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1940'
By WILFRED BRENTON KERR,M,A., Ph.D. or
Associate Professor of ,History, University of Buffalo, N. Y., 1940.
w' Chapter V I I
1F'AN EGMOND AND WILLIAM
LYON MACKENZ'IE
• Van Egmond's primary interest in
Upper Canada was in tthe .settlement
of the • Herron ,was
and not in local
F:olltios, of which he knew little. He
probably became naturalized, as he,
• views' a candidate for the Legislature
in 1835, to which no alien could as-
pire, but even in November, 183.7, he
was proudest of being a native of
Holland. So far as his letters and
papers give us to understand, he telt-
afro affection or respect for Great Bri-
tain, although no particular hostility
to it. He' did not understand the de-
termination with which the people of
Upper Canada clung to theconnec-
tion with Great Britain as their an-
chor of salvation in a North Ameri-
can sea of Re•publicanisi. and Separ-
atism. He had been a follower of
Napoleon and a'resilient of the Unit=
ed States, two high disqualifications
for office in Upper Canada of 'the
1830's, He did not comprehend the
suspicion which surf'ounded• him in
these conditions; and as luck would
have it, he adopted•.. the course that
was certain to increafe it and to frus-
trate his efforts to improve the lot
of the settlers in the Tract, Le: "an
incursion into radical politics.
For this he Thad not the advantage
of an affection for even Upper Can-
ada. He cannot find words too bad
to suit the Huron Tinct, and the com-
pany's supposed double-dealing over
the Goderich tolls ,he describes as a
la Canadienne, a truly Canadian bit
of cheating. Ile thinks many settlers
in the Tract and the majority in the
province a spineless lot, a flock of
sheep, or cats who want fish but do
not want to., wet their feet. They. are
accustomed to oppression and he does
not hesitate to say so in public. This
low opiaion--of the people of the Tract
and the provinee was of no help to
hint in public lite, no matter how it
may be excused by his experiences
with Jones and ethers -of the come
pally.
His first essay in politics was the
affair of the toll on vessels entering
Goderich harbor, as we have seen,
end it led, him into !close relations
with the Reform party. This group
called lam and Dr. Dunlap. before .the
Grievance Oommittee in 1835, 'heard
both at• Length and decided that the
trouble about the company was hand,
le worth counting among the ills of
the provinces On this occasion if
not before, Van Esmond, •became ac-
quainted with William. Lyon M.a.cke i'-
zie and his views. The Reform party
wished principally to displace the
Faetfi v Oorwpaet in trite teepee: hi,
hies and reMeneratirenss_of ewe, t ,l t gent
and' 'most of its, au,eonibei s were loyal
at bottom. But the minority, ot
whoa 'Maaclrtenzie was the leading
spirit, flirted with Repubiicandsm and
Separa.tiSm and, laid the whole party
open to the charge of treason. The
Moderates, whose leaders were the
Irishmen, W. W. Baldwin and his son•
Robert, had Itept the upper hand Erten
1828 to 1834, but from 1834 to 1836
Mackenzie . was in the *saddle. The
Reformers had a majority tor the leg-
islitive assembly in those years. and
Mackenzie had pretty mu,eh his own
way. Van Egmond thus came into
contact with him when impulses o8
moderation and loyalty were giving
way to those of the opposite. sort.
Van Egmond was not convinced im-
mediately that he should oast in .his
lot with that of ,his new acquaintanc-
es, but at any rate he entered the
Relearn party and was looked upon
as its representative in. Huron from
1b35. Ip the previous year Huron
was erected into a oouity, to be re-
presented by. one member in the as-
sembly. Only freeholders, persons.
witth full title to their lands, might
vote, and they were only a small
minority in the new •county, the es -
labile -Lod and well-to-do persons. The
election was finally set for Monday,
June 29th, to Wednesday, July lst,
1835, and -the-' polling was to take
place at Goderich,. Sometime during
the aping of 1835. Van Egmond cir-
culated an address among the elec-
tors, oontraining criticisms of T. W.
Luard, campaign manager for the
Con -Sate -tonal or Conservative party.
It may be that he held meetings and
canvassed voters, but ,no record of
such activity on his part has survive
ed.
