crl oron whit ennd i bid cotfrt i well admtntfiered taw what a wonder bur frw word had he fad when ful cbaogttoulrj be brought abohrn a peifrwi fli ed o with hocking ian- province cbuid ihc combined virtue of gttacfmrn one ot the mpcrwufow of ijthr people rife up and iniiic that thole lliefno hr fecmed pt and diunrvellcd twn r rhe bloody him of battle on hi fa e and was in minced to rue a the afonfaid jufttcc of ihcr pca one 1 cf h s valivrt foprters james mcoo- j tvfl hf pay officer was alfb pointed out to me in the crowd beating confpic- bro fignsof having been paid for his i violence by th hand of violence the bird ahulcy which the fe two people aid two or three moe of ihc fame name only fhoujd he tiuffed with power whj arc qualified to wield it for good on the 26th iuft 1 had appointed to meet the peod at mr doyonsz miles back of biockvijjt in frlizabethtowrj and here 100 i found a printed bill ftuck up as at augufta of which the fol- knvinp is a copy the goood ana loyal inhabitants of the ruveuzabethtown are requchcd to affemblc at the hoiife continued to pour forth reniccd it in- abraham dayton on fkdy bobtbk for me to be ei heard fo the meeting moved off to a little didanee and i proceeded to read and explain after a ihort time we were again afril rd with the foul language or the magit- irate and his party hut i was detcr- dmid to go on as the majority of the people fconed anxious to be zcqnainted tvhb the bnfineis 1 he juttiee of the j tpcaee finding hisbiogs too weak to ilp otir proceedings had ow rcouic to an- other expedient he went off fvvoie that tic believed me to be a fed ions ptifonand found a fellow magistrate fo xvrik as m order me to be arretted on fiich a charge tlit timplcft man in the province will fee the abfurdify f fnch a waruant wete wt fuhjcct to arrrft whenever a- ry blackguard cr fool hsould declare hid rpi ion ro he fo ani fo where would be the freedom of britifh luhjt nor loul was here piclent to join nic in j ig bil and it might have happened that an itrprifonment of fome months prior to trial might have been my fate jj 3 coo was demanded by the worfbip- iul mr frafer but hi brother magis trate condefcended to let me free upoq the offer of jj 500 on my departure f r rrickv le fail ldcf charge ot the cont3bleiwai about to mount my h rfcj but no squire fatter mull havtrme gn in j the conftables waggon for degracafcon ttii- puoilhmcnt borevef was emitt ed by the other gentler adminiftrator of the law fo 1 rode plefaitly up to pres- cott m coitipany with two gentlemen of that place and proceeded wiih the con iu le now on itorfe back towards brockville i had gone little more than half way when two per funs to whom i w2 k own it th augli meetings very huiiufornrly tfirted to join in the bail r magiftrarc lived hard by the bj wa at once received und the s failt al johnoowi being fwoto to the c itlblc was fent hark charged to ar- reii doiunn water lilq aud brlur him btforejuftioeibr hi deed in fad 1 have now a good afiion agai 1 the two niagi- tiaieot johnftown a cromwell laid k the lord hath dclivrtd theffl into our hid and- i repeat that however preat may be the evil conicqueuces to me pciouaily the public wil reap in finite advantage from the aitati- n of fueh qoeftiont in the race of law pros ectotuoft 1 cannot be io rank a i would uih but whtn neaflity no ngei on- fire my fieclaiaiiitis 1 fliail be as jibe ral a- frank in making them i all de- bember there was lent tome at queens top a paper in an twer to my agricultu ral qurie and to the 3111 it was faio that one of th- greatcll aufes which re tard the improvement of ippei canada was a parcel of drunken mapiftrate since i came below lake oniano i have too often had occafioo to u flfi on tlis and the dreadful confeojnences tvhich rcfult from it th word drun- 1 ken does not chanfieiizt fome af the trtcn in office fnfficienrly cl ignorant capicious revengeful def perately wicked are exoreioni which iright each and in fome cafes all be applied it is eafy to account for the fact in a cointty whtre ail goes by favour the froth wijl inaiiubly get to the top bete it wil tumble a d tofs iii the levity of exaltation or overflow on the fire that