The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-30 00:00:00

CANADA.

Oar dates from Montreal are to the 14th inst. The
only new feature in them is the manifesto of the an-
nexationist party. It is said to have received 1,200
si.tnatures : the American papers say, " including
some of the most distinguished leading politicians.*
Ws have found in the list no name entitled to web a
oharac'er. We subjoin that portion of the document
which I. devoted to the exposition and advocacy of
the annexation lacy :
Of all the remedies 'bat have been suggested for the ac-
knowledged and insufferable ills with which our country is
afflicted, there remains but one to be considered. It pro-
pounds a sweeping and imporant chump in our polities]
and se nig condition involviageossideratione which demand
our most serious exatoinarion. Tab remedy consists in a
" Friendly and Peace al Separation from British Connexion
and a Union urea equitable terms with the peat North
American Couhder -ey of Sovereign States." We would
premise that towards Great Britain we entertain none
other titan sentiments of kindness and respect. Without
her consent we consider separation as neither practicable nor
desirable. But the eo.onial policy of the parent state, the
avowals of her leading stattsmen, the public sentiments of
the empire, present unmistakeable and significant indica-
tions of the appreciation of colonial connection.
That It is the resolve of England to Jaunt us with
the attributes and compel as to mums the bur-
dens of independence is no longer problematical.
The the, atoned withdrawal of her troop from other colonies
--the continuums of her military protection to =melees
only on the onnsitien that we shall defray the attendant ex-
penditure, betoken intentions towards our country, against
which it is weakness intl. 'sotto provide. An overruling con-
vietion, then, of its necessity, and a high sense of the slaty we
owe to oar country, a duty we can neither d nor
postpone, impel us to entertain the idea of esparbrVlV; and
whatever negotiations may eventuate with Great Britain, a
grateful liberality on the part of Canada should mark every
bid ging. The prisceeil union world render Canada a
American capital, into which it would enter as freely
for the prosecution of public works and private enterprise a.
into any of the present Stat. 9. It would squats' the value
of real estate upon both sides of the boundary, thereby
probably doubling at one* the entire present value
of property in Canada, whilst, by giving stability to our
institutions, and intecducirg prosperity, it would raise our
public, e. rporate, and private credit. It wculd increase our
commerce bath with the United S'Ates and foreign countries,
and would not necessarily diminish to any great extent onr
Intercourse with Groat Britain, into which oar products
would for the most part enter on tha some terms as at pre-
sent. It would rends cur rivers and asses the highway for
the immigration to, and exports from, the west, to the incal-
culable benefit of our country. It would also introduce
manufactures into Canada as rapidly as they have boon in-'
troduoed into the northern data; and to Lower Canada
especially, where water privileges and labour are abur dart
sad cheap, it would attract =indenturing capital, enhancingl