A strong opposition, however, had
made itself manifest. The men of
Colborne were Scotsmten and British'
subjects first bf all. full of pride in
their nationality and the imperial tra-
dition ane 'determined to maintain
Canada's convection with the empire
at any cost. They had witnessed the
recent tendencies' of the Reform par-
ty to separation with much alarm,
and determined to throw all their
weight a.gainet 'that party!? Wihen.
they saw Van Egmond adopting the
'cause of Reform, they turned against
thim to a man-, forgetting for a mom -
'ere their„ difficulties. with Jones and
the Company. They went to work
early, held a nomination meeting in
Goderich, on February 1,, 1834, 'and
-acne Robert Graham Dunlop, ex-cap-
t;cin of His Majesty's navy and bro-
ther of the doctor as their candidate,
He accepted trhe nomination, but
sa,mne time afterwards a suspicion a-
rose that he had shredsof sympathy
witch the Reformers. Accordingly he
-held a meeting. on June 12, 1835, at
Reid's Hotel in Goderich, "for the
purtoee of explaining this"' political
r'er_,timenvts", The chairman was T.
W. L:lard. Esq., and he stated that
attempts had been made to lead the
freer` old.ers into error concerning the
cantain's opinions and invited the
gentleman in .question to clear 'him-
self. Captain Dunlop did. so "even to
the satisfaction of his political op'
"We- were just hoping Granny would remember and ...
. _
N-6. DISFtmJCJ
... and Peter really knew her voice ! "
That's the real thrill of Long Distance.
`csir.;ell come clear and distinct. Calls
completed quickly. With rates so low
(particularly. after 7 p.m. end- dli day
ti 00 why, wait for an 6ccuse to
thele must be someone who
would live to hearr your mice to -night?
MISS F. M. CLUFF
Jjldtnager
AND
AWAKE REFRESHED
If you dealt ar4is' taweter•ll
—if uigbt4 air
-.ruptolookd 1y
to r lakitnapeas
y, ur k'icbseys.
If your kidneysme out
of order and failing to
cleanse the blood of
poisons and. waste
matter—your rest is At the tint sigh of
likely aufiermg,, too
kidney trouble turn confidently to Dead. s
Kidney Pills—for over half a Bent ry'ahe
favorite kidney remedy. Easy to take. 114
Dodd's Kidney Pills
Of ..the that he Owunt Fgtatnet at the titeente attributed) to hln and the
Dhteb; Dev,#t against Spent. Brut, citing may hot (Inadequately 'e -
says our ,, attxtority, SO:Me lately ar- eIit hj stru les with the spoken
rived Dutralien state that . the title le Eiugli!sh Tanaguage,• Ile -hard of course
extinct that Van Eganoar!d was mere'.- exaggerartedt the iterpeu+tanr�e of this
ly a euttller (oontraoto'r Fir supplifis) ,bye -election in e,seu u1ug that on it
to Napoleon's army •in Italy, that at defended the liven, liberties and pro -
the peace the beeam!e a ,barber in, Potties Of generatiopns yet unborn, but
Dort, that thence he emigrated " to he had refrained from +personal re -
Five. Points, New York, and, engaged marks and had attemp et an Intel -
once more in barberlege But he 'had Iigible pol3tfoal ddecuseion. Hence we
such Il!ittleP'sueoess that he was oblig- nay rank lds'epeech as .probably the
ed to pack his all to, a wagon and beset "delivered that day in Goderich,
come to Canada. We have already though this le faint ;Praise.
noted this eentelxuporary suspicion of When Van Egmond had; Swished)
Van Edmond's account of :hgmself, but Daniel Lizars. took .the platform again
the allegations about barbering and and denounced the "extraordinary mord'
about Five Points are certeinly inven- unconnected rhapsody" which• they
tions and its seems best to regard had just heard, declarred that he could
this ;portion, of the sketch of Van Eg- ,not comprehend what it really "meant
mond,'s career as merely the product and whether the electore understood
of partisan imagination. From the Ven Egmond to have declared brim-.
