New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-23
PUBLIC OPINION IN CANADA.
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nense expense. All business ct the puoic o"co'
has been for o long time suspended, except the
marriage of the Earl Of Albemaries neir 70
l.ncAtsy Of Sir Allan MscNao, Knight OF Navy
I.l,nd Howis Il that EDglaDds aristOcracy, ere
~h;le ~ fastidious, has Of sudden grown so fond
~ .dven,urersi HiDcks, MacNsb and Louis
po..n.rte- neither Of them remarkable for pro-
,r;ety Of behavior, any more than was George
iY. "A portrayed by Thsckeray-are toasted ~
ear public dinners, and se. IN quite in fashion
Sr Edmund Head, cousin to Sir Francis, who
was 80 anxious 10 get up q war with you thls
time eighteen years, entered Toronto one day not
long since a. Governor. There was pro ,esslon,
ana there we're speeches and addresses; bar, ex-
cent gith the hollow and deceptive family com
pset of 1887, 10 whom Hlncks has sold tue ne
FARMERS and I, OF his pay from PamerstOn, and wbo
now rule Governor and colony, sir Edmund has
NO poppI.rity and seemingly never VIII nave.
" inter is the suitable season for indoor leelsla-
ton. and the Assembly earnestly prayed Lord I'll
gin N 1853 not to call them from Summer pleasures
m Jppe. July and August, but 10 as'e mble them
early 10 February of each year, which the a.hess
Ibsne promised to do put took care not ~ call
them till June-dissOlved them the moth day Tor
spoIt-snd ordered them back on the hrst week
n ept. mber Sir Il. Head and his men are keeping
syert sort of public buslne,s back, and vii play
ElQin's same-cOerce or dissolye-increase the
pubc debt 10 add to the pecuniary dependence ot
er country upon EDglaDd's usurers, and keep us
auarrellng, Irish fashion, about birthplace, reii-
giop, &c.
The Weekly Message, year third, is about to sP-
pear beIe. In bis appeal 10 reformer' the veteran
editor sDdeavOTs TO impress upon the Canadians
the importaDce Of elective institutions, from the
Governor downward
ELECTIVE GOVERNORS.
What else out utr gusr re against the Liberties and
prosperity Of the couGy have most OF our governors
I'M hsrg HaSO r.. Gladstone.
former Co ula Minister, lectlTed Eotber day on the
CeloDiss, in he boys school-rOon, Hi"arden, re-
marking that some have veotured ~ reason why
sterri,ory should be held and multiplied, that such
pl.ees supply comfortable offices for des rving men
rom the mother country, &c. Now, this opinion,
said Mr. Gladstone, s quie me opposite OF mine; for
II setms clear that az persons on the spo must be
more eonversant with the wishes OF the peop and
the wants OF the place suc1 must be the most
competent and best qualb I'd TO discharge the duties
Of all pubic siu4tioDs.
WHY. then, not allow us 10 elect our oVn Metcalfs,
Nsi,l.na,. RQIps. a,.d Bond Heads instead OF paying
careless Strangers $3l 900 q year eacn vctho out OF
our pockets by people in LOudonf Our lnspscfors-
Gtnsra al Receivers General Crown Land Co omssioa-
srs Prime Ministers Chief Justices, and MlAlsters OF
Pablo Instruction. march off to Europe for pleasure
ard which Of the bad laws Of last session did Sir l..
Heso reserve Or epoeavor esopf
"Wha, were be CLAIMS for the government of
India exelaims Lord Metealfs bOgrapber, of an
Indian statesman without portugal influence against
to be provdeo for got nd OF oy The ministry OF
"the cay 7" Yes. yes-give Canaaa East aud Wet
heme-msde governors aud home made constitutions.
they ~ouio never bunoer upon macNabs, Cayleys,
Lenieux or CbabOtS.
