Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-04-10

this occurs without any apparent design;
growing, as 1t were, naturally out of the
circumstances described, and depending
lar less on argument than on the force of
an accumulation uf naked facts.
The inherent vice of the system, and
the shameful practices 10 which it has
gwen occasion in all the North Ameri-
can colonies, are equally placed before US,
and IN light so clear that it NAV be term
ed glarng. The English reader will for
the hrst time comprehend the question of
hostile races" in Lower Canada. He
Will learn also, more thoroughly than it
has ever been taught by any advocate of
the Canadian majority here, what share
the lrreSponsibilnv of Government has
had IN the calamites ofthat province and
III the miserles of Upper Canada. 1t is
moi too much to say that this report will
teach the best informed, and stimulate the
most Indifferent. and convince all those
who are open to conviction. 4
Lord Durham appears to have placed
himself from the outset above all parties
factions. and cabals-to have inquired of
every body, and been under the influence
of none. His report is esnmentlv distin-
guished by the absence of all petty pro-
vlncial plnialilies, and by evidence of u
desire and a capacity 10 learn and tell the
| whole truth, without fear or favor. He
tihtters nobody-nel;her the French Can
adams nor their English nlagonists, nei-
Their the tories nor the reformers in Upper
Canada nor the officials nor the popuiace
nor even the Americans, OF whom, me-
vertheless, and of their national charac-
: te.iStics aud various institutions, he speaks
in terms Of hi III admiration, when con-
trasting their condition with that of the
} drsorganized and beggarly Birth colo
= nes
His frank avowal of having arrived in
these colonies not merely ignorant, but
> with very erroneous notions of their real
cond1tion, is of piece with the manly
condor Nhich pervades the report, and
: leaves a slrong impression in his favor
One feels that he must have been sustain
ed By consciousness Of integrity, and
that opinions 50 expressed must be al
least entirely sincere.
Lord Durham shows in what utter ig.
norInce they have chlrged the American
: government with bad flI'h; proves tha,
: whatever risk there may be of foreign war
on he Canadian frontier, is owing 10 the
Iawess and diSorganized state ofthe B it.
ish dominions: and declares that it is on
,, " by giving Il government to our own
= people. who have had none, that we car
e hope TO averl collision which may end in
l. war.
y We have been led into panegvrit
without intending it, We will now, how
= ever. say deliberately. that the subjec
e matter of this r 'por, is so transcenJen,ty
important, and such craftsmanship i
evInced in the comprehension and treat
r ment Of the questions which it embraces
II that the points mooied in Parliament OF
1t what is called Lord Durham's case
d sink into relative lnsignihcance He, vsr
d properly, avoids all those points in hi
Dc Report But, whatever may be the uIt
I'd mate verdict on his admins, ration as Go,
III ernor, The extraordinary Public servic
which he has rendered as COMMISSIONS
- and the rare energy and industry
which, under very adverse cirrums,ar
. ceS, he was enabled to accumulate til
4 means OF pe'forming this great work, a,
u of nature to outweigh all supposed {
~ supposable mistake of mere form in Ii
~ executive part Of his mission.
IT. blockade of Mexico.
do Four cloSely-printed columns of II
ne London Times are occupied by CORE
&C. ponden, between the Directors of the
be A uerican AMI Mexican Association al
he the Foreign Ofi.e, respecting the FrenC
Y blockade of the ports OF Mexico al
Bnenos Avres. The efftcls of tho
Of blockades are represented as being high
injurious to British commerce, and in t.
destructive, as connected with those II
1P-- tons. Several vessels despatched wi
na' cargoes from England to Mexico, had
i've turned TO England. Notice had also be
lis given that the pac iels We're to be restra
ed from bringing home specie IL Fl
ov it is represented TINT commerce with NJ
ach leo is destroyed Under this condition
'e't things, the company addressed Lord p
anu mers,on, praying that the nedia,ion
- England my be intar2os.d to adjust t
anu differences between France and Mexi'
avg This application wos made TO VIsco
ICY Palmerston IN August last Mexico
'.l2 appears, had previously minated deS
10Y for the mediation of England.
us An offer of mediation was made
sses Her Mljesty's Government, ana rrj-c
'''.'S By France-which facts all Trans )irel
Oh the course of that month. The conl
''o" of France in thus rel letting the profit
<, as friendly offers of England, was regar
',e by the Association as obstinate and il