pone"nts" and left no doubt in the date of the Colonel's arrival in Clan- self a .candidate or not. On this, the
mines of .the "people that his grinet- sda, however, the biography becomes first specimen of his appearance in
pies were strictly constitutional and less distorted. At Waterloo, says the .public, was not Van Egaq!ond the most
loyal. Next day he and Luard pro- correspondent, Van Egm!ond'a party unfit man to represent. the electors in
seeded to canvass the county. They were obliged to undergo quarantine Parliament? Was he not unsupport-
went to Hicks' tavern to a "lamer- in a barn. Thereafter the Oount con+ ed by anyone except the proposer and
ously attended' meeting under the t'•escend,ed to driving a team for the seconder? In these eireummtances,
chai rm,anehip of C. Mountcastle, , Esq. Caal:ada Company and' presently by Lizars •declared bis astonishment at
Here the captain again explained his "low cunning" he crept into the good the presumption of that indivridtual
political sentiments; then continued graces of • Mr. Galt. By this means baying .the effrontery to thrust him -
to Stratford -on -Avon. In this village he entered en a prosperous career self on the public. Here Lizars was
the result of"his canvass was "high .end became the wealthiest man in the merely repeating his. smears and
ly '•satisfactory" and left but little •Tract at the expense of the Company: abuse, and it is hard to see how he
doubt that he would be returned for "or, more properly, of their settlers." could have missed Van Egmmnd's an -
the new
. county, according to our . re- Yet, such is his ingratitude that "he eouncement of gds candidature, when
port. Such was the first electoral has been abusing the' Oompany and the correspondent of the Toronto
campaign in Huron County.s its officers ever since" These details Patriot heard it tw,iee.
In accord with the 'arrangements, may he correct, apart from the -mat- Tire third candidate now appeared,
the election commenced in. Goderich ter of Van Egniend's• wealth, but they an Engliabini n, W. B. Rich, describe
on June 29, 1835. with the blue rib- are intended to disparage him) and not ed as a-ishopanan in the employ of
bons of Captain Dunlop "in every to portray an accurate picture of his E. G. Taylor and a keeper of a hoard -
bonnet" and Captain
Union Jack floating activities in Upper Canada. Such a itis •"rbouse on -the side. He was also
in various quarters of the village as sketch of Van Egmond's career testi- 'a J.P. and commissioner of the court
a symbol' et the supposed issues of hes mainly to the animosity of the of requests, and by al•I accounts a
the polling. The Captain !himself Ori men of• Colborne to him, bit of an -ass. Ile stated• that he
rived from his home, Gairbraid House By this, same account Van Egmont had been solicited by the almost un -
in Colborne- and went to the Steam- appeared, on the hustings decorated ani"rnous 'with of the people of Gode-
boat Hotel. Here he was received with three foreign orders of knight- rich to stand for election, but the un -
with cheers! 'by a contingent of blue -'hood which •he said he had obtained animdty was much over-estimated
jackets and by "all the respectable for "de honorable service" but which, since no one but himself proposed or
inhabitants" or in other words, his sneers the correspondent, • he had seconded his nomination. By our ac -
friends. These then drew aim in a probably bought from:reel .soldiers at count he spoke in great excitement
cab to the 'places where the hustings a pint -•of Holland's per order. Van and made false allegations about ex=
had been erected in , Market Square Egroonde sans, he adds in the same pression dropped by Luard, and we
for the business of the next few days. vein, wore similar decorations; but as may say that 1f this is so, the mis-
The •returnnng officer was Henry they were either not yet born in the representation might well have been
Hyndman of "Lundaston" in Col- rear -time or were at most too young a kindness to that gentleman, °Here
borne. On Du nlop'•s arrival he come for military exploits, they must owe Rich concluded his speech and'it is
mantled silenoc and read the writ re their blushing honors to their papa's clear that no one took.him seriously.quirlug ap election. Titen•+his insep- prudenee rather than to their own , Van Egmand did net return to the
arable friend, Daniel Lizars of "Mea larow�ess, Leaving,insi:nuations for the hustimg to rebuild the chargesagainst
d'owland" in Colborne, took the plat- time, our,authority returns to the him. nor doubt considering them be -
form and proposed•Duniop's name by
main them& the polling at Goderich. neath notice. Instead he war con -
