New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-27
PENAL COLONY IN BRITISH AMERICA.
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great deal of discussion has taken place recently
in the papers Of Canaoa and the neghDOring British
colonies, upon proposition which has emansted IRON
the Home Government to establish pens settlement
in the vast territories Of the HudsOns Bay Company.
IL arrears to be received fayorably or unavorably
sccordpg 10 the precOnctived notions Of those who
discuss it. Some filled with phaTas ical horror OF
the very pane aud presence Of convlcts, shudder AZ
The idea OF founding colony of them IN Amer,cA
They affect TO perceive some vague injuries likely 70
be inflicted on Canada thereby, though they cannot
exactly cay what Others, unaffected by ihbera preJ-
udc.s and looking only TO the early settleme at OF e
iunense wilderness 10 which the Hudsons Company
has given its name zee that there is ample scope and
verge enough for such establishment without IN any
way injuiiDg the present colonies.
The subject Of liking new LOCATION lot conV0
settlement has occasioned great deal OF trouble 10
Bithh Statesmen Of late The policy Of transportation
having become permanent one IN the British King
DOM ii lie necessary to find suitable place Of de-
DC site for the of refuse humanity, constantly
ready 10 be sent forth. Australia, Tasmania, New
Zealand, the Cape Colony, Norfolk lslsnd-au have
outgrown the system.
1t did well enough for them when they were infant
settlepens, in need Of compulsory labor 10 till the
soil, build bridges open roads, &C.; but now thas
they have large numbers Of moral and respectable
settlers who feel shocked at the mputaon Vt origins
ating from icis some colony must be found.
Temporary places will Lot do. There must be PEI.
mauen. coony-pemanent at least for mary year. %
come North America is about the only place ohs'
il site, because Of It's vast unsettled interior wu
deyDess
We do not know that any particular locs Atty has
been fixed upcn but we perceive IN sopie VI taa
Canadian discussions especial attention drectd to Tbs
valley of Mackenzie River and the shores OF the Grea
Slave Lake as suitable location THIS iake covers
area Of twelve tbousapfsquare miles. rs a D
tie .ixteth parallel of latitude. Mackenzie hiy@
flows cut of the western end Of the lake, and running
1Orth wet emptes into the Arctic ocean lns great
iyer il the largest IN The Hudsons Bay territory Its
.en,,al Vi dth about three miles. The part have
described is not, however the entire length Of tho
sn,am Including IT, two southern branches, Peace
River and Athabasc. River il runs through fifteen de-
olses of latitude, aid is two thousand miles Ia length.
The great draw back the settlement Of this inn
meme valley irs frgid temperature the hardship
10 hi the conyicts would be subjected there would b
aasled only by those OF the Rue exlles siberia
The iegit 10 to The last degree remote ard accessible
only by long and toil.onIe overland journey; and
once re- the onVics would indeed be shut out hofn
the world. r..
E1erywhere else the establishment OF penal settle
mopts hss resulted in permanent and fourshing COLO
nice But the difficulties surrounding the settlement
Mackenzie River and Slave Lake seem 10 DC slpsoH
iDsu, eTate. Were the climate of the Western C0nti-
Dent similar to that of the Eastern there could be no
dc ubt that this project would prove feasible for in Ner.
way. Sweden and kussis settlements extend quite a.
far North this valley Such, however, s noe
the case The severity and dura Of winter 10 our
Northern chimes Is admitted 10 be much greater than 10
Europe. 1t rem aims TO be whether cvl tion
esIable Of combating succt ssiay the extreme rgor.
The object In view IL fixing upon Mackenzie hiVer
es the Of the settlement would be 10 remove
the convict entirely from all lkeh pod OF contact WIN
Canada and the other British North American Colonies
II, however, hardly seems necessary 20 seek 30 reo
region, since the shores OF Labrador AMI huds1ns
Bay night answer the purpose much better Das
wherever the location may be the movement " one
much in portance Should II be undertaken, u VIZ
probably result in building up British o'pera " w
higid Wild Of America.