agent ;" that was strictly true ; and of what Mr. Ritchie did as Mr. Ritchie I officially kiiow nothing. This ex- culpation Lord Glenelg would call "perfectly catisfactory ;" and many an agent resting on the authority of a Ticeroy, and the bcuor of An Englisk Faer, might wonk avary apaeies of sxecntire fiolilical oorruiilion, and yet sustain an all sufTicicnt vindication I It renlly seems that Sir Frnncis, as Sir Fnncis, and Mr. Ritchie, as Rlr. Ritchie, cnnccried a gp'at deal about the election; but k •^pf.ctively as Lieut. Governor, and Land a;ienr, they hold themselves innncem nf doirig anything. Much of the smne oliarnclnr :ip[)rar.i to bo tho evidence i.f the Clerk of the C'rown in Chanceiy. With due executive .'!;allaiitry he relieves Sir Francis, and dtclarrs that what he did, was " upon his own res|)onsibili)y." It was (lone, n<.t l)y ;!:(! Cler!; of tlse Ciown in Chancery, not by llit; Deputy Uejiisierof tho Province, bill by " Sam'l Fetors J.irvis, Esq." It is useless to press tl;e Lt. Governor for fur- ther explanatory iii("unnali()i), bec;:uso ali he kup i on his part, is ng Sir Francis Bond Head; and if you wore to n.Idress him in that, character, you would In; properly told '• I can only communicate with you as Lt. (Jovernor." If, Sir, this is iMour.rcliy, it has sadly degene- rated since I h ft. ICnglaiid. It is retMarkable that Mr. Jarvis was not ex- amined and cross-oxaminod bd'ore the select committee. His evidfnce is altogether epis- tolary. This gentleman \i a citizen, and therefore every d;iy wlihiii narh of a sum- mons; and yoi ho isi o.\eiiip;cd iVom v'tiu voce testimony, which inic,iit have elicited a great deal more than can even b(5 cnnjcctmed iVoin the evidence of Ritchie. \'»'li('ii wo havo in any investigation, two or three loading wit-" nesses. it is usual to make the must ofthrm. They form a proiniufut j)art of the prrtof ad- duced ; and professional talent is often dis- jilayed in extracting fioiii a witness what he does not like to disclose unless the question is put to him, or wlmt from ignorance of its bearing and imjiortance, he oiiiiis to relate. — In this case, he had been in lull communica- tion with Mr. Ritchie upoiuhe subject of those suspicioua pa.iJDts, had committetl a heaji of ihein to his care and distribution, not surely without instructions, and hail destined 9U3 of ihem for Siincoe. Under those circii.nstan- ces, as Mr. .larvis was a co-adjulor with the agent, and must have J.nd much to€ny and do in what formed the res gcsta, it would ob- viously have been saiisfactoiy and instructive, had ho aI=o been favored with an opportunity of being unburdened of all that had j)assed upon this half examined subioct brtwct i him- self and the agent as well as Sir Francis. It is again remarkable that thehon. Mr. Sullivan was also favored with a similar exemption. — Yet ha is thf Coinmitisioncr of crown land*. :. i tt ► 1, m m to w]ioin Mv. Ritchie wns land agent ! Thus while the principal actors in this political urama keep their faces (Vom the coininittce, the mi- nor one ia put I'orward, delusively to draw our attenliou from the grand sources of convict- ing; informalion. This arrangement is not in sell, and by him perionatly iastructed la th? science of cautions non-committal deportment •'at the election." And suppose these official parlizHns to transform themselves [perhaps by a fresh patent] into free and independent elec- tors, and then with the spirit of knight crran- ronformity with lli'o course pursued with Mr. try to ware war against the reformers in favor "of Sir Francis and the tones. Do yon not think, vvill not the people think, tliat it would antount to a serious, alarming and coiruptmj:; influence? And with iliesjc deeds suppose they disseminated the inflamniatorj appeals published by Sir Francis to the constituency. Do you upon your honor balieve such in- trigues to be constitutional, consistent with Earl Ripon's despatch, just to the elective franchise, or void of eft'ect ? I ftm uwaro the Committee in tlicir Report pompously declare " how liopeless would liavi! been the atl<-:npt lo coriupf, tho brave and loyal Higlilandera and ottier electors of tiio East^irn District ; and that had anyono a|)peared among them for such an obj !ct, lie would have been met with universal execration." It is not im- possible, Sir, that this pre-judgment in tbti mmds of the committee materially embarrassed and restricted them in their proeeediii<,'s. Thi.j bverwhelminj convictionof its utter impractica- bility, would not leave the mind in that inquir- ing state, which would pervade it under a deep sense of an alledged violation of public liberty, and a subduing consciousness of tho high duty which their accusing country expected from them. It politically sounds to my cars a little bombastical. It ia of that liightij-tiglUy nQ.i\iYi!, wiiich is by no means suited lo tire subject or the occusjon. But this is in no dt -ree mean: as an objection against the conimitleo. I am aware, Kir, that when I address you about cor- ruption, and undue influence, and the impair- ment of principle, and llie like, I render myself wholly unintelligible. You are strangers to those mental affections, the power of which, human natuie, in the general, humbly confeaaoa and studiously avoids. It is, therefore, meta- physically impossible to bring to your know- ledge and eoinprehension, tho causes against which less gifted beings wage a watchful war. When som') philosophers attempted to explain to a man born blind, the nature of the color red, he exclaimed, '« it is just like thunder !" And I have so far studied metaphysical science as to appreciate tho committee's seeming unconsci- ousriees of the frailties of human nature, and the errors into which they betray us. The country will, I trust, under thfese circumstances Piiikc, who was subjected to questions and CiocE nuestions, with an ability which only increases one's i egret that the same talented and sifting interrogation was not applied to other wittjes:jes, who necessarily possessed and could give more important and positive iutel- ligence. From the little evidence produced with res- pect to the Sitncoe eicCtion, it may be col- lected that there was the active interference of a government land agent, [Mr. Ritchiel in express communication upon the subject with his principil, Mr. tSullivan, the Deputy Reg- ister, 3Ir. J;irvis, and Sir Francis Head ; that he received from them 303 deeds with an un- derstanding about the candidates for whom, it was thought, llie patentees would vote; and that he was allowed by the vice regal instruc- tions, personally given, to attend the election ai.d to use any influence "except as govern- ment agent." The people. Sir, will be the best judges of what, in this limited communi- ty, would be the effect of such a conspiracy carried out into a mischievous detail, which has not by this committee been adequately in- quired into, and which perhaps no human tri- bunal could entirely scrutinize. It is not. be it remembered, a deduction from evidence taken in behalf of the people injured in their elective franchise, but from evidence taken by a committee who confess " the accusation against Sir Francis to have been by thetn con- sidered as of the greatest importance !" But let us take this confession, as it were, about the Simcoe election as a standard, and then estimate the amount of corruption, influence and intrigue exercised in other sections of the country. The deeds issued between th6 pro- rogation of the late Assembly and thfe close of the late eleeilion amount [as far as they are confessed] to 1478. Suppoee these d"ed3 to be carefully classed, and subjected to wl t^ver inquiry led Mr. Ritchie to the conclusion that the patentees ''would vote for the constituti- onal candidates," by which beguiling names the tories have been baptised with nunaerous dozens of wine on numerous occasions,— sup- pose a dozen Ritchie's to be duly armed with t these deeds, puffed up with a regular conning makefevery klloWehrtce .'or this angelic conditioi}* ev«r of thft thing with Sikr Prtneit Hta^ him- tn^ i4ri)it th« flitilit^ of any tabn being ap ''i (1 la th-} lortment I* official ihaps by I'tit elec- U crran- in fiivor yon not it would •iruptmj:; suppose appeals tituency. such iu- leut with I elective ir Report )uld hava and loyal 5 Eastern cd among lavQ been 3 not im- tt in th^j ibarrassed ,uln the withholding of the supplies. The following is his lungujgo to iho Electors of Toronto :— Ociiilvmeu.— No one cdn bo more lenn'.lilo than I nm, tJial till! »i()|)iia?o of tli'f Kii|i|iru'« hi'i rauve I a ;:cni'riil iirii5iicitini» olbiiHiiirat, vvliirli will proliably oiiil in tbo ruin (it'niuiiy ol'ihi} inliiiliiiiiiiln lit' tlii-iClty; niul in )iiii|ior'.ii)niiH lius ^'ctri) oUnor tliR I'roviiion i:4 im]iovpri.