New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-13
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
The Government and the French Progress
Party.

The Government and the French Progress
Party.
Montreal Correspondence ofIhe Tribune
MONTREAL, Saturday, June l. 1850
The telegraph places you in possession OF all in
portant acts of the Provincial Legislature al Toron.
To as they transpire, hence from here it is merely
requisite to communicate the political repercusson,
catching the reflection of French Canadian opinion
as it passes ever the surface of society.
Sufficient evidence has transpired since the open-
ing of Parliament that the Cabinet find themselves
as strong ss ever in the support OF their venal
ales-ior in this Province, unbsppily, the reverse
Of your system obtains-msny of the representa-.
tives hold Offices Of emolument, ard the majority
fall under the classification OF Lord Carteret, few
are found there but have something to hope for or
something to fear = hence they have personal mo-
tives which prompt a servility, now become too
common place to cause much comment. Mr. Papi
neau is one Of the honorable exceptions aud be re-
appears upon the scene with all the vgor, energy
end eloquence OF bis best days. When the ques-
ton came up upon Col. Princes petition for the In
dependence Of Canada, which the Cabinet resolved
tosmoiher, he concluded brilliant speech Of which
the following is but feeble translation;
"But the days of the Ministry are already num-
bered and the mendaciOus system of pretended re-
sponsible Government-thanks to which they sue
ceeded in bumbugging their partlsans-sinks even
now into ridicue and contempt. They violate even
now the fundamental right of all constitutional rep
resentative countries,-that Of petition-and this
last outrage, in exposirg tkeir iniquities, will
tighten the people as to the proper value OF them
and their system. In vain a venal press will mask
their conduct-n vain do they extract for one Of
their writers (Mr. Cauchon, NJ. PIP. Editor Of the
Journal de Quebec a sum of 600 from the Trini-
tv House Of Quebec under preteXt OF legal advice,
which the Trinity House never asked. They know
also that this same man received money for aiding
In the enactment of law, and that Court OF JUS
tee stigmatised the fraud as shameful lniqulty,
and Illegal and that he had no right to exactremune-
| ration These facts, so dishOnoring to Parliament
which receives such men into its bosom, must con-
tribute 70 render the Ministry and their supporters
! appreciated at their proper value. what IS the
! FIRST source OF this scandalOus poicyl-where seek
the germ of this coruptionl Ii is In the so called
| RESPONSIBLE Government, that know not how to
| define It's in the sacrifice that the Chamber vol
unfairly makes, at the commencement OF each Par.
lament oil it's rights Of its independence, and of its
power, in favor OF half dozen petty tyrants, which
| II elevates above ITSELF who manipulate the coun-
try at their pleasure during four years. Such a
system is disastrous and arbitrary and TO day, as at
ali times shall reproye it with all the energy OF
conscience
Such sentiments falling from the lips Of Mr.. Papi
neau, bespeak the estimation in which the Cabinet
and their policy are held by the French Canadian
progress party Of which he is their recognised lead
err. 1t is in truth difficult TO explain to your read
ers, the defects Of this hybrid.named Responsible
government 1t means everything for the office hol-
ders, nothing for the masses AS an instance Of the
reasoning of its advocates in their zeal to prove
enjoyment Of sefgovernment-they cite the fact,
that the Rebellion losses bill, which was peculiar.
ly Objectionable to many ColOnists, was not disal-
lowed by the Home Government isregarding
the inference--that if we enjoyed selfgOvernment
no reference to the Imperial authorities would be
tolerated The Governors speech has received
little mercy at the hands Of the Young Canadian
press-one of them, the Sentinelle du People, says
"The reader who has CHANGED to examine the ad-
mirable documents in which the Governors of each Of
the states ofthe adjoining Republic, naugurated the
lsbors of the representatives OF the people, will be
struck with the profound insignihcance Of the pro-
duciion which our Ministers put In the mouth Of
the Governor. Instead Of being, as with our neigh
bors sn able account Of the administration Of the
country-our speech from the Throne, is a stale
application Of a perpetual theme-OfpromIses new.
er reahzed-sessoned with few realities, more or
less new introduced to give force to high sounding
phrases
1t concludes it's remarks az follows:
"His Excelency asks the subsidies 20 be voted
and then lectures the Annexationists, telling them
that the great majority Of the people Of tue Prov
ince are opposed to the doctrine his Excelen.
CIV were to seek sincere and fair opinion from the
country upon this point, by universal suffrage and
vote by ballot it would be seen whether she is as
much attached to the connection IS a0ataine pre-
tends.
LAvenir, an ably conducted Journal OF the
same school, was excluded from the Quebec Ca
madam aittute at the nstigston five priests in
the hopes of checking its circulation and lessening
its influence in that district; bat contrary results
have happened, az in the last issue the Editor men.
tons the fact and asserts tia. the subscription list
improved in Quebec since the persecution In his
parliamentary summary he notices the design OF
Sir A. McNab' to disinter The corpse Of the Re-
belion Losses bill and fight ag ain over the body.
That such would be the tactics Of the Opposition
correspondent informed you before the meeting OF
Parliament Referring 10 the circumstance, L. I've
mr. observes that unfortunately encouraged by
the soft Hbecility the Government in 1872 these
men think they can renew this year the memorable
disasters, Of which they were the authors last
year" There ia no doubt that the locality favors
the attempt, and Sir A. McNRb" is no, a man to
shrink from any bold act in political warfare which
would damage an antagonist. The studied exolu.
SION from the opening speech OF al mention Of the
Ssiguiorial Tenure has occasi0ned some fsrmeni 10