Kingston Gazette (Kingston, ON1810), September 29, 1818, p. 2

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thcftvof th celebrated mflionitor com or phi urs h v evidently bteo i-rrt- up ma model f the iron creb lutl urr hh language hkc i it of his matter i bold nervom jjjhi ficn ifiws ro excels with all it a t t wevr ii ofteflv- a charm vinyi capuwares the fancy an1 ultertftf tie yn l ill i who diflike his tllimca fentimen ate rteveithelefil de lie t 1 with ihcdi ipevy in winch they tc pef nied every tlipg win h fails fro hc lodgl o pt this child of gci is read with ivi vy tk fol- lowitg adtf toih hdoih of the gnu yot ifgo up withdrawing from hew ce8uin i a f i imen of his happinel wt mil no onrfelves t ism advanced the ul ir ri i fl jlioies and cheered tnr conlutcnt tn notmng but our incoaillt i minuter mit reel- r ax lf r r j j nir from fiat hopeful enci feated m the kgmfime eongrefej cnogieft where j itma dnink wllil hnman blood fl ts fword into thi fcale againft whig the of a were balanced ihatejulto thejr cdndu to cjr foreign u h it been compfcnfam by t dormflic policy aftfar asm then they have villua if annihilated tfo co and paved the f a m des potic they iled one by one vcry barrier which the wifddm of m raifed around the ijheuiea of the pctple they fufpended the hibcas corptis aft fahers of famili- fom the hou lin evening pft jfmffi mr pmffitah the elefori of thf court tfiooh kimh the palil tftited i- i u wuh fecl rather f irffttfrttdc trrt hi dis- ep i r it hfct i vthdrw myfr fpsvn ri r ft upo thr n efrtll oc m fir hat we cniot have 2 foil bs i itv f tic f n with rwj per eft fir y r late n v aid phthe t- rrtft aff- u011 foi yoi i o no feel ntvf wirnid in pittn them 1 tht exp-nf- yon to the inconvenience n c fflirtly coifequent on 1 cnteted e cin the hate ofj joim r- illry which i have but ju ft tccered has co pclwd me to this dc termination it ii an aftoifhing and ttftacefitl faft that furh is the political ar f ynr country that one rwenti- e ot its frw holders a or regiltcred vkt nly nriviepe which the oeople are je i- hr elective franchife and even t i feens they have not the fpint to excrtlfe fter this what right has j land to complain if either on the v fidovv tax qturftion or any other qlej ii tiy her rerefentatvca wil not r ihefelves t ven the trouble ofcrofling xh channel if you re contcnteii to fiihit to this degihdali mi it is dot for lac 1 1 mirmar capable a- 1 am by my cw- cc iict of redeeming myfelf indi r ially- as 1 hear however that f e of your ucvb room ififacrs have t i ken offence at no ejprccion in my ad- d nd as every fran who puts him- f jf piititicauv forward fbould yr able fo fc z tiffin fr thr ftnh tnt it in ho y fhall havf mine freely and fa s the declaration ws that if ts n x parliament he like the afl v p v write tht cpit i h of the ijritiih cqfiftitiitioci i repeat it n w and i 1 ii i raid thai it u quite impoflib- t nt g ei g on u ilefe there be tame cii ii e tei in the members we return to h i ufeiriii the conttitution f tlat i utc rtftlf arc- yon ware that ol nuiti ailed the ule of ik imoih b two c nmhiattd 300 and 3 3 onroonen nuninte 187 and tlu- y h ive fit of 658 tcmbrv 4hj jet iiily nominated by 265 conlti- tc it 1 f ihi they call the repreicnta- t fo j the people i it this continue- ij t ay i r 1 eitctioua i- ncr- any dv in petiti mn where hired majorities i j ie u and it hrouuh mou tiag iifl eice can defeat the other v any man pro ofe a reformation of th iim i lie iv immediately de 1 t 9 a viioiar 01 worle so it tows 111 imigian 1 with fox and lieridan 6 id the conlequence was ihe lofl a- inewca o it wss am njjlt yourfelves vi 11 jattau nd with flo d and the c tleqil ucc w- th ic who bemh jou- lic you wfi were battered into ctoviiicc and but the other dayi in the iipenai parliament upon a vital aues- liii 5 o your men tersieh you at the tnerc f a puppet majority who not j ly rivet ted your hxm biit