ygnd<M?it would h^ b'»* further insolM n^iuVrt of my Owti pergonal capital* Siioi Id 1 snj another *wd on ims pa' ©i the »ubjT*ri. I oH> »vish that t Could nere top and W Mr. Clark iv-f £u quiet among ^vWonarj enfJiu*! mst* -*1 b;it my duty, both to my«e!l and He public, calls loudlj forfurthc. expUtvitieu. i" ;om tfli' firs! paragraph of the pla¬ card, it would seem a* if 1 wa* cfcpeis* dciut (?n Mr-Clurk, aod that without the approbation ami countenance of •this vers self important pevaoriagp, i >ad arijhf to do.Dothiiix »nihi« world. 1 Hath den) finit I am in :in\ wai de- -peidanf upon him. ors that«»' an* tngi6 of oorj sfati tic:i! cnqutries, I .av -been 'luii d bi ni^ advice or auMioriiy. Mv Jtr«i address print d at York, was ifi - tr?r till its publication, shewn fri VIr* Clurk7aud »>i*h r* .jiect >o my fc- r.°re;if | improper dud unwarrantable publh a* th ii--1* who could »'?ef SUppOS % file un- t! r A/j patronage who now do n tii.s ** dutjfi to the Gut.'lament, the Pro- *Tiii •". and liimsi If," b) pro{e*tfrig ag- «iiv( tlu*m ? Tiie insinuations of thi placard, groundless as £h*y may be. are vet nothiu;to what Mr. Clark ha? f »i*re is a provision for toy *rtfe«*w*ci ' i'dreu, of £280 pr. annum, which // late or i o tduct cannot atf'.vt. So IT from being redo red o hrtve my •.not- here supplied by' Mr. Clark'* baity, iu1 nno\>n well, fhat I have yet r«dii at home as far as tmretliug ex- en. ,c icf;nir". and thai my bill ; > him . r -PftQ received last anfomn, Mas du- \ honored. About f v. o months "ago 1 Ufter'd in public regarding me. ¥«*• lord ay, he attended flic meeting »f hi* own T^vnship. and there I am sorrv to iky, disgraced himself, in a manner beyond all precedent. Air. Claris -6food forward at Stamford meetings and ■tWdir-^d thfttX was a person wholly Without means of subsistence—that the dollar he tfave Mr. Hepburne was meant for my private aid as a poo* fftan — (hat ho had lent me money in England which I had squandered— that I had not a foot of land belonging to mr in Upper Canada, and that mj fiolttobject in what I was now about. wa to get possession1 of the money subscribed by petitioners. If a do/en h'oiest men had sworn that Mr. Clark wa* caj):»ble of such declarations. J Would not have believed them, b"for* th-t absolute fact was proved ; and, i truit thafiHidercircnmstant*es,the p.ub» lie will excuse ray Mating the truth as to toy primal. ffffair$, which, upon an) ordinary occasion, would be quite im- pertioent, I b-r.amr acquainted with Mr.ClaiK for the fir-t lim-;, when he was al home during the war. H«* then came to Wiltshire and spent a few week-* ni my Itooee. I am (he olde-t ow of iny la¬ ther, who. al that time, was in p<»s-e^- Bion of a lauded estate in Sc-otland v-"\v «Jib i' stork, Upwards •' jfl 10.000. Having for some years been involved in a lawsuit, DU a qu^- tion which unluckily my father hae mis/"ouc-'ivHl, he had w i( lid raw n from me >i<. countenance, and I was l-°ft t/A the Mipport of ther friend^ in prose¬ cuting my suit* My situation being known to Mr. Clark be roluuteerefl me a loan of £500. Little more than a. year after thi*. my father's affairs became snvolved. Till the age of se\- enty-five he had carried on the niosi extensive apricultaral operations of a .:v mnn in the kingdoto: and for iutcgritj A$ well as■ perfWt knowledge of bo^i- ness ranked in the very hi^hfist clas? When the exposure of affairs toek place, not only my father and*familj trerc confoejided with the result, bit I the whole cpontrj wasso. It could bt flocouuted for in no way but from the natural docay > f a^e. My father had lo t his memory, and, for several years had lv»en th"* prey of all who had the ■tvickednebs to impose upon him. With¬ in a month after tiiis, &eiug that I could no longer expect t* return to n:) native country, and keep up the rank wh:eh I had, from my infancy enj^yod, t re*olv?d on s°iMS abroad, and had mv intention communicated to Mr. Clark. The fell of my fortune increa¬ sed the rancour of the person with whom I watatlnw. He would con¬ sent to no terms of settlement, and I had to remain more than a year ftglOing orM the battle- My Lav.yers failed toj carry my cause before the a$si/es. I instantly published an addes-,—had this address put h\t the hand*- of most eminent counsel in London3 with a suitable fee, and thus obtained a con¬ fession that I w;is right. 