Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-05-02

John, Morning News ofths 90h, Will show
Nhs, The people there are thinking about u
The way Of poltIcs
OvR PosIriox As CoLoNIEs. We have
al,vas been so used to saying nothing po'
/ l1ic,lly. in this Province, that when any
,b,nc i, stated 10 interfere with exslng no
IONS and systems, 1t smaeks very afong'y
Ie,necialy 10 the demcn,cd, OF sedhion' .
inc, rank treason. As soon as we are Oct
her ACQUAINTED with our duties, however oui
preludiecs will fast disappear Sober rca'
/ son will take the place Of tame subotdina
ton and instead Vi men paying willnl
homhp, to the dogmas OF others, 'hty VIII
nave oriniuns OF their own TO express unou
all occasions Why IS 1t that IN the ni'ed
States: with al their latitude and party spl
rt. there never was sc, polucal question
brought forward. that had tendency 10
subvcrl The constitution Simply because
the children IN that country talk poHue'
politics form one Of the elemelnry
branches Of ;h,ir education; and at The
see Of maturity they become thinking
people, and fully acquainted with The ques-
lions advocated by The two great opposite
pan,cs-nr instance, Bank or no Bank
hph TnuTor low Tariff; Slavery OF Emon
cipalon. During the days OF the eonscnp'
every child IN France was br,d soldier
No wonder at me discipline and lnvlneI-
blny Of the French army as shown al Ma
renro, Austerliz Putusk and Pru'sIc by
lau. The difference between the Two eoun'
tics is lust thistle children Of tho one
nre ttained 10 think, while those OF the other
,eerc trained to fight. France was power
ful in one way. The United States ntc
powerful in another But the power OF
Inc latter country will be more enduring
because il germlnatos from the miud In
a nation OF Statesmen, i, is impossible Tor
bad Legislation to 60 on TO any dangerous
extent.
Now il the people of New Brunswick
would only begin to talk politics as heart
ly as they do about English Timber mark
els. they would soon learn something to
their advantage In the pursuit OF one OBJ
ect they have neg lccled every other. Bot
the change has been nearly rung out OF this
theme: and we must hcncelorwnrd select
new objects 10 cngross our Thoughts Eng
land has LEFT us Two alternatives one, to
hang on 10 her under every disadvantage
and slarve--.ihc other TO declare oil from
her and set up in business for ourselves, as
40 independent nation The time has ar
rived for the people to decide upon some
course of action A separation must take
place before very distant day, unless some.
hing that We do not nt 2rescn, anticipate
transpres IN England, to consolidate and
interest these Colonies, as well rs rc-un-
mate our affections Already the people
talk plainly people too, who are always
noted for their extreme loyalty-about "se-
paration." annexation" and so forth.
Twelve months ago if man opened his
mouth ia st. Johns, aud gave uttcrnnce to
notions like these he would have been boot
ed from one end of the cry to the other
and had the Morning News broken ground
upon the question of separation from old
England the paper would have been pro-
scribed by ev, ry man, woman and child, in
the country not because We had no right
to speak as plainly about the Colonies, and
that which concerns us most, as the Press
Of England had; but, because the broach-
ing, and discussing Of such topics did
not exactly agree with peoples ideas re
specting the mysterious thing called--loy
atty. Twelve months ago, We repeat it.
such topics as these would have raised u
tremendous Robbery in ST. John. What a
hole has been made in our prejudices since
then! Let England continue the same pc
Icy towards her Colonies, and let times
grow worse as they nro doing every day,
and what will be the state Of feeling in this
Province trelpe months hence! Every
man is at liberty to imagine for himself
what appears to be apparent to our mind.
and he will soon arrive at n conclusion