The native American., 1839-01-05


in the city of New York, the ayowed purpose o!
which is to produce state of feeling IN this conn-
try so hostile to Great Britain as To involve thls
Government in a war with that natloa II the etect
shall be to aid the jects Of It's publisher IN re-
card to Canada We know not which 10 admire
most, the mendacity and servity OF the sheet, or
the inordinate vanity and utter wrccklessness Of
it's author. He has not only the impudencc to
set up and publish in this country, paper essen
tally and in all its parts foreign paper with
PURPOSES avowedly injurious to the peace and
GOOD order of society, but he fills that paper with
the lowest abuse of the officers Of our National
Government, with mcn.acions attacks upon our
constituted authorities, and with the most destruc-
ii G and disorganizing representations OF our IN
st;,utions. And for what? No man read it
y Without seeing that the great effort is to make
William Lion Mckenzie a grea man. That he
is to be handed down to posterI1y rs the mover
and director Of political revolution, and to be
ranked with martyred patriots whose names live
in, and llumine the pages Of history. Blu. let him
pass. His paper would not have received from
us this passing notice but that it is connected with
a grave subject, in which we feel an active inter-
est. Are the Canadians to be free? Are they to
be dismamhered from the imperia! power Of Great
Britain, and to be left to form their own Govern
ment! It will be an epoch in the history OF the
world. and vet the color of the times, and the as
pect of popular feeling in Engand certainly give
strong indications of such an event. The policy
of that country has for years been undergoing a
curious process, as unlike her former history, IS
the statesmen by whom it is directed are unlike
the great men who have made her what she is.--
Coavulsive throes occasionally agitate her, but
thew are the results Of the great contest which is
going on within her-the contest between the
landed interest, and the combined interests OF
commerce and manufactures. She is rapidly be-
coming more and more cdic'lafaag country
The spirt of her renown is beginning to give way
10 the spirit of popular wealth, and with it popu-
lar mower. The strong holds and Businesses by
which her aristocracy and place holders were
entyenched, are already invaded, and the popular
mower is now probing the excrescences with
which her system of Government is loaded, and
searching out the causes of the hurthens of taxa
ton, under which her people have for years been
suffering. They may continue as they have begun
for some time, at home, but as they proceed with
their inquisiton, they will reach, and thoroughly
search out the Colonial system. 1t is not the
fashion of the day TO be gulled and blinded by the
glare and glory of extensive possessions. They
beoin to enquire what is all this worth! Already
thew have begun to break down some Of the mon-
strous monopoles which have so long hung like
incubi on the enterprise of their citizens, and
restrained. and (cttered and crippled their efforts.
The East India Company is demolished. they
have already begun to meddle with their colonies.
ond in their ill-directed zeal in their famous West
India Emancipation Bill have struck heavy blow
at one portion OF them.
We see them now boldly invading another OF
the prerogalives Of the throne, and hrmly demand
;nu an enquiry into the condition OF Canada
They are beginning to calculate They see vast
sums of money expended, enormous expenses IN
Cured in keeping the people of that remote pro-
vince in good order, and they begin to say Gu
homo? For whom and for what is all this trea-
sure wasted! What do we get i'll return! How
are these people taxed and how are their revenues
expended! And they have already begun to dis
cover that it is a losing business. Their ledger
will not balance without heavy sum carried to
nro6t and oss-more, vastly more than they are
willing to spend in glory Canada will be Topped
oT She will be left to take care of herself. And
how are we to be affected by il! As to Canada
herser she has within her, unhappily for us, her
horder neighbors-lnore unhappily for herself, a
divided people. The English, among whom we
include Scotch and Irish, numbering more than
two thirds Of her population, will brook no d'vld-
ed power They have on their sde' intelligence
enterprise industry, and a self-relyng confidence
while the French retaining the habltudes ana o's-
positions Of their forelathers, knowing Hue OF
what is passing beyond their own hame's, speak
ing different language; bred in different lal'n
and living with different hopes, still claim then