North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-21

efsi children, rom the sucking baby,
81 toe stripping up to hlm Tor their
da3iy bread and uoufishmrni, could this
man Is expected IL listen 10 the voice Of
the chsrmef. patriotism, which whispered
10 him that the country he was going 10
was Republican, Hnd that he was aban-
doning British soiif We ask, could the
poor man, soch circumstances, he expec-
ted tn pause between settlement here, md
in tile SiaieS n 10 these be added, the
difficulties thrown IN the settlers way, the
delays Of office, The nsu.enoe OF Office prac-
Used wards the poor man. fayourilism
shewn the rich man, the unjust paTlialilles
and preferences given 10 influential lndivi-
ua8s, aGd the thousand not nameiess Ills to
which The enterprising, bold hearted aud
fisied immigrant 'gas subject, OF lie is not
even now we can account for the strange
sight, Of thousands of our lellow-suhlecls,
each Of them with heart in his bosom,
as lrue 10 hls country as any that beats
beneath drcofated coat, vending their
way To the United States passing through
Canada huuying from il because it is not,
as II ought To be, ''the poor mans home"
Mark the difference between the system
Of our land-graniing department and that
OF the United STATES there, in every town
ship is an Office and officer, whose business
Il Is, to shew the enquiring settler what
lots are Tor sale "a low price is named
and 10 guard against preferences, or hum
hugg'ng, the money must be given at the
time the lot is selected by this means,
no official has ii in his power, 10 tell the
applicant for particular lot, that, "it is |
sold, or is not to be sod," as has been the
case at Toronto TOO often where the let |
ter X, on the map, has been sulTicien; to
make the immigrant look out for another
lot. In the United States, man, from
whatever foreign land, however poor, |
lHend'ess, or loriorn, can plant himself on
any unoccupied land, with certainty thar, |
whenever the public sale takes place, be,
by presumption right, will have the prefer
ence over any and every man. In the
United States, every encouragement has
been given to the immigrant Land Com
panies and individuals, holding large tracts.
have wed, one with the other, TO secure
settlers; every facility has been afforded
them their rugged path has been smooth
ed down before them
There are at this hour, hundreds ofthou-
sands Of acres, in this very Province of
Lower Canada, belonging to the Crown,
and yet, we challenge the most favoured
enid, or pet, Of officaiSm, to shew us
lhy, even the slightest approach to the ,
actItles, encOuragements, and ADVANTAGES. /
presented TO The honest, but poor Iabourer,
'tes~here '-Thepublic need not be remin- ,
ied OF the shameless jobbing system expos :
d some few years back, 1.-THE locality OIL ,
Which was the Eastern townships, to be ;
atlsfed, that, what we challenge, cannot
'e galnsad. Ii is enough to make the >
cart sick 10 contemplate such things. '
-ofd DURHAM's Report exposes the beau ;,
les ol this cfose-6orough system. Above .
ne Wondering and corrnping body, we \
lien see marble tomb, beautiful TO the 4
ye 50, above the corruption snd fetid
lass OF the Land Department, we see the
arade, pomp, and circumstance, Of official
IN. W
we know an instance Of an individual, -
nee highly respectable, who, after much =
ouole, fatigue and loss Of time, at consi-
cradle cost,and after spending nearly r
INNER IN the forest, exploring, fixed upon
location, on which was mi~seat. The :,
government had encouraged adventurous G
'ople 10 such exploration, by holding out 4,
e assurance that preference would be n,
ven to the original applicant, provided ce
would agree to erect saw and gris-milIs. ~
Ithln certain time. This person pro- or
eded to Toronto, found the lots were
It sold, demanded them, and received G
On assurances as satisfied him, they :
ouId be made his ;-alter a few months.
again visited Toronto, and found. to
5 great surprise, there were some great 4
iheultleS IN the way he insisted on obs
lnlng the location, but he did not sue. r.
cd there was evidently some maIign 81
ID secret influence at work, a rat behind WI
e arras.-He waited some time longer,
q applied agan:-the answer then was BE
hhite," You shall not have the land - WI
ny; demanded he. 1t was a million Ut
1t below afficiaI dignity to give a reason.
ny lit is quite sufficient. thought the -
lclal, that you know you are not to pei II
80 thought not our man. On the i
nlfary, he condemned the proceeding in pie
e hottest language, Indignation burst an
nth from han, and fell on the official, The
stem, and every thing connected with il.
overnment and all like a shower of living
e. Well, this as bad enough in ali
nscIence, bnt there is more behind.
hese lands were given 10 an immioran,
n 49, nAr.r 1