New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-15
Greai Britain aud Canada.


the order Tor the election Of officers
Great Britain and Canada.
The Canada brings advices OF the determination
oGthc British Cabinet 10 cut Of the connection Win
Canada, and allow that country 70 70 ahead on hei
own hook This is announced By the Morning N
rertlser which though not the best Is stil good az
thority-and announced in terms so positive that
he ruth is quite probable Indeed the reasons
winch are said 20 have brought the Government q
that conclusion arc 50 pnlpabie and sufficient INA
All sensible and unprecedented men must admit tho
0rcc Canada. under the present system, costs
England million and half OF dollars every year
What is the return for this outlay Nothing solid
ouly the name and reputation Of empire, without
any other advantage than that Canada irmshes
hospital Tor broksndown politicians aud useless
scions Of nobility On the ether hand, there can b'
no doubt that Canada, annexed 70 The United
etates-sr Canadian Independence Is but The pre-
cursor vi Anne xaiion-wOuf consono great den
more O. the products Of British Industry than sh'
can ever do while KEEP, in colonial subsection II
other words, England win inevitably be better o.
without this expensive and not TOO tractSb.o colon!
than with
q To these considerations there II uo reply except
sentimental one, namely. the keeping up The m
tesl.iy Of the British Empire. the maintenance
the relation between mother aud daughter, Tn
psrpetus,ion to the loyoi subjects in the Colon''
OF the i1sttutons they have grown up under ar'
,nust ever love and venera,e This Is 10 doub'
fine iOr those that like IT, but It is sot OF tale that
anne, lone b.og hoRds possessed of natural cesi
ices Ia the fret place. he people OF Enela"'
camo, sturd to pay 80 dearly tr 50 ethereal @
satisfaction. and the Government 10 only WISE 4
has come g. the determination % cuunh whore b
eau IA time instead oi v sltine I'll more rodi,o
economies are insisted on. Ia tie second ias,'
the party ~ Canada which demands separate
Is already lar from weak. and must 'neNitshi.
grow stronger. Why. ,lcu, attempt aio slroeE,
az once with the necessities oil the people of tic
uother country and the will Vi line people the
Colony such a struggle could have hut one rc.
suit: II experience aud reason teach snytnns. d
Is tina, il must finish dlsasnoUsN iot The "o''H"
meni Gitcmpting Il besdc- the gam on the Shri
SIDE rs an unsu.werablo argument We don b,
hevs that al Enshshman oi sumphon eau ht
1saad who viii oonteid that the United States q,
rot NJ this moment 30 more Tor the prosperity o
Great Britain than they could by any possible,
have done had they remained her Colonies Nmi
ground can there be then, for hesrtstion with I,
gard u Canada
Nor can the people OF Carsds experience 81
violent disruption Of cherished Institutions by a.
nsxauon TO the United States What u loo, 81,
them Only the name OF belonging 10 hngland
cnly the having Queen and an Aus'oracy Owe
shem. Blu, We greatly mistake the temper and Tie
history Of the Ang Saxon race, II those are what
lis children. regsrd with the deepest affection
They NAV be dear 10 men horn and educated und,'
their influence, though colonis,s must N the eout'
1T time. ciing to them less closely than = they '
NAMED al home But what is most dear nay, VIA
s. quite essential and indispensable to a Bntshc
American freeman IS Liberty with Law susrie-
orier the hahess corpus. tnsl 10y lUry security Pea
person and property freedom O, religion. OF speec'.
ui prin,inS oi association, ol education. mos
arch and sn aristoCracy thst race may have ~ na>
sos have when urged isr enough may even No-
lenily remove and abolish; but these 1t must saa
VII have, always aud everywhere, aud therein COY
s'sIs ITS excellence and glory. Aud not one Of the,
thinss viii be lost To Canadians should they become
citizens OF this Republic.
II is absurd to suppose that national atsi,ies are
sandered by the sandcring o, artificial pohucslrs
tstio0s On the contrary sound political philos,-
ply sees IN the ending Of such the beginning o.
better times and truer intercourse for both parties
and the opened way 10Y sr more intimate h1sud
ship and fraternity in the future !, is arbitrary,
unnatural and contrary to the spiris Of the age, ,hSt
an Empire should thus be kept stretched beyond
its legitimate territorial boundaries That OIL sys
TEN is exhausted and refuses to work Ionger The
day came sor the United States three qusrters o.
a century agO il has Dow come nr Csnsds II Is
hau,ing on for the British Colonies both N The
East aud West Indies We are toad that free
Trade settled that question and decided that Enc
land should ensEciPste every one OF her many
Colonies from imperial tutelSse because II cut %
Ill the profit OF the connection. This is true tot
Free Trade was only the sx which severed the
bonds. not the force that struck the blow The des
sny Of things lay Ia that direction and this was
oae of its Instruments
From this We also have lesson TO learn Dis
tsnt colonies cannot q; this time ct day remain al
tschsa 20 the mother country. There must be \
direct communication between them or the.
ssoarats II we wish 10 keep Oregon and Can
ssaia, We must build the Pacific Railroad
" The forged drafts OF Mr.. Brown Inc
sbscosdins Loco,F co candidate ss DooskeePes o.
the House Of Representative, are said TO amount
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