fiblime it arbitrary fowci cxetcifrd by the geat v il fpir- next the 26 h inft at twelve o clock for the pnrpofc of taking into confide- ration the rate of the public affairs ot he province when a plan will be fub- mit ted for t lie rcdrcfa and removal of a- ny grievaitgea which may exilt far more likely to enfure fucceft than the meas- i ores proposed and iccommcuded by mr goviilay elizabthtown june 22 118 1 mutt obferve hat a very nume rous meeting had aftembied at tliis place on the 6ch june but had been diltuib- ed by the clamour of bmckville law- yefsandofa magiftrarc dripped or was about to ttip to fettle matters by the ancient uroceli of trial by battle the knowledge of this and my epcti- ence the preceding day at augufta putting me on my guard i was prepar ed ia the v7orlt after having fpokeu to the people whofe conduct cva hfrfh ly pratlc- worthy oloncl sherwood a lawyer of br ckviile arid bolder of lev cral govetnrnent office made a fpeech i had allowed hiiii and others to que- cion me on wliat j fnid as i went alon nnd fcveral ulefnl ttuths were ihctch almiy confirmed in return 1 natural ly expeficd the farue privilege but with difficulty cculd obtain toy with col sherwood n eavotircd to imprefs upon the irinris or the people tli it their von it u ut tonal mu f proceetifn only lay thufugh their reprefcnt tives in ailbtfl- biy and that a petition hould go thro then to the prince a hncy which would abfolutey he laughed at in england zvd whiih has lately been trumped up here chiefly to fupport the iteiett aud eharater of a few petted members of aflembly 1 maintained that no petition of the people evr vrenr through parliament to the print c ad chailengcd colour sherwood fri give a onjle inlance 1 matntatued that the pr pe of england ipetitiohed the kii y the i oah or thf commons juft aatttev thought lit that ihc people oi anada night o iffe iamc and tiiui in the bill of iihti no ur more nearly to trie fafiice of our prel- ent exiftence telis u that facial inter- courfe with out reotefl fellow crea tures is a duty and univerial beucvo jence the ultimate desgn of providence thevryage from fcvockvilieto kings ton affords exquifite delight even now to the lovci of pictueique icenery- j thelfland of every ihape rocky and tame cmmtleis in their watery laby rinths prcfetit variety ii finite every pofition has its new o jefts or its altered ottos enjoyment clys not for a mo ment reflection 19 ever kept awake yet was the iutentior of nature complet ed was the hand add genius of man exerted to the full n this tough hewn paradile how much bore noble and ex tended would be the rane of bliislul fenttients to be botinued c 4 for the kinonon gazette ki y ivis- on wa- trade for tl e people petitioning pailiament while it wa- expiefsly tip- uiatcd tha they ihould ever e j y the right of petitioning the king thele inded indeed are the identical wordi oi ihc dt called the bill of rights article 5th 7 hat it is the higfa cf l e fnbje 8s to petition the kino and all commitments and profecutions far fuch petitioning are illegal as to the right of petitioning parliament though undobted not a word is laid in the bill ot rights it in a right founded on cus tom and reafon aud txenifd a moll everyday during the fitting of palia- rotntj as the right of petitioning the king u practfled every day of tft year j i batj colonei sheiw od lawyer iuouid lovaltv ox stilts are we not at tbiti moment thi niost happy people oil the face f the globi pose sin a fertile country vhicli smiles like fd i ho anmmr iress and a free coipfitutim of gov- rnment are we nr unburdened with raxes and favored vjth the fostering care and protection the create t of nations and cati ay raaw of eomfrtnu wise for one instant imagine that the inanimou prtitjoo n tn jknpte of ijppri anada when p in pro per form to our pw liil1 paruamen itoiild not mw t with f drnf re- oorfnl niicufinii fo fth it inontifled a way then with your town hip meet- inland yourwr- than uveless con- vuniious your deynbg and inalig- iiaiii spirrfs what a rtapcnfb a fewfle cnatrfrj where arc- it- rich yi idinsfs lo fhisy 1 onsrf in the href n pork v ibmr uid butter and che that a- impor ted fr our