rt v kingston chronicle nec kege nec fopulo sed utitoque voi x saturday april 11 1829 ho xix for the kingston cbronfcfe me loweh cawa0a watchman pro patria m when the blessings of the british constitution were granttt to this pro- pinrif yau received it with the recorded experience of centuries of practice there is no question of doubt or of difficulty that may not find its precedent in the records if the imperial parliament and j cannot think that any teiser guide nee he desired lord dalhousies proroguing speech 17riimhrclvia21 the fate session of the provincial parlia- althidgh we nave already expressed our opiuioli sin some of the lending questions which have occupied the attention of the legislature still the session offers us a- hundanrn of materials for further nbserva- tion it is the most important session that has hern held under the present constitu tion on it- deruious hung nor only th- prate welfare nnd prosperity of the lvo- vk bim tl c wore existence nf this con- stituiiun itself which from the atrocious nature of the proceeding that distinguish- ed tiiid characterized the session and the monstrous issue of its termination has iu a manner hem destroyed nu i imnihnnied what is the constitution hut a ride nf con duct if that ride he once broken or en- crniched upon hy what other means shall scor let v he held together and our rights and liberties preserved from destruction iu undertaking hi review a session preg- thy spirit ivdfpendfnck let me share lord of the linnheart and eagleeye thysteps i follow with my hosom hare nor heed the storm that howls along the sky in the meantime let us do our duty we have undertakeu a task and must per form it bold iu the integrity f our in tentions and stern in the consciousness of our honesty and independence it is net the unpopularity of au individual or the uufnshinuahlcness of a doctriue thai shall deter us from defeuding tic one or main tainiug the other we say this heeause we detest all kinds of innovation tyranny and malicious ahuse a legislature can ments uttered hy the same people in au gust 1764 to general murray the govern or in chief at last say they our most sanguine wishfa an gratified we have heen the faithful v ilpeeses of tie pre rogative ranted to your excellency by the greatest of kings in the commission of governor in chief of the vast province of quebec permit vs to vent our joy which is too great and too perfect to be contained we are already certain that we shall see peaiejustice and equity reign in our pro- viuce every circumstance assures us of the freedom and security of trade lie is mi more one of those conquerors of the province of quebec w ho formerly manag- lie tyrannical as well as a king and we i ed the thunderholt of war with so much mild iu oc- dctest one tyranny as much s t e other skill in the conquest thereof as mild we also detest inconsistency avarice and peace as dangerous iu hattle his only ktttrigttv ami if we can shew iu the course cupmion is to dispense happiness such of these strictures that it is to these deles- 1 is the pleasing idea we entertain of tin table propensities and ssji ns we priu- happy government we are to enjoy under eipally owe our present state of political your excellency an idea founded on the degradation who will hlame us for uvi- i unanimous testimony of all the inhabitants king use of that just hut severe lauguge o of the nniieul government of quebec truth which renders the moralist the heal smrh were the praiseworthy seutiments guardiau of virtue and the patriot the hesl expressed hy the french population of this safeguard of his country our seutiments l province for soma time after the conquest as well as our language may be thought i tiimi they felt at that lime what they ut- ixe if we may ho permitted oil coin h irksome and disagreeable to some men teridi we will do them the justice neither word they never entertained much mii- and even to men of standing and authority to tuuht nor deny if ever a people expn- tnal sen i dlity with the english colonists yet result from permitting the canadians a small people of no ambition comiperee or enterprise to enjoy undisturbed tn own institutions and usages this tioiion if really entertained might have liceu sup ported by the fact that having the- whole english colonies before thetn ffew emi grants from the mother country would think of settling in a newlyacquired pro vince possessing but little sympathy of manners or hahits with them and enjoy ing but few resource for a stirring and commercial people what briton would rliuk of settling in canada whose covern- inent and laws were not yet established whilst such n tract of country as the ncw- enghuid and other british colonics in the full enjoy u cut of almost every moral aud political advantage lay open lo their am bition in fid before the american re bellion few knlishmtn set led in canada few men thougl t of expending capital in a country whose laws were not nnl lorcin hut fluctuating and fewer still deemed it prudent to cultivate a soil shackled and burdened hy feudal tenures ami taxes the consequence wra that the canadians be gan to look upon themselves as individuat- at this time many men among the cana dians who entertained such rooted prejudi ces to the