The Quebec gazette = La gazette de Québec, 10 mars 1841, mercredi 10 mars 1841

[" nb an eee SES No.5595 ] i GEN À ro TUE ELECTORS.OF TIE COUNTIES 3 OF DORCIIESTER AND BEAUCE, UNITED UNDER THE NAME or COUNTY OF DORCHESTER.ENTLEMEN,\u2014The requisition which has been presented Lo me, by a great number of you, having for 11s object my consent to be put in mina on Candidate for the representation of your County, in 4 (we Pariunent of the United Provinces, and the amsutance ps of support which 1 continue to receive from you, make it £ erative upon me, that I should no longer defer my ac- Hap ce of the high trust which you are wilhnæ to confine vep e Aueweraiset hand.Lower Canada, deprived of {10 Constitutional nights fur the last three years, will soon be ue od ta the exercise of 1s elecuve franchise, conjontly cu she Pruvince of Upper Cunuda, to which it has been 7 ed: and although that franchise is most unjustly appor- un \u2018ss fur ns this Province 1s concerned, nevertheless, it duty to avoil yourselt of it, as it ti the duty fi of every citizen, 10 the circumstances In which the country A laced, to make the sacrifice of trs ow individual inte- ee A for ihe public good.Divided from our slster Province 3 by the Act of 1791, we had every reason tu expect that two = res which had become so distinct, by their language and 1 customs as well as by the laws under which they had grown, te id not have been re-united into one Province and un.a der ane common Legislature.against their will and in 2 violation of an Imperial Statute, the necessity for which had pid then been felt by the greatest statesmen of the day for the perter preservation of the Colonies to the mother country.For betier had it been for these l\u2019rovinces if they bad nut heen divided at all; it would not then be their lot ta wit- poss, at this doy, the dangerous experiment of 6 re-union of parts hecome almost heterogeneous afler a separation of fity vears Gentlemen, jou wre well acquainted with the { |sw that re-unites these Provinces; you know that it con - 3 sins provisions so unjust and tyrannical toward this coun- 1 try, (hat a sanction of Its principle or detail would necessarily leave her at the mercy of a sister Coiony, whose claun wa pehucal superiority, 1 repudiste iu the name of yuu ai, Ie will then be the duty of the Itepretentauves of the B= people to protest against an act su urbitrary, leaving to them > \\he clteenative 80 judiciously recommended by the Electoral Committee of Quebec, namely, to make it depend on fF.Lime snd circumstances, whether they shall insist an its ab- sclute repeal or On such amentiments to itas will secure to * both Provinces that equality of rights founded on justice, the faith due to treaties, their respecuive population.and gs will also secure for Lower Canada an exemption from | debts which are not her own.It will, moreover, be their : duty Lo maintain inviolate the rights and principles of the 5: popular branch of the Legislature, among which stands fsremost that sacred and revered right of a British subset: the right of applying esery part of the revenue raised within the Coiong, and without which no free Government camexist.The responsibility of the Goveroment, a principle inherent in the Uritish Coastuution, but hitherto de- pied to the Colonies, will alio become a subject deserving of the greatest astention, The people who have no other F2 share in the Government of their country.hut what they ES ferive from their co-operation in the work vf legis:ation, cannot de satd to enjoy all the benefit of the Briush Constitution, the first principle of which is to give them that control and intduence over the Executive Guverament to which their weight in the political scale so justly entitles them.[he Baush Colomes have been doomed to witness but 100 lang, that pohiuical soomaly of a Government making 8 fsctious opposition to the will of the majority.I need ut here allude to other reforms\u2014iny poutical principles are well known to you.1 frequently had occasion to express 8 them pubiicly 10 the House af Assembly of this Province, ET us applicable to sou ail, without any national or relgious Ë distinction, which l bave always abborred.Elected one of the Hlepresentauives of the County of Beauce, at a critical nod fur thes country, 1 have not been a stranzer to all the great poittical questions which were di-eussedin that House, Atthe very outsel À touk sn active part in ite debates, as