Review of Canadian affairs and church funding dispute in Upper Canada
A critical extract outlines colonial governance problems across Upper and Lower Canada and other provinces. It discusses Protestant church funding, Orangeism influence, relations between church and state, and the lack of local self-government. The piece condemns British policy as fostering misrule, debt, and underdevelopment in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland, with emphasis on clergy establishment, sectarian tensions, and deteriorating infrastructure and economy.
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The
Democratic Review
Ooe Auenean
Wegrave
Funy
Cole
Clerey
Caartel Boyland
Powinee
Church of England
North America
House of Assembly
John Colotne
Bishaya
Santry
Theerd
Eoglaod
Durham
United States
Benindical Rally
Upper Canada
Francis Mead
Lower Canada
Carlyle
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward's Island
Newfoundland
Liberal Popular
Esme
Devlice
London
Major Head
Pictou
Duke of York
Canada
Oration on Liberty and Tyranny in Albany 1839
Solomon Southwick denounces concentrating power in rich rulers and urges unity for liberty and justice. He warns tyrants in Europe and America, recalls Revolutionary martyrs, and calls for equal rights and active civic virtue among rich and poor alike.
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Solomon Southwick
Albany
Opposing Canadian Government Sparks Liberty Critique
The piece surveys liberal principles amid opposition to Canada’s irresponsible dynasty led by Sir John Colborne. It cites unrest over the neutrality bill, provincial finances, and provincial trials reported from Kingston and Cobourg, noting punishments and informers in the Newcastle District Assizes and Kingston Penitentiary.
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Caneory Avram
Canada
John Colborne
Friends of Liberty
Rejsice
Colborne
Platsburgh
Lewiston Tellegraph
Cobourg
Hamilton
Kingston
Newcastle
S. P. Hart
Kingston Penitentiary
Wilson
Moon
Luke
Mackenzie
Public caution on bank notes and bank cashier theft
The public is urged to keep Upper Canada Bank Notes short in circulation. A Cincinnati Gazette etching reports Mr. Surtees, cashier of the Mechanics and Traders Bank, absconding with thirty thousand dollars, as drafts come back dishonored and uncertainty dominates daily affairs.
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Upper Canada
Swanrwoortya
Cincinnati Gazette
Surtees
Cinques the Liberian Slave Resists Output of the Market
A historic column hails Cinques from Africa as a symbol of liberty amid slavery debates. The piece asserts his humanity and potential, condemns valuing him as a market commodity, and declares that justice would fall if he is executed or returned unfreed to bondage.
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Sampson
Joh
Speer
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Bataan
Monnmiaurh
Germantown
Yorktown
Anil
France
Tne
Coxcorese
Juba
Hannibal
Cinques
Liberty
New Orleans
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von Schoultz
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