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ADDRESS Of i he Hcufc of Af^;::hly to the Pco pie of Upper La Cane do* ] \ * * V hf fik r^ The time for which our xepre- •fentatives are choien, has aviewt6 the iituation of the Province as •veil as to ihe Hate of the public mind. This period is infinitely bet¬ ter than annual elections, becaufe it gives the reprefentatives time to comprehend the bunnefs for which they are lent, and enables them to bring- to maturity regulations .0 ... maturity ^Q which rcquireinformation from dif- fhe ~) from becoming erent parts of the country. qualifications for becoming an el¬ ector are fimple and moderate, ev- ry perfon may Icon poffeis them, who is not convicted, of felony, or who has net yet attained the legal aire. Nor is any perfon excluded a representative except the public teachers of religi¬ on, and inch as are not fubjects of Is not this conftitution perfect above all others ? In our laws and institutions there is fo much wifdom, fuch an anxiety to keen the mora!code always In view, 4 * Inch an attention to our feelings, fuch a regard to the prefervation the Kino*. of our rights both in ,./; T>°n' m X an d property, fuch a fteady abhorrence of vice, and fuch a flricc enforce¬ ment of virtue, in as far as it can become the object of public rctnila* tion, as merits on our parts, the molt fteady attachment; & ih put¬ ting them in force there is, tfpoffi- ble, more to praife than in the laws themfclves. If ever impartiality in the a Jminiltration of jutiice was at¬ tained, we have certainly attained it. There is no interference on the part of government. The true in- tcrefi ot the rulers as well as cf the people is known to depend upon the unfettered opera tion of rhelaws. The judges and Crown Officers fcl- ecled from an honorable and liberal Profemon ; men whofe minds are raffed by their education, far above all narrow and fordid views are ap¬ pointed to put the laws in force.— When we behold thefc upright dif- pencersof juiticewithoutany temp¬ tation to the rfeht or to the left, prepared by a long courfe of ftudy for their awful and important func¬ tions : when we behold them bear* U7Q* with the oreateft candour and % m m • tnolt invincible patience, not mere¬ ly the caufes between different fub¬ jects, but rhofe between private ci¬ tizens and their Sovereign, and in¬ stead of leaning to the rulers who appoint them, giving every proper facility to the prifoner, attending particularly to his defence, and e- ven becoming of his counfei when he errs. Shall we not feel grateful, to a government which promotes and fanctions fo great uprightnefs, and which feeks fo eagerly the hap- pinefs of its people. It is not en¬ ough that we be obedient fubjects to fuch a government as this; we mult be active in its defence againft open enemies and internal foes. Is there any perfon who is not con- fcious that he is completely mailer of his own conduct—that the quiet poileiiiou of his life, his perfon and - property, and good name, are fc- curcd to liim bv the laws. Do tribulinp; to his comfort *0 &*?- mes nine's. "Such L3 a Bnt fetch in- and for their CQfWgn ^«~t^ deed of the doriotis confutation on conviction ; a law \vh4> 1J*iiJ fpeety detection of fuch crr.'iTarlc and for their condign ptuivilur.cn fa e ip oft which we enjoy ; and this we are called upon to exchange lor the go¬ vernment of the United States ; a government winch has opprehed and impovcriihed its own people, and deprived them virtually, ot all their valuable privileges. For how can liberty cxift among a people where officers of ftate and reprc- fentatives crouch, to a bloody Ty- eant. Be vigilant againft fuch an enemy ; the contcil is indeed awful and to be deplored ; but of the c- vent your reprefentatives entertain no dread. It is hot neccilary for us to exa¬ mine the caufes aliedgcd by our enemies for this unjuii and unnat¬ ural war, becaufe an Addrefs from the Iloufe of Reprefemativcs or* the State ofMaffachufetts, th refpectable in the Union, proves in the moft fatisiaciory manner, that It is \vr.nton and unprevoked, a nd is the climax of the various out¬ rages previoufl y committed acrainit Great Britain. In this ftatement they have been joined bv the mi- iiorlty in Congreis, whole expofi- tion (if the fecret