1 then ued in Chancery for a new trial, and carri- •e L pleading- My cause was a second time brought before a jury, and then I j Ha iiivflllj victorious, rccovtnn^ what I p ad tor, with interest,and theco^ts of'.i* '** >uits. The moment all thi> mr -etiiid i made arrangement* fori th conduct of my fanning concerns,) nod e«Tne here to lo^k out for future! op' rati- u* ; u:::!, here, i will come vill: m) famih as soon as all is settled at home, which my friends are now **!- viofir their jiid to accomplish. Jjit-t S ptemher I latnJied Mr. Clark that a fan settliMiieut of my fanning concerns Mou'ri huv*'me a reversion in capital • •I krvf.dl tliouMLnd pounds after pay* lug uu d !>ts. Mt dei..)"d di purtu*e ti.jtii fro- ■ -uiitry however^ has ^natly Ai-:,ed to draw tor a lir^er sun : not the HghJ St objection was made to m) ■ redff, bv Mr. Street- the partner of lAr. Chirk : hut. a* he was not full of cash, he asked me to accept of a tem¬ porary supply, :nid it wa^aq.reed to d-- fer drawing on Je-udon until I should i■-quire »n additional sum. In the Powttship of Dereham I own S66" acres • f laud which belonged To rny wife be¬ fore her marriage with me : but which shf has -iuc" made ov r to me : and. (Kiu ever triilibg this n;py be as to val- ne. it was a ver\ proper ground upon which to claim attention in the Peti¬ tion which 1 sent to Vork to be pre- -euted by Mr. Clark te the Parliament then assembled : tor upon coming t 'he Province 1 found it greatly depre¬ ciated, or rather un^al^able. That 1 with to pocket the doIlar> •uh^crlhed by the people of Canada for the management of their public inter¬ ests, is a worthy finish to Mr. Clark* declarations f advi*cd the peopleto pay this into the hands of CI' rks and Treasurers chosen bv theiredv*s. and 1 expressly stated (hat 1 irould accept of no appoiutnifnt* That { might re¬ ceive bene (its from the success of the cause is somewhat encouraging : itmav recoiupenee me for the time and money i have *peut, and su^h benefit the pub¬ lic of Canada have certainly no ritfiitte grudge; but, it is as certain, that pri- vyteemolument, neither tir-t nor last, has been my spur in what I have done. I never was covetous of wealth : but I h;ive enjoyed the pleasure oi think¬ ing my efforts tended to the happiness of my fellow creatures : and, the hope (hat 1 ma) accomplish my purpose of making this Province a safe and hono¬ rable retreat for the poor of Kut;laud wo Id sustain me through a life" time ol persecution and scandal,—From the consideration "f what is already said. the public will form some comparison between Mr^ClJukand me as to uon- \arrai.table publications," but let us #. t on ti: complete cxposurej before the uual de, isiou is sjiven. It will be remembered that fomc weeks a; o I mentioned, that Soce 1 had :ddi<iTvd Mr. Clark as a public eharac ter at Yi>rk, he had taken a!I in good part and written rrefcvcral friendly !rt tcrs. It w-ts i.>, and meeting tog'tther, foi fheliril ti . e, after hi- return from York atMr Thomas Dickfon'a on the i ithof rhi- month, we IB -ok hand* be- hue feveral wimefle^. The day proceed¬ ing I had heard fi mcthincr (lf Mr-ClarkV- doing at York, wh'ch 1 thobpjtt too fc-rioun inwU without 'H.tiee, and I had did no' expt'^ it was f> gain, at fi»'ft* unfverfsi fa*'S{ir, though t't had at Icilt one hearty dourer. A Iter carrying tlw firlt of it to 'la- Piefs, 1 called on the Hon. William Dickf>n, and read the m: nufcript, 4< far as it was then com¬ pound. Mr, t>. wa^ fo ple.ifed with it, mornm^m liU