Narrative and Recollections of Van Dieman´s Land
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Excerpt from Narrative and Recollections of Van Dieman´s Land: During a Three Years´ Captivity of Stephen S. Wright I inscribe these pages to the friends of Canadian liberty, in the faint hope that I may render justice to the deserving, and give, so far as my experience extends, a candid statement to the public. Years have passed since many of the events herein described transpired, yet the statements are made, as nearly as I can recollect, as they occurred. My mind was early stirred up and my sympathies excited, in favor of a people who I had supposed groaned under oppression, (see note 3rd) but grossly was I deceived, and that too by the very men who hope by their silence to conceal the contemptible part which they played in the Prescott Tragedy. The constant call for statements in regard to my sufferings, induces me to venture upon this publication, and the hundreds who welcomed me home fully demonstrated the necessity of my taking this course; - being no speaker, I thought this way would be preferable to any other, of communicating my narrative to the public. If, in the bitterness of my heart, I should censure some of the leading men who caused our defeat, disgrace, and degradation, I hope the reader will place himself in my situation, and then cover with the cloak of charity all that he may read amiss. Five years have passed since I last set foot upon my native land, and my love is not only green and fresh as ever, but increased ten-fold by my contact with oppression. And I yet think, when the crushing despotism of Victoria Cobourg shall have created soldiers as well as "Sons of Liberty," upon their oppression soil, then, and not till then, can she be free - and before the people of the United States again lend their aid, they will have to be convinced that there is something more in their patriotism than a name! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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