"Wbat can be- more IDLE than to confde in Colonial
Mipis,ers and European Cabinets, whose exc lusive
far deaIr 10 them than the welfare OF
our beloved counuymenl Sir Wiuiam hoies"0rtn
wa, one of the very best of the ancient psirican ORDER
vet his appointments show that his ear was poisoned,
aDc that the British and land Jobber tbe are
tbe Lords OF canada. The next Herman B0az juggler
may be caDDie Lord John or the convenient Baron
Sbsfitsbury; or perhaps Lord De'oys heir. SIX
Colonial Secretaries i'll three years =!
WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS.
"Tbe destiny of CANDIDA is lofty one-her fortune
sapa be great and noble Those manly reformers who
for forty years have struggled against statecrat and
paiesscrait and who have just been defeated 10 the
bste for secusrizaon by G court, aristocracy aud
STATE. paid priesthood Of England and their minoas
here, leeo not despair. Let tne@ educate Ia ?rGusGy
stitutions-we shall long have the substance and
our provinces towns cities, counties townships farms
and merchants be Recessed from pecunary bondage 10
the Insurers of the Old Wsrd. Canada Will yet form
part of mighty nation seeking IT'S moral Influence Ill
popular elective rule its phys al strength In thorough
alton. Nation al freedom becomes real through
fse, lopuar institutions, ano my "sn Is 10 see oppsr
spc Lower Canada severally meeting in convention 10
frame constitutions fit for f'eemen. Lord John Rus
cells Union OF 1910 If, lie his public life a sham
SIR James Sic ben truly remarks that the hoslthful
growth OF coed government must 10 Spontaneous
development Ia ON within, and not compulsory Gu
We pine Mt from without wisely Framed, written
constitution will prevent the officers OF government
from atsumi * poTers-ss our Off ,ias do herein
compatible with the peoples rights and destructive TO
their iEterests."
COLONIAL GOVERNORS IIBELING THE GOVERNED.
before Sir Fran els Head had been eight days in To-
ren he mpuoently slandered the people he had
been sent here TO govern:
As far bsve been able judge should that the Re
pubhcsD patty nP sosee that 20 concession ~hs'sVeI
,ai,fy hsm-h,ir se Interested ohc being 20
tn nselves u the s0vernmentfoS the SAKE OF LuoRE AND
secret etter-sir f. Head Lord Glen,ls FEB s. 1886.
"Lord Metcalfe equally prompt 10 defsming our
country men and Mr. Baldwin and his o)vetOus LO
Capaoa Clique 90 united by HE decelttul counsel
with McNab Cay ley n Co really afford some ground
for Metcalfes strlc' ures.
"Sir Ec muud Head cnwisey follows she example
eet by his unfortunate cousin Like ST. Francis,
attaches himself by of course fro Europe, to
the very worst, the deservedy sdous, of our public
MIN Who in Upper Canada can forget the feelings
Of cttestaiion and abhorrence With which Sir Allan
MscNab GlNG;s spoke OF the French Canadians, ftop
1880 till be told them 10 their m February le49,
Mat they we've sach worthless alien race that ne,
for one. wcnd rather Join the kindred Yankee Few
Iorset bis friend MIR Hogan simie IN Bla,kwood of
us ,-e,., ~, soked with the Upper Cansda race
horse or Sir F1ahCis Heads hint Ia his Narrative
o. l99 that Upl CansGa, united with 10 yer An,
sds, would be ike living body chained " dea1
ole ; and agaiE psge l25, that L :alieG AID fresh
meat "a esl tDg he Fren and Anglo Saxoa rscssl
'le attached together both coru ted Head
adds p.ge 1871: We British inside grand mist AXE
10 sgaizing their language. Sr Ausn AsoNso
(xho with Messrs. II. Sherwood, Hagefman and Sal.
lvsn led Sur Francis on TO his ruin was so eare8ed
nj LORD Durhsm's report admitting the reality of
French Cansc All complaints that he declared in Feb
rusry lsl9 his loTdsbp ought 10 have been sho. in
1855 ss q deserter Aud Sir j. Robnsons bro nure,
FREQ of a. Lord John in 1889, is full OF the nfenory
nd adaiio D nft u