i ennfylvinla michigan e a dire com luincation 10 the fea but for this new looco dollars bjt this t laces tlic improvements in the mod formidable point of view inftead of 7 probatio still greater the consciousness of having for and according to the account from ernest town the matter is stiu inlitiga tih dare ay the lasers con- fifc of sidfer wo grievance i only hope that e commissioners we an to have from england are not a- roong other reforms to supersede our trial by jury and decide in a summary vav between the lad who acted for productions as this nddiors and n me others evei rnore absurd aie not to be imputed to the people themselves but are the work of one or two restless and the principal clerk of mr fairfield and m the man who acted for the collector of kingston the next hnd of complaint is that although sir h h sbcjifle as an en cohragement to the flank companies and incorporated militia to volunteer recommended tneiii to hr highness the prince regent for a grant of land they hare not vet received it on tins pennfylvlnia michigan ccc mkana might amount to i rrakiag th muincation to the fea but for this new expenfe fa loop navigation from the fea communication the inhabitants of thefe to the upper part of lake ontario diftrictts would have been continually urg- 350005 or 1400 ing their government to procure from great britain a free pafiage by the saint lawrence a privilege which could not have been granted their without facrineing the fecurity and opulence of both pro vinces but any difeumon on this ground will be lon done away becaufe the ca nal prefents an enfy and cheap mode of conveyance to new york whenever that better than montreal miles it is believed that not more than j miles of canal inclndng that of lachine will be found lieceitary to turn the fcalem our favour it buy he found prudent to delay for fome years making any of thefe canals except thai of latfne and to be in the mean time fatisfied with fome eafy matket is better than montreal improvements in the navigation of the 2d as this contemplated canal paffs liver but as they will be ultimately re fer along way parallel to lake ontario quired when the count gets more popu- jn many places not above 1 8 or 20 miles id the ntianthv of imports become bus and the quantiy wrotiit speak meht i purpose if you will give me a column or two in some future paper to my sentiments at large for so much ha been said upon it that there is no matter which the signers of names and makers of marks to addresses and subscribers of dollars to conventions- ave hit upon which deserves so well to he plainly met and deliberately argued v ill not enter upon it now tent myself with professing my sincere ronviction that of all the inhabitants of ihis province nono in reality carelrss mhfhfr tho fin nk companies aifd in- corporated militia tt their lauds than vice of theircountry in different parts of the world that too much encourage ment cannot be extended to induce these valuable characters as well as other gentlemen from great britain to settle among us every man who really wishes well to the country will admit that special locations hare been confined the id u- ty is now rigidly exacted from all with out distinction and with this proper qualification 1 think we may be content to let his majestys representative be stow his majestys laud as he thinks proper next in order stands a grii vance which his excellent- is u entreated to redress though it is certain that tho act of par- turn if they can to the country thty but con- liarnent which wholly supersedes this came from if not let them go elsewhere pretence of complaint must have been the world is wide and the writer of known to the signers of this address this paper we hac examined might were we blind and stupid bo- fore and ias a supernatural agency at the amc intant removed the film from our sight no a glass has been prevent r d to our eyes contrived to distort bjeefs that we may be brought fo lopjc with dis gust on that which before we contempla ted with sitislaction let u- be assured that it is an eiremy who hath done this lt us not b iiicnsihle to bles sings which almost any other people may look upon with envy the inhabitant of tlis happy country are iu truth contented 5 and the efforts diftam the produce afloat from the wes- much increafed a kw remarks on each tern countries will mould the montreal in order may not be urleafonablc 1 be- or quebec markets be more favourable gin with premising tint all thefe canal than that of new york be removed into the lake by the geneflve or ofwego riv- p mould be made by the public and the whole expenfe defrayed by the provm cial treafuries referring a froall lockage jnft iufheint to keep the canals in repair ers am pals down the saint lawrence should the imperfect late of the navi- gation of thefe two rivers prevent this for a the gieat objes i to render the corinu- time improvements will be made or a cut cation more eafy and expeditions and at be opened from the lake to meet the great wefleru canal nor are we to fup- pofe that the