laws and government of eng land as to trouble themselves much as to their introduction finally in whole or in part aud the great majority understand ing little aud caring still less about abstract we shall make no apology we arc i riewed the advantages of conquest it was too well acquainted with our constitution i the canadian if ever a people felt the aud british liberty not to know thai we benefit nri 1 and the long wars tious were perpeti ing from the 1 cannot be better employed than iu defend ing our rights and piivfkge as riven eiu and iu resisting all invasions of those rights ami privileges wheti er they do nate from the government or the legisla ture lucoustitutoml measures most withstood as well s those of tyranny anil despotism because the fiist are always precursor of the second but to animad vert on measures in the abstract without tracing them up to their authors would be at once useless nd endless in aly which the tw o serve engaged them as mi nt t only to separate them as aliens u each others seuiiments and feelings hui to ren- nhhv rlututat awlrvctnle am t i i r j lines itev transition from h i state ifpemiry thraldom mid misgovern- tlieut lo a afaft of iveetlotti inllusfvv atlil wealth it was the people of this province nuihiug therefore could be more natural dians also began to feel their owm inipori- llntn their readiness to give utterance on a nee they studied ami hcchnte ac- all occasions to the seuiiments which were quaiutcd wilb the rights of british frc- uppermost in tneir hearts and nothing men had they done so unbiased hy fltav ihmikil dtttfiiveihgartw thus left to themselves fhe cana- inore honourable aud becoming than the men live prejudice tjj i pmvinco w ould un ion r assiduity with which ihey cultivated the b ftire now have liceu tie happiest spot on esteem a od protection both of the new pa- the face of the globe but uufimumately the nun with such momentous consequences j m therefore attempt it it is we are not inoraut either of the ardour of i possible to do otherwise than deplore the task which we have imposed opou our- j e features of the measures of the t selves op the fate which a wafts us the session but in urnnotnuina anopihioii f te of all those who distinguish themselves j hpfm wr mn iy ie to their by opposing number power ami prvje- hw n nlrwte rchiiiilde to ub mid o dice we know right well to what mi- thccouiitrxj j m md version tind impnfatioiis sic expose ifcr fartjier it will fie ne- nurselves we kmnc wliat n speaker or cessary for the foil underrtkwiink of uj writer has m expect iu these day who ad- iu drns nssbnh ottfte smk vocates the cause of the oustitution npi ijth the riglns and sentiments of those tfcok epitons who have flic misfriime to live under it we know we live in country whe- t tlfoiigh subject to british rule and british dominion the very counienance of nu englishman is beheld with aversion and where he is esteemed a greater enemy than even an alien frin auy other quarter ofthe world ekww we live in h lis terunl state aud the british population that j s i came to reside amongst them that they iudeed hioked upon these as stieriur beings car rying aloug with them the blessings and it province when the sovereignty of canada transfirred from hi pfo i sacred tot britannic majesty nothing cohw be ttfitv vociferous than the joy of the conaili- it was like the emancipation of a covruj of slaves the chaius of french doto- tisiii once struck off it was thought in submivsinn could he greater and nojff zvms tttttc ileep ad lasting than ihuat province which affects to raise itself to this people towards their new boverdvl the ehnricter and sending of a natio country every voice wasraieji and tbit he who resists the impoteui and nmeiitmail e injuries which ihey h rilirlilous cliim runs the hazarl of being i endured utiler a military sysle ol itmidcdasi iwewhtiry atiil outlaw ue g nmebt and in praise of tie freedom which they breathed ami the proteclhili which they felt from the influence of hi a- know we live in a cnuurry upin which the hhsiugs and privileges of the brilishcon stitutiin have been conferred but where the authority derived from those blessings and privileges has been made subservient fn the most infamous ami iniquitous pur poses we know a we have said ou a fiirnmf occasion that there may he a loli- ttral as well as a religious inquisition and that than is at tl u moment a pom- rauari vnjm t on nc tin ltlikibitnmiiruip mp know all this an 1 i great deal more which we ill not now recapitulate hut still we flinch not from our duty and never shall even if the whdtefphwerand menace of this liiqtiisiiioe were arrayed against us until tk s transmit them from generation to we buhold a puier and a brighter sun a- generation to our remotest tvsteritif these rise on our political horinm th ink u- d j ire are the pleasing tics by which in thi we are fttmngvt to that grorelliiig cow- btgjnftfag 0 suhjrdion to your majes- ardly spirit which has of latc characterized ty government our hearts were so sirong- the press of ttis provice th it press has i to y majesty ties which can abandoned a good cause aud betrayed a nkvkr bk dissolved but which tih greit man and munificent patron we will only sirenuthen anu draw