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HEAD'S FLAG OF TBTTCE,

a defence of the memory of the late Colonel Samuel Lount, formmrfy member of the LegiskUwe Assembly for Simcoe County^ fratti the unjust diarge made hy Honhle. John Ro/ph. President af iht Executive Council, to the effect that Colonel Lounfs ttatiementi, given shortly before his death, reloHve to the flag of truce, Dec. 5j 1S37, was untrue.

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** The rerj n«ni« «f • Pollticiaii or rtntwrniiii, i* nire to eiiMO terror imd hatrod -, it hM alimy* cmner.fd with k Uw id«M of tre«cliei7, cmelty, fmad and tyrnnny ; and thone writArn who have faiUifulIy unvailed the my^teriea if Htate ftm tPMMfnry, hare evei been held in genera) detestation for even knowlngr i^ perreotly a theory M> dK>>fi(«hlc."

Knmvtia Bubxb'i /indicatiom or Natceal Soenrr.

CHAPTER I

Trarellinfir Charfres. The Flai( of Truce. Accusation of Lount Flag Bearer's Cer- tificate.

In the fall (vf 1852, in the Iloune of As- Moiblv, at Quebec, one day, a discussion aKNM botwsen Dr. Rolph and Mr. Wm. Boul- tou, abuut Dr. Rolph's having charged the OOoaUy $400 for moving from Toronto to Qoflbeo, Ml Crown Land CommiKsioner, on the 22d of Sept. 1831, the daj the order was

e'lPtai^ llUbo' he 1mU|M> ftttoe %t that time, It WM-. uu'Vk'azfittch 28th of Octob«r^tii' which time Mr. Price held the Crown Loudn. Other inntturs were alluded to, and Mr. B. added, that

" Ho had Iwen charged with a proas brench ot con fidencc, hut, he asked if a traitor, if Dr. Rohili liail a right to charRt? any man with a hrcacli of confidence — did tie never betray rontidence t He iiid not desire to Charon tlie (Commissioner uf Crown Lands with such disfrracf'^il conduct, but he coulri not help stat- ing ttmt, ill 18^7. he did hear of an hoiiornble eentle- man wlio had accepted the most confidential and bo«n>nible poaition tliat conld ho nasiened to man by the hands of tlie Representative of liis SoverHi<pi, to bear a Rag of truce to n numbor j>f deluded people ; but that iiistea*! of suprijestiiip pence, he recommend- «d lire iMil slnn^jhtcr to his frllow citizens, tKxA then •knlkcil frdin tlie country, lenvinv his victims to ruin and misery. Whether tlie individuni referred to was the hoii. member for Norfolk or not, ho would not pre- tend to deciilc ; hut the name of this celebrated char- acter wns John Rolph, who, by the .lournala of Upper Canada, appears to have been expelled the House for reaaou by a in.ijority of 37 to 2."

I askou thi> Speaker, whether if Mr, Boul- ton wore permitted to go over all *.ho events of a man's life, and into a long detail of what took place in 1837, suitable answers would not be given, ill blood generated, and the public harmony indoors and out endan- gered, as in 1849 ? '

Mr. Speaker considered Mr. Boulton to be arguing hypothetically, and that that gen-

tleman might, by oourfcesy, be allowed \o ex*- plnin — he t;aw nothing porsonnlly oifentdve m Mr. B's remarks. *• **

Dr. Rolph advised Mr. Boulton to put his charge about the fll^f of truce in n tungibld form, as he (Dr. Rolph) "had the declara- tion in writing, nnder oath, of those wha were near him the whole time, that the stata« ments that had been made with reference tc the flag of tmee were untrue ; and Mr. Ro- bert Baldwin knew that everything cunuect- ed with hiM (IVr. Rolph's) conduct, on tfeMKie- ession «' the flag was prof.T, honorrtb]*-, !^ strictly correct."

Mr. Malloch also advised Mr. Boulton to - put his chargt) against Dr. Rolph in the flag of truce ill a tangible shape, as ho (Mnllocn) had arrived at quite a diflFerent cuuclukiua from that of the doctor.

It is impossible to describe the bittemosa with which gentlemen spoke. I tried ngnin ■ to check the irregularity, remarking that if we thus accused each other of dlshoiier and dishonesty, woiild not our evil cxiimplc in- fect society, and recall the bitterness of 184^? Mr. liangton and others tot)k the same viepr, but Mr. Boulton persisted amid much con- fusion and noise. •

Sometime thereafter, a member of the House died of cholera, and Mr. Boultoii took an opportunity next day to bring the ques- tion of the flag of truce again before the A-tsomhly. On both days. Doctor UolpU tone and pohitively denied the charge made against him of having accepted in good faith the office of envoy for Sir F. Head, and thei% while acting in that capacity, privately ad'^ vising Colonel Lount and I to attack TV>nni- to immediiitely. He saidne had proof on \ oath to the contrary; that Mr. Baldtiiuicneir | that Mr. Boulton charged himfiUaaly; aw

CARMICHAEL WITH THE FLAG. ROLPH SCOLDING.

fhnt he regretted thnt the late Mr. Lount had stuted what whs falnc*

Except to try to restore quiet 1 mnde no remark either dny. I had rocovdcd the real fSactH, and wanted to go on with tlio busiucHH of the countr}'.

Not HO Dr. Rolph. He instantly caused to Im? published In the Quebec (hizelte [Nov. 1, 1832] H long cerlificnteor.iffidavit which, ^n scorning anticipation of a Hcen<( lijtc this iiad been obtained from Hugh Carmiehuel, cabinet maker, Toronto, dated at "Queitee, 80th Aug., 18r)2," [see it in Messoire, No. 62], in which all that Mr. Lount had assert- ed in 18^7 is declared to be untrue — and that none of the parties got off their horses, but were dose together, not a yard apart, and bad no private conversation whatever.

CHAPTER II.

Mackenzie's Version of the Flag. The SC' cond Visit. The Burnings. Rolph Scold- ing. iStewart ScotVs Message.

On seeing this statement I tol^ Mr. Chris- tie and Mr. White lo advise Dr. Kolj 'i that ho had placed nie in a positi*tn which • ide it my duty to defend the memory of on.' de- oeased friend Colonel Lount, and thiit I would do so when the House met. Dr. Uolph dc- urod an iiit' "vinv previously, which I de- olined, and before the doors were opened, in- formed the Houfc that Cohmcl liount had • stated the truth — that when Mr. Ituldwin ond Dr. IJolph came out to our camp on the Tuesday, with a flag of truce, the doctor took ud aside, Mr. lialdwin sitting still upon his h'>r.-e, tit .'onio distance, as nuuh a no- vice cmicerning the law of flags of truce, I presume, as v<^e were. That Dr. Itolph, the first time they cimc out, privately advised QB what answer to give. 1 had said "inde- pondence," hwt the answer sent was a de- mand for a free convention in the place of the Ibgislatiuc they had packed, and that any mcsatiges mi;;;bt be in writing. 'J'he ex- act woi'ds were on Rolph's suggestion, for he was the executive or head of the move- ment, whom we were all bound to obey. I

•I CHU jiriKiiicc hioitlri lis lo \Nliimi Coiokwi

Louiit relaU'd Dr. llolpli'ii ctiiiversittioii tiiid coii-

diiGt fxtictly !i8 I liav(; 8tatetl tlieni, in (uiiik xioii

wiih bis first jniiincy, made in coiiiixniy wiili Mr.

Baldwin. Tii^tead of wriiii-fto Mi'. Diildwin .<>

eeriify ihut he (Kolph) Imd i.ever (lif-mn.n.ti il or

"had any private cunvtrsiiiioii with Mr. Lount and

<flDVself. he (Rolpli) sends bis medical a.>-.s(>eiale to

Kill?, 3-2 niilcH behind Toronto, wiili u ceriiticutc

Jbr OuriiiicbHei to sign, and tiieii dales it as fjiven

at Qiiebtc. Never till now did Dr. R. pnbiickly

(leoy the part he took iu that niuiter. VVliy do it

nbwT I houestly diilVr from' Mr. Daldwiu in

IDRUy things, but btive no idea th>it lie would trs-

iifyhiliety to serx'e Dr. Rolph, who appears tu be

of my upiiaou iu that matter.

added, that ho advised us to follow liim spce- dily, and we would find Head paralized with feur, few foUowors, and the city easily to be taken ; and that Lount and I set about it in- stantly, one division marching down Yonge Street, and the other, in which I wa.s, pass- ing thro' the College ;\ venue, both to um'to near my dwelling house, opposite Osgoodo Hall.

We h(\d got near the city, when both di- visions wert! checked by Messrs. Holph and Haldwin, and I went to meet the messengers, who brought us Head's refusal. Dr. licdph then advised us not to go into the city till towards dark — told us that Dr. Home had employed a woman as a spy [De (Jrassi, I think he cidhul her] whom we had h t puss, nnd Dr. H. had persuaded Head to hold out, assuring him our numbers were less than wai supposed. Dr. Holph advised the Imrning of ,Jarvis and Home's houses, as it wouhl strike terror in the city, and induce a speedy ca])itulation.

The Crown Lands Commissioner denied all this; declared that uidiaj>pily tie knew of the intended insurrection, l)Ut had bad nothing to do with it whatever — that Mr. Lount had persisted in a false statement, which he had proved to be so by Carmichael, and could by Mr. Haldwin and others — that when I wos mayor of Toronto 1 showed my ungovern- able temper by jjutting a womiin in lh« stocks— that I did more harm than good wh'-M iu Kngland, and that my friends had ovei-jiuid me for that journey, t-hielly under- taken for my own persomd objects — that I had never strengthened my party, redressed a wrong or beiiejitted the country, either in th«' legishitttre or out of it ; Jiiid that a more useless or trouble.soim; person never sat in the legislature; nor was 1 capable of doing any good in any position. He pouied out a volume of iibuse that ast<»jiished« verybody, concluding by the remarks that my vUe, vul- gar speeches ha<l never done him any hai*i.n, so fur as his correspondence went, and thnt th:- House could m)t fail to perceive the envy and malice that lurked under the fal.-e and infum«>us charges i had made that evening.

On returning to Toronto I asked Hugh Carmicha(d (now at .Jacques <Sc Hay's factory here) how he could have come down to Quo- bee and sw<trn to such si story, to tarnish poor Lount's memory — on which lu' assured mo he had not been at Cinebec in twenty years, but that while he was resi«liiig JiiJ miles back in l<.ing. Dr. Aiken, Kolph's late partner, hud come «)ut to him with a paper cut and dry, which he said liolph required, and that he Imd signed it. \i Dr. Kolph has forgotten what orders ho gave as to burning in Toronto, nnd where (in his two fold capacity,), I would recommend him to get a furtlicr certificate from Mr. Curnui

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LOUNT'S ELECTION AND DEATH. SECRET ACCUSATIONS.

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«hno1, who, I dnro say, hns not forgotten th« faotH.

Mr. Cnrmichiiol informH iio that on tho Tuosd ly evening, after he had home tho fltig, he waH Kitting in Doctor RoI]»Ii'h parlor. Queen Street, when Mr. Stewart Scott [now <A' Edinhnrgh, upholwterer] then one ot my apprentices*, came to town witli a message from Lount and I to Kolph, asking him t<»

Eropare tho people for action, as wo wouUl e ill that night, and that messag ho saw delivered, yet Dr. 11. deehires on his honor tliut lie had uotliing to do with tho movo- ment!

CHAPTER III.

Lount!' s Elections. Secret Accusations Against. UiMcks on his Execution. \Vliy are Two T^ciu (Jrown [.ami A!':ents Appointed / Samuel Lount, was universally heloveil, and ho deserved to he, for in public life he was consistent, faithful, kind and unsus- picious. His conduct in the legislature, whore he succeeded William t'awthra's de- ceased hnither, John, and led the \h>\\ against tlie hnilher of Chief ,Iustice llohiMsoii, was thrtt of a bold, fearless, upriglit iefornuT. At the electoral contest in IH.'M), the whole ppaci! round the hustings was lilled by an infurliited drunken inub, iirmed by dirks and kni»«'S and urged to shed Idood, by the eon- duct «tf the Queen's Lieut«'iiaiit governor. Seoiug no oUier mode of avoiding vioU-iice, Mr. Lount lett the hustings, im>b law pre- vailed, the country w.is iii-<ulted, and Sir F. Head created a baronet.

The insurrection came next year, and the farmers north of the Ridges elected Ij<»unt, tho sou of a jolly En„Mish loyalist, their leud»!r or colonel; he was tried before Mr. Robias«»ii, aud otfered no opposition to tho plea, fearing that in the course ()f u pro- tracted trial tostiuKUiy might be «'licited to injure other.s, and hopeless t»f justice or com- passion from tho iufuri.ited men who had paid £5J.) for his appieliension.

To justify his execution, it was found nc- oosrtary to iii.iko a nuinUer of secret charges against him, which were sent to England, and which ho and his c.»unsel were never per.nitted to see — iltho' wheu statements are miido prejudicial to any prisoner charg- ed with felony, by the advocate for tho Crovu, it IS an act of wanton cruelty to pro- vent that prisoner's counsel from removing, if ho cm, bv a reply, the bias such state- tnonts m.iy nave created.

Thirty thousand Canadians vainly pleaded for a re.+pito till the Queen's pleasure could be known upon their prayers for his life — and ovon in doath Sir F. Head asporsod hiA ineai >ry, by ass<*rting to Lord Urougham that he UjA "died publickly acknowlodging tho ju^tico of liid fdtc." Tho

not then favorable to men ol' Oolonol Lount** politics, huin»nely petitioned for his life an4 that of his brother farmer, Win. Matthews, who, under Rrock and hiH sucoeseorB had« with his brothers, helped to«ave one-seventh of Canada West to — — — — the Canada Company — — — — in 1813. When tho fulso charges agniuut Lount and Matthews were brought to lisht, thro' a motion of Canada's true friend, Joseph Hume, in the House of Commons, Mr. HincKe tlius noticed them iu his Examiner, Aug. 2]t 18;i9:

" Tl)ci« chnrgra calumniating the dead are made fal a aecrct dca{iat< h wlikli tli« author never eipecte4 would lue tlio light. 7'key nre grMtljf untive in eveiy partic.ilor. How horrible I how inoiiRtroaa ii| Riicli c-oii(iui't ! Loiiiit nn<l Mathewa ou being iituicted for trcnaui', admitted tlicir guilt which wna liotor'ouig but ihey were never iiiforiHed that there were agfi-a9- nting circiimitlanac* attending theeiimc, which would be tHkeu into coniideratioii, and which wuuki be itated aa the real jimlif cation nftliiir execution, cuutrar\ to the wiaht'B of their indnl(^cut and merciiul Hovereign. It muat be clear thatou every prioiciple of Britiah Jaa- tice, the aecuaud ahould havo had au oppurtuiiity of rebutting tlieae aggravaliuR circoinatai.cet, or elae tliiit tliey slioiil.t not lime been lakea into act ovnt, Li;t Sir George Arthur bo held up to the woild in a true \\^\\t. lie iiax xle-/)pedin to intercept the mercifuf eoiiimands of hi» Sovci'eign.'' •,

Mr. Lima*, tuid liis fiitnily, now araltprrd ovpr tliis wide (otiiiiinit.friini Ti-mieace tn Canuilii,)iiKl tVoni Orr^on nml Ciiiifiiriiia to Michigan, were uuKMig my olde»t nod wiirint'at irieiulK. Dictor liolpli, ill 1 837, VMiH aRHoci>ited with iia in hii linn* cnt cvt-n it uiLotiiktu « ti«irt tu I'tntovu n gHiliiig yoke from liit; HJionUlcra of an e.pprecRed cti'tuiy. LoiMU ia ill liJH griui— Rol|ih, vtho liati imt lMfiir« (Iciiieil Iii8 own liin^inige iind coiidiict in 1837, M now ill olTicc lit Qinber; iiini in onler ilhit lio iiitiy Miind well wiili his new num ciiitcr, wiintou> ly ii«|i<T.-<r8 tile frtir fume ofhiH ile|iiirted iHiicfac- lor; uiiil iir;.'<'H oilnn* to do no, thro' his ngi'iila whom he i)ii|){ilieM with bluiik certificates and pliiiittible atliiliivitK. ..