reason of the "deep interest?' he had Van, Emend had arrived fn a hurry. stantly "prowling and sneaking°' or
Shown in the welfare of the settle- and requested a short time in whichat least canvassing among tbe eleo-
meat since hie arrival and. his satis- to• :campas,e himself. This done, he tors and "exciting" them against Liz -
factory political sentiments, Mr. Liz came to the. front with a written ad- ars and Luard, i.e, trying.: to defend
ars then proceeded to an attack on dress. and proceeded to read it in himself. Feeling the tide against
Van Egmvond and his address in what imperfect English which affords. a him; he deolared that the voters were
he conceived to be humorous" fashion, target for elephranti,ne 'humor. blackguards whom it was no honor,
His first essay in this art was a re- "Freeholders of the County 'of Her- to represent in Parliament and there -
petition of Van Egmond's series of on: I arm not come ,here to cordes by he eommritted =othererror of
names as Lizars supposed them, with cend to de blackguard language but if our, story le correct. Hear-
tact,a pause after each for the expected shall treat it all wid de noble stile ing of this, Lizars' challenged,,. Van
laugherne," . Mr. Anthony! Jacob! Wil- ee,' he declared for answer to the, Egmond to ascend the hustings again
Liam! Gysbertl Lamarall! . Van Eg- invectives of Lizars and Luard. "I and brouht three charges: (1) that
mond !mond t Even in this enumeration have come to -inform ,dat .I offer mine- Van Egmond had solicited a gentle -
Liters seesms to leave erred, . as the ,self to your notish (notice) as de fit ram of high respectability to perjure
Colonel invariably' signed himself and proper person to • represent you himself in a case involving Van Eg
Anthony G. W. G. Van Egmond. Neg- vid de Parliaments at de • particular moth's Interests', which seems to the
letting slight mistakes, however, Liz- request of . de principal part of de arbitration of the road -work, and Liz -
ars went on to expose the "inconsist- free and independent electors of dis "an declared that he had a doeum'eat.
eneies, assumptions and. malicious- Countie. Gentleman! If you onor i Van Egmond'•s handwriting to
fabrications'" in Van .Egmond's • ad- (honer) me. vid your confidence, itprove his accusation; (2) that in a
dress and made a refutation of it must on conditions following be up letter to the directors of the cone
that was very sa,.tisfacto,ry to at least •on. You •appoint von (a) committee ;parry Van• Egniond" had slan.dere' the
the Colborne melt. Ire now turned to dat from yourtielfs, to correspond, vid inhabitants of Goderich es paupers in
a certain William Bennett Rich, who me upon de principles upon which it the country from which they had
was reported to be a candidate but goes upon, in all matters! in, de Par- come and aceustomed to oppression;
had ,signed no papers to that effect. liamente lrn'use you would wish to this matter :leas been mentioned
and as be saw that gentleman, on the speak; for you know, Gentlemans, above; (3) •that Van Egmond had
hustings, he invited him to explain that' I am von old broken-down man tried to.plunder the '-Company by a
his .pretensions if he had any. Lizars vid mine grey hair and three score monstrous claim of £2,OD0 on the
confined himself to the observation years upon mine head, on the verge plea that he had stopped, 'theeholera
that as he had heard, " Mr. Rich had of de grave, and perfectly incapable from coming into the Tract, as has
declared • himself an Ultra -Tory and en dat . account to take any leading also been described above. In con -
Anti -Reformer, and so concluded Iiis pant of himself, but shall do as you elusion, Lizars denlounged VanEg-
speech. • gentlemans of de consm,ittee shall' di- mond as a recreant to the principles
T. W. Luard followed and second- rect, and on des.e terms can I only he had avowed and, a renegade to
ed the motion with excessive comrpli-' possibly dink (think) of accepting .de the theh country of his birth, and, stated
, mmen!ts to the- proposer, and bus re- high otter (honor) which•you propose that if he (Van Egmvoncl) did not at
foliation of the "misrepresentations for me dis. day." Van Egmond " was tempt to refute these charges, he
and unfounded calumnies" -levelled here suggesting the appointment of a must "be considered unworthy Of the
against Luard in Van Egmond's writ- committee, to instruct thdm while he suffrages of the freeholders of the
ten address. Then he charged that should •bein Toronto if he were 'ele'ct county and infamous in. the eyes of
the rejection of , the .harbor bill was ed. "Gentlemams," he• continued, the 'public. Again Van _Egmond took