cio- imochiim this to the world in the sight and ser similar lo these were the seoti- hearingof that press we urus give it an privileges of a free and generous mode of government unparalleled iu the history of tl e world cauuot for a moment he douhtcd s we luik forth at die teriniuatiou of wit ter for the har liiugers ofspriog and reoo- vated anffore they beheld them as the real pjejgenftbra jhniwwi peaceand prosp r- ty they eseemcd them as the patrons o every thing great and happy at once i he active promoters of enterprise aud the tearless defeuders of public right and jus tice they esteemed it a boon of no litje importance to be ranked a eiul in pri vileges with such a people to he counted bone of their bone aud flesh of thejr flesh to he joiutheirs of the inheritance secured to them by the british constitution nor did they waive their rights nor huu their i that station they embraced their new fellow subjects as broitcrs rsrf hed with them as such on the most cordial terms of ease peace and good will f but favours may he carried too far aud protection misap plied the bceming docility of il e cana dians the sentiments of joy which i hej universally expressed at passing from a despotbk and ryranuical government to a free mi constitutional one ihe gratitinu the insignificant uoiions attached to the cana i u- themselves as a leoptr uud the little value attached at ihe nine to ll al part of the country which they occupied iii consequence both of being but lit tic known aud considered of small commer cial or political importance iu comparison of the extcusive scaioast already iu our possession ids fliajetys new subject were left almi st entirely a the freedom of their own win and permitted to specu ercise of this necessary act of government had not the old colonists who preserved their allegiance and crowded into canada for protection become clamorous for the reestahlisbmeot of those jaws and govern ment of which they found canada hat been bereaved by the act of 1775 in the rights were willing to nbey auy law or go- i petitions addressed to the king and par- vermneiit that might be conlerred upon liament in 1734 for the repeal of theob- them but there was at that time as noxious qtfsetm act and the establishment there is now a prtrly among the canadi- of a free representative government many ans of almost unlimited influence of an f the canadians joined ijut with what influence which had only to command in j views we know not considering the sa- onhx to he oheyed and to lead in order i tisfactiou which they had always express- to he followed ths party with the a- ed at the privileges conferred upon them cuteness peculiar io faction clearly and i by that unfortunate law if they foresaw distinctly perceived their vantage ground hat their disunctiou as a people would be ami lefi no effort untried iu order to pos- still more confined and the powers of their sess themselves of ii they assailed imth concentrated force better maintained hy a governors murray end carietun with as- free government wc will do them thejus- suraiices that if the canadians were rein- ticc to say tlat they exhibited political staled iu theirancieut laws ami customs talents lo which theii cuglisb femon-sub- every exertiuti chould he made if nceesa- jects were totally strangers be this as it ry in eoerciug tlw old colonies aud iu may it is a well known fact that the en at putting dowu their new pretensions these i majority of the canadians never anticipat- wero favourable omens to the military am- 1 ed any very exteusive influence even in bition of a general commanding in chief the contemplation of a popular assembly in canada and we may he assured from i they felt perhaps their gross ignorance the result that he did not fail to turn tliem j of free legislative discussion aud who to aceomifiii his correspondence with the i ready tu resign any talent thvttbey might imperial government we accordiugly i have for business to those who by their find that the ineawuvs which had heeu a- knowledge of the brilih constttutiou dopted in england for the establishment knew heat how ft direct aud apply it to of ii permanent goermeut on the lasig the hit iuerestsof the colony affie english tans civil mercantile and thobriosl population of canada well el according to ihe extent and iucreave lent and importance of the security tiford- of the refractoriness of the colonies until ed to ihesc rights by the kings prtclaina- at last ihey were abandoned and wl oily matiou of 1763 never ceased to urge their superseded hy one of tho most uujiht and j claim to a tree representative guveiumeur tr nical acts that ever emanated from the uotwithitainliug the cruel tlisappoiniment british parliament tick qukbkc act iitn ieo ill ht 83 which at one fell swoop annihi- 1 existed in the province whose business it la ted ihe laws of england though in full i was to solicit by every legal means iis re- force and operation in the province during peal and it is to the industry and persc- the preceding nn years and restored the j verancc of ibis committee that the pro- canadians in integrum to their nucieni vince owes its present motle of govern ment but neither did this committee nor the petitioners if 1784 ever contemplate such a constitution