slate of new york will endeavour to prevent this from being dose on the contrary this communication be tween the wedern canal and lake on- tario will be opened immediately and the libreal policy which it will evince on the part very reduced price to produce mischief have been met in of new york will be found more beneficial they deserved m hy should the unhap- attempting to gatp at the conveyance p beings who conjure up those grievan- t whole of the produce arriving fom ccf roubletne public with thi splen the cou aides weft o butbetmas if they are not suited here let them re- tow n but what then without it there would have been but twelve grievances the mie or two prime movers of these al- vitn lt tnere are thirteen will any rca- iv bf i and let as hope for the ere- womld equally apply to prove to us thit it rf rr mothrrcoimitn ami ourselves the law 01 hereditary d- cent ought in hat tiii intercession of the two would lugland t be consiud to the peerage drs and to my equal conviction n an- nri eg the foremost of those who have talked so much about this matter vpnld have beon better phased during 1 he war if nobody had volunteered to defend the country at all 1 am gfad to see that the nddressers reem to be aware tint the government njmhu coiutry enld do nothing more than rccmhieiid t do which i believe noun of us can say they have failed or thai our constitutional reprentatives have h e hs urgoiitj or loss earnest in mrouth uing this 1 comtnendatioo than the worth convention themselves conld h d that toe on t wi i that the measure has not yet been ac ceded to may lie accounted tor by any person ho ni reflect upon the ques tion aid conscctti ncs it involves without tin- rohis royal highness any irr 1 ee to our ioyal exertions i ii i- n t lie ha- top high a sense of to una tlwy were prompied h tneir cenary rrottvps who were ever celled fpon ro rffer their utmost semees to fh ir king and conutry if we were not w re all roc gallant actions tlrat brighten the pat- iiitory the deeds ol hffoes whose ra c a- survived fnipires paid forty arrcs of laud and what greater incitement to valor what ttrourr ap peal to a jtense of outy end a jove of country h ever presented to men weweiv l need in a war which our mother country then contending for the freedom of the world which she has since achieved almost humbled herself to av id and of which the real motive hn iihom long before it was dispatched from ernest t rid of all his ievauecs at once by crossing over to saekets harbeur on the ice from whence he might run tobaco across to kingston coder the very noe of the collector where lie might employ yankee doctors exprrience haslaugkt him to cunjid- aid when i has taken a good grist of their patent medicines and is cleverly worked ouf el the world by them his iai estate confusion to primogeniture will be divided just like all the other little notki he may leave behind him x sonable man therefore h is disposed to make proper allowances be surprized at its insertion the last of this lit of miseries under which we are groaning is tee common law rule f descent a grievance which the uit- happy english lirve been sifferiug for more than a thou and yean what is meant prerise1y by there being no hereditary aristocracy in this conntrv requiring lo be supported by the pttpetofttitfti oi the real estate in one branch of the familv i ik not clearly ee ii by hfefiditary aristocracy i merely meant nofcuit the reasoning of thi eiiefaiice maker v t it and the consequence would follow hint they are all wrong thee too in this point however they are happily ig norant oi it and h here ignomnrc is tis folij to be rrr therefore let them be suffered to remain unenlightened by us on the subject we have in this cotrutry eiq wires gtrntle men and veomen beings of the same order as in england to wnom the law of primogeniture applies and if it is found good lor them why not for us f aristo cracy is carefully introduced into this paragraph as a kind of bugbear it is a rough sounding word but it con veys to my mind more favorable senti ments than democracy- j and 1 think history justifies the impression lt is strange what contradictions thi- chanter of complaints involves surely if if be true that the general wish is to divide the freehold with the tables and chairs 0 can be no ground for the gloomy foil tfp kixgsts chronicle ma x ii oher conntrtes ttie piw s z rnuch empiiy m fl improve- meats as m fidig hu and why fliould it continue in proviiice i lie vehicle of grievances wnich exit only in the difcafed tmaeifiatto ol chefr fabricate 4 rrumii ui cn tubi iciktsiiti i lie country being new there are many improvements to make which ajjptar to me eflrntial in proinotin lis growing profperity the principal of theft hsevc not been overlooked by the leg filature notwithjlslndin the attempt whfjh have been made to vliy that rttp eft able rjy ami ft would not he eafy to point ou any beneficial undertaking whfch has not on fonrf occafion commandd a fliare of ftg att ntion tiie yrneral education of the pfopld the roaking and the