A now oflice, ( f Inffprc'nr of Orowii Lneda A^;eiu iiK, lJ(>(icr C.inad.-i. inm jiwt betja creuted a| Eloiii, witii iisiilioy of £4U0. uud heavy iniveU lin^ Lv» — uiid to imbue the Lower CaiiHdu folks lit ciiiiseiit lo lliis ii'iiuspiin lit j ib, lliey nre nilow- ed j iHt Hiuli aiuciiir iia< It kr drone lielow ut £40% tor iiiiiririiiily'i! HiiUe. The iiieiniibeiit at Klora Wiis coiiceriu il lit iii<! iiiaiirrcctiou, mihI Dr ttotph liiiM ilone wliiit h>! rt.-asoiiHbly coiiltl to ii a'le up any loss lie susinined, iiy uiviiig litin ivcuiit Inciiiliveiobs. 'J'liis •ielieiiHi of ttie H;;eney iiiHpec- toiHliip ia M coiiti'ivaiiot of the dovtor'ii, mnd what iiio.it displeii:>i ' luii iiboiit it ii^, tliut tho new Hedged inouiiilieiit lias, uh my Yoii*;e S.rtrt^t frieiiila tell me, boasted ditU he is R dph'a 'champion, and bus u brochure ready iu liia piitroii'a iluft ni^e should any utiempt bu made in do jiistice to l.iiiinl'a memory in the queer uft'uiroflho Yuuce Street eiiibasay. If thia new bariheii nu the puiiK . lie ia really the reault of a curmpt bHrguiii t» slander lliu niemory of the iiolile dead in ordtir to hide the polirooiiery of the i^-noble liviiifr^ tHti iiurrativu will enable tli« jNtrtiei to acqnit them- selves of I heir political ubli|fitioua uihid ilmrif abort notice.

ftOLPH IN 1837. PRICE, BALDWIN AND THE FLAG.

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CHAPTER IV. VlNt WaU0n CeHifiMte. Angling for a Lovl tk^Mtition. take Your Part Optnly.— OtittlMttimnmer on Skulking. Instruction (to W. Kttetntm.

¥tK-i-o i« •uniutliiiig very menu in tliHt iiiai* v^ho Mn itrgo utticrii more RpiHicil ilinii iiiniaelf into tMurreclina, U|»oii pabiic grmindg, bikJ tli«ii nIiiiii fhe reii|!wiMiliilily l>y dmyiiig Uiu triirh. In iliu fCninifr <4 1839, Dr. HuJmIi hhIckiI Mr. \VMlM>n, th« Hoii of Mr. Wutaon, wk EiigliMliinuii wtioin MeurH. Hiimo and Roebiii-k's o|i|iMrtiiiie kiiiiinvM Kberated in LoikIom, to inuke out niitl aiL'iia aat«s meiit to the (fft'vl (hut I IihJ act«'<l wiiiioiit his koowledm and coiufnt in Dec. 18J7, and that I lM<i diaplayiHl the cowiird On die 19th of Dec, 1837, tlw Nfw York C'immrrcial liad diit |>Hru- fraph:

••'A letter in the Rochester Democrat ,ihiU'il L»*w- ''iston'Dec, 10, states, and H|>|iarent y iijton the "au^brity }f Dr. Rolj)h himself, that he look no ''{Nirt in ilie iuMirrietiun any more ihiin Mr. Did- VMf«U. ThiM we fiiMl that the whole outbreak ** waa the work of Mr. Mickenzii-.'' - 'Mr.'Bhep nrd, the grist-miller of York township Mlied on lite iuat SatunJuy, and n niiiid«-tl me that #hen be ami the other Canadian prinouirs in Fort .Henry effected their escape, u number of ttvBta came up to Rochester, I Iteing then under

CruB<'viltioii and Rolph residing in llie same city, at iirofcssiiig to keep in the back <,'n>iinil of the Nvulutioiiary picture. That tliey called on Kolph ki the forenoon, and that he axked them to sign a certificate wiiich he would draw (i|i to tlie effect that ^Mackenzie's cowardice had rnini-<l the move- OHNit uf 1837, and that hix ( Kolph ^) conducl had bovn true, correct, and pni|iei !

Mr. Shepard said they did not like it ; that tbey spoke uf culling back after dinner, when he WHS tu have his paper written, hut nevt r went.

When Louis 13ona|.arte waHcliarjied with insti- gating the insurrection of the i:)ili of Mny, he ut one*- wrote to the Timci. London —

" I tee with pain iu your Paris correspondence that it ia wished to cast upon me the res[H)iiiiibility of the late iiiaorrection. I rely ujmmi your Kimint-ss to re- fute, in the most distinct manner, 110.1 insinuittion. — The intelligence of the bloo<ly scenes which took place baa caused me as mnrh surprise as c:iief. IF I WERE THE SOUL OF A PLOT. I WOTLD ALSO BKTHE CHIEF ACTOU IN IT ONTHK l>AY OP DANGER. NOll WOULD 1 DKNY IT AFTER A DEFEAT. Accept my nsaar»>ices of the hiirhest respect. Napoleon Lovia Ho.naparti:. 17 Carieton House Terrace, May 17tli." Dr. Rolph's tactics are rudi r diHi-rent. Mr. Olinknnbriiomer, my neighbor, teiln me lliuf on the Monday or Tuesday night <f ihe insurrection • number of reformers were in the back room of Uie hotel now kept by Kul'jamefi, on Yonge S;reet . Iliat R<dph was with them, and advised them to go out and join or meet tht ir Inoihi tk !<• hind the •ity.^ Many of them promptly ixpressid ;heir ifeadineM to march instantly if he (Rolph) would •ocompany them — but, says Mr. Ciinkunbroomer, I'lK'aiHiake^l out."

The late Mr. Wm. Ketcbiim. upon the trial of J«1mi Montgomery in 1838, awore that lie (W. K ) W»» out at the camp of the refonners, with Dr. Rilpli and Mr. Baldwin, who iwre Head's flag, ' that Or. Bnlph took him aside, and bade bim ; Ilia lure* of the country people, on hit

retnni, as very ulrong ; and that he bad been lolil (m the Monday — probably by the same friend— thai Toronto would hu nitackeil that night. Yit Dr. R. bud nothing to do wiih the uiutlei !! !

CHAI»TER V.

The Baldwins in IHJW. Price* i Version of the Flag. R. Baldwin's statement. lion. Dr. Baldwin him.'<elf detdared that he knew about the loniing itiMnrrection— >.hr* ' Mr. Ilincks. Fnun me, neiiii) r he tmr llimka knew anything — but as Sir F. Head says he knew and assented to the movement, intending to Ubc i; in the way of a trap; tis it was the common talk of the presK, in the bank purlors,every where, I donl know uhul the Mini. RidM-rt Uahlwin may have known, but I rutiier suppose he knew nothing.— His cinaluct during the time was perlVetlv pio

iMT — us to what conversation heiind Rolpli nnij lave had, I caimot even gucM, and have never bten told.

One day. Sir Allan MacNab, whose prineiples, liki.' his panlultMMis, sit easy on him, attack* d Mr. Uiddwin in Assembly about the flag if truce, when Mr. J. IJ. Price remarked that Mr. U. " was indebted to him (Mr P.) for that mixsitti , and was inn cent of having any thing to do with i-e- bi llion. The Hlnrifl' of Toronto came to hini and said "for Gud's sake, .Mr. Price, will yon not lend your influence in assisting to stop the pro- ceeding of those men who are going toailack un?" He [Mr. P.] said he had no intlurnce, and if ho should go out ii would be said that he was flisi i<> join th>:-m. Why lait go tu Mr. Ralilwii:, Dr. K.itpli, or Mr. Uidwell, who no doubt wouIm h i.d their assiKiance in putting a stc»p tu the iiisuir< i< lion T Tin Slierifl' went to Mr. Baldwin, uod iie wen) out to meet the people With the Hag of truce."

On It ferring to page 40(j of the appendix to tlin A^istmbiy's Journal, 18;i7-8, I lind a ntatt im nt ■nude by Mr. R. Baldwin, datvd Jan. 3, 1838, liul it exchiileK his iirsi jiMirni y to the insurgi iiis.

H»-re ii is.

" Robert Baldwin, Esq. — On the return of Doctor Rolph and myself the second time, with the LitutoU' a.il Governor's final reply that he would not ).ive anything in writing, we ibund the insurgents at tlio first toll gate, and turned aside to the West of Yo ge i^treet, where wedeliv»>reil this a.iswer — after whii-ti Doctor Rolph reipiestcd me to wait a nM)iueiit tiir liini — I I. ill wait soiuu time, during which he was out of my si|.diS, and hearing : I was then directed to i ido westerly, this wcn| icd the time while I was liiirig ato common walk ln)ni Yonce Street to the Ct- v-gu Avenue, probably three ei^-hlhs of a mile. m: r.i- recti<ai to ride westerly, u» I then suppoi °-.i, was for the purpose of the ling being returneil to the City by way of the C(dlepe Avenue — shortly alter reachii.g the Avenue I owever, I wasjoincd by Dr. l{ol|,h, ami we returned together by the way «)f Yonge St eel. I have no reason to know what conimuiiicatim.s to< k iiluce between Dr. Rolph and the Ii.surgents vNl.ili! he was out of my sight and hearing. At the fcot of Yuiigc Street a crowd was collected, waiti..g'a|jpa- reiitu, the news which we mii^ht bring. Alter wwit iug some short time, tlie Hheriti'Anived. to whom ws repotted that we had delivered the Lieuteuai t Go- vernor's answer, and that no further proposiliona were made by the lusnrgents. I theu rtNle up Lot Street towanla my own home, and heard aa I waa ridiug on, a cheer aa from the peraoua cullectetl at the foot uf Yonge Street, but ita object I did not asctr Aa we wera retoruing, an appeal waa made by

ALVBS, BROTHERSON, WARE, AND TH^ EJDINBURaH REVlBm *

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• poraon, tppmrently ■ prianner, for our intRrferenne til priK-uro liiit rnl<;ii*r, when i*r. lUilpli ri-|*li«il that lio ha ! iio authority there. With reapert to the in- ■urrettioii itaell^ I had ihi pcriHiiinl kiiowlodKO what- cvor. of either tlio conapiracy itaeif, the iiiteiitioii to riat', or the nttack of tlio (!ity, or tiiu peraoiia aitiil to bo iiiiplicated in it, and aiiice my return from Rur- land in Kuhrtiary laat, I have bcun wholly unconnect- ed with the pvrtioa or politiua of tiie Province, ii. Baldwin."

Mr. Kuldwin wrote to Lord Glonclg thnt Sir Friinoia Hond, if ciintiiii.<'id in Ctuiudii, would provoko an inpurrcction If Dr. Uulph expect Mr. Kiildwin to join him in fulrtt^ly at<puri<iug I.<ount'jt memory, and denying wiiat he and I stated at the time, as to the fir.-^t flag mirision, why did ho not appeal to Mr. UuTdwin inHteadof the flag-bcuror, or to both. He passed by Huldwin, forgot Mac- kenzie, and only rememl>erod Carmichael.

CHAPTER VI.

Atvfs on the Flagr. Lloyi and Dufort. — lirolherson on Kolph. IVare^s Statement. Kdinhurgh Review on M-ickenzie.

Ti " the Frt'fiimu'a Clircmiclu for 18-10," 50,000 co|ti>n tif which wt-re |iiil>li!«li>.M| at n(*cliebter, <lu- rini; my iinpriaonriient there, Dr. Rotph then re- aiding III th:it city, nil cxih , I iiultlittht-ti Mr. VVil- liHiii Alvcs'a letter ilescriiiiug th>- Turuuto ont- br(>nk,fi-<MU Riuld'a " New York ReforuKM'," uiul •iKlorat^i ita atMteiuenta aa correct and true.

Mr. Alvea ■ giillaut Scotchman who, like many ■KMu of them, c«iiiid eiidnre llu* |>etty dpH(iutifliii •*' lliiitiiay no longer, resotveil to |>iit it down or p<-riHli in ibe utiur', and here ia liia ncconiit :

** O.i Tuoaday, at noon, wb were on our ninrch to the city, qreatly increaaed in itrength, when wo luct DiM^tor Itolph, our own executive, and the Hon. Uo- bcrt Ualdwin, with n flaf; of truce from Hir Praiicin, aakiii^ wliat we wanted. Our reply waa — " A free convuntion of the people." They returned, and Dr. R. ii.iviHt-d na to tollow liiin in half an hour, which Wc (li 1 i.i two divisions.

" Wh'Mi a mile froui town, the same mosaen^^cra retnr.ieil, and bruu!,'ht Sir Francis' refusal, and then D ictor Rolpli piivatuly advi8e4l that we should not eiit.-r the city till dark, w. ilo he, meantime, could pri;paic the town folks. Wn ninn^hed for Toronto ag'ii.i, as soon as it wiis dark, about 7.W men, for I •toot! and counted them aa they passed onwards."

Mr. .Vacs whs I()iij{ III prisiMi lien-; wut Itanisii- rd In V iiiDifiiPin'it Liii.l ; Mc!isr.s 11 iincuiid Itu- biick liiiiu>iii<-ly iiitcrfi-red at. L:iiid(>ii; ntnl lie i.i DdW in ilie Uiiiletl 8 utcs, iiiid r< j liccs when liu bt'iii.'* of tlie proapi riiy i>f Can niu. II iii.livdii, bi .tides liiiii, vvcil know, iljiii. from fiiHt to iu.'.t, Wt! did M8 wu vvt re liid by Dr. U<il{)ii, and our Li'vvi r C.iiiuila (VieiidM, itt wIiuku ^•a^lu•^t r< t|iieKl.<, coavcyt!.), lir«t thio' .It.^si! Lloyd, llio fu iiiiler id' Lloyd own, mid then by Mi Diifort the iiia- gistralt', iKM" clerk to tlio U c.civcr G<>iieral, (tiien on bia way west to Detroi',) we n- •i.r:e.l to force, were ndviat'il to coiiiiiiiiiii- caiu widi him (Dr. Uolpli) in hia capacity as th(! execu ivi, ur clii< f of (ho iiiHiirrcc- lioii. W.ieii the news of the revirsM below re.iclit-d Toi\>utu, Dr. K. went to my ullicu here,

and earned a aiipplement b« ImmI pr«p«i«d !• cheer iht) faithful, lobe drawn up I WMtb«a fiiifilKii}{ bis orders in the country, and ll|a)i WM uiir last iaaiie.