as thai of 171 which while extending to cauada a fiee repre sentative system of governmeiit divided i viiiann itll ll l r iic i w li m- j j tl is was iheimptdi- they experienced in tho quebec act r 14th gep iii cup everince that act passed a committee laws customs and prejudices a state of things as destructive of colonial ptosperi- ty a injurious to rhe iiitece of the mo ther country itself this was all that the canadians wauted or wished for they now beheld themselves a distinct nennle i he country into two distinct provinces le on the future in an way ntat agreea- i nu if ougl british constitution and laws such ei- timeuts worthy ofa wise and prulent pen pie they were not only content to utter a mnutr themselves hut frequently to convey expressed en all occasmns at this event to th- foot of the throne as well as to ever i tbeirappareit simplicity of oiaunen am intervening nowei and authority his powei excess of kindness say they in a petition to the king from which an extra t is given ns nw nnsawb rt tthase of aiwd ness towards us wo shall mkvkr forget these generous proofs of the clemency ol our benign conqueror will he carefully pre served in the annals of our hutorv ami i ble to their interest or ambition tl they were well aware that the british go vernment were not ouly desiroir of estab lishing on a permanent basis the laws and government of canada hut hj adopted active preliminary measures for that pur pose yet they readily perceived symptoms of delay aud hesitation ou the prt of the mother duntry wl icfa led them to believe mth iu a moral aud politieil point ol view they wt re considered of iioch more importance than ihey were m reality i itcy the signs of ihe l nes ami it iihim lie confessed lhat these proved favourable to tufexclustvx sytent 10 which ihey already began to aspire as their ut most ambition could possibly wish in consequents of the attempts uibiie by the 1 1 11 perm i parlianicul to raise a revenue iu i tie olo colomks the inl4tck mind i there became disiurhed men hegan tu talk i igli of their natural i ml political rights aud to iefiic oledieiice lo laws iu which they had no voice io iran ing the result i ucll known it i ne ot the most hint tu miluhetut tu their i m rnnf iu hv tir f inunkind subjects however incompatible wilb the j neither the interests nor ihe pusi ut ust rights and interests ol the british no- j the canadians being immediately enneeru- pulatiou setling iu the province and ties- 1 cd iu the awful struggle which tnued mictive ol the ultimate benefits arising from i it was deemed far from heing m colonial posensious would he attended hie to rentier them willing and powenu with any of those evil pouscquenccs which j iuwruments iu the coercive measures inat have tifleu disturbed the peace and not j hail heen finally adopted by ihu aotlcr seldom provwl iletrucrive of the integruy cunntry wgamst i er native i ut n yemous of extensive empires the result was thai colrpies the ancient feuds snnmin though the laws tdknghiud both civil aud j between the canadians anil those criminal bail heen introduced into the pro- j and their mutual jealousy vince though ihe rule of government and leaving the french population iu full pos session of ihcir aueieot law language habits and manners to the cutire exclu- liavmg no community of interests or feel- iiiks with any other part of the continent whilst the old colonies were in a state of insurieciion against the authority of the sinn not only ofbuitisn rights principles vloiher country and in arms iu defence j and feeling but of all those other means of their supposed rights titty however a calculated to promote a great ami flourish- verse in british rule aud dominion found im colony a thing now rendered doubly themselves encouraged aud protected in j desirable on the pari of the mother coen- every thing that could reuder them a pen- j try iu consequence of the great national pie alien to true british principles and ami political lust which she sustained in tho sentiment a passion for exclusive dumi- independence of her nalive colonics the tuition took possession of their souls and real cause of these violent and uuualurat every nerve was strained to perpetuate a measure have never been discovered system which in their opinion surpassed but their evil effects as had been forsten all others iu wisdom energy and stability their willing submission to the new laws which had been imposed upon them iu ituced ihe supreme government to believe oionies niimosity opportunity of tfiuieariiig if rwtaev if we hnvtf nrftii d it t ssjiutt but we fes r thai iu ruuduojualinu has already been bire vos tressoumis et tresfidele onuvaux sujet tic la province tie cana da preuueut it liberie do se prosteiner an pronounced by the public it is true that i pied du throne pour y porter les seuimenu wf bavc cuine later into the field than any i de respect tpamour et de soumissonlout press uow in canada but it is also true leurs cceurs stmt rempli that our iiulucemenl to remain so long an it was the desertion and flight of those our covers voire au lui rentlre de tres- pa mode of exercising it bail hern proclaimed hy documents cmauating immediately from the crown still the ancient laws lan guage ami prejudices of the