New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-07

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rompetsnt legal tribunal
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TORONTO, Saturday, Apsil 3, 1855.
Esch of eur election contests Ia tried by I've
member, Of the Legslative Assembly, WHO are
,worn. When tie members Of that bOiy vc:ed
themselves a recess Of ls days. the.e we've 3 slch
cases TO be decided. There are OILY 1870 members
those ebose seats are eontested cannot ct ppol
election committees-spd il viii take msny dSys
before the otaer 81 can decide wko o,c elected.
You speak, in THE tribune, of pol ssts taken
bodily rom old directories; Of elect returns forged
without even taking the trouble 20 write faise
names in the pJ .ts; Of t,e lavish dispe1sst'oh
of appointments, JOBS aud contracts; of the abuse
of Executive power and pa'rNsge IN Kansas. IL
is the same in Canada. Up'er Canada mas sent
members 70 the new Legislature majority OF "nom
are true TO REFORM hut their every vote tbs ses-
sion has been nulifed by far larger majority from
Lower Canada.
How long this upper section will consent to be
trampled on remains TO BE- seen. Men shudder az
the idea of peiiliOning England, lest her careless
rulers interfere 20 make bad worse. Mr.. Bayard
Tsylor describes Greece as land which has not
single road and whose treasury il hopeiessly bank
rupt We are not quite 80 bad as that here, but II
the present system Of ruling were continued We
soon would be.
Nv own principal remedy would be TO repeal the
Union with Lower Canada, but the Government 10
opposed to that, and 80 are tn, folks below. Nor
il this to be wondered at Lower Canada pro-
duced only $SI, coo by the sale o; her public lands
in the three years ending December 1856: Upper
Canada produced 81, so 600; yet the present Min
iter for the Crown-.and Department, and the last,
and the two before that, were and are French Can
adians--the greater part OF the consolidated land
revenue is expended in Lower Canada-m0st of
the officials hail from thence. One county west con-
tributes more revenue III one year than all the W
Lower Canada counties do in six years, yet IT has
long petitOned in vain TO have It's land titles adj
usted One of our land ministers made the tour OF
Europe during half year; another never did any
thing one land agent p0cketed $l2O,OOO, another
500 Goo: their incomes are enormous; they can
never have enough.
OF The customs revenue, Lower Canada does not
contribute fourth, but, by uniting with bad mi
nority here, she controls the greater part. The
Northern dougblaces, with you. unite with the
Southern slave breeders against American freedom;
an Upper Canada minority uDites, here, with
prestled delegates from below, To bring INTO disre.
pute free representative institutions
OF what avail is it TO tell England that we have
the industry the wealth and the superior numbers
England forced the Union upon us; IN her House
of Commons YOU may find by scores members rep
sons two for each place; but they are OutvOted by
other members, two per borough of but |, 600 to
2GCO people Such could have very little sympa-
thy for our Upper Canada claim to representation
BY population. Perhaps, however, when the new
firm of Derby d. Son shall have served their tenn
pOrsry purpose they may have to give place to more
progressive men, although / fear that to Canada,
as hitherto, all these English Ministries Will be
pretty much alike.
The times are very dull here; we have but few
manufactures: owe heavy debts abroad, and squan-
der our revenue. Our Governor, an eysnescent
stranger, seems TO be without the ability, even if he
had the desire to improve matters. Like most
weak men, he is very obstinate, leaning strongly to
those who will consent 10 bend to his h'mors and
habits.
In lS49 when this Province seemed on the eve
of bankruptcy, cry was raised IN favor oil domes-
tic manufactures but it died away as wheat rose IN
price. Believing with you that the manufacturer
and farmer should be near each other, am Tor the
iudiciOus protection of our home products; but l
see no prospect Of obtaining that object situated az
Canade is now.
The trial of William Townsend or the person sup
posed TO be him, for MURDER at MerrtsSille nov ~
progress, is very instructive. You illid nunoied
persons shrewd business men, intelligent farmers,
thriving merchants, the clergy, county officials,
&C., solemnly and deliberately swearing-haf OF
them that the prisoner is, or that they believe hun
10 be. Townsend the cruel murderer; and tothe
half that he isn't-many of them that there is II
resemblance
Townsend was long resident of Haldimand
County. The sincerity of the witnesses IN general
il undoubted, and such cases ought to make us
careful never TO be too positive when IT possible
We may be mistaken.
The Canada Legislature meets again next
Wednesday; it will be the 49d day Of their expen..
sive session, and nothing has been done but play aud
talk, and spend vast sums of money The prospect
is that their session will be long and Improbable.
Mr. Gait son of the celebrated novelist who founded
the Canada Land Monopoly, has given notice OF
motion favorable to union of all the British
Provinces; he would unite Toronto, Brantiord,
Hamilton, Cobourg and Kingston to Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, &c, over thousand
miles distant, and keep them aliens to Buffalo
Cleveland, Rochester, and those other emporiums
of trade near our borders, which already possess
half their commerce. Nine years since, this same
Mr. Gait was ian anne xatiOnist." What will lac
be nine years hence
Great efforts are TO be made by the Government
here this session to destroy what yet remains of the
laws which protect the people against the usurer
and extortioncr ] fear they Will succeed for, as
the poet says,
"iT, sysrios all; ambition Is more"
ROGER SHERMAN.