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2m» BarAwO®, Pablished on Wednesdays, at Lower liockpolfliy THOMAS H. HYAT oT OR AND PROPRIETOR. in the viliage - .- By the Mail | - . At the office, singly, _ « « Payable in advance ier 82,50 2,00 2,00 Of bo- i : New Vom. II. No 23. to that it was not necessary for him now to speak at length upon it,he should here- BUNKER HILL. »Y anratD 9. arakar. Tue: ove of a deathloss day Had gathor'd o'er the land, And the clear moon cast her silvery ray On banner, plum, and brand; Ranks of the bold und free Wore rallying thickly round, With the watchword, \Liberty I\ To: dtu n and trampet sound, The hunter loft his deortrod. hill, Tho hamlot's busy voico was stil, The bark lay {diy by the shore, The city's hum aroso no more- And wild birds in the thicket sung Whars fite tho wooduman's hatchet rung: Allcane toswell the patriot ranks- Mon who, to man, ne'er bow'd the knee: Like mountain-torrents, wild and free, Fierce burating from their banks, Msei broaks. Onmyon embattled beight, W hat form stands towering in the air- Elol ling and mgin, broud and bright, O'o¢ the amult band cullected there 1 And to these that banner o'er hor atreaming, In atriped ard starcy blazon gleaming? And whoso that eagle at hor side, With arching neck and glance of pride$ Amotican ! 'tis Freedom's form! Doos not thy life-kindio warmt And thine that standard waving high- Aud thine that eagle pluming by. With blast of tramp, and roll of drum, Neat, and neore near, thy foemen come! 'Thiak, site! thy helpless children throw Their araw for succour round theo now I Think, son! thy ago-worm parents feet Thole fireside hopes ato on thy atect ! And,Smost of all, oh, think that ye Defend a nation's liborty 1 Llave yo not seen, atong the sky, Tae toupast tear its agiphury crest, Til, fold on foll, in blakest die, It gathers round some moumain's broast? As rush aud blond those «able palls, Below a solemn stittness fulls- Tilt whizzing lighting« cut the air, And bursting thunders rattle there, What though beneath the splintering «hock, Tapples tho cli und olla the rock- What though before the rushing blast, 'Call pines, like weeds to earth aro cast, And the strong rains the stream (etw lush, Till Gaming torrents, on they dash, Stil firm the mountain rears its form Aud frowna defiance to tho storm. Thus caine, thus rush'd the despot might, Aud thus the free imnwlatain'd the fight, Smoke vella the view-but flash on flash, And rous on toar, and crash on crash, Aud groao, and shriek, and shontzod yell, 'The progress of the combat tell. +® Fitfuily through the furid haze, Shaots fieres and red the canmon's blaze, And glance, like epackles on a stream, Clittac of aword and bayonet gleam. It lifls=-wild scone of rushing files, _ Ati droppiag fotms, und: thickening piles. Bat, on you earthen mounds, behold! That starry flag bs «till unroli'd. 'There, side by side the patriots stand, 'The bulwark oftheir native land. a * In struggling massos-up the hill, On theo steap glacis, scorch'd and plough'd, Bonouth: the totering ramparts, still 'The anger hosts of England crowd. Twice had they hurled, with warrior tight, On freedo i's ranks the deadly fight, And twiee, upon their corpse strewn track, By Preedom' sone been beaten back, Bat see t they rally now--tho air Gleame withthe bayonets bristling there, Thay comet they come! Brave hearts who atay'd 'That eetried torront undiamay'd, When fecor in its flow, By all the doarcet tien of earth- Ey all the holieat rights of birth, Sink nat beneath it now, 'Once more! ance more | yo tried and trnet Boas up, for Freedom strives with you-» Your banner waves before your eye, Your guardian cagte hovers nigh, By every blow a right is freod, O1 ovary cffort glary's moed f Ha! Warrea falle}! but waver not- Pour in your laat your deadliest shot. Now, like a lion, death-beset, And drench'd with blood, unconquer'd yet-- With bristling mane, and rolling eye- Too weik Io rusti-too proud to fiy- Scowling more grim, as hasten foes, Growling more fareo, aw thicken blows Till, with a rout of deep despair, Ho staggora feobly to his lair. CGrusp, grasp, agnin yo little band t Each weapon with determined hand ; Though overy limb: is faint with toil, Aud every veln has stain'd the soil, With your clonch'd muskets, strike once more } One crushing blow !