Quite interesting thread here.
"The 9th Earl of Dalhousie in December 1820 appointed the speaker of the assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau, to the Executive Council. Not that Dalhousie liked Papineau, whom he considered rather "an ill tempered, cross, tho' clever barrister, [who] scarcely knows the rules of good Society." Nor did he intend "to flatter, or to coax" the assembly. Rather he wanted the public to "know that I am acting a frank, fair, and candid part with them, free from intrigue and free from guile," and hoped "to push every public man to do his duty in his station & to draw towards unanimity & cordial cooperation in the public affairs."[1]. On the 24th Oct. 1837 assembly of the Six Counties address: Fellow-citizens! Let us unit from one end of the province to the other. Let us show to the whole universe that we are men who deserve to be independent. Let us make our enemies feel that if they did not respect the justice of our complaints there still remains a means of stopping them in their "iniquitous profits."[2].
A portion of French and English alike in both provinces, argued for years reforms were needed, severing the umbilical cord from Mother, adapting a more America constitutional system. Dans la province du Québec, it's known as "Les Rébellions de 1837-38" or the 1837-38 Rebellion of Lower Canada. On 24th October 1837 in the Assembly of the Six Counties in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, north of Montreal, Papineau's address delivered to the people of Canada, published in The Vindicator News Paper on October 31, 1837. "Fellow-citizens! brothers of a common affliction! you all, of whatever origin, language or religion you may be, to whom equal laws and the human rights are dear." "Our judges depend as a condition attached to their commission, on the sole will and pleasure of the Crown, the men in office in this province devour, by their so extravagant salaries that they deprive us of the funds needed for the general improvement of the country which results in our public works being stopped and the navigation of our rivers continuing to be obstructed; a Legislative Council appointed by men a thousand leagues away from the country, and systematically composed in a manner suited to paralyse and destroy the efforts of our freely chosen representatives" "The long and heavy chain of abuses and oppressions which weighs on us, and to which each year a new and no less annoying link is added, proves that our history is but a recapitulation of the evils that the other colonies endured before us."
On November 23, 1837 armed rebellion began in the Richelieu valley when Les Patriote lead by Wolfred Nelson defeated British troops in Saint Denis. Prior to arm confrontation with the British, Papineau vacated the town of Saint Denis, accused of being a coward while others claimed, "as he'd be able to serve it in the future."…"
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