New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-28
CANADA.
LORD ELGIN-sIR ALLAN MACNAB.

LtgeIetlV6 OnlOn Det"ccn CPPcf dnu IV"ci
Canada, and not for Federal or Legislative
Union between the Cansdss and all the other
Colonies, in order, as Lord Brougham and Sir
Robert Peel said in 1893, to create power In
North America ready TO act in oPposit on to the
United States. The peoples Of Europe and Amer
lea lave no real cause to be opposed to each
other. Why should their rulers have
Before I speak more directly of the Union OF
the Canadas in 1910 and its repeal, however, L
will briefly aIluse to the several parties IN up
DER Canada, and describe Baron Elglns last
movements; they are Illustrative OF our system
I. There are those among us who do their
very beet in an indirect uay TO make British con-
nection ooious, and yet cOntrive to shine among
the brightest stars in lOyalty's firmament--they
are for borrowing and squansering all they
can-snd you find them always filling the latest
Offices high in the executive council, giving and
taking lucrative contracts, ever voting corruptly
in the Legislature, and loudest in favor OF what
ever fully the man at the helm may have been In
duced to patronize. What California of wealth
these precious bypocrites fathers, sons aud part
ners have cleared from our railways canals, lands,
banks and Offices
Q There are those also who by birth, education,
and habit are warmly attached to Britain as the
land of their birth OF their ancestors, and dis
posed 10 support whoever will profess in loudest
tones their love of loyalty and royalty. No.
generally acts with No !. Others, however, OF
like principles as this second class believe in the
efficacy of few unimportant changes-they covet
a connection with Lower Canada, many Of them
railing the while at the manners and management
of Lower Canadians
g. A third, and they are numerous class, are
eagerly engaged in increasing their worldly wealth,
hut will take no care about Governments, unless
out Of such distractions should arise an army of
tax-esiherers, in which case No. 3 would 90 into
opposition.
A. No. 4 are attached TO some one or other of
our ninety-Dine religious sects and if 4" the
church" is right and No as worldly affairs pros
porous, other sublunary matters are unbeed'd, or
else they go politically with their religious adj
yisers-often State pensioners.
s. On q fifth division, really DESTROYS of ra-
tioDa reforms and civil and religious liberty, with
equality before the law, and who have sacrificed
much so disunite Church and State, aud to secure
10 every child among us all education that would
qualify him or her for the important duties at
tacbed to representative institutiOns-On this
division devolyes the task of opposing the corrup
fiops of the Colonial system. Most of the No. 5s
say they would prefer Upper Canada by itself to a
come ction with the hereditary bOndsmen of Mis-
souri, or the hereditary legislators of England but
some are "ADnexatiODsts"
have always been of the opinion that to =" let
"well enough alone is the part of wisdom bat
Eneland's ruler seems resolved that whatever can
be done in the way of government to crush all that
ia noble, free and manly in Canadian Institutions
shall be done That such is not the desire of the
English people must be evident to all who have
witnessed their struggles for Parliamentary and
Administrative Reform during the last half cen
fury but the people neither choose the Lord
Raglans Of the East nor the Lord Elgins of the
West. Aristocracy rules.
Allow me to portray the true character of some
Of our political institutions over here:
OF our Legislative Council spoke last week.
Perhaps no greater fraud was ever perPetrated
upon any people
Our Legislature meet, say in June, 1854, Lord
Flen is Goyernor-it is the last year of Parlia-
uept; the fourth year-there is much business on
band-inQury is feared-fraud, too, in high quar-
tiers, NAV be detected-a motion is made for reform
in Church and State-the Government party are
outvOfed in Assembly on the seventh day OF the
session, and by our sham system OF responsible
government every executive councillor should
have gone out of Office instantly aud the party in
the majority have filled their chairs.
What was the course taken think you
The agent of the British Cabinet sent for MIR.
Francis hincks an lrishman who had exhibited as
many phases in politics as there are points to the
compass, and for John Ross, who says ditto to
seize upon the public money not voted for supplies
and use it as be pleased to send other 81 100000
Of debeDtures to London, unknown TO the Legis-
lature, for the Grand Trunk Railway speculation
which moneys he and Mr. Hincks had advised
Messrs Glyn g. Co., the Province agents in Lon
don, few weeks before, to use illegally to kick
the Legislature out of doors at fifteen miu-
utes notice, although nearly eighteen months had
elapsed since the previous session had met, and
to hold no session, and TO hang on by the
Executive Council, whom the Assembly had just
condemned, if they would join him in this game.
Why Hincks agreed any one who knows the gam
bier may readily guess; but why did Rolph say
ave and why did Mr.. Brown of The Globe unite
with Sir Allan Macnab, few months thereafter,
in fulsome vote of thanks TO this same Lord FL.
gin for his political conduct, Sir Allan, who had
helped Il may well say it) to kick his Lordship In
lS49 actually proposing the very dscreditable adj
Dress
Why do refer to these events They show by
facts the working Of our institutions, and The
TRIBUNE goes everywhere. For the present | see
no other remedy.
Suddenly-we have perhaps ten minutes warn
ing-a Governor, sent TO rule over two millions
and half of people, from London-without their
eonsent-remoyable in an hour at the nod of the
British sremier grSsping S3l 600 of salary every
year out Of permanent vote of our mOney-OUR
CANADIAN MoNEY-of which $500, 900 a year was
roied By the Englishmen who made our Constitu-
ton in le4O, in perpetuity, TO pay such salaries,
pensions, jobs &c, in case legislators chose 10 be-
come restiye-this Governor, on the ninth day of
the session, and before single bill had passed,
placed regiment OF two ofthe line in double file
10 front Of the Assembly Rooms, and then came
down in state 10 dissolve the Legislature and
usuIp its functions.
Mr Mcdonald, then Speaker felt indignant-he
iss Glepgsrrian, and married the daughter Of