The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-15
Our Montreal Correspondence,

MONTREAL, Canada Jan. 6, 1859.
Political Diferences-1'h ,Spo,ls System in Full
RlasELoue Of Titles and Royal Worship
amongst the Natiue Canadidns-Lord B,u.y's
Railroad Policy-Location Of the Seat Of Co
uernment-The Great Squabble, and lis Refe-
renee to the Queen-ShJling Of the Premiers-
Why Montreal ,oas Punished, dc.
/ see in the HERALD letters from almost every
part of the world. Mexico, Central America, Cuba
San Francisco, Paraguay, China Japan all boast of
o special correspondent. But up here, beyond the
fortyfth parallel, there is great country that ex-
tends for more than a thousand miles along the
frontiers of the United States, containing more
than three millions of inhabitants, nearly allied to
you in blood and language, that presents virgin
field for special correspondent to cultivate. With
your favor, then, will commence the new year by
posting up your readers in Canadian affairs.
Politics here are in rather mixed state. In fact,
there are no political questions for Canadians to
quarrel about. The whole thing is question Of
Office. Who shall be Attorney General, who
shall be Commissioner of Public Works, who
shall pocket the latest contracts, who shall make
the deepest grab into the public chest the main
points of political difference. Plumber is the
aim and end of all the parties. But not plumber
Alone, The true blue Canadian is animated,
motive, which, though subsidiary, is still power.
full. That is the love of titles One ray of
the royal favor will gid the wintry life time Of the
Canadian, condemned, alas, to live so far from
courts and sovereigns. One smile from royalty will
throw Jean Baptiste into state of ecstacy One
dinner at Windsor Castle will transport him into the
seventh heaven of felicity. But what shall we say
OF him who passes two days beneath the roof Of
majesty? Language is too weak-words are too
feeble-to portray the bliss of the happy and thrice
happy man. Is it not the subject of telegraphic
dispatches Do not the ocean steamers sail faster
when bearing the news to Canada? Does not the
laconc De Sauty swear and rave at the imperfect
current that strives in vain to carry the glad tdngs
across the Atlantic? And is it not-ah, breathe it
softly-is it not the sweet prelude that will soon
thunder forth into the grand anthem of knghthood!
Go on, then, rejoicing, on thy happy path-m0ee
tier Jean Baptiste uirtute-for when the scons of
the royal family come in the summer there will be
an outfouring of the royal bounty such as the age
has never seen. Lord Bury married Canadian
wife, and must be supposed to know something
of the Canadian character. When he was here,
about two months ago-the funny Lord-he
tried to tickle the provinces into building six hun
dred miles of worthless railway by talking about
Canadian peerages-deu tctigisti Lord Bury. The
trap is well baited-wl the animal be caught?
/ said there were political questions to divide
parties. Yet there is q local question that has
thrown both provinces into commissions. That il
the location of the seat of government. Where
will it go? Is it Montreal, or Kingston, or Toronto,
Quebec, Three Rivers or the wilderness, that
Acting on the true British principle that the Queen
cannot be wrong the Canadian Parliament referred
the question to her. The Queen named bytown, |
alias Ottawa City, as the capital-the irst village
of Importance man wonld arrive at when travel |
ling south from the North Pole. The selection was
advocated in military light. No hostile force al
though opposed by men as courageous az those |
who ran at the races Of Bladensburg could ever |
CAPTURE Ottawa City. The invaders would inevita |
Div be lost in the woods, trying to find it. Well the
award was made-whether right or wrong, the re- |
feree had decided the question John Canadian |
had gone into the business with his eyes open. |
NADIA in England. He knew that If the London |
papers had located Ottawa City on the |
Island of Anticosti, as they did on Lake Ontario
that the geographical accuracy Of the statement |
would have been unqucstioned by the British pub |
lie. And he knew, too, how dsinterested would be
the advice under which the selection would be |
made. And so John Canadian ought to have open |
ed his pocketbook and gone on with his buildings. |
But John is shrewd fellow, and had no idea of |
making Ottawa City the great whiskey mart of Ca |
NADIA. So he buttoncd up his pockets and politely |
declared that sit was inexpedent to locate the Ca
pital at Ottawa City" This was thunderboit
fetaries, first clerks and second clerks and third
clerks and doorkeepers, who had been investing in
land up in that direction, looked blank with des-
pair The Ministry resigned on the Question ,,.o
of the Toronto Globe. gathered around him from
all parts of Canada band Of politicians, and car
ried on the government for two consecutive days.
What their policy was, what they would have done,
must ever remain TO posterity mystery as in
scrutabe az what was written in the Books OF the
Sybil. Political life has its disappointmeuts rs
well as its qualification. The reform party
they ought TO commence the work OF
reformation upon themselves--were not long
in power. Parliament dissolved the firm OF
Brown, Doriou, MCGEE Il Co., on short notice.
aud it is currently reported that the Governor
General applied his thumb TO the end OF his nose
nd ayt I'M a n