Alvea gave himself tip to Major P. Lnwreno*, being entrapped by ileail'it falae proclamati«>a off ainnealy, auu was aliippeJ off for Van Dieinau'a Land. Lawrence loatle oatb that Alvea " lived ill Ilia iieighborbotMl, and that he o(HiMder.>d him an holiest, upright and well diapoaed man, of good moral character."

P. C. II. Urotberaon, Bsq. of Qneeiiiton, waa in L«>wistoii, it sepma, when Dr. Rolph arrivvd there, on the Tliiira«iay the inaiirgenta weredeft;M> ed here — he havinu left hia Canada friowda \m the lurch, aftvr plodging hiniMli aDleninlj t« abare iheir aucceaa and cheer them «n. Mr. UrotherNon made oath, Dec, 12, before Cbaneof* lor Jameson, that on the Friday (8tb)i h« met Dr. Ibilph there, who suid

" That he had been sent by the Governor with a flag of trnce, and that after getting thro' with the Governor'a bu^ineaa, he bad aaiu to Mackeo- zie that if be would come into the town be tbotigiit he could take the place. He aaid tliat Mockei^ zie bad ac'ed unaccountably in not coming into the town, and that he expected biin in Imlf ati hour after he returned with the flag. * * * And that it conld Vte proved that he had aeat nieaaages to Mackenzie.*' [8<'0 the affidavit ^t length Ap. to J Ms. 1837-8, p. 40.'>.]

The la»e William Ware, Eaq. made oath, Det 20th, 1837, before Judge Sullivan, as follows:

I saw Dr. Rolph and Mr. Robert BaMwin go «• with a flaij of truce ; alter their oomBaatiiaatioa^ wi||p M:ickenzie, Mr. Baldwin returued leiaarely down ^k* hill ; Dr. Rolph remained for a abort time. apeakingVs Mackenzie, 1 thiidi ti)r about two minatea ; Mr. BaU- wiii walked Ida liurae aboat three roda, and tbaa aioppcd, and looked around for Dr. Rolpb, who thea came up, and they went nfffor town together. When the discusaion waa going on about my paaaiiig ap Yongc-Struet, Dr. Rolph aaid, he muat not go ; I waa much aurpriaed at Ida interference. I was up Youge- Htreet that moridng, and I aaw a large party iu fraat of Montgomery 'ii, and I was told by aume bftne people on the roiid that at luaat Kfleen huixlrcd were comiDg from Lloytttowii. I waa aa near the body at Muutgo- ni'jry'a as I dared. When Dr. Rolph remaiued bf- liiiul Mr. Balilwiii, Mackenzie laid hia baud apon R<dph'a horae, and they continned in earnest eOB- vcrsation together. Wn. WARE.

While iiotiiing Sir F. Head's Emigrant, the EilinlMir<;li Ueview f.ir April, 1847, remnrka, that

" Oa Wednesday the rebels, disheartened by Mae- kruizie's pusillanimity, began to disperse. Bat BIr Fraticia uid not even yet venture tu attack them. lit the middle vf lite daif he opened negoUaliotM with Miickcuziv ; mill so uccurutu was Ida knowledge of the nijveiueiit on which hia eye had been all along tixud so keeidy, that one of the two persons to wnom he iiitruated the negotiation wai Dr. John Rolph, one of the chief inatigatora of the whole outbieuk ! Fortunately Mackenzie's demands were too unreasonHblc to be aduntted ; and he had not the courage to f illow Dr. Rolph'a advice, that ha aliould at once attack the city. While hia stiteugth wua niiui.iishiag. ivi.iforcemonts continued pouriug in t.> the aid of the Governor. Vuluub^ers ke|tt coining in during that evening and night; and oa Tliursaa>' raorniiig Sir Francis found himself at tha h ;ad of a force ao 'overwhelming,' aa even to en^ bolden him to lisk the chaiicea of an eneouuter."

All honorable iiiun, in Dr. Rolph'a position would not have allowed a comrade tO be slauder*

• VERSIONS OF 1837 BY FLETCHER, ELLICE, AND THE PRESa

•d M I WM for mmiy yean without mHiifuly Mvowiiip IliK piirt lifl l(H>k, mill iickiinwli'ilgiiig that I hiul no (ifflft*, niiliiiiry or civil, in ilin iif l.f •iirirdioii, hikI nil rrly iKtrd iin lui iiiHii»'nMitl iiN |m iliviifiinl fiiimdly Jrt n rJmii^'i' ill ilic CiuihiIiw-— bill Dr. K , oven now, would {{ladly cover liii mnrtyi-«-«1 frirnfl SiHiiut-i I.oiiiii'h nirinory, nnd ni^ nnim*, with oMiHjiiy, in order tlmt nii h fiolili riuii iiH inieht ho fnuldcd longf*r to Uftriiy tha faruaera of Ounatia, whom ho liim duceived.

CHAPTER VII.

Col. Fleteher^M Narrative. Mackenzie Slan- dered to Screen Ralph. Courier Sf Enqui- rer. Ellice. Montreal Herald, S/r. The following ■tulrniftitx, liy lute Colonel rit>lcl.«'r. and by Mr. VVnlHoii, mv n lit comna-utury On Dr. U'stpeech in AMrnibly, Oct. 18 j2.

*'"" ' . Frkdo.nia. July 2!)th, 1840.

fV W. L. Maekenzif, Rochester.

DiAR Sir :— On the Saliii-tliiy aftprnoon provi- oni to tho onthreuk botk of Tor nito, between 3 •nd S.I called tu aeo Dr. John Rolph at his hoime en King [ Lot] Htrtiet, nnd asked linn, an be wim the Bxfonlive, whether any nllrnitioii was to l>e made Or orderc«l Ity him in the time of rising. lie nfiid that as ihoae who hail the direction of the ulTuir 6ad, with hia consent, fixed the duy for Thiirsduy tho 7th Deo., at Montgomery's as a place of ren- dmveiis, he would make no chiiii'o or alteration whatever. You had left the city p.oviously. to •arry into rflect the gfliierni agrrement to rise on the 7th, on Thursday, and hnd informed me that yoa waa on your way tu Stouilville to give and aend round the circnliirs agreed on, so that all Diiglit come promptly at the time settled upon — Dr. Rolpb'a exact words to mo were — " No, by no meann; I shall expect every niiiii to be active •nd vigilant so as to be nble to <^*X np the exf>edi- lion and come in on the 7tli nnd tiikc the city." — On tho same afternoon (Salunluy the 2iid) I n - turned to Newmarket, and met with Thos Lloyd •nd other friends on the Sunday, who told mo that Dr. Rolph h^id sent Win. Kilinondsoii on tho aaine evening OS I had seen biin, with orders tu raise a snifioient number of men to come down •nd take tho city within the next 48 hours, (that is, by Monday night.) I told them that if Dr. Bolph had done this he would knock all our de- signs in the head, fur it would Ijc utterly iinpos- •ible to get up such an expedition to do the work iu an short time. They oaid that Governor (lead had received a letter frum some one in the cniiii- 4ry, and lind called a council and given nut some •rnis. Mr. Lount at Montgomery's, told me he thought the move a hasty one, but ho hud compli- ed with it, I was very sorry that it was insisted Oti, b'lt had to yield and when I did »n, I went to work and got as many as possible to prepare

I I go down, and we did so. The result you know.

1 uiii, dear 8ir, Yours truly,

SILAS FLETCIIKII. J*. B. — I met v%'ith Dr. Hulph nferwaiiU at • hotel in lloiliester, the R igle, then kept by Mr. VaeRciiHseli r, Mini he In gged of ine iMit tn tmy one word of v\hut liud tuken plui'u on the miIkt side, and appeared to feel bud about it. I Kuid very little to him, tho' displeased ut the course he had taken, mid made no {ironiise one way or the other, ilail the original day been held to, we woiihl hiivo had u force of fonr or five thniiMind men, who would have gi\en each oilier eoiiS deuce, anil carried all btfure iheni, for (he towiia were rtuily and willing (') turn unl at the time app' tinted. The tones Heiniingly expetti d notliing less ihiiii that we would snciutd, und niiidu at fust but little opposition to us, 8. K.

The Conrirr and Eiupiinr, N. Y. stated in Dec. 18:17 [and the N. Y. OliMivir copied it, Die. 16] that my tlofnum oHeiiiled Uolph !

" Mackenzie, witli about 350 iiisur|{eiits, toi k poa. session of Muiitgonicry House, a Inigo hi'ili iiig near Toronto, on the 4tli, ami insteao of niiikiiig •n imnicdiste attack upon the town, as was the wish of his followers, he sent his denmiiil to the (iiivcriior, that he should dissolve the Provii cial ?arliauiei.t and leave the province within fuuiteea days. This gave otl'once to Hul|4i and others, who ceiiteniled that it was only givinijr the Unveruor time tu strengthen himself, and they thuretbre aliundoned hiui. The Govt, .lor plai;e<l his fumilyon Ixjnril the Stoiiuicr Tr<in»il, and oniefcd her in lio at anchor ott' the port," &c.

The late Eirl (trey's brollier-in-law. Hi. lion. Ed. £ lice, said in the House of Conimuns, Jan.

2.'>, 18J8 [Sec HullHIIld,]

" When he saw Mackniziu nnd his nnrortiuiate followers fairly henteii out of tlio provi.ice — wlien he saw tlu-ni signally iletViitcd ii tin ir iUtciii|it, nut to ohtiii.i the reilresH of ^: iovnureA, but In I'ult aad plunder the city of Tot'oiito, liu i.iliiol feci IWrldeni

III the same way ns li.: fidt tor the iusurgcnts at the lower province."

I am now in the midst i>fu people who imve known me well for 34 years — a people for w luo I rifked life, Inallli, liberty, properly, iliiacUr, everything. Tiny ^'llw iny cii:nlii(:i in 18!7, and they saw Dr. Uolph'«. Their frii iids, iclaiivfs, connexion*, and many ef ihi'iiiselves, Hiillii'i il iiii. priMonment. banislimi'iit, lo^s and dainag''. Had my cowardice, nr Dr. U<>l)ili'!i eoiira'^e ihe moat to do Willi the niiilli r? 1 alniont lH-li«'ve he urg- ed on the preHs to abiite ine, iho' keeping in the dark hiun<elf. The mt-n who armed bat k of Tiv I'onto were the wealthiest furint rs ni-ur i: ; ll>e men who had much to lu.se und uolbing to g>tin by burning and robbery.

The Hnniiltnn Gazette says — " An event long expected by many, has at length come to (laNS — the petitioning for the return to (/aiiada of tlint no. toiiuus coward and triiitnr, Mackenzie." — li"j)'al9 Morning Expre»», Dec. 6, 1847.

" We really can see no very valiil reason for eX eluding Mackenzie from the imrijon which has been extended to all his aceouiplicea. It is true he bo.

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MACKENZIE'S POSITION DEFINED. SIR F. HEAD ON THE FLAGS.

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"Till! ilmfanllv robol lialor, [Miclietuie."]- vnto .'ill rial, ICI7,

"Hill M idi(<ii/.lo artfil witlil(>nii nroriiiitnncy an nMhtiuNK, aiil iiltiiwoit H(il|>li nii'l Hulwull tn iiintnr tlioir iiliiiii", tltf i't^uiTPctioii witil.l ai'incMionaMy havo liiVMi iiinrc p^fMiurnl, ari<l it wiia tmlv the RiMi- •ral Id'lii'f, timt tlit'iin Xwn eiiiliryo rubi'f<i linil, I'lir tho wliilf, aiiii'il with tliu ((ovtiniinniit, wiiich iiKliio- ed niiiiihera to do aoalio. " — Montreal Ucrultl, Apiil (8 1S38.

Tl»«).>"> who were conroriird in tin* iiimirrrctidii of Dif. 18)7, iiiovi'il lit thn n (|'H'.n of Ldwtr Onimlit ; lui I, mm I Htutrd in my (iutrltc, lit Now York, M IV, 18J8:

" Alxiiit tlij tliird week in NovcmlM-r it wim deter- minod thill on Thiimdny tlin 7th of Ufremhor, niir ibrcot ahoiild Rocrotly aiitti'inhlo at MoiitKOinury'a Hntol, 3 miliiN buck oi' Toronto, hotwoen (i Hiid 10 at night; proceed I'ruin tlienro to tho rity ; Join our friondu thorc; ; ii'izu 4000 Rtnnd (if iirtnK. widrh htid been (diicrd by Sir Fra'iciM in tho rity linll, taki; him lute cu.itody with his ihiol' advisors ; |duet) tho gur- riaoii \i\ tin; hiindN of till! liburuli ; dochiro tlin pro-' vincd free : cnll a convention toRotlirr, to fraino a •nitahio c'ltiittilution; kikI moniitime np(H>int our frieml Dr. ilolph, adininistrat«iruf the Kovornmont."

Dr. Kiil|ih wim ii|i|iointc>iJ tlic ixfcnlivf, to «'or- rcHpoiiil v\ ith tli(> g«Mitl< uifn nt Motiiriiil, (iiwln-c, iic, iitliii-d IIS iiiti-ili|{('ii('f, mill itiil our i-tl'ortH to l»riiip aliidit rtforin: umi hi- nu'roi-d to join what- ever forc'" iiii,i.'ht usHcnilileon Yoii{,'e Street. From that diiy to tlii.t hour I iiuvo never doubted but that fonrtifdis of the people of C'linudu, nt tliiit lime, eiiriieHily d«-Mired a change — and tliosu who require tlie re.-Mon linve oidy to perusu Lordit Dur- UanL Hnd Sydenliain'8 reports ami JespateheH.

In flio Mioveilient of 18117 I bad no official en- pncily whatever. To military ikili I made no prct'MiMioiifi — liut had ri-Holved to risk everylhiiif^ to ensure nt deserve tiicceKj. 1 left Dr. Rolph'H house Koiiiciime btf >rc the movi-nieiit, aiiii was tberrnfier em|iloyed in organizing tlie townships, wLtMi, on ri :ii liiii<; .Mr. (iili.son'K faini on Sunday nif;li', Di'e :). I Ii-arnt tlint Dr. 11. bad (uderell Co). L'liiiii and olIiiTM, I'lir iiorili of iii', to nr.ii ut onci', if ;mv niins tliey liud, niiil iiitiiili upon To- ronto on tiie Monday, four iliiVM b<'fore tiie time previously niiined to me. I tried to ntop tliis change, Hi did Dr. II. (thro' Mr. liolton) when be found ill- iiad iieled upon faLse iiitorinntnni, but it was too Iiiie. H<' iifirrward im t D. (libson umi 1 on the ISIiindi.y :it .Mi. Price's boii.*'-.

The iiiiliiipositioii of tlie men who rnine down that iii^bt to proceed to a city fioiii wliii li not one friend li:iil come to meet tlieni, nnd w ho i ou!d iieitlMT iicl to d nor.irink, af!« r a weary tniiiip of •10 mill .s, limy lie readily ima^iiiMl. They wi re chielly armed with pikes — a few bad rides, Imt there w.n iKil II bnyriHt iiiiion^ tb tii ; the news «f til" I'tiilni'i- in Lower Caniida bad renclii'd llieiii — b-- arms tlr y v.crc In tuc* Wi re Ij^"^ in tbe eifv b-iM.»

•mlt. watson on tub voncjb stubet i;eti:eat.

