by Robert Nelson

“ That the British Government hath disposed of our revenue without the constitutional consent of the local Legislature — pillaged our treasury — arrested great numbers of our citizens, and committed them to prison — distributed through the country a mercenary army, whose presence is accompanied by consternation and alarm — whose track is red with the blood of our people — who have laid our villages in ashes — profaned our temples — and spread terror and waste through the land. ”

“ That from this day forward, the PEOPLE OF LOWER CANADA are absolved from all allegiance to Great Britain, and that the political connexion between that Power and Lower Canada, is now dissolved. That a REPUBLICAN form of Government is best suited to Lower Canada, which is this day declared to be a REPUBLIC. That under the Free Government of Lower Canada, all persons shall enjoy the same rights: the Indians shall no longer be under any civil disqualification, but shall enjoy the same rights as all other citizens in Lower Canada. ”

“ That all lands said to be of the Crown, as well as those called reserves of the clergy, and those which are nominally under the possession of a certain company of speculators in England called "British North America Land Company", become in full right, property of the State of Lower Canada, except those portions of the said lands that could be possessed by farmers who own them in good faith for which we guarantee titles under the terms of a law which will be passed in order to legalize the possession of such land lots, located in the Townships that are currently being farmed on. ”