canadians were fostered in a manner r id one another were iufallihle excitements which shewed dearly that if britain really understood that tl e obi subjects of hi he true interests of her colonies she fur had resorted to the provinc autl ugbl gniml ami iu the cttnudinns towbrds the due exceinioii of the intended blow as a collateral iuritemeuli it s i well known fct aud a fact which very much digraces ihe history of the time iis majemy who e with capital de grace de c soius wbti ought to have died on tne spot rather than forsake the cause which they adopted with such seeming zeal and loyalty we are aware that we are fighting almost a- loue but has the justice of a cause evei heen estimated by the force arrayed on each side but wbnt is our cause the principles of the bhitish constitution thi- is a cause in which the civilized vw world n interested yet how sad a thing i de reseutir au moment de la conquete les h tristes eflets de la gene et tie la capture le sage et venueux general qui h guste pcisonueei humbles actious teruels notre recernoissriice nous force davnuer que le spectacle affrayunt pavoir ete cou- quis par les amies victorieuses de voire majeste ua pas longtems excite nos re gret et nos larme lis se stmt dissipes a iiesti re que nous avons appris combieu il est doux de vivre sous les constitutions sages delempire britanniqiieknecciloiii imceeithetlackdthe wisdom of carrying and who had by that means alrealy ivin her views into effect or the courage of en- it a commercial fence which it iiovc forcing them however it must be iu her justification if indeed any can justify such conduct that being iu free and full n wistiom energy a they now congratulated themselves upon being a trench ration on british soil ami eagerly looked forward to the period when no bounds should exist to their iude- nemleneen a distinct and separate people but ihe views nf those who were instru ment gis r appointed a ltd their hopes most uuinerci fully overcast ami ihe british govern menr foun of deceit as well as the silly i overweening ambition thk uajiaolaxa would not fight tley said they had no objections tu defend their ow n flrcsides but uo inducement could prevail upon them to join ihe country that had just exhi bited siuh marks of indulgence to them in quelling the unnatural rebellion raging iu the other provinces of the continent and britain was obliged to fii her bat- tlcs the hesl way she could without auy aid from the canadians even when cana da itself was invaded it was now that ihe genuine principle and loyally of the sir upon the in it tie caua- i in rcqucst- von will perceive perusal of this pcti ion that chi make yon join with then inghis majesty that tl ey s htingllo greater number of hi majesty subjects in this province and possessed nf the great- tarinsecuringihevmmpo e f fppo he rcpre- o thecauadiaiswceinevomly dis- u ll as i f lntf1 oil tlplv l m i cf meiiihers than hi majesty s british subjects in the province but this request uml that they bad been the dupes out to alarn the british subjects as well as the silly panders of for f you will eonsidor the matter ruth teuihr you will soon agree mill me that fctifs pvfleje ultlhu ftasmtuvbaa u saii the greater number of members in the as sembly will in its consequences prove to be a thing of foun ouly that cannot be attended with any substantial ejects for i will suppose by way of example that twothird parts of the members thai com pose the assembly were lo he canadians ami the other third part fujilishnien it is net to certain that the english third of such au assembly being so greatly superior a they are to the canadians iu abilities i i v i- i ui and knowledge and capacity for public despised english merchants were proper- t e i a business would in suth case easily obtain ly understood ihkv forsook uot their r i i r i i i the suffrages ol the other two third part country in the day of pen but man ully i- i i i n j r ii j i i t- i i i of w to whatever measures tbev sbouhl and succesfully resisted the tide of rebellion i v anm j g- propose you will say perhaps that tin ivhcu the canadians coweretl at its ap- v-ii- jlv cll- stated joyed before were considered as llisafiect- tbiiii ed tu the mother country aud daugeroiis- then i ly tainted with spirit of riot and sedition possession of the wl ole which raged with such fury iu ihe continent of north america from the aliv sissipi to the hudson throughout which immense region her owu language was ssit ac- proaeh seemed not unwl mgto submit f z the canadians i ennfe 10 llslaws notwithstanding the indulgence r ul i am lllo we manifested to them nothing could ounintetl with iheir ereat wait of know more suitable to the boon than such craven ft c g ume t0 srtt lf ami imgratcful rtmdtict ami though bn- j niiulier thu request uy otner manner i ills request therefore in ihe petition i have houring cob s okcu and her laws executed she proha- illy imagined that but little injury coum jirgnu of disaffection at iu is that in lower canada whatever maj be thought tr uttered by individuals in pri vate scarcely a voice is publiekly laised in it favour heaven forbid that such a tte of thingstbat such degrading and despicable apathy should continue to dis grace a hi ni h province auy longer