The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-11
THE REPU BLIC.

We believe, then, if Lord BRoUGHAM
had been better acquainted with the peo-
pie and the present Administration Of the
United States, he would not have looked
with SO much jealous apprehension to the
results of republican ambition in our case.
If she remains loyal colony until we
"cevet'' her into the Union, we imagine
that the British government will long re-
main in the undisputed enjoyment of
Canada
In the conclusion of his speech, how
ever, Lord BRoUGHAM presents the ques-
ton of loyalty or annexation in light that
may render it extremely interesting to the
American Government and the American
people. He urges upon the lords the ne
cessity of preserving Canada to the British
government, on the ground that its great
extent of frontier presents such admirable
facilities for defrauding the revenue of the
United States That we may not do in
justice to his lordship, we will cite his own
words. "We have withdrawn protection
from our manufactures" SAID his lord
ship" not so the Americans. They
desired to increase the protection on theirs.
What now prevented iii Upper Canada,
&c h,,,l,al
hundred miles, which it was utterly and
absolutely impossible to protect" His
lordship added:
"No amount of American police of American
| militia, much less of custom-house excise Off
GERS, could prevent bale of goods crossing that
| extensive frontier into America A friend Of his
| some time since saw number of hatchets in Hi
nois. He said, These look like our manufac-
| ture No., replied the American with whom
he was speaking, you cannot make them.' Some
| time aferward he returned, and found that they
were supplied with the same description of tools
| from Birmingham. II appeared that another party
went there, and seeing the American hatchets, in
quired what they were sold at he was told one
dollar and twenty-five cents, each. He undertook
to send them consignment from Birmingham, and
he did send twenty-five thousand hatchets, which
were sold at half dollar EACH Notice was given
| to the government and the excise and down came
the custom-house officers and militia to seize them
but the attempt was futile, for when they arrived,
they found them all sold. Every man had bought
his Ratchet for his half dollar, and carried off on
his shoulder. And thus it with all other arti-
cles of manufacture; the difference of the price was
such that mere custom-house regulation would
prevent their introduction.
GAIL required to insure the introduction of our
goods into America frontier that frontier we
had while we possessed Canada, and that the
Americans knew well. Tariff there could be none !;
| that was dream, an mpossibility, while we
tanned Upper Canada. (IIear.) Therefore it was
that he oonjured their ordships to do all they could
to knit to us the affections of our felow-subects in
| Canada. 1t was
impossible to be aware of the strong feelings of 10y
| atty which pervaded the great mass of our fellow
subjects in Canada, and not feel that it would be
| cruel policy to take any steps TO throw them into
| the hands of the Americans. Hear, hear.)
ale had seen men within the last three weeks
| men born and bred in Canada; men who had toiled
| and bled for their country; men to whom Canada
had been ahome for the last half century, whose
possessions, whose families, whose every tie in
Canada-aod these men Told him tho, they had
such horror Of being given up to the great doml-
nant republic Of the west, horror proceeding to
such an extent, that If that catastrophe were con-
summated. they would leave Canada as their fore
fathers had left America, and sacrifice their homes
to their loyalty to England. (Eiear, hear.) He
lmplored their ordshlps not TO hasten that catastro-
phe. He called upon them to save their Canadian
fellow-subects from the effects Of this within of re-
sponslbe government carried TO absurd and
reckless excess he impored them TO adopt the
resolutions which he was about to submit and
which he believed would act oil on the troubled
waters-(a laugh land restore peace and content
ment to the colony"
If Lord BRoUGHAM is very anxious to
prevent his loyal brethren in Canada from
falling into the hands of the Americans,
he is taking very strange position in
their behalf The main idea in his lord
ships Canadian policy rests on defrauding
the American Government. He urges
the importance of preserving Canada to
the British crown, on the ground that
through that channel Great Britain can
to all intents and purposes repeal any tariff
act of the United States, and render IL ga
dream, an impossibility." He tells the
world, in short, that there is at this pre-
sent moment a system Of smuggling car
RED on along the Canadian frontier, which
laughs at excisemen and custom-house Of
fcers, no less than at police and militia;
and this systematic smuggling his lordshiP
is disposed to adopt and patronize as sort
of state policy, which is to give color and
direction to the colonial Legislation of Great
Britain. He would knit the affections OF
Canada TO the crown, that Birmingham
and Manchester men might continue to
smuggle axes into Illinois
, For our part, we have not the slightest
= disposition to ALLEVIATE the affections OF
Canada from the crown, or to discover the
r interesting knitting work contemplated by
f Lord BRoUGHAM But we have very great
= objection TO state of things that renders