Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-11-09
CANADA.

From Me Philadelphia .fdtioHcl Gazette
After all tn, excitement respecting the BRUSH colo
mics on our rider and all that has appeared IN PRINT
we are conviu ed that the public generally quite g
porant of their true condition, and the prospects u
change in their government Having had some GrPoti
tunities of observing personally The state oil po!lIca'
parties in the Provinces during tour through tue "'e
ror made in The month of September las we are pre-
pared say that there is immediate prospect 90 al
laying the discomfort aud establishing The peace'ui su
premacy Of the British law II the Imperial g"vei" =;
is determined 10 retain Canada under vcai"us
must initiate the Russian a!Ocrat IN his reduction al D.
land The Montreal Herald, which iseIaies ms me re-
vo,utonis,s nothing Lu blood andVengrance
the only means, il there be any "va'.aD, o. r =
their energies The people, emphacay Tie people VI
Canada contradsiing pushed from the Eng!5h settlers
decs their government They feel, IN comparison win
the neople of the United States, that they are degraded
and ayed and with the aintCst hope ui success, they
are rrepared at any momen; 10 measure Strength WIN
the power which holds them IN suJrct"n we n"ucea,
and mel several British officers whose expressed oOsr'-
yali0nS ncIded with our own that ol'aucct"h WIS
ranking in the bosoms 0. the native population csPe.
caIIv: Tia, their whole den,eanor body that OF
aversion TO their rulers and that fear only operated III
restraining them from rebellion al any moment IL
il also the opinion OF the n.nst sagaclous oyaiss,
that Canada will never be profitable |" the inhabitants
and will continue enormous tax upon The nU'her
country while the provincial system is in operation
glance at The territory may satisfy any one OF ms Po
sltion The land is mcagery cultivated, The Towns are
fallior into decay. individual enterprise ana Pnplc
shirt are alike totally wanting There is no national
pride or hope Ia nerve e&erru; aud the ha!ura cohse
auence is that the welfare left for support 10
exiraneous aids lacks the main pillar of strength These
sentiments say confessed by the very men WHO
are commissioned TO hold the country IN subJccton -
They NAV assert that the honor and dignity OF England
demand that her colonies should feel and succu5 To
liberal exercise Of her power Gu they also oreSee that
the effect of all her present efforts must be merely
ephemera and that she only pos'ponIng the day when
her be policy will indicate The acknowledgment OF their
Independence
In using this language would not be understood 10
say more than every American, protesting Republican
sympalhes should declare II IS not the part oil our CT
items or our government, take sides with tie Cana
dian revouonists However ardent may be the dispo-
sition for the universal establishment of free institutions,
it involves no obligation assist in foreign rcbcons;
in the troubles Of neighbours ose sustained by every
maxim of international ethics There are now IN The
Csnadas ten thousand regular British troops Besides
these the loyal volunteers now invoked by Sir John
Colborne 10 gue the anticipated instruction. The
question may be asked will the parliament OF Great BIZ
tain counenance the possession of distant provinces,
upon such terms without any advantage to balance The
trouble and enormous expense nseparabIe from the
maintenance Of its authority Judging from the past
and from actual Indications large standing army must
be kept perpeuay the alert 10 overawe iDsurrecton
II is late conciliate the malconlen 10 Danish or
destroy them wholly is impossible: and we think any
considerable observer may toresee The day. not very dis
tant when the English Government will make virtue
of necessity and place the institutions OF Canada in the
hands of the people themselves, to be moulded anew
according 10 their wisdom.