rebuked yii fat rflkng it thi ii the way in tvlncn 1 wfh to tieet the queftion not by empty declamation but by ftubbom jaiv i hhicharc now recorded to o i do tiic aniiant hiftoiy ck to the todict of the vexy jail piiirfuiciit in al oil every iniiance t n- f th ii mfe trie jiti fu i tie 1 a c lenr conduct 1 vh h i vi i dcmoulrate ha done morel to- rroad vuj to enflave ui at j 1 ier unequivocal un h ipotilm eve could have fc okt j at nduct after e p t 1 uaile cd in its dura- t- k 1 in its origin jt whi ii m en uh was iptnt t id bio i enough flied to jti t e on inct during which we t rnacly i ught and fablidized f- ti til ef dripoi now libelling ihe j iw iiuoittg the mngnani n xnucr to day in the held v p img aullria tom rrow b the convenient p uflia now s were dragged fro their homes loajrd with irons liibjcc- ted to difeafc llqrnned with ignominy their befpleffi children turned adrift to beggary and prtqtrtnn j and then as they had been fmprrtfoed without crime p were thev ielr fed without even the decency of acaatin they then paftrd the infarru 13 lagging aft public meetings were forbidden the power of diiruffion was withheld the right of petition was in fact annihilated i was a natural cmlequeuce of tlie former meafure when fnoeen e it- no exemp rin from runillifite 1 the privilege f complaint h b t a mockery hey then countenanced ioh sidmmith8 circular a magitiay perhaps ignorant rerbap crrrofm rrhapa bth we at i leaii c3 fancy fitch a maiyiftracy were mvefc3 with an rhitrary r nftriiftion of of vienna between the northern autrj- cial and a icjeant of naphon was not this a raie a natural contummation well wnhy the fraudful leagues and bloody infraa0ig which had diverfified thecntcll well worthy the orphanage and thr wid whood which had hadow- ed england with woe and the frantic ex penditure which has almofl beggared her with iw tjii- husbren the con- c tccandwhatdoyoo remember waa the motive to this aggreftion was it the eftabinhment of human liberty wa it the advance of human mortals was ft the vindication of national charaer was it even any high toned ad heroic impulfe which flung a factitious glory over the warriors progrrfs and gave the battle horrors fifioaary julhlicatio far from it it was the mod unjufti gable motive that ever uniluahed tlu brttifh fword the molt uocooflitutional that evci rained the ritilh anuak it as a bare faced interference with a foreign county in ihe choice of its own government a diicci 1 raft or of the very principle uoon whic engl an nnrc cr gloriou nvolti u it wras vduivi ijeritonciatior of th doc- tri c aited on in 1688 proclaiming janes a martyr and wiiiam an ufurer aid the people ho better thai rebeli us rrgtcidcii hi war however of courfe h its orteilcf lt 6rii wa thf french republic driven trom thi it next was pace and retribution indemnity and fecuiitywa le pvrt war whoop and whst ha9 bee our in demnfty tie maltine of our popu lation the dehaferrent of oiirchaiacvi the accumulation of debt bevond all endthrift precedent rimine in our ftreets and frver in our houfeb the cilablifhment in europe of a militarjrl defprtifm which leaves the very name of freedom a mockery the payment of war taxes in time of peace fcarcely leaving it doubtful whether the burdens were impofed to fupport the war or the war commenced to juftify the taxes the fufpenfion of our conftitution if we offer to remonltrate this has been our dearly bought indemnity nd what is our fecurity an holy alliance for- both i a league of kings unhallnw ed and myflerionp bound by compaj which nrull rot be known nd fenced by riavuit whi u eattuol be refilled in is our feci tv the bieh o prince p the capnee f an hydra now fntiuer over tht recent banquet and ilv waiiit fo it hungry hour agair to gliftenii uitgorged rapacity alas 1 svhat tenure have we even of fuch at alliance i there a member of tht pittite hotd who ha nt been in turn the fueof hi 1 illy and the