The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-15
Ger slOctrcai Cerrespoaaeaes.

Yhe Iu1nNattos of 0,u Electoral Couiests-Soc,d!,
f'oiuioi, and Commercial Condition Of The Coowy-
Coion,o! Disabilities a~d Apprenticeship Reef
uot,fy the Americans ough' to Denarf, and its
Future Rss,l,s-C Canadian Opinions of KoSsxth
and Ane,.ccn Internationally Iniyoveme~ts-
MarksS-Ueather, &C., &c.
Our electoral contests have terminated for the
cycle osfour years. and society has again resumed
its norma. condition of colonial torpor la Western
Canada where intellectual vigor is better developed,
the contests we're conducted with animation, and In
the agitation Of the political surface, some men who
had long enjoyed influence and office were swal'
lowed up aad sunk. Messrs. Baldwin and Price,
two Of the leaders Of the CT deroM liberal school,
were d,astsously defeated upon their selected po-
sitions upon the identical fields where they had 80
often previously trumphed In other localities, the
smaller fry Of village politicians achieved vctory,
or sust Aimed defeat, in accordance vita tho mea-
sure Of their personal popularity. The indifferent
spectator whose feelings were uninterested in the
local AMI individual incidents of the respective oon
tests would seek in vain for enlarged and compre.
hensiye principles Of action AS colonis.s, our fu
ture is embraced in inevitable incorporation In
your rergblic. Yet, with th, destiny before US,
which tae most relentless colonial enemy of the
nited STATES has the candor to confess is drawing
closer year after year. few Of the apraats for pub
lie confidence adopted elective institutions as their
motto, or csasured the centralizing theory OF the
government. It is favorite form OF speecl with
those lovers Of Office whose intsrest il 10 to
foam ove- with loyalty, that our system OF
government 10 an exact transcript OF t1a bril-
fish constitution. This dogma has been repeated
so losi.y anj confidently that the unreascting
masses credit the asse rtion. "A calmsr ana more
impast.a, iaVestigation constrains the confession
that the popular delusion is devoid Of reality We
are but colonial slaves, with gilded letters. We
pukr aa n
attributes os nationality. The highest military
rank TO w1ica we can aspire is that OF colonel OF
militia We are excSded from the army, the
navy, the diplomatic service, the itngnsa oa. aao
the English church. We may tax ourselves, i is
true, AM appoint our own provincial ohce-aolders;
but whe1 ws enter upon the practical hsld OF
foreign commerce, o. home manufactures, VI arc
warned ty a commission from the Colonial Secre-
tary that oa- commercial and manufacturing in
teresta mUs- - subordinate to those OF England
This wan os unani,rity amongst coonia. popu-
laton .Sc1 the question of foreign trade, or pro-
lection 70 das;ve industry, could not arrest tue pro-
yress OF tae country. ifthe will of the soriy
decisive; bat when third and dominant party,
like Lng'a1I inte-venes, our disunion IS .asal aad
It il positively hopeless to expect that our pros.
perity, Commercial or manufacturing, can be as
sureG, ualil 9our mighty western population burst
the barriers Of our navigation and tTanple under
foot tbs symbols Of our European subjectiou
You a:e upon the eve Of discussions connected
with the question Of procity.a question wherein
is involved the measure Of our colonial existence;
and tae knowledge o. that fact prompted co.o1'sts
Of resolution and ABILITY to remain silent, while
they watched with interest the game in the hands
Of two powerful nations. There is no disgusting
the fac. that you require the free use OF the river
st. Lavseace and the fisheries ami it is equally
certain tassi you demand the free admission of
your p,ouUct5, such as sugar, tobacco cotton, and
rice upo1 the basis of reciprocity, that your de.
mands vii. be conceded. When We havs reached
that stage Of existence when we are surrounded
with tas material necessaries of life, and all the
elements which qualify people to embark in
manufacturing, society will be prepared to assert
the rigat to project the manufacturer, and COM
munity os Interests will prompt the Americans to
aid tae colsoists in indicating that right-rhen
that dag comes, England will retreat TO the citadel
Of Quebec. and, like GIBRALTAR there will be free
trade ia English fabrics as far as her guns reach
IL is not easy TO predict the ultim alta corse.
auencss Of such free trade between America and
Canada: aud it would be unsafe to assert that the
existing customs duty Of twelve and. a.haif per
cent Upon imported fabrics, weud not suffice to
protect the fabrication Ct cotton cloths here Last
sumne- mercantile house in Montreal made an
experiment Of importing for Mobile al equal
number o. bales OF cotton wool for their friends in
Lowell. Massachusetts. and Sherbrooks, Eastern
Canada and it was sscertained that the raw
material could be de-irered In Shsrbrooke for
lower psise than az Lowell. Now, II Canada,
mill privileges run 70 waste in two thousand locali-
ties and manual costs here less than half the
sum il does 10 the United States If suca be faith
ful picture of capabilities, the obectcr will in
quirs way, We neglect cur obvious interest! Inc
for the sale OF our fabrics. and we cannot secure
market, and consequently we cannot become .
manufacturing people, until we have tree admls-
on into your republic for our fabrics The adopt
ed policy &C England il 70 render that country the
workshop OF the wor.d-to realize that idea, she
extrpated maEuactures from three -fourth3 OF Ire
iand-c.usaed the mill owners in iadia-impov efsh-
ed her farming classes, and is now compelling
three hundred thousand Of them to become exiles
each year. How far that policy will enable her
to withss nd the demands of another war remains
l. 1ot,n nvn1 AaAo ~
the value Of landed estate, are anomalous proofs
of prosperity; nevertheless the Manchester school
express content, nay almost JOY, and they count
upon American and Canadian demand for their ia
brics, as q rich ied for future operations. The
progress that you. Northern, aye, and your South
ern states, have made in manufacturing during
the two past years, ought to damp the hopes OF
school Of Manchester. and teach them that other
nations fancy themselves quite as well qualified as
England TO fabricate cotton clothing If this pro-
cess be 30 beneficial to Ecgland, it ought not to be
less 80 to the Americans who grow the raw material
or to the Canadians VINO can furnish labor upon as
moderate terms as Lancashire. have entered
into this subject at greater length than letter
might justify, because it will become eventually
the turning point OF our destiny. NO issue can
arise upon political grounds to rouse our popu,a,
tion to revolt. Engla will grant us unooundea
license in social con binations. We may become
purely democratic tomorrow il the colony makes
the demand; but we are expected to remain subser-
Went to the interest of the Manchester mon, and
their present aim is to reduce our customs duties,
and menace your northern frontier WITH contra,
band trade in English goods Your senate and
Congress may checkmse them, by granting reel.
proci.y condtionally upon the free admission of
American products, and the freedom Of the 81
Lawrence and the fisheries. This policy will rea-
lie every object sought for by the United states
and in ton years the colony will become so saturated
with American sentiments, that it will enter the
confederation as a natural necessity
The ecao Of kossuth's harangues have reached
this Northern region: but We are too tar removed
from the fascinating influence OF the orator, to oe
moved BY mere impassioned declamation Ills
Grafton bsiore the municipal authorities OF New
York was a magnificent specimen of special plead
ing, and stamped him as man of rare and brilliant
parts but when the froth snd foam is blown ASIDE,
and we lock calmly into the depths below, We shud-
der when we Acct that the excited feelings OF the
hour aas sane the desperate resolve to embroil
America in the turbulent arena of European petics
rng,and's case is memorable warning. she ex.