66 Oui; mais faites comme si je ne le savois pas: expliquez moi "Had the House not heard --- not from a Canadian, nor from a foreigner, but from a Member of that House. a sort of satisfaction expressed at the defeat of British troops? Had they not seen a sort of gloating over the confiscation of public and private property in LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1838. Сили А33. 38. Чисто Can 438.10.2 PARVARD COLLEGE NOV 3 1911 LIBRARY LONDON: Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE, NOTICE TO THE READER. I ONLY do not subscribe my name to this publication, because I believe the better usage is rather the other way; but I may be permitted to say, that I have no more desire to conceal than to obtrude myself. That I have had some occasion to make myself acquainted with the Canadian controversy, and some opportunity to obtain a local and rather intimate personal knowledge of men and things in the province, the following pages will, I hope, be not without evidence. But, far from desiring to arrogate any undue weight to their appearance, my principal object in this notice is to warn the reader against supposing, that whatever opinions he will find here are any other than the private opinions of THE AUTHOR. London, Jan. 15. 1838. CONTENTS. Note on the Receiver-General's Defalcation Acceptance of its Report in the Colony Demands which led to the Revolt examined Pretended Parallels disproved Gross Inaccuracies of Mr. Roebuck's "Portfolio" 63 THE CANADIAN CONTROVERSY. Ar a moment when general attention is so forcibly called, and by such distressing events, to the quarrel in Lower Canada, it becomes of importance to supply a correct answer to the question which is in every one's mouth, what it is about, and how it has arisen. This is the object of the present publication. It is not proposed to encumber it with long arguments, but merely to let people know what the controversy really is, to guard them against the misconceptions and hasty views which will naturally arise (perhaps be suggested), when new topics of an exciting kind are so suddenly pressed on the public mind, and then leave them with confidence to their own judgment. The facts are not ineloquent, and to give them a voice is all that is necessary. There is no occasion to perplex the statement with questions about this administration and that administration. Party politics have no entrance here; for all parties during many years past have, when in power, shown the utmost spirit of conciliation towards the men who are now in arms. The issue to be tried, there B |