due to the "unfounded assertions and with a small jest, "do I not keep de ha notice of the challenge, aced -ap-
wilful • misrepresentations" of Van best tavern on .de "'Huron road?" He parently there was no more oratory:
Egmond's communication to several now proclaimed. his. detestation of •
One peculiar incident, however, oc-
ing,
of the asoenmbly. Continue bribes, penury and the barter of fcurred. W. B. incident,
• despairing t-
ing, Mr. Luard accused the Colonel of principles,for places and pensions
of
ignorance of atbe English language whieh, he assumed, were character- ors own' chances, joined forces with
and' antipathy to British institutions, istic of the • Fam,ily Ooinpact., "If you Van Egmond. He learned that a let -
proof of which was his adherence to vornt (want) von man vol usish (us- ter of some eom+promisiag kind had
the anti-British and anti -constitution- es), de pribish - (bribes) or de per- been sent by Dunlop, Luard or Liz -
al party in the present House ot Aidjuration or who wild parter his prin- ars to Van Egmomd's home, Rossi, to
sembly, i.e. the Reform party. Mr. ciplish for de places and de pensions, ward the close .of the election. He
Luard then declared his opinion that den don't elect me." One of the audi- told" Van Egmond and sent men to
Van Egmond was no, more fit for a.ence, -wittier than others of the Dun- Ross on June' 30th. at 11 p mn. for the
seat in the Legislature of the •prow- lop party, replied: "Don't alarm your- letter. After .the poll !had cloned on
ince that an Englishman would be self, old boy, we have no idea of it."Wednesday, July.:dst, and while the
for the chair of the First , Burgomas- The Dutchman ignored the remark crowd were arid) gathered about the
ter of Amsterdam, and sat down amid and went on: "If you vornt von man `hustings, Van Egmond dalled on Rich
cheers. The discussion conducted by dat will betray your interest and de to read the letter aloud, and Rich
coi plied, making his own comments:
Messrs- Lizars and Luard had deft libeeties, lives, properrieh (proper- great eagerness. It. had, no ,more
much to be desired, being prior in ar- ties) of yourself, your children and of with ,ado with the election,tcomplains
fnomore
•gumma and strong in abuse. A third generations' yet unporne, your dear- our correspondent of the Patriot, than
speaker followed, Joseph' Wilson, est rights and every ting about it,
if Rich had sent for a Dutch Testa-
' oldest proprietor of the township of den don't elect me." At this a Scot rent and amused the people by read-
Gadterich," who supported Dunlop with took alp the '(tale •of th!e. 'previous
"De -
"entire Approbation." His speech was heckler: "Dinna Yash yourstel', mw
n, ing a chapter therefrom. This "ne-
the shortest of the three•and void •of dell a fear of your being elected."
disparagement, was probably the Again ignoring !the interruption, Van
best.4 Egmond declared, "If you wornt von
The Dunlop party had now deliver- man; to go •dow?h and give his votish
ed themselvu of their, sentiments.; (votes) on de Liberalle or proper side
and their candidate did not choose to of arty question under -de considera-
make a speech of Ms own. Van. Eg- tion, den don't eleet me." A person
mond was, expected .next, or at least named Paddy Walsh shouted from the
his proposer, but neither appeared un crowd: "Very clear of it, ould Van,"
til noon, two hones after the' election and someone else called "Three cheers
had commenced.. Then -the proposer, for Paddy Walsh." Van:.- Eginond,
itlicheel Flslrer, performed his duty plougbed his way ahead. "If • you
and apparently confined bis efforts to vornt von man to procure de passage
the bare nomination of the candidate. of your harbor bill or encourage de
Fisher's nephew, Joseph, seconded town of Goderich, den. don't elect
"amidst the laughter and derision of me.' At this groans arose" from the
the assembled electors" at least of crowd, by our account "We won't nev-
Dunlop's friends. Another delay *ow er fear, my ould bite." -Again Van
ensued- Not until ieemie time between Egwend spoke: "If you .vornt don
ane and two o'clock did Van Egmond man who perfectly de English langu-
hinwelf appear. He totem ascended age understands, de laws of dis coun-
the !hustings aecantpanied• by .two of trie and any of de qualifications of
his eons, but by met a single freehold- de Parliament wrap, den don't elect
er, - me. If you vornt von honest man,
At this point our narrator, the eor-
restpondent of the 'torpedro Patriot,
Who is obviously ene of the Colborne
Clique, describes• the candidate and
.his career in no flattering terms. He
is "this extraordinary 4'pecimen, an.
