The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-09
THE PFRTURBATIONS IN CANADA.
UNION WITH THE NORTHERN CoSFEpmAcY.


NEw YoRx, Jan. n, issf.
lam q Canadian and in common with many Of M
countrymen wish for Information the subject now
egitaed herethe annexation Of that proy.sce 70 tho
United States am niteraie man, and merely Judge
by what passing round me. You, as public man
and prominent journalist have better sources Of fe
nation, and will obge giving views on The sub
ject This Ia my excuse for presuming 10 address yo'
and hope, your time and space In your columns "
mt you will give this insertion aud correct me M
opinions are wrong Canadians generally believe then
selves In better position now than II in the unco,s
base their opinions on the grounds give you. Your
per being much read in Canada you will favor the css
you advocate by proving them wrong.
May ask what has Canada 10 gain by the changer 81
has her own local government and makes her own LAW
that government she supports the revenue
rived from her customs and sale OF part Wild lands
while her public schools are supported from sale OF
lands set apart for that purpose Now n absorbed into
the Union these sources Of would have 70
wards supporting the general government, while her
local government and schools would be kept up by local
taxation.
AGAIN if England sends her Gov ernor General star
herself and the people o, Cinada, while deriving some
benefit from the spent them BY these gem
try, pay not or % cent Of tribute to England.
II you can make the people Of Canada believe II Is
tneir interest To rover their connection with England
believe they would he willing to try they fond
OF dollars aud cents az their neighbours but otherwise
you viii fail IN convincing them that for their
tit; and believe you have been msnforned as TO their
Of the provinces very much if that measure
CAUGHNawAGA
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
In recent leading article head ID DETERMINATIONS in
Canada, you speak very confidently about Canada being
''rpe to throw OF the yoke Of England and up for
herself and taking for granted that such is the
Qhe wish father to the thought doubt You advise
TO have our measures matured to be ready step
into the Union when the slave States step outn Now
sir the capitalization" Of which you speak as being
prevalent here nothing Cat least SO we have
ways suppose than the natural and every day political
movements Of any people whose press and freedom Of
speech oiled and sienced by iron rule of
a despet.
What pertur batons" have occurred Canada for the
last twenty The serious political NOV
Of which any record the rebellion Of IS3?
and 1885 which, as every one knows occasoned by
violent opposition the part Of the French Canadians,
aided by Discontinued factionists from Canada.
West ard me sympatbzers from the rn,ed States to
what we familary term the famiy con ract = the
system OF filing the CHEF Offices Of the provincial go
verImeDt BY appointments from England. This disturb
easily queled, and the family compact system
shortly Afterwards ahanconed the two provinces Of Up
per and Lower Canada united under federal
eli otve legislative stem and Governor General noni
mated by the Queen,
Since that PEI lod nothing deserving the name of per-
turbaoL has marred the happiness OF this prosperous
and Independent province. Composed as we Of SUCH
very different materials it is but reasonable suppose
that some little family jars would occasionally
cloud TO fit otherwise sunny path; but under
the Of Canadians English, Irish, Scotch, French
and Germans forget their different nation alties aud
work ha monously together for the good of their
mon country, which, in the celebrated words OF Ovid,
"dissociaa bcis cmcordi pace kgari.n
We had petty squabbles about the Rebenon Loss
bill, the Segnoal Tenure Abolition. the S;hool Cues
tiop the Seat of Government affair, Sc but those ques
tions, which at no time assumed a serious aspect ;
have all been pretty satisfactorily settled There is,
must allow, In Canada West, small but extremely
noisy party, holding ultra Orange and bioted views,
which is necessarily clamorng against Lower Canadian
Cor Roman Cathoc) domination" and continually agat-
| ing for repeal OF The union between the provinces.
But this clique composed for the part Of terate
and shortsishttd men whom we usually term 'ciear
grits'' "Charstsn is estimated by the majority Of
the people, in Canada West, at its proper value
which to brokers' phrase, is Considerably below
par and showing a steady decline" 1t has NO leader
worthy the name of states man; ard the universally
a % tins pssy the Hon lion
We may judge from his Parliamentary oratiops 70 lead
his followers nto the Union" The French Canadians,
annexation to the United States SO that the clear
| grit. or Chartist party, the majority Of whom,
supremacy u England in British North America 80 long
she remains true TO her Protestant principles this
whom the matu measures for stepping into the Unier
would find the slightest degree favor And the
adhesion VI this weak party the free States would
be obliged 10 put forward bait In the shape Of pAt
FORM, aid that platform must be "Aboton Of French
and Roman Catholic influence in Canada" On other
grounds could the operation Of this party be
Gok at tho other side OF the picture Canada requires
winter port fer years che has cast her eye her
former dependency Maine and with feelings that may well
be imagined she learns that strongly exp essed desire s
manifested by thousands the citizens Of tina prosperous
state return to their former position and reunte their
fortunes with those Of their former fellow In
British North American provinces Shall remain pas
sive spectators while of such mighty interest
Transporting around usY Shall refuge stretch
our hand and take the key, which within grasp
whcrewith to open the wutry doors watch annually
close upon Us with such grating sound exerting such
L benumbDR influence upon all our afairsg No. there
thousands Of brave hearts In the British North American
provinces beating unison with those OF their brethren
W Maine, and If need be, thousands Of brawny
able and willing 70 obey the impulses OF throbbnE
hearts, and defend from aggression the citizens that
state while in the exercise Of the righ. OF
choosing for herself that form Of government
ceptabc to her But trust that States have al
lowed the slave States peaceabiy TO secede from the
tnion the will be observed should tho
State Of Maine dccle Dissolve partnership with Brother
Jona han and take share In the old rm Of which
John Bull 3 the senior partner.
while however we, as a people, have no desire to
throw off the yoke Of England cannot but congratu-
late the tree States upon the secession OF unruly
me mbtrs OF the confederation which, Ike the Old Man
q the Sea- In the story Of "Snbad, the Salor have
been burden aud ceaseles Of anxiety TO the
public for The secession of the slave States will,
ultimately effect the downfall OF slavery America
that ns cad OF weepng at what may appear to be the
csmcmbermert OF the republic, free America should
joce nj getting I'D OF an Insult rabc burden, and with
Consolidated and renewed energies set aresh upo
her glorious path q prosperity and triumph r.
Qrt1nc, Canada, January 30, 1851
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