Picturesque Quebec, By James Macpherson Le Moine










































































































































 -  The address very sensibly concludes with the
    following remarks, which, however, cast a shade over the rather
    tedious prolegomena: 'Our - Page 43
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The Address Very Sensibly Concludes With The Following Remarks, Which, However, Cast A Shade Over The Rather Tedious Prolegomena:

'Our intention to please the whole, without offence to any individual, will be better evinced by our practice than by writing volumes on this subject.

This one thing we beg may be believed, that party prejudice or private scandal will never find a place in this paper.'

"With this large promise began the first Canadian newspaper on the 21st of June, 1764.

"The news in the first number is all foreign. There are despatches from Riga, St. Petersburg, Rome, Hermanstadt, Dantzic, Vienna, Florence and Utrecht, the dates ranging from the 8th of March to the 11th of April. There are also items of news from New York, bearing date the 3rd, and from Philadelphia the 7th of May. News-collecting was then a slow process, by land as well as by sea.

"Of the despatches, the following is of historical importance: 'London, March 10th. It is said that a scheme of taxation of our American colonies has for some time been in agitation, that it had been previously debated in the Parliament whether they had power to lay a tax on colonies which had no representative in Parliament and determined in the affirmative,' etc. The occasional insertion of a dash instead of a name, or the wary mention of a 'certain great leader' or 'a certain great personage' tell a simple tale of the jealousy with which the press was then regarded both in England and on the continent.

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