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of an official functionary -had been set aside by the Colonial Office , l ^^ eirs ppe jt f ^ us coin - ing to 9 pri § ig . We have heard some doubts thrown upon the truth of these reports , in quarters where we
hoped for added information ; but we have good reason to believe that they are well founded . The doubts only prove how snug- the news has been kept , if it has been received .
Lord Gosford's resignation dp £ S not surprise us . He is , or was , in a most awkward situation . The Government had expressed some disapprobation of his measures : while he
encountered the execrations of the Canadians in his zeal to obey that Government . Meantime the people are bestirring themselves , so that a new Governor will encounter
rather a formidable array , and find himself in a position of enhanced awkwardness . They are organizing themselves in large bodies , a purpose for which their previous
organization as militia afforded every facility . The militia are transforming themselves into a national guard , under the name of the Sons of Liberty . One
paper mentions sixty resignations or commissions sent in at once . A large meeting , conducted witli great Order , at wliich $ Ir rapineau ( the O'Connell of Canada ) was
p resent , adopted some very cpgent resolutions . They recommended the immediate appointment of Juges Pacifica ~ teurs , Pacificator Magistrates ,
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or arbitrators , so as to enable themselves to dispense with the law altogether , and thus neutralize one paiej gsou ^ ce pi the emolument and influence of the Crown ; the appointment of Committees of Vigilance :
and the commencement of a non-importing system . JVIiicli as tha £ system did mischief in the last American war , much as it helped tp paralyze the efforts of the Americans themselves in the struggle , there is no doubt that it greatly served their cause : it was a bond
of union ( in which the sacrifice it involved was useful as a test of sincerity ) ; it proved their earnestness to their enemies ; and thus brought matters sooner to a crisis , while it
helped to disgust and alarm the mercantile part of the old country . Such a measure would be less dangerous in Canada , while there is a neighbouring store in the United States .
In fact , every month gives additional proofs of the close resemblance between the ensuing struggle and the last , — with this difference : That , in the former war , the British could transfer their strength to the friendly ground of Canada ,
when hard pressed in the States , and thus they preserved an inlejt into the hostile country ; but tliey will be without that advantage in a future war . If Newfoundland , and even Cape Breton , is retained as a British colony , New Brunswick will follow the fate of the Canadas . So far from possessing a friendly refuge in the nefyjfy-
Sw Alleged Resignation Of The
SW Alleged Resignation of the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page 370, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/2/
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