The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-12
Canadian EnterDrises and polSc<-


madam journals. may fairly be classed amongs,
the Pestlferous things in creation. They are
petty and personal-guided by no enlarged
principle, developing no lofty or consistent line
ot policy They have their beginning and
their end In vindictive hostility or sycophan,ic
obedience 10 the dictates of a minister, and are
characterized by more bad temper and bad taste
than, we verify believe, can be found in SIM
'lar space in any quarter OF the globe. We do
not presume to quarrel with the iancies of our
nelghbors IN the matter. They have clear
right to fight as they please. and about what
they choose, without molestation from This side
OF the line. We simply chronicle tact, as
certained to be such after toIerably regular
perusal of our exchanges from both sections Of
the province.
IL is gratifying TO notice, however,. lha,
though the professional politicians Garry on an
endless warfare upon each Others integrity. the
people OF the province are earnestly devo,ing
themselves to the development of its resources.
In manner that Well merits the attention of
the American journalist. Their ship canals.
the finest and most extensive in the world. will
by and by be completed by cut from the St.
Lawrence to Lake Champlain A line of rail-
road IS now In course Of rapid construction from
Hamilton, at the head of Lake Ontario. to a
point opposite to Detroit, running through
one of the finest wheat. growing sections If
the continent. Another line, stretching north
ward from Toronto to the Georgian Bav
WILL form direct route from the east 10
Lake Superior. Another, starting from piont
near to Buffalo, and terminating at G rode.
rich on Lake Huron, will at no remote dav
prove powerful competitor for the carryinp
trade OF Wisconsin and the Northwest. A pro.
Jected lire from Cobourg, on Lake Ontario.
horthward. will open to the New York mer-
chant vast lumber country, and one in parts
rich In iron ore. One yet more extensive than
any of these has just been sanctioned bv the
Parliament, who have given guarantee Of
Si2,oUo per mile for a railway extending west.
ward from Montreal to Hamilton, where it will
connect with the Great Western. Under SINH
lar guarantee the lost links of the chain from
Montreal to Quebec will also be supplied: and
this, again, is to be extended to the coast of
Nova Scotia. cargo of wheat, shipped at
Mlwaukie, has passed through the Canadian
canals, down the St. Lawrence, and across the
Atlantic without transhipmen, That was
considered great feat at the time. 1t will
excite little remark when a passenger. tok;no
his seat on the banks of the St. Clair vii, he
enabled to ride behind the iron horse to Hall
fax as the shortest cut to Europe.
These railroads will ponr ga rici, and con
tihuous flood" Of commerce npon the bosom
OF Lake Ontario The business men ef Ros,,n
and New York have their eyes upon it already.
Inc railroad from the former city to Ogdens-
burgh-ihe road from Oswega TO Syracuse--
the projected road from Sodus Bay smtbword
!n'efsectlng the Erie road and running on to
fhiiadelPh'a-ths road from the lake to Ro
chester, and It's extension through the Genesee
Nailey-a'l these are evidences of the growing
importance of the Ontario trade, and of the de-
sire OF our Northern men to participate in. ,s
advantages. That the competitions, active as
IL Is, does not rely upon merely fancifnl caIcu
iations, is apparent from the relative amounts
OF the commerce of the ports most directly con
cerned. thus the imports of wheat at Oswego
nearly doubled in 1852, as compared with the
previous year, while the imports of lumber rose
from 4o,oo2,7 100 feet to 4S,7lO, 955 feet. And
Inc earnings of the Ogdensburgh Railroad,
which In the year ending October LIST, 1851.
amounted 10 1921 les sc, have this year ad
vanced to S436,07s II.
The possession Of great national resources,
and the prospective advantages of long lines of
railroad, do not satisfy the Canadians. They
yearn tor reciprocity with the United States
and their first minister, growing angry al the
failure OF his efforts TO procure it, lately under
took to drive the American Government into
the concession OF it. He pledged his repu-
tation" that by virtually excluding American yes
sells from the canals, and by imposing differental
duties on goods imported from or through this
country, he could exact reciprocity without fur
'her delay. The proposition was secuted al the
moment by Canadians better acquainted with
the American character than himself: and after
lime was repudiated by Western Canada
generally, as plan calculated only to add 10
the cost of its imported articles. The Minis
ter paused, and few days ago the ,elegrap h
apPrized US that he had resolved to pause vet
longer, in the expectation that Democratic
SohBieso, having DeInOcrallc PRESIDENT elect,
will coDcede all that Canada requires The
Geographic despatch conveyed the impression
that the threatened retaliation yet hung in
terrore'a over our heads, but we learn from the
Quebec correspondence of the Montreal Herald
that this is not the case. The writer dating
the 4th instanD says:
1.-The change in the numerical policy Of the
country isevidentiy postponed altogether, so far as
the spring business is concerned while the charac-
ter oftbe measure itself has been whitfield down to
avery fine point siDce lite first announcement As
regards the canals, instead of placing tolls on
American vessels passing the Welland equal to
those levied Canadian vessels passing all the
way down 10 Montreal, Mr.. Hincks stated the
ether night that he only to increase the tolls
Of the Welland to the extent that the trade will
besr-that is to say to such rate as, after paying
freight TO the sbip-owner, will still make the Wei.
land route more advantageous than any other.
There seems nothing like retaliation in this
Last night again he stated that bis diferential d
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