The Portland daily press., 1867-09-17
T'l.e r,ossainson of Canada.
rnn GLrcrroN REruRNs

Still continHe 10 tell The same story. In On
tario, fifty elections ion each Parliament have
been decided, and out of those the Privy
! Council claim the support of al least forty
i've, and The Premier of the local Govern
mentis clearly entitled to the support of for
ty. In Quebec the Government makes clean
sweep; the Rouges are as severely defeated as
the Brownies. IL has been reported that
! New Brunswick aud Nova Scotia would go
strongly against the Ministry, but that is not
probable, seeing that both Provinces have
made the issue one OF Union ol disunion, al
/ together free from party entanglemenis. The
conservatives seem likely to have it all their
own way in the next Parliaments.
A dispatch from Quebec in yesterdays pa
tilg!a7t week Of Oetobsr,at to pass bill for
supplies. Another session will be. held in
February. Local Parliaments will meet dur
ing the Interval. b ses'e.
lHB RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. o9
TIie.war fpolitical factions in the Domn-
.ioui seesns so,exclnsively to absorb public a.
tantion as to leave little room for the consid-
eratlo1 Of other questions, even those which
most closely toueh the welfare Of the coGn-
try 1t is TO this cause undoubtedly. that we
<fi1ist .sttribute The apathy with which those
in power appear TO regard. the drift Of affairs
in tue important settlements in tho Red RiY-
er eopntFy. They seem to be either uncon-
seiats OF or. wholly indifferent 10 the fact
tllat this richest and most fertile region suf
British America is in some danger ofslipping
| o,it oi their hands into the possession of an
alien power. The people OF that region feel
keeniy the neglect with which they are treat.
ed. They are in position to appreciate the
effects which are likely to follow from it. A
recent number OF the Red River Nor Wester
takes up the subject with some energy. 1t
says: 5,f y, e,i..
The deputation which recently waited upon
the Duke of Buckingham, who is now the Col
onial Secretary, if they accomplished nothing
more, ut least woke up the present incumbent
Of that, sleepy office to the fact that people,
both here and abroad, are determined that
| there shall be change. Our old friend, Mr..
Roehuck tells him that " the real difficulty is
in the Hndsons Bay Company, and that Com
| pang has no more right TO the Red River terri
| tory than have. 1t was sold recently during
| the time of the last Government, and Is now in
| the hands Of q company who having bought
| ii, wish to sell if to the Government of tlIe
United States; and, as sure as there is a sun in
Heaven, the United States will thrust them
selves between us and the Pacific Ocean, if
some step5 not taken to prevent it. 20
again, iii speaking vi the present imInigra-
ton, the communication with the Red River
is now through the territory of the United
States; and this, il is already contended, is a
reason why the district should belong TO the
T,.fI -. 4s1lx
The question will soon come to pass that
| have already pointed out. The country will
| be oyerrun with American settlers, or rather
Sanatters, and they Will sooner or later claim
| tx belong TO the United States f.,s 4-,sl
.Tnis is the dangerwhich clear-sighted Cam
| adams toresee; aud the tide of immigration
| pouring into Minnesota, aud oyer6owing i'm
| to the region referred to, is daily increasing
the chances of its fuflment Another re-
| gion, concerning which similar fears have
| been entertained, is
| - oN-s VANCOUVER ISLAND. iaA
Some months since loyal and devoted
subject of the Queen, resident in vancou-
yer Island, wrote as follows to the Montreal
Gazette, a leading Journal: H r.al Z
| a strong expression of opinion in favor of
/ dlntXaU,On 70 Inc states mas DeoH pfCNAitht
| here, induced principally by long depression
in trade, partly by dissatisfaction with the po-,
litieal condition of things and the financial
embarrassment of the Government, and partly
by a desire for any change. lt rs ielt tnat
| England has given little material help TO th's
| her Youngest cOloi., and tine ono most IN need
| OF assistance consequently tbe sentiment OF
| love aud attachment has grown weak. Shouid
a war arise between England and alnerica--or
| saauid the Island of San Juan be given up
| either through ignorance OF its Importance, OF
nv wonld become an Immediate and helpless
prey. -
later communication from the same
source saws ihe annexation talk has died
away. and adds that the arrival of an armOr-
plated trigate, the Jealous" with admiral
Hastings, who has received instructions tc
maintain and preserve British interest tt
the utmost OF his power" has served TO dis