Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-30
W.. Io5soS CiAREr, Sec'ry.

TIE CHANGE ADMINISTRATIONS rs CayA1I.-Tba
breakup OF the Hucks Administration in Canada rand
though II has at last been could scarcely srprisc any
That had Weighed with ih5 conuoDest care tho results
the late elections Map the Immediate necessity for the
dissolution OF tho late Parsment-ihs dsavor into which
the Ministry had fallen only with the late Pariaep,
but with the pubcthe cornbin alton OF party
70 their proceedngs-a directly tended towards tho in
eTitable conclusion, that it would be impossible much
longer TO brave the feeling Of odium that had been in
Cured The Parliament; took the earliest opportuni
~ OF showing its sense OF their demerits Not that We
can by any join in all the denuuciatons that have
been Illuminated against Mr. Hincks and his colleagues
and agains, Lord Elgin himself 10 the main we
believe they right But they were unfortunate in
certain Of their arrangements Of public business They
mos: unfortunate in delaying until last june the
opening OF the Parliament which ought have taken place
in February. Lord Elgn's and Mr. Uinck "a sbs.rco j.;
bngand, was the unavoidable Of that and being on
the public business Of the Colony il might have be.n Or
cused-ont advantage was taken OF it, they had the mis-
fortune 10 encounter the dispeasure OF majority of the
House OF Representatives, comprising men OF both mar
ties; and the consequence defeat which was thongbt
70 warrant an appeal TO the constituencies we-the
appeal was mado-nade with all the advantages OF the
prestige OF power aud psronage and II resulted dssa
tousy They we're beaten the address in answer TO
the Governors speech was debaed-beaen on the very
threshold OF the session. not only the but
on question Of privilege that had hri5en They found
themselves in fact completely powerless The result OF
the Elections showed that they had lost the confidence of
tue pubc-the very opening Of the session showed that
they did not possess the good will Of the Parliament we
say the good U because there resouteneaJ-w- had
almost said fudentssin resisting their most reasonable
Whes which could only be accounted for on that vround
twas Mr. linckss last complaint resgnng the oIica
he held, and which certainly he had ably filled tbnt
they would not give him twenty four hours in which 10
consider how he aud his colleagues to turn them
selves "Out-out you shall CO." the CRY that was
raised against them. The majority sgAnst him felt
they had giants strength, aud they did not care how
tJranuOus II might DO 70 IL like a giant They
put forth their power at once and at they pre-
vailed. -
The accession Of Sir Allen Macnab 10 Office a. srcos,
sor 70 Mr. Hincks b just Of those strange political
events which sometimes arise out Of political confusion
Sir Aan, II Is true, is experienced politician No
one, perhaps, understands Canadisn politics better than
Sir Allan. lie il veteran In Canadian statesmapsbin
BIO Is or used to be- enthusiast In Canadian
But tempora mutantur. Times are indeed changed For
Sir Allan Macnab g actually eating up some of the
most dearly cherished principles Of bis whole public life
before Who, for instance, has had greater horror of
free trade, than Sir Allan? Yet he forming free
trade Administration. Who vigorously opposed
than ho tho seculsrzlon oil the Clergy Resorvo5Y Yet
he Is making that the basis Of a Ministry.
Tho fact IT, Sir Allan Mscnab, like many Others before
himnot excepting the great Sir Robert Peel himself
has come 20 tho ndispehsibleDess Of yielding 10 the
spirit Of the ago. He has made virtue Of necessty-
Ths secularzson Of the Clergy Reserves must be- aec.
ted-t impossible longer TO resist II. IN then Il
must needs be DONE why may not he do H. as we'll as an
otherf May not he, Conservative aud Churohman do
Il safer and better than anoiber2 Such are improb,
ably, the cogatiops Of his mind-sueh, doubt IL the
composition Of the "Aatesng junction. which he ,poes
as a corrective Of any misaivlogs OF compunouons.
The fact IT, men-even the most obstinate men-groC
wiser By experiences They find that they oannot sop
the progress OF the human mind-tho development Of
human sc'|on--ths putting forth ofbuman euergies