-'tis oor o'er I-- And «touting as they slowly fee, Thoy leave the humbled king his uacless victory. UpPER PARLIAMENT Ero tie Toronto Patriot. D EB AT E. Wednesday, \th February, 1838. BREACH OF MEUTRALiTY BY Tlis® UNITED STATES. O :1 Saturday the house went into com- mittee the whole upon this subject, when in good deal of discussion took place, the . scommitiee then rose to sit again to day, in :- order that there. might be an opportunity of printfag the resolutions.: Mr. Shecwood rose and: observed that on | Saturday when: the House was in commit- |- Age upon these resolutions that a vet“, The tub'gcl ; bad been: at that time so fuily entered i full discussion of them had taken place, | the: lit had. been adopted. B- fore move the adoption of the second reso- lution, which is as follows : ©2. Resolved-'That American citizens, within a few weeks past, regardless of the feeling existing between the two coun- tries -the faith of solemn treaties,and that state of peace which it was, and is their duty to maintain, have in open violation of these, their sacred obligations, within their own territory, furnished gratuitously provisions and munitions of war, and have rendered every assistance within their pow- er to a number of individuals (chiefly A- merican citizens,) who had assembled at Buffalo, in the State of New York, with the open and avowed intention of invading this province, and of subverting our happy [form Of Government. Mr. Murks rose to point out some pas- sages which he considered objectionable. The hoor, member was iraperfectly heard in the gallery, but we understood him to affirm that in his opinion the House was not in possession of sufficient proof to justi- fy a declaration on their part, that the A- merican Government bad acted with insin- cerity. - He thought therefore it would do no good, and might be productive of much harm. - Such a coutse would have a ten- deney to excite those hostile feelings which led to international war. The hon. Speaker McNab, was as well aware as the honorable member for Fron- tenae (Mr. Marks) could be, that discre- tion was the better part of valour, but this was not a time for us to stand shivering in our shoes, and listen to the bulliyng of our nerghbours across the water. The facts stated in the resolution were well known to every body,and he for his own part had not the least hesitation in saying that the American authorities had not exercised ., | their power to put down the treacherous proceedings on the frontier. They talked of the practicability of arresting the lead- ers when it was notorious that Van Rens- selaer, who called himself General, and who, is recognized in that capacity by the American authorities, was living in the same house with General Scott ! 1! And yet he talks of the practicability of arrest- ing him ! - He hoped that this resolution would be unanimously adopted, and that there would be uo division upon it. | Let us show the Americans that we are aware of their treacherous proceedings, that we defy them,§ that they may do their worst, for they were now as essentially at war with us as if they hud already openly de- clared it, They bad, already invaded us and had supplied money;, and every necessary for making war upon the connivance of their authorities, the pi- rates on Navy Islind had in their posses- aion thirty pieces of cannon, some taken from the public arsenals and others which did not belong to the state, and are we to be told that the authorities had not the power to take those guns from them? Com- missary Arcularins one morning met a number of volunteers with a nine pounder going to Navy Istand, and when he asked what they were going to do with it, they anawered that they were going to shoot ducks! Van Rensselaer and McKenzie of- fer to portion out 300 acres of the finest lands in Upper Canada and to give 100 dollars in money by May to all who will join them, and are now actually recruiting under the immediate observation of the au- thorities of the State of New-York ? And are we to stand with our arms folded and quietly look on? General Scott professed to have come for the purpose of enforcing the neutrality of the United States, yet at the same time says that it gives him pain to perceive our armed schooners anchored in the waters of the United States. The Nisgata River is open both to Great Brit- ain and the United States, and did such conduct in General Scott look very much like a desire to preserve neutrality? Col'd it be possible that he was not aware that a colonel of militia of the United States, stationed on Grand Island, had caused up- wards of fifty shots to be fired upon Brit- ish boats ; that he had seized a citizen of the United States as a spy upon the patri- ots, and had sent him to Navy Island and delivered him to Van Rensselaer ? It was our duty to inform Her Majesty's Govern- ment of these facts. - That Hovse was the source from which the Home Government would expect information,and it was prop- er for them to express to the British Gov- erument their opinion upon the subject.