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The agitator, assisted by those of his friends who had escaped from Buffalo,· continued, by dint' of con stant public speechifyings and meetings, to enlist a large body of refugees and sympathisers at Buffalo and its neighbourhood; and, at length, a proclamation was issued, constituting Upper Canada an independent State, and, in an inflated style, promising land and mighty guerdon to those who should join the "Army of Liberation," under General Van Rensselaer. I have kept part of that person's statement, referring to the invasion of the territory of Great Britain · by citizens of the United States, which he made when VOL', II. B 2 CANADA. placed at length in the State prison at Albany, where he was confined, proformd, for a short period; and, as it gives some ~nsight to Mackenzie's true character, before I enter upon a- short detail of the invasion, I shall insert it as a curious document in itself, and as it forms a link in the chain of the history of the times.* * (From the A lb any Daily Advertiser.) Sir,-You will confer a great favour by allowing me sufficient space in your paper,. to redeem a pledge given through the Onandaga Standard, a few weeks since, viz :-to produce facts enough to show that the abandonment of tlw fate intended Patriot Expedition agajnst Kingston was chargeable to no one but William Lyon Mackenzie. It is to be hoped yom brother Editors, particularly those in the west, who have been so prodigal of their severe criticisms on my conduct, immediately after the affair, will also give it au insertion. The :publication, 1mder my present peculiar situation, is deemed highly impolitic by many, but as I am constitutionally better able to sustain myself under any quantity of merited rebuke"""'let it come in what shape it may-than to endure the slightest -lash of undeserved, cen sure, I fain must run the risk. It should have been forthcoming sooner, but for the delay in waiting replie_s to my correspondence ; and it should h1we been more e:x;plicit, in some cases, but my obliga tions to others, forbid it at present. Hereafter more proof may be given, if necessary to sustain my position. Y om obedient Servant, RE~ss. VAN l{.E~SS]j]LA~It Albany Jail, March 29th, 1838. Narl'ation of Facts connected with the Frontier movements <if- th<J Patriot · 4rmy of Upper Canada. About 10th December last, while ill:, Buffalo, on private business, I was urged by Thomas J. Southerland, who brought me a general fotter of introduction from Hon. John W. Taylor, late Speaker, &c. -to take command of the P<1-triot force!$, destined to act i~ lil:ie rating the oppressed of Upper Canada, and to establish a R~ publican form of Government in the province.