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To hU most Gracious Maysty, WiUiamlh^ Fourth, Hovf.rrign of
the United Kingdom of Hre.at Brilaui, <wd [relnnd, S,-c. iic S^c.
New York, I'mted States op America, > ,
February 2"^, 18'.i5. 5

SiiiE,— Bpyond your Maj'Sty's dominion I um slill trun to native
anegiancc, and I. ist th>t all its banefits may yet be secured to mo.

May it plcaae yr-^r Mnjosty:— 'n thr- yoar 1817 I wf-nt from Eng-
land to Upiwr ('••v'.flfl.i, huviiig Umdcd property and friends there;
resolved to connect myself with that provinco; and, to advance ita
proRperity, ndvised sem-ing Commissioners to England, that certain
abuses might be corrected.

For xhis ncf -if th' purest patriotism, I was arrested, tried, and hon-
ourably ac'iuittcd. Tliereafter, I hastontid to this pluci;, September
1818, (ifixious for uecounts from my family; and iKjlieving all well,
sent to England a power of Atturney for settlem<>nf of atriirs, in Qr-_
dor to attach "^VseU^m^aiitariBMI^^ whither I foJj

wilf returned ; but thcrt' I was arrested, ordered to depart the prov-
ince, and imprisoned eight months without tenefit of bail. Finally,
beinp called before a court of jujtice, August 1819, I was arraigned,
tried, and banished, nierely lj?.canse of refusing to depart the Prov-
ince, !.nd while §o weak with cruel treatment as to be unable to pro-
test against proceedings pronounced illegal by the iirst law authorities
of Critiiin.

Ueturned to England, I petitioned the King and Parliament for
incjuiry into my case during ten yt^ais, but in vain; and vain indeed
it became to expect a hearing after your Majesty's ear was engaged
by a man whom I knew to be false, treacherous and vindictive — a
man whom I had personally chastised.

Thus honelesH, I crossed the Atlantic, 1833, to watch the progress
ofevejits; and seeirig that, the individual alluded to no longer influ-
ences your Majesty's Councils, I once more solicit attention.

The Provincial statute passed 9th March, 1804, under color of
which I was imprisoned and banishe(J, ws enacted specially to guard
Upper Canada against Irishmen who ere expatri ited; and could
not be intended to bf;a.r down \]£)p. """.IkwiU'.'i right of uiiattain^'l E/fVc-
jsb subjects — that right which rests oh the acknowledged principle of
^!egia.:ice and proteciion bi.'ing reciprocal, while afiidavita laid before
"the Chief Justice couli^ not bo misunderstood.— In short, more wanton
oppression never was exercised in modern times; nor ever were con-
sequences more ruinous; seeing that thereby, not onJy has my repji-
tatiou been suHicd, but my properly taken away and dissipated: sev-
enteen years, the best of my life, rendered profitless and unhappy,
while endless litigation has been sot on foot for mv aimoyance—
Nevertheless hope has been oh ished. A continued chain of docu- *■
mcnts can be referred to; lettc , to the King aud pctitioiis printed in
♦parliamentary journals, all proving that I have neither admitted of
(Waims for redresses being forfeited, nor left untried any possible
means of being heard.

Sire — From this land into which I was banished, F now protest
ag.iinst III ' monstrous cruelty and injustice; from this forcigti land I
afi|#al for ihc last time; and, still dutiful and sulirnisbive, res-.pectfully
put thnso ([uestions: Shall I an eleve of tli'- oidest and least tainted
family of b'ifeshire, whose father was fur ninny yeni-^ a magistrate of
that county, and where 1, myself, roceives.l from' your Majesty's Roy-
al Father, thirty-five years ago, a Captain's commission, — I, who til!
this hour can challeng! Ihc world to accuse me of a single mean,
cowardly, or disJiouoarablo act— I who am father.of a f\imi' in Scot-' ■
land; shall 1 be robbed, degraded and evpatriatcd by viilaiiy ? In
fine, shall jn.sticc be denied to a Briti.:,li suljji.'ct, and the iiwA sacred
constitutional right violated in his pcrfori. by men clothed in the liv-
ery 01 power, and assuming the sanction of royalty ?

Rather than that, Sire, 1 hliall, as did one of my name, porwh for
my principles at the stake. Rather than that, I shall lay dow.n^^-'
life to extirpate from this western world, the remains of despotism.—
Meiintime, trusting that your Majeity will speedily cai^jnqAiiry to
be mull! into my case; and most heartily wishing weH fo 'm'^nativo
countrv. " ^"' your Majesty's loyal subject,

ROBERT F. GOURLAY.