, 1869-04-01
TIE CANADIAN EXnnua.


ton Of dignity, rebukea what it styles the
IL manners Of Reverdy johnson, who, at
recent dinner Of Canadians in London,
suggested anne1nion 10 the United States
na cure Of colonial troubles- But while
tho provincial papers and government may
succeed in represGing all popular manifesto
tions in favor Of anne1ation, they cannot
hide the gzisf and modification result
ing frum kind OF annexation which is
assuming alarming dimenaions-
There is very largo proportion Of Tho
emigration from Europe which reaches
America by way OF the St. Lawrence. These
enigrants take that route, some by choice,
having friends already in the Provinces, and
others because Of the importantly Of esni-
grafton agencies, who tell plausible stories Of
provincial growth and grandeur, and fearful
tales Of Yankee e1tortion and taxation. But
the fact remains unaltered that al these
people leave their native land to better their
condition and to fnd freedom for which
they and their fathers have lopged. The
result ia that less than five per cent Of the
cmig1ants who sail up the St. Lawrence re-
mnin over Elk months in CanRda. So long
as they see the British flag floating from
public places, are witnesses Of the military
display Of the Royal troops, and read aud
hear Of the mimic pagcantry Of the Colonial
courts, they do not and cannot feel TINT
they are actually in that America which is
the ideal Of the hope and affection Of every
man tired Of the European system. The
chnnBe is SO slight as not to be felt,
and therefore it is that the emigrant
zepacls his chest, and, gathering his little
family, pushes On to the Estates" where he
eventually settles down for Life. This thing
has been going on continuously, and no
fear Of eracting taxation deters these men
from giving Canada the go-by. lOf the
Irish and Scotch emigrants who have during
the last twenty or thirty years remained in
the Provinces, there has grown upa new
generation Of young men and women, who
have, from their proximity to the States, be-
come indocdinated with more progressive
ideas than are encouraged by the govern
ment of the Canadas- These young
persons find that though the
Provinces arc comparatively sparsely popu-
lated, the walks Of commerce and Of every
branch of industry are too crowded for the
stagnnut business that is done there, and
therefore these, armed with youth, industry
and vigor, with no very strong personal at
tach,ncnts to their native flag, pack their
trunks, and, with such share Of patrimony
ns they can obtain, come to the United
States, md arc here merged in the great
family from all nations which peoples this
prosperous, growing and expanding country.
This exodus Of theynnng md actiro blood
of the British Colonies has Of late years
broken out in a part Of CanAda hitherto re-
garded rs inmovah1e. Tho French Of Lower
Canada have heard OF the United States, and
that west Of the hikes there is n country
tee1ning with m industrious nnd prosperous
population. A Montreal paper states
that the number Of French agricnlturists
who have sold out md pass through that
city On their why to tho United States ex-
ceeds I've hundred week, and that the
most Of these are young men, who nre
tired Of provincial dulness, and Hre seek
ing free air and an enlarged area in land
uf industry and activity. The old people
are left to finish their days upon tho home
stead, or To follow their Sons and dnughta.s,
50 soon as the latter have located them
selves in tho United States. These people
are somewhat primitive in many things, but
they are honest, virtuous and industrious,
md, with these qualities, will not full in this
country. Against this form Of organization
the provincial journals and government are
impotent, and they, therefore, mourn ovel
| it most piteously.