elbow chair, while hi* wife reached the tea-kettle to the fire. A drop fell on the profcfT^'s teg He faw the fire and blackb ottom of the keb tie at one glance. The afTocfation of fcaldmg was inftantly formed and the ,'■. pulfe was irrefiftiWe : he leaped to the that he immediately took me afide, and , fi ,-,r in ajronr and ftotmodI at hw wife I defired my acceptance of a deed'f"r500 acres of land ; which t thanked him for fincerely» but refnfrd- My after publications, wdek after week, fprung out of accidents of the moment, and each was called form its appropriate ciiarader and drefs. The letter to the \dmimllrator, nevei vfould have had exigence, but for an accident of my not getting off the week before its appearance alone with the mail car¬ rier, to York, and the publications of Major Leonid, wli'ch came firth i" the I fame paper, called for my remaining j here Rill and ier week Before this was j orintcd, Mr. Clatk'a retnfal to prcfent my '^eti'.ion, camt to hand, and in a few d y> mo'e, his advice thc-t I (bould r* t eat h>0B my port by way of Sacket^a (labor In mv letter to the Honorable ^l.omas Clark, there in a ft range mixture of the ferj >us and jo¬ cular. The-dt was clearly to retain him to me a.si friend in private liie, while I iafhrl him for the neglcfl of public dutiv*. and his falling away from a troll, which he had mod ftronglV in. duceJ me to repofe in him A.refu'a11 > prefent any et-n'tiun, decently worded, would he provoking ; but. had I time to fet f >rth trie difrppoiiitment I expe¬ rienced on tr.Ts oce.ifion.rhe public would rather woiidei bow I could joke with Mr. Clark, than blame me for the expo fure of trifle*, nrtfaeufe of any language offeven'ty. My whole mind had been bent for 7 months on the coniidcation of the va(l advantages which might be gained by a proper improvement of Up- per Canada, The objc& of my fiifl ad drcfa had been accon;pli(hed fo far, be¬ yond my Utmoft expectation, but mytx- periencc, in the Province, tiad convinced me, tUat 1 could "ot hoocftly use the Town/hip Reports, to dra*i oeop;e z- brotid,toa country whcregoveiOai n» wan fo ica daloufly adrninf^cr,ti-NooIi:h(okr wore openly againfl ^bufo, diaa vjr. Claik ; indeed, he 0fked me, one day, before cro-ng to York, .. if (t would not •'jull.fy rebellion ?" ,,ni) |yjr< Dickfon had about the fame i.mc> declared, at the mefa, here, that 'f natters were not ordered better, & V^utiirathtr live un der the /fmsrtcan than Hrthjh Government. TliOUL'l for the pain he fufftred. When he had fnfficiently vented his groan* and his fpleen/'fi; down" faid hi^ patient part¬ ner in this vorld's mTery ** fit down and Hcfa yourfdf, my dear, for the .water waa hut this moment drawn from the well." The word, government, may be van- oufty applied :—to the frame of govern- ment—the conflitntion ; or, to the mode of carrying on the government—the management—the ad'ioniltration. In Britain we never think of petitioning for a chance of government in the flrft fenfc —a change of conftitution. We are all pleafed with the conftitution ; but we roar loudly, and petition often, againll bcr of Affembly wa* Hunting after.Jj-j while the public bufinef* for whiVhh wi« paid to goto York, wai ftamefu!|! negleSed U'lder effftng circuiiJJ (ces, it was a duty to expofe wbat ^ going on, and to give a hint to the pj, pie of the teal caufe of their PariiVn^ effectingito good purpofe. Mr. Qjjl fi>n has fioce tcld me, that he.alf) ^ bnfy petitioning for land, while hf fa nt Yotk. Mr. Dickfou having, fytn years ago, been emp'oyed as a l-awy^ by the Indian Department,orot^rtt for the Indians on the Giand Rinr.h^ a trait of land given him, confining believe, of 6-.)00 acres, by a Counat0f Indians, called together under the infln, ence of Colonel Claufe. Againft ^ tranfa6tion, fome other Ifidiarispiotdt. ed,and .'vir. Dickfou'* title has h«ny« JM* While at York, Air. Dkkfe had a petition drawn op to thcPriuccKc gent, to coefiim hiVtitle to this land, and to pive weight to the petition^ $c John Sherbro »ke, w'a^ to favour Mr, Dickfon, with his fupport. Now, I'afe the people of this Province, to paiiffj and reflvrcl on this tranlaclioa. TIkIq. dfan hnd i- their own, by a*? faacdi jtiile a* a .y in Ca mda If Mr. Dicki'on'i iciaim to rhe land mB fair, why ajkfae I Pn'ucc Regent for what is not hi.M%r [draw in His Excellency the Cammtai I I then in n.y pocket a letter cal:ing upon h;m for expianation. Our accidental meeting, and {baking hatid«f altered mv o.ttntions, as tc» v.'