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=== Resolutions on the state of the province === | === Resolutions on the state of the province === | ||
Proposed by Mr. the Dr. W. Nelson, of St-Denis, seconded by Mr. the Dr. Davignon of Ste-Marie. | |||
1.- | 1.- That following and taking the example of the wise men and heroes of 1779 (''sic'') we hold as self-evident and repeat the following truths, that all men are created equal; that they have received from the Creator certain unalienable rights; that among those rights are life, liberty, an the pursuit of happiness, that it is for the protection and the guarantee of these rights that governments are instituted among men, receiving their just authority but from the consent of the governed, that when a form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish and institute a new government, to lay its foundations on the principles, to organize their powers under the forms that will seem to be the most appropriate to procure to them happiness and safety. | ||
Proposed by Mr. René Boileau de Chambly, seconded by Mr. the captain Vincent of Longueuil. | |||
2.- | 2.- That the authority of Great Britain on the Canadas can and must continue only in accordance with the good will of their inhabitants, and cannot support itself on brute force which confers no rights, but gives an unjust power that must only prevail until the day of an effective resistance. That with an even stronger reason they have the right to demand and obtain, as a condition of their voluntary allegiance, such changes and such improvements in the form of their government, that their needs, and progress of the country since 1791 and their present situation, would render necessary for their satisfaction and their wellbeing. | ||
Proposé par M. Louis Marchand de St-Mathias, secondé par M. F. Marie Tetro de St-Hilaire. | Proposé par M. Louis Marchand de St-Mathias, secondé par M. F. Marie Tetro de St-Hilaire. |