keeping in repair the it may the weftcrn states will find it thcit intereli ro infill upon th ooinmunication that th ir patnra nutlet to the lea my nt be entirely fliut up and that they may not be expofed to tne monopoly of a filler state moreover tlie fame reaion that will in duce the inhabitant oil the banks of lakes erie michigan c to infift upon a com munication between the grand canal and lake ontario that they may prefcrve a choice of markets will like wile induce the people living round lake ontario ro de mand the fame that they may have it in their option to carry their produce to new york and thus fecure the fame benefits as their welern brethren ii will be inipos- fibie for the promoters c f the great canal fliould they attempt it to refill for any length of time the influence of large a portion of their fellow citizens within their own as well as belonging to other states in procuring a communication be tween lake ontatio and tne giand ca- nal the conclusion nrtliltibiy follow that this canal wdl be as beneficial to montreal aiii will b to m y rk montreal 89 it will be to hcw xwlk yto- viotd the tranfport be as cheap after leav ing tiie ana as by continuing in it i am well peahd to remark that in our commercial treaty with the united states great biiuin reratos to heileif the whole trade of her colonic becaufe this arrange ment itc res vail advantages to thefe pro vince which will loon dcvclope theioielvcs if we mak the proper exertions it 1 evident that our ifjands in the weft- in die pre lent an excellent market tor our lumber and proviiioiiain which there would be little or no competition were we able no this ti jncoe- fiiknt with privats monopoly the hold ers of canal deck would only be foltcitouf about raizing their profit for although fuch perfonsare cler fiuted to their own ititereft and mtght reduce their colli in ol der to allure cumorners yet the power if in their hands and may be abufed there is no parity bet wcn the canau of england and thofe we are treating f we ere contendinr with a mighty rival who is training every nerve to engrofs the whole of the carrying trade of the vait countries well oi lake ontario her hopes of fuccefs reft principally upon the cheapnefs of conveyance alonq the canal from buffaloe t aibanv which will not exceed three dollais pc ton according to prcicnt celculatioii and from albany 10 new- york 2 34 dollars or 534 doluri per ton from lake erie to the ocea cr little more than half a ollr fc a b3 i of flour this appear very low anc i ow- er than the- truth a viil afterwan ap pear but it is to be remembered that the state makes the canal ind not a com pany ail the commodities therefore uil up and down free and confcquently the labour of the men attending the bont theft provifions and wear and tear c ire the only cxpeufes incurred by the owner of the produce or gooas paffiiig along the anal now it appears evident that if our canals are made by individuals competi tion 111 as far as cheapilefa is concerned ii hopelefs for an addition of a few pence per barrel at each canal will raife tbe of traifnorr hrtrnn4 mnnrfnn on ppoieine wn buffaloe to albany ad with ta witldi ingf to make 320 nnies on fitch a ca nal one man one boy and one horfe will qonwcy 2 tons 20 mil a day on which following would be the expenies one man one by tending one hoife price of tranfport beyond comnarii iiut to enter more miuutel u ter we will fuppofe the canal tobecut fr the 1 12 dolls per day c f t ix piiii ligbw4fs and the improvement of t0 ufl their full tupply and tins the navigation of the lakes and river c m bc v p iafcty as foon as a very few improvements arc made in ot the saiat lawrence sec h ve in then turn become the objtctt there apprehensions ii requestly to adopt temporary meafures whee permanent provifions wouid have trie vauada are laid to b falling by the wile men among ouiieives our neighbours wear of the boat c tolls for repairing canal t 7 dollars per lay the boat proceedin at the rate of try miles per d y 320 mile requires 16 daytp which at 7 dolls per day- 1 12 dollart add for loading unloading and llorage al the mouth of the canal ft add the price of transport ing thefe 25 tons from the mouth of the canal at al bany to new- york at 34 dolls per ton 8 ro a t i lom jjg e invasion was renewed w i t we attacked at alj points and by th h were carrit d and inrougu the sfrnl w s wftor but did we combat alone was not our independenee pnf chased by the w ot ftfousands whose ashes are mi ed vvuh the du of our soil uhichthev mm m defending and who we the generous yoeth of britain munrrafionuauuhat nding elve rfm anrv tiirconutn not merely -far- vndrrc r enemies 0 v wtatteq climate of the apswrmnybe told h a few ot iiteretu f ha tiiemsekesaiid remember that ihh viol 0u f m we mould aha rrcolltct that rne jcn- tlcmen compofing our government whe ther executive or leidiiivc require in- formation as well a other men and thofe who are able to furoim it whether from loccl fituatiop or from having turned their attention particularly to the fubject