suteiriius from jtvrsoii county and the gpesee why the people of kingston be starred to dnfh at his maj lys troops 1 ould die of hnngrt h fhy deperidi d for foorl on he fertily upper cana- da letmrak hither or no there ir- three farmer it township of kingston- whnip parfp produce them bread what rffffli a be- mr fertile if it be no cultivated smiles like edwm itt kfi msm drss genesis ff rrth and 9th rrs w atid th f nrd owl planted d gar- den isnstwamd iti kdon and th ie he put hie ihotn whnru he had formed aud out of fekeoardcn made the lord u cod to groi vry trep that u plea sant to the slgfct and good far feod let an man whether he hate com mon sense or u look around him and i would have the ittoaoimou petition cf the people of upper canada presented in proper form to our froviucittl par liament good and how is this peti tion to be procured if we are to have no township meetings people of can- ad township meetings are the life and soul of liberty the horror ft lid dread of tyranu and oppression the will secure for you good order and well regulated government they will in sure you a just and faithful execution of your laws where township meetings are frequent justice will ne ver be ixtade mock of and having all these blessings iu their train they must confirm you in vour loyalty aud de votion to vour kins and country so good people of canada i hum bly advise you to hold township meet ings frequently any thing that may be told you to the contrary notwithstand ing i sincerely hone that it is not every one who differ from this gentleman in opinion that can he charged wilh pos seeing a u designing and malignant spirit gwl forbid let the gen tleman reconsider the matter and doubt tint he will hav- the candor to see and acknowledge tit his impas sioned eclamatin u away e c p is itself ha a very few shades from i the deep dye of malignity common sknse kntrsfon june itli 1si8 7t the editor of the kingston gazette sir no thoughts have beauty or actions rirnprlety whlth re no jut a- tempta at wit are insipid and dfcgtiftt iug which have not truth for uwir foiiuvlation and writings are not vau- ablt nhioh are not the productions of rnd sense thee land marks for authors have received the sanction of vso men a veil a- ciitic- and he who presumes to wriic muftbc tried by them mr iaiernans coinmunieation ad dressed to rfr tourlay itt your last pnppr ciriiains some thtt5 which i cannot reconcile to these established principles the correctness of ii style i have not inclination to evani- ine but inasmuch as it deviates from justice truth and good oeise i shall take the liberty of maio such remark bvjjflij fhpo9c fhft vijiut raiic fl hi- statement after his c breakfast trembling nntmty highland u odd pish growiinff u low rimihority he expresses himself in this niamier fci all this was room seen tllto and with the exception l one or perhaps two rhey who were then irescnr and whose jfgftocl wishes aik sapporuyou fluttered yourself you bad 1 uc iguotant 01 fich nattcr8 ur if not ignorant hotild mlh to hide the truth i lamentable as there could be no hope of getting any good by arguing widi fuch a lawyer or any other perion of the kind and a two nveiings hud been aivertitcd to be held for different pnrpofc at the fame p i called i 1 1 thole uh wifhed to join ooi aofeto ic- t re with uc nd go through the bufi- nefs without rnrthei interruption anj the great majority declared for us the law vers wrrr it tr i y nrrncr i r c iikfla unmr t sitiet have luce become four vratm- v cwfli of refer or est and most powcrfal opposrr no ho has ojanted it lo hasciti- there were even persons present a u riv ev tv liaf is tu tfmealludetl re one of those i pj to ivr 1 i measures was o previous to hi- arquai nance rfth that ac- sitleman two have since been elected ditrictrepresentatites one n town ship clerk one a member of committee forreeiving subscriptions and further ing the views of the township meeting the remaining two have manifested rleirapprobatioo of the measures far as to assist in aistribeting the pam phlets to the neighboring townships these factsaregenerally well known m the townhiip and i believe 1 may ay universally in the vicinity of mr