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    the Council assume , is unconstitutional—that it is the duty of the Council to serve him , not them ; and that if on so vital a principle they persist in a contrary opinion , he foresees embarrassments of a most serious nature—for as power and responsibility must , in common justice , be inseparably connected with each other , it is evident to the Lieutenant Governor , that if the council were once permitted to assume the latter , they would immediately , as their right , demand the former ; in which case , if the interests of the people were neglected , to whom could they look for redress ? For in the confusion between the Governor and an oligarchy , composed of a . Jew dominant families , shielded by secrecy , would not all tangible responsibility have vanished V—Sir F . Head ' s Reply .

    The Executive Councillors then resigned en masse , whereupon Sir Francis , who is certainly a very high-handed gentleman , called to his councils a more subservient crew , composed of the most obnoxious men in the province—all ultra Tories ! This excited the indignation of the Assembly , indeed of the whole province , and the following was the manly course pursued by the representatives of the people : —

    <( On Tuesday last , the House of Assembly at ihe suggestion of the hon . member for Lennox and Addington , Peter Perry , Esq . took an independent stand on this all-important subject . He proposed that tbe Speaker should leave the chair and not resume it , until His Excellency had sent down answers to the addresses founded on the resolutions copied into this paper . —The hon . the Speaker repeated that he could not do so , if there were even one person that would object to

    the proposition . But there was not even one . Tories and Reformers were equally unanimous on this important subject . — And from 10 o ' clock on Tuesday morning , till 12 o ' clock on Wednesday ( yesterday ) the business of the country was at a complete stand . Never did we witness such a period of excitement . Never did the duplicity of Sir John Colborne , or the intrigues and bronzed infamy of his advisers

    create such a powerful sensation . The whole House were anxious for a dissolution , that the country at large may have an opportunity of expressing their opinion on the policy of a new Head . But he declined an appeal to that tribunal , and thinks that he can still conduct the Government of the country as if we were a parcel of slaves , and he our taskmaster . He must be undeceived . " Tories and Reformers , forgetting their past prejudices , will combine to effect this necessary object . "

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1836, page 270, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2657/page/6/