The New York herald., 1867-10-20
DOMINION OF CANADA.
SPECIAL Correspondence Of the HERALD.

s'le~- sohhlsrvauLnol VI INK n1he-o
The New Licutenant Governor Of Ontari,
and Nova >c0tia-The Speakers of th'
Federal Senate and House Of Commons
Leadership Of the observation-disclosures,
Preached by the Government OF Quebec.
MONTREAL, Oct. IA, 1857.
The new Lieutenant Governor Of the province OF ON
tario win. it is reported bs Judge wlimot, Of Nsv
Brunswick. In Nova Scotia General Doyle succeed
General Williams as Lieutenant Governor Tho speake
Of the federal Senate win be n. Couchon, OF Quebec
who has been led TO expect something under confedera
ton and whose support is OF 10 tn
government Mr.. Cockburn is 10 be Speaker OF I'M
House Of Commons. Mr. Cockburn was member o
the late government OF Canada had TO be thus pro
vidsd for. Both Speakers receive salaries. 70 thu
situation is not empty one
Mr.. Howe has chosen his seat the opposition
benches opposite to that Of Sir John A. Macdonald
the Premier Of the Ministry He thus appears to assume
tho position OF leader or the opposition. Having moro
numerous following than Mt. Dorion and being man
Of talcnt Mr. Howe has perhaps the best right to the
kenzie OF Ontario were the admitted leader for that
province his following might ents him TO the position
Of chief A. it is he will be one OF the eaders. tns
chief Of whom will be Howe and Dorion, then Mackenzie
The press OF Canada is redcctin2 upon exclu.
sveness OF tho Governor General and generally thinks
he should bs intimate terms with his Ministers
He ssems to forgot that he Is in Canada-not Engand
a. present. where his arissocratic manner little out
Of place.
Lord honck's official conduct
The Ottawa Ciyn has made noteworthy discoveryyz:
Of ocs work hs entitled his salary,
and i s nobody business whether he .ends 70 h:
the true republican motion "; adopt 4 let DO 80 ,hs IN u;
than % 600 per annu% .s those the Governors q
other than that Of contemporary 1t felt TO be
II s pubic %
allowance. and star and surroundings
paid s o tho
What tor Not for oalce work.
From this would appear that $50 600 per annum Is
gwen Lord Aonck, more TO maintain bis ssac than for
remuneration for his services; yet S2 900 enough
the Executive OF far greater country to maintain his
state with. State also Is out OF place in Canada.
The Minerrs, French organ Of the government Of
Qcebec has tho following the patronage and econom
ical intentions Of the government 1t says
complete their organization befo the approaching session
sh sasA Ss0s %s
Of easSse II viii so%pssa ia g. 1!0,9ss
Ths work Of Organization very dlcult the ministry
general sat.acon The very extent Importance Of
all WSda ss The pnss 70 Be served
youth towards positions ready made and good deal dts
70 ii only e %a sy 80 %
vessel as staunch as that OF the state and It Is
" not 50 in N ess oen TO
prevent empty purses in commerce insolvency Is always %
ture there are many heorcai beauties which edscased
youths ike to contemplate at a distance.
vice. The salaries moderate and there little hope Of
In entering public @ ss Wings %ro
clipped % wnch = misfortune Tor the country Thereby
for the public service They DO that we but are t for mo-
win q s friends But We strongly deprc
OF tho country We must have men OF capab,lty
sight Of There some ndividua who have rendered
SUFFICIENT service @ deserve snecarc places created for
be temporlzed with and certain that the
refused them positions TO which they thought themselves
TO obtain good men; and quality Is O mnch more Inn
rs haa TIVE se9a not % | thar s Sss
down 6u, c ssandaSss S. ach t ruin both
spiss therefore rather fS AZ publ,
down from al r. we oresse s number Of
vance The enemies that viii grow ou of refusais will i
Is hoped oaln down but q all me public will sns
y. and we must start rue On ps,SPle' sna1 The % Ss
will certainly be found best in tho long run.
All this very nne but the true Of the economy
s not from moral convictions but because the public
mercy Of this poor province, which will manly have 10
rely upon the fund or $40 O00 TO be received from tho
general government to meet Its expenses.
The mountain the back Of tho city reminds that
that the long winter coming upon us The leaves
changing thoir hucs The maple changed three weeks
ago. and one by ono the othors ARE also changing
TO the scar and yellow leaf The mountain Is prettiy
decked by nature yellow and blood red being the pre-.
dominating colors.
Politics Dull bur Important Crisi.-Thc
strength Of the People and Narrow Views
OF tho Lcaders--Tnc Situation Before and
since ConfeSera ti0n-iiints to the United
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct II, 1867.
Canadian politics unauestionaby dull just at pre-
sent Duh, suppose, you think them at the best OF
times compared with the foyersh excitement produced
by the political struggles in the United States sun
the present moment there is degree Of tranquility in
our political world which liz quito unsxceptional The
chief reason for this is that tho country has definitely
made up it's mind to enter upon its course with a
clear Sheet that 10 say TO forget all past Of
quarrel and allow fair chance 70 Its public 10
deem their past errors and snow whether not they
are sincerely desirous Of preserving honest and
patriotic course in the future This determination upon
the part OF the public has been manifested dccsvsly
the polls One small knot Of politicians in tho
West were foolish enough to imagine that, in spite
OF tho papabs fact that the Of the
nents with the same weapons Of Old and turn all tho
old party cries against them with much effect
In this however they sgnally and miserabIy dis
appointed Their great leader. Brown. was defeated in
county IN which he had made sure OF election; and
their neIt strongest man, McKear, me. the
in his own county though he has since conrved TO get
o seat elsewhere.
There Is lesson in this which may perhaps be az use-
ful in the United States ~ in Canada Politicians are
always apt to suppose that the people quarrssos
and "A vindic.ivs themselves. They cannos rise
above their own petty personal enmitiss. and they
imagine the country cannot either They make no
know how TO make sllowance-for the
operation OF general which influence public feeling
in one direction another and the consequences
whom they 10 appeal TO the people for suppors
they find themselves much behind the times.
cnging TO notions and idess which the pcopio have
tcrly discarded. This was exactly the case here The
old union OF Upper aud Lower Canada anoma-
lous one in many respects. Two communities, funda-
mentally different, were brought together under d