New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-03

spoke patois On the contrary, they speak good
French, though climatic and other influences have
affected their manner Of speaking. The uneducat
cd French Canadian makes use of English words
and modes of expression. This arises from his
daily contact with English-spealing Canadians,
who control numbering and navigation, and are
often the chief men of affairs in the towns and
villages An Anglican bishop used to tell of his
asking French Canadian sailor what certain
structure down the gulf was intended for "Why,
said the sailor in French: that's going to be a
litousse. A lighthouse" answered the bishop
but l thought the French word was
phar." You're mistaken, sir replied the
sailor, "phare must be the English of it. for
know that litousse is the French" In the parishes
below Quebec the farmers employ nautical terms
derived from their seafaring ancestors thu" they
embark a buggy and "discmbark" from it.
and rig out when they 90 to dress In parts Of
Gaspe, long frequented by Jersey fishermen the
Jersey patois exists, but there is no patois else
where. The habtant uses French words and
phrases that have been dropped by the Parisan
since the seventeenth century, and minces his
sentences with his teeth in the pronunciation, but
that is all. lie learns English quickly, and is
Just clever at realizing that it is not TO his in
terest to sell his labor for less than the American
workman. He has his faults, but the whole
he is a useful citizen in NcwEngland.
When the people of the Thirteen Colonies were
learning how to govern themselves in their town
meetings and Legislatures, the French Canadians
were suffering from the absolutism of His Most
Christian Majesty In New-France the people
counted for nothing. The Intendant and the
Seigneur were supreme The Jntendant fixed the
customs tariff and the value of money, laid down
the gradients of new streets, gave authority for
the holding of markets, regulated the breeding OF
horses, looked after the public morals with the
aid of the clergy, and along with the Scigncurs
administered justice. The larger settlements were
allowed 10 elect syndic TO look after any lnirac-
tion of public rights, but public meetings were
prohibited, and decree of Louis XIV declared
that il was mot even lawful for the people TO
tax themselves without gracious permission"
The whole system was designed, in the words OF
Talon's projct, to prevent the obedience due to
the King from becoming slack in a region SO re-
noto from the central authority; and the pre-
cautions against such catastrophe were certainly
drastic enough. The result is that i'll Canada the
French Canadians do not shine IN the DOMAIN vi
local self-government. The priest OF the PARISH
has taken the place of the Seigneur ana the III
tendant too much power is gwen 10 MN anu
too little retained by the people. But the FRENCH
Canadian who returns from New-Engiahu u
Canada On Il visit is almost infinitely more lhut-
pendent than when he first went away. lie hds
learned how to stand erect Inc cducateu oiic1
soon take place in municipal state anu ->d'lola'
politics In the wide field for thelr chereles; ~
tered in Ncw-England all Of them are rapidly
improving their lot in life mere Are nUy Of
richer merchants than j. L. Challlou4' VI
Iowell They make excellent doctors ana NV, NV
yers Their French newspapers nourlsn' ana
like the late Mr.. Gagnon OF worcester, "nt
Emile Tardiyel, of the same place, are credil
" Standardization is going on rapidly, for they re- e.
~ Htt
become citizens of the country Wincn las las tnnnd
them. So hospitable welcome IL VIII w iomn'
this fall that larger proportion oi ntectjon
dams than ever before will vote Tor the P
NJ American industry. In Canada the, Ero'eo'lo t
policy has not far chance, ara ANYHOW Viii ~
properly adjusted If New OK 1hc N and
walled round with double row OF tarlHs % rId'
il could neither produce nor SCI 10 .e Sam' lb
vantage as the other iorty-ouu toi n Ilo hv
being left to subsst upon It's own Juices Inc ,S
hornatinp bear the consequences Woulu NC st"tt.'
For ono Thing labor and capital would take ilEnV'
That is the position Of C%haa'' prdtnctionist or
Ronre and a tarif-irfoImer at home Dut pcI'Ic
he has been in New-Engl3nd very aPng H for Pthe
United States-that it, establishes GNeis'% ID
empoyments, gives linn steady w4rh d. ,,b;lo
WAGES and enhances his standard OF nVlhg WIN M
tho Free Trade with Europe would throw MN ouu
of a lob and probably compel hun TO Teelqss Inc
line and swamp the limited market Tor lauoT p Oh
This side lie is. 10 say. naturai-n9rl. IL LIZ.
tactionisI like his kinsman in France, ana OF a't
he has been drifting from the Democratic 10 TIE
Republican fold. 49,. H.. :; o,lIi,o
unon the French Canadians in the doubtful STATES
To vote i'm a body for Mr. Cleveland so that ieH m
Canada instead OF being maroonel cohih'icialS,
NAV have the free run OF the American malh.t NJ
her nine and spruce lumber and farm PRODUCTS
had talk in Montreal the other day WIN prom,
jnent French Canadian politician on tins subject,
and This is what he said - am Liberal, as you
know but | am losing all interest IN Odii!uiai
party politics and looking forward 10 tlle poiI'ion
Union of the two countries. -Four french Jana
dians in every five desire IN ier lt tt anneSs
ton is the only means OF bringing the two brtces
NJ the French Canadian family together unue1 one
and the same roof. The branch III Ne"-Ehlidn!
is far more prosperous than the branch OF paIsclt
s,o,, hero Put Mr. CleVelandS policy or Tree
trade would put off that event for an indefinite
period by removing the economic innueh.t. tllat az,
nromoting the annexation movement throughout
the Dominion. Let Canada enjoy all the con ,ul,
cial advantages of Ameri clt1ZcnSlp Wiulou'
having 10 bear any of the responsibilities ana t0r
dream Of the Tories OF seeing her become po"cIiui
British community, and thorn IN the side o. I e
United Statcs NAV real lily enough be luimlrd
Every intelligent Canadian knows that Oaneaa
woul1 have been carried into the American Union
lv the annexation movement OF l6f? un WHICH
Cir Jobn Abbott the present Premier, and host
of French Canadian Liberals TOOK P'rt az Ialuoi,
had not that movement been killed OF by thc
reciprocity treaty Of lSo4; ID aooo Wei were
confederated, and since then have been kept 10
eethcr by "A lavish outpour of borrowed morey
applied to the construction OF railways, ca1ais'
and what not. But the point wien 1urtlcr DOT
rowing might precipitatc a crash has apOnt occh
reached and the only hope OF maintaining the
dominion MS British colony. in other words as
Fart Of EnTop pc h r pe States market to her
wares nv some such friend of Britain as Mi
Cleveland"
FoMopopArHIC DocT0Es TO CONVENE