far as my huddle wlents could admit, 1 may have expresse erroneous options, but my conscience stud tells me that I fought for my country\u2019s rizhes, ro the full conviction that these rights were well founded.Shouid you then do we the honur to choose me your Hepresentatve to the Parliament of the Unnted Provinces, my voice shail aga be hesrd in avour of vour nights aod liberties, and my former cutduact wili be tu you a sure pledge that 1 wii neither bebe thus satnnents nor fall to atvecate any other reform which may £2 1¢ in accordance with the true principle of the Brush Coa.sututi 0.As this address is more particularly intended for my fellow cugens of Brush and rst organ, 1 nay be sllowed in conciusion ta assure vou, that should the work of legisiation ES LA M: Le cartied on in l'artiament, 1 will ever give wy best ~up- FA port te the maintenance of the trade of whe country as nt i exists, «well a- to such improvements as may be conducive DS 10 the deveropment of tie resources of the country and to the increase and prosperity of agriculture and commerce ID peveral, | may moreover assure you that im my views of 3 thew subjects, 1 express the sentiments of my countrymen, whose opinions on these matters ac on many others base been so designedly misrepresented by their cppuueals.1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most humble servant, JH ANDRE TASCHAEREAL Quebec, 29th January, 1841, TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF BERTHIER, GENTLEMEN, ONFORMABLY to the prudent advice which we have received from Quebec, you have met in the diferent parishes of this County, to determine among yourselves on the Candidate whom you think proper to support at the ensuing Election.Delegates appointed by you for the purpose, have waited upon me to give me the formation that your intentions were in my favour, and that you had decided to support me as the Candidate of the County, M; 1 was sensibly affected by the honour done me and by th, Es Mark of public confidence.At the same time, I feel the Es great responsibility attached to the trust of a representative, E and the heavy sacrilices required for the discharge of its du.EE ie ; I should probably have declined entering upon these duties, had not the former members af the Couniy requested me lo do 30, to continue the support of the liberal principles of their constituents, to which they have always been fauhful adherents, i: Born and brought up amongst vou, [ partake of the £2 tame habits as yourselves and feel the same wants.1 have gk: dso felt with you, the weight of oppression end no one has © more sincerely wished to see it removed than | have.© Linder present circumstances, it 1s necessary that 1 should E- txpress my opinion on the question which ust come be.i: fore the United Parliament; and I shall not hesitate to do i: \u20180 on this occasion: at all times wy chief object will be, the gc weltare of my fellow citizens.{DL disapprove of the Union because it is foreed, an unjust f° nartinl engagement, which honcur and interest forbid us : lo subseribe to.Can anv thing be more tyrannical than to deprive 700,000 souts of their jist sharein the representa- 5: \u2018ion.and to forcethem to legislate in a language which they ES gi 1 not understand, and besides burthen them with an enor- \"Nous debt contracted by another country?L shall hke- \u201che support the repeal in whole or in part of the obscure Aud calamitous legislation of the Special Council, Tho frudel tenure, under whith we have so long suffered, will tl be among the things which will require reform ; on E: \u201chich my opinions are well known 10 you.8 Finatiy, general Education, so essential for the common 5 velfare, nnd which has been so criminally impeded, will re.Tre the early attemion of the new Legislature, 3 Such are my opinions bricfly expressed, on the principal & mie If you find thet they agree with your own, | shall peer fram vou, at the proper time ond place, the manifes.Ei U'on of the favorable disposition expressed by your dele- 1 gales, i 1 have the honar to be, 4 Your obedient and humble Servant.D.M.ARMSTRONG.Berthier, 24th December, 1840, BS TYPE FOUNDRY, Reyoven ro No.147, Norre DAmr STREET.YPES of alt descriptions constantly on hand.\u2014 Lo Orders received for PRINTING PRESSES, A quo by Mossre R.Hox & Co, New York.\u2014 T INO.T.BADGLEY & CO, Acer, Ontreal, June 26, 1840.St.Deter Stree , A ee | GENERAL ELECTION.