--liril, tli" riirmcr.j' iii:r'c(t mast lio loweri'd, — lur liow Ciiii lie porisilily rrciMVi; iiinli»!y, wli. i: ihuiio vhi) slioulil ronjiuiiH'. Iii!" |ir(i(liir(-, nrc ncun fiyins in nil tl rec- linna IVdin u l:iml fro:)> uliicii iiicustry [ad baen j)i;bKcly ri"|i( llitl ? In tlit> nmirisbiiiH Conliiiont nr^^(lrlb AmrrVn. l)ie Proviiico of l'p|!(!r Caniil;i now stiiri(U like n bsn'lhy young Irco tlint lias Ikm'II pirdlcrl, its ilrdnping liriiiiciifi' inoniiilnlly hil'uy.lig tliut iiK iKitur^il nourlslinxut bus bc-cn tlclilitru'.cly eutofl*. ]Sow tlio. supplies, sir, which are thus hilsely inagnified into a regular oleeiioneeriif; liutiiliuu: against Ueformers, fonsi-icd o( j'lxiut jCUOIK) one Itjif not payalile till July, 183G, and tho other h'Jif not till six months -AUfV, which was weeks alter tiie eommencemcnt of the present Session ! Could this, without n sacrifice of trutli, derogatory to the honoi and diyniiy of the Crown, be aliened ns the cause of 'a gen- eral stagnation of business," liKely to '• end h\ the ruin of m ,ny of the inhabitants of lliis city," to " impoverish tlia metropolis of ilio Irovince," to " lower the (armer's market," y re'P''<'£Cnlingilicaniountto bo X2700, instead and cause the consumers of his produce " to of £115 ; in rxogyeralion inclnractcr with His other moral cbcrrutions. In the place of true, temperate, and candid statements of the con- stitutional question, the country was flonded with the most lalse, pericrtcd and extiiryeriiled inisrepresentaiions from the pen of S r Fr.in- cis, and from Orange and other political asiio- ciaiions acting in harmony with him. Ttie Leeds election durini^ the last Session of the late Parliament, took fdace after the agitation of tho question ; and although it wns particu- larly brought ly the candidates to the know- ledge of the electors, yet so far were they from denouncing and repudiating the doctrine of having a good &. efficient Execuiive Coun- cil, that even the lory candidates,. [Mr.G^wan amongst the number], were obliged to concil- iate public confidence by averring their sup- port of those very views. Two reformers, however, were returned ; and a similar result would have attended the late contests, had not the system of fidsohood and itititnidatioo been ■ ought into the field. So conscious was Sir Francis of the hope- .'wuess of kindling popular hostility aga nst J . rmcrs by abusing the la'eExceiuivc Coun- cil and their views, that he abandoned it in ail hii later popular appeals, and dwelt in decep- he seen Hying in a!! directions fioni the land"' as if it were one " ol pestilence and famine"! Such a fraud upon a confiding and credulous people by tht; highest functionary in tiie gov- ernment, is so outrageous that although hi* elevated station preserves him from the pun- ishment awarded by the law against public impositions, yet it will consign him to a mem- orable page in the history of North America. You perceive, sir, that while the committee ascribe what they call "the reaction of the public mind" to a pretended "repudiation' .)f a good and efficient executive council, (a thing upon Ihe face of it palptibly absurd) they have kept wholly out of view the various other topica adopted by Sir Francis for the wilful and artful di^seminalion of the most agitating hopes and feirs among the electors. Let me review a few of them ; jukI with iheni connect the palpable fact, that he elicited the addresses through the ecliveand zealous instrii mentality of his Ritchies and other agents throughout the country, and then engrafted upon them these memorable repiies. Still dwelliug vith aflectcd lamentation over the universal devastation caused by the withholding of his supplies, he thus attempts to work the electors up to the highest pitch :— i f^ l;,' of the giiajo to n T nm, tJinl il uriisn.ilinii t'niuiiy ol'ilia ^'(•Iro nlmor r';( t must lio ', \\li. i: ihime J in nil tl iPC- jseii ))i;ljllcly i (lie Proviiico jiig Iruo lliit illy li.iuy.iig ti cutoff. lilts liilsely fl lillllllxi!^ nt jei) Olio J, nil. I iltu wliicli \vit4 he present aciifice of (liyniiy of ol ' il sen- y to *• end litis nf this Kilis of llto 's maiUel," odiiCJ! " to 1 the hiiid' iiJ (amine"! J <:ie(inloU3 in liie gov- linugh iti^ n the pun- inst public 1 10 a mcm- h America, comniitiee ion of the iation' .if a I, (;> tiling ) tliey have ious other llio wilful St asitaiing !. Lei me em romiect le addresses rumcnialiiy thronghout upon iheni G'ntlomfn— I have no hoMitnllon In laying, that anothnr g«,»h victory wciiij I ruin this country. Ilntlhts opinion il liourly giin iig grotin.1 ; llic good sonsc nf ttio com, try lian Ujuu iiroii.^cd; ili.i yiiomuii Ii3h c^uight a p\mp*'i of U'» roll on-niv ; thi Cirinor li.'giiH to :h()rt poojijo oi' nil nn oulllcionlly :asti.:;illy told iis, not better than, "the sn^^c l'.tri«ih (tiSt. IMary-le-bone in liondon," Willi "' a revenue not eqnal In tin private for- tune of many an liiiglish (Jommoner," this jjreien led mil Irom ilie suspension of iho pay men' of Icssilian £501)0 in July and the like sum in December lasl, could not have f'llow- was pulling " lliccart before the hors?," and with an honest and discerning people, faiih thus broken will iuileiildy stamp iis author. TliJ object, then, was to agitate the country till he "aroused it;" till he, a priori, got a " verdict;" and '^sujilcienllj/ ; ' for w!)ich snf* ficiency. he no do-abt, contiled heads, deedrt, hopes, fears and all. When by his arithineti cd. This sir, was not the blowing: of a biib- eal and moral calcniation he ihoughl things b!e ; it was " drawing tho long bow"! And »vere •' sulTieienily'" lijie for tlic closing inaf- yon ob.-ervc he dil not draw his long bow iii terpiece of jdI cy, he would "/<'V;,'U/;r.u " And 'lo wonder ihe Ilnvnl Ayi- ercising iiny influence or policy bearing upon the late elections. It is impossible lor itu to vote f.>r the adoption of a iC[)orf, tlic tnuli of which is tiegativci! Iiy the numerous ofTicial acts of the very peison ihcy unreserve lly ex- onerate. Follow Him, sir, in the steps he took to consummite this agitation. To accomplish talrir worked a panic, wiiPii, without expl.iiii- litis object il was necessary to produce cxciic- i 'g the inlure and am luiit of these supplies, ineiil, and iiil'use into the electors a hlgli dc- liH dep'ored ihe impoverishment and ruin of gree of hosiility against Reformers. Tliere is the Ian 1, and likened it (beautiful simile !) to something contagious in example, j/articularly a girdi -d tree. Every baclt-woodsman, tmtil when il is recommended in splendor from a now ajcustomsd to reposo wiih confidence in throne. When, therefore. Sir Fr.inc:s raised the aisurances of the Vice-lioy, could not his own standard, and invited the cK'ctors to wal? into his fields without wiiner.ing Sir rally around it, an'j called upon them to share Fnncis's mnurni'ul picture of his country in with hint his avowed vindic'iveness, liatred St many a girdled baswood tree, looking naked pidiiical anathemas against a large class of his and pitiful, and seemingly wate:ed with the Majesty's subjects, it is not strange that lie t*»ars of a tender and sympathising Governor, galliered various partizans accordmg to tho Oh, sir; no station or liile of rank or dignity, various incentives which he broug''t to play fih'mld shield a man pursuing such a policy, iipon ali ages, se.ves, characters and creeds io fiom full and well merited exposure. religion aud politic?. "He is more or less Wc learn, too, from himself the reaZ object than man, who kindles not in the coinmoo he had in view. The proper object of the dis- blaze." And when the blaze was kindled sulntioa was to ascertain the dispassionate from the throne, by lighting up into a fire the opio OM of the country, and whcu ascertained, strongest passions and animosities yielded by to respect it. But such was not the purpose the degeneracy of human natule, it will, by of Sir Francis. He determined first to agi- posterity, be held a wonder that the virtaeaod 28 tii! ri 'if intelligence of fhe people, even so well with- stood the unhallowed llaraes. [ will read you a epucimen : Gontlomon.