[RkmarivS.— We do not wonder lliat the f;irm- ersbr-hiiiitf d. TJK'y bad seen Kolpb and Baldwin in Sir K. Head's service; tbey knew that Macken- rie w;iH i:'iiniiiiil of the condition ( f the city, and •uUrt'Iy uuuctiuaiuted v/ith miiitury uiuUcrs ; uuU

CHAPTER VIII. An Old [Vuman! Rolvh'a Denial. l/ead**

False acrounl of the rluff of Truce. lium^

iug of Home's House. itolph's instrvc-

lions.

Ill piif^e 18 of Coloiu'l Fiizi^ildxin's Narrntivi^ be exidaims, speakin<{ of (toveinoi lii ml, '* CiooJ (iod . what an oltl woman I liavt- Inri' l'» di'itl wilb!" Many an old winiian MilllVel inMultid by the comparison. Sir Kruia in Head was a butl, (lisboncHt man, sent bun) to diceive, and boiiona with a baronetcy for lutraying bis lrii»l. Nuib- iiig VI xed me mere limn %%ben I hiiv ibe Uiitisk ^'overnment apidand and rev^ard bix luc'eiKsri.

Dr. Ilnljdi withbolds the trntli that he may af^ iieur never to have been the < hit f inovt r in tM insurrt'Ction of 181)7, because it failed, and iberM- fore he is a.Nliamiil of it. The Bullish (ioveruor, Head, asserts what is uiitruc, from tiist to last, to bide bis own pnsillanimiiy. In pa:;e IIJl of hid " Narrative," and also in bis b ttt r to l.taii (iieuvlg of Dec. 1!), Iiu tills bow lie despatched two ^etv tiemen to tho rebel leaders, on the Wrdii* Ndiiy^ will n be bad received reinfoici mi iitc, and wiu sinni^'. lie conceals the truth tliiit it was on tliA TucNiIuy be hi nt lliciii, wl.vii be laid m.t ITtO fol- lowers, lie says be eddied upon ns like ii parenf, iK'iiig <!(• r.iuH lo stop bluod.vlied, wb le in icalitjf he had iiis family out in tbe bay as if tlity wer» the cbina, wbilo othi r fidkn' fimilie.o, lKin(,bui brownware, had to rnti ail ri^Ks ahlKne. Ha had retpn-sted Glenelg not to nilow Italdwin ttt darken the doors of the Colonial office, yt-t in bis hour of IriMible be had to set k bis aid, and Uolph

tbey bad scarcely any arii.s wiulh the name, while tlieir oppom-nts bad Held pieets, |;nn»<, bur> nnels, &c. Mr. Watson is a puiein af;eiii in ^Vusfa* iiiKton, partner with I'roftsMir lUnwiik's i.on, of Cobindna College, New York. lie is Bi glish« and bis fa'her was mie of the twelve tukun to England with Alves and J. G. i'arki r.]

HociiKSTKR, Nov. rjtli, 18]!).

When Mr. Mai ki ii/ie found (al'icr die n iriiU nn Tne.^diiy nigli!) tint nioKt of ibe men wt re im* willing to rnlrr the city that niglil and pi iccixv. ing the disastroii.s consetpiences that nin.st inevU tably rcfsult from drjay — to iiu.'uiiiiijic ibi in. and yliuw that be hiinttelf was not liuking in tho (jiiulity f<o e.s.«ential to siicci sn, namely, pbvsical connige, and with a want of which ne bad jiisl been charging them (in very provoking anil uu Mi'ii.-iiui'd ttrnis of II iisurt ) be piojioMil lo " fortbwilb in'ollie citv if twenty nicii wi iilil vol- luiJier lo follow hiiii." but be- could nut gel out of llie wlinje fi.rie even siicii a Miiall number who would go wi;li bim,

— Sii'es, one of boinn'.s friends from the Norib, w:i.s sopriiMiki'd at Mr. Maekeii/ie for iniiking nso of «neli strong iaiigini;,'e of c< iisiiic. win n be wiia barani^uing ibeni tifiir ibe retreat, ami vainly endeiivonrii.'g to make tbeni retiirn, tliat be i ie> valed bis gnu lo .sbcoi bim (Mr. Mmi keii/.ii ) and was only previ nted i'loin doing fo by tiie inleiv I'lMucc of four or five of Mr M's iriimls who well' aianiiing by and oi>.'4eiv('d bim. Many of ;lie nicn went away ;o tbeir liomiy; ibe ri.sl went to .Moiitgoinery 'j<.

Tiie above narrntive of facts occuri'ed to my pcisonul knowledge ou ibc 5.b Dec, 1837.

r. 11. WATSON.

e

A COLONIAL CJOVERNOR ! FOLPII FROM 1824 TO 837.

•ml DnMwin p mi««ioii wmknird thr iiwirrprfion •Yfry%*lHT»', l»y Iniving ihn M»f im|tr»'«mo.i I nl »h«'y wt'ii* with llf froternimiil. It •prfiul tliroiigli ilie wliol«' pnn-incr mi imprrMiuii ilmt Biilpli w iiH in fiivi-r i>r tlif (Jiiv«Tnm«Mif , ami iftninit MH<kriizi»-, iiikI iib Mr. Hiilwill linil In-* ii ^ln - ▼iniinly r<i|iif'»tnl to iiti<li'rliiki> llit ftitiiio nnii-.oii, the ■Hiiii' im|ii»(iKion pn-vHihil with n'l-iHtt to kim Ho thiit imlil Thiiiixliiy ihi- Bov.ii,m«nt bad tho full iiilliiinc*' of Rolpir* niiil Biilwrll'i ■nRim ill ihiir favor with lh«> nfoniMid.

" Oil TiirmUy forrnoon |ii«y» the U. ('. lirrnlil] the

Pivenmirtit fi.rce inii(i»rro<l m\\\ Mboiit 300, inyi Hir rtiirii Ht'Ri;, only IM) •ayi Miirkeinie : nikI Ihn nbeli iniiitorctl 6 or «()0 ; lo tiMt it nn ■ttnrk lind k«eii iimile on Tiiewlny, the cit^v inu»t hnvp fnllpii — The fliiK of TrurP wru neut on I'lirixioy lorfnmm, in •rder to K«i)> l>i"«? '" •'"" threoteniiiK j^merffptiry. ■nil the furl t!int, .\ftfr hninu l>ffit hftilniff to nrm» mil Hi/ih/.the RovrrimiPiit roiilil only ninstor a forcpof ■bont:iOOout of lO.DUO, ihowi iti deplorable weak-

How Iiolilly Sir F. Ilenil lie.l when the dnngrr waa pnaiicil ! In hiaapfrtii from the llironi', DfC. S8, li<! itiy » :

"Upwania of 10,000 men immediately marchi'd •owarila the (^apitiil— and • * • aa aoon ai the pflople hati orRaiiizeii themaelvei, I aaw it would be ••oeaaary to mako nn attack, however feelin|r the greateat poasible n-lnrtance at the i>roapcrt of n lan- gainar)' conflirt with the drluded aiinjpcta, Ac, I dea

Sitfbed to them two of thoir own parf.v to tell them at I parentally called upon them, aa their Ooveruor, to avoi I the effuaiou of human blood."

Dowca, Ko!|di, uiiil ll*-ai), in tiieir tieninis nnii ■ffirinationf), Bi-rm to •»•• npiiiHv camlifl, p«pinlly •incn-f ! In Hie flaxeit>' I jmlilislieil nt Rorlieniir I atitli'il that " in liiiriiinjj that hoii»p [Home's] •• w«« followeil thti tliaiinct and I'Xjditit onlt-rs of •• Dr. Rolpli, our exi-rntive, which wrro to do "bo III fori' we dtt ofl" for the city. There were ** tin' fill tliiii;;H in il, Imt we took not to the vnliiu *'of iinlioe iHtchri;" hut I <li<l not stnte liint he ■Iho inciiliDiii'd liiiit wlion coiiiiiif: ilouii Yimfrc Btreft, we were lo pi riiiit no one lo iinikf iniv nnixe nnir S^iliivnn's house, lint tliiit tin if would be no liiirni if wo pnid ii visii nt Eliiishv's. Aftf-r 0«r n-ficiit ihnt ni-.ht to Mfinl^iintcryV, Itolph aent n nicusnpo lo <ii(|iiire why wo nni'iitMl. I replird l»y a w riitrn nolo, nnd iii'vor saw more of onr rxoiiilivo till I himlod in HnHiilo.

For Holph'« order to di'slroy Horn*-'* lioune there wore Ntroii'; lonsonoallrdfrod, Imi why II('«<I ond h\n cnuMcil Imrnt Moiitgoincry'i] und Gili- BOii'a I never could \\\u\ out.

- CHAPTER TX.

M if first Arquaintaiire iclth Rolj)h. I If en- ters Public life. ^Vuif he was Supjwrted. Mia conduct on the. Frontier.

Itliiiik it w!iR in 18-1 T jrot ncqunin'od wi'li Dr. .lolin R'lljili, up nt DnndiiH : ho 'fi-niod to lean '<>wnrd .I'ldfie I'owcll, wtioii fiisl iS'i-iioImn aiul Mr. Roliiiinnii (pmirolrd v^ili) tli.u fniiciinn- ary, and in 18i.'.') he took up ihr ciimo of R. Rnn- dal. wfio had hfon iriK-lly poisocniod and nlianio- ftilly d< fiandod, nor could I antiripiito that he woiild do«' rt il u'lioii in ofTico. ovon while ndmit- tiiifr itn piHtici — Md h<- did in iho niattor of lot 'M. concoKNion A., N' poan, and also whon 'he vcito Was taken )a»t session, upon prinlin<r the <-orioi»- pondctice, and piuciiig on record on our jonrnala

the firat transarlinna thru' which poor Randall wna criiidlY nacrifii'^'d.

At lonKth. in lO*.'!, Dr. Rolph and nn KiiKliah nriillcry captain otiorod to roproiont Middleaox nnd no anxioiia wn« I for their rotnrii. that I rtNla LOO iiiiloa from Qiieonatoii to Si. Tlioiiia«, to can* vanii, loclnro, and Hociiro votori. For nix yeuri Dr. R. retired from tha leifisluture,, hut when in AMonilily he opposed t)ie local Hiithoiiiioa, and that wan in thnae daya the only ten of lihernliam. I wanlfil to aee him advanced in hia profoaaion, and waa glad when he waa recommended from KiiEland an Solicitor (jetiornl. What he doaired to do in office we cuiild only f(iieiB at. I wish w« had known aa woH in Nuvombor 18U7 oa we now know.

When I xiRlit aome particiilara of Dr. Rolph'a eondnct. the qiieation will ariae in thu n*HU«r'a mind, why did you urge hia election upon the peo> pie in 18>l, and ti7 to put down men known to Ih^ oppoaed to him, in order that he ini^ht bav« increaaed influence T

I had Imiked on while other popn,'ar charactera tried their hand at logialution and government They had aignnlly fuih'd. What waa to be done? Dr. Rolph had profeued much. Ilia practice could not be worae, and iniaht lie much liittor tlian that of the other diacanled atate phyiiiciuDa. I 1) fused to f{a to the Hincka and Rolph tocret meelings, believing them a deception, but canvaa* Bed anil wrote till the elections were nvtr. Dr. Kidph has sinco had a full and fair trial. It waa his right.

Dr. Rolpli sent mesaengera wno are now io ofTice to us, on the Tuesday night, after our people had declined to enter Toroiilo, and I wrote a brief atutement of aflaira and a«at it to him. I ho-ird no more of him till my arrival at Uuirulo. Ml* had started for tho United Slutoa early on WoliioBday morning, without giving any one of his coinrudes the slightest hint of his iiitonlion. In I8:i7 he deserted um — in 18-')3 he ih niod us and saiil we w«Te traitors ! Bofure we w<ro di feat> oil, at Toronto or about the some time, Dr. Rolph was in Li-wiston !

It soi'iiir-d to be an object with him while there to net as sooretly as pos8ib1(\ H(^ did w hat ho could at niitrdo, Lowiston, and Roi hester, while wo wore upon the island ubovo Niai;ura Falls — ho visited Navy Island from time lo lime, but not til! afior llio Caroline waa sent over ilia Falls and tho dispute seometl about to take a ua- tioiial form.

Ill Mr. Suthorland'H address nt ihe Eiifzle Tav- ern, Hiiiriilo whon Rolph was called for, ho said, '• In- ^vi.<lioil to state why Dr. Rolph wiin not pres- " out to address the nn eting. He Uiu\frirnil* and " relntions in Canada, oonie of wlioiii w<'ro in "prison, and all niidor surveillance, whose livea '' and fiir!iinos deponilcd upon lii.s inoveiiienta. " Tlioy were hold in lerrorem over him. Ilia "itoiif:uM was tied." Wo suppose dial In.' iiicant thu Baldwins, Durnnds, Ridjdis, i&o.

CHAPTER X.

Dr. Rolph at Buffalo. He Miphl Have Saved Mackenzie's Properly, and Spared Him a Yearns Imprisonment.

.Many more of iia were in the same situation, but it seemed die wiser course not to desert in the iionr of difflcaltj tboao we had agreed to

ItOLPH'S rniENDSHlP. THE AI^SENT WITNESS.

Riindall

i

•et with. Dr. n., waimiirlicnfliluwn howrvpr, •ihI mIm'ii \\w ItiiH'itlii Cuniniitlfv ' I' Thirtien waili-tl on him nl tin- Bngli*, he toltl tlirni \w n« v- rr\«i>iilil i-ftnnt to or nn hit I'liot in OimiimIii ■gHin, hi'i'iiURo h«' hnil no i <nifiih'n<*' in itn inhiilii- UniK whom h« nuid hn hud nl)ini<hin« tl for n« oi . On l)«'i-. II, liiiiil isaiiid a |i|-oiliiiiiuliiin otltiiiig t ri-wiird for him.

Oni- liiih' i-ircnniilnnci' hut coinn to my know- Irdgt' rnenlly, uhit-h han niudf in*> h-M tlouhlful M *o Rol|ih • (rtio I'harnctt'r. Ii in tliiii:

^Vhrn II hi'cnnie fvidf-nt ihat my mtiip on Yon^'«« Strtet, conlnining 20,000 vohimi ■ of hiukii Hud Biuch MtNiioiiHry, <fcr., aa bIho llie prinfinu < (Filc •nil hiiidrry mi(;ht \h' airaikf-d, my Mile went to l)i. K4il|>h nnd ankt-d liiH uilvicr, whether it would not ho well to (.'t*t frientia ti>|(flher, luid carry to mirc nnvHtc iioimei ii Ittrgt* KJiiirp rf my pn>|iertVi nnd tiiut »uvo it rrom rii>k. " (iive jrourieir no Irouhlr, Mrs. Miu ken/ie," Mtid the ductor, *-f[;ivf> yuurMoU iMtlrunhle; whtnth« new government in inaiulied \(iiir hinRct will Ik- amply coniprnKHted," or woni* of likn import.

8iiiee my return, I huve nKeertiiined timt while he wilt llnm cnreleti of my tnhMnnee, lie wnt ez- cee<)iiiply tiirefnl of hit own: nnd piukid nu cvt ryliiiiii likely to he t ndniigt n d, in ( ii.<<e offuil- areor diflienlty, emiiinyin^ palriutM now iiitoMii to eiii't it (•tr to a plMt:e ol tah ty. i have tincti htimhly nppiied to him to nid me in vt llin«( a ful! he< (iijiit of what iho govermnenl teized, hut willi pour mu'ceix.

