The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-16
Canada Awakening.

The Boston celebration is working wonders
on the Canadian side of the line. For week
or two after its occurrence, the princely hosp-
tality and substantial wealth of ''the city of
Notions formed the theme of ecstatic lauda-
ton of editors and orators, who WED with each
other in doing the anende honorable for all the
unhandsome thoughts which they had been &C
customed to promulgate against the Americans
in general, and the Yankees in particular.
Their recantation of former heresies has been
carried TO an amusing extent. One writer, for
instance, gravey recorded his own discovery,
that American enterprise is not quite so ilimsy
as the BULL family had supposed it to be;
while another admitted the astonishment with
which he had gazed upon long lines of female
beauty, and his surprise at Witnessing palpable
refutations of the idea that American ladies are
faded at twenty-five!
These are some of the products of the Boston
expenditure of $4,000. But they are not all.
largely increased trade between that city and
Montreal, Toronto, and Hamilton resulted i'm
medately from the friendly intercourse, and if
no mischief intervene, will become permanent
in lis character-lt may be, to the detrlment
of New York. We learn still further that
some portions of the province are about to turn
to account in other ways the lessons learned
during the recent trip. The Toronto CORE
spondent of the New York Tribune, writing on
the 10th, says:
''Las night the city council held a special meet
ing to consider report of special committee re-
commencing the council to take stock to the
amount of s AGO. 600 in the Toronto and Guelph
railroad. The report was adopted unanimously
the INSTANTANEOUS vote that the council has como
to any important subject for the last ten years
The question has to be referred to the electors for
special vote but it will be carried by large
majority. The work iS of the first importance to
this city. 1t will bring all the trade of two three
intermediate ports to Toronto, each of which ships
more produce than this city. 1t is intended to tap
the Great Western line about twelve miles from
Guelph. doubt ifthe city of Toronto would have
taken dollars worth of stock in this line had the
railroad spirit not infused itself into the Canadian
visitors at the Boston celebration
Mayor BIGELow and his friends may well
congratulate themselves on this illustration of
their influence over their Canadian friends, who
are evidently rubbing their eyes with aston
ishment at their own drowsiness, while in close
proximity to so much activity and wealth. Let
us hope that the lesson will bring them to their
senses in other respects, and that we shall no
longer hear their constant taunts at "the Yam
KEGS" They would get on very poorly with
out us, as they are rapidly finding out.
The LIND fever is almost as violent at To
ronto just now as the railway fever. Both are
clearly infectious. The divine Jenny we
see, is TO be the guest of the city during her
stay an entire hotel has been rented for her
accommodation, and altogether she is to be
ieted and honored to her hearts content.
Taking all things into account, it really seems
probable that Canada does not intend to fall
asleep again in hurry. She has enough to
do, if she can muster nerve to do it.