— My plans nml projocu aro all noiitHinoil nml piibliHhcd in llie ingtriictioiig wliinli I tvr.oivvA from tli<3 King. Tlicy dcgire run t« f^orroct, wilhiiiit pnrtialily, tlm RriovanccH uftliii country ; and it in bocatiHn the iif;itiitoriiHCc I nin drier- mined to do HO, that thny iiro onduavoring to obHtruut me hy nvory artiflco in their power. They doclaro mo to bo their fineiiiy, and tho truth i§, / rcal/y am. [Cheers from Mr. Sherwood.] — "They declare rne to be their enemy, and the truth ip, I really am." [Cheers from Mr. Sherwood.] How strange it sounds I One voice breaks iho deep silence, which hung on every other lip, and hushed into unapproving stillness every other heart. — Melancholy exception ! He will not de- sort the sentiment while he serves the man ; and where 1 least thought could be found a har- mony for so repulsive and chilling a chord, there issued a responsive cheer. It was well rebuked by the solitary echo of his own voice, which, passed through, deposited its unfiiiling Icavon among the electors, and brooded in it's evil over all the hustings, w^ich formed the special ob- jects of it's most envenomed miHsion. Imagine, Sir, and grieve as you do so; ima- gine the electors " ^rouBcd" by these addresses and banded together by the anomalous appeal " to embark their interests in the same boat with his character;" imagine tlietn maddened by his false outcry of ruin and desolation, and hurry, ing to the poll with worse than Bachanalian song " Sir Francis forever — Down with his enemies ! They declare me to be their enemy, and the truth is, I really am;" — and do you wonder that some of the elections wore the character they did ? or can you upon your honor say by the adoption of this Rpjiort, that the Hero of it, stands innocent of all undue influence and interference ? In the very same document he says, " on the other hand, not a single address has reached me while it was reverberated from the indignant from the opposite party, since the prorogation of walls, shocked into deeper stillnes about me, a thousand minds. Learn from this occasion a lesson which wisdom & virtue have ever taught, and christian patriotism has ever breathed. — Bo an enemy to no one. And when rank or forinne may mix you with the intrigues of a court, or the angry motions of even a Royal breost, rise in the majesty of only human nature, and soothe rally "reviles them for not appealing to his con Parliament." — Do you marvel at it ? fhe Indi- ans, indeed, sometimes offer a sacrifice to ap- pease the evil spirit. Were we to turn Indians? Were reformers to offer at iho shrine of Sir Fran- cis's displeasure, their unwelcome remonstran- ces 1 lie first declares himself the enemy of tho great bt. jy of Reformers, and then lite- and allay, if you can't extinguish, thj unhal lowed feeling, which, even now I think, he could not mean to cheer. But, Sir, when 1 see the greater facility with which such a sentiment, waflod on the Royal breath, reaches', for even a transient stay, the heart of the cultivated and the refined; when I see it for a moment insinuating itself into a mind in which it can find nothing con- genial, nor be allowed long to dwell ; when I see it stealing even upon those o^ learninor and sideration as a friend, to his honor as a man, to his generosity as a statesman, and to hig mag- nanimity as the unworthy Representative of a noble Prince of the House of Hanover. Listen to \he, rest of tho same tirade — " In no instance have the few individuals who have so unfortu- nately been misleading the public mind, thought it prudent openly to state to me their objections, lest I should expose them to public view, but their opposition, like their object, is dark, mys- terious and discreditable." This is the language rank, tho' only hanging loosely as a cloud, which of an agitator to the electors upon the eve of an the next generous thought will chase away ; election ; and yet we are invited to acquit him when I see it, as an evil spirit, fleeting about of all political agitation ! He shall not on this the author ot this report, and reflect that it occasion, however, charge me with a fear in was perhaps unconsciously hov ring about him, my place in Parliament to state at large to him to taint, if possible, his inquiry into the truth, my objections. But while 1 argue from his own and by it's mysterious influence, divert him from documents ; while I criticise his state papers, the sources of proof, and prejudice his efforts at which would be unworthy the kingdom of the fair deduction ; when I see the possibility that Liliputians ; while from his own official acts an atom of its gall may have been slyly dropt and productions, his position is reversed, and into the ink which has spread out this record for " his object dark, mysterious and discreditable" our adoption ; — how, sir, can I subdue the fear is held up in sad perspective, to the consterna- that this same spirit, sent abroad among a tionof Canada, the judgment of North America, guileless people, cautioned by no suspicion, and and the astonishment of Englaiid, he will, I trust captivated by the lofty source from which it have the magnanimity to remember, while he xame, mun have infected every atmosphere it wiithes under well merited animadversion that h few, tl til now do him The ingttic L'ppor tnunlH, t) ngitatom (■eiilli'i correct ih are it« rni aiHiiH ino It iu (|ll a!iHii*taiji:i by (lis .M Wo sion wh CVOi of strain t the farn interest vest. 1 of the c racter ; to thro^ of his ii form to They ai ers; as ftaudule And to the mor nuine s sistance assist hi to say, undue b public n the Roy prpjudic would b( faction t money, tuency. Your ab perhaps j and hor those tai under th the pass and bias ! and" will estimatif or less d so (I da wise) y( Ucport, \ "!, it IE! I 20 that he wantonly taunted and cliallcn^d the fow, thinking they were weak. And, air,"un- til now, no proper occasion presented ilsolf, to do him even this tecble jusiice. The Vico-rPg;d addresa last quoted, proceeds injtlie fbllowing^slrain : — Uppor (^aimfla liiifi hri'w so cruelly docclvoit by faUn «tate- inutilH, tliiittlio FiirmiMg' iiitorcHts urn iit'gluctril, whilo the ngitatora of thn I'roviiico Irivo Immmi ri'iipin;; a rich liarvont. (jcnlliTiion — ( waH sfiit licrcliy Ilia MajnHty on purpose to correct (he griovaiicos ol'llio ("ountry. I huo ipiitu rlcurly who arc itiinnoinieM ; and I iloclaro tu you, that if thu farinorH will am'nn mo, 1 will axsist thiMo. It iH quite cortain that I mil rontlor thia Provinrn poworful nsHiHtaiico ; and it ig ncpmlly certain that I have b^un urderod by Ilia Majesty no to do. Wo arc to consider, Sir, the time and occa- sion when this language is used. It was upon the cvcj of an election. It continues in the same strain to repreEont the reformers as deceiving the farmers by false statemHnis, neglecting their interests and reaping for themselves a ricli har- vest. It is scarcely possible to give the portion of ilic community here scandalised, a worse cha- racter ; and the tendency and object plainly are, to throw into the Tory scale the whole weight of his influence, by reducing the friends of re- form to the lowest ebb of public estimation.— They are to be treated as enemies ; as deceiv- ers; as selfish reapers of a rich harvest; as ffaudulent stewards of the people, to he hated. And to render this appeal to the basest passions the more effectual, he assurrg them, in the ge- nuine spirit of bribery, of the " powerful as- sistance he can render," if the electors " will assist him." Upon your honor, Sir, I ask you to say, what assistance did he seek ] Is it no undue bias at such a juncture to infuse into ths public mind the vilest prejudices, and prostitute the Royal name and station to embitter those prejudices to the utmost, "* Perhaps, Sir, you would be dhocked were I to prove to your satis- faction that Sir Francis had by spncific bribes of «ioney, successfully tampered with the consti- tuency, and secured a subservient Parliament. Your abhorrence would be commendable, and perhaps irresistable under the influence of pure and honorable sentiments. But subsitute for those tangible means of gold and silver, appeals under the sanction of ofiicial anthority, to inflame the passions, kindle animosities, infuse hatred, and blast the reputation of an opposing party ; land will those substitutes, in your honorable I estimation, be less availing in their operation, [ or less detestable in their nature 1 If you think so (I dare not presume you can think other- wise) you cannot*vote for the adoption of this report, which acquits thia vicerogal agitator of undue and{^U[iconslitutional innucnco over the late elections. In every addrens you disioverHthe same con- ppiracy against the [leoplo. Let the one to the electors of London bear its teatiinoiiy. (Jenlleiiiiii — Tliere is no portion ol' your nddresH of which I nioie rordinlly approve ihnn that in wliieli yon jironiiHO Mio that your " iWiiiohI eH'orts nIiiiII he employed to di; lipate tho delimion uiul.r which too many of your connlrxMien luivo been broiii.>i:rv, >it'.i w.ll di mo ^i IkhikiIv iiiirnne, only iju.ir- l:l Willi villi- own' 'lii'.Til nii'l IjMti r.' Ii' jd i liko lo try tli.j oXjurtiii'Mit liy III :''liii;; iii <:iili 'n, uli • >''ill i\f lin itii|i tin; »ii,'i- jiI'i-k: (I.I vri, I'lir I (MJ Imm> no iiliji;i;iioii wiiiituvor ; on tlia otlmr liniid, :!' vii;i i''iii(M" tiiirliMHl) In i>n)l»i>rl< >«ur intoruil* w.lli iiiv clmr.'irdjr, il,'|i'!:i,l u,>n,i it I will tiiko pilturiiut Ciiru of llll!'|Jlillll. iri inn iiM.i-v(>il, I will liy rciiiion riiiil iiillil conil'irtt, ti-^'n f.