-s, and I committed the kttei to the flaoies, that there fhould be no rttrofptct after the rie^t h;«nd of j fcliowlbip had been ilrctched out. On Saturday laft about two o'clock. 1 '-ad occafion to call at the Pi lifting Office and found that >nr Clark had lull lent in i he mannfeript of his placard. Upon lr)okiftg to it I w/as cut co the heart. I immediately weitt to Mr. \\rm. Kerr, his brother-in-law,—to'd him what I had feen, and begged of him, to go with me to the Hm. WiHiatnDtekfnn** where I tbnutfht Mr Clark would be f ,und — Thitlier we went, hut Mr Clark and Mr. Dfckfon had gone to a meeting at .\lexr Rogers Hotel, and, there, we found them on our return. I mott ear nettly rntrrated Mr Clark, on his own account, to withdraw bin publication, but in vain ; bot(i he and Mr Dicklon were alike immovable, and I found that the placard which heirs only the fignatnre of one, was, in fa&, the j int production of ih'fe two Honorable Oeutlemeu. Mr. Dickfon had pruned Mr. Claik'a afpeiitie*. and had fe.oclied out, from his [law repository, the notable quotation the mem-nent, taken in the latter fenfe e: n Chief, to i»o to the fountain ofW __tl^ management—the adminrftration. of for a favour, which ran not in honor The peti.ion for a change of uovernment be beftowed ?—Here I leave thufubjtt in Upper Canada U quite different :_ to d^y. for 1 wnli he peop'eto piuff. here—we may fafely petition &* 3 Canadhnu ! roufe yurfelves ! colA chamre of government, in every fenle of tvelv «nd ind.Vduallv come into ad* the word. The government or c»nlli- tutionof Upper Canada refts merely on the authority of a Bnti/h aft of Parlia¬ ment ; and all that m conflituted there- hy i*i fubjeA to to repeal, by the fame power which enacted :c, as the words of our conftituti.inal Statute exprefidy in dicate The conftitUfion of Upp^r Ca¬ nada is to continue only «4 during the continuance of this ad}/' and mould we petition for a change of government here we do nothing more than fa done every day at home, for a repeal or an amend¬ ment of an aft of the Britifh Par¬ liament ; and, thongh I had not at fiiit I contemplated the neceffity, I now think it may be very proper to petin'on for a frefli a£t, which would free us from fuch pclta rifl Ugifl itive Councillor*, and per¬ haps fome other councillor'* to boot : — perhaps too, we might petition for a Throne inlbad -fa Chair V Qhhto tflr f>"t M^ron-HVie Gentle¬ men, or the other, had been as wei! in- clincd to cxau'iuc ftrtcjly my words, as thev are 7,ea!oui to blacken ny eharac ter, and prove me to be a fo «l and a [rogue,they nwghl havedifcovered^ that ,'thefc woid* did not go to the extent* rhnt tluy, in the fpjrit of rMiberaliiy, have imagined* I Ipeak of M a change of fyftem in the government*M What i*in — fave t!te Province from ruin—ywifr felves from if-tluli and difgrace. Lrti party, in evciy Towufhip. call at evrrj h'Mife, and ofiv aid to the cjnfeof lM\ [and, let the Scripture text he repeated to every man •' he that i> not for uU agai'nll m." Roufe yourfelveb, Canadian*, for"" lany ?s in arms ajjainll your peace ani profperity :—roufe yourfelves l"r^ that wa* fought for in war—allthatwrt hoped for in peace, i* at dak-:— *»* yo'iifelvea, Canadians, for confliwti'Wi rrghtt^ affailed. One bold and p* rous effort will yet retu'eve your ho"1*" will i eta in to you the renown *>' *** bontfl men and loyal fubje^s ; f't W alty mull