New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-24
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Written for The Thb0ne.
WINTER JOURNEY
THROUGH THE CANADAS.
py ww l. wAcKENzIE

The ,clerce Of Government - pa ih'es"sh'iOh
., ,-,,h IN osrsoit OF which the best mentioned
.,.n NAV greatly err and although have been
-...-.,v cepssred by inhaentisl Canadians i,f ex-
- q. far as it was possible the course pur-
"a l., the Pspinesus and Nisers IN 1897, yet
.nr,vs,, n Canada last February, sni beheld
,hor, clo,eIy leaeued v with the natural enemies Of
.u..e,,,, felt inclined % be silent. Men who
have embark ed in a common cause should ee SLOW
:, Name each other and although Mr.. Papnea1s s
,.,,.oo failed him at 81 Depnis when that quaiity
most REQUIRED 10 the leader OF the French Ca
,.d,an people and although the news OF ms
.b.n,eful flight, on the eve Ol an engagement, and
.r,h, nntoward events " hich followed IT, reached
ro,o,,o and discouraged thousands preyiousto the
..,,,ols begun there with the Family Compact
80 England has since ieded up 20 Canada the
.n.ns of checking abuses, and sm therefore no
i1,rer a reyolutlOnist, but, as at hfst, sincere
,,opd ofpescefol reform and Improvement IL re-
-a,es the most positive proofs that bis family had
embarked in the same boat with these cruel ~ -n
yybo urged on and rriOicef over the executlons o.
ia: and 1882 and would gladly have qnadrupied
tbenunber OF victims during the reign o terror 20
ioduce me 10 make m effort to set Opiniou rieL.
Ip M Papineaus French manifesto. oi the orr
e,Dsl Paris edition Of which am desirouS y Cd
tain copy, he slludes to prominent CanaHians
who he'd received injury " from the blo0d'sial
DICTATOR Colborne or from the more holo" "-hear. T.
cd, bot not not less viDdlctiye dictator D1.nsm'
Were the hands of Messrs. Sherwood, Robinson,
McEsb Draper. Hagermau, Jones, Prince, aud
my Lord Of Seaton's other allies ten years since,
less crimsoned than those OF their distinguished
uatron The Ousted charlatans, whose every act
shows their utter adherence Of human progress,
sud Of moral and political improvement in Cana
h. and " hose presses cry Annexation, In the
hope Of again clutclng the spois OF Office, should
try to remember that Chief Justice Jeiir,s, though
his brutal acts hastened on the events OF lt--,
ras net, on that account, hcd 70 be less cr'mtai
MsIo0jler
The Rejpgee Loyalists-A Fam,iy Co1apaci.
In his briei reviews oil the political condition oi
Lower Canada, published at New-York in lsle'
Mr. Robert Christie, now Member Of Assembly
for Gasge, thus describes class whom the people
call Yankee Tories -
Tho American Revolution cast a multitude Of refd-
gees upon tle world, and Canada Ind not accedcd
the Union, throng Of loyssts crowded into this
aod the neighbonpg Provinces ofNova-Scota ard New
Brunswick, whore ample remuneration was provided
for the losses N0s prOtnded Cy Ind eTpU ictccd from
their fidelity 10 the King &c. They soon acquired
weight IN the Colonial councf, Rnd the country saw
them with an eye Ot distrUsL Ino par
T. were soon prcp00terously identified with the Gov
efhInoni Itself. Tho refugee interest gave activity t.
the whole and with Characteristic industry improved
which had nseDsbly, been raised between The Govern
M mt and the people l0t Canada Thc position wttH
had been g0lRtd By artGce, maintained by t6aud dd
frequently By rOicRcs Every trivial symptom O ci5s
sisction disspprOvai Of domestic Occurroncos, O
little or no political import. was evidence OF royoiu
onary spirit ohieh u0peortd 10 be The Psc"ta, P50c'He'
Of Panty To suppress. differences ~ero drawn az
destitute Of probability thcy were unconnoced win
iscis. and to guard against conspiracy and rovoi'
among the peaccae tsnaDtrv of the Province, cOnsu
iutod ss in 4. c the principal anxiety Of the party
.sh0 found s GcORprHt mode Of imposing silence u IN
The country, and their political opponents
The Vote Yourself Farm' PriHcipic carried ont.