He and I nerrr lind an nnkind word till hn roae lip in AiU« lubly in IS-'iS, und di noiiiiced me aa n traitor to the party, lieraiite I moved to ^livtf tiie people the ehoicc of county ot]ii:er«, praiting Giindile nt Mime time for mnriin^ the rpiettinn. When I nettled in New-York, he tnlh d to nee me, in John Slnef, nndwe hud jnnt hfiird tlie newn of our coiiirtide Loniit'A mitl t'lile. lie remiiiked thnt It Wilt only wimt mi^ht Ic rzjieitdl, nnd wiHiiedtliHl ill liny ttntemeiitn I nii<:lit iniike iilioiit frontier troubit t, hin imnie iiii<^lit iiotiip|eiii — in ollii r words, ihnt nt the intiim-i tioii liiid imt provtd II Klepjiiiif; ttone to power, 1 wouhJ take the v\ li(i!t' letipoiinihilily.

My leiiiarkt in the Guzette, were not to liis mind, however, and lie piiniidied me vi ry u vt re

If Kei 11)1 (I to me thnt (o ( cate to nf;ifii?e would be to eoiini^ii both Ciinaihit, etp' eially the lower colony, lo a i riiel ileNpotitiii, und I took hold I'f the pi'i'HK. (itivernmi III iiittiintly pi'oneinlid inn for (lie IVi'iitier iiioveriient, nnd the triiil laiiie on in the fiiimiiier of 183!), at ('iiiiiiiidMi^'iiu.'JS iiii!*'i from ll'K'li'^ter, wliire itnlph and 1 rr^ided.

Riiipli'M iii'iiniiie kniiwiedf^e of the nu>v< iiii'iitt at Dull'itlii iiiiMie him a luoat detirtdilc w itiii 8n on my Ix'ji.'iir, and I fully eiiliuhited on hit presence in coiirf — hut irne lo his plu'i of keeping ilurk he deeeived iiif, tliii' I waited ii day for liitn, and bud hill pledge that ho would a]>pear. Ah it wan, llic jury. I'.o' siltcted by ihe inar.-liall, lo please V.ni Bureii (who wanteil Heonvielion) «ere At (li'Mt 8 to 4 lot nil niniii tnl. My nnutikt in •'Tlie Fn eifi-inV Cliruiiii le," v\ ere iiie.'»«' :

"Mackenzie depended m'icli on Dr. liolph'i) cvi- "deneetiir an oci|i'ittal in the court at Cnnninlni^iin, " anil had a tet of nncstioiit ready for him, but the ** Doctor gave lam the aiiu in hit hour of iiee<', Jnit •• as before at Toronto. Mr Montpomery liad wiiit "•d on the Doctor to aak if he would attend if lerv-

"ed with U. 8. nrocatf. Ila rephml thnt lin rcrtnin- " ly Would, and Mr. Ilohertaon (now ntiiliiiff in Bel* ** laviJIej aervcl him with a auh|Mnna in ilie aiual " way, throu/fh whom alto h« intimated to Mnckon- " sie that he iniuht be fully depended on. Wliea 'the trial came on Ur. Rolph neither came nor tent '* an exrnan nnr enquired on what puiiitt h« waa to " be eaamiiied."

And ninne :

" Mr. Miickeiicie canted the nroeeii nf the Cmirt tu Itediily terved on Ur. John Hiilph. ot Htwhenter, who wat in lluflalo, at the KhkIu Tn<rerii |l'iitriol head ipiartert] at the time tbete trnntaetioni tiMik place, and from the turn the trial took, would have been an important and valuable witnena, and the DiM-tor gave bin proniiie In attend, lait liiil not. Wo uiifTerttand he ttated tt an exi:nte thnt ho niita- ed the ttaffe, the dittniice beiiiir only OH niileH, and the road excellent. Neither did the DiMtor tend anv excuta or euplanatinnt. Mr. M. much reitret- ted hit abaence. Hail the trial been in Albany, Mr. M. w')uhl have riikeil anythiiiK rather than trouble him to come audi a iliataiice unrewarded, but he did expect that a diitance uf 2H milet in aummer would not be an ubttucle to awitnctt who had bit own carriaf^i."

CHAPTER XI.

Rochtatfr Jail. Friendthip in Fair Weather. JiidwfU Ruined.'

For n twolvpinontli I lay in jiiil, closo bo- eiilfl R«>H)h'8 coinfortiiiile miuihiiiii — but h« iiover viHttod me there — he even ciiinu to the prison profoMaionally, hut forpot niy exin- tence. For the first four or fivn inonthH I wn« never once allowed to cross tlio threshold of my in>n prated apartment — for ten months I never wos once outside th» pri.><oii,ii<it even to the yaid ! For weeks at a time none were allowed to ^ee me hut my fiiniil}' or n phy- Hicinn — and of tny family some died, while others pot the disease that sent tluiii to eter- nity in the iniseralile tenement tliey were compelled to resid' in. Professor »Vebster of (ieneva and V . Smyles, when I iV-vcrod, certified to the unwholesome treatment 1 pot, hut my comrade, Rolph, never once en- quired for me or my family — never visited me or thorn ! Nay more, my worthy friend, Mr. Shepard of York townsliip, {rrist-milier, assured me last Saturday, that when he and oth(?rs had escaped from Fort lieiirv. they called on Rolph one forenoon, at Roclu'ster, who instantly asked them whether they would not certify to his character, to the effect that he had acted a courageous atid eoii.'istent part in the Tonnito insurrection, and that I hadn't. They put it off till after dinner and did not po lmok,nor was there a imin of them who would have so certified.

Never thereafter till Ridph sav,' liio fairly over my ditticulties, and once more a metn- Wer of the lepi.slature, (a thinp ho had never expected to see,) did he rememlier my e.\is- tence ; hut when a seat in the House gave me influence, which ho once more wanted, I had a most courteous and friendly visit, at my dwelling hero ; and again, and again — but I

10 RIDWliLL'S MISFORTUNES, POLITICS, AND DEFENDERS.

did not rfitiirii thorn, f»»r I couldn't help ro- memlu'riiij:;^ RcKihostor jiiU, nud the dying whom as ii pliyMiciun and a friend he ou{;ht to huv(( visitod in their d.iy of trouble, llo was kiutl enough to offer to introduce ino to Lord Elgin, l»ut I duclinod the honor, tho' no man wiuit to QuoI)kc more anxious to uphold his lonl-ihip and his ministry if they proved true to principle.

Bidwcll was wealthy — a shrewd lawyer — born in Now Kngland — in tho midst of friends — oxtnllod to tho skies as a patriot whoso wise annexation measures Mackeuisio had marred — and admitted, as an American, to practice in all the courts : yet see how ho wrote !

" I Imve actoJ fiiitlifully, disinterestedly, and never •* violently ; my rewar.i is bRaislinieut aad ruin. —

" Please ivnieniber me to Mr«. anil all other

"fricads. I liope 1 nmy yet see her, altlio' I cttu't po " to Ciiiia.la. It' I ^^et settled I hope tu meet !ior at "ia\ home. Ah! I never be ore knew the full value •* of tiuif word. » * » Hut I can believe that Ood "mny have inipDrtnnt ends in view in thus ordering " my atliiirs; that this trial of my faith may be sanc- " tilio I a 1(1 hU'ssed tu my spiritual (;iind, and that I "■hall yet praisj Him who is the health of my coun- " tonance."

To Sir F. Head, he bemoaned Ms fate— "That I "•ho>-'.t (siii 1 he) suildenly and forever leave my "home an.i country (Canada,) with all their ties and "connexions, the scene of mv dearest attachments " and happiest rectdlections, the birth-place of all my " chilirmi and the burial place of three of them."

If Bidwcll was " ruined," tho' possessing a fine property at Toronto, another at Co- hourg, another at Kingston, and lands all over, merely i)Ocause he chose to go home to his native country, where his father had been congro.-isuian and attorney-general, how try- ing was my lot ? Innnurcd in a prison — tra- duced all over America and Europe — drag- ged from CMur* to court ; branded as traitor, coward,n'belaud runaway; without means or a proft's.-;ion : with a large family to support, and often in ill health; and with such friends as Dr. IJolph! 1 lirmly resolved to deserve a better fate, and am nn* unrewarded.

CHAPTER XII.

Was Bid well a Rebel in 1837 .' The. Berk- shire Juhihe. A Reminiscence. Dujhrt. Rifcrsoit's Dtfencc of Bidwell. Mackenzie JlcpudiutcU.

Thf que^iticm is often asked me — What part Mr. IJidwell tt)ok in 18.'i7 ? None that I know. His whole life shews that he would have rejoiced at the success of the insurrec- tion, for he always avows his preference Rtr his native country and her institutions ; and at the great Berkshire jubilee, August 22 & 23, 1S44, he was the first man Governor Briggs «>f Massachusetts called on for a speech, when he said (page 158)

" I have come here simply to enjoy one of the "dearj.st wishes of my lieait — that of revihiling, of- " lera long aOifc/ict: iit ajoteign luiul, the scenes auU

"frijnda of my childhond. I comr;, I know, with tha "same lentiments and feelings which arc expurionc- "el by the thnusands around me; and it doo.i my "heart Kool to stand here, as his Kxrellency our "honored president has said, a scm of Kink^liire. It " is the proudest title to which 1 have over aspired.*'

MiiHMUcliiiKClts is H Moliit* Rtiite. anil Mr. hidwell nuiy well be |iriMiil of it. Utiier uii ii inny, like llie Minfirnil jiuitn. he anncxationiBtri IVoui iiitrr> est, liiit Uiilwfli is for niuiexHtioa in enntie taaght fnnn his very iiifanuy to detest unr « <)!.)aiiil ayi- tcui. What passed between him luni llolpli, and the |inrli«-H that met nif^htly at Kolpli'M bt fore the 7tli Ufc, I know not of my own know leiifji — and if Mr. Hiilwuii's Btatcnient, that lie lunl nothinjf to do with the movemetit, be trii^', as perhnpa it is, tho folliiwiu^' extract from a tetter adtiiessed

to .Mr. of this city, coiituiiis some capital

UTors :

" When I was in Toronto, in tho fall of 1837, I be. ciilae acquainted with Mr. Ilidwell. From him 1 learned the projected revolution, 'ind g^Mieral caica* lations to be entered into. To him, my brothcr-in: law, Judge Butler, made several pledges in relation to my rendering assistance to tho Provnicial Army, if a general concert was re(|uirod. Bufore leaving To* ronto, a gentleman by the name of Dufort, tiom Mon- treal, iiitmduced himself to me, as one of the magia- trates, who was forced to leave Montreal by reason of his political sentiments, &r., and that to liini was entrusted despatches from Pipinean in relation to the prosecution of the intended campaigns. 1 intro- duced Mr. Dufort to Mr. Bidwell to consult ou the pr(i|)()sed connection of the provinces, &.i'.

"The next day I lefV, with Judge Butler, Dufort and others, for D.<trnit, after having plci^ed myself to render whatever assistance I could to anp|>urt the provincial cause. As I passed through the coniitry, meetings were held at almost every town ; ami tm exritoment was such as to justify the belief that the people were ri|>e for a general revolution. When I arrived at Detniit, by the solicitation of ra^' brother in law and Mr. Dufort I concluded to remam in that city during the winter, instead of prosucutiiig my journey south to my family.

"Judge Butler, then a pmminent member af tho Hmiiie of Representatives of Michigan, and Mr. Da- ''ort who was authnrizcd to get up nn nx|>cditi.)n, set on f(M)t i 1 the Inst of the month of November, what was ternu'd n war council, which emhrncfd promi- nent and influential members of the Hon!)e of Re- present.-itivcB, together with th(^ oliicerR of the stata anil United States, and the wealthiest citizens of tha city and ntate (Detroit and Miubi^tn.) This council will in tmie, &u."

.Mr. D.ifort n in the povernineiit employ at Q:it'l)cc, noil can corntt. errom in ilie above.— A. I know i.H that hi; was here as staled.

Rev. Dr. llv'icoa, between whom am] Mr. Biiiwell ilirre irt a cloxo intimacy, iIi'in nihlresaed ll)i;;< rninn. Atti>nn-y (itiit ral, .May '.»!». I«t8:

" .Sir Francis comes and 'regenerates thtf province, and nt the end of two years our currency was do* ranged, or rather destroyed, commert'e waN parniized, the public debt increase*! beyond precedent, th'^ vtilua of property was greatly re<':-ceil, and eniigratioa scarcely seen, and hundre 's of inhabitants whom an obeiUence to royal concilir'ory instructions would have made peaceable and '.apf y, and won over to the government, are leaviiij the province for other climes."

" Was not Mackenzie's famous declnrntion pnb- lishcd in An;;nat last, and all his mecti igs and organi- zations from that time to the 1st of December, pub- lished ill his paper accompanied with secitiooa appeals 7 Did not all these come under yr.ur owa eyes I Wore they not tin<i« aud again uuide tupioa

'EIIS.

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I it <ioufi my «relleiicy our li!ik«liire. It ver asjiired.''

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II iniiy, like

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r 1P.'J7, I be. (•■"rom him I iieral ciilca- .' brothcr-ior s ill relation ;i«l Army, if lenviiiff To> . tiDiu Mon- I tile ni.igia- I bv reason toliim wa« ri-intion to »■ 1 iiitro- tult ou the

tier, Dufort lijeil inyaelf mppuri the le country, :i : ami the ief tliHt the ■ When I ay brother iiti ill tirat cutiii^ my

ibcT ef the >(l 1^. Da-

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tlic state I'liR III' the lis council

mploy at ttbove.— >

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BID WELL'S LOYALTY. OPINIONS AND CONSEQENCUS OF 1837. U

of represef tntion to you by vnrinua iiidividuala 7 — Have ynii i..)t since auught to convict peraous of Trca- ■on for being partiea to that very declaration and to those meetings an.l organizations 7 Were they not ■s treasonable from July to December as they are DOW ? Were you uot appointed to olHce by the Crown und paid by the Province to a -e that the lawa are not violated — to protect the lives and pntperties of Her Majesty's suujects a^'aiiist all unlnwhil ag- gressions uihI conspiracies 7 If Mr. Biilweli's silence as a private itidiviilual in regard totlioso proceedings was, as vou contend, Misprision of Treaaon, was not yonr official silence as the lirst Law Otticer of the Crown, tantamount to High Treason itaelf 7 Was not your silence in relation to those proceedings for three months, a declaration to all the unhaftpy men iuveixled into them that they were violating no law ; and that they were trausoondiug the bounds of free diocussion 1"

This " fiiinnns declaration" was chiefly from Rolph's pen, but he t(Nik care nut to rign il !

It ia prn[>(>r that I should stnle ht<n-, that Mr. Didwell expressed to his friend Hali of ihe Com- mervial, N. Y., a •'strongly unfuvurnble o|iinion of Mr. Miickenzie as a luan nnd a po.'iticiun," and tliiit Elitil iinnnunceil the fact thro' his prt-Hs ; as uUo, 29ih Dtc , 183/, that Uidwell und (lolph were not then on NavylsUind; and, (utiilcd Mr. II.) " we venture to say they will novt-r gti to join Mr. Mackenzie, whtnn they bodi lieurlily desiiise." Moot men are despised when in prinon and initilied. With Mr. B. Miissnchnsetts whs a foreign land in 1837, and Cunada in 18^0. When Ml*' li> went furtii to Rochester, he i<>nnn»-niled his family ''to that God wIki led forth A bru hum and Jacob." Like Head and (lolph. he utteiuied carefully lo No. 1, whether other folks got Abra- ham and Jucub'8 luck or uot.