pjeasantto tho s for fond lfitsmleti a lastly smile a smile ol contemptuous reproach on man i enetrate the dark recesses of vour immeasurable woods there beheld the feeming land ehoaked with rank- and msonoaa weds and your oozy i samm engeaderlog reptiles smiles kp hdeuin htr summer dress ifa mi ha a it a yerkwerc at to proceed by the m- felvr in peace and 1 alwrdi heard that tlity intd r f natures for their jt up its exercife i the little redrels of petition t the attnnb v mioiigt being hard to come at before a ktrchof f uh regarchtfs naiitrates wil ceafc to be much fought after while i fubrr ifhon and dread will he tlie only i policy of peaceable difpofittons in thole q3rtcrn of the country where book and newfpapcis cannot find i heir way and the public mind has become dead by ignorance the tyranny of rren in power wil natpaliy rech tohe mid difjrufting hcihts and the flavifh rwb- itsof the people will proportioriaily fiflfc dwn in my full addrcfe to the lie iduit landowners of upper canada i f2id tht the defert woud be better in- bahtedby the beaver a i i bearthan by men in certaiu circurn ia ces even then i had marked the hnrniliatioq f our kd in fome parts of upper cana da aid diicvcicd its caufc now m r prtatrr xerkncc conhrrs the truth of my fir i ifuprcffioxu yr certainly the brvfr and bear are more wo thy than degaded man and fo it has ben tidied f r hinn there is a hell f r the people of elizahcthtown havtnr chofen their kcpicfcntative anl therof- ficefft a general meeting of townfhip rcprefcntatives was immediately held and cvety thing was fettled bcyo id my bell hopes onthe2th i returned t ktdgftoa by the earn- boat from btckville ad my moid at reft from creand fdline had the fulled i njoyment of the drltght- ful fill what ac th- pleaure of fight witlu nt rcflrction the poor in dian tt ho paddle bis canoe n the vva tr of the st- ldwcnif thhik nut for what it wis made t flow cr hw the god of nature ha defigned it t tempt into activity the latent fcctiltie of roan t be abomi of union t the wo id scdom tio i lotk on thin noble kfvrrj with ut feeling my religion iiiceifel my ideas in very way expanded and the end f my life rar illudryted the fun in hi- beightaei aitt regular tetprih ead5 us to a hego1 f nfvei fa iitg lve a i o bn 11 vvliit is yonr h ad eriu i- burden and 1 re no not unburdened with iwm t ho gpiitleman exult ing ly 3vls and puis this intarrogoiory in lieu ttf prvin ihc fa among others for areaou why we ar the hap- piet popr o tin jfiohe lot u f amoniriit alio this to he true ran for any earth i j reason bt assigned as cause for happiness and exultation so no whether i he the botferoff tme who is tdkd a bftjungon wsshu ling orhe who is taxtd five pounds on hi- hundred townd- the first when he has p his taxes having eleven pence tiuro fin things to buy liim a shil- llng lituu the latter haviii ninety fivtf pounds uut he fast isnot true i quite a mi- -taket- tell he people of upper canajfl thtttthej are unburden- with axe ta why if i most uiirnmf r ri uire it is i most unjiur id uppreive ax bf- raueit imsaiv tlieiny frionss poor while the rich and t fluent pseafje it who holds thi f hnttarein tmiiti- vjtimi why dbe poor- fhe indus trious chiefly- vvno hom- ail thebnsl iruatod wast- ltids in the country wh he rhh d the afllucft vvhai lands pay fin tatta for ranking tb itoks tjm eultivatd unds i j h wttate lawds pay no road jax vnv do uot tin- public rjads ji through the w i4 lvnid as well as thi rulttvated then it is clear t a the poor i industrious not om havp the imird f makioji ami rcpai road forh couutr atlare hu- iofor tl etwtve vcnelit rif ho who- hd p no tax s and r ve are untfrmfdortwj ith taxes fi bliet1 result nf thi gentleman eee canstfti of overninenis german s residence of the exis tence of which should he doubt fagot proof can be obtained he continues hi epistle tvtf h strong and togicat reasons for withdrawing the adolphustowiwlilp report and for rear a being elaborate he concludes then by saying he is proud of being mi ported by a majority of the subscri bers who are determined to have their names epjnted there be a pro posal to send it to mr g how fir this cftwrfim can be relied