New-York tribune., 1867-08-24
CANADA POLITICS.
Prom Our Special Correspondent

house lies upon the plateau of Abraham near NoiIs
Cove in the midst of a most English wood ana II Is
a great pleasure 10 hackmen 70 carry VlSitoIS Houo
st. because Lord MOnck maintains numerous pretty
s1omestics who may always be seen at the WINDOWS
of his long low lodge. throwing smiles IKE jhe spill
ing of brown beer upon whoever ls beneath. ottawa
ia the northern frontier city OF our continent loose
hap-hazard place. with society about as perlectY
organized as AN Irish wae and there the politicians
assemble 10 pray for the repOse OF the soul Oh to
Dominion of Canada. They are in exterlors' ior 'uo
main mart the Sixth Ward of New-York cocRney
lied. Their ganghOns, OF nervous ceh'e'S' az 'lI
bouaaz They hold the organization to be superior 20
It, s+ote and public business 10 be discussion anu
Gin mixed in the pewter OF lOyaity' n1u ;P;i
In see i'm Canadian group OF pOhliolalls t5
Isa,u;onsness and "a ragged patronage less Llilil-
rarity between Master ana man Ill H uOHu ~, III 'lt
Morfissey's district, and sprhKs I 9l ieun;l f o VI
Tnvlish gentry manners with great de'h OF lgho
Ysnce OF bOWing. and OF vague Sta.e pditNc!;
Therefore at Montreal, ut Ottawa; and az VneDgc,
Looked diligently over the public journals DoIH
Irench and English hopeful to make some sense ont
of the new issues engendered by the dominion on ~
least TO discover some cause InI any 1 81 that =
Canada In this / was signaly bafncd "AcePl thl3
.letected a very marked fear OF annexation on uie
mart of the British OiCehOders. Charges We're hiue
against this and that person or intercsi Oh lNHIns
tie gulpiug down of Canada by the States. Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick were particularly IN
stanced as semi-dsioyal provinces Nhere h4nglns
or two might be- a fine Old Engllsh tAaulle, Dlonh
of Toronto for some reason nOt qultt mahltsl' we
regarded pestiferous aglt&tor, has eui3i' % Anu
a man Infamous because he would not hoid sun inc
editorial tone Of both the CanadaS - NltuperatNS'
vague and frOtily. The newspaper articles az mn I'M
fat0ns of the Wordiness Of English prints, without
0uy considerable issues for words 10 reNolNe apGu'
and they are in q personal sense. even more aOietNO
than our Western Southern editorials heIl t
tiOusness trfe more cowardly, ana tieir hot,nVs h
o. 9tt9ck merely partisan. now aud then saw
card from some terse old Republican ol Ilo sV,o, W
Mackenzie and PagineanSae % DeeaS9 manly Way
somo Western World sentiment That struck upon lo
General fog and dribble of loyal writing Ike thnn
der-cap with fire in il. Among these was the OlVlAci
IIlancLet who wrote 10 a Montreal paper; . -
so long as Canada is used for mere t0Itlned me
arapst our neighbOs her revenue wasted TO support
6icehoIlers of the Crown her cities only barTach'
her public courage and taste corrupted Orehltscu-
lated by on obSequons Journalism pthSoheu 10 ASSP
society cali and in this world region tle slckIy
artificial institutions and views OF Europe ehcO9l-
aged | despair of the land OF my birth. Your 40
1nuOn is "A shell. a form, an image lou arc no DeI-
ter nor freer than before. When you Se' YOU laws l"S
from Washington and wipe ont the frontier between
the republican peoples of New-tIance ana ne" "-Ln-
gland you and your children may look up
Chance threw me between Quebec ana Montrca,
among the officers OF British regiment nst arrived
from Malta / never met III America soldiers Oh SO
impalpable convictions, or 50 loose III hOliohs "i
"on4r have been in New-York said one captain; 81
went there during the to take up with elthGr
side that would pay me best. and had brush VIII
both" - oIl;ors
anxious to learn the inducements Tor 9eseF,ot % , ~
the States and on all parts there was Ctose holon ho on
Of patriotism very different rom tha5 ueploto" ~
British military n0vclslS. ! am sure never 80"
squad Of French officers exhibit such uItet N'nlt oi
sympathy and principle. These men, that are uS
martial blossom of the aspiring pIONince 20 uul
Nortb are as truly meTcenaIies COOle OF SepOy
froops--the gaolers Of Canada-and their influence
upon social life III these 81. LawlehGG cI,leS rnd 10