- If the house, instead of telling the plain truth, were to pass temporizing resolutions, it would only serve to encourage and em- boiden the Americans, but if we tell them that we are not ignorant of their mal-prac- tices, that we are well aware how ill they have treated us, and that we will neither be invaded with impunity ; that we can assert and can maintain our rights, and bid them defiance; that we, though we would willingly be friends, do not fear them as enemies, it would in his opinion be found to produce good effects, Mr. Gowan said, that there was not one word contained in the resolutions of which he did not fully approve; and if,as the hon- orable member for Frontenac feared it would involve us in war, we could not help it; every word in the resolutions was true and whatever the consequence may be,we must declare the truth. A good deal had been said by the honorable speaker as to the insincerity of the American authorities, and upon that subject he would read them an extract from a letter which he held in his hand, which he could assure honorable members. was written neither by en or- angeman nora tory, but by a member of that house who was now in the U. Staten, [Mr. Gowart then read some extracts from Us, and that under the very eyes and by | of the rebellion wh duct of the Americaus, LOCKPORT; NIAGARA COUNTY, WEoxs a letter stating that Papineau was recruit- ing some where in the Fastern States, and that General Scott was favourable to the cause of the \Patriots & had even form- ad their plan of operations for them-that McNab would be demanded, and as we of course would not give him up, war wod be the result; that the opinion daily gained ground that war must be declared between the United States and Great Britain. J- Now if this letter had been written by a tory it perhaps would not be believed, but when honorable members were informed that William B; Wells was the writer the must of course give it implicit belief [hear and a laugh.} | Here they had the authori- ty of Mr. Wells for stating that General Scott who had been sent clothed with full powers for the preservation of neutrality of the United States, had actually | planned the schemes of our rebels and the invaders of our frontier, and surely we could not hesitate to declare their proceedings to the British Government. - He fully concurred in these resolutions, and hoped they would pass unanimously. Mr. Shaver thought it was the duty of the Representatives of the people of Up- per Canada to lay the truth before ker Ma- Jesty's Government, [hear hear.] Now in his opinion every thing stated in the reso- lution was perfectly correct, and no man should hesitate to vote for it, [heat hear] it was a duty to do so without considering whether war would or would not result from it, (hear bear.] Mr. Prince said, that the ever been an occasion, nor could one pos- sibly occur, where there was greater ne- cessity for calm deliberation. Grossly in- sulted & injured as we had been by citi- zens of the United States, and smaiting as he did under that insult,he felt it behoved him upon an occasion like this to curb the mind rather than give loose to feeling, This debate was of yast importance; and indeed he might say that upon the result of their deliberations depended in a great measure whether we should in future live in peace or at war with the United States. It was of the greatest importance to both countries; but whatever would be the ul- timate result, whether that we should live in amity with our neighbuors or in open hostility,;he was sure that the House wol'd come to a clear, decisive, and thoughtful conclusion, before determining the course to be adopted,. He had read the resolu- tions of the honorable gentleman from Brockvilie with the greatest altention, and had come to '@ House prepared to sup-. port them, t had been objected by the re had hardly arms, clothing, honorable gentleman from Frontenac, thai the resofutions did not make any mention ich had existed here,- true there was no mention made of our re- oels,tor was it «t all necessary to make any. But if the honorabte member thought that afforded the least extenuation of the con- he would speedily relieve him from his embarrassment by P f . a \ lj introducing a series of resolutions de- tailing the occurences which had taken place in the invasion of our western fron- tier, whete there liad not been one rebel in arms. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to say that no rebel had dared to show him- self there; that the people of the Westen District were true & loyal to a man, [heat bear,] and that though every inducement bad been held out to them to go and join the pirates and rascals upon Navy Island, not one of them had gone to receive Mc- Kenzie's three hundred acres of land and his pay. The honorable gentleman, there- fure,could not suppose that there was there any excuse for the Americans in invading us; whether ot not, the Government sanc- tioned the aggression if any number of A- merican citizens invaded us, the Govern- ment is responsible for it. If twenty men with arms came from the United States, and though entire- ly unsanctioned by their Government made war upon Upser Canada, the Government of the United States, if it do not put them down, is answera- ble for their acts. [Hear hear] It was not necessary that he should at present dwell upon the subject, as he should after these resolutions were adopted move his own. But however much he felt inclined to support these res- olutions, (though indeed he did not think them strong enough,) he hoped that the House would be extremely cautious not to adopt any thing which was not capable of the most direct and undeniable proof. [Hear hear| He took it for granted that the honorable gentlemen from Brockville was fully prepared to establish every allegation contained in his resolution (Mr. Sher- wood assented) When these were a- dopted, he (Mr- P.) would fcllow them up with some resolutions showing and detailing all the facts of the infamous invasion of our soil by American citi- zens, in the Western District. Eve- ty thing he would state he would sub- stantiate were it necessary by a hun- dred witnesses; and when the com- mittee had heard them read,they wol'd he thought, agree with him in saying that a more treacherous, unjust, unwarrantable - project, had never been planned or undertaken. It was entirely without parallel in the histo- ry of the civilized world,& it wol'd be found that the authoritres of the State had connived at it. He would not charge thein with it; it would be for honorable members to draw their own inference from the facts which he would state to them. He should sup- port the resolutions wiih much sure. | Mr. Rukert observed, that as this subject had been so fully discussed on a former occasion, the resolutions been entered into so much at length, and their propriety and justice so well established, that it was not necessary that he should long detain the com- mittee by any remarks of his own.- But on aquestion of so much iinpor- tance as this he could not, in Justice plea- Y| to his constituents, give a silent vote. He thought it a duty to the gallant Militia a duty whith we owed to ourselves and to the Home Government to pass these resolutions. That House was the channel through which Her Ma- jesty's Government would natcrally expect to be informed ofall the cir- cumstances of the invasion of Upper Canada and it was proper that it shol'd be made aware of the facts through them, and that too in language that could not be misunderstoud:;-that the people and government of the U. S might know that their outrages on com mon deceney were not unknown to us | and would not be subbmi'ted to. The resolutions contained nothing but mat- ters of fact which were known to eve- ry body. The Province of Upper Can- ada owed a debt of gratitude to those gallant men who had destroyed the Caroline, for he [Mr. R.] firmly be- lieved that it was owning to the des truetion of that boat that the media- ted attack on Upper Canada was not made. It brought the Government of the United States to its senses; it showed them the situation in which they had placed themselves, and fur- nished strong motives to induce them to take effectual measures to prevent American citizens from longer assist- ing the pirates on Navy Island. It was not now for us to enquire into the policy of that act, there could be no doubt as to the good effect it produced for we had witnessed them; and we were told that the grand jury in New York have found indictments against the honorable Speaker and parties concerned in the seizure of the boat, for rourder, and had issued warrants | fo; their artest; and was that House to stand calmly by und see such proceedings&a ?- With respet to ime propmiety of calling up- on the United States Government for in. ecaity for the expenses which we have incurred in defending our frontier, he be- lieved we had a most just and ur'doubled claim for every fraction of expenses which we had been put to since the landing on Navy Island, for had it not been for the interference of the Americans the few red- els who fled from jastice had not the pow- er to make war upon us. - It was by the assistance of American citizens, by means of the men, munitions of war, and money iurnished by them, that the rebels were enabled to keep up hostilitres, and if i: were the opinion of the House that we had an equitable claim for these expeuses wha: reason was there that they should not represent it to the British Government? As for the argoament that war would ensue; if it must, let it. - But such a consideration would not prevent him, as a representa- tives of the people of Upper Canada,from putting the British Government in posses- sion of the actual state of the case. [Hear hear.