North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-28

between the Csagdss and the United
States take, for example. the Article oil
Tea, 81 which there IS large consVmp-
ton ia the county. Or merchants pro-
ocej to New York, Is hours journey
from Nonuesl, end buy it,-bul they can
not send il here BY The same route they
went to buy it.--N3, they must ship it 10
Eng land, and, then, it must be shipped
out here agsin.-That's the way we man
age things here.-These things are not
pleasant 20 our readers, we are sure, and
they are not more 50 10 US. Ii is with
pain. modification and anger, that we
write, as we Dove are sure they will
be unpleasant 10 officials, and the abeitors
Of officials, and much good may the saline
dfaught do them. What is bitter in the
mouth is sweet 10 the stomach, IL is said
! We repest, that the Csnsdas are, viz
tualiy, as much separated from the rest Of
the Continent of America, as il they did
not form part OF il. In coniiguity 10
! floufishing country, agfeat & enteTprislng
people, a country incomparably more popu-
/ lous and wealthy than our own. we choose
to initiate The Chinese policy, and prevent
intercourse. The people of Ohio, Michi-
/ gan, and New York know less of Canada,
though only separated the.elrom by the
waters Of thcSt Lawrence, than they do
oi the distant Red River, or the remote
| Missouri.-The waves OF emigration from
the Atlantic 10 the West, beat against
Canada, but they are repealed and resisted
by political break-waler. We live in a
happy bachelor staie,-a stale OF single
blessedness, the Canadas do not increase
and multiply:-lhat follows naturally.
We admire this state OF things, and we
have all the benefit Of tive are poor,
and glory in our poverty. Every one TO
his taste.
We now approach the third point,
namely the subServiency Of Colonial TO
lmperia Interests. henever these clash,
ours GO to the wall being the weaker
vessel, we are broken. For example, a
notable project Of the Imperial Govern
ment was, the protection Of the Canadas
against the Yankees, by interposing
wide belt of forest along the frontier,
through which there should be only one
or two roads. II was thought this would
be powerful means of defence. The
Yankees would never be able to force their
way through it, or if they did, they would
fare like sheep forcing their way through
brambes. They would he shorn OF their
strength as the latter are of their WOOL
Was not this notable schemel-For The
truth of it, the correspondence between
| LORD BATHURST and Sir JOHN SHER-
BROOKE. Here Colonial interests went
for nothing.-It was for our interest that
the land should be settled by an Industrious,
hardy population. So, with regard to
many articles Of commerce, which we
could obtain at our doors on cheaper terms
than we can get them in Eng gland. 1t is
our interest to get them near to US, but it
is the Imperial interest that British ships
should have the advantage Of bringing
these articles 10 us.-TherefOre, we are
prevented buying from our neighbors.
1t was the policy of the Imperial Govern
ment to maintain the French Canadians
separate and distinct people, and it may
be so yet. for all we know, though the
two rebelons may shake the policy little,
it was considered by the Ministries that
have passed away, the PITT and the Fox,
and the SIDMoUTH, and the CAsTLEREAsH,
and the CANNING, and the WELLINGToN,
and the GREY and MELBUoRNE admins
tratlons, that the most efectuaI
way 10 retain possession Of the Canadas,
was to play of the French against the
British Canadians. -The latter, as is char
ac;eris,lc OF the race, are FESTIVE under
msgovernment. they were, therefore,
held in by the French curb. This was
the Imperial interest FOR this reason too,
It is, that the Priests are allowed to hold |
property they have no title &c. Imperial
interests, it was thought, demanded this |
policy Colonial interests cried, nav =
but The Coonisrs might as well have said |
nothing. So, we have been blessed by
Lods ct pentes, Bdnalite, Droits, &c,
and doubly-blessed by want of Registry
Offices, although il must have been as
plain as pike-slaf to any practical man,
that the country could never prosper whilst
these evils afflicted it.
Let il be borne in mind, that we are
now seeking the causes of the very back
ward condition Of Canada, as compared 10
the adjoining lerritories.-We are not
amusing ourselves with grieyance-hunting.
Ii is hnmiiating thing enough TO feel
them, without discoursing of them this
is one ofthe penalties imposed on our Office.
These causes, CONFORMITY, are Sufficient
10 account for the shameful difference bet
ween Csnsda and the States, and more