oars bu oony aad dead 1 fomh tn iw j- i i et ou vms 1 ti in uf canada- ii peopled 6x f r i inri 1 it h advantage whfrh art 001 no m re i f i trvuar in 7 all a m r n unmed in common from ti dvii tiitiiui crtiirli war spread oft r en re and when the american gr-v- en i nt a- mi ah uid as to re- rt lo e i iivgfl and nouinipotnti fi n p3 n became at once the euuepot ol commerce and the abodi of peace sir when the word itwtcavddtcaji fell from mv pen- fbr runts of the- hon 1j0 tl hamiltons house wt re foil m ttn vi w iliut house sir was reared and eofln lliahwd out f ti former pros per ify of canada that house sirurd to bf the hospitable report of etfry gentleman who vmted the province if lias welcomed a royal siraiiirr raid warmed with its wine tin- best blond of knslnnd in fm confidence tihrl an indulgent and mild constitution would remain unullied a id that wi jaws tor the prrp rity and growth f canada would never be et aside thu enrrous founder of thai house left pre- vision by his rrx for mahitatning io the remotest ago the true british hos pitality to irhicfa he so nobly jpsti commencement that huse sir was seized by our own military and by them burnt down yet not a penny ha- hei n paid in recampenc to it om- r and so much has confidence in roperty been shaken that the largest state in canada would hud it hard fa credit to rebuild it go sir ai enquire of farmers if they can find a feady market for heir wheat go to storvkeeperr and ask if they can gel cas for ioods tell me if and has maituained it price tell me upon w hat ytl i t vur hope of safety against b- hj rod under loot by the very re publicans of whora you ars alarmed i sir am seriously alarmed and most aeriously anxious to retain this province to the british nation since i pressed the atlantic i have seen rea oris which make me even enthusiastic in the cause and these reasons i dial i on a proper occasion unfold they are frindd upon grand arid liberal principles having in view the mot ex tensive benefit not only to our nation bat o the human race my first ud- drert laid ih- foundation of wj scheme ny second made a paue tili 1 could a certain if there was spirit in this country to maintain tin dignity of the lav nid t preserve the rights of pro pyl ll inviolate insure mo th uuil canada shall flourish insure me this sid if shall o beyond the united stalls in prosperity as the day out- chinas the night laving sea uncd your own letter let o- now proceed to that of which yon were tnan enough to be the humble canter this letter is no doubt the work of j jour able friend and it certainly dis plays portability than yours altho the sum of this ability is watedon the intention of falsehoods and an artful adjustment ol th most malignant insin uations regardless of truth and jrn- fciis of reason your able friend hurries from point to point and would carry the unsuspecting to hi- own conetn- sins but whoever calmly quesfionc and compares as he aoos along will stand in no danger of being deceived i the letter bears some mdicatu n- of a i fliordered imagination and the best apology will not hide in it the ravings of an angry man jealousy and envy and pride ar the chief movers in this iniquitous pro auction and their prime object is to stir up kindred passions in the bosom of the reader against my character 4 designs no less than three times do these evil passions wantonly profane the name of saviovr mark it well these were the identical passion w liich festered in the breasts of the wicked nciien the saviour of the world blessed itwlihhis intruction and ritngiid to vi it with example divine- fh n- verndingrli oh hmnan depravi ty that will feed for ages on every chn itable every honest every sin cere endeavor to ameliorate our condi tion and raise us to heaven the proud envious and jealous spi rit of your friend telle me that i have not only offered myself as the saviour of the country but m in that vcwa u wned character dictated measures j even uorils to us inhabitants v ih mi experience thf lying spirit of yonr friend iti- incates even through the mechanical nel5uti of arid trpe that my mo t are not really pne theaij dri- v hone his fiiitatiri ivitll an un- rlotihting necessity fr deception and trusting hat hi reader is t de- roiv d -ail- cnuhdeiic in tre bv pimn to fc pioiessions a- if i had asvidonod tiiicfeowo atlvune a til lyitttt spirit thuce proceeds to say tha i ttcrnse inhabifauts oi up i er canada of want ol spirit want j of feeling wnl of dignity ol sia- i l vish nhmissjon to a corrupt a id ty rannical government hot let my hitintfs b searched from end to end and it will be found fhatfhi spirit just ly mi iifs rue addition of itnpudtni to his pithf i have uniformly extol i- d the governmelt but its ministers movt assc redly- f accuse the piri- of iul able ftiend b cone perturbd with exertion now puff- out a volume of interrogatories and with returning breath labours on in hi furious vomtion he at la t does me the justice to quote some of m word- and attemptu la species of nibbling arffumitit in which he is singularly uufnituuate the pufrontige unrl ftivnurit ism f l- p canada sre nost ktrirtty at once prtlh ry au rtdnous he ma m the granted land is jive to ocuolu whone- r ver think of ocupying or irpprovin i j to fhpw it is a pftltjy gift for it yields them nothing na to