Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-11-29
ENGLISH VIEWS OF CANADI.
AN ANNEXATION.

AN ANNEXATION.
The following two articles from the London
Times of Oct. 81, and Nov. 2, are important, AZ
showing the sentiments likely TO bo eniertahed
by great portion of the British public. on the
subject of n secession of the Colonies from their
connection with Great Britain
"The news from Canada is deeply interesting
rather than painfully alarming. Those who ex-
ult in every development Of colonial difficulties
aud every flesh cause of vexaton to the Culoni-
al-Office will be delighted by the record of a
movement which, to less hostile minds, must sup
ply matter for grave reflection and philosophical
investigation.
| The movement 10 which we refer is one that
tends 10 The dissolution rather Than to the disrup
ton oil the British Colonial Empire in North A.
merica. 1t is neither inspired by vindetveness
nor franght with violence. 1t is earnest in its
tone, but It's earnrslness parlakes Of the charac-
Ter OF deliberallveness 1t reasons, even though
II may reason wrongly, and proceed from moor
rect premises 10 erroneous deductions. 1t Is on
lhls account that the Montreal address is entitled
10 patient, aDd-~e were almost saylng-a res
pectful attention at our hands. 1t btuathes no
hoslility against the British crown and people {;
on the contrary, 1t emphliicay records the cor.
dial and kindly feelings of tho Canadian people
to both; 1t makes no vehement prneslntlons o
affection tor democratic iurn ot Government 4;
| nut SIMPLY rests It's preference of republican in
stnutons upon local and peculiar conditions ii
advises separation from England as It sugg ests
annexation to the United States, from tho nutIves
by which communities, not less than individuals,
are lmPelled-motlvts OF self interest and sell
| advancement.
| here was time when so singular dncu-
fnent as the would have exposed lis authors Ia
| the penalties Of high treason, aud the colony IN
whlch It Was brouc.cd 10 the calamltles of civil
wer; When every EnglishmRn would have boiled
"''h indignation Al the presumption which com.
p'a'hed oi English dominion, aud at the temeri-
~ winch proposed TO carry the presumption of
language INTO acton. But those DAYS have
| passed away. We have been taught wisdom BY
experience; and the most valuable AS ell ns The
n'ost cosby of ocr lessons has been tauubt by
'he oarieh issue OF precIpltaie conflict with u
province, winch from remonstrance proceeded 10
rebellion, and crowned rebellion with indepeuC
ehce. w L should not go u war for the sleiil..
iiohor oi inaln,ainDg reluctant colony in pull-
ing su"Jecton; we should not purchase an I'M
wiling obedience by all outlay oil treasure or OF
blood II, Indeed, with colonial dependence or
independence, there were indlssoluoly bound M
metropolitan prosperity or decay; II 1t were toll
eiaDiy clear that the preservation of colonial en-
IRE would ensure the preservation Of ineropo-
ltan greatness, and ttat the latter would waue
WIN the extinction Ut The iormer-then such
| Suggestions as tie Montreal Address contains
would find no place in the discussions. no svm-
palhy IN the feelings, OF people in England
| lhey would one amt all Identity their own inter-
ess and prosperity with that which their fore.
| iatiierS we're content 10 regard Tor aud by itself
VIZ. the supremacy Of FL. lish power. Bds the
dinerence between them aud their toi efathers is
mat hhy VIII count aud ponder on that more vut-
gar balance Of profit aud loss which was forgot
t'h Ny Inc generation which hailed the COM
ihehcencnt and anented The conclusion of the
great American war. Is the retention of Cana
ia profitable, will lis loss be hurtiu To England?
Is The question which En- ishmrn Of The present
| Jay VIII put to themselves, the converse oil
this question is that which Canadians are already
discussing on their side.
1t must be admltted that the latter have Griev-
ances, though not all equally oppressive nor all
ot lhe same origin. They have been planted
anu llIflveh under protective laws. Those laws
are now aOroSaIed; and abrugated AS the peJ-
PIE VI Cdhaua nave sense 10 sce-with)ut
chance of reensc,Inent. So far they sutfar in
| common with all our colonies, the effects of
bad and Obsolete colonial sy,tenl. The change,
however, Is made. The coonisls know that
what mas Deen done will not be umdOne, and that
| the gruin crops OF Western Canada must coul-
pete III tie markets of England with the gram
crops Of The United States, OF Poland, and of the
whole world. They are suffering from the re-
vulsion. 1t has struck at their enterprise, their
capital and their energies. They say that they
have lost all The advantages, while they still sui
Ter the burdens OF coonlsts. Again, they com.
PLAIN Of that which is to them grievance in
common with all other colonies. They are no
bodies they have no station, wei..lit or ipHn-
ence in lmperIal Councils and Imperial di2nles
They are piovlhcIas, and proyiucials OF a conn-
Try which Is but htle known and less appreca.
tod l,r,nt Rr fhnt.
| voice, their statesmen no name IN the Parin.
ment and politics ot England. Their debera-
lions, their debates, and their divisions are un-
known beyond the hunts Of a seml-pnpulated
province; or, II known, known only 10 Ou coet-
ced by the power or rIdlculed by the sneers OF
officials at home. Again, they complain thai,
while on the other side of the American border
every sign Of mercantile prosperity, and every
indication OF natural enterprise manifest thou.
selves, on their side all is poverty, slagnation
and lnerness on the former Innumerable rail.
roads tessealeu country teemlng with abundant
halvess and busy with thousand milIs while
on their side the sleriIny Of an untitled soil is no
less dIshenrlenln5 than the luzIness of inactive
hands or The want of capital 10 employ tleui-
OF these three grievances the two former are
reai, the latter IS only Imaginary; and Of those
which are real, the hrsl Is only temporary. The |
prosperity which was forced by protection vii.
revive, slowly indeed but surely under The inllti-
ence OF competition.
The energy and industry which have made
the United States prosperous might have made
Canada no less prosperous the British Cunsi-
tuition has not checked them the Colonial office |
has not stuffed lhe.n. The English capital which
flowed readily into the thauklcss treasures o.
Indiana and Pennsylvania would hive cusied
into The Golfers Of The Canadian merchants and
irrigated the barrennrss OF Canadian tields. had
II not been Tor reasons for winch none but Cana
dams are answerable. That this complaint, too.
IL oyercharged, we infer from the tenor of the |
whole evidence given by Canadian proprietor.
OF high character before Lord Monica e's COM
mtee on emigration Canada has grown in |
prosperity, and--consdering the very late period
OF her colonization and her large elements OF
the poorest lrish colonlsls has grown beyond
The hopes OF her most sangulne we-wlshers
within very brief period OF time. Whit Is
wanting TO increase this Is English capal-lhe
same capital which has multiplied the wealth of
the neighborlng States; but which it would be
absurd to suppose can only be Introduced into
her when she has ceased to be an English pos
session. The other complaint Is one which 1t is
custer 10 derlde than to assuage. Her colonlsls
-as such-enJoy only the distant and reflected
splendors OF imperial power aud majesty. We
have IN this, as IN other instances iorgolt n the
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