Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-02
A Canadian DOughface.

1t has come to be an article of common be-
liel. that Commerce has neither heart nor
Conscience" The fact seems to receive con-
frmation from circumstances now operating
north of the Canadian line. The usual speech
from the throne, lately made to the Canadian
Parliament, congratulated the Canadians on
the Reciprocity Treaty, now consummated be-
tween that province and the United States
and the answer to the royal speech of course
reciprocated those congratulatory allusions.-
The original answer, however, was couched
in general terms 1t did not propose to do
anything outside of the treaty, to mark the
gratitude of the province for the lberality Of
Uncle Sam in permitting free exchange of
home commodities. Its mover was satisfied
with the terms of the bond, and did not pro-
pose to them anything as a peculiar mark
of its appreciation Of our generosity. A Mr..
Larwell, NJ. P for the Kent district, c. W.,
supplied the omission, however by moving
"That all the words after the word That
in the 18th paragraph be struck out, and the
following words inserted in lieu thereof: This
House viii gladly show liberal spirit and
friendly disposition toward the United States,
for their generous conduct in legislating upon
this matter, CReciprocity . and that in proof
of such disposition on their part, the Provin-
cial Legislature will hereafter exact from ne
gro immigrants poll tax equal in amount TO
that now imposed upon other foreigners-will
not incorporate any associations for the special
benefit of men of color as class, and will dis
courage the promotion of any institution, the
object and end whereof would be junction
with the Abolitiouists of the Northern States,
to br NC about severance of the American
Union
SO it seems that the doughfaces do not all
vegetate between Mason s Dixon's and the
Canada line They have at least one genuine
specimen of these "dirty dogs in the parlia-
ment of Canada. We do not know whether
the species is peculiar to our Anglo Saxon
race or not. 1t is certain that it produces
creatures of the kind with great facility, il the
same cause is brought into operation, namely,
commercial interest Our doughfaces stand
like dumb dogs before the Southern slave
holders, because they are afraid that they
would not purchase pork, corn, brogans, and
CdilCOg lIolA tuG 4NOItli, III tASAA AOSAOSbs II
they Cthe doughfaces) were to be manly and
independent in their politics. And this Mr..
Larwell, NJ. P, OVERLOOKING with gratitude to
our government, for receiving the privilege of
selling their pine logs and ponies to us, pro-
poses to eat Southern dirt, by taxing fugitive
slaves as they enter Yictoria's dominions.-
Mr. Larwell has evidently studied the philoso-
ply of United States politics. He knows that
we are governed by an oligarchy of slavehold-
ers; and, acting in the light of that know
ledge, he insults the spirit of freedom, as it
prevails at the North, and bows to the spirit
of slavery which prevails at the South, be-
cause he is well aware that it constitutes the
spirit and power Of our government. We
hope the fugitive slaves of Kent district will
soon be strong enough, politically, to reward
Mr.. Larwell for his obseq uious scoundrelism.