The New York herald., 1867-02-21

soma of than A ushaps fslt iss disuassaed a M
remarks made with respect 70 the connection OF our
thought the colonies were disadvantage . Esgiand
and that the empire would be stronger when Il was mol
s Do , r 81 hsy he
spreading her pos0r oUer as colonies, and ssexring le
asaehmsa ef fAose ,eAo were vsady @ pour osa Aer
s sss prse s ssgny saa al ppse rSsy had come I 6 NY
their petition at The foot OF the throne asking for that
which would STRENGTHEN their position; and Il tho poo.
lie England told them they had better start for them
Selves they would consider the propriety Of doing So
but he trusted their proposa would receive general sp
Mr. B. cARrER, NJ p, responded for the House OF Com
mons, and Lord AoScK for the House Of Lords
Lord BURY proposed the toast Of ssThe Colonies OF
British North America He said he had had long ex.
perience Of colonial and Canadian life and could add his
testimony TO the manner IN which the British govern
ment was admired In all our colonies. He knew from
from long observation the many difficulties that sur
rounded governor general and the intelligence and
tience he required TO manage satisfactorily, and aay
the suspicious and doubts with which his conduct was
liable 70 be viewed home. The Biifsh dependencies
IN Annsca sers crtrsmey important oocupysng as they
did, one-h1H Of thai continent. IN spanking If
Amey1c1 apt sometimes 10 consider d< u belonged
to the United Staes y forgetting hoW large proportion
British North America would be developed and Ne
population Increased IN manner we were Ut present
quite unable TO compute, and ths day icoa!d probce!
race, rhen momentos1 changes had passed ovev
Wextern ESrope. In the United States and in Brit
ish America England had had the opportunity Of csa
fishing her laws aud institutions drm and mngnih-
cent scala. When the Of Independence lost the
United States there yet remained the splendid country
In which had barn able to develop institutions
and untr!ed FORM until hey had borne noble fruit
fChcers.l HIS blood boiled sometimes when he heard
people deprecating the value of the colonies With
gard TO British North America he thought The sfycagh
oad honor OF England cncerned in ne establishment
Of great confederation (ear hoarl We ought scru-
puousy to the LOYALTY of the coonies and not
attempt 10 hasten the time when separation would
occur Our duty TO render that day as distant as
possible, and he hoped warm connection between the
colonies and mother country would bc kept up for many
year on both sides Of the Atlantic tChecrs
The Hon. Mr. CARTIER responded to the toast He mar
rated the efforts made by the coloniss to obtain
federation, and said they had been told by various gov
ernm nts in England that II the people in Canada could
agree upon of confederation objection would
be raised by the home government. A. plan had now
been ~ reed upon, and had oeen widely discussed in
the Ebxiish press. Hcar The minister's Of the crown,
he D9neved, had Che main given their approval, and
be and his friends honcd that when Parliament met the
scheme would be ratified aud allowed to pass into opera
ton l. the plan were not approved the British Para-
would take upon tself grave responsibility. The
readers o. american newspapers would perceive that Ne
~ ts Il ~ 1atei %oe ,cere MT IN fac n confedea
tor, 6ecrase issy IN Me crt1inty o. trengt, and
poorer nj ong 4 ccacda, .u' Enc1rd. He hoped when
RIO scheme came pec.c VariamenL II would not be con
sidered in party spirit Canada des rcd only to be
strengthened in order tnat the monarchy should be
strengthened also. lChcers)
The usual nciudng toasts were given, and the com
pany separated about mi dIight