Ludger Duvernay

“ By the power of the truth which it expresses with such dignity, may it choke the false expositions and the calumnies of its antagonists. The emigration: may the thousands of British subjects who every year come on our shores seeking asylum against the abuses and oppressions they suffer in their native country, not create such evils among us and find here the welcome they deserve! They will form with the inhabitants of Canada an impenetrable and irresistible phalanx against tyranny. ”

“ At his patriarchal age, 82 years old, still enjoying all the strength of his genius, he has the joy to see his son, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, walk in his footsteps in the parliamentary career, and to see the people and the youth of the country adopt and follow the principles that he defended in and out of Parliament. Jacques Viger, first Mayor of Montreal, and the Council of the City of Montreal. May they continue as well as they have started. ”

“ The trade and working class of Montreal and this country in general. May education continue to spread among the useful members of society; And may they they procure the wellbeing and ease they deserve by their works. Mr. William Evans, farmer, of Côte Saint-Pierre. For several years, he held with honour and success the place of secretary of the Société d'Agriculture in that district. The people and the agricultural class will never forget his great services. ”