New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-19
THE NEW DOMINION.

THE CHARMS OF OTTAwA-QuESTIoNS BEFORE
THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENr-TIE DISGUST
OF MAC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RETALlA-
TIoN-A PROSPECTIVE PROTESTANT BREEZE.
OTTAWA Feb. 1.-THE session which opens
here on Wednesday bids fair be prolonged. and acr
monlous debates important subjects will likely be the
order of the day Members and lobbyists gathering
fast like ravens TO carbon and in the Russell House beds
are at a premium. ottawa is admirably lifted for every
purpose hut that OF capital. With the exception OF the
Russell House there Is not good hotel III the cyi there
commune The Parliament Buildings are the prn-
the city itself There are six or daily newspapers
TO the best OF which The National Hegeneer were per
cannot recall a session Of Parliament whereat so
many important questions we're come up for discussion
and settlement and which excited less attention through
ont the country People generally do MT know when the
House going TO meet, and do Mt care Since Leaving
and find every where feeling OF distrnst People say
the end is not yet" Confederation they all acknow
ed ge to failure without considering the Ill
feeling in Nova Scotia, the rebellion In Assinlb1la, the
refusal of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island to
year, and the talk OF Annexation, OF a new Colonial
theory the part of the Imperial Government all these
have tended further to unsetle the minds OF people
already desp0ndent with general stagpatlon ana inso
vency, the effects OF reckless reop1 40 no,
powers what they want 10 know Is not. What Is Para
change. and will that change be hnalf
The first and most important question W before tne
Douga has come back shades fearfully dis
gused aud is DESTROYS exchanging the government OF
his Barataria the safe thing OF the Public Works
porfollo with all its patronage. The Cabinet, however,
does accord with him. aud MI MacDougaii II going
TO be Independent-which means that he will blossom
into a rabid oppostonst whenever occasion offers He
is man of great talent and OF the finest writer's In
ne s msn The North West it.
self will be patched up by some compromise, although
Sir A. j. Gat holds that not being sovereign power
cannot acquire sovereignty over the coiony-a nice
point for casusts. Any way, some immediate acton
must be taken else the colony will fall into the hands
Of the Americans The colonsts justly Indignant at
being sold like many cattle. without being allowed
voice deciding what sort OF sauce they should be
eaten with But this was what done with Nova
Scotia Again the coonsis fear that the acquisition OF
territory by Government would dlsquet, II not
entirely annu OF their titles and there has been no
pledge or even assurance to the contrary Altogether
there end Of complication In the Northwest CUES
ton. What would render the matter complete would be
the part OF the ens IO ia hs1
TO tell where we will stop .
teress is that OF the sheries war OF reprisals be-
the two nations seems TO have been naugurated
your people protecting coal and shutting down ON re-
cprocty and especially taxing our expectations OF oats
and lumber while en- rerdnche the Canadians Will endea
yor TO shut of the Americans from participation In the
fisheries except upon such terms as really amount to pro
hbitioD Should there be couple OF seizures or night
with a refractory from Newburyport, we may have
another nice international odsus beiii
The third question will be the Tariff and supply Ques-
sr 01 worse shan IDLE however informed nat tIeTe
will be denct carefully disguised surplus and that
be probably heavy tax American manufactures 70
protect Canadian industry, and spite you for stopping
The Currency question will also be agtsted The pet
schee OF last session for Provincial currency BASED on
yGnI Mr. sAs p ssis SAS The viii probably
be left as they are Dir Francis iinekss RAID on Ame
There one other question witch viii likely be raised
and which win probably cause breeze In 1865 couple
by Government with u military education and
bounty enlisted AS Papa Lounves aud have since Ueen
and they viii return The Catholic authorities are lob
bying the Quebec local oablne. TO grant eseh ay ~ lie