for the purposes ti rein mooned cfl rh di t huiwpers ffill bdg rd a third ime mr joies mrd that it tfl now pasjini thai it be eatftfecl an ah to alter the laws now in force for granting licence to innkeepers air to t to the justices of the peace in general quarter sessions assembled car th respective districts authority to regulate thv dutit hereafter to be paid on such licences carrion- mr durand rooted that the house do on wednesday uext go into com- mittee on the state of the province with leav to send forpeisons papers and records ord red mr hatt moved for leave to bring in a kill to repeal part of and amend ftf laws now in force forkeepintfiii repair the public hiuhwiys and heads and to commute the statute labour on the same granted mr cotter moved for leave to bring in a bill fm therto regulate th inspect ing of flour within this province granted i mr jones moved for leave to brine in a bill tomorrow to increase the representation of the commons ofttai- province mr burwell gave notice that be will ou tomorrow move for leave to brina in a bill for ascertaining the population of this province mi burwell gave notice that he wim on tomorrow move for leave to feting in a bill to appropriate monej for the public roads in this province- mr fraser gave notice that he will on tomorrow move for leave to bring in a bill to appropriate a sum of tnoncy for purposes therein mentioned from the niagara spectator jto the honorable thomat clark legis lative councilor u canada niagara march lft 1818 go by way of sackets harbour the devil tis the very error of the moon my dear friend claik the braveft man in up e- canada with th- ftrongeft head and the bed heart bms me go byway of sackets haibor bids me link from my duy flinch from my guns when the enemy fhakes in bin hoes the devil i fay and no thing emcy could be at the bottom of thk ill fhame the devil hes half afhamed already and if i am allowed to ell all the truth as i have offered to d hell nevrr aain fhi- h frr in the province ill blow litte york in the air and l every man of refpeft ability wth it before 1 go by way of sarkets harbor york muft be blown a fernd time in the air filthy little place it itivifrdute ftem- to weaken and con taminate every fotd ttlt enhaks it comc heres your letter my friend you are angry with me for publifhingmy corrcfpondence with the people of york but no evidence in the woild is more fair or convincing than a ferie of let ters the exhibition of letters fave the trouble of fweaiine and the left of hat veo to fecure allegiance the better publifhed the crrefpondence to get ail little pcrfonal matters out of the way before going to york to give evidence in the great public caufe and this crr- refpondence published and uncontra- diftcdin canada will prove all i wifh to prove in england as to the conduct of the executive council in fuch matters to mr robert gourlay quecnston favcrrd by doctor kerr york fcby- 23d 1818 ear sir since writing to you this morning i bave reperufed your publication in the niagara spectator and have to fay that i am mill mote difpleafed wih it gs is alfo every gentleman in york the more it is looked at or talked of- what could have induced you to exp fe the freiident and others and particular y yourfclf in the manner you have done i know not until this fata er ror mofl folks here were inclined to be friend you i can however now iay that it is my opinion that every man of tvfpeaabqtty will be fhy of you hould you come here and that your feelings may not be ftill further hurt i ihould fee mmend your remaining on the nia gara fide of the lake or fhould you rifh to go to kingfton whcr there are many reports waiting for you thit you fhould go by the way of sackcts har bour with every wifh for your welfare in which mr dickfon joins roe i am dear sir yours c signed thomas clark 1 betray no conlidnce in publifhing this letter it reveals no fecut rap en no private concern it entirely re gd public conduct and ftronly ma k ihe aam created at york from tht development of ruh it mak- lf thhtft fc ifaion excitel the unsw 4ed mindfron the bufy jmerfcrcuce of t eonarc anrl tiie fce m falftwds of hi- itinl accomplice though it if the e t f of my real friend it absolutely in tuits tn underflauding and my honor ii place- me in a dilemma i muft cith er p cket the affront and facrihec my 1 uhiic duty to private feeling or throw this letter before the public a powerful evidence in the caufe