, 1858-05-21
From the Toronto Glob
The Hudson Bay Company.

| This letter is Of different tenor to thai
which had intended should have followed
my third, on the above subject. Its place
is thus supplied, lest l should be charged
with an ungrateful disregard for the atten
tions of another, whose communications,
though not made in a spirit of kindness to.
wards me, is nevertheless thankfully ac-
knowledged; for, while it provokes public
discussion relative to the subject in ques-
tion, it furnishes me with additional evi-
dencS to strengthen the position which |
have ventured to take against the Hudson's
Bay Company monopoly.
The writer who, through the columns Of
the C0lonist, assails me over the signature
Of zone born and brought up IN the Hudson
Bay COmpanys Territories" shall be on ev-
idence to make apparent the evil and unjust
results consequent upon the existence of
that monopoly which he seeks or pretendS
to defend.
Men born and brought up in the Hud-
sons Bay Company's territories are very
seldom the advocates ot that company, but
are almost invariably to be found among
those who denounce the tyranny of the
company, and anxiously await the hour
when the sway of that company shall
cease.
There may occasionally be met with some
one of them who, having been brought up
by the company, and educated in something
like state of Serfdom, insensibly becomes
an instrument of despotic control. These
men sleep soundly in their chains, and do
not even dream Of their weight. Such an
existence ought not, perhaps, to engage
our pity for a state of degradation which
they do not feel. When snch men sing the
praises of the company, and tell of their
benefcent rule-when in the hope of secur.
| ing TO the company little longer the rich
harvests OF an unjust monopoly, they re-
peat the oft-told tale of barren lands,
swamps, and granite rocks, constituting q
country uRftted for civilization, and debar-
red by nature from ever beneftting by its
humanizing effects-we have evidence to
show how completely these men are broken
to subjection, or schooled in the role of i'm
posture. ....
am charged by the writer alluded to
with having treated the subject with much
unfairness," but he does not attempt to
show in what that unfairness consists.
He imputes to me gross misstatements"
against the company, and he is silent as to
what those misstatements consist Of. Gen
eral charges like these can only be met by
a general denial Of guilt.
He accuses me OF having treated in an
off-hand manner "the agitated question Of
the validity of the Hudson's Bay charter" "
| refer your readers to my two previous let
ters devoted to that subject; and ask him
to show that the arguments which l have
adduced In support OF the position "h'ch l
nave assumed are uhi0uuueu III iA"' III re1-
son, or Jusuce' 3.
mus mucn lot us coinmeu'S upon "na'
nave advanced, 49,.
Inc tenor OF MS letVer prociaiinS nun
partisan ol the company ana reveals their
apprehenslons:: lhey lear tnat the atten-
ton OF Canadian merchants snail oe dlrect-
ed TO the existence OF monopoly wnlen
draws wealth from t1e!r country anu lnat,
consequently, the claims OF the company
VIII ue calleu INTO question: rNalry IN
trade ens9e, ana monopoly cease
Inns huusoh bay man urges that io9r
millions oil square miles must ever remain
as hnntlng'groundi but why shall II re-
main hu1tlng-gFound only ior the Aud,
sons bay company! ii there Is pront aud
wealth TO De derived from thls hunt, why
snail any brltish SUBJECT DC excluded from
participating IN the trade!
Inc lnulan huhter, as DrlIlsn suOJect
entitled 10 oeneht ana derive all those
advantages Thlch o competition IN trade
always prouuces-and oy wnat rlght eau
he oe loroluueh 10 ENJOY them!
My assailant says-"lt is barren land,
where civilization can never advance, where
the sound of the steam-whistle can never be
heard, ,"-"that beds of granite, and lime
stone rocks, run across the whole continent
in a westerly direction, forming the north
shores Of Lake Superior, and causing them
to, be the limits of steam navigation, north
and west" Is this reason why the Hud-