Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-01-23
POOR CANADA.

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Townships, was compelled to say: POO
Canada" Not poor in allthe comforts o
life, generally found in farmers barns
cellars. and pantries; not poor in farms
focks, herds, and forests; not poor in U
S.. silver quarters, for they are drug
but poor, oh how poor, for being thu
youngest child of a rich old Englishman
Eight months in the year this child il
"out in the cold," so far as any care oil
assistance from Home" can be bestowed
The only accessible way for English aid
to reach Canada, in case of war with g
neighboring henemy. is through the St
Lawrence River, which is frozen up foul
months in a year; which would be some
time to wait for haid, in case of neces-
sity in hurry.
Relief is proposed for this weakness by
the Confederation of the Provinces. y
This will not increase the means of de.
fence already in the provinces, and if they
are inadequate now, they must he if con-
federated A surely confederation will
not keep the St. Lawrence from freezing.
besides it is Unpopular with the Canadi.
ans Some of the provinces even threat
en- resistance to the scheme, if forced upon
them, and if necessary call on the United
States for help, or seek escape from it by
annexation to the United States Besides,
if Lower Canada were 10 be member of
it with legislature of its own, what
would be the effect? The eastern town
ships is largely settled by Yankees, and
is intensely protestant, but in the cenfed-
eracy it would be Overwhelmingly Roman
Catholic in her Legislature. For them
confederation is no cure.
Besides the public debt of Canada is
larger for its population than that of the
United States. Instead Of any reasons or
prospects of liquidation, tits likely to be
covered with it, as the waters cover the
sea-" The governor of Canada manages
to hoe," on salary of $4,000 year
the same as the President of the United
States has. The governor of Car la rules
over three millions of people, while the
efthe United States, is 100000
900. So "Poor Canada" pays 81. 20
head to support "royal" Governor, while
in the United States, we pay twelve cents
each for the Presidents salary Besides
the capital of Canada's great Railroads
which were to fill her pockets with wealth,
she finds them filled with wind instead.
A part of the funds to build them were
raised on Canada bonds and the rest on
British gold. Now the earnings of the
'oad pay the interest Oh the gold, and the
'onds get the repairs for their share; so
England rides and Canada goes afoot.
Janada's prospect of getting cut of this
lied is in the "good time coming" when
'ars, Locomotives, and rails won't wear
tut, and ties rot. Poor Canada may be
Ible soon to boast as the little girl did, /
Who was told by one Of her little mates,
our house has got a cupo5a on H." Oh,
The replied, "our house has got mort
,age on it."
The abrogation Of she RECIPROCITY Trea-
y, is an immense damoge to Canada.
hey have never seen such prosperity, as
Turing the last ten years of its existence.
with its suspension comes dreadful
blow. The only profitable market for
canada, is the United States. The heavy
luties now enforced may be taken off, and
hey may be put on again, Courses come
nome to roost." .4 a
There is but one relief for the distress
IS of our cousin,-that is to ''marry into
'he family" Annexation to the United
States, and dtoorce from the "red old
will give relief and nothing
Else can. That long delayed and long
wished for event may not be far off. 1t
is estimated that if the question were SUBJ
nitted to vote Of the people Of Canada,
very large majority would favor it.
The nil etee tb century b s seen Italy freed
from her expressions; serfdom done away
in Russea; slavery overthrow in Ameri-
ca, and we trust it will not be too much
for God to grant, that the power of the
dem Of tyraats, that domineers ovr Canada,
may be "broken in peiecs, like potter's
vessel" bro f,"j Il. MN.
Beverly Farms, Mass. Jan. 81, '67.
STATE OF APFAIRs IN MEXICO. A Mat.