Who will wonder that Lower Canada was dis
rontented, when state the manner in which the
choicest and most fertile lands OF the Colony were
granted in presents to Legislative aud Executive
Councillors The Parliamentary returns g. always
islso-state the number az acres granted free OF
cost 10 Executive Councillors at 4,sO0 acres up TO
Iuly 1882. IL was nearer to 100000 acres. One
day. in argument in the Colonial Office with Mr..
now Lord Stanley, the year following, he pro-
duccd the Blue Book, aud On my showing hun tnal
II was utterly orthy OF credit. he admitted II.
Councillor Jonathan Dunn got 40,s95 acres the
Bishop, 4.i35 Finlay and daughters, 5O - +
Young 81, 600 Richardson, 81 ,O,3; Williams, 20
$40; Mines, Il 400 Judge Osgood and Mrs. Da-
vldson, 2G, 500 Isaac Ogden, (N.J) then Clerk,
34020 Jonathan X Steve Sewel, 1000; w. y ID.
A. Gran'. 81, 200 w. Mc6illivray and his SIX
partners $3.50 II. Caldwell, 3s,l15; +. Baby,
l997s c. De LOtbiniere, l2,96l q. Hsmliton,
s60l acres. Who can wonder that the men who
thus secretly parcelcd out hne country among
themselves saying nothing Of millions of acres
granted 10 their creatures were ready - screen
corruption of every sort My impression ls that
the future historian OF Texas and California VIII
have TO exhibit still more rross neglect IN the land
granting Department
Papsnean, ,cheN fer Annexation.
Vast tracts of wild land are the most pernicous
Of all monopohes yet Mr.. L. }. Pspineau has ever
been the foremost of his order in standing up Tor
the perpetuation of the feudal system. AS Pa
troon, he Quarreed with Dr.. Nelson on this point
the latter in his Declaration of Independence
stated two objects Of the insurrection OF ls3- to
be, tae abolition Of ieuds tenures and the es-
abhshment OF registry offices. Papineaus selsn-
ory on the Ottawa is five leagues by hve IN eX-
tent and in his public address before the ias'
election he gave as reason 10 the great iahd-
holders for revolt TO the nitei states, or An
nexation, as it is called, that "THER the nlted
s,ttesl POOR LANDS SILL AT TIN TIMES As NtCh
AS OUR Canadian RICH ONES Would violent
outbreak render the seigniory Of the Petite Ma
ton more productive and II not, why does the
PATRON Of that vast tract desire to shut out the
European immigrant at Quebec. and tempt ms
brethren, the few rich who monoPohze the VIII
derness with the prospect Of ten dollars an sore
iai,ead Of one, payable by the many poor no are
compelled TO buy or rent, 10 those who have mace
no Improvements The disposition of the Nelson's
and the Reiormers generally 20 abolish patr0oH-
cry on the St Lawrence. fastened the closing o'
the lniquious compact betw cen the Upper Oah-
sds Torres and the Vigers and Papine aus, and &c
counts for much Of the abuse which Mr.. L. j. Ia
pineau united with his new allies IN casting upon
Lord Dmham, who was for placing tree men upon
free soil.
Mr.. Horace Greeley expresses my sentiments
ca tins sub ect in clear and fOrcibs terms
" DO indeed hold that man has a natural rient 20
produce and acquire property, and therefore con
demn the system Of Land Monopoly, which roos Tie
producer OF onehah to seveneighihs OF the fruits OF
ma toll and often dooms him 20 absolute starvation on
Toe soil Which ho has faithfully and effectively cuuvsi'
ca The right OF owning property or OF owning lano
one thing the right 10 own thousands and even NH
Hons Of Of land s another The public 10 learning
70 distinguish the one from the other
Rirol Factions IN LOwer Canada.
The Pspineau and Viger families appear to be
long to that very numerous class Of politicians who
are ever ready to Hatter and bend the knee to ab
solOie power and promote its objects at the oN-
pcnSe of their ri..bf whom their uN