-nl III' :ili .1 Ir :iiii|M 1./! >i; Ji ■ oiriiitry, niul us ntxiii im lli.il uLij tct »Iij:I iiL' ^11 ii'.-il, I wi.l iiiii! nil my inllii..iri> willi llu Mujn iIv'k (iiivurii.'iii'Mt to iiinltn Hiicii uili'riitiu.i i,i t!ic IiikI g'niitiiiit il 'I'liriiii '11.4, iHalinli iitlra''! iii;i> Cpinir railed. i Hid rudii:iil:i.it wi'.iltli an I (i<>|i l:.ll(iii oI'llii'iiiiitlH'r ( oiintry, .^Icn .' -.'.uiiiuii nnil nullify aro Wiint yon wunt, niid il' miii w.II mcihI ii I'ar.i nil "lit iiiiiiiil) 'i^i >n"iii:).l'.'r.il ; ii'il.t'.'ii, «'lii>v. .11 I'ordifilly ii.'iil ilovd d ci;'»(ir iiHi-rti'i, nnsM iii'. ('..'|ioiid iiiion it yo.i wi.l p lin iiiiif- III. Ill \pt ■what the select committee have lierc prepart:»l and presented. " My eharncter and yOiir interests are em- barked it) one and the same boat." It could not have been \:nt better ov stronger— we and the same ! " i,o other chance for you, my boys I If one gttes, the other a;oes. Let us liave a pull, a long ;,iili, and a pull altogether. Now for if; neck or uotliinj;." How much mote it soun'is like the J.inguasic ol" a game- ster, than of a King. A boat, too! It is a most despeiaic ^am3 of hazird. It is like one throw of the dice to decide it. It must liavc (illeil the whole constituency witl> pity, to %'ib a character (representing our inost gra- ::o Clous Sovflroign) faking refuge in a skifT, anJ toiscd about upon our troubled waters. Could no larger craft bo found for such a cargo? No bi'ttci- ballast, nmidtt the indis»naiit waves? IMS, i;ir,munisnuwithili»>scunparr.ill>'!.(| pnj. n-ediii-s.—Tliis committee is asiitlalilu haven lor a mere boat load. IJut for liie honor and glory u( my „j,iivc ronnlry, I would railM-r bc- iiold in grand perspective, a shij, „f ,|,i. fir^i magmtiMle, laden with ric.'.er lioa.nres and plonghmg Its way majestically tliiou-rh the l)o:sier(nis deep. I tiiiinot bt.' borao. Sir Francis in hia I ont tMlks of pntln.jr rforinors d'.nn } D.i you .er! o.r, bow (iiin we e-niid .' Nm-r did wo uicu. py belter or nobler ground. I], re, S-r, we ar • uiiiled III ourpiiqiiBc, iliecrful in our lo-op-ru- Iio-i, ftiid onward i:i our career; setkim^ n-i ol.j.'ct but f!io public srood, and no otlirr rervtird tlian iho 111 iin.tic approlmUon of ,„„• !{:„./ nnd coiihtry. — A b,)at upset iis .' Our princ [I.-s or, the iiiinmliiblo piiiiciple.s of truth a-.d JMSt c ' rc.-fing upon the rock of a^os. Ki,id"v, S -' |ito T Hint frail bark u siifi-r c.nr.-v, I. sf. ii' li .. i].' Iff-sly wreck Ufii'W on our uucou roniiil .slior." Tut ItcfiriPcrs dowt; ! And Witii a boa'-li.ad of cliiirnc:erunil idteropfs! impoo.sible. Lo.k i.t the uiidau.iteU warriors about in-, intr 'ikIliI ill a riglit.'ou? caiisf, huU ^irdo)d fo,' iIks d.iyV baillu. Tliey look liko n Snnrlaii banl, t.ikiiHr ti;o:r patriotic post at tlic TlierinopylcD of tlit« Jtberliea iif tiieir coimtrv. Willi wlial importuiMty hf> g.ics OM tn press llioir em'jitrkafion in his boa:. H • promi-ea " increase of woaltli ;" a fempijiig tb nr : anil Ids .rreat.-r abl.ty to insuroit. Who i-n,.l,| witlilio'd bis confidence, or roUne llie v eiTr'Tul pnrluersliip? To differ from iiim, be doc-.:, nof. blush 10 condemn; and k'st Ihc "ppasallt^," as li.^ calls our people, should not coinnrel'e 'il llic cipgaiif. pros-- of tbo " bubMj.s of U.uu.'n," ho graciously coiidopcends to ••cxpre.^'.s bimseir in plainer and more homely language," prppu-n. rd by liitn to be better suited to the lower l.'vel of their plainer &l more homely underst.uulm'v ! A:>d tbcrtfliro He tells them iu flic conrsLSt Kni/lish, '«ifyou live on bad terms with m(« v, says ho again, but 'choose fearlessly lo'c.iiburk your iiit^rosfs with my eharnet'-r, d'epend uno'i ']>, I will take parental care of tliem both." Wiiaf, pi opic could uithsiaiid this eolicitat'.oii from so exalted a functionary, clothed with power, en. riched with patronag:o and comtnandic^ (lie ttiin I !^. flklfT, and -*. Coulil nrgo? No it VVilVPH? Ilclcrl pru- llllu IlilVtll) intlifi- lic- !' I lit' I'lft •^11104 iiml iuii;:li tlio in hifl l.oal, ),» you c»T, il \vi! i)i:c;i. j.r, \\n ar,j ir io-o|); iluT rcNVori lie yl<'!* niv. I'ld i'lst c '. vijid y, S.r, I sf. n. il •» tl. ?riiiil slutr.!. l>oa*-it ;itl lit' u". Lock lit imr.'iuli'.il I.- tliis d.iy'p iMi'd, tiikinj )ylG3 o\' tlio 1)'! to \iTCi^S i ' proiiiispa ill 11;; : nml Wlio i-oiiM victTrgal »> d'K';H not poasniifr," coinnrolio: d r D;u;i.>M,"^ 0;)S li!ili>:('lf !," prpeti.i;n. lower !''v»;l r.st;in(!in;js! 10 t'onrsi'St Villi iriij von dhiiKor!!' : D.i, mp [•ihbiirk your d uno'! i', I th." Wiiaf. lioii fiom so power, en. landtOjif the St wholn crown rcvcnuRs of tlio Provinc. To nil tins liS nddd thn Inj^hnst indiicrmtMits wliicli opt-Titto on human nnuiro. '' Miiu'' unys he lo tlio Xovvc'dBllOfI''cii)rK, "wnriiiMi ntid iiKniry nro nil you ^v:ln^" StMii^jo rowards urn ihcso tj irt;.' iiiitl :iid 'pondi'iit. 'l-ctnrd c:'o\vilia;f lo ihi |iiill. li It lost th:H Rpocie.'i ot" brib TV who ild lull (it scirccly could) of raisin;,' rocruifrt lor niibfi'liaioii iiito Ihh liouf, U". rlo-nvj with n tlir-'at, "while I occupy llr! Kfntiou I n^v d.)" (.(II'.' oi' ■•'(\ve?r) " I nm q iiii! di'toniiiiiod" (iri>i.i- lilo V'"! r jlracinry oii«s^ '» noilli T to jrivo of- fonce nor lu iiik'j il." Oil ! iio. — An *;yo for an ry , a foiiih fur u tooth. Iliiviiiji thus pliyc'd upon llie pi^ssloni of lilt.' f Ik ('ID I:* by l''iiipt:n;ily pifscnuiip; to tiinin coiy lliiii<> of il rich, iilluriti!; and luxurious) Kind, wliicli il inodirii li;)iciirt-;Mi could dinaiti of, or wish fur, from a choice supply of " iiieii, wdoicii and iii iney." down to lioinely " broad and buiicr;" and hiiving reminded tlicm, liy way of iiriinid:ilioii, of lii.s cxaiti'd stsition i.V. power, ciilier for lUf dealing out of rewards or t!io vi>'i:aiio.i of his vt'S(Mitinent ; but st II fiiidin;^ llie i.itcjirify of ilie people scoiniii^ly invincible, he le-sortcd to a I'nrllier 9iritn;;em by sounding, as it wore, wiili ilio buglu an ularni of war. Addressing liiinself to the electors, lie says. Tlioy uro perrncfly oware lliat llicro nxist in llin Lnwor I'roviiici) (ino or two iiidividiialH who innulcute llin itlim, tliut lliiti I'rovincu li) nltuiii to bo dUtiii'boil Ity tliu intortort'iico of fuiogiiors, whoi(Oiiowci8unJ wtiuH«iiuiiiborB will provu inviii- ciblu. Iiiliie name of every Roglmsnt of Militln in Upper CnnaJa. I publicly jiroMulgale— Lrl thr.m come if they darc^ This is oonsntninalely artful. He had learnt how nincli (lie good people of this Province had suffered during the late war, when they uiispariniily expended their Provincial treasure and blood, to inaintain iheBr tisli Supremacy, which has since rewarded their loyally and valour widi .Sir Francis Head us a Governor; he knew that their losses had not even yet been wholly redeemed, and that what had been paid, was principally taken out of the sufferers to pay the sufferers ; he knew, if he could spread the .dariii of an invasion, and till the electors Willi ap';M'elieiisions of fire, sword and death, that all other considerations of public doty &£. poliiicfll liberty would, for the iiiomenr, be nicrgrMl in the possible ai»proach of slaughter mid carnaj^c throughout the land. H'J there- fore aniiouncLtl an invasion, at>l " in the name of every regimenl of militia in Upper t.'aiiada, publicly |)romulgaied let tbem coma if they diire."— And over ihij niilhuin was (finplnyed the royal arms, to increase its currency anil in^iiro im fiTt'c'. The universal liis'lr* nod coMfiisinn proline, ed b) this vicciejjiil iiiiiiueuvre, mo iiioie easily ini i:!ined ih in dcMi:rih('', when it was sniJ Napoleon wa-i about to i v. id;? !0:i^l iiid. Tin; rooln were tliroiimd wt'i vi:»i'iint eiti/.'M\s, the iiiino>t stretch ttf wlio«t; visidti wiih a telescojte, Mwepi (he sur:ace of Ontario l;ir hostile (l.ij:'»; ami our iiieridi.inis w-jrescfo iiisoleinii s;|irnU, here iind there ii'iont tin? streets, t.ilk.nu of confine ilions of (.'oixb, ami insurance ii^.iinst the Kind's eiuMiiit's. The I'i o'clock {••.in, to those uncoiiscioiis of the hour, hcci'.inr; tlio siiinal for a transient iilariii, :\i)d palpilaleil even soiuo of ihtj stoulesl lieisris. Tiic very 1 uties, with all rlicir lit'ioism, tln'Mtcned tlicir appropriate lesiiuiony of iumvou.s a;:Uaii(iii, to the horror of .M:ihhiis, as wel, mie would think, us oi Sir FraiK i.^ Mead, itcil clulh for the waniois, ai.'d Mack clolli for uloiost certain inournin;?, wire raised in price many per cent ; and as itu; riisiic in lis evening p.it.- i'ii;:ie thro' the v lln^e chircli yard, is heart* with forced ci)ura;^c wiiistliiiir liissti|tcislitiou» feais away; so many " lireul ami hiilter" men, who had rallier live to fi^hl another day, were somewhat fiiiilly heard to cry, as the ji^allant St Fiiincis galloped by, — " Let them coirve if they diirel" [a burst oi' l.'iiigliler.] Mr. (Miairman !