i plead after consideration no man will be more conviiced of the urgency of thu leprhan ycmrfelfl you will fay have not i fpokeit ftrongly to mr gourlay a to the mifmaragement of public af- fair hve not i told him that if thrve is no change the pr vincc will not belong to britain for five year you will fay what is private feel- m injr to poblic duty m what is pain to the falvatiou of life v m what does my fiend do to me but rub my fate a with a little fnow becaufe he tttfnka 4 the froft ip taking hold of my nofe arguing thus you will gain a clorious viftory over veuifelf and ftrfoufly fet to wok in the eauie which is equally great and good j the letter was flung out of a window to dr kerr a he wa- leaving york and coming here by ealy journeys he delivered it to me afternoon of saturday the 28th february i can imagine cirenmftances which influenced you in wilting this letter you dined on monday with the honor j able this the honorable tint d r thingam and others thry were no fooner met than the sphctator was talked of t well what do you thik of it now favs the deot didnt lt i tell from the beginnings what thia c fellow was here is private corcl- pondence publifhed to the world what enleman would do that the doflor keep it up even walking through the faloon if there are fa loons in little york to dinner after din ner the fubjed ia rt fumed openly hav ing engaged committee between cour fet they do not tak to you they tk at you eyer fay more than to gues they unbraid you on my accou t u why did you tale him by the hand why did you lodge and feed him t why did you not let him die of muf- queio bites fc why did you fae u him thus to laugh even at the newf- 14 paper mufqnetorft of canada and to filencr the majoring of half pay offi cet tell me or that ihe hravefl man may get white livered i know it to bt true that he who with undaunted ftep can march lip in a cannon m nith may wax pale before the worlds dread laugh or he borne down befoic the tide of pre vailing opinfon you colored and were soie vexed to the hontralh thomas clark niagara 17th feb 1818 dear sir y letter of the 23d ha greatly difappjued me as i did not ex- pe3 you to flffich at tbi time from what 1 am cl of opinion is your duty you will fee what compliments i have given your friend major leonard in the spectator on rending my peti tion over and yver again i can fee noth ing to alter but one letter in the word allege i have put in a d which i fhall thank you caiefully to erafe in both co pies as it mv be fparcd inftead of buying a new coat to apoear in at york i hall go in my oldeft one to be in character amorg fhabby- fellows and i fhafl deepen my cotlrt mourning be caufe of the want of public fpnit by renting it wideat the elbow all is well oherwife robert gourlay you accufe ne of expofin myfelf leave n fo let ytir acenfatfon be re corded with all that i have done in ca nada that futirity may judge of it you accufe me offlf the prefident but why fhould he not be expofed in his public capacity enquire into the prac tices of our fit ftatesmen at home and you will find tm at public men f they a bufe each othei hke nick pocket and the verv next cuy crack a bottle together in the utmofl co vitality of private fiiendlhfp i ihlifhed a letter of the prefident- malted private- and for what reafon it coansnot a word of con- f qnence to corneal the word private wan written up merely to diftinguifh it from an communication the letter was a pof of colonel smiths attention to m a gentleman and its publication called for in juftice to hi- private ftings fro n the hc tn i was introduced to colonel srh i felt the utmofl af turanre that hf was 10 pay me every attentior- and affid me every af- fiftance in my starifttcal enquiries 1 fliall never forget tlie fank wa in wnicl he talked 10 m of m fcheme getting mr rtdoiit0 an fo forth and i am fure that nc ma nave oppi- fed in council nl nii wl1 to promote my views afte hich it wa his private duty to be filcn ir s tn vrr fc error of 1 he mon t f that i have im properly acculc lhc pfident or in jured him as a gentleman and it will be his fr f i j not th ho nor of fhaking lanj witu nim at yok ly heart is as f cc towd him as yours with regard to m thera 1 prefume yon allu le to the prcalm aimed at lr rtrachan will t man i will nt ake hnds yu kn w he was feni oiitfiom scotland by my wifes unle gave the letter to betty to fling out of the window in the morning ud kerr and went to