, 1861-08-03
Hon. Thes. BaFey MeGee eA the
American Qf1z1N,

Inc 6Qp1olaeQ e1gf8cla 1fOm 6peec1 DC
Hvered by The Hon. T. Darcy McGee, NJ 2. F.,
contrasts SO favorsbly with the contemplate
1apgnege Of the. Eatsrtty Of the Canadian
Fress, and puhlie men, whenever l1usion IL
made to cur TROUBLES, that we cannot but take
pleasure in Placing them before our reaaera:
The honorable gentleman, from residence Of
several years In the States, has = thorough un-
derstaudiDgot OF TIE affxlfa ot this nation, aud
therefore could. not fail to see the Injustice
and enormity Of the rebellion. He ia, furth-
ernore;; an hishman, and therefore, N earneat
EympathIser with our government In its ef-
,Orts 10 maintain Constitutional liberty upon
this Continent. Ne quote his speech S. fol-
loWH
:ssIt may be what Is called an error on the
right side, hut confess to you, indies and
gentlemens I Hp9ad look for the preservation
people Ear more to :ths cultivation Of ajuat
and generous style Of desling with the national
troubles Of that people, than I would to the
presence here of a-fnW Thousand regulars,
more or less., fChse1A3 We have everything
to lose, and nothing to gain, By adopting any
here, at this earliest opportunity I have had,
Whaf ealdtn my plaee n the last Parliament,
that Ill this Wfe{rhed emal1-ta1k about the
failure of the Republican experiment in the
United States ought to be Eowned down
wherever i appears bJ the Canadian public.
+ these recent tronbles came to head In the
American Onion, l. had ceased to dogmatize
upon any abstract scheme Of Government; !;
but have no hesitation In declaring my own
beliefs belief founded On evidence accumu-
lated through several years Of observation
proved failure, as t3rauts and toad eaters all
| Over the world would wish It to bs-that that
| system will emerge from this, its first great
| domestic h1al-parifed, consolidated, aud
disciplined for greater usefulness and greater
9fh,sysms1ts p TN tha eyer before. Gaeea
statesmen to look through the temporary II
the 1asting relations we are to sustain to onl
| next neighb0tB to suppress and discounton
auco an ungenesous exnlta.ion at the trials
| sud tzihn}ations which they arc row under
going; to show them, on the contrary, In thi'
The day Of their advetsity, that while prefer
ring On rational groands tho system of Constl
tut!onal monarch Tor ourselves and oar child
precincts Of ,the Constitution elsborate,
through ages by the highest wisdom o
The British lslands, We caa at the sam
ame ~ ee lSs aay generous 70 she Z, me5t th
fathers, IN the de ensive and justiflsole war
Of their Revelation. If we are feemon SO ar
they, and the public calamitfes which befa'
one frea people, eau never be matter OF ex
nltaticn to another, So long ~ the world
| nail d91Keoed DT deaposlam as lt Il. "a
| American experiment were indeed to IA il, th
hope ki1aled OF the alsass Of the East-th
old Greek flre Of freedom-would At last b
quenched, and forever, in the far West # th
American experiment were to fail, not thei
fathera alone, but all the illustrious comp
! Ct freedoms martyrs, wosld havc lived an
;, bled IN vain. II vain had Roman virtue r
sisted Roman ambition in vain had Christie
chisa1ry Tended of the scymetar and the 81
persttinA Of the MussuImau; in vain had tn
great charter been drawn, aad Baauoekbur
| baan tnr1ht and 2ssit IRELAND hfAn freed--