— Order ! order! What means this lau;j;ht,jr } Do you, the fraioers, advocates aiiii,soon to be,ilie ii lo.)ier:i oflhis re- I'ort, lluissigiiificiintly cliarj»e Sir Francis wiili a hoax ! Do you mean to imply thiit at th; annnuiicenieiit of this invasion, and amif'sl the panic it inflicted, Sir Francis was Inugliinp, in his sleeve ? Oh! shiimefnl mcrriir.cnr ! 1 Inno heard of such tliin<;s in the slot k exc haii^e i:> l^omhm. Ther ', it is true, men have beei» found, who, after sjireailioi; i.ilse news of ;* defeat on l.md or sea, have availed lln-mselves of il consequent (luctiiitiion in the funds to realize by their nefarious means a dishonest fortune. They ure there, sir, called black- legs. But I xnnst return lo the cons'ernation of the city. Much perj-lexiiy seemeil to arisa froiii the difTiculty of judging from wh;it quar- ter the invasion was tureatencd. I:, could not be from Lower Canada, because (hey aro Dot " fureigoers." It could not be frotu tlis I- 1- . ii.; Indiana, who nre tew und weak, iii4t«ii(l ufnii iiioroiis iintJ powcrliil. And lo iiscribo ir to liio .statu (}( New York ; to u Hovoreign and iiid(!p«ndenl Niate, |)rof'o.ssiiig ainily and |>eac» witli (ircat Hritaiti and ht;r hl)oiirin^ poopli! wiio had proved theiii- sclvoM huinano in war, and honotal)l)Mn peace; to ascribe it to treachery and ph)t from such u country, — Heeriied revohing; and yet possible. VVitli the wis(h)in, tlierufore, and prudence, which UflUfilly characterise the commercial world, they thus addressed Hir I'rancis Head. VVc, tho uiirl(>riii(;nRil t'InctiirH oflliii ('lly ofTorontit ImviiiK ronil in Your Kxcnllonoy'H niiN\v(>r to Ilio iiililrcxti ol' cerliiiii oliictorH of 111!' Iloiiiu Dixlricltliu rollowin^ liiii;(iiiigf :— "'I'lioy (tliti |Hioiilit of Toronto) uru piirfocrly liwiiro llml llmru I'xisl ill tliii liOH'itr I'roviiicn, oiio or two iiullvldiiiilM wlin iiipnlnito tllinclnii lliilt tliU I'roviiico io iilioiit to tin (llMtiirlicd liy tint in- ttiri'uroiico orforuif;ii)'rH wlioiu pnwcrM bikI whonn iintiiliorx will tirovu inviiiRililx, In iht) niunu ofovory llnginiiMit oflklilitia in l'. C. I piililicly proniiil'.'iitu ' /,H tlirm ei iiir it tliry dare,' " We do not iloiiht tlii' rttadiiicn't with wliii'li would l>it iinu wcrnd upon iiiiyi.'innrffi'iicy yonritp|)iml to tlni Milltiii, which iippvnl wn iirn NittiHtii'il would not liiivu Ih'imi niiidn without ndni|uiitii cniimi. In n iniittiir H(i HiirioiiNly iil)(trtiiis tliii poiicii iind trnn- quility of thn rountry und tin: Ki'ciirity ot itH (roiniiiiircu, wu he;; to lonrn Iroin Your Kxridlcncy Irom whiit qunrtor thoiiivuaion is allndgdd to \n\ throiUtiiiud. Expectation was now upoi! tho tiptoe. Had Toronto [jossespcd a stock exchange, you might have gambled in the finest style. The commercial d(?putation dressed in their best bib and tucker, and with visages singularly va- ried to express their divenifiod emotions, pro- ceeded to government liouse, and were uslier- ed into the viceregal presence. Sir Francis, they say, did not sit, but stood with that per- sonal oscillation which you witness in a man so situated as not well to know what to say or what to do. The royal answer left them, just where it found them ! '* Gentlemen — I have no further observations to make to you on this subject!" Never did men appear more cha- grined. [A burst of laughter.] But time dispelled their fears, and to their unspeakable :iti Hyfltomntic niaiuicr in vvlncii he^liiiN carried out liiri BhunHit'iil policy lo countenance Orangoimn, to miirtial govurmnont piituntH and itiHirucl tlio bearorrjl'ilifm. We Imvo roviowcd Homo of his vicious and disrppiiliiblo upptmis to 'lie eltjctorii before thnjr neriit election, and pointed out their unconHtituiiotial bearing and corrupting tondoii- cy. Tiie giiilly policy uned ajraiiist the people Huems lo 1110 too apparent now to lierleniad, too extonsivo to hav - f.iiled of it« pnrpoHo, and too moin liiddi!n utidi.T titb; or siiiiion. I Hhoiild liavo betrayod tho country had I not, more awod by tin' daiij^er of our hbortica than by the rank of the violator of them, thun broiiglit him into dtijt.^^lit, and exiiibited in alarming array the n&l'iiu and nuigiiiiudo of liis conspi- racy. Sonic Bubordiiiiiio particulars might, indeed, bo shown from tiiin roport and itc appendix ; as tho ostablishauiit v{' the election at Beverly in L'.'ed'', the fatal inexpedioncy of which place had been already twice recorded in tho blood and eliroudtid Willi the mourning of tho free- holders ; the appointment of the IJalton eloc- tion at a place within 12 miles of one end of the county and 30 or perhaps 40 of the other ; and tho eeleclion in the Eastern District of a return- ing odicer, who was so incorrigible a partizaii as presumptuously and indecently to condcnni the cho ce tho electors iiad made, and who with a cor.eeponding spirit of dieaccommodation to the electors and tho members elect, refused the cxecutiot; ot the indenturos till another day and place ; and the like facts, which were, indeed, too largely mi.xcd up with tho executive corrup- tion, not incidentally to escape amidst the par- tial and necessary disclosures for tho defence. Had you sent for Dr. Smith, a late candidate for Wentworth, he would have given you an insight into the mischievous operation of recent patents, from 40 to 50 of which were unblush- mortirication,yet greatly to theircomfort,it was '"g^X "'J'^cked at the hustings, and brought soon revealed that the war was over; the ene- succepf/ully to bear against him ; patents, sir, for land in the Brantford tract, which had been sold tivo years before upon the terms of four annual instalments ; but which nevertheless my was conquered ; the country was safe ; — Sir Francis had carried the elections ! ! Confining our attention within the range of the most favorable matters ot defence, set forth in this report with consunitnate skill and ad- dress, with no other anxiliaries than the state documents, w^hich the conunittee in their exu- berant zeal forgot to notice, we have found. Sir, enough substantially to convict Sir Francis of the most serious and alarming abuses of his high station. It is not necessary to descend to par- ticulars. We have seen the large scale and prematurely issued for persons •' who would vote for the Tories." ft may be true, that some points which have been aliedged against Sir Francis, may be either incapable of proof, or may have erro- neously grown out of other corrupt and proUtic abuses. He who collects together the various complaints of an ill -governed people, and makes a catalogue of the grievances which form the ♦ I »*.. outcry of tho lund, will Cn\<\, n-t \n this ca/it'>iiiiii)oi] tliin;;fl ii'tiidNt ii in ia* (irrorrii|'i. tioii. If Dr. i)tiiiri)ii)l)o lino iitl!.'ii mlo iii;i( orrnr, it in ii vi.'ry votiini one. I liiivo lifiitd uoiiii! of Sir Finiicin'i) «|ovoton,< rxt)!niiiit(> liiM iiifliuniiiiitory CDii'Jiict hy protuiid. in^ all liin orrorn to bo tiio iiiltc) <'fr rvtMcenco nf arnirxpfirionccd man. Hut, Nir, i'liil! tlioHu rranHacti.iiiH, bi's d>rt tlio pronf of ilio "(pio iirii. mo" drdiicihiu from liii ptililK; uoiidiii^f. icid liiri nlTicin! panors, tln;ro i-i posilivo nod rxtcnml pvidoiico to tliL' flfiiM't cff-'Ct. For i i6tii:i("(». — 1 1(? who know tliat it, wmh cr iiiuia! t> irifVuin llii! «lootor< (tl llie olfction, luust havi? kihiwsi it to bo pji'iiily crirnimi to do ho upon Ilia eve of Jin olf'ctiori — Uiit iiltlioiiyh Ikj liad priiviom to tlio lati? nor.t'St, most iidiiHiriou-ly circiiInN-d niitorii^ iho coiiHUliKMicy varioiin pol,i:(;iil app;'ultj to ttio wori*l past-ioiiH of tli>> pooj)l(!, yet id coii- i^oion.s wuii hi; of tin; impr()priiy (d'Hiiclicunducf, that when the WtHh-yan ^l(.•;llodlst ('oiif truoco waiti'd upon Jii.n af'er !lioconiin(!nc(;Mi<"nt of ilio olcotion wit!i II p'oiis addrt'ss, ho siiddoiily h .'. cnnio most conflcitMitioiiy, hcuvd; bnrd !n< d \vi!li ruligiouK scniplet^ aboiif, hi.s duly, cxcpiisitivcly scDHilivo about iofliu'iicing th" ch'ctivo frr.u- cliiar, and ti-iidjrly alivo to Ihd pnriiy of ilio huslinjjH and llio lionor &. difjnily of ihc crown ! I'nttiiiy on a face r.a long as tiio llovcrcnd {;i;n- tlemen boforo him, ho gave ilio following' syco. pliaiUic answer : — "tJKNTr.tMBN :--Ah tliQ Elontioiij lir»vi' cotiiiiii'iict'il, I nni,; ilocliim UJVMi;,' liny otlici r.'plv l(» tliu .AcIiIicbk I Imvu jirst iv; Cdivud I'ruin yvni lliaii iiu-iuly to iirkiiovvloil^'o ilH rocui|)t." ThoR.'vM fft^n'lnnen tijaidcfd him, in Iho pri'sonco of tli(.'ir M ik'T, for his fjracioua rp[)Iy, and iiinnhly howinif, ntirod to praitio him in tlio cohnnns of the Guardian for what they knew to bi) hypocrisy. Such is tho offspring,' of tin; adultoioua connection b.'lwoen Church and StKle. But there is further evidence that llie evil course was wilfu:ly pursued. In Sir Francis's answer loan addri'ss from the late Assembly, ho used the foliovviii;r lun. guage, which under a solemn impression of its truth and importance, he repented in his speech at the prorogation : — " To appeal to the people isunconsiitutioiial as well as unwise ; lo appeal to their pasjtions is wrong." In the firpt, place, sir, no other than a sworn Orangeman would think it unconstitutional or unwise to appeal lo the PEOPLE. Arc tliey such cyphers, such a mere fluck of " Peasants," (I had almost eaid Pheasants) as to be deemed unworthy of being appealed to, upon niattcrs transcendantly affec- E 3.