The Commirvtal, May 3, 1838, assures its rend- ers, " that the zealous loyalty maniftsted on Hie " <K,cii8ion [of the U. C. revolt] was in a great *' measure owing to the general knowhdge and " iiiiderstandiug that Mr. Uidv\ell was opposetl to " llie designs of Mackenzie, and prepared to give "liiHlkest Miipjiort to the go\eiiini»'iil," forg«tiii>ig Mr. U'.H li'tti r to O'C.iHaglian and I'lipiiieiHi,

" Yiiur ^roat mid jMiweiful exertions in the cause of Liberty and JiiKtice I have iicjieed with ndniirii- tioii niid resfiert ; and 1 look with tiecp iiiterest on the Htrtig^'Ie in Lower Canada between an insulted, opprcMHed nail injured people, and their oppressors. Ail hope of justice from thu authoiitica in England seems to be extinguished."

I get all the blame, and from a couple of pnli- ticiaiiK luo, who sKx'd ready, in cu.se of indcpeit- deiu t> to ( iigroiss nil the honor, power mid patro- nage ! Even Lonnl's iininory ininst be slandered lo b ils'er ii[> ilie U dpii < f 18 »4, recreant as he is to every principle of early life !

CIIAPTEil XIII.

IVliat Rebellion Has Done. Public Opinion. Jiolph in Niivu Island IHmes and l\ow. — Ralph on Meihodism.

Did uoi rebellion agaitmt n faithleoa prince pro- d ice luagiia eharlu 1 Did it not give Sydney, Miiinpdeii, Knr.i<eli, and Walluce iiuble places in liiKtoiy ? Were not an enri nnd n luartjiiis of Argyle beluntied for rebellion, nnd does not iiu- pariial history demaincc their slayers as the Iruit- oi'M? Wan IJiiiniet die v»i-<>iig-dotr7 No, but the court that cuuilcu ued lam fur rcsisiiug the cruel

oppressors of his country, has much to answer for? King Charles of France issued an illegal ordinance, and Lord John Russell declared that that outrage Jnstified rebellion to his authori- ty. Edward I. executed brothers «>f Robert the Bruce as rebels, but did that cruelly induce the

victor at Bai ckbiirn to succumb to constimtcd

wrong? Who now blames die Mt xiuaiis for breaking the SpuniKh yoke, or our nei^ libort acroHS the Niagara for siHirniiigoppreHsioo ? Wa« it Charles I's honesty that placed Croniwcll at the head of a ivpnblic ? Or the virtues of the French church and nobility that brought Louii XVI. to the block 7 Hud James II. to abdicate because of his love of civil liberty, or was the re sisiaiice of the rebel Hungarians, crushed by Russian power, unjust and wanton ? Has n(»t the Tope to borrow bayonets and troops to uphold his tottering throne, and shall the nieinoriea of the men of 1837 be insulted by perHons who talk of loyalty and mean love of offici — who urged on resistance out of pi(]iir,and basely deserted the dup» 8 who trusted in them ?

Rulph's denial of his comrades of 1837, is even worse than his desertion of them that year. Doei he mean to admit that they complained widnnit a cause, or resisted even a tolerable guvei niiieiU T If not, what does he mean T

H.ive I been less successful in Haldimnnd bo- cniixe I resisted Head's ignoble ;iile? Is Dr. W »lfre«l Nflson less acceptable to the citiz( ns of Monlreul, u.i mayor, because he drove back the redcoats whose commanders had sought lo tram- ple under foot Oanudinn liberty ? Must we con- ceal truth and promulgate falsehood lo piuve cmr tide to remain in the executive council of 18'>4t Are we to be proud as Canadians of the Van- Dieinan's j liler and his vindictive advisers, (oue of t\h(un Mr. Hincks und his colleagues, pam- pered long and then pensioned oil' at |1'.}00 a year.) because they were ready to hang Chand- ler, Waite, the «allant McLe<Kl,'and a fourth from a l>;itcli of uiitned Canadians? I'l-oiid of wrung aiMJ asliained of munhood and gallantly !

Wiieii on N.ivy Islaml, Jan. 3, 1838, I sent to the Uotliester Democrat, a statenieiit iif wrong! vviiuen by Dr. Rulph, to which, at his reipiest, I signed my name. He said, that

" Whenever executive bribery, corruption, and deceit, can realise a subservient assembly , laws are artlully secured, under the pretence of popular con- sent constituti(HiaIly expressed, to abridge or neutra- lize [lopular right, and to extend or foi tily executive iiiHueuee and lloyal prerogative. The favors and bounty of the crown are not bestowed in vuia upon nieuibers during a scaaion of Parhamont ; nor do they vol tut fa lily subserve the views and policy of the go- veninieiit without receiving rewar.Ii«, iiansked."

"Until the year 18.13, the M.jtliodist Episcopal Chundi in Caea la, as its public history proves, were the open and active friends of civil ruiI relii^ious li- berty. This was, to monarchy, an evil to be correct- ed. Four thousand doliara a year was therefore, gra- ciously given them by the Giovernment fer religioua uses, and a plan was lurther consummated, for chang- ing them from the Episcopal to the Wesley an Me- tlio<iist Church under a President and Missionariea sent from England to infuse into the conference, and through the people, political acquiescence and sub- serviency. "Thro' the instrumentality of the prieita thus purchased, the whole compass of Metliodist to- ciety was suddenly shocked and paralyzed, while religious peace and prosperity were destroyed, and the church dismembered. The aerviues uf other

12 LOUNT'S RECORD. THE PAPER CARMICHAEL SIGNED.

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•hurrli X hnva beenaecured by the lame erclemaiti- m1 bribery oat of provincial moitiei arbitrnrily ap- pronri iteJ to tbia aiiholy purpoae. The Uoinan Ca- tholic cliuruh iu Canada, naa b«eu in like manner, very liberally retained amtdat the profeasion of a be- lief that it is the object of the moat awful denuncia- tioiia iu tlie book of llevelationa. When Ireland pled for eiuancipntion, the Kinga of England wcru over- whelinetl with a aenie of tlie coronalion oath, but the Aoyal conscience ia not so far expanaive aa to reach 2l)e*coloniof with ahame for an adulteroua connection between a Proteataot Oov^iirunieDt ana a Roman Ca- tlMilic church ; which church, in ita parity, aa in the United Statea and Ireland, would apurn the union and •corn a polluted bribe.

" The political influence and withering eflects, not of one but of many atate-paid priesthooda, can be fully appreciated only by thoae who have peraonally witnessed and expenenced the dialmlical act.

" When they could aot tire out the people by re- peated electiona, or corrapt the patriota, they dea- eended to the meanneaa, the cruelty, and the dcapo- tiaiu of a coercive policy. Upper and Lower Canada ■re under the aame conatitution, and the aame un- principled a Imiiiistration of it. It must be with them as with the reft of the world : their free constitution must he written in blood. — 0** ■' Resistance to ty- rants, is obeJieuce to Ood." John Rolph.

li not executive bribery just as rife now ua it was formerlv 7 Are lUit the priealliond, tnmpereii with us openly and effectually by Rolph, Mincks & Co. ait they were by any furiiier government ? If Eiiglisluuen had not reaisteil aihitrary d>>s|iotB in England, where now would be the British constitution / All that men could do or say u^'uinst British power John Rolph said and did while iu the States — but he talked and acted in the dark, and huving changed his tactics is now ready to blast the memory and reputation of both dead and living who fuliowed hiin — of men who acted opeidy, Hud neither in death or in Hfe woncealed their opinions or conduct.

ROLPH vs_LOUNT.

ThcFrench can now l)oa(>t that In the courpc of their revo- lution there liaii nut been ihed one drop of blood more than Was nece-^tary to their own freedom ancf iil)erty. G.mI grant that it may continue so ! Speech of Charlet Earl Grey, in thr H<tu»e of Lord*, upon the French Revolution o/lKJO. Uantard'e Dtbate$

COLONEL LOUNT'S STATEMENT. The pi'iHoner Siiiuuel Lount, on being asked wliether liu wisiivs to make any stuteiueut, says that lie did not know of any intention to ri.Me iu rebellion for tnore than two weeks previous to the Moiidiiy cm which th«; assembly took pl.ice at Moiirgoniery's; that while he was with the relttls he disiipproved of many of their acts, particu- larly tht; liuruing ot the house, which ho <lid not heur ol till af.or it took place. I hud no ideu it Wii8 io be a rebellion ; I was informed nud led to believe that what we wunte.l could be obtain- ed eauily, without biMidsbed — 1 opinixed the burn- ing of Mr. Jarvis' hoiiso and exertetl my iuDiieuce to prevent the rebels fmin going there, ns I un- derstood timt Mrs Jarvis whs unwell. When the flag of truce laiue up. Dr. Eolph addressed biin- •elf to me ; there were two oiliei- persons with it beaides L)r. R.ttpb and Mr. Baldwin. Dr. Rdpb ■niil be brought a message from His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, to prevent the etfusiun of bluud, or tu that effect at the same time be

gave me a WINK to walk on one side, whek< h« reipiested ine not to hear the mrtsfige but (to on vUk our proefe/Hnff$. Wliiit he meiiiit waa, nut to at^ tend to the message. Muckeiizie observed to ma that it WHS a verbal iiiP5sagi>, and that it had bet* ter be submitted to writing; I took the reply to tlie Lieiitennnt Goveriioi's message to be merely a put off. I understood c'"* the intentiim of the leaders was to take the Jity of Toronto, and ( hunge the present form of Gnveriiiuvnt. I heard all that was said by Dr. Ralph to Mackenzie, vs lii<h is as above related. This was the first lima the Hug cnine up. I was present also when th« second flag came up. Dr. Kol|»h then observed thnt the truce was at end. I du not know who shot Colonel Moodie : I do not know who was on guard. (Sgned) SAMUEL LOUNT.

Taken before the Commission, I3th Jan., 1838. (A true copy), A. B. Hawke,

Stcrefary to the CommuniM.

[Frrm the Unebcc Oaxetle, 1st Nov., lASa.} DR. ROLI'H AND MR. BOULTON. THE

FLAG OF TRUCE. The statement of Mr. BoulUin corresponds with what has heretofore appeaivd iu some of the newspaper*, and the truth of this statement Mr. Rolph, 111 his j'lace in the Mouse, very explicitly denied, averting that from the commeucemeiit of the flag of truce to its dissolution, everything was conilucted with good faith.

The following we co|iy from one of the state* meiits which a friend of'^Dr. Rolph bus put into our hands. It is a solemn declaration from Mr. Hugh Carmiclmel, who was the bearer of the flag, and who furnished it to Dr. Rolph's frienda expressly to contradict the mittstutements abroad. These facta are known to correspond with the statements of the Hou.-Roi>ert Baldwin, who was necessarily an eye-witness of and a party to the very same fact*, and with exactly tne same op portunities of knowing their truth us Mr. Carmi cliuel hud; without the knowledge of both whom Dr. Rolph could not huvo violated the flag, us has been alleged.

THE FLAG BEARER'S STORY.

I have repeatedly seen in the newspapers a statement that, " when the flag of truce, in 1837, " came up to the late Mr. Lount, D*'. Rolph said " to him tie hud brou^'hl u messuge from His Ex- "celleiicy the Lieut. Governor to prevent the ef- " fusion of blood, and that at the stiiiie time he " gave Mr. Liiuiit a wink to walk on one side, " when lit! requested .Mr. Loiiiit not to hear tiie " inessajie, but go ou with their proceedings, ineuii- '* ing thiit Mr. Loiint should not atteiiil to tliemes- " sage." 1 was the bearer of the flag, uiid ac- companied Dr. Riilph and Mr. BaldwintUroughout the transactions under it.

Upon the arrivul of the flag of truce on the ground, Dr. Rolph addressed Mr. Louiil. who Htootl ut a ilistuiice, and announced a iiiessuge from Sir Francis Head •• to prevent the effusion of blood, and to oH'tT nn uiuiiesty from tlie Go- vernor upon peucealdy going to their homes."

Mr. Louiit accepted the terms, and iu behalf of tho8e with him ivqiiestetl of the Hug of truce a coiifirmatiou of their authority in writing.

Dr. Rolph and Mr. Baldwin suid they would go back tu the city, obtain it, and return and

NED.

ul pro on irUk nut to aU erved Kt iq« It it had lint* I be reply to Jo Im5 merely ^ntioii of the 'oroufo, iitid

lit. I iieard

Mnckeiizie, hu first tiina lo wiiuii th« en ubserved

kiiuw who who WHS on

LOU NT.

Jnii., 1838. Iawke, ommutiom.

IV., Ifl53.) N. TUB

spoiids with loiiio of the itemeiit Mr. ry explicitly • iiccment of ry thing wa«

nf the state* lus pnt into 111 fniin Mr. ;arer of the ph's frienda flits nbi-oad. id wilh the ill, uho waa lurty tu the lo siiine op Mr. Cariui botii whom (lag, as ha«

MRS. LOUNT'S IMPRESSIONS. S. LOUNT'S SUFFERINGS. 13

•RV.

wspupprs a cv, ill 1837, Uolph said nil His Ex- tent theef. lie liaur he I Olio «ide, > hear ihe iiig^. iiit-aii- to till- tiics- ',:, and ac- llii'ouj;hout

lice on the .ounr. who a iiicKisage le i-H'iision ni the Go-

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1 In-half of uf truce a

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meet them wilh it at the Toll Gate ; Mr. Loiint at the same time eugHKJiig to do no act of hos- tility. And they iiniiiediately returned with lue under the Hag to the city for tliat purpose.

During the going out and staying on the the •ntiinil, and returning lo the city, as alM»ve sta- ted (till "f which was done promptly) Dr. Rolph, Mr. Baldwin, and myself, being ail on liornebat k, kept in close phalanx, not a yard apart. Neither of the persinis moitioned could have got oif his horse, nor have called «ir winked to Mr. Lonnt and walked aside and communicated with liim, nor have said anything irrelevant to the flag of truce, or against its good faith, as is untruly al- leged, without my knowledge.

Upon retiiriiing to Toronto with the (lug, as state<l, Dr. Rolph and Mr. Baldwin asked for thu cxpecte«l coiifirmaiion c.f the authority, and re- ceived in answer, that Sir Francis Head had re- called th)! amnesty. In company with Dr. Rolph and Mr Baldwin, I immediately returned with the fla" in llic same compact order as alxive stated, to Miri.onnt. and Dr. Rolph, wilh expressions of regret, announced the retracti', n of Sir F. Heail.

The flag of truce was then openly and formally declared at an end.

Up to this second and final period of the flag of truce, neither <>f the {tersons mentioned could have got otr his horse, nor have called or winked to .Mr. Loiiiit and walked aside with him, nor have said anything irrelevant to the Flag of Truce, or against iti goo<i faith, as is untruly alleged, without my knot? ledge.

HUGH CARMICHAEL.

Quebec, 30th Anguiit, 18'>2.

LETTER FROM COLONEL LOUNT'S WIDOW.

