The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-07

twelve months assimatsd her commercial tariff TO that
o. MS country s,sA Ssg 90 yae, q As case Z was
mo ne Union sosId tend b Eerulise az commercial
policy of e oher fvirinees % ae insposta, Of
tad e present high dstses of monopoly and prots tion
q 'oontd b the tneret Of The Brush North American
P pro- nc q purse bsra cosmec.a poiy Blu. We
would be recurrence 10 worse than an obsolete and
worthless system 70 attempt 10 do We must trust to
tme-to our own commercial principles, and, depend
upon u, those commercial principles, would prevail
There was another objection urged against this scheme
uny in Nova we're % Of a the
ana could only be brought into it by absolute
On what did this rests 1t rested
tam peutons which were TO DO found In the Blue Book
These petitions he admitted, drawn up with great
ability Su. he thought they bore evidence Of having
the petitions signed BY chamen OF committees they had
evidence Whatever Of the number or persons n xose
that certain proportion or the population az Nova Scotia
disncned 70 the union but what had thew IN the
other hand New Brunswick had given hearty assent;
Canada had also given her concurrence 10 the scheme
and both by overwhelming majorities There had in.
deed been memorial addressed 70 himself by small
minority in the Canadian Parliament and what was the
prayer Of that memorials They complained that
the measure was not RENTED to the provinces
to be criticized clause by clause in detail But
the objection worthless For years ever since 1855
the question of confederation had been before them
ae nov came 70 the question ,o q defence which,
posed the OF war, and IL war broke out il
might also BIO said that the sooSld Be wtA ne
such ,o1r ,ooud Be most borbarous unnatswal and dis
aarous war; and ,coud to0 back he prosperity of tho
,Sr ry ~ny year, s Msvsrtneess in con-
sary discuss each collateral point 1t very COM
monty said that the defence OF Canada
that the dificulties would, no doubt, DO
considerable; but on the other hand borne
in mind high military authority had stated that
those difficulties were by no means insuperable With
the resources which available there reason
whatever to despair Of good defence. Some persons
thn hahr IF hat hnrrn Afo
ture unequay adjusted between Canada and the
mother country. He admitted the time was coming ft
had not come, when revision Of the apportionment Of
that expenditure would be necessary and he did not
apprehend any difficulty whatever on the part OF Cam
ada There had been great deal OF Misunderstanding
and some misrepresentation that subject The Cana
dams had not been backward In the matter of expend-
ture. Much had been done in the way Of increasing
the military strength Of that colony Camps had been
formed and cadets had been receiving instruction the
hands Of competent officers. In 1864 the military
pendure was $500 0O0 in 1865 it was nearly 5000 OOO
but last year 1t had risen to upwards Of
81, 900 600, so that it was approaching f50O, o00
1t had been said by persons that the idea of de-
Tending Canada and New Brunswick ought to be given
up; that ought to concentrate strength on the
peninsula of Nova Scotia, and convert Halifax into
second Gibraltar Now not to adduce any other argu
ments against that proposition was not evident that
if Canada and New Brunswick were destroyed it would
be impossible to defend Nova Scotias 1t appeared to
HIM that the consolidation OF those provinces would
prove means of making them much more contented
than they likely to be IL they remained separate
colonies stimulus would be given to Industrial de-
veopmen and to education when the consolidation took
place Just the circle Of public opinion narrowed
and constitutional government was restricted in the
same proportion was there the risk Of disturbance Il
was said that federation only afforded loose and
feeble tie Certainly this was not true in every
necessary in order that a federative govern
mcnt should DO successful It was possible only in
and be made
one common body BY complete unifcaton. He thought
that the North American provinces which it was nov
proposed combine in decorative union possessed those
necessary qualifications It was sad also that this fede
ration was the result of compromise Wei, ii so0s
founded compounds. al cmteeratons mas BE- be
the British crown, and this security against the
collisions which might take placs between separate
States when the central authority vested those
States as combined hal There had been four fcds
rations-two Of them had passed away, two still re-
NAMED Thotwo which remained were Switzerland 0n0
Of the smaest states the family Of Europe and
United States Of the greatest OF the great nations
OF the world The Federation ,shich about % b
formed Wcwd he hopd be scothy 10 take Us place sds b.
cses could rank second IN size 70 Rusa only n
thirteen coonts schich eighty ysnrs og at ne Of the
Declaration Of Lndep ndence, became the United SGt&
we oers nOs laying ne foundation q great sat per
should yet rejoice that neither jealous Of the
aspirations Of those colonies nor Indifferent to their do
sres that We had fosered their growth recognizing in
that growth the pillars OF greatness By this
measure had set the to those institutions
setting that crown we should remove for ever and day
all chances Of disunon and difference and jealousy which
could exist between the mother country and her child.
Magma sub ingenti matris se subject umbra.
The Marquis NORMANDY said the noble earl opposite
had 90 exhausted the subject that II necessary TO ada
very little to what had been said already he should
, a. n's onservs a 70 sne "a.
confer the American colonies. Some persons believed
that this country derived benefit from coones
be got rid or But this mot the feeling Of the vas
majority Of persons in this country OF the members Of
selves II the North American colonies fsls themselves
able 70 stand alone and showed Their anxiety either to
form themselves into an Independent country, or
think wou be resist that desire But as long a
the colonies stood by US as long they looked upon
they enjoyed under her rule among their greatest
blessings our duty to encourage that feeling aud
to promote TO the utmost Of our power It true
that this country derived no pecuniary benefits from
the colonies for, with wise and generous policy, this
country bad conferred on them free institution and
had TO their own hands the distribution OF their
revenues and the management of their local Affairs
Besides this had undertaken almost the entire bur-
don OF their defence But the time had now como
when must he clearly understood that change in the
modes OF locomoLion had 80 altered the position of
British North America that, even Il we had the will,
had longer the means, anglchanded, TO defend IT,
The colonies however were now perfectly willing
operate with u.s. and as lcng as we retained naval
superiority at sea- those who attacked the provinces
would do Mt great disadvantage. Il was useless 70
conceal from ourselves that the military position Of the
United states had greatly altered Of late few years
sand men; they had enormous and well discp-
lined iorca some account therefore, of what had
done and what capable Of being done ct least
OF our North American provinces might not DO unter-
resting No one was more sensible than himself Of the
serious disadvantages OF with America no
could deplore more than he did the mseries which
such a war we're calculated to entail and nobody
could look with greater interest the institutions Of
that country or entertain higher OF her great
ness and resources IL to be regretted that Nova
Scotia had not entered heartily into this scheme Of
federation bat on the contrary, had sent delegates 70
this country TO oppose II. ~, Z.
Earl RUsiELr-I cannot remain altogether silent when
subject Of such interest this engages the attention OF
your ordshps The measure Is undoubtedly wise one;
ii ciH facititrts commercial relations NTH the Unitd
Stcte for chen N5rh american provinces uniod
together rii he far easier for them to to agreements
tctth the United Stoes than Is at present. watoNt
nan had Their ability defend themselves too will
be greatly increased by having single authority at their
hoad TO provide for any emergency which might other
wise weigh with special force upon single State And
must say, In supporting this BILL that the creation Of
these provinces rebounds greatly to the credit OF this
country. believe that In 1760, when we obtained the
country by captuaon from the French the number Of
Its inhabitants than 10000 yet whom theso
provinces united they will form q confederation
whose popuation will number q than q 600. 600