-3 tm^ th. ir happmorfB and l.borlieH 1 Am the fn'opl) iiothinjkTt uiiil Sir Franris i>vory thing • — Th H iiiipliOH the utMio. peoj)le t'lroiigli ITiH variouH mlUimnalory addrot^Bi'H ! Wi'y d.d he, after d'jiiouncing it iiH wrong, appeal to their passions ; yes, all llieir pa^ioiiH ; y(;a inoio, their wornt passion Ii Was, t!i>^rei<.r.>, done wilfully, h was a vio- lation Oi a known duty, lie proachi'd from tho t .r.jiie th,' inif|'iiiv ot' innkir;; ''appeals to tho pecpli;';, p isri.unt," and yet to get " the elcctord tn board on'i a!id the aanv} boat wilii his cha- nete:," mid th-r by carry tiie elortiotiH, ho did Hot t( rnple to siieriliee virtuo at the si- .le of expediency, and do tho viTy d'ed, he h ,d for ai'.oiljer purpose puhlicly eondenin 'd. It we'd m il:i' a f^yllngiHui — " To aj)peal to ihe pucfsiona nf li.o p'Oplo 18 wrong;" hiit Sir Francis Ima appi.'iili.'d lo I heir pa.^f;ioiia, r.id their worst pa^- K.ois: t!;cr( lor; Sir Francis his d.)no wrong, very wrong — IIo.v, then, can wo veto Ibr this ri'por , wh.c!» wholly ac(|UitH him ? Impostdhlo. I)r.U:f.i:on)h(j mu.'t iiolbecntinly loigotti.'n. Ii. innsl upoiifli! whole bo admitted, without diH. ■ending to detail, that his iillegations against Sir FrauLis are very mnuerate when coinpared with even tho little that has been as yet tiid- e!•^^;('d rc-jiecting hid patronage of Oraogeism, hi.s share of intrigue:! vviih land p.itent.>j, ond hi.s poscnom uddrosges to the clectora of the eon itry. IJe must not expect a bolter fate tlianothera of past, and proent times, who have eej)0uscd the eai-se nl' the many agaiubt the arrogance -coni. missioned Mr. Ridoiit, and meanly Ptript him of honors which ho had meritoriously earned in war — honors, however, wliicli, notwithstandiiifj tiie dcspoiler, are transmitted with the glorious memory of the immortal Brock — and all this degr:-diitiontoo, aimed, not consummated, p;;'jt liim, citlicr btcause he voted for his brolhor-iii- law,a reformcr,or because of false talcs welcorn. ed by the vice-voifal ear i'rom some low infjrmers or etdl lower evedrop|)erp, under a de'picable systciT) of espionage ; — When 1 see a similar despotic humiliation attempted against Mr. Small, the irreproachable and honorable son of one ot' the most accomplished gontl'^men the Province ever saw, and one of the most devoted servants tlie crown ever had ; — When I see my hon'ble and gallant friend from Stormont (Co' McDonald) whose ancestor as well ns himsell, were devoted to the service ot a iCing, whoso representative has crueliy iujured and insulted him, without redress ; — When I soe the similar fate of a Scatchard, eustainmg among all par- lies, the honorable chaiactcr of an intelligent, upright and humane Justice of the Peace ;-- VVhen— — hut b ly the catalogue of public crime ! The hear' fill'-« as this sort of massacre goes on ! — Canada ! Was this the public jus- tice and the public good, for which you lately fought,and bled and cheerfully would have died! Whs this the spirit which you ever thought could possibly survive the flames which un- der the law of letaliatioii in the late war, laid ■•vaste your villages and your homes? Is this the rightful fruit of that unity of the empire for which, uiiny of you twice lost much, and haz- arded all .' Shall this bo the fate of your brav- est comrades in the recent war, who would ra- ther have fallen gloriously in the field, than live to be the ignominious victims of this hcarllei^is policy'? Peace to the ashes of our dead, hap- pily unconfccious of the wounded honor and in- sulted rank of their once companions in arms ! Sleep on, in blissful ignorance that you fell in vain. Dr. Duncombe is with si^igular malignity thus charged ; " having some private business to transact with the government in p]ngland, he wag desirous of advancing his claims, by repre- senting himself as a person of sc.;;e importance, aad with this view assumed the character of de- legate of the ReformerB of the Province, but with- out any nnlhorily wha'coever lor doing bo." — ■ It vvoultl have become a select comm'tte*?, lent Foasioned with executive pa'tiiianship, to relate the facts, and leave us te draw tiie inference. — iJu't as t!ii\v !;ave endeavoured to exercise periiaps the mot^t dispaeeioMate judgment in their wor, tho' with singular failure of tnilli ana^ .-tice, it if? i u'! to tlu^ lionorable and leanu'd nieiuber for Cxford (Dr. Duncomb?.) to shew thn evil genius by which they were unconsciously deluded. This fn'il genius, the ghost of di^(/crting To- ryism, hauniod them into the belief that Dr. Dinncombe was a minor thing, while Sir Fran- cis was " justly of the greatest importance." — Tims Misse.«,3ed by ihia unequal vimv, little at- tention was bestowed upon the testimony or the inferences from it, afrecting the subordinate in- diviv.dal. — IJencR they sent for Mr. Bidwell, v.'ho is known to he wholly unconnected with the Reform 8ocie'y. and so aver{>e to personal attendance at pablic inL^etiugs, as never to honor them Willi his presence. In thia House, indecdr he held as a public man the station of first com- moner of the land, reflecting npor. it all the dig- nity which learning, c loquence and virtue could confer. But out of this Hou'se, he was nntnri- ously so Ci-iranged fri..m political iransactions, as to render any application to him, a priori, ccrtii'nly fruitless. In the same manner they applied to D.'. Baldwin, who is honcrary Presi- dout of the Kcform Society, but whose venera- ble age and growing infirmities render him only an occasional atteudnnt upon omiversary and extraordinary seasons. The application to Mesrs Shaver and Cooke from the Eastern extremity of the Province, and to otiicrs more or less dis. tant from the metropolis, was also calculated to keep up the appearance of niquiry, in a way, however, vvhicii was sure tr elicit nothing.— And becauso it elicited nothmg, the honoruble and learned committoe from no'hing deduced something to prove Dr. Duncombo an impostor in England. Surely, those hon. and learned gcntiomea will feci the v orse than error into which this evil genius has haunted tiiem : for had the subject of their malediction in preferring his private c'aima at the Colonial Office, pri- vately intimated that he had the honor (an honor it was) to represent the Reformers in Cansda ; and had Lord Glenelg written out to learn whe- ther the character assumed was -fictitious ; then, Si I, there might have been an apparent ground for this invidious .<;hugc But when Dr. Duncombe openly assumea this character in a public, not a private conespondenee, and dii c| wJ to ol b<; off a all 35 did BO in a petition to the British IIoupo of ilioir fjuird, parlciii^fly ^^ it appeared nlmo« Commons b^'forc tlic Briti.sh natio.i luid lliu tmiiuUancor.dly with the cominorioomont of tlieir world, do*.eclii»n and disgi-n-ce weio cortuin inquiry, and without Id 5 possibilty of anticipat to follow fal.so pretoriBioiis ; and suioly no a,)- ology [savPlhatof liiiUiittMl iniagintilion] can bo BU(rge8tcd for those, who uniicr a knowledj^ti of *^hi'S9 circuinstar,i;c'fc', charcrod him wilh a fraud " to advaiico privnto chum." which iho att' mpied im|)Oditioii would corlamlv de.'oat. It IS, Sir, a mixim in La /, lliai you imist produce lh« hcHt, cvid.iioi,' tiio na'ure of the inijlhis niijliMjniint insinuation a;]raiiist an hon. and lonrni'd momber. Guided by this mooting inio tlie tract of trutli, why did not the hon. and learned coinmilioo, sruid fir Ja.s. E. fc'mall, Ivq. ! Jiunod lliirvry I'rice, E.uj. Attorney at 1/iw ? Francis Ilincks, Esq. C.ishiftr of tho Pijnplo'rf Binlq. barrister at i;iw, and hite member for this City J ur for James Lv-slis E-q. one of our miisl jiit<'lli(jent and wcaUhy niiTcii mts '.' — And above all why not send fir I:.- Secretiiry of the Society ? and ibr th:- S-crfUary of Lho Executive Committee of that, S )cii;ty, intrut^ted by it and all its kindred br.iiiches in tie country With the active coiiouct ot t.heir aiT.