The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-17
From the London Examiner

From the London Examiner
How long the royal;sts of Canada to continue royal
or loyal is very doubtful and have strong suspicion
that in due time their interests, looking wstfuy at the
prosperity the St Lawrence, will most likely con-
vert them into thorough-gong republicans.
Are not the British North American colonies, one
can hardly help asking in connexon with these facts
beginning reasonably to think that they too old
and mature to walk any longer in leading strings
the cords held too, by parties far too distant and
Informed TO handle them with any adroltness? Our
seven North American colonies contain at the present
moment between two and three millions OF nhablt-
ants in fact, somewhat larger population than the
" thirteen United States" at the declaration of ndepend
ence; and if falls short OF the vger OF the Anglo
Saxsn coonists of 1916 by the prevalence of OF
different European origin, it exceeds by the absence OF
African population of slaves. Each of col
on'es in fact is sufficient to constitute an independent
to several OF those OF the United States according to the
last of the republic. Thus, Lower Canada is
Indiana, and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are each
par with Michigan. The total number of men borne
the rolls OF the militia for the seven colonies amounts
to very nearly 100000 which would imply total popu,
laion of 2,o00,OO0
Countries OF this maturity PROFESSIONALLY quite fit
TO walk alone, and can hope they ever be well
satisfactorily governed at the distance OF 1000 miles
The tools by which contrived heretofore TO manage
rather than to govern hem have nearly disappeared one
after the other governed them through the interest Of
faction among themselves, and this has most properly
vanished They were bound to us by monopoes OF our
markets. and these have peshed after the other to
the great advantage of both parties.
What advantages, then, do derive from the posses
sion OF these remote and cumbrous coonies We believe
none whatever except such they would yield, and to
far greater extent were they Independent of tO-mor
Mercantile profit the main object of their foun.
daon; but commerce is far extensive with the
old colonies which independent of us, than with those
for which have seduously and selishy legislated in
pursuit OF our own peculiar advantage. quarter OF
million of emgrans now quit the shores OF the United
Kingdom yearly, but the great Ority OF them find
place of rest, not in the colonies which maintain at
heavy cost, but in those which once ours, and
us nothing.
AS to The military strength of the empire, instead OF
contributing TO- they obviously derd from it, by scat
ering and isoaling FORCE and wasting means.
With respect to the benefits which we, on parts,
have conferred the American colonies of Adam
Smiths opinion, who, alter searching and impartial In
vestgaton, comes 10 the conclusion that they amount to
one, and 10 only. We have supplied them with the
great material from which prosperous empires
construced-with the man and his nstutions-and, as
the result has shown, alone could do Had Amer
lea been left to its native inhabitants it would have
contained, as 1t did 355 years ago. only men that ate
each other sacrificed each other the affairs OF ina
ginary dvnties Had il been left to Spaniards and Poru
guese it would have yielded only bastard civilization,
equal but much below that OF any respectable Euro
pean society We hesitate not to say, them that if we
friendship the separation would undoubtedly be gain to
both parties, but especially to ourselves When
Lord ST. Vincent informed OF the peace concluded
with the Americans in 1875 his only remark was,
hope we have made them Sesent of the Canadas."
Meanwhile it is our bounden duty to prepare the Can
adas for separation, should be inevitable, and the
exercise of responsible the proper training
for this purpose Lord Egn acting on this principle
honestly, ably, manfully, and temporarily; and be-
comes every Of liberal sentiments in this country
support him against the senseless roaring of the colonial
party, egregiously miscaIled British"