flcep now my dear sir you will feel a it tie angry at my publishing aj thi but on reflection you wil think me rci f5t y correct you will indeed thank me for it the fa i vat ion of bit ptovince de pends upon a few of you now at york maftacre do yoti remember of my de- lacnficing every little confideratiou i j f r t rm j r r l r 1 daring before i vifit d york tat i tearing yourielves from the nfciuationaj m j a- l- f- 1 n w c 1 w wq have no introdndton to this little of perlonal feeling and realty doing rju c k n man f unes toe fcottor of ihe uazciic remember that i wifhed t fee a bok at york which h hid but declined aflc your duty is it not notorious that you and my friend dck ion were acsuaily the pre- fervers or thf- pr vnce vhc the enemy firft pounced upen it did you not in- ftantly upon the ere- it of your nares raife meaiu which government had ne- lededto defray the ex ence of dffmi4 of hi feuh bfldtflff with my oub- rence were you not during the oqh fixation i willel to hecr clear ofhun trying perr d of the war the very fore j j but c uld not od when i laft winded moftmantn ihe moft perilooa adven- j to hn t was to difgutt at hiadvnti- ture did yo not perfevere tiil the j fmg n thr nw papers that tlie jubferi- very flefh fyowr body wxrwn fjfmtfcjjto- wis touol ohilofophy to k the fraguif dii you not come home to us ijibool boufe paired what vudd be inbni m wounded and faint almoft t u3 j jndoqi if an e without a hopr- but that of laying yom bones to red in the imd of your ances tors and all this for canada which you are now abandoning whipi frm yrur p- d of honor by the taw ff an ar rogant and paltry schoolmatler o god give me chanty toward t y enemiffl f but more efpecialiy patience with ny friends and above a give mc a fecej ofbrafs that i may be pole to out fare the whole holl of wak nefs hypicrifyl and deceit which has entrenched itfeif in ittie york under the faife banner of j refpetlabily this to be fure is imagination but by aflailing his unbounderl vanity f 1 expofe nobody without good caufe i espofed your friend governor gore becaufe he flood the oftenfible caufe of incalculable mif- chicftothe province but pcrhapt i fhould have told the public that he hd orders from home for what he lid lo the governors fecretary informed mc this makes little difference as to the conduct which fhould be puvfued it is ptoper to arraign the governor but if he fhift the accufation from himfeif to the prime miniller let him be brought to contrition let us go home and ar raign him let every thing and every man be cxpofed for the fake of truth juftice and the law ynu fpeak of ihe folks being inclin ed to befriend me this argues a mif conception which i muft correct my endeavors in the pulic caufe are not to procure friends but to unite men toge ther in the bords of patriotifm if they befriend me fo much the better but i defpife their friendfhip who defert the rigorous courfe of public duty if i had wanted to gain mere pcrfonal friends and ferve my private ends very different ihould have been my conduct i knew that bowing and fcraping by the way was incompatible with the attainment of jreat objects and 1 have upon prin ciple been ftoically indifferent to trifles i have kept my eye teacily bent on the great object before me i have afked the of thprovinceto petition fot enquiry and have myfelf fent you pe titions if neither the people nor you legiflitors at york choofe to join and aflil me fo as to get a commiffion fent home i fliali go home and petition there to have a commiffion of enquiry fent from thence to cahada you have great fntercfts bete and it would be the natural conrle of things for you and otheis refidvnt in the country to wham its netfkt and ruin aie molt ap parent to make the firlt move the ieople of england howtver hnve alfo great interefts and fhould you remain lupine i hall endeavor to roufe them to the importance of the fubjeet you fee i have flung out an offer in the lall spec tator to draw attention to the value of canada whether england pays out me hundred thoufand pounds a year or receives one hundred thoufand pounds a year is no trifling consideration and you have only to take your prn and ink te faisfy yourfrlf that my offer maybe fulfilled i have indeed converfed with you repeatedly as to fuch a propofal ai that now made public and yn fam acknowledged that it was the true way of doing nioft bth for the province and the government a london ban ker