-.irs ? VV'iiy did they not send a sub; (C m. du'\s tecum, to give the Truth as it ii:i\y\\i iippear iti tho inmutes and records of tins Kuculy ? it is not, sir, forme to state wliat m^iit have been jtroved had they chosen to seek liie ficts from subject nuitierof it his record! ai.d as many more as tliey pleased, or iis iiiiglit be suijirosted by the testimony of the above gentlem''>n, more honorable than whom, cannot be found in the comnuinity ? — It is not. ibr me, fullowing their example n- ^(ainst Dr. J)uiH;oinbe, lo sc;m th.eir motiveB, or tiie inexplicable and mysteriono causes o*" tiieir eup'THcia! investigation, But for the itdopton of snc'i a report I cannot vote. When, iud red, they w<.M-t' fold by Messrs. Siiaver, Cock, iMcMickini;;, 'J'horhurn, and I khow not nt iliis moiii'nt Imw i.-iany others, from outer (h^tricts, Willi how imudi piitisfaclioi. '.V>otor D's mission Vv'as welcomed, an inqu'iy into the nietrepolil;ui proceedings respjctin;i^ it, was both fcugj-osied by tue evidence aad by tho the fountain head ; it, is enon^'h to show that a Report characterized by sueli a siiirit, and blind to the clearer evidence wiihin tho very ptccinls of 'he City, is unentitled to our adoption. j'his negligence of due invcstiii^aiion by so learned a body, is the loss excusable, because on the 30th of November, vvhen th ; S lecf. Com- mittee had been hut I.itcjy orif^uiizedaiid was bar A pnrty, Inwyers used lo say, shall not dis- credit huiown Witness. In this case, tiierefore, I shall tak,' as credibl.\ upon their own admis- f-ioi), the evidenci! of Sa- Francis Head. Ac- < .irding to a dispatch, a copy of which has been transmitted to tins House,' but which es- (•aped the vigilant and scrupulous la'jours of the lionorable and learned committee, Sir Francis «t!y m operalion,Dr. Duncon-bc had arrived, said pp^j Hj^-, folio^vin;r annoiiiiccmeut to Lord was jusily greeted on Irs return with the wel. Qienelg, i.i a Despatch, dated iGth July, 1836 : come of the p-ople. The following appeared ., . ,. • .. r r i .. . MiUhe public papers :- ... T '.'^'^''"'^'f " ">'"«"^y « course foe- that public pa| A' amcotifig of inllii itial Rof'-niicrs ln'lil iitTlinmaa Klli oU's Tavern, in tlic i:itj of Toioiilo, or tin; evening ol Wud- iiSiday the 30lh duv ol'Novonibi'r, l-.lii. .Umf.s'E. Sm.ki.i., l"'--'M- '" i'"'*^'''^"'- i Mr. J. ri. Price, seconded by .Mr. I" IlincUs, moves U at it be resolved— 1. Tl.atthc Uiauk-MoT (lie itorornuns be rond.Tcd loDr. Clmrloa D.mcombc for tbe readiiies.s villi which no nc- eoplod, aiul tlie fidelity witii whli-.!: h(> l:'s o.viH'ii'.'d .iic Must of rtuesentingin their bchulf to ilie Ri-;lit Hon. Lord Uleuu.j, the cond .ion of this countjv. — (Jiirriod. Mr. James Lesslie, seconded by Dr. OT.rady, moves that it bo regolved— 2ndly. That Itr. OniK-.omb'i hi; rciiuoHted to tur- msh the meeting, Ibr the information of tlioir fellow Reioriner.t in the Province with an account of his proceedings in hnglaiid. —Carried. , „ r» i After the above resolutions woro adopted Dr. piincombo •Rmo forwnrd and after an elO(Hicnt speech in which ho de- tailed his proceedings on behalf of ti;e Kefornior^ while in Jingland, read his correspondence with tho Colonial Ministyr. This was enough to put th" committee upon at tiieh' cause is dcspurale ; and as a last dying " Klnijrjrio, thoy have, 1 undt.istand, hoen as&em. " bliii,!2f at Toronto, night afti3r night, ibr ihe " purpose of appcalinj; lor assistance to his Ma- "josty's Govcinnient I " I'hcii' coiivocaii JUS are so s^-^rct, that it is " inijKissible f^or mo to know what passes there, " but 1 iiavo been informed that thoy luive actu- " ally dospatehod Da. Duncombk, an American •• and a rank republican, with complaints of some " sort respecting the election. " 1 Ibel coniident that your Lordship will dls- "countenance this dark, unconstitutional prac "tico of despatching agents from tho Provinc« •'t'" His Majesty's (iovernment, to make sccrot " compluint« ayainat tho Lieutenant Governor, -fmrirmmm '" m in [ ••whicli, of course, it is impoasib!o for mo to " repol." Thus it appears Uiat a fact wliicli was so no- torious as to be i acknowledge wilii " marked approbation the foresight, finorgy, nnd "n. .al courage, by which your (•ondiicl on ihis •• occasion has been distiiiguir.'.ied. It is peculi. " arly gratifying to mu to be tiic ci.'nn"] of con- '♦ veying to you this liigli & honorahie lcsl,iiii;)ny " of His Majesty's favorable acceptance of your '* services." If it is •' a dark & unconstitutional practice" to send agents to His Majosly's Government •' to complain of such official conduct as yre~ ceded and attended the late eleclioni!," if sucii conduct is to be approved by iiie very Govern- ment from which the people ought toexpect nvd to receive protection ; if this couperation ef the Colonial Minister, is to perpetuate a system abhorrent to every well rcgujn^.d mind, repug- nant to the constitution, subvcrtuvo of liberty and based in inirao ality ; tlio future civil and religious r'^hts of ihe country are doonied to extinction.' Salvation can, in such case, only be expected from the subvCiSion of such a sys- tem from Its foundations. Unless the evil is now and efleolnally correc- ted, it will equally infest the future, es it ban the past Elections. The country mui;t, theic- fore, rpraember that this execrable policy is not to he viewed in a speculative, but m a practical point of view. Shall we ever again have a free Election ? This fearful inquiry must be met by another. Will this execrable policy ever again be put into opeution ? I answer, it will ! — The same government under the same sys- have only to suffeii. But if your nobler feel- ing;! ritic in arms against such virtues, and the dire inheritance they will yield to your clildercn and jour ciiildren'a clnhlren ; if you value that purity of civil governmciil, which is Heaven's second best gift to man ; if this rude blow l^as not sever. d your bonds of eyinpathy with your ii.siitutioiiB, civil and reli- gious, and with all that endt-ars a people lo th( ir country ; if liberty shall not by Ihis deadly outrage become e.\tinct,but rather rise from the ppnic with renewed energy and a more hallow- ed zeal ; — Canadians must nerve themselves vvit'i a lerveiit patriotism ai;d a christian spirit, to devise by all coi;stitut onal means, redress for the pact, and salvation for the future. Kot less virulent is the language against r»Ir. Hume. In order to gratify the same spirit against him, they travel back to events which transpired years ago, and seem to feel (as well lliey may) thai it is an honor to throw their missiles at so great a man. While Mr. Hume is supporting the Ministry in England, their puiilic I'unctionaries here, and Sir Fran- cis's partizans, are seeking occasions to vilify ;ibuse and degrade him. But on what occas- ion did Mr. lliiine express a wish for our relief from '* baneful domination" ? it was, sir, when the " domination" was not less "baneful" than it is now. The liberal and benign in- tentions of Iv.ul Ilipon were defeated, and those who presumed to meet even to thank him, or through him lo thank His Majesty, were treat- ed with a violence cind brutality which would disgrnce the least civilised government in Eur- ope. Will you recollect, sir, the treatment that nobleman received upon the floor of this Assembly ; and the changes which con- sequently took place, changes which it would be unnecessarily invidious more particularly ■\ same lIo not morn I ivorlhy \j thee-e 10(1 !— ?eii the laslin^ ho ( X- K) held /ill liar- solonin cocrnizn miidsion DO, yuti ilor lleU KS, 11 ml to your ; if' you ;, which ; if this bonds of and ri'li- pooplc: lo lis dondly from iho • hallow- omFclvcs lan spirit, , redress asainst he same to events Im to feel to throw lile Mr. Englantl, Sir Fran- tu vilify lj;U dccas- lour relief WPS, Sir, kancful" lenign in- land those him, or ere ireat- h would lit in Eur- leatment floor of Ihich con- it would rticularlj to mention 1 Will you remember, sir. the Cflebraled address of remonstrance to the King, which passed almost without a dissent- ing voice, against the interference of liis Min- isters in our internid aflairs? ["A phaineiul document too,"— from the Solicitor General.] and as unanimous, sir, as it is now saiuIiIicy aru all roili ur kiifivfi) Will ntlVcl t" (-ondciiut liml riiliiMtli' tii-it liinctiii''i'---bul If \i 'I'HU K. ! It 11 mil till- int.* re i!irfiMiisIiun'!'i r>j'',lii' tliMni^^iM IVit'ii ittlli'i' of Mr. Kniiltnii, or Mr. Hni;ai'in.iiif hm il is tli** «'i*^"*ifif»n wliirli lliU //■ir/Z/tii;; u' t/ir Codniiei Ikis (?viiireil l(ic(Mih1i'iiuiir<- aiiil pr'itjii llio oilion.*, (I»''i'^ roiict Iiililt* iii;ijnrily olilio ('luDiiliaii popiilnlioit who ill :.vowi",l ami ciin- (Iciiiiu'il llicroiulii'-t iinti rppvM'ul:»1ioiis of that eitii-'-r'iy rimi Hint fii' tioit : it i^ tlii'wi- rrp.-at, ami not nwri-ly t he liisiniisal ofilii- t'lUl-'-i-an in nii(»»- lioii ^wliii-li roii-.Iilii1cs only on.* pi\iiiiiiiPiit iii!»tiiiiCt' I'l I'l.- illMio'itioii und lif^ifiiis oltlu' (■oloiiiul .