} ' If we thought satisfaction due frorm the Americans, it was our duty to tell the home Government so. There was no doubt the Americans, would he very glad to get hold of Upuer and Lower Ca- nada and all the British North American Colonies, and would most willingly seize upon the destruction of the Careline as a pretext for gulling Joha Bull. He wol'd most cheerfully support the resolutions. Mr. Burweid had undetstood the hon. gentleman from Frontenac (Mr. Marks) to say that we had no official evidence that the American authorities had scted with iusincerity, but the hon. gentleman would attentively consider the whole correspon- dence between the American authorities and our officers, he would see thatit plain- ly showed the insincerity of the American Government. - (Hear, bear.) - He would see that Gen.Scott spolce of the practicabil- ity of preventing the piratical practive of American Citizens' Who ever before heard of such an expression from an officer of any Government: Tu his(Mr. Burwell opinion the destruction of the Caroline was not only jfustifiable,but it had done far more to put an end to the troubles on the froutier, than the arrival of Gen. Scott. Hear, hear, if General Scott had intended to put a stop to the piratical practices of Ameri- can Citizens he would not have talked of the practicability of doing it. But though they were restrained by no better feeling the capture of the Caroline had deterred American Citizens from comiug | over from the fear of dauger they must encoun- ter. Mr Richardson said, that he should hare hoped that when the House of As- sembly were dscussing so gave a matter, that it would not have been in the absence of the Jearned Attorney and Solicitor Gen. [Mr. Sherwood said that Mr. Solicitor Ceneral was detained from the House b basiness in Court.] - Mr. Richardson wus sorry they were not present,-he had al- luded to their absence, because, when on a former occasion the subject of the des. truction of the Caroline was before the House the learned Aitorney General had which he owed of this Province, s SDAY, FEBRUARY 28, usasfl‘t Wroruse No 444. declined mortig'a resolution He regrettes that the hon, Frontenac should have expressed himse as he had dine; for he was sure that ther was no man; more desirous tha serve the ney existing between this Province affd the Mothe therefore #f nected that these resolutions wouid have had the support of the hon. gentleman. If tris 'House failed to ap- prise the English« Fovernment of all the facts relative:to the invasion of this Prov« Citizeus, and their o- ince by Americn pivions on sgeh unprecedented conduct, they would noi discharge their duty as representatives of the people of Upper C. in aly rallied round the British approving it. gentleman from a a be to pre- who had so Flag, , Cap tain Dunit; . -That course of con- duct which is moreily correct in an individ- ual must alsu be correct in an assembled multitude. an individual possess ged of moral and religious feelings, finds hitsseif placed in a - situation where duty points to hiw one course of conduct, and asthe honorable mauve y | rebellion should break out headed by an- inclination another, he will have no hesit- ation in deciding between the two; he will unhesitatingly follow the dictates of duty. Again, when an individual stands up before his country and lus Gal, and boidly and fearlessly asserts and claims lits rights and privileges, that individual is} honored and respected. So W is with a nation; but if the individuals of the nation lose their proper seif respect they must lose the respect of the world. {Here the hon. member illustrated his posttion by two or three appropriate quoiations from Ancien history.] | Let us then pursue a straiffor- ward and inanly course, let the consequen- | ses be what they may, fiear hear, Hadj t consulted me I would? bave advised sim to make them more pun- gent; however they would do very well and he Captain Duntop, intended as soon as they | were adopted, to send a copy to the Governot cf the State of Nuw - York for Ins especial edification . He could not} but congratulate the country upon having at the head of the general Government the most accomplished officer in Her Ma- Jesty's service. | Uader his guidance, Car- adians would rush forward to bettic and to victory. | hegt hear. Air Buckus swid that wi. were before upon this subject he trad ur ged that the committee should deier its consideration, that members might have an opportunity of considrring the tions. 