Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-15
CONGRESS AND CANADA.

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American officers. The recent attempt
Of the same kind in Canada excited u
similar feeling of irritation among large
classes otherwise sincerely friendly to
US. In addition to this, at the present
moment, comes the unfortunate discus
sion in regard to '.the kingdom of Can
ada" or rather, as 1t now appears, of
"the dominion Of Canada" in the Brit
ish Parliament. The swelling words of
English debaters have produced an
equally unfortunate discussion in our
own Congress. England, in whose eyes
kings have been spontaneous products
Of the soil ever since the days of the
Heptarchy, cannot conceive of any other
title so natural and glorious or any
other form Of government SO innocent
and secure. The nation never existed
there for twenty years without one, and
in the only attempt made for q shorter
time, having cut of n king's'head to
begin with, it ended in calling back his
son to the throne. With US, all this is
reversed. Kings have gone out of FASH
ion in our vocabulary they are consid-
cred as curses, and the name Kingdom"
is in itself odious. They suit not the
soil of this continent, and do much evil.
In such circumstances it was certainly
not wise, in any point of view, to change
the title by which the Canadas were
officially designated, close on our North
ern border, from "Province" to either
"Kingdom' or "Dominion." It may
tickle the vanity o. the loyal rovincials,
but it a hardly raise their respect in
the eyes Of their most powerful neigh
bors, who look upon the subjects of a
dominion - being minions themselves,
and nothing more. So far, however, it
would all seem but q matter of bad taste
and real ignorance of what they were
meddling with. But when connected
with this was the desire, openly avowed,
to consolidate these provinces in power,
80 as to be stronger against the United
States in case Of any attack from Us,
and when further the just ~jeslousies Of
this country had been unfortunately
aroused by the recent attempt Of France
to force monarchical institutions upon
this continent, and on q other side,
such alteration Of name was certainly
most indiscreet. This it is which pro-
duced that remarkable action of the
House of Representatives lately,
when, in advance Of all other questions,
it was voted that sin view Of events
transporting on the northern frontier Of
the United States, it is eIpedient that
the Standing Committee on Foreign
Affairs shall now be appointed for the
purpose of considering the foreign rela-
tons Of the United States"
In our view the whole matter Of Can
ada, whether a. province or kingdom, is
not practically worth 8 thought. 1t
never can amount to anything and never
will. And to excite just now serious
foreign difficulties may occasion lasting
hopes of dismemberment and division at
home, lessen trade and protract divis-
ions. We want peace. When the first
treaty of peace was signed in Paris, we
recognized the right of the king of Eng
land to consider the provinces as his
dominion. All the proposed measures
are within the letter Of that treaty ;
they can do US no harm and our prin-
ciples, and our power and greatness will
grow most rapidly by peace, commerce
and good will. We need these things
now to consolidate our strength, and
the country outside New England will
probably feel relieved, therefore, when
Congress shall have adjourned without
either i~mpesching the President or quar-
relling with England about q matter Of
no importance.
Indeed, it is quite likely, if nothing
more is said, any change Of title disa-
grseable to us may not be made. In
ten years time all of the present
changes proposed, if let alone, will have
produced such arrangements and heart
burnings in the Canadas as seriously to
have weakened British authority there
and tended to the dissolution Of present
ties. We have only to wait, and, like a
ripe fruit, Canada will gravitate to the
Union as surely ~ Newton's apple to
the earth. But It takes a great deal Of
shaking to bring down fruit that is
green, and it is not worth eating then
and may never become so. Probably a
few sincere, kind and quiet words spoken
in the ear Of the British Minister might
avert all difficulty and ill-fseling. Let
IL be limited that in consequence Of late
attempts to establish a monarchy in
Mexico, to the injury Of our Republic,
there was great sensitivensSs in our
people as to anything that looked like
the encroachment Of Imperialism even
in titles and names in Canada, so as to
render 1t moro contributive to good will;
that the present term, province, should
be retained, instead Of any other. That
would probably be quite sufficient, and
would show the English government,
what they are now quite ignorant Of
our growing sensitiveness from the late
attempts to weaken US in an evil hour
The English people want peace as do our
own. They respect our institutions,
however q few aristocrats may dislike
them.
HEAD GEAR.-Bonnets-real bonnets
ARE coming back to assert their sway.
Whether of the "coal-scoop" or the
"sky-scraper" styles does not appear,
M. tha nosta,a-otam mr. etyla of haad oaay