n mfi be ascertained by adverting fo the proceedings of the adolpiuistnwn meeting of the 6fh nst published in your paprof the loih mr hv observation respecting the proper chastisement of mr re- ifo 6 nv1 but d fool ragefh and is confident thelant character wa never more strikingly exempuiied than in this i stance that a man should be led on the 20th in st to assert in so positive a manner fiie correctness of his conduct and on the 1t instant at a meeting conve ned by his own appointment should with due submission acknowledge hat coudui to have been wrong and un- justifinhlo would in any other person be strangely inconsistent and that to several persons he should express con trition for his conduct to mr bye- stander but that he would see him d d before he would tell him so was hi h v illustrative of candor my ftiaih object mr editor hna een to notice and refute such parts of ivlr h communication as were cal culated to convey an impression of i- consifency and impropriety of conduct in those w ho were generally known to he alluded to k w far i iiave uo cecdul the public areto jude slibuld they be in my favour they will concur in my opinion o the learned gentle mabs commimieation vvhich is that for want of justice it iihs not beauty or proprity for wnntoi ireth it ide- titut of wit and lor want fgood sensi is neither estimab orai nrfh a lystander june 29- for the kingston gafttk to the inhabitants of upper canada frrrow sib ectj when te minds of the cnmmunitr rito agitated iy crafty allurinent and that allurement is- published undcrtffe eloalx of constituted rilit it ishnhly necessary to mvniuskfhe deupion es pecially when that deii hasafvn deney to raise disaffection to constuu ted authority l several rjtvnth rjtlt h- mind of the people of this fronc ka been ajjitoted through rhe medium f the iric print ivleuith i mtioni homing to t w the pretext thm ntmf regulation in the provider jevern- men and tlie mode of trrtntiitir lnuls are ncssarv to secure pmspirity to and an increase of ppplilafion in the country vv if lithe man who makes uch n bustle to put us in a rigfet potifii itil trim i urn wot accfutfrnted but at he appears thronh the above medium lie is openly bold and during id bighiy if not griminallij bameable i therefore address you in defence of vonr real political interests against the rjisf orber of your happiness and to make the address more plnm hbt put it in the form of qustion and 4ft vers qurx what is the government of tpper canada jus of that description denofotna ed prcvineial qxie from vhat source does the government receive its power am prom two sources the kin of the united kingdom of great b ain is the first and principal source and the people resident inhabitants of the country are the second source ques what sire the respective pow ers vested in the branches from these two sources arifr in all local concerns the same as throe vested in the similar brsmrhw of the government of the united king dom ques h there no other distinction ans yea- ques will you favor me with an explanation a9 the government efgrnf bri tnin is superior in its order and al in power in having created nod taken under its protection thi gofri rumept which is a branch raided from that stock qttes are we in any part of our government idependenfly disrinci ans yes in the representative de partment qttcs how far docs that powor ex- tend anm to the framing rsd repealing local laws i wu noticed above i e that alter th leport had received their approval and iuatnres and was by heir direction iu withd oku happy chaagc effied sst i n which ler u iaiii many others ex- pressed the same opinion but not wul lual effect tr he presunied not to usplay his pugilistic prowess t any ne hut th ivlandr j wo read that a vi fflaa ifcarth zttl ui k the u the moil p if ut the wlj ceedings qltes in what do your doubts origi nate jus the provincial uovernmnnts established in the foreign pnssessfons belonging to the grown tf gnat bri- tain were no doubt created fur he purpose of easing tin itome government and the advantage of immediate regu- lationa t- promote the happiness and prosperity of foreign subjects to pc- iitirua branch f the froviuria jfor-