To W. L. MadK»:ie, New Kpt*.

Utica, .Vlacomb Co., Mich. Dec. 8, 1838. Dear Kiuknd: — I Imve been jiernsiniL' a pie< e in one of your papers taken from the ChrUtifin Gnarilitin, known to be a paper of little tru'h by every one acquainted with its conductors, [Mensrs. Ryerson &. Evan*,] stating that my husband had spoken very much aga nstyou, wliith assertion I and my family km>w to be fuls*-; and I am per- suadeil you was acquainted with Mr. Lonnt years enough lo think otherwise. He ever taught his family tu respect Mr. Mackenzie as one of the most honest and honorable men he ever met with. I was with him during the three last «lays of his life. Instead of b«'niting his friends, he prayed for their sucees , as well as his country's freedom, and believed Canada could not long remain in thu power of such merciless wretches as have mur- dered its inhiiiiitanls for thi-ir love of liberty. — But he fingave his enemies and prayed they mialit rt'iwnl ef their wicketlmss, althon^'h lie coimider- ed himself niijiistly put to death by them, and wished m<' never to auk life of his enemies. But my anxiety would not iillnvv mc to leave the least undone that was in my power to do towards sn- ving his life, therefore I appeared before S"r George Arthur in behalf of my husband, as has been stated. Mis answer wan, " If your husband " is as well jirepared to die aa is represented, per- " haps he will never again be as well prepared, ** if repneved now, and I do not think he can be " prepan-d to die without bringing other guilty " men to jiMtice, aa the CouucU ihiuka be kuowa

" of many whom I think, if he would roako " known, mercy would be shewn to him, and X " wish you would return uirect to the jail and " tell him this from me." He made me several other answers whieli are not stated here.

I have lately been on a visit to Canada, and found the tories determined to retain the property from me and my fatherless children. I have ever wished to see you since I crossed the lines us I could tell you more than I could write. P.eusa give my love to Mrs. Mackenzie and family. I vvi:ih yuu to direct the papers which you are so kind III seiidhig me, to Utica, P. O., Macomb Co., Michigan, and oblige. ELIZABETH LOUNT.

liaaat** €*Hspaai«B !■ AirvnUj.

Dundas, 10th Due, 1849.

I was residing at the Holland Lauding in Nov. 1837, when the late Colonel Leant requested lue to go tu Tonintu with a message to W. L. Mackenzie, who lefi iuimeuiately fur Stouflville. After church- time oil Sunday, Dec. 3, it waa rumored that Measr*. Sullivan and Draper's govaruraeut had issued war- rants for the apiirebensiun of Messrs. Louut, Uolph, Ciibson, Vidwell, and Mackenzie. OitMun. whom I visited soon aitor, had despatched a letter per Mr. Kilmondson, enclosing a note from Toronto, to CoL Louiit. I was soon alter warned to be at Muntgome* ry's at nine on Monday night.

That night, Dec. 4, I accompanied Messrs. Macken- zie, Anderson, Smith and Michael Shepard from M(i>jt- Romcry's toward the city. We met Mr. Macuoiudd and another — took them prisoners — Mr. Powell wbm given in charge of Capt. Anderson — and Mackenzie, accompanied by Robert Smith, continued their course toward the city.

On my return to Montgomery's. Col. Lount waa standing outside — Col. Moodie and his i. iends had tried to lorce their way thro' the patriot guards ; Mo(Miie had tired on the sentinel — it was returned, and he was woumied — one of bis compai.iuns, Mr, Prime Lawrer.re, forrcd Ids way thro'.

Col. MtMMlie was carried into a room, and Dr. McCiigue instantly sent for by Col. Louut. I was reijuested to return, with Miehsel Sliejiard, to- ward the town, and meet Mackenzie, and (.id so. Ho was on his way back, with Smith, near Mike VVhit- niore's, and requested us to take Capt. Auiierson'a bo<i.v ott' the road, which we did. Alter the tighliitg, on 'Thursday, Col. Lount, myself, and others, crossed a field to the back concession, near She ard's mill dam. .lohn Ileid and W. L. Mackenzie, got to the mill soon alter us, chased by four men, wlu-ni we fired at. Jacob Shepard's people gave us an oven fnll of bread, and milk, cream, <Sce. Mackenzie and Lonnt then separated, and I went with Lount, and shared his fate till we were arrested.

Lount and I then went to the rear of King — wo were two niuhts in the wcnmIs — the third we 8|ieiit with Mackenzie's Scotch fiietul, David Oli| liRi.t, iu Kramosa — thence passed into Waterloo by Guelph, and after enduring many privations, we returneil, via Mount Pleasant, to Finmboro' West, Lount liixiiig shelter with Obed Everett, Sfjnire Hysloji, John Hathaway, and 'ithers. I remained wftli my chil- dren at Dunda ll warned that I was to be an-osted. Lount and I then went to Mr. Latshaw's near Paiis, thence to a friend's near Simcor, then to Loi.g P4iii.t, where we got an open boat, and atteiu| ted to ri(>t>s Lake Erie to Erie, iu January, 1638. There were four of US, viz: Lount, Dcas (a French Cai.ai.iHn, who gave as the boat), a boy, aial mysi If. F( r two uighta and two days we were in that open boat, ear sufl'eiiiigs were jireat beyond deseiiftuin, we were strangers to sleep, and toiling contii iially. We l.ad a piece of potk, but it was frozen. W l.t n near £ i ie the wind blew ua back ii.to the lake, and we diiitrd to the montb of the Grand Uiver, where we would

14 HEAD ON BALDWIN. BIDWELL. AMNESTY TO O'BRIEN.

hnve frnse to death i'' a fanner who had watch- ed ui <li ittiii); oil the lake, had ii(it taken us priHuiiera, with tht) ni i of a party. We were taken to Duriii- fille, to William Orderley'a tavern, nndexoniined hy havi.l ThouipMiii, Esq., M. P. P. and Squire Mihi, who sunt UH close prisuiiers to tiir Allan MucNah nt Chippawa.

The nioriiiiiff after we got there, W^m. Nelles, Esq., of Uiinishy, cnuiu into the Guard House, niailc known who Loniit was, took him instantly hefore t^<|uire Cunnniiiffs, who sent him to Toronto, a reward of iS.uuu hiivia^ been ottered <br his arrest. I was com- mittud U> Ilamiltoii jail.

Louiit cxpresseil great regret that he had parted from Mackenzie, toward whom he liad the most friendly teiili.igs. When sick in the woods, he said " ii would not care if I was dead if I liad Mac along with me." 1 was never permitted to speak to Col. Lount alter wo parted at Chippawa. Our friend- ■hip had been of long standing, but was not to be renewed on this sile of eton.ity.

I WHS siMiteuced to transportation to VanDicnian's Land, by Cliiuf Justice Robinson, for resisting the oppression of the family compact, but escaped, with Michael Shcpard, and others, from Fort Henrv.

EDW. KENNEDY.

HEAIVS ABUSE OF HOBERT BALDWIN.

[From Hcnil's address to the House of Lords, Lon- don, on the Canada Union BUI of 1840.)

He [.Mr. BiiMwiu] well knew that the reliels tvoiiUl not iiijiii'f Aim, iiml secure iiiider tliiM infii- moM!* protei-tiiMi, he wns content that they slioiiUl miinhr llu* rejtre.seiiljilive of his Sovi leijL'ii, the jiiil^rti, or iiiiy oi' the loyal sultjects who hiui n8- seniblcil to ojijiosc them, lie coiiUI eiiliniy see, us he did, lilt! lioiKses uf his tuwniiineii in il:iniet>, and coiilil look n|Kiii the scene as if it did not concern him.

At a iiioinrnt when the Lientenniit (Jovernor well km^w that A« uoiiUl not approach the reheis witli ^a^t•ly, and that any man of acknowlt'il<jeil loyalty would have been hai'buroii!>lv fhot down by ilu;iii, >L-. Rohert Baldwin aud Dr Kolpli un- dertook to convey to the rebels a niessajie from the Lieut, (iivtinor, calling upon them in the name of ili-ir sovereijrn to stop the eH'n.iion of hnmim blood. Instead, however, of delivering this message, Di-. Rolph, who was the secret coii- cocter of the rebellion, infamoii.sly advised iheiii imniciliately to iidvance, while his bosom friend, Mr. R'iberl Baldwin, bore back an answer not iHily i!.8iiiiin<; and defying the government of his Bjveri ign, but demanding the surrender of the uilliorily wliicli the tonstitntion placed in his hniid!<. Mr. R.>l>«-rt Baldwin knew that the trai- torous demands of which he was thelmarer, could not and would not be conceited, and that instant murder aiiil pillage was threatened ; and yet, wht'ii eveiy res|)ectublu member of his profession w.'is under arms, he could withdraw to his dwell- ing as to a place of sure refuge (which to his •hame ii was), and cuiild leave his fe-llow subjects tu encounter without his assistance whatever lica- ton might litve power to necumplish ! — Pnge32d.

To Jlii ExcJImcy Sir FraitcU Bond Ihad. TouoNTO, 8th December, 18.17 Sir, — In ronseipience of the kind conversation of Yoar Excellency this morning, 1 have determined to leave this Province ibr ever.

1 am aware that the circnmstances to which Your Kxcellcu(;y alluded are calculated to give ri.ii; to sus picions itq'U.ist me i:i relation to this i.isunection ; and while tliey would bo likely to rentier my fuither

residence in this Province' nnplcasaiil, they make Your Excellency's kindness the more worthy of my deep and lasting gratitude.

I am confident, at the same time, thnt thv^ investi- gations which will now of course \h, made will fully remove these suspicions fnun Your Kxcelleiicy'f mind, and will prove that I had no kiiowleiige or ex- pectation that any such attempt was in contempla- tion.

I have the honor to b.", most respectfully, Yonr Ex- cellency's grateful scrvaiit,

Marshall S. BtnwKLL.

VOTES OF 1852 AND 1863.

There are two Cliristies in the AsRcmii'v, nnd whem ver "Christik" is spoken of as Ix ing nh. sent or as voiiiif.', " David Cllli^lie v[ \\\ iiiwi jth uiid Brum" is meant.

AMNESTY TO O'lUUEN, FJwOST, &c.

I moved the House, [.iournal, p. 389], to address the Uueen and tell her how pleased we'n all he if she'd graciously forgive the Welsh and Irish political piia- oners in VaiiDieinan's Laml. Goveruuei.t gruttly suid "No!" and my [iroposnl was voted <I(i\viil»y tha sweet voices of Annexation Priiirc, Brown. MiicNah, Monisoii, Street, hincks (Lish in iiniiiu at least), Morin of It'll?, Unbiiison of the Canada ('(inipniiy, &.c. Tiic hert.ic Uolpli bin himself at the vote. I ei.'uliln't Hiid him. But 1 inoveil the resolution ugiiin [.loiiriial p. 7:)'J|, and he hud hy that time jducked up coiiiiigc eiiougn to vote no ! along with HinckS, Uaiiihle, Tur- rotte of 1837, l<icliar(.B. Uidoat, Ac. No nialter! Lord Pulmerhtoii soon alter had the Quern's com- mands to free every man ol thcni, and send them hoiue to thtir wives and cliildren. Long lite to Her Majes ty ! and iio tl.ai.ks to siiiitless, soulles.", lieggmly ].olit)('ibi.s gii.Ke buri.tiiut ot their tlen upon Ciq.t; iJia- nioud, who feel for nobody hut themselves, tlicir per- centage, scrip, &c.

ABOLITION OK 'VWV. COURT OP CHANCEUY.

18.')3, May 11. I moved, in substance, seconded by J. White, liir a eoinrnittee of 7, to he nanieil by the House, with iustruetioii to report by bill on.tlici wise, Ibr confeiiiiig such Chaocery lowcis as ini^ht be found needful uiroii the common law jmlgcs, who go on circuit and hear the evidenco in open court, and thus to dispense >/ith the Court of Chancery i.i L|>per (.'anada as a sejiarute, secret tiihunal. (Jour «i-i | I had carried a smiilar million by Upper Canada vt,tc« in the previous parliament, but the Lowur Cann.dain swamped us. Uoveri.ment then, tl.ro F. Hincks, pnmiised to remedy the abuses of the 8>8teui, but have made bad worse. Brown moved ameinaueutii, giving the question the go by, but failed.

On the vote for nUdishing this oppressive tribunal, as above, the nays were Bniwu! Lnngton! Christie!

Cameron ! Bichards ! LeBlai e.

Uolph !

.hihiison.

Drummond,

Hartiuan I

Morin,

Sicutte,

Hniith, Durham, Cartier, Turcotte, &c.

Fifteen Upper Canadians went for iibolitioi, Nino against it. The nine tiiumpheo thro' Lower (,'ai.aua injustice. The Wrights, Hincks, Patrick. Crawliird, Prince ! Itobiuson, Huse, Stevenson, were cUeic/ieiv when the vote was taken.

Jui'ge Bichari's nnd lis family are rciuhiicanto the hack bone-— an American family — ultra liberal. — He hung to Bal twin for office, liking place better than priminle. Hating the court of chancery as a re- former he loved it oa a place hunte:-, and buIj Lia

COURT OF CHANCERY. GRAND TRUNK INIQUITY.

lli

ully, YonrEx-

|R<iiii)'v, nnrt

tonpno nixl vntc for tlio Attorney gcnernliliip, ni a ■te|)(iii<gBt'»>(' tu n ninucuro jud^uHliiii niiil ultiiiintely ■ pension. Mniiy of liii votoH nru corrii|it to tliu very core. To veil liiit vicwe, ho exliihiteit, yonr alior y cur, a big liivv rt'i'urni bill, never iiiteiKJiiig to tr> ttr carry it. lOlcvon iiifmbnrfl, M-lien Hiillivnti died, rctmon- ■trnteil ngniunttho udcIcrs filling «I' hin iiiaco, ami tlio ppeii kimv<-ry o!'two superior ooiiininii liiw roiiits niid two cliicl jiiNtirea in oiio town. HiiirhK, Ricliarila, Rolpb, Moriia Ic Co. put us niF, and governor and counril mult' Uicbarda n jiidgo as tin reward of bis tmrliliiig ;<nl>aervicn(?e ; and liia wliolo connexion are dwiiiillt'il i.owi) into plnre-lioldeia and fut (■oiitrn''t or office acek*:!!. ^

AFFORDING PRETEXT TO ROUROW.

VOTE OFCUNFJOKiNCE IN MIMSTEKS.

Oovernmei t atnck into tlie Sup|dy Bill of 18.M, XIO.OOO tor llio (jovernnieiit House at Toronto, not intcuiling to biiibi one, but an a pretext for more bor- rowing in Loniion. Last ai'tsion ancb items as Asy- lums lor blind, deaf, and dumb. Houses of ('oiriHtion, he, iVc, to tbe amount of bundrods of tliouNaiids of d(>lliir^<, wiMM" iiisorteil, and no location for tlieni as- signed, nor plans exbibited. Some ouo oftbeni luiglit be stHitt-d bclore election if it would bribe n pliiee to vote in a oinlionest member. Tlio bill <d' Sujiply tor 1853 was wilbbeld till an lu<ur or two before tbe acs- siuu ch:s.'<l, when not Imlf tbe nicmoi-rs were pro scut. [.See .lournals, page 1118.| It cuiitiiiued grunts lor gcclii.iiii 81'IiooIk — sclidids wIutc iIk; priittsliUit bible or till- catholic one, is denounced as base, bad, fraudiiL'. t, f ir!;eil, iVc. — grai ts of many tliousiniiis to the most u.seless |iur|iotie8 — sulaiies mi*e<l eiiormf)US- ly ami ia b'ld .nilb (n% for iiiKtance those of tbe two Speakers) — pensions to idle liulies, and other enor- mities--itixi to show that I bad no coLfirlei cc in the goveriimei t I voted alone, a nay. The yens were 3."), and among tneni wero Hincks ! Langton ! lirown!

