, 1862-06-26


and pleasing to the eye, you had the iua-
Dudeuce to Stir up those font resolutions;
thus bedimming their intellects and causing
them to produce monster. Well gents,
having good gospel, good schools, and nea5
the trat and eeDt it up Salt River. Please
take of your plaster. We don't need It any
more WAsHS6Tos-
TIE MOTHER COUNTRY AND
CANADA
mutterings Of the Thunderer.o
from the London Times, June 81
It is difficult to read without emotion Of |
come kind the announcement that at the !
present time, ard under existing clrcumstan-
ccs the Canadian Parliament has refused q |
second reading to the bill for establishing an |
efficient militia for the defense Of the
Province. Let us make all possible deductions
and allowances before We give way to that
emotion. The militia bill which WAS rejected
proposed to raise i force Of SC, 900 men and
reserve OF so, Coo more. Such measure could
lenEe, and at great amount OF private loss
nad Econyenience. A colony has no classes
in the ENJOYMENT Of leisure, to whom drill
would be an agreeable relief from the tedium
of ordinary lite, and its laboripg classes, If
highly paid, are also hardly worked, aud can
finances Of the province are in an exceedingly
embarrassed and discouraging state. Ihe
revenue is diminished, partly, no doubt, By
the calamity of the American Wal, but partly
by an ipjudicious protective policy, which has
Strengthened the income without developing
tbs resources Of The colony. The expenditure
is enorulous, inflated By succession OF jobs,
BY which Parliamentary support has been pur-
chased fur embarrassed ministries.
In the first place, the late parliament OF
J.. - n11vr In
those instincts Of liberty which urge 3 free
| people to fly to arms on the least snrni5e Of
| danger from foreign enemies. It is to us in
| conceivable that ), 3,0Q0, GOO Of civilized people
can watch the explosions Of the great Ameri-
| can volcano without realizing to themselves
large and so fair portion Of earth's surface
| may ccnle to them, and, were it not for what
We have seen, We should have thought it
| equally impossible for them to perceive tb!s
danger without taking every measure IN thylr
! power to anticipate ard prevent its approach
The only solution TINT Gun be offered tor SO
stronge fact is that Canada has learned to
trust to others for the performance Of ser
ricts for which weaker and less wealthy pop
ulations are wont to rely ezclu:iveiy
sected Canada with canals Intended
Tor her military defense, ard paid for out Of
the imperial rasury. We have always gar
1iscned her fortrcsses, and paid for her repairs
and ALTERATIONS, Us I4GsE lUtlIea5Eo uau becH
ever: thing to lis aud nothing to the people in
whose country they art situated It is, per
baps, rot very wonderful that pcrsons educs-
ted under such syst N should come to con
sidcr themselves relieved from The sterner du-
tics oflife, aud be content to lean o. remote
aud uncertain defenders, instead Of on thell
| own cffurtE. There Ee,.ms disposition II
Ca1nGst to treat the question whether the
colony should arm in its own defense or not az
one in which the colony has only very sec
oHda1y aud indirect interest. The question L
assumed to be, not whether the colony an de-
fend itself, int upon whom the duty Of defend
i1:s it should fall The question is not wh<
s1.all defend Canada, but whether the duty O
defending hcr efficiently shall be undertaken
y any oIe. This is not qusstion, as as som M
1sh connexion. The English connection has
; | in fact, but little to do with the matter.
| Carada hsd wholly emancipated herself from
: the British Empire, she would not by tha
/ means emancipate herself from the imperiou
duty Of self. defense II Canada remains eve
{ SO firmly attached to Enslan the duty c
} SELF defense will still cling 10 her. Il is tiul
, to speak out. and to dispel the Illusions Thic
; have ni$lsd mems minds in other and qnletc
: times. People haye thought that, if separate
, from Eusland, Canada would have no Iurthe
. coucern with questions Of war or peace sue
as she las ut present, and that the only chanc
4 Of her being involved in hostlitie5 Is hi
S present eoun.xion with Great Britain. Wca1
,
;, AID to think it lar more likely that Grec
= Britain should be involved in war on accour
q OF Canada than 1has Cauada snould be involve
r | in war on account Of Great Britain Ii
3 Canada look carefully at her own circuu
n stances, let her statesmen study the tone
Y the american press, and the strange and MI
:. | n,crtous position 0; affairs on the America
l. continent. How long will thu present civ
IL war :tford EN- mploynltit TO 10, Geo a1mcdsnen n
Or, il the war itself should not abate. ho
:, ! 1n Am, he thfh
la bear tie vast strain Oh their finances which Il
n payment Of such all army Implies? An
5 when the time has at last arrived when, eth
Il from the termination of civil strife OF the fa
i ufe Of money aud credit, the United States
s no longer able to support their vast nrut
IN What is 10 prevent that aFtby from march,!