rcafons of the war and the falsehood of thofe alledged by the Prcfident and his friends is u n a n fw er a bl e, a n d m u it h a n d d o w n the promoters of this diabolical meaiure to the excrcatioiib of pof- terity. Indeed the morccnlicnen- ed and belt informed pcrfons in the United States, all men who love their native land and think with impartiality, are againft the war ; mil as ihev lorm an uicivat- ing majority, we have every reafon to fuppofe that they v. ill be aide to hurl ilieir opponets from power, fpeedily to reitore peace to their country. Finding on their meeting, that the province was actually invaded, it became immediately neceflary for your Reprefentatives to giv as much eilicacy as poilible to our natural means of defence. For -r^.,-. & * we not feel th.it our government is able, and not merely able, but care¬ ful to protect the rights of every in¬ dividual, and to allow him as much this purpofe, feveral alterations have been made in the Militia lavs, which beino; framed for a ftate of tranquillity,were too weak in their provifions for actual war. Thcie alterations render it eafy for the Commander in Chief of the" Province to call out any part, or in cafes of neceflity the whole of the Militia, fubjccl while embodi¬ ed, to the ftricleft difcipline, that they may become truly formidable to the enemy. Your Peprefenta- tives nerfuaded themfcl\4$ that the great majority of their Conftituents were willing to make every facri- fice at fuch a time as this, and to endure a temporary privation of li¬ berty, in order ultimately to pre- ierve the whole. In providing for the defence of the Province your Reprefentatives did not heiitate to enact the fevcreft punifhment a- gainft thofe who refufe to march againft the cr-emy, or who endea¬ vour by their ifiuencc, to diicotir- age and deter others. But as they apprehended more danger from the private machinations ot their foes than their open attacks, it was nc- cefiary to reftrain the liberty of thofe who were not immediately called into the field. Truftin not be eaiy to eicape. thefe different aft* for the defence gain the hearts of all who know him, ihould, through Divine Pro, vidence, be placed at tfie head of this Government, Remember when yoi a ™ TVo-. I 1 and preferv^-on or tne your Repreicntatives with all poffible moderation. The ' ncv of the time would have '.occcded rf*t to combat, that you tight not for yourfelvs alone but for the whole world. You are defeating the moft formidable conipiracy a<rainft thfl civilization cf nxan o that ever was contrived $ a 3i v* y*«> and privileges or the people, any further than was abfojutely necciia- It did not efcape them that rv. more to treachery than open hofti- lity, our enemies have already fpread their cmiflaries through t-c liberty as is compatible with the country to feducc our fellow fub- Ti^hts or Ins fellow fubjecls ; pro- jefts from their allegiance, bv pro- tecling him againft all oppreflion, mifes as falfe as the principles on which they arc founded. ;\ h\ has therefore been enacted tor the giving tree fcope to the exertion of placed as we are, fo near cur ene¬ mies, bordering upon them thro' fuch an extsndive line of country, (onneclcd with them by fo many ties, and fo many perfons lately from the American States fettling .imong us, whole inclinations, tho" in the main good, would naturally lean r.ccainft us, ordinary meafures O f of caution were net fufficicnt. But I raft ins on the other hand, to the well tried loyalty of the great body (if the people, to anift in the execu¬ tion of the laws and in the detect* ion of thole doubtful characters jind fecret traitors, they have been induced to adopt the molt lenient, s,vhich a due attention to the <rcne- con- cy tnreatening greater barba. jifm and .nailery than followed the downfall of the Roman Empire -that now you have an opportu¬ nity of proving your attachment to our Parent State, that State which contends for the relief of op- prefied nations, the la ft pillar of true liberty, and the laft refuge of afflicted humanity.