Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-03-28
DIFFICULTIES IN CANADA


passnsd b. The in,ell,gcBcs sines received
by magnetic Telegraph Thm states thai
The biii g. par the felslhan losses has pas
I'd The Upper liouss o. r.riiAEseut by a
majority 81 foE, after spoesaiersg-..vsry
''olsh, though ineaec,ual. oPposiiion A
FvOfe'' Vas entered upon The records BY
The minority TIE despatch sdds great
snrisiy u irii about toe probable oourse Of
Tue Governor General A rsrpor Is ruueni
thai 10 ui,l reserve The bill foT The ssscnt
81 The Qseea Addresses were pouring IN
irum al parts OF tho Provinces. aud the
tsse u some u very violent MANY plans
arc proposed fof redress. II the bal should
eo sAScitonet The metropolis 10 quiet Al
prvsest. No povement will be made TN
ihs Gevsrnors course is known. IL /, aAid
'ha' t6e minority intend 10 drop the repre-.
sentative bil
Tbs Information taken Ia connection with
toe fumori y The intelligence received by
the Embassy At Washington. leaves no doub,
that the threatened troubles are nnticipateJ
ircm The indemnity bill above referred 10
which nov only awaits the Governors .,g.
nature to become law
l be bill which causes this great oommo-
ton. proposes 70 pay a large amount Of
claims for losses alleged 70 have been in.
CURED 10 the rebellion Of 1897, aud since
tb'n presented to Government Some Of
these are from persons who had property
destroyed BY the insurgents, but IL is said
that tho greater part Of tho claimants we're
themselves implicated in the rebellion.
The blll provides that these claims shall
be pail by the United Provinces Most Of
the loss accrued in the Lower Province, and
the people Of the Upper Province where
the rebellion was less rife. arc indignant
that They should DO required to bear n part
OF The burden IN every district in the bro.
vince, public meetings have been held 10
remon'trate against the measure. Their
language has been warm. and cren violent
but the bill passed in the face Of these de,
monstrations, aud they will scarcely prevent
The Governor from giving his sanction to it
The ultra I1yahsts Of Canada are indig-
nant beyond measure a, this prospect The
Montreal Courier declares that tho bonds
II issued never win be paid-in o.hcr word.
TIA, tho debt II incurred. will be rcpudiat.
Cd Others threaten still more loudly. A
letter from Montreal IN the Toronto Patriot
closes with tbs mysterious intmation:
The rumor that bis Excellency will
reserve the bIl, Is more rte than ever. and
ne does thIs, the ministry must resign
and II he should sanction it. aud it should
hecomg tho law Of the land. what then :
Why 10 hazard a prophetic reply to so fear,
fui question should say. a CONVENTION
At KtSGsroN
At another public meeting resolutions
were passed TO the same effect and the
Montreal Courier. IN reporting them, says
The resolutions were received with
tremendous cheers. But one feeling ami.
mated the meeting and is shared By the
whole country; and that is never TO sub.
nit to the payment Of the rebels. Let the
Parliament pass the bill, let the Governor
sanction it IL he pleases, but phiie there is
arc and rife on the frontier, and Saron
hands 20 tcisld them, fhese losses ,ciR not
be paid.
Ii theSe extracts do not exaggerate the
spirit Of opposition to this measure, the at.
tempt to enforce it will create great disaf.
lection and may lead to disastrous conse.
quences.
The union Of Upper and Lower Canada
and the free trade policy Of Great Britain
have greatly weakened her hold upon the
affection Of these provinces The determi-
nation with which the party in power force
this obnoxious measure through the ParliA-
nent, has Disguised the ruyaliss, and made
them less attached than they have been to
their institutions As an indication Of this
feeling, We may notice long article ia the
Kingston Chronicle, 10 which the writer la,
Gors 70 show that the union or the pro-
viucos has made the British completely SUI
bordinate to the French inhabitants To
provide a remedy, the writer recommends
tue formation OF league for the repeal Of
the Unon lie says there are three alter
natives;
The first is reference to the pre- existing
system, With the exception that the princi-
pie Of responsible government should be con
tinucd
The second is severance Of the connec-
ton With England, and annexation 10 the
United States.
The third. federal union Of all the Bri.
ush North American provinces under the
domiaion Of our beloved Sovereign
The srst proposition he thinks. would be
going backward instead Of forward Ofihe
other two, he says;
The second proposition j. one by which
many able 'aen are Of opinion the material
prosperity q the country would be adyan-
ced. But when | look TO the fact tina,
Canada, uodsr the British govern n. emit ha,
advanced in hhy years both in population
aSd resources At greater ratio. spea king
Comparatively than the State Of New York
has done ia the same period am opposed
20 this alternative Our present institu.
tons are also b.yood dou bt preferable to
those which are purely republican
The third proposition is one which seems
10 me entitled 10 a. earnest approval. 90.
jeetions have, however, been made to i, on
very different grounds Oae class Of OBJ
jeeuonislI say this federal union Will make
the PROVINCES too strong They ell follow
the example Of the United States and be-
rg-.e tuga,aplaut Il. A..