f TOW ards the rorthern frontier, and satiati1
" it's revenge, its love Of plumber and Of CO
=, | guest, in the rich and unRasted provinces
Il Cauada
N Let not tic Canadians deceive themselv
ho b5 supposipg that these things only threatt
re them because they are dependency Of t
ce British Cro%n, and that tue moment th.t III
a. is broken the danger Of Invasion is destroy
Of with it. The cauger will be exactly in pr
n. portion to the prospects Of success, aud Cr
nd al}a will be just SO much tie mora likely
re- be invaded as an independent province
ais she would be more likely. to be coEqneret
- Let rot the Canadians, on the other hand,
of lieve that they hare in their present come
against Invasion without taking any trout
he tn defend themselves. Such an opinion
ow founded on mistake both Of our power
'ha our will. It is rot in our power to send foi
nd from this little island . military force to {
Tas ferd tue frontier of Canada against the I
ON merous armies which have learned artns a
re- discipline in the great school OF the prese
W. civil var Our resources are unequal to
he large concentration OF force OF . sin:
"a point; our empire is too vast, our populati
-. Too srna1l orr an+nppnf5t ton DHKPrfuf B
.ud If VIC had the power. it is quilc certain tt
oTc we should not Lave the will. Opinion
rm England i$7,e!Jsctly decided that in The conn
,ar-: tim 5ef,cte7a- The 1nofter, country and
and cv7ony, the odgantage is infinitely m
iua i q on he s;de ef nc child ihan that
.rd. the parent We no longer monopolisc
by trade of the colonies; We no longer job tn
q patronage We cannot hope from them :
inn assistance for defending our own sho1
sals while we are bound to assist in protect
nth theirs. We cannot even obtain from tuis =
iug. colony rcas sonebly fair treatment for our m
~ Il ufacturce which are taxed twenty-five
8 10 cent. on their value, to increase rcvc'
e Of which the colonies will not apply to ours,
= in even to their OWL defense. There is III
reciprocity in such q relation. shonld
1ere colony irish TO pait On end to il, re Eout3 III
3f3 t7ya,c TIC sarord to defend It, and if Canada
Of not fight to protect lis indeEendeAce from fort
,xas; is not one for Canada Of dissolying OF N;
, he'll taining its connection with Great Brit
,ayeA That i may dissol1e alnsost at pleasure.
els question is OF destroying Or H1alht31nlos =
, to own liberty and independence-of beiu
BIZ sel{-governsd Commonwealth, or mem
eb;i or, prrlaps-as is talked Of for the Sousl
the q subjugated territory Of the United Sta
lies The question is much simpler than the Ct
ding diass seem to think. Il they sTe to be
egs, Tended at all, they must make up their mi
who to bear the greater part Of the burden
.ro their own defense. This will be the cas'
and they separate from u.s. This will be the
,rity if they remain By us. It is said that the Ere
Aid Canadians arc led by national jealousy to
that pose the militia bill; but the French G
here dians must feel that the choice is not bet9
rom | England and independence, but between
lsnd and the United States. or perhapa
/ for tween Englard and Upper Canals. Let
r. in the Cat adams suppose th2t VIZ arc pl3a
ron. our cause rather than their OWL 10 rs
e re- exposure Of Canada to foreign invasion
ndla secondary matter; to Canada herself it is
eces- and death. Let hcr aTm by all means, bu1
i in her arm, not for oursake, but for her own
r as To this article the Toronto G!o5e make
hsts following response:
the The Toronto Globe is not disposed to be
plum | lied by the London Times, and gives 1t {
es by | very plain talking:
small HThe Tines is Indignant against the
! at dian Parliament because it threw out Tue
tia bill. Well, ne shall have to bear up U
| a.. IF Ir1i itk-rA "a heat