he emmhy it is ruinous f for uch land li- like a putrid carcase injuring th health and cheeking the jrro- mi of a around it the cuitnins spirit having sunk the importance of the subject by hisqiub- biinir argument rise a little in hew of en tgyaud then sink- with long- tried integrity public spirit deserved popularity yea even with cw dance itself into otter hopelessness of checking the influence of pat- rmuge a ud urttftm having not thine matter consigned to rest and oblivion he thinks it safe io introduce your my late gover nor from wlich mode of expression it seems a if he knew that i have iong been a landholder of lnper canada family givpup the name of the peison who has brought you to shame io his and ftpologie fijr yourself sjr a- i am perfectly sincere and qnxiouh on accouih of your family iha no triiliii consideration should make you heimte in d ting yourdty i have to be that yon will not ftlighj ny advice because i irve designated myself frt a british farmer i became a farmer under no necesit of living by it and had i chosen your profe- sion should hv couidered myself with the fortune and influence towhich i was bom veff unlucky at this time of life had f nit btn higher on the british staff than you you hinted converation that i had borrow d m of my sentiments from one of my riends and it has been rumoured that i am merely the mouth piece of a pavfy- nothing can be more untrue i kwpn my statistical enquirusin c hl decided as to i he false stepol governor core before 1 arrived at this place among my friends i have alonacted so as to shield them trm repnwlility en mj accouni ad f1 h aided me so lifle that v t ave not been fi ri5h d with l report of this town hnii which niaw of thm reside the mai tratp tlis township werj be first to recommthwl m audi f 0c tfxnhe rorort consiento their are what ha benn but they met land seamed afriw teltin what j thought in anv to n sbt jnery and here the if j p pose it is knoft 1prt th wind blow a worthy ma tiatc tp ioudon district was mri- candid with me he frankly said t they in his town ship would have answered this query 0 ore fully u if had dared and 1 know that cigm one man clench ed his it am another shewed his ctms in oppoi sir for ten v l havo s b myself the supporter of very lofty priuv ciplesin brifain- i ni been my uni form maxim to b i can as an in dividual but ne r ro connect myslf with party in polities after t had done with schrt collcijes ispect fifteen month tleiling over england to inform m sev as to iti arts and a-r- ricumure iuiis this inv now 17 mv dear major writeoff instantly richard leonard dnantnimd lh upon affection upon the sense of obk niagara falls f him that i ant ligations received these sentiment inexpribh obliged to him for having hold nations together rnnre firmly thf i any oath and they are sentiments of winch we need not be ahamed when o manluli taken my part and stood in i the a of enquiry tell him that j v liavt cow nn re power over the good j i we come into the presence of him who things of the province than ever and j hath said swear not at all robert gdurlay hat i will do any thing to favonr him t ii him thai he ins onlv to send me fh number of any reserve in any town- ahl p not located and an order for it shall be sent him from home or if i he is a halfoav officer and would ukei to be a colonel in the militia or nn to be a colonel in the militia or nn t mast week to york in a letter to the inspecting general that i could help j honorable thomas clark requestiut 1 j it l v 1 1 i t i h postscript the following 1 eiitinn together with a similar one addressed to th legislative council were sent by me last weelt to vork in a letter to the while he hns hut recently come to rniiicimure ume time now j ido hreon hi ale piircliase or moiv vcirx i employed lor s in- ht 6v riiniiit tomafcp ennui- nkvly lii 4 ilvw ti this port ft bi reppatpdly caljing nu a stranger an unknown strawer and a wanderer buf u not lwe tt d fjoteroor gore with whom he rays he had no pessimal acquaintance he deos not chooc to enter into the particular- of his i almiuistraiiou which is much to bi desiretl and by admitting thai fbr goternnr may ie inyptuous m bes i- to be diverted from thi main que ti m as to u tin ixlraya of the sacrd trut reposed in him ii- had no per sonal knowledge of the governor but he protends tobe quite positive that jhe could not bo gnijly of dejifeerate baseness and he is not y so well vcrfed in the governors rrtanteiur witliont hiving any personal r quaiu- ancoas to be nre of this but hf know- that of his enemies also and as sures u that the bitevst of them would blush to arrnsa him i now nliat i all this but he farra- 1 so- fa deceitful spirit labouring to blind us vve dont care whether governor gore was impetuous or not i e dont wish to suppose aim guilty of deliberate baseness we value as no thing your able friends conviction and we stand in no need of the gnv- r into the means of bettering ihecon- jdifion of the english f strafed tbe principle vnth whieh i wa charged and headftfation that prin ciple with modfiats woum i wd millions ot mom roe i thn onfort of ani 0 berngs my empioy jbrnuk fro the principle after it pr r ou i was not so easilj nvo aftcrkeep- u pn rpiah years re tding in scotland a a farmer up awnthfrt estate i n into kn- slad and taking