baSing in the extreme. Libertnlsn houlSheS arOund
Them Their parade ground IN Montreal might be
called the Place ASsigRdtt0a, ana they nave q coil-
tempt for the people they guard that makes Tue Sc
dnction of a Proyucials wife or daughter no more
than the spelling of a sQuaw or half-breed. As TO
the interest of their rulers IN the otatS II ls Io L
gland that they rule and not Tor Canaua bOId
Monck's portrait is set IN the hotels ana picture
windows, a horid man past middle age ~ unlloin,
without particular merit either IN physOgnomy OF
mind the last of that dismal line of martial medl-
ocrities that has made English rule IA canada
blank history with salaries clphered up III 'he mar
read in various parts of Canada of the interchange
of challenges between Thomas Darcy McS'ee ana one
Barney Devlin rivals for the Dominion Parliament
and it looked as if this contest would be more tGan
"a representative one, perhaps. spirited one 30
waited four days at 81 Lawrence haHLohe Vi ,no
most disagreeable hotels this SIDE Of the Atlahuc
80 get glimpse of these tYo famous pohtle's. IN
Barney Devln saw Plnladelphla lntnAl q 5 ITgur
lar Irish Jahey-Loapy, Staggering, l0ud ana vulgar
of stride and speech, a man VINO mlsht possibly III
mnish the average beauty and respectabihty OF our
New York Common Council We're ne elected 20
seat In that august body. II amused me looking at
this incipient PaTliamentarSn, to hold az inc same
time IN my hand newspaper wherein MI. DeFlm,
nv card declined to meet Mr.. McGee UpOu the hust
ings on the ground of impered public order. rs
well might Our BOwery hOse-bOys decline 10 rln to a
When Mr.. McGee appeared was 10 less surprised,
it had seemed TO me that McGee, from Youthful
Irish rcvOlutiOnist had by some MIlesan reyuls'ol
Of sentiment embraced the view of his mature mid
dle age. the Conservative side OF the world. had
long followed his with curiosity. tor ms de-
1enses Of mOnarchiCal government mad been frequent
and ingenious. urged with tIUe hlsh point and pth
awaited I'm him an American legitinlst.
Judge of my aStOnishDenJ to see gOuty fellow
swollen of belly and checks with fla, feet groggy
nose aud chops % yitrGOuS eye. ald bar-room ar,
walk up the hotel steps and swallow his toSdy "a the
ollf arfli. 4E sQgllf
This person IS probably the most sdpeIiclaily SnHnt
politician in Canada. Ills step to power is the Irish
support His ability is close HP to the lips, and IT'S
Jegative pole is three penOrth not with sugar His
career is consistently MieSian-tO be earnest DOtn
ways and suit circumstances aud since the famous
case of The crocodile swallowing her Young with
tears in her eyes, there has been no instance OF
eating up his youth like that OF Thomas Darcy
McGec Perhaps this has been discreet. to tali IN
with tone of society and help perfect 1t after IT'S
own model rather than 10 live IN captlOus revolt
hut | feel somehow glad that Mr. McIiee preferred
Canada 10 the United States as place OF abode
We have glibbeT adventures than he III the Repub
lie. but probably ease of so baTetaced apOst3Cy
With that sort of statesmen, Canada, a. DoniniOl
will become puissant about the time South Annoy
fOgs New-YOrk.
Seeing notice in a daily paper that one of the
candidates would be happy 10 meet bis friends at the
sign of the Stern and Buzzard IN Little ST. James,
St. found friend TO take me there and encountered
the candidates executive committee. Is follows:
One Scotch Irishman with an under Jaw cut Out OF
a solid stone, and projecting two tusks upward
through an iDdented shayen lip; clay pipe be-
tween the tusks and jug OF hot gin on TIE table;
Two young Engshnen whose snort, r0ugh-sIT1aced
sacks came to the small of their backs aud were
patchy with flap p-pOcket5; whose necthandkerch.ef
were biood-red ground with green dCgs caIceiin%
over it whose frOwsy tight brecches fell to par Of
sharp pointed brOgals splby and OF vast superccS;
and WHO cooled their r-ln and water with mispdrei
aSpirates. One rOtund, OTatOrical, beanIing South
IIiberian, with word for every space. and drink
between his sallies, ana cOmbatiyecss covering him
like garment with rents OF hUmOI III IT, Alt2getner,
party of no nationality points of touch but E0t