New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-07
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
SYMPTOMS of Revolution 1Ianife-to from To-
routo-The Clergy Reservrs-Egeci Of the
DIGESTION npen the Independent Movement
The Radical observation-disclosures
Attorney -t.fDerni, DC.

Canada possesses all the symptoms OF an ar
uroaching revolution The annexation movenieat
is bot tie Development OF deep rooted feeling the
growth Of years. forced into state oi maturity 10y
the position Of seifdependence m which imperial
legislation has placed the colonies Toronto .
about 20 fellow the example Of Montreal IN ia
suing nm Address 70 the People Of Canada in favor
Of Annex alton 70 the United states. The Annex
alton Association 1T late meetings hsve had under
consideration the draft u Manifesto, and u s Un
derstOOd that the document wall be issued ia ie~
davs In Hamilton, .he city ID Upper Canada next
20 Toronto IN population snd wealth and superior
10 Il in commerce. steps are being taken TO form an
Annexati Association. Az that city priv at'.
convention Of Annexation Delegates viii shortly
meet 10 take steps Tor ads sncIng the canse they
have espDused II understood that Hamilton j.
~ follow close after Toronto In yrOnolgrting It's
views on the subject Of Annexation by issuing {"
manifesto The Annexation element u iOfcng u
self into all our affairs public and private u T.
the test question in all Parliamentary and Munci'
nal elections the never ending theme Oh pun ~
dissuss,on and private conversation. Evcrybnd.
here feels TINT the COLONEL condition IS ~ rs na'ure
orJv Temporary that these Provinces viii one da!
become independent aud tina, no possible manage
mon. met or even indulgence on the part OF tl9
pareDt state can long delay the iulillment Of on'
destiny COLONIAL loyalty has truly been charac
acterlzed az loose principle. II IS IN truth on
anotber term for selfinterest. There IS nothing
lefty, noble or chyalrc about At
The most skeptical OF the Upper Cansds reform
ers begin TO feel that there is meaning IN whai
they hitherto egarded as empty sound FreEci
domination" The treaty Of Paris by which Cana
da was ceded 10 Great Britain preserves To the
French all the rights 10 property granted Tor reh
s,iOus purposes, which they enjoyed under the a.
gninioa Of France. The property held M virtue 81
chs treaty, by the Roman Catholic Church IN Lo"
Il. al ma - nrnlalfI
100000 The property held by Protestant demon
nations in PIPER and Lower Canada and original
Iy set apart BY the State. is held by entirely dlcr
ent tenure, The solemn guarantee OF an internat'-
al treaty being wanting. The attempt tn endow
an exclusive Church with this property, one se'
entb of all the surveyed lands, was Tong since allan
doned and division Of the annual proceeds amonp
a few leading denominations was made. THIS set
Element sf the question was peculiarly CALLING I
the initiated non recipient determinations, who ere
now making Western Canada, from eDe end to th'
other ring with their demands TO have all the mo
ney arising from the sale of these clergy reserve
paid into the Provincial Exchequer and devotee
to general secular purposes Within the pale
the recipient denominations 1t Is not surprising thai
many are TO be found who take another and direct
ly opposite view OF the matter While the lOrmcl
are urging upon the Government with violence
peculiar 10 all questions embracing at once the 20
ltical and religious elements to put end TO thu
subsdizing of the priesthood the latter meet then
with the threat" You shall not touch the clergy
reserves aud rectOrles. unless you also take iron
them all the property now held by the Hoinai
Catholic Church, and which is Just as much Puoh'
property AZ that held by the Protestant densnna
tons" Whether this threat has any effect un tn
Government, which is pledged u action on the cler
gy reserves 1t is difficult to say but the sOspl
cons OF their Supporters are becoming awakcne'
~ the matter These suspicious, II would be use
less 10 deny, are strengthened by the fact that The
Government have suffered two years To capS
since their installation into Office, and no movement
whatever has been made ON this question, q
which, ol all others. their Upper Canada supporter
feel most acutcy.
am thus particular in describing this coniro
versy (which has formed the staple OF Reform pob
ticisns for q quarter ol a century, and THIS tact
because the issue OF that controversy VIII have
most important bearing on the question OF CANADIAN
Independence. To keep the question unsetllc'
two years longer. would tie to whlrl into the rank
OF the Anne y ationists the whole rank and file @
the dissatisfied party, whose patience IS ALREADY
nearly exhausted, aud their tempers would be sour
ed beyond the hope Of recovery by any less vloen'
and eiiectusl remedy than political revolution J.
Is questions like this which shake the very iounda
tioas Of political society which, IN the hands oi tn
skIlful politician will be made the lever Tor over
throwing the colonial system IN Canada
The Annexstionists dream only OF quiet reyo
there be not in the country q vcry large class wiz
arc Determined to uproot the whole oi tins system
Of CLERICAL bribery, as they regard H. at whateNci
cost and at whatever sacrifice But ceen an early
settlement of tins much-ycNcd and irritating qucs
ton would rc,n0N ONLY cue Of the causes oi enlblt
tered political agitation, the continuance Of who
would assist IN developing the latent desire ior an
dependence
utter disorg ANIMATION The British America
League, formed 10 cement the conservative party
had divided II into two, one Of which clmgs 10 ia,
old platform the other aud 10y far the larger havn.
declared Tor elective institutions, and otherwise
hihltcd decided democratic tendencies The mex
step will carry them into the annexation ranks
The Ministerial party is scarcely less divided. Tn
great mass OF the party, by whose suiirages tn
government WAS called into being. complain OF III,
non. progressive aud moi sufficiently democratic pol
icy of the Government the party IS in fact dIVidiug
hike the Tories aod the disorg AIMING process con
tinue we shall som witncss the anomaly OF Go,
ernnlont protesting to be free, oppsediu sentInsn'
To the great mass OF the population The great cues
ton Is, or soon will be Can the radical party hns
standing ground between the platform ii the pre-
sent government and annexation THIS is a dh
cut question 20 answer but let look al the prob
abilities, Where are the leaders pt whom is thc
new radical government 10 b. tormed7 There ar
Malcolm Cameron late Commissioner oi Publ,
Works Or Rolph Executive Councillor 6pr = few
ward somehow implicated in the rebellion, Nj.
Merritt now President OF the Executive Council
j. I. Macdonald Solicitor General West; Hon
H. u. Boalion clever lawyer and politician, al,
once Chief Justice a, Newfoundland; all thes,
mshtee made available in forming new govern
nieo' taking tor Its platform the radical opinions
The community aud stopping short OF annexation
liza SoNernment of such men and with such plat
Eogm cannot be ,ouui there needs no prophct u tel
that Canadian independence is not lar distant IN
all Soverameat on the prcscn, system will become
impossible
II is believed by those best informed ou the sub
jcct that Parliament viii not meet til the Openia,
Of navigation, as the freach members refuse 4,
conie dariRg the Winter.
Mr. BALDWIN, Attorney General West. has hsen
seriously indlsposed for some time past. he is NO
permitted to transact any business. even 10 Sc,
amy Que on business matters. The cares Of ofsce
and the opposiion Of his llatc) political friends ar,
said To be the cause. IL has been whispered that
the Governor wishes 20 force on his Cabinet the
appointment OF Mr. W. Il. Robinson member o
tae ola sfamly compact" 10 an efhce IN the Gov
eramept; and some think that this explains m