old crusty, ,.,cra:lnbed, sour -looking
Dmt hman" with a sttbo0P and a. squim!b
like -several )persons, . Le. "Wall in'Bot-
teni+'s, Tragedy" (the interlude in the
Midsnlmmiier flight's Dream) or me
"the 'might of the rueful counten-
ance,'"
ounteranile" (Dan Quieettd, He declares.
that he Inas a eertlfl'eabe initiery mod-
ern . f atte. to .show that the its the eld-
est • son of the • late Oount 131gnnont,
aril ,aceortlinald tine elate:de to be thelless we inay supp'o?ie that Vail lag -
Count 1fSins!d18 aurid Ikeda deeaendaitt niond uttered •sotiieltlhing like .the even. went, with! the intse fytien, "Van, Huhn,.
furious- attempt" on the part of Rich
and Van Egmond, failed, however,
says the correspondent„ who assures
us that Rich's disgraceful conduct
would never be upheld by anyone who
had or ever would have a' stake or
voice in the county. Rich and his
conduct, however, may be dismissed
here to permit us to return to the
elections When this • matter was
concluded and the votes were count-
ed; it was found that Dunlop had re•
ceived 59 votes, Van Egmond two
'and Rich none at all. Vans' E1'gm!ond's
two votes were presumably those of
the Fishers, iris .proposer and secon-
der. Certainly he had few friends
among ,the freeholders. of Goderich,
and the townsthiips about.
When the result was announced the
captain, his proposer and his secont
der were borne in triumph through
the town preceded rby the Union Jack
and a band and followed by a parade
den don't elet;t me." More groans of their supporters. They proceeded
arose, from the crowd and: a person to Ftshler'a .Steamboat Hotel and cele-
brated the day by a dinner. The Re-
formers, or as our correspondent
would have it, a party` of armed ruf-
fiians with Mr, Van Egmond at their
-head, and Michael Fisher the sole
voter of the lot as• standard-bearer,
theld, a 'pa, of their own, some
twenty to chi f`delni,ti!ed tirnpletoiie"
waving the butch flag or au imita:
tion thereof, says ourauthority, or
perhaps a mere Reforttn banner, The
Colborne mien) eottti!t t~ed by die lay
ing. and herniae ani effigy- It ,the Mar-
ket Squarrte of Veit 1l gralont when he
first !entered the Company's eiuplo--
described art Mr. C. called cut, "Re-
member your attempt to suborn cer-
tain i,ndividnials to perjure them-
selves." Vail Egmond now conelud.
ed: "Bot if you Bink proper to elect
me, 1 pledge mineeelf t0 become y our
Kimble servant and de servant of de
peoplish, =tie shall always to obey
dteir .coin,marnds an' oder- clink."
Tale Account of the ,speech is in
part burlesque of a clumsy sort. At
least three of the sentertees eroding
in "don't !sleet me" make little sense
unless we Omit the • "dont:" Nev'er-
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bug's last trip to Goderich," the wit
of which was not of high order. Fin-
ally, the !hustings were destroyed.
Huttohad had itseirst election and
its first representative in the -legisla-
tive assembly, Captain R. G. Dunlop.a
The captain .was not lohg in his
seat before he was compelled to face
the electors again. A new governor,
Sir Francis Bond Head, arrived ear-
ly in 1836 and shortly fell foul of the
Reform House of Assembly, an out-
come for which the responsibility may
be divided equally between brim and -
William Lyon Mackenzie. He dis-
solved the assembly and appealed to
the province for support against sep-
aratists and rebels. Dunlop support-
ed Head and issued -a ! anifesto to
that effect, and he sought the lamina-
tion again, For- a, short time there
was doubt 'whether he would get it,
for •soave of the Oalborne men thought
of Liz'are„ and Jones, who was begin-
ning to have trouble with! the Col-
borne Clique, was urging E. C. Tay
for who was in chronic financial difa'
ficulties land likely to be amenable to
presspre. But a compromise was ar-
ranged; Dunlop was to be renomipat
ed and if the county should be divid-
ed into two ridings, as •seemed prob-
able, Messrs. Taylor and Lizars would
have the honor of soliciting the vote%
of the freeholders in the second rid -
dig. The Conservative or Constitu-
tional party therefore presented• a
united front a ;gain. The Reformers
felt themselves to befin. such a min-
ority that they did not even =mina.
ate a candidate.