not fufTe'r the c"nll"ati-»nW be invaded and trod down. Lit the*?' ;d motto be our peculiar watch word^ let Canada from henceforth I-tarW* words on her fbic'd—*' Goo and Rirtiir" IIOIH-K l uOWWij lumuh it was not Vfry decorous, for al ihe government, can not be the i;ove.n- egi(I:,tivc_Council;*,, to utter inch af m€ut . the wv e fo a bottle, is not the d rn\ jiuiut though opposed by five which now (land* before t»s a* a bugbear, /ftwycr*, who uH^t^d several days in -To conclude, I told ihe Gentlemen tint if rliry perfiilcd in printing the placard,] 1 mould certainly, in return, think my- [ fcIf bound by no delicacy of expofure. [Mr, D'ekfm declared in that cafe he would never fpeak to me more—fo the matter U m w at rflue, and to determine ic, I proceed without fcrnple or dread. The propriety and litoefa of every human a^tir^n mull depend on circum- ftancee. What, in one talc, would be veTy wrong, may, in another, be necefTa- ry and proper My publications, for the lad two months, have routed the p%£ fion* of many unreflc<fli"g people againft me, and many have formed juogmenry concerning them altogether erroneous, '•winy tc# the partial view ft ken of the fuf jeft- 1 am not confcioui' A a wm I fpeech, befo e Britifli Officers, or any whe-rc die—1 (hall, bc-'0re all the world, back thisfentiment ^^certainly,iTthttigs are not to be altered fc chc better, in Canada, the United &atc& wouU be the more difuable place *.f itbdcnce. Al¬ though I am of tb/a opinion, yet, I wyuld not for a raonifftt, allow, tint Mr. Clark'* queftion, ugd«rr aiiV circumttan- CCS, Could be anfwe«e»| in' the affirma¬ tive, while the rght { peutioniog re¬ mains free to out cxcicife. Naj'i I lay mine, fuch a qudliou. even without an a.fwer, ttandfl up againli Mr Cork's appeal to •' the itfor of his life [" and man if eft a that " factious difcontcnt" has '- originated in his brtaft." ^ If Mr. Clark could put fuch a que* liou to me, which I fclmenly affirm be¬ fore the Omrdprefent G(d, that he did, — if he could put ftlcfc a queltion, wi h | Out even an attempt af ref.rm, through the peaceable extrcife *,f o.ir right of petitioning, what language was " un warrantable11 for me to ufe, towards him, who denied me the benefit of my cofifti- tutioua! right of pciiu'oning, awd who would not prefent a petition to the le^ iflaturcofthw Province, while it was his bdunden duty to do fo—a petition which waa to lay the ground w »rk of temov. ing the evils of winch, he and. Mr. Dickfon fo loudly complained,—evils, which I looked upon as completely bar¬ ring every good whith was in concern plation, from the fuccefs of my Uatilti- cal labour! > What are tAeir notion* of Wright and wrong, I am altogether at a lo& to difcovcr. If one man only had appered in all thia fceac of confnfion, — if one man had been the author of the placard, (tuek up betWe us, we might have fettled our mind,to red with a vci- AtSL of infancy j but, a confpiracy of ma dmen never, to my knowledge, waa before heard of. Silly action*, and mal¬ low reafoning may be expetded^Vrom the rabble ; but, to fee fuch conduct, and fuch a production exirtinj? fn, and ema¬ nating from, the united cOUnfel of Conn- cillora, in confounding the marvellous in rhe xtreme. One part of Mr. Clark's placard has ! I pottle, Thrf' igh ^11 my vvriti^gs it Will be found r hat I fooke of thej^rrVm^ and fometimc* 1 identified thi* fyllc-n, with that which ruled by *' patronage and favooriufm/' The fyftem of pat¬ ronage and favoritifm in rhe yovemment of Upper Canada, I have long coufider- ed to be the gpeat bane of profperity, and, without thiai u put down, all legis¬ lator* <e->t to litt'e Yo*k will c 'me back better f>r th/mfelve*, but, bringing with them, nothing h&u ■ (or the country.— Every one wonders at the inf] icnce of Dr. Strachan ; a t an of nu ability—-of no experi nee in the world J but they do not confiriert h-: nature of the tools which have been put in*o his hand* It re¬ quires no ear to p(ay a h ijid organ and little ftrength to drive a horfe in a mill ; yet the one may give fpin't to a dance, gjftd the other may convert wheat into fljur. 