will do vince contains more than 100000 inhab itants of whom they are about the eight hnpdredth part perhaps he public opinion is that though the be something in the edncatfon habits and mannrs of borne persons among us un- eougeiiial enough with hose of england to be sinv yet that there are also other thein as ml the public a great fervice hiio think it their greatest pride and h communica ting it in a candid and dif maive it their iirvt boast that their edu- paoionatc manner among the battel that difturb our re- pofe one appears to proceed from the lucicfful attempts now making to open a direci communication between buffaloe rations habits aod manners are cota al wth those of fhemost glorious na- on earth and who would look with a most jealous eyeonauy departure from a system of laws wisely framed on a and huifon river for my part 1 re- nmletie most perfect the world has l ft the energies of our entemriz- known 1 confess inad this paragraph hithndgaatioy it slrfuders the pubuc feeling we do not admit hit th re i w athinn our habit ami manners asreoj irom those of our english fell ltabjects we cannot admit it without degradalicai or if forced to confess i emim f ihata nearer resembla mrjulmt inncy adanw uh t til a resembtanee h h hou d be thegieat object we should as racateall z bmds er tl upiated to vacate all v- h the spanish co- its within phantoms bles foi the lalt eight years with all that t 11 r 1 oreceded and you will end her riung it would certaimy evince mere candour ua the re- not ith ent her nation let us ice what can be uune to reudet the bt lawiciice at ealy or rather a moie expeditious conveyance than the weitcrn lunal and liudloi river and what cauko prevent ub from iuppjying our fellowiubjcets atas cheap a rate from que bec and montreal as from new- yoik and philadelphia from mont eal to lake ontario the alcent of the river st lawrence has been tftimated at 200 teet in a dittancn of two hundred miles which give twelve inches as the average tali per mile taking in the lachine iiapids it has been fuppofed that 73 miles ot cauai are required between kuiguon and the crois beiow montreal but this appears to the writer of thia arti cle beyond the truth mi leu the lachine canal maybe taken at 10 a caual from the ottawas to the entrance of lake st francis a canal irm cornwall to mou- roes mill in matilda new- york total expenfes of tranfport ing 25 tons from buffaloe to 207 dolls in this eftimate it is fuppofed that the boats will always have return freight fuf- ficient to defray their expenfes though this may not always happen efpccially when the produce increaies much as the aiucicbare oujhv- ei yr ported ifweconfider thefe 2 c tons tot coniill of fl lur they wiil be equal to 25a barrels and 4 hillings 1 1 2d rial if ix cur- rency will be the expenfe of traufporrin each banel from buffaloe to ew-york- as this appears to be the price of carrying articles from lake erie to new- york it is evident that we mull carry them to montreal for the fame ot all competition ceafes bt t the prefent price fr tranf port ing a barrel of sour from queenfton niagara and the head of the lake i five 12 hali- 4 1 n a 1 1- lame article fuitas antl lav them to wmc tmllt lx six hm of tjie ad- t feem to forefec lf ln mmh honor j tfehik to n dpoop polling conviction on thnind yrier that u fffig nccqstary g ing and active neighbours proceeding on the bafis of peacezble anaigements i can perceive no reafjn for lamenting the advantages which nwyol promifes her- felf from the comptioa of this ftupen- dous undertaking she deferve every benefit and every encouragement for at tempting fo grand a work and i have no doubt the advance- will furpafs her mot hinuine expc- while at the fame time benefit w accrue fom the t anal to others w its promoters do 4 30 54 ty hew o ill this cartel r one caufe of eontenrion between britain and the the whole of this diftance tweuiyfour miivs be- caada th f mii u canada the expenfe including the ne- ceflary locks may be eftimated liberally at 24000 dollas per mile or i 6oco for i tted state- by ptnint fo the pro due aftht weftefts ofijcwxod 3 i addition to th i m accpemrig iome parts of the river anc pathways at t or ee z the d fliiliincfs and fi pence qv is tax currency more than tne will coil by the great canal it is prc- fumed that the refpeclable cotnpanj which advert ifes to crry flour at this price can not afford to do it lower in the prefent ftate of the navigation but lower ii mini be carried ill a ihort time otherwife the tranf port of all that can poulbly get into tho great canal muft flop this brings me to the more particular consideration of the ditferent improvem nta in the navigation between kingflon and montreal that will be neceltary to enable the merchants to tranfport produce at z much lower rate than they can do at pre fent to be continued communication at the court of general gaor delive ry and nifi prfug held in the town of york for the home diflri of upper ca nada on the 2 2d of february lad and fol lowing days a bill of indictment was found