'The election took place at Goderich.
on Monday, June 27, 1836. Henry
Hyndmran as returning officer, open-
ed the business of the day at ten
o'clock; Daniel Lizars proposed Dun-
lop again in an "able and eloquent
speech" and W. F. Gooding, mercb:-
ant of the town', seconded in a speech
of similar ability and eloquenee,, ac-
cording to our authority. Dunlop ad-
dressed -, the electors and explained
the compromise with Lizars and Tay-
lor. Taylor echoed the member's
sentiments and pledged himself not
to oppose him; Lizars did likewise,
'thanked his friends far theirwish to•
nominate- him; but gently and hernia
rejected the proferred crown. He
then read Dunlop's published address
and commented on .it, in a way which
leaves no 'doubt of the motives of
the great majority of voters in Hur-
on. Dunlop had described the Re-
formers as "a body of worthless and
unprincipled demagogues" who "are
driving on their ignorant and delud-
ed followers to ;involve this peaceful
and happy country in anarobe, conte-
st -on and bloodshed, to separate its
from the fostering care of the Mother
Country, .to deprive us of the nation-
al freedom we enjoy under. •equal and
just laws, to injure our liberties and
deteriorate our properties." In slant-'
lar vein Lizars denounced ;the vile
machinations of the treasonable, per-
fidious and' wretched faction" who
With patriotism an their lips "have
exerted all their energies during the
two years of their baneful domina -
tion to ruin the country and aggran-
dize. th'ems'elves." Every part of Liz -
ars' address, says our autleority, bad
roused "immense applause." There
was no more oratory; the returning
officer enquired for other candidates'
and when none were forthcoming, de-
clared Captain Dunlop unanimously
elected. The correspondent or the
Patriot forthwith indulged in a hymn
of praise of "the most perfectly BBy�i1t=
isb county' in the/Caned-as" wbieMlr
without one• dissenting voice had re-
sponded to the "truly Britisrh and
patriotic sentiments". 'se ably inculcat-.
ed by "our worthlieutenant-gover-
nor." "There is one spot at.,. est in
Canada" rejoiced the corre pendent,
"where loyalty to our king and a Iove
and reverence for our British laws,
liberty, institutions, and government
exists unmixed, amigo -tad !and undi-
luted by ,pseudo -patriotism and liber-
ality." The correspondent concluded
with a fling at "the unprincipled dem-
agogues, who have so long bligihted
the best •pro'speots of the •province'
Later Hyndnnan wrote that the con-
solato is for life its Goderich were the
excellence of the climate and the ab-
sence of mesquitoes and republican
opinions.? ,
Certainly the freeholders of Huron
had rallied almost as one mean in fad
of the secession talk of .ackenzie
and his group; had submerged. their
quarrel with .the 'Oompanry and trhrown
in their lot with Sir Praneis Head as
representative of the King and con-
tinued union with Great; Britain. Their
attitude was that bt the majority of
Upper Canadians. „The Reform party
suffered a 'heavy defeat and proceed-
ed to divide. The Baldwins set about
rebu.ild.ing it with the help of most
of its members on a basis of loyalty
and saved it to perform useful serv-
ices to Canada and the Empire, but
Mackenzie and this, group devoted
were of their thoughts to armed re-
bellion,
(Continued)
IMackenzhe's well-known 'Sevenths
Report on G levaheee merely ulen-
tions that the Canada Company united
its patronage with that of local gov-
ernment and. ,strives to Increase the
intluence of the crown. Nothing Is
Said, shout ill-treatment of the set-
tlers. W. P. M. Kennedy, Statutes,
Treaties and Documents of the Cana-
dian Constitution, 1930, p. 295-301. In
1$31 in an asidte, Mackenzie remark-
ed that -he bed Joined' Colonel Va>.
Egmond, Fisher and others In un-
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