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    mopstfy ftii » ih ^ pet ^ ^ f Xowter Gawd * torn , fr ^ n < uyi gi » tf < U li it them liketi f tbirt the militia 6 f \ iha / gmjcurodmy Bftt * b pM * viiiets' are to be relied ori , if the British Minister should dewfe * ttfsettle the stiff-necked Frenchmen ? ' ? . i ^ Vi

    Theue ia atiotli&r argument against coercion , or , a $ your « tUra # quaintly call * it , * settling the stiff-necked Frenchmen , whioih \ ii worthy erf consideration . The people of Canada- —I may & 4 d tim people of all countries as distinguished from their aristocracies ^ are sure of the sympath y of the people of the United State ** | d + not mean to say that the Government at Washington would interfei %

    but I do say that there would be no want of aid from the Kontuakv riflemen . In one of the very last New York newspapers jpbieh bare reached this country , there is an account of a public dkuier on the 4 th , of July , at which several toasts were drunk , expse&hr * of sympathy with the Canadians . I quote the Wordsi *' . Qifr Canadian neighbours—may their struggle for reform be

    distixjguhrhed by the fearless and uncomproiiiising spirit which o ? £ se ~ crated the 4 th of July in the calendar of freedom / Again :

    * The Hdn . L . J . Papineau , D . B . Viger , and the Canadian Pafliamentd *—Oppressed by men who feel power and forge * tight ; may their patriotism be crowned with success , and may tyrmts learn wisdom from past folly / . If I correctly appreciate and exhibit the state of publie opinkm

    in the colonies , the project of an union of the legislatures of the two Caaadas is thereby proved to be futile . Taking the votes of the Upper Canadian Parliament , about two-thirds of the population are in favour of the elective principle , and , of course , at least that number against an union . These , added to the popu * lation of the lower province , make the adherents of the loeal

    oligarchies in the two Canadas to number 130 , 778 , and the advocates for a reform in the Council to number 688 , Q 87 . I cab scarcely think the militia , even if brought down the Ottawa , would be much inclined to act against the ' stiff-necked Frenchmen / In the united House of Assembly the numbers weu ) d be

    112 reformers to 34 anti-reformers . Now , with this large , majority against a legislative union of the two provinces , I again address myself to the editor of the < Repository / and ask ibim whether he would dispose of the question against the trtiBhe * and feelings of that majority ? I can anticipate his answer * He rtould not legislate against the majority * .,.,...

    The emigration question is another question which bad * man have misrepresented in this country . A fund for hospital * mm raised in Canada ; by a five-shilling tax on pasaencers * Thfc pl * ji originated with Englishman * and wai eamea through . the Assembly in conformity with the earnest reopmmemlatipmff f JLord Goderictb * It eotne into opffittton * 4 nd wMattea <| e 4 ! i # th * nHHlt WiefiqWl effeot «« 4 NfV < mlwer «( f «* d % better admi ^ t * fetk Pms *> tn * expMdett o » . Jb # ^ pHalt ^ - ^ n tix fmmmriitig

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/55/