'Fhe delay had been granted, and fe rejoiced that it had been, for if ime question had been pressed to avoir ot thai en the committee resuly- Hieans, it r Country;, and he; AnvertIskMENT® inserted at the first three weeks, and 25 cen yuentinsertion. A liberal who advertise hy the year. €oul BOOIfiS, PAMPHLET S4 CARDS, and eseryother descripticn of Printin NEATLY asp EX FEDJTIOUSLY EXE CHUTED AT TBIS OFFICE $1 per equa're fos. ts for eoch subse- , discobnt nade 'to those “mm isting in Upper Canada; did not .at all charge our postion in regard to theAmeri. had nohing at ail to do with the question. 'The Honorable Speaker here read extracts from correspondence between ofirers of the Awerican Government and autborifies in Upper Cannada which have {been published in the, Patriot, remarking at some length upou the inconsistencies and showing the insincerity of the Ameri can - Autborties. < .He could tell Hon,. members that Gep, Seoil, ss well as pos- sessixgg 8 good deel of the Singenuity\ meutioned in the letter of Commissiry - Arcularus, had a Prely good suure of pale 0; tty, low cuuning. | our schooners ~ were anchored so ns 19 Irierfept any cog- munication between Nary om; - United 32% a, two hund 0 aas Ailins n} = on the opposite she > up inp baitle atreyj wali orgusnre gn ligh d port-fires, ss he supposed, to sink cur schooners if they should fire npon the pi- ratical expediuon when in the Amer waters: und had one shot been fired them at our vessels; there were 1500 inif- tia men on the spot, as gallant meu as b.d ever borne arms, who would have Instant» Ixy gongs over ond destroyed Buffalo. - Wa had plenty of bosts at Land and so increasa ed would they have been that nothing could have restrained them Mr. MacNab than averted to the affidavits of Seth Con» kim, and continued, what hed we to reg- Pert in twese imen? What lad we to dread? With all the vast power of Great Britain to back us, with a gallant militia who have failied round their cou try's flag, teady tolay down their lives in their coun- tty's eause! it was due to the people of Upper Canada who had so nob'y risen .to defend their counstitation,to express out and their feelings on the conduct of the Ameri- cans to the Home Government. If they failed to do so, they would not act as the representatives of Upper Cenada, Look at the change in the po-ition of affairs w hich the destruction of the Caroiine had affec» ted. _ Before it was executed, the people of the Country were in hourly expectation of invasion,in the utmost anxiety lest their property should be destroyed.and suflering injury which an insulted country could suffer, while they upon the other aide, feeling themselves perfectly safe, did every thing in their power to aunoy & in- jure us, But as soon as tuey heard that ye had sent the Caroline over the Falls of Nisgata, they began to feel for their ov n they feated t} oo owe would lake Fort Whit tee have easiy done. 'They were alarmed for ther ow n inne be »B9d have fel; vbliged to voie ag inst it; but as he had now had time to cou-| sider the resolutions aitentive, he - slould ' feel pleasure in vouung for them @ll, hear aear. - He did not mean to say that f tihe wording might tot be amended if the Mouse resisted Any ben, be should not hesitate them as they now stood. be had never meant to express that the destruction of he Caroline was not Justifiable; lie had merely said that he thought it in discreet, but never meant to censure any one con- cerned in that act. Ife should entitely. withdraw his opposition to these resolutions Hear, hear. The hon. the Speaker was rejoiced to hear that the hon. member who Had jut sat down had changed his opinion or rath» er that he bad now atrived an opinion up- an these resolutions, for he believed that there now - would not be one dessenting voree in the House with regard to the pro- priety to the destruction of the Caroline; and thete should not be, for that act had saved this country - He was confident that if his own fiend Mr. Bock. us had been in commund upon the frontier and bad had information as he Mtr MeNab| had bad from the highest officials in Buf- falo, whose name he did not fre! himself al liberty to disclose,thet the Caroline was employed in the service of the pirates on Navy Island in tran~ppoting recruits, and every necessary of wir; had the Lon. mem- ber seen, as Lieutenant; Eimstey had,can- non twice fired at us from Fort Schlosser, and seen the Caroline ail day constenily communicating between Navy Island and the American shore; that volunteers publicly proceedin some: . bu { alteration fia to voie - fa; wate g along the rail roads of the United States displaying their arms upon the outside of the cars, whom the Caroline was next day to carry over to N. Island, he was sure (hat his hon. friend would have acted as he Mr. MacNab had done. If he had not done so he would vot have done his duty. The hon. gentle man from Frontenac alone offered opposi. tion these resolutions, the hon. member seemed to