The Portland daily press., 1867-09-10
The Domiaisn Of Crpnau.

HAS 2. = PicuiCtcu EtSt week, Gne dereaG OF Mr.
Brown, the great Grit champion, in the
election for South Ontario, has had a marked
effect upon the contest elsewhere, demoraliz-
ing and discouragins the Opposition, and slim
ulating the government supporters to the most
extraordinary efforts. The results thus far
show the popular feeling to be in favor of
the Union. The Government party may
count with certainty ON a strong working ma
joIity both in The new House of Commons
and in the Local Legislatures. The Opposi-
ton are reduced to barely respectable mi
nority, and the defeat of Messrs. Brown and
Darcy MCGEE leaves them without leader
IN the Commons. Still, though the result OF
the elections thus far is heavily against tbe
Reform Party, they ha, e hardly sustained the
Waterloo defeat which their adversaries claim
to have given them. They are strong, ener-
getic and determined, and the lapse of time is
likely to bring a reaction in their favor. Il
was evidently a blunder on the part of MIR.
Brown and his adherents to begin the war
upon the new Government before the latter
had had an opportunity Of showing what its
| policy was likely to be. Such a course was
not in accordance with the common Anglo
Saxon:love of"fair play" and it doubtless had
the effect to rally TO the support of the "Coa-
lition" cabinet many whose sympathies might
otherwise have been with the Opposition
But the friends of the new order of things
may congratulate themselves that they have
| at least secured the chance OF giving their
| system fair trial. The Dominion ship OF
state starts with good breeze in her favor
She is however carrying an enormous press of
canvass for so small craft to sustain, and
her best friends must regard the result as still
problematical. The expensive and cumbrous
form Of government which our neiehbors have
chosen, so i'll adapted to the wants OF poor,
struggling and sparse population, is likely to
entail upon them many perplexities and some
dangers. The Commercial Advertiser hu-
| morously and shrewdly remarks that the
Canadians, with their new Constitution, look
somewhat like little boy clothed in his
grandfather's breeches But III they can ex-
pand to fill out the country and the Constitu-
tion, which are half dozen sizes too large
| for them, they will become q great power on
the earth-always providing, OF course, that
the people and country should not be previ-
ously annexed some day to the United States"
| We are not of those who consider the last
contingency Immediately probable or desir-
| able. but there are many wko do--quite as
many on the northern as on the southern side
| of the line which divides us.
1t is rather unfortunate for the reputation
of the Canadian system that the first election
held under it should have been attended with
such an amount of rioting and disorder. They
seem to have been dissatisfied with the peace
full beginning of their infant nationality, and
having nobody else to quarrel with have fallen
afoul of each other, and shootings, beatings
street fights and window smashings have been
the order of The day. The Canadians seem
to have retained to the fullest extent all the
English horror ofany "Americanizing ofthei,
institutions" but if they could be induced to
try the effect ofthat American institution the
ballot, they would soon see its benefit in a
great increase of order at elections.
| LORD MoNcK
The Manchester Guardians London cor
pondent says:
Lord Mouck has been granted an extension rs Goi
for another year of his term OF ONCE al 49s- "
ernor General of Canada, It being 5nouSns ue
oSos q ssaS nsGnsat ae SSS
;i.or, tba jaiInch of the new ship of state.
i 1itehI Nave. . who is known to be intended to be
Loru euccess3r. should the present administra-
ton itn continue in power runs thereby some risk
of disappo, for , u Is impossible not to
the discontented talk of the rank and file Of
Lord Derby's supporters during tbe latter days
of the session without feeling that the sta
biity of the present ministerial regime is ex-
treinely uncertain.
| DUAL REPRESENTATION.
1t is pointed out as a singular circumstance
that Sir John A. Macdonald, Mr.. McDougaI