M(irii'»'>n! Cameron! Weriilt!

Malkicii, Prince, Hiclmrds!

WlllRor, Sherwood, Lyon. *c.

Rolph and Ohristie did not vctr>. Oiily :i7, out of 84 mendjcrs, were preB»*nt — the tninority t)f a bouse which had di-clared ilse!), by a vote o{ -i to 1, a ^.■ro^8 imposi'ion upon |M)pular repn'seiitnlion, was h'gisia ting in the utiscnce of tbe iii8J<u-ity— and the le^-isln- ture were to a.ljonrn in two In urs for a twelvemonth.

All rnh's were set aside. Hii.cks ii.troduced Ms upply bill ; Imil it road once, twice, thiice, committ- ed, reported on, engrossed in Frei.cli and Ei.glish — scut to tbrb'-.ds — passed thro' all their mock loims —

and assc \»d to I)y Lord KIgi the whole will in

the space of :i or 4 hours ! I ! [See Jour. 1118, iVc]

On the vole to borrow linndre<!s of ihousam.'s of dollars in Kurope lit C per cent, with the Cbest full here, a.ul a dozen kunu.s lent out at il.tcre^t or for nothing to .sp< ( toil, that day (seo page 1119 of

Journals), voted Kolpb ! Christie ! Laugtor,

Mcrrilt ! Hincki) ! Cameron !

Fcrgusson ! Pteveiiaop. VV iilaon, &,c.

SUPPLIES OF 1852.

The same trick of ludding back the Supplies was played by tbe Hincks Hfdj b Mate jugglers in 1852.— They prcte:i(!ed that the session was Imt balfn sis- siou — iisked a vote of supply rn Uvt — waited till we were just ready to dispcme — said f bey were afrtiid of the ciiolera — got Prince to order the House to t*ie right about, ■ ud i'.180,000 were voted without euqui- ry (see Jour. p. 4t)»l by McNab, Cliiistie, Morrison !

Prince, Ilobinaoi], A. Wright!

Hincks! Langtoii, (}. Wright, &c.

or Ilolpli wai just then ^3r invuiUe.

THE TAX ON SI JO A K.

Hincks is the most keen ami aitiul of tiix niastrra. Not content with u tax on sugar ot filly iiolluis on every JtlOO value, ho exacted the duuiii.k lax of 0 sbilhnj^s in every 112 lbs. in addition to llie t,~<0. The Americans place a very small tax on foreig.i sugar, but it is to encourage their own Loui.siiinti sugar plan. tcrs. With an eiiornious surplus, and our i tli< iais treble paiil, we of Canada had no need thus to tax a necessary of life.

Last session Drown moved (Apiil 1.1, 18.'>'\ page 'Ci of Journals) to continue tbe $50 lux on Itjtw tSu- gar, but to reduce the 9ii. tax per cwt. to "Is. tiA., or a half penny tbu lb. Lost! Among the Noes wero

Street, White ! Puti ick ! Cameron ! it i( bards !

Hincks! Christie ! Morrison ! Kidoiit, Dr. McDonald,

Hailniaii ! ItdbiiiNon, Critwiiird, A. Wiigbl! Mull ice, iVe.

itojldi was -itrcseiit at thy previous vole, lint (liko inc) iiirisi/i/c at this vote. I was at ten, and iiii was sure of a niajoiity. Yet wu eventuull_\ ^ot :)s. per cwt. of n dednelion. It is siii I that tlio Americana complained of our cheap tnrilf, and tbi<t all is done that can be done to i.icrease taxation.

SUNDAY LAI'.OR.

June 6, 18.">n, the bill to stop all Siiiu'ny liilior id post olUces and on <'anals, by clerk?, b(H)kk<.e|ierfl,&c., so that .'^undny mi^ht be a day of rest, wms (mII.'iI up, wbcnirnicks. seconded bv ^Iolin, iiiovimI to kick it out 'A'itliout (lisciiRKion. Hrown ninved a dny for the second rcaoiiig, and government got the wdrst of it, tho' among tbe votes to kick out the bill wem n«l(di! Moiii. IHeiiunu!

Ciirtier, Hi.ieks! .'^Iierwo id.

Drummoiul, Seymour, Mebiuli!ii',

Stuart, Tcssier, Dixor, Ac.

The second reading came on June 8, niio MoitLwo, McNiib, (iiimi)h', Jcdmson, Harlma<i,,l. A. .M( Donald, and bi.tli Wiighis. were invisible at voting ilnie.

Ilidpb wbeclrsil round in ils favor. T.i Ki.k it out voted Cartit.-r, Sheiwoiid, McLaeblin, Mmi ■, YiUhg, iVe. and lliey DID kick it out. <).,ly two I pper Ca- nada iiay.s, yet lost, because only live Lowlt Canada ayes! I idependcnt of the reliLrious viiw, nm-ulv a day <if rest in seven is a mo-st bonevoli.-i.l i !eu. I.Soo Jour. p. 100:i and lO,),-..]

ORAND TIUJNIv INIQUITY.

This is a dishonest scheme to withdraw tlic contro". oftwolve millio a of doUars to bu borrowed in Krituin (on secniity of every house and fiiim in (lauada), from thecoM.it>y, atiil give it to a few ci ally la. id job- bers, railway jobbers, privileijed ba.ikei'," .sliaqierc. tVc— MS also to give other mon»cs to their charge. It provides for aa expeuiiiture of MO mil, ion liollars without any competition or division of the work into moderate contracts ; it bought up oni- fxior S^peaker (MeDonahl) whose family u'eta t>U miles of it without competitio.i ; it enabled Hi.icks iV Co. to speculate in Maine railway stock ; it connects the executive with the company as the directors; it removes responsi- bility by allowing directors to neglect the duty; and pays double the price for 1000 miles of work, or JEIO,. 000 nearly for what thouiinuds would bo gla I to do just as well ttcX'KOQO; also preimiins; the way for heavy eiubarraasmout, when Gdlt, Ilolto >. :iad other a..ncxat'ou cbisaelers will stand from under.

For the 3rd readiig of the Graml Trunk bHI voted only 28 niMnbors, in miJst ot cholera, (Niv. 2, 1852), among whom were

llolpb, Richards, Princp,

liobinson, Crawford, Carii.ir,

liidout, Dniinni'uid, Stev.-ison, '

Hiucks, Fergiisson, O. Wright,

Eur.ihajo, Christie. M irin.

Street, Claphau, Sicutte, iVrj

-,/

T

16 PAYING LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS. HINCKS'S PECULATIONS,

if , '

Tliia cnnceri wasttrigiimtod, ami very naturnlly, on the |t)!titi<Hi of tilt* iiutiirioui ux-mayor Bowes, iVo. — An atteiiipt wut ina>li) tu preti it on iilugnlly, but friiitriituil ; iioxt Hiucka mtived to ■URneiKl rule ro- quiriiii{ iiniioc ot'coiiaiileration ; and Hually the Houat', 7 to 4!! votud (town Youiig'a excellent iiiotion [aee p. 3-55 of Juuruula| to amend the bill ao " thai tl shall " heai- (III ituj'.ice the fhnracter of the work to he txt- " cHleil iipcu the road, and the term$ and conditions " upon ir/iich it shall be executed."

I voted nny beciiusc I had reaolved to ao a^ainat the whole lUjaMui'H, but how could Rol|di! Wliito ! Burulinui, lliiii-ka! Dhrialie ! Clauhani, Crawford, Drumuiond, Hartuiait ! Morin ! Murney, Putrii-k! HichurdH! Seymour, Terrill, Shaw, Uniith'of Durham, JJitreet! Willioii, Turcotte, audtlicTWO VVridite Jo ao 7 They were for the measure. No:ie of tnem are to be found amoii(; the nava at the ihird readiiiff (page 37:i.] The company, if it ia not, like the Hu- ron and Outurio, a aham one, will auttur deeply.

Wright, Ac. A oloae vote of 97 to M. The Cnunoil ouata the country ilOO.OOU a year.

jl'joo.wk) missing.

In 181,1 or 1844, the British goveniment aent a let ker to the ,1'urliument of Canada, that after paying the expuiK'e of the establishment, aa annually shown by Postmaster Stayner'a bills, the Imlance woulil be put back into the province cheat. When the colonv got the control of the poat ottire there waa • bal- ance due the colony of i)100,000, over and above Stayner'N expcnoiturea- I asked an account of it, and copy of any correspondence about it, but Hincks, Lafontanie, Cuuchon, it Co. voted down all entpiiry. Last ses.siini, with Uolph, Ac. in (diicc, 1 renewed my mtilion — Kiinply for informHtion where our money was — Rnil the government — Uolph, Hincka, Moiin, Robs, Morrif> (sly and aleek), Rtcliards, &c. refused. — [Jour. p. 423. 1

EI.ECT ALL THE COUNCIL !

The giiverumeiit schemft of Inst session waa an elective ciMiiic-il or senate, to be partly iiominntcd by the Odveriior— partly electeil — a portion of the pre- sent ol I and Worn out couiieillo a to remain — another aecti'in to be chosen from men holding i.1000 in real eatute — the ele<rtive system to be adopted oiily gra- dually. For the above, AND ActAiNKT A rnopo.SAi. TO rt.Err all at onck, voted (succesafully)

Hincks! Rolph ! Gamble,

Priiicc, CitMieron, G. Wriuhf,

Hartnian, Uicharda, A. Wright.

Patritylik White, Fergnaon, Jcc.

FOUR DOLLARS A DAY TO 30 LEGIS- LATIVE COUNCILLORS!

.Tnno 13, 18.^3 — the day before the Hroroj^a- ion — $20,000 was moved to the Legislative Council to mett <-aHual expenses, beaidea double (lay to a wh<de boat of nsoicss oQiners, a heavy dragon the couiitry. Yeas, Krowii, R'llph, Robtnson, Christie, C'im'*ron, Merritt. Sherwood Fergnsson, Burnham, Willaou, tec. Cioried.

The next move was to pay each contM-illor, from the Speaker, who gets i the- $3200 \ yesir, down to the banker, who represents his own breeches pocket. Four dollars n ilny durini; session, also milr-af.'e money — to pay them thus f >r thwnttine a iv gJo*l we may do — a:id to nr^t't this onlliy, tlS.OOO were asked, iiicludi tg.louble pay to placemi^n hnviug seats there.

For four dollars a day to each coanrilk)r, wh'^ther otherwise overpoi lor not, voted [See .lour. p. 1097 J —

Rolph, Amos Wright, Christie,

Prince, ^-.-; •■Hincks, Cameron,

'.Dimmmond,

Egan,

Roae,

Cartier, Merritt, Smith, dm..

Ferguason, Richarda, Chabot, itc.

THE KILLALY BRIBE.

i.... Killalyhnabeeu paid the regular aalary ($2,509 or $3,500) 'attache«t to nia olBce of Maiatant commit* aiouer, ever aiiico he hold iti but Hiiicka wanted kim to play a part on the London boarda, during the Graud Trunk rehearsal; and aome aay that at Hrst Killaly hositatotl. Bh thiu as it may, n mock aucount for pre> temled labor du*\vaa uassed in Council, nodded to by Lord KIgin. and oH'erea to the Assembly aa i:719 17a. 3ld. to Kilialy " for eixiotioriiig aervicoa on the Wetland Caiml," Feb. IS.Il to Dec. 1653, at $1000 • year. §

When it came to the vote, tha artful old do<lger, Rolph, who had voted a few minutes before, and who voted again a few minntca thereatter, alipt oft' into the ailjoining rooms. If cringing servility, an aban- donment ot principle, (Lr which the countrv wm convulaed, pntlii about " princely atamina," and ulay. ing the decoy to independent editors and membon^ whom he hoiiea to bring "under atipulatious," do- aerve reward from a bad system, Il<dph should bo provided for.

The votea for the Kilialy bribe (Joar. 1098 and 'M) wore

Hincks ! Richards! Prince,

Cameron ! Ferguaaon ! Bmith, Durham,

Morin, Christie! Willaon,

Lyon, Merritt! McLachiin, ice.

Even Street and Robinaon, bad aa they are, could not awallow this vote ; but ptMir Kill, gut his bono and ia oft' to Loudon to play his part iii pulBug for his employers.

Invisible at voting time, OomUe, Haitmao, O.

HINCKSS PECULATIONS. THE £10,000.

One thing I liked exceedingly ill in the conduct of Rolph, ('hiistie. White, Hartraun, the Wrights, Smith of Duiham, CRnien)n, Hincks, and indeed the whole House. It was this :

I had early in the session, proposed in committee some emptiry into e.xpcnditurcs and been met by Hi'icks witJi, " il you have any speciKc charges to make against any member ot" the government, ft committee will at once be allowed to enquire into them."

It was privately known, I dare say, to three fourths of the Assembly* that Hincks had used his pnsitiun to pillage those who were abort of ct jIi, and bend legislation to hia private ends, especially in the cnso of the X10,000 so disgracetully shared by him and Bowes, aided by McCord, the oHicious 'Miamherlaio hjre, toward the close of that job.

Sherwood had urged me on. None, how-: vcr, Vtwred move in the matter. I plainly charged Hi icks with deception in the X 100,000 city bills— stateit the facts, and that he nnd Bowes ha^* «.hc i:iO,000— Hint liidoul of the U. C. Bnnk, was tn Quebec, «imI could be snmnioncd — that the facts could and ought to be promptly got at — thnt it concerned the House to see timt no knaverv' whs practisei. — nnd I asked povem- meiit to consent to a committee — but Morin sai<l No, and when I place<i my motion in the Speaker's hands not a member would second it!

Another i.ightl tiied enquiry — found n seconder in Ilartmin — but bafiire it came to the vote he withdrew his motion, least Mr. Hincks might be oftluidcd by seeing the votes on the Journal. No fear of the present House ancloakitig knavery — if the knaves have anj-thiiig to bestow ! Had I goi". a committee wc could have had all the facts promptly, and the re- medy in chancery woald have been bettered by it-— but among the 82 not one man wai:te«t to appear de- sirous to look carefully into Hincks's peccadilltes. lie had iinanne, banks, assembly, ftc. at bis finger endi.

Here's the pity I

JLATIONS.

«. TheCounoil

IDE.

iriRlary (ta.SOf laiataiit commia- cka wrantoil bim uriug the Uraod at Hrst Killaly aocouiit for pre> nil, uotl<le<l to by >ly a« 11719 17a. lorvicoa on the 1853, at $1000 a

tful old do<lger, before, and vrh* tr, alipt off' into vility, an aban- lo countrv waa lina," aiiu play^ aufi meinb«n^ ipiilatioua," de- Lolph should b«

ir. loss and '»»)

ince, ■ ■ • litb, Durham, illsoi), ;Lacblin, Jco.

tboy ar)>, rould

1. got h\» bona

ill piifBug for

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