Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-04-11

one 81 the mirh,i,s, ri.crs 90 the globe iuf the
.ajc zee Il a few thousands on tho Meth bank, 10
+ the exclusion ofihc million on tho south. by nn
I ouilsv ~tthin the mesns Of an individual staic. 4
( shin navigation cnuid he completed by improving
the chsnncls end connecting The two MYERS ST Law
renee aud Mississippi. by aheh lis mobiles, ships
I could move nnmacstcd bv man aud unIsrincd by cl-
I cmsn,s. through an inland ccurfc tom tho Banks
Of Newfoundland 20 tho Gulf " Mexico. How
siupcndous tie ua--how ict,able the oSscuiion-
/ how worthy osihe character Of your naiioR-30
miles o. ship navigation through the territory OF
one people.-Cumpafed ~ this, how Lilhpuiian
appear the petty Dardanellcs and cuttogaics over
which powers IN Europe exert heir two penny do
minaioan Possessed of II, how you could scorn
The offended pride o. Europe, it's envy and it's re.
" bile he corsairs OF these nations prowled tho o.
oean 10 prey Ike fshcs Of the deep, upon ano-
Their, your people sould securely transport the va
ried products Of your yansd climates from south 10
norh, safely, economic ally, and espediiousy thto'
channels far beyond their greedy grasp. a pad
lock at each md coud secure hc trhele line and in
your front the dense inhabitants would form on in
,ncihle barrier that all the tactics and all the ma
f,rjI Of the eastern hemisphere could never pcnc-
trstr, though all the KISss IN Chfistendom should
ION fn holy crusade u expcii Ds.oe. from
the earth by one grand nssaul, upon it's most mag
nfceui, most cherished resting place.
Some may sny, "Vse may enjoy by treaty all the
advantages of the ST Lawrence although it belongs
10 government Of aristocrats, and the proximity
Of atistocra,s can never cndsnger tranquility"
They are wroug--your fathers thought differently.
In thai, document which will stand forever a men
ument, though languages and tongues are done a
way, the asserters Of our independence, among the
reasons for resistance TO the British king, state the
following in relation to Canada
"The aboshing the free system Of English laws
in a neighboring province, establishing therein an
arbitrary gopernm eni, and enlarging its boundar-
les go as TO render il ut once example and in
srumcnt for introducing The absolute rule into
these colonies.
The conductors Of the Revolutionary war at
tempted the conquest Of Canada almost before they
began to defend NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that their
perils were passed. their designs secured. when the
enemy, dislodged from the rear could only stack
them from the broad and dangerous fhce of bois-
ferrous ocean. Tie legislators of the first confed-
Grafton were equally impressed with the necessity
of making Canada part of the grand family Of in
dependent soyerelgntles, when they ordained by
the llth article, which still remains bound up with
your written consttuiops--.hat
Canada according to this confederation, and
joining in the measures of the United States, shall
be admitted info, and entitled to oil the advantages
Of the Union but no other colony shall be admitted
into the same, unless such admission be agreed to
by nne states"
Your forefathers could distinguish between the
struggling outlines of Nova Scotia and New Bruins
wick, incapable Of defence, and the compact terri
tory OF CANADA. This article signed on the o,
Jolly, ITS, by men who in the spirit Of The times,
were endowed with preternatural vision that
forcsaw the tendency Of all their acts, and prov.
dcd remedies for every contingency that might en-
danger the working Of their new formed design
for the perfect government Of man. Their wisdom
and their foresight has been constantly exemplRed
:" the bursting roTrh propositions unlocked for up
on points UNDECIDED until they appeared and rest
assured although the necessity Of these provisions
regarding Canada may not be now opparcnt TO the
minimizing, the time is not far distant when they
will stand in bold relic! another evidence of the
supcrhuman intelligence Of those to whom the ives
tern world is indebted for oil it's glory; of those
who erected the only government, pure democ-
racy, the world ever belield 10 enrapture by the
splendor of its course the eyes of all mankind who
can now by degrees bear to gaze upon the reful-
gence Of embodied liberty. which throws Into dark
ness the thrones and the theories that have until
our day broken down and brutfed the family of
mao--a race created in the image Of its God.
A circumstance unmportant in its results occur
ed in 1909 and il may serve TO show the inconve-
niences of bad neighbors-ofa government of aris-
tocrats upon your borders. Permit me then to re-
fer TO history.
In the year 1889, think, mob in Philadelphia
was making some cumor AT the passage Of car
riage in which Was seated gentleman and lady,
when good looking lrishmsn rushed from wine
ce'lar.an by his excrtIons cleared the road The
genlems0 colonel called TO thank him for his ser
vices. lie was made capan-gesded for time
q, Portland, Maine. and afterwards al Windsor Yer
mont. ] mention this TO show that JoHN IIgSRY
was not a man Of much consequence. rIc posses
seJ good person. good address, litlle education,
and abundance of mpudence. Subsequently he
found his way into Canada. and was employed in
1909 by the then Governor, Sir james Craig, to
ncgoo'ate Ae dissolution cf the eoHGderaey Of The H.
Eifed ssais.
This honorable interference Of the British Cover
nor Of Canada was, be it recollected, in time of
peace more han hrce years bofore the droiTahoa Of
isIr. Beware Of Dad ndghLors
Henry i. SAID to have been a man Of no iudg-
meni. IL may be so, for he seems 10 have been
Imbued with more Of the Irishmans impe;uosity
than the seoichmsns perseverance,. lie attempt