am that only one solitary watchman should be found at n tima so nenlous and tlcsne skkx of- dklto and a british kmiorant j are those voice now mute which were wont to sound the alarum when tho constitution was in danger iu the name of bnittsa libkrtv we call upon them once more to stand forth and rally a- round them the friends of tho constitution our rights never stood in greater jeopardy than ihey do at thi moineut and unless we array every british heart in their de- icutc wc are uudoue forever eonquis digue image du souverain glori- eux qui lui cotifia le commaudeine t de se armees nous laissa en possession de uosloixetde no coutumes ie lihre ex ercise de uoire religion nous mil conserve et cuufiime par 1c traite tie paix et nos anciens citoyens furcnt etahlis lesjuges de 11 isi ffs sswc aw- mats tun si dour vainqueur seront conserves pre vide quebec gazette 23d august i7g4 f in a petition proposed to be sent to the king in 1773 by both bis old and new sub jects in canada we find this passage your petitioners though ihey entertain different opinions upon matters of religion have nevertheless lived in a friendly inter course ith each other ever since the con quest of the country they are all ol them untainted with jacobite principles they are and ever will remain good and faithful subjects to your majesty they ac- hui neig li mes iu truth they were nut only suspected but watched aud the or dinary language of a british heeiwin il con ing from them was construed iuio the d rebelliuu such seutiments proceeding frequently front he highest authority in the proviuce gave an air of truth and reality to the suspicions entertained which ihey could otherwise ne ver untain the c iimdiuualready ou ihe det for an opportunity to justify ihe confi dence which hegin lo be placed in them most readily chimed iu wilb these uu wor thy sunn be there certainly were uot cieutement dans nos fjshs et nous les trans- t know ledge no tillo to the crown tnttirons tvage tn age a nos denitrs nrrtux that of the illustrious i onse of hanover tel sunt sire les doux liens qui dans le lmv to he united and connected b i nrincipe nous out si fortement atlaches a votro majeste liens indissoluble et qui serescrreroiitde plus en plus petition of the catfudick inhabitants of canada to the king december 1773 the same ties which will rescue bulb them aud their posterity to the latest gener ations iu a state of perfect obedience to our most excellent majesty and your ml successors to the british govern- y heirs a nacut ie have 1 card n anecdote ol ieuc- rnl murray which if true confirms all liat we have sid in relation to the rcueciinus cast ou the english settler in ile pro- i viiicc 1 he general with ihe view no i doubt of putting a timely stop to the disaf fection which he supposed to exii at this period sent an orderly to desire the im mediate attendance at the castle of all the iiniiiii merchants iu ciuchec ipmi com- ingupand wailing sometime in the inti- room the general cuiercd iu great wrath and told them that be sent for tlitm ucrt- f 0 therefore in me pennon i rave and confusion thai she bail been the dupe nm fl on m w w f of au atlopted child ol foreign birth and ex- yj illhanuilulin p from sigu- iraction upon whom she hart lavislieil these arc the seutiments of my very favour while her own legitimate on- spring were stripped of their natural rights ami cruelly abandoned lo their fate this was a lesson iu experimental government which ought never to have heeu overlook ed or forgotten by the parent state how ever a period of intestine commotion and the hurry and tumult of war is not the lime for revuing the errors of government or of establishing laws on a solid ami lasting basis ll was not till afier ihe peace of 173 therefore that any attenti on had been paid tn the state of cauada nud il is more than probable that a longer period won hi have elapsed before the ex- y to tell them from his own mouth that they were all a set of tl d villains ami that if they did not behave themselves better he would ship them tiff from the colony by the first kings vessel that would he ready to sail for kngbud the only way in which ucli proceedings can bo jusiified i to recollect thai general murray bad just succeeded to the auihori- iy anciently possessed by tho french go vernor canadian friend concerning an assem bly letter to p j cugnel esq to mal colm praser lio 1st hiptrmber j773 t the bill now under the deliberations of this honorable house proposes iu the second and subsequent enacted clauses ro separate or divide the province into two governments or otherwise to erect two distiuct provinces in that country inde pendent of each other i cannot conceivo what reasons have induced ihe proposition of this violent measure i have not heard dial it ha been the object of general wish id tht- loyalists who aie settled iu the upper parts of the province aud i can assure ibis honorable house ibat it has uni heen desired by the inhabitants of the lower pari uf the country am confident this honor able house will perceive ihe danger of a- doptiug a plan which may have ihe most fatal consequences while the apparent ad vantages which i oners to view are few and of no groat moment sir the loyalists ho have settled iu fitv