goes to the minifter with empty pock et and contract for a loan of twenty millions which in a week is made light to him by the purchafe of all the fli3es at a premium why fhvujld we dread of accomplifhing fomethiug great on the credit of the townfhip reports of can ada route yourfelf niy friend this 19 a fpeculation worthy the confederation of him whofe mill wheel go round by the rapids of niagara me dear clark can you reaiy fup pofe- after having known me intimately for years after knowing- that i have drank to the dregs the bitter cup of this worlds mifery and flood the utmofl blaft of misfortune and perfecution to fultain my honor and my principles after knowing tht for eight yeara 1 have con tended with the fecond peer of england and put him with his whole hotl of learned lawyers and perjured vitncfte to the route after knowing all this and much more decifive of my ftrcngth of mind can you really for a moment fuppofe that i would care a fingle figa j end if all the folks at york and you at the head of them weie to be sly of me while i am coufcious of doing my ditty away with the refpeftability of little york you there py q dollars cmssimnma bmeai a t of my writing on saturday ly not trom lupe abifty he has g t n horfeback and you know how feme people ride when fc mounted ha he a fingle man to j counterafl him a the writer of a certain letter to lord re kirk has he apol ogia d to thr public for that moft unbe- coi my fl which in my opi ion con- trihntco not a little to the red river ing it does the fame perlbu remember that 1 refuffdto let kim hew the proof heet of my firlt a idrefs to orsrrachan i whch i moft cordially beared ih pre- jfiient tt perufe 1 this was before i xecutive what would b ihooeht tf the fubferiber in one n otti fiies what am i not entitled to my f man who pro vokes with v r 1 1 a r trifling of this fort while the duties which he is paid by government r nprrformed while- the petit id of my brother and fef lay for mo j on the council ta blc and are drd a civil anfwer when all thi- ti i m detained 4000 miiea apart fv my family doftor strachan moft affurcdly h fir game befne the ptihln l bim apologize to lo d elkiile hiri never heardoftor strachan preach all sunday and on mondry urejjjy of me becaufe i have published a cor ref pondence which without further ado will make all the people of england fhy of the evecutive j council ill punilh you for it pl actually goto york in my old black j coat rent at the elbows and fit down by the fide of you at dinner among the honorable councillors tell the honorable william dickfon that i accept his wifhes for my welfare only on condition that he h not ay of here f rlitv onrnvt v oic at york but maintains throughout mere i reaiity on my hue you wote intermeddle wrt thc f tol lk ru jlsjl r 9 r fprculationsof iny wdiviiual ponca on tnis nae or the calr s mr in a letter dated 2lfl febiuary from yrk defiring that i ihould bring wiih cto that place a few niagara spectators of the 12h as they weie th re in demand an 1 would now hiing 12 dollars a foece 1 rome in a black fuit to 00k iripeftftblv before th b ui- he hotjft t wep j n mduining an my fift q w the free tommercal the lame fpirit which he uniformly fup- c ny irdvilual let him j ported on this fide of the lake sav cvei hgain bloa p ltnfe a nonef man kind iethim dabblinjr in poli tics and trflirvk w phbofiwhys let him rditfn hi 1 n 4 uncil where no tu 2 3 v e n l yoflt m com- 1 pltmcnis to major canard i he foliuwtog 11 a cypy of my an i wcr that 1 do not think with him that le- gfltive councilhrs are appointed to guard the interefts of the crown if by ca he meant the crown only the priefthouldevfrnawpuee let torn j ancient barons nurfed up the libertiesof ret intoaoeulf ol wcw fttck t the people of britain often in 0 th- altar whrti wnoft zeal and abil tiun to the crcwn and were the erynd rty has bop ihc we ml iv s 3n him to g d an wanfav rv 1 rhc mea rime h arc u to nakc lwba naii ehi ni it y the laft i means o reducing real authority to its prrfcfit innscuous condition they are bound fnfafffmi t- do their utmoft not ax- to f ppn r hut the whole of the of iatircby bg htm to the wurld i oouftiuiion and by doing fo they will alwayheft fjftatti the royal dignity tell my honorable friend farther that i do not fwallow down fo cordiamy ai he does the rhapfody of burke about nobility being the cheap defence of a nation tell the honorable william claui that i have