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MAOMMirziltS WMMXLT MMaSAQM KKTttA.
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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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n .tir i.,.|. rf, BY W. L. MACKENZIE.
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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.
|)«dy,
«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 *
ri
r
• 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.
tr
re
rai
tit
ha
•r
th
MACKENZIE'S POSITION DEFINED. SIR F. HEAD ON THE FLAGS.
trayeil r qooil deal nmri' ol th« daiitanl tlian tho
reat.-A'. Y. L'u
Tor
I
ro
'oiirier «V KmiHirrr.
"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.
ow, with tha
re oxpurionc-
I it <ioufi my
«relleiicy our
li!ik«liire. It
ver asjiired.''
Mr. l{i(Jwi>||
II iniiy, like
* iVoui inters
•IMINt! tHIIgtlk
i'<>';iiiial ayi*
Uolpli, and
H U low the
■lf(lf{c — and
Itinl iiDiliinji
I |>erliH|>a it
' uiiili'ftsed
)aie fupitkl
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-
• liti.)!), aet
iber, what
f<l promi-
is" of Re-
tlic state
I'liR III' the
lis council
mploy at
ttbove.— >
"ii'I Mr.
I'lilrosaed
818:
pifivince,
' was de*
M'trnlized,
tli'^ value
iiiiKrHtioa
kvlioiii an
IIS would
I o%er to
I'or other
tion pab-
I'l or^'ani*
ber, pub.
seditiooe
r.nr own
ilo topioe
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.
I ' I
I
•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-
OMlfS."
1 In-half of
uf truce a
iiy would
etuMi and
\
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
IE £10,000.
the romliirt of
-Vrighta, Smith
ood the whuitt
in romuntte«
been met by
iHc rhnn^ea to
^vuniinent, a
) eiKjuire iuto
o three fourtha
id bis poaition
r jb, R)i.J bend
lly ill the cmo
d by bim and
t '"hanihcrlaia
ow( ver, tfwrcd
I Hi irks witlk
atofi the facta,
•— Ibnt liidnul
Mixl conid be
ought to b«
House to aee
isked povem-
[oriii said N«,
oaker's lianda
n seconder in
I he withiln-w
: off'oiidcd by
ft^nr of the
if the kimrei
a committee
>', and the re-
tereA by it—
to appear d«<
Radilliiea. He
I Anger endi.
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