fear that war would ensure, a very serious calamity he would allow; would put it to the hon. gentleman w er it was not our bounden dut sentatives of the people of Up per Canada, to furnish to the Home Gov [ etument au- thentic information of the lawless invasion of cur territo ry by the people of the Uni- ted States; And would he, in giving that information beat nbout the bush, or would he state in a straightforward way exactly what had occurred, as was done in thege resolutions, the hon gentleman Mr. Marks objected that there was no mention made of the rebelion here \He would go a good way to meet the hon. gentleman but he would ask him if it afforded any exause for the Americans that there were rebels in- this Province - was that any reason why they shouXl invade us? Suppose another he heth- ¥ as repre- other Mackenzie, if there were such an- other base character iu existence, would that authorize General Scott to march into Upper Canada and take Toronto? If the honorable member would consider for an [n¥es aud poopeity, and expecied thal we would have gone to burn their shipping «t Duilalo, which 500 men could have ea. sily accomp.isind, and whieh Would have veen done if a single shot had been fired by them upon ous schooners. Hr. Kearnes sind, that though fe wes un- weld & unh q Loin dns state of health, to attend the House, he bad come from tos home, where he bad been or vcight days pas, to record bis vote for tio ae resdl@tonus. | ble was #01 Y io see £0 l; p. Mewber from Frontenac was to offer eny oppositinh to uo bas Jig» ped that they would be us qred aman mously by the House, ch t fe acto | Sigte of the case might be publisted to the wond through them. Mr. Sherwood said that as there were Ewa exireme parties,one which thought the re- solutions too strorg,.and anpther which did not consider them sirong evough,he hoped that in framing them he had Jost bit the happy medium. - He wished Hon. Mem- bers to look at the subject as en rely un- e nuected with the lae n n, for i\ the Honorable gen lemen fo a Ir it. pae would reflect a moment he mu t incuo.leet that when McKenzie Hed to Buflalo, there was not a rebel in arms in Upper Canaca, the rebellion was at C at time en ir ly crushed. - When MeKenzie arrived | af Buffalo an army was raised by the Ameri- can extitzens, and furnished all necessary means for invading us. ft was unnecess sary in these resolutions to allude to our rebels; the fact of their insurrection had gone home long ago; it was for us at press ent to inform the Butish Government, that baving crushed the rebellion, we ba to contend, not with disaffecte but with American ci listed an army and fu visions, clothing and munitions of war, for the purpose of inva- ding Upper Canada. Not that the Uni- ted States had done it, but the mob. - He wished the Honorable gentleman would view the subject in that point of view, Mr. Marks could be distinetly heard; ho wvas understood to say, that he was in fq vor of the spirit of the resolutions, but not as they were now word ed: | He wished that the cause of the Americans coming over would he insere 1, that we might send the whole partiealars to the Home Government, Mir. Attorney Goneral cbserved that it ssemed to him that there was a very false notion prevalent in one respect upon the question amongst Honorahle Members; an error imleed which bad been too pre- valent both here and in the United States, In the case of two - independent powers at war vith eachother, any (hi'p] pnwerintorler‘ng and Assisting either of them commits a breach of nertrality; but - ilis a mistake tospeak of the netrality of a power, as between - to belligerent nowers bo- tween a Govcmmgm an its rebels. IfGreat Brit- ain were at war with anv other country, and the United Sates assisted that country, she would com- Tait a breach of but it cannot be so desig« nuuide she take prrtwith, and q seret rebels of the B‘rmw'l) Crown to carry on war their Sovorign, Phe truto was that if the United States fatetfere in such a case, it is nat p breach of neatrality, but its docnlv‘dly an open act and decliration of war. ¢In 13111 light it must be considered and treated-th,, the moment the Americans invaded us, that moin fis they committed an ret of wa 5; cot a breach af neu» tratitty, it waw a grass misapplication of terms so to designate, it look at the position of the ;ortican tha first place, a namber of smlifionspersgus are engiys ed tn a riot, rebellion be would not cal- i for it was not worthy the naine, and in. order to avoid the phi-, tshinent due to their crimes fled to the United Statem: they come back! not with a view to renew the ric; d now d subjects, tizens, who bave en- muished it with pro- money, and all the instant, he would see that a Rebellion ex- not with an armed foras raised