a mm there b- ram- overseer of th lor and went through thi whole dti 0 parish rea- iiagement that i ml mq o my subject in practi as well as in theory after live years experience jift this situation finding my ideas be- rominff mature j b v to publih lit- he traces ignd and dated from rim t time chiefly to nianifct censtaue to the object i had v the were continued in fl third jaar and a month before i left home f had a 1 jtitlcn beariiiij nearly a hundred sig- intire presented to parliament t bring forward my s i a formal and serious maooer iii- j tiri i f fold out my mind and when i k from doing so let it be said that di boa ted rights as a briton an arnihed in utmot sincerity 1 have asied my lanftuap to make j my meaniug by giving a form of a in but so farfrom wishing m words t b- uspd i have said thai vl it mould be nt deirable to see every r n r body of men using expres- sionsi suifalile to hi- oi liieii pecu- ii- feeling od i new say ijng some rf your frieids uorda tiinl if tit v a i l d riht i d frong in cb eitenwyo 1 rovraee erner- bitter st enemies to accuse him the charge against bimis that he has thwarted the intention of tlie law and reduced the value of property to an im- mene amount the wretched deceiver afteraji these attempts seeming still conscious of their impotence again vets his wrath it my character and principles and lupin some verse to his assistance ivhtrhrlearly applies onlj to himself rof what kind can be dear to such n ragabotd as this it so happened sir thai immediate- 1 i over your own letter in the newspa per stood a quotation from one direct irom england exhibiting some little proof of tlieestimaiiou ieioyathouie sir hue never crossed ti atlantic one to whom ids native land was more dear than myself and had i occasion to tell the tale of the rninrtunes and persecution hicli have driven me here it w uld start the blood from your heaithtiwever watery and cold if sfrtohsethe sfieof your ino- lent prcte your conduct been ihceflett cfaistaken zeal be advised and aeknowudgp thai h mu mistaken if yen ever again desin to assoeia- wttl ufit o a k if it utljf ci tu lie it nearer f au h ion mr was kept out of right a- much as possible by powesrfd ijluences but i am not the man to d sert a great cause where 1 know i am right and as sood as 1 return home it shall be advanced by farther endeavors it is part of my lrcsentpian te mak- canada at once beneficial to the english poor and a valuable extension of thebritish empire now sir as i hav pxbibiiid to- fives which i would not otherwise hav done had not been pu bed to it bv your narrowminded ad rile accusa- tions it becomes pei ftctly natural for me to suspect yurs and equally fair to give the public a clue by which they may account for the zeal in the cause you have espoused to your able friend i give the merii of the plot an anonymous letter could not answer his purposi by itself lie knew yor weakness pointed out ulvantaeps in the game flattered you mi conceit that you could write a tter and prevailed with you to give your full address at sturi itillt i hirh would mark you fro i the fur- ihet corner o the earlb flavingtbu made you his catpiaw and ot your itterand his print d in thesrnftiiews- papnr it became an easj matter to en- lose this in a blatrft cover and direct it ito major ijalton a mu for upperca- nada loudon major h in dutyij 1 bfan to that desire leonard o make enquiry and find out ifpossiblc who the lhid holder is w ho write- for me ir th stma paper so ahhf andascet rain i he would accept of any favour h e is th very man for us and no un occupied pot or reserve shall be re- fused if they but notify to xs private- iy from tiirie to time what isgoingoha and of what they stand in need ad ieu sr canadians the paper will ad mit of my saying but a few words to fou etcyicw all that has beert writ ten think and aet for yonrseltes like mn iet etery one send in a i fitiou foreufuirv or cease to com plain of unpaid claims and evry tiling ttue my oivtl petition vai sent off la t week to york to be presented to lie legislative council as well as to the ammbly 1 sro told they will not receive it be it so i do mv duty and shall re cotttcntefl perhap ucmbrs are petted with what i aid of their conduct las yar butjudohow ar i was i iiht h liieiron lattitage incq they last met your honors 4 comnvunicotioij to us of theinfenliou ol his royal liiahnbsft the prince recent o apply the proceed of the t estates vested in his majesty under m the provisions of the statute to de- cl clare certain persons therein de-cri- ic bed aliens to compensate the lass of individual by the invasion of the c enemy affords us astfofigandgrit fifying proof of the gracitnts von aid- 41 rration of his royal i highness for those of tlis mtjestifs faithful sub- ejects who suffered in lite late can- a surely members of assem bly will bluh when they retteet on this adulatory language which makoa ru majestys taifhut mljeets at once de- i i lli mtjsf and wrong them- jfves m n hi certain sjiuations for- g r fhemsclvcs unless urged on byofh- ci men and the wisdom of the brit- ish canstitufioii provides the means of i iny ills in the right of petitioning w noble would it be were members ayen bly voluntarily to rise above their wakue5a gentfemen 1 lie under no pledge to yon but to publish your reports