New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-20
CANADA.

From Our Own Correspondents.

From Our Own Correspondents
TORONTO, Wednesday, Feb. H. 1850.
Two members of the reconstructed Cabinet
have been reelected, by reclamation, in their old
constituencies Mr.. Ca0chon, Commissioner of
Crown LaDds; and Mr.. Lemieut Commissioner
of Public Work.. TIE new Provincial Secretary
Mr. Cartier, is not 80 fortunate; he has TO contest
his seat in Parliament against a Mr.. PrefOntane
of the Rouge party. 1t is generally conceded that
Mr. Cartier need have little fear of being defeated
His election will be over before the House ress
sembles on the 23d. 1t is understood that the
Opposition are mastering all their forces, with the
intention Of doing all in their power to bring about
ministerial crisis; but do not anticipate that
they will succeed. One of the evils of our system
is, that about onehalf of the speeches made 10
Parliament, ON any and every subject, totally
rreleyent TO the question in hand, and are directed
against the Administration, or some particular
member Of IT, with the view of rendering it Odious
and, if possible, Of breaking it down. Three
iourths of all the motions made are for Is Dcombe,
and aim only at effect; while nearly the whole Of
the speecbifyiDg is intended for the constituency,
which, thanks to the discretion of the reporters,
ard the limits Of newspapers, seldom, except in
very diminished quantities, reach the dear people
You will easily perceive that In this state Of tho
case il is almost mpossible to get anything dis
cussed on its merits. Parliamentary orators, an
the latitude Of Quebec, have fashion Of saying
not SO much what they think az what they hope
will be popular, or effective for party purposes.
Every man thinks himself capable Of filing every
imaginary Office; and men hardly fit for copying
clerks think it quite in the line Of their ambition
to aspire to the Attorney -Generalship. Thus ws
have sorry crowd Of asprants for the highest
Offices who eternally chatter nonsense on every
conceivable subject, from the fixing of boundary
line to Tom Smiths lot to the proper method OF
taking Seyastopol. Fully threefourths of the time
is taken up by the opposition, who want TO get
into power and see no plan 80 cheap and effective
rs talking their way to the object of their ambi-
ton. Tie operation is however abundanty
costly TO the country but what of that The op-
position, no matter what its complexion, always
plays the game Of patrlOtsm il is eternslly sacri'
fcing itself for the people. For the love of the
people these patriots quit their quiet-or unqliet,
o. the case may be--homes; for the love Of the
people they sacrifice their own comfort by talking
or listening 10 nonsense night after night till long
beyond the hour Of midnght for the oyeOf the peo-
pie some Of Them whODever made half 50 much 10
their lives before yield up their valuable tine %
the altar of their country for six dollars day, and
pickings and stealings for the love of their coun-
try they keep up an eternal hunt after Office, and
for the love Of their country they abandon then
selves to the utterance of imprecations when once
eludes their sleepless, failing pursuit. In
short, the business vi the bulk OF those who arc
sent to represent the people in Parlamenth 70
make and unmske ministries, not 70 attend to 1ss
public interest; to get Offices for Themselves ana
friends, ard not to carry out any other principles.
II is at the beginning Of session that folly hoSs
her carnival. The mae of the business is genersiy
done in the last few days OF session. For seveia
weeks from the commencement IL is generahI
impossible to get division, unless it be snatcned
from members by reducing them to exhaustion;
keeping them up night after night, I'll long aIe'
midnight, and when the active minority 10 80 &c.
duced that il can bold out no longer, vote BAY
be obtained. Such Ie the wsys OF the eehcel'