—Perkvere as you have begun, in your ftrict obe- diencc to the laws and youratten- :ion to military difcipline; deem no facrifice too coftly which fecures the enjoyment of our happy Con- ftitution ; follow with your Coun¬ trymen In Britain, the paths of vir¬ tue and glory, and like them, you fliall triumph over your unprind* pled foes. Allan MacLeax, x (Signed) Skakef f il iafety would admits Your Re- Commo prcfentatives iiniihed their labours with placing in the hands of his Honor thePrlident, all the public money that they could collect, in f irder to contribute as much as pof- "* n 1 | > • ions Houfe of AiTembly,"} Au^uft 5th, 1812. J From a Vermont paper, -T f" T* n /^ Al 1 t*^ c: Tc Arms ! To Arms !■ rdinarv exnence As an inducement for younj men to exchange their plca.arlt homes, ami lucrative employments, I hat it will be moft faithfully ap- for the toils and priva'dons ci war, plied, Having thus endeavored the Administration paper,, breads fibre to the e v.*l: i: h 111 e Wat renders n ecefla r y, £ild theyhave the fulleft confidence to the beft of their abillt ics, to pro¬ vide for the welfare and iafety of the Province tives take the liberty of rcminciin^ ¥<m. that the heir [a\Vs arc uiiicis- without the zealous co-operation o- th »le 5 unlefs voi A 4U C ±J1 \^' c ncop Pared to undergo the grcateft pri¬ vations, and to'mo-ze the fevcreft iVriiices, all that your tatives have done will be ot no a- r Reprefcm v iil. Be ready then at all times to rally round the Royal Stand¬ ard, and let thole who are not cal¬ led into fervice afiift the families of thofe who arc in the field Be quick to difrern, and prompt to icize upon all thofe who either by Word or deed feck ro ftiflc or dif- that ardent patriotifm which at this moment animates all the inhabitants of this Province 5 let your whole attention be ar> 1 courage plied to the defence of the Coun¬ try and defeat of our enemy.. In- Ipired with this difpofltion, your Reprefentatives are confident of fuccefs, for although they admit that the conteft w ill be tcrrib! e -v the hardihips which you wii! ha% to fuffer ie\yre, yet the juitice of our caufe, and your gratitude ami attachment to the ill oiiu in the followingfb&tfodj- " To view the ftupendous works of nature exemplified in the \W of WWm ml the cateracl of ,vlor:-morena ; and' to tread th co-eiecratcd foot on which Wolf and Montgomery fell, ,voukl 0f themlclves repay the young foldicr or a march acrois the continent But way ihould thefe inducements be held out to the young men of America ? they need them not —animated as they are to rival the exploits of Rome, they will never prefer an inglorious ■ floth, a lupine inactivity, to the honora¬ ble toil of carrying the republican ftandard to the heights of Abra- ham." Indeed! truly republtcanit'wouli be, like the Emperor of France, to CQttfttcr what we cannct juftiy claim ! Belides, noble youth, how fimplc, how unfoldierlike you ap.- pear at home, on your father's lit. tie farms* clad in frock and trow- fers, when you might appear on the wide extended plains of Abra¬ ham, arrayed in all the majefty of blue andfcarlet} amidft the fublime rearing of Britifli cannon ; and e- ven entitled to the inexDreffiblefe.- uftrious Na c or tion of which you form a part, wiil enable you to fiinr permitting them tftoft glorioufly to blow put brains out! vain terrors you toiurmount them. And let no one deceive von with concerning the new powers with which we have arm¬ ed Government. Tl\e good and loyal will never perceive them, ex¬ cept in the greater i'eenrity which they will give him, for thev are placed in1 the hands of his Excel- jve-ru-i ork Militia, Hie enrolled Milit rr>i ftate er no lef leney General Brock, a command- s diftinguifhed for hh val • or in the field than for his iuilke and humanity. In his vviiliotn and experience in war, vour Repre¬ fentatives have the firtneft rcli* and they rejoice that at iilitia of tk ftate of New-York, by actual reVns» are found to exceed one hunafj^ and thirty tboufand mcn.--They compofe 40 brigades. The infan- trv form 1 co regiments : the car- airy 9 regiments in 3 brigades. We have no accounts of the pro¬ portion of artillery. bis talents, and in every way cor. ancc ; fuch • ™? ^in a Genera} of fo great luUiLtcs, and whole private merits - Print ft/ and Published T. • STEPHEN MILKS. A few doors E..m>f Walk-er's m& Prkt fifteen &Mqri ftr*m.—5* }"oJf'-l Ss',)< fx^,onth,.m,d $S. at the a*i* y>'c.r— Rxriiifrv? of'pJliiP"* ir* v nsJL^ji:^j^kS^r3iA\,^Ba, r