lately received a written tc moii ft ranee from fome indian v hiyfs of the grand river againft his conduj and ftiall do juftice to it by publication in england whether you take me bf the hand or not tell the honorable john strachan that the harflicfl epithet applied to the schoolmafter who figures in this letter was borrowed from the lips of an honor able legiqative councillor of ucanada tell the honorable chief juftice powell that i havecaufed to be publifh- ed in the niagara speftator at your defire an extraft from cuvillierg speech the monopoly of place of power and influence is indeed a mofl fe riousevilany where but particularly fo in a provincial government the mere publifhing of any mns opinion will do nothing toward removing inch a grievance youfhuld p rot eft againft it in the legfflative council and ha ving done this as a duty move for en quity into the ftate of the province and for a commiffion ro go home to get this and all other matters that are wrongs as fpeedily put to rights ac poffible the chief juftice ould be better than an angel were he voluntarily r 16 rcliiiquifh any of the places he has won b his fuperior talt nts and there is no power in the province to compel htm at home they would fee the propriety of raiting his pay as a judge beyond the preient pittance which would not keep op the dignity of an engifh gentleman farmer they would do this and liber ally compound with him for the relin- quifhment of his other places of dignity tell his honor the adminiftrator that i havejufl now been enquiring for poor angelique pilotte coufi ed in the jail here whofe ignorance and rheinad- vertancy of others brought her to con denotation who experienced the moll cruel it juftice and whofe fnnocencyof appearance could not draw frum the heart of he too late appointed counci lor a fingle fyllable in appeal to the feelings of the jurymen who were to decide her fate tell his honor that i have received anfwers to letters defpatch- ed ro england long after 1 wrolc the petition to the prince regent in behalf of thitt poor nerrleed wretch and that i whua utyto ih delays ui office have delayed the boya clemency telling this let colonel smith be guar ded againft thinking that i reproach ua private chaader with fuch a guard you may alfo lay thaft by a letter juft received from england which you or he may fee if you pleafe i rind that the diiay of anfwering my petition which was the chief caufe of my depart ting from my plan of going homefin january will injure mc more than ten tirres the value of the largeft grant whiei the councilcan beltow to fay nothing of an affuravce- or merely a civil refufal or explanation with any of which i should have been perfectly fatified i am fo little acquainted with menu ben of aflembly that i have nothing to communicate direly to any one of them i have jutt feen a letter fronts reprefentntiveof this dittrufi aking the favour of a friend of our to give a certificate to the bearer of what he knew of his commanding the provincial artillery driver and how he conduc- ted himfeif until the time of his rcfign tion wifting it to lay before the admin iftrator in council w he was about af plying for land having no wifh to interfere as to the grant of land i fhall fay nothing of what our friend knew of the driving of the artillery but really wifh chat all appli cations for land were out of the mindnof members of aftcmbly till the public du ty for which they are now at york t faithfully performed and if pofliblc the anfwer to the adminiftrators speech amended by a fecond anfwet recalling the difgufting acquiefcence as to the payment of claims out of he forfeited eftates which will otherwife go home to england an nudeniable proof of the cork tentment of the people of the province and fhut the door agunft all further at tempts to procure juftice for the nume- rousfuffeiers now my honorable friend i hall conclude with a very few words lo yourself your first letter of fhe 23d feby astonished me not a little and 1 alluded to it in last werk specta tor your second letter grieved me to the heart but i have got over my grief ft much as possible by making a joke of my escape by sackefs harbor suppose however 1 had really takn your advice what would have ien the consequence would it not km vhibitrd me to the wb le world a a rmscmmt who ne conscience haabiib fed with crime would it iu t have bartered away fora bafed nam the best hope 01 wj me that 01 being