The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-12-01

b lordshlp would understand the oxo| - - =
j, lately made by Mr.. Robertson, at Quebe,
e l"Wouid to God my thirty.three ships wei
9 American instead Of British bottoms" h
!, would understand why it was that Mr.. Rol
Q ertson was building ships now in America
Q ports. Let Lord Grey then come to tn
: city represented by that strong anti-annext
ZIONIST, his friend, Mr.. Wilson. (Mr. Wi
son said he was not strong anti-annexa
tionist.) Well, he (Mr. G. could not cor
graduate his friend, because he (Mr. G.
was strong anti.annexationst HIMSELF
But if Lord Grey had landed at Quebec
few days ago, he would have seen tn
annexation demonstrations which were tax
ing place there. And here he (Mr. Cow
am would say that Quebec had more thai
any other city to gain by annexation
Cheap material and labor enabled her nov
to build ships for the British market VIVA
would she do alter annexation Fad giver
her the command Of the American market
in addition TO the one she now enjoyed
Advancing to the eastern township, Lore
Grey would find land, on one side of q
crooked fence. selling for f10. els or f25
an acre, while the proprietor on this side OIL
the same fence could only obtain "a or f5
after long advertisement. Yet there was
no more economy nor industry on the one
side than the other. If he came thence in.
to Montreal. his lordship would see what
had been called the Elgin Marbles-a mon.
ument of an act which he might compare
to the misfortune OF friend whom he once
saw dying, after what was called an honor
able duel. He might mourn departed worth,
but could not forget in his grief The insult
which his friend had died to revenge.
Going through the streets Of the late Cap
ital Of British North America, his lordship
would see on every other house: blouse TO
Let"-"Sheriffs' Sale"-"Bankrupt Sale, !"
and if he imagined this state Of things was
only true OF Lower Canada, and i he pro.
ceeded to Upper Canada, his LOrdshiP
would soon be seated in the cars Of the only
railway yet made 10 connec, the two Sec
tons OF the Province. There, too, he would
learn that men had been glad to sell their
stock in the undertaking at 40 per cent dis
count, and could not now sell it al so per
cent Ii he went on board the steamer to
ascend the ST. Lawrence, the first place Of
stopping was Prescott, and its rotten walls
stood on place which, twenty years ago,
was fomishing and prosperous. But let
his LordshiP cross to Ogdensburgh, and he
would see a contrast, with which every
gentleman present must be too well ac-
quainted. Crossing again to Rockville,
be would remark an excellent Court House
fine buildings, plank walks, and macada-
mized road; but he would be asked in all
this, where was the farmers wagon, the
durham boats, or batteaux, bringing goods
and taking them away. He would be point
cd 70 ship.yord. which four years ago gave
employment TO hundreds. You have driv-
en-, he would be told, the proprietor Of that
establishment to be an Annexstionist by
your present policy--you have driven his
workn,en to the adjoining States. On
that, the Johnstown frontier, large numbers
Of persons were engaged in the immoral
occupation of smuggling, and his Lordship
would be asked. If these men must not pant,
and with reason, for state OF political ex-
istencs. where they could honestly get their
tea ard their sugar a. cheaply as they now
did by anugglingi Mr.. Gowan then went
over the state of things at Gananoque and
Kingston, in similar strain to the above.
But for the military establishments at King
L. he orA oh n
be removed to Toronto-Kingston would
be no better off than Prescott. Ii his Lord
ship went into foundry there, he would
be told that American goods came into
Kingston for z 1.2 per cent, while Cana
dian goods could nos go to the other side
paying 30 per cent. Cobourg and Port
Hope were truly beautiful places, but let
his Iordship enter there, and he would
there find the farmers pouring in with pro
duce, and would learn that if they could
deposit their wheat on the other side. they
would get S. per bushel, while depositing
| il on this side they get but IS. cd, II a far
mer had a surplus Of 200 bushels, that
was a tax Of Els per annum, which he
| paid for the connection. The Globe had
asked if the farmers were TO sell their al.
legiance for a few cents on bushel OF
wheat? He might ask if those who had
nearly swung in 1887 for their deeds OF
that day, were going to sell their princi-
Piles, for which they then risked their lives,
merely to sustain those friends OF theirs in
Office? cloud cheers.)
Now, coming to Toronto, Lord Grey
would find the Globe--who told rs OF what
we were going to lose--to throw away by
Annexation. First, he mentioned "the en-
ligrants from Europe" last argument
which could be used, If the arrivals at Que
bee were compared with those from New
York. Our own fellow-subjects only came
hero to cross over there. Then comes
sour increasing revenue" he ought to have
said our decreasing revenue and increas'
ing taxation. Next, the Globe spoke oil
! our excellent FARMS" and "hne cities. =
Toronto was fine city, and the only draw
hack on his feeling towards it, was its lat
mean pecuniary policy. But look at tn
farms on Yonge street, and on this nm,
! city. 1t was the Protective policy which
built them up. He referred not to the past
he complained not of the present. Next
our "cheap Government" 1t is said to b
cheaper than those Of the United States
and. of the men who conducted it, It wa
: NOT enough to say that they were good bu
: they were compared to angels OF light,
: Notwithstanding this comparative exec
D lence, the Globe never yet heard oil an
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