Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1843-07-01


nestle hosIlies Shakspeare's Henry, personifying
factious civil war as one of the Furies of the old
Mythology, he spake, as nearly as we remember, in
the following terms:
i So shaken as are, with care,
/ Yet find we time for frighted peace to pant
i No more the thirsty fury of this soil
4 Shall daub her lips with her chiIdrens blood;
No more shall renching channel her fields,
| Nor bruise her fowrets with the armed hoofs
| OF hostile PAGES: Those opposed eyes,
/ Whch-lke the meeors of the treubd heavens
| All of one nature, Of one substance bred
| Did lately meet in the intestine shock
| Aud furious close Of civil butcheIy,
| Shall no,O in mutual, well beseeming rapks
| March all one ioay and be no more srrayd
| Against acquaintance, kindred, and allies
The edge OF war; like an i'll sheathd knife
No shall cut its master"
Is the picture vivid accurate and is not the
imagery apt and beautiful the evil described is desoat
ing and crue2 .. .#
Never apprehend in the entire history and wide cir.
cult of British Colonial Government-never has the wisdom
OF generous conding and comprehensive paterna policy
been skingly displayed happily vndcated by its
results as at this time in the Canadas.
One of the happies circumstances according to way
of thinking connected with the introduction and establish
ment Of this LIBERAL and just policy is the fact that both
the great political parties Of the mother country have had
hand in it and that under the influence OF broad and
nanmons national views public duty rising above the
and luminosity of that bitter and prosecuting spirit of
provincial facen from which the late Canadian troubles
proceeded both the Wing and Tory Administrations of the
metropolitan Government have oopeated in organizing and
aiming the order of things in British North America.
The ground work of this scheme of Provincial Gov.
laid understand the matter by the late
Lord Durham of the most sincere earnest and in his
general views of Government Of the most enlightened of
the liberal party in Great Britain but the full benefit Of his
broad generous and impartial views practically
realized beieve-no thoroughly and unhesatingy
red out their true and comprehensive spirit in the actual
administration of the Provincial Government till Sir Charles
Bagot placed its head by the present Tory Ministry
of Great Britain under Sir Robert Peel Premier and Lord
Stanley as Colonial Secretary.
To Sir Charles Bgo therefore, the people of the Canadas
debt of gratitude which, with the exception of few
bgots the old faction that has been prosrated they have
their great honor heartily acknowledged and with the
exception already made no Governor General or other Re-
of the mother country has secured to him.
self by stronger the attachment of the great body of The
Canadian people, will be sectonatey cherished in
their recoectons than that esmabe just and accomplish
ed man.
His successor the present Governor General Sir Charles
Metcalf is understood be following up the general
principles OF administration and If bis character man
administrative abilities and vgor not been
overratedas presume from what know of his career
has not-our Canadian neghbors have aging
prospect of seeing their affairs placed footing of unprece
and permanent prosperity and the patronage and
era influence Of their Government exercised with straight
forward and fearless mpaay without respect of persons
| and wholly above the control OF local faction.
The Government truly national than provincial
by its enlarged scope and its Heightened and impartial spirit
in reference provincial parties and interests have
already restored those colonies the cohesion almost
dsinegrated parts to have converted the between
which such bitter anmosties had been engendered into
welI.combned, powerful and efficient whole and to have
transformed aggregation of jealous, embered jarrng
and erocou factions ready for blood into what may be
considered people, constituting single united and
prosperous commonwealth. ....
We have been led to make these remarks not merely from
general sentiment good will toward fellow. wher
situated but particularly from the conviction that
Is- TTpinn In
Northern sisters ad dining the British provinces have real
practical Deep and abiding interest in the good government
of those provinces, in the political and social condition and
tendencies of their people, and in the Of sentiment the
popular feeling, and the social influences that may prevail
among them in relation to people, institutions
and the intercourse and various mpors interests that NAV
be regarded mutual separate and Diverse the two
sides of the geographical line that between u.s. The
direct constant and obvious tendency Of the Of things
which existed in the Canadas while those provinces were
under the control Of that class of politicians who were in
when the troubles of 1887 commenced and whose
duct in truth the of those troubles toward
between the countries The arrogant super.
cous and bitter spirit which finally the French
population of the province into nsurrecon been for
long of years. producing that irritation of feeling on
side of the line which not only led people to sympa
thze with the insurgents but induced many Of them ac
tuay to take part with them personally others furnish
them more or1ess openly with all the Of assistance
in their power. So high the excitement among our peo
pie all along the ronerso bitter the bate and so burn
ing the both sides of the border that if
the state of things had continued but little longer
would have been az much impossible for our Government
either National State authorieso have repressed
the movements Of the people stop the descent of the
Niagara aud open would have shortly bszed all along
the frontier.
Happily for all parties and for both countries however
things now changed. just, and therefore more
amcabe and liberal spirit pervades the administration Of af
fairs in Canada and its effects have been az happy on our
side Of the line the other Commercial interests and
connexions are spriDgDg up and extending along the
frontier which will aid the political Influences that
abroad in the provinces in fostering good
ing and amcabe intercourse and the probabilities Of unds
turbed peace that direction growing stronger the
the old ascendant faction recedes further and further from all
influence the public affairs and the popular feeling