*'icn.'lar> i tliai lit' lias alit*ai iti' 1 tlu' all -i-* ions Hnd |i(h1iiii'i1 liir I'l'i'liiiv'siif rCM^iitineut iind the vieio n'Uli ri:i;nrtl In the J'titurr, whii-li we liiivf iletit-rilii'il. " I'ooli lu'M'r li'nrn wifilom •,'' or oiip inii;lit liavf hof.cil Hint Ilic pspori- Pare which tlit* pri';iMi* lo(»li;|i iiiiiiftry liavf- hail of llii' i-oa'»'i|"rhciviol' ;f't- tiii^ up t'li'ir opiuiiirtit> i)ml jjuiiini; down tlieir Mipporicrs ; of tak'ii'^ ilipir 1 .a-iiiir^ hy the liuml, ami lliio-.viiii; roUl water in II'*' i. 'o oi then" Iricml*. v.oiilil liavi' I'rc tliis taiii;lit liiiMii Ha- prop- i.-ty of nliaiu! iiiiiij; tijis aii'ii-ahle ii.Kpiity ; liiit the riiiiioiis policy whitii lias hi-»'ii t'n.ii j.-d m Iietnad, ill .liiaaicai ami ia Hie .Maurihi;, is. it appiar', lo he euartnl in I'pper Oan- iitl-i, a 11 I Hie l.oril know;,, peilrips in all Hie oti.cr ■ iloiiie!! of ihe Kinpin" "Til Irel.ii.'l aeoi iliii^ vvitlitliis iirhecile |..tliey, tiie lomtiii.h iit have a'i Ji'eil l!ie allrelioas, ami niaile ile.ii'ly e-i-'ii'rs ofthe liiv^e t iVieml. of the Hritisli llir'ne— i-h-l.' they lone aihleil lii.fol.lio Hie j'ower lunllt the. eumiiiiol Hieir for.m'r loe; ; mil ShHJi) :i hliiioiiij liayoiK's are eniise- qiiihlly nqmiireil lok^ip the people of Irel imi from wellerhii ia e^ich otliers hlooJ, niitl from unaihilatiii^ every v. ;luje of order, giivc-ameut and law. " la Jiimaiea. in pnrsuaner oflho same poliey, ('in/ /■m-e stimiilitrO the hhicUs III fill Ihf.l/tyiaii ofthe w'iite<— and now, in order to prevent those lilm-ks from eaitinz any mor' thront<, or lo /»- /cr( tjieia in doing; so, flor tlieie is really nateilnii wliieii is llie ohj,el of oar sapient .Minister) thu same cahinet are ohiigcd to si ml 5,000 addilionul sworJ:i and bayoiicli. to thai devoted Island. " In .\lanriliis— in aceordianee willi a Mn.lar ii')Key, the same measures Iiave heen pnrsned, and the same necosiiy fur n'soii.ni; lo additional bayo lie's has heen Hie eon.seqiieiir ■. "Ad now Hie s.iiiie i.nheeile eyperiiMiil is lo he par-ned in rp]icrCan- ada, hnl if il is persi-le 1 in . Ihe ni.iral mil I'l ;\ vS((; Al. FOIti K of the great and overvvlielmiii'! majority of tin t'anadiaii people n-!ti,mitxmll!ie ttt'ccMtit\j I 'r ^v'tr./ trnttericlt t>i i/- f.7 I'-i'/;, \. ill he too powerful to ho sua* lined or inllncner.l hy .iiiy I'emonstii.lions oi Hi;- hind " We hope, liowe\er, for the hc*t — ve ho;i< Hij.t iliourii "fools may not lenrii wisdom," tliey may, iil least, be nivrsti'il in t/tty carnfr fJ'InUti ; and th:il the ronseqnenees whieli no honourable or patriotic ai'.i'id I'un contcinplale witiimit slinddertnix, am^' therelore he a\eil;il," Such is tlio liini,'uago of Gtiorge Guriiott, Esq. in the (yourior ; a gcntlonian who has been ior years the pilhir of your i)arty, ami the ablo The muiisttr not to its en- will condemn you for the trea.son, which you charge against a former, and a franker rarliiiment. Wlien, sir, this sort of distraction ] proje. Cot-utiiii Mtnifti^r. Hfifairs is, that it rtim ^ any of the four quarters of this netherworld, for day . Lordship's displeasure at the rercnl proceedings ■ivincial rarliament, we tiiidei stand are threat- il wh.''t political caper tins political einhecile solution of ihe Parliament ; Hie recall of the I'tiie Cliiel Justice j and many oihcr equally mad >!;■ 1 to be in the coHlemplalion of UmJholiitJt of Hie very worst elVecls ol such a condition of ' ,y tiling in the counlry to a stale of uncertain ty: Willi liiepa^l nets ofOiij miiii-ter the great bulk of the people are dis- pleiised or liisiu^ted ; and, with reference to his fuinre acts, tney apjir el:cm! notlunyhul misi hicf and disaster bolli to the colony and to the enipi re. Tlie minds of ail the well aftei ted people in the counlry [tiinl tltgij "^titht ceitain tiUimate iluvitmjiture n^'thc nmtctlJavtiDtis tij Slacken 2i>, Guitcrifh, ttiitl !fie yrnt/ice Ahthottt3C.i, are avnU iitnjorki/) hei;iiito he uniiiiiged. instead of dwelling; with delight and eontulenee upon Hieir connexion with the eloriou; empire of their sires, with a deterininatioii to support llMt conne.Tion, us many have already suppoitid it with their for- tunes or their hlood, their alfections are already more than fialj a'tttiiaieU frim the government of that countrj/ and in the apprehension that the some irtfuUing and degrading cotirae of lolicy ti. wards tlicin is likely to continue H»ev alreadv be^rin to "cast about'* in their " wiok/.^ tfi/f" lor tome N • vrA IKOl" I'OIJTICAL EX'jTKNCK which shaM "ellectu- ally pJt ' ' -olor.y beyond the reach of i.ijury and insult from any and "cry 1 1 ,a* i.-, whom tlie political lof.ery of lUe day may elevate to the thair ci u > ■ louir' Oliite. "This .1 i-, lag language ; Ihe fooli and tht knavei of ths Yankee re- puiliean Jacdm, u)A«<» Lord Gfni4rirh dtlighttth to hanou) — andthifooii llie abdity with wiiich lie liaa ^•ustairicd them, to the high and dignified station of Mayor elect for the City of Toronto. Such was your lan- guage when your interests were threatened, and the power you had so long abused, vas about to be taken away. It transcends the boldest things that ever passed in the mind or escaped from the lips of an American llevolutionist under thtj most intolerable despotism. To bear men of sucli a party and guilty of such productions, indulging in every kind of v',tu|)eration against an English statesman, who breatlies towards us good will, &. lends us the kindest offices, exiiibits them in no enviable or prai.seworthy consistency either for truth or patriotism. Sir Franci.-i, in his first appeal fioni the throne to the passions of the people, as " En- glishmen, Irishmen, Scotchmen and U. E. ^'' ■f^' J - ^' ^^ -UL'JR i*?^ ^"^mmm^ V. 3S Loyalists," forgot, yes air, forgot tho Ca.na- worthy of his nation. He listens to oar repeat DiA\s ! Tlic'ir name w;is not fontid in his led and increasing: complHinis with untiring r»t- vi»cal)ularv ! Wrapt up in ICuropeaii prejudices tiMition ; and liis zeal in our lehalf is unsiib- :ind iuviiiiDUs natu iialiiy, he dwelt only on h s dned by failure, and unchi led by y(»urreproa- countryiiien h re, and those wlunn he should ciies. Amidst the fiolh of your vitnperniion, empty upon us iVom the worst sources of the yon si'(' him diunifi mI und sincere. His heart parisiu's at home! lie had no n.ime, -as ho issiillopiMi. llis laliors in the IJritish Senate, haj shown he has no sympathy for the v^ry people he came to ^lovern ! Tlie emi^iran's were thus h-ignificaiitly iriarshalled a^^ainst our liospitabii! natives! In behalf, therefore, of Canadians, tliuH nf/zlecMed, de-piseu and nver- I'Gwered, I b^ pul.hely to thank iMr. JIume (iilly thank yu : and tiiere is not a Canadian are stdl iulisted iii our unequal cause; and ho>v vainly ^\^^ you hope v/iih sueli a man, to drown in his ears the eomplaints of the injured by the louder and ruder railings ol their opp' essors. Mr, llnme! In behalf of Canadians 1 grate- for his Uie.dness and uibanilv towards them It sink?, he may be assured, ('eep into their hearts, and the deeper, loo, through the recent woimds still o[)en and sensitive. The intcr- chai !;e of kindness in the Siuno eommuhily in the ordinary eoursj of life, awakens no sur- prise, and commands no unusual connnenda- lion. It i:5 based upon reciprocity, o. - *''e ofi'sprinj^ of closer relaiion^i. l!ut in Mr. J 1 see embodied the ftencrosity of the En{;i character, and tlse most cstimi'.ble feelings ol the true pli lantliropist. He receives us from a distant country, and with a sympathy wide as the world, exLonsive as the hun)an family, he has ever treated us with a benignity and patient consideration, heart which does not respond it. I move; ih it the commitiee rise. Blot ont this U'port. l.et it not live to roeord the pnb- 1 c caliunities, which it feebly affects to wipe awav. riiirilen I'l.t yourselves a*ra!nst sensibi- lity to wToi'y^ v.'h'cii yoti cannot but know, and iniraclioiJS of public, lihorty which you mn>tbe more or lOfSinan m n not poiyiiantly to feel, — Oxir counlry, is a call, wh c!i has not altojretlier lofrt it..-' cbann. DifOinbiuk from a boat, floating on. corrupted waters; and lien; o;i aoli'l ground let. us rotri"Vt; th" past atid erect a nobler em. blem for the tii'ure. Let our honorable coii- d-Mnnalion of what is base and de.spoiic, be a fTuaranteo of our devotion hereafter to what i« noble and patriotic. I movo that wo riw. ^ I^ww ipp to oar repeat h untiring ut- lalC 13 uiisiib- ytiur reproa- vitiiperiiiion, ^. His lienrt litish {Senate, use; urid lio»v nun, to drown njuted by the. ir opp- essora. diaiis 1 giate- ut a Canadian if. Blot out ^cord the piib- fT'ects to wipu gainst seiisibi- l)ut know, and !i you mu>t bo ntly to feel, — not akogothcr a boat, floating 1 »olii| ground t a tioblyr em- lonorable con- despotic, be a ttcr to vvliat rs t we riia. ^PHIPlii ^ ■^>i^"■'., .^- ;