Year: 1872

ttOn that the HERALD Commissioner In hunting
over the land for protesting chases
an t0nts Jatuus deusive and soul dlspiriting as
the philosophers stone. 1t Is true enough in
Upper Canada l stumbled across none OF that
fraternity, so infatuated with US as to want the
Stars and Stripes in exchange for the Cross OF st.
George; yet while l did not meet them in the
flesh, know that they exist as know that
Orangemen and United Empire loyalists exist,
though ana not aware OF having met any as such.
What occurred to me in Montreal illustrates the
way public opinion works In this free country.
Learning that your correspondent was in town, q
gentleman connected with leading bank sent
note to the hotel, stating he would be pleased to
see me In the evening, as he had something 1t
might be worth my while to know. He said, when
we met, he was


REPUBLICAN AND AN ANNExATroNIsr;


that lots OF young fellows without family wealth,
connected with mercantile and banking concerns,
were in favor Of annexation that they were dis
contented with their clrcumscribed means OF
living; were forever looking wistfully towards the
United States; that the old fogy element gave
them no encouragement to advance themselves
but on the contrary took every opportunity to
check the enterprise OF youthful manhood and
keep things in the old ruts; that In consequence
OF this thousands OF young men throughout the
country gave themselves up to lives OF dissipation
labor had come to be despised, and rich merchants
sons thought 1t the correct thing to squander the
fortunes OF their fathers All this he told me very
rapidly as though he wished to put me in posses
sion OF his views in twinkling. He declined to
allow publishing his name, being the cashier OF
bank whose directors were loyal Englishmen, and
his prospects might be imperilled were 1t known he
held sentiments


ADVERSE TO BRITISH CONNECTION.


Iremarked-"Don't you think you are mistaken
about check being put on the enterprise OF young
meni These cities OF Toronto, Ottawa and Mon
treal appear to me nourishlhg, and the young men
especially seem the most bustllng, active chaps
ever met"


He sneered broadly and said-"All deluson, sir.
You see some fne stores no doubt, but there is
more surface or tinsel wealth than you dream OF.
There are rich men OF course, but let me of
them who has generous confidence in any young
man trying to advance himself Let me see which
OF them will lend him 800. No. sir; the spirit OF
old fogyism is all over this land straight away to
Halifax. and there you will find it worse than any
where else. As for the young men you see on the
streets stick in hand and walking as for wager.
they are mostly l0afers who would feel ashamed
to be caught working for living"


Furthermore this ardent republican declared the
'old f0gies'' (he was death on the old foges) OBJ
structed emigration, wanted the land to remain
just as 1t Is and all In their own hands. They
planted themselves against the policy OF aiding
emigration through the medium OF the State Many
OF them are united empire loyalists the tories Of
the Revolution), who hate the United States and
all connected with IT. IN nave We no objection @ to war
lick 'em now as they did In 75 and 'l2. Everything
they do is done slowly They put on arlstocratc
airs OF the most offensive kind, toady to titles.
look down on honest merit, and the sole and
only cause of the countrys backwardness. Then
WITH Re united saas Mon
be sure to bring high-wages to the workmen; !;
fields for to tn the q, ,eaptasts openings
life, greater comforts, security about the political
future and greater sense of the fundamental
equality OF all men. Tapering on here for while,
he launched out into an analysis OF the harm done
the country by holding her present anomalous
which Canadians labor regarding the United States
is sapping the moral and material life Of the nation.


NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE.


II presents itself to them with lowering doubt and
dread Consequently it depresses the spirit and
Of America; they allow Themselves . iSe to be Hn bam
boozled, cheated and outrageously insuted by the
United states; ;,y ana they are without the pluck to


America, with sublime impudence that any little
dian fishing grounds AMI takes the bread out Of the
mouths Of Canadian fishermen. She robs Canada of
the only hope she ever had Of having safe and ca
not word. She does not even complain to Eng
land-afrad OF offending America. The natural
out Of the people. Bureted, Kicked cufYed, spat
upon they lose all national spirit. They are salts.
fed TO be mere colony q England because the
cuated through fear and Incidence. Content to
be allowed to earn little pttance, they are valor
means they possess will be taken away from them


And thus 'hls s,rav .xx,r .r,ox,sr


an Englishman by BIRTH spoke his mind. He put
me in possession of the foregoing views in about
ten minutes. Then, taking his hat and in q low
tone OF voice bidding me not reveal his name, he
took most CeremOniOuS departure.


lESINCERE POLITICIANS


would listen Ta' to no suggestions about ndepend
ence He may have been soured against Canada
for not furnishing him with fortune, yet there are
few Of his suggestions not unworthy OF consider
alton.


There isa certain tyranny Of public opinion in
sentiment on such an important question British
connection, which most undoubtedly must come
up for discussion within the next aye years. and
before. find however. that the public men whose
names are familiar at our side In connection
not OF to be relied on for sincerity. sincerity There ere
! Joseph Howe, who by the way declined
Cabinet At oaws care yePy care Gw TO - su ras
press all his former heterodoxy. Same way with
McDouga, Young and Mackenzie. The latter was
strong supporter Of the Union side In the war,
and that OF course left him In a small, prosecuted
minority. but all OF them talk like this 1--WE are
the present, but we can't tell what q few years
may bring about" Here, you perceive, is the feel.
ing oil Insecurity ana uncertainty about the future
to which my republican friend alluded.


PICTURE OF MONTREAL.


Very few Of those stopping at st. Lawrence Hall,
Montreal, appeared TO trouble their heads about
the future OF Canada. They were mostly rich lum--
bermen, steamboat owners and captains laid up for
the Winter (six months long,, yet disposed to
chase the chilly hours on the neetest wings OF
pleasure. They seemed TO do nothing all the day
long but laugh, drink and tell stories II s Won
derfuy gay place for city so tcebound and snow
clad Everybody seems to have devoted Summer
savings to Winter extravaganza. Balls and par
ties follow each other In endless succession. Sleigh
bells fill the whole sky with music, and the
laughter and nonsense OF these nappygo-
lucky Frenchmen give carnival air 20 the streets.
II is solid city, with many fine buildings Of supe