Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-20
The geraId,
The Dominion of Canada.

alton declaring the union of Upper
and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick, under one
government, to be called the Do
minion of Canada" A list Of Sen
ators forming a Colonial House OF
Lords is published, all the persons
having been "appointed by the
Queen" which means by her Gov
ernment, for cher most gracious
Majesty the Queen" has not power
to appoint even one of her own
footmen, though she is salaried to
the tune of $2,OO0,000 per annum,
with salaries and pensions-to to her
children and other near relations.
The new Canadian Confederation
is designated "domnion" simply
because Queen Victoria's ministers
are aware of our American dislike,
under the Monroe doctrine, to mon
archial institutions in North Amer
lea, either in the vicinity Of the
North Pole or down South where
the Tropic Of Cancer intcrsccts the
republic of Mexico. But, on the
Shakespearian principle Of rose
smelling as sweet BY myother name,
confederated Candefa is designated a
dominion rather than a hingdom.
This, we submit, is a distinction
without a difference In like man
ner, until one Of the royal princes
is old enough to assume the crown
and sceptrc, with the title Of King
Of Canada, (Which is the apparent
conclusion Of John Bull is driving
at, there is II Viceroy, with large
salary and great power, and in the
Legislature, instead of a House of
Lords, there is q Senate, holding
their office for life, we believe, and
peers in all but name and hcredita-
ry succession. In due time, i'll
things go on smoothly, the Senate
may become a House Of Lords.
Indeed, it is an historical fact that,
over century ago, the first Will
liam Pitt (alterward Earl Of Chat
ham) actually had a plan for cstab-
fishing one Of the royal family Of
England as hereditary viccroy Of
British North America, with power
to create peeragc, to bestow baro-
1etcies, and to make knights. All
N good time, unless this fine scheme
be interrupted, we may look for the
e dominion ripcning into Il "king
lom," with sovereign, peers, and
,fllccrs Of State, both great and
mail.
The new "dominion' consists of
Ipper Canada, with populption
# 1896, ,00l Lower Canada, L. (
1866; Nova Scotia, 330,600;
'ew Brunswick, 100000, making a /
total of 3,0SS,35G inhabitants +
'ome smaller colonies, viz New
Prince Edwards Island, IC
hudson Bay Company's settlements, Il
nd British Columbia, which have n
OF Joined the 'dominion," bnt may
o so, have about 100000 inhabit- q
nts, which makes about three mill W
ons and a half in all, or over three W
lillions as the population Of the
ew "dominion," the area Of which
442,522 square miles. Contrast
lis with the population of one Of I
ur own St0tos-say Pennsylvania,
hich has some three millions of !
lhabitants in IN area Of 10000
luare milcs-and the result is that
) the extent of the "dominion" is
bout ten times that Of Pcnnsylva- r
ia, the population being much the
anne, the American State has ten k
where the "dominion" A
My one. St
Canada will start on her new n
purse with a ready-madc public =,
obt of over $4,000, ,0O0-a small :
mount to us, now that we owe
Iore than any other nation in the I
orld, except England--but heavy
lrden in a large country where
Ie population is sparse and poor
he annual expenditure in 1864 was :.
l4,54l, 900, the customs duties u
elded SG,64l,000, and the interest
: S4,000,000 is annually payable
n the public debt. Independent =.
{ the local cost of the militia and -
)lunteers in Canada, the Imperial
easury had to pay over $4,000.
10 last year for maintaining an ar.
y there II has been threatened II
ore than once to withdraw this
Ill.