1 que (I ion if Dr* Stracbau !;a* n »t run f<nne litt'e errand, or done fome lit¬ tle favour for every Honorable and not Honorable that ever went up to little ( TOWNSHIP MEITTIXgs. Granthfim% April 20, i#fg Thi* day a numerous meeting of »L| Inhabitant* of the Fownfhtp nf'QriM, ham, having been beld at the hnufejr I Paul Ship man, and Geo- \d^m*t, gf* being called to the chair, fpokc-/m fubllance aat-illuwfi GENTLEMKV, ** [ am happy to fee fry many of y05 affemble here thia day on the prefent oc. cation You have beard 'he oddrrfi,0f Mr. Robert Gour'ay rrad : you ^ likewife henrd the addrefi of the Hon, Thomas Clark, and as it has heel: yrj„r Qnammnui vote, that I flv uild be ca)U to the chair, I begt • mike a fewreoi.irk, on tht bufinefs before u^. 1 alTure you Gentlemen, if there was the lead appear, ance in any one fentence of Mr( GotirLiy'jaddrel? tending to feditiojf,! would be the laft perfon tr> come forward to fupport it. You nbferw, Gentlemen that in the addref;* of the Hon. Thr»?, \ l.rk, to the public, he endeavour* 10 troprefs on your mtndsi, thatotir meeting (together tendi to fedition, but allow me to fay, it h an erroneous opinion. .*- I have been acquainted with yna twenty four yen.9, and To hil that Hon. ;Gentiemin, particulfltly in ;Ve late War with the United States o; America, when you a1! went forward and expofeJ j you. I've? and property in drfenre of Yo,k to legiflate. Such " fma:l fweet \\T™* Kvg and Country. Genllemcn, courtelies" colt the Doftor nothing and j i yo,jr loyalty is not, and cannot be fliakeir are altogether fafcinating to Councillora ; j b>' thc. addvefa of Mr. Gouilay, oranf and meinbersof AfTcmbly On the oth- ^t'-.er individual—..either ought yt.11 t) crhand mark the Dn&ors ire I ! ! Look be intimidnted hyijie addrefa of the Hon. tfttitd u/Jiupof oi ihl>, bui? iude- ffmiuc being out ofjoiiife My firftl ftircd up doubt, I find, in a,yrc than at me and tremble.every man who would have a (lice of land,—look at me ard tremble, every man who would defire to! £rt fmoothly on in Upper Canada. Perhaps, the two Councillors who! have polled me as a promoter of fedition, are not quite immacculate, even though ** factious difcontent never^origii-ated in "heir breads"—Perhaps, they would ra¬ ther fee the Province go to ruin than lofe the game of patronage and f-ivum't- ifm—perhaps M their deed? being evil." they would " love darkueffl rather than lifiht n It is true (hat Governor Gore [ is gone« who mao*e them Honorablc.and I got for Mr. Clark thc monopoly of mill I (eats on the rapiils of Niagara , but oth- I er Governors aie COminj out, and Sir John Sherbroke is even in the Lower I Proviuce, now Since Mr Dickfon has no regard for my char idler and feelings let us try how he will lland ihe toach- ftoneoftnith. it came to mykn^l re^un M diyour \*t*\v;. llwn XJ* edge, by jwrfca accidcot, that a (BCffl-1 j fa jire lu%. 1 co, rmc9 GcuiJ-mcn, off Thomas Cluk, wherein he (bites, it oecelTary for rhc Pailiannut to luppttfl feditious meetings But the FLtl. Gentleman Ihould recoiled tliat th* meetings alluded to were intirely of $ ditferent nature from our*—it a time when the greateft ..at of Ireland ffairt a (late of open rebellion, and wh?D preparations for thc fame were .jjnin^on in Scotland. Thi , Gentlemen, U not the cafe here, and God fotbfd it tW fhould be ; for I am certain there is npt now, a more loyal people in the Bn'trft dominion1;, thcUl you in the lownflu'p »f Grmtham ft would be doing CflK Claik-the ^reateft injuflice, were you not to hold him in the higheA efieem, Sc hand hi name down to poflcrity, t"r his active and graloua cotidufii lfl frequently expoflng his life and foiiu^ in defence of the Province. *flH 'Gentlemen, von have all d-ne ihe fan*, t ati'l I do nor think he h.in ai:y