in ivthiud and 1 will honorably redeem his pledge your township report hall bt faithfully published but you cannot expect i single man to come to canada for the purchase of land if security in property remains doubtful and if the laws are to be t the merry of every impetuous jovrnor the reports will be valuable at home be cause they will prove the advantage of miiintiug but a choice will remain f coming hereof ffnjng to the slates the principle of allegiance which i maintain is ptfeetly sound if not the biiti h government has been steal ing men from all the nations of the earth for the lat frjrscre vars if not many thousands ol good people in the uitited states are liable to be haog the monjerr they set foot on british round if not a full half of the adult population of upper canada have per jured themselves and may lv fairly put to death whenever they cross the american frontier the law and practice upon this prin ciple i have told you are not suffi ciency defined and now that all nations are at peace is the very mo ment to et them settled it is a dufy which nations owe to individuals to de fine and setue these and it is the duty of individuals to call upon nations to do so in this part of the world of all ofh- rs it is important that every thing should be clear on this head here i or many hundreds of miles two na tions sprung from the same stock speaking the same language governed by the same laws ruled by the same cutoms assimilated by the same man ners and connected in a thousand wa s by the endearing ties of relation ship are closely in contact good god is the narrow boundary between two mich christian nations to flame with eternal hate is the independent spirit f man to be eon lined by the ac cident of birth are we to have no bywijchin safely m may chatty ahodej driattu from home bv bouic n i him to present tiie latter to thi court ci and to give the other to a mem bet of assembly for presentation to that body a letter just received from mr clark dated york 23d insf infonpi me hat he will neither present the one norive the other io be present ed because be differs from me in opliu ion and thinks i have done wrong this is a most serious matter and mii t be explained la- year at this time the right of petitioning was atgu ed reorc seriouly in the british 1 ar uament than at any former period it was allowed that no petition could be refused presentation which was ex pressed in becoming language and have seen a member in our house of commons present a petition stating that he did so in duty to his constitu ents although heditfered from them is the opinions which the petition ei nresed it is perfectly plain that under suc a system as the borougnmoniij system of kugland or the canadian system of patronage anj favoiiritbm our right of petitioning secured to ui by the bill of rights wonid not be worth having if it leted with the rcj of members of parliament it is plain that under the free exercise of this right io british subject can honestly rebel agaitlftt government when he thinks things are wrong it is his duty toex press his opinion by petitioning and as tiooh a a majoritj of hi- fellow sub jects adhere tegrxhur in petitioning m any one object it must ol necessity bt carried i ask the inhabitants of upper g nada to examine my pptitiiwi word bj word 1 nm not conscious of a single one being out of place i express mf opinion as to encjoiry and ask for nt fpporuiut ol proving what i awv be true ifmy request is granted and j fail in my proof if will quiet the ysub mind if i am denied it must sk tie the point that complaints are ui ronruled and that certain peonv love darkness rather than light their deeds being evil i now notify that my petit ion w8 be given by mr clark to any membf of the councilor assembly who efl 16 do the duty of prfeutin ihem r pcctively and let they that do so be stiled the most zzorthy i am in some hrpe that my honor ble friend mr clark will hinnelf come alive o his duty and remember what the poet savs honor and sbaine from no rondition rip act htll your part there ail rhe annorjt r- g to the honorable the commons ofupptt canada in parliament ajfemhled the humble petition of robert gourla sheweth- that your petfionerii a bntlfh sul ja 3 a proprietor d land m upper crda lhat ynur petitioner came to tmi province to enquire into the rate of hi property and to afcertain whctherk could advantageous- fettfc lure that your petitioner has found hit property greatly depreciate io the mpenni of uw a prera imt admimhiationof affairs aw the vio lation of public faith that your petitioner firft difcovcrrf that public fait h was violated at the mf feitlcmeim of perth vvhm he was there the brftwcrfc of july lad that your petkiniei then conceit that tuch violation arofe on of feme mifmiderftan liu between the home and provincial government thit l- l j belief and cxpedting to ct ldilj i back to england for explanationbe not only endeavoured to foothe the minds ot the feulers but font homel favourable report of the fcuvwenh which has fincebecn publifhtd there m tin newspapers that your petitioner having recently made an ejttciifivc tour in the weftcrt part- of the province has had eccafnm to ditor that vi njattbn of bhuk hm mn comjilatncd of by may in thrfc part and ti a v r g f of tfcur and dcfpoudcncv prevailed ihioughwut