ally of his ioe and di yu expert they will pre lervc that faith twaitls us which thev hav nt been able to preferve towards oneanoihe 1 there a mn of th m wh did not how to napoleon and confefs bls it ir- and couit his confeder ation and then denounce him as an ille gitimate 08irpf nd wasthrre among them afterward a con firl en t renegade to deny he hand of fraternity to berna- dotte raiad from thr ranks of chat very napoleon perhaps 1 his iiiftabiltty of political principle may be counteracted went forth inducing the crime that by a pefona attachment i et prnlfia j might betray the criminal when m itbtr tuttofi uth its theoretic ueflingl ut a pndical and iplendid uiockciy ifitt noblett dtnamtnifl are to he effaced at will and itt ftrenglh tarred into an engine of opprejfion oh i it is wnrfc than fatuity in us to deceive ourfclves the tower in which we trurted turns out at lad to be but a goodly vifion fair indeed to the eye but as falfe as it is fail falling to pieces at the wand of the minider when the forlorn people ap proach it for prorrion such gentlemen aie my reafons for the aflertion i have made their infer ence may be perhaps doubted by many who can never fee guy thing everi problematical in ihe baiert cmduft of j the power that be thnr exittence however it lead is undeniable in taking mj- ieive of you for the pielent kt ie expreg my gratitude to the prnfhpti manly and decided friends who fo independently proffered me not only their intered but their pnrfes and particularly to the profeiswal frfeuda wiw in ajdiiion volunteered iheij fcr- j vice lie pnr- hrliio- lja in talif rtj rticm b cfeimnirs ratmhs l the nnmwr rtf orwn u mdnw and a hr uinrlows o rrrr in numhcr let lh ratex the itwief if i huvr h or n nurtows kus another three nm at manj he ear twitrrs lord 0 pas six linn tlir sim fnr lirm fhn i ranai lrat tin ia good old n h op awo rhifit i will hold good lure m proplr are drthlin in nrucle niton t bi bi yeedeitlu injury of ihe revmnea nell m he man who makrs it a regular roiicrn aid lias to pih at prrent 32j dollars for a lencc 8dlys road duly and aeseri aiivuo omrnerety for a hop te it evftcrn er sn hi ref it n as intended at first to pptimou thenar liarornl to sjra it relief but in thr pmeni siate hi hmiulie mind ii was ihoujrjit best to vlth tire it his way at prernl hoping thr tt lake the matr tidcr their con ideraton a early aocotivdient joinbulismpr frednicksburgh 26 v p h tome futtor of the kingston gaeette in mvexeirtions through thr atiillanrl di- icmpou my priiate biiuess j famrpj or tkts pfare with the pertlj of on- pap r of thc22d instant and t therein owrvpdannh hrnnon of wr tbomaf coleman oftlno j wherein he slates lhal unfavnrahe opinions i j r have been formed bv thr hotur lieaneh the period is approaching when all gnwenw and himself as one of ibemruriw inc may be neceftary in the mean time let every independent man in the county j regiiler his freehold and await with confidence the hour of his liberation i lam gentlemen with gratitude and refpeft your fellow countryman ci ule phillips dublin june 2 1 j 1 8 1 8 npened the businrafid in the diir add rs tiiis v e ks s cjvftte tit ifoaff whi- h ur nvft 1ared t a s h niff red in o iniob they j on theshop spirit licences and thin- n tnndhr pureltive aien adjj ascssniert to flic honorabtr branches offe lc- ivhich flung baofe into tlu- jaws of death j the patriot vdin of defpotic power and wrtilei frafo england her irnprc uritbe pviue of giving refuge to viriuou dtjttitrion they then footed the repeal of tht feptennial ad an ad which thy wee rever delegated the p wrr topaf- and ujon the principle o which they might as well make the re preletit ttlon an bcirlom in their fattvihes i will not further tecapit if late their tonduft but 1 will remind you tint te fituatioo f the captive under fcliefc meafures wsflitary imprifonment xainft all li v or precedent even maiijllrates were forbidden