\u2014_ | TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF | wo JHE CITY OF QUEBEC, (FFNTLEMAEN, I beg leave to offer my ser- ices to you as a Representative in the first | Patliament of the United Provine -, t JP Lam honored with your contidence, it will become my duty as well as iy sinevre desire to devote the strictest of | tention 8nd care to the advancement of the general interests | j propristiou of the public revenue, the opening of inter- | with which the popular branch of the Legilature is immediately charged, including as these necessarily do, a fit ap- us] communications, the advancement of Educulion, and the rettlement vf the uncultivated iands, Vhete-union of the Lower and Upper sections of the Province has been, unfortunately, rendered a prominent subject for agitation in this District, notwith-1anding the full discussion of the messure before its adoption.The Com- mesersl and Agricuitural interests of these twa great sections are so intimately connected and interwoven with each other, that the combined resources of buth inust, by a re-umon, be rendered more efficacious than they possibly can be when controlled by two distinct legistative bodies actuated by conflicting opinions and interesis, Unwilling as | am 10 make professions, thus far vou have a right to know, that 1 will pledge myself 10 vote according tu my conscience, without fear, favor or affection towards any party, and that, so far ss my humble means permit, 1 will not be #paring in zeal and diligent exeruons for the advancement of the well-besng of the Province at large, More especially in promoting the particular interests which my constituents may confide to me.Professions are so common on occasions like the present, that on this topic 1 shail not enlarge, § have tie honor to be, Gentlemen, Your ubedient Servant, HENRY BLACK.2nd March, 1841.TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF _ QUEBEC.ENTLEMEN, \u2014Having been requested by a numerous body of my fellow-citizus to come forward at the approaching lection for this City, and deeming it a duty to accept the call made on me, £ offer myself as a Candidate for your sufiagee._1f elected 10 the high trust, L shall do all in my power to aid in carrying out the great internal improvements of the country, es Fthe St.Lawrence and Chambly Canals, from the corpletion of wbich signal and uinmediate benefits must © this Cuy.1 have always cntertained a strong distrust of those who ¢highge in party politics, aud [ therefore may assure you that 1 shall, on all occasions, act without reference tliereto, and 1 pledge myself to use my Lest endeavours 10 oilay that strile and acrimony which have too long been the bane of these fine Provinces.| ought no and 1 do not hesitate to declare that 1 was for a serie of years opposed to the Union of the Provinces, and in my place as a mewber of the Committee of the Constitutionas Association, 1 strenuously and persevetingly opposed the advoescy of the measure by that respectable body.That Union has, however, now been carried out, and it becomes the bounden duty of us all to show submission to the law, and to use our best endeavours to make àt productive of the greatest possible good of which it is susceptible; but, at the same tune, | «bould be undeserving of your confidence and support, dit 1 not explicitly assure you, that I shall reserve to mys If the right in the manner preceribed by the Act of Un'on stscif, of either moving for or concurring in such Constitutional and judicious amendments thereto, ns 1 muy think advisable for, the peace, safety and welfare of the people.Whatever the result of the approaching election may be, I can never forget the totally unexpected and handsome call made on me by so vumerous a body of wey Canadian aud linglish tnenos, and | would be unzeawc ful tndeed, were | not at the same time, sincerely to thank vou, warn heurte:! Irishmen, of every dénomination, who have so prumpsly followed with the generous tember of your unquailied support, I have the bonar to be, Gentlemen, Your vbedient Servant, D.BURNET.Quebec, 21st Decemuer, 1940, TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF QUEBEC.ENTLEMEN,\u2014In appearing Lefora you ns a Candidate to represent you in the ensuing Parliament and sobiciting your suthages, 1 trast you wili exonerate me from the charge of best actuated hy nny de- dare of personar distinction.and that vou will believe, ) arg wdaeed to accede 10 the atoning call which