New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-21
Why Canada Lays Behind IN the Career Of
PROM TIE rosen,s Es.a.aer q seF,smsers

From he rorcng5 Exaai.ncr a. september
TIE existence Of gencgs iner;nsss sud a
wax % Tlt.ic spiul IN Csasds, whlch are ex-
hib.,ct in tie absence az Railroads and Of Slnos,
every description 81 even the eoarser mangisc-
lures. q often nsds subject =! stspld wonder
AZ uainte bic ACCOMPLISHMENT. TIE "A ts are 10
ever oCdy m, uih; bat few lock beyond the sG-
face - ellcavor 10 discover the cslse. Why s
thlsf IL . nct that cur people are less ia1usgr.
Gus itsa those WHO ilhsbis TIE southern SIDE Of
the Lakes. The Srsni cause ot oar d.hcu.ties
les here Thi, Pruv.rce ha, always been sad
continues 20 be the vicim Of system Of prof gate
public expenditure. and Sc Vet snosBing under
the effects Il q general system 81 s.cioas sdnin.
istraiicu he lie o. which never existed Ia any
@. he Oh American Colonies. Sni does NOT uos
exst in shy >;ste % ire American Uuion. SIR
Robert Pee Nss ristt IN saying that eur ro,lons.
and ne might have sdded practice, & pubic ex-
Pcnciiare, were nraed accorlius o impeuAl
rules.
We have a Civil List amounting % t,0.ooo.
So. goo. passed nearly tao Nesrs before 70 70
ccived the asselt % the Gown IA EnglAod and
framed on a scale 0f eN,ravsesnce s. gro,s that
rothirg egga 20 10 Is io be iogud ia Toe whole
history 90 c3lonizsti,n on thi. continent And
YET ~ have not the power % alter II. TIE power
% force rs continuance uron us q simed
lusurped shs. Necai itl AMI exercised ~ Engisui.
A. % people 1000 miles away understood or
wants and resources better thar We know them
aecti'ut charter without reservlng negative
on toe Acts OF the colony or even reqairins that
The avs Should De transmitted 20 him tor inspec-
l'n, aud no power ~as lcft O. the Engh.h Gov.
erument % interfere m any event whatever.--
Nha improvement has been made Ia the long
interval oi An,st Two centuries. this practice
OF " tyranuical Stuart 2" Nany II the Oid Colo.
mes, even 10 the GAYS 81 the Stpsrfs had larger
share ct freedom from Imperial coatrol or later.
ie cnce ihsn Capads enjoys a. this moment with
all the b lssted advantages OF rcspons bic Gov
eminent. Our Civil Let has been fixed IA ple,ss
Fog and. and We are lelt without control over
arse portion OF our revenuei our Pos q nee ls
.til uoder me control Of Ensls0d with hsh rates.
general announcement. dcp orab.s lneficiency.
and Deputy P1stmsster. General appointed BY
Ensiand and drawing ss'ary from our revenues
f1ar f1a,s iargs ~, that Of re Posfmgsfer
GfNc-ai ~ ne JHRei >1sfss. a co4hfrg rifA more
nan -opoo,VuJ fnA0h'faqt,, an alnuGl revenue OF
$4,000 coo aud i6o. 900 miles 1t poet mad Our
public lands have been squsndercd and Divided
by state c0rmorsut. among themselves Ii 10 no
torous that there IL a. this moment employ ed,
"a the Government Offices twice as many clerks
As would BE- sufficient to perform the duties A
hireiing pr esthood feeding on the vitais of the
country, II snnuslly abstrscting more than tc0,-
600, lse000Ol nom our revenues, Sectsnsn Col.
leses carry III 5000 year more. The ,hcisl
printing done by the Queens printer instead of
pe'us submitted b pablo competition as IN the
STATE at New York. 10 paid ~ about doablc tho
rstes ordinarily paid by private persons The
Olcens Prntership Is thus made prize for po-
utcal pRftisars 20 contend FOR ard o. Ministers
means OF political corruption, 90 be- used % reward
dltliul sub.ersieucy. While Peultentaues IN
the United states are self sustaining, aud some 81
them source OF revenue iO the State. our Pro
yincisl Penitentiary i conducted In such wsy
that II entails upon the country an expense OF
more than IllOOO $4,000 ayesr Many OF our
pubic works have bCen constructed y On such III
judgment that they are useless AID tho money
mas been thrown away the clnsiruclion Of othes
has been used a. the means OF enriching isy0r-
ties Ct the Government u the day s200 600 ~ss
Iltte better than thrown away on the back lskes
and rivers Of the Newcastle District. OF what
avail Is 10 that Canals borders on the finest chsio
Of lakes to be found on the earih's surface On
this side We are iettered and trammeled by
coas,ing maritime monopoly aud on the other
repu'scd by a hostile tariff Our great on,let u
the ocean the ~ Lawrence. tho vessels ard trsdo
OF foreigners have hitherto been prohibited from
entering. The poorest, aud mo ignorant, aud
most bisoted emigration Of the Old World comes
% Canada the emigrants DO possess money aud
Intelligence generally 20 10 the United states 80
Hero political pArtsanship sinSs To the lowest
depth OF degrading faction the hatred the pre-
lndices the bigotry, the ignorance and the super
,titlons Of the Old World have taken root among
as The rsncor OF political faction diifuses lts
poison through all the ramifcatons on sOctsl Ito go
Ic0 PsrsOas Of opposite politics can Rsucr uHi,e 20
carry mt n public eRterDrrse aud the consequences
70 that every projected enterprise dies Ia the sc
cOucbmeDt LOok At our numerous lines Of Rail
road, which are nowhere a. be found but Onpaper
Cal ID mind the mean sslb.hnes Of many Of
their projectors, and the me,ner Jealousy Of their
rivals and opponents Consider the depressing
Influence OF this load OF accumulstei DISADVANTAGES
under which Canada labOrs, aud continue tO woa-
der AZ our vast Of public spirit people, II you
can. Add % ell this that We are law ridden.
priest ridden, precedent. ridden people, composed
OF the most Democratic elements yet apiDg tho
srstOcrstic manners Of European society on tho
one hand, aud imb bng the European spirit Of de-
pendeace, nov fast departing from rs native soil
on the other. An unequal and absurd suffrage,
and representation that may place the govern
ing pOs er IN the hands of the minority, would
De Canadian Arstocracy. composed Of bsggsrs
from Europe, hunting after Office, full Of samples
ot worthlessnesf thst would d.grscs the worst
he'll IA London politicians s~syed by selhshDes
and faction.
We appeal n the csndor Of every honest man
n say whether this dark picture be overdrwn.
We have ponderrd long upon these melancholy
truths before giving them expression Oar Gov
eminent IS practically gigantic system a cOrUp-
ton, exrassgsuce aud prChigscy, such ne never
before obtained a iooting in any Colony, English.
French, Or 5psnisn, on this Continent. The fault
"a not chsrgcsble wholly upon any set Of men or
party. The sy stem IS the growth Of time and NO
have become ~ used 10 II, that one half Of the
people praise H. and the other half are blind 10 ts
non.upos defects.
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