to vilit them one man died another mr ogden the fuhjeci of merriment has furvived oiv to piot ifted agony 1 pafh from the fihieel it i too painful to dwell i ifut who wa- itu preteare fn thin fivpo ry defpotifm a plot a plot hatched sy two apothecaries and a lame cohbltr the tower was to be formed and th bank oluncred and london ivrifnnrd by a buckram army whfe rieafuv va a cypher whofe canp c qnipag was a blanket whole a nitioe cheh was an old flocking am whofe prk of artillery confided of t mortar which mod rcbelli- ufly ouii the weck f te apothecaries r peoh w e rrrraijrned upon the evidence fa viiii all leprou- with crimes wh be ti m tne event provea to oe me onrv convict a wretch who when we the predeftined victim and looked at the hiuh prieil filled the mind of itf with terrific recollections recalling iiiftinftively that reijjn of blood when we too had our cafttei and our oliver- when te bribed and perjured ca i iskituf entttffv 1 nv one i- avarp f the high nediin- oriaui diitieynfa legislator itlsaioknomfl ia in ilipoiinjr iniribens upon hie people for thrwseof he ctfuntry greai rare sbould be ui- ken o iihike tioe burdenjibear u equnll up on nor class of poopi as another to itunuic ailv oibei vtin would hr aeins llic oppre- mr and ihe violation of a mosi sacred naih iiip hop licice for retailing spirits istbe eu- ormoin mini of x feur uni what itwaa rw j ears ago thibeayj duty was nnpomd in 1 be inc war when i dare saytveorsi times the pi on 1 was gained b bewleofji ltiiieheoii of hqnor o whm if i a prceni uflich innke it er natura- to i for u hat i ihu hffffy duty conhnuh it may be som ha nioucy is wanted then win noi oih- tsllhfj raise it a- w1las bopkeeper 2 the roirinioii thai oinesas shop keptaii imder tlionb not expred iu thr uceitcei arc erv inciilar fome a ips man a j ar anno beod in a shop which uatended by liijirj to many poor per on- who p rluipatr 1a i 1 and iniht pnf n pint o half p n 11 heir pockets or prrhap- mav not have mo ney to bnv nurr thr coiisefpumlcc tfeev iiiuk pive ihe lavrmkccpcr four lime- a- uieh for wha thej can gel it ai ihe hou or t0 without and lor whj are lite tavern-kee- e v hr jv pjmwraed who thi tin pa oue farhing more for r licence tooilpn ibei al the name turn gain more h sellrii on gal lon of liquor than a shopkeeper dotubj el- liflg of iweive or liieni and mini without risk rrapilil tin tavern i- allowed to sell mil of i he lone to le injurj of lie siop bnl the i bop- arc noi allowed lohnn tavern 1101 eveu by selling a o thauaquart if mir hops are not allowed to huii ihe lav ros ii htir fair the laverai stiotiltl noi injure he oop ecpl in case of dinauee where then ae no hops to ihe taxes every shop limpinjjly is a secd a- i no maier if he ha- not vc oeki he ha- fo paj r mieh a ihe man w no ia i20uo totk titf fejamly h most tyo 1 oriou uiijiift by tak ai mucb from him ho perap ha- noi sufficient to pav his way at i 1 m vonflo immiiim nitoha5thotyandv r spare tlbal jl j beticve thur- the only place where you bear at he j j tock id trad fcelnjj assessed by fovernmeih anfwet it when ihe lo-k- at alexander youth nor age nor lex nor innocence ano rcnembers the perfidious ihaudon crud conciia or avert thofe coineis of mentofrnfit let iweden anfwer ir j human bl od thofe vampires of the when he thinks- of finland let poland j pavr thofe monfters without a name and saxony acknowledge k to pruffia iefirc whofe path the frelhnefe of hu- let genoa foeak let extinguished manty withered in whofe accurfed venice proclaim it for aullria let mind- rnnfctcnce was only a connner awfttia herfclf avouch it fr fvnce nn 1 cial iuftrumen and friendoiip trc-ich- then turn to her immolated daughter j ery and giatirude murder who immolated with a wrorle than jewifh turned this land inf one lcene of hell cruelty ndt to the god of battles but to 1 in which the pangs and the couvulionof the infernal moloch of felf intered 1 the fufibr nly limulated the ferocious fpeak tict now of thit devoted france 1 r exultation af their tormentors who bending 0 her vrlated chaitcr and crept into ihl family of the neareft and with tea or bood expiating the cedti the dearel onrting the beard and lity that put its faith in princes but 1 1 pledging the cud and fondling the cpek of liigmd ot the parliament of li infat even at the very moment when 1 t 1 1 nglaiid contenting to the plunder i th- y were waylaying the unguarded in mg on the partition fquandering the j confidence of the parent to devote him relources- of a generoua and pliant peopie fleet and arrj and genera tion mid for whs to forward the fraud o tlie contieital intriguer to eitablilh the inquilition and fortune and ferdinand fr the bourbon in france an1 the bourbon in spain and the bour bon in naples the rooted hereditary 1 1 perpetrator of a deed and the minifter enemieu of the enurtry for the obf iu e who iuftigated it and the parliament who blafpheray t divine right dup up from j j protcfts it i can fee none 1 fee its tomb and re bapnej lepjrmacy for j them chained together in one com- the relloration of thofe languinaiy frauds j j m unity of infliction and whether i touch upon human freedom aainil which our if the higheft or the lowed link the thrill to the lcaffbld and to rife upon hi tomb i a hqeked to afk did the late pirliament fhicld the employment of thofe ferocious and commercial can nibal if they did not what was the meaning of the indemnity bill what difference 18 there ween the f u rtfi poland plunder now e a thr panih inquilition now at r ickawl dging the fiencbj ct i 1 w a vaterijoj cheeiinjr the hix r rf itgttimacy it tlui irtic dbaudoumeiit of p uuic f riucplc i ag ages wrote and our warriors fought and our revolution thundered hades of locke and of vliito were thefe your dofttroefi blood of the ruftels and ihe mampdeniha tins been your legacy i people i england ir it for this that your orphan and your wiiow mourn iu liunt reognatiori that your poor houles are choaked with a famihhed po pulation let thole men anfwer it igh of horror is the fame in itscommuuicat ion gentlemen i fay again if thefe things continue we may bid farewell for ever to our liberties of what ufe are all our i vilionarv fafegnards of what ufe it the jrefponfibility of miniflcn if it is to depend upon the will of a parliament whofe maj rity is the creature of thofe miniltera what availt our fo celeora ted laws if thy are to be thus caprici- who iu ihe name ot parliament jloully fufpended i what is our conlli l npw beard of h being onidcrcd real ro- pri before ooilhei ran i conceive how it an e put npon tliat footing n ver llkeh are indebted foreverj kblllingyouma have in reol- or suppose your credil docs balance 0t dbfill what risks ou hae lo run in the collection i thai tlie ease with real pvo- periy no i shall also noiirc the fairness of heaseiuents rtipposiug stork waseoiisid- ered equal real property a ureal quantity of land i- aced from one cntli ro one twen- neth less ihan it is worth and theaine by ho es now i dare venture lo tlint the iieatr portion of the r-ore- hae 1 nt iioo lock in tbeci and a preat many do above i ion lock and ifaitorebad f0o0fnrk it then woild lie rated only on an average with other tilings 1 believe the only instance in england wberentuek in trade is rated ib to the pa rates there the assessor goes rnuiiii and enquire- what your stock i you tell him the greatest and the least amount of it and hen an average h taken it may be sfljd the truth niiglit noi be told well uppoe noi e- flctly need von make afoot assessor will he have no eyes ix you not think a near esti mate might br taken by zqipearaoces or sup- po in all to fail the injury would be less than a present but in fact you would imd more eafft to rate blf stock higher than lower from motives of pride sboilld you have reaon to believe a false ac count has been given at home ihe asessor will oves the person suspected to what he think- right who will then have to make his appeal if lie pleases and ihe commissioner will swear him 0 hi- average amount bui here we have no dav of appeal all goe- on merrily right or wiong f t is vcr evident how itoek in trade ranierobe racd sometime since merchants liatl llitigs heir own way by iheir in hue me in the 1 niiieii 1 therefore heir study was to monopolize all the trade which they did to ihe great injory of this province a person with a small capital was crushed rii recti v these monopolizers charged what thev plca- crf for their goods and gave ihe farmer whai ihev pleaded for bi produce liui now ihe trade is e tended and iu the same proportion to the people three limes the families nr getting a living wiih lw than half the profit npon their goods and consequently ihev con sitme ihrec inne-ii- much produce and that i- hhaiihe provwiee wants more useful consum er to reward ihe industry of ihe farmer 1 ifiuuuey iswajktcd why uol ruibcitupon bgjed for leave to give a detail nf tin affair of a proeention broiigh aairi him rv n sfdlttauu lihel aud in eonequrura oftitfbaviugialeen mnch liberty wild my faro- and character in this production hr aver nu- arraotrtble tnnnnrr 1 have oniy limcnirrto shjf na 1 hive no objections 10 met thimr- nloi find inns turbulent p ron losnf ahiv mvy tiief propertfl emiiea 73rfarchy p i 1 at flte prtfsew ntomen- mv mind if nore nseftvly eiuploed for jhf benefit nf or bra fhtjcohtfittittlte ihhi fr hi6op so low a t or- rvfry any luiigr t ififie roreply 0 ihomatnle marrasscrionv a d in he ecnt nf further puwic7on on n part 2 he ha t ihti liiow fohe world hat i wi mi viy and boldiy call upon nxpectah dtaralrcftfw i heir eenificateslesiifvlng iheeondvc o brwat drtgoon tbe fenrferin paear shamt fill n trial before ffarruql ffitet in the ae war in order o evince itftbe true aadirwty subject of our aged and beloved sovrign the duplicity of ibis vim uuin while hr lialol forth fflch tfftitruurffijiiajtif the present is merely toihew 10 the public that i am determined to twp tiin fnlr mans charneler ad even aflerfdced if any thai i ran learn he hav ever done hall nut be unnoticed by your obedient terrunt james menabb as annnmslo all ihe on- gmat settlers of the county qj fro nl mac gentlemen friends fellow nuflvreis and fellow subjects of the fin- led kingdom of greiit dritain and ireland c c c the bappy day is nnf ved flint all our just riglilh wlb be regarded ami protected by fial government and tion we liave labored so bard to- mainlain it is true that we have suffer ed all that men rould suffer- we have reduced a bowling wil derness to a fertile province we have been insulted robbed and plundered of out properly under ihe name of law contrary to the laws of god and tlie king deprived of our labour- tlie labours ot our own bauds which is tlieift of god to iwen it is a right that no man has a riit to take from us thus we have been insulted by men in power unknown to the king but the king ot kings in heaven has looked down upon us and by lusiod providence men are sent to go vern us men in whose confi dence we may rely and rest ful ly satisfied thai justice will lake place aud the v ickediuss of die wicked will overtake them let me entreat you one and all to be steady and patient to commit no violence fa defence pf wrongs but to make your complaints known in a peace bleand lawful manner to those now sent to hear and redress ihem it is needless now for any oue to riii the news papers with trash about mr gourlay and the convention of friends to enquiry the work is done we have carried our point we have and ever will be loyal sub jects to our king and country and true to those u ho have